Edu_RSS ~ January 14, 2004

Most recent update: January 14, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Making Sense of Common Sense Knowledge Interesting interview looking at the nature and usefulness of common sense. Leaving aside questions of consistency and reliability, common sense is essentially the ability to make decisions based on partial information. This proves to be a particularly challenging task for artificial intelligence. For humans, too. By Unknown, Ubiquity, January 14, 2003 [Refer][Research][From OLDaily on January 14, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44272) Vancouver A bit of a short OLDaily today since I've spent the day in planning meetings. This link is to my photos from my time here on the west coast, including some of one of my favorite places, Stanley Park. What's cool is that this is the first of my galleries to be created by my automatic photo gallery creator, a nifty piece of software I wrote while attending sessions at the Pan-Canadian Workshop (ah, I love wireless access). It's still rough; I'll release the code next week. By Stephen Downes, Stephen's Web, January 14, 2003 [--> From OLDaily on January 14, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (44271) Sen. Coleman to Convene P2P Summit internetnews.com reports that Sen. Norm Coleman (R - MN) is planning to convene a summit within in the next two months to bring together the various interested parties with regard to P2P (Senator Plans P2P Summit). This summit will not... From The Importance Of on January 14, 2004 at 9:51 p.m.. (44270) JISC Seeking Volunteer Members From ScotFEICT on January 14, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (44269) Back to the Moon, to Mars and Beyond Bush's well-leaked call for a serious expansion of human space exploration deserves support. He sounded just the right notes, including this so-true line: "We do not know where this journey will end. Yet we know this: Human beings are headed into the cosmos." From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 14, 2004 at 8:46 p.m.. (44268) EnglishIV EnglishIV Elizabeth Fullerton teaches English Literature IV : British Literature. Elizabeth is preparing her student for using blog in her literature course. Should be exciting. Thanks, Elizabeth for sending the link via email.... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 14, 2004 at 7:49 p.m.. (44267) Diner with yufenMet with yufen and talked about Ed ... Diner with yufenMet with yufen and talked about Education/VSM/ISD for about half, and then had dinner with Xuping, Yufen, XiaoxiaoFengye, Danzhu, Xiaojing, etc. From Meta on January 14, 2004 at 7:49 p.m.. (44266) Wheels of Justice Grind Up Major Enron Criminal This is a good day for American justice, and for capitalism. We're seeing real action to clean up one of the worst abuses in recent corporate history. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 14, 2004 at 7:46 p.m.. (44265) Buying an Education: Where are the Returns Highest [PDF 1.3MB] The Australian education system is currently experiencing rapid change at all levels. This paper considers the recent trends in private school enrolments and fees in light of the new university arrangements which allow for Australian citizens to enrol as full fee paying students rather than having to rely soley on academic merit to earn a place. Source: The Australia Institute, January 2004 From EdNA Online on January 14, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (44264) Quality Schooling through Sustainable Partnership [PDF] Submission by the Independent Schools Association to the Department of Education, Science and Training about Australian Government Funding Arrangements for Non-Government Schools 2005-2008. Source: Independent Schools Assocation, October 2003 From EdNA Online on January 14, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (44263) Your school as a film star? Cash-strapped California schools try to lure film and TV crews. From Christian Science Monitor | Learning on January 14, 2004 at 7:45 p.m.. (44262) Advertising Keywords, Netscape, Playboy and Initial Interest Confusion The Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has overruled the district court which granted summary judgement to Netscape, which was accused of violating trademark law by selling keywords to advertisers in association with Netscape's search engine. The plaintiff is... From The Importance Of on January 14, 2004 at 6:51 p.m.. (44261) Spinning yarns around the digital fire: Storytelling and dialogue among youth on the Internet Ein langer Titel, hinter dem die Frage steckt: Können die kollaborativen Techniken des Internets - wie z.B. Message Boards, Instant Messaging oder Blogs - Kinder dabei unterstützen, wichtige soziale Kompetenzen zu entwickeln? Ich glaube, der Autor will vor allem dem... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 14, 2004 at 6:50 p.m.. (44260) Class blog for ENGL 492, Purdue University Hello everyone. Long time no see. After much success with running my Dialectic Journal for a class last semester, I'll be fortunate enough to create and administrate a class blog this semester for the same professor. I schooled her on the possibilities for instruction, dialogue, and instant updates on assignments... From EdBlogger Praxis on January 14, 2004 at 6:50 p.m.. (44259) Culture swings InstitutionsIndividuals Cycles. To everything there is a season. The focus of our culture seems to swing from technology to people and back. From institutions to individuals. From central authority to decentralization. From top-down control to bottom-up. Extreme swings toward technology and institutions were Taylor's Scientific... From Internet Time Blog on January 14, 2004 at 6:49 p.m.. (44258) Neujahrsempfang Wer Lust hat, kann morgen (Donnerstag) mal in Mainz vorbeischauen und Roland ein schönes neues Jahr wünschen: So stehts auf den Plakaten in Mainz: Roland Koch Neujahrsempfang 15. Januar 2004 18.30 Erbacher Hof Grebenstraße 24-26 (Altstadt nahe Dom) Mainz Hbf von DA Hbf in 35 min mit Regionalbahn(fährt immer um 40 und um 10 nach) ist noch im RMV Darauf noch ein Kleiner Aufkleber: Do 15. Januar 2004 8.00h Erörterungstermin A380 Werft Mörfelden Dreieichstraße... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on January 14, 2004 at 6:49 p.m.. (44257) Colored boxes - one method of building full CSS layouts Russ Weakley has written another practical tutorial on building full CSS layouts. To quote: How do you go about building a full CSS layout? Is there an overall method that can be used for any layout? This article explains one... From Column Two on January 14, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (44256) Kommentare schließen? Erstens hoffe ich, dass mir sowas erspart bleibt, zweitens glaube ich nicht, dass der Weg, den Ross Mayfield aufzeigt besonders sinnvoll ist. Die Transaktionskosten verhindern vielleicht Spam, jedenfalls aber auch die Gele... