Edu_RSS ~ January 31, 2004

Most recent update: January 31, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Test This is a test. Please disregard; it will be erased soon. From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on January 31, 2004 at 10:47 p.m.. (46889) ABC: TV News misrepresented Dean's speech Here it is! From carvingCode on January 31, 2004 at 10:46 p.m.. (46888) City Settles Suit by Girls Forced Into Sexual Disease Tests After Skipping School Five girls who were forced to take tests for sexually transmitted diseases after skipping school to attend a "hooky party" have agreed to drop their lawsuit against the city. From New York Times: Education on January 31, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (46887) When It Comes to School Maps, Parents Are in the Twilight Zone For New Yorkers with schoolchildren, it is a question more pressing than the meaning of life. What school is my kid zoned for? From New York Times: Education on January 31, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (46886) On the Upper West Side, Taking Spanish Baby Steps La Escuelita (the Little School), located in the renovated basement of a Greek Orthodox church, is a dual-language preschool.. From New York Times: Education on January 31, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (46885) Arabic Is in the News. How About at Stuyvesant? For the growing number of Muslim students at Stuyvesant High School in Lower Manhattan, something appears to be missing from the school's impressive roster of language classes. From New York Times: Education on January 31, 2004 at 10:45 p.m.. (46884) New Help for Dyslexics with Visual Problems !!!! Dyslexia Tool - Finally tool that really helps with the visual effects of dyslexia. Dylsexic Reading glasses, these are not the old colored filter glasses but new state-of-the-art lenses. [PRWEB Jan 31, 2004] From PR Web on January 31, 2004 at 9:45 p.m.. (46883) Analysis / The Hague turns to the fence From Haaretz: News on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (46882) Three jailed Border Policemen to be released to house arrest From Haaretz: News on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (46881) Death toll in J'lem bombing rises to 11 From Haaretz: News on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (46880) Police to question PM From Haaretz: News on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (46879) EU nations oppose ICJ hearing on fence case From Haaretz: News on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 p.m.. (46878) Email To RSS In Three Easy Steps The time has come. You can now freely generate an RSS feed for any YahooGroup or similar email discussion or distribution list (Topica, Listbuilder, Sparklist, Lyris, Majordomo IMN, etc.). The process is very simple, it is free, and it may take at most three minutes. (I refer to Yahoogroups in my example but this can be done with any mailing/discussion/newsletter distribution list). Here is how to do it:... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on January 31, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (46877) Logorrhoe Max Strauß, Politikersohn vor Gericht, leidet an Logorrhoe (Wortdurchfall). Dies stellte der Augsburger Landgerichtsarzt Richard Gruber fest. Logorrhoe bezeichnet -... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 8:50 p.m.. (46876) Been there, got the... Outstanding waste of time... (would be a good idea too if it wasn't so expensive!) but just for a laugh... does anyone want a T-Shirt ;o) From James Farmer's Radio Weblog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46875) Vanishing Georgia comprises nearly 18,000 photogra ... Vanishing Georgia comprises nearly 18,000 photographs. Ranging from daguerreotypes to Kodachrome prints, the images span over 100 years of Georgia history. The wide variety of the collected visual images results from efforts by archivists from the Georgia Division of Archives and History who sought, between 1975 and 1996, to preserve Georgia's endangered historical photographs From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46874) xISBN supplies ISBNs associated with individual in ... xISBN supplies ISBNs associated with individual intellectual works represented in the OCLC WorldCat database. Give it an ISBN, and it returns a list of associated ISBNs From Peter Scott's Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46873) Mark Haddon won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Yea ... Mark Haddon won the 2003 Whitbread Book of the Year Award for The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time. The announcement was made on Tuesday 27 January at an awards ceremony at The Brewery in Central London From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46872) Ricky Gervais, creator and star of BBC comedy seri ... Ricky Gervais, creator and star of BBC comedy series The Office, is to be the special guest speaker at the Booksellers Association Conference in April. Gervais, who collected two awards at Hollywood's Golden Globes this weekend, will close the BA Conference with a speech at the gala dinner on 27 April. The appearance was brokered by Faber & Faber, which publishes Gerva From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46870) Boldtype, the former web-based literary magazine, ... Boldtype, the former web-based literary magazine, has relauched as an email-based review, presenting each