Archive for July 18th, 2003

Conspiracy Theorist Special

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glasscastle - July 18, 2003 @ 10:51 pm · ESL Links

How did this man die? WMD Scientist’s
Death Rocks British Government

LONGWORTH, England (Reuters) – A mild-mannered British scientist was
found dead in the woods Friday after being unwittingly dragged into a
fierce political dispute about intelligence used to justify war on Iraq.

By
Gideon Long at Reuters via
Washington Post

Emu Egg Facts

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glasscastle - July 18, 2003 @ 9:52 pm · ESL Links

It is very large and is equivalent in weight
to about 12 chickens eggs. It is excellent for baking or feeding a family.
It is not strong flavoured and can be eaten scrambled, fried or hard
boiled. It also makes good omelettes. Emu Egg Facts:

  • A medium sized emu egg weighs about 1lb 4oz (565g)
  • The yolks are pale yellow
  • They have a mild yet tasty flavour
  • Emu eggs are very good for baking
  • They can be scrambled, fried, hard boiled and used in omelettes
  • In the shell, they keep 2 months in the refrigerator
  • They can be stored in the freezer for up to 1 year

Teaching American Politics

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glasscastle - July 18, 2003 @ 9:19 pm · ESL Links

Teaching American Politics features lectures by three Harvard faculty members as they reveal the challenges of objectively teaching politics in the classroom. Offering 50 minutes of edited video material and selected slides, the unit encourages students to objectively approach controversial political issues.

http://athome.harvard.edu/dh/tap.html

(Content is available in RealPlayer, QuickTime, and WindowsMedia formats.)

Conyers: Single Upload = Federal Felony

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glasscastle - July 18, 2003 @ 9:12 pm · ESL Links

Congressmen John Conyers Jr. (D-Mich.) and Howard Berman (D-Calif.) have introduced the “Author, Consumer, and Computer Owner Protection and Security Act of 2003″ (ACCOPS Act), which would make a single unauthorized upload of a copyrighted work a federal felony. In addition, the ACCOPS Act would require that file-sharing Web sites request certain information of their consumers and would allot $15 million to the U.S. Department of Justice to prosecute copyright violations.

from IDG.net

Shockwave and Awe

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glasscastle - July 18, 2003 @ 9:04 pm · ESL Links

If you remember both the Decepticons and Clutch Cargo, you’ll
love this fanciful Shockwave animet by Jason Youngbluth.

thanks to Keith,
Broadband recommended……

Note to My Law Students

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glasscastle - July 18, 2003 @ 9:52 am · ESL Links

The link on our program
page to the FBI’s
Ten Most Wanted page has been fixed. In addition there is now an easy-email link to me,
and a direct link to Oyez, where you can download Supreme Court oral argument
mp3′s.

Another BU Grad Wigs Out

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glasscastle - July 18, 2003 @ 8:32 am · ESL Links

DEDHAM, MA– A BU-graduate who allegedly carjacked an Audi and
led police on a wild high-speed chase on Wednesday is so delusional that
she believed that her own car was about to explode when she jumped out
and flagged down a passing motorist, a court psychologist and the woman’s
husband said yesterday.
from the Boston
Globe