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 14, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (44255) Fear of Abandonment Abandoned shopping carts are the bane of every e-tailer's existence. Countless studies point out what tweaks you should make in order to improve conversion rates. But what's a merchant to do when her biggest problem is just a lazy customer? From E-Commerce Guide on January 14, 2004 at 6:45 p.m.. (44254) Twenty-one Oscar Screeners on the Internet? Waxy.org has done a little research on the Oscar screeners available on the internet and has found twenty-one of twenty-two films widely considered likely Oscar candidates to be available in screener format on the internet (Researching the 2004 Oscar Screeners).... From The Importance Of on January 14, 2004 at 5:51 p.m.. (44253) Metatags are useless for most sites Read the full post to see where meta tags can be useful in very limited circumstances. From Google Uses Meta Tags Sparingly, But Should You? (Enough Already, Part 2) QUOTEBy Andrew Goodman - 9/16/2002 My recent editorial about metatags generated some helpful reader responses. My basic point still holds. Metadata as currently structured, in the context of a non-ideal world, is open to spam and deception, and most search engines From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 14, 2004 at 5:49 p.m.. (44252) macosxhints:How to move iTunes over to a new machine (via "mnj") - need to save this for future use! From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 14, 2004 at 5:49 p.m.. (44251) UB-Wien Tough moments, ich hoffe auch weiterhin mit UB das Richtige zu bezeichnen. What's in a name? . My employer lost its name. Vienna University Library is no more. Thanks to recent restructuring it's now called "Vienna Univers... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 14, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (44250) Strukturen Mit der Brechstange setzt die Uni Wien das Mittel der Organisationsentwicklung ein. Drittmittelprojekte . Das Geld für Drittmittelprojekte, sofern es bisher durch Institute und Fakultäten verwaltet worden ist, mußte im Rah... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on January 14, 2004 at 5:47 p.m.. (44249) Don't lock me in There's no shortage of articles hyping the Google IPO and today the Washington Post contributes to the buzz machine with Google Fans Fill Web With Buzz Over IPO. Skimming though it, I came across a passage (on page 3) that struck me, though I've probably read the same sentiments a million times. Regarding Google's competition, the Post writes, Yahoo is counting on its roster of registered users and its portal status to give it the upper hand...Microsoft, having seen the rich From megnut on January 14, 2004 at 5:45 p.m.. (44248) Rhethorik von onlinePublishing Das beantwortet perfekt die Frage, die heute im Zuge des ersten Weblog-Tages in meiner Lehrveranstaltung gestellt wurde, die andere - übliche - Frage, war nach dem Unterschied zu Messageboards. WikiAndBlog . »Blogs and wik... From thomas n. burg | randg'#228;nge on January 14, 2004 at 4:47 p.m.. (44247) Fächerwahlen und Karrieren... In Deutschland wurden Frauen erst zwischen 1900 und 1909 zum Studium an den Universitäten und 1919 als Universitätsdozentinnen zugelassen. In einem Forschungsprojekt an der Universität Göttingen wurden die Fächerwahlen, die soziale Herkunft und die Karrieren der ersten Generationen von Frauen an deutschen Universitäten erforscht. Dabei wurden die Daten von 6172 Gasthörerinnen, Studentinnen und wissenschaftlich arbeitenden Frauen bis 1945 erfasst und bezüglich der Prozesse des doing gender, also der "Vergeschlechtlichung" von akademischen Berufen, a From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (44245) Bestandskraft von Verwaltungsentscheidungen Gemäß dem EuGH-Urteil vom 13.01.2004 (PM | Urteil) kann eine Behörde verpflichtet sein, eine bereits bestandskräftige Entscheidung zu überprüfen, wenn... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (44244) Landesrecht NRW Das (ziemlich) umfangreiche Landesrecht von NRW ist auf dieser Seite zu finden; störend nur, dass derzeit noch einige Fundstellen kostenpflichtig... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (44243) 2004 Legal Technology Trends Ãœber Dennis Kennedy braucht man nichts zu sagen - man wirft einen Blick auf seine Website. Außerdem hat er ein... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (44242) Mission of Generic Corp Some day I plan to write a generic proposal for a generic product sold by Generic Corporation. In preparation, I collect content-free business puffery I find on the net. This is what you get when you click "Mission" on one corporation's home page: We intend... From Internet Time Blog on January 14, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44241) Blogs? RSS? Huh? Yesterday I gave the opening presentation to fifty or sixty people online for Collaborative Learning 04. When I came to trends in social software, I conducted a poll: Do you have your own blog? Yes, I have a blog No blog, but I read RSS... From Internet Time Blog on January 14, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (44240) Untitled Edgar Allan Poe. "Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night." [Quotes of the Day] From Seb's Open Research on January 14, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (44239) Web Server Statistics Page internet.com's ServerWatch reports on surveys that examine the number and types of servers being used to power the Internet. Check the results of the monthly surveys right here. From CyberAtlas on January 14, 2004 at 3:45 p.m.. (44238) Bad Boys, Bad Boys, Watcha Gonna Do? If you are interested in digital crime, you are going to participate in or attend Yale Law School's Information Society Project's conference on cybercrime: Digital Cops in Virtual Environment - CyberCrime and Digital Law Enforcement Conference. The Information Society Project... From The Importance Of on January 14, 2004 at 2:52 p.m.. (44237) Pod2Go 0.6 - Download news/weather and more... Pod2Go 0.6 - Download news/weather and more to your iPod. [MacUpdate - Mac OS X] One of seven or more... From Disruptive Technology on January 14, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (44236) Module ready Manila theme: Papaver [M] Bryan Bell, with help from his friends, announces "... the first non-UserLand produced Manila theme to use modules,... a technology,... From