Edu_RSS ~ January 5, 2004

Most recent update: January 5, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Web Page Design for Developers I endorse all of the recommendations on Web Page Design for Developers (via Mac Net Journal). Now if only I could practise what I preach on my own blogs! From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 10:48 p.m.. (43061) Disagreements are Welcome; Being Disagreeable Isn't John Perry Barlow: Welcome, BarlowEnemiez! If we in the anti-Bush forces continue to bray about our moral and intellectual superiority,... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 5, 2004 at 10:46 p.m.. (43060) Who subscribes to www.rolandtanglao.com/rss.xml Courtesy of Dave's latest cool hack, here are the people who subscribe to www.rolandtanglao.com/rss.xml as of Mon05Jan2004 4:30p.m. Pacific: Alwin Hawkins  Betsy Devine & From Roland Tanglao&apos;s Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 9:49 p.m.. (43059) Police Task Force Dispatched to Unruly New York Schools A task force of 150 police officers will help impose order on 12 of New York City's most violent schools under a new initiative to curb school violence. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (43058) More Teenagers Say No to Sex, but Experts Aren't Sure Why Declines in the teenage birthrate, combined with a decrease in abortions among teenagers, point to a promising trend. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (43057) Fund-Raising Effort Helps Lift a College's Ranking Washington University in St. Louis, once obscure, pierced the top 10 circle of U.S. News & World Report rankings this year. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (43056) New Year's Resolutions New Year's Resolutions: Make worry-free sampling and re-creativity mainstream. Make 25 country-specific sets of iCommons licenses available. Explore Science Commons. Version licenses. Begin Save-a-Book campaign, revive out-of-print books. Debut metadata search engine prototype. Unveil CC-Mixter -- Friendster for musicians. Launch "Anatomy of a Film" project. Build licenses into at least two applications per medium: photography, audio, film, text. (--> From Creative Commons: weblog on January 5, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (43055) Can a family of three live in dignity on NIS 2,240 a month? From Haaretz: News on January 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (43054) Analysis / Predictable Likud, boos and all From Haaretz: News on January 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (43053) I make the decisions, PM tells Likud convention From Haaretz: News on January 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (43052) Analysis / The coming strike From Haaretz: News on January 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (43051) Government offices to open as strike ends From Haaretz: News on January 5, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (43050) Texte, nichts als Texte Also ich freue mich über neue Bücher zum Thema und gratuliere allen, die ein solches Unterfangen durchziehen. Es läßt sich... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 5, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (43049) V2N1 January 5, 2004 Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet: Directory Resources This edition of Current Awareness Happenings on the Internet by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. (January 5, 2004 V2N1) is dedicated to my latest Subject Tracer™ Information Blog titled Directory Resources. Click on the below audblog link to hear an audio describing this site focusing on the many directories of single and multiple subject gateways, subject trees, subject portals and subject indices on the Internet. I like to think of this Subject Tracer™ Information Blog as the Internet's Directory of D From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 5, 2004 at 7:49 p.m.. (43048) Wo bin ich, - im Netz? David Weinberger hat einigen Staub aufgewirbelt, als er polemisch -mit der nötigen Analyse freilich - nach der Sinnhaftigk... From thomas n. burg | randg&#228;nge on January 5, 2004 at 7:46 p.m.. (43047) Fear of Boredom People ask me all the time why I choose to write bizarre fiction and poetry, and an answer I find myself routinely giving is that I'm deathly afraid of being boring and while horror fiction is a lot of things, good and bad, it's rarely boring. This fear of boredom... From PEDABLOGUE on January 5, 2004 at 6:50 p.m.. (43046) Freepint Index Das Webzine Freepint hat seinen Index von November 1997 - Dezember 2003 in drei Fassungen online gestellt; am übersichtlichsten kommt... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 6:49 p.m.. (43045) Toyota's Bad Planning, or Marketing Toyota is promoting the daylights out of its 2004 Prius hybrid sedan. But just try to buy one: They're back-ordered... From Dan Gillmor&apos;s eJournal on January 5, 2004 at 6:46 p.m.. (43044) e-Learning Guide This has been mentioned on a number of sites, but it's a good resource and is worthy of multiple mentions: e-Learning Centre's Guide to e-Learning The guide provides an introduction to e-learning: what it is and what it looks like. It comprises short, one-page summaries of e-learning topics, with links to key external resources. Great resource for those looking for a comprehensive introduction to the field. From e-Learning Eclectic on January 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (43043) An eager new principal's dream of a school that cares At 26, Benjamin Shuldiner is the principal of Brooklyn's brand-new High School for Public Service. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (43042) High school film teachers aim to reel in their students Film classes are often undervalued at the high school level. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (43041) Stepping into Africa's future CIDA University teaches the poorest of South Africans to be business leaders. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 5, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (43040) Web-Based Information Retrieval Support Systems (WIRSS) Web-Based Information Retrieval Support Systems (WIRSS): Building Research Tools for Scientists in the New Information Agehttp://www2.cs.uregina.ca/~jtyao/Papers/Web_WI03.pdfAbstract:The concept of Web-based Information Retrieval Support Systems (WIRSS) is introduced. The needs for WIRSS are shown by a detailed case study of existing research article indexing and citation analysis systems, such as Curent Content, DBLP, Science Citation Index and CiteSeer. The objective of WIRSS is From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 5, 2004 at 5:51 p.m.. (43039) Blogging "Ideas of the Year" I look forward to reading Dave Pollard's posts when they come across my aggregator because he usually crafts very passionate essays on the environment or deconstructs any other number of political or social issues that may be topical. I'm really amazed at how much he writes. His post today sums up his "Ideas of the Year" within the world of blogging, and I think some of his points are well taken in education circles as well. You need to read the full post, but here are the highlights: There are no rules in the "blogosphere" It&apo From weblogged News on January 5, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (43038) Das Literale am Bloggen Dem Internet generell wird ein Reliterariserung unterstellt, andererseits gibt es vielfach Hinweise, die das Internet als ... