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Grenzen der kommunalen Privatisierung

Archives Blogs (aggregator) - Fri, 2009-10-23 18:43

http://lexetius.com/2009,2382

Aus der bundesverfassungsrechtlichen Garantie der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung folgt, dass sich eine Gemeinde im Interesse einer wirksamen Wahrnehmung der Angelegenheiten der örtlichen Gemeinschaft nicht ihrer gemeinwohlorientierten Handlungsspielräume begeben darf. Eine materielle Privatisierung eines kulturell, sozial und traditionsmäßig bedeutsamen Weihnachtsmarktes, der bisher in alleiniger kommunaler Verantwortung betrieben wurde, widerspricht dem. Eine Gemeinde kann sich nicht ihrer hierfür bestehenden Aufgabenverantwortung entziehen. Ihr obliegt vielmehr auch die Sicherung und Wahrung ihres Aufgabenbereichs, um eine wirkungsvolle Selbstverwaltung und Wahrnehmung der Angelegenheiten der örtlichen Gemeinschaft zu gewährleisten.

BVerwG, Urteil vom 27. 5. 2009 - 8 C 10. 08; VGH Kassel
http://lexetius.com/2009,2382

Zitat:

Die Entledigung von Aufgaben wie traditionsreichen, kulturellen und sozialen
Weihnachtsmärkten, die zu den Angelegenheiten des örtlichen Wirkungskreises gehören, führt
damit inhaltlich zu einer unzulässigen Selbstbeschränkung der kommunalen Selbstverwaltung.
Zu Recht wird in der Literatur (vgl. Gröpl, Privatisierung von Messen, Märkten und Volksfesten,
GewArch 1995, 367 [370 f.]) darauf hingewiesen, dass bei einer privaten Veranstaltung von
sozial, kulturell und traditionsgeprägten Weihnachtsmärkten mit einer erhöhten Gewinnerzielung
der privaten Veranstalter zu rechnen ist und deshalb die Standvergütungen von den Beschickern
erhöht und auf die Besucher umgelegt werden. Ein erhöhtes Preisniveau schließt aber gerade
sozialschwächere Gemeindeeinwohner vom Marktgeschehen aus, erschwert die gesellschaftliche
Kommunikation im örtlichen Bereich und trägt darüber hinaus zur Kommerzialisierung des
gesamten kommunalen Lebens mit bei.

Foto: Kurt, BY-ND

Suzanne Ginsburgseeks case studies of i-phone apps for museums. see her question on the MW Linked In group http://bit.ly/3m1NHr

MW on the web - Fri, 2009-10-23 18:40

Suzanne Ginsburgseeks case studies of i-phone apps for museums. see her question on the MW Linked In group http://bit.ly/3m1NHr

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museweb: Suzanne Ginsburgseeks case studies of i-phone apps for museums. see her question on the MW Linked In group http://bit.ly/3m1NHr

MW on the web - Fri, 2009-10-23 18:40

museweb: Suzanne Ginsburgseeks case studies of i-phone apps for museums. see her question on the MW Linked In group http://bit.ly/3m1NHr

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Support for universal micro-USB phone chargers grows with ITU approval

Engadget.com - Fri, 2009-10-23 18:40

The entire wireless industry has been congealing around micro-USB as a universal charging standard for a while now, and we've taken yet another important step toward completely ridding the world of bizarre proprietary connectors (you know what we're talking about, Samsung) with ITU ratification this week. The UN-backed International Telecommunication Union isn't just making the move to make our lives a little less hellish, though -- it's also a strategic environmental move on a couple fronts, since universal chargers mean consumers will be able to hold on to a single charger over the life of several phones and modern chargers are far more power efficient than models that are even just a couple years old. The ITU move isn't binding or compulsory, but there's enough momentum behind micro-USB at this point that it's pretty much going to happen for any phone you'd ever consider buying going forward, and many of the big players have already hopped on the bandwagon. We won't lie, we won't miss the days of buying a $40 car charger that powers, like, two LG models.

[Thanks, d0mth0ma5]

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A Science Buzz PSA: Stay stimulated at all costs, kids!

Science Buzz - Science Museum of Minnesota [and Best of the Web] - Fri, 2009-10-23 18:27

Stay sober, stay stimulated: Stay off sensory deprivation! Oh... wait... that wasn't the point of the study?
Courtesy mikebairdStay in school, little dudes. That’s important. Also, stay off drugs. That’s also important.

Why? Because school embiggens your brain. And because drugs interfere with the brain embiggening process. Your uppers, your downers, your sliders, your narcotics, your kool-aid/cough syrup concoctions, your hallucinogens… they’re all dangerous, they will all keep you from focusing your brainwaves and chi and stuff.