Disruptive Technology on January 14, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (44235) An easy method of creating iTunes MP3 CDs from AAC files First, let me start by saying this is not a circumvention of Apple's DRM protected AAC files. This hint is... From Digital Hub on January 14, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (44234) Dude, Check This Out! DudeCheckThisOut.com is a new blogging service that encourages linking and community building. I love the domain name! Dude, Check this out! QUOTEDude, Check This Out! is an entirely new application for finding, storing, and retrieving all the great stuff that you find on the Web. The Dude is the easiest way to share that stuff with your friends and other contacts, and it’s also a great way to meet people who think like you. Store 4 U, Send 2 Your Friends You can use the Dude to store cool links that yo From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 14, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (44233) Another Screener on the Internet I'm shocked, shocked, that Hollywood insiders would put recently released movies on the internet. This time it is mediocre Tom Cruise Oscar-bait The Last Samurai, according to an AP wirestory on Salon (Another Oscar screener movie found online). This time,... From The Importance Of on January 14, 2004 at 1:52 p.m.. (44232) More ListenIllinois in the Press, Plus Another Rant about CIPA We did do an actual press release for ListenIllinois, and the Audible folks sent it out to various wire services last month. Today I came across the press release on the Yahoo Biz site, which surprised me, even though it shouldn't have. Out of curiousity, I did some further searching and found that it was also picked up by -- From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (44231) WikiAndBlog »Blogs and wikis, because they are different spaces, manifest/take advantage of/engage different epistemic and rhetorical possibilities and serve different rhetorical and epistemic ends. They engage different rhetorics: one topical, carved from the inside out; the other chronological, staying on top of things.[...]However, posting on a blog is easier than on a wiki in great part because you do not need to decide where to post: you post to the top, or in an already-defined category. On a wiki, one has to find a place to put the post, which costs cognative overhead.« From owrede_log on January 14, 2004 at 1:47 p.m.. (44230) Marginalizing the Mac and Its Users Macintosh users frequently confront sites and applications they can't use. Is the problem getting worse? From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 14, 2004 at 1:46 p.m.. (44229) The Corporation - A Review Thanks for the heads up Dave. Here is a review of a remarkable documentary just released this week called The Corporation SCREENED AT THE 2003 VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL: A lot of documentaries get a rise out of their audience.... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 14, 2004 at 12:52 p.m.. (44228) First Day Fun...Everday Our Winter term has officially begun and I've distributed the syllabi and led the opening discussions for all my courses this semester. The first day a new class meets is always a thrill for me -- I love the "tabula rasa" feeling of the class, even when I have a... From PEDABLOGUE on January 14, 2004 at 12:52 p.m.. (44227) 5th Annual Digital Reference Conference Papers 5th Annual Digital Reference Conference Papershttp://www.vrd2003.org/proceedings/index.cfmThe Virtual Reference Desk (VRD) is pleased to offer presentations, handouts, models, papers, and other materials from its 5th Annual Digital Reference Conference in San Antonio, held on November 17-18, 2003. [Joann M. Wasik - The Virtual Reference Desk] From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 14, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (44226) Docet merger with Click2Learn (1/14/04) Docent Announces Preliminary for 4th Quarter and Year-end. Docent is reporting that they increased revenue and reduced net loss in 2003. Docent's fourth quarter 2003 revenue is expected to be approximately $8.5 million, compared to $7.1 million in the fourth quarter of 2002. This represents an increase of 20%. License revenue will be approximately $3.8 million and service revenue will be approximately $4.7 million. For fiscal 2003, revenue is expected to be approximately $30.3 million compared to $27.8 million in 2002. This marks the most revenue recorded in any year in the com From FOS News on January 14, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (44224) Web Ten Years This year marks a number of ten year anniversaries for the web site we created in December 1993 for my office, the Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction (MCLI). This ran on a humble Macintosh SE/30 sitting on a table in the hallway-- the very first web server in our organization, running what was then the free MacHTTP server software. As a former geologist, all From cogdogblog on January 14, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (44223) Turning consumers into producers The final scan of my RSS feeds, last night, pulled in an item from Doc Searls who said that he was on live radio at The Linux Show. (Doc's item also mentions the RSS Winterfest Webcast a week from today. I'll be there; the complete list of partic From Jon's Radio on January 14, 2004 at 12:46 p.m.. (44222) More thoughts on the significance of content Quote: "However, students only learn the difference between quality content and poor content through examination of CONTENT!" Comment: I suspect we're in agreement here, but I wanted to expound a little more on the intent behind my remarks.  Of course content is critical to any topic area, but too often I think that we teach content at the expense of the critical skills.  There's more information out there in libraries, books, journals, and on the internet than we can ever cover, so our duty is to teach those skills of discernment and how to learn, as From Serious Instructional Technology on January 14, 2004 at 12:46 p.m.. (44221) Blame it on Surprises A survey of online shopping cart abandoners finds they leave when they hit kinks in the process. From CyberAtlas on January 14, 2004 at 12:45 p.m.. (44220) Open-Source Aus dem neuen ZEIT-Weblog: Wissenschaftler der University of California und der National Science Foundation erklären, warum Freie Software gut ist.