Just as some background, Roosevelt Field Mall is less than 10 miles away from where the Walmart employee was trampled to death last year during the Black Friday bumrush in Valley Stream. Both towns are served by the same (Nassau county) PD. Im sure lessons learned from last year informed their decision to shut the event down.

I know a few people who work for Affinion. They are a very shady company; this isn't the first time they have been investigated. The last go around involved scamming people by sending them $5.00 checks in the mail. If you cashed the check, it would enroll you in a program that would bill you monthly. Looks like they are up to their old tricks, just updated for the internet!

1 million is peanuts. Amazon, one of the top 100 sites, makes that during a coffee break.
Why opt out of free product placement (Amazon usually ranks high in google) worldwide, for a pittance?
Cuban's mojo has left the room.

I dont think they should be forced to get the shot, just make it a condition of continued employment. If they CHOOSE not not receive the shot, they can be placed on unpaid leave (with resultant consequences, COBRA payments, ineligibility for unemployment etc) and return to work when flu season subsides. Easy peasy.

Urban Terror is great. For those that don't know about it, it uses the Quake Engine that was GPL'd. I'm also going to check out Wesnoth.

Maybe not. I found it to be a chicken or the egg proposal. For a site designed for user contributions, such as a wiki, do you market the heck out of it, getting eyes on your site, hoping people will contribute? Or do you write furiously for months, creating content and hope others will find value and contribute their own content? Maybe a combination of both?
The article does state "Content is considered king of all techniques."

Powerplants use this frequently, it's a great idea until the amount of warm water discharged begins affecting the discharge site. I can't imagine a data center requiring the amount of cooling that a powerplant would need.
The EPA required some modifications to a similar system for a powerplant in PR a few weeks ago.
http://www.waterworld.com/index/display/article-display/1830526029/s-articles/s-waterworld/s-industrial-water/s-wastewater/s-2009/s-08/s-epa-requires_new_pipe.html

A good rebuttal is here: http://scienceblogs.com/builtonfacts/2009/09/wifi_and_radiation.php?

I use a HRM all the time while running or biking. Its a good way to give you feedback on your exertion level, and will allow the kids to learn more about max heart rate, threshold level etc. I would want my own band also, rather than some sopping wet band from the previous gym class. Unless they spring for the higher end moniors, the data is not downloadable and is not in any fashion similar to an EKG that would be able to determine an arrythmia.

But it also has the additional positive effect of pushing people towards electric and alternative fuels.