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Education + IT centre will help town
regeneration says Welsh First Minister

Education + IT centre will help town
regeneration says Welsh First Minister 04/15/2004 01:10 AM
PublicTechnology.net Apr 15 2004 5:18AM GMT

Downtrodden Pa. Town Gets Pep Talk (AP)

Downtrodden Pa. Town Gets Pep Talk (AP) 06/24/2005 09:58 PM
AP - People here were buzzing for days over a cryptic announcement from the mayor's office that promised, "Something UNBELIEVABLE is about to happen in Wilkes-Barre."

The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town

The New Yorker: The Talk of the Town 11/11/2003 05:55 AM
Remember the banjo boy in the 1972 film "Deliverance"? .. soon be in a theater near you

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Virgin.net unveils 'Plan Two' broadband
offer

Virgin.net unveils 'Plan Two' broadband
offer 09/23/2004 11:18 AM
Return of the Plan

DUP 'taking time' over deal

DUP 'taking time' over deal 06/19/2004 04:39 AM
The Democratic Unionist Party will not be rushed into a political deal with Sinn Fein, its deputy leader says.

Man dies after 'taking ecstasy'

Man dies after 'taking ecstasy' 09/18/2004 05:40 AM
Police appeal for information after a 20-year-old man from Armagh dies after reportedly taking drugs.

Iraqi forces 'taking control'

Iraqi forces 'taking control' 04/12/2005 02:04 PM
US troops in Iraq are now outnumbered by Iraqi security forces, President Bush tells a rally at a US military base.

Taken by the Fifth: The Fifth Amendment
'Taking Clause' and Intellectual
Property

Taken by the Fifth: The Fifth Amendment
'Taking Clause' and Intellectual
Property 01/27/2004 01:46 PM
Mondaq Jan 27 2004 5:30PM GMT

Boston.com / News / Education / Higher
education / UMass president criticizes
student's column on felled soldier

Boston.com / News / Education / Higher
education / UMass president criticizes
student's column on felled soldier 04/30/2004 09:20 AM
UMass president criticizes student's column .. Boston Globe .. hammer:

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Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp

Lets Talk Computers: Chris Repetto from
Intuit and Luke Chung from FMS featured
on this week's Let's Talk Comp 08/28/2004 02:46 PM
Investors Business Daily Aug 28 2004 6:33PM GMT

"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town"

"Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town" 06/22/2005 02:21 AM

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town

Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves
Town 02/17/2004 01:12 PM
uh oh. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town: Cory's coming to London. Then, starting on April 1, I'll be heading off to London, England, to work for Creative Commons and EFF on a variety of projects: • Responding to...

Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals

Modern Day “Dr. Doolittle”, Joy Turner,
Debuts on Internet Talk Radio Network
VoiceAmerica Radio with Show Talk With
Your Animals 01/04/2005 04:14 AM
The new radio show dedicated to helping people learn how to communicate effectively with their animals, airs at a new time starting on January 7, 2005 on VoiceAmerica. [PRWEB Jan 4, 2005]

To talk or not to talk - that is the
question

To talk or not to talk - that is the
question 08/09/2004 05:44 AM
What's the future of in-flight mobile comms?

Dynamically Typed: Walk the walk vs.
talk the talk

Dynamically Typed: Walk the walk vs.
talk the talk 09/10/2004 07:30 AM
About two years ago you may remember we were in the throes of the SOAP revolution. "Web services everywhere!" was the cry and have to confess I'm one of those guilty of having gone for it, for a while. There were going to be these giant UDDI servers that would aggregate everyone's web services and the Internet would never look the same again...

This old town will never be the same.

This old town will never be the same. 08/27/2004 01:51 PM
Utica Club, Utica Club. This Friday, enjoy the strains of the Utica Club Natural Carbonation Beer Drinking Song.

Self-education

Self-education 01/22/2004 02:11 AM
I grew up in an abusive household, but I'm determined to be happy. Am I capable of it?

When the circus came to town...

