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What no one argues against - even attorney Michael Simpson of the National Education Association - is that teachers who are behaving erratically should be tested when their bosses suspect drug use. "If an administrator has a reason to believe a person is under the influence, the school should have the right to test," says Simpson. "But our members feel it's demeaning and unprofessional to make a teacher without suspicion go into a bathroom...
This all amounts to the first serious test of Putinomics--the policies put in place by Prime Minister Vladimir Putin during the two terms of his presidency, from 2000 to 2008, and continued by his successor, President Dmitri Medvedev. While oil money was pouring in, the Kremlin was able to fund generous social spending and hefty pay raises awarded by the monolithic state companies that dominate the economy. Jobs were plentiful, and over the past five years, average wages have risen 25% annually...
...This recession was online advertising's big test. The internet, which is the most efficient medium, was supposed to outperform all of the others when budgets shrank. The oldest media businesses were supposed to perform worse with each downturn in the economy. The common assumption was that, over time, online advertising would eventually get 20% of all marketing dollars spent...
Ultimately, Pelosi and Obama's relationship is in its early stages, and the first major trial of their marriage is yet to come. But it may come sooner than either would like. "The real test of the Obama-Pelosi relationship will be what Pelosi does if the Senate, as expected, trims the House fat and pumps up the honest stimulus part of the bill," says Larry Sabato, a political science professor at the University of Virginia. "It seems to me that Obama is very likely to embrace the Senate approach. Will Pelosi go along with Obama or join the House...
...wants to extend hands across the water, North Korea has already made clear that nothing has changed as far as it's concerned. In the past week, South Korean military sources have said that Pyongyang has moved a long-range missile capable of delivering a nuclear warhead into test position; should a launch follow - and South Korean sources say they now expect one in the next month or two - it would be the most provocative act the North has taken since it tested a nuclear weapon in fall 2006. Furthermore, Pyongyang announced late last week that it will no longer...