Feb. 11th, 2005
Boy, am I glad these guys run things!
Feb. 11th, 2005 08:49 amHalliburton shipment of radioactive material, lost in November, found in Boston
The material, two sources of the element americium, was found intact at a freight facility after an intense search by federal authorities. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was not alerted to the missing shipment until Tuesday.
The material, two sources of the element americium, was found intact at a freight facility after an intense search by federal authorities. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said it was not alerted to the missing shipment until Tuesday.
Forty-six air-raid-style sirens, purchased for $1.6 million more than a year ago for Pickering and Darlington nuclear stations, are gathering dust in an Ajax warehouse while Pickering politicians try to come up with an alternative that doesn't make as much noise.
In Pickering, local opposition to the 27 planned sirens has been strong in the Bay Ridges and West Shore communities, where residents feel the sirens would lower property values and possibly create panic if they ever sounded.
In Pickering, local opposition to the 27 planned sirens has been strong in the Bay Ridges and West Shore communities, where residents feel the sirens would lower property values and possibly create panic if they ever sounded.
Idaho elementary school pioneers system in the lunchroom to automatically turn the lights off if it gets too loud.
The definitive statement on the system comes from a fourth grader: "It's stupid and it stinks"
The definitive statement on the system comes from a fourth grader: "It's stupid and it stinks"
Bride and Bridesmaid. No, really.
Feb. 11th, 2005 09:08 am
Sonia Wilde, 29, will walk down the aisle in Stockport, Greater Manchester with the Collie cross, Lucy Brown, at her side.
The three-year-old will even be dressed in a pink frilly dress and bonnet for the service at St Matthew's Church.
Miss Wilde, and her fiance Steve Begley, 25, both from Stockport, have also ditched traditional wedding music in favour of Club Tropicana by Wham!
The pair got special permission from the Rev Brian Statham for their canine attendant.
He said: "I'm sure the bride will be lovely - but the bridesmaid will look a bit wuff.
"It is quite bizarre really, the most unusual request I have heard in 26 years as a vicar.
"Then reason and logic kicked in and I thought, 'Well, I've had dogs at funerals because they have been the life-long partners of people, so why not at a wedding?' "
Just for Hal.
Feb. 11th, 2005 09:10 amA large cache of firearms seized by Toronto Police last week sat in an abandoned SUV in an East York apartment parking lot for 4 1/2 months. The astonishing batch of firepower was described by Chief Julian Fantino as "better armament than we have as a police service."
The weapons, spotted by the superintendent of the Blair St. building when he looked in the SUV, included mostly assault weapons. There were a .45-calibre Thompson sub-machinegun, a 7.62-mm Galil, a Kalashnikov, an AK-47 with a drum magazine, another Galil with a folding stock, three AR-15s and ammunition.
An officer familiar with the case doesn't think the weapons were intended for the underworld market. The suspected owner was once a licensed gun collector who had let his permits lapse, he explained.
Probably not the owner
The weapons, spotted by the superintendent of the Blair St. building when he looked in the SUV, included mostly assault weapons. There were a .45-calibre Thompson sub-machinegun, a 7.62-mm Galil, a Kalashnikov, an AK-47 with a drum magazine, another Galil with a folding stock, three AR-15s and ammunition.
An officer familiar with the case doesn't think the weapons were intended for the underworld market. The suspected owner was once a licensed gun collector who had let his permits lapse, he explained.
Probably not the owner
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Feb. 11th, 2005 12:05 pmThe only grade school in Sutter, California is requiring students to wear radio frequency identification badges that can track their every move. Some parents are outraged, fearing it will rob their children of privacy.
The badges introduced at Brittan Elementary School on January 18 rely on the same radio frequency and scanner technology that companies use to track livestock and product inventory.
Principal Earnie Graham dismisses objections. "You know what it comes down to? I believe junior high students want to be stylish. This is not stylish," he said.
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He loves technology.
His email address: earnieg@brittan.k12.ca.us
His office phone number: (530) 822-5155, extension 303
His office location: Through the front doors of the school, second door on the left.
His home phone and address available, but not posted.
The badges introduced at Brittan Elementary School on January 18 rely on the same radio frequency and scanner technology that companies use to track livestock and product inventory.
Principal Earnie Graham dismisses objections. "You know what it comes down to? I believe junior high students want to be stylish. This is not stylish," he said.
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He loves technology.
His email address: earnieg@brittan.k12.ca.us
His office phone number: (530) 822-5155, extension 303
His office location: Through the front doors of the school, second door on the left.
His home phone and address available, but not posted.
Opera releases "Bork" edition.
Feb 14, 2003
Two weeks ago it was revealed that Microsoft's MSN portal targeted Opera users, by purposely providing them with a broken page. As a reply to MSN's treatment of its users, Opera Software today released a very special Bork edition of its Opera 7 for Windows browser. The Bork edition behaves differently on one Web site: MSN. Users accessing the MSN site will see the page transformed into the language of the famous Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show: Bork, Bork, Bork!
In October 2001, Opera users were blocked from the MSN site. The event caused an uproar among Web users and MSN was forced to change their policy. However, MSN continues a policy of singling out its Opera competitor by specifically instructing Opera to hide content from users.
"Hergee berger snooger bork," says Mary Lambert, product line manager desktop, Opera Software. "This is a joke. However, we are trying to make an important point. The MSN site is sending Opera users what appear to be intentionally distorted pages. The Bork edition illustrates how browsers could also distort content, as the Bork edition does. The real point here is that the success of the Web depends on software and Web site developers behaving well and rising above corporate rivalry."
Feb 14, 2003
Two weeks ago it was revealed that Microsoft's MSN portal targeted Opera users, by purposely providing them with a broken page. As a reply to MSN's treatment of its users, Opera Software today released a very special Bork edition of its Opera 7 for Windows browser. The Bork edition behaves differently on one Web site: MSN. Users accessing the MSN site will see the page transformed into the language of the famous Swedish Chef from the Muppet Show: Bork, Bork, Bork!
In October 2001, Opera users were blocked from the MSN site. The event caused an uproar among Web users and MSN was forced to change their policy. However, MSN continues a policy of singling out its Opera competitor by specifically instructing Opera to hide content from users.
"Hergee berger snooger bork," says Mary Lambert, product line manager desktop, Opera Software. "This is a joke. However, we are trying to make an important point. The MSN site is sending Opera users what appear to be intentionally distorted pages. The Bork edition illustrates how browsers could also distort content, as the Bork edition does. The real point here is that the success of the Web depends on software and Web site developers behaving well and rising above corporate rivalry."
