Weekend update: Other things I found this week:

I posted a lot on the other blog this week, lots of postings yesterday. But there are always more reference links I didn't post, so this is the usual Saturday roundup:

With a release due this week of lots of stats on Catholic clergy abuse (see earlier posting this week for Religionwriters.com resource page), and the release of Mel Gibson's film, Catholicism will be a hot topic. Some more resources:

Sexual Abuse in Social Context: Catholic Clergy and Other Professionals a report from Catholic League for civil rights.

Beliefnet: the Passion covers the Mel Gibson film controversy. Lots and lots of resources here.

The Passion: another site on the movie, from Lifeway.com.

More useful links....

Reference :

A Dictionary of Measurement.

Bottleneck study from U.S. Highway Users Alliance.

Brown vs. Board of Education: a digital archive from U. Mich. library.
Tools:

Blogdigger: a search engine for Weblogs, also finds other RSS news feeds.

How to make your CDs and DVDs last longer: Don't write on 'em! ....and other hints from NIST.

Spy Stoppers: good article in PC Magazine on keeping scumware out of your computer.

Microsoft security update disk...free: If you need to get all the security patches for your Windows 98, XP, or 2000 PC, instead of downloading Microsoft will send you a free CD. Order here.
Governments, Politics:

The Juvenile Death Penalty Today: a study from Ohio Northern University.

UN Human Rights report on Cuba (in French).

Youth'04: new political site for recruiting young voters.
Florida:

St. Augustine's Black History: nice series of stories, permanently posted on the Web site of The Record.

The Cost of Living Here: incredible package of stories on housing costs in St. Petersburg area, from the Times.
People:

Isaac Bashevis Singer: Centennial of his birth. (He died in Miami Beach in 1991).
News:

Iraqi Press Monitor: from Inst. for War and Peace Reporting, has translated stories from Iraq media.

Don't want to register to read online stories from the Tribune papers, WashPost or NY Times? Here's a solution. Someone has set up IDs to log in as freethepresses.
Journalism:

The danger of citing Google searches in news stories in Mediabistro.

The New York Times uses a cell phone camera photo to illustrate this graphic on Cingular/ATT merger.
Public Records, Business: no links this week.

Some Interesting stories/Weblogs:

Sports Law News: a new blog.

New information, details on 9/11 flights in this article by Gail Sheehey in the NY Observer.

Fascinating Newsday story on 1971 Kerry photo says it took only two weeks from when photog. shipped the negative to Corbis for it to turn up -- doctored -- in anti-Kerry emails. See more links on this, including a Snopes report (under 'debunking rumors').

Columbia students attempt to investigate Alex Polier story, come up short.

Paperchase: Legal/public records news blog from Jurist.

Here's one good use for all those closed circuit cameras they've mounted EVERYWHERE around Britain.....

Dan Kennedy on the Kerry attacks in the Boston Phoenix.
Fun/Entertaining:

Tesselations: on art in an M.C. Escher style.

Frosted Windows: 300 years of St. Petersburg thru Western eyes.

It's Library Lovers' Month: this site tells you how to love your library. Here's a really hot topic among librarians: Librarians in the movies.