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Montessori Centenary Conference The Conference celebrates the historical date of January 6th, 1907 in which Maria Montessori inaugurated the first 'Children's House' in via dei Marsi, in San Lorenzo district in Rome, on the ground floor of one of the 'casamenti', built by the Istituto dei Beni Stabili for families of labourers. Main topics of the conference are: Education and Peace and The child's mind of Maria Montessori and contemporary scientific research. From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 8:11 p.m..


2007 World Forum on Early Care and Education At this seventh World Forum, delegates will exchange ideas about the quality of services for young children in diverse settings. The primary audience of the World Forum is early childhood professionals working in organisations or settings where services are delivered to young children and their families. A comprehensive range of topics will be addressed. From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 8:11 p.m..


Children Services NSW The Children Services NSW website is about all the services which support children's services in New South Wales. It is managed by Lady Gowrie Child Centre, Sydney and provides a service directory of support agencies, training opportunities, resources and special interest groups. From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 8:11 p.m..


Annual Australian Research in Early Childhood Education Conference The vision of the ARECE conference was to build a community of practise and research among peers in early childhood professions. ARECE aims to promote existing, ongoing and future research. The intent of the conference is also to promote students taking on an active professional role within the conference. The ARECE 2007 Symposium will be held on the first day of the conference. The theme: 'Sharing Sociocultural Research in Australia and New Zealand'. From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 8:11 p.m..


Project365 How-to: A Photo a Day -> a Visual History of Your Year Podbop founder Taylor McKnight writes a tutorial for Photojojo on his Project 365. Why you'd want to create a photographic history of a year of your life, and how to stay motivated enough to finish it. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Cybercrime: Flourishes in Online Hacker Forums Want proof? Just visit any of a dozen or so thriving cybercrime forums, websites that mirror the services of Amazon.com and the efficiencies of eBay. Criminal buyers and sellers convene at these virtual emporiums to wheel and deal in all things related to cyberattacks — and in the fruit of cyberintrusions: pilfered credit and debit card numbers... From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Link Between Breast-Feeding and Child's IQ Debunked Breast-feeding offers many benefits, but boosting your child's IQ is not one of them, says a U.K. study of almost 5,500 American children and their mothers. Breast-fed babies may be smarter, but that's only because their mothers are smarter, suggests the study. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Create exciting Playlists from your existing iTunes Library The Filter makes listening to music easy and enjoyable. Just pick a couple of tracks you want to listen to in iTunes and The Filter will build you a playlist that will match the mood and tone set by the tracks that you chose. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Structure of enzyme offers treatment clues for diabetes, Alzheimer's Researchers from the University of Chicago and Argonne National Laboratory have deciphered the three-dimensional structure of insulin-degrading enzyme, a promising target for new drugs because it breaks down not only insulin but also the amyloid-beta protein, which has been linked to the cognitive decline of Alzheimer's disease From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


US offers $ 1,000,000 for American Terrorist Gadahn He has been put on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list, and the State Department is offering a $1 million reward for information leading to his arrest and conviction. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Winner of the HD-DVD vs BLU-RAY war? BOTH! NEC Electronics, a Japanese producer of chips, on Tuesday said it has built a dual-format chip capable of playing discs in both the HD DVD and Blu-ray next generation DVD formats—an announcement that could help put an end to the war between the two ... From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


The Book of Origins: A special extract Parking meters date back to 1932. Newspapers were read in ancient Rome. The first e-mail was sent in 1971, and coffee was enjoyed by Ethiopians more than a thousand years ago. Everything had to begin somewhere, and the truth about the origins of what surrounds us is a lot stranger than we might imagine. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:32 p.m..


Scroll Pan unfolds a stovetop of possibilities If you live in a shoebox studio apartment where your bathtub's in the kitchen and every cubic inch of space is at a premium, the Scroll Pan was conceived just with you in mind. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Microsoft has Patchy day with record 26 flaws Some of the patches also apply to Windows Vista and two apply to Office on the Apple Mac. The Apple patches are rated as important but not critical, while information the specific Vista patches is still not available at the time of writing. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Would you add buttons to add to all the Social Networking sites? They seem to have all the buttons to help you add your blog articles to all the Social networking sites available. Many of which I am hearing for the first time. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


The declining state of Counter-strike This article is a must for any Counter-Strike players. Talks about the problems with Valve's new money system, has interviews with professional gamers and famous cheat creators and talks about all of the problems with CS. Very interesting read! From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Vampire Bats Help Battle Strokes Stroke victims will gain the advantage of an improved drug treatment and vampire bats could end up with a better public image if current research involving a bat saliva derivative shows the results some health professionals are anticipating. The study will wrap up in a few months. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


