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Government of the Rich, by the Rich and for the Rich Billionaires for Bush is "a grassroots political action committee advocating for the rights and interests of people of absolutely fabulous wealth." Funny, and too close to reality for comfort... From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 3, 2004 at 10:47 p.m..

The 'Rents Who Came in From the Cold AS Brooklyn parents sent in signed contracts last month to secure September spots for their toddlers at the Berkeley Carroll Child Care Center, those new to the program were still marveling over the throng of 30-something, Type A zombies who had assembled groggily outside the center's Park Slope brownstone before dawn a few weeks earlier, shivering for hours in the darkness to get their numb hands on an application. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

Mood Sours for Japan's Other Asian Students To many Asian students, Japan is merely a place to get a degree and earn some money before returning home, often with the opposite impression Japan had hoped for. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

A Question of Ethics: How to Teach Them? As scandals ripple through the corporate world, some business schools have introduced ethics courses or tweaked existing ones. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

Coach Fitz's Management Theory A high-school coach hectored and pushed generations of students into winning games and respecting themselves until he was accused of going too far. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 10:46 p.m..

An exercise in clarity: WTF is RSS? Interesting list of suggestions for describing RSS for the layman in 10 words or less. My personal fave: "Remember Pointcast? Kinda like that, only actually useful." Although, perhaps more appropriate and accurate may be: "Speed Reading the net."... From D'Arcy Norman's Learning Commons Weblog on April 3, 2004 at 10:45 p.m..

User scenarios for approach #2 I'm in the middle of heavy development work right now on Approach #2 in an attempt to finish it this weekend. The work may, however, go into next week a bit. That's ok as long as I end up with a full week for observing and interviewing the users who will test, but I'm still shooting for finishing this weekend. From Holly's Research Journal on April 3, 2004 at 9:55 p.m..

Learning Emerges in San Francisco This Week San Francisco "Think globally. Act locally." The April meetings of Emergent Learning Forum are an experiment in decentralization. Instead of having just one major interaction each month, we're meeting around the Bay in informal gatherings. Please drop by our San Francisco session: Wednesday, April 7,... From Internet Time Blog on April 3, 2004 at 9:50 p.m..

Don't Rain on our Parade Kerry sets all sorts of fundraising records. Not that it matters. From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 3, 2004 at 9:49 p.m..

Content management systems can improve accessibility Jim Howard has written an article on content management and accessibility for disabled readers. To quote: In my opinion, the best way to achieve accessibility-compliant websites is to generate multiple sites. For starters, a publisher can create two sites --... From Column Two on April 3, 2004 at 9:47 p.m..

Why I Wouldn't Consider Google's E-Mail The "privacy policy" for the not-yet-available Google "GMail" e-mail service is nothing short of chilling. It is made to order for the most intrusive kind of spying on its users. Anyone who signs up for this service is just begging for trouble. But if you insist on doing so, at least go to this Google Watch page and follow the instructions on how to delete the cookie associated with your Google data searches. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 3, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

False Names in Comments: Please Stop Please do not use other people's names in the comments section. You can be anonymous. But people who post under names like "Martha Stewart" are not being funny -- and we may delete their postings. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 3, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

Kinja Blog-Reading Tool Debuts Earlier this year I got a preview of Kinja, the latest from Nick Denton's growing blog-empire. This is a tool for reading blogs, and it's got great potential as a blog of blogs. Here are some details from Nick. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 3, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

Another Reason to Shop at Costco I'm not surprised to hear that Costco's CEO isn't the typically greedy type of corporate chieftain. Because he runs a different kind of company. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 3, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

RSS Syndication in 10 Words or Less An exercise in clarity: RSS Explain RSS in 10 words or less to someone who reads news online (and a possibly few blogs although they may not necessarily know them as “blogs”), but doesn’t know what a newsreader or aggregator is. Comment: Some fine, precise descriptions here. I like "Readers Digest for the Web." Also, led me to this site titled "What Is RSS?". From carvingCode on April 3, 2004 at 9:46 p.m..

