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Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 25, 2004 at 8:58 p.m..
New boots new boots! New Boots arrived. I may have mentioned them. They have the kind of grip that would allow me to walk straight up tall buildings, or even short ones, if my thighs were up to the strain. They have so much... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
My Uber Fast Food Vending Sorcerer Man So where were we. Friday nite and I was ushered from the monitor by Vince, and we set forth to the local drinkery, pausing just a tad to summon Graeme to join us. It was nice to unwind, drink and... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Three Days in March Friday night was a quiet one; Vince and I cruised into town looking sharp and hungry for love. We didn't find any love sadly, but we did find some scrummy food in the Jug & Joanna (Pitcher and Piano).... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Outside the Comfort Zone Thursday and Friday saw me once again travelling the country meeting existing and potential clients. Madly a colleague had a meeting at 11am Thursday in Southampton, and a 10.30am the next day at Uxbridge - so we decided to make... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Windyhorse On Saturday I went to Wendyhouse. I was going to post a long entry about it, but to be honest it is now midnite and I'm deadly tired so this will have to be brief and I'm not going to... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
I Am Weak It has been there for a while now. Growing and gnawing at me. Just kinda lurking in that damp cellar of my brain occassionally whimpering 'MP3 player' in a low sexy female voice.... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
The Many Stages of Parenthood This morning, as with most mornings, I was awoken by the sounds of kids, specifically Tom (6) and Frances (almost 10) who were bashing their way around the house preparing for school.... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
A Blog to call my own As you all know I have been wrestling with a blog I created on the Blog-City site. Whilst the functionality there is great, the reliability was shocking which lead me to get entirely pissed with the whole blogging thing. From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
iPod Review Conclusion Well, I have now been living with the iPod Mini for over a week and put in a lot of hours, so I'm going to conclude my review here. From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Vincents Flanks Last night I joined a number of other hardened game players, and Vince, in a multiplayer game of Medieval Total War. Mr Neath kindly hosted, which is handy as he happens to have 4 networked PCs lying around (as one does). Steer and Andy, (good to meet the latter for the first time) made up the five. From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Sticky Dampness I have just hurled a pint of sticky flavoured water all over myself, my desk, my keyboard and my phone. I am drenched, from my shoulder down across my chest and especially my groin. And yet, sitting here with a... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Regarding EBM Been meaning to post this little item for a few days. EBM asa genre is not the easiest when it comes to finding music online, however - I have solved this in no uncertain terms. Go and download StationRipper. Install... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Mister Obtuse Friday saw me all suited up, tie and shirt and shiny shooz - all because I had a meeting with a client to discuss some extra work. But someone along the way I ended up in the Twilight Zone and... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Celery in my Drink Friday night, and despite getting home late from work and having less money than the average badger - I resolved to go into town for drinkies and chatsies with some chums of mine. So I did.... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Choc Therapy This morning we headed out to Monks Cross to do some shopping with the kids. It was heaving and hot and humid and quite honestly I'd rather have been just about anywhere else. In an attempt to avoid the... From Resyk's Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:00 p.m..
Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 25, 2004 at 7:59 p.m..
Sunday reading "Yesterday morning started out with Wade Cunningham in the cafeteria of building 4. He's the guy who invented the Wiki. He told me he's learned about 100 computer languages from SmallTalk to Visual Basic to Perl. He likes denigrating himself: 'I'll forever be known for writing 1000 lines of Perl code.'" - Robert Scoble, Microsoft tech evangelist Speaking of the devil, a clever hacker ran a spider against all English Word documents on Microsoft.com and identified some juicy and potentially embarassing bon mots that were deleted but retained by MS Office's oh-so-hel From silentblue | Quantified on April 25, 2004 at 7:58 p.m..
Yahoo gives IM 'all new' look The launch of "The All New Yahoo Messenger" upgrade follows similar moves by rivals America Online and Microsoft. From CNET News.com on April 25, 2004 at 7:45 p.m..