As The Arabs See The Jews This fascinating essay, written by King Hussein's grandfather King Abdullah, appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Cat-Cloning Company to Close Its Doors Genetic Savings & Clone, a biotechnology company that sold cloned pets, sent letters to its customers last month informing them it will close at the end of the year because of little demand for cloned cats. The company had recently reduced the price from $50,000 to $32,000. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Security at airports 'increases risk of terror' A world authority on terrorism yesterday tore into security at Britain's biggest airport arguing that the authorities had created new targets for extremists - naming, for one, the queues of up to 300-strong in lines that coil around each other because of well-meaning security practices that have themselves become targets. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Researchers Develop Nanoparticle Sensor New Mexico Tech researchers have developed a sensor that uses the light-emitting properties of some nanoparticles to analyze and identify individual components of single strands of DNA and RNA. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


IDC: Virtual machines taking over the world Virtual machine software has been around for a long time. Early mainframes, such as IBM's M44/44X Project in the 1960s, introduced the concept, and VM software came to PCs in the late 1990s with applications like VMWare and Virtual PC for Windows. However, the technology was often seen as a niche market, From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Southpark Episode on 9/11 Conspiracy Tonight Southpark focused on 9/11 conspiracy [..] the episode covered some of the more common 'conspiracy theories', it didn't go into much detail on anything substantial in relation to the growing movement of those that question 9/11. [..] this is probably the largest, but definitely not the most even-handed, coverage given so far to 9/11 skeptics From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Private Torrent Sites Overemphasize Share Ratios According to Bram Cohen Bram Cohen, inventor of the BitTorrent protocol believes that private torrent sites should stop tracking the ratios of their users the way they do now. He argues that the sites are overemphasizing the importance of the upload / download ratio, which fosters the creation of ratio cheating software, and calls it “extremely destructive”. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Technology The Boss Uses To Spy on You New video surveillance systems store video digitally on networked computers, which makes remote monitoring a cinch. The boss might be off on vacation, but as long as the local watering hole has an Internet connection, keeping tabs on the office can be as easy as browsing to a secure Web site and typing a password. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Landis Posts Doping Defense/Docs on His Web site Early Thursday, Landis posted a PowerPoint presentation prepared by Arnie Baker, a retired doctor and longtime coach and adviser, as well as several hundred pages of documents related to the charges on his Web site From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Are These Faces Computer Generated Or Real? One of the "holy grails" of 3d computer animation is creating a lifelike human face with realistic looking hair and features. These computer-constructed images would be so realistic, that it would be impossible or very difficult to discern the animated model from a digital photograph of a real person. See if you can find the CG ones.. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Well Threaded: Monster.com for the Fashion Community Well Threaded is like Monster.com for those looking for jobs with progressive fashion labels. If you want a career with one of these uber-hip companies, go to Well Threaded, set up an account, post your resume, and browse for jobs. You can get in touch with posting employers, or - if you are something really special - they may get a hold of you. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


MDA Semi-finals: The time-restricted voter’s guide Here is a two-sentence summary of each application, in reverse alphabetical order. Note that the ideas generally have a lot more to them than I indicate here (skip to the next section if you want the current status of each project), and this summary is the “Cliff Notes” version for those not already familiar with the application ideas. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:30 p.m..


Why Online Ad Models threaten Microsoft # What is it about Google and Yahoo! that causes world's largest software company Microsoft (MSFT) to twitch? What is it that made Microsoft ready to pledge US $ 2 billion in trying to compete with Google and Yahoo!? From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 p.m..


YouTube's Karim: "Wardrobe Malfunction" Gave Me The Idea of Video Sharing Karim grew up in West Germany, and his family immigrated to Minnesota when Karim started high school. His Bangladeshi father is a chemist at 3M, and his German mother is a biochemistry research professor at the University of Minnesota. Karim got his bachelor's in computer science and engineering in 2004 at the University of Illinois. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


The Truth Behind Military Inaction in North Korea Implications of making threats, drawing red lines and then blinking. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Handwriting recognition supports 70 languages Vision Objects says its MyScript handwriting recognition technology for devices running embedded Linux and other OSes now supports 70 languages. MyScript Lingo supports 16 languages in cursive writing mode, while MyScript Letra supports 70 languages when letters are printed one at a time, according to the company. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


The seven secrets of successful programmers It is one of the most pervasive misunderstandings in computing that the source code is for the computer's consumption. Computers work with low-level binary code, a series of impenetrable 1's and 0's or hexadecimal numbers, not the structured high level languages we code in. The reason that these languages were developed was to help the programmer. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Songs in Your Toothbrush The brush, in development for two years, will come in 18 varieties, each with a different two-minute song clip — the amount of time dentists recommend for a good brushing — from a popular artist. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


