Here's where you can follow Space Shuttle Atlantis' last mission online

Because I am such a fan and this final adventure for Atlantis closes 25 years of historical space exploration, I have taken the liberty of copying Tim Conneally's complete article posting from betanews.com with all pertinent links below. Follow the Atlantis over the next 11 days. 

http://www.betanews.com/article/Heres-where-you-can-follow-Space-Shuttle-Atlantis-last-mission-online/1273851175? 

"Here's where you can follow Space Shuttle Atlantis' last mission online

By Tim Conneally | Published May 14, 2010, 11:32 AM

NASA Space Shuttle Atlantis is scheduled end its 25-year career with one final trip into space today. The shuttle will be manned by six astronauts and is expected to be in flight for twelve days. The STS-132 mission is to deliver equipment to the International Space Station which includes a Russian Mini-Research Module, a set of batteries for the station's truss and dish antenna, and other replacement parts.

However, the launch takes place today at 2:20pm EST, a time when most of the United States is at work.

Fortunately, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is making it very easy to follow the action online. NASA isbroadcasting the event live on its website, and is running a launch blog which provides frequent updates on the status of the launch.

Additionally, some excellent information can be found on both NASA and the Kennedy Space Center's Twitter feeds at @NASA, @NASAKennedy(the above picture was a TwitPic from Kennedy.)

Other useful twitter profiles to follow today are@NASA_Astronauts, and @nasatweetup."

Again, the above article was written and published by Tim Conneally for www.betanews.com

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Four Nerds & a Cry Against Facebook

From The New York Times:

"Four N.Y.U. students have decided people should be able to communicate online without surrendering their privacy to a big business."

"Diaspora* group was inspired after hearing a talk by Eben Moglen, a law professor at Columbia University, who described centralized social networks as 'spying for free'."

Read their story and how they raised money to set up Diaspora. Great OpenSource initiative.  http://nyti.ms/d01noz

Their Twitter = joindiaspora

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Preparing your website development for the near future now - Choosing for hosting, servers, cloud computing & integration

For Kids2020Foundation.com, we have been getting informed by the experts about how to make choices for hosting and servers. Cost, security, scaleability and processes. The words of wisdom have been "cloud computing" -using services like Amazon's or Google's. 

Ran across this article from ZDNet, which explains the key integration issues and benefits.

"Cloud-based integration platforms allow you to design, build, monitor, and manage integrations centrally (from the cloud) - yet deploy just the runtime to where the integration needs to occur – either in the cloud or on premise."

Separating the runtime, while unifying the administrative and management functions, eliminates unneeded complexity and dramatically increases the quality of:

1. Collaboration
2. Component Re-use
3. Data visibility and control
4. Policy standardization and enforcement
5. Configuration management
6. Monitoring
7. Auditing/validation
8. Reporting

They deliver the same benefits as SaaS applications themselves including:

1. Significantly reduced cost structure
2. No integration products to install and maintain
3. Automatic upgrades – no “rev lock” issues
4. Usage based pricing – can start small and expand over time
5. Global connectivity and access

Added benefit - positioned for the future - With a cloud integration platform, applications and data sources outside your firewalls can easily be added to your portfolio using the same distributed runtime, centralized management framework."

Read more here: http://bit.ly/axKfuj

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What happens when there are no more IP addresses to give out?

"The speed with which the remaining pool of net addresses are being used up seems to be accelerating."

Go to BBC to read the original article.

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Panel of experts discuss implications of Facebook as parallel social universe

The Allure of the Hive: Social Networking and Social Change

Roundtable

Participants: Nicole Ellison, David Kirkpatrick, Dhiraj Murthy, Sean Parker, Andrew Rasiej (other panelists TBA)

Video

"Facebook is more than a "social network." It is a parallel universe of relationships and social life, which for many of its 500 million users has become a field of action nearly as significant as their real-world interactions. The average American user spends more than six hours per month on Facebook, and increasingly uses it as a primary tool for communication. Facebook and other Internet social media occupy a larger and larger portion of the time people spend online, becoming massively potent forces of change whose impact we are only beginning to comprehend. 

How does the new world of digital "friendship" affect our social life in the real world? How are we ourselves changing as we increasingly inhabit yet another virtual universe? What does the growing penetration of Facebook and social media portend for the way life will be lived, and how will it affect how we organize ourselves, from family life to politics? 

