wookiemonster:

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rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122310833&ft=1&f=1004

The U.S. government's system of maintaining multiple terrorist watch lists has drawn new scrutiny after President Obama said spy agencies had collected, but failed to connect, pieces of data that should have led authorities to pay greater attention to the Nigerian accused of trying to blow up Northwest Flight 253.

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arinoch:

For the longest time while I was in school, highschool primarily, I’d always try to find something resembling an excuse to put off, avoid doing, or just plain forget about ever doing anything that vaguely resembled homework. Sure, eventually, most of it would get done anyway–not without the insistance of my parents, of course. But on a personal standpoint, I didn’t see a whole lot of point to it. You spend an hour or so in class beating a topic to death, and just when you think it can’t get any more beaten to death, the teacher throws an asignment at you that takes you an additional couple hours when you get home. And you usually don’t end up learning a whole lot more from the extra work than you did in class–or, at least, I didn’t. Now, rince and repeat the same procedure for every class you have the privelege of attending over the course of a semester. Head, meet pressure cooker. No wonder we threw small parties at the end of June.

Flash forward to my post-highschool life, and people are starting to clue into that fact. Particularly, the people running Prince of Wales Public School in Barrie Ontario, which conveniently enough is about half an hour from where I was living when I did the highschool thing. Last year, after some arm twisting, they managed to ban the asigning of homework. And, surprise of surprises, they’re noticing grades are actually going up.

“As a whole we found marks have started to go up, our Education Quality and Accountability Office data has improved since we started,” Jan Olson, the school’s principal said in an interview with CTV’s Canada AM.

He says there are also fewer behavioural issues as a result of the ban, and academic improvement was observed across the entire spectrum of students: wealthy and poor, special needs and gifted.

See, mom? I told you homework was bad for me.

Originally published at Welcome to Nowhere. Please leave any comments there.

apmfuturetense:

http://feeds.americanpublicmedia.org/~r/APM_FutureTense/~3/NVt_jpQNeH8/will-apple-repe.html

http://www.publicradio.org/columns/futuretense/2010/01/will-apple-repe.html

In the battle for the mobile space, Henry Blodget sees danger for Apple. Danger 1990's style.

rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122307598&ft=1&f=1004

The man charged with trying to detonate a suicide bomb on a U.S. airplane on Christmas Day may have met the same radical American-Yemeni cleric linked to the alleged Fort Hood bomber, says the Yemeni deputy prime minister.

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After the failed Christmas Day bombing, some European nations like Britain and the Netherlands scrambled to install full-body scanners at airport screening checkpoints. But other governments in Europe appear to still be resisting the move.

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kittytech:
Almost forgot to send this message before leaving. We've got crazy weather
here today, so that's been on my mind. I still managed to get 8/10 this
morning though, so this is a good thing. Here
are the questions.

rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122304659&ft=1&f=1004

The government of Slovakia apologized to authorities in Ireland after a security exercise didn't go as planned. Agents hid the components of a bomb — including explosives — inside the luggage of unsuspecting travelers at an airport in Slovakia. Most of the parts were recovered during security searches but a pack of explosives were not. The explosives turned up in Dublin.

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Secretary of State Hillary Clinton swears in a new administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development Thursday. However, Rajiv Shah's job description is still up in the air. The Obama administration and members of Congress are reviewing U.S. aid programs, and some complain that USAID has been weakened by cut backs, and is now incapable of doing the kind of work that is needed in places like Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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oyejohn52, posting in bookshare:
Hi All,

Today, I am analyzing the novel PUSH by Sapphire and its transition to film (as "Precious"). Check it out: http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-3859-Hartford-Books-Examiner~y2010m1d7-Push.

If you've read the book and/or seen the movie, I'd love to hear your thoughts...