But it’s easy avoiding those effects, right? The secret is to just not do drugs, right?

Wrong! Just 15 minutes of sensory deprivation can trigger hallucination! That’s just you and your brain, alone together in a totally quiet and dark room, making each other craaaaazy!

200 participants were given a questionnaire to determine how prone each person was to hallucinations. 9 of the highest scorers (that is, they had a high propensity for hallucination) and 10 of the lowest scorers (the least likely to hallucinate) were then (after volunteering) placed individually into an anechoic chamber. The anechoic chamber is build to muffle as much external sound as possible, and there’s no light inside, so once the participants were shut inside, they were in complete darkness and silence for the 15-minute duration of the test.

The study found:

“Of the nine volunteers who had high scores on the first questionnaire, almost all reported experiencing something "very special or important" while inside the chamber. Six saw objects that were not there, five had hallucinations of faces, four reported a heightened sense of smell, and two felt there was an evil presence in the chamber with them.”

Even the participants who scored low on the first test experienced hallucinations and delusions, although not as heavily as the first group.

The research seems to support the idea that hallucinations (or some hallucinations) are caused by the brain misidentifying its own thoughts and activity as something that comes from outside the body. So… you bring your crazy with you into the sensory deprivation chamber, I guess.

You hear that kids? If you’re not careful, and, like, accidentally fall into a sensory depravation chamber, your straightedge lifestyle will suddenly count for nothing! And you won’t get into your favorite ivy-league college, you little junky, you. So, whatever you do, stay stimulated! And if you ever do get trapped in an anechoic chamber, try to create your own sensory experiences until help arrives. I can't recommend whistling, because you’ll need your mouth for the arm-licking that I do recommend. But I think you should be able to hum and lick your arm at the same time, so do that. And, if you’re able, fart like crazy. With all this stimuli, you should be able to maintain some level of sobriety until a fireman axes the box open to find you sanely humming, licking your arm, and farting.

The more you know. You know?

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Google Book Search ist genial … oft aber nur zeitweilig

Archives Blogs (aggregator) - Fri, 2009-10-23 18:19

http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/4164230/

Dem Beitrag vom 14. August 2007 ist zu entnehmen, was man seinerzeit Google Book Search mit der Suche nach guelfis enarrare entnehmen konnte. Und heute? Die Schnipsel zum Halm-Katalog sind verschwunden, weder Braun noch Hess werden gefunden. Kein Einzelfall!

Siehe auch http://archiv.twoday.net/stories/5235483/

[museus] British Museum - Learning: Aquesta web la tenía ja localitzada als meus marcadors personals de.. http://bit.ly/2PpYlo

MW on the web - Fri, 2009-10-23 18:00

[museus] British Museum - Learning: Aquesta web la tenía ja localitzada als meus marcadors personals de.. http://bit.ly/2PpYlo

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Roll Tide!

Archives Blogs (aggregator) - Fri, 2009-10-23 17:56

ORI-OAI Day n°2

Archives Blogs (aggregator) - Fri, 2009-10-23 17:50

Une journée sur un format ouvert de moissonnage

C'était le 20 octobre 2009 (un mardi), à l'université Paris Descartes [1] : la deuxième édition de la Journée ORI-OAI [2]. La première avait eu lieu dans la même université, le 6 février 2008.

ORI-OAI ? Il s'agit de moisson d'informations et de leur gestion (indexation, valorisation, partage). Pas de moissonnage de certains sites Web (comme les pdlsa...) mais de récupérer les métadonnées de documents (titre, auteur, date, sujet, mot clé...) pour « valoriser et partager la production numérique scientifique, pédagogique et documentaire des établissements d'enseignement et de recherche » [3]

Le système ORI-OAI (Outil de Référencement et d'Indexation - Open Archives Initiative) repose sur le protocole ouvert OAI-PMH : (Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting [4]) : il peut utiliser les métadonnées comme Dublin Core, MarcML ou BiblioML.

Et le principe derrière cette approche est que la connaissance est ouverte, grâce notamment aux Archives ouvertes. D'ailleurs les transparents des interventions de la journée sont en ligne (au format fermé PPT et au format ouvert PDF [2]).

