Web voice technologies get W3C go-ahead The World Wide Web Consortium says two specifications are ready for adoption as industry standards. From CNET News.com on March 16, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Powell asks India to open up its markets U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell says U.S. businesses should provide services to India and other countries to "offset the losses" from the offshoring trend. From CNET News.com on March 16, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Microsoft lays out management software plan The company announces new software and additional details of its plan to make Windows systems easier to manage. From CNET News.com on March 16, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

The Free Culture Movement: A Victory As some of you may remember, in addition to Eldred v. Aschcroft, there are a number of other cases that we're pushing to set judicial limits on Congress's appetite for the public domain. Golan v. Ashcroft is one. Golan challenges Congress's "restoration" of copyrights to work that had passed into the public domain. The government moved to dismiss Golan on the basis of Eldred. Today the District Court (opinion) re From Lessig Blog on March 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

(11-M) A chronicle of the four most intense days in Spain A personal chronicle about the four most intense days many of us in Spain have had in our whole life: from the 11-M killings, through the government disinformation, to the final results which kicked the Popular Party out of the government. From kuro5hin.org on March 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

Help a Library Win a Copyfight [This post title pilfered directly from BoingBoing's open pockets. Or did Cory steal it from me? Dang. This IP stuff is so confusing.] The wonderful Jenny Levine, a.k.a. The Shifted Librarian, has the full scoop. Snippet: So here we have the little Library that could and did (David) that can't get the attention of Warner Brothers (Goliath) just so they can show the fantastic video they did for their staff in-service From Copyfight: The Politics of IP on March 16, 2004 at 12:45 p.m..

PLoS co-founders win Wired Rave awards The PLoS co-founders, Pat Brown, Mike Eisen, and Harold Varmus, were nominated for Wired Rave Awards in February and named as winners last night. Wired Magazine promises full coverage in its April issue. Congratulations to Pat, Mike, and Harold! From FOS News on March 16, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Reflections on WSIS Patrice Lyons, The World Meets the Internet, D-Lib Magazine, March 2004. Reflections on the World Summit on the Information Society. Excerpt: "The importance of information and knowledge development, including culturally diverse and multi-lingual materials, with open access to such knowledge for human progress and well-being, was a consistent theme throughout the Summit, particularly in the programs organized by the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organizati From FOS News on March 16, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

New OA digital libraries funded by NSDL Lee Zia, The NSF National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education Digital Library (NSDL) Program New Projects in Fiscal Year 2003, D-Lib Magazine, March 2004. A dazzling catalog of new OA digital libraries in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. From FOS News on March 16, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

Meta-categories Last night, at the EFF party at sxsw, I got to talk with Don Turnbull, a professor at the U of Texas. We talked about metadata, a topic he is very learned, thoughtful and interesting about. This morning, he sent me an email with helpful links to some of the topics we'd talked about (including how the online WorldBook handles tagging entries from the '30s that talked glowingly about that young, dynamic German leader, Adolph Hitler). Excellent. But I'm on the road, so the message came into my laptop's Outlook receptacle, which is a message ghetto in relation to my... From Joho the Blog on March 16, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

[sxsw] Meta blog Mike Slone lists blogs from sxsw.... From Joho the Blog on March 16, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..

RSS Frames a Political Discussion This page uses RSS to show recent posts, side by side, from the Kerry and Bush campaign blogs. A science project, but an interesting one. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 16, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

NY Times Decides Not to Be the Heavy The Paper of Record has agreed to let Robert Cox run his faux-corrections page for New York Times columns after all, Cox tells us. Sounds like a smart compromise: Make it absolutely clear the site is a satire, and it's OK. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on March 16, 2004 at 11:47 a.m..

China's Crypto Protection and CIA's Logic Bomb

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Intel CEO pushes for R&D, education spending In his trip to Washington, D.C., Craig Barrett warns the government that it must increase spending to keep the country competitive. From CNET News.com on March 16, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Analyst: Dell to jilt Intel for blade design The server maker won't be joining longtime partner Intel in its effort with rival manufacturer IBM to standardize blade design, predicts market researcher Gartner. From CNET News.com on March 16, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..

Intel envisions TiVo-like wireless PCs - John G. Spooner and Richard Shim , MSNBC Intel wants desktop PCs to double up as network hubs and video recorders, a move that could make life tough for the companies that produce those standalone products. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaker will begin midyear by adding wireless network From Techno-News Blog on March 16, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

All IMs In One Place - Arik Hesseldahl, Forbes The great frustration of instant messaging continues to vex its users: compatibility. One would think that by now the dominant powers of the instant messaging universe would have figured out a way to let their users chat with each other. But then we'r From Techno-News Blog on March 16, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

The Future of the GPL - David Halperin, eCommerce Times The legal minds behind the design and implementation of the GPL don't seem especially concerned. Professor Eben Moglen, currently on leave from the Columbia University law faculty, has been -- as counsel to the Free Software Foundation (FSF) -- the la From Techno-News Blog on March 16, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

New drive to give pupils laptops in UK - BBC Essex is the latest education authority to urge parents to make tax-deductible contributions to a charity so schoolchildren can have laptops. Its e-learning project aims to provide a "digital learning device" to all 200,000 of its school pupils by 200 From Educational Technology on March 16, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Web campaign calls for Paige's dismissal - eSchool News A federal lawmaker has joined the heads of two grassroots political organizations in launching an online petition seeking the removal of Education Secretary Rod Paige. U.S. Rep. Betty McCollum, D-Minn., Campaign for America's Future Co-director Rober From Educational Technology on March 16, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

RAND Report Implies Changes for Workplace Learning Professionals - Learning Circuits A new report from RAND Corporation finds that slower workforce growth, technological changes, and economic globalization will have powerful effects on the U.S. workplace in this century. The report, "The 21st Century at Work: Forces Shaping the Future From Online Learning Update on March 16, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..

Get flexible with your learning North Hertfordshire College has just launched a new Flexible Learning Centre, which offers residents in North Hertfordshire the chance to learn when and where they want. As an introductory offer, many of the courses are available FREE until the end of From Online Learning Update on March 16, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

University to use distance education in health department Distance education will be an important element in enabling Africa University's new department of health sciences to link health care providers in Zimbabwe with experts at St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. Africa University's Faculty of Health Sci From Online Learning Update on March 16, 2004 at 9:45 a.m..

The Eolas-Microsoft case--patent ending? The U.S. Patent Office signals that it's prepared to throw out controversial browser claims in a $521 million infringement verdict against Microsoft. But it's not over yet. From CNET News.com on March 16, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..

Blog Blocking: a Perspective Please give time to the China Government, it needs space and time to build confidence, as everybody in the world can see that China is going to the way of openness and democracy. From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 6:56 a.m..

AuroraWebCam This is the of the ... AuroraWebCam This is the of the Northern Lights international project. "This free site provides the 1st private worldwide live webcast of auroras in history" Added: 16 March 2004 Reviewer's Note: Learn "live" about the Aurora Borealis (from Mt Aurora, Alaska) SHOWCASE: General e-learning showcase From e-Learning Centre What's New Page on March 16, 2004 at 6:55 a.m..

HP/ Compaq CD-RW Just $14.99 (http://www.tigerdirect.com/indexus.asp?kb=y sourceid=6272 afsrc=1) ... From cms2u on March 16, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..

LatinEDUCA 2004 La Universidad Tecnológica Nacional - Facultad Regional de Mendoza, de Argentina, la Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México - ENEP Acatlán y la Fundación Latinoamericana para la Educación a Distancia organizan conjuntamente LatinEDUCA 2004 Primer Congreso Virtual Latinoamericano de Educación a Distancia. Los objetivos del congreso son: - Crear un espacio de análisis, reflexión y discusión de conocimientos de From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on March 16, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..

Krieg gegen die Herero 1904 Eine virtuelle Ausstellung des Bundesarchivs http://www.bundesarchiv.de/aktuelles/aus_dem_archiv/galerie/index.html From Archivalia on March 16, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

ICHIM 2004 http://www.ichim.org/UK/01.html ICHIM 04, the eighth International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting will take place in Germany from August 30 to Sept. 3, 2004, at the "Haus der Kulturen der Welt", Berlin. It will be focusing on digitization of cultural heritage and on the emergence of new digital art and culture forms. Curators, computer scientists, administrators, publishers and media producers, educators, IT professionals, scholars, entrepreneurs, libraries and museums professionals From Archivalia on March 16, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

European Regulators Back Proposed Microsoft Ruling ... European Regulators Back Proposed Microsoft RulingBy PAUL MELLER --- NYTimesEuropean antitrust regulators are united behind Mario Monti, their top antitrust official, on his proposed finding that Microsoft has abused its dominant position in the software market. From on March 16, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

Interior Department Goes Offline A federal judge orders the department to shut off its Internet connections for the third time. The judge says the department refuses to fix security holes that could jeopardize millions of dollars in royalties for American Indians. From Wired News on March 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Welcome to S-s-s-s-edna Scientists identify a 'planetoid' as the most distant object in our solar system. It's small, dark and cold (average temperature: minus 400 degrees). They christen it Sedna. From Wired News on March 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Privacy Safeguards Deep-Sixed Without fanfare, the government dispenses with two projects aimed at protecting the privacy of American citizens from official snooping. The work on more sophisticated data-mining techiques continues, however. From Wired News on March 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

What Have We Here? Junk, Mostly The American Museum of Natural History on Sunday let folks bring in items from home for analysis. For some, the truth was hard to take. Michelle Delio reports from New York. From Wired News on March 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Gloves Put Death Grip on Germs A new kind of disposable glove will strike terror into the very being of all bacteria and viruses by emitting chlorine dioxide when exposed to light. By Louise Knapp. From Wired News on March 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Talk Your Way Out of Trouble Using a headset microphone and voice-recognition software to control the onscreen action, Konami's Lifeline seeks to increase players' immersion in the game world. It succeeds, but not in the ways you might think. A review by Chris Kohler. From Wired News on March 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Honey, I Shrunk the URL Among Web savants, TinyURL.com has become an indispensable tool for shortening unwieldy URLs before dispatching them in e-mails or IMs. They have a fanatical unicyclist to thank for the site. By Katie Dean. From Wired News on March 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Europe Considers Harsh Piracy Law The European Union will likely enact a law to give local police more power to seize the assets of suspected intellectual-property thieves. Opponents say the law is just too severe. Mat Shwartz reports from Paris. From Wired News on March 16, 2004 at 6:46 a.m..

Customised training around need and motivation is e-learning's key From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 16, 2004 at 5:50 a.m..

SDSU Foundation Secures $1.4 Million Grant for Bioterrorism and Emergency Preparedness From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 16, 2004 at 5:50 a.m..

An International Analysis of Web-based Education From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 16, 2004 at 5:50 a.m..

Eta Massacre in Madrid On a morning when we might have hoped that here in Spain many would have been joyfully celebrating last night's Real Madrid victory, unfortunately we are complelled to address more sombre matters. Given the gravity of the situation I am reproducing here the post I have just put up on... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

The New York Times Has it Very Wrong My thanks to Anne for pointing this blunder out to me: Europe is doing much worse than the United States economically, right? Not if you subtract Germany. Without Germany's figures, Europe's economic performance would arguably look as good as America's. That gives some sense of how bad things are in the German economy, the continent's biggest, and how critical it is for the Germans to get serious about reform -- not only for their own sake, but also for the sake of the European Union, which is bracing for the entry of a host of far poorer members. "Without Germany's f From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Deliberate and indiscriminate wickedness in Madrid This morning's mass murder of 180 commuters in Madrid comes a week after the massacre of 200 pilgrims in Karbala. Such killings of innocent civilians must be recognized for what the are: crimes against humanity.... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Fun And Jokes At Morgan-Stanley It's heartwarming to see two seasoned analysts as Morgan-Stanley's Gray Newman and Luis Arcentales engage in a wonderful bit of dry humor in Tuesday's Global Economic Forum mention of Argentina: (...) it is difficult to imagine that policy makers or politicians can mistake the bounce-back that took place in 2003 as the beginning of a sustainable growth path(...) As the inmortal phrase goes, now *that*'s comedy! From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Embracing Deflation? In his recent post on disinflation, Edward brought up Andy Xie's latest article, "Productivity, Inflation and Exchange Rates". Reading it, I was startled by Xie's suggestion that we should, in fact, embrace deflation rather than fear it... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Madrid Bombing Update Latest Update: Friday morning 8:30 CET. The uncertainty about the authors of this crime continues. I think having been fairly forthright at the start, prudence on my part is now what is called for while the investigation continues. Meanwhile I think it is important we don't lose sight of the magnitude of what has happened: 198 dead, and 1,430 injured according to the latest government figures. It is with the victims and their families that our first thoughts should go. I will post again if and when there is meaningful news, and in any event around 19.00 CET when the demonstrations will be From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

The way we live now "These are great times and I am proud to be an Englishman in these times! What is the engine of this world? Profit. Gentlemen it is your duty to make yourself rich!"... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

The Ashoura-massacre and Madrid-bombs: again OBL urges us the need for global cooperation The good chancellor Willy Brandt once stated that after nazism the hope for a positive contribution to history by the German people could exist in the idea that it made clear to everyone and forever as to what kind of atrocities mankind is capable. So in retrospect one could argue... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Hi There, I'm Back I'm back. Of course physically I have never been away, but in my mind I certainly have. If you want to know what I have been thinking, you need only take the time trundle across to Fistful of Euros. Meantime, here is my Spanish Election results post:... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

How Not To Pick The IMF's Chief Trying to get away from the emotionally traumatising, this article caught my eye. Clearly it relates to my earlier post, and does have a Spanish connection, if only a rather tangential one. I thoroughly endorse what the Financial Times has to say. We need multilateralism now more than ever. We... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Fiscal Paradise? Well there doesn't seem to be any shortage of fiscal stimulus around. The proponents of the idea that the issue is mainly cyclical and not mainly structural had better hope they ar right. Meantime I see no sign of those long promised interest rate rises:... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Knight of the Economic Cycle In my earlier post on bubbles in the human capital market I linked to Megan McArdle's post criticizing a recent Paul Krugman op-ed in the New York Times. In it she has this to say about US presidents and the economy:... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

A Note on Central European Migration Hi! I'm Randy McDonald, an occasional blogger and a new member of Bonoboland. I just thought I'd make a brief note on international migration trends in the central European states soon to join the European Union.... From BonoboLand on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

A Contrarian view on outsourcing I am an advocate of free-trade. Most of my posts on outsourcing have been written from an Indian perspective (the beneficiaries of outsourcing). So, it's only fair that I also post a slightly contrarian view, written by an American techie. Over to Walker Duhon.... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Warren Buffet enters India Indian disinvestment minister Arun Shourie was worried that the Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) public offer (10% of the govt's stake and expected to raise $2 billion) would not do well thanks to the activities of a bear cartel in the Indian market. Turns out he needn't have worried.... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

The Shine must go on I was attending a workshop on branding this week where a speaker contended that even if organisations do nothing about their brand image, they end up with a 'default' brand; so it makes sense to invest in putting out a desirable brand image. Even if the purpose of the brand... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Small and Smaller By Thomas Friedman via NYTimes An excellent article by Thomas Friedman The world enters the third era of globalisation. The first era, from the late 1800's to World War I, was driven by falling transportation costs, thanks to the steamship and the railroad. That was Globalization 1.0, and it shrank the world from a size large to a size medium. The second big era, Globalization 2.0, lasted from the 1980's to 2000, was based on falling telecom costs and the PC, and shrank the world from a size medium to a size small. From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

The Sun is setting in the West Via Bworld The US debt-GDP ratio, at about 300% currently, is the highest ever - higher than the 260% touched during the epochal Depression of 1929.... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Forbes -Offshoring And Beyond New research by the McKinsey Global Institute finds that companies are leaving billions of dollars in savings behind when they offshore back-office functions and service jobs.The way to reduce the cost of offshore operations even further is to reorganize and reengineer operations to take full advantage of these differences From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Time Nearer the Mark Than The Economist Firstly let me draw your attention to a new weblog: Blame India Watch. The aim of this blog in its own words is the following:Blame India Watch is concerned with the increasing anti-Indian/anti-India sentiment among tech workers, as well as media coverage that focuses disproportionately on Indian workers or propigates... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Shining my foot! Jayati Ghosh and C. P. Chandrasekhar write on the growth performance of the NDA government. This should be sobering reading for all those who are enamoured by the "moderation and dynamism" of the BJP government. Personally I can't decide who I am more angry at. The BJP for bringing a... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Trouble on Silicon Valley's doorstep Via News.com Ray Lane, general partner at Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, provides is perspective of the change in the IT market... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Outsourcing: A few years ago nobody in US wanted to talk to Indians, now they are eager -Thomas Friedman this is the age of globalisation, and the countries that succeed best at globalisation are those that are best at ''glocalisation'' -- taking the best global innovations, styles and practices and melding them with their own culture, so they don't feel overwhelmed. India has been naturally glocalising for thousands of... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

A Contrarian view on outsourcing -- Part Deux A few days back, I had posted Walker Duhon's piece on outsourcing, written from an American techie's perspective. Walker follows his earlier post with this post on the post-industrial economy.... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Varian on outsourcing While on the subject of outsourcing, let me draw your attention to the excellent, excellent article by Prof Hal Varian in the New York Times yesterday. I dont think anyone could have done a better job of explaining this than Prof Varian. Its such a good read I have posted... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:58 a.m..

Offshoring laws could harm U.S. says Alan Greenspan Via News "We can erect walls to foreign trade and even discourage job-displacing innovation," Greenspan said. "The pace of competition would surely slow, and tensions might appear to ease--but only for a short while. Our standard of living would soon begin to stagnate and perhaps even decline as a consequence."Time and again through our history, we have discovered that attempting merely to preserve the comfortable features of the present--rather than reaching for new levels of prosperity--is a sure path to stagnation," he said. From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

where are the jobs in US via Bweek Economic growth is very strong, but America isn't generating enough jobs. Many blame outsourcing. The truth is a lot more complicated The real culprit in this jobless recovery is productivity, not offshoring. Unlike most previous business cycles, productivity has continued to grow at a fast pace right through the downturn... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Origin of Species by Thomas Friedman A very generic article. I find it very odd to see Infosys and Alqaeda spoken about in the same article- the theme may be fine , but the incompleteness of the argument makes this piece an odd reading... From Economy Matters on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Wedding Street, Hong Kong In a few months--certainly within the year--Wedding Street will be gone. The Hong Kong government is making way for a new project meant to liven up this section of Wan Chai, and, I would wager, make it more presentable. Today I talked to Amy about her shop, which has been... From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Dovebear's Music Blog "The world is very cold; but music will never stop." This is how a Chinese blogger, Wooden Wooden Wooden Horse (木木木马), once described Dovebear's Music Blog. From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Will the True Revolution Please Stand Up? Yilu Zhao has written an engagement with the growing wealth disparity in China. Reminding readers that gaps in income and the numbers of people who have and the numbers who have not produce revolutions, Zhao describes his grandmother's fate at the hands of the Chinese industrial age. It's unscripted writing.... From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Young Love - Chinese Style He ate so little, as the two of them sat knees touching, eyes on each other, oblivious to those who shared their four-foot oval dining table. I sat uncomfortably on the child-sized seat directly across from the lovers, my knees banging against the table with each bite of my big Mac. From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