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on January 5, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (43037) Download Audio Texts Put Byte on Bookstores, News The latest in audio downloads: books. This article describes audible.com, an online store that has had success selling audio versions of books in MP3 format. Should we be watching for a bookster? By Michael Booth, Denver Post, January 4, 2003 [Refer][Research][Reflect] From OLDaily on January 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43036) Do We Fit in the Virtual Education Plan? Is e-learning possible in Bangladesh? This summary of remarks by Badrul Khan late December suggests it can. The bulk of the article is a synopsis of Khan's framework for e-learning, about which you can learn more on his home page. By Faizul A Tanim, The Daily Star, December 24, 2003 [Refer][Research][ From OLDaily on January 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43035) Media Literacy Goes to School I haven't talked about this as much as I should. Multi media, especially in education, requires media literacy. Media literacy isn't only about learning how to evaluate and criticize persuasive multimedia presentations, though it is partially that. It is, in my mind, mainly about being able to understand the message contained in such a presentation, and to asses it on its own merits. Media literacy, therefore, isn't merely about protecting readers and viewers, it is also about increasing their comprehension. This article is a good start to such a discussion, and on the second pa From OLDaily on January 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43034) Organizational Stupidity: The Total is Less Than the Sum of Its Parts A little more fun from After 5's anonymous Instructional Designer, this time bemoaning the poor design decisions that emanate even from teams of skilled individuals. Especially worthwhile is the list of causes for such dumb decision making at the end of the article. By I.D., After 5, January 5, 2003 [Refer][Research][ From OLDaily on January 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43033) Suite of QTI development Tools Completed QTI - Question and Test Integration - is an IMS specification to standardize online tests. These tools, developed by CETIS, consist of "a full set of documents about interoperability issues around the current version of QTI, a set of working examples of all the sample quizes and tests that come with the spec, and an online QTI renderer that allows developers to test their QTI XML." Good stuff. By Wilbert Kraan, CETIS, January 5, 2003 [Refer][From OLDaily on January 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43032) DEOS-News There's not much to look at yet, but bookmark this site and check back in ten days as DEOS-News is resuming publication after a hiatus of about a year or so. Let's hope the content is in HTML, the feeds are RSS (or Atom), and the content is provocative. By Melody Thompson, January 15, 2004 [Refer][Research][--> From OLDaily on January 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43031) Five Giants in Technology Unite to Deter File Sharing A consortium known as Project Hudson, made up of Intel, Nokia, Samsung, Toshiba and Matshushita, is planning to introduce a digital rights management system for audio and video that it hopes will reduce Microsoft's lock on the field. The system, to be unveiled in early February, will permit limited sharing and previewing. By John Markoff, New York Times, January 5, 2004 [Refer][Research][ From OLDaily on January 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43030) File sharing application usage You may be reading about how file sharing has dropped dramatically since the advent of the RIAA lawsuits. But don't be fooled by the press reports. Reports such as this one base their assessment only on numbers from KaZaa, WinMX, BearShare and Grokster. These tools are closely monitored by the industry. But downloaders have a host of other options, including BitTorrent, eDonkey, eMule and Carracho, that preserve anonymity - essential in today's environment - while providing access to music and video files. It is unlikely that downloaders are stopping. It is more likely that they are From OLDaily on January 5, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (43029) ToM Kneebone -Goodbye my dear friend I have always been stage struck. So when I was approached in the early 1990's to help an organization called the Smile Theatre Company that took productions out to Seniors Homes, I said yes. Little did I know that I... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 4:51 p.m.. (43028) The Kids are all right - Artists must be compensated and the present system sucks Nick Bradbury, Aaron Swarz and Don Park are all right: Artists (software developers, musicians, etc.) must be compensated and the system sucks. That's why I buy all my software, don't buy CDs unless they are directly from an artist and I don't download music (unless the artist has endorsed the download). From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 4:49 p.m.. (43027) Inevitable Surprises & Scenario Learning Inevitable Surprises by Peter Schwartz Hang on tight, for we're all going on a roller coaster ride. Science? Politics? Culture? It's all going to change so much you won't recognize it. The gusher of new information doubles in volume every year. Networks reach out to... From Internet Time Blog on January 5, 2004 at 4:49 p.m.. (43026) Top U.S. ISPs by Subscriber: Q3 2003 The third quarter saw incremental growth, but two key ISPs failed to disclose subscriber numbers. From CyberAtlas on January 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (43025) Music Downloading Demand Dramatically Declines The number of file-swappers dropped by half during 2003, indicating that the music industry's threats to sue carried some muscle. From CyberAtlas on January 5, 2004 at 4:45 p.m.. (43024) Quality that emerges in action I know that I'm not going to catch up with all interesting posts from Internet-cafe, but I'm still trying :) John Moore (and long chain of others) point to a quote from --> From Mathemagenic on January 5, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (43023) China Close to 78 Million Web Surfers China Close to 78 Million Web Surfershttp://www.reuters.co.uk/newsArticle.jhtml?type=internetNews&storyID=3952156 By the end of 2003, the number of China's Internet users is expected to hit 78 million, writes the China Daily newspaper, citing a report by the Internet Society of China. The article also stated that the number of China's websites is expected to increase to 500,000, and online computers would reach 30 million by the end of the year. Hu Qiheng, cha From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 5, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (43022) Observatory of the Information Society Observatory of the Information Society: An International Gatewayhttp://www.unesco.org/webworld/portal_observatory/This site presents news and documents from UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) related to "ethical, legal & societal challenges of the Information Society." Searchable, or browse by categories such as virtual libraries, cybercrime, freedom of expression, and intellectual property rights. Also browsable by country within topics. Features links to From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 5, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (43021) Economic Development, Internet Technology, and Volunteers Economic Development, Internet Technology, and Volunteers by Susan Ellishttp://www.energizeinc.com/hot/2004/04jan.htmlSusan Ellis's January 2004 "Hot Topic" is titled "Economic Development, Internet Technology, and Volunteers." Susan, an international expert on volunteerism and volunteer management, shares her thoughts on this and her impressions of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) held in Geneva in December. Interesting article and impressio From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 5, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (43020) Korean Integrated News Database System (KINDS) Korean Integrated News Database System (KINDS) http://www.kinds.or.kr/peng_html/what_kinds.html "KINDS (Korean Integrated News Database System - Korea Press Foundation, Seoul, South Korea) provides full texts of ten major national dailies; the Kyunghyang Shinmun, the Kukmin Daily, the Korea Daily News, the Dong-A Ilbo, the Munhwa Ilbo, the Segye Ilbo, the Chosun Ilbo, the Joongang Ilbo, the Hankyoreh, and the Hankook Ilbo. Articles of January 1, 1990 and after are available. KINDS also provides a From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 5, 2004 at 3:51 p.m.. (43019) ListenIllinois Goes Live! Thank heavens I can finally announce it! As many of you know, I've been trying to get a group purchase of Audible content for my libraries for more than two years, and I am thrilled to finally be able to say it has happened! It's been a difficult road to get it off the ground, but we leap-frogged many of the normal startup problems we would have faced thanks to the fine folks at the NOLA Regional Library System in Ohio. NOLA has been running the original Audible group purch From The Shifted Librarian on January 5, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (43018) Say 'Nazi' or 'Hitler' and End the Conversation One of the Net's most honored adages is Godwin's Law, coined by Mike Godwin, who famously observed: "As an online... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 5, 2004 at 3:46 p.m.. (43017) That's a wrap The GET CREATIVE! Moving Image Contest has gone the way of 2003. Many thanks to those of you who submitted entries by the New Year. Our panel of expert judges is now sorting out the winners. Stay tuned! From Creative Commons: weblog on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (43016) Diablog by Jon Hoem Jill Walker points to another "PhD on weblogs" weblog in English :) Diablog by Jon Hoem. From Jon's introduction:I'm doing a Phd on how to use "personal publishing" as a tool for learning. I'm employed and give lectures at IKM / NTNU, but some From Mathemagenic on January 5, 2004 at 2:53 p.m.. (43015) New Rule: If you don't know me, don't call me I just posted this at Corante Many2Many: I like Skype. It lets me make phone calls for free to the other 4M people who have signed up for the service. The calls go through my computer and they work real good. But I've just gotten my second random phone call from some well-intentioned stranger who wants to know if I want to chat. Actually, I don't. If you call my Skype number randomly, the odds are just about perfect that you're going to be interrupting something that I'd rather be doing than speaking with a stranger. And here's how you... From Joho the Blog on January 5, 2004 at 2:49 p.m.. (43014) MT Wiki Here is a nice resource for MovableType-rs, The MovableType Knowledge Base is a wiki chock full of tips and suggestions. This Wiki is dedicated to helping users of MovableType, a content management system. This is a place to add tips, tricks, instructions, and definitions. Topics are editable so everyone can add to them. These topics are not for posting MT support questions. Use the fabulous MTSupportForums for that. it is well written and a worthwhile bookmark for anyone dealing with setting up MT From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43013) "The Long After Life of Simulation Software: Hidden Agenda" Some folks are rather big on the use of games and simulations for learning. So were we.. back in 1995. Here is another article from our Fall 2003 issue of the mcli Forum. In "The Long After Life of Simulation Software: Hidden Agenda", we interviewed Jim Gasperini who had created in the late 1980s a role=playing computer game based on the politics of Ce From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43012) Take Back What Net? Supposedly in "Take Back the Net", the Dec 30 issue of PC Magazine has sent Blogging, wikis, and RSS mainstream, according to a entry by Michelle. The article does provide a nice overview of the range of major blog tools, has some decent resources, etc, but there are some statements in the opening that have me scratching my head, wondering just which internet the author, Cade Metz, is writing about. Such expecta From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43011) VersionTracker Does RSS (Sensibly) I have relied for years on VersionTracker (VT) for keeping up to date with the latest updates to software or finding out about new apps for Mac, Windows, and Palm platforms. On a recent visit to another similar site (MacUpdate) I began wondering why these types of sites do not have RSS feeds. Well VersionTracker has it! First of all, for those (Ten Reasons Why, --> From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43010) Jade Takes a Break... This blog will blink off line around Dec 30 or 31 when I hope to migrate our content and assorted scripts to the new XServe-- I had thought it would happen by the end of the week before I vanish 10 days to my retreat, but it is rushed, and the last days of December seem more reasonable time. If things go well, we might be out for 1-2 hours; if Murphy is around, well, you know how that goes. This would impact anyone relying on our RSS2JS Feed Script so you might end up with blank areas on your feed area for a period of t From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43009) See the Pictures of 'Net Pioneers No centerfolds but... for those that enjoy the history of how the Net unfolded, if you could not get enough of "Where the Wizards Stayed Up Late" (a great read by the way), check out "The Faces in Front of the Monitors"-- this is an alphabet listing of those wizards, many with multiple photos. This is on a site labeled "White Hat-Black Hat-Grey Hat, a reference to hacker jargon for bad guys, good guys, and the grey area in betw From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43008) "Blog on Blogs"- excellent educational example of weblog use Blog on Blogs, a Weblog Review does double duty as a great resource for getting a handle on weblogs and a wonderful example of using blogs in an educational context, a New Media Studies course: This project is collaboration produced by the students of the Fall 2003 Introduction to New Media Studies course at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey. The purpose of the project is to provide concise reviews of examples of several different "genres" of weblogs. Seeded with a visit by weblog scholar From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43007) Quick! Get Use out of RSS before the Vultures Ruin It There are people who can look at a peaceful valley or serene mountain vista and only see how it can be exploited; they see only golf courses, shopping malls, and asphalt. Likewise, there are those that can only look at a useful communications technology and only rub their hands in glee trying to figure out how to squeeze money from it. There was the glory of the web, and now we have non-stop pop-up ads. There was direct connections via email, and now we are littered by spam. Next stop? The vultures are beginning to hover over RSS. Witness David Galbraith's: --> From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (43006) Kotke on Metadata: "Metadazzle-Overfizzle" Although I miss the literary references, I do like the spin that Jason Kotke puts on meta-data: Nothing takes the fun and personality out of writing like metadata. As software developers, photographers, writers, and users struggle to organize creative work so that people can locate what they're after, the work itself has necessarily been de-emphasized. As an example, posts on weblogs can have categories, permalinks, post dates, post times, # of comments, # of new comments since your last From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (43005) Chasing Down the CSS "Peek-a-boo" Bug There are a few threads to this story. I had seen an odd thing on one of our new XHTML designed web sites-- this one uses an HTML <ul> list and CSS for rollover effects and graphic-looking buttons for the navigation. In Internet Explorer 6 (and then reports came in for IE5 users) the text to the right of the 4 first navigation links was hidden, or the text would disappear of you moused over one of the navigation links. The text would show up if you scrolled down and came back. I Googled a bit on "IE CSS