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Monday, December 13, 2004 |
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Finally got a chance to look at this one from two weeks ago. Worth thinking about on multiple levels, not just on the question of why this should somehow not be fit to televize. A very good friend of mine from b-school days is very involved with UCC. I think I need to follow up with her to get some more of the story. The forbidden United Church of Christ ad.. Here is the television ad the networks refuse to play.
It is more than worth 30 seconds of your time. It's message: No
matter who you are, you are welcome here, at the UNITED Church of
Christ.
And oh, uh, what you will see at the web site is a very powerful
demonstration of how the Internet can be an alternative way to get a
message out..
After all, this ad is near the top on Daypop..and I'm hoping it rises.. |
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RealClimate is a new multi-author blog that identifies itself as a commentary site on climate science by working
climate scientists for the interested public and journalists. We aim to
provide a quick response to developing stories and provide the context
sometimes missing in mainstream commentary. The discussion here is
restricted to scientific topics and will not get involved in any political
or economic implications of the science. I found it courtesy of a pointer in the Technology Review blog.
Most of their early postings interpret the science and help make it
accessible to the interested lay person. But, they're also willing to
take a look at how popular culture looks at climate science:
Michael Crichton’s State of Confusion.
In a departure from normal practice on this site, this post is a
commentary on a piece of out-and-out fiction (unlike most of the other
posts which deal with a more subtle kind). Michael Crichton's new novel
"State of Fear" is about a self-important NGO hyping the science of ...
[RealClimate]
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Now this sounds fascinating. Both in its own right and it what it may portend for how the relationship between learning and institutions is likely to evolve. One more example of the resources becoming available to anyone who has the motivation to learn. One thing that suggests to me is a potential role for guides to help others who want to navigate what will be a fairly messy and complex environment over the near term. Battelle's scoop on Google's University library project. Mark Frauenfelder:
John Battelle has the scoop on Google's "Project Ocean." From an email he received:
"Harvard University is embarking on a collaboration with Google that could harness Google's search technology to provide to both the Harvard community and the larger public a revolutionary new information location tool to find materials available in libraries. In the coming months, Google will collaborate with Harvard's libraries on a pilot project to digitize a substantial number of the 15 million volumes held in the University's extensive library system. Google will provide online access to the full text of those works that are in the public domain. In related agreements, Google will launch similar projects with Oxford, Stanford, the University of Michigan, and the New York Public Library."UPDATE: Edward Vielmetti offers some more information on Michigan's participation in this project |
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