Edu_RSS ~ February 14, 2004

Most recent update: February 14, 2004 at 11:15 p.m. Atlantic Time (GMT-4) Search Edu_RSS: Orbital reports profit for fourth quarter, year From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49445) The Fruit Fly in You From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49444) Interplanetary Hole in One From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49443) Spooky Atomic Clocks From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49442) Destination: Meridiani Planum From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49441) New Mars Data for Maestro: Opportunity #1 From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49440) EaglePicher Helps Power Mars Mission From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49439) Northrop Grumman to Provide Antenna for Italy's Shallow Radar Experiment on NASA's Mission to Mars From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49438) NASA Mars Rover Spirit Image of an unusually flaky rock called "Mimi" From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49437) NASA Hubble Space Telescope Daily Report # 3551 From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49436) NASA Space Station Status Report 13 Feb 2004 From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49435) MDA to Help Search for Proof of Life on Mars From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49434) GSDI Conference Concludes From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49433) Rosebud in Space Imaged for Valentines From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49432) Astronomers Find a Huge Diamond in Space From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49431) Comets Could Spread Life Around the Galaxy From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49430) Wallpaper: Spitzer's Valentine Rose From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49429) Search Ends for Beagle 2 From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49428) New Discoveries About Gravitational Lenses From Orionsarm.org RSS Feed on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 p.m.. (49427) Records Management in India Jan Banning (NL) is the winner in the category Portraits / Stories of the "World Press Photo" Contest: http://www.worldpressphoto.nl/contest/story.jsp?category=183&prize=208&wid=33667 From Archivalia on February 14, 2004 at 10:51 p.m.. (49426) TrackBack Phil Long explains TrackBack in this piece from Syllabus. I haven't seen anyone using TrackBack to connect student entries from their individual course blogs, but it seems like a natural. I need to move to the newer version of pMachine in order to start working with this feature -- maybe over spring break? From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 14, 2004 at 10:50 p.m.. (49425) Critical narratives that inform our lives That's a phrase from a recent post by Brian Alger. I find it wonderfully compact and suggestive. I'll gloss it, if I can: Narratives -- we can organize our knowledge and experience around ideas, and we do, and we need to, but stories organize experience for us in ways that have immediacy and power. Good stories are what my daughter's first grade teacher called a life skill. Critical -- Brian may mean "important" here but I bet he means, instead, the power to cut through... From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 14, 2004 at 10:50 p.m.. (49424) Tonarchiv des tschechischen... Als im vergangenen Jahr der tschechische Rundfunk sein 80jähriges Jubiläum beging, war die auch für die online-Redaktion von Radio Prag Anlaß genug, einen 2teiligen Beitrag zusammenzustellen. Das älteste Tondokument soll von 1888 sein. Von einer Hartwachswalze übermittelt Kaiser Franz Josef I. dem Militärwitwen- und -waisenfond seine herzlichen Wünsche. Die eigentliche Archivierung der Tonaufnahmen begann 1928. 1930 folgte das Schallplattenarchiv. Unter den akustischen Beigaben der Seite sind Klänge der Rusalka in Esperant From Archivalia on February 14, 2004 at 9:51 p.m.. (49423) Congressional Quarterly updates I see that CQ offers a free daily email update from their coverage of Congress and a free weekly feature story, by email, on the presidential race. From Weblogs in Higher Education on February 14, 2004 at 9:50 p.m.. (49422) Anonymity Online and its Consequences NY Times: Amazon Glitch Unmasks War of Reviewers. The weeklong glitch, which Amazon fixed after outed reviewers complained, provided a rare glimpse at how writers and readers are wielding the online reviews as a tool to promote or pan a book — when they think no one is watching. This thought-provoking story is a window into an increasingly relevant problem: how to deal with anonymous speech. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 14, 2004 at 8:47 p.m.. (49421) more Ro Sorry I've been so behind in this space. The flu, teaching, life have interfered. But we did have a party for my favorite for Congress in California 12th, Ro Khanna. Lisa Rein, early Creative Commons architect, filmed the event. Watch Ro, ye skeptical ones. He has an amazing passion and clarity of purpose for a politician of any age. From Lessig Blog on February 14, 2004 at 8:45 p.m.. (49420) Worldview Management System Lisa Williams's Worldview Management System is a great design for an aggregator. Read the whole thing to see the lenses she'd like to view the world through. QUOTEI believe that a truly great aggregator can be developed around the idea of The Worldview. Each of us has a specific and unique way of viewing the world. Our worldview is informed by our life experience, our From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 14, 2004 at 7:49 p.m.. (49419) Republicans Condemn Computer Snooping If you forget to lock your door and get burglarized, you're careless, maybe stupid. But the burglar is a criminal. He committed the crime, not you. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on February 14, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (49418) Sifrys: Now There's a Brother Act Dave Sifry's Technorati is one of the blogosphere's great spinoffs -- and I believe it could become a linchpin in the architecture of tomorrow's journalism. Dave's brother, Micah, turned up at the Emerging Tech/Digital Democracy conference last week. Turns out he's an excellent journalist and writer. Here's his blog, with links to other work. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on February 14, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (49417) Governmental Lawbreaking Marriage is an institution that any couple should be able to join. Gay, straight -- it doesn't matter as long as two people have made a commitment. But the city of San Francisco's unilateral decision to sanction gay weddings in clear violation of state law should make people very, very uncomfortable. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on February 14, 2004 at 7:47 p.m.. (49416) Kofi Annan on worldwide access to science Kofi Annan, Science for All Nations, Science Magazine, February 13, 2004. The Secretary-General of the United Nations appraises the role of science in helping to realize the Millennium Development Goals. Excerpt: If every nation gains full access to this broader world community of science and has the opportunity to develop an independent science capability, its public can engage in a candid dialogue about the benefits From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 6:48 p.m.. (49415) Orkut, Google and Privacy If I understand this correctly, Google can now link my name and personal information to all of the Google Web searches I do (or may have done, as long as the cookie on my computer has been there, prior to signing up). This is totally outrageous. A company PR person said she'd look into it. I'll let you know what she says. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on February 14, 2004 at 6:47 p.m.. (49414) UrhRG - 2. Korb Auf der Webseite des Institutes für Urheber- und Medienrecht werden zahllose, vor allem aber in einer einzigartigen Vielfalt, Materialien des... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 5:51 p.m.. (49413) More on applying trade embargoes to scholarly publications On January 23, the AAP Professional and Scholarly Publishers Division (PSP) released a public letter criticizing the U.S. Treasury Department for applying trade embargoes to scientific publications. The PSP believes the ruling not only violates the First Amendment rights of U.S. publishers, but violates the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), which the Treasury Department was From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 5:48 p.m.. (49412) Ovid agreement with Indian universities Ovid will give all universities in India "electronic access" to BIOSIS Biological Abstracts. (PS: The press release doesn't say whether the access is free or merely discounted. Does that mean it's merely discounted?) From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 5:48 p.m.. (49411) Open Source and Libraries: A Fine Match Guardian: Office politics. Bob Kerr, a member of the Edinburgh Linux Users Group, has convinced more than 80% of Scotland's public libraries to stock OpenOffice - the free, open-source alternative to Microsoft Office. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on February 14, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (49410) NY Times Ombudsman Does a Blog, Sort Of Taking the advice of a number of folks, New York Times ombudsman Dan Okrent has started something that looks like a blog, in which he addresses some of the issues being raised about the paper's journalism. Good move, as far as it goes. From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on February 14, 2004 at 5:46 p.m.. (49409) 2-14-04 Updated the Introduction to the Predictability page. From Real-Time for the Real World: Changes on February 14, 2004 at 4:53 p.m.. (49408) Zapmeta In meiner "kleinen Reihe" der richtig guten (juristischen) Suchmaschinen empfehle ich heute Zapmeta, die zu Recht mit dem Slogan "all... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 4:51 p.m.. (49407) Pricing crisis in textbooks leads to protests, legislation, OA On January 29, the California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) released a report, Rip-off 101, accusing book publishers of greedy practices that have precipitated a textbook pricing crisis. Also see the CALPIRG press release. CALPIRG hosts a non-profit online bookswap for students, and has persuaded Rep. David Wu (D-WA) to submit legislation (From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 4:48 p.m.. (49406) Value Added? One of the authors who contributes to Weblogs in Higher Education (it's a collective blog, but the individual posts are not credited to specific authors) posted this yesterday: From Holly's Research Journal on February 14, 2004 at 3:53 p.m.. (49405) Tips Received for my Amazon Jungle trip next month I have been told that to defend myself from the aggressive and malaria carrying mosquitoes, to reach into a nest of leafcutter ants. This part of the process you have to be very fast or they will bite you... From Between the Lines on February 14, 2004 at 3:52 p.m.. (49404) Juristische Recherche Das eLawyer Blog bringt heute einen lesenswerten Beitrag: "Saving Money On Legal Research". Dieser beschäftigt sich damit, warum man als... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 2:51 p.m.. (49403) eMule-Markenstreit Nach Verstreichen der gesetzten Frist hat Berhnard Syndikus die Abmahnung zurückgezogen, meldet Heise. Für den Betreiber des eMule-Portals ist dies... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 2:51 p.m.. (49402) FOAF Alp Uçkan berichtet (mit weiterführenden Beispielen) in seinem Artikel vom sog. "foaf:weblog-Element"; mehr noch z.B bei Frederiksen. Lesen Sie hierzu... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 2:51 p.m.. (49401) More testimony for the UK inquiry On behalf of the Scientific Information Working Group for the World Summit on the Information Society, Francis Muguet has submitted written testimony to the UK House of Commons Committee on Science and Technology. Like other submissions posted to the web, it may not be online long, so have a look soon. From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 2:48 p.m.. (49400) Out with the Old, In with the New Sam's and my presentation responding to the furor over the infamous "We are selling snake oil" posting on Learning Circuits is now online. Macromedia's Announcement Name: Out with the Old, In with the New URL for Viewing: http://seminars.breezecentral.com/p79482095/ Summary: Presenters: Sam Adkins & Jay Cross - Workflow Institute Topic- Sometimes it seems that "training doesn't work," "knowledge management doesn't work," and "e-learning doesn't work." Join the Workflow Institute as they discuss and isolate the common features of what is working. Learn the characteristi From The Workflow Institute Blog on February 14, 2004 at 1:52 p.m.. (49399) Nachlass von H. A. Blackmun Das SCOTUSblog hat sich die Mühe gemacht, den Gesamtbestand (zur Zeit 15 Bände) des Nachlasses (überwiegend Entscheidungen) von H. A.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 1:51 p.m.. (49398) Decent proposal Extravagant experiment, simple management of an authentic task or occasion of networking ? Choose what you want... I propose an appointment: WHEN? Tuesday February 24, 2004 WHERE? On line at this address; or simply, be there... HOW? Blogging session in company of five pupils "live in an economic conference" and... From EdBlogger Praxis on February 14, 2004 at 1:50 p.m.. (49397) Gotta love it It's no secret that the Just for laughs festival in Montreal is the biggest comedy event in the world, ok so most Europeans might not have heard of the festival, but it's on the comedy channel on a daily basis here. The soundbite you are listening now is by far the favourite of most Canadians, I wonder why ;)More about the development of Broadcast Builder next week.... From Lionhardt Technologies on February 14, 2004 at 1:46 p.m.. (49396) "Online-Communities - Chancen... Das Buch ist eine aktuelle Aufsatzsammlung, irgendwo zwischen Theorie und Praxis angesiedelt, die sich mit den Einsatzmöglichkeiten von Online-Communities in Unternehmen auseinandersetzt, und wird von Gert Zinke und Angela Fogolin herausgegeben. Dies schreibt Jochen Robes im Weiterbildungsblog und verweist auf eine Rezension (PDF), die er dazu veröffentlicht hat From BildungsBlog on February 14, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (49395) RSS Feed-Einführung Jessica Baumgart stellt in den News Library News eine gelungene Einführung (16 S. PDF) in RSS Feeds vor (Dank an... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (49394) FindLaw FindLaw For The Public ist eine Seite in erster Linie für Verbraucher mit Schwerpunkt auf rechtlichen Informationen. Bei Bob wird... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 12:51 p.m.. (49393) JORUM study released JISC's JORUM+ Project has just released its eight-volume scoping study. The project will create an OA repository for learning materials. Excerpt from the executive summary: "The JORUM service will form a key part of the JISC's [Information Environment], providing the means by which access to, deposit of, and sharing and re-use of, freely available learning and teaching content can be undertaken by teaching staff and their colleagues....Over time, we believe From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (49392) OCLC research projects OCLC has launched ResearchWorks, a guide to the projects currently under way at its research lab, including links to working papers and demos. A good number of the projects facilitate the dissemination, sharing, and discovery of online scholarship. For example, check out the Errol project, which lets you browse the sets, metadata formats, records, and identifiers of all the OAI-compliant archives in the comprehensive From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (49391) JISC funding for two research