Places i love ... in the Philippines A blossoming paradise with lots of smiling eyes and faces to welcome you in their heart and soul. Come and enjoy .. From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
Teachings of Love Learn the teachings of Love - online and free From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
The spiritual meaning of ... Learn the spiritual meaning of cats, elephants, dogs, snakes, horses, water, sun, ... and benefit from the feedback in your partnership. From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
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Learn to say "I Love YOU" Learn the essence of divine sacred love between male and female and all secrets of love. From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
How to make spicy relationship ? Learn the Secrets of Love how to establish a relationship of Love From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
Angels of Love From heaven to hell and back to heaven under the direct guidance of God From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
Professional help and advice - SEO, site review and webmaster tips Learn and benefit from my 7 years www experience. Enjoy an intense and challenging vacation SEO and webpublishing workshop From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
How to start your own business Free detailed online tutorial, information and resources how to plan and start.your own business From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
Mothers and mother's day Mothers are the ones to make all the children happy - Mothers love to love - mothers love to be loved. From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
My wife is hiding behind a mountain of love My wife loves children - her babies have grown strong and behave like wild angels, .. hungry for love From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
Bali Hai Beach Resort plans to have first internet hotspot soon Bali Hai Beach Resort and Bali Hai East nearby may soon have their first internet hotspot for mobile www access From Cyberspace Ashram - Develop your power of Love in life and business on April 25, 2004 at 7:00 p.m..
Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 25, 2004 at 6:59 p.m..
SARS Roundup: April 25, 2003 Title: SARS Roundup: April 25, 2003Category: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
U.S. Government To Probe Prozac's Effect on Reproductive Health Title: U.S. Government To Probe Prozac's Effect on Reproductive HealthCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Treatment for Rare Genetic Disorder Approved Title: Treatment for Rare Genetic Disorder ApprovedCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Insulin Resistance a Double Whammy for Some Diabetics Title: Insulin Resistance a Double Whammy for Some DiabeticsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Tuberculosis Caught Later in Whites, Women Title: Tuberculosis Caught Later in Whites, WomenCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Manual Therapy Best for Neck Pain Title: Manual Therapy Best for Neck PainCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Rejected Burn Therapy Passes Acid Test Title: Rejected Burn Therapy Passes Acid TestCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Motor Problems Could Be Prelude to Alzheimer's Disease Title: Motor Problems Could Be Prelude to Alzheimer's DiseaseCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Rx for High Cost of Prescription Drugs Title: Rx for High Cost of Prescription DrugsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Day Care Won't Protect Kids if Mom Has Asthma Title: Day Care Won't Protect Kids if Mom Has AsthmaCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Good News for Diabetics Title: Good News for DiabeticsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Forget-Him-Nots Title: Forget-Him-NotsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Attention: Tooth Decayers Title: Attention: Tooth DecayersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Hip Replacement Safe for Oldest Patients Title: Hip Replacement Safe for Oldest PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/25/03Last Editorial Review: 4/25/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
SARS Roundup: April 26, 2003 Title: SARS Roundup: April 26, 2003Category: Health NewsCreated: 4/26/03Last Editorial Review: 4/26/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Hysterectomy: A Surgery Many Women May Not Need Title: Hysterectomy: A Surgery Many Women May Not NeedCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/26/03Last Editorial Review: 4/26/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Fishin' in the Rain -- Safely Title: Fishin' in the Rain -- SafelyCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/26/03Last Editorial Review: 4/26/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Don't Let Mold Put Your Life on Hold Title: Don't Let Mold Put Your Life on HoldCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/26/03Last Editorial Review: 4/26/03 From MedicineNet Weekly News Digest on April 25, 2004 at 6:58 p.m..
