[ECP] [ECP NetHappenings April 15 to May 3 2008


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NetHappenings Headlines and Resources
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April 15 to May 3



Friday, May 02, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/05/02/Barbara+Walters+Had+And+Affair+With+US+Senator+Edward+Brooke.aspx>Barbara Walters Had and Affair with U.S. Senator Edward Brooke After three decades of keeping mum, Barbara Walters now says she had a past affair with married U.S. Senator Edward Brooke, whom she remembers as "exciting" and "brilliant."

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/CategoryView,category,NetHappenings%2BMailing%2BList.aspx>NetHappenings Mailing List

Thursday, May 01, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/05/01/FDA+MedWatch+Enbrel+EtanerceptPrescribing+Information+Revised.aspx>FDA MedWatch- Enbrel (etanercept)-Prescribing Information Revised Amgen and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals informed healthcare professionals of revisions to prescribing information for Enbrel.FDA MedWatch- Enbrel (etanercept)-Prescribing Information Revised To Include A Boxed Warning Regarding The Risk Of Infection, Including Tuberculosis

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/CategoryView,category,NetHappenings%2BMailing%2BList.aspx>NetHappenings Mailing List | <http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/CategoryView,category,Science.aspx>Science

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/05/01/TechYES+Science+Announcement.aspx>TechYES Science Announcement Generation YES is proud to announce TechYES Science, a new technology literacy certification program based on science projects for students in grades 6-9. TechYES Science Student Technology Literacy Certification Through Science Projects Meet STEM And NCL also Generation YES.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/05/01/Etiquette+Black+Tie+Proms+Weddings+Dresscode.aspx>Etiquette - Black Tie Proms, Weddings - Dresscode Dresscode Etiquette for Proms and Weddings. Learn why a cummerbund is worn the pleats up.


Wednesday, April 30, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/30/Study+Calls+For+20+Billion+To+Repair+Schools+At+EPI+Forum.aspx>Study calls for $20 Billion to Repair Schools at EPI Forum 20 Billion in Federal Investment in School Infrastructure Would Provide Major Boost to Education, Economy ?Sick,? Crumbling Schools and Lack of Modernization Hurt U.S. Students? Global Competitiveness, Study Suggests

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/30/Singles+Nights+Offered+At+Library.aspx>Singles nights offered at library
Friday night is singles' night at the city's main library.

Tuesday, April 29, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/29/Ferdi+Serim+New+Board+Member+Of+The+International+Society+For+Technology+In+Education+ISTE.aspx>Ferdi Serim new Board member of the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE). Ferdi Serim is a RingLeader on the Educational CyberPlayGround TM. ISTE, 800/336-5191 or www.iste.org.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/29/Church+Gives+Jeremiah+Rev+Wright+10+Million+Dollar+Loan.aspx>Church gives Jeremiah Rev. Wright 10 million dollar loan HATE GROUPS - Hate Sites Recruiting Tools - First, Second, Third, Fourth War on Terror.

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MUSIC And COPYRIGHT LAW
<http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/>

How much do you understand about what you can download
and use in the classroom. Do you know what fair use is?
Find out the issues, ethics and procedures

File Sharing is Not Theft
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/musiclaw4.html
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 Monday, April 28, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/28/ECP+NetHappenings.aspx>[ECP] NetHappenings
INTERNET RESOURCES NEWSLETTER

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/28/ECP+NetHappenings.aspx>[ECP] NetHappenings
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<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/28/How+You+Can+Become+A+Super+Delegate.aspx>How You can become a Super Delegate How to Become a Delegate. If you want to be a delegate, your first step should be to call or write to your state party.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/28/Is+Your+Work+Under+Creative+Commons.aspx>Is your work under Creative Commons? Music, ccLookup, Creative Commons, id3v2 tags, CC-licensed, cc-community mailing list,ccPublisher

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/28/Domain+Name+Policy+Puts+Us+In+Internet+Vanguard.aspx>Domain name policy puts us in Internet vanguard In order to ensure that domain name registrants can still be contacted, CIRA has also established a unique message delivery system. CIRA will allow the public to contact domain name registrants without access to their personal information by relaying the message through a Web-based submission form.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/28/Google+PR+Doesnt+Want+Photos+Taken+Of+Their+Booth.aspx>Google PR doesn't want photos taken of their booth Google Photographs in Public Places and So Do We sanfrancisco, california, booth, google, unitedstates, web20, conference, pr, arrogance, photography, photos, photo

Sunday, April 27, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/27/Can+You+Handle+Truthiness+Or+Wikiality.aspx>Can you Handle Truthiness or Wikiality The article discusses information literacy in the age of "wikiality", Stephen Colbert's term for "a reality where, if enough people agree with a notion, it must be true." Learn how to work with Google.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/27/Vint+Cerf+On+Things+Hes+Learned+Al+Gore+Was+Right.aspx>Vint Cerf, on things he's learned. (Al Gore was right) Al Gore had seen what happened with the National Interstate and Defense Highways Act of 1956, which his father introduced as a military bill. It was very powerful. Housing went up, suburban boom happened, everybody became mobile. Al was attuned to the power of networking much more than any of his elective colleagues. His initiatives led directly to the commercialization of the Internet. So he really does deserve credit.

 Saturday, April 26, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/26/Toshiba+Builds+100x+Smaller+Micro+Nuclear+Reactor+For+Your+House.aspx>Toshiba Builds 100x Smaller Micro Nuclear Reactor for your House The new reactor, which is only 20 feet by 6 feet, could change everything for small remote communities, small businesses or even a group of neighbors who are fed up with the power companies and want more control over their energy needs.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/26/Face+Scans+For+Air+Passengers+To+Begin+In+UK+This+Summer.aspx>Face scans for air passengers to begin in UK this summer
Now isn't the time to grow a beard!

