| Amazon Convinces Sony To Go DRM-Free
Earlier this week, Sony debuted MusicPass, a $12.99 gift card sold at retail stores that entitles the buyer to download a DRM-free album of MP3s online. MusicPass and the Amazon.com deal are both moves to help Sony compete with other labels and services that have already begun selling DRM-free MP3s on Amazon and elsewhere. .
Eric Halvorson's Blog
Alcohol, in any amount, disrupts the development of this part of the brain at a very crucial time of development. Just because parents are continuing a tradition of providing alcohol in a "safe environment", doesn't make it right for more than the reason of breaking any laws. Parents are supposed to protect their children and we now have the information to show that alcohol is a dangerous substance that can affect development and learning. What was acceptable behavior in the past isn't always acceptable now with the information we have. November 27, 2007 The following is another interesting response to our special report on underage drinking. I've added a link to the website the writer mentions, if you'd like to see it. I moved to Indianapolis last year from Miami, Florida with two teenage children.
Better pay for better preparation
FEW subjects are as intensively studied as public schools. State boards, local boards, congressional committees, legislative committees, charitable trusts, regional education compacts, federal test designers, state test designers and employee unions all spew out great clots of data every year. Parental income, per-pupil spending, class size, teacher education, teacher pay, test scores, etc., etc., etc. Everybody studies everything, trying to figure out why public education doesn't work any better than it does, and how to fix it. This worthy question is passed unanswered from one generation to another, and I admire all the people who take it on. After all, education determines in great measure the future wealth and security not only of individual students but of nations.
VIDEO: MRSA alert at the Royal Bolton Hospital
Call me Mr Pedant.[/quote] He's not tried to hijack the thread. He makes a valid point about immigrants bringing disease into the country. It's far from being the only issue concerning hospital infections, but will no doubt become so because you had to make a big deal of it. A person could be excused for thinking that you Andy and Deckers are BNP activists, considering your eagerness to turn every debate into a race issue. .
Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report
The following highlights health issues mentioned in governors' recent state of the state addresses.
California: In his Jan. 8 speech, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (R) said that in 2007 the state Legislature took on "tough issues," including the "most comprehensive health care reform in the nation." Schwarzenegger said that "reform is so important" because the health care system in California is "collapsing under its weight, its costs, its gaping holes and its injustices." He said he understands concerns that the state faces a budget deficit and that the proposed health care system overhaul "is maybe too big, or too bold, or expensive," but he added that "sometimes you have to be daring because the need is so great." Schwarzenegger said he is confident that after the state Senate "finishes its deliberation," California residents in November will approve a ballot measure to overhaul the state's health care system (Schwarzenegger speech text, 1/8).
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