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My Selected Group of Interesting Articles
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1) Top 10 Myths about No Child Left Behind ...
and Why You Shouldn't Believe Them
The Heartland Institute
http://www.heartland.org/Article.cfm?artId=16829
Written By: Lori Drummer
If you listen to media reports on the implementation and costs
associated with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 (NCLB), you've
been bombarded by a slew of misinformation.
Below are 10 common myths about NCLB ...
and the facts to debunk them.

2) Does College Still Pay?
The Economists' Voice
http://chronicle.com/daily/2005/10/2005100301j.htm
Volume 2, Issue 4 2005 Article 3
Lisa Barrow and Elena Rouse
Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago
Princeton University
First, the summary from the "Magazine and Journal Reader"
feature of the daily bulletin from the Chronicle of Higher Education, 5.10.3
A glance at the current issue of The Economist's Voice: The value of a
college degree
The hourly-wage gap between people with college degrees and those with
only a high-school education has been growing for decades, but the
rate of increase slowed in the 1990s. At the same time, tuition prices
rose, leading people to ask whether college was still worth it. But
after studying the financial risks and rewards of higher education,
two economists have concluded that continuing one's education
definitely still pays off.

3) Study Great Ideas, but Teach to the Test
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/07/13/education/13education.html
By MICHAEL WINERIP GRAND RAPIDS, Mich.
BECKY KARNES, a high school English teacher, recently completed a
graduate-level writing course that she loved at Grand Valley State
University.
"The course taught us better ways to teach writing to kids," said Ms.
Karnes, a 16-year veteran who is finishing up her master's degree. "It
showed you ways to stretch kids' minds. I learned so much, I had my
eyes opened about how to teach writing."

To the Test
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/test.html
Testing & Assessment
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/testingassessment.html
Objections Over State Testing Are Widespread
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/testing.html


4) Yahoo, Microsoft link IM services By Margaret Kane
<http://news.com.com/Yahoo%2C+Microsoft+link+IM+services/2100-1025_3-5893802
.html?tag=nl.e498>
Yahoo and Microsoft announced plans Wednesday to make their instant
messaging services interoperable.
Consumers using the Yahoo Messenger or MSN Messenger programs will be
able to exchange instant messages, see the presence of their
contacts, share emoticons and add friends from either service, the
companies said. Interoperability is expected to kick in during the
second quarter of 2006.

5) What Art is Hiding On your Microchip?
http://www.nytimes.com/cnet/CNET_2100-1006_3-5893374.html
If you work in industrial folklore, you know that workers
often put inscriptions in hidden places on stuff they build or design - inside
the utility cores of office towers and under metal castings,
on electronic schematics, even inside software programs ("Easter eggs").
Stephen Shankland of CNET News details this kind of
renegade worker art designers engrave on silicon microchips.
<http://news.com.com/Whats+hiding+on+your+microchip/2100-1006_3-5893374.html
?part=rss&tag=5893374&subj=news>
"Silicon Zoo"
http://micro.magnet.fsu.edu/creatures/index.html

6) Microsoft pays RealNetworks $761m
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/4332426.stm
Microsoft has already had to change its software to settle claims
Microsoft is to pay $761m (£436m) to US software rival
RealNetworks to end an anti-competition lawsuit over computer music players.
RealNetworks had alleged that Microsoft forced PC
makers to fit its rival's Windows Media Player software
at the expense of its own Real Player. Microsoft and RealNetworks
said the agreement paved the way for future collaboration between the two
firms.

7) U.N. Out! European firms don't want ICANN to be overseen by United Nations
<http://online.wsj.com/article/SB112855334164661054.html?mod=europe_technolo
gy_primary_hs>
The EU last week proposed what it called "an international government
involvement at the level of principles" in overseeing the Internet
Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers. The U.S.-backed agency
comes up with the technical rules that allow the Internet's billion
users to post and visit Web sites. The EU -- supported by its
telecommunications companies -- long has urged giving all governments
a share of the indirect oversight role currently handled by the U.S.
Department of Commerce.
However, some telecom companies have objected to the European
Commission's latest move. "I've been getting urgent calls from our
members, and they are upset," says Michael Bartholomew, director of
the European Telecommunications Network Operators Association, which
represents 42 major companies in 35 countries.
EU Commission spokesman Martin Selmayr insisted that that his
organization's position was being misinterpreted. "We categorically
oppose any direct government involvement with Icann," he said. In an
email to Mr. Bartholomew sent yesterday, chief EU negotiator Peter
Zangl wrote that the EU opposes "involvement of governments in the
day-to-day management of Internet resources" and instead supports a
"multi-stakeholder, public-private partnership" in overseeing
Icann. ... "
It introduced a proposal that went a long way towards the position
that a number of states headed by Iran had been advocating, opening
for a political control mechanism," Carl Bildt, former Swedish prime
minister and chairman of Swedish telecom Teleopti, wrote on his web
log. It was, he added, "a U-turn by the European Union that was as
unexpected as it was disturbing." [...]