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (44219) More on PLoS institutional memberships Today PLoS issued a press release describing the new program. Excerpt: "'Institutional memberships,' says Dr. Helen Doyle, PLoS Director of Development and Strategic Alliances, 'are one way to provide an incentive for scientists in less well-funded disciplines, as well as those in developing countries, to publish in open-access journals.' The memberships, which are available to universities, libraries, funders of research, and other organizations, offer sizable discounts on publication fees for affiliated author From FOS News on January 14, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (44218) Version 2.0 of OSI Guide to Institutional Repository Software The Open Society Institute has announced the release of the second edition of its Guide to Institutional Repository Software by Raym Crow. The new edition covers two packages omitted from the first edition, ARNO and FEDORA, and reflects comments and suggestions made by users. OSI will issue regular updates in the future. From FOS News on January 14, 2004 at 11:48 a.m.. (44217) TransAtlantic Update It's taken a little while, but the collaboration between our students and students in Kracow, Poland has finally started to gather steam. Right now, they're talking in some depth about the Holocaust, anti-Semitism, and life in the respective countries. The hope is that it will continue through the end of the school year with a number of different classes involved. I know that most of what they are doing could have been accomplished with a regular discussion board or maybe even e-mail, but the students and the teachers are all liking the Weblog because of its ability to --> From weblogged News on January 14, 2004 at 11:47 a.m.. (44216) Survey: Internet Grows as Campaign News Source (via Doc Searles) A little off topic, but I think it's a trend that will continue, and one that will more and more include some type of blogging. Internet news sources posted the largest relative gain, as 13 percent of those surveyed said they regularly went online for campaign news and another 20 percent saying they did so occasionally. In 2000, only 9 percent said they regularly turned to the Internet. Younger Americans said they relied less on traditional news sources, turning instead to cable news, the Internet and comedy shows suc From weblogged News on January 14, 2004 at 11:47 a.m.. (44215) Ditto Snopes Gets RSS Feed "Tell one, tell all, the invaluable Snopes.com has finally gotten an RSS feed! Snopes is required reading for people on the Internet. If it sounds too good to be true, if it's a little too conveniently in favor (or against) your favorite ideological position, or if it's a little too horrifying to be true, check it on Snopes before you get upset, or worse, s From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 11:47 a.m.. (44214) 486V - First Assignment The key to "getting" this course is to "see" that the new competitive process is all about having the right culture. In the past it was in having the right managerial and production processes. Now it will be in seeing... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 14, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (44213) Erste Klagen gegen Praxisgebühr Die Gesundheitsreform kommt jetzt in Berlin erstmals auf den juristischen Prüfstand. Am Sozialgericht der Hauptstadt gingen die ersten Klagen gegen... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (44212) CC-Lizenz für Großbritannien Das alternative Copyright-Modell könnte eine besondere Bedeutung haben, wenn BBC sie nutzt, um - wie angekündigt - die Archive frei... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (44211) How to Digitize Eight Million Books How to Digitize Eight Million Books ... A Conversation with Michael Kellerhttp://www.honco.net/os/On a golden late summer afternoon, we strolled across the campus of California's Stanford University. The lawns and pathways were filled with returning students, most of whom were carrying books and cell phones -- emblems of the oldest and newest forms of information and communications technology. Our destination was the Green Library and a meeting with Michael Keller, University Librarian, Director of Academic Informa From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 14, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (44210) Does teacher still know best? From ScotFEICT on January 14, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (44209) No anonymity in the first place Sebastian Fiedler worries about localized Google searches: Interesting and slightly worrying... I guess. Google is getting its hands on geographic information retrieval. Though I have very ambivalent feelings if it comes to detailed mappings of personal geographic information on the Web, I can certainly think of a couple of scenarios where such a service would be powerful for group forming, match-making, and social networking. From Seblogging News on January 14, 2004 at 10:49 a.m.. (44208) More on libraries v. Elsevier Today's issue of Library Journal has two stories on the continuing struggle between academic libraries and Elsevier: one on the UC-Elsevier contract, which cancels around 200 journals, and the other on the decision by the four universities in the North Carolina Triangle Research Library Network not to renew ElsevierScience, with the effect of cancelling around 1,300 journals. From FOS News on January 14, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (44207) CBS - Content Banishment Syndicate Advertising Age writes: Anti-Bush Ad Contest Submits Super Bowl Commercial. A spokesman for CBS said the Viacom-owned network has received the request from MoveOn to run the ad in the Super Bowl, but added that the ad has to go through standards and practices before CBS will say if it can run an advocacy ad during the game. The spokesman said he didn't think it was likely that the spot would pass standards and practices. Have you seen the ad, the one that won MoveOn.org's contest? What possible standard or practice does it violate? Is our country stronger because... From Joho the Blog on January 14, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (44206) Applied PoMo Terry Heaton is a "New Media consultant" in Nashville who's writing a book: TV News in a Postmodern World. His latest essay, "News Is A Conversation," builds on and around Doc's cluetrain meme. Terry also blogs about something like Applied Post Modernism with lots of good info and ideas.... From Joho the Blog on January 14, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (44205) Riverdale PL Sets Up Community Blog For Free Why do I go on so much about blogs and libraries? Two words: Riverdale E-Newsletter. The Riverdale Public Library is one of my member libraries. It doesn't have much money, but it has a staff that does what it can and serves its residents well. Barb