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Bullying and Harassment (HIB) Toolkit
The 2010 Legislature passed Substitute House Bill 2801, a Washington State law which prohibits harassment, intimidation,
or bullying (HIB) in our schools.
RCW 28A.300.285 defines harassment, intimidation
or bullying as any intentionally written message or image—including those that are electronically transmitted—verbal, or physical act, including but not limited to one shown to be motivated by race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, including gender expression or identity, mental or physical disability or other distinguishing characteristics, when an act:
Schools are required to take action if students report they are being bullied. Since August 2011, each school district has been required to adopt the model Washington anti-bullying policy and procedure.
The Washington HIB Prevention and Intervention Toolkit
provides background information, best practice materials for program planning,
classroom implementation, staff training, and additional resources for HIB
prevention and intervention for districts, schools, students, families and
others across Washington.
The Washington State legislature has established the Anti-HIB Work Group to help maintain focus and attention on, and to monitor progress of implementation of harassment, intimidation and bullying (HIB) prevention and intervention efforts. Follow the link for information on the Work Group information and meetings.
Washington State legislation speaks to harassment, intimidation and bullying. That definition, as well as definitions for each of the related terms, is given here.
Harassment, Intimidation, and Bullying in Washington:
"Harassment, intimidation, or bullying" means any intentionally written message or image—including those that are electronically transmitted—verbal, or physical act, including but not limited to one shown to be motivated by race, color, religion, ancestry, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, including gender expression or identity, mental or physical disability or other distinguishing characteristics, when an act:
Within that definition:
Bullying – negative actions which are intentional, repeated, negative, show a lack of empathy, and a power imbalance
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program: A person is being bullied when he/she is exposed, repeatedly and over time, to negative actions on the part of one or more other persons. Negative action is when a person intentionally inflicts injury or discomfort upon another person, through physical contact, through words or in other ways. Note that bullying is both overt and covert behaviors.
Center for Disease Control defines bullying as any unwanted aggressive behavior(s) by another youth or group of youths who are not siblings or current dating partners that involves an observed or perceived power imbalance and is repeated multiple times or is highly likely to be repeated. Bullying may inflict harm or distress on the targeted youth including physical, psychological, social, or educational harm. A young person can be a perpetrator, a victim, or both (also known as "bully/victim").
Bullying can occur in-person and through technology. Electronic aggression or cyber-bullying is bullying that happens through email, chat rooms, instant message, a website, text message, or social media.
Stopbullying.gov: Bullying is unwanted, aggressive behavior among school aged children that involves a real or perceived power imbalance. The behavior is repeated, or has the potential to be repeated, over time. Both kids who are bullied and who bully others may have serious, lasting problems.
In order to be considered bullying, the behavior must be aggressive and include:
Bullying includes actions such as making threats, spreading rumors, attacking someone physically or verbally, and excluding someone from a group on purpose.
Intimidation - implied or overt threats of physical violence - WAC 495A-121-011
Harassment - any malicious act, which causes harm to any person's physical or mental well being – WAC 495A121-011
Hazing - any method of initiation into a student organization or living group… that causes, or is likely to cause bodily danger or physical harm, or serious mental or emotional harm...
Additional Information
Information on cyberbullying & digital/Internet safety
The state gathers information and data in HIB across the state from a variety of sources.
Districts are creating a variety of tools and resources to help address bullying, harassment and intimidation across Washington. They are being made available for others to access and adapt:
These documents and templates are provided in support of ongoing HIB prevention and intervention efforts and can be adapted for local use.
Incidents of of unresolved, severe, or persistent harassment, intimidation, or bullying which are reported to school or district staff require an investigation. Investigation guidance is provided here.
The following is a limited list of laws and policies. It is not exhaustive, but rather identified several of laws and policies which are pertinent to cyberbullying and digital/Internet safety. Please check with state and local agencies for laws and policies in your area.
State by State:
In 2010, Substitute House Bill 2801 called for OSPI to create a model policy and procedures on harassment, intimidation and bullying which all districts were required to adopt.
