"Flu-Related Telecommuting Could Clog Web Traffic, Feds Warn"

Fears that the H1N1 flu pandemic could bring down the Internet may be overblown, but it's quite possible that some ISPs could succumb. Internet traffic patterns would be drastically altered if a huge number of people were to start working from home all at once, and there's no easy and obvious way for ISPs to manage those shifting loads.

Talk of a flu pandemic has evolved into a bit of flu panic. Rumors fly as some people die and others deny. Much of this fevered buzz is on and around the Internet. The fear that the Internet itself will crash is growing.

The alarm is based on the presumption that as the flu spreads, so does the base of home telecommuters, placing such a burden on the Internet that the whole World Wide Web will topple. But is that fear a true possibility?

The U.S. government seems to think the scenario is not only possible, but probable.

Internet Failure, Homeland Insecurity
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"How to Spot a Fake Twitter Account"

"How to spot a hoax Twitter account – a case study"

If you were following the Jan Moir-Stephen Gateley story that was all over Twitter today you may have come across a Twitter account claiming to be Jan Moir herself –  @janmoir_uk. It wasn’t her – but it was a convincing attempt, and I thought it might be worth picking out how I and other Twitter users tried to work out the account’s legitimacy. 

But there were some other too-good-to-be-true claims in her tweets.  One said “My son is gay. I am not homophobic. Please read my article properly.” Does Jan Moir have a son? Is he gay? Would she announce it on Twitter?


And finally, the promise of a formal apology and the tweeted apology itself ticked the too-good-to-be-true box.

READ more at: onlinejournalismblog.com/2009/10/16/how-to-spot-a-hoax-twitter-account-a-case-study/
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"Understanding the union attacks on D.C. Chancellor Michelle Rhee"

"School Friction"
AFL-CIO PRESIDENT Richard L. Trumka took center stage Thursday at a well-orchestrated rally in downtown Washington to denounce the "cold, hard" tactics of D.C. Schools Chancellor Michelle A. Rhee. Washington Teachers' Union President George Parker wrote a letter that appeared on this page Friday saying that his organization has tried to collaborate with Ms. Rhee. There is the suggestion that Ms. Rhee's recent layoff of 229 teachers could dampen the chance of future cooperation.

Let's review the record to examine the plausibility of those charges.

More than 14 months ago , Ms. Rhee offered a contract to Washington's teachers that was unprecedented in its largess. The proposal would have provided teachers with, at a minimum, a 28 percent pay raise over five years, plus $10,000 in bonuses. They would have had to give up nothing in the way of job security to obtain the raise. All Ms. Rhee asked in return was the freedom to offer, on a voluntary basis, even more money to a subset of teachers, if they would agree to have their compensation linked to performance. Their evaluation would have been based on a number of factors, including, but not limited to, the improvement their students showed from the beginning of the school year to the end. Ms. Rhee -- who has been branded anti-teacher -- wanted to make the District's teachers among the highest paid in America, and she had managed to raise private funds to make it possible.

READ more at: washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/10/AR2009101001914.html
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"Top 10 Censored News Stories You Must Read"

Have you ever read a news story on the internet and wondered why it wasn’t being broadcasted on any of the numerous news stations, magazines, newspapers, or journals in your area of the world. A story that has cultural and international impact, but instead Paris Hilton being released from prison is the lead story of the evening. It is no secret that local governments have control over what gets broadcasted on national television in all areas of the world. I have collected a list of 10 recent news stories that managed to get overlooked by the national media in many nations.

7. U.S. Companies Have Overseas Tax Havens

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