month a short list of books worth reading From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46869) World Book Day 2004 will take place on 4 March in ... World Book Day 2004 will take place on 4 March in the UK and Ireland From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46868) The Executive Committee of the Digital Library Fed ... The Executive Committee of the Digital Library Federation has announced that the British Library has joined the DLF as its first Strategic Partner from outside the United States From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46867) International Congress of Information - Havana Int ... International Congress of Information - Havana International Conference Center - Cuba - April, 12-16, 2004 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46866) 4th Annual Privacy & Security Summit & Expo - Febr ... 4th Annual Privacy & Security Summit & Expo - February 18-20, 2004 - Renaissance Hotel - Washington, DC From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46865) The University of Winnipeg Library invites applica ... The University of Winnipeg Library invites applications for the Information Literacy Internship Program. Application deadline is April 15, 2004 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46864) Between January 9 and April 16, 2004, Discovering ... Between January 9 and April 16, 2004, Discovering Dickens will rerelease the facsimile of Dickens' famous novel of the French Revolution, A Tale of Two Cities. In April 1859 the first serialized part of A Tale of Two Cities provided the lead piece for Dickens' new periodical All the Year Round. On the strength of this weekly serial, contemporary Victorian readership had swollen to 100,000 before the novel concluded in November, 1859 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46863) HistoryWorld contains over 400 separate historical ... HistoryWorld contains over 400 separate historical articles and descriptions of approximately 4,000 world events, with an emphasis on English history. Material is searchable or browsable by time period, topic, and location. Also includes timelines and an online game where visitors can pit their historical knowledge against that of other competitors. Part of the National Grid for Learning, Great Britain From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46862) Library Groupware for Bibliographic Lifecycle Mana ... Library Groupware for Bibliographic Lifecycle Management by Daniel Chudnov, Yale University - This informal paper proposes that libraries could merge the functions of weblogging, reference management, and link resolution into a new library groupware infrastructure, helping users to better manage the entire lifecycle of the bibliographic research process. Several scenarios explore how such an application suite might help library users by integrating their bibliographic resea From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46861) AIP (American Institute of Physics) has retooled a ... AIP (American Institute of Physics) has retooled and relaunched its online journal hosting platform. Formerly known as the Online Journal Publishing Service (OJPS), Scitation now includes upgraded capabilities and a number of powerful new features designed with the researcher in mind. Scitation currently hosts 114 publications from 18 publishers, including those from AIP Member and Affiliated Societies From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46860) Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 113 - Februa ... Internet Resources Newsletter - Issue 113 - February 2004 - edited by Roddy MacLeod, Heriot-Watt University From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46859) The Library + information Show, incorporating Tota ... The Library + information Show, incorporating Total Library Solutions, will be held at ExCeL, London, 21-22nd April 2004 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46858) The University of California Press has announced t ... The University of California Press has announced the arrival of its new online journal service - Caliber From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46857) EBSCO A-to-Z now offers access to hundreds of free ... EBSCO A-to-Z now offers access to hundreds of free online journals, such as those found in the Directory of Open Access Journals, PubMed Central, SciELO and other portals. Spanning topics from language and literature to science and medicine, these journals are part of the A-to-Z master title database that provides link and coverage information to more than 40,00 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46856) Dynix Institute Web Seminar Series - Where is the ... Dynix Institute Web Seminar Series - Where is the Industry Headed? Top Trends to Watch in 2004 by Marshall Breeding - February 11, 2004 From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:48 p.m.. (46855) The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer: Can you ident ... The Friday Brain-teaser from xrefer: Can you identify the people who first spoke or wrote these well-known utterances? Answers here:1. Which film actress famously said "I want to be alone"?2. Who wrote "Workers of the world, unite" and "From each according to his abilities, to each according to his needs"?3. Who allegedly said "I don't want to achieve immortality through my work...I want to achieve it by not dying"?4. Which famous nurse (1820-1910) From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (46854) Evidenceincamera has been created by The Aerial Re ... Evidenceincamera has been created by The Aerial Reconnaissance Archives at Keele University. The aim is to make the aerial reconnaissance photographs, deposited by the UK Ministry of Defence at TARA, accessible via the internet. For the first time you can access 5.5 million photographs taken over occupied Western Europe, by the Allies during World War II. Work is continuing to make millions more photographs taken throughout the world during World War II and later conflicts, accessible From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (46853) The latest list of journals available on the EBSCO ... The latest list of journals available on the EBSCOhost Electronic Journals Service (EJS) now covers 9737 titles From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (46852) eLit2004 - The 3rd International Conference on eLi ... eLit2004 - The 3rd International Conference on eLiteracy - 2-4 June 2004 at St John's University, New York, USA From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (46851) Archives and museums along the length of the River ... Archives and museums along the length of the River Thames have formed the ThamesPilot partnership to make freely available images and documents from their collections. The initial 2 year pilot project, with the help of the New Opportunities Fund, aims to help you to navigate through the rich history of the River Thames from source to sea From Peter Scott'apos;s Library Blog on January 31, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (46850) YahooGroups To RSS In Three Easy Steps The time has come. You can now freely generate an RSS feed for any YahooGroup or similar email discussion or distribution list (Topica, Listbuilder, Sparklist, Lyris, Majordomo IMN, etc.). The process is very simple, it is free, and it may take at most three minutes. (I refer to Yahoogroups in my example but this can be done with any mailing/discussion/newsletter distribution list). Here is how to do it:... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on January 31, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (46849) Quellen für Blogger Zahlreiche Online-Quellen für (angehende) Literaten, Blogger u.a. finden sich auf der Seite des Capital Community College, die mittels Quick-Links komfortabel... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 7:51 p.m.. (46848) Help save Berkeley landmarks You may know that I love the Berkeley Hills and their pathways. Last year I described a walk up a hill lined with houses my our revered, indigenous architect, Bernard Maybeck. A resident on the hill asked my help in getting the local Zoning Board... From Internet Time Blog on January 31, 2004 at 7:49 p.m.. (46847) Dean Asks Americans To Stand Up for Change in Health Care While speaking in Wishington state today, Dean raises important comparisons between himself and Sen. Kerry:Dean's Washington opponents have talked about reforming the health care system for decades but have failed to deliver any real results. U.S. Senator John Kerry has sponsored 14 pieces of health care legislation during his two decades in Washington yet not a single one has become law. "This campaign is about having the judgment to find solutions, and the toughness to fight for real change on iss From carvingCode on January 31, 2004 at 7:46 p.m.. (46846) Letter I sent to Ohio newpapers today Dear Editor, Ohio has lost over 250,000 jobs in the last three years. A large percentage of Ohio schools are now running in deficit mode and asking property owners to pay a bigger share. Ohio's state sales tax recently increased by 14%, and the fee to license a vehicle in Ohio increased 25%. The national debt is projected to be a half trillion dollars and 10's of thousands of Ohio National Guard soldiers are still away from their families. This March, Ohio's Democrats and Independents need to join with the rest of America in standing up for true Americ From carvingCode on January 31, 2004 at 7:46 p.m.. (46845) Unlearning I came across an interesting article by Tina Blue recently, called "AP English Blather". Blue writes about the difficulties of teaching freshman who resist learning because they've been rewarded for weilding oversimplistic writing skills so well in high school. Such students need to let go -- to unlearn -- what... From PEDABLOGUE on January 31, 2004 at 4:51 p.m.. (46844) Akademiker für "Big Brother" gesucht Hochschulabsolvent, aber kein Job, kein Geld, keine Perspektive? Kein Problem: Für die nächste "Big Brother"-Staffel sollen laut Stellenanzeige im Internet... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 4:50 p.m.. (46843) Terms of Use Kevin weist - nicht ohne Ironie - auf den Beitrag "The Really Long Law Firm Website Legal Disclaimer" hin. Motto:... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (46842) Dissertationen online Knapp 200 Dissertationen, veröffentlicht an der Kanadischen Nationalbibliothek zwischen dem 01.01.1998 und 31.08.2002, sind hier ins Netz eingestellt.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 3:50 p.m.. (46841) An insurance policy against non-objective press? Okay, so let's say for the sake of argument, the Kerry campaign wants to buy some insurance through weblogs that the CNN, ABC, Fox, CBS conglomerate can't do unto them what they did to Dean (that they now admit they did, btw). What would they do? From Weblogs At Harvard on January 31, 2004 at 3:47 p.m.. (46840) Todesstrafe verfassungswidrig? Im GALJ (mit weiteren Nachweisen) wird berichtet, dass der Oberste Bundesgerichthof der USA in seiner Eigenschaft als Verfassungsgericht einen weiteren... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 2:50 p.m.. (46839) Microsoft vs. MikeRoweSoft Die Klageschrift von MS hat Mike Rowe jetzt bei Ebay angeboten, teilt der Suchmaschinen-Experte mit. Gebote: $ 22.300,00 (gestern), $... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (46838) New issue of Ariadne The January issue of Ariadne is now online. Here are the OA-related articles. Alastair Dunning, The AHDS is Evolving: Changes at the Arts and Humanities Data Service Marieke Guy, Andy Powell and Michael Day, Improving the Quality of Metadata in Eprint Archives Ed Summers, Building OAI-PMH Harvesters with Net::OAI::Harvester Britta Woldering, From FOS News on January 31, 2004 at 1:48 p.m.. (46837) Social Network Services Die meisten haben ja den Launch von orkut (ein neues Social Network Service) schon kommentiert, als ich die erste Invitation erhielt und nach dem Login dachte ich mir, wie schon wieder alles ausfüllen und Ausschau halten n... From thomas n. burg | randgänge on January 31, 2004 at 1:46 p.m.. (46836) Analyzing blog content Suppose that we bloggers, collectively, wanted to migrate toward HTML coding and CSS styling conventions that would make our content more interoperable. Since none of us is starting from a clean slate, we'd need to analyze current practice. Well, now we can. Here, for example, is a concordance of use cases for HTML elements with class attributes, drawn from the database I'm building: ... From Jon's Radio on January 31, 2004 at 1:46 p.m.. (46835) "used without permission. please don't sue us." A Peanuts (re)Mix. From Lessig Blog on January 31, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (46834) mandated telescreen upheld From the dissent of this amazing opinion: "They approve an ordinance which literally forces a "Big Brother" style telescreen to look over one's shoulder while accessing the Internet." From Lessig Blog on January 31, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (46833) you choose Which is a better term for a binary thinker: (a) bin-head (b) bit-head From Lessig Blog on January 31, 2004 at 1:45 p.m.. (46832) Story Of A Lawyer En Banc verweist zu Recht auf einen Artikel in der NYT, in der es um die Erfolgsstory eines US-Anwaltes geht,... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (46831) The Grinch who Turned Down Testimonials I have problems with Orkut and other such e-friendship networks because they make binary the most analog of relationships. But I really hate testimonials. I am neurotically compliment-averse to begin with, but encouraging people to write little paragraphs praising one another cannot help but spawn an Economy of Bullshit. What makes it worse is that the couple of testimonials I've gotten (and declined) have been from actual friends who thoughtfully crafted paragraphs that meant something to them and to me. And then I slam the door on them. I wish Orkut would make this less awkward by letti From cogdogblog on January 31, 2004 at 12:47 p.m.. (46829) AARP Aided Medicare Cost Coverup The AARP senior citizens lobby was up to its neck in the thing, as it now admits. So were members of Congress or at least their staffs. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 31, 2004 at 12:46 p.m.. (46828) Can Gateway Find its Way with eMachines Purchase? Gateway has been fumbling around for a coherent strategy for several years now. I'm not sure this is it. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on January 31, 2004 at 12:46 p.m.. (46827) PubSub/ActoRSS Battelle nennt PubSub die "Google News Alerts for the RSS-osphere" - und Tom stimmt ihm zu. Was für die Film-Fans:... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 11:50 a.m.. (46826) 118 Spams, 8 Legit Messages These people are promoting fraud, pure and simple. You don't need an anti-spam law (and the new one is a sick joke) to prosecute fraud, at at least 100 of those 118 spams looked blatantly criminal in intent. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on January 31, 2004 at 11:46 a.m.. (46825) Anonymes Internet Die TU Dresden hat eine Software entwickelt, mit deren Hilfe Internet-Surfen eine feste Adresse erhält, die man sich mit den... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 10:51 a.m.. (46824) Zillman Speaking and Consulting Sites Internet Speaker Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.http://www.InternetSpeaker.net/Internet Consultant Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A.http://InternetConsultant.BlogSpot.com/I have been asked by many associates, potential clients and friends to create some informational blogs on my Internet speaking and consulting services. I have just created the above URLs that offer additional information on my current activities in Interne From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 31, 2004 at 10:50 a.m.. (46823) "Type, Don't Click, URLs" sez Microsoft Microsoft provides this "hard to believe someone wrote it seriously and they were not smoking crack" Knowledge Base article Steps that you can take to help identify and to help protect yourself from deceptive (spoofed) Web sites and malicious hyperlinks.. In a nutshell, the smart folks in Redmind suggest that you type all in the browser address field rather than actually touching your mouse on those dangerous hyperlinks: ...a malicious user could create a link to a deceptive (spoofed) W From cogdogblog on January 31, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (46822) Why Blogs Mean Business (Education) (via Innovation Weblog) I thought this pull quote from the article in Business 2.0 would be more interesting if you substitute the word "education" for the word business: Blogs will soon become a staple in the information diet of every serious business [education] person, not because it's cool to read them, but because those who don't read them will fail. In short, blogs offer an accelerated and efficient approach to acquiring and understanding the kind of information all of us need to make busi From weblogged News on January 31, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (46821) Mixed Martial Arts I've never had too much interest in watching sports, and I suspect perhaps that's a common trait here.  I'll play a game of pickup - and I may watch the Superbowl - but I've never been terribly concerned with players, teams, or trophies.  There is one sport, though, which I find positively fascinating.   From kuro5hin.org on January 31, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (46820) How to avoid the phishing bug - Bill Thompson, BBC ....Phishing is the latest big thing in dodgy online activity. The name comes from fishing for passwords or credit card details, spelt in the hacker style. It seems to date from 1996 when hackers were stealing AOL account names and passwords from gul From Techno-News Blog on January 31, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (46819) University of Georgia server hacked - Associated Press Federal and state authorities are investigating whether hackers gained access to Social Security and credit card numbers for at least 20,000 University of Georgia students and applicants, officials said Thursday. So far, there has been no sign that the From Techno-News Blog on January 31, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (46818) Gateway To Buy Low-Cost PC Maker - Colin Haley, Internet News In a bid to stem its losses and bolster its low-cost PC offerings, Gateway is buying eMachines for about $235 million in cash and stock. The deal -- consisting of $30 million cash and 50 million Gateway shares -- creates the third-largest PC company i From Techno-News Blog on January 31, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (46817) Publish Your Lesson Plans Online - Jeffrey Branzburg, techLearning As teachers, we have been writing and refining lesson plans and classroom activities on a myriad of subjects for many years. We get ideas and activities from colleagues, and in return provide the same to them. The Internet allows us to expand our group From Educational Technology on January 31, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (46816) The way to e-learning excellence - National Learning Network, UK The new reference document Paving the way to excellence in e-learning has been produced by the NLN Materials Team at Becta, to share the procedures that are followed to ensure the e-learning materials commissioned for the NLN are of the highest quality From Online Learning Update on January 31, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (46815) California State University System Expands Course Management Technology - Wayne Hanson, Converge Earlier this year the California State University system (CSU) entered into an agreement with WebCT to make its course management system technology available to all 23 campuses. Since then, nine CSU campuses have upgraded to the WebCT Campus Edition 4. From Online Learning Update on January 31, 2004 at 9:45 a.m.. (46814) The Cheating Culture A new book and Web site talking about the pschopathic behaviour of corporations Thanks to Beyond Branding... From Robert Paterson's Weblog on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (46813) Hubble Telescope Gets a Reprieve Hubble Telescope Gets a Reprievehttp://SkyandTelescope.com/news/article_1165_1.aspThe battle over the future of the Hubble Space Telescope has taken a turn for the better, at least from the perspective of the observatory's supporters. The conflict began on January 16th, when NASA administrator Sean O'Keefe shocked astronomers worldwide by announcing that there will be no more Space Shuttle missions to maintain and upgrade the orbiting telescope. Five days later Senator Barbara Mikulski From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (46812) FTC Warning Puts Onus On Computer Users FTC Warning Puts Onus On Computer Usershttp://apnews.excite.com/article/20040130/D80CSQ6O2.htmlThe Federal Trade Commission and regulatory agencies in 26 countries have sent out letters to hundreds of thousands of computer users, warning them that spammers are lurking in cyberspace, waiting for the opportunity to hijack their servers and route junk e-mail through them. Spammers often use unsecured computers to disguise the origin of their messages. "Recipients may think the spam comes from From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (46811) The Next Big Thing? The Next Big Thing?http://www.economist.co.uk/business/displayStory.cfm?story_id=2352183 The Next Big Thing? bases its vision of the future on two "unglamorous technologies": "web services" software that resides on a server that other servers can share and "grid computing," which involves sharing and combining the processing power of huge numbers of computer systems into a single, giant virtual microprocessor. [CIT Infobits Janu From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (46810) Effective Security Practices Guide Effective Security Practices Guidehttp://www.educause.edu/security/guide/This month the EDUCAUSE/Internet2 Computer and Network Security Task Force released the "Effective Security Practices Guide" for the higher education community. "As a primer to establishing a comprehensive IT security program on campus, the guide contains resources on 'where to begin,' including awareness, policies, and risk assessment and detailed descriptions of tools for implementing a security strategy. Topics covered in From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (46809) MarketLeap Link Popularity Check MarketLeap Link Popularity Check http://www.marketleap.com/publinkpop/MarketLeap Link Popularity Check " This tool allows researchers to gauge the popularity of a website in comparison to a maximum of three websites. Once URLs are entered, MarketLeap Link Popularity Check will generate a report detailing the amount of hyperlinks that are available on different websites according to various search engines. Rankings are assigned to the URLs to indicate the level of traffic which a specific URL generates. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (46808) My Service Bot My Service Bothttp://www.metroactive.com/papers/metro/01.15.04/work-0403.htmlMy Service Bot from Techsploits column by Annalee Newitz in Metro."[Peter] Plantec's book is a guide for creating what he calls V-people: social bots that businesses can use to replace service workers or game players online. Programmed Ask Jeeves-style to answer questions in a way that sounds natural and to deploy friendly facial expressions at the right moments, V-people are the bank tellers and custo From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 31, 2004 at 8:51 a.m.. (46807) American Mathematical Society: Probability Web American Mathematical Society: Probability Webhttp://www.mathcs.carleton.edu/probweb/probweb.htmlThe Probability Web is maintained by a professor in the Mathematics and Computer Science Department at Carleton College and offers links and resources for researchers, teachers, and others interested in probability. Links to an abstract database, book lists, conferences, jobs, journals, newsgroups, teaching resources and other miscellaneous online resources are included. In some cases early chapters From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on January 31, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (46806) Math + mouse = online learning - Sophia Maines, The Sun News Horry County Schools this year is plunging into cyberspace, using more online course instruction than ever before and making plans to add courses in the future. About 120 fifth-graders Monday will begin using an online pre-algebra course - the first ti From Educational Technology on January 31, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (46805) More College Students Giving Textbooks A Pass - Susan C. Thomson, KRT ....Nobody is predicting that textbooks will go the way of slates and quill pens, but this is the digital age. Today From Online Learning Update on January 31, 2004 at 8:45 a.m.. (46804) Top10 der guten Ratschläge Als immergültige Richtschnur für Gründungen jeder Art und Größenordnung taugen die folgenden Praktiker-Empfehlungen natürlich nicht. Aber wer sich mit dem... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (46803) First NYT Weblog? Möglicherweise hat die NYT ein Weblog ins Leben gerufen. Dave Winer gibt hier seine Stellungnahme ab, die eindeutig ausfällt.... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 6:50 a.m.. (46802) Netherlands Nabs Nigeria Scammers Dutch police raid 23 apartments and arrest 52 people in one of the largest busts of suspected Nigerian e-mail hucksters. The detainees' identities are not released, but police believe most were, in fact, Nigerian. From Wired News on January 31, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46801) Firm Posts Dip in E-Vote Sales On the heels of a report detailing security flaws its computerized voting systems, Diebold Inc., maker of bank machines and election equipment, posts a sharp rise in quarterly profits. But revenues for its election division slip. From Wired News on January 31, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46800) Scientists Clamor to Save Hubble NASA's initial decision to stop sending astronauts to service the Hubble Space Telescope is meeting strong resistance from astronomers, who say the scope's useful life span is far from over. By Erik Baard. From Wired News on January 31, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (46799) Wechsel im Mitarbeitsverhältnis Beabsichtigt ein (freiberuflicher) Arbeitgeber den Arbeitsvertrag eines Mitarbeiters zu kündigen, so hat er dies schriftlich zu tun (§ 623 BGB).... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (46798) Hutton-Bericht Eine abgewandelte Form des Hutton-Reports (337 S. PDF) vom 28.01.2004 wird vom FOI zur Verfügung gestellt; vgl. auch schon diesen... From Handakte WebLAWg on January 31, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (46797) Panel sobre blogs en Davos 2004 El encuentro anual del World Economic Forum celebrado en Davos (Suiza) del 21 al 25 de enero de 2004, incluyó un panel sobre weblogs y medios de comunicación: Will Mainstream Media Co-opt Blogs and the Internet?. Ver: resumen de la... From eCuaderno v.2.0 on January 31, 2004 at 5:50 a.m.. (46796) Resocialize or take revenge on criminals? We are brought up a certain way, and we often do not think about some things that are a certain way, and have always been that way. For example, a criminal should be put in prison. That is an automatic association in our minds, and is usually not questioned. But there are three good reasons why criminals are put into prison: To act as a deterrent to other criminals, who would not want to lose their freedom To remove the criminal away from society, since he may still be a danger To resocialize and retrain the criminal to function as a normal member of society. There is one thing that priso From kuro5hin.org on January 31, 2004 at 5:45 a.m.. (46795) Intern. Problem Mein Internet-Anschluß funktioniert nicht mehr richtig! Mein Newsfeeder kann nicht lesen... From Mein Schuster on January 31, 2004 at 4:50 a.m.. (46794) Free Black Americans of Achievement, the Game Research Knowledge Inc., a game distributor in Portland, Oregon, is offering to donate the final inventory of the accredited Black Americans of Achievements, the Game which has been around for 11 years, to nonprofit groups, such as schools and youth camps. [PRWEB Jan 31, 2004] From PR Web on January 31, 2004 at 4:45 a.m.. (46793) Snapple Checks Leave Some Schools Short More than four months after the first Snapple vending machines were placed in public schools in New York City, the schools have received their first commission checks. From New York Times: Education on January 31, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (46792) Archdiocese Moves to Close Two Ailing Schools The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York said that it would close Our Lady of Mount Carmel/Holy Rosary School in Harlem and St. Ann's Parish School in Rockland County. From New York Times: Education on January 31, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (46791) Studying Abroad (in Greenwich Village) As students from New York University go overseas, counterparts from across the United States take their seats. From New York Times: Education on January 31, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (46790) Bus Companies Agree to Cut Engine Idling Near Schools Four large school bus companies agreed to reduce the idling time of diesel engines on their buses to no more than a minute near schools. From New York Times: Education on January 31, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (46789) Principals Say Bad Planning Contributed to Violence Poor planning for a new center for disruptive high school students contributed to recent violence at a Bronx high school, the New York City principals' union charged. From New York Times: Education on January 31, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (46788) No room for LMS big boys Contracting Office Address Office of Personnel Management, Contracting, Facilities and Administrative Services Group, Contracting Division, 1900 E Street, N.W., Room 1342, Washington, DC, 20415-7710 Description The Office of Personnel Management in Washington, D.C. will be issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) that will lead... From Internet Time Blog on January 31, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (46787) Complex Life Written January 25, 2004 I've been learning about complexity -- the sort of complexity they dwell on at the Santa Fe Instittue, the realm of John Holland, Stuart Kauffman, Murray Gell-Mann, and their pals. This isn't the first time my mind has rebelled at the... From Internet Time Blog on January 31, 2004 at 1:49 a.m.. (46786) Politics and imagination Writing about the three fellows in their early teens who were released Thursday after being held without formal charges for as long as two years at the U. S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, Andrew Wimmer shows how a writer can imagine a personal connection in order to find or create persuasive material for a political argument. But this act of imagination, he implies, is not just a rhetorician's tool -- it is a necessary ethical act, a sign of respect for and an element of openness... From Weblogs in Higher Education on January 30, 2004 at 11:50 p.m.. (46785) Dean's scream was not a scream - directional mike used Quelle surprise mon vieux! The good 'ole media spinned a tale that wasn't real.  At least Diane Sawyer has the guts to admit that Dean's scream was not the ridiculous thing that ABC and the rest of the media reported.  Better late than never! From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on January 30, 2004 at 11:49 p.m.. (46784) This is the "Simple" Way to Build RSS? Yikes! Building an RSS feed made simple came the link in my blog. Hmmm, we can alway use more simplicity... From cogdogblog on January 30, 2004 at 11:48 p.m.. (46783) The "Other" Presidential Candidates If none of the major candidates in the political primaries interest you, don't worry. Politics1 has a guide to the many other candidates hoping to become the next President of the United States. From kuro5hin.org on January 30, 2004 at 11:45 p.m.. (46782) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]