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Elite French Schools Block The Poor's Path to Power
France's rigid educational system has reinforced the segregation of disadvantaged second-generation immigrant youths. From New York Times: Education on December 17, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Ghosts of a Shuttered College Follow Weld Back Into Politics
The collapse of Decker College is shadowing William F. Weld's run for governor of New York. From New York Times: Education on December 17, 2005 at 10:45 p.m..

Design is in the details
The Apple site sometimes has some good articles on design. I ran across a nice piece by Sam McMillan that covered a talk given in San Francisco by David Turner, co-founder of Turner Duckworth. I hadn’t heard of them either — T-D is a design firm. What caught my eye was his [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on December 17, 2005 at 9:47 p.m..

Family stories - Our Man in Yugoslavia (Studies in Intelligence S.)
As a fully documented study of a Second World War Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) operative, “Our Man in Yugoslavia” is absolutely unique. Its subject is Owen Reed, an army officer recruited into SIS in the summer of 1943 and then parachuted in to German-occupied Croatia to work with Tito’s Partisans and other Allied secret organisations. [...] From Serious Instructional Technology on December 17, 2005 at 8:46 p.m..

Structured blogging - enterprise only?
Frank Gilbane has written an brief article on structured blogging, a term I confess I hadn't heard before. To quote: Structured blogging activity has accelerated, and has reached the important milestone where there is debate about whether it will amount... From Column Two on December 17, 2005 at 7:47 p.m..

Save your dough, shut-down the rebels
Toby Ward has written an article on the consolidation of intranets at IBM. To quote: At one time, in the late 90s, IBM had 10,000+ intranet sites. No, not pages, 10-THOUSAND intranet sites (representing millions of pages). I call that... From Column Two on December 17, 2005 at 7:47 p.m..

Lil' orphan intranet: adopting an ownerless system
Paul Chin has written an article on bringing governance to renegade intranets. To quote: While it may be tempting for IT to just let it die, the soon-to-be orphaned intranet's users will have something to say about that. It's unfair... From Column Two on December 17, 2005 at 6:45 p.m..

Wikipedia, academia and Seigenthaler (danah boyd)
For the last couple of weeks, i’ve been watching the Wikipedia bru-ha-ha. As folks probably know, i got really upset a while back when folks were talking about Wikipedia being the essential collection of knowledge, meant to replace school books... From Corante: Social Software on December 17, 2005 at 3:49 p.m..

More Saudi Students in U.S.
Saudi Arabia is promoting a scholarship program that has already more than doubled the number of new Saudi enrollments at American colleges since last year. From New York Times: Education on December 17, 2005 at 3:45 p.m..

Los 7 logos finalistas
Estos son los 7 logos finalistas del concurso internacional Diseñá el logo de 3.0, Periodismo argentino en blog: [si desplazas el cursor por esta imagen podrás conocer a sus autores] Relacionado: Asociación 3.0: Periodismo argentino en blog From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 17, 2005 at 2:50 p.m..

AS.com lanza una aplicación de escritorio
En as.com, la versión en línea del diario deportivo español AS, anuncian el lanzamiento de la aplicación de escritorio ¡NoticiAS!. Ver: requisitos del sistema e instrucciones de instalación From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 17, 2005 at 2:50 p.m..

One Web Day
One Web Day is getting even more exciting. This is Susan Crawford's idea for a global celebration of the Web and its values of connectedness and creativity. As with Earth Day, its up to each locality to decide how to celebrate the day ... and even what constitutes a locality is up to each locality. Last night there was a get-together in NYC with a bunch of us on the phone. Too many good ideas. So, mark your calendars for September 22. And start thinking about how you can celebrate the Web. [Tags: OneWebDay SusanCrawford]... From Joho the Blog on December 17, 2005 at 2:47 p.m..

All Systems Go: the Newly Emerging Infrastructure to Support Free Books
I highly recommend this article by Ben Crowell who has been focused for more than five years on issues related to providing free books. (Ben has written free physics textbooks and also maintains a valuable web site, The Assayer,  that reviews free books.) ______JH ______ "My own attempt to help solve this problem for free books is my web site theassayer.org,[5] which catalogs free books and accepts user-submitted reviews. The new site textbo From EduResources--Higher Education Resources Online on December 17, 2005 at 2:45 p.m..

Heroes' Stories
Ordinary people can do extraordinary things: that's the message of the inspiring literacy resource, Voices of Hope.... From Adult/Continuing Education on December 17, 2005 at 12:50 p.m..

More Saudi Students in U.S.
Saudi Arabia has been promoting a scholarship program that has more than doubled the number of Saudi enrollments at American colleges since last year. From New York Times: Education on December 17, 2005 at 12:45 p.m..

Report: Bush OK'd Spying in U.S.
Administration officials react quickly to a report that President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to spy on people inside the United States, a violation of federal law. The president respects the Constitution, they say. But they don't deny the report. From Wired News on December 17, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

Lyrics Dustup Ends in Apology
As the music industry revs up for an assault on websites offering unlicensed lyrics and musical notes for popular music, one programmer behind a lyrics search tool for iTunes is breathing a sigh of relief. By Xeni Jardin. From Wired News on December 17, 2005 at 8:46 a.m..

Tim Berners-Lee comienza un blog
Considerado como el padre de la Web, el británico Tim Berners-Lee acaba de abrir un weblog: timbl’s blog. Vía: Le blog de iFeedYou/Om Malik From eCuaderno v.2.0 on December 17, 2005 at 7:52 a.m..

Tag Social Network Visualistion
Just quickly - have finally gotten round to updating the mapping your blog mind post of a couple of weeks ago and uploading some code so you can do it yourself (if you've got MT and if it's even remotely... From Monkeymagic on December 17, 2005 at 6:47 a.m..

In the Roslyn School Scandal, Neighbors Are Suing Neighbors
The school board is suing 10 of its own former members in an attempt to force payments on any settlements. From New York Times: Education on December 17, 2005 at 2:45 a.m..

Would you like some fries with that download? - Julie Bosman, New York Times
If Walt Disney has its way, McDonald's Happy Meal toys could be replaced with portable media players that hold Disney movies, music, games or photos, according to a pending patent application. Users could add files to the devices by earning points with fo From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2005 at 12:49 a.m..

Sober code cracked - Munir Kotadia, CNET News
Antivirus companies say they have cracked an algorithm that was being used by the Sober worm to "communicate" with its author. The latest variant of the Sober worm caused havoc in November by duping users into executing it by masking itself as e-mails fro From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2005 at 12:49 a.m..

Ariz. Town Will Go Wall-To-Wall Wireless - MICHELLE ROBERTS, Associated Press
Call it a municipal status symbol in the digital age: a city blanketed by a wireless Internet network, accessible at competitive prices throughout the town's homes, cafes, offices and parks. Tempe, the Phoenix suburb that is home to Arizona State Univers From Techno-News Blog on December 17, 2005 at 12:49 a.m..

Centre yourself with these photos
via Stephen Downes: Stephen’s OLDaily regularly makes me feel smarter, agitated, more connected or just plain entertained. But Stephen took a nice turn today and added a link to a set of remarkable photos that had a calming effect. Excellent antidote for the commercialization of the season. If you’re a sucker for great photography [...] From Rick's Café Canadien on December 16, 2005 at 11:46 p.m..