When the circus came to town... 06/16/2004 10:18 AM
Defunct amusement parks. It has postca rds and historical photos. It also has relatively current photos of parks in various states of disr epair. A great site for fans of entropy, like myself. (via Linkfilter)

Ghost town

Ghost town 04/10/2004 08:27 PM
Although not a work of art or design, Elana aka "Kid of speed" from Kiev has made a very thought provoking website called Ghost town...

Parents in Town

Parents in Town 06/08/2004 06:51 PM
I picked 'em up from SJC early this afternoon. Tomorrow we head to Napa for a ride on the Wine Train and then up to Redding for a few days near Mt. Shasta. I'll have the computer with me and will post some pictures this weekend....

My kind of town.....

My kind of town..... 07/11/2004 10:47 AM

David Weinberger asks....

My wife and I are taking 3 days of vacation in Chicago, starting tomorrow. I've been there many times on business, which means I'm very familiar with the airport and am fully qualified to operate the remote in the hotel rooms, and my wife hasn't been there in 30 years or so.

So, we're going to do the tourist thing. Outside of the obvious, any recommendations? (Three notes: Second City is closed the days we're there, we don't eat meat and we don't much care for the blues.)

[Joho the blog]

I was born and raised in Chi-town Il. Here's a few highlights:
- Watertower = on Michigan Ave.
- Navy Pier = at Navy Pier
- Michigan Ave = the Miracle Mile
- Home of the Blues = Checkboard Lounge
- Ribs = Robinson's
- Italian Beef = Al's Beef (on Harrison, out by U of IL, Chicago Circle campus)
- City Beaches = North Beach
- Zoo = Lincoln Park Zoo
- Museum = the Art Institute of Chicago (I went to school there)
- Grant Park = symphony
- Museum of Natural History = dinosaurs

That aught to keep you bust. I HIGHLY suggest an Al's Beef, hot peppers - with provolone.

Oh yah during the summer, there's KILLER Italian Ice right across the street from Al's - on Harrison. Over 30 flavors - totally uniqiue - like nothing you've had before (even in Venice when you went to dinner with Paolo.)

But Chicago doesn't have black squid ink.

And Maxwell St. is gone.....

And the steel mills.

:-(

Hey here's some research for you! Find out who Cap Streeter is and why it's called Streeterville. He was an early revolutionary who declared a seperate state - maybe it was even a seperate country.

Thne research Mayor Daley and bow your head and pray to the history of poltiics in America. Without Mayor Daley we wouldn't have - Mayor Daley, nepotism and George W.

Oh yah and look up the Chagall Mosaic at 1st National Bank. I videotaped teh unveiling - in 1972. My first editing project.

Droping down to D town where

Droping down to D town where 12/20/2003 10:58 PM
Smeagol get's midevil. Me wants its....Hobbitits stole its... The Towers Are The Players...Yall.

Around Town: Macteens

Around Town: Macteens 09/17/2004 12:09 PM

Around Town: Applelinks

Around Town: Applelinks 12/19/2004 02:51 PM
Applelinks is a Macintosh portal site that covers the news and adds its own opinions, "giving it more flavor and personality." "We feel it's the Mac community that makes us important. We don't see ourselves as a stopping point for Mac users, but as a channel to other Mac sites," Kirk Hiner, senior editor of Applelinks told Spymac. "Our news coverage, reviews, feature columns and even how-tos and such all take this approach: 'Here's what we think, and here's where you can go to determine if you agree or disagree.' This exposes our readers to the wealth of knowledge and opinions within the Mac community, and hopefully increases the readership of the other sites." Applelinks is on Spymac's list of sites in the Around Town Tracker (that can be found on the right side of Spymac). To add Applelinks to your tracking list go to "Options" in the top right corner and then click on the button beside "News Tracks." You'll then be able to select Applelinks by checking the box next to the name (don't forget to press "Submit" after you've checked the box!).