One of the primary architects of Facebook joins experts on individual empowerment and Internet media to elucidate the impact of this looming presence in modern life."

http://philoctetes.org/Calendar/The_Allure_of_the_Hive_Social_Networking_and_Social_Change/

Also read the supporting blog from Huffington Post explaining more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-luce/allure-of-the-hive-expert_b_569444.html 

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FEAR.LESS MAGAZINE HAS LAUNCHED. – fear.less - stories of overcoming fear

fear.less first online magazine dedicated to stories of overcoming fear.

"Are you ready for your fears to 

tremble in their boots? Are you ready to learn from the inspiring stories of those who have come before you? Are you ready to pay absolutely nothing for it?"

In light of a world framed by news that continually provokes our fears, this new approach for sharing and crowdsourcing our fears is refreshing.  

http://fearlessstories.com/uncategorized/fear-less-magazine-has-launched/

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Dan Yoder's blog on "10 Reasons to Delete your Facebook Account" targets issues

What do you think about your user contract with Facebook?

The comments to Dan Yoder's blogpost are as interesting as this post. They spotlight the value-based issues with social media and reflect people's desires to roam free of restrictions or exploitation. Gives us greater insight into perspectives coming from the fringe in the wider digital arena.

You can read more on his actual blog http://rocket.ly

Business Insider posted a copy of Dan's blog - and has the list of comments referred to above.
http://www.businessinsider.com/10-reasons-to-delete-your-facebook-account-2010-5

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Growing digital literacy through the Digital Media and Learning Lab

"Digital Media and Learning Research Hub is located at the systemwide University of California Humanities Research Institute and hosted at the UC Irvine campus. We think digital media practices are fundamentally reshaping society in far-reaching ways, especially in how people all around the world are learning and connecting with one another."

Check out the bibliography for papers on digital literacy.  

http://dmlcentral.net/

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It’s Complicated: Making Sense of Complexity

From The New York Times:

"Complexity used to be so simple. It meant progress. We liked it. Now the most intractable issues of our age, from war to finance, are tangled in ways that inspire headaches, not awe."

http://s.nyt.com/u/XvG_

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Nobel laureate physicist disinvited from a physics conference!

Isn't this crazy? 

Nobel laureate physicist Brian Josepheson - head of ‘Mind-Matter Unification Project’ in Cambridge - was disinvited from a physics conference by Antony Valentini due to Brian's interest in paranormal consciousness. 

http://blogs.nature.com/news/thegreatbeyond/2010/04/no_place_for_the_paranormal_at.html 

I met Brian during a conference on Quantum Entanglent at the Human Scale in Utrecht years ago when I gave the follow up keynote speech to his. He is a person so curious and fascinated by consciousness that his studies and research bring nothing but enlightenment to physics.  

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Why and how nonprofits should use social media

http://www.livemint.com/2010/04/28202657/Why-and-how-nonprofits-should.html

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Nanodots breakthrough may lead to 'a library on one chip'

http://www.machineslikeus.com/news/nanodots-breakthrough-may-lead-library-one...

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Spotify.com turns focus on social networking to help users discover music

http://www.telecoms.com/20024/spotify-goes-social/

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Read that small print - thousands of game customers sold their souls when they agreed to terms

Uh oh! The concept of devil is alive in the tricky use of terms and conditions requiring agreement upon purchase. 

"British firm - GameStation - added the "immortal soul clause" to the contract signed before making any online purchases earlier this month. It states that customers grant the company the right to claim their soul."

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly-sold-souls/?test=latestnews

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Legal impact of tweeting - think twice before posting

http://www.onlinesocialmedia.net/20100417/law-and-social-media-think-twice-be...

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European flight map - notice no Western Europe flights - impact of Icelandic volcano explosion http://ping.fm/8IlVu

via Ping.fm

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US Library of Congress plans to digitally archive all 4 years of Twitter's tweets

"The US Library of Congress said Wednesday it plans to digitally archive all of the billions of messages known as "tweets" sent on Twitter since its launch four years ago."

Read rest of story: http://betasignal.com/m/#_Cluster26940

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ACTA: The acronym hardly anyone knows yet should be scared to death of

What happens when net neutrality, governance and a single perspective cross swords?