The 2010 MODEL Policy and Procedures can be found here: Model Policy (PDF) (Word); Model Procedure (PDF) (Word)
In 2015, WSSDA updated the Policy and Procedures to clarify issues of civil rights and equity, and for students on individualized education and 504 plans.
See: 3207 - Prohibition of Harassment, Intimidation and Bullying (including Cyberbullying)
Model Policy and Procedure FAQ (PDF)
There are several organizations which provide help and resources on bullying prevention and intervention.
Project Against Bullying: A project run by students for students to raise awareness of the prevalence of bullying in schools globally through community-based research.
The Pacer Institute: PACER's National Bullying Prevention Center unites, engages and educates communities nationwide to address bullying through creative, relevant and interactive resources.
Stopbullying.gov: provides information from various government agencies on bullying, cyberbullying, who is at risk, and how to prevent and respond to bullying.
Committee for Children: Provides many resources for bullying prevention. This site can guide the selection of a bullying prevention program by the bullying prevention committee.
Cyberbullying Research Center: The Center provides up-to-date information about the nature, extent, causes, and consequences of cyberbullying among adolescents.
Girls Study Group:
(2008) Understanding and Responding to Girls' Delinquency (PDF): An examination from the U.S. Department of Justice on the involvement of girls in violent activity and the contexts in which girls engage in violent behavior.
International Bullying Prevention Association: The IBPA supports and enhances quality research based bullying prevention principles and practices to achieve a safe school climate, healthy work environment, good citizenship and civic responsibility.
National School Safety Center: Established by presidential directive, the national center is an advocate for safe, secure and peaceful schools.
The Office of the Education Ombudsman provides assistance to resolve complaints, disputes, and problems between families and elementary and secondary public schools in all areas that affect student learning.
Restorative Practice: To help improve communication, develop a sense of community, manage discussions and disagreements, challenge inappropriate behaviors, resolve conflicts, and handle disciplinary issues.
Safe & Supportive Schools: Follow the
Products and Tools link for bullying training toolkits during staff meetings, training events and conferences.
STRYVE: Striving to Reduce Youth Violence Everywhere: A national initiative, led by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which takes a public health approach to preventing youth violence before it starts.
Tribes: Tribes Learning Communities is a research-based process that creates a culture that maximizes learning and human development
All the resources listed throughout this site are available to families. Families may be especially interested in using the
Sample HIB Incident Reporting Form, and the Harassment, Intimidation or Bullying – Targeted Student Safety Plan Template. They may also want to check the list of
Compliance Officers for their district's HIB contact person.
The following is a list of additional resources and sites specifically for parents and families.
The planning tools provided here are meant to help districts and schools identify curriculum and best practices to address harassment, intimidation and bullying, improve school climate, create respectful learning environments, and train staff and students in de-escalation and intervention techniques.
Although they can be used separately and independently, a suggested sequence of use is:
The following are links to information on bullying prevention and intervention background, educator and parent resources and programs.
Bullying Prevention Resources (PDF)
Committee for Children: Provides many resources for bullying prevention. This site can guide the selection of a bullying prevention program by the bullying prevention committee.
Community Matters: Programs and services organized around a whole-school framework to improve school climate and reduce bullying related incidents.
Let's Get Real: Young people tell their stories in their own words–and the results are heartbreaking, shocking, inspiring and poignant.
The Massachusetts Aggression Reduction Center: MARC provides academic-based, high-quality, free or low cost programs, research and resources for education, communities and families, nationwide.
Olweus Bullying Prevention Program - A comprehensive, school-wide program designed and evaluated for use in elementary, middle, junior high or high schools.
Pacer's National Bullying Prevention Center: Unites, engages and educates communities nationwide to address bullying through creative, relevant and interactive resources.
Peaceful Playgrounds: The purpose is to introduce children and school staff to the many choices of activities available on playgrounds and field areas
Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports: A decision making framework that guides selection, integration, and implementation of the best evidence-based academic and behavioral practices for improving important academic and behavior outcomes for all students.