First 30 Days with a Mac have been using computers for about 25 years, and have owned a variety of different platforms. Over the last 15 years I’ve owned nothing but PCs running DOS, then Windows. I had never owned an Apple product (and never thought I would), and really didn’t know much about them. This is a story of a switcher. A cool read! From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Complete set of ▀█▀ █▬█ █ ▄▄█▀▀ Block Elements how to write ▀█▀ █▬█ █ ▄▄█▀▀ with unicode characters. enjoy. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Options scandals claim more Tech CEOs Two more CEOs from the tech world resigned in the wake of options backdating scandals at their companies. CNET Networks chairman and CEO Shelby Bonnie left the online media giant after a committee investigating backdating issues at the company discovered that he was partially to blame for options backdating that occured between 1996 and 2003 From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:31 p.m..


Police Find Burgers Sprinkled With Pot Three workers at a Burger King restaurant were arrested after two Isleta tribal police officers discovered that the hamburgers they ordered were sprinkled with marijuana.The Isleta Police Department officers ate about half of their burgers Sunday before discovering marijuana on the meat. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


The Last Word on the Last Breath Many doctors believe that their medical judgment about whether CPR will be effective in a given patient’s case, and their knowledge of the havoc it can wreak on a dying body, should prevail. But a patient’s representative, who is often a relative, may believe that every medical option should be exercised. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Limited Edition Star Wars USB Flashdrives A Bothan spy informs us that Mimoco's going to drop a Darth Vadar USB flash drive tomorrow. A limited run of 3500, too, so you'd better queue up now if you want one. They will go for $80 bucks for a 1GB version, all the way to $170 bucks for a 4GB version. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


The Church of Google. What If ? A few words about a mythical Church of Google based on content written by the guys at thechurchofgoogle.org. I also made a nice graphic of Google's Church. Maybe some of you get the picture's idea. This story ONLY for people who love Google. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Interview with a Pirate King - Ashwin Navin of BitTorrent BitTorrent is going legal. President and co-founder Ashwin Navin said his childhood dream was to work at Apple, which is pretty ironic considering he’s now heading a company that is very likely to offer them some major competition. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 11:32 a.m..


Version 2.0 of JonDesign's SmoothSlideshow Javascript Library is out The new version of this impressive little tool features useability improvements, major code rewrite (now using MooTools and objects), graphic changes and bugfixes.As always, this lib provides a simple way to install great looking slideshow or showcases to your website, in less than 20kb of javascript code. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


China unblocks Wikipedia, even though it won't censor China has unblocked Wikipedia. Wikipedia refused to censor itself to appease totalitarian Beijing, but China unblocked it anyway. China needs Wikipedia and Chinese net-users would access it using circumvention tools. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Guy proposes to E-Girlfriend on MMORPG Forum Some guy proposes to a girl he met in a game after 7 months...on a FORUM. WTF? From digg on October 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Another Woot-Off Hath Started Woot.com is at it again. Who knows how much crap there'll be? Hope you slept well last night! From digg on October 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


Hacking Web 2.0 Applications with Firefox This article looks at some of the methods, tools and tricks to dissect web 2.0 applications (including Ajax) and discover security holes using Firefox and its plugins. The key learning objectives of this article are to understand the: From digg on October 12, 2006 at 10:32 a.m..


The Safebook A laptop without a hard drive, immune to viruses and spyware? Philadelphian Matt Brodsky explains more. From Read laptop reviews and notebook news at the laptops weblog - Laptopical on October 12, 2006 at 10:30 a.m..


YouTube: Can Google Make it Fit? The criticisms embody everything YouTube's users love about the free-wheeling site, where people go for entertaining -- and often illegally posted -- video. Keeping those users could prove to be one of Google's toughest challenges From digg on October 12, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Top 100 Games for the NES Console A group of people have compiled a list of what they believe the top 100 NES games were. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Rumor: George W. Bush is an alien lizard! Conspiracy theorist and self proclaimed "Son of God" David Icke claims that reptilian humanoids are the force behind a worldwide conspiracy directed at manipulation and control of humanity. He contends that most of our world's leaders, from George W. Bush to British royal family, are in fact seven-foot tall, blood-drinking reptilians. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Transcript Of Bush's Entire news conference President Bush held a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House on Wednesday, addressing topics including North Korea, Iraq and the Foley scandal. Here is a full transcript of his opening comments and a question-and-answer session. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Keith Olbermann: Dissecting new Book: Tempting Faith Tonight on Countdown–David Kuo, who was the number two guy at the Office of Faith Based initiatives in the White House writes a scathing account of how the administration used Christians to grab and maintain power. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


Use Photoshop CS2 to Create High Dynamic Range (HDR) Images All you need is a digital camera that lets you set the exposure manually, a tripod, and Photoshop CS2 to make some sweet looking pictures. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 9:32 a.m..


