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EFF: “As noted in our first post, EFF recently received new documents via our FOIA lawsuit on social network surveillance, filed with the help of UC Berkeleys Samuelson Clinic, that reveal two ways the government has been tracking people online: Citizenship and Immigrations surveillance of social networks to investigate citizenship petitions and the DHSs use …
Next Generation Learning – The intelligent use of technology to develop innovative learning models and personalized educational pathways, October 2010 “This white paper takes a deep look at the foundations education investments and strategies and the ways next generation technology can improve college readiness and completion in the United States. It also explains the foundations …
Automatic Generation of Research Trails in Web History, Elin Rønby Pedersen, Shengyin Gu, Peter Jin Hong, Karl Gyllstrom, Proc. IUI 2010. “The web is large and complex, and in the process of navigating it, we often lose our way. Research trailing is a method to organize web contents that we have spent some effort on …
News release: “The largest ever global research project into peoples online activities and behaviour – Digital Life – was launched today, digital day by TNS, the worlds biggest custom research company. Covering nearly 90 per cent of the worlds online population through 50,000 interviews with consumers in 46 countries, the study reveals major changes in …
S&T Strategies of Six Countries: Implications for the United States “An increase in global access to goods and knowledge is transforming world-class science and technology (S&T) by bringing it within the capability of an unprecedented number of global parties who must compete for resources, markets, and talent. In particular, globalization has facilitated the success of …
Official Google Blog: Our automated cars, manned by trained operators, just drove from our Mountain View campus to our Santa Monica office and on to Hollywood Boulevard. Theyve driven down Lombard Street, crossed the Golden Gate bridge, navigated the Pacific Coast Highway, and even made it all the way around Lake Tahoe. All in all, …
New York Review of Books: Can We Create a National Digital Library? Robert Darnton – “The following talk was given at the opening of a conference at Harvard on October 1 to discuss the possibility of creating a National Digital Library.” “Despite the complexities, the fundamental idea of a National Digital Library (or NDL) is, …
Inequality and the Dynamics of Public Opinion, Nathan J. Kelly and Peter K. Enns, February 18, 2010 “This article assesses the influence of income inequality on the publics policy mood. Recent work has produced divergent perspectives on the relationship between inequality, public opinion, and government redistribution. One group of scholars suggests that unequal representation of …
WSJ: Shell-Shocked Dog of War Finds a Home With the Family of a Fallen Hero: “Gunner, a bomb-sniffing dog mustered out of the Marines for canine post-traumatic stress disorder, has found a new home with Deb and Dan Dunham, whose Marine son died in Iraq protecting the men beside him. With patience and a red-rubber …
Follow up to previous posting, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Undertakes Major Sea Turtle Egg Evacuations In Response to Spill, this New York Times Magazine article, The BP-Spill Baby-Turtle Brigade: “The hatchlings from this seasons first nests, however, were on schedule to scramble into the Gulf of Mexico only a few months after the explosion …
Loneliness Among Older Adults: A National Survey of Adults 45+, September 2010 “In order to better understand loneliness and social isolation among older adults, AARP commissioned a national survey of the 45+ population to examine these issues. In addition to examining prevalence rates among older Americans, the study provides a descriptive profile of lonely older …
Please take a look at this UK Guardian Hosted blog, Punctuated Equilibrium. Along with a very cool title, this site has wonderful bird IDs, photos, facts, and info from around the world. Includes a daily Mystery Bird challenge (and yes, the answer is provided in 48 hours).
