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Submission + - Genitalia Now Inappropirate in 7th Grade Health

Submitted by firemoose
firemoose writes: A 7th grade health class teacher has been transferred to administrative duties and may be fired for having his students draw male genitalia on a chalk board in class. The district superintendent took action after receiving complaints from parents. He has labeled the teacher's actions as "insensitive" and inappropriate for the mixed-sex students of the 7th grade class. The article quotes a parent and a teacher who believe that the school board may be overreacting, but is only able to cite a 4th grade student who found the idea of genitalia in class offensive.

Feed Privacy Board Veils Wiretap Docs (wired.com)

From feed by wiredfeed
A White House board overseeing privacy and civil liberties says no to a Wired News sunshine request for documents on the government's warrantless wiretapping program. Releasing the information would "not be in the public interest," it claims. In 27B Stroke 6.


Security

Submission + - Conn. Teacher "spyware" case in-depth comm

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boyko.at.netqos
boyko.at.netqos writes: "Network Performance Daily has two interviews dealing with the case of Julie Amero, the Connecticut schoolteacher convicted of harming minors from porn pop-up ads that the defense contends was the result of a spyware infection. The first is from defense witness Mr. Herb Horner, the second from prosecution witness Detective Mark Lounsbury."
Enlightenment

Submission + - Copy-Friendly Businesses

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Via Economist's View http://economistsview.typepad.com/economistsview/2 007/01/copyfriendly_bu.html
A series of articles in the Financial Times on copy friendly businesses — starting with publishing
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/b46f5a58-aa2e-11db-83b0-00 00779e2340.html
"The internet makes copying cheap. Businesses that see their livelihood as dependent on the restriction of copying — concentrated in the recording, film, publishing and software industries — are understandably upset. Their goal is to have the same ability to control their content as they had in an analog world but to keep all the benefits of pervasiveness, cost saving, and viral marketing that a global digital network brings. Its not so much a case of having their cake and eating it too as having their cake and making your cake illegal. Yet there are hints in each of these industries of a different business model, one that aims to encourage, rather than to forbid copying. .. In my next few columns, that is what I will do — study "copy-friendly" businesses, beginning today with publishing."

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