Fixed the silly titles issue and the other weird errors of news and ramblings not displaying. Other issues should also be fixed now. All because of one simple little PHP setting that got changed... mwahahahaha! If you want the complete story of what horrible luck I had today, check my blog. In other news, I […]
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Fixed weirdness
New article
Wrote a new article, "How to Survive School", which is basically a collection of everything I've ever written, just condensed into nice sentences that all fit on one page, along with a few tips and things. You're still welcome to suggest any changes to it if you want to ;)Also, the server was down for […]
UK: Call for internet safety lessons
Lessons on how to use the internet safely should become compulsory in schools, university researchers say.The Cyberspace Research Unit at the University of Central Lancashire (UCL) says learning about internet safety should be on the National Curriculum.Pupils should be taught about the potential dangers posed, such as paedophiles using internet chatrooms to make contact with […]
US: Student Newspaper Story Draws Angry Reaction
There's a controversy brewing over the latest issue of Roosevelt High School's newspaper. A story in the paper takes aim at religious, racial, ethnic and other groups. The author said it's meant to be funny. Some are not laughing.The front page gives a hint of what's inside the Roosevelt Round-Up. The story talks of using […]
UK: Heads 'doubt' discipline powers
Head teachers are sceptical that extended powers to restrain unruly pupils will make much difference, a survey suggests.The government's White Paper proposes a more clearly-defined set of rights for teachers in disciplining pupils.The Association of School and College Leaders asked 100 members about the new powers, which would allow teachers to restrain pupils using reasonable […]
US: Youth saves woman who once saved him
A US teenager who saved the life of a woman choking on her food in a restaurant was amazed to find out he was only repaying the favour.After Kevin Stephan had successfully performed the Heimlich manoeuvre on Penny Brown, his mother recognised her as the nurse who had carried out a cardiopulmonary resuscitation on him […]
US: School paper recalled over photo, illustration
A high school principal ordered all copies of a student newspaper recalled because of material she deemed inappropriate, including a photo of a student with his fly unzipped and an illustration of a tampon.Peninsula High School Principal Patricia Scott said she had no problem with the subject matter of the Peninsula Outlook's special edition last […]
US: The End of the Internet?
The nation's largest telephone and cable companies are crafting an alarming set of strategies that would transform the free, open and nondiscriminatory Internet of today to a privately run and branded service that would charge a fee for virtually everything we do online.The End of the Internet?Jeff ChesterThe NationThe nation's largest telephone and cable companies […]
US: Bush Administration Demands Search Records From Google
The Bush Administration has demanded access to internet searches conducted on four major seach engines: Google, MSN, AOL and Yahoo. Of the four only Google has refused to comply with the governments demands. The Bush Administration is claiming they want to use the information to determine how much porn shows up in internet searches conducted […]
New Planet Discovered; Most "Earth-Like" Yet
The most Earth-like planet yet discovered beyond the solar system has been detected orbiting a distant star, boosting the chances that life exists elsewhere in the galaxy.The icy, rocky world is just five times larger than our own, making it the smallest and most similar to Earth of all the 160 "exoplanets" around other stars […]
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