University Resilience

Goldie Blumenstyk reviews how universities successfully coping with coronavirus will be demonstrating resilience.

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Content Curation and Copyright

David Smith tackles this question: "Can You Copyright the Act of Curation? And What Constitutes Curation Anyway? "

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Open Source Vulnerabilities

Frank Nagle and Jenny Hoffman write about Open Source vulnerabilities .

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Unsupported Science

Vinnie Rotondaro writes about an investigator into unsupported science in the article: "Nick Brown Smelled Bull ."

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Assessment of Library Service to Distant Learners

Diane Wahl developed a presentation on the Assessment of Library Support for Distance Learning at the University of North Texas. A PDF version is also available.

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Coronavirus Blood Test

Antonio Regalado reports on the efforts of Florian Krammer and a team at the Icahn School of Medicine in New York City to develop a quick blood test for coronavirus based on the technology used to test for HIV. Such a test would identify those who have overcome the virus and who can return to work, as well as open options for healing the sickest in intensive care units. Current tests only detect if a person is sick with the disease, not the status of their immunity.

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Reducing Homelessness

Jon Henley provides an example of a city which has cut homelessness: Helsinki .

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Android 11: New Features

J.R. Raphael shares the new features that are expected to appear in Android 11 .

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Diversity and Alienation

Julia Hanna reports on the research of Lakshmi Ramarajan and Erin Reid, which showed that the middle-class white tutors in an inner city school felt their race and life experiences alienated them from their black students who were raised in poverty. The article calls for more communication, "beginning with a clear-eyed, inward look at one’s background, identity, and place in culture — [which can] can provide the foundation for building a workplace where everyone can thrive."

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Ground News: The "World’s First News Comparison Platform"

Ground News is an app which claims to be the "World’s first News Comparison Platform".

The app evaluates the conservative or liberal bias of a news source, the currency of the news story, and the geographic region where the reporting originated. Note that there is a fee for this service, and the stories seem to have a British Commonwealth focus.

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Larry Brilliant Provides a National Strategy for Coping with Coronavirus

Steven Levy interviews Larry Brilliant, an epidemiologist who helped eliminate smallpox and who offers a forecast for best dealing with the coronavirus .

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Bible Concept Search

The Open Bible topical search is a useful, though currently scattershot, automated tool for finding relevant Bible passages for current issues. It attempts to lead the user who enters phrases to relevant Bible passages. Usually somewhere in the results list a relevant passage appears.

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Reduce Bandwidth Use

Johnny Evans calls for reductions in bandwidth use . Evans says that with so many workers and children staying home to blunt the impact of the virus, bandwidth usage is soaring. He cites restrictions that are going into place in Europe.

In my own experience this week, it took three days for a short Zoom video to process, and when I started to view it, the picture froze after ninety seconds.

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Comparing National Virus Infestation Rates

Dylan Scott and Rani Molla compare coronavirus infection rates . Italy, Iran, South Korea and the United States are seeing a more rapid spread of the infection than Asian nations like Japan, Singapore and Hong Kong.

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Lowering the Death Rate

Eliza Barclay and Dylan Scott explain how "flattening the curve " by minimizing the numbers infected at any one time will save lives.

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Cortana Being Depreciated

Preston Gralla observes that Cortana is being depreciated in Windows.

In my mind, Cortana resembled an updated "Clippy" (Office Assistant).

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Time-Saving Android Tips

J. R. Raphael shares time-saving android tips .

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Educators as Leaders

Martha Lagace interviews Thomas DeLong about his new book, which talks about teachers as leaders .

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Historic Quarantine

Rory Carroll recounts how the town of Gunnison, Colorado maintained a quarantine that resulted in no flu fatalities in the town.

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Pricing Algorithms

Kristen Senz and Alexander MacKay write about how automated pricing algorithms result in higher prices for the consumer.

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The Magnificence of Time's Passage

Marcia Bjornerud provides the reader with an appreciation of geologic eons and the concept of time's passage.

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A Hazard of Coronavirus Testing

Halley Golden reports on how the State of Washington was at the forefront of Coronavirus testing , and therefore became the leader in the infection count.

This seems to bolster the cynical saying "no good deed goes unpunished." -DD

Pi Day

WikiHow suggests how to celebrate Pi Day.

Pi Day was named because the date contains the first three digits mathematically associated with the Greek letter pi. It also happens to be Albert Einstein's birthday: the great physicist was born March 14, 1879, in Ulm, in the Kingdom of Württemberg.

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The Significance of Leaving a Toothbrush

Beca Grimm notes that in fluid cultures with cohabitation, leaving a personal item such as a toothbrush at your friend's home is a significant step in the relationship.

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Questions to Be Asked When a Threat of an Epidemic Exists

Caroline Chen reviews some of the questions that need to be asked when evaluating the threat posed by an infection such as the coronavirus.

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Cloud Printing With Microsoft's "Universal Print"

Gregg Keizer discusses Microsoft's foray into cloud printing (branded as Universal Print ), at a time when Google is planning to abandon its cloud printing app.

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Academic Student Engagement Is Rising

Beth McMurtrie draws from the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) how to increase student-teacher interaction outside of class.

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Google Search Results Now Include Approximate Results

Daniel Gilbert reports on a change in Google's search algorithm , noting "Not content with making exact match keywords anything but exact, they’ve extended “same meaning” close variants to phrase and broad match modifier (BMM) keywords. Not only are plurals, stemmings, misspellings and changes to word order all fair game for your keywords, now implied words and synonyms in search terms will also trigger phrase and BMM." For those who pay to have their site show at the top of the result list, making search results less specific will require a greater expenditure to reach the same audience.

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Maintenance Costs of Trees

Laura Bliss reports on the hidden maintenance costs of trees in an urban environment, which results in trees being a signal of a wealthy neighborhood.

Brenton Mock says that concerns about maintenance costs is a reason poor residents in Detroit often refused offers by civic groups to plant trees in their yards.

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Spam Calls

Alexis Madrigal reports on spam call , highlighting YouMail statistics, which show over 3 billion machine initiated calls each month in the U.S.

In my experience, the unchecked growth in spam calls has made it unlikely that outbound calls from a call center will make a contribution to a legitimate organization. Most individuals now screen all calls, and only pick-up calls from friends and family.

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Source: March 23, 2018 FCC Hearing

Brain Teasers

A list of brain teasers which appeared on Quora.

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Sources of Bias

James Clear reminds us of common sources of bias which cloud our judgement:

1. Survivorship Bias
2. Loss Aversion
3. The Availability Heuristic
4. Anchoring
5. Confirmation Bias

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Android 10 Tips

J. R. Raphael provides tips about using Android 10 .

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Differentiated Instruction

David Kapuler shares links to 30 sites dealing with differentiated instruction .

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Improving Meetings

Patrick Sanaghan suggests how to improve meetings .

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Internet Arguments

Olivia Goldhill talks of the pointlessness of internet arguments , as many can be avoided by listening.

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