works there, and she is taking advantage of blogging to partner with the Village's other entities in order to build a community site for said residents. Because they have little to no money and no tech staff, Barb is usi From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (44204) No more Kodak film cameras in the U.S. Eastman Kodak Co. on Tuesday said it will stop selling traditional film cameras in the United States, Canada and Western Europe, another move by the photography company to cut lines with declining appeal in favor of fast-growing digital products, reports Reuters. Related... [DMXzone.NET: News] From Handheld Instructional Technology on January 14, 2004 at 10:46 a.m.. (44203) Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicinehttp://www.ccjm.org/The Cleveland Clinic Journal of Medicine is an indexed, peer-reviewed journal published 10 times a year by The Cleveland Clinic as part of its program of medical education and scientific communication. The Journal is designed to meet the continuing medical education needs of general internists and cardiologists. The focus of the Journal is the application of new developments in the diagnosis and treatment of disease encountered in clinical practice. Relevance to physici From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 14, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (44202) Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Inc. Community Informatics Research Network (CIRN) Inc.http://www.ciresearch.net/CIRN is an international network of practitioners and researchers into community informatics and community networking, established in October 2003. It is the outcome of several years of informal discussions and activities about the need for a more permanent international network for those interested in enabling communities with Information and Communications Technologies. It is incorporated as a voluntary association in the State of Victoria, A From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 14, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (44201) BABEL BABELwww.geocities.com/ikind_babel/babel/babel.htmlwww.geocities.com/ikind_babel/index.htmlBABEL is the oldest computer oriented Abbreviation/Acronym Glossary that has always been free; without ads; available in HTML, TEXT and PALM formats; continuously updated on schedule three times a year; and, is now 15 years old with the latest version...HAPPY BIRTHDAY BABEL! From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 14, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (44200) Overview of Creative Commons Dwight Deugo, Creative Commons: The boundaries of intellectual property, ADTmag.com, January 13, 2004. A good introduction to CC, the problems it solves, and how it solves them. From FOS News on January 14, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (44199) Cursed computers I have had more than my share of hardware problems. While I'm waiting for the electrician, or someone like him, to put a second circuit into my office, I'm having problems that defy the physics of electromagnetism. Two days ago, my son's computer crashed. The hard drive - about 1.5 years old, well within the MTBF for drives in our house - was making ugly, repetitive crunching sounds, as if it were doing sit ups, and Windows XP Home was refusing to boot because NTOSKRNL.EXE had gone all corrupt. The drive was so far gone that I couldn't put... From Joho the Blog on January 14, 2004 at 9:48 a.m.. (44198) Music Industry Puts Troops in the Streets According to a report by Ben Sullivan in LA Weekly, the Recording Industry Association of America is using a new tactic against those who distribute unauthorised copies of music from the RIAA on the streets of the US. It appears that the RIAA is allowing suspected copyright violators to be mislead into believing that its own agents are really policemen. From kuro5hin.org on January 14, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (44197) Radio as SMS-Gateway Was im Sommer als eine Wette begonnen hat, ist jetzt zu einer ausgewachsenen SMS-Gateway Lösung für Radio Userland geworden. Über die letzten Tage habe ich eine Suite entwickelt, mit der es einfach möglich ist GSM Handys zu verwalten und... From Radio on January 14, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (44196) Un escaparate inteligente de la oferta educativa virtual Desde hace dos años, Universia brinda a las universidades latinoamericananas la oportunidad de dar a conocer sus propuestas de formación online. El punto de partida estaba claro. Universia no sólo se ... (Sigue) From Titulares eLearning WORKSHOPS on January 14, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (44195) This Could Come In Handy I came across the Teleflip service yesterday and immediately saw its potential in our classes. Teleflip allows you to send... From Disruptive Technology on January 14, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (44194) Itanium Looks Forward, Thinks Backward - Michael Singer, Internet News While its Itanium chip is surging ahead, Intel Tuesday released some new software that makes its high performance server chip think a little about the past. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said its new IA-32 Execution Layer (EL) softwa From Techno-News Blog on January 14, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (44193) Disk drives take on the living room - Alfred Hermida, BBC News Online .... The number of hard drives in consumer electronics gadgets is set to jump from 17 million last year to 55 million in 2006, according to analysts. "The hard drive is moving from the computer room to every room in the house, to the car, even to your From Techno-News Blog on January 14, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44192) AMD, Intel put antivirus tech into chips - Michael Kanellos, CNET News.com Advanced Micro Devices and Intel plan to soon release technology that will allow processors to stop many attacks before they occur. Execution Protection by AMD, technology contained in AMD's Athlon 64 chips, prevents a buffer overflow, a common method From Techno-News Blog on January 14, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44191) Successful Strategies for Saving & Securing Technology Funding - Jennifer W. Lovitt, THE Journal The greatest change in schools in the last two decades, without a doubt, has been the onset of technology within districts and campuses. While few would argue that institutions have not benefited from increased technology access, school systems have ha From Educational Technology on January 14, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44190) The Sylvia Charp Award for District Innovation in