First Antimatter Chemistry The Athena collaboration, an experimental group working at the CERN laboratory in Geneva, has measured chemical reactions involving antiprotonic hydrogen, a bound object consisting of a negatively charged antiproton paired with a positively charged proton. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Stephen Colbert vs George Lucas on a lightsaber duel! 10/12/06: To celebrate the end of the Green Screen Challenge, Stephen Colbert gets in a lightsaber battle with George Lucas during the closing credits of his show... ok, is not the "duel of the fates", but is really geeky fun! From digg on October 12, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Mastering Ajax, Part 4: Exploiting DOM for Web response The great divide between programmers (who work with back-end applications) and Web programmers (who spend their time writing HTML, CSS, and JavaScript) is long standing. However, the Document Object Model (DOM) bridges the chasm and makes working with both XML on the back end and HTML on the front end possible and an effective tool. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Lost Mexico Fishermen to become Millionaires: Sign American Movie Deal Three Mexicans who spent nine months drifting across the Pacific Ocean in a flimsy fishing boat eating raw fish and sea birds are to be paid at least $3.8 million to turn their story into a movie. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 8:31 a.m..


Woman drawn from the inside out. Nicely done flash animation of a woman being drawn from the inside out, starting with the bone structure and ending up fully clothed. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


Rumor: PS3 warranty at 30 days, Wii at 1 year at Best Buy Confirmation is coming but computers at Best Buy show the PS3 only has a 30 day warranty while the WIi has 1 year From digg on October 12, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


Wii Takes #1 on PC World's Top 10 Christmas Gifts First Wii topped Circuit City's gift list, then made the Toys 'R Us "Hot 15", and now PC World is on board. Throw in positive coverage from mainstream publications such as CNN and the New York Times, and it's clear Nintendo is starting to see success in their campaign to bring console gaming to the mainstream for massive damage. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


Dell busts out 20" WIDESCREEN LCD for ONLY $289 and its beautiful (w/ pics) Great monitor for great price. Even bests the 2007WFP with a 5ms response time, compared to the latter's 16ms, but the best news comes in the form of the spankin' $289 pricetag, which compares quite favorably to the 2007WFP's $529 MSRP, or even its $400-ish Froogle price. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 7:32 a.m..


10 common misunderstandings about the GPL Bruce Byfield has written an excellent article on 10 common misunderstandings about the GPL. I particularly like: 2. The GPL is unenforceable.   At the opposite extreme from the idea that the GPL is viral is that it is unenforceable -- or, in Turner's words, "It's just a bunch of hippies. How are they going to force us to do anything?" Turner attributes this misconception at least partly to the Free Software Foundation's preference for helping violators come into compliance From StuartYeates's blog on October 12, 2006 at 7:31 a.m..


American Citizen Adam Gadahn: Charged With Treason A California native who has appeared in al-Qaeda propaganda videos was indicted for treason today, making him the first American to be charged with that crime since the post-World War II era, the Justice Department announced. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Karslist: Web 2.0 Used Car Meta-Search Engine Debuts Interesting concept and well implemented. Quote: "We are happy to let you know that today we are going to release our newest project www.karslist.com. Karslist, is a web 2.0 based meta-search engine for used cars. With a single search, Karslist lists used cars posted on multiple sources like cars.com, carsdirect.com and carprices.com." From digg on October 12, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Chad Vader Strikes Back It is a period of civil war. Chad Vader, Day Shift Manager, the SMASH internet sensation, had lost his job, lost his girl, lost his pride... Now, Chad Strikes Back for THE REVENGE OF THE SHIFT! From digg on October 12, 2006 at 6:31 a.m..


Animal Audio Hear the Golden-fronted woodpecker shown here, and many other authentic animal sounds from the Cornell Lab of Ornithology Macaulay Library. Animal sciences animals, audio, birds, cornell, sounds From Golden Swamp on October 12, 2006 at 6:30 a.m..


AMD shows off their "Barcelona" quad-core chip designs "AMD couldn't help but take a little pot-shot at Intel for their quad-core systems, which they claim are just two dual-core CPUs packed together, but we're pretty sure most consumers are going to be more concerned with performance, price and performance per watt than semantics." From digg on October 12, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


Democrats Haven't Won Yet Predictions are pointless. However, it does seem that even the Senate has become within reach of the Democrats. Yet if there are more page scandal revelations, more bad news out of Iraq and more Republicans slippage in the polls, Rove and the Republicans might just be able to stem a tsunami by sticking the right fingers in the right holes. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


The most disturbing Halloween costume ever? Well it is based on a video game you know... Asteroids. No, really. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


Why Do We Have Government In the First Place? What Good Is It? Imagine the consternation if the current crop of candidates were asked to tell us why. Those with more than half a dozen functioning neurons, however, would probably give the answer, "The government exists to protect the rights of the people," or words to that effect. And indeed, that’s what government does, at least for some of the people, some.. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 5:32 a.m..


