http://www.edtags.org/ http://www.edtags.org/css/EdTags.jpghttp://www.edtags.org/bookmarks.php/lpetting Recent bookmarks posted to Edtags.org 60 http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_ID=9122814 Raving ravens By 2013 Mrs von der Leyen wants to treble the number of available nursery places to 750,000, covering one-third of Germany's under-threes. That, she argues, will make it easier for mothers to work, and encourage them to have more children: Germany has the lowest birth rate in rich Europe, with 1.3 children per woman compared with 1.9 in France and 1.8 in Sweden. The birth rate among lpetting Tue, 15 May 2007 19:50:58 +0000 eu germany demographics http://www.signandsight.com/features/1309.html Dutch writer Margriet de Moor looks at Islam in the light of Europe and Europe in the light of Islam. lpetting Tue, 24 Apr 2007 21:53:30 +0000 eu trends multiculturalism islam http://www.nybooks.com/articles/19371 Earlier this year, I visited the famous basilica of Saint-Denis, on the outskirts of Paris. I admired the magnificent tombs and funerary monuments of the kings and queens of France, including that of Charles Martel ("the hammer"), whose victory over the invading Muslim armies near Poitiers in 732 AD is traditionally held to have halted the Islamization of Europe.[1] Stepping out of the basilica, I walked a hundred yards across the Place Victor Hugo to the main commercial street, which was thronged with local shoppers of Arab and African origin, including many women wearing the hijab. I caught myself thinking: So the Muslims have won the Battle of Poitiers after all! Won it not by force of arms, but by peaceful immigration and fertility. lpetting Fri, 23 Mar 2007 07:41:35 +0000 muslim eu identity hirsi ali multiculturalism http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=3718 Professors of international relations counsel the leaders of today and mold the policymakers of tomorrow. But what do they think about the most pressing foreign-policy issues facing the United States? In our second exclusive survey, FP steps inside the ivory tower. lpetting Mon, 12 Mar 2007 21:01:12 +0000 ir education http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/3923 Speaking of the Turks, a vocational college in Hamburg, Germany, is offering a new certificate class, "Meat Processing with Döner Kebab Production Specialization." lpetting Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:57:45 +0000 germany turks education http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/3939 There were two developments this week in Europe's battle with declining birthrates and aging populations. In Germany, the government just raised the retirement age to 67: lpetting Mon, 12 Mar 2007 20:56:14 +0000 germany demographics poland http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/07/update_on_turkey_ban.html Following up on news today that the government of Turkey has blocked YouTube (Link), an anonymous Turkish BoingBoing reader shares some background: lpetting Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:58:15 +0000 turkey ndm http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/08/greece_vs_turkey_vs_.html The court-ordered YouTube block in Turkey this week (background posts: 1, 2, 3) resulted from an international flame war between videoblogging trolls in Greece and Turkey. First, a YouTube user, presumably Greek, uploaded a homegrown videomontage called "Kemal Gay Turk." The clip (since removed, possibly by YouTube/Google) questioned the masculinity of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, founder of the Republic of Turkey. lpetting Fri, 09 Mar 2007 23:54:40 +0000 eu turkey ndm greece http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/3842 Unemployment and political disenfranchisement have created a generation of frustrated, angry young men in the Middle East. Now there's another reason why young men from Morocco to Iran are becoming even more frustrated and fed up. lpetting Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:54:12 +0000 iran marriage demographics http://www.worldpublicopinion.org/pipa/articles/home_page/168.php?nid=&id=&pnt=168&lb=hmpg1 US Continues to Get Low Marks Views of China, Russia, France Down Sharply Europe and Japan Viewed Most Positively lpetting Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:39:01 +0000 world views trends http://blog.foreignpolicy.com/node/3889 The new BBC World Poll of public opinion in 27 countries is out. Here are some highlights: lpetting Thu, 08 Mar 2007 00:36:39 +0000 israel europe eu http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6411047.stm The German Education Minister, Annette Schavan, is to raise the possibility of creating a common European history book for use in schools across the EU. lpetting Mon, 05 Mar 2007 21:37:31 +0000 eu germany education history http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/000005.html Do large networks of people acting together politically equal a political force even when there's no readily-apparent leadership? lpetting Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:10:34 +0000 trends web2.0 leadership political change http://www.worldchanging.com/archives//001098.html Alex Steffen: You noted recently on your blog, that the blogosphere has more or less failed on Darfur, that despite serious efforts to organize more blog coverage of the genocide there, there's been little change in focus. lpetting Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:04:53 +0000 environment web2.0 http://www.worldchanging.com/archives/001027.html The emergence of the Second Superpower is of primary concern to worldchangers. Ethan Zuckerman (formerly of Geek Corps) has done us all a service by challenging the idea that as the Second Superpower emerges, it will look like a bigger version of what we have now: lpetting Sun, 04 Mar 2007 23:04:20 +0000 environment trends blogging web2.0