8) Huckabee: Make superintendents state employees
<http://www.arkansasnews.com/archive/2005/10/06/News/329257.html>
By Aaron Sadler Thursday, Oct 6, 2005 Arkansas News Bureau
LITTLE ROCK - Another round of education reform will lead to renewed
interest in putting school superintendents on the state payroll and cutting
the number of superintendents overall, Gov. Mike Huckabee said Wednesday.
Huckabee, in his monthly radio call-in show, predicted a proposal to make
superintendents state employees will gain traction if lawmakers are called
into a special session on education.
Another plan to reduce the number of superintendents to 75 probably would
also be considered, he said in his show on the Arkansas Radio Network.
Both measures would save money, Huckabee said. They would also draw the ire
of superintendents, who he accused of helping write this week's
court-ordered report condemning state funding of education.

State Associations of School Administrators
http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Teachers/stateadmins.html


9) You need not be paranoid to fear RFID
By Hiawatha Bray  |  October 10, 2005
<http://www.boston.com/business/globe/articles/2005/10/10/you_need_not_be_paranoid_to_fear_rfid/>
It's one of the cutest of those cute IBM Corp. TV commercials, the
ones that feature the ever-present help desk. This time, the desk
appears smack in the middle of a highway, blocking the path of a big
rig.
''Why are you blocking the road?" the driver asks. ''Because you're
going the wrong way," replies the cheerful Help Desk lady. ''Your
cargo told me so." It seems the cartons inside the truck contained
IBM technology that alerted the company when the driver made a wrong
turn.
It's clever, all right -- and creepy. Because the technology needn't
be applied only to cases of beer. The trackers could be attached to
every can of beer in the case, and allow marketers to track the
boozing habits of the purchasers. Or if the cargo is clothing, those
little trackers could have been stitched inside every last sweater.
Then some high-tech busybody could keep those wearing them under
surveillance.

10) Summarized Google's new philanthropy campaign questioned
<http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/11/AR2005101101788.html>
Google Inc. is launching an unusual corporate philanthropy campaign
that will focus on fighting poverty and disease in Africa, addressing
energy and environmental issues, and assisting nonprofit groups by
giving away free online advertising.
Rather than doing all of that through a traditional corporate
foundation, which has certain tax advantages, Google is setting aside
the equivalent of 3 million shares of stock, worth more than $900
million, to fund an entity called Google.org.
...By using Google.org for the bulk of its charitable giving, the
company will have greater flexibility in how it deploys the funds
since the affiliate will not be subject to the restrictions imposed
on foundations by the Internal Revenue Service.

11) Apple Unveils the New iPod; Fifth Generation iPod Now Plays
Music, Photos & Video Oct 12, 2005 02:12 PM (PR Newswire)
http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=52319328
Apple today introduced the new iPod(R), featuring a gorgeous 2.5-inch color
screen which can display album artwork and photos, and play
stunning video including music videos, video Podcasts, home
movies and television shows. The new iPod holds up to
15,000 songs, 25,000 photos or over 150 hours of video and is
available in a 30GB model for $299 and a 60GB model for $399,
with both models available in stunning white or black designs.

12) Disney, ABC & Apple Announce Deal to Sell TV Shows Online; Hits
to Include ``Desperate Housewives,'' ``Lost'' and ``That's So Raven''
http://finance.lycos.com/home/news/story.asp?story=52319462

13) Buried clause could tag films, TV shows as porn
By Brooks Boliek Wed Oct 12, 3:18 AM ET
<http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/thr/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001265009>
WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - Tucked deep inside a massive bill
designed to track sex offenders and prevent children from being
victimized by sex crimes is language that could put many Hollywood
movies in the same category as hard-core, X-rated films.
The provision added to the Children's Safety Act of 2005 would
require any film, TV show or digital image that contains a sex scene
to come under the same government filing requirements that adult
films must meet.

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