According to Reuters, "the energy package would revoke $17 billion in tax breaks extended to big oil companies like Exxon Mobil Corp and slap a 25 percent windfall profits tax on firms that don't invest in new energy sources." Oil producers gave an average of $134,821 to each of the 43 senators that voted no and an average of $37,373 to each of the 51 senators that voted yes. This is why we need the political reforms pushed by Senator Obama, and opposed by Senator McCain.

I am writing to let you know that as of August 31, 2008, Microsoft will change the level of support to be offered for music purchased directly from MSN Music prior to November 14, 2006. As of August 31, 2008, we will no longer be able to support the retrieval of license keys for the songs you purchased from MSN Music or the authorization of additional computers. License keys already obtained as of August 31, 2008 will continue to allow you to listen to songs on all the computers that you previously authorized for service. We wanted to send out this notification well in advance to remind you to backup your music and to provide you sufficient time to confirm license keys for the songs you've purchased from MSN Music.

So we get to this question: how should the public react to bit-moving providers who gerrymander the service offering to the benefit of their Media Masters? If there were any real competitive alternatives, they could vote with their feet. without that alternative, however, are they simply at the mercy of the media giants to bend everything to their will?

Find Free Computers and where to donate old technology. How to erase your hard drive.

It isn't just voting machines. Yes, the terminal in question was made by Diebold, and yes, their subsidiary, Premier Election Systems, has faced criticism for problems and vulnerabilities in its voting products. But that's not an entirely fair brush with which to paint this problem, since without knowing the details, it could just as easily have been caused entirely by the bank's software or configuration.

Children / Teen Health about sex, sleep, cancer, risky behavior, brain imaging, poor readers, teen pregnancy, sexual exploitation of children, obese children, deaf puils.

This year would have marked Woody’s 96th birthday.

The news is better, and worse, than early coverage suggested. It's worse in that although New York attorney general Andrew Cuomo found child porn on just 88 Usenet newsgroups, the ISPs are pulling the plug on tens of thousands as a response. This is a little like burning down a library because you don't like one book in it.

The o­nly thing left in the entire CCC inventory will be 2.7 million bushels of wheat which is about enough wheat to make ½ of a loaf of bread for each of the 300 million people in America.

In fact, every ISP we have talked with about this very much is *against* this practice, and we know that the unauthorized use of their logos is being looked at by their legal departments.

Children's Health ACTUP Philadelphia Calls On Officials To Expand Condom Program To All City High Schools. Subway sandwich contest: Homeschoolers not wanted. P2P Defendant Awarded Attorney Fees. internet 2 news Seven telescopes act as one.

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Facebook fanatics who have covered their profiles on the popular social networking site with silly games and quirky trivia quizzes may be unknowingly giving a host of strangers an intimate peek at their lives.

A list of funeral songs; some creative, some traditional.

In order to achieve our goal of digitizing books, we need your help.

Indian Folklore Research Journal publishes original and unpublished research papers, book reviews, resource reviews and announcements in the discipline of Folklore. Indian Folklore Research Journal is published annually by India's National Folklore Support Centre.

Educational Technology Standards and Performance Indicators for All Teachers and Students. Refreshing the NETS for the Digital Age.

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As geeks become chic in all levels of society, an unlikely subset is starting to roar. Meet the Nerd Girls: they're smart, they're techie and they're hot.

GRAMMY Foundation Announces 2008 GRAMMY Signature Schools. Artists House Music has entered into a special partnership with the GRAMMY Foundation that will make free online educational opportunities available to musicians worldwide.

From the point of view of the teacher, gaze aversion is a positive sign. A child who is doing it is likely to be developing their understanding and is what Dr Doherty-Sneddon terms an "improver". By contrast, children who are not improving their performance, or who are regressing, use gaze aversion less often.

FDA MedWatch - Morphine Sulfate 60 mg Extended Release Tablets -Recall of a Single Lot Due to a Report of a Tablet With Twice the Appropriate Thickness

The Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) invites you to consider submitting a presentation proposal for CoSN's 14th Annual K-12 School Networking Conference to be held March 11 & 12, 2009 at the Hilton Austin Hotel in Austin, TX. This event is the premier event for education technology leaders, attracting over 1,000 district, state, and national education technology professionals. We are soliciting educational presentations around the conference theme: "Leadership, Policy, and Innovation in A Collaborative World."

One Laptop Per Child, G1G1, There has been much speculation regarding the recent departure of Walter Bender from the One Laptop Per Child project. While many sites have focused on his departure from OLPC, at OpenEducation.net we spent some time talking with Professor Bender about his latest endeavor, Sugarlabs.org: