http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/local/388940_bothell22.html?source=mypi
Cheerleaders' parents sue in nude photos incident
Two were the only ones suspended
By JESSICA BLANCHARD P-I REPORTER Last updated November 21, 2008 9:47 p.m. PT
Parents of two Bothell High School cheerleaders have sued the Northshore School District, alleging school officials erred when they suspended the girls from the team this year after nude photos of them circulated throughout the student body via text message.
... Both lawsuits, filed Monday in King County Superior Court, accuse school administrators of violating the girls' due process rights, needlessly sharing the photos with other school staff members and failing to promptly report the matter to police as possible child pornography.
Attorney Matthew King, who represents both families, said it also was troubling that the teens were punished, but football players and other students at the school who sent or received the texts were not.
... One of the photos was taken three years ago, according to court documents. Showing the girl topless, it was sent to her then-boyfriend's phone in the summer of 2005. [The modern equivalent of a lock of hair or a 'school photograph'? Bob]
... Football players were told to delete the pictures from their cell phones if they received them, according to the lawsuits. [Riiight... Bob]
Related?
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081121/od_afp/entertainmentusmusicjusticejackson_081121180732
Janet Jackson's 'Nipplegate' case could reach US high court
Fri Nov 21, 1:07 pm ET
Interesting both as a Privacy concern (can the officers turn of the cameras that are in effect surveilling them) and as an alternative to a monopoly Internet provider. (I've long argued that Internet should be handled like other city-owned utilities – water and sewer, rather than as a “natural monopoly.”)
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/22/1514250&from=rss
Police Cars To Transmit Real-Time Video
Posted by Soulskill on Saturday November 22, @11:18AM from the aka-donut-shop-webcam dept. Communications Security United States News Technology
Hugh Pickens writes
"In the first such system deployed in the country, police vehicles in Ponca City, Oklahoma will have wireless video cameras installed so precinct dispatchers and supervisors can monitor activities during traffic stops in real time, and quickly deploy additional officers and resources if necessary. The system to provide an added level of monitoring and protection for its force is part of a broadband mesh network comprised of more than 490 wireless nodes and gateways connected to 120 miles of fiber backbone that will provide coverage for approximately 30 square miles of the city. The network will provide field communications for city services including police, fire and emergency, parks and recreation, public works and energy, but will also be used to provide free wireless internet access for all residents of the city. 'The testing of this network showed that it was robust enough to handle not only municipal traffic, but also citizens' traffic.' said Mayor Homer Nicholson. 'So the Ponca City Board of Commissioners voted to allow the extra internet access to be given to the citizens of Ponca City for free.' The second phase of the project will expand the network and wireless coverage to more than 430 square miles surrounding the city with an estimated annual cost savings of over $1 million for city residents, who can discontinue their existing internet service. 'Our goal is to be one of the most mobile communities in America, and this is a significant step in that direction,' said Nicholson."
Your complete dossier is spread around the Internet and today we've got the technology to collect it, organize it, analyse it and bug you with it.
http://news.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/11/22/2252210&from=rss
Google to Track TV Viewers More Closely
Posted by timothy on Saturday November 22, @06:13PM from the from-each-according-to-his-quintile dept. Television Google News
GalacticNoob writes
"According to this post, Google is about to launch a TV advertising program that will let advertisers target audiences based on demographics including their household income. A satellite TV company called Echostar is working with credit-reporting company Equifax to cross-reference shows watched with income and buying habits (based on using Equifax's data)."
Interesting, but I'd rather read the ones China, India and Russia aren't publishing.
http://www.dni.gov/nic/NIC_2025_project.html
GLOBAL TRENDS 2025: THE NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE COUNCIL'S 2025 PROJECT
From the Chairman of the National Intelligence Council
"Global Trends 2025: A Transformed World" is the fourth unclassified report prepared by the National Intelligence Council (NIC) in recent years that takes a long-term view of the future. It offers a fresh look at how key global trends might develop over the next 15 years to influence world events.
