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Swedish school cites discrimination in seizing birthday party invitations

STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Officials at a school in Sweden have confiscated birthday invitations handed out in class by an eight-year-old boy.

Swedish school confiscates boy's party invitations

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AP) -- A school has confiscated an 8-year-old boy's birthday party invitations after they were handed out during class because it said it had a duty to ensure against discrimination.

School birthday snub sparks cyber debate in Sweden

STOCKHOLM (AFP) - A heated debate raged in the Swedish blogosphere on Monday after an eight-year-old boy's failure to invite two classmates to his birthday party resulted in a complaint filed with parliament.

School Closes Books on First Year in Innovative 1:1 Linux ThinkPad Computing Program

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, NC - July 1, 2008: Lenovo today announced that Whitfield School, an independent school for grades 6-12 in St. Louis, MO, has successfully completed its first school year operating a 1:1 computing program (one computer for every student, grades 6-12) utilizing more than 600 Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks to power the school¡¯s innovative use of Linux.

Whitfield School Closes Books on First Year with Every Student Participating in Innovative 1:1 Linux ThinkPad Computing Program

Lenovo today announced that Whitfield School, an independent school for grades 6-12 in St. Louis, MO., has successfully completed its first school year operating a 1:1 computing program (one computer for every student, grades 6-12) utilizing more than 600 Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks to power the school's innovative use of Linux.

Whitfield School Closes Books on First Year with Every Student Participating in Innovative 1:1 Linux ThinkPad Computing Program

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. (Business Wire) -- Lenovo today announced that Whitfield School, an independent school for grades 6-12 in St. Louis, MO., has successfully completed its first school year operating a 1:1 computing program (one computer for every student, grades 6-12) utilizing more than 600 Lenovo ThinkPad notebooks to power the school's innovative use of Linux.

UK School-Kids Get iPod-Controlling Uniforms: Teachers Despair

Ipod-controlling clothes aren't new, sure, but UK retailer Marks and Spencer is taking a teeny risk with its new line of smart clothing. It's aimed at school kids, with controls and pockets integrated into standard school uniform blazers and coats. A five function keypad from Fibertronic is inside the lapels, and there're loops for hiding the earphone wires under there too. Brilliant idea... until you wonder how many detentions this is going to land kids in, when they decide that listening to tunes on the journey into school isn't enough, and Geography lessons are soooo boring anyway. The Back to School iPod gear is in boys and girls cuts, with the coat going for around $70, depending on size, and the blazer for around $50. [Talk2MyShirt]

Business blog for business school

The UCT Graduate School of Business (UCT GSB), through its Executive Education unit, has become what it claims is the first business school in South Africa to launch a blogging platform that will enable some of the world's leading business and leadership experts at the school to interact with businesspeople online. The UCT GSB blogs are part of a broader social media strategy which will see the school also participating in various other online channels such as podcasts and video-sharing websites.

E3 2008: Game Party 2

IGN reports: With 11 games in all, Game Party 2 for the Wii console includes fun to play games that will provide hours of enjoyment with friends and family. Game Party 2 features new games like Bean Bags, Horseshoes, Lawn Darts, Puck Bowling and more. Each game, including classics like Skill Ball, Darts and Hoop Shoot has exciting new features like four player mode, customizable characters and tournament play, making Game Party 2 the ultimate party game for all ages and skill levels.

Swedish Authorities Take Action Against Blogger For Revealing Surveillance Documents

Wille Faler writes "Swedish blogger and civil rights activist Henrik Alexandersson has been reported for "freedom of speech" violations by the head of FRA (Swedish National Defense Radio Establishment), the government agency that is responsible for surveilling the contents, origins and destinations of all phone calls, internet traffic and text messages passing through swedish networks, regardless of suspicion or not. Alexandersson published a classified document on his blog some time ago that had been leaked to him, that proved how FRA had been conducting illegal surveillance against innocent Swedes for more than ten years. It is this offense that has landed him in trouble and deemed him a "threat to national security." In other word, the messenger gets shot for whistleblowing about the illegal conduct of government agencies.

Middle school orchestra receives top rating

Creekwood Middle School has earned the honor of being named the 2009 Texas State Middle School Full Honor Orchestra. Because of the award, Creekwood band and orchestra students will be featured performers in San Antonio at the Texas Music Educators Association’s Convention in February. The full orchestra is made up of seventh- and eighth-grade band and orchestra students who rehearse at 7 a.m. on Fridays before school.

Whitfield School Closes Books on First Year with Every Student Participating in Innovative 1:1 Linux ThinkPad Computing Program

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C. - Lenovo today announced that Whitfield School, an independent school for grades 6-12 in St. Louis, MO., has successfully completed its first school year operating a 1:1 computing program (one computer for every student, grades 6-12) utilizing more than 600 Lenov

Commissioners Thank School District 2 Students For Their Efforts In The Arts

New artwork from two School District 2 schools now adorns the walls of the Board of County Commissioners’ third floor hearing room. Students and staff from Fox Meadow Middle School and Mountain Vista Community School attended the Board’s regularly scheduled meeting today to accept the resolutions and speak about art.