Technology T.H.E. Journal and the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) are launching a joint annual awards program in honor of Dr. Sylvia Charp and her groundbreaking contributions and extended service to the educational technology community. From Educational Technology on January 14, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44189) Emergence of Web-Based Teaching and Learning Culture in Universiti Putra Malaysia - Aida Suraya Md.Yunus, NAWEB 2003 Abstract: Achieving the standard of a world class university is a common concern among universities in developed or developing countries. This is part of the vision stated in Universiti Putra Malaysia From Online Learning Update on January 14, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44188) Infusion of Instructional Technologies for Open Learning: The Case of the University of Botswana - Philip M. Uys, IRRODL Abstract: This article seeks to identify critical success factors for the appropriate infusion of instructional technologies to advance open learning in higher education within developing settings. Describe here is a descriptive account of a two-year c From Online Learning Update on January 14, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44187) Promoting Internet2 at Teaching Institutions - Franz J. Kurfess, Syllabus When Cal Poly-SLO joined the Internet2 consortium in 2001, it established a group of Internet2 champions-faculty representatives from each of the colleges, as well as from the Information Technology Services (ITS) team (http://www.i2.calpoly.edu/). The From Online Learning Update on January 14, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (44186) International Trade Resources 2004 - Internet Mini... International Trade Resources 2004 - Internet MiniGuide by Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.http://www.InternetMiniGuide.com/http://InternationalTradeResources.BlogSpot.com/International Trade Resources 2004 Internet MiniGuide has just been updated and is now available at the above URLs for purchase and immediate download. This 43 page Internet MiniGuide has the following table of contents: Research SourcesReference Sources From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 14, 2004 at 7:50 a.m.. (44185) nevermind The book is barely born and the author is retreating: O'Neill retreats from his claim about the war. Wow. From Lessig Blog on January 14, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (44184) Employee Engagement: Doing It vs. Measuring Employee Engagement: Doing It vs. Measuring by Theresa Welbourne [via Beverly Kaye @ FC Now] Don't have much time to write about it now, but it has something to do with earlier doing vs. thinking/talking discussion and with --> From Mathemagenic on January 14, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (44183) Polizeiliche Misshandlungen Spektakuläre Fälle von polizeilichem Fehlverhalten, in denen es bis zur Menschenrechtsverletzung geht, beschäftigen immer wieder die Öffentlichkeit. Dies zeigt der... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44182) Online-Wikiseminar für Anwälte Gestern hat das Wiki-Seminar für Anwälte in Zusammenarbeit zwischen dem JuraWiki und den Network-Lawyers begonnen. Bereits am ersten Tag hat... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44181) Online Interview with the First Minister Jack McConnell From ScotFEICT on January 14, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (44180) Killer's Words Haunt Victim's Kin Posted online, the sick writings of a convicted murderer spew undying hatred from death row. Free-speech protections tie wardens' hands and render inmates' websites practically untouchable. From Wired News on January 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44179) Ring Tones Bringing in Big Bucks Sales of cell-phone ring tones hit $3.5 billion this past year, according to a study. The worldwide sale of ring tones now amounts to about 10 percent of the $32.2 billion music market. From Wired News on January 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44178) Transforming Thoughts Into Deeds Wish your computer could read your mind? Researchers hoping to help quadriplegics investigate brain-computer interfaces and close in on that remarkable goal. By Kristen Philipkoski. From Wired News on January 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44177) The Broadband Home of the Future With almost 23 million households sporting high-speed, always-on Internet connections, the broadband home of the future makes every room the center of the networked world. By Chris Anderson from Wired magazine. From Wired News on January 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44176) Bugs Taking Over Robot Guidance Getting visual processing power into a tiny package is a tough task, but nature has already solved the problem. Robotics researchers take cues from insects. By Lakshmi Sandhana. From Wired News on January 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44175) Currency Detector Easy to Defeat Photoshop CS contains a system designed to deter counterfeiting, but users find it's a cinch to work around it. By Chris Ulbrich. From Wired News on January 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44174) There's a Gaggle Chasing Google Google may be king of the search-engine world right now, but advances in technology and some strategic maneuvering by Yahoo and Microsoft mean there is formidable competition nipping at the company's heels. By Amit Asaravala. From Wired News on January 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (44173) Check your neighborhood Das ist wirklich COOL! TouchGraph GoogleBrowser ist eine Software, die die "Nachbarschaft" einer Site visualisiert - also man gibt eine URL ein und erhält eine MindMap mit Knotenpunkten, die auf andere Knotenpunkte, die auf weitere Ressourcen usw. verweisen. Auf jeden... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on January 14, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (44172) Glücks- und Gewinnspiele Ein Glücksspiel liegt immer dann vor, wenn die Teilnahme entgeltlich erfolgt und die Entscheidung über Gewinn und Verlust alleine oder... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (44171) Fotolog oficial de Marte En el Planetary Photojournal de la NASA puede accederse a la categoría Images of Mars. Este peculiar fotolog contiene hasta la fecha 1.756 imágenes de Marte archivadas según cronología inversa, aunque no dispone de RSS. También hay una buena selección... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 14, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (44170) Corporate Headhunter Offers New Special Report That Answers the Question "Is 2004 the Year I Finally Escape to a Better Job in a New Company?" Veteran Headhunter Frank Welzig cautions against making that job change before answering these seven questions. He states that a mistake made during the job-changing process can cost you dearly. [PRWEB Jan 14, 2004] From PR Web on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44169) Consumer Debt Rises to Record Levels with no End in Sight Groton, VT HYPHEN January 13, 2004 HYPHEN It was December 25, the presents were unwrapped and the Christmas cheer passed around--six days later, as the world witnessed the turning of another year, the inescapable reality of holiday debt began to weigh heavy upon the heart of America. Debt has become a powerful movement in American culture and for many, is causing concern for the future stability of the U S economy. [PRWEB Jan 14, 2004] From PR Web on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44168) New York Senate Leader Says Additional Money for Schools May Not Be Needed Senator Joseph L. Bruno said that next year's state budget need not include billions of dollars to satisfy a court mandate to offer children a "sound basic education." From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44167) A Charter School With Some Spring in Its Step Is in Danger of Closing State evaluators have said that the John A. Reisenbach Charter School should be shut down, citing poor test scores, an uneven curriculum and high teacher turnover. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44166) New York College Enjoys Caribbean Success The New Rochelle campus of Monroe College attracts about one-third of its 1,600 students from the Caribbean. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44165) Striving to Improve Those at the Head of the Class By 2006 every classroom must have a highly qualified teacher, and Louis V. Gerstner, an architect of the school standards movement, has a prediction. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44164) For U.S. Aid, City Switches Reading Plan New York City plans to abandon its new reading curriculum in 49 troubled elementary schools so it can win $34 million in federal aid. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44163) California School District Settles Harassment Suit by Gay Students After a five-year legal battle, a school district near San Jose has agreed to pay six gay students $1.1 million and provide mandatory awareness training for school staff members. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44162) Edwards Says Schools Law Needs Change Senator John Edwards promised broad changes to schools if he is elected president, including increasing teacher pay and after-school programs. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44161) Principal Who Invited Police to School for Drug Raid Quits The early morning raid, which yielded no drugs, led to accusations of excessive force and racism and has led to two federal lawsuits by students. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44160) Six Students Arrested in City Crackdown on Violent Schools One day after Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg announced a plan to flood 12 of the city's most violent schools with police officers to curb school violence, six students at four of the schools were arrested on various charges, including assaulting safety agents. No serious injuries were reported. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44159) Police to Guard 12 City Schools Cited as Violent A task force of 150 police officers will help impose order on New York City's most violent schools under an initiative announced yesterday by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44158) No Word Yet From Yale? Web Site May Know Why At the Web site www.ThickEnvelope.com, anxious students and parents can gauge their likelihood of getting admission into 80 of the nation's most competitive universities. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44157) Not Superwoman, Just Guidance Counselor Patricia Taylor represents a new generation of school counselors and is quite unlike the guidance counselors most parents remember from their own high school days. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44156) Colleges Struggle to Help Black Men Stay Enrolled Women outnumber men at most colleges, but the gap is especially large among black students. So colleges are taking special care to recruit and retain black men. From New York Times: Education on January 14, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (44155) Tolkien-Erben gewinnen Domain-Streit Die Nachlassverwalter des Schriftstellers J. R. R. Tolkien ("Der Herr der Ringe") haben von der WIPO das Recht auf die... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 14, 2004 at 3:50 a.m.. (44154) Terry L. Heaton:News is a Conversation Amen! Woe to the TV and news executive who doesn't get this yet. It will come back and hunt them! QUOTERegrettably, the vast majority of television and news executives didn't get onboard the Cluetrain when it passed by their offices years ago. If they had, they might understand the current reality; that, like markets, news is a conversation. Blogger Jeff Jarvis has been using "news is a conversation" to describe the evolving arena often referred to as "the blogosphere," and he cites the Cluetrain as a major influence. "Getting to the true news," he From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 14, 2004 at 3:49 a.m.. (44153) Thought experiment The client is the wrong place to enforce data integrity. It's just the wrong place. If you want to do it, of course I can't stop you. But think about who it will hurt. (1116 words) From dive into mark on January 14, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (44152) Looking for Work (and other new year's notes) The new year is a transition time for many of us, myself included.  I decided recently to take this next semester off from school.  In the spring (~April), I'll be travelling around the country, seeing new things and doing something I never imagined I would.  