John

technology_msg:

http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/2010/01/07/windows-update-wuauclt-command-line-switches/

http://www.moundalexis.com/tm/?p=1806

The command line switches to WUAUCLT — the Windows Update Automatic Updates client — are documented, just not very coherently. There’s quite a few of them, but the only ones I need regularly are the ones to force update checks. They work with Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003, though they make work on other versions.

These checks are typically done when you restart the update service on the client, which can be done manually by restarting the service.

net stop wuauserv
net start wuauserv

Even then, a lot of times I’ll want to verify on the WSUS server that there aren’t any more updates remaining for a particular host; I’m too impatient to wait for a client to report in on its own.

wuauclt /detectnow

The detectnow switch will force a relatively immediate query to the WSUS server to see if there are any updates that are needed. If there are, the yellow shield will appear in the system tray. This is usually pretty quick, within 20-30 seconds.

wuauclt /r /ReportNow

The ReportNow switch will force the client to send updated status to the WSUS server. It may take a minute or two for the server to reconcile and display the updated status.

If things still aren’t working, the Windows Update log can be found at %systemroot%\WindowsUpdate.log. The log file — strangely verbose, for Microsoft — is just text and viewable in Notepad. If the server you’re trying to connect to is crapping out, or your group policy is pointing you to the wrong server, the proof will be in there.

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delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070346/1006/NEWS

More than a year before pediatrician Earl Bradley was charged in December with raping nine young girls, police investigators had received complaints from eight alleged victims, including one who claimed her abuse occurred as far back as 1999,...

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS03/1070353/1006/NEWS

Program awarded $1 million stimulus grant to expand

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS02/1070354/1006/NEWS

New building adds comfort for survivors of fallen troops

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070355/1006/NEWS

The man behind the wheel in the traffic stop that led to the fatal shooting of a town police officer last year pleaded guilty Wednesday, getting probation while agreeing to testify against the murder suspect.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/HEALTH/1070347/1006/NEWS

The death of a 56-year-old Kent County woman from swine flu January 2 is proof that the virus can still have serious consequences, state health officials said Wednesday.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070352/1006/NEWS

Beverly Davis walked away from her SUV Wednesday morning after losing control on the slick road and going over a guardrail on the approach to the Del 1 bridge over the Chesapeake & Delaware Canal, state police said.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS02/1070351/1006/NEWS

Two veteran Republican legislators in the Delaware House of Representatives will not be returning in the fall, making it more difficult for their party to take back control of that chamber from the Democrats.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS03/1070348/1006/NEWS

Delaware Military Academy senior Sean McColgan spends at least an hour a day reading and posting on Facebook.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070334/1006/NEWS

A 61-year-old woman died of injuries suffered when she was struck by a car early Tuesday in Stanton, state police said Wednesday.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070336/1006/NEWS

An Ocean View couple was indicted Monday by a Sussex County Grand Jury in connection with a two-year spree of car break-ins, state officials said.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS02/1070356/1006/NEWS

Pennsylvania's slots casinos hit the jackpot Wednesday when the Legislature gave them the authority to install table games such as poker and blackjack.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070340/1006/NEWS

A 23-year-old man was arrested late Tuesday for pulling a knife on workers at a restaurant in Ogletown after taking money from a tip jar, state police said.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070339/1006/NEWS

A 29-year-old Wilmington man was arrested after he called 911 to report a concocted story about a man with a gun outside his Brandywine Hundred business, police said.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070337/1006/NEWS

A 27-year-old Newark man was arrested Wednesday for allegedly setting two fires. One of them displaced four residents in Bear, New Castle County Fire Marshal investigators said.

delawareonline:

http://www.delawareonline.com/article/20100107/NEWS01/1070344/1006/NEWS

The December 15 police affidavit made public Wednesday lists eight alleged child victims of pediatrician Earl B Bradley since 1999 and information from six witnesses -- including former employees and fellow pediatricians -- interviewed by police...

motivationquote:

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/J._K._Rowling

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/31643.html

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

motivationquote:

