C. Wingate @ #34: Hoo boy. They probably spit when Catholics come to near as well.
What gets me is, if the issue is the image of the school and the behavior of the students, why not have the kids agree to a code of conduct when they enroll (or re-enroll) and then just use that? The terms may be disagreeable, but its a contract between the parents and the school. Also, do it well before school starts so you don't hold the kids education to ransom and the likelihood of finding another school. But if they did that, this wouldn't even be news.
Any bets on whether or not they already have a policy of behavior students and their parents agree to and are just stretching a bit?
Again the potential for abuse is pretty staggering.
I wonder how they're going to validate that a student has a MySpace/Facebook account?
Then, safeguard the information they collect. And finally, only act on legally actionable items, not just things they disagree with.
Thing is, I went to a school that really did its best to monitor and correct off campus behavior. The reality was, the administration could only nail the most blatant and obvious examples (ie smoking just outside the gate to the school). This is a whole new kind of chilling.
As an example - "Why do you have 3 pagans on your friends list, James?" "Or are you in the closet?"
The possibilities for abuse here raise many different hackles for me.
Of course, the real response is to go set up a live journal account or blog ... ;-)
Lori @ 158: Tell me about it. I work with one former nurse manager who tried to keep an employer out of the pokey by telling him to do the right thing.
I think we can all guess how well that worked...
She did hand over the documents when the auditor showed up, along with her letters to the MD about what he was doing wrong and how to fix it. Long story short: it took years but he lost his practice.
Then there is the fact the freaking mob has gotten involved with this since its more lucrative and less risky than the rackets.
Maybe we ought to be asking the people against audits is why are you against rule of law, and for crime?
Lori @154: As much as they get back, its a drop in the bucket compared to the stuff that seems to be going on.
If healthcare reform includes sufficient auditors and investigators to clean up the mess we have in terms of graft and fraud, I'm all for it.
This is spoken as someone who works as a CMS contractor.
Craig @ 142: Cool analogy. I've got to keep that in mind.
They must be getting swamped.
Anyone in the know about when part 7 of Makers will be posted?
Interesting reading - the article and ML's comments.
Raphael, Lila and Lee,
Yup. This is why my wife and I are very interested in the International Baccalaureate program for our daughter. You see, it has this theory of knowledge course that gets into identifying biases and purposes in information. Needless to say, this has caused the program to be labeled anti-Christian and anti-American by the knee jerk crowd.
I hope its still available around here in about 10 years or so when she hits high school.
Any chance we can get a relink to this on the front page with the Mexico swine flu outbreak? And maybe a Making Light revised flu kit as well?
Eloise @ 47 & 52: ever hear of www.paperbackswap.com? Might be worth checking out for getting shelf room. And if you do join up, mark me (Trey - my PBS nickname) as the referring member.
Albatross @ #123: Seconded. Here in Mississippi, the wife of the sheriff in one our neighboring counties (can't remember if its Warren or Madison) has made this her own crusade. They give out stickers and try to raise awareness on it.
#493:
My OB tested me for Hep B, and I don't have it. So why should I give my baby this vaccine?
Going to travel out of the country? If so, its a real good idea. When we told our pediatrician that we were headed to Mexico City to visit the family with our 16 month old, he broke out the Hepatitis vaccine (and some others (need the vaccination records)), and a administered them all.
The kidlet didn't like the shots, but was charming and healthy through the trip. I was a different story (CMV and mono - at the same time).
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Viral shedding is when your system is cranking out the virii. Now, depending on the virus, that can be spread through droplets (rhinovirus (colds)), or bodily fluids (CMV, Mono, AIDS). And the bodily fluids vary from bug to bug. For AIDS, your kids are safe unless they're exposed to blood or semen. They getting transfusions or swapping needles with these folks?
Juliet Mckenna @ 341: Huh. That explains why mono and CMV tore me slap up last year and kept me a marginal human being for almost 9 months.
Bruce and James about JIT: Too right. There is no margin for error, which is a recipe for disaster, ie, if the system is so fragile it cannot tolerate any errors, it will fail. Something I learned when I had to read up on systems theory and design for my current job. And if you think a pandemic would screw things up, think about what the New Madrid quake would do.
In addition to Albatross' post at #118, http://chronicle.com/free/v49/i21/21b02001.htm
Its an oldy, but a goody. And I wonder how Wakefield's stuff stands up against it?
Leva @ 212: Shit. Hadn't thought that far ahead - that could get very ugly, very fast.
Damn. Y'all are quick.
John L @ 92 and Terry @ 93: In short, if there is the spine, defund various executive branch projects until the subpoenas are answered, it might work. The legislature may take a PR beating, but that's where careful and judicious reading of budget proposals comes in.
Then there is the option of working through the enforcement means available (and perhaps a sypathetic governor). Though it would be ugly for a stand off between, say, a bunch of state troopers and Cheney's protective detail (which I have seen - for an office not worth a bucket of warm spit, that was intense and impressive).
And I'd love to see some spine from all three branches of government to tell the truth.
Terry @ 88: This seems to be a theme today. You might want to check out this post on the Group News Blog.
Lori @ 90: Thanks. But that seems a little, well, silly in the face of various protective details. Any other options?
You have really got to wonder if Fiji is reading the same board as the rest of us.
Anyway, back to the issue at hand - how does one deal with an executive (which controls the law enforcement) that refuses to submit to legislative subpoeana? I'm more than a little curious since the stand off between Bush and Congress a while back.
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