{"id":179,"date":"2009-08-04T06:30:56","date_gmt":"2009-08-04T10:30:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kevincreamer.net\/panda\/?p=179"},"modified":"2009-08-04T08:50:49","modified_gmt":"2009-08-04T12:50:49","slug":"what-im-reading-8409","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kevincreamer.net\/panda\/2009\/08\/04\/what-im-reading-8409\/","title":{"rendered":"What I&#8217;m Reading &#8211; 8\/4\/09"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>Parabola\n<ul>\n<li>Kosiya, the Buddhist Scrooge &#8211; The king&#8217;s treasurer learns that &#8220;Generosity makes space in the mind and heart, while hoarding creates an interior prison.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>New York Times\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/04\/science\/earth\/04collide.html\" target=\"_blank\">Giant Particle Collider Fizzles, Adding to the Mysteries of Life<\/a> &#8211; Electrical problems with the Large Hadron Collider mean it will be years, if ever, before its most ambitious work can be attempted.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/04\/us\/politics\/04bar.html\" target=\"_blank\">Obama Administration Weighs In on State Secrets, Raising Concern on the Left<\/a> &#8211; In a friend of the court briefing, the Obama administration inserts an argument that the state secrets law is constitutional, not based on common law.\u00a0 Hardly a settled opinion, many on the left are dismayed at the administration&#8217;s position given Obama&#8217;s statements &#8220;that he wants to limit the use of the state secrets privilege.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/04\/opinion\/04sinatra.html\" target=\"_blank\">Radio Free America<\/a> &#8211; In an op ed piece, Nancy Sinatra argues for broadcast radio performance royalties for performing artists.\u00a0 Rather than directly argue for her royalties, she cites the destitute Helen Forrest, a 1940s big band singer.\u00a0 I&#8217;m not sure how many big band radio stations are out there anymore, but I doubt that revenues are sufficient to pay performance royalties.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2009\/08\/05\/world\/asia\/05korea.html\" target=\"_blank\">Bill Clinton in North Korea to Seek Release of U.S. Reporters<\/a> &#8211; In Bill Clinton&#8217;s first public mission since his wife became Secretary of State, he travels to Pyongyang to seek the release of Laura Ling and Euna Lee.\u00a0 Disclaimer: my brother has been a big supporter of the movement to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lauraandeuna.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">free the journalists<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>The Chronicle of Higher Education\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/chronicle.com\/article\/New-Web-Site-Compares-Student\/47924\/\">New Web Site Compares Student Outcomes at Online Colleges<\/a> &#8211; A grant-funded web site looks to explain the programs available through online institutions and assess the effectiveness of those programs.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Augmenting Human Intellect\n<ul>\n<li>Detailed Discussion of the H-LAM\/T System &#8211; Just getting started with this section.\u00a0 Considering the abridged version of this in <em>The New Media Reader<\/em> for a New Media Studies course we hope to teach in the spring term, but reading the full document for myself.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Slashdot\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/entertainment.slashdot.org\/story\/09\/08\/03\/2214204\/Student-Sues-University-Because-Shes-Unemployable\" target=\"_blank\">Student Sues University Because She&#8217;s Unemployable<\/a> &#8211; Having graduated from Monroe College in April, a student sues in July, charging that the school&#8217;s Office of Career Advancement didn&#8217;t help her.\u00a0 The Slashdot comment thread should be interesting.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Richmond Times-Dispatch\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www2.timesdispatch.com\/rtd\/news\/local\/crime\/article\/VICT01_20090731-215404\/283414\/\" target=\"_blank\">Victim Assistance Academy graduates hear from one who was helped<\/a> &#8211; Joan Neff&#8217;s program just finished its second year at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.richmond.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">University of Richmond<\/a>.\u00a0 The Center helps the Victim Assistance Academy by supplying a handful of laptops.\u00a0 It&#8217;s always nice to be even a small part of a program that&#8217;s making a difference in people&#8217;s lives.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parabola Kosiya, the Buddhist Scrooge &#8211; The king&#8217;s treasurer learns that &#8220;Generosity makes space in the mind and heart, while hoarding creates an interior prison.&#8221; 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