Sony faked analyst potraying PS3 as very strong, 360 very weak seller? this survey from this company said 8.9 million gamers want PS3 at its current price, 5.7 want Wii and only 800,000 gamers want Xbox 360 at its current price. The survey was not scientific and was taken (NOT RANDOMLY) among 2,000 people online From digg on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


5 Reasons to Support IceWeasel Some people from GNU have forked a version of Firefox and have called it IceWeasel, they also made a few small security fixes while doing so. Great solution, right? Some people think not. Well, I’m going to try and persuade them right now. Here’s five reasons to support (and use) IceWeasel. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


The Colbert Report: Cooking With Feminists Cooking With Feminists: Interview with Gloria Steinam and Jane Fonda while they cook an apple pie. Colbert gets some love from his favorite feminists. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Wackiest Pop-up EVER! Features some awesome window resizing? Why can't all ads be this interesting? From digg on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Highly Anticipated 'Portland' Ready for Prime Time The highly anticipated general release of Portland 1.0, the first set of common interfaces for GNOME and KDE desktop environments, today is available in major community distributions including Debian, Fedora and OpenSUSE. Red Flag and Xandros have committed to including Portland 1.0 in their next releases and others are expected to follow. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Mac OS X vs. Ubuntu A Mac user who switched to Ubuntu has switched back. He talks about the pros and cons of each OS and what made him switch in the first place. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Melbourne Institute for Experiential & Creative Arts Therapy (MIECAT) Melbourne Institute for Experiential and Creative Arts Therapy (MIECAT), is a not-for-profit educational establishment for psychotherapists, counsellors and others wishing to be trained in the field of art therapy. MIECAT provides private multimodal education from under-graduate (certificate) levels right through to post-graduate (Master of Arts) levels. From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


MAMS Testbed Federation Mini-Grant Scheme In order to promote growth and use of the "MAMS Testbed Federation", MAMS proposed a mini-grant scheme to DEST which provides funding assistance for HE institutions to join the testbed federation as an IdP and SP. As the attractiveness of a Federation is based on the value of available services, the emphasis was on encouraging HE institutions to join as SPs. This page provides information about successful applicants, wioth details of their proposals and projects. The following round-1 proposals were chosen as recipients of mini-grant funding: AARNet; Griffith University; Nanostructural Analysi From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


NSW Historic houses trust A collection of information about Sydney and surrounding historical homes. From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Australians to prosper from research projects The Minister for Education, Science and Training, the Hon Julie Bishop MP, has announced $365,069,342 in Australian Research Council grants. The 1,154 grants were awarded in the latest Australian Research Council funding round for its two major schemes - Discovery Projects and Linkage Projects - and three smaller schemes, Discovery Indigenous Researchers Development; Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities; and Linkage International. The projects funded will affect the whole community. Issues that are important in the lives of all Australians such as our health and wellbeing, the envi From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Formative assessment and instruction The integration of technology into instruction is revolutionizing more than just lesson plans and library services. While technology is having a profound impact on the front lines in classrooms nationwide, perhaps its most influential application can be found behind the scenes. The editors at eSchool News--with generous assistance from American Education Corporation--have assembled this in-depth collection of stories and articles from the eSN archives to help you navigate all of the issues surrounding this important topic. e-School News, 12 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


Work survey splits UK teacher unions Education unions have drawn different conclusions from a survey of workloads in England and Wales. The survey - by the Office of Manpower Economics - showed "no statistically significant changes" in full-time teachers' hours since last year. Unions differed over the success of the workload agreement with the government. BBC Education, 11 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


WA Dept of Education and Training - Planning for learning: Early childhood The Western Australian 'Planning for Learning' project aims to support teachers by providing real examples of teaching programs that are referenced to the Outcomes and Standards Framework and the Curriculum Guides along with syllabus and other support materials. This page on Early Childhood Years 1-3 provides examples of a wide variety of strategies and models of good practice. From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


That was me: Back to School Day documentary The journeys of high profile Australians returning to their former government schools, revisiting their past and reuniting with their teachers are highlighted in a unique public education documentary, which will air nationally on Channel Seven this Sunday, 15 October at 10am. That Was Me is not just a program about some of Australia's most prominent and successful people going back to school. It is a moving and often untold story about the richness of relationships between teachers and students. It tells the story of a group of every day teachers across Australia who inspired their studen From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


t-source From the American Federation of Teachers (AFT) comes a teacher web site, T-source, that provides professional tools, resources, and opportunities for collaboration on issues facing teachers in the classroom. The interactive features of T-source allow educators to access a range of research-based information and to reach out to each other. These features include activities focusing on best practices for the classroom, configuring a well-designed classroom with an interactive tool, establishing rules and procedures, and working with paraprofessionals and parents. T-source also includes sections From EdNA Online on October 12, 2006 at 4:31 a.m..