A Generation Makes a Lifetime of Difference (Part 1) Ming Fang, 42, called our news bureau a week ahead of the 2004 National People's Congress meeting with a story. Ming Fang grew up under Mao Zedong and Deng Xiaoping expecting to work for a living, raise a family, follow orders, follow order. Then.... "I set fire to my hands on Tian'anmen Square, near the Mao monument, on 1 October last year... From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

China: Reversing Mao's Revolution You will all want to see this. (Well, 'hear it', actually.) Just click this link to find an entire special program on change in China called 'Reversing the Revolution'. Be sure to click the link 'Urban Poor.' Despite the poverty and misery, many of them are quite grateful for their lot. That tells us much about how things were before. Actually, click all the links. They are all good. While it basically sheds a good light on the government, it doesn't touch on the issues of freedom, rule of law, censorship and corruption. But there's no denying the bene From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Brouhaha on Line #1 Riding Shanghai's Metro at peak hour is a necessary evil which can bring out the worst in anyone. Last night I stood by and watched &ampmdash; in true Shanghainese fashion &ampmdash; as a white guy lost the plot on Line #1. From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Self-Censorship, a Barrier to Progress How much of the censorship that exists inside China is imposed by the Government, and how much of it is imposed by people fearful of the Government's myopic eye? From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Bring on the (Simplified) Revolution The Metro is a free, predominantly Chinese-language newspaper available to commuters on Hong Kong's MTR. Starting this week, it's running a page of news in simplified characters (as used on the mainland but not in Hong Kong). Is this the start of the (simplified) revolution?... From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

A Generation Makes a Lifetime of Difference (Part 2) Helping a stranger is counterintuitive. But it's on the rise, especially among youths whose parents are well enough off to ease pressure on their children, thanks in modest rises in post-Deng prosperity. Or maybe those parents are just sick of fighting, so they don't prepare their children for the same battle. From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

China's Stock Market - a Brief Prediction Another local's perspective from The Third Eye. At end of 2003, China's stock market appeared to finish over two years shrinkage and looks ready to go up again. At the beginning of the New Year the Central Government issued one strong policy for supporting stock market growth. From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Pineapple Beer The Yanjing Beer Company's two fruit flavored beers - Pineapple and Lemon. Since I haven't been in the states in about two years I don't know how well known Yanjing is in the states. I do know that the Beijing-based beer company is doing quite a lot of advertising at Houston Rocket games. Click on the picture to enlarge... From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Adventures in Eating I ate bamboo rat, laoshu rou, last January on China's beautiful island of Hainan. I was actually pointing to the word pork, zhurou, in my Lonely Planet phrase book, thinking that would be a common food and easy for the staff to prepare as I was the only customer in the café. From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Blocking the Bloggers Looks like the government has closed down three major Chinese blog hosts. This is serious. From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Exploration of Uyghur Identity in Beijing An ethnic musicology scholar with the unlikely name of Nimrod Baranovitch contributed an absorbing article in the September 2003 issue of The China Quarterly (*must double-check the exact publication date).... From Living in China on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Di·as·po·ra This section of Living in Australia will deal with the perspectives of Australians who &ampmdash; currently &ampmdash; call another country 'home'. From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

God love New Zealand Someone recently said to me: "New Zealanders are our brother and sisters; and Canadians are our cousins." Well, tonight I feel like the proudest brother on Earth (or should that be Middle Earth?). From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Poor Intelligence Australia was the only other country apart from the US and the UK in the coalition of the willing. It was we 3 that went to war against Iraq and removed Saddam Hussain from power. In so doing, freeing the 45 million Iraqies and Kurds from Dictatorship.... From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

In splendid isolation Being Australian is about identity, a set of cultural identifiers, a connection to the outdoors and particularly to the sea. For we are frindge dwellers, our cities and towns are dotted around the edges of our country and we look out to sea and the rest of the world. From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Aquabumps Does saltwater refresh? Does sunshine recharge the batteries? Absolutely! A Tamarama, Sydney, surfer heads down for a surf at sunrise before work and documents his morning pilgrimage. From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Blogging one day, blogging the next As though Simon's posts today about Australian identity and the excellent Aquabumps photos where not enough to make me feel homesick, I've just been reading a few blogs from my home state: Queensland. From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Mardi Gras in the wet Another year, another wet and soggy Mardi Gras. Is it just me or does it seem that Rev. Fred Nile's annual rain dance in Hyde Park pays off every other year? From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Shutterfly Amanda Gilligan (aka Shutterfly) has kindly permitted us to display some of the stunning photos from her blog here on Living in Australia. From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Classic It's a well known historical fact that the House of Representatives and the Senate do not get along so well, so when the Minister for Health - Tony Abbott, in reference to the Medicare package that will finally be passed, gives acclaim to generally recalcitrant senators by saying something like:... From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Homesickness ... it's the little things Every once in a while friends and family send 'care-packages' full of love and goodies to help keep me in touch with the things I love and miss about Australia. And presumably also to remind me of how good the simple pleasures of life can be. From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Terrorism in Spain Memories of September 11 and Bali today as yet another act of terrorism rocks and shocks the world. This time in the Spanish capital, Madrid. The Brigade of Abu Hafs al-Masri and Basque separatist movement ETA have been named as possible perpetrators of this latest atrocity which has claimed the... From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

An election year for the world The next 12 months are going to be a watershed in the way the world behaves, for in the next 12 months Russia, Germany, Spain, Malaysia, USA, UK, and we here in Australia, go to the Polls. From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

No surprises please As the same time as we live here in splendid isolation from the world, we are happily in bed with the US. Last week our Prime Minister John Howard said that given the attacks in Madrid, terrorism here can not be ruled out. He however did not give any advice... From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Sydney's Belvoir St. Theatre gets $5.5m What a novel idea ... a theatre being given new life, rather than knocked down. The Sydney Morning Herald reports today that Belvoir St. Theatre will get $5.5 million in funding from the NSW Government. From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Inevitability In the aftermath of last weeks terrorist attacks in Madrid, Spain which the cynical might label 3/11, we have seen that country's politics change quite literally overnight from a conservative base to one of a socialist concern. In Australia on the eve of Australia's National Counter-Terrorism Committee holding a telephone... From Living in Australia on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

One Tsar to rule them all With the Russian Presidential elections coming up, a slew of recent articles have been focusing on how Siberia will vote. Here are two stories from two very different Siberias. On Olkhon, an island on Lake Baikal, where villagers make do without electricity, priorities seem simple... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..