DaveGate It started out innocently enough. Last Monday, David Letterman, a late-night talk show host with a penchant for sharp humor, aired a clip of President Bush giving a speech in Orlando, Florida. Introduced under the title "George W. Bush Invigorates America's Youth", the video clip showed an obviously bored and exhausted young man attempting to stay awake during a Bush speech. The young man yawns repeatedly, checks his watch, twists his head, and ends up with his hands on his knees trying to stay upright and conscious during the speech. A very amusing clip. Laugh out loud funny as anyone w From Column Two on April 3, 2004 at 7:47 p.m..

Sun-Microsoft Detente: Fear of Commoditization There's an old cliche known as ``the elephant in the room.'' It's huge and in the way, but somehow nobody talks about it. The elephant in the room Friday, when Sun Microsystems and Microsoft announced their fairly stunning detente, was commoditization -- the pressure from widely available, low-cost alternatives. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 3, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Companies Cheating Workers, Part MMMCXVII

NY Times: Time Records Often Altered, Job Experts Say. As a former member of the Air Force military police, as a play-by-the-rules guy, Drew Pooters said he was stunned by what he found his manager doing in the Toys "R" Us store in Albuquerque. Inside a cramped office, he said, his manager was sitting at a computer and altering workers' time records, secretly deleting hours to cut their paychecks and fatten his store's botto From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 3, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Colin Powell Tries to Salvage Reputation Would the American people have willingly gone to war solely to save Iraqis from this murderer, however good a thing it is that he's out of power? I doubt it. Sometimes states make hard decisions not to act, and this was one. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 3, 2004 at 6:47 p.m..

Annotated Wiki of Free Culture As a follow-up to my earlier post about Lawrence Lessig's Free Culture, I've just learned that there is a wiki version with annotations. It's very cool, but what would make it even better would be to pack it with links to Wikipedia entries--like "Statute of Anne," "Shakespeare," "King Henry VIII," etc. would go to their respective Wikipedia entries. I guess I need to get to work on it, huh? From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on April 3, 2004 at 5:54 p.m..

Emerging VAR Opportunity Barb Darrow of Computer Reseller News focuses on our VAR initiatives in this week's issue. As Peter O'Kelly, an analyst with the Burton Group points out, one of the big opportunities for VARS revolves around the vastly improved forms tool in v3.0. Says O'Kelly: "You can build real, nontrivial... From Kolabora.com on April 3, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..

Collective Intelligence (2) George Por, in the Blog of Collective Intelligence, asks: How can a group of individual intelligences become truly collective intelligence? How can they escape into a more complex and capable collective intelligence, without sacrificing their autonomy? "Collective intelligence is a distributed capacity of communities... From Internet Time Blog on April 3, 2004 at 5:51 p.m..

Forgetting Compassion Our conservative president found the compassion stuff too hard From The Gadflyer | All Feeds on April 3, 2004 at 5:49 p.m..

hey, translate our flash As I hope you know, Creative Commons launched the iCommons project to internationalize our licenses. Japan was the first to launch. There will be many more launching through the year. As part of the process, we've opened up our Flash for others to make derivative works. We're very eager to find people to port the Flash elsewhere. Check it out here. From Lessig Blog on April 3, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

audio II Building on AKMA's idea, Scott Matthews of Turnstyle and creator of the cool juke-server technology, Andromeda, is now hosting the audio files for Free Culture on space donated by the folks behind CDBaby. Alternatives for each chapter can populate this very slick interface, and there's code at the bottom of the page for pro From Lessig Blog on April 3, 2004 at 5:45 p.m..

Sign up NOW for the 2004 Graduate Research Network! Hurry! There's still time to submit your abstract for the 2004 Graduate Research Network!!

To submit your abstract: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writling/GRN/2004/submit.html

To apply for funding: http://www.georgiasouthern.edu/~writling/GRN/2004/application.html

For more information: jwalker@georgiasouthern.edu The GRN is a full-day pre-conference From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on April 3, 2004 at 3:56 p.m..