NOA: Wii Demo Units Not Just at GameStop "Playable Wii setups will be available at a variety of retail outlets. We expect that anyone who wants to try Wii will be able to through multiple different methods. In addition to retail outlets, Wii will be playable at a number of mall tours throughout the country, the nationwide Nintendo Fusion Tour and other grass-roots consumer events." From digg on October 12, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..


Nintendo Pulls Stealth Conference to Reveal Wii and DS Games Miyamoto has just announced "Health Pack" (code name) for Wii, no further details as of yet. Part of the Family Health Check up range of Software. A new cooking guide for DS has also been announced. The "game" has a magnet stand so you can put your DS on your fridge while you cook, is Wi-Fi compatible (no idea what for yet), have over 1000 recipes. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..


PS3 $399/$499 at Amazon Amazon has the PS3 listed for $399 for the core model and $499 premium model. Price drop or pricing mistake? From digg on October 12, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..


Hiroshima Resets “Peace Clock” After NK Nuclear Test The Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum’s Peace Watch Tower, which records the number of days since the last nuclear test, was reset on October 10, one day after North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 3:31 a.m..


SNK's game is about witch-hunting, not girl-hunting "In what is certainly the most laughable part of the story, half the screenshots that are being presented aren't even from Doki Doki Majo Saiban, they're from Denshi Maid Techou: Koi, another SNK game from TGS that features a robotic maid." From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Google paid stunning YouTube price: Time Warner CEO "Here are lots of reasons why we did not go to the Google level (on price). YouTube has no earnings. How do you convince the market you can make money? Google can do that better than anyone and I didn't have Google dollars," he told reporters at a media conference. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Portland points desktop Linux at $10 billion market Nearly a year in the making, the OSDL and freedesktop.org today announced general availability of Portland 1.0, the first set of common interfaces for GNOME and KDE desktops. This support may be a small step for GNOME and KDE, but it's a giant leap for the Linux desktop. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


MySpace Panics: Talks With Google, May Block YouTube According to the WSJ, News Corp executives “expressed their displeasure” with Google, and threatened to ban YouTube videos from MySpace (they already did this before with YouTube, plus Revver and now Stickam). From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Mac OS X Keyboard Shortcuts Quick Reference (All of them) These are part of Apple's Human Interface guidelines for developers but they serve as a good reference of the keyboard shortcuts for OS X. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


The Top 10 Best Wordpress Plugins If you use Wordpress then you have to check out these 10 free plugins. Everything ranging from a sidebar widget to a Digg this button. All free too! Check it out.. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


SuperBus goes 155 MPH, comes when you text Man, if the busses in New York were a bit more like this I'd probably skip the subway a lot more often. This is the "SuperBus," a 30 passenger electric vehicle that can move along at up to 155 MPH. It's so fast because it's aerodynamic, so low to the ground that riders can't stand up inside. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Diggnation profile gone? Apparently the Diggnation profile has disappeared. What gives? From digg on October 12, 2006 at 2:31 a.m..


Blu-ray and HD DVD Missing Early Projections by Almost 60% While there has been much focus on the developing battle between Blu-ray and HD DVD, it seems that both formats are underperforming with consumers in the early going. Thus far, only $30M has been spent by consumers on the new formats, $25M on hardware and $5M on software, as reported by Reuters. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


'Wii Experience' Videos Up on Nintendo Japan Site Eight different videos of people experiencing various games on the Wii. Click on the image to launch a video. These really show how an average person might experience Nintendo's upcoming system. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


The Social News Faceoff This post looks at the main players in the Social News space, to try and identify their characteristics and understand the dynamics of the market. The sites we analyze are digg, Netscape, Newsvine, and Reddit." From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


PS3 Ships with Composite, Not Component Cables The latest issue of Famitsu contains a first report on the cables that will be included with the Japanese version of the PS3. Purchasers of either the 60 Gig or 20 Gig models will get a power cord, USB cable, ethernet cable and standard composite AV cable. That's right! No component, HDMI or D cables are included in the box! From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


Intel's Quiet Investments - Integration Of CPU/GPU On The Horizon? Intel moved in on a quiet little investment of a UK-based company against the backdrop of IDF the other day. And if you weren't maniacally focused on some of these things, as we are around here at HH, it would have sneaked past you, right under your nose, without so much as a twitch of your sensory circuits. However, a press release that came acro From digg on October 12, 2006 at 1:31 a.m..


KDE 3.5.5 is Released! Many new features and bugfixes. Read the changelog. Also, don't forget, the KDE 4 Technical Preview is due this month, too! http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-4.0-release-plan.html From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


What Happens to Your body if you stop smoking Right now? I think one of the main reasons it’s so hard to quit smoking is because all the benefits of quitting and all the dangers of continuing seem very far away. Well, here’s a little timeline about some of the more immediate effects of quitting smoking and how that will affect your body RIGHT NOW. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


What is Work 2.0? "It's less about spreadsheets and word possessing," and definitely not just about sticking it to Microsoft by using online productivity applications, Esther says. "And anyway," she adds, "the biggest anti-Microsoft force is inside Microsoft: Ray Ozzie." From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Listen and Share and Download free Music jamendo is a new model for artists to promote, publish, and be paid for their music. jamendo users can discover and share albums, but also review them or start a discussion on the forums. Albums are democratically rated based on the visitors’ reviews. If they fancy an artist they can support him by making a donation. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Muslims offended by 5th Avenue Apple store Because the building resembles the Ka'ba in Mecca, is called "Apple Mecca," is open 24 hours a day like the Ka'ba, and "contains bars selling alcoholic beverages." From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


How to Post to Two Separate Del.icio.us Accounts Easily If you maintain two separate del.icio.us accounts (one personal account and one for a business or web site), you know how difficult del.icio.us can be to use if you are having to switch usernames all of the time. Essentially, everytime you want to post a site to the other del.icio.us account you have to logoff, and enter your other account info... From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


List of countries by size of armed forces Russia is still #5, with almost 22,000 tanks. The US has roughly 7,600 tanks. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


99% of your Blog's Readers are Lurkers - How to Get them to Comment 10 techniques for getting the silent majority of your blog's readers to leave a comment From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


HP's new concept devices (w/ pics) Looks like HP has been doing some “outside the box” thinking lately, if the prototypes in its Concept & Design Innovation Tour are anything to go by. Check out the pics. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Game stop screws over 3 brothers during PS3 pre-release! Gamestop changes the rules on us. 1 day after we ordered our PS3s they tell us that "household" is now anyone who has the same last name as you. Help us out and spread the word! From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Blockdude - Flash Remake of Classic TI-83 Game! Do you remember that old blockdude game for your calculator that you used to play during class? Well you can do it again, but this time at work, and without your calculator! From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


The 27 foot x 15 foot seamless 60 Megapixel display "The World's Highest Resolution Seamless Display" is a video screen 27 feet across and 15 feet tall that will display photographs and videos in 60 million pixels. (A high-end digital camera, for example, is 5 million pixels.) Translation: The images are so vivid that they appear real. From digg on October 12, 2006 at 12:32 a.m..


Super-Earths Form in Super Snowstorms The 200 known planets that orbit other stars exhibit incredible variety. Among them are a handful of worlds that weigh between 5 and 15 times Earth. Astronomers believe these "super-Earths" are rocky iceballs rather than gas giants like Jupiter. While theorists can explain how such worlds form around Sun-like stars....... From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Jenna Bush to Serve UNICEF in Paraguay, Not US Forces in Iraq President Bush's daughter Jenna came to this poor, landlocked South American country to take part in a UNICEF program for young professionals volunteers, the U.N. children's fund said Monday From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


5 Reasons to Kill IceWeasel Although the Mozilla Foundation may be a bit overzealous at times when it comes to protecting it's copyrights, the truth is that the GNU's haste for something to hold on to has the potential to kill one of FLOSS's biggest successes: Firefox. Here are 5 reasons to creep up behind the newly born 'rat' and throttle it. From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


St. Louis Youth Plays Videogame With Brain Signals A team of ECoG (ElectroCorticography) researchers from Washington University in St. Louis have successfully wired a young man's brain up to a computer and began reading the neurological firings in his brain. After reading and analyzing these signals, he was successfully able to play videogames using only his thoughts. From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Soviet Cities on the Moon? We advertise our failures, but the Soviets don’t. For all we know, Moscow’s scientists and engineers did try to shoot a rocket to the moon last November 7, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Communist seizure of power in Russia, but failed. From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Leading UN member warns of 'broken up' internet The internet could one day be broken up into separate networks around the world, a leading light in the development of the net has warned. The Chair of the Internet Governance Forum, warned that concerns over the net's future could lead to separation. "People are concerned about whether the system we have now will also work five years from now." From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Eudora e-mail client to go open source "Qualcomm on Wednesday announced plans to release future versions of its Eudora e-mail client software as open source. The company is collaborating with The Mozilla Foundation to base the next version of Eudora on Mozilla’s Thunderbird e-mail software..." From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


