Must read: Sunday Dilbert explains the world...
http://www.unitedmedia.com/comics/dilbert/
It is easy to “ban” it is hard to “teach”
Schools are banning tag. What's next: musical chairs?
By Dean P. Johnson Fri Nov 3, 3:00 AM ET
PITMAN, N.J. - More and more elementary schools are banning the game of tag from playgrounds. Why? To prevent accidents (read: lawsuits) and to keep kids' self-esteem intact. But if physical harm and psychological harassment can be hidden in a simple game of tag, surely educational experts must be on alert for other forms of abusive playground games.
Of course, it could be worse...
3 Calif. schools to fingerprint students
Sun Nov 5, 4:59 AM ET
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - A plan to fingerprint elementary school students when they buy lunch has some parents worrying that Big Brother has come to the cafeteria.
How to identify vulnerable infrastructure targets? Read the news!
Power shortage leaves Europe in the dark
By STEPHEN GRAHAM, Associated Press Writer 20 minutes ago
BERLIN - A power shortage in Germany triggered a cascade of blackouts across Europe, a German electricity said Sunday, halting trains, trapping people in elevators and plunging millions of homes into darkness.
... A private Germany company, E.On AG, said the problems began in northwestern Germany, where its network became overloaded, possibly because it shut down a high-voltage transmission line over the Ems River to let a ship pass safely.
As long as the nuclear facilities are open to inspection, this isn't a problem, is it? Is this a possible wedge in the “Arab countries united against the west” issue?
http://science.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/11/04/1753211&from=rss
Nuclear Tech Race Is On In Middle East
Posted by Zonk on Saturday November 04, @03:41PM from the winner-could-also-be-the-loser dept. Power Science Technology Politics
CaroKann writes "The TimesOnline is reporting that six Middle Eastern nations have announced interest in developing nuclear technology. The nations involved are Algeria, Egypt, Morocco, Tunisia, the UAE and Saudi Arabia, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency. The Middle East Economic Digest states that most of these nations are interested in developing nuclear technology for the purpose of powering desalination plants. However, the International Institute for Strategic Studies, suggests that the sudden interest in nuclear technology is driven by the desire of the six nations to create a 'security hedge' in response to Iran's recent nuclear development program."
Win a court case, call the media. Okay, standard practice.
Win a court case, call the media, hand out the records? Someone needs an ethics class...
http://www.topix.net/content/ap/0505304264110959360316908889494233647849
O'Reilly Has Details of Kansas Abortions
The Associated Press By JOHN HANNA November 04, 2006
An abortion doctor plans to ask for an investigation of the state attorney general and Bill O'Reilly over comments by the Fox television host that he got information from Kansas abortion records, the doctor's attorneys said Saturday.
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