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Enjoying Music on the Web—Legally

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Saturday, 07 November 2009 10:15:00 EST

As governments, corporations, artists and fans fight over the tenets of music piracy prevention, it is possible to sidestep the legal battle and do things the right way with streaming services, affordable subscription sites and plain old online music stores.

Hyperthymesia: Total Recall, Totally Overwhelming

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Saturday, 07 November 2009 9:00:00 EST

Due to a condition called hyperthymesia, Jill Price can recall practically every day of her life in vivid detail. New scans of Price's brain may finally reveal the source of her extraordinary memory.

How to Start a Blog, Part 3: Networking and Syndicating

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Saturday, 07 November 2009 7:30:00 EST

Blogging, like most writing, is a lonely activity, but many general and topic-specific social networks exist to help bloggers find and support each other, get more readers and even make money.

Saturn's Rings and Many Moons

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Saturday, 07 November 2009 6:45:00 EST

Saturn is one of the most recognizable planets in our solar system, yet much about the gaseous planet and its beautiful rings remains a mystery.

Educators That Rock!: Josie Carbone

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Saturday, 07 November 2009 5:00:17 EST

Josie Carbone, the founding principal of Girls Prep Bronx, an all-girls charter school for pre-K through first-grade students in the Bronx, New York, got involved in teaching while volunteering to teach Spanish at a local elementary school during high school. After graduating from college in 1997, she worked with Teach For America in New York. Carbone taught for six more years before becoming involved with the New York charter school movement in 2003.

Happy Birthday, Marie Curie, Discoverer of Radium

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Saturday, 07 November 2009 0:00:04 EST

The first woman in France to receive a doctorate degree, scientist Marie Curie is remembered for her discoveries in radioactivity and radioactive elements. Her work won her two Nobel prizes in physics and chemistry, but unfortunately also led to her death.

How to Start a Blog, Part 2: Social Media Promotion

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Friday, 06 November 2009 14:15:00 EST

After getting a knack for blogging, most bloggers will need some tools, tricks and inspiration for gaining readers, which will motivate you to keep writing. (New to blogging? Read Part 1 of this series first.)

Space Debris: Asteroids, Comets and Meteoroids

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Friday, 06 November 2009 6:45:00 EST

Comets, asteroids and meteoroids are plentiful in the asteroid belt and Kuiper Belt regions of the solar system, and every once in a while, they venture near Earth.

Happy Birthday, John Philip Sousa, “The March King”

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Friday, 06 November 2009 6:00:04 EST

John Philip Sousa is the American composer behind such marching band classics as “The Stars and Stripes Forever” and “Semper Fidelis.”

Educators That Rock!: Joyce Valenza

info@dulcineamedia.com (findingDulcinea) — Friday, 06 November 2009 5:00:56 EST

A few weeks ago, findingEducation spoke with Joyce Valenza, an information specialist and author who manages the Springfield Township High School Library in Erdenheim, Pa. Valenza is also a blogger for School Library Journal, a former tech columnist for the Philadelphia Inquirer and a lecturer on education issues and technology.

Valenza sets the bar exceedingly high for librarians. Inspired by the benchmarks set by the American Association of School Librarians (AASL), she recently published "14 Ways K-12 Libraries Can Teach Social Media" (Tech & Learning, 21 Sept. 2009) and her own Manifesto for 21^st Century School Librarians, which calls for librarians to acquire the necessary skills to guide learners in new and emerging information and communications landscapes.

“If you call yourself an information professional, you have to be a professional in the information landscape of your time,” says Valenza.