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- Study: condom programmes in school do not lead to more sex A study shows that contrary to the concerns of many, making condoms available to high school students does not make them more likely to have sex. In particular Christian groups have opposed safe sex programmes, arguing that greater availability of condoms institutes a peer pressure for kids to have more sex. However, a study published in the June issue of the American Journal of Public Health says that students at schools with these programs were less likely to have sex. "Condom availability was not associated with greater sexual activity among adolescents but was associated with greater condom use among those who were already sexually active, a highly positive result," Susan Blake, of the Department of Prevention and Community Health at George Washington University said in a statement. |
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Jenn (May 28 2003 01:42 GMT) - And Jenn! "21.69625% - Geek. heh. i didn't think i was that geeky : |
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- Note to Quad re. AIC: Here's an excellent site that effectively demonstrates why CSS should be more widely implemented, particularly by graphics artists (or graphically inclined coders) who want cool-looking websites (or weblogs) that hew to CSS standards: the CSS Zen Garden. |
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- Boo - 38 weeks, 6 days Days to go - 8 On Tuesday, I've found out, my dear Daddy has to go and have an operation. It's not a terribly involved operation, or very complicated. In fact, it's one they... |
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- John Hawkins over at Right Wing News will be drawing names for free advertising on his weblog. All you have... |
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- PRESS CONFERENCE: 4:30 PM SATURDAY, BURNHAM FIELD, SOUTH OF MCCORMICK PLACE LAKESIDE CENTER, NEAR EVENT START/FINISH LINE (NEAR THE CHICAGO FIRE MEMORIAL).Contact: Scott Foval @ Race Operations HQ, Hyatt Regency McCormick Place, 312. |
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- For decades Ariel Sharon was the hero of Israeli nationalists, pushing the construction of Jewish settlements in the West Bank and Gaza and blocking efforts to give the Palestinians land. |
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- Apple has released iTunes 4.01, an update to its popular music player. iTunes 4.01 includes a number of enhancements. However, many have noted that this update disables Internet sharing of iTunes playlists. |
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- This-or-That: May 27: Personal Habits, Quirks, Routines, etc. 1. Do you prefer silence or do you like background sound (music, TV, etc)? |
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- News.Com: Apple limits iTunes file sharing. |
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- "Defining a PInvoke signature and using DllImportAttribute correctly can be difficult to do, and you normally get little-to-no diagnostic information if you make a mistake. Some mistakes that can be made with PInvoke would be impossible for the CLR to detect, but many mistakes pass through without validation because PInvoke is designed for high-performance access to unmanaged APIs. Thanks to the PInvoke Calling Convention Mismatch probe, however, at least one source of errors can now be caught. |
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- "Defining a PInvoke signature and using DllImportAttribute correctly can be difficult to do, and you normally get little-to-no diagnostic information if you make a mistake. Some mistakes that can be made with PInvoke would be impossible for the CLR to detect, but many mistakes pass through without validation because PInvoke is designed for high-performance access to unmanaged APIs. Thanks to the PInvoke Calling Convention Mismatch probe, however, at least one source of errors can now be caught. |
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- World Press Review has reaction from 16 international newspapers on the bombings in Casablanca just over a week ago. |
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- From Wednesday's edition of The New York Times: Linda Greenhouse reports here that "High Court Sides With State Workers in Family Care Case." And R. W. Apple Jr. |
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- What settlement offer should a defendant make on a claim worth twelve cents? Reuters reports here from Beijing that "Chinese basketball player Yao Ming is suing Coca-Cola for one yuan -- the equivalent of 12 cents -- accusing the soft drinks giant of using his image improperly, officials and state media said on Tuesday. |
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- Party kills parents, then throws self on mercy of court as an orphan: Well, that's not precisely the fact scenario that the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit confronted last week when it decided the case of an INS detainee who sought release from the INS's custody on the ground that his detention was indefinite in nature. |
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- "Senate Confirms Consuelo Maria Callahan to Serve on Court of Appeals": The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit today issued this press release. |
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- Pulling no punches: Today a unanimous three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit issued an opinion that concludes:As Judge Jones noted in her dissent from the panel majority decision in Williamson: |