Collaborating on Assignment Guidelines My colleague in the English program at Seton Hill U, Dennis Jerz, posts a superb reflective entry on teaching in his blog today, discussing how he routinely uses the internet to distribute handouts to students and how he might better meet student needs with them. The post focuses on what... From PEDABLOGUE on April 3, 2004 at 3:54 p.m..

Kompetenzmanagement. Eine Perspektive für die Personalentwicklung? Gestern hatte ich das Vergnügen, das Symposium "Kompetenzmanagement" auf Schloß Birlinghoven besuchen zu dürfen (nochmals danke, Herr Kröpelin, für die Einladung!). Bureau42 und das Fraunhofer Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik (FIT) hatten in den Großen Saal des Schlosses eingeladen (siehe... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 3, 2004 at 3:54 p.m..

Geldwäsche III Zeitnah zu dem Geldwäsche-Urteil des BVerfG vom 30.03.2004 informiert das aktuelle Anwaltsblatt (2 S. PDF) in seinem Titelthema (S. 193... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..

Plagiat und Recht Was anderswo erfolgreich ist ,- warum sich dann etwas Eigenes überlegen? Bei wired werden Programme vorgestellt, mit denen man Plagiate... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..

Wikipedia für PDA's II Nichts Neues, aber aktualisiert: Der E-Book-Shop Beam-Bibliothek bietet eine deutsche Wikipedia mit zirka 65.000 Stichwörtern (Stand: 13.03.2004) für den Mobipocket-Reader... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..

Aufklärungsgespräch "Spricht der aufklärende Arzt nur gebrochen Deutsch, so ist das eine denkbar schlechte Voraussetzung für die Durchführung eines Aufklärungsgespräches." Vielen... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 3:53 p.m..

Become A Digital Media Reporter Digital Media News for Europe is a new online resource devoted specifically to new media in the old continent. Focusing mainly on news and reporting the new digital media clearinghouse for Europe has different sections devoted to Internet & e-commerce, itv, DTV, Streaming, Internet Access, Mobile and Wireless, Govt & Regs, Telecoms and Tech & IT. Headlines feeds are available for free syndication on other sites and full RSS feeds are leveraged as a premium service. DM Europe is presently looking for editors and reporting contributors for its different content and country-based sec From Robin Good's Latest News on April 3, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..

Find Out Who You Really Are One of the easiest ways to take the most respected personality test available (Myers-Briggs) is to go to http://www.christonium.com/ and to take the 60 or so questions that reveal the type of personality you have though an effective test called The Keirsey Temperament Sorter. I found the results rather accurate and revealing, not only because they precisely outlined the essence of my personality, but because, the profile I match, is curioulsy called, like my newsletter, MasterMind. Recommended.Robin Good's Latest News on April 3, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..

Help Me Test Desktop Videoconferencing David Pollard finally gets onto the real-time collaboration train and decides to give a good round of testing to a selected set of one-to-one videoconferencing and VoIP solutions. In his review he includes Viditel, SightSpeed, Yahoo Messenger, Apple iChat AV, MSN Messenger, Vibephone, AIM Video IM. ... From Kolabora.com on April 3, 2004 at 3:52 p.m..

the dark ages I've been getting a bunch of emails, and now calls, regarding this case, asking why I argued the case. Such is life in the Google-enabled world, at least for anyone with a blog. But I don't want to talk about it. The following will have to suffice, and anything beyond the following, please look, and talk, elsewhere. I volunteered to argue the appeal in this case pro bono out of respect for the perseverance of the plaintiff, John Hardwicke, and because I know first hand that his claims are true. I was prou From Lessig Blog on April 3, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

The significance of methane on Mars The work being done by the NASA rovers Spirit and Opportunity are well publicized. Less well publicized, thus far, is the recent discovery of methane in the Martian atmosphere. A terrific source of information concerning Martian methane is contained in the blog written by author Oliver Morton. He also wrote the book Mapping Mars. There is also something of a debate about how strongly this finding supports the theory that life exists on Mars today. From kuro5hin.org on April 3, 2004 at 3:45 p.m..