bug" scoure From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (43004) Governing Board Member Digs RSS (Film at 11) Now that the copies of our mcli Forum have gone out to our colleges, we are getting a lot of interest, questions, head scratching about RSS from the "Pssss... Have You Heard About RSS?" article. An email came today from one of our Governing Board members who found the article "interesting"-- this is remarkable and encouraging all at the same time. I think this person got so excited that they went online to RSS.com and wondering why our article never mentioned "Retail Store Systems" (Wow From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (43003) This Dog is Out Time for a break- this CogDog is off at our secret hideaway, tethered to the net only by a 28 kbps modem line. At that rate, the RSS reader chokes and sputters on those fat feeds, bloated graphic web sites are not worth the bother, and those internal emails full of attached Word files or crufted HTML with 1 Mb TIFFs are not worth reading... indeed, time for a break. Yes, it all suggests better things to be done than being online. Back in action Dec 30. I hope all enjoy a festive holiday season everywhere, relax, and come back inspired to rev things up, blog incessa From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (43002) RSS WinterFest 2004- Party at Dave's? Just announced, Jan 21-22, 2004, RSS Winterfest: a free Webcast, and hear from some of the world's foremost experts and commentators about RSS and the future of Internet content syndication. We'll give an overview of RSS and look at its future. We'll feature case studies that will examine the applications for enterprise content syndication. We'll hear what some of the early adopters have learned about distributing advertising through RSS feeds.< From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (43001) Reading Time: "The Map that Changed the World" This slow time has allowed a rare luxury: finishing a good book. On one forgotten trip a few months back, thumbing through the schlock selections at some airport bookstore, one caught my attention because of a geology cross-section on the cover. Simon Winchester's "The Map that Changed the World" is the riveting story of William Smith, truly the "father of modern geology." (Michelle hopefully has a From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (43000) Now X-Serving for 2004... Jade Has Moved No addresses or URLs have been shuffled, but today I finally managed to move our 'Jade' server (if anyone has caught notice, all machines in my area are domain named after minerals... my G4 laptop is 'Topaz', my beige PC is "Pyrite', there is an old Mac named 'Sphalerite' acting as a mulit-user server for some old shockwave apps that people seem to still use) to our new, sleek X-Serve host. I had elegant plans for a migration that included an Apache From cogdogblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:47 p.m.. (42999) The Birth of GNU, 20 Years Ago Today Richard Stallman resigned from MIT 20 years ago today to launch the GNU Project. That was the free software effort... From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 5, 2004 at 2:46 p.m.. (42998) Simulating Psychosis Delusions, hallucinations and distortions of thinking are the hallmarks of psychosis, a reality-bending mental state that has occupied thinkers since ancient times. Driven by the desire to better understand this puzzling condition, a small but growing band of scientists have been attempting since the 1970s to create computer simulations of the psychotic mind. Although this work has produced some exciting results, including an effective treatment for auditory hallucinations, it has found itself struggling with some crucial questions, not least of which is, "what is mental illness?" From kuro5hin.org on January 5, 2004 at 2:45 p.m.. (42997) Back to writing I'm back. Still in Moscow (or, to be precise, in a village 100 kilometers from it at the moment of writing this :), off-line most of the time. Enjoying time with my family and friends, time to read and to reflects. And having a lot of fun trying to explan in Russian the tricky combination of knowledge work and blogging in my PhD research to my friends who know nothing about KM and weblogs. Most of the things I'll be posting are written at other times... From Mathemagenic on January 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m.. (42996) The power of lurking I'm thinking about "core" vs. "fringe" in a community and at this moment it's more about a "fringe"... As far as I know there is not enough attention paid to legitimate peripheral participation in communities, to the "learning" and "belonging" effects of lurking (I may be missing something here, any pointers are welcome). As I wrote before, there is a great value of an on-line communi From Mathemagenic on January 5, 2004 at 1:52 p.m.. (42995) Knowledge networker Thinking about terminology for my PhD again. I wonder if I should introduce knowledge networker as a term. I like it because it stresses social side of knowledge work, being a node in a knowledge network, which is often missing in a "mainstream" knowledge worker literature. From another side, it may be percieved as a narrow one, focusing only on the networking side of the knowledge work. May be it should be something like knowledge net worker :) There is another problem with knowledge networker. Knowle From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (42993) T-Online: "LernenOnline"? BildungsBlog: Mit T-Online bietet jetzt auch der größte Online-Dienst in Deutschland ein eigenes Weiterbildungsprogramm im Internet an. Wie das Unternehmen in Darmstadt mitteilt, können Nutzer unter www.lernenonline.t-online.de künftig E-Learning-Kurse zu verschiedenen Themengebieten belegen. Zur Wahl stünden unter anderem Computer- und Sprachkurse sowie Fortbildungsangebote für so genannte Soft Skills wie Kommunikations- und Organisat From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on January 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (42992) Schulportal Österreichs Das Schulportal schule.at wird von der EDUCATION HIGHWAY Innovationszentrum für Schule und Neue Technologie GmbH gemeinsam mit dem Bundesministerium für Bildung, Wissenschaft und Kultur gestaltet. schule.at bietet eine Fülle von Inhalten zu den verschiedensten Themen. In der zugrundeliegenden Ressourcendatenbank, die fast 35000 Eintragungen enthält, kann man nach didaktisch aufbereiteten Unterlagen, Bildern, Artikeln, Informationen, Software usw From BildungsBlog on January 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (42991) T-Online: "LernenOnline" Mit T-Online bietet jetzt auch der größte Online-Dienst in Deutschland ein eigenes Weiterbildungsprogramm im Internet an. Wie das Unternehmen in Darmstadt mitteilt, können Nutzer unter www.lernenonline.t-online.de künftig E-Learning-Kurse zu verschiedenen Themengebieten belegen. Zur Wahl stünden unter anderem Computer- und Sprachkurse sowie Fortbildungsangebote für so genannte Soft Skills wie Kommunikations- und Organisationsfähigkeit. Die Kosten pro Kurs lägen zwischen 9,99 und From BildungsBlog on January 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (42990) lehridee.de - Lernen und Lehren... Um den Erfahrungsaustausch zwischen Lehrenden und Lernenden an Hochschulen zu unterstützen, wurde jetzt das Projekt "Lehridee" ins Leben gerufen - ein Kooperationsprojekt des Netzwerks Hochschuldidaktische Weiterbildung der Fachhochschulen des Landes NRW (hdw-nrw-fh) mit der Hochschulbibliothek der Fachhochschule (FH) Bielefeld. Die Projektleitung liegt bei Dr. Tobina Brinker, Arbeitsstelle für Hochschuldidaktik der FH Bielefeld, und Dr. Antje Kellersohn, Leiterin der Hochschulbibliothek der FH Bielefeld. [...] "Lehridee" bietet eine Fülle von Material fü From BildungsBlog on January 5, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (42989) developing online courses I’m spending a whole lot of holiday time in course development