Betriebsfremd (This is a bit of a dark post from my blog, and I apologize if it is inappropriate here.) It was Friday afternoon, it had been a hard week, and all I wanted to do was go home. But no trains were running southbound from Hamburg. The tracks had been closed "due to a betriebsfremde person on the tracks", meaning a non-rail employee. And this during Friday rush hour. The platform filled with waiting passengers for the next 30 minutes, then the tracks were cleared and the trains started running again. From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Bayern vs. Real and the spirit of Blunden The clock is ticking down to tonight's decisive Champions League game between Bayern Munich and Real Madrid in the Santiago Bernabeau Stadium.... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

are we getting happier? Richard Layard, an economics professor at the London School of Economics, reviewed the various evidence from psychology, sociology and his own discipline to get an overview what are the incentives for our behaviour. One conclusion is especially striking and delivers new arguments to the old battle between Europeans and North... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Dajdou, the Czech SuperStar The Czech version of Pop Idol (or American Idol) if you prefer, "Česko hleda SuperStar" is finally starting to get good, and, like the show's other franchisees around the world, is becoming wildly popular. But it may not be for the reasons the show's creators wanted. Anna, known also by... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Massacre in Madrid On a morning when we might have hoped that here in Spain many would have been joyfully celebrating last night's Real Madrid victory, unfortunately we are complelled to address more sombre matters. Given the gravity of the situation I am reproducing here the post I have just put up on... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Big Fish Anava de la feina cap a casa escoltant la radio i les informacions que s'emetien sobre el gran tema d'avui, el suposat atemptat d'ETA que finalment sembla haver estat perpetrat per Al-Qaida, amb el conseqüent disgust d'Aznar i les aspiracions electorals del PP. Bé, durant el zàping radiofònic, a tres... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Modern-Day Ghost Town I always thought of a ghost town as a windswept, dusty, 19th century mid-western United States kind of idea. But in Ukraine, there isn't just a ghost town, but a ghost city. 50,000 people were evacuated from the new city of Pripyat on 26 April 1986, when reactor no. 4... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Spanish embassies in Europe If you would like to express your condolences to the people of Spain, here is a list of web links and email addresses to Spanish embassies in Europe. For further coverage and commentary see also BonoboLand and A Fistful of Euros. From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

One Year Ago Today I was sitting in a cafe in downtown Belgrade, when everyone's cell phone went off at once. The Prime Minister, Zoran Djindjic, had been shot twice in the chest and abdomen with a high-powered, large-caliber rifle. Two minutes later, the network crashed from overload and everyone's phone went dead. But the news followed quickly anyhow: Djindjic was DOA. From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Railroad Bombs Threatened in France It might seem to be an initiative in rather poor taste, in light of the multiple explosions on Madrid commuter trains of last Thursday which killed upwards of 200 people and have in some quarters been likened to "Europe's September 11." But recent reports in several European on-line newspapers remind... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

A First Entry Hi! I'm Randy McDonald, graduate student at Queen's University in Ontario, Canada, owner of a nice little blog that tries, on occasion, to comment about things beyond my direct experience. Europe--the continent, the peoples, the history, the current movement towards some quasi-federal integration arguably on the Canadian model--counts as one... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Danish books So, by way of introduction: I am Henning Bertram, and am from Denmark. I also blog at BertramOnline. One of my interests is literature. Actually, before entering into the software business, I did go to school for Literaturwissenschaft. Inspired by the various lists of "great books" (for example, the Big... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

My Little Oasis Hi, my name is Elisenda and I live in Barcelona. Sometimes I think that I live in another Barcelona, one that is in some undefinable way different from the one which the majority of people know. I feel like I'm living in a oasis, but it is an oasis which... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Buryats, etc. Hi there, great to be on board, looks tip-top up here, what a view, hey?... From Living in Europe on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Bolivia news roundup The following is a roundup of recent Bolivian news.... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

The gas referendum's slow pace Tentatively scheduled for 28 March, the gas referendum may be postponed because parliament's not yet ratified the necessary law. President Mesa only sent the law to parliament on Friday. The National Electoral Court (CNE) warned that it needs at least 90 days from the date of the law's approval to... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Another nail in the coffin of unfettered capital flows? Emminent economist (and Clinton-era Treasury policy guru) Brad DeLong has an essay on capital flows that was in today's Reforma. Thus those of us who still wish to be card-carrying flag-waving advocates for international capital mobility are reduced to two and only two arguments. First, and most important, capital controls... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Embraer x Bombardier Embraer and Bombardier has another step in their commercial war. Now Embraer strikes back. See the small note here. More about this here. Before saying goodbye, I don't know if you readers know, but we had problems with the server. I've los many of my recent posts. Very bad... :(... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Chile's Inflation Hit's Zero Percent This is striking, isn't it. A Latin American country with zero inflation and a 1.75% funds rate which is under review for reduction. Of course a big part of this picture is currency-appreciation-driven, and the currency appreciation in turn is driven by China's demand for copper. So Chile's miraculous disinflation... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Bolivia news roundup The following is a round up of recent Bolivian news.... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Are you afraid of....? I don't know if it's a new research, but it's an interesting one. They call it "Índice do Medo" (Fear's Index?). You can see the results for Brazil (and some of our main towns) here. You can see there that Brazilians don't seem to make association between skin color and... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Mesa's tax woes President Mesa's tax proposals are under fire in Bolivia's parliament. MAS & NFR now oppose the proposal to impose taxes on Bolivians w/ more than $50,000.... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Bolivia's administrative divisions Here's a map of Bolivia divided by municipalities. Bolivia's a centralist, "unitary republic" &ampmdash; the prefects (governors) of the country's 9 departments aren't elected, but appointed by the president. This map (published in La Razón, click to enlarge) shows the country as divided into 9 department (the basic colors) and... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Mesa's on the ropes For the first time in twenty years of democratic history, Bolivia's facing the harsh realities of presidential politics. For the past two decades, Bolivia resembled a parliamentary system, where every president was supported by a solid legislative majority. Bolivia overcame the governability problem inherent in presidential democracy (read Juan Linz... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

A Near Escape In The Argentine Debt Wars Yesterday an official announcement was given that Argentina would meet an U$D 3.07 billion payment to the IMF due this week, and that the Fund would give its seal of approval to the last review of fiscal accounts. A somewhat boring account, until you realize that this was finally brokered by the US Treasury only hours before the final deadline, avoiding a default that seemed extremely likely just a couple of days ago. The underlying difficulty, of course, remains: the seemingly unsalvable gap in the negotiations between private bond holders and the Argentine government. Stay tuned for firework From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Mexican Inflation Bites on the Beef Bone Mexico is suffering from an unexpected problem: inflation has accelerated due to a temporary ban on U.S. beef. This is affecting the price of all sorts of everyday items items: even the price of the tacos served from the street carts in Mexico City. Consumer prices rose 0.6 percent in... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Bolivia news roundup A virtual vice-president; a march to the sea; the COB up to its old tricks; locals seize gas pipeline.... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