ReMixes: What the Web was for As FreeCulture (the movement -- nothing to do with me) points out, one weakness to the web that would nag Ted Nelson is the inability easily and always to point directly to a part of the text on a webpage. Trevor Smith has solved that with Free Culture, the book. Here's a version of the book with each paragraph linked to an href. V From Jon's Radio on April 3, 2004 at 1:45 p.m..

Institut für Notarrecht Das neu gegründete Institut für Notarrecht an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin hat es sich zur Aufgabe gemacht, nicht nur für... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..

Produkt- und Markenpiraterie Der Aktionskreis Deutsche Wirtschaft gegen Produkt- und Markenpiraterie wurde von dem Deutschen Industrie- und Handelskammertag (DIHK), dem Bundesverband der Deutschen... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 10:52 a.m..

Beam me up, Scotty CNN/Money reports that Microsoft and Sun have dropped their lawsuits, although the terms make it sound more like they settled out of court and Sun won: Microsoft has agreed to pay Sun a total of $1.950 billion, while Sun agreed to pay Microsoft royalties for any technology it incorporates into its products. (The Times of India has a franker and more helpful article.) Yes, Scott McNealy apparently worea Trekkie outfit to the press conference In addition, CEO's Bill Gates and Scott McNealy announced that they are producing the feature film "Star Trek: Unholy Alliance" in which Captain McNea From Sjoerd Visscher's weblog on April 3, 2004 at 10:47 a.m..

Tinderbox to database publishing From owrede_log on April 3, 2004 at 9:47 a.m..

Rutgers Law Library Im Hinblick auf die derzeit laufende Diskussion zu gleichgeschlechtlichen Eheschließungen in den USA (vgl. z.B. zuletzt hier und hier) pflegt... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 8:52 a.m..

VoIP Reaches Out, Wirelessly Voice over IP (VoIP) technology coming convergence with Wi-Fi wireless LAN technology. From Kolabora.com on April 3, 2004 at 8:51 a.m..

Metablognition -- Weblog Course for K-12 Teachers Here's an online course "for Alaskan teachers [that]was developed and sponsored by the Alaska State Writing Consortium in partnership with the University of Alaska Southeast." Looks like a pretty good introduction to the use of Weblogs across disciplines aimed specifically at K-12 teachers. Just another indication that this is starting to trickle down more and more. I especially like the "Critical Questions, Planning the Implementation" section which should be required reading for anyone thinking about using blogs. I e From weblogged News on April 3, 2004 at 8:48 a.m..

Phones Surpass Cameras for Digital Images - Robyn Greenspan, Clickz Stats A phone is worth 29 billion pictures this year, according to data from InfoTrends Research Group. The firm estimates there will be nearly 300 million digital image capture devices in use worldwide through 2004, of which 60 percent will be camera phones From Techno-News Blog on April 3, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Database-protection bill raises copyright concerns - Corey Murray, eSchool News New legislation pending in Congress could have a significant impact on students, educators, and other internet users who reproduce factual information taken from subscription-based databases such as LexisNexis, a popular online archive used in schools From Techno-News Blog on April 3, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Microsoft and Sun End Long Acrimony in Surprise Accord - STEVE LOHR, New York Times Microsoft and Sun Microsystems announced a surprising armistice yesterday, ending years of public acrimony between Scott McNealy, Sun's chief executive and the leader of the anti-Microsoft camp in Silicon Valley, and the world's largest software compa From Techno-News Blog on April 3, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

ED's new tech chief sets her agenda - Corey Murray, eSchool News Susan Patrick, new head of the federal Office of Educational Technology (OET), is calling on schools to adopt a more integrated approach to technology across all facets of their operation--from classroom instruction to front-office administration. In From Educational Technology on April 3, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Working with Reluctant Teachers - Wesley Fryer, techLearning Many teachers feel overwhelmed with all the demands on their time, and some see technology as just one more thing on an already overloaded plate. There are solutions that staff developers can use to help them. A staff developer recently asked, "Teache From Educational Technology on April 3, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

AgLearn includes Web training - Florence Olsen, FCW The Agriculture Department plans to make online education a priority with AgLearn, a new departmentwide program that USDA officials announced this week. With AgLearn, USDA officials expect employees to take courses via the Internet to receive addition From Online Learning Update on April 3, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

Education Department Awards Contract for New ERIC - InfoToday The U.S. Dept. of Education has awarded a five-year, $34.6 million contract to Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) of Rockville, Md., along with its subcontractors, to develop and operate a new database system for ERIC. The ERIC database will use the l From Online Learning Update on April 3, 2004 at 8:46 a.m..

