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Bullied Victim of Videotaped Beatdown Suspended

Submitted by theodp
theodp writes "Casey Heynes took one punch from his attacker and turned the other cheek. Then he took another. But when his younger tormentor floated like a butterfly while a schoolchum videotaped the beatdown for posterity, it was Heynes who stung like a bee, putting an end to the attack by bodyslamming the bully and walking away. The school, of course, suspended both the bully and his victim for four days. Any King Solomon-advice for the school administrators? BTW, kudos to the girl who stepped in and told the other kids to back off as Heynes walked away from the incident."

WikiLeaks cash-for-votes exposé rocks Indian -> 1

Submitted by mage7
mage7 writes "While the world's attention seems to be focused on the events unfolding in Japan and the Middle-east, Indian headlines are being dominated by the latest WikiLeaks' revelations.
The newly leaked cable (dated 17 July 2008) suggests that India's ruling Congress party bribed MPs, in order to secure their votes for a controversial nuclear deal between India and the US. Among other details, It describes how a senior Congress aide showed a US embassy official "chests of cash" allegedly containing about $25 million to pay off MPs ahead of the vote. Another Congress insider told a US official about how the Minister of Commerce and Industry formerly "could only offer small planes as bribes.....now he can pay for votes with jets.""

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Comment: The students were active participants (Score 1) 181

by FarHat (#35076802) Attached to: US Authorities GPS Tagging Duped Indian Students

You just have to go an immigration forum dominated by Indians like murthyforum.com and search for TVU. You will find posts as far back as last year where people were discussing TVU as a university which would issue you a CPT (curricular practical training) from day one had no classes and you could start working right away with other people warning this was a fraud. The discussions were long and many people wanted to work from day one. Often it was people who were laid off from their jobs, could not find something in the short period thereafter, so you join this "university", change to an F-1, get a CPT and start working elsewhere without the limitations that an H1 imposes.

Comment: Re:Let's go ahead and quote from the report: (Score 1) 764

by FarHat (#32095090) Attached to: Second Inquiry Exonerates Climatic Research Unit

Science isn't mathematics. In the most fundamental case, I would argue that any imprecision implies some degree of subjectivity, and no measurement made by a human has infinite precision.

Objectivity doesn't imply infinite precision. In fact, infinite precision is impossible, and we can still have extremely objective theories and measurements in quantum mechanics.

Comment: Re:Asking for it (Score 1) 938

by FarHat (#31007100) Attached to: Studies Reveal Why Kids Get Bullied and Rejected

I think this is a wrong way of looking at it. Think of it like defensive driving. Regardless of who is at fault in a car accident, defensive driving reduces the chance of you getting into a collision. Learning behaviors that reduce the likelihood of you getting bullied is similar. Moreover, unlike car accidents where you do have some recourse after the accident in bullying you are usually out on your own. Teachers don't believe you, at worst they often take the sides of the bullies and a lot of teachers are former bullies themselves. Also, changing the behavior of one kid who has a good incentive to change behavior (not get bullied) is much easier than changing the behavior of everyone else who have little to gain from not bullying and something to lose (dominance).

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