this Christmas. I’m teaching 3 online courses this semester—ID, authoring, and Web teaching. I’ve had seven requests from fellow faculty to audit my Web Teaching course—an online course about... From IDT Matrix on January 5, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (42988) Request for Open Source Mapping help Anyone care to review the following snippet, about open source GIS projects, for accuracy, completeness, fairness, etc.? It's part of a much larger piece on the GIS industry. I'm on short deadline here... <Draft> One of the leaders at this point is the University of Minnesota's MapServer. It was initially developed as part of the ForNet forestry management project, funded by the state of Minnesota and NASA. While the MapServer lets an application display a browsable map, the site notes it, "is not a full-featured GIS system, nor does it aspire to be." The US Geological Sur From Joho the Blog on January 5, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (42987) One to Watch Librarian in Black "This site was born out of my displeasure at having to wade through dozens of websites, blogs, & RSS feeds related to librarianship, technology, webmastery, and current issues to find those few posts that applied to me as a Tech Librarian. I hope this site can serve as a one-stop-shop for all us Techie Librarians...web design, technology news, library world news, reference stuff, funky gadgets, and other useful (or simply amusing) sites and posts. It also has an RSS fe From The Shifted Librarian on January 5, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (42986) Internet Sales Tax: How Small E-Tailers Cope, Part 2 We take a look at how state and local governments are handling online taxes, what it will ultimately mean for small businesses, and the current status of federal legislation. From E-Commerce Guide on January 5, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (42985) I'm Back ...but still surveying the territory (not to mention plowing out from under mounds of email!). More (much), soon. From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on January 5, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (42984) BlogBook "Open Source lawyering has taken another step into the established order with the launch of The Blogbook, a guide to... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (42983) Toolbars Greg Notess hat einen Artikel veröffentlicht in der Ausgabe 1/2-2004 von Infotoday mit dem Titel "Toolbars: Trash or Treasures", in... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (42982) Haftung für Google AdWords? Die generelle Frage, inwieweit Suchmaschinen für die von ihnen indizierten Seiten verantwortlich sind, war in Deutschland bislang kaum Gegenstand gerichtlicher... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (42981) Interaktiver Steuerrechner Auf den Seiten des BFM steht nun (nach Inkrafttreten der Steuerreform auch zum praktischen Gebrauch) ein interaktiver Steuerrechner bereit (etliche... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (42980) UrhRG ohne Ende Eine studentische Projektgruppe an der Universität der Künste Berlin im Studiengang Gesellschafts- und Wirtschaftskommunikation hat jetzt im Rahmen ihrer Diplomarbeit... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (42979) Bundesdisziplinargericht wurde aufgelöst Zum Jahresende beendete das Bundesdisziplinargericht seine Arbeit. Das Gericht war zuständig für Disziplinarangelegenheiten bei Bundesbeamten. Die entsprechende PM ist hier... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (42978) Harnad op-ed piece on OA Stevan Harnad, Knowledge freely given should be freely available, Montreal Gazette, January 5, 2003. Excerpt: "The authors of most books, for example, are quite aware that the Web is a medium in which texts can be made accessible to anyone, but they'd rather their readers paid for access. Most singers and songwriters feel the same way. Most people, in fact, would prefer to be paid for their work. But there's one prominent exception. Researchers are paid to do research but they publish it From FOS News on January 5, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (42977) Rovers on Mars Last night NOVA broadcast MARS Dead or Alive, an examination of the current project to send two rovers, Spirit and Opportunity, to Mars to search for signs of life. Less than 24 hours after Spirit's successful landing, NOVA showed the jubilant team celebrating the initial success of the mission. The show will be re-broadcast tomorrow night (Tuesday) and will hav From megnut on January 5, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (42976) A Delicious Way To Personalize The Web The increasing complexity of navigating the Internet is becoming one of the fundamental obstacles to its effective use. This is due to the nature of the Internet, principally, a disorganized collection of both sites and site documents whose exponential growth rate rapidly is outstripping any user's ability to master it. There are two ways to deal with this complexity: a) reorganize the structure of the Internet or b) give each user the ability to organize an individual perspective of the Internet. Although the former would produce more global benefit, the latter is both easier to accompli From IDEAS on January 5, 2004 at 11:49 a.m.. (42974) Suite of QTI development tools completed The CETIS assessment SIG has coordinated the development of a set of three tools that helps developers implement IMS' Question and Test Interoperability specification. From CETIS: Standards in Education Technology on January 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (42973) Big Eyed Beans From Venus Indie sites, fashion sites, blogger awards, book review, affordable stock photos, more. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (42972) PV Comics launch Free comics in a switchable high/low-bandwidth layout using Stuart Robertson's CSS image map technique (ALA issue 166). From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (42971) Web Design Mega Reference Over 30,000 organized links, with an emphasis on web standards and accessibility. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (42970) Your Handwriting on Your Computer New free service converts your handwriting to TrueType fonts. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (42969) Linky Doodle Do Lovely, inspiring sites added to our reorganized Externals department. From Jeffrey Zeldman Presents: The Daily Report on January 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (42968) Happy Sylvester Hanan Cohen explains why Israeli's refer to New Years Eve as "Sylvester": It's just because Israel is a Jewish state. The [Jewish] new year holiday is celebrated on the eve of Tishrei 1st. People who immigrated to Israel from western countries still wanted to celebrate the "old" new year, like at home, but could not say that they were celebrating the new year so they used instead the Catholic name of the day, Sylvester. That's why the Jews in Israel celebrate the event using a name of a Catholic saint. Hanan also points to an article about the 25%... From Joho the Blog on January 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (42967) Grassroots ads MoveOn.org has posted the selected nominees in its create-an-ad contest. If I weren't on deadline, I'd be watching them right now...... From Joho the Blog on January 5, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (42966) Pipelines and monads More pushback on last week's column, this time from from Stefano Mazzocchi: I've been one or the first to see the value of pipelines for XML processing and wrote Cocoon to make it happen, so I think I know a little about XML processing pipelines, but there is something that the people advocating web services miss entirely: protocol interoperability is hard but can be achieved data interoperability is harder but some standardization (real or de-facto) creates pow From Jon's Radio on January 5, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (42965) Bush in 30 Seconds -- finalists The finalists for MoveOn.org's Bush in 30 Seconds ad contest are in. 1,000 entries. 