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Feds to Give States Slack on Education

The Bush administration on Friday granted new flexibility to states on how they track student progress under the No Child Left Behind education law.

Blacks More Pessimistic About Progress

Growing numbers of blacks say they're worse off than five years ago and don't expect their lives to improve, a study released Tuesday shows. Black pessimism about racial progress in America, according to the study, is the worst it's been in more than two decades.

Barbaro Walks Outside, Grazing on Grass

Barbaro is enjoying his change of scenery. For almost a week, the Kentucky Derby winner has been allowed daily outings outside his intensive care stall to pick his own grass, enjoy the warm weather and stretch his recovering legs.

The Vine

Why is there no new Einstein?

I am sure I'm not the only one wondering why there has been no new Einstein? or Newton? for that matter. So what made Einstein so special? Many of Einstein's contemporaries testified that he was not unusually talented mathematically.

Stars and Stripes: Weapons stockpile discovered in Anbar

Source: stripes.com

A large weapons stockpile, which contained nine separate caches and thousands of pieces of weaponry, was uncovered last week by Marines operating in Anbar province.

Nato 'making progress' in Afghanistan | World news | The Observer

Source: Guardian Unlimited

'There's now a school, with about 800 kids ... We built a road, there's a health clinic up and running, there's a work programme that employs 400 people a day on various projects, there's a mosque that will be built.

Angelina Jolie Says Troop Surge Creating Opportunity to Help Iraqi Refugees

Source: FOXNews.com

BAGHDAD — Actress and humanitarian activist Angelina Jolie said Thursday that the reinforcement of U.S. troops in Iraq has created an opportunity for humanitarian programs to boost assistance for Iraqi refugees.

Obituary: Milton Wolff; worker, soldier, socialist, political activist.

Source: http://organizedrage.blogspot.com/

Milton Wolff typified the type of working class political activist of whom Trotsky said Stalinism corrupted, by this he meant people who came into politics to help build a better world, ended up as an accomplice of the Gulags and the grave digger of socialism.

Stop debating creationists. It will only give them the illusion of legitimacy.

Source: richarddawkins.net

The point is not, he said, whether or not you would 'win' the debate. Winning is not what the creationists realistically aspire to. For them, it is sufficient that the debate happens at all. They need the publicity. We don't.

Sino-Indian ties cemented

Source: China Daily

The consensus was reached by Premier Wen Jiabao and visiting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh after a two-hour meeting.

No Jobs for the New Economy or the Old

Source: populistamerica.com

Just as Americans have been betrayed by "their" leaders in government at all levels, they have been betrayed by business "leaders" on Wall Street and in the corporations. US government and business elites have proven themselves to be Americans' worst enemies.

Boss is pleased with Thames Gateway progress.

Source: Echo Newspapers.

The Boss of the Thames Gateway projects New Year message.

At OpEdNews: New Hampshire Primary - Democrats agree with John Edwards on the Issues

Source: OpEdNews.Com Progressive

For what sort of change are you voting if you are not voting with a candidate with whom you agree on the issues?

MIT corrects inherited retardation, autism in mice

Source: Science Blog

Researchers at MIT's Picower Institute for Learning and Memory have corrected key symptoms of mental retardation and autism in mice.

Iraq: Guerilla groups unite to combat al-Qaeda

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Guerilla groups present in the volatile Diyala province in northern Iraq have decided to unite and combat al-Qaeda militants together

Postcard from Rome: the ant-hill of civilization

Rome is a beautiful, chaotic, dirty, wonderful, run-down, vibrant, and most of all historic city. You can walk for miles through twisted alleys filled with Vespa scooters, tobacconists, and cobblestones. You can also walk along miles of rather anonymous high rise apartment blocks.

Why Any Relationship is a War of Wills

The first part of this familiarisation stage in any relationship (Stage 3) is basically a war of wills. Each individual, being used to doing things his/her way, must now try their hardest to adjust to the ways of their partner.

Let's Move The Religion Debate Away From God

If the last bloodbath passing as a religious debate is any indication, we have a problem of people talking past each other. There's no denying that few areas engender the level of overt hostility and disrespect that disagreement over religion generally does.

11 Things We Can Learn from the Rest of the World

Source: AlterNet.org

The world is becoming One. But the game is being played according to rules set by the West. Where colonialism ultimately failed at running the world, Hollywood and the stock market are succeeding.

Bush Asks for $46 Billion More for PEACE

Is Bush seeking funding for war or for peace? Having recently read Bush Asks for $46 Billion More for Wars I was struck with the cognitive dissonance of this statement.

Brazillian Government Bans 'Inefficient' Verb

Source: Bloomberg.com

"The present participle is hereby fired from all federal district entities,'' wrote Brazil's Federal District Governor Jose Roberto Arruda. This is apparently to prevent government officials from using continuous tenses to obscure progress - or the lack of it...

GOP Is Losing Grip On Core Business Vote - Wall Street Journal

Source: Wall Street Journal

SUBSCRIPTION ACCESS TO WSJ REQUIRED TO READ SEED The Republican Party, known since the late 19th century as the party of business, is losing its lock on that title.

Richard Dawkins: The smallest signs of retreat

Source: Guardian Unlimited

What the media wants is polemic not reasonable exploration of complex issues - does Dawkins resist that tendency or play up to it? He clearly has a huge vested interest in doing the latter because it has made him a fortune out of booksales.

The State of Iraq: An Update

Source: The New York Times

Unfortunately, at the moment the political paralysis seems to be a more powerful force than the military momentum, and progress in security is unsustainable without sectarian compromise among Iraq's Kurds, Sunni Arabs and Shiites.

Lawmakers Who Were Almost Shot Down Declare 'Significant Progress' In Iraq

Source: Think Progress

Yesterday, a plane carrying three U.S. senators and a member of the House was forced to take evasive maneuvers to avoid rocket-propelled grenades as they took off from Baghdad. "It was a scary moment," said Sen. Mel Martinez (R-FL).

How To Make dd Friendly

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One utility is dd, it is used to zero-out disks, copy disk images or even backup disks. However, not only does it require you to use the CLI, it also does not provide enough feedback on its progress whilst it is doing its magic. There is a way to find out what it is doing.

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