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Robin_Williams

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/25939.html

"You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it."

motivationquote:

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Lois_McMaster_Bujold

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/25901.html

"How could you be a Great Man if history brought you no Great Events, or brought you to them at the wrong time, too young, too old?"

motivationquote:

http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Francis_Quarles

http://www.quotationspage.com/quote/2560.html

"Let the fear of danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger."

wordsmith_daily:

http://wordsmith.org/words/sock.html

A light, low-heeled shoe worn by ancient Greek comic actors, and by extension a comedy.

nygoldfish54, posting in whatwasthatbook:

hey everyone! Someone just recommended this group to me and I joined right away with a question!

My mom was describing to me a mystery/thriller that she read in the early 1980s (between 1980 and 1982). The basic plot is that a mentally damaged man snaps and kills his (abusive) mother. He then goes across the country stealing people's identities and killing women in whom he sees his mother - basically killing his mother over and over again. My mom recalls (although she may be incorrect on this one) that the muder weapon was a stiletto. She would have sworn that the book was called "Stiletto," but since we can't find it anywhere, that is obviously not the title.

I'm dying to read this story and we just can't find it. It was probably published in the 70s or early 80s. I doubt in the 60s, but who knows. Has anyone read or heard of this book and knows what the title is/who the author is/where to find it?

Thanks so much :)

ceebeegee, posting in whatwasthatbook:
FOUND! Mirror, by Graham Masterton

This is a book I read sometime during the early-mid '90s. It was a weird sort-of horror/thriller set in LA and the main thing I remember was a child star from the '30s/'40s named Boofles or Booflz who I think was dead, possibly haunting a place. Boofles was an adorable little boy with, as I recall, curly blonde hair who turns out to be some kind of evil spirit--I think he might've been murdered. Someone (a man?) was investigating the haunting or at any rate discovered he could somehow enter Boofles's world by going through the mirror--I seem to remember there was an Alice Through the Looking Glass sort of them, or it was referenced. The mirror-world is completely freaky (evil). Also, I remember the word "glitterati" was used a couple of times because I picked up the word and my Mom commented on it. (The weird story was set against the glittering movie industry.)

Thanks for any help you can give me!

samari76:

Since I now have an extra five or so hours a day to myself, I made promises that I would do the following things:
Listen to more of my friends’ internet radeo shows,
Read more books,
IM, call, and skype more with sed friends,
and more, which I won’t list here.
So tonight, my friend Shannon was doing a radeo show that specializes in Women in music. I’d been wanting to check this out, but I was either in class, or out of the country. Tonight, I was home, I was free, and I had winamp at my finger tips, so I turned it on. She did a one-hour feature on the indigo girls. I’d heard a lot about them over the years, but believe it or not, had never been exposed to their music. I found that I liked most of their songs, but the one I especially liked was called Fleat of Hope. As I listened to the song, It reminded me of my love for water and the ocean, and how there are times when I wish I still had some sotr of body of water near by to invelop and calm me when things get too rough or stressful. After all, in chinese medicine, the water personality is the one who is deep, calm, and introspective. So I am going to post this video I found, and I hope you all enjoy it.

Originally published at Life in the Nuthouse. Please leave any comments there.

writingismyzen, posting in bookshare:

 My goal for 2010 is to read more and to keep track of it better.  Here is book # 1 for 2010!

arinoch:

Today turned out to be emergency “pick up crap I forgot I didn’t have” day. Convenient enough, seeing as it picked today to be several varieties of cold. Still, the trip wasn’t a total loss. I did manage to survive the insane crowds that apparently decided today was also the day to be crammed into every store from wall Mart to Food Basics, and everywhere in between. Standing in one of those stores–I think it might have been Wall Mart, I accidentally ran across a nifty song by a singer I hadn’t heard about until today. I’m surprised I hadn’t heard of it before, though. The song’s by Chris Daughtry, and is apparently a little over 3 years old. I’ve had the song in my head since I came home, so on random impulse, I yanked the album. If anyone wants it, fire a comment at me–it’s free, or as free as one can get it.