Source et liens :

[1] Site, Université Paris Descartes, http://www.parisdescartes.fr/
[2] Page, ORI-OAI day n°2 - 20-10-09, http://www.ori-oai.org/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=34078724
[3] Site, ORI-OAI, http://www.ori-oai.org
[4] Article, OAI-PMH, Wikipédia, http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Archives_Initiative_Protocol_for_Metadata_Harvesting

Et sur Formats-Ouverts.org le 23 octobre :

en 2008, en 2007, en 2006, en 2005 et en 2004

Archives and Web 2.0

Archives Blogs (aggregator) - Fri, 2009-10-23 17:49

Here's a tasty tidbit: Library Journal has a great overview of a recent Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and the Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) session on the pluses and minuses of adding digitized archival material to Wikipedia and other popular Web 2.0 sites.

The Engadget Show - 002: Steve Ballmer, Droid, Nook, and new Macs

Engadget.com - Fri, 2009-10-23 17:47

Do we really need to tell you what this is all about? Steve Ballmer. Windows 7 launch day. Pure magic. Sit back and enjoy a spirited conversation with the CEO of Microsoft -- then stick around to watch Josh, Paul, and Nilay get into it over the week's news!

Hosts: Joshua Topolsky, Paul Miller, Nilay Patel
Special guest: Steve Ballmer
Produced by: Chad Mumm
Directed by: Michael Slavens
Music by: Bit Shifter
Visuals by: Paris and outpt
Opening titles by: Julien Nantiec

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Don Farinella, la risposta ai cardinali Bertone e Bagnasco

Archives Blogs (aggregator) - Fri, 2009-10-23 17:45

Sempre su Micromega la lettera di risposta di don Farinella, parroco genovese di San Torpete, alla lettera di ammonimento inviatagli dai cardinale Bertone e Bagnasco. Aleggia nella Chiesa un’aura di scisma, come dice don Farinella? certo, non passa giorno che i vertici vaticani non ci stupiscano con effetti speciali: ieri la notizia del tentativo di raccattare [...]

Clearwire and Sprint slinging WiMAX to NC, HI and TX in November / December

Engadget.com - Fri, 2009-10-23 17:27

We knew Clearwire would be snaking its 4G services to select markets in North Carolina, Hawaii and Texas before the year's end, but it's always reassuring to hear a corporation come right out and affirm that those leaked dates are still solid. What's interesting about the latest announcement is that both Clearwire and Sprint will be offering 4G in these same cities under their own brands, even though the signals and towers used will be the same. Starting next month, WiMAX will officially land in Greensboro and Raleigh, North Carolina (Charlotte is already lit up, despite these companies' claims) and Austin; Dallas/Fort Worth; San Antonio, Texas. In December, the companies will get things fired up in Honolulu and Maui, two areas where we're certain techs from Sprint / Clearwire are more than eager to go "test things out." So, now that this has all panned out, how's about another leak sheet for 2010 rollouts?

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Building Searcher Personas For Greater Customer Engagement and Acquisition

O'Reilly Radar - Fri, 2009-10-23 17:00

When we want to find more information about something, hear about something interesting from our friends, see a compelling television commercial, or need a local mechanic, chances are the first place we turn is the Google search box. Fifty percent of us in the United States use search engines every day and over 90% of us search every month. No matter what kind of web site you have--whether it’s a media property like a blog, an ecommerce site, or the online arm of multinational corporation--you want to connect with as many of your potential audience as possible, and organic search can help make that happen. Vanessa Fox http://radar.oreilly.com/vanessa

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Verizon rolls out HP Mini 311, Mini 110 netbooks

Engadget.com - Fri, 2009-10-23 16:58

The cat may have gotten out of the bag ahead of the Windows 7 launch, but Verizon has just now gotten official with its latest subsidized netbook offerings, which include some unfortunately pricey 3G-equipped versions of HP's Mini 311 and Mini 110. As expected, the 311 is the first one out of the gate (available right now), and packs an 11.6-inch screen, an Atom N270 backed up by NVIDIA's ION chipset, 2GB of RAM, a 160GB hard drive, Windows 7 Home Premium and, last but not least, a price tag of $249.99 on contract and after a $100 mail-in rebate. The Mini 110, on the other hand, kicks things back a whole generation to Windows XP and straight-up Intel internals, and will be available for $199.99 (on contract and after rebate again) sometime in mid-November -- in the meantime, you can still pick up the carrier's HP Mini 1151NR netbook while supplies last.

Filed under: Laptops

Verizon rolls out HP Mini 311, Mini 110 netbooks originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:58:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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A new member of the family

Archives Blogs (aggregator) - Fri, 2009-10-23 16:50

Today we unveiled the newest blog at Houghton, the aptly named Houghton Library Blog. Alongside the Catablog and the Modern Books and Manuscripts Blog, the new blog will cover new acquisitions, events, and interesting discoveries throughout the all the departments at Houghton.