Random links
- Keeping an Eye on Online Test-Takers
- "... now eavesdropping technologies worthy of the C.I.A. can remotely track every mouse click and keystroke of test-taking students. Squads of eagle-eyed humans at computers can monitor faraway students via webcams, screen sharing and high-speed Internet connections, checking out their photo IDs, signatures and even their typing styles to be sure the test-taker is the student who registered for the class."
- Egypt, two Coptic Orthodox children aged 9 and 10 risk jail on blasphemy charges
- "On 26 February, the Court of Bani Suef (Upper Egypt) dismissed the appeal of the families of the two children Rzik Nagy, aged 10, and Mina Farag, 9, accused of desecrating the Koran. They have been detained in a juvenile prison since April 2012. ... the two were stopped by a local imam who accused them of having urinated on the Koran. ... Nabil and Nady are both illiterate and according to the parents could not have known what was written on those pages, found in among rubbish."
- For Deaf and Hard of Hearing, the Joy of Live Music
- Perhaps lighting displays and maybe heavy bass might make this interesting - but I'm finding it a bit hard to see the appeal of concerts for the deaf. (Not deaf but generally not all that interested in attending concerts either).
- Burglar returns family’s stolen goods with apology note. Adds in $50 for broken door
- "When a Guelph, Ont., couple woke up last Friday, they found their digital camera and Xbox console in a plastic bag on the front porch. According to the attached letter, they’d been robbed the night before — and the thief had been having second thoughts."