"15 reasons why social network Facebook may be worth $15bn and "20 Best Places to get Free books...........
Secularism confronts Islam, Olivier Roy The vigorous debate about Muslims in Europe and their relationship to the west's understanding of itself needs to be informed by an understanding of history's duality and the present's fluidity
All for one, one for all Simon Tisdall The rare alignment of Europe's big three presents an opportunity for the EU to make a fresh start.
Top dollar? 15 reasons why social network Facebook may be worth $15bn
20 Best Places to get Free books
Santral Istanbul is UVA’s first permanent architectural lighting installation.
Santral Istanbul is UVA’s first permanent architectural lighting installation. Built on the site of the power plant that once supplied the whole region, Santral Istanbul comprises a university campus, library, contemporary art museum and an energy museum in the old turbine halls. UVA created a permanent site-wide interactive lighting system that responds to visitor movements, and can be tuned to muted colours for daily use or bolder looks for special events. UVA also created and presented the graphics and lighting for the launch ceremony, comprising high-intensity beams and large-scale moving projections.
Giorgio de Chirico and Greece: Voyage through Memory at The Onassis Cultural Center 
Giorgio de Chirico, The Archaeologists (detail), 1968
On Subjective Projection in Facebook
It has been nearly two weeks since my last entry and longer since my last entry that was more than a link-post. I've been off covering a music festival, traveling a bit, and following sports. But my time for excuses are over. Apologies to the few of you who may have come to expect an entry every Tuesday.
Jakob Nielsen's Alertbox for October 22 is now online at: > http://www.useit.com/alertbox/passive-voice.html
Summary: Active voice is best for most Web content, but using passive voice can let you front-load important keywords in headings, blurbs, and lead sentences. This enhances scannability and thus SEO effectiveness.
Zogby/463 Internet Attitudes Poll: One In Four Americans Say the Internet Can Serve as a Substitute For a Significant Other Demographic info (PDF; 219 KB)
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Social, Technical and Economic Consequences of the Internet Evolution
The sanctification of the burka: Frequently overlooked amid heated debate, the Muslim garment's intricate past goes a long way toward illuminating an often controversial present
The Geography of the European Creative Class: A Rank-Size Analysis (PDF; 317 KB) Source: Danish Research Unit for Industrial Dynamics
The Domestic Influence of International Criminal Tribunals: The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and the Creation of the State Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina
Source: Scholarship at Penn Law
Ralph Waldo Emerson and the Sufis: From Puritanism to Transcendentalism
Strategy in the Missile Age
Games of Strategy: Theory and Applications
The Civil-Military Gap in the United States: Does It Exist, Why, and Does It Matter?
"A Web 2.0 Ideology" by Trebor Scholz
Art of the Net (blog) by Theo Armour
"Google Art, or How to Hack Google" curated by Ana Otero
Countering Terrorists' Use of Network Technologies
More on global trends in universities
by Alex Soojung-Kim Pang
A promising-looking source on globalization and higher education: GlobalHigherEd, a blog started by University of Wisconsin geographer Kris Olds, and Bristol professor Susan Robertson. They explain:
Web 2.0 Technologies: The New Seekers
by Jess Hemerly
In "The New Seekers," The Spectator's David Jennings counters Cult of the Amateur author Andrew Keen's bleak vision of anarchy resulting from a "dictatorship of idiots." Jennings believes that Web 2.0 technologies are enriching our culture rather than reducing it to a state of chaos, where everyone fancies themselves experts:...
