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LOTD for October 2

Nuclear plant in Sweden was forced to shut down when it was attacked by jellyfish:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20131002-jellyfish-attack-shuts-down-swedish-nuke


Study across 34 countries confirmed what seems to be obvious--support by parents and by the administration of the school results in students being more successful:
http://www.homelandsecuritynewswire.com/dr20131002-parental-administrative-support-breeds-academic-success


Dish Network shareholder (a Retirement System fund) claims that Charlie Ergen used his position in Dish to make personal gains by buying LightSquared's debt.  Ergen purchased more than $1 bil of LightSquared's debt at a discounted rate and could make a huge profit if Dish buys LightSquared.  This sure smells bad--Ergen controls Dish, so he knew that he could be confident in buying the debt, and he got a big discount on the debt because nobody knew that LightSquared was going to be able find a buyer:
http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/dish-shareholder-sues-ergen-lightsquared-spectrum-auction-set-nov-25/2013-10-02


Scientists have been able to charge a smartphone via lightning:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-24347185


LA Unified's $1 bil program to give an iPad to every student sure hasn't been implemented well.  Having some iPads given out without security software, letting the students remove the security software with just 2 clicks, enabling students to go to banned websites, and letting the students take the iPads home even though they were supposed to stay at school...*not* the smoothest rollout of a huge taxpayer-funded program:
http://www.latimes.com/local/la-me-1002-lausd-ipads-20131002,0,3394023,full.story


If the government shutdown lasts for awhile, new wireless devices may take longer to get to market because the FCC has to test and approve new wireless products...and those people stopped being able to work on Tuesday:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/10/01/upgrading-to-a-new-cell-phone-a-government-shutdown-means-you-could-be-waiting-a-while/


Somebody or some group has been pooping in the laundry for Yale students:
http://yaledailynews.com/blog/2013/10/02/police-probe-saybrook-laundry-incident/
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