| STATEHOUSE: Rep. Jones pushes Internet safety policies for public ...
BOSTON — You can lock the doors and windows, hold their hand at the mall and buy training wheels for bicycles. But a major danger facing kids today is right above the keyboard. "The Internet is one of the biggest risks we have for kids safety right now," said Lawrence Lt. Sean Burke, who is president of a national school safety group. And, a North of Boston lawmaker wants to make sure the time kids spend on school computers is safer. Rep. Bradley H. Jones Jr., R-North Reading, is pushing legislation to require every school district to have a policy for making the Internet safe for minors and make the policy known to parents and legal guardians. "It's important that any parent be able to know what (the school system's) policy is, and even if there is no policy in particular," Jones said.
I'll fight to save Union from SNP, says Brown
My forecast for said bubble to burst will occurr very soon into the New Year when the 32 Scottish Coucils become more fully aware of the "now you see it now you don't" SNP, budgetry con. that has been forced upon them, never mind that John Swinney stated in Holyrood he had signed an agreement with all the 33 councils, a bit of paper which had about as much relevance as the one Chamberlain flourished when returning from Germany declaring "peace in our time"To meet the targets, councils will have to slash and put on a back burner many of their plans, to say nothing of drastically reducing current basic services.Happy New Year- Lang May Y'er Lum's Reek in 2008. .
McCain's Univision Connection
Why can't you disparage your opponent in a political campaign? ... I'm obviously late on picking this up, but McCain really does have a habit of making categorical, blunderbuss statements that maximize, not the truth, or his political maneuvering room, but his own sense of righteousness. ... Examples: 1) It's not that he doesn't remember various Iseman-related meetings. They never occurred. 2) The United States will not torture (except, you know, when it will). 3) Any comment disparaging of Senator Obama is not just inappropriate, it's "totally" inappropriate (except down the road, of course, when it may become necessary ...). 1:47 P.M. link ___________________________ .
Suburban Joy
Only 55 km along the Cairo-Alexandria Desert Road, the desert stops and Al-Solaimaneyah begins. A broad, commercial high street penetrates the middle of the villa area, where all the action takes place. It is alive with restaurants, shops, entertainment centers, public utilities, gardens, and a 200-m promenade platform even as the area continues to grow. This charming upscale community is carefully designed to ensure the privacy of villa owners. The architectural style is unique, both modern yet reflective of the demands of most Egyptian families. Recreation comes in the form of golf facilities, large, outdoor jogging areas around a lagoon, and mega-chess game at the Swan Café, in addition to football, tennis, swimming and volleyball. A large area is allocated to a language school that includes a nursery, kindergarten, primary, preparatory andsecondary schools.
Bicyclist Killed on Highway 92
Funeral arrangements are being made tonight for a St Martin Parish man killed while riding his bicycle this morning. State police say 21-year-old Abraham Leblanc of St Martinville was killed when he was struck by a Ford Explorer while riding along Highway 92. Leblanc was pronounced dead at the scene. .
All change for Ewood derby duel
GARY Megson made five changes to the team that secured a place in the last 16 of the UEFA Cup as Wanderers returned to their Premiership survival battle at Blackburn. Out went Nicky Hunt, Jlloyd Samuel, Stelios, Gavin McCann and Joey O'Brien, who all made big contributions to the scoreless draw at Atletico Madrid. In came Gretar Steinsson, Ricardo Gardner, Ivan Campo, Danny Guthrie and El-Hadji Diouf to make up what is generally regarded as Megson's strongest possible first 11. .
Jupiter's boys face tough road
You just have to play good basketball at this time of the year," Gibson said. "But it's always good to have home cooking."
Making the cutAfter one round of playoffs, eight girls' basketball teams from Palm Beach County are still alive.
That number will shrink by at least three after Thursday night's regional semifinal games.
Boynton Beach (19-8) travels to Olympic Heights (15-8), Palm Beach Lakes (22-5) hosts Atlantic (24-4), and Trinity Christian (18-5) is at Lake Worth Christian (17-10).
Suncoast made an unexpected early exit, losing to Rockledge 70-55. The Chargers finished 21-6, but had played nearly the past month of the season and last week's playoff loss without injured starters Ariana Jackson and Ashley Watson.
The game was tied with three minutes to go, but Rockledge forced a number of turnovers that made Suncoast foul to try and stay in the game.
Call to scrap Hogmanay party tickets
Steve Cardownie, who also serves as the city's deputy council leader, said the street party had become a victim of its own success with revellers being lured to "copycat" celebrations elsewhere.The event peaked in 1997 when 300,000 people crammed into the city centre – raising safety fears and prompting a cordon and a strict ticket-only policy. Then 180,000 celebrated the millennium in Princes Street but the number of revellers has dropped further with just 100,000 this year opting for the £5 or £20 tickets.Mr Cardownie said: "At one time, the street party was the only one of its kind in the UK, but it has now been replicated in cities like Newcastle, Liverpool and Glasgow so people aren't coming to Edinburgh in the vast numbers they did in previous years."That means we might not need the enclosed spaces and the expense of stewarding which could also allow us to get rid of charging people for tickets."Mr Cardownie, who is responsible for Edinburgh's festivals and events, suggested it was time to look further afield for ideas on how to improve the street party.
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