The logic of presidentialism The Achilles' heel of presidentialism is the system of checks of balances. Why? Because in presidential democracies, political parties (especially the opposition) have invested interest in sabotaging the executive's agenda. They can cast blame on the executive (and/or his party), winning electoral support for themselves. Prior to October, Bolivia's political... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Finger pointing Mesa's speech last night was a stern talking to aimed at the legislature, the syndicalists, and the cruceño business class. And while the missive included a desire to engage in political dialogue w/ each of these sectors &ampmdash; and a call to put personal interests behind &amp think of Bolivia... From Southern Exposure on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

sexo con amor. sex with love. so was named the chilean flick i was fortunate enough to view last nite in an open-air theater in southwestern santiago last nite. the movie was part of a cultural festival that i guess goes on every summer in the casa de cultura in the boho-intellectual neighborhood of Ñuñoa, and... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Monstruo de mil cabezas Monstruo de mil cabezas ¿Hacia dónde apuntan tus ojos? Sino al quimérico horizonte Que aplasta tu sombra De vil mastodonte... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

today was THE day... today was THE day... the first time i experienced the rush of energy and confidence that came from knowing (and i mean really KNOWING) where i am down here. it's as if a clear sense of geography and direction, an identification with the people i'm rubbing shoulders with on crowded... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Página para nostálgicos Así describen a Arkiv sus creadores: "Después de una reunión de amigos y largas charlas llena de recuerdos y nostalgia nos pusimos de acuerdo en empezar algo que teníamos planeado hace buen tiempo: recopilar material del recuerdo: fotos, películas, artículos, música, etc. sobre lo que fue en varios aspectos nuestro... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

chilean peregrinations and orient routes so. last nite i watched this week's installation of "la ruta de oriente" (the orient route) on the chilean channel tvn. last week's special of the new series was apparently on leprosy in calcutta and other indian cities, and not only did miriam (the little old lady in whose apt... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Bolivia's Referendum=Mesas's Headache It was annoying for me, as a Bolivian Citizen, to read in newspapers (El Diario 19/02/04) that the World Bank and the IMF were going to grant money if the gas referendum result would be positive (Yes, to gas exports), what is diturbing though, is that the newspaper stated that... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Server Outage Hi there. Just to inform you all that at about 12:00 GMT yesterday (28th) our server went down. It came back to life a couple of hours later, but with no entries after Monday 24th. We have contacted them, and are awaiting a reply. My guess is that what we have now is a back-up file. But what exactly happened, and whether we will see all those entries again is anyone's guess. If anybody by any chance (for eg an aggregator user) has the files on their hard drive, please let me know in comments here. Meantime: life goes on....... Sorry everyone. From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

De Una Caca Salí ileso de un accidente de tren. Ni un solo rasguño de un aparatoso accidente de tren y sin embargo, el otro día, pisé una caca de perro y me descalabré la pierna derecha. Al llegar a casa con la pierna escayolada y muletas, mi mujer, que aparcó la circunspección el mismo día que nos casamos y desde entonces no ha vuelto a hacer uso de ella para conmigo, me dijo -- ¡ Lo sabía, mira que te lo he dicho mil veces, nunca miras al suelo, hay que mirar al suelo cuando se anda ¡ From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Life is Perfect i'm in paradise and life is perfect. pretty much. so. today since i am shunning the newspapers and electing to revel in my travel fantasy-land instead, i can write about what has been making me so happy. first of all: pucon. a description. geographically, pucon is like a mullet: business... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Wi-Fi in La Paz, Bolivia It's good that there's at least one company offering public (for the time being, free) Wi-Fi service in La Paz, Bolivia. It's not good that it's unreliable &ampmdash; or that it has no online tech-support (not much better phone support; their idea of support is "can you wait a minute?").... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

islands and deserts and lots in between... after over 48 hours on buses, here i am in san pedro de atacama, way up north in the desert. an hour from the bolivia border. before i get carried away with details about the here and now, let me make true on my earlier promise to fill in the... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Photos by Eduardo Avila Have you noticed the new photos on Living in Latin America? They have been vert kindly contributed by Eddie Avila and they certainly add new colour and life to these pages! From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Spanish embassies in Latin America If you would like to express your condolences to the people of Spain, here is a list of Spanish embassies and consulates in Latin America. From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

White Giant gives a moving performance Gargantuan blocks of ice sheered off the front wall of Argentina's Perito Moreno glacier, collapsing with a roar into a Patagonian lake - a spectacle not seen in 16 years. Thousands of tourists applauded as the 70-metre-tall wall of ice crashed down. The 3,000-year-old glacier known as the "White Giant"... From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

Bolivian Football Federation dancing into controversary The Bolivian Football Federation (FBF), not especially known for their bright ideas, decided it wanted to present an extravagant halftime show during the March 30 World Cup qualifying match in La Paz. However, the company that owns advertising rights to the game politely denied the request from the FBF. From Living in Latin America on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

India-Pakistan Cricket Coverage: Full Steam Ahead The India-Pakistan cricket series currently under way as part of friendship-building exercises between the at-times hostile neighbors marks the first time an Indian team has toured Pakistan in over 15 years. The event is receiving near-hysterical coverage in traditional and new media in South Asia. Just check out leading Indian portal Rediff: The normal news headlines on the home page have been swept away for a full-screen web ad promoting ball-by-ball coverage on the site. A BBC report a From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

How to Post 47% Profit Growth as a Newspaper Publishers are selling books under their names through their newsstands at a rate beyond imagination. The International Herald Tribune offers up the phenomenon: The Corriere della Sera with a weekday circulation of 686,000 sold 250,000 books of poems by Pablo Neruda (OK, Neruda does beautifully sensuous poetry, but still) at 5.90 (US$7.20) each. The trend was started two years ago by La Repubblica (circulation 625,000), which sold 20th-century masterpieces at 4.90 each. From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 16, 2004 at 4:56 a.m..

I Am an Ordinary Internet User (How Sad for Me) Maybe it's just ego, but I like to think of myself as an Internet "power user." I do file sharing and downloads on my Cox Communications high-speed Internet service, which I have enjoyed (for the most part) since it was first marketed here in Fairfax, Virginia, by RoadRunner. I telecommute in that I can work at home as well as on the George Mason University campus. I'm not into online gaming -- but I could be! So why do I feel just a little bit bummed to know that unless I upgrade to Cox's new --> From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 16, 2004 at 4:55 a.m..