Tune-ups for Two-Wheelers Title: Tune-ups for Two-WheelersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:21 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
When the Pounds Stop Dropping Title: When the Pounds Stop DroppingCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:21 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
'Morning After' Pill Doesn't Affect Teen Sexual Behavior Title: 'Morning After' Pill Doesn't Affect Teen Sexual BehaviorCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:21 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Soy Could Help Men, Too Title: Soy Could Help Men, TooCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:21 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Study Urges New Look at Antibiotic Resistance Title: Study Urges New Look at Antibiotic ResistanceCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:21 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Single Women Less Likely to Get Cancer Screenings Title: Single Women Less Likely to Get Cancer ScreeningsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:21 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Sinusitis: A Frequent Worry for Cystic Fibrosis Sufferers Title: Sinusitis: A Frequent Worry for Cystic Fibrosis SufferersCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:22 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Doctors May Drop Ball With Hepatitis C Patients Title: Doctors May Drop Ball With Hepatitis C PatientsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:22 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Obesity May Be in Your Head Title: Obesity May Be in Your HeadCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:22 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Supersized Breakfast Stresses Vessels Title: Supersized Breakfast Stresses VesselsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:22 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Athletic Injuries Shouldn't Be Kids' Stuff Title: Athletic Injuries Shouldn't Be Kids' StuffCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:22 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Sticky Weather Can Cloud LASIK Results Title: Sticky Weather Can Cloud LASIK ResultsCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:22 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine Spells Trouble Later Title: Prenatal Exposure to Nicotine Spells Trouble LaterCategory: Health NewsCreated: 4/24/04 1:58:00 AMLast Editorial Review: 4/24/04 1:58:22 AM From MedicineNet Daily News on April 25, 2004 at 6:57 p.m..
Amour of India From Mathemagenic on April 25, 2004 at 6:55 p.m..
Hausarbeiten zu politischen Weblogs (Moe) Zwei Hausarbeiten beschäftigen sich mit dem Thema "Weblogs und Politik": Hacking of Consent «Blogs» und was sie unsere politisch Verantwortlichen angehen von J.D. Boy Blogs als Kommunikationstools im Online-Wahlkampf (PDF) von Andreas Wagner [via: Metablocker: Linkliste Politk From PlasticThinking: Moe's Blog. on April 25, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Kurslektüre Kollege Kochinke berichtet im GALJ: "Class 10 des Harvard-Kurses Internet and Society: The Technologies and Politics of Control von Urs... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 25, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Sozialstrukturatlas 2003 Zur Zeit leben in Berlin 533.000 Menschen unter der Armutsgrenze. Als arm gilt, wer im Monat 608 Euro netto hat.... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 25, 2004 at 6:54 p.m..
Wireless Travels While this post has nothing to do with VoIP, it does have everything to do with mobility, as in my mind, the two are interrelated. Yesterday morning, I boarded an AMTRAK train north to Santa Barbara from suburban San Diego's... From Kolabora.com on April 25, 2004 at 6:53 p.m..
Norwegian Wood Whilst the world reels to the unlikely news that Princeton considers 24 American beers in 24 hours to be some form of binge, rather than, say, a refreshing breakfast, over on this side of the pond the partying is a... From Ben Hammersley.com on April 25, 2004 at 6:45 p.m..
Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 25, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..
...live recordings with portable dat .... From AudioCourses Distance Learning Online Sound Engineering School- Forums on April 25, 2004 at 4:58 p.m..
Free Online Course - IT Fluency The University of Washington is offering a free, self-paced course in Fluency in Information Technology. According to the website, the course covers the basics, concepts and capabilities. For example - Basics: e-mail, word processing, searching for Web information; Concepts: what's a "graphic user interface," how do networks send pictures; Capabilities: troubleshooting problems, thinking up IT solutions. There's even a section on SQL. A cursory review of the course shows that it is based on a published book, and requi From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on April 25, 2004 at 4:57 p.m..
Geld in Liechtenstein? Der Insolvenzverwalter von Gerhard Schmid erhebt in einem Bericht schwere Vorwürfe gegen den ehemaligen MobilCom-Chef. Schmid wird verdächtigt, Teile seines... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 25, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..
Suchmaschinen-Meeting 2004 Die Präsentationen des Suchmaschinen-Meetings vom 19./20.04.2004 in Den Haag, einer Veranstaltung der Sonderklasse mit hochkarätigen Referenten aus aller Welt, sind... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 25, 2004 at 4:54 p.m..