The university 'market' is here - Mike Baker, BBC ....At a conference this week, Colin Gilligan, professor of marketing at Sheffield Hallam University, had some tough words for university recruiters. The new breed of international student is, he said, "inherently brand promiscuous". In other words, From Online Learning Update on April 3, 2004 at 7:46 a.m..

Forum on the Changing Standards for Academic Publishing Via Slashdot, this forum from Nature Publishing looks to be an ongoing series of pieces on Open Access and the implications for publishing. From the introduction, Declan Butler says: From Kairosnews - A Weblog for Discussing Rhetoric, Technology and Pedagogy on April 3, 2004 at 6:54 a.m..

OKLC04: my presentation Slides for my presentation at OKLC04 Discovering the iceberg of knowledge work: A weblog case Will add more later...   From Mathemagenic on April 3, 2004 at 6:53 a.m..

Tax Time! Tax Day is fast approaching in the USA. I've gathered up all my paperwork and I'm going to try to tackle them this weekend, armed with nothing more than a few books on taxes for educators and H&R Block's TaxCut. If you haven't started even thinking about this matter yet,... From PEDABLOGUE on April 3, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

Pragmatics There is an interesting discussion about pragmatics across various languages going on in the comments to How to Thank a Bus Driver on David (TEFL smiler)'s site that I thought readers might be interested in.... From Blinger: A linguistics and ESL Blog - ESL in Korea on April 3, 2004 at 6:52 a.m..

Studiengebühren ab dem ersten Semester? (Moe) Mainz (ddp-rps). An den Hochschulen in Rheinland-Pfalz sollen zum Wintersemester Studienkonten und Studiengebühren für Langzeitstudenten eingeführt werden. Das hat die sozialliberale Landesregierung am Dienstag beschlossen, wie Wissenschaftsminister Jürgen Zöllner (SPD) im Anschluss an die Sitzung des Ministerrats in Mainz mitteilte. Bei einem Überschreiten des 1,75-Fachen der Regelstudienzeit werden demnach künftig 650 Euro pro Semester fällig. Davon sei zunächst jeder zehnte Student in Rheinland-Pfalz betroffen, sagte Zöllner, rund 8000 From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

EFF-Blogs Schon seit 20.03./30.01.2004 stehen zwei neue Blogs der "EFF" im Netz, worauf das LAWgical hinweist: Die "EFF Deep Links" und... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

The Myth of the Software Patent Thicket Prof. Lawrence B. Solum, zu dem ich mich in diesem Blog vor kurzem eingehend geäußert habe, stellt am 25.03.2004 ein... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 3, 2004 at 6:51 a.m..

Jackpot! Concentrated wisdom from Serendip at Bryn Maur. I believe that education must be conceived as a continuing reconstruction of experience, that the process and the goal of education are the same thing. I believe that education, therefore, is a process of living and not... From Internet Time Blog on April 3, 2004 at 6:50 a.m..

Studiengebühren ab dem ersten Semester? Mainz (ddp-rps). An den Hochschulen in Rheinland-Pfalz sollen zum Wintersemester Studienkonten und Studiengebühren für Langzeitstudenten eingeführt werden. Das hat die sozialliberale Landesregierung am Dienstag beschlossen, wie Wissenschaftsminister Jürgen Zöllner (SPD) im Anschluss an die Sitzung des Ministerrats in Mainz mitteilte. Bei einem Überschreiten des 1,75-Fachen der Regelstudienzeit werden demnach künftig 650 Euro pro Semester fällig. Davon sei zunächst... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on April 3, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..

