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BBC News - Pope paves way to beatification of John Paul II
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-12191423The Vatican credits him with the miraculous cure of a nun said to have had Parkinson's Disease. Church officials believe that the Polish pope, who himself suffered from the condition, interceded for the miraculous cure of Sister Marie Simon-Pierre, a Frenchwoman in her late forties. In order for John Paul II to be canonised as a saint, a second miracle will have to be verified following the beatification. She has said her illness inexplicably disappeared two months after John Paul II's death, after she and her fellow nuns had prayed to him.
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BBC - Schools - Primary History
Explore the distant to the very recent past, with the Primary History timeline: Ancient Greeks Romans Anglo-Saxons Vikings Children of Victorian Britain Children of World War 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/
Tags: history, bbc, timeline, interactive, education, social_studies, romans, victorians, ww2, elementary Saved by: admin
Explore the distant to the very recent past, with the Primary History timeline: Ancient Greeks Romans Anglo-Saxons Vikings Children of Victorian Britain Children of World War 2
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/primaryhistory/
Tags: history, bbc, timeline, interactive, education, social_studies, romans, victorians, ww2, elementary Saved by: admin
BBC - Glow JavaScript Library
The BBC has released their own JavaScript library. Before you cry, "oh god, really?! Another js lib?!" there really are some nice looking bits here. Most impressive is the browser support, which stretches back quite far. The syntax is familiar otherwise. I even commented to a colleague this morning that it looks a lot like jQuery with wider browser support. Of course, jQuery's influence is far reaching to most JavaScript libs these days. I, for one, like all the options we have for doing JavaScript development, and this one looks like a worthy addition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/glow/
Tags: javascript, library, bbc, framework, opensource, glow, ajax, js, design, development Saved by: admin
The BBC has released their own JavaScript library. Before you cry, "oh god, really?! Another js lib?!" there really are some nice looking bits here. Most impressive is the browser support, which stretches back quite far. The syntax is familiar otherwise. I even commented to a colleague this morning that it looks a lot like jQuery with wider browser support. Of course, jQuery's influence is far reaching to most JavaScript libs these days. I, for one, like all the options we have for doing JavaScript development, and this one looks like a worthy addition.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/glow/
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BBC - Digital Revolution Blog: Rushes Sequences - Danah Boyd interview - USA (Video)
From an adults perspective it's identifying information is their absolute fear right. The idea that it's your name, your address, your phone number, anything that will identify you. And this has to do with the idea of physical risk. But for young people it's about the you know, alright fine you can call me by my name why is that a big deal? It's more about the things that make you vulnerable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/digitalrevolution/2009/11/rushes-sequences-dana-boyd-int.shtml
Tags: danahboyd, youth, privacy, web, identity, internet, blog, research, socialmedia, technology Saved by: admin
From an adults perspective it's identifying information is their absolute fear right. The idea that it's your name, your address, your phone number, anything that will identify you. And this has to do with the idea of physical risk. But for young people it's about the you know, alright fine you can call me by my name why is that a big deal? It's more about the things that make you vulnerable.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/digitalrevolution/2009/11/rushes-sequences-dana-boyd-int.shtml
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BBC - Magazine Monitor: 100 things we didn't know last year
The most interesting and crazy facts can come from the daily news stories and the regular Magazine docs some of them inside its weekly feature, ten things we did not know last week. To kick off 2010, here's an almanac of the best from the past year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2010/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_4.shtml
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The most interesting and crazy facts can come from the daily news stories and the regular Magazine docs some of them inside its weekly feature, ten things we did not know last week. To kick off 2010, here's an almanac of the best from the past year.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/magazinemonitor/2010/01/100_things_we_didnt_know_last_4.shtml
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BBC News - Internet has 'not become the great leveller’
"The internet has not become the great leveller that it was once thought it could be," according to Harvard academic Ethan Zuckerman. Mr Zuckerman was speaking at the TED Global (Technology Entertainment and Design) conference in Oxford. He said that the web was now contrary to the original utopian vision and users focused on information from a handful of wealthy countries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10642697
Tags: internet, socialmedia, technology, twitter, social, media, ted, news, via:packrati.us, 2010 Saved by: admin
"The internet has not become the great leveller that it was once thought it could be," according to Harvard academic Ethan Zuckerman. Mr Zuckerman was speaking at the TED Global (Technology Entertainment and Design) conference in Oxford. He said that the web was now contrary to the original utopian vision and users focused on information from a handful of wealthy countries.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-10642697
Tags: internet, socialmedia, technology, twitter, social, media, ted, news, via:packrati.us, 2010 Saved by: admin