Project Adventure: The Peaceable Playground Program was developed by Project Adventure to address aggressive play at recess.
Rachel's Challenge: A series of student empowering programs and strategies that equip students and adults to combat bullying and ally feelings of isolation and despair.
Safe & Civil Schools: A series of materials and services that schools and districts can use to implement Positive Behavior Support solutions.
Seattle MS Cyberbullying Curriculum: Lessons can be used alone, but contain materials designed to coordinate with and fit into ongoing Olweus Bullying Prevention programs.
StopBullying.gov: Provides information from various government agencies on what bullying is, what cyberbullying is, who is at risk, and how you can prevent and respond to bullying.
Teaching Tolerance: A place for educators to find thought-provoking news, conversation and support for those who care about diversity, equal opportunity and respect for differences in schools.
The following PowerPoint presentations are provided to assist districts with the harassment, intimidation and bullying training requirements of RCW 28A.300.285. Several of the materials in other sections of this Toolkit can also be used to supplement trainings.
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Take a look at the shortcuts below to become an InDesign Superman (substitute "Command Key" for "Ctrl" if you are working on a Mac):
Shortcuts You Will Recognize from Word Processor Norms
You will probably recognize these from word processing, but these time savers are worth a review.
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Window Commands
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As a 17-year-old, Joe Nichols saw his parents being forced to sell their farm. "My parents faced 18 percent interest rates, they had no crop insurance and their lenders just slammed the door on them, so they had to sell their farm," he recalls.
Today, he has built his own large and successful row crop farming operation near Cadiz, Ky. With a focus on the bottom line, he's making sure his farm will never suffer the fate of his parents' farm.
As a result of his success as a row crop farmer, Nichols has been selected as the 2010 Kentucky winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award. Nichols now joins nine other state winners from the Southeast as finalists for the award. The overall winner will be announced on Tuesday, Oct. 19 at the Sunbelt Ag Expo farm show in Moultrie, Ga.
Nichols started farming 16 years ago. His Seven Springs Farms now encompasses 136 separate farms in five counties. He deals with 97 landlords and farms 306 fields. His farm includes a total of 19,242 acres with 14,242 acres in crop production. He rents 18,342 acres and owns 900 acres.
He produced some impressive crops last year. These include soybeans on 7,400 acres yielding 51 bushels per acre, yellow corn on 3,949 acres yielding 194 bushels per acre, white corn on 3,116 acres yielding 238 bushels per acre, wheat on 3,950 acres yielding 74 bushels per acre and dark fired tobacco on 71 acres yielding 3,200 pounds per acre. He's a five-time winner of National Corn Growers Association yield contests.
After high school, he worked at a local John Deere dealer, and became a mechanic. In 1992, he opened his own repair business, but closed it in 1995 to return as general manager of the Deere dealership. Then, in 2000 he resigned to farm full time.
He makes extensive use of precision farming technology. For instance, he uses variable rate planting, determined by soil type. "Soil type reflects the water holding capacity of the soil," he says. "Some soils are more productive than others, and the more productive soils get the higher plant populations. In sports terms, we play defense with our less productive fields and play offense with our more productive soils."
He also uses global positioning and auto-steering on his equipment for swath control during planting, spraying and applying fertilizer. "This cuts down on over-applying and wasting money," he says. "We strive to protect the environment and be the best stewards of the land and water we can be."
He believes his farm is at an efficient size. He says his next big investment will be to add irrigation. He installed two center pivots last year, is installing six more pivots this year and will add five new pivots over the next 18 months. "I expect to have 2,700 acres under center pivot irrigation within the next 24 months," he says. He's already using pivots to apply nitrogen to his corn.
Using specialized equipment, he conducts his own test plots. This frees up his larger machinery, while still providing vital information on the merits of new farming practices. "The expertise needed to run our operation has increased as we have expanded," he says.