A Prescription For Business Innovation A Prescription for Business Innovation: Creating Technologies that Solve Basic Human Needs. This is a very comprehensive and well written analysis of how to leverage the potential of new media technologies to facilitate effective business innovation. The shift is from... From Robin Good's Latest News on April 25, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..
The Roles Of Information Architecture And Design A short summary of new media strategies and their importance beyond the level of simple design analysis, for any organization. Information architecture and information design are also presented in context and with a simple explanation of their role and function.... From Robin Good's Latest News on April 25, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..
USA VoIP Legislation Battles To Begin The battle over whether or not VoIP is a service or an application delivered over the Internet is gearing up in the United States' Congress. eWeek's article provides a nice backdrop and helps clarify a situation that will only get... From Kolabora.com on April 25, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..
News for Today, Apr 26 A couple of wireless items of interest: From IDC on smartphones in Europe: "Increasing demand for smartphones , combined with continuing sales growth for traditional handheld devices, pushed up the European mobile market by 25.6 percent in the first quarter... From Kolabora.com on April 25, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..
Aggressive software I've spent the last hour trying to remove software that a child may have inadvertently let into our computer while using the web. I don't think I'll find out quite how it got here, but as I worked through various steps to uninstall unwanted search tools with inappropriate content areas, I discovered how aggressively the designers had made the stuff, so it would set barrier after barrier to prevent being uninstalled, and just for good measure it kept changing the browser home page to one of... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 25, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..
Free Speech 101 Ed Cone continues to write about the problems politicians face when they embrace the web, including the dangers of allowing comments or of linking to other sites. In both cases, you cannot entirely control the message a reader might infer from your site. [Or, perhaps more importantly, the message an opponent can impute to your site.] Respecting democractic ideals as he does, Cone plainly comes down on the side of free speech and politicians, like Brad Carson, who are willing to take... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 25, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..
Feuilletons Marcy Wheeler continues to theorize about blogs and the 19th century newspaper column or essay form called the feuilleton, in the fourth post in her series. She says that Blogs--and feuilletons--have managed to revitalize the public sphere precisely because of their language. People tune in because the language resembles a conversation. And that language ends up being not so much exclusionary, but a more practical means of linking people from different realms of society. In this way... From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 25, 2004 at 4:53 p.m..
Another PR Person Looking at Personal Journalism Steve Rubel has a new blog, Micro Persuasion, "on how blogs and participatory journalism are impacting the practice of public relations." From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 25, 2004 at 4:47 p.m..
Where is Rusty? Rusty seems to have disappeared again leaving the website to stagnate. This time he has disabled new users from registration meaning that the userbase will slowly shrink while he procrastinates and refuses to delegate tasks to others. From kuro5hin.org on April 25, 2004 at 4:45 p.m..
Federal Eavesdroppers Could Veto innovation One of these days, the tech industry may need government permission to create new applications for the Internet. Federal law enforcement agencies, asking for increased surveillance capabilities, could end up exerting unprecedented control over innovation. From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 25, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..
More Coziness Among Scalia and His Hunting Pals The LA Times keeps looking into the endlessly unseemly behavior of Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, and today runs this remarkable account of how Scalia's "2002 ruling on redistricting cleared the way for hunting partner Rep. Charles W. 'Chip' Pickering to retain his seat in Congress." From Dan Gillmor's eJournal on April 25, 2004 at 3:47 p.m..
