Noted Here and There ...

For the Ukraine story, Brama is an English/Ukrainian news portal with the latest headline stories and pictures. A Fist Full of Euros and The Periscope are fine blogs which are also tracking the story. There are helpful reports on it in the Daily Telegraph and The Scotsman. Here is an important statement by Vaclav Haval.

Nominations for the 2004 EduBlog Awards are open here. Awards will be given to your favorite academic blogs in eleven categories. Tip of the hat to Flailing in the Surf! and Alex Halavais.

For your weirdness fix, George W. Bush sings U2's"Sunday Bloody Sunday". Hat tip to Jeremy Boggs at ClioWeb.

Scary AP headline of the day:"Mrs. Cheney Tops National Christmas Tree." The NEH Grench apparently claws her way to the top. Mr. Sun! has the screen capture. Update: Kieran Healy at Crooked Timber takes a pounding in comments for featuring the Cheney tree and ignoring the Ukraine. At least, Cliopatria has the right priorities.

If you've read Malcolm Gladwell's article on plagiarism in the New Yorker that many of us recommended, read Caleb McDaniel's riff at Mode for Caleb on how sampling in the blues and jazz is like or unlike repetitions in language.

MEMRI, the Middle East Media Research Organization, has threatened Juan Cole with a law suit. Many people support Cole's refusal to be intimidated See, for example, Henry Farrell at Crooked Timber, Kirk Johnson at American Amnesia and Abu Aardvark, who has additional links to support for Cole's position.