Researchers: written English language will weather LOL storm

Seeded on Thu May 22, 2008 8:30 AM EDT (Ars Technica)

education, text-messaging, instant-messaging, online-writing

BBC NEWS | Programmes | Click | Identity 'at risk' on Facebook

Seeded on Thu May 1, 2008 2:46 PM EDT (BBC News)

technology, privacy, identity-theft, social-networking, facebook

Critics Cost Muslim Educator Her Dream School - New York Times

Seeded on Tue Apr 29, 2008 11:40 AM EDT (The New York Times)

religion, islam, bigotry, religious-extremism

What Good is Writing on Newsvine?

Mon Apr 21, 2008 2:27 PM EDT

Well, let me rephrase that.

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education, community, newsvine, writing, collaboration, teaching, online-writing

Climate talks will generate some sparks -- Disasters, United Nations -- OrlandoSentinel.com

Seeded on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:25 AM EDT (The Orlando Sentinel)

"Governments from 163 countries will launch discussions today on forging a global-warming agreement, a process expected to be fraught with disagreements about which countries should take the lead to reduce greenhouse gases by as much as half by 2050."

global-warming, politics, climate-change, united-nations

How green is USF? - News

Seeded on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:20 AM EDT (The Oracle)

A study of sustainability possibilities at the University of South Florida. Lots of implications for other universities, me thinks.

energy, education, environment, climate-change, sustainability, usf

Life in the 'Burbs: Heavy Costs for Families, Climate : NPR

Seeded on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:13 AM EDT (NPR)

"Millions of Americans have moved to the suburbs over the past 60 years. They gain a bigger house, but until recently, few were aware of the impact those choices had on the environment.

health, environment, climate-change, suburbs, commuting

A 21st Century New Deal For The Environment

Seeded on Mon Mar 31, 2008 10:11 AM EDT (Voter suppression again at work in Tallahassee)

An interesting opinion claiming that we should look to the New Deal government programs for ideas of how to address climate change.

environment, new-deal, red-pine

Dead rats cause a big stink at Orlando International Airport -- Illegal Immigrants, Orlando International Airport, British Airways Plc -- OrlandoSentinel.com

Seeded on Tue Mar 25, 2008 12:02 PM EDT (The Orlando Sentinel)

airports, odd-news, rats, sanitation

Lost in the Sky . . . ?

Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:15 PM EST

So the morning after the season premier of ABC's Lost, I was in the shower thinking about it (where else can you really get good, uninterrupted thinking done?), and while thinking I happened to have a song in my head.

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entertainment, lost, abc, television, explosions-in-the-sky

House, Focusing on Cost, Approves Higher Education Act :: Inside Higher Ed :: Jobs, News and Views for All of Higher Education

Seeded on Wed Feb 13, 2008 8:31 AM EST (Inside Higher Ed)

Congress is moving closer to updating the Higher Education Act, which would make it more affordable for students to attend college.

economy, college, education, tuition, higher-education-act

Plagiarism

Seeded on Tue Jan 22, 2008 3:41 PM EST (wpr.org)

This is a link to an audio story from To the Best of Our Knowledge, a show on Public Radio International. You'll hear from Malcolm Gladwell, DJ Spooky, Jonathan Lethem, and Richard A. Posner about plagiarism, remixing, and fair use.

education, plagiarism, remixing, malcolm-gladwell, jonathan-lethem, dj-spooky, richard-posner

Things I've Learned Camping at Chick-Fil-A

Mon Jan 21, 2008 3:42 PM EST

1. The hype (if you've heard any) is real. The first 100 people in the door at a new Chick-Fil-A restaurant really do get 52 coupons for #1 combo meals.

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odd-news, homelessness, chick-fil-a, first-100