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Scouting Out Clavey River

Reliable Answers.com

by Annette M. Hall

September 19, 2004

Homeschool Group Scouts the Clavey River - This trip will not soon be forgotten by the unsuspecting participants.

The road twisted and turned up and down the mountain range. When the ruts in the road became large enough to swallow a house, I began to get nervous. Shawn thought it would be calming to me if he pointed out all the cars that had careened over the edge of the cliff and began counting them, outloud.

Back-to-School? Maybe Not

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by Annette M. Hall

September 15, 2004

The dog days of summer are here, soon fall will be upon us and yet another school year has begun.

The signs are everywhere, even the tin-man down the hill is glad to see school start; he can be seen peeking out the window of his yellow school bus these days. The stores are all having terrific sales on school supplies and we, like many others, really stocked up this year.

UK school cans 'world-beating' biometric scanner

The Register (UK)

by Lester Haines

September 15, 2004

A "world-beating" biometric scanner system which was intended to remove the stigma of claiming free school meals has been removed from a school in Sunderland - after failing to deliver on its cutting-edge promise.

The Venerable Bede Church of England School in Ryhope deployed the CRB Solutions' kit in its canteen as a way of identifying pupils anonymously by cross-referencing their retinas with a database. Apparently, this spared kids entitled to free grub from ridicule and lambastation at the hands of their peers.

Judge rules that teacher must quit

Hagerstown Morning Herald (MD) - [Story No Longer Available]

September 15, 2004

An elementary-school computer instructor charged with attempting to seduce a minor over the Internet may be placed on house arrest pending his trial, but must quit his job, a federal judge ruled Tuesday.

Marc H. Rosenberg, 58, was arrested Sept. 14 at the Franklin Mills Mall, where authorities said he arranged to meet a person who claimed in an Internet chat room to be a 13-year-old girl. The "girl" turned out to be an undercover FBI agent, prosecutors said.

Pot bust leads to teacher arrest

The Cincinnati Enquirer (OH)

by Reid Forgrave

September 10, 2004

District puts her on paid leave

A fourth-grade teacher at Clermont Northeastern Elementary School was placed on paid administrative leave after her arrest on a charge of drug trafficking, a district official said Thursday.

Chicago plans advanced surveillance

USA Today (IL)

by Debbie Howlett

September 9, 2004

A surveillance system that uses 2,000 remote-control cameras and motion-sensing software to spot crimes or terrorist acts as they happen is being planned for the city.

The high-definition, motorized cameras can rotate 360 degrees and include night-vision capability. They will be mounted on buildings and utility poles across the city. The city is also considering allowing private companies to join the network, for a fee. Officials said the system size is nearly limitless.

2nd Amendment activist: No Beslans in U.S.

World Net Daily

September 9, 2004

Says school gun ban leaves nation vulnerable to Russian-type tragedy

Wrote Pratt: "It should be noted that all the school shootings that have been prematurely cut short here were ended because a responsible adult had a firearm at the school..."

Maths holy grail could bring disaster for internet

Guardian Unlimited (UK)

by Tim Radford

September 7, 2004

Two of the seven million dollar challenges that have baffled for more than a century may be close to being solved

Mathematicians could be on the verge of solving two separate million dollar problems. If they are right - still a big if - and somebody really has cracked the so-called Riemann hypothesis, financial disaster might follow. Suddenly all cryptic codes could be breakable. No internet transaction would be safe.

Parents, coaches rail against increasing 'pay to play' fees

The Christian Science Monitor

by Sara B. Miller

September 2, 2004

A backlash brews as parents are asked to write checks for school activities from drama to National Honor Society.

There are new clothes and supplies to buy and piano lessons to schedule. And for many parents across the country, the first day of school also entails some "hidden" costs. Faced with shrinking budgets, schools are charging for things parents once took for granted: playing football or field hockey, singing in the glee club, or accepting membership in the National Honor Society.

You Say You Want A Constitution

AlterNet

by Victor Navasky

September 2, 2004

The reading of the U.S. Constitution turns out to be a rousing crowd pleaser.

The last time I read the U.S. Constitution all the way through was almost fifty years ago, when I was a student at Swarthmore College. My roommate Marc Merson and I were at work on a one-act play (United We Stood); its premise was that an English literature professor had stumbled on the fact that the founding fathers had inadvertently signed the wrong document.

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