Very Strong Statement

"clearly a decision to "NOT" allow third-party sites to have access to my personal info. Google, thanks but no thanks for this feature!"

Strong, very strong statment. Tip of the hat for this statement !! thank you :)-

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Bloglines - Web 2.0 Companies

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not sure,if I tucked the web2.0 listing

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Emergic Rajesh Jain's Weblog on Emerging Technologies, Enterprises and Markets

Web 2.0 Companies By rajesh on Software [via David Hornik] An amazing list by Baris Karadohan.

working of EST

Haochi is working off EST.. I always thought he was working at CN zone !!

 

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Recovery

What was the recovery practice and business continuiny planning !!

Senate bill 259 - foster parent ruling- state law-OK
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My Light Cone

My Light Cone : HR683 is 41.4 light years from Earth. It was enveloped by your light cone 2 months ago.

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did you see this ?

Glam.com created a network of these blogs, giving their writers national promotion and a share of ad revenues.

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An  unexpected secret ingredient turned out to be bloggers.  Arora saw individual Web logs like FashionTribes.com and Girlspoke.com developing audiences, "tremendous power and reach, but not the tools to turn that into money."
[via: Frank]

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Bloglines - Even Anti-Terror IT Needs an ROI Analysis

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Note to self: there's a radical shift in thought all over. IT infrastrcutres calls for change in thinking !!

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Even Anti-Terror IT Needs an ROI Analysis Terrorism suspends our sense of reality. The shift in psyche that causes people to view themselves as explosive devices and the devastation of one of these devices going off in the wrong place at the wrong time are difficult to contemplate in rational terms.

Bloglines - Shorn

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authentic Boredom.. has such interesting things to say.. he's so ironical too..brillent posts now and then..

This cuts thru the chatter, a pic speaks a thousand words... it to cute

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Authentic Boredom

Shorn Dad goes upstairs to check on boys in shower. Finds hair covering shower floor. Sees older brother hiding Mom's razor, and younger brother with puzzled expression. Shall I finish the story, or... ?

Bloglines - The Purpose of Pedegogy

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interesting tapestry of thought here

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The Purpose of Pedegogy In Danesi I attended a local (the 5 Toronto-area colleges) one-day conference last Wednesday called "Connecting the Dots ..." which I described, shortly after, here. But I've been thinking about why I was so surprised and delighted by the messages of both the keynote speakers, Dr. Marcel Danesi and Dr. Sandy Shugart. In talking to a friend, I discovered what my expectations for this conference had been, and why I'd had these expectations. I believe that in the search for funding, efficiency, and fairness, educational institutions have largely eliminated personal connections. Students are lured with the best marketing schools can buy to apply to become "funding units". Efficiency requires a standardized approach, and high school marks seem to answer that need. Even though it is clear both in common sense and through long-term research, that there are multiple intelligences, and that high school only uses a limited number of them, personal interviews are inefficient and expensive, as are portfolios. The teachers have less and less say in who is accepted, but it is the teachers' responsibility to "retain" students no matter how they are "recruited". Courses are often created independently of those who will teach them, on the assumption that curriculum can be disengaged from both teachers and students. Students apply for courses, not teachers, and often teachers teach courses they are required to, not ones they personally continue to study and develop. The institution is the source of authority not the teacher. Which is why a high proportion of part-time teachers is acceptable - "experts" create the curricula, and (insecure) instructors teach what they're told to, how they're told to. In this kind of environment, the purpose of pedegogy is to instruct teachers in methods that will retain students (i.e. funding units). And i had expected a utilitarian approach in this conference. But what I got instead was meaning, and I drank it in! A meaningful pedagogical approach (not method) focuses on the interpersonal relationship, the teacher as mentor, (Danesi) and as lead researcher in an area of mutual interest (Danesi). The purpose of pedagogy is to help the teacher engage the students in exploring and understanding, and then in producing objects or performances valued in our culture (Gardner). The teacher must be engaged with the subject, and with the students' learning. The students must be engaged, with the subject and what they can learn by accepting the teacher's leadership. Learning results from engagement, from the heart! The purpose of pedagogy is to help teachers figure out how they can best engage the students in what is alive and rich-in-meaning in their subject. The purpose of pedagogy is to help teachers to understand how to develop their own personal approach and to keep alive their interest in their students' learning. The purpose of pedagogy is not instructions in utilitarian efficient structures for classes andcourses, but an understanding that teaching and learning are human activies, where meaning and engaged hearts are essential, (Shugart) and ultimately, the most truly efficient and effective approach in education. Connecting the Dots ... reminded me of the true purpose of pedagogy, and I am grateful.

Bloglines - 55 Ways To Have Fun With Google

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another one for 55 waya to have fun with google

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55 Ways To Have Fun With Google Interested in playing games? Want to learn a few other trick things you can do with Google? Google Blogoscoped author Phillip Lenssen has written a book titled: 55 Ways to Have Fun With Google. Learn about playing the classic Snake game among others, and using Google calculator utilities etc. According to the description, there's no programming skills needed. I haven't read the book, but knowing Phillip's blog, it sounds like it could be very interesting reading....