One More Info-glut Tool Yesterday I noted the web information tool Onfolio as a potentially good tool for journalists. Super-librarian Gary Price urges me and you to also take a look at NetSnippets, which includes even more features than Onfolio for helping keep track of all that stuff you find while researching and reporting on the web. (NetSnippets has been around for a few years.) From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 16, 2004 at 4:55 a.m..

Pavarotti Leaving Opera For Hip-Hop NEW YORK, New York - Saturday night, in an emotionally charged evening, Luciano Pavarotti ended his opera career with his performance of "Tosca" at the Metropolitan Opera. The 68-year-old tenor told the crowd during a solo curtain call, "Thank you, my friends, you're all the best. But I've got something to get off my chest." Tearing open his tuxedo, he revealed a number of gold chains and medallions, and began to rap, "My new career, is gonna knock you back! Into the hip-hop world, I'm gonna crack. I'm big, I'm fat, I can hold my own in a scrape. I'm like Eminem i From The Bentinel on March 16, 2004 at 4:55 a.m..

Trans-Rationalism Incomplete article about what Michael Erikson taught me about Rationalism on the Visual wiki. From Lion's Den on March 16, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

Free Trade Agreement Australian creators and users of information will not benefit from the bilateral agreement negotiated between Australia and the United States, entitled 'Australia United States Free Trade Agreement. From ALIAnet on March 16, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

HP Pavilion P4 2.66GHz ... From cms2u on March 16, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

Edutec-E núm. 17 Se acaba de publicar el número 17 de Edutec-E, Revista electrónica de Tecnología educativa. Incluye los trabajos siguientes: * ADELL, J. Internet en el aula: las WebQuest. * SILVA, J. El rol moderador del tutor en la conferencia mediada por computador. * BRITO, V. El foro electrónico: una herramienta tecnológica para facilitar el aprendizaje colaborativo. * SEGURA, S. E. Modelo comunicativo de la educación a distancia apoyada en las TIC en la corporación Universitaria Autónoma de Occidente. From Octeto - Tecnología educativa on March 16, 2004 at 4:54 a.m..

Wednesday: Open Source in Africa So it isn't the world's best kept secret that I think Open Source is the solution to Africa's technology problems. It runs on left over PCs, doesn't tie you into a relationship with a software vendor and is easily customizable to your organizations needs. Or if you buy into the comments of the Free Software and Open Source Foundation for Africa ( FOSSFA ) who claim that proprietry software " .. in essence are killing local software industry and inhibiting the potential of developing local human capacity in the field of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs). FOSS From Shootmouth on March 16, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

burn out I'm burned out today. A little sick, ISP troubles (service guy couldn't do anything), and now I might be having domain transfer problems... Also can't seem to focus on reading for my classes or writing, though I did write a... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 16, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

U.S. sends English teachers to N. Korea An interesting article in yesterdays Korea Herald titled U.S. sends English teachers to N. Korea; this url will only work for a short time before membership is required therefore I have copied the entire article (short) below.... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on March 16, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..

Die letzte Klappe fällt vor Gericht "Wir zahlen nicht auf der Grundlage eines Gesetzes, das möglicherweise verfassungswidrig ist", erklärt der Hauptverband Deutscher Filmtheater (HDF) zum neuen... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 16, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Anwendung von BFH-Entscheidungen Die obersten Bundes- und Landesfinanzbehörden haben einen Beschluss zur Anwendung bestimmter neuer BFH-Entscheidungen gefasst.... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 16, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Von Pferden und Windrädern Auch wenn Pferde auf Geräusche von Windenergieanlagen grds. besonders empfindlich reagieren können, so sind die Windräder nicht generell als rücksichtslos... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 16, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Statistikportal Die gesetzlich vorgegebenen Aufgaben der amtlichen Statistik in Deutschland werden entsprechend dem Staats- und Verwaltungsaufbau von den 16 Statistischen Landesämtern... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 16, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Gemeinde- und Landkreisordnungen Das Institut für Kommunalrecht der Universität Osnabrück, die sich im Jahr 2006 am Internationalen Hansetag beteiligt, bietet auf der Seite... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 16, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Affiliates von Partnerprogrammen III Wer kennt sie nicht, die Werbung im Internet für Medikamente, zumal seit dem 01.01.2004 in Deutschland der Versand von apothekenpflichtigen... From Handakte WebLAWg on March 16, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

Five Key Privacy Principles A well written reference to setting the foundations for serious privacy management of any online Web site property. "Over the past quarter century, government agencies in the United States, Canada, and Europe have studied the man ner in which entities collect and use personal information-their "information practices"-and the safeguards required to assure those practices are fair and provide adequate privacy protection. The result has been a series of reports, guidelines, and model codes that represent widely-accepted principles concerning fair information practices." Since its publication, thi From Robin Good's Latest News on March 16, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..

GeoLearning Expands Presence in Washington, DC From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 16, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

ED MAP Inc. Nets Investment of $2.1 million From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 16, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Pathlore Unveils New Learing-Management System From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 16, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Virtual High School Studied From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 16, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

E-learning scheme ready for change From Distance-Educator.com's Daily News on March 16, 2004 at 4:50 a.m..

Help the St. Joseph County Library Follow Copyright Law! Quicker than a Ray of Light "Bob and I went out to CIL to present in the Learning Track on motivating and celebrating staff with technology. We wanted to show off the work we did on RAY OF LIGHT, the SJCPL staff day video. I blogged about it here. ROL is a fast motion day in the life of our library system which illus From The Shifted Librarian on March 16, 2004 at 4:48 a.m..