Sounds like an overreaction. Is the correct “test:” What would they have done if this was reported in the Chicago Tribune? (Why no amicus brief from them?)
http://www.pogowasright.org/article.php?story=20081122085121132
Law firm argues that links to its website abuse its trade marks
Saturday, November 22 2008 @ 08:51 AM EST Contributed by: PrivacyNews
One of the world's biggest law firms is suing a small Chicago-based website for naming the firm and linking to two of its associates' biographies. A judge rejected an attempt to have the case thrown out last week.
Jones Day, a firm with more than 2,200 lawyers, argues that BlockShopper.com is giving a false impression that the firm is affiliated with or endorses its business.
Source - Out-Law.com
Related - EFF, who according to this story was not permitted to submit an amicus brief, has some of the court documents on this case on this case on their site.
[From the article:
Civil liberties group the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) said the case contains "some of the most preposterous trademark claims we've ever seen". [Lawyer-speak for: That's debatable...” Bob] The EFF had tried to include a 'friend of the court' brief in the court proceedings, to support BlockShopper. Judge Darrah said that introducing such a brief was not appropriate and he refused to consider it.
Interesting question! I'll Google it and let you know what I find. Alternative question: Are our schools (and busineses) satisfied with the results of a Google search? In other words, do we care enough to search for the “best” answer, or merely one that is “good enough?”
http://www.bespacific.com/mt/archives/019881.html
November 22, 2008
Has Research Largely Become, Search Only?
The Fast-Food Information Age: We Are What We Read, Michael Ross - November 10, 2008
"...teachers and students—whose jobs and degrees depend on trust and accuracy—in addition to ordinary Internet users, turn to search engines (e.g., Google, Yahoo) as their first, and perhaps only, destination for information. This behavior, the automatic reliance on Internet search engines as the primary (if not only) way to get the information we need, apparently has been thoroughly ingrained in us, in spite of the likelihood that the best or most reliable information may not be freely available on the Internet, but rather behind firewalls on premium sites that have been written, researched, vetted, and compiled by scholars, researchers, and other knowledge professionals. In addition, many, if not all, of these sites are available to anyone with a library card; but clearly they are underused, either because people don’t know about them or because the temptation to use Google and the ease of doing so trump other benefits."
Related For those interesten in the sport of “politician watching,” a number of non-Google sources. (Although if Google does its job, they will be Google-able soon.)
http://www.llrx.com/columns/govdomain39.htm
The Government Domain: Tracking the Transition
By Peggy Garvin, Published on November 22, 2008
Everyone wants to know who’s who, or who will be who, in the Barack Obama administration. Luckily, there is no shortage of free online presidential transition trackers.
Press releases from the Office of the President-Elect’s Change.gov website are the closest thing to an official source until Obama takes the oath of office on January 20, 2009 and takes control of the official Whitehouse.gov site.
... One of the best ways to follow Obama administration news is to subscribe to the feed for Politico 44: A Living Diary of the Obama Presidency.
... The Presidential Transition from the IBM Center for the Business of Government was one of the earliest blogs to stake out the transition territory.
... Traditional news sources offer some of the best coverage of the people involved in the transition or in the running for a presidential nomination. The Washington Post website has a section called 44: The Obama Presidency: A Transition to Power.
... The New York Times website covers Obama’s selections in a section called The New Team. The New Team page features profiles of potential members of the new administration and a database of news stories about “names in the mix.”
... The National Journal and Government Executive have teamed up for a ‘Appointments’ or ‘Short List’ categories.
... Yahoo! News has set up ‘Presidential Transition’ special topic page.
... Newsweek has added a transition blog, Powering Up, to its website. Powering Up does not attempt to cover every bit of transitions news, but the Newsweek staff writing the blog provide in-depth background information on selected topics.
... Finally, Carroll Publishing has a Transition Tracker 2008 that helpfully compiles several lists: Obama Transition Team members and staff; Newly-Elected Officials, with federal and summary-level state winners; and Newly-Appointed Officials covering White House staff appointments.
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