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• Is Wikipedia Dying or Just Maturing?

  
  Technology Liberation Front — Authority: 548
  There was a very interesting front-page article in the Wall Street Journal yesterday by Julia Angwin and Geoffrey Fowler wondering whether Wikipedia , the wildly popular online encyclopedia, was dying because of new posting guidelines which have apparently led to a drop off in the number of volunteers contributing ...
  13 hours ago

• Advice to the AGU regading their journals

  
  James' Empty Blog — Authority: 471
  I intend to write a proper letter (well email) based on the following thoughts. Before I send it, Id be grateful for any suggestions. Dear AGU, Your previously-respected journals are starting to build a reputation for publishing rubbish papers. Here are a few suggestions for how to remedy the situation. 1. Please ...
  15 hours ago

• Climate Gate – All the manipulations and lies revealed 6

  
  UD/RK Samhlls Debatt — Authority: 123
  The greatest scientific and political scandal in modern times continues to unravel. And some of the media is catching on. It’s about time. But most still continues to play the role of his master’s voice! (see my post Climate Gate – All the manipulations and lies revealed 3 ) Betraying all that ...
  18 hours ago

• Hospital starts programme on behaviour problems of children

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 719
  By Richa SharmaNew Delhi, Nov 24 (IANS) Alarmed by rising incidents of aggression and violence among adolescents, a hospital here has started a life skills training programme for students in various schools in the capital to help them manage behavioural problems.The “pro social peer moderator programme” launched ...
  1 day ago

• The Case of the 1,069 Purloined Letters

  
  Tom Collins' World Wide Web Log — Authority: 110
  Around eleven this morning, Gretchen let me know that my nephew, Henry Palikowski, Junior, wished to arrange for a telephone consultation today whenever I had the free time in my schedule.  I certainly had no problem with that - because while Congress sometimes stages a circus this time of year, as it is doing at the ...
  1 day ago

• No Hope with Dope

  
  Socyberty — Authority: 551
    “So what is it Crist?” Nick said. “POT. Take it.”   Joey looked at the joint in his hand. “No, I don’t think so,” he said giving the joint back to Nick. “Just say no, eh Crist?” he said as Joey walked away. All the other guys laughed out loud. Whatever, he whispered to himself. ...
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• Those “climategate” emails

  
  Open Parachute — Authority: 491
  The current “scandal” erupting around the hacking of servers at the University of East Anglias’ Climate Research Centre is rather predictable. The public release of stolen emails has been seized on by climate change deniers as evidence for their claims of manipulated data and faulty peer-review. Even more ...
  1 day ago

• Climate Gate – All the manipulations and lies revealed 5

  
  UD/RK Samhlls Debatt — Authority: 123
  “And that procurement of data destruction, as they are about to find out to their cost, is a criminal offense. They are not merely bad scientists — they are crooks. And crooks who have perpetrated their crimes at the expense of British and U.S. taxpayers. I am angry, and so should you be.” “….with ...
  1 day ago

• Varying Concerns About Climate Files

  
  Dot Earth — Authority: 694
  A reader sees over
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• Easy Tips That Explain How E Commerce Works

  
  Affiliate Marketing Reviews — Authority: 131
  It’s not difficult to explain how e commerce works. E commerce is simply the exchange of goods and/or services electronically. When you buy something from eBay, Amazon.com or any online store, you’ve participated in e commerce. If you’ve ever downloaded music from a site like Napster or iTunes, that’s e ...
  1 day ago

• Inaccurate Copyright Enforcement: Questionable "best" practices and BitTorrent specification flaws

  
  Freedom to Tinker — Authority: 538
  [Today we welcome my Princeton Computer Science colleague Mike Freedman. Mikes research areas include computer systems, network software, and security. He writes a technical blog about these topics at Princeton S* Network Systems -- required reading for serious systems geeks like me. -- Ed Felten] In the ...
  1 day ago

• Giving Open Access a Bad Name

  
  The Scholarly Kitchen — Authority: 549
  Scientist, editor, and OA advocate Jonathan A. Eisen rages against an infamous author-pays OA publisher.
  1 day ago

• A new blog worth noting: “Evidence In Medicine”

  
  e-Patients.net — Authority: 522
  Understanding medical research, at some level, is a fundamental e-patient skill. As we start digging for reliable new information, we have to learn to separate quality from questionable. (If you think medical journals are academically pure, you’ve got learning to do.) A new blogger has emerged who’ll be a big ...
  1 day ago

• PURC to undergo Peer Review

  
  The Ghanaian Journal — Authority: 159
  GNA – The performance of the Public Utility Regulatory Commission (PURC) of Ghana over the years will come under scrutiny in a week-long review by members of the Peer Learning Network from November 23 to 27, this year. The Peer Learning Network, comprising institutions whose mandate includes the regulation of the ...
  2 days ago

• Podcast 31: Peer-to-Peer Lending and Target Date Funds

  
  Consumerism Commentary: A Personal Finance Blog Since 2003 — Authority: 633
  On today’s Consumerism Commentary Podcast, Tom Dziubek speaks with Renaud LaPlanche, co-founder and CEO of LendingClub and Rob Garcia, senior director of product strategy for the same company. The LendingClub teams discusses the benefits and drawbacks of peer-to-peer lending as an alternative to the traditional ...
  2 days ago

• The Very Near Future of the Web Part 3 - Social Commerce

  
  LISTEN, CONNECT, INFLUENCE — Authority: 110
  by Sherry Heyl I have an 8  year old son who wants it all! He sincerely believes that Santa Claus is very wealthy and can deliver him everything is asks for including an iPhone and a laptop, just because that is what he is asking for.  As his mom I am challenged with providing him some perspective on reality as ...
  2 days ago

• Great Green Job of the Week: Research Associate Intern, Earthwatch Institute

  
  Life within me — Authority: 139
  As the largest non-profit organization supporting “citizen science,” in its 37-year history, Earthwatch has sponsored over 1000 field research projects in 55 countries across the globe. Earthwatch expeditions and field research centers link volunteers with international scientists working to conserve habitats, ...
  2 days ago

• Hm, this seems wrong somehow...

  
  Ssnot! — Authority: 123
  I dont think peer guardian should do that somehow. Maybe its just me. You might want to have a closer look if you dont see it right away.
  2 days ago

• Strong IPR regimes counterproductive for climate change technology transfers

  
  P2P Foundation — Authority: 595
  SciDev summarizes the conclusions from a new report undertaken by Asian research institutes: “The notion that climate technology cannot be transferred to a developing country unless it has strong intellectual property laws — a cherished belief among developed countries — has been called into question by a ...
  3 days ago

• How To Hedge Your Bets: 10 Ways To Diversify Your Income

  
  Rich Credit Debt Loan — Authority: 522
  Jonathan Leane is todays guest blogger here at Rich Credit Debt Loan. Jonathan writes for Debt Loans . Why Diversify Your Income? Most people are familiar with the idea of diversification—it is common knowledge to not “put all your eggs in one basket”. However, this advice is most commonly applied to ...
  3 days ago

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