Blake J Robbins v Lower Merion School District is a class action suit brought by Blake J. Robbins and other students of Harriton High School[1] in the Lower Merion School District, Pennsylvania, United States, for allegedly infringing upon the privacy of the students via remotely activated webcams in school laptops while the laptops were being used at home.[2][3] The case was brought after Robbins was allegedly disciplined at school, with a photograph taken by the webcam as evidence. The matter has since also begun to be investigated by the FBI, and is being cited as an example of how modern technology impacts personal privacy (whether or not the school itself broke any rules or laws).[4] The school used LANrev for tracking.[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blake_J._Robbins_v._Lower_Merion_School_District

Lights. Camera. Traction. That's what President Obama will be seeking February 25 at a televised summit with Republicans and Democrats on his stalled effort to revamp America's health care system. The session, however, carries much broader implications. Whether or not Obama ultimately gets a health care bill through Congress, the effort could have practical and political consequences for years to come. http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2010-02-23-health-care-summit-Obama_N.htm
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/24/health/policy/24health.html
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703503804575083901649362256.html?mod=WSJ_latestheadlines

In the hope of ending its reputation for Fortress America-style embassies, the State Department yesterday selected a Philadelphia architecture firm known for its thoughtful and environmentally rigorous work to design a new, more welcoming U.S. Embassy in London. The firm, KieranTimberlake, beat out three better-known finalists in a lengthy competition whose jury included top design-world figures, the State Department announced. This is only the fourth time the foreign service has held such a competition to select an embassy architect. This one was organized with the intention of making a statement about America's democratic and environmental aspirations, even while it struggles to accommodate the intense security demands of a post-9/11 world.
Read story and see picture at: http://www.philly.com/inquirer/magazine/20100224_Phila__firm_will_design_U_S__Embassy_in_London.html


What's the difference between a bill and a law? Learn through lyrics:
I'm just a bill
Yes, I'm only a bill
And if they vote for me on Capitol Hill
Well, then I'm off to the White House
Where I'll wait in a line
With a lot of other bills
For the president to sign
And if he signs me, then I'll be a law.
How I hope and pray that he will,
But today I am still just a bill.
See the rest of the words and links to YouTube for this and other rock songs at:
http://www.schoolhouserock.tv/Bill.html Thanks, Julie

The 50 State Capitals Song Tune: Turkey in the Straw
Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Indianapolis, Indiana;
And Columbus is the capital of Ohio
There's Montgomery, Alabama south of Helena, Montana
Then there's Denver, Colorado under Boise, Idaho.

Texas has Austin, then we go north to
Massachusetts, Boston; and Albany, New York
Tallahassee, Florida; and Washington, D.C.
Santa Fe, New Mexico; and Nashville, Tennessee
(Elvis used to hang out there a lot, ya know)

Trenton's in New Jersey north of Jefferson, Missouri
You got Richmond in Virginia, South Dakota has Pierre
Harrisburg's in Pennsylvania and Augusta's up in Maine
And here is Providence, Rhode Island next to Dover, Delaware.

Concord, New Hampshire, just a quick jaunt to
Montpelier which is up in Vermont
Hartford's in Connecticut, so pretty in the fall
And Kansas has Topeka, Minnesota has St. Paul

Juneau's in Alaska and there's Lincoln in Nebraska
And it's Raleigh out in North Carolina
And then there's Madison, Wisconsin and Olympia in Washington
Phoenix, Arizona and Lansing, Michigan

Here's Honolulu, Hawaii's a joy
Jackson, Mississippi and Springfield, Illinois
South Carolina with Columbia down the way
And Annapolis in Maryland on the Chesapeake Bay
(They have wonderful clam chowder.)

Cheyenne is in Wyoming and perhaps you make your home in
Salt Lake City out in Utah where the buffalo roam
Atlanta's down in Georgia and there's Bismarck, North Dakota
And you can live in Frankfort in your old Kentucky home.

Salem in Oregon, from there we join
Little Rock in Arkansas, Iowa's got Des Moines
Sacramento, California; Oklahoma and its city
Charleston, West Virginia and Nevada, Carson City.

That's all the capitals there are!
http://www.mrsjonesroom.com/songs/50capitals.html
Hear the song or visit about a dozen linked sites with information on state capitals.

The safety and aesthetics of commercial electronic variable message signing were reviewed by the Federal Highway Administration in 1980 . Read about types of electronic billboards, state regulations, distractions and safety at: http://www.fhwa.dot.gov/REALESTATE/elecbbrd/chap2.htm

Blog Carnival from Northern Colorado Writers (NCW)
Eat Like the Doc Does
I’ve enjoyed Michael Pollan’s books, especially The Omnivore’s Dilemna and In Defense of Food. Both of those won James Beard Awards, often termed “the Oscars of Food.” Now Pollan, who is the Knight Professor of Journalism at UC Berkeley, has published a slender volume of sixty-four “Food Rules” designed to help us get off the “Western Diet.” He defines that as lots of processed foods and meat, lots of added fat and sugar, lots of refined grains, lots of everything except vegetables, fruits, and whole grains and associates it with high rates of chronic diseases. http://peterdspringbergmdfacp.com/blog/
Hearth Cricket Mysteries, writing, recipes and musings on traditional domestic arts http://www.hearthcricket.com/
Emerald City commentary, rantings, inspiration, blatherings, quips, witticisms, jargon, pleasantries, wisecracks, wordplay, whatnot and all that jazz.
http://www.emeraldcity48.blogspot.com/
Words by Bob use, misuse and humor of words
http://wordsbybob.wordpress.com/

Quote Do not condemn the judgment of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong. -Dandamis, Indian philosopher (4c BCE)