projects JISC is offering to fund a study examining the sustainability of the digital environment within the further and higher education sector. It is also offering to fund the development of overarching technical standards guidance to support JISC activities. In both cases, applications are due by March 12, 2004. From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 12:48 p.m.. (49390) film appreciation film appreciation A High School Film Appreciatian Blog from Garden City HS. Thanks to teacher Laura Rebecca for the link.... From EdBlogger Praxis on February 14, 2004 at 11:51 a.m.. (49389) Penn State considering OA textbooks Inspired by Cornell's Internet-First University Press, Penn State University is is investigating the possibility of publishing open-access textbooks. See Josh Pontrelli, Penn State explores merit of online publications, The Digital Collegian, February 12, 2004. (Thanks to LIS News.) From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 11:49 a.m.. (49388) Australia extends term of copyright under pressure from U.S. As part of a free trade deal with the U.S., Australia has agreed to extend the term of Australian copyright 20 years. As in the U.S., the term is now 70 years after the death of the author. This extension is as controversial in Australia as it was in the U.S. and for the same reasons. See Fergus Shiel, Libraries caught in copyright changes, The Age, February 11, 2004. Quoting Colette Ormonde, copyright adviser for the Australian Library and Information Association: "The outcome is bad for libraries. It is bad fo From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 11:49 a.m.. (49387) Lost in States I'm not the most political animal on the planet, but does anyone know what's happened to Saddam? As far as I can see he was found 6 weeks ago and that's it. Shouldn't we be being kept up to date... From Monkeymagic on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 a.m.. (49386) Strato Monitoring Stratos Kunden wissen, dass die Erreichbarkeit der Server von Strato nicht immer gewährleistet ist. In vielen Foren findet man immer wieder Beträge über Ausfälle und Geschwindigkeitseinbrüche. Daher misst Strato auf seit längerer Zeit selber und präsentiert die --> From WebhostingTech on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 a.m.. (49385) Are You an Autodesk® VIZ 4 User? I wanted to seek out more beta candidates for Autodesk® VIZ 4 beta program testing. If you are a current Autodesk® VIZ customer, and you are interested in beta testing and providing feedback to the Viz Team, please complete... From Between the Lines on February 14, 2004 at 10:53 a.m.. (49384) Geneva OAI conference presentations online The presentations from the CERN Workshop on Innovations in Scholarly Communication: Implementing the benefits of OAI (Geneva, February 12-14, 2004), are now online. For most presentations, there are both PPT slides and video online. (PS: I spoke at this conference and am writing this note from Geneva.) From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (49383) Swets collection to include OA journals from BMC SwetsWise Online Content has recruited 10 new publishers, including BioMed Central. For more details, see the Swets press release. (PS: This is another instance of the intriguing trend of aggregators to offer access to OA journals alongside priced journals, giving users a more comprehensive array of sources and giving OA journals new visibility through the aggregator's search service. See From FOS News on February 14, 2004 at 10:48 a.m.. (49382) New Browser With Built-in RSS Support Opera's upcoming browser will have RSS capabilities, according to this announcement of Opera 7.50 Preview 1 for Windows: Opera now has experimental support for RSS Newsfeeds (RSS 0.9x, 1.0, and 2.0)--a syndication format often used on weblogs and news services--as part of Opera Mail. You can choose from a selection of pre-installed feeds by choosing "Newsfeeds" from the Mail menu. Newsfeeds are shown in the Mail panel under the Ne From Dan Gillmor'apos;s eJournal on February 14, 2004 at 10:47 a.m.. (49381) The future of intelligent robots Knowledge@Wharton finds that while people tend to imagine robots in terms of science fiction or human worker replacements, the truth may be more mundane and less sinister. From CNET News.com on February 14, 2004 at 10:45 a.m.. (49380) CELEX kostenlos Margret Marks teilt mit, dass Abonnements zum EU-Dienst CELEX mit Wirkung ab 01.07.2004 für EU-Bürger kostenfrei werden.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 9:51 a.m.. (49379) Profi-Einsatz von PDAs Obwohl Unternehmen die Vorteile von mobilen Geräten im professionellen Einsatz sehen, schrecken sie auch 2004 vor Investitionen in mobile Infrastrukturen... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 9:51 a.m.. (49378) Paperchase Wer's nötig hat, kann sich ab sofort die neuesten juristischen Meldungen von Paperchase auch in das eigene Weblog integrieren.... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 9:51 a.m.. (49377) Deutsche Drucke des 16. Jahrhunderts... Ercker, Lazarus (1530-1594)Beschreibung aller fürnemisten Mineralischen Ertzt vnnd Berckwercksarten [...], Strassburg, [1574]Anbieter: Schoenberg Center for Electronic Text and Images (UPenn) http://dewey.library.upenn.edu/sceti/printedbooksNew/index.cfm?textID=ercker&PagePosition=1 From Archivalia on February 14, 2004 at 9:50 a.m.. (49376) RSS for the Aggregator Ok, I think I asked this before. But now I need to figure out how to make this work. I've subcribed to many of the sites I've been making using the Manila aggregator. Now, I want to push this aggregated list of stories to another page using the viewRSSBox macro. The idea is that on the homepage of the site we could keep a running list of all the headlines from all the Welogs that are being updated. So, I need to figure out how to get an XML feed for the stuff that's being aggregated. Is that possible? From weblogged News on February 14, 2004 at 9:47 a.m.. (49375) Symantec: Virus Alerts and Hoaxes This website by Symantec (makers of Norton AntiVirus) provides information on the latest virus threats, security advisories, updates for Symantec products and removal tools, as well as some basic information on viruses. The Reference Area includes F From Techno-News Blog on February 14, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (49374) Accessibility in Distance Education As more and more universities and colleges continue to experiment with various forms of distance education, there is a heightened sense of responsibility that various online materials be accessible to those persons with disabilities. The Access in D From Online Learning Update on February 14, 2004 at 9:46 a.m.. (49373) NYTimes: Release of Windows Coding Is a New Worry ... NYTimes: Release of Windows Coding Is a New Worry for MicrosoftBy JOHN MARKOFFThe distribution of the secret programmer's instructions for the Windows operating system poses legal and security challenges for Microsoft.... From Meta on February 14, 2004 at 8:50 a.m.. (49372) Teaching students to surf safely on internet - Kathryn Torney, Belfast Telegraph A Downpatrick school has been teaching its pupils about the importance of Internet safety. Young people in forms 1 to 3 at Down High recently took part in a week-long series of activities designed to teach them to surf the Internet safely. The annual e From Educational Technology on February 14, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (49371) Ed advocates cheer eRate leadership changes - Cara Branigan, eSchool News Leadership changes at the U.S. House Energy and Commerce Committee and the Universal Service Administrative Co. (USAC) are likely to have a positive impact on the $2.25 billion-a-year federal eRate program, according to knowledgeable education advocate From Educational Technology on February 14, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (49370) The Open University has become an attractive option. It even outperforms Oxford - Kate Youde, the Telegraph Thanks to shiny new technology - and the fear of debt - the Open University is convincing record numbers of young students to turn their backs on mainstream universities. In need of a new look: the OU has updated its image since the 1970s This year, t From Online Learning Update on February 14, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (49369) The Relationship of Sociometric Indicators and Synchronization in Online Case Discussions- Roberto Vinaja and Mahesh Raisinghani, DEC 2003 The main objective of this research-in-progress paper is to analyze whether the discussion method (asynchronous vs. synchronous) and the group structure (as measured by sociometric techniques) have an effect on the effectiveness of the case study as From Online Learning Update on February 14, 2004 at 8:46 a.m.. (49368) Professionals bangen um die eigene Domainendung: *.pro Es klang nach einer guten Idee. Die Domainendung *.pro für Professionals - So sollten Mediziner die Chance erhalten *.med.pro zu registrieren und Juristen sollten *.law.pro nutzen - Doch nun scheint die Blase um *.pro entgültigt geplatzt zu sein. From WebhostingTech on February 14, 2004 at 7:54 a.m.. (49367) Mehr Server unter Windows Server 2003 als NT Es war legentlich eine Frage der Zeit bis die Zahl der Server unter Windows Server 2003 größer als die Zahl der Server unter Windows NT sein würde. Nun wurde dieser Wert erreicht. From WebhostingTech on February 14, 2004 at 7:54 a.m.. (49366) NANORULER NANORULERhttp://link.abpi.net/l.php?20040212A2Through research sponsored by NASA and the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), MIT scientists have developed a Nanoruler that is 10 to 1,000 times faster and more precise than other methods for patterning parallel lines and spaces (known collectively as gratings) across surfaces more than 12 inches in diameter. The technology could foster breakthroughs in areas such as semiconductor manufacturing, metrology, and diffractive optics. The Nanoruler co From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:52 a.m.. (49365) MapStats MapStats - Mapping Toolhttp://www.fedstats.gov/qf/MapStats is part of FedStats the new window on the full range of official statistical information available to the public from the Federal Government. Use the Internet's powerful linking and searching capabilities to track economic and population trends, education, health care costs, aviation safety, foreign trade, energy use, farm production, and more. Access official statistics collected and published by more than 100 Feder From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:52 a.m.. (49364) 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United Stateshttp://www.census.gov/prod/www/statistical-abstract-03.htmlThe 2003 Statistical Abstract of the United States is now online and continues to gives us access to very valuable demographics and economic information on the United States. I have addded this to my Subject Tracer™ Information Blog Business Intelligence and will be adding this to my Busi From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:52 a.m.. (49363) Privacy Forum Privacy Forumhttp://www.vortex.com/privacy/The PRIVACY Forum includes a moderated e-mail digest (and archive of those digests and related documents) for the discussion and analysis of issues relating to privacy (both personal and collective) in the information age. Topics include telecommunications, information and database collection and sharing, and a wide range of other privacy issues, as pertains to the privacy concerns of individuals, groups, businesses, government, and society at large. The manners in which b From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:52 a.m.. (49362) The European Library (TEL) Project Update The European Library (TEL) Project Updatehttp://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue38/woldering/ http://www.europeanlibrary.org/The European Library (TEL) project is a new pan-European service which ultimately will provide Internet access to the combined resources of the national libraries of Europe. Begun in January after 36 months of study, the project hopes to launch TEL by the end of this year. It will offer free searching for both digital and non-digital res From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:52 a.m.. (49361) PubSub EDGAR PubSub EDGARhttp://www.pubsub.com/data/edgarSubscribe to EDGAR Filings through PubSub and receive your filings through RSS. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:52 a.m.. (49360) OpenPrivacy Initiative OpenPrivacy Initiativehttp://www.openprivacy.org/The OpenPrivacy initiative is an Open Source collection of software frameworks, protocols and services providing a cryptographically secure and distributed platform for creating, maintaining, and selectively sharing user profile information.In effect, OpenPrivacy is the first open platform that enables user control over personal data while simultaneously - and at user discretion - providing marketers with access to higher quality profile segments. The result From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:52 a.m.. (49359) Google Versus Microsoft Google Versus Microsofthttp://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/01/business/yourmoney/01goog.html In the gathering storm of warfare between Google and Microsoft for dominance in Internet searching, some of the things to watch for are: the impact of Google's impending IPO on company morale (and on its new millionaires); the fate of Microsoft's own search technology, expected for release later this year; the possibility, fateful for Google, that Microsoft will decide to make its new From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:52 a.m.. (49358) Internet Alerts Internet Alertshttp://www.InternetAlerts.info/InternetAlerts.info is a Subject Tracer™ Information Blog developed and created by the Virtual Private Library™. It is designed to bring together the latest resources and sources on an ongoing basis for Internet alerts. We always welcome suggestions of additional sites and resources to be added to this comprehensive listing and please submit by clicking --> From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49357) Furl Furl - Your Online Filing Cabinet for Useful Web Pageshttp://www.furl.net/index.jspFurl is a new web browsing tool that lets you save and organize thousands of useful web pages (you know, the ones you want to save for future reference but then can never find again) in a personal "web page filing cabinet". Once saved, you can effortlessly find any page again later using a powerful full text search tool. With Furl you can forget trying to save and organize dozens of bookmarks, forget saving web pages to your desktop, From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49356) Free GIS Data Free GIS Datahttp://data.geocomm.com/This online resource for GIS and geospatial data has compiled data from a wide range of GIS Web sites located on the Internet. Some of the data is free once you set up a user account to be part of the GeoCommunity, with additional data available for a fee using the Premium option. Downloading may require the user to be proficient in GIS and own relevant software. Download options include: Digital Raster Graphic (DRG) Data, USGS Digital elevation Models (DEM), Digital Orthophotos (DOQ/ From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49355) Country Based Search Engines Country Based Search Engineshttp://www.philb.com/countryse.htmCountry Based Search Engines By Phil Bradley lists over 1600 search engines in 169 countries and has just been updated. This is an excellent resource and should be bookmarked and placed in your search engine reference files. This will be added to my Internet Sources Manual on it next update. From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49354) Soople Soople - Easy Search of Googlehttp://www.soople.com/Soople-easy expert search- Soople is an early English dialect, which means 'to soften, make supple'. That's exactly what was envisioned for this site ; a site that softens all the fantastic (advanced) functions Google offers. This site is therefore meant for all those who are not yet familiar with all the functions and required syntaxes. This way Soople enables an 'easy expert search'! For instance, one can specify a search by one particuliar sit From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49353) The Paper Chase Blog The Paper Chase Bloghttp://jurist.law.pitt.edu/paperchase/JURIST, the non-commercial legal information and education Web portal at the the University of Pittsburgh law school, has recently developed an online legal news service in weblog form called "The Paper Chase", edited by myself and a team of some 30 law students. Every day we filter, report and summarize important legal news stories of general (rather than narrowly professional) interest, and enrich those sto From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49352) Geographical Information Systems (GIS) Geographical Information Systems (GIS)1. City Governments Map Trendshttp://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,62131,00.html?tw=wn_tophead_82. ESRI: Join the Spirit of Mars Explorationhttp://www.esri.com/mars/index.html3. Earth Satellite Corporation: GIS Serviceshttp://www.earthsat.com/env/gis/ind From Marcus P. Zillman, M.S., A.M.H.A. Author/Speaker on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49351) ARIA Raid Kazaa It could all be over soon for Kazaa, the file sharing network that is the current scourge of the recording industry. Investigators raided the Sydney office of Kazaa on Friday Feb 6 collecting evidence about copyright infringement that will be presented in a Sydney court on Tuesday 10th February. From aG-UK Filesharing News on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49350) Canadian file swappers attacked Canada is about to follow America's lead by using heavy-weight legal intimidation tactics against Canadians who share music online. The CRIA, Canada's version of Big Music's RIAA, has been instructed to start pressuring ISPs in an attempt to force them into revealing the identities of people the record labels claim are infringing copyrights. From aG-UK Filesharing News on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49349) File-swapping lawsuits loom in Canada The Canadian music industry is going to court to seek the identities of 29 online file swappers, in preparation to filing lawsuits similar to those that have targeted hundreds of U.S. computer users. From aG-UK Filesharing News on February 14, 2004 at 7:51 a.m.. (49348) University of Pennsylvania seeks to silence Professor Gil-White Professor Francisco J. Gil-White is claiming that the University of Pennsylvania is trying to fire him for his political analyses of issues surrounding the former Yugoslavia, the PLO, and other sensitive topics. From kuro5hin.org on February 14, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (49347) Hostility and Smoking According to Reuters, a recent study has found that people who have hostile or aggressive tendencies are more likely to become addicted to smoking.   From kuro5hin.org on February 14, 2004 at 7:45 a.m.. (49346) Neue Webhosting-Discountmarke PREMIUMSPACE Der Internet-Service-Provider generate Communications GmbH hat in den vergangenen Tagen eine neue Webhosting-Discountmarke gestartet: Unter dem Label "PREMIUMSPACE" werden ab sofort Webspace-Pakete für Privatkunden und Firmen angeboten. From WebhostingTech on February 14, 2004 at 6:53 a.m.. (49345) Airbus-Klage Gegner der Airbus-Erweiterung wollen auch nach der Verabschiedung eines Enteignungsgesetzes nicht aufgeben, teilt der NDR mit. Sie wollen ihre Grundstücke... From Handakte WebLAWg on February 14, 2004 at 6:51 a.m.. (49344) Windows Code for the Taking A day after Microsoft said that part of the source code for its operating system had been leaked, all kinds of people were downloading pirate versions. Some of them may be up to a bit of no good. From Wired News on February 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (49343) Scientists Advance Hydrogen Tech University of Minnesota researchers make hydrogen from ethanol in a prototype reactor that is small enough to generate power for homes and cars. It could help bring renewable hydrogen to the mass market. From Wired News on February 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (49342) The Russian Nesting Doll of Games The object of The Sims, a popular video game, is to keep the characters happy in their daily lives. Now comes a fan-made plug-in that lets the in-game characters amuse themselves by -- what else? -- playing the SimCity video game. By Daniel Terdiman. From Wired News on February 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (49341) Copyright Enters a Gray Area The Grey Album, which mixes music from the Beatles' White Album with lyrics from rapper Jay-Z's Black Album, is being hailed as a classic. EMI thinks it's a classic, too -- a classic case of copyright violation. By Noah Shachtman. From Wired News on February 14, 2004 at 6:46 a.m.. (49340) Multitask Master I love to try and multi task (because I have a wee bit of ADD like Joi) but I find that it really doesn't work for me. I get more done when I focus on one thing at a time and do things sequentially! It's hard though to resist the temptation to multi-task even though