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- "Judicial candidates must draw their own lines on free speech": The Associated Press yesterday had this article about the forthcoming general election to fill a vacancy on the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. |
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- The wire services are reporting: The Associated Press reports here that "Companies Win Ruling on Disability Case."Reuters reports here that "US Court to Decide Airline Secondhand Smoke Death" and here that "California Cities Lose Bid to Outlaw ATM Fees. |
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- When Army Pfc. Mike Carroll was married May 6, he was in Iraq and his bride, Sabrina Clark, was in Montana. So standing next to Sabrina and saying "I do" was his new mother-in-law, Lee O'Keefe. After exchanging vows, Sabrina kissed a photograph of the groom and O'Keefe kissed her daughter-in-law on the cheek. |
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Racism (May 28 2003 01:38 GMT) |
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- The big lament associated with this update is that Apple disabled sharing songs with one of your three authorized cpus over the internet. Judging by the degree of umbrage being... |
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- Another long weekend is over. Bummer. It was a productive one, though. Saturday was a trip to Books-a-Million. I hadn't been in three weeks, so I was due. |
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- Economists use the term " externality" to describe a situation where economic agents' decisions are distorted by the fact they do not have to pay for some of the costs of their actions. This is usually addressed by regulation. The textbook example is pollution, but I find security to be at least as interesting. In the US, the level of security associated with credit cards and credit reporting is abysmal. Most of Europe has switched to smart cards for their credit cards over a decade ago, leading to a much more secure system for offline purchases (which must be authenticated by the smart card and a PIN), rather than easy to tamper magnetic strips (which are kept, to allow visiting US tourists to make purchases). |
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- The true cost of externalities Economists use the term "externality" to describe a situation where economic agents' decisions are distorted by the fact they do not have to pay for some of the costs of their actions. This is usually addressed by regulation. The textbook example is pollution, but I find security to be at least as interesting. In the US, the level of security associated with credit cards and credit reporting is abysmal. Most of Europe has switched to smart cards for their credit cards over a decade ago, leading to a much more secure system for offline purchases (which must be authenticated by the smart card and a PIN), rather than easy to tamper magnetic strips (which are kept, to allow visiting US tourists to make purchases). |
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- GAME Watch : Electronic Entertainment Expo 2003現地レポート 3Dゲ 2」エンジン講座（前 E3は『Half-Life 2』と『HALO2』という感 2』の3Dエンジンに関し 「物理エンジン」と CGムービーは物理エン CGムービーの動きのダ |
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- Hey, is this what I deserve? The killing me is over And I guess I got it right well maybe that's because I tried so many times And so I say I didn't mean I It doesn't matter now And even though I didn't really like The way you showed... |
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- One of the things I was taught growing up in church was to "pray for my enemies." And not pray... |
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BlogĹ (May 28 2003 01:36 GMT) - ݺ÷˵Blog һK-LogsԱʼΪ J-LogsǺʹͳýྺ C-Logsô˵ C-Log = virtual social lifeGroup dynamics (leaders and conflicts), friendship, love and even killing (groups of Bloggers force a user to shut their blogs). Can grow tolerance across blogs (exposures to new ideas)C-logs are like a... |
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- All life depends upon plants. Without large and intact natural habitats - full of native, evolving plant species hierarchically arrayed... |
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- Darik's Boot and Nuke: Darik's Boot and Nuke (DBAN) is a self-contained boot floppy that securely wipes the hard disks of most computers. DBAN will automatically and completely delete the contents of any hard disk that it can detect, which makes it an appropriate utility for bulk or emergency data destruction. Here's what 1.0. |
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Boris Brott (May 28 2003 01:36 GMT) - On Saturday I went to a show at the National Arts Center where my girlfriend was narrating an Inuit story with an orchestra. It was very cool and the show on world music was extremely entertaining and interesting. It was intended for kids so it was very accessible and I enjoyed it a lot. After the show, I went backstage and met and shook the hand of conductor Boris Brott. Even in the brief time I met him, he was ridiculously charismatic and energetic and friendly. |
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- Au loin une scne sur le ct, je me sens plutt bien a a du tre un bon moment (dommage que jarrive si tard pour me le raconter) ; je nentends rien, je crois que cest dj fini. Je rentre chez moi. Le lendemain je te vois toi accompagn dune fille ravissante et toute petite. |
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