Dutch Town Gets Wi-Fi

Dutch Town Gets Wi-Fi 12/02/2003 02:31 PM
WinQ, a European WISP, has been working on a city-wide Wi-Fi zone in Kenniswijk Eindhoven in the Netherlands since July. The network uses Proxim APs and the Nomadix Universal Subscriber Gateway which enables customer acquisition and service provisioning. The city center, cafes, hotels and the railway station are already connected. The city council uses the network to broadcast live city council meetings over the Web. The city and WinQ are looking at the project as an experiment to see how people will use the network. It's a great idea to use a wireless network to allow people to be more involved in city government. These large Wi-Fi networks will be used more with useful applications like the city council broadcasts. The announcement isn't online yet but should be up here eventually....

Around Town: The Different District

Around Town: The Different District 09/24/2004 04:14 PM

The all-seeing eyes of Chi-town

The all-seeing eyes of Chi-town 09/21/2004 01:11 PM
I saw over at Defensetech.org that Chicago's mayor (Richard Daley) has decided to add 250 surveillance cameras to the city's already extensive network of 2,000 such cameras that monitor high-crime areas in the city.

Education Policy

Education Policy 03/19/2005 02:19 AM

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Education wasted

Education wasted 08/06/2004 03:26 PM
Express Computer India Aug 6 2004 6:51PM GMT

Education vs. faith

Education vs. faith 09/03/2004 10:19 AM
Muslim girls in France, concerned about learning and shocked by the hostage crisis in Russia, start school with little defiance of the new ban on head scarves.

Webl0gs in education

Webl0gs in education 09/21/2004 04:29 PM
Via Scripting News, I see a post by Michael Feldman of Dowbrigade wishing for a stronger uptake of weblogging in the classroom. Michael's a professor at Harvard and/or Boston University (I couldn't quite figure it out) and has one class...

Microsoft, education the key

Microsoft, education the key 09/23/2004 12:41 AM
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Discounted Education

Discounted Education 08/02/2004 02:08 PM
Private education stocks are hit hard today, with Corinthian Colleges declining the most.

Without an Education, Will Techies Go
Far Enough?

Without an Education, Will Techies Go
Far Enough? 12/19/2004 03:43 PM

For this article, I am standing firmly on a soap box.

The Associated Press reported, today, on a few information technologist that are doing well in their young careers, so well, in fact, that they each hope to retire before reaching middle age, and they attained their success without a formal higher education. This article struck a raw chord with me, because I emphasize the value of formal education to all of the students whom I teach, including those seeking a B.S. in information technology (IT) and those pursuing a M.B.A. with a further concentration in IT.

A virtual education

A virtual education 05/02/2004 07:32 PM
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Education and Words

Education and Words 03/15/2003 01:48 AM

Tyler is worri ed that college cheaters might get an unfair head-start in the job market.  In my experience, he has nothing to worry about.  GPA is certainly something we look at when reviewing resumes, but students often fret about GPA with an intensity that is rarely justified by subsequent life experience.  Good grades can sometimes play a part in getting a candidate invited to an interview (which is admittedly important for people starting out), but again I wouldn't worry too much about cheaters.  My sense is that people normally don't cheat unless they feel that they need to -- in other words, people cheat in order to avoid getting kicked out of college, not as a way to get the sort of GPAs that might stand on their own to get someone into an interview.  You could argue that it's unfair for a 2.0 student to perhaps get a job based on a fraudulent 3.2 GPA.  But with a 3.2, it isn't going to be the GPA that plays the major part in that person getting a job anyway.  And if they are the sort who need to cheat on college exams, they'll be left behind and Tyler won't be working anywere near them five years from now.

~

This makes a nice segue to a rant that's been building for awhile.  Nothing annoys me more than those who whine "the government doesn't do enough to educate our children!"  This seems to be a very popular political tactic, but turns education on its head and does more harm than good.  Education is not a passive thing that students have done to them, but rather an active thing that students do for themselves.  If a person wants to learn Calculus, History, or Music; but doesn't, he has nobody to blame but himself.  It is not the parents' fault, it is not the teachers' fault, and it is certainly not the government's fault.  There are plenty of good Calculus books available, and the cause of failure to learn isn't lack of government funding or lack of quality teaching -- it is lack of reading the book.

It is true that children don't normally teach themselves to read, but this is really the sort of thing that parents should teach their children.  Even if 50% of children enter first grade without being able to read, teaching kids to read is a tiny fraction of what our government spends on "education".  And once a child knows how to read, virtually all of the world's learning becomes hers for the taking.  The invention of written language guaranteed that great "teachers" could continue to communicate to students long after the death of the teacher.  The printing press lowered the cost of such communications almost to zero, and public libraries made such teaching affordable to societies poorest members.  It is impossible to overstate the impact that these three developments have had on humans' ability to teach one another, yet we still have people who reach adulthood without knowing basic arithmetic.

I believe that the advent of the Internet and mass storage are having the same sort of impact on humans' ability to teach and learn that the printing press had.  And furthermore, I think that the "semantic web" will be another such leap for mankind.  But even without today's "mass-storage web" and the coming "semantic web", there is absolutely no excuse for someone failing to learn something that he or she desires to learn. 

Kids today have things soooo much better than Aristotle had.  I wish they would stop whining already, and "just read the book!" (as Mark MacLeod would say)

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And speaking of literacy, here is a nice little story about the "100 words you should know".  This list has provoked some disagreement recently, with some people violently rejecting the idea that flowery words are evidence of intellectual horsepower.  It is true that people sometimes use intimidating words as a sort of facade to dazzle and deflect away from real intellectual deficiencies.  But that is not the same as saying that a rich vocabulary is not worth acquiring.  Words are the atoms of language, and language is the substrate of thinking (especially abstract, higher-level thinking).  Words lubricate the brain.

On the other hand, I have a hard time taking seriously a list which considers "Ziggurat" a sign of intelligence.  I suspect they mixed up the "words that help you think" with "words that are good for Jr. High spelling-bee finals".

 

Where is education in election?

Where is education in election? 04/15/2005 06:44 PM
The BBC's Mike Baker wonders why - whatever the parties say - education is not topping the election agenda.

Conversational education

Conversational education 03/13/2003 10:16 AM
I find myself, from time to time, in discussion regarding topics on which I have a lack of depth, of experience; economics, business, law and the like; this is one of the most effective ways to learn that I've found. Recently, though, I've started noticing that some communities don't accept this as a valid method of learning.

Aggregating Education

Aggregating Education 03/11/2003 10:45 AM

I know it seems like I'm only talking about RSS these days, but that's because 1) it's beginning to hit a critical mass, 2) I very much believe libraries need to be part of this (if not leading it), and 3) it's on my mind because of my upcoming presentation with Steven Cohen on this topic.

However, it's not just me. Ken Tompkins is thinking about aggregators, too, and he's doing me one better by actually creating some. For his campus, he's currently aggregating NY Times and BBC feeds in one aggregator, Manila sites in a second aggregator, and the feeds from both aggregators into one "meta-aggregator." Ken writes:

"I have just begun to consider rss in college literature teaching.... We have a Frontier server and, of course, I know about the aggregator in both Manila and Radio.

So, I've worked out a way to aggregate our student Manila sites or, at least, the best ones as well as provide a way to aggregate news of interest to Arts & Humanities students....

These are very modest and display nothing important. I just got them working today. They need formatting and a swipe at css. For me, what is important, is that I now have a technique for aggregating sites of any flavor -- faculty, student, major, etc -- and can easily set faculty to creating similar sites for their departments."

Very impressive, Ken! This is another good experiment to watch. Is it my imagination or is education becoming an epicenter of RSS activity? Certainly more than at the BigPubs these days.

Ken describes a setup similar to what I want for Illinois libraries. For our "News Exchange Web Service" (NEWS) grant project, we're going to get four of the twelve Illinois Library Systems blogging with accompanying RSS feeds. We'll also provide individual and group aggregation inter- and intra-System, thereby creating a knowledge exchange system of unparalleled potential for communication. And that's just for starters.

Side note of personal opinion: the new Illinois Library Systems home page should be a blog with an RSS feed!

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