Policy Research Tool
Policy Research Tool: UNESCO is launching a new tool to support policy-making based on research results from international social and human sciences. — this is a cool tool. this post is also post 5900 according to the numbering system….
Read MoreGlobalization: Challenges and Opportunities for Science and Technology
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization | UNESCO.ORG: This conference brought together decision-makers, academics, members of government, and leaders from various facets of civil society to discuss ways in which to better, and more directly, harness scientific and technological progress for the promotion of peace and sustainable development. Download publication – PDF
Read MoreMath Trek: Good Stories, Good Math, Science News Online, Nov. 10, 2007
Math Trek: Good Stories, Good Math, Science News Online, Nov. 10, 2007: Good Stories, Good Math Preschoolers who can tell good stories develop good mathematical skills by the first grade —- so to teach the next generation of mathematicians and scientists… the best thing we can do is tell them inspiring stories and fantasies.
Read More7 theses to save the world
: A new cosmopolitanism is in the air Globalisation is anonymous control A new perspective for a different approach to action Only capital is permitted to break the rules We, the consumers, constitute the counter-power Sacrifice autonomy, gain sovereignty A state towards which the nation is indifferent Convert walls into bridges! —– This is indicative […]
Read MoreToo many students attend college
Too many students attend college: Too many students attend college —- I actually agree to some extent with this idea, but not the evidence presented here. I think people need time to explore and find something they are passionate about before they engage in college. Too many students enter college, I think, with an unpurposefulness, […]
Read Moremmm password security and dictionaries
This article and this article provide a basis of critique for people using 14 letter passwords in rc5 and assuming some sense of security. Hint is… it is not secure. It is not as bad as Microsoft using rot13, but it is close. Computing power and memory win against encryption. Given extensible memory and speed, […]
Read Moreedu-Impact | college & university economic impact portal
edu-Impact | college & university economic impact portal: Welcome to edu-Impact, the College & University Economic Impact Portal. Appleseed, a New York City-based consulting firm, created this portal in response to a growing interest in the regional economic and community development impacts of colleges and universities. This portal is the most comprehensive source of information […]
Read MorePrint Story: New software detects Web interference on Yahoo! News
Print Story: New software detects Web interference on Yahoo! News: Increasingly worried over Internet providers’ behavior, a nonprofit has released software that helps determine whether online glitches are innocent hiccups or evidence of deliberate traffic tampering. —— we needed something like this. we just need it built into every OS now.
Read Moresecret to raising smart kids?
smart kids: The Secret to Raising Smart Kids Hint: Don’t tell your kids that they are. —- it can be very disempowering to be told you are smart, or smarter… what does that mean anyway? intelligence varies across too many dimensions to really make that claim too strongly as far as i’m concerned. there are […]
Read MoreContinental Philosophy » Blog Archive » E-Texts: Guattari, Molecular Revolution
Continental Philosophy » Blog Archive » E-Texts: Guattari, Molecular Revolution: Guattari, Felix. Molecular Revolution: Psychiatry and Politics (Peregrines). New York City: Puffin, 1984. —- this is a good resource to get started on for some of guattari’s work.
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