My plan is as simple as that, still unfolding, and, for now, that's a good thing. In the meantime, I am going to be living in Westchester, N From A Copyfighter's Musings on January 14, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (44151) RSS Rant:s Yahoo "Gets It" "While most of you will read/have read this cNet article, I feel compelled to add some comments related to this quote: 'Yahoo has had some small success with RSS for News. It said that the news service has 'grown steadily since the introduction of the RSS feature.' ' From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (44150) Taking Group Aggregation to New Levels Web Stars: Best of the Web: Blog Sites & Aggregator Tools "MemingoMemigo ranks the quality of individual news items according to the clicks and recommendations of registered Memigo users (as well as to your own clicks as you surf through the site). A fascinating and constantly changing compilation of news stories from an eclectic range of sites and feeds around the Web, the site delivers its content enjoyably fast. From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 2:47 a.m.. (44149) Literacy and accountability Speaking about American politics, Tim Berners-Lee, about ten minutes into his recent interview with Christopher Lydon, says, "I would love to see the web used to make people accountable...I would like people to be able to annotate statements, go back over the statements that people just made and then follow up with [unclear] discussion over whether this was really the case or not." (Transcription mine.) Lydon points out that bloggers have started to carry out some of this work,... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 14, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (44148) Why tables for layout is stupid:problems defined, solutions offered Excellent tutorial on CSS and standards based markup and why you would want use it. Now if only we could get all web designers still using spacer GIFs and unnecessary table layouts to read this! From Roland Tanglao'apos;s Weblog on January 14, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (44147) The Encyclopedia of Television From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44146) Collin County Community College Selects Centra's Virtual Classroom Application to Enhance Distance Learning Program From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44145) Critical flaws found in VoIP products using H.323 protocol From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44144) ei-Nets forges China joint venture on distance learning From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44143) Levings Learning sued in copyright dispute From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44142) Budget cuts continue to grow From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44141) Accessibility in Distance Education Site, University of Md University College From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44140) Interactive Distance Learning Solutions Optimized for Retail Chain Stores Offered by OneTouch(TM) From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44139) Ashworth College Launches Affordable Master's Degree Program For Distance Learners From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44138) On-Line Course Effectiveness: An Analysis of Student Interactions and Perceptions of Learning From Distance-Educator.com'apos;s Daily News on January 14, 2004 at 1:48 a.m.. (44137) Charging Ahead Gadget Jacket Charged by the Sun "Seemingly aimed at the technophile environmentalist on the go, the jacket has integrated solar panels that charge cell phones, PDAs, Game Boys, MP3 players and most any other mobile device its wearer slides into its multitude of interior pockets. And despite its gadget-oriented accommodations, the jacket's style resembles those worn at the slopes or on the hiking trails. Fashionista outdoorsy types are assured of cloakin From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (44136) Will Libraries Be Next for Napster Site License? Penn State Launches Online Music Service "The launch of Napster's online music service for Penn State students generated about 100,000 downloads or streaming-audio requests Monday, three days after its debut, school officials said. A first in higher education, the service is designed to curb students' use of illegal music sharing and piracy. Peer-to-peer file sharing sites have generated lawsuits against users filed on behalf of recording arti From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (44135) Asking Lots of Things on IM The Human Element: Lovers' Lane Now Paved With Online Rejection Slips "In a study of U.S. teenagers' online habits conducted by the Pew Internet & American Life Project, 17 percent of teens who use IM said they had used it to ask for a date--and 13 percent had used it to break off a relationship. With over 12.5 million teenagers estimated to be using IM, that's more than 1.6 million young hearts broken while staring at an emoticon. From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (44134) 'Standards' at CBS Television MoveOn.org anti-Bush ad may be rejected by CBS for airing. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 14, 2004 at 1:46 a.m.. (44133) Anything that Highlights Our Resources Better Is a "Good Thing" Library Portals Could Lead to Increase in Resource Usage "A recent case study on the implementation of the MetaLib library portal at the University of Loughborough has revealed a significant increase in network database usage once the portal was launched to users. Included were databases that could be cross-searched. Top of the list was zetoc, searches on which rose by 1385%; SportDiscus was close behind on 1207%. Whilst many other databases couldn't match these From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 12:47 a.m.. (44132) When Storage Shifts Hard Drive Growth "Hard drive growth: Sounds boring, I know, but the dynamics here have implications for future work. The number of drives in consumer devices is expected to triple over the next three years, while over the preceding three years the storage capabilities have quadrupled, with cost-per-byte falling by a factor of five. More things that you see during everyday walking-around will have drives, pro From The Shifted Librarian on January 14, 2004 at 12:47 a.m.. (44131) TSL Featured on Feedster TSL is Feedster's "Feed of the Day," so a hearty welcome to new visitors! If you're not already following their FOTD, it's a cool way to find new sites, and naturally there is an RSS feed for it. "Of all the RSS feeds now floating around, there are many you long know about--but don't. That's why Feedster puts a new "Feed of the Day" on our home page seven days a week. We used to call this ' From The Shifted Librarian on January 13, 2004 at 11:47 p.m.. (44130) CIPA Is a PITA Proposed Guidelines for Installing Library Web Filtering "The Center for Democracy and Technology issued 'Proposed Guidelines for Libraries Installing Filtering under Federal Law' during the American Library Association's Midwinter Meeting, underway in San Diego. Version 1.0 of Principles for CIPA-Mandated Filtering i From The Shifted Librarian on January 13, 2004 at 11:47 p.m.. (44129) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]