Fluchtwelle schwappt an die Uni Mainz Mehr als 6300 Bewerber, so viele wie nie zuvor, wollen zum Sommersemester einen Studienplatz in Mainz ergattern. Die Uni rechnet damit, dass erstmals die Gesamtzahl von 34000 Studenten überschritten wird. Mitverursacht wird die Schwemme von hessischen Studenten, die vor Studiengebühren in ihrem Bundesland flüchten. Weiterlesen beim Main-Rheiner. From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on April 3, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..

Wiesbaden: Zahl der Erstsemester an der Fachhochschule... Hessen verblödet: Dank der Studiengebühren fangen immer weniger Leute ein Studium an. Die Auswirkungen der zu diesem Semester in Hessen eingeführten Langzeitstudiengebühren machen sich auch an der Fachhochschule Wiesbaden (FHW) bemerkbar: Mit 475 neuen Studenten konnte FH-Präsident Professor Clemens Klockner deutlich weniger Erstsemester als im Vorjahr am Standort Wiesbaden begrüßen. Während in Geisenheim generell zum Sommersemester keine neuen Studenten aufgenommen... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on April 3, 2004 at 6:49 a.m..

Sun Enters Microsoft's Orbit For a tidy $1.6 billion, Sun Microsystems settles all outstanding grievances and signs a 'broad operating agreement' with its longtime antagonist. See what a little financial desperation can do? From Wired News on April 3, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

US-Visit Spares No One The program that requires foreigners to be fingerprinted and photographed before entering the United States will now include millions of travelers from America's closest allies -- including Britian, Japan and Australia. From Wired News on April 3, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Technology Resets the Clock When daylight-saving time arrives on Sunday, most electronic gadgets will automatically reset their time clocks. But retailers, expecting a surge of calls from customers anyway, still dread the yearly ritual. By Michelle Delio. From Wired News on April 3, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Bad Times for U.S. Goods Sites As more jobs move overseas, some sites are trying to profit from Americans' resentment by selling only U.S.-made goods. But it's becoming harder to determine what qualifies as American-made these days. By Joanna Glasner. From Wired News on April 3, 2004 at 6:45 a.m..

Christendom College Announces 6th Annual High School Summer Program Christendom College will hold two sessions of its excellent High School Summer Program: June 20-July 2 and July 11-July 23, 2004. [PRWEB Apr 3, 2004] From PR Web on April 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Venturi Technology Partners and UC Davis Extension Announce Partnership Venturi Technology Partners and UC Davis Extension have partnered to offer a series of FREE Project Management Seminars to business and technology managers in the Sacramento area. Speakers will be drawn from a resource pool including practicing consultants and experienced educators from both organizations. [PRWEB Apr 3, 2004] From PR Web on April 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Handheld Pen Scanner From Docupen Handles Full Pages Hand held Pen Scanner From Docupen Handles Full Pages states Craig Crossman, host of Computer America Radio Show and syndicated newspaper columnist. [PRWEB Apr 3, 2004] From PR Web on April 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Exploring Indigenous Cultures and Customs -- Penn State to Host Indigenous Knowledges Conference "Indigenous Knowledges: Transforming the Academy," will be held on May 27 and 28, 2004 at The Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel in State College, Pa. The conference will bring together scholars, educators and practitioners from around the world to discuss and promote research on food, wellness, nature, and the generation and transfer of indigenous knowledge. [PRWEB Apr 3, 2004] From PR Web on April 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

All Headline News Provides Free News and Headline Services to Charities, Educational Users and NGOs All Headline news to provide no cost and low cost news and headline services accounts to charities, educational users and NGOs [PRWEB Apr 3, 2004] From PR Web on April 3, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..

