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1)
Moving Target: The Information Security Professional
http://tinyurl.com/ycu5x8
Brian Haddock, Patricia Myers and Marjan Rajabi started their careers in
very different places: Haddock repossessed cars, Myers worked in
banking, and Rajabi was an electrical engineer. Now, however, they share
a common link: Theyre all information security professionals.
Such a diversity of backgrounds might seem odd, but this emerging field
is attracting a variety of workers who are drawing on their prior
business experience whatever it might be to develop the kind of
technological safeguards and corporate policies that keep companies
information assets secure.

2)
Donate, Get, or Recycle Computers for Learning
http://tinyurl.com/yb2w28
This year, the world will discard between 20 million and 50
million tons of computers, cellphones, televisions and other
electronics. Worldwide, about 4,000 tons of e-waste as this
trash has come to be called are discarded every hour.

3)
New Word Zero-Day Attacks Begin
http://www.informationweek.com/news/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=196602038
Microsoft warned Mac and Windows users of its popular word processor
Word that attackers are exploiting an unpatched flaw in the program's
file format. A security research firm said the attacks will likely
remain limited.
If history is any indicator, Microsoft will not patch the Word
vulnerability in December. The company took 26 days to patch the May
flaw, for instance, 118 days to fix a similar Excel format bug, and 27
to patch PowerPoint.

4)
What to do If you suspect you're a victim of identity theft:
http://tinyurl.com/yamw9e
Learn how to fix erros on your credit card report in 30 days.

5)
Australians more afraid of hackers than terrorists
http://www.itwire.com.au/content/view/7819/53/
Fear of identity theft and credit card fraud outweighs fear of terrorism
amongst Australians, according to a quarterly security survey.
While Australians are more relaxed and comfortable than they were three
months ago, more than half are still "extremely or very concerned" about
the security of their personal information, according to the December
Unisys Security Index - a national survey of some 1200 Australians
conducted by Newspoll on behalf of Unisys.

6)
The Boston Tea Party
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?id=397
This lesson plan (for grades 6-8) focuses on
"What really happened at the Boston Tea Party?
How can we 'know' what happened at an historical event of the distant past?"
it features activities, and links to primary source readings and related websites. 

7)
Party On: Roots of Moonshine - Origins of Hillbilly Music
http://tinyurl.com/y9skjb
Whiskey Rebellion 1790's all about the Amber Waves of Grain.
Run Johnny Run cause they refused to pay a whiskey tax levied
by President George Washington.

8)
Getting into the spirit of giving. Find a Charity You Can Trust.
http://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm/bay/holiday.main.htm
From Charity Navigator, an organization that "works to advance a
more efficient and responsive philanthropic marketplace by
evaluating the financial health of America's largest charities."

9)
The James Madison Center: Bill of Rights
http://tinyurl.com/yaam2b
Background about the Bill of Rights and James Madison's
involvement with its passage in 1791. Includes text and audio
of the Bill of Rights, an article about Madison and the separation
of church and state, and related material.
Censorship, Text Book Publishers & The Money.

10)
Massachusetts Attorney General: Climate Change (Global Warming)
http://www.ago.state.ma.us/sp.cfm?pageid=1234
Provides press releases, fact sheets on the case and on Massachusetts
global warming impacts, and links to court documents.
From the Massachusetts Attorney General's Office.

11)
TESTING, ASSESSMENT, EVALUATION & EVALUATING THE EVALUATORS
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/testingassessment.html

12)
Special Needs and 508 compliance Guidelines for Web Sites
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/specneeds.html
Special Needs - Assistive Technology
Deaf, Autisim, ADD, ADHD, LD, Dyslexia, learning different,
learning disabled, special education. Get help taking the Test.

13)
MySpace to Screen for Sex Offenders
http://tinyurl.com/yj4nds
Social networking site MySpace said it is developing tools that will
compare data for its 135 million members to published lists of sex
offenders. A total of 46 states publish such lists, which include
550,000 registered sex offenders. MySpace's new tool will
cross-reference names of users registered to use its site with names on
those lists.

14)
Microsoft will release test version of Book Search
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6213260.stm
They compete with Google's controversial book-scanning project.
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Internet/search2.html

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