open... (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
I and many others have written a fair amount about the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA). We'd doubtless write far more, were more details forthcoming. And yet despite the huge potential knock-on effects of this agreement, everything is being negotiated behind closed doors. Even more outrageously, those doors are nonetheless being opened for representatives of trade organisations who wish...
Computerworld UK's Roundup (Free subscription) | 19/11/2008
I and many others have written a fair amount about the Anti-Counterfeit Trade Agreement (ACTA).
Michael Geist's Blog (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
... be made available to the public. While it is good that the government is open to public input on ACTA, this new approach raises at least two concerns. First, it has provided no new information about ACTA, effectively asking Canadians to comment on a treaty that they know virtually nothing about (almost all public information comes by way of leaks). Second, the rolling consultation...
MLB (Free subscription) | yesterday
When Steven Shell signed with the Nationals as a Minor League free agent in 2008, and manager Manny Acta told him he'd be better suited as a reliever, Shell never flinched. And as a result, he finally made it to the Majors after seven years in the Minors.
TechChuck (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
A new administration comes to Washington in January, and with it come new approaches to the tech policy issues of our time—issues like network neutrality and universal broadband deployment, spectrum management and transparent government, copyright concerns and ACTA. It won't just be those with jobs in the administration who will shape policy, but a whole [...]
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
Rich Lederer / Baseball Analysts : The Bill James Handbook 2009 - Part One — One of the beauties of November is the arrival of The Bill James Handbook, the most stat-filled annual baseball guide available. The book, produced by Baseball Info Solutions and published by ACTA Sports, is always the first one to hit the market following the just-completed season.
Baseball Analysts (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
One of the beauties of November is the arrival of The Bill James Handbook , the most stat-filled annual baseball guide available. The book, produced by Baseball Info Solutions and published by ACTA Sports, is always the first one to hit the market following the just-completed season. Key features include career data for every 2008 major leaguer, fielding (including plus/minus leaders and The...
Ars Technica (Free subscription) | 18/11/2008
A new administration comes to Washington in January, and with it come new approaches to the tech policy issues of our time—issues like network neutrality and universal broadband deployment, spectrum management and transparent government, copyright concerns and ACTA. It won't just be those with jobs in the administration who will shape policy, but a whole host of academics, think tankers, lobbyists,...
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... annual baseball guide available. The book, produced by Baseball Info Solutions and published by ACTA Sports, is always the first one to hit the market following the just-completed season.Craig Calcaterra /
Ballbug (Free subscription) | 17/11/2008
... annual baseball guide available. The book, produced by Baseball Info Solutions and published by ACTA Sports, is always the first one to hit the market following the just-completed season.
Medical News Today (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
An article published electronically in the scientific journal "Acta Paediatrica", describes how heart rate and sleep in boys are affected by violent video games. Researchers from Stockholm University, Uppsala University and Karolinska Institutet in Sweden have worked together with this study. In the study boys (12-15) were asked to play two different video games at home in the evening. The boys'...
Just A Nats Fan (Free subscription) | 15/11/2008
After the Nationals parted ways with Frank Robinson after the 2006 season, I personally called Stan Kasten to throw out a name that may not have been on his list—Jim Riggleman. Stan said that Jim was already on his short list, but as we know the Nationals got Manny Acta so it was great [...]
Shrink Rap (Free subscription) | 14/11/2008
Photo: Adam FilipowiczResearchers at ’s Stress Research Institute published yesterday an article that describes how heart rate and sleep in boys are affected by the playing of violent video games.The article, , was published electronically yesterday in the scientific journal Acta Paediatrica, and it describes the findings of how heart rate and sleep in boys are affected by violent video games....
