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- Obama Celebrates Anniversary by Pushing Controversial Education Reform Program | GOOD – To qualify for the money, states must meet certain criteria. They have to show they are able to build systems to measure success; that they can design and adopt internationally recognized success standards; commit to turning around crappy schools, possibly through charters; and that they are willing to reward teachers for student performance. Wait, what?
- Facebook Chat Coming to Gtalk, Jabber Imminently – Once launched, Facebook will allow chat applications like Gtalk to let their users communicate with their friends, see which of their friends are online and view their profile pictures as well as set their statuses.
- GOP had a good day in Pennsylvania – Reversing a recent pattern of Democratic successes, Republicans won at least six of the seven appellate court races on the ballot and may end up sweeping the contests, depending on the outcome of a still-undecided Superior Court seat. The results were dotted with some Democratic successes in competitive areas, such as the ouster of an incumbent district attorney in Centre County, but lagging Democratic turnout held down the margins of several heavily favored Democratic incumbents.
- Official Google Blog: Transparency, choice and control — now complete with a Dashboard! – In an effort to provide you with greater transparency and control over their own data, we've built the Google Dashboard. Designed to be simple and useful, the Dashboard summarizes data for each product that you use (when signed in to your account) and provides you direct links to control your personal settings. Today, the Dashboard covers more than 20 products and services, including Gmail, Calendar, Docs, Web History, Orkut, YouTube, Picasa, Talk, Reader, Alerts, Latitude and many more. The scale and level of detail of the Dashboard is unprecedented, and we're delighted to be the first Internet company to offer this — and we hope it will become the standard.
- The good and the bad of PDFs – OpenGovData – As you might guess, these various different PDF standards are a big reason why PDF files are so commonplace in today's technology sector. And, like any other common technology, this means that PDF files have been used in places where they are, perhaps, not the best tool for the job.
With that in mind, let's discuss some of the ins and outs of PDF files, specifically what they can and can't do for your applications and what they should and shouldn't be used for.
- Plainlanguage.gov – Originally called the Plain English Network, PLAIN has been meeting informally since the mid 1990s. Our goal is to promote the use of plain language for all government communications. We believe that using plain language will save federal agencies time and money and provide better service to the American public.
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