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/26/Investing+In+US+Infrastructure+An+EPI+Policy+Forum.aspx>Investing in U.S. Infrastructure: An EPI Policy Forum Tuesday, April 29, 10:00 a.m. 1333 H Street, NW; East Tower, Suite 300, Washington $20 Billion in Federal Investment in School Infrastructure Would Provide Major Boost to Education, Economy

Friday, April 25, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/25/A+Leader+Of+100Laptop+Project+Walter+Bender+Resigns.aspx>A Leader of $100-Laptop Project, Walter Bender, Resigns
Walter Bender leaves.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/25/truth+About+The+Mean+Time+To+Failure+MTTF+For+Drives.aspx>truth about The mean time to failure (MTTF) for drives "Disk Failures in the Real World: What Does an MTTF of 1,000,000 Hours Mean to You?", by Bianca Schroeder and Garth A. Gibson, Carnegie Mellon University, was awarded best paper (along with one other) at FAST 2007.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/25/Drive+Awary+Teens.aspx>Drive Awary Teens
Teen Buzz - piercing noise audible only to teens and young adults

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/25/Appeals+Court+Border+Electronics+Searches+Are+Okay.aspx>Appeals Court: Border electronics searches are okay Travel, Privacy, Laptops: A better idea is a very small size flash drive that you keep all your private stuff on encrypted and "hidden".

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/25/MedWatch+January+2008+Drug+Safety+Labeling+Changes+For+41+Drugs.aspx>MedWatch - January 2008 Drug Safety Labeling Changes for 41 drugs The January 2008 posting includes 41 drug products with safety labeling changes to the following sections: BOXED WARNING, CONTRAINDICATIONS, WARNINGS, PRECAUTIONS, ADVERSE REACTIONS, and PATIENT PACKAGE INSERTS, and MEDICATION GUIDES.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/25/NASA+CFP+Mass+Massive+Multiplayer+Online+Game+To+Support+STEM+Learning.aspx>NASA CFP Mass Massive Multiplayer Online Game to support STEM Learning The game would be fun and would enhance science, technology,engineering and mathematics (STEM) learning.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/25/Do+You+Need+Permission+To+Link+To+A+Website.aspx>Do you need permission to link to a website?
"linking etiquitte"

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/25/ECP+NetHappenings.aspx>[ECP] NetHappenings XP, Open Computers, 2 numbers on Iphone, Library of Congress, Smithsonian, create pdf forms

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/25/Nobel+Prize+Winners+In+Economics+Endorse+Obama.aspx>Nobel Prize Winners in Economics Endorse Obama 2007 Nobel Prize Winner economics Ned Phelps professor and Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Prize Winner 2001/Columbia University professor both endorse Barack Obama for President.

 Thursday, April 24, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/24/Literacy+And+Music+Video+NCFR+Childrens+Songs.aspx>Literacy and Music Video NCFR children's songs National Children's Folksong Repository Video Literacy, Music, Play, Reading, Games, Health, Fun, Alan Slutsky, Carla Benson, Alan Lomax, Funk Brothers

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/24/Educational+CyberPlayGround+Given+Hot+Site+Awards.aspx>Educational CyberPlayGround given Hot Site Awards
Oldie but Goodie from 1999

 Wednesday, April 23, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/23/ECP+NetHappenings+Mailing+List.aspx>[ECP] NetHappenings Mailing List
Headlines and Resources

 Monday, April 21, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/21/ECP+NetHappenings.aspx>[ECP] NetHappenings
the latest

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/21/Google+And+Your+Privacy.aspx>Google and your Privacy Google's eavesdropping technology, wants to store all of your hard drive data, will track your location with your cell phone:

 Friday, April 18, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/18/Safety+The+Dangerous+World+Of+CyberSpace.aspx>"Safety" The Dangerous World of CyberSpace The Educational Cyber PlayGround has posted a valuable article "How To Keep Your Child Safe On The Internet"with tips and hotlinks for training kids to be safe on the Internet. Any parent whose children have access to a computer-- whether their own laptops, a home desktop, or a friend's-- should take a look at this posting. 21century Literacy Skills.

 Thursday, April 17, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/17/US+Plan+To+Limit+Connections+To+Federal+Government+Networks.aspx>US plan to limit connections to Federal government networks
Target is 50 connections

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/17/Warning+On+Storage+Of+Health+Records.aspx>Warning on Storage of Health Records In an article in The New England Journal of Medicine, two leading researchers warn that the entry of big companies like Microsoft and Google into the field of personal health records could drastically alter the practice of clinical research and raise new challenges to the privacy of patient records.

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/17/South+Park+And+Gasp+NO+INTERNET.aspx>South Park and *gasp* NO INTERNET!
The Day The Internet Stood Still

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/17/Get+The+Individual+RSS+Topic+Feed+Delivered+To+Your+Inbox.aspx>Get the Individual RSS Topic Feed Delivered to your Inbox Do you just want science info or do you want both K-12 Newsletter? Find the RSS feed that delivers the topic you want.

 Tuesday, April 15, 2008
<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/15/VIDEO+Howard+County+Libraries+To+Go+All+Open+Source+This+Year.aspx>VIDEO: Howard County Libraries to go all Open Source this year
You can view her 15-minute presentation

<http://blog.edu-cyberpg.com/2008/04/15/Yo+Philly+Stephen+Colbert+Is+Here.aspx>Yo Philly - Stephen Colbert is here Stephen Colbert will be taping his half-hour shows at the 900-seat Annenberg Center for the Performing Arts Zellerbach Theatre on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania. The programs will air nightly at 11:30 p.m. ET/PT from Monday, April 14 through Thursday, April 17.

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