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Librarians sounding off on Patriot Act

The Madison Eagle

by Max Pizarro and Garry Herzog

December 29, 2005

As the House, the Senate and White House wrangled last week over a reauthorization of the Patriot Act with the clock ticking toward an end-of-year deadline, librarians were not being shushed on their concerns over the privacy of their patrons.

The flashpoint is Section 215, the so-called "library provision" in the Patriot Act, that allows federal investigators to seize "any tangible things" such as books, records and papers from libraries if they are deemed relevant to a terrorism investigation by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which routinely approves such orders without evidence that a search is likely to produce evidence of a crime.

Homesteaders Use Today's Technology to Learn Yesteryear's Skills

The Old Schoolhouse Magazine (TN)

December 26, 2005

Dandridge, TN - Perhaps due to economic and societal uncertainty, trends indicate increased public interest in subjects like organic nutrition, alternative energy, natural medicine and backyard gardening.

The "lost arts" are making a comeback, as a new generation discovers knitting, blacksmithing, soap making and the like. The satisfaction of crafting a product by hand apparently appeals to today's disillusioned consumer. Based on these facts, it comes as no surprise that hundreds of people subscribed online to a brand new Homestead e-Newsletter before a single issue was even published.

School choices studied

Berkshire Eagle Online

by Ellen G. Lahr

December 26, 2005

MONTEREY - The Monterey Education Committee has prepared a formal survey to find out why more than half of the town's school-age children do not attend the public school district serving the town.

At the end of the last school year, of Monterey's 106 school-age children, 77 were attending public schools. Among those, 44 attended Southern Berkshire Regional School District schools, according to a committee organizer, and 33 left the district through school choice. The rest attended private schools or parochial schools. Eight were being home-schooled.

Grinchy remark sends kids home in tears

Lebanon Daily News (PA)

by Rory Schuler

December 26, 2005

LICKDALE - Jamey Schaeffer stretched her mouth open wide, showing off a pair of twin gaps in her smile. With a mouthful of fingers, she said she has no interest in two front teeth for Christmas.

Instead, she'd like a Barbie doll from Santa Claus - and Santa Claus only. But a substitute music teacher almost came between the 6-year-old and a Christmas Eve spent dancing cheek to cheek with sugar plums. Theresa Farrisi stood in for Schaeffer's regular music teacher one day last week. Farrisi doesn't believe in Santa Claus, and she doesn't think anyone else should, either. She made her feelings clear to the classroom full of 6- and 7-year-olds, some of whom went home crying.

France may sanction unfettered P2P downloads

CNET News.com

by Anne Broache

December 23, 2005

France could become the first country to pass a law broadly permitting free downloads of copyright content from the Internet for private use.

In a move that could thwart the entertainment industry's attempts to seek legal sanctions for copyright violations, French Parliament members voted 30 to 28 late Wednesday night to accept an amendment proposing such a move. Attached to a broader copyright law proposal, the amendment--roughly translated--reads: "Authors cannot forbid the reproductions of works that are made on any format from an online communication service when they are intended to be used privately and when they do not imply commercial means directly or indirectly."

A 'no' vote on machines

mercurynews.com

by Edwin Garcia

December 23, 2005

Suggesting the ''security and integrity'' of electronic voting could be at risk, Secretary of State Bruce McPherson on Tuesday refused to approve the use of thousands of electronic voting machines pending a federal evaluation.

The touch-screen and optical-scan machines, made by Diebold Election Systems, are used in 17 counties, including Alameda. They were found to have "unresolved significant security concerns" with a memory card that stores votes in each machine, McPherson's elections chief, Caren Daniels-Meade, said in a letter to the company's vice president, David Byrd. At issue is whether the removable cards, which are used to program and configure the machines and count their votes, will keep data secure. The Secretary of State's office is asking Diebold to submit the machine's source code for review by the federal Independent Testing Authorities before resubmitting the company's application for certification in California.

Sober virus scares up child-porn confession

securityfocus.com

by Robert Lemos

December 23, 2005

A 20-year-old German man turned himself in to authorities after receiving a copy of the mass-mailing virus, which arrives attached to an e-mail message claiming that law enforcement is investigating the recipient.

The Sober.X, also known as Sober.Y, virus attempts to fool computer users into running the malicious program by attaching itself to an e-mail that seems to come from the FBI or its German counterpart, known as the Federal Criminal Investigation Office or Bundeskriminalamt (BKA). The message implies that the law enforcement agency is investigating the recipient and asks the user to open up an attachment and answer questions. In reality, the attachment is the Sober virus, which quickly takes control of the victim's PC to send more copies of itself, said Mikko Hyppönen, chief research officer for antivirus firm F-Secure.

All Dogs Go to Heaven

Metro Active (CA)

by Vrinda Normand

December 21, 2005

The story of the San Jose police raid on Hell's Angels has gone from gruesome tragedy to civil rights victory.

For Bob and Lori Vieira, 1998 started with a bang-literally. Twenty-one days into the year, at a chilly 7am, they awoke to gunshots outside of their home on Monterey Highway in San Jose. Lori hopped out of bed, threw on some clothes and ran out the front door yelling, "Don't kill my dogs!" She yelled it over and over, but it was too late. A squad of San Jose police officers lined up, guns poised, outside of the chain-link fence that enclosed the Vieira property.

1st Amendment 'doesn't create church-state wall of separation'

World Net Daily

December 21, 2005

A U.S. appeals court today upheld the decision of a lower court in allowing the inclusion of the Ten Commandments in a courthouse display, hammering the ACLU and declaring, "The First Amendment does not demand a wall of separation between church and state

Attorneys from the American Center for Law and Justice successfully argued the case on behalf of Mercer County, Ky., and a display of historical documents placed in the county courthouse. The panel voted 3-0 to reject the ACLU's contention the display violated the Establishment Clause of the Constitution.

Retiree claims privacy invasion

Lawrence Journal-World

by Joel Mathis

December 20, 2005

A retired Kansas University professor says the federal government has been poking into the mail he receives from abroad.

Grant Goodman on Monday showed the Journal-World a recent letter he had received from a friend in the Philippines; it apparently had been opened, then re-closed with green tape bearing the seal of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security and a message that it had been opened "by Border Protection."

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