"For example, we employ a certified public accountant who acts as our office manager. We have our own agronomist on staff who focuses on crop production. We also hired a computer management specialist to handle our data. So when we finish planting, applying fertilizers or spraying chemicals, we can instantly review the maps on all farms to ensure full coverage. We have embraced technology in our operation." Seven Springs Farms has 35 full-time employees and Nichols credits much of his success to Michael Oliver, a business partner who manages the crops.
By hiring experts, Nichols is able to focus on marketing. He sells white corn for export to customers in Latin America where it is used in food crops. He sells his dark fired tobacco to Swisher. "Burley tobacco is easier to top, requires less management and less attention in the barn than dark fired tobacco," he says. "Dark fired tobacco is cured using fire from the burning of wood and sawdust."
In marketing his grain crops, he make extensive use of futures trading. "If you understand the markets and the futures, you can become an above-average farmer," he says.
An extensive, modern grain storage system also helps in marketing his crops. "We have 1.9 million bushels of grain storage capacity and the ability to dry 5,000 bushels of 25 percent moisture corn per hour," he says. "We can store 100 percent of our crop each year." Electronic controls and automated fans allow him to dry and store grain in peak condition, and he's able to monitor his grain bins and center pivots from his office computers and cell phones.
"We have 152,000 gallons of fuel storage on our farm," he says. "This will hold up to a year's worth of farm diesel, highway diesel and gasoline. I'm able to take advantage of lower seasonal prices and purchase fuel in bulk."
Nichols constantly focuses on the bottom line. For instance, he got out of the cattle business because the cattle lost money two years in a row.
He also has several profitable farm-related sideline businesses. One is a construction company with bulldozers, dirt pans and track hoes. He does custom planting and harvesting on 750 acres for local farmers. He also provides custom grain and rock hauling. In addition, Nichols sells crop insurance.
"The goal I started with was to build an operation from scratch that could someday be viewed as one of the best, well-managed farming operations in North America," he says.
"This overarching goal is what drives me each day."
He is a graduate of The Executive Program for Agricultural Producers at Texas A&M University and is a member of this program's alumni group. Nichols serves on an advisory council for Farm Credit Services of Mid-America. He is a major donor to the Imagination Library Program conducted by the Cadiz/Trigg County Rotary Club. He has been a sponsor of Ducks Unlimited. He is a strong supporter of the Trigg County Youth Leadership Program. He is also a member of the Kentucky Soybean Association.
"I am fortunate to work each day with my spouse who is an integral part of our operation," he says. His wife KaDonna works in his farm office. She has been a supporter of local schools, FFA and Relay for Life. She has also been a strong supporter of cheerleading at Trigg County High School and for the Bluegrass Cheercats, a competitive cheering team.
Joe and KaDonna have two daughters, Heather and Jillian. Heather attends Western Kentucky University as an agricultural business major and plans to return to the farm upon graduation. Jillian plans to attend the University of Kentucky and join their championship cheerleading squad. Both girls work on the farm during their summer breaks from school.
Jay McCants, director of Young Farmer programs with Kentucky Farm Bureau, is the state coordinator of the Farmer of the Year award. Nichols was nominated for the honor by David Fourqurean, county Extension agent for agriculture & natural resources in Trigg County, Ky. Fourqurean is impressed with the size and the efficiency of Nichols' farm, how he put it all together over a short period of time and his use of latest technology. "He has worked hard for what he has achieved," adds Fourqurean.
As the Kentucky state winner of the Swisher Sweets/Sunbelt Expo Southeastern Farmer of the Year award, Nichols will now receive a $2,500 cash award and an expense paid trip to the Sunbelt Expo from Swisher International of Jacksonville, Fla., a jacket and a $200 gift certificate from the Williamson-Dickie Company, and a $500 gift certificate from Southern States.
He is also now eligible for the $15,000 that will go to the overall winner. Other prizes for the overall winner include the use of a Massey Ferguson tractor for a year from Massey Ferguson North America, a custom made Canvasback gun safe from Misty Morn Safe Co., and another $500 gift certificate from the Southern States cooperative. Also, Williamson-Dickie will provide another jacket, a $500 gift certificate and $500 in cash to the overall winner.
Swisher International, through its Swisher