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Hi everyone,

Here are my latest and greatest from the past few days.
Don't forget to share this with your buds and link to your fav's
found on ECP.

enjoy,

<Karen>



1)
The Science of Happiness, About Money, Why the Rich Get Richer,
Executive Greed
http://tinyurl.com/m2cu8

2)
Study Shows Americans Sicker Than English
http://tinyurl.com/gms9v
White, middle-aged Americans -- even those who are rich
 -- are far less healthy than their peers in England, according to
stunning new research that erases misconceptions and has experts
scratching their heads.

3)
"It's All Right, Ma: Bob Dylan Turns DJ"
on XM Satellite Radio.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Music/Bob_Dylan.html

4)
 NY Times online audio documentary of South Bronx music from 1940s to present
http://tinyurl.com/gdxnm

5)
ABC convergence of television and the internet has just happened.
http://dynamic.abc.go.com/streaming/landing

6)
The Man Behind the FedEx logo
http://www.thesneeze.com/mt-archives/000273.php

7)
"Subject Index to Literature on Electronic Sources of Information"
http://library.usask.ca/~dworacze/SUBJIN_A.HTM

8)
This is Very Important! ~ KE

What is Network Neutrality and why should you care?
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/gap.html

Sen Stevens tries to sneak the Broadcast Flag into law
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/05/02/sen_stevens_tries_to.html
Senator Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) has snuck the Broadcast Flag into a
bill on Net Neutrality. The stealth clause authorizes "the FCC to
establish a broadcast flag to allow TV stations to protect digital
content from Internet piracy."

FREEDOM FIRST: Richard Stallman video
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/VIVE.html
Unethical Products that restrict freedom.
HDTV plot to control technology available to the public.
After 2013 Analog video outputs will be forbidden
and won't be allowed to be manufactured.

9)
Iron Mountain loses more backup tapes
http://www.techworld.com/security/news/index.cfm?newsID=5915
Accident-prone Iron Mountain has mislaid more backup tapes containing
personal information.
On April 6th, a driver reported that backup tapes belonging to the
Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and another customer had gone missing.
The LIRR tapes contained personal information about 17,000 past and
current employees - virtually everyone who has every worked for the
concern. The second customer's tapes did not contain personal
information.

10)
Aetna Loses Laptop Containing Customer Data
http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2006/05/aetna_laptop.html
An employee of health insurance giant Aetna lost a laptop containing
data on 38,000 customers, the company said.
The information included names, addresses, and Social Security
numbers, but no financial information. The individuals were employees
of companies who bought group health coverage from Aetna. The
companies asked not to be identified.

11)
Retaliation for Antispam Success?
http://www.wired.com/news/technology/internet/0,70798-0.html
An unusual spam war has erupted on the net, pitting an apparently
irate spammer against an Israeli antispam firm that claims it's making
junk e-mailers think twice about bugging its customers.
Blue Security's controversial method uses reverse spam, if you will,
returning massive quantities of opt-out messages to companies it
identifies as spammers.
Apparently the companies on the receiving end don't like it one bit.

12)
How to Exercise an Open Mind
http://www.wikihow.com/Exercise-an-Open-Mind
all one needs to grow his or her brain is to do unique,
random, different, and ridiculous things as often as possible. One
hour of increased brain activity via thinking a lot or experiencing
new stimuli can make you smarter, more energetic, more creative,
and more sociable.

13)
Race and Hollywood
http://www.tcm.com/thismonth/article/?cid=133204
All this month (Tuesday and Thursday nights) on Turner Classic Movies
 "examines the varied concepts, stereotypes and imagery of
African-Americans as represented in classic Hollywood cinema."