From the Inqisitr: http://www.inquisitr.com/69290/acta-the-acronym-hardly-anyone-knows-yet-shoul...?

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Zeta Buzz social media data & analysis tool enables companies to craft better strategies

http://ow.ly/1ugQR

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Impact of the Internet on Institutions in the Future

from Pew Internet : The Impact of the Internet on Institutions in the Future

Bottom line - by 2020, 71% of experts surveyed predict online cooperation will make mainstream institutions significantly more responsive and efficient.

"The imperatives and expectations created by the internet will force change in institutions, no matter how resistant they are. There is simply too much pressure from the ground up for institutions to retain 20^th century forms. Media companies are classic examples of organizations that have to respond to the new digital realities. All institutions will have to start listening more intently to their stakeholders. “Molecular democracy” and “Long Tail economics” are asserting themselves."

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Web Trend Map

This detailed infographic from iA in Japan - the Web Trend Map - gives you the big picture of what's happening with the major players on the web. 


"The Web Trend Map plots the Internet’s leading names and domains onto the Tokyo Metro map. Domains and personalities are carefully selected through dialogue with map enthusiasts, and every domain is evaluated based on traffic, revenue, and character."


You can order your own high quality map - dimensions: 841 mm × 1189 mm / 33.25 in × 46.75 in.  They also print Apple's ads in Japan, so you can expect high quality.


Why not become a member and create and publish your own maps on webtrendmap.com ?

8 Key Tech Trends Impacting Recruitment Sector

"UK industry body, Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) has published a new report examining how a range of new technologies will impact the recruitment sector and the services it provides.

The REC has now identified eight key trends including cloud computing, data memory, data security, green IT and the growth of social networks.

Recruiters can now assess the implications that such technological advancements will have on their operations."

http://www.brookson.co.uk/news-and-press/19696204/recruiters-examine-impact-of-new-technology.aspx

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Ping.fm posts bounce like balls in a pinball machine - repeats posts too many times in Facebook. Anyone worked out multi-posting logistics?

via Ping.fm

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Thanks @bazflaz75 Open Source success http://bit.ly/amO5vB Open Source CMS disrupting market - web alternative to doc-based, enterprise apps

via Ping.fm

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Is there a theory of everything?

Apparently not according to Skip Garibaldi, a mathematician who decided to actually do the math and write a paper about his findings.


Read more in this article “Is there a 'theory of everything?” from From Machines Like Us.

“Garibaldi did the math to disprove the theory, which involves a mysterious structure known as E8. The resulting paper, co-authored by physicist Jacques Distler of the University of Texas, will appear in an upcoming issue of Communications in Mathematical Physics.

‘The beautiful thing about math and physics is that it is not subjective,’ says Garibaldi. ‘I wanted a peer-reviewed paper published, so that the scientific literature provides an accurate state of affairs, to help clear up confusion among the lay public on this topic.’ "

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Bone May Reveal a New Human Group

Infographic shows lineage.

"The discovery stemmed from work on a child’s bone buried between 48,000 and 30,000 years ago in Siberia."

http://s.nyt.com/u/Qqy
from The New York Times

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What defines bully behaviour? In an organisation what best describes a BULLY? What differentiates a bully from others?

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Timeline of the New American Healthcare Bill (Graphic)

"A Timeline of the New Healthcare Bill (Graphic)"
Don't understand what is going to change or when? Here is a snapshot of key changes over the next decade to give you an idea of what is going to impact you and how soon it will take effect.

Discovered this charted timeline on Digg http://digg.com/d31Mcz1

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Social Media in the Workplace

A few years ago nobody had ever heard of Social Media - and yet now - its part of the workplace, just as much as the coffee machine

http://www.onlinesocialmedia.net/20100326/twitter-to-facebook-social-media-in-the-workplace/ 

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Abandoned sites & silence dangerous in social media mix

Social networks for brands play such an important role in customer relationships. What happens when those attempts to connect are no longer populated or silent? Impact?

http://brand-e.biz/silence-spells-danger-with-social-media_6400.html

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21st century about redistribution of work

People living longer & healthier - now what?

"The 20th century was a century of the redistribution of wealth; the 21st century will probably be a century of the redistribution of work," Vaupel 

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100324142121.htm?

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Is your company organised to optimise social media benefits in an enterprising way? http://ping.fm/C7oCM

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