Apple's Future, Transcending the Mac
Specification for an OAI Static Repository A Static Repository is an XML file containing metadata records that is made accessible at an HTTP URL, a lot like an RSS file. This new specification describes how to create static OAI repositories. Great stuff. Additionally, the Los Alamos National Laboratory Research Library has made their Static Repository Gateway software available at SourceForge. By Various Authors, Open Archives Initiative, April 23, 2004 [Refer][OLDaily on April 25, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
The GMail Saga This well reasoned article captures the essence of the concern about Google´s new email service. "If you were offered a service that saved you money by having your paper mail opened by robots for scanning, which then inserted new junk mail in your box based on what it found, you might get a bit creeped out." The article contains a lot of good background about other initiatives and the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which governs email policy, at least in the U.S. People working on student tracking and monitoring systems should note well the expectations of privacy people have online. From OLDaily on April 25, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Dutch Student Residences Raided by Anti-piracy Squad More of the same, though this time beyond U.S. borders. I wonder what sort of regime we are creating when these quasi-legal forces have the right to raid property and seize assets, all in the name of protecting content monopolies. Meanwhile, more raids on school districts are being reported in the U.S., though there is some question of the accuracy of these reports - you need to follow the Slashdot discussion. In the U.S., copyright holders are also adopting a form of OLDaily on April 25, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
LOM XML Schema Binding There's no nice article on this, but Chris Hubick (who knows about these things) writes, "The IEEE LTSC has issued an updated LOM XML Schema binding: here. Important: They have changed the LOM's XML Namespace slightly! The new namespace is here (note: this link produced an error when I tried it - Stephen). All instance documents, style sheets, and server processes dealing with LOM XML will need to be updated. Other than the namespace change, everything else From OLDaily on April 25, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Common Locale Data Repository This is interesting: "The Common Locale Data Repository (CLDR) provides a general XML format for the exchange of locale information for use in application and system software development, combined with a public repository for a common set of locale data generated in that format. 'The consortium's goal is to enable people around the globe to use computers in their own languages,' said Mark Davis, president of the Unicode Consortium." By Press Release, Unicode, April 21, 2004 [Ref From OLDaily on April 25, 2004 at 2:45 p.m..
Be Your Own Teacher Learn what you want, in the time, location and manner that suit you best. Here's how.... From Adult/Continuing Education on April 25, 2004 at 1:50 p.m..
Notprogramm Informatik JLU Giessen Fuer L3-Informatikstudenten bzw. Mathematikstudenten mit Nebenfach Informatik im Hauptstudium werden in diesem Semester gerade noch drei zweistuendige Vorlesungen angeboten. Als Notprogramm findet dieses Semester zum letzten Mal ueberhaupt ein betreutes Fortgeschrittenenpraktikum statt. Dabei wurde das Praktikum schon mit der Projektarbeit zur Softwareentwicklung zusammengelegt. Da nicht garantiert ist, dass der betreuende Mitarbeiter seine Stelle fuer das naechste Semester behaelt, muessen die... From Gegen Studiengebühren in Hessen on April 25, 2004 at 11:51 a.m..
Emerald's Journals of the Week for April 26, 2004 are Business Process Management Journal and Indust ... Emerald's Journals of the Week for April 26, 2004 are Business Process Management Journal and Industrial & Commercial Training From Peter Scott's Library Blog on April 25, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
DOAJ tops 1,000 The journal tally at the Directory of Open Access Journals just lept from the 800's to over 1000. As I write, it's 1,068. From FOS News on April 25, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
New contribution to the Nature OA debate Leo Waaijers, Open Access needs to get 'back to basics', Nature, April 23, 2004. Excerpt: "[H]ow can we be expected to counter assertions about the sustainability of Open Access business models, given that publishers are themselves secretive about their own business cases? It would be a great insight if every publisher were to make public the breakdown of its prices into three components: the costs of the publishing process from submission to presentation, the costs of the subscription process, and their profit m From FOS News on April 25, 2004 at 11:49 a.m..
A sense of humor? The NY Times reviews Eats, Shoots & Leaves, a book about punctuation that's recently come across the Atlantic after receiving rave reviews in the UK. In what's surely a sly joke to the Sunday Book Review reader, the Times entitled the article, 'Eats, Shoots & Leaves': Punctuation and It's Disconte From megnut on April 25, 2004 at 11:45 a.m..
Week ahead: A chain of security happenings Security will be the focus in the coming week, as industry giant Symantec gears up to report quarterly results and two trade shows delve into the topic. From CNET News.com on April 25, 2004 at 10:45 a.m..
Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 25, 2004 at 9:59 a.m..