15 amazing finalists. From Lessig Blog on January 5, 2004 at 11:45 a.m.. (42964) 2004: The Turning Point Stephen Downes reluctantly makes some predictions for e-learning in the coming year. From AFTER 5 on January 5, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (42963) NB E-learning Forum On Wednesday, December 17th, the New Brunswick e-Learning Forum met at the Wu Conference Centre in Fredericton as part of an ongoing follow-up to the Premier's Roundtable on Innovation and eNB -e-Learning Forum. From AFTER 5 on January 5, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (42962) UNBSJ E-Commerce Centre Launches New e-Business Awareness Program The Honourable Gerry Byrne, Minister of State for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA), today announced that the Electronic Commerce Centre at the University of New Brunswick Saint John will receive a $579,000 contribution, through ACOAÂ’s Strategic Community Investment Fund (SCIF), to develop and implement a new E- Business Awareness Program. (Dec.1, 2003) From AFTER 5 on January 5, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (42961) Health Canada announces a grant of just over $8 million to the University of Moncton OTTAWA - The Honourable Claudette Bradshaw, Minister of Labour announced today, on behalf of the Honourable Anne McLellan, federal Minister of Health, that the Government of Canada would be allocating a little more than $8 million over the next five years to the University of Moncton to support training and retention of health professional for the French-speaking minority communities. From AFTER 5 on January 5, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (42960) Organization Profile - Consortium for Information Technology in Education (CITE) / New Brunswick Community College – Saint John Through the Consortium for Information Technology in Education (CITE), the New Brunswick Community College – Saint John has successfully created a mechanism for applied research and innovation to serve its own needs as well as those of external clients. From AFTER 5 on January 5, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (42959) Verräterischer Ohrabdruck Verbrecher können zwar anhand ihres Erbguts eindeutig identifiziert werden, doch ist es nicht immer leicht, am Tatort DNA-Spuren des Täters... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (42958) Harnad on OA archiving and impact Stevan Harnad, Open Access to Peer-Reviewed Research through Author/Institution Self-Archiving: Maximizing Research Impact by Maximizing Online Access, Journal of Postgraduate Medicine, 49, 4 (2003) pp. 337-342. Excerpt: The beneficiaries [of OA archiving] will not just be research and researchers, but society itself, inasmuch as research is supported because of its potential benefits to society. Researchers in developing countries and at the less affluent universi From FOS News on January 5, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (42957) Lieberman on trade So I've taped but not yet watched the Democrats' debate yesterday, but thanks to Jim Garrison for pointing me to this exchange. According to this Washington Post transcript, Lieberman had this to say about trade: I think we've got to reject the extremism of George Bush and the extremism of Democrats who would put back walls of protectionism. And what's the extremism of George Bush? He just sits back and lets foreign countries break the rules of trade, rip off patents, copyri From Lessig Blog on January 5, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (42956) Semantic Blogging HP hat ein Projekt abgeschlossen, mit dem es möglich ist, das semantische Bloggen zu demonstrieren (Fortsetzung angekündigt). Außerdem gibt es... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (42955) Paula Hane's 2003 wrap-up Paul Hane, The Latest Developments in Open Access, E-Books, and More, Information Today, January 2, 2004. A round-up of 2003 news, including the Elsevier cancellations, BioMed Central advances, the ALA open forum on open access and related issues at the Midwinter Meeting, and the WSIS. From FOS News on January 5, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (42954) Robin Peek on OA momentum Robin Peek, Open Access Expands Its Reach, Information Today, January 2, 2004. Reviews some recent grounds for optimism. Excerpt: "If I were Alice in Wonderland, I'd say that with each passing month the scholarly publishing landscape just keeps getting curiouser and curiouser. Indeed, those who hoped that open access was just another fantasy in Alice's vivid imagination had better rethink the story line. At no other time in history has academia seemed so poised to abandon the way it has been conducting scholarly publishing From FOS News on January 5, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (42953) More on the ERIC clearinghouses Gary Price has compiled a list of what is happing to the clearinghouses since they lost federal funding. From FOS News on January 5, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (42952) Praise for PM, PMC, and BMC Peter Jacsó's annual Cheers and Jeers column for Information Today, reviewing the information highlights of the previous year, is devoted this year to linking initiatives and disasters. He singles out PubMed, PubMed Central, and BioMed Central for praise, the latter two "for digitizing entire runs of much respected journals, making them freely accessible by anyone and easily linkable as you can see in the PDF and/or HTML archive of the Bulletin of the Medical Library Association (from 1911), or in th From FOS News on January 5, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (42950) PLOS Biology gets a 4* rating from the BMJ A review of PLOS Biology in the BMJ gives it a top rating. From FOS News on January 5, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (42949) Music downloads decline after RIAA lawsuits - Reuters The music industry's controversial lawsuits against online song swappers appear to have forced U.S. computer users to severely curb their free music downloading habit, according to new research released Sunday. The percentage of Americans w From Techno-News Blog on January 5, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42948) Computing giants to debut new gear at CES - David Becker, CNET News.com The computing industry will up the ante on its consumer bet this week, as Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard and other tech stalwarts head to Las Vegas for the Consumer Electronics Show. CES, the main trade show for producers of high-tech gadgets a From Techno-News Blog on January 5, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42947) Gadget Hounds Line Up for CES - Katie Dean, Wired While many trade shows have the reputation of lining up booth after booth of khaki-clad workers delivering monotonous sales pitches, the annual Consumer Electronics Show draws thousands of people who want to check out the fun stuff: new gadgets. More From Techno-News Blog on January 5, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42946) From high stakes to embedded learning: Technology-based assessment needs to change direction - Steven E. Miller, eSchool News The dictionary definition of "assessment" does not include the taking of high-stakes final exams. But that's how the word is being increasingly used. In the context of schools' legal requirements to meet Adequate Yearly Progress goals, assessment means From Educational Technology on January 5, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (42945) Internet math class may serve as prototype - VICKI FERSTEL, the Advocate An experimental Advanced Placement calculus class at Baker High School may pave the way for math teachers to use interactive video-conference technology over the Internet to reach students in rural and other underserved schools. For LSU graduate stude From Educational Technology on January 5, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (42944) Journascience Ab sofort bietet das Interdisziplinäre Institut für Europäische und Internationale Entwicklungen einen kostenlosen Informationsdienst zum Thema Kriminalität an. Das Portal... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (42943) Punctuate This Scholarly-book titles have become increasingly cumbersome, lashed together with colons and (worse) semicolons. One professor is on a crusade to put an end to the trend, period. From Chronicle: free on January 5, 2004 at 6:48 a.m.. (42942) Looking Up, Just Slightly As state legislatures convene, the bleak economy that has dimmed the outlook for colleges in the past two years now seems a little brighter. From Chronicle: free on January 5, 2004 at 6:48 a.m.. (42941) IBM Korea Draws Bribery Charges The Seoul District Prosecutor's Office has charged 48 IBM execs and government officials in South Korea with bribery in state contracts for computer parts and servers. From Wired News on January 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42940) Beyond Google: Narrow the Search Too much information, no matter how fast it appears, may muddy the results of Internet searches. New technologies for mining the Web attempt to make the quest more efficient. From Wired News on January 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42939) Stardust Snaps Comet Photos A tiny U.S. spacecraft survives a buffeting ride inside the tail of the Wild 2 comet, collecting samples of space dust and sending back stunning images of the comet's pitted surface. From Wired News on January 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42938) Mars Rover Hits Sweet Spot The Spirit rover declares its safe landing inside what scientists term a 'glorious' Martian crater by beaming stunning images of the planet's surface back to Earth. Delivered in stereoscope, the photos have extraordinary depth of field. From Wired News on January 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42937) Patents' Raging Bull MIT professor Lester Thurow says the time to shape the emerging global economy is now. His formula for lasting prosperity? A universal patent system. A Wired magazine interview. From Wired News on January 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42936) Burning Man, the Simulation Thanks to a California artist, Burning Man addicts can get a fix every day of the year, provided they have Microsoft Flight Simulator. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on January 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42935) 2004: Year of the Green Machine Sales of hybrid vehicles are expected to take off in the coming year, with Toyota and Honda leading the way -- and U.S. carmakers are finally getting into the act. By John Gartner. From Wired News on January 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42934) Gadget Hounds Line Up for CES The Consumer Electronics Show, opening in Las Vegas this week, will showcase the latest geek and general consumer toys. Nagging digital rights issues still stand in the way of fully networked homes. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on January 5, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (42933) Optimizing Movable Type Christoph Cemper has written up the results of his recent efforts at performance-tuning Movable Type. The upshot? rebuilding category archives works from the browser again - no premature end of script (internal server error 500) problems anymore (was a timeout... From Movable Type on January 5, 2004 at 5:49 a.m.. (42932) Blogging and RSS — The "What's It?" and "How To" of Powerful New Web Tools for Educators Yet another cool intro to blogging and RSS for educators article from the prolific Will Richardson. QUOTE The internet has long been valued by teachers and librarians as a powerful research and communications tool, and in the last 10 years, it has brought about a sea change in the way students find, manage, and use information. But the promise of the Web as more than just a readable, searchable resource has been slow to be realized ... until now. Two new Internet technologies, Weblogs and From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 4:49 a.m.. (42931) Soaring Star Productions Announces DVD Release of "Pocket Snails Soaring Star Productions LLC, a children's educational media company, announces the DVD release of its flagship product, "Pocket Snails From PR Web on January 5, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (42930) Former Chandler/Sun Lakes Independent News Editor and Writer Joins EVLiving.com HYPHEN Your GUIDE to the East Valley Tommy Acosta has agreed to join the team of talented columnists writing for EVLiving.com. The well-read and respected journalist will be covering local news, school news, senior issues, government news and writing special features, bringing years of of contemplation, writing and journalistic experience to EVLiving.com's East Valley community news coverage. [PRWEB Jan 5, 2004] From PR Web on January 5, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (42929) A TOY for PEACE is SELECTED as ONE of the BEST 25 TOYS OF THE PAST 25 YEARS. What will be the next must have toy? The world should hopes it is this, one of the few products that everyone can relate to- our Planet and hugging. The Hugg-A-Planet, Earth does everything a great toy should and more. Developed to be truly hands on, informative, and emotionally positive to just hold. "Good toys have staying power; they engage. They help build attention spans, not fragment them", says the Parents' Choice Foundation. This toy does just that.. BEST 25 TOYS OF 25 YEARS Award confirms that a Hugg-A-Planet Earth just may be the must have toy of the Twenty First Century. From PR Web on January 5, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (42927) Men Collect and Shelve Women Trophies: Author Marc Rudov Blasts Unilateral Pursuit in Article About The Golden Rule Marc H. Rudov, author of The Man's No-Nonsense Guide to Women: How to Succeed in Romance on Planet Earth (TM), has published a new article, "The Golden Rule Dictates Your Sex Life," that outlines the hazards of men unilaterally pursuing women. Basically, the traditional courting roles -- man as hunter and woman as trophy -- impose an unhealthy imbalance that obviates a peer relationship, which is the cornerstone of true mutual respect and a satisfying sex life. Like it or not, relationships adhere to the "Golden Rule of the Business World": whoever has the gold makes the rules. The articl From kuro5hin.org on January 5, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (42925) Thromboserisiko bei Langstreckenflügen Das viel diskutierte Risiko, auf Langstreckenflügen eine Venenthrombose zu entwickeln, ist offenbar höher als bisher angenommen. From MedUNIQA Newsletter on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42924) Rotwein und Migräne Forscher wollten herausfinden, warum Rotwein bei manchen Menschen Migräne auslöst - vergeblich. From MedUNIQA Newsletter on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42923) Knoblauch gegen resistente Bakterien Forscher setzen auf Knoblauch gegen antibiotikaresistente Bakterien: Der Knoblauch-Inhaltsstoff Allicin tötet selbst die widerstandsfähigsten Mikroben. From MedUNIQA Newsletter on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42922) Gesundheit europaweit Eine EU-weite Umfrage zeigt unterschiedliche Krankheitshäufigkeiten und Beanspruchung des Gesundheitssystems in verschiedenen Ländern. From MedUNIQA Newsletter on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42921) Buch aktuell: Basiswissen Ernährung. Basiswissen Ernährung From MedUNIQA Newsletter on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42920) Buch aktuell: Gesundheits-Check für Haus und Wohnung. Gesundheits-Check für Haus und Wohnung. From MedUNIQA Newsletter on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42919) Gesund ernähren - aber wie? Kohlenhydrate, Fett, Eiweiß, Ballaststoffe. Dazu Vitamine und Mineralstoffe. Voilà: Gesunde Ernährung. Was so einfach klingt, scheitert nicht nur am inneren Schweinehund. From MedUNIQA Newsletter on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42918) Nahrungsmittel: Unverträglich - Histaminintoleranz Histaminintoleranz ist keine Allergie, dennoch wird sie durch den 'Boten' der Allergien hervorgerufen. Histamin ist beteiligt an jeglichen allergischen Reaktionen. In Käse, Sauerkraut oder Rotwein versteckt... From MedUNIQA Newsletter on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42917) Mein Wandschrank macht mich krank Formaldehyd, Ozon, Schimmel, Tabakrauch: In manchen Räumen schweben mehr Schadstoffe durch die Luft als an stark befahrenen Straßen. Kopfschmerzen, Ãœbelkeit oder Schwindel können erste Anzeichen für eine zu hohe Schadstoffdichte im Raum sein. From MedUNIQA Newsletter on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42916) "Justiz hat 100 Jahre verschlafen" Senatorin Karin Schubert fordert mehr Dienstleistungsmentalität und will die Gerichte reformieren, meldet die MoPo. Na dann!... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42915) 20 Fragen zum Dritten Bashman hat heute (wieder einmal) "20 Fragen" online gestellt,- dieses Mal an den kalifornischen Berufungsrichter Chief Judge Deanell Reece Tacha.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42914) Irrtum beim Vergleich Das Schweizerische Bundesgericht hat im Falle eines Unfallopfers die Berufung auf einen Grundlagenirrtum (Art. 24 Abs. 1 Ziff. 4 OR)... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 5, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (42913) Should there be a music business? If not, then sharing music would be legal as it has been for most of history MY TAKE ON THE FOLLOWING: Both Tim and Gary are right. Tim is pragmatic while Gary is idealistic. umair haque part 1: QUOTE The point is this: the net offers listeners insurance against the music industry itself. File-sharing isn't simply theft. Rather, file-sharing is risk-sharing - against an industry with the freedom to undertake hidden action in the extreme, a From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 3:49 a.m.. (42912) The Web Browser is not my friend The WYSIWYG editors in IE and Mozilla generate bad HTML code. Now that I have a new 15" Powerbook, I'm going to try to use NetNewsWire for all my blogging. Goodbye bogus <br> tags! Hello spell checking! NNW had some glitches on my aging Blue and White G3 but on this new computer, it flies. Thank-you, Brent! From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 3:49 a.m.. (42911) Call for Proposals: Emerging Technologies and Theories for Teaching and Learning From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (42910) Cornell Univeristy: Resolution regarding the University Library's Policies on Serials Acquisitions, From Distance-Educator.com&apos;s Daily News on January 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (42909) MDR: Schools that fail AYP are below average in tech use From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (42908) Official stresses dissertation results over university accreditation From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (42907) Oswego BOCES Distance Learning Offers College Courses From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (42906) PC [Porterville College] offers first-of-its-kind nursing program From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (42905) Joint Forces offers new Web-based course From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (42904) Out with Old, in with New...Funding Policies From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 5, 2004 at 3:48 a.m.. (42903) Broad Overhaul of City Schools Causing Strains Four months into an historic overhaul of the New York City public school system, schools are showing sparks of improvement against a backdrop of confusion. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42902) For Whom Will Harvard's Bells Toll? That's in Question While Russia experienced decades of state atheism, Harvard was the home of 18 bells from the Danilov Monastery. Now, the monastery's monks want the bells back. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42901) Pediatrics Academy Calls for Elimination of Soda in Schools Soft drinks should be eliminated from schools to help tackle the nation's obesity epidemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics says. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42900) A Year-Round Chance to Relive College Days Many subdivisions are springing up across the country that give college buddies an opportunity to move in next door to one another. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42899) True and False Standardized testing From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42898) Gephardt Proposes Program to Add Teachers and Schools Representative Richard A. Gephardt of Missouri promised to expand the ranks of teachers, build schools and increase financing for preschool and after-school programs. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42897) Pulling Strings to Get Violins Back Into Children's Lives The University of South Carolina, now a model for the rest of the country, is doing work that may keep the violin a mainstream instrument. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42896) For the Harts, It's Off to College Soon for Colin. And Ryan, Kerry and Amy, Too. One family is finding, four times over, that what may be even trickier than getting their children into a school is the prospect of paying for it. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42895) Kindergarten Can Wait Educators and parents say that the phenomenon of holding children back is becoming more prevalent, particularly in affluent New Jersey communities. From New York Times: Education on January 5, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (42894) Re-design done for now The re-design is done for now. I plan on tweaking this further though! Some notes: Minor bug in Scoble's code. Relative URLs for the stylesheet don't work in categories. I fixed it by putting an absolute URL. Other than that, the code is minimalist and fast loading. Thanks again Robert! UserLand's comment server is over-loaded and slow and causes my blog to load much slower than it co From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (42893) Content Feeds with RSS 2.0 (SOURCE:Content feeds with RSS 2.0)- Excellent QUOTE A lot has happened in the RSS world since developerWorks last looked at RSS: Two new specifications have come out, RSS has become one of the most popular XML standards, and tools and feeds are popping up everywhere. RSS has contributed to the explosion of weblogs, and it is becoming a standard part of other Web sites, too. This article reviews RSS 2.0, From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (42892) Another great cross-country ski day at Cypress There's a ton of snow at Cypress and the conditions are perfect. Had a great time skiing today. Soft snow. Get there before it melts. Here's what it looked like back in April 2003:. It looked the same today as it did back in April. Just very cold by Vancouver standards, -10 degrees Celsius. From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 5, 2004 at 2:49 a.m.. (42891) Treo 600 Review I've finally gotten around to posting about my experiences with the Treo 600 in an essay called Life in the Treo Lane. The great thing about this device is that it confirms most of what I've been writing about for the last two years. I am truly shifted now! Of course, this has brought home to me even more how woefully lacking library services are in a shifted environment, and I'll be doing a second write-up of how they look on the Treo. In fact, I'm thinking of su From The Shifted Librarian on January 5, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (42890) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]