Ishant's 20th birthday

Ruby Singh Sehrawat hosted the party that was attended by Dhoni, Ashish Nehra, Virendra Sehwag and many others. Ishant said, "My best birthday gift is Viru's presence at this party." Close bonding, what say?

Are Third-Party Wii Games Finally Coming Into Their Own?

Gravy Monkey writes "It's not too difficult to criticize the quality of many third-party Wii games — whether they're unique titles, bad licenses or lazy ports to the new system. However, will this change as more quality third-party games appear on the Wii? Recently, Wiiware title 'Lost Winds' picked up some great reviews, as did the Blastworks game. The recent review of a new game called Order Up on IGN caught my attention because they praised it as the way all casual games should be made. Is this the beginning of a new era for Wii games where quality casual games from third parties manage to grab the attention of both mainstream and hardcore gamers alike, instead of being a console where only first-party titles sell?"

Student Charged with School Hacking

Between Jan. 23 and May 20, Omar Khan allegedly broke into locked rooms at the Rancho Santa Margarita high school, where he was a senior, on several occasions late at night and on weekends to access school computers and change his grades, as well as scores on Advanced Placement tests and school records from previous semesters.

Initial Change: Name Change for Arts School is OK'D in Both Houses of Legislature

Jul. 10--RALEIGH -- A bill to change the name of the N.C. School of the Arts has passed both chambers of the state legislature, virtually assuring that the school's new name will be "University of North Carolina School of the Arts."

Guests at noisy German birthday party mistake police for strippers

BERLIN - Police say two officers who responded to complaints about a raucous weekend party in western Germany were mistaken for male strippers by the female guests.

Skegness Grammar School, Using GNU/Linux and Thin-Clients Across the School

"Gimp and Inkscape for graphics work, kdissert for mind mapping, Kjots for notetaking and planning, Planner for Gantt charting. Knoda and Rekall for database frontends, Zope for A level project work, Plone for content management, Synfig for animation, Cinelerra for video as well as many others. The school plans to install Moodle for next term and have it integrated with the in house MIS."

Cops mistaken for strippers at birthday party

BERLIN - Police say two officers who responded to complaints about a raucous weekend party in western Germany were mistaken for male strippers by the female guests.

California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Offer Personal Finance Program

Northern California High School Students Given Opportunity to Learn How to Manage Money OAKLAND, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to promote financial literacy among high school students, California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Corporation, one of the leading providers of prepaid solutions in the United States, are teaming up to offer a one-hour program on the basics of personal finance to northern California high school students. California Check Cashing Stores offers alternative banking services to the unbanked and underbanked populations of Northern California by providing check cashing, payroll advance, money orders, bill payment and other services. California Check Cashing course leaders have presented the program to high school economics and American government classes in San Jose, Sacramento and East Bay.

California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Offer Personal Finance Program

Northern California High School Students Given Opportunity to Learn How to Manage Money OAKLAND, Calif., July 1 /PRNewswire/ -- In an effort to promote financial literacy among high school students, California Check Cashing Stores and NetSpend Corporation, one of the leading providers of prepaid solutions in the United States, are teaming up to offer a one-hour program on the basics of personal finance to northern California high school students. California Check Cashing Stores offers alternative banking services to the unbanked and underbanked populations of Northern California by providing check cashing, payroll advance, money orders, bill payment and other services. California Check Cashing course leaders have presented the program to high school economics and American government classes in San Jose, Sacramento and East Bay.

Rahul Bose appeals G-8 leaders to act on food crisis

New Delhi, July 8 (PTI) Samajwadi Party, whose 39 MPs will have a crucial role in determining survival of the government, today said it would vote for the government on the Indo-US nuclear deal to "save" it. The SP announced the decision after its Parliamentary Party meeting held here to discuss its stand over the nuclear deal amid reports that some of its Muslim MPs were opposed to the atomic agreement. "We will issue a three-line whip asking all MPs who have been elected on the Samajwadi Party symbol to vote in support of the nuclear deal and to save the UPA government," SP General Secretary Amar Singh told reporters after the meeting. SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav rubbished reports that Muslim MPs of the party were opposed to the nuclear deal.

Sony Creative Software Announces Winners of "Technology in Motion" National Student Film Contest

SAN ANTONIO—(BUSINESS WIRE)—July 1, 2008— Sony Creative Software, a leading provider of professional video and audio editing software applications, today announced the winners of its first national student film contest, Technology in Motion: Vision of the Future. Selected from hundreds of film entries created with Sony Vegas Pro 8, Ashland High School in Ohio is the grand prize winner for its submission, Contact. Second place was awarded to the film, Alpha School, from Lisbon High School in Iowa, while TECH 178 from Tandem Friends High School in Virginia won third place.

Party on, Gators

GAINESVILLE, Fla., July 28 (UPI) -- The University of Florida has supplanted West Virginia University as the No. 1 party school in the United States, the Princeton Review (NASDAQ:REVU) said Monday.

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