14)
Music business in Canada. Indie labels and artists REVOLT
against the CRIA, the north of the border equivalent of the RIAA.
Artists formed  Canadian Music Creators Coalition,
http://www.musiccreators.ca/. Warner Music
purchase price being bandied about is $5 billion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/03/business/03emi.html

15)
Podcasting 101 for K-12 Librarians
http://www.infotoday.com/cilmag/apr06/Eash.shtml
Podcasting for Everyone Else
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/podcast.html

16)
Election Tracker
http://www.angus-reid.com/tracker/

17)
Suntan Products, Sunscreens, and Tanning
http://www.cfsan.fda.gov/~dms/cos-sun.html

Sunbeds, Tanning and UV Exposure
http://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs287/en/

18)
Find the Cheapest Gas where You Live
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/Digitaldividequity.html

19)
Are You Ready for ISBN-13?
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Literacy/publishing.asp

20)
Clean Air Markets: Environmental Issues: Acid Rain
http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/

Very cool Goldman Prize winners are selected by an international
jury from confidential nominations submitted by a network of
over 20 environmental organizations and individuals representing nearly 50 nations.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/IEC/reporters.html

21)
National Teacher Day
Honoring public school teachers for "the contributions they make to our lives."
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Culdesac/zcullinks.html

22)
DirectTV Techs: Policy Makes Lying Part Of Job
http://www.local6.com/problemsolvers/9142100/detail.html
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A group of DirectTV satellite technicians who have
installed systems in homes across Central Florida sought out the
Problem Solvers to fight back against a company policy they say
creates an environment where lying to customers is part of the job,
according to an investigation.

23)
Cool end-of-year activities that combine fun and learning.
Find great ideas for the LAST DAYS OF SCHOOL and throughout the summer.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/newteacherlastday.html

Assessment / Testing
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/testingassessment.html

Graduation Rates
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/standards2.html

Summer project
National Children's Folksong Repository Project
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/NCFR/
An historic electronic online archive of children's folk songs.
A public folklore project built by the children of the United States
and territories.
Children pick up the Phone and SING OR CHANT (SAY) THEIR SONG.
Watch the streaming video.

24)
WIPO Intergovernmental Committee decisions reached on
Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and
Traditional Cultural Expressions/Folklore
http://www.wipo.int/tk/en/index.html

25)
Independent Lens - Music From the Inside Out
http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/musicfromtheinsideout/more.html
Teach History Through Song
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/IEC/iecmusic.html

26)
Three rules for safer Wi-Fi away from home
http://software.newsforge.com/software/06/04/20/2032257.shtml
wardriving, warchalking, Hobo Language
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Crystal_Radio7.html
Wi-Fi hotspots
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Web_Sites.html

27)
Trojan Snags World Of Warcraft Passwords To Cash Out Accounts
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=187002835
A new password-stealing Trojan targeting players of the popular online
game "World of Warcraft" hopes to make money off secondary sales of
gamer goods, a security company warned Tuesday.

28)
Cyberattack knocks millions of blogs offline
http://news.zdnet.com/2100-1009_22-6068344.html
About 10 million LiveJournal and TypePad blogs were offline or barely
reachable for several hours Tuesday as the result of a massive
denial-of-service attack.

29)
Black Hat Briefings and Training Las Vegas July 29
international security experts from 40 nations
http://www.blackhat.com

30)
"Calea Confusion"
FCC Adopts Order to Enable Law Enforcement to
Access Certain Broadband and VoIP Providers.
http://www.fcc.gov/
On Wednesday the Federal Communications Commission released an
order designed to clarify what broadband providers must do to
comply with a regulation to reengineer their networks so the
government can monitor online communications.   The order,
however, did little to clear up colleges' confusion about what
the regulation will require of them. The order stems from a
federal statute know as the Communications Assistance for Law
Enforcement Act, or Calea.   Deborah Taylor Tate, an FCC
commissioner, reiterated what the agency already revealed in a
court brief in February -- that colleges will have to modify
only the equipment that connects their campus networks to the
Internet. The American Council on Education and eight other
higher-education groups have sued the FCC over the order, and a
court hearing on the matter is scheduled for Friday.

31)
Pentagon Halts Contractor Clearances (very bad idea ~KE)
<http://projects.washingtonpost.com/staff/email/renae+merle/>
The Pentagon stopped processing security clearances for government
contractors this week, potentially exacerbating a shortage of employees
authorized to work on the government's most secret programs.



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