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Rob Eden

Slashdot Mobile Story | First Public White-Space Network Is Alive - 0 views

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  • Rob Eden on 22 Oct 09
     
    White-space is an addition to wifi which greatly increases bandwidth and range.
Jack Campbell

White House goes drupal - 0 views

techpresident.com/...whitehousegov-goes-drupal

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shared by Jack Campbell on 08 Mar 10 - No Cached
  • Jack Campbell on 08 Mar 10
     
    The white house is now using the open source web content management platform. It lets you build the website, at the website. Very interactive!
Sarah Cooper

Stuff White People Like - 0 views

stuffwhitepeoplelike.com

shared by Sarah Cooper on 21 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Sarah Cooper on 21 Apr 10
     
    I was blown away that this was the name of a persons blog. It literally only talks about things "white people" like and do... really shows how blogs can sometimes have a negative affect on society.
Burks Oakley

Cyberwar - In Cyberweapons Race, Questions Linger Over U.S. Offensive Capability - Seri... - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...28cyber.html

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shared by Burks Oakley on 20 Jul 09 - Cached
  • The White House declined several requests for interviews or to say whether Mr. Obama as a matter of policy supports or opposes the use of American cyberweapons.
    • Burks Oakley
      Burks Oakley on 20 Jul 09
       
      What are the public policy issues involved here?
  • Burks Oakley on 20 Jul 09
     
    A good reference for anyone interested in cybersecurity and cyberattacks.
Jeffrey Kendall

Format shifting, low damages put Canada on IP watch list - 0 views

arstechnica.com/...behind-on-online-copyright.ars

Software Acquisition Copyright Infringement Digital Piracy

shared by Jeffrey Kendall on 20 Feb 10 - Cached
    • Jeffrey Kendall
      Jeffrey Kendall on 20 Feb 10
       
      DRM as listed by Wikipedia: Digital rights management (DRM) is a generic term for access control technologies that can be used by hardware manufacturers, publishers, copyright holders and individuals to try to impose limitations on the usage of digital content and devices. It is also, sometimes, disparagingly described as Digital Restrictions Management. The term is used to describe any technology which inhibits uses (legitimate or otherwise) of digital content that were not desired or foreseen by the content provider. The term generally doesn't refer to other forms of copy protection which can be circumvented without modifying the file or device, such as serial numbers or keyfiles. It can also refer to restrictions associated with specific instances of digital works or devices.
  • The Great White North is "fast gaining a reputation as a haven where technologically sophisticated international piracy organizations can operate with virtual impunity." The country is "virtually alone" in flouting "minimum world standards" for copyright and its rules are "hopelessly outdated." Finally, "no other country is farther behind the curve in combating copyright infringement in cyberspace."
  • The ability to circumvent DRM in order to make legal uses of the content?
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    • Jeffrey Kendall
      Jeffrey Kendall on 20 Feb 10
       
      All Laws are subjective on a country to country basis, it's interesting that the Canadian governemnt doesn't view this type of thing as infringement.
  • It is not at all clear that this is actually the legal position in Canada; back in 2004, judge Konrad von Finckenstein ruled that "the downloading of a song for a person's private use does not constitute infringement." (von Finkenstein is now Canada's top telecoms regulator; his ruling was changed on appeal, though the issue remains murky.)
  • What really chaps the collective hide of the copyright groups is BitTorrent trackers, though, and the IIPA document refers multiple times to the fact that "4 of the top 10 illicit BitTorrent sites in the world" are in Canada.
  • Jeffrey Kendall on 20 Feb 10
     
    Useful for anyone interested in digital piracy/acquisition and legal steps to limit copyright infringement on multiple formats.
Nichole Bozarth

People Search | White Pages | Phone Book | FREE! - 0 views

www.spokeo.com

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shared by Nichole Bozarth on 23 Apr 10 - Cached
  • Nichole Bozarth on 23 Apr 10
     
    This website creeps me out! You can find out a lot of information about people. Search yourself and your friends.. it's a little shocking!
erika webb

Educational Leadership:Educating for Diversity:Why Some Parents Don't Come to School - 0 views

www.ascd.org/...ents-Don't-Come-to-School.aspx

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shared by erika webb on 04 Mar 11 - No Cached
  • From talking with Latino parents and parents in two low-income Anglo neighborhoods, we have gained insights about why they feel disenfranchised from school settings. In order to include such parents in the educational conversation, we need to understand the barriers to their involvement from their vantage point, as that of outsiders. When asked, these parents had many suggestions that may help educators re-envision family involvement in the schools.
  • What most people don't understand about the Hispanic community is that you come home and you take care of your husband and your family first. Then if there's time you can go out to your meetings.
  • Diverse linguistic and cultural practices. Parents who don't speak fluent English often feel inadequate in school contexts. One parent explains that “an extreme language barrier” prevented her own mother from ever going to anything at the school. Cultural mismatches can occur as often as linguistic conflicts. One Latino educator explained that asking young children to translate for their parents during conferences grates against a cultural norm. Placing children in a position of equal status with adults creates dysfunction within the family hierarchy.
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  • Whether it is for social, cultural, linguistic, or economic reasons, these parents' voices are rarely heard at school. Perhaps, as educators, we too readily categorize them as “those other parents” and fail to hear the concern that permeates such conversations. Because the experiences of these families vary greatly from our own, we operate on assumptions that interfere with our best intentions. What can be done to address the widening gap between parents who participate and those who don't?
  • erika webb on 04 Mar 11
     
    This article gives various reasons why Hispanics may not paricipate in community and school events. Reasons vary from cultural, linguisitic or economic barriers.
  • erika webb on 04 Mar 11
     
    Here is an article I found that helps explain some reasons why Hispanics do not participate in community forums, etc, at the same rate as blacks and whites.
erika webb

Digital Divide Opens Up in Patient Use of Online Medical Records - iVillage - 0 views

www.ivillage.com/...4-a-336465

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  • That said, less than 10 percent of Americans appear to be using electronic medical records, with almost half saying they're not even clear if their doctor actually offers access, according to a Harris Interactive/HealthDay survey of more than 2,000 American adults
  • blacks and Hispanics were only half as likely to sign up for personal health record access compared with white patients, the authors noted, and the wealthiest patients were 14 percent more likely to initiate personal health record use than the poorest patients.
  • Older patients, between the ages of 51 and 65, constituted the largest slice of the high-user group, they found, accounting for four in 10 among such patients.
  • erika webb on 05 Apr 11
     
    Article regarding the disparity in use of online medical records.
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