How Sleep Works "Why Sleep? No one really knows why we sleep. But, there are all kinds of theories, including these: Sleep gives the body a chance to repair muscles and other tissues, replace aging or dead cells, etc. Sleep gives the brain a chance to organize and archive memories. Dreams are thought by some to be part of this process." From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


The Daily Show: Crisis In Our Nation's Pants Jon Stewart gives us updates on the crisis in our nation's pants. From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Boil an egg without water You must be yolking Breaking news: a British inventor insisted Wednesday that boiling an egg was not all it's cracked up to be as he trumpeted his gadget that cooks them without water. From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Merlin's top 5 super-obvious, "no-duh" ways to immediately improve your lif How to get organized and stay that wayWhen I was up in Toronto last week, I was interviewed by Samantha Grice from the [_National Post_](http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/index.html) about 43 Folders, pro From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


Audi's New Supercar R8 chases down BMW Germany's "other luxury car" wants to finally musle its way into the top tier. he R8 does borrow some of its engineering from the Lamborghini Gallardo, however. The R8 is an all-wheel-drive car powered by a 420-horsepower V-8 mounted behind its two seats From digg on October 11, 2006 at 11:32 p.m..


AEI report to industry 2005-06 2005-06 report to industry on key Australian Education International (AEI) activities undertaken to support the international education industry. Contains a summary of international education global trends and AEI future directions. From EdNA Online on October 11, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Market data snapshots (Australian Education International) The market data snapshot series has been developed by Australian Education International (AEI) to provide international education stakeholders with summary market-specific data and research information. These snapshots combine the information available from the AEI International Student Data series with the local insights of the AEI international network. From EdNA Online on October 11, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


New strategy to help students make the transition to high school NSW Education Minister Carmel Tebbutt today released a new strategy to support students in Years 5 to 9, particularly during their transition from primary to secondary school. Ms Tebbutt announced the new strategy - Our Middle Years Learners: Engaged, Resilient, Successful - at the Middle Years Conference being held at Brighton-le-Sands. NSW DET Media Release, 11 October 2006 From EdNA Online on October 11, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


NT Department of Employment, Education and Training - Early years The Northern Territory Department of Employment, Education and Training recognises the importance of the early years of a child's life and its impact on a child's health, wellbeing and lifelong learning. The 'Early Years Framework' aligns the department's priorities to support young children and their families to achieve the best from their early childhood years. A link is provided to 'All children have the best possible start: a framework for action'. From EdNA Online on October 11, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Programs and initiatives: priority start - building policy (WA) This is a single policy for Government contracting arrangements in Western Australia that supersedes all previous tendering policies including: Priority Access Policy; Building Skills Policy; and Homeswest Policy. It ensures that Head Contractors and their sub-contractors employ apprentices and trainees on all State Government building and construction sites. From EdNA Online on October 11, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Expressions of interest to research Toolboxes trends and usage Expressions of interested are invited from organisations to conduct research into the uptake of Flexible Learning Toolboxes and Toolbox Learning Objects in Australia's TAFE Institutions. The research will build on the findings of the 2004 and 2005 Audits of Flexible Learning Toolbox usage. Applications close midday EST, Monday 23 October 2006. From EdNA Online on October 11, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Education reforms in Hong Kong: threats and opportunities for Australia Hong Kong's education system will see massive change over the next ten years. This will have an impact the demand for higher education in Australia, which could mean a drop or a potential boom in demand. This paper analyses the reforms and issues in Hong Kong as threats and opportunities for Australia. From EdNA Online on October 11, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Schoolforge Schoolforge's mission is to unify independent organizations that advocate, use, and develop open resources for primary and secondary education. Schoolforge is intended to empower member organizations to make open educational resources more effective, efficient, and ubiquitous by enhancing communication, sharing resources, and increasing the transparency of development. Schoolforge members advocate the use of open source and free software, open texts and lessons, and open curricula for the advancement of education and the betterment of humankind. From EdNA Online on October 11, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


Kirby comes of age: the birth, difficult adolescence and future prospects of traineeships 21 years after the Kirby Report advocated a system for traineeships, Mark Cully of the National Centre for Vocational Education Research dissects what traineeships are today, who's using them, how they have changed over time and the implications of all this for the current 'skills crisis'. From EdNA Online on October 11, 2006 at 11:31 p.m..


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