Open Source LMS Comparison Report Via Scott Leslie is this Virtual Learning Envrironment Comparison report from August 2003. The three systems compared are Moodle; Claroline and ATutor. The author was quite impressed with ATutor's ease of use for administrators, which reflects our own experience. From jarche.com - Improving Organizational Performance on April 25, 2004 at 9:57 a.m..
Growing pains of virtual communities Aldo de Moor, colleague and coauthor of An argumentation analysis of weblog conversations paper starts a weblog, GrowingPains, which is "a place to discuss the meeting of theory and practice on evolving virtual communities". From an introductory post:Although the importance of virtual communities is clear, much of their potential is not realized. Many never reach maturi From Mathemagenic on April 25, 2004 at 9:55 a.m..
Qualität beim E-Learning "Qualität entsteht beim Lernenden" - das ist die Kernaussage dieses Aufsatzes. Aus meiner Sicht eine wichtige Ergänzung zu den aktuellen Qualitäts-Bemühungen, in denen es primär darum geht, dem Verbraucher durch "Qualitätssiegel" Orientierungshilfen zu geben. Der Autor spricht gar von einem... From www.weiterbildungsblog.de on April 25, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..
Lost Your Web Traffic? Ask Hitbox Customer Love This is quite a unique story, and it deserves all of your attention if you are a web site owner or manager, utilizing WebSideStory Hitbox to live track your site visitors. If you are one such person and have been experiencing a sudden drop of visitors to your site according to your Hitbox dashboard, breathe again. What you are looking at is not true! If you are not a Hitbox Professional user you may skip this story unless you want to learn what are the customer support issues that may alienate a large portion of any company client base from... From Robin Good' Sharewood Tidings on April 25, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..
Engholm vs. FOCUS Der ehemalige SPD-Vorsitzende und Kanzlerkandidat Björn Engholm hat einen jahrelangen Rechtsstreit gegen das Nachrichtenmagazin "FOCUS" gewonnen, berichtet "newsroom". Wie sein... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 25, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..
Ein Beruf wie jeder andere? Die Dienstleistungsgewerkschaft Ver.di wollte jetzt auf einer bundesweiten Konferenz "Arbeitsplatz Prostitution" (Gesetz | Begründung, jeweils PDF) überprüfen, ob sich für... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 25, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..
Urban Legends Margaret Marks berichtet in diesem anschaulichen Beitrag von mehreren Fällen sog. "urban legends", also frei erfundenen Fällen und Entscheidungen.... From Handakte WebLAWg on April 25, 2004 at 9:54 a.m..
Sudden Loss Of Web Site Traffic? Using Hitbox To Track Visitors? If you are a Hitbox Professional user and have been scratching your head over what was happening with your Web site traffic, breathe again. Your site is still doing great. On the other hand you may want to read the... From Robin Good's Latest News on April 25, 2004 at 9:53 a.m..
Half an hour in front of DC politicians It's been a week of light blogging because of my 2-day trip to Portugal and then a set of, um, computing setbacks that involved technical support groups on several continents and the reinstalling of anti-virus software. Then, for the past couple of days, I've been working on two presentations I'm giving on Monday in DC. Both are new and both are important to me. In the morning, I'm keynoting a conference of research librarians and am doing a mainly-new presentation about how we managed to "informationalize" the world so that it consists of thin gruel, and how it is... From Joho the Blog on April 25, 2004 at 9:49 a.m..
For-Profit Career Education Gives Universities Growth Lesson - James Flanigan, LA Times ...And yet, for all the inherent differences between for-profit colleges and major universities, the latter is clearly learning lessons from the former. USC, for instance, is talking up the prospect of using the Internet to foster long-distance learnin From Online Learning Update on April 25, 2004 at 9:46 a.m..