The song, called “Over You”, is also up on Youtube–although they were nice enough to turn off the embedding options, so you get a clicky clicky instead. Now, I just have two questions, one of which I’ll search out eventually. Which movie’s sound track does this song belong to? And, why did no one inform me of this? I feel cheated now.

Originally published at Welcome to Nowhere. Please leave any comments there.

samari76:
( birdie strikes again ) Automatically shipped by LoudTwitter

rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122299715&ft=1&f=1004

A security official said two gunmen drove by a group of worshippers as they were walking out of the Virgin Mary church in the town of Nag Hamadi and sprayed gunfire randomly into the crowd. A government official said the attack may have been in retaliation for the rape of a Muslim girl by a Christian man.

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ny_times_books:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/a-new-look-at-an-old-quarrel-over-waterfront/?partner=rss&emc=rss

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/06/a-new-look-at-an-old-quarrel-over-waterfront/

A book delves into the making of a classic film and the motivations of those who made it.

musicgirl1984:

ok, so I'm a little late with the happy new year update. Why you may ask? i at this point really don't know. I had the idea I wanted to sit down do my reflections and bla bla bla but i just didn't feel like writing. So, here I am on this cold Wednesday night in January going to share my musings with you all. Because well, I'm sure you've missed me. I was doing well there for a while updating every day and then poof i disappeared again. And, here i am.

Ok, before I begin with what has happened in my so exciting life thus far in 2010 I shall reflect on 2009. Now, lucky me, I went back and read my journal over the last year not too long ago and I know one of the main things i wanted to happen in 09 was to find happiness again. i had been in so much pain at the beginning of January last year and I wanted it to go away. Now looking back and I know I haven't shared every detail of what has happened in my personal life on here simply because I think deep down I knew the decisions I made regarding my love life weren't exactly the smart ones. Let's just say because I couldn't seem to stay away from a certain someone, I once again got burned. The good thing that came out of it, was I finally saw what kind of person he really was, and i don't think anything would ever make me go back there again. Now, I've said this before and I know no one believes me, and sometimes i'm not sure if I believe myself, but i truly believe this last incident was the straw that broke the cammels back so to speak. that being said, Its been 2 months since we've spoken and I feel pretty great about it. There are a few unanswered questions that I may never get the answers to but at this point, who cares. The point is, things weren't what they seemed and probably never were. and, I need to put that behind me and move on. A good thing that came out of 2009 was Cody. He probably was the best thing. I had wanted a dog for months and I finally got one as you all know last February. He is a delight and the love of my life. I miss him every day I am here in the apartment, but i do believe this is a better set up. It wasn't fair for mom and dad to have to come and pick me up so late at night and cart me around so much. I like the apartment and all, I think next year i will want to live on my own if I don't live with Lindsay that is. I'm enjoying it here, and I am getting a new roommate next week and she seems very nice, but having the place to myself also was nice.
Another good thing that happened in 2009 was going back to grad school and getting into a program that I absolutely love. I feel in control here and that I will make something of myself and be successful. So, over all I am well on my way to happiness again. I'd say 2009 wasn't the greatest year, but it certainly wasn't the worst. A lot of good came out of it along with the bad. but that's what life is about, taking the good with the bad always. I'ts how you learn and grow into the person you are.

As for what i've been up to. I spent new years Eve with Becca a friend from the program. IT was last minute, but it was a lot of fun. We just hung out, ate pizza, and watched the proposal. very good movie by the way. I came back to the apartment last Saturday and have been here all week. My mom and dad both have stoppped by to visit shortly and that was by far the highlight of the week. Mom brought some rugs for the apartment yesterday and she surprised me with dinner from wendy's. She said she felt better I was eating something other than the prepared meals i usually eat. i have the best mom by far. *smile* Then my dad brought my other laptop back tonight. Thankfully nothing was wrong with it. Some setting was messed up on it that's all. The guy didn't even charge my dad for it. They do a lot of work for each other so, it wasn't a big deal. He also brought a DVD player for out in the other room so that Sahana my roommate and i can watch moviews and what not. I do have 2 open rooms and they could be filled yet, but we'll see.