Controversial PETA Holocaust Exhibit Coming to Switzerland The European tour of the controversial People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) "Holocaust on Your Plate" exhibit will be in Zurich, Switzerland on Friday, March 19. The display consists of eight 60-square-foot panels, each showing photos of animals on factory farms and in slaughterhouses side by side with photos from Nazi concentration camps. The exhibit will tour 12 European cities for three weeks, ending up in Amsterdam on April 8. [PRWEB Mar 16, 2004] From PR Web on March 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Premier Assistive Technology announces its next generation Ultimate Talking Dictionary with its new INTERLINK technology. Premier Assistive Technology, a world leader in assistive software for reading and writing, announces the release of its next generation Ultimate Talking Dictionary with its new INTERLINK technology to allow cross-relational, "fuzzy logic" searching based on word meaning. [PRWEB Mar 16, 2004] From PR Web on March 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

A Win-Win Strategy for Women Financial Advisors The Women's Interfinancial Network, Inc. (WIN) announces the formal launch of their professional organization designed specifically for women financial advisors. The Women's Interfinancial Network promotes professional excellence for women financial advisors through advocacy, visionary leadership, and high quality programs and services. [PRWEB Mar 16, 2004] From PR Web on March 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Harrington Associates Founder Forms New Spirituality Communications - Signs Neale Donald Walsch as Client Respected communications executive Gerry Harrington forms new agency to serve "spiritual marketplace" as America trends toward spiritual revival; signs best-selling author Neale Donald Walsch [PRWEB Mar 16, 2004] From PR Web on March 16, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Mr. Bloomberg Plays Hardball The battle to end social promotion for third graders was one that Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg was in no way willing to lose. From New York Times: Education on March 16, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Bloomberg Wins on School Tests After Firing Foes The city's Panel for Education Policy approved Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's plan to impose strict promotion requirements for third graders. From New York Times: Education on March 16, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Rules Eased on Upgrading U.S. Schools The Department of Education eased the way for schools to meet the No Child Left Behind law's requirement that highly qualified teachers stand in every classroom. From New York Times: Education on March 16, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Inquiry Widens After 2 Arrests in Cadaver Case at U.C.L.A. Officials said they were investigating accusations that the director of the Willed Body Program and another man had conspired to sell body parts for profit. From New York Times: Education on March 16, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

College for the Home-Schooled Is Shaping Leaders for the Right Patrick Henry College, a college primarily for evangelical Christian home-schoolers, is a pipeline into conservative politics. From New York Times: Education on March 16, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

U.C.L.A. Official Is Held in Cadaver-Selling Inquiry The arrest is part of an investigation into whether U.C.L.A. employees sold donated bodies or body parts to medical researchers for profit. From New York Times: Education on March 16, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

For a Promising but Poor Girl, a Struggle Over Sex and Goals A young woman's journey through high school illustrates why no one is yet declaring victory in the national crusade to prevent teenagers from conceiving. From New York Times: Education on March 16, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

President's Initiative to Shake Up Education Is Facing Protests Legislation or resolutions that criticize the No Child Left Behind school improvement law have been passed by legislative chambers in at least 12 states. From New York Times: Education on March 16, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

School Rules, From VH1 to Hand-Holding Patrick Henry College in Purcellville, Va., does more than train home-schooled students. College administrators say that it also provides evangelical Christian home-schooling parents with a campus culture uniquely suited to their values — where the core curriculum includes a semester of "biblical reasoning" and students are expected to graduate with their chastity intact. From New York Times: Education on March 16, 2004 at 3:45 a.m..

Journalism's 'Epochal Transformation' Journalism is in the midst of an "epochal transformation," says a new study from the Project for Excellence in Journalism. The Associated Press reports that the study paints "a picture of a business going through fragmentation and convergence at the same time. For example, Americans are turning to more and different sources for news, yet outlets are increasingly owned by a few giant companies. More people are competing to tell stories but, as witnessed by the repetition o From Poynter E-Media Tidbits on March 16, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..

Apologies for my scarceness of late So now that it is officially Spring Break here, I feel like more like getting back to work on the blog than giving my brain another vacation. Apologies for neglecting the blog lately; I have been catching up on the project and other schoolwork after time I had to take off in late February and early March, doing a favor for a friend, and trying to keep up with my day job as well. Since there's no beach in my plans this week, there will be laptop instead! From Holly's Research Journal on March 16, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..

Project update - design phase This month officially started the design phase for the interactive simulation project. I am scheduled to have the designs completed and available online the week of the 29th. From Holly's Research Journal on March 16, 2004 at 1:55 a.m..

Joint IMS/CNI Whitepaper on interoperation between different types of 'repositories' http://www.imsglobal.org/DLims_white_paper_publicdraft_1.pdf I can only assume that the only reason someone didn't point this paper out to me during my recent thrashing about concerning the difference between 'institutional' repositories and 'learning object' repositories is that, like me, they had never seen it before (or maybe you're all just sadists and like to watch me flail about in public!) Well in any ca From EdTechPost on March 16, 2004 at 1:53 a.m..

Librarians Take on sxsw David Weinberger blogged today's librarian panel at sxsw, and it makes for very interesting reading. My first thought is how sad it is that Jon Udell was included on it. Well, not that he was included on it per se, but rather because it points out quite starkly that he's never gotten any similar recognition from libraries or librarians. I'd like to officially encourage the folks behind the Internet Librarian From The Shifted Librarian on March 16, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

March Madness FYI NCAA Schedule in Your Outlook Calendar "The good folks at Calendar Updates have made the NCAA Men's Basketball Tournament schedule available for download. As with all of their Outlook calendar downloads, this is free. Each calendar item does include links for buying stuff as well as additional program information. A great service that I've written about before (and undoubtedly will again)." [--> From The Shifted Librarian on March 16, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

I Forgot to Mention that I'll Be Speaking at the Audio E-Book Expo in October "The Alliance Library System and the Mid-Illinois Talking Book Center are pleased to announce an exciting event – 'Audio E-Book Expo: Exploring Digital Books and Content' on Friday, October 29 at Alliance Library System East Peoria. Put this date on your calendar to join us as we explore where the library field has been and where it is going in the area of audiobooks for everyone – adults, children, the visually impaired, the learning disabled, and more. Experts will share the latest in web-based ebook management systems, ha From The Shifted Librarian on March 16, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Come Join ListenIllinois! Something else I haven't had a chance to mention is that we've opened up the second round of participation for ListenIllinois. You may recall this is our collaborative group purchase of Audible titles with the NOLA folks behind ListenOhio. Now we want to take the project statewide, so any Illinois library can join between now and May 3, provided its --> From The Shifted Librarian on March 16, 2004 at 1:48 a.m..

Documentum snaps up Xerox 'snapshot' unit The content management software company plans to buy Xerox's AskOnce for technology that takes a digital snapshot of where data is stored. From CNET News.com on March 16, 2004 at 1:45 a.m..

Sedna Puts Light On: What is a Planet? A new "planet" or "planetessimal" has been discovered in the solar system, around 13 billion kilometers out at its closest point. Provisionally, it has been named Sedna for the Inuit goddess who created the sea creatures of the Arctic Ocean. There is not a definition, by the International Astronomical Union, of what is a planet. The discovery of Sedna, estimated at about 1700 kilometers in diameter, raises the question of how to define planets. From kuro5hin.org on March 16, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

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