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| Iowa prof making convention a virtual classroom - |
| Tuesday, August 19, 2008 |
Iowa prof making convention a virtual classroom - Chicago Tribune DES MOINES, Iowa - University of Iowa professor Dave Redlawsk has a long history of political activism, but one thing he's never done is attend the Democratic National Convention. Now that he's secured a ticket, he's aiming to take his students with Source: www.chicagotribune.com Revealed: the massive scale of UK's water consumption - Guardian Unlimited The scale of British water consumption and virtual pbx software its impact around the world is revealed in a new report today, which warns of the hidden levels needed to produce food and virtual pbx software clothing. The UK has become the sixth largest net importer of water in the world Source: www.guardian.co.uk Virtual Worlds Get Real About Punishment - Washington Post In the online community Cellufun, troublemakers found guilty by other users get their virtual alter egos placed behind bars. (Cary Torkelson) Virtual worlds have often been called the digital equivalent of the Wild West, where animated alter egos can Source: www.washingtonpost.com Virtual fence construction in Arizona put on hold - International Herald Tribune TUCSON, Ariz. : Construction on "virtual fence" projects scheduled along Arizona's border with Mexico is on hold indefinitely because the Interior Department hasn't signed off on use of its lands, federal officials said Tuesday. Interior officials Source: www.iht.com Go against the flow - Guardian Unlimited A water footprint sounds like something you leave on the bathroom floor after a shower. Virtual water, meanwhile, might seem like an ironic postmodern conceit by the late Jean Baudrillard. Yet if environmental campaigners are successful these two Source: www.guardian.co.uk Olympics are between athletes not nations - Detroit Free Press The Olympics are not war. The competition is supposed to establish who s the best in the world at various athletic pursuits, not which country can claim to rule the athletic world. So why does TV insist on national medal standings? Doesn t that Source: www.freep.com People on the move: - Silicon Valley The Palo Alto provider of virtual infrastructure management technology Leandra Yanagawa vice president of worldwide sales. She is former vice president of inside sales at EMC. Rebecca Eickley Nollenberger Capital Partners The San Francisco investment Source: www.siliconvalley.com Microsoft Lifts Licensing Restriction on Virtual Mobility - New York Times Microsoft Tuesday confirmed that it will eliminate a licensing restriction that prevented customers from moving virtualized applications to a different server more than once every 90 days. Microsoft also said it will begin providing new levels of Source: www.nytimes.com Virtual fence construction in Arizona on hold - AZCentral.com TUCSON - Construction on virtual fence projects scheduled along Arizona's border with Mexico is on hold indefinitely because the Interior Department hasn't signed off on use of its lands, federal officials said Tuesday. Interior officials Source: www.azcentral.com
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