I added on a 4th class. After getting all my grades and them all being a's I realized i can handle 4 classes as a grad. IT's hectic and all i seem to do is study, but it is well worth it if I get out of here in a reasonable amount of time. So, i picked up a 4th class. I have class Tues Wed and Thurs this coming semester. I only have one late night hthough on Wed. Unfortunately those are my two hardest classes stats and med info but oh well. there was nothing I could do there. Classes start in like 2 weeks. Well two weeks from yesterday to be exact. I'm not quite ready to start all of that up again, but by then I wil be. I'm almost there.

Ok, well that's my life and my reflections. It's all I got. Hope everyone had a wonderful new year and have a great 2010. here's to a great year ahead!!

Jame

rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122291013&ft=1&f=1004

Last week's deadly attack at a CIA base in Khost resulted from the failure of "counterintelligence," the work of keeping your enemy from penetrating your own defenses. During the Cold War, counterintelligence was largely a spy-versus-spy game. Now, the challenge is different but no less important.

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ny_times_books:

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/books/07book.html?partner=rss&emc=rss

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/01/07/books/07book.html

This exhaustingly detailed biography of Warren Beatty portrays him as a master manipulator with shrewd survival instincts.

shanrina, posting in whatwasthatbook:

Okay, I've never actually read this book so this might be difficult. It's a guide to writing fantasy fiction, and it's got a title like "The Dangerous Guide to Writing Fantasy" or "The Perilous Guide to Writing Fantasy." Or maybe something involving treachery? Or dirt? It was more evocative than just the basic "Writer's Guide to Fantasy" sort of thing. I could have sworn that it was written by Diane Duane, but according to all the lists of books she's written it wasn't her, so the author (definitely a woman) either has a name that sounds kind of like "Diane Duane" or writes YA fantasy like Duane does. Or maybe both. It's fairly well-known, but I can't seem to hit on anything Google-able. Thanks for any help!

rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122282495&ft=1&f=1004

Barbara Demick's book Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea opens with a nighttime satellite image of northeast Asia that shows North Korea, which has little electricity, cloaked in darkness. She says the image conveys much about the way North Korea is perceived.

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rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122291007&ft=1&f=1004

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, the only person officially recognized as a survivor of both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings, has died at the age of 93. Charles Pellegrino, author of the forthcoming book The Last Train from Hiroshima: The Survivors Look Back, says Yamaguchi later became an advocate for the abolition of nuclear weapons.

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rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122278853&ft=1&f=1004

In 2008, thousands of Iraqis began applying for visas to the U.S. under a special State Department program. Now, some applicants are having second thoughts, fearful about economic prospects and other challenges of living in a foreign land.

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jo_scrawls, posting in bookshare:
Just posted Review: Evidence of Angels by Suza Scalora

rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122259114&ft=1&f=1004

Middle East experts see some progress, but Arab-Israeli conflict hinders the president from matching early expectations.

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rssnprworld:

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=122271693&ft=1&f=1004

A Muslim group in Britain says it wants to hold a march in the English town of Wootton Bassett to commemorate civilian casualties of the war in Afghanistan. The town is best known for its ceremonies honoring British troops killed in Afghanistan. British leaders and other Muslim groups say the planned march is unnecessarily provocative.

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rssnprworld:

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A gunbattle at the border between Egypt and the Gaza Strip turned deadly Wednesday when an Egyptian border guard was killed. Fifteen Palestinians were also wounded in the incident, which was sparked by the delay of an international aid convoy.

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