Everybody Wants a Bite Of Google - Cynthia L. Webb, washingtonpost.com Wall Street's appetite for Google's anticipated stock offering promises to spark a feeding frenzy reminiscent of the dot-com days. The search engine giant plans to "announce within days that it will push forward with an initial public offering," The Wa From Techno-News Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
The FBI's listening to your keystrokes - Declan McCullagh, CNet News The FBI is trying to convince the government to mandate that providers of broadband, Internet telephony, and instant-messaging services build in backdoors for easy wiretapping. That would constitute a sweeping expansion of police surveillance powers. I From Techno-News Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Internet speed record set - Marguerite Reardon, CNET News.com Researchers have set a data transmission record over the Internet2's high-speed backbone. The record, announced Tuesday at the Spring 2004 Internet2 member meeting in Arlington, Va., was for transmitting data over nearly 11,000 kilometers at an average From Techno-News Blog on April 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
U.S. Department of Education: Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology The U.S. Department of Education's Preparing Tomorrow's Teachers To Use Technology (PT3) grant program started in 1999. PT3 provides grants to "transform teacher education so that technology is integrated throughout teaching and learning" and so "new t From Educational Technology on April 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Community Technology Centers' Network Community Technology Centers' Network (CTCNet) is committed to the goal of creating "a society in which all people are equitably empowered by technology skills and usage." CTCNet brings together agencies and programs that provide computer exploration From Educational Technology on April 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
A Different Course - JOHN SCHWARTZ, New York Times .... Today, 1 in 12 college students attends a for-profit institution, and the business has grown to $23 billion in annual revenue for 2002, the latest year analyzed by Eduventures, an education market research company in Boston. The University of P From Online Learning Update on April 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
For-Profit Career Education Gives Universities Growth Lesson - James Flanigan, LA Times ...And yet, for all the inherent differences between for-profit colleges and major universities, the latter is clearly learning lessons from the former. USC, for instance, is talking up the prospect of using the Internet to foster long-distance learnin From Online Learning Update on April 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
First-of-Its-Kind Scholarships for Distance Students - PNN Online Recognizing the growing popularity of distance education programs and subsequent needs of distance learning students, Chela Education Financing has created the first merit-based scholarship program exclusively for distance students enrolled in accredit From Online Learning Update on April 25, 2004 at 8:45 a.m..
Diebold Gets Busted for Electronic Voting Shenanigans The full story is over on Corante.On April 20th, the Oakland Tribune published a story regarding Diebold's alleged use of uncertified voting software in violation of California state law (Diebold knew of legal risks). The article cited and focused on internal legal memos from the Jones Day law firm showing that Diebold's own lawyers had warned of some of the possible illegalities. Online, the Oakland Tribune posted the documents in addition to the article. That afternoon, the Trib's parent company and the reporter were sued by Jones Day to have the documents returned. The judge From kuro5hin.org on April 25, 2004 at 5:45 a.m..
Australia's Most Populous State Bans Production Of GM Food Until 2006. Premier Bob Carr announces the ban on the production of GM food crops (such as canola, clover, mustard and field peas) until 2006 in New South Wales, Australia's most populous state. From ORGANIC (Ltd) on April 25, 2004 at 4:59 a.m..
A Personal Fave I came across a site quite a while ago that I have since become addicted to - Things My Girlfriend and I Have Argued About.com. The damn thing is hysterical and I can often be found laughing out loud at the computer as I'm reading it. Makes me glad my husband doesn't know how to make a webpage. ;)... From Cause I Like to Hear Myself Talk on April 25, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..
Still here To anyone who happens upon this site -- either accidentally or by design -- I'm still here.... From The Electric Lyceum on April 25, 2004 at 4:57 a.m..
Muddy water, rightly so Ed Cone picks up on a recurring conversation about whether bloggers are journalists, and he rightly resists pinning down the matter. It's too soon, for one thing, and the tools are too flexible, for another, and the definitions are too loose, for another. We don't really know what we can do with these tools yet. Amen. From Weblogs in Higher Education on April 25, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
Some sites can't be accessed hereI can't visit Mis ... Some sites can't be accessed hereI can't visit Misbehaving.net and Business 2.0 site with local wire. They could be the new sacrifice of GreatFirewall blocking. Anyone has the same experience? From Meta on April 25, 2004 at 4:53 a.m..
