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Also I love how the article says:
"Soon, the school will find out if the iPads help or hurt, when they test the kindergarteners' reading and math skills in November."

more than $200,000 to find out if the iPad help or hurt? What if they hurt? $200,000 wasted? Oh no, nevermind, November, and what happens in December? Christmas! All the teachers and their families are getting new iPads!

This is complete and utter BS. They couldn't figure out a way to spend less than $200k to do this little test? Must be nice to burn money like that.

just in case, some more questions about the intelligence's intelligence

The Arab 'revolutions' caught the 'intelligence' by surprise after all.

I really wish they'd crack down on these blatant infringers before getting all sanctimonious about copyright. Don't they know better than to publicly perform a copyrighted song?

So far, this is what I've heard about H1N1:

• Last spring, when cases started turning up in Mexico, it was reported that H1N1 was striking young adults and bypassing the usual 'high risk' groups (children and old people).
• Now, its killing kids (according to press releases).

Novel H1N1 flu has a predilection for killing people with robust immune systems; it hijacks the inflammatory response and happens to kill people in the process, likely attributing for the higher mortality among young adults. Kids (especially under 2) tend to be more vulnerable too (to both novel H1N1 and seasonal flu) than adults.

The first batches of vaccine are being reserved for two groups, kids and health care workers. Because they are at higher risk for complications, or because they pose a higher risk of transmitting virus to others?

Ever heard of Google? Please check your own county's public health site where you will note that kids are indeed at higher risk for complications, and health care workers come into a lot of contact with sick people.

Where health care workers have traditionally partaken of the usual annual flue vaccines, they are not doing so at rates acceptable to the CDC for H1N1. A few hospitals have announced policies wherein workers who refuse the vaccine will be fired, or otherwise disciplined.

I can't any hard data about rate of novel H1N1 influenza inoculation of health care personnel. I can find a local news stories denoting that cafeteria workers and phlebotomists in some places expressed skepticism. I can anecdotally tell you that every physician I know here in Multnomah County (the Portland metropolitan area) is planning on or has gotten vaccinated, and plans on getting their families vaccinated too. I include myself, the 12 other physicians in my practice, my wife, the 12 other physicians in her practice, and all of our socially inbred doctor friends and acquaintances. Cafeteria workers declining the vaccine makes for a good story. People taking care of sick people, however, I suspect are going to have a high vaccination rate for themselves.

A few doctors are hesitant to get involved in the current vaccination program. One I heard on a radio talk show was expressing concerns about the unusual agreements he would have to sign to get involved with the distribution program. He's staying on the sidelines for now.

One doctor you heard on talk radio is staying on the sidelines. Noted.

There was a suggestion that homeless people in my city (Seattle) be prioritized for the vaccine. Why? They don't make a particularly good vector for flue transmission to the general population. But, since they won't be missed, they make great guinea pigs.

Citation please; this isn't noted on the King County Public Health website, though they do note that the homeless population has a high prevalence of chronic diseases known to increase risk of morbidity for influenza (asthma, COPD/emphysema, heart disease, diabetes, poor access to care, hanging out in shelters).

I'm beginning to think there's something really wrong with this vaccine. And that the CDC is prioritizing stopping the spread of the virus above the health of the afflicted people.

I'm beginning to think that intellectual laziness and being prone to rumors and half-truths is more prevalent than I expected, despite the fact that all sorts of information is available at your fingertips.