I know full well that I'll get less done if I succumb. However, I love checking out my aggregator and blogging and watching IRC simultaneously. It's like a game for me! See if I can get my witty ripostes in From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on February 14, 2004 at 4:52 a.m.. (49339) More on the Elsevier testimony The link in yesterday's posting on the Elsevier written testimony is already dead. Apparently the testimony was removed from the Elsevier site at the request of the House of Commons. However, another copy is still online at the Reed Elsevier site. But it may not be there long. (Thanks to Jan Velterop.) (PS: The House of Commons is asking witnesses to refrain from posting their testimony online until at least March 1. From PR Web on February 14, 2004 at 4:46 a.m.. (49337) Foundation Urges Medicare Officials to Cover Cancer Drugs In the interests of cancer patients and oncologists nationwide, the Lorenzen Cancer Foundation (LCF) has joined the public interest law firm Washington Legal Foundation (WLF) and others today in presenting a written comments statement to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requesting an end to the prolonged coverage review of several important cancer treatments. The statement urged CMS officials to reinstate a clear reimbursement policy for off-label use of these drugs. [PRWEB Feb 14, 2004] From PR Web on February 14, 2004 at 4:46 a.m.. (49336) Mein Weblog mit Blick über den Tellerrand From Mein Schuster on February 14, 2004 at 3:51 a.m.. (49335) 280 Flee Dormitory Fire at SUNY Purchase Fire officials are investigating as suspicious a dormitory fire Friday night that forced 280 freshman students at the State University of New York at Purchase out of their rooms. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (49334) An Educator Says 'Instinct' Helped Halt School Shooting An assistant principal at a high-school near Albany said "just doing my job" enabled him to subdue a 16-year-old student who wounded a teacher and fired at classmates. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (49333) Anti-Semitism Still the Topic After Remarks During Game There is strong disagreement about what actually happened during a basketball game between the Trinity School and the Dalton School. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:46 a.m.. (49332) Two Universities Take Steps to Ease Burden of Tuition Responding to mounting pressure to constrain college costs, two universities announced plans to freeze tuition or significantly reduce the debt of students forced to take loans. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (49331) Teachers' Union Warns of an Impasse in Talks With the City After a bargaining session that lasted less than two hours, the president of the New York City teachers' union denounced the administration's opening proposal as an insult. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (49330) Fans' Anti-Semitic Slurs Incite a Flurry of Reaction at Schools At a recent game, basketball fans from the elite private Trinity School taunted a player from the rival Dalton School with references to gefilte fish and Jewish customs. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (49329) Berkeley Wins Panel's Review on Fulbrights The Fulbright flap is not yet final for the 30 college students who had their scholarship applications disqualified because of a missed Federal Express pickup. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (49328) University of Illinois Chancellor Is Chosen to Lead Syracuse Nancy Cantor, the chancellor of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, will become the next chancellor and president of Syracuse University. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (49327) A Berkeley Lecture on Power's Limits, by an Expert Robert S. McNamara, the man who helped make Berkeley synonymous with the anti-Vietnam War movement, appeared willingly before his accusers on their home turf. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (49326) Ruling in Favor of Clarett Could Open Huge Hole Into N.F.L. More underclassmen could jump from high school to the N.F.L. if Maurice Clarett's successful challenge to the league's eligibility requirement is upheld. From New York Times: Education on February 14, 2004 at 3:45 a.m.. (49325) In God's Garage (a dialogue with the Creator) I found God in a garage in Milan. He asked me what the trouble with my car was. "What are you doing here?" I exclaimed. "Everyone's been looking for you." "I'm just keeping myself busy," he said, lifting the hood. From kuro5hin.org on February 14, 2004 at 2:45 a.m.. (49324) Intranets take second place to public internet Altas Ventures has publicised the results of a recent survey comparing the internet and internet as sources of information for staff. To quote: Despite heavy investment in Intranets by companies, the public Internet remains the primary information source for knowledge... From Column Two on February 14, 2004 at 1:47 a.m.. (49323) The CMS Matrix A new site has just been launched which allows the feature sets of content management systems to be compared: The CMS Matrix. While I think it's great that there are more resources for CMS consumers on the market, I'm not... From Column Two on February 14, 2004 at 12:47 a.m.. (49322) [List Feeds][Add Another Feed][Back to Edu_RSS]