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Stupid Patent Of The Month: Digital Verification Systems Patents E-Signatures 

2 years 9 months ago
Patent trolls make patents, and argue over them. They don’t have to ever make the thing described in their patents, if it’s even possible to determine what those things are. Instead, they generate legal threats and waste the time and money of companies that do do these things.  This month’s Stupid Patent of the Month is a […]
Mike Masnick

Carrollton School District Online Math Teacher Released After Assault Discovery

2 years 9 months ago
CARROLLTON - The Carrollton School District has removed a math teacher from its online instruction program. On Jan. 19, parents received a letter informing them that Kristy L. Sicard has been permanently removed as the Carrollton School District’s online math instructor. She worked with Chicago-based ELEVATE K-12. The Carrollton School School superintendent asked ELEVATE to permanently remove Sicard after an individual provided information that Sicard’s Missouri State Teaching Certificate had been surrendered after a guilty plea to felony assault in Maries County, MO. On August 20, 2018, Sicard entered a guilty plea to third-degree assault and in 2019, her teaching certificate was surrendered.

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Lunchtime Photo

2 years 9 months ago
According to my bird buddy, this is a lazuli bunting female Mountain Bluebird. I found her hopping around the trail markers at Quail Hill park, one of the open-space preserves in this neck of Orange County. The top photo is a good overall picture of our little bluebird. The middle picture shows that it's not ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum

Southeast Missouri expecting light snow Tuesday

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo. -- Another fast moving and very weak weather system will pass well south of St. Louis this afternoon into early this evening. The worst the St. Louis area may see is a few snow flurries. However, our southern communities are in line for a couple of quick hitting light snow and sleet [...]
Chris Higgins