Recruiting of Parents Lags for Some School Councils The Department of Education is having trouble finding applicants to serve on some of the new parent councils that will replace community school boards. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

College President Is Retiring After Claim He Plagiarized A Connecticut college president facing claims that he plagiarized material for an op-ed column published in The Hartford Courant announced his retirement Friday. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Times Scholarships Reward Achievement and Sacrifice The New York Times College Scholarship will provide 20 young people with a $30,000 four-year scholarship, a summer job and a mentor. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

First Grader. Model Student. Great-Grandfather. Kimani Nganga Maruge is living proof that an old man, even one who leans heavily on a cane and cannot see or hear too well, can learn new tricks. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

Taking the Liberalism Out of Liberal Arts The author David Horowitz has mounted a campaign for an "academic bill of rights" promoting conservative viewpoints on the college campus. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 3:46 a.m..

RSS feeds at PhysicsWeb PhysicsWeb has launched a series of RSS feeds, one on physics news, one on products and press releases, one on jobs, and one on events. (Thanks to the LANL Research Library Newsletter.) From FOS News on April 3, 2004 at 2:50 a.m..

OA to medical research, esp. for developing countries Vinod Scaria, Open Access to Scholarly Communication: New Perspective for Health Professionals and Scholars, Plexus, March 26, 2004. Excerpt: "Open access is perhaps more relevant in the Health domain than perhaps any other - given its unique impact on human lives. Health is a basic human right and thus gives open access to scholarly communication in the health domain a unique philosophical and ethical perspective. Moreover, it has been pointed out that Open Access to Scholarly communication in the health domain is essential to From FOS News on April 3, 2004 at 2:49 a.m..

OA African journals recognized In the April issue of Internet Resources Newsletter, the featured Nice Web Site is African Journals Online, which it describes this way: "This site, which is supported by INASP, provides tables of contents and and abstracts from over 180 African-published peer-reviewed journals, with links to the full text if available. All access is free." Congratulations to AJOL and INASP. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

Archdiocese Lets Ailing School Stay Open for One More Year The Archdiocese of New York has given the East Harlem Mount Carmel School permission to remain open for another year. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

Push Is On to Limit Aid to Rich Universities House Republicans plan to overhaul a financial aid system that often sends more federal money to wealthy universities with relatively few low-income students. From New York Times: Education on April 3, 2004 at 2:46 a.m..

More on the UC membership in PLoS Tara Moore, UC Teams Up With Nonprofit Science Journal Publisher, The Daily Online Californian, April 2, 2004. Excerpt: "In private companies like Elsevier, researchers contribute papers to journals at a low cost or for free, but then the publisher turns around and sells it back to universities for thousands of dollars, [Mike] Eisen said. In his journal [PLoS Biology], contributors have to pay $1,500 to send in an article, but the publication is free. 'Our model makes far more sense for everyone in the world to get our informa From IDT Matrix on April 3, 2004 at 12:50 a.m..

"It's Simple" says the master I hadn't realized how sensitive Mr. Manes is. For a guy who feels no hesitation in calling someone a "moron," "idiot," and "buffoon," and who writes like he's never quite left high school (I don't mean the quality of his writing, which is great and clear and clever, but the abusive rhetoric tied with overly cute names like "cranky."), it's a bit surprising he'd find this as "blustering and bloviating" or filled with "rage." Once agai From Lessig Blog on April 3, 2004 at 12:45 a.m..

Self competition? Someone explain this to me. I just went to Amazon to buy a friend a book. Amazon was asking $19.25 for the hardcover edition, not bad since I'd paid $27 when the book came out. However, next to the Amazon price were the words... From Internet Time Blog on April 2, 2004 at 11:50 p.m..

Emergent Learning Chief Learning Officer magazine, April 2004 "Effectiveness" column by Jay Cross Not so long ago, e-learning was a utopian dream. Networked learning would educate the world. E-learning promoters saw themselves as innovators writing corporate history. Excitement filled the air. "Resilient organizations copy the architecture... From Internet Time Blog on April 2, 2004 at 11:50 p.m..

Simplicity From owrede_log on April 2, 2004 at 11:47 p.m..

DVD copy company appeals ban 321 Studios appeals a couple court rulings that bar the company from selling its DVD-copying product. From CNET News.com on April 2, 2004 at 11:45 p.m..

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