Nova Spivack's MetaWeb vision updated Great vision update. The blogosphere is a very crude prototype for the Global Mind and Global brain. From Minding the Planet: New Version of My "Metaweb" Graph -- The Future of the Net: QUOTEAs structures that provide virtual higher-order cognition and self-awareness to the network emerge, connect to one another, and gain sophistication, the Global Brain will self-organize into a Global Mind -- the intelligence of the whole will begin to outpace t From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 25, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..
We need a better way to track and continue conversations This shows the crudeness of today's blogging tools. To the non-developer, it's absurd we don't have something as simple sounding as "reply on my blog". Unfortunately as always, the simplest sounding things are the hardest to implement and Jamie Pitts is one of the few developers who has thought it through. From Semantic Wave: TalkBack: Reply on My Blog: QUOTEBlog-to-blog conversations are easily fragmented, with responses residing on blog discussion boards, t From Roland Tanglao's Weblog on April 25, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..
The Best Things in Life Are Free Final Jeopardy: Its objective is to provide practical information about how to use eLearning. It's free. 30,000 people read it every month in the course of 80,000 visits. Its archives boast 300 substantive articles and a 100 product reviews on eLearning. Its many contributors... From Internet Time Blog on April 25, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..
'Lanta I spent several days this week in Atlanta. Ali-Oli, a beautiful restaurant in Buckhead. Jet-laged Jay, enjoying a fine meal.... From Internet Time Blog on April 25, 2004 at 4:52 a.m..
Organic Gardening, Growing Leaps and Bounds The Organic Gardening Farming Industry is growing like widfire all over the globe. Now people can have the help of one of the orginators and countries leading expert. Jay North of www.goingOrganic.com [PRWEB Apr 25, 2004] From PR Web on April 25, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
ORT Partners with The Greenfield Hebrew Academy of Atlanta to Host Students from ORT Argentina 6 students, sponsored by ORT, to spend month--living, learning, going on class trip--with GHA students [PRWEB Apr 25, 2004] From PR Web on April 25, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Greenfield Hebrew Academy of Atlanta receives generous Jewish Federation grant to start up unique M'silot/Pathways special needs kindergarten Jewish Federation of Greater Atlanta granted $17,500 to enable the M'silot school-within-a-school at Greenfield Hebrew Academy to expand into kindergarten [PRWEB Apr 25, 2004] From PR Web on April 25, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
"Teach me knowledge and an understanding of its beauty" Greenfield Hebrew Academy of Atlanta launches the Lamdayni Legacy Scholarship--affording every Jewish child the chance to attend a Jewish Day School [PRWEB Apr 25, 2004] From PR Web on April 25, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
GRAMMY® Foundation Announces 2004 Signature Schools Music Educators From Twenty-Four Designated Schools are Members of MENC: The National Association for Music Education [PRWEB Apr 25, 2004] From PR Web on April 25, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
Connectivity: New Theme for Penobscot School's Summer Teaching Workshop Foreign language teacher training seminar at Penobscot School in Rockland, Maine. 101 ideas for foreign language teachers to bring to their classrooms. [PRWEB Apr 25, 2004] From PR Web on April 25, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
IHRIM 2004 Conference Praised by Vendors, Consultants and Practitioners The IHRIM 2004 Conference & Expo Raises the Bar for Quality of Educational Content in the HR technology and systems space. As technology becomes the true enabler in allowing HR professionals to focus on strategy, IHRIM and their members are key contributors to helping the senior HR professional become more strategic and accountable. [PRWEB Apr 25, 2004] From PR Web on April 25, 2004 at 4:46 a.m..
How to Win the Powerball Lottery Powerball is the poster child for the Multi-State Lottery Association (MUSL). It is currently played every Wednesday and Saturday in 30 states by millions of people who are dumb enough to think that they can actually win the jackpot. The truth of the matter is that somebody will win the jackpot... just not you. And it's not because the odds are against you. It's because you don't know how to successfully play the lottery. Inside, I'll go over winning techniques from "how to pick winning numbers" to "how many tickets to buy" and "which rituals have the best payoff". I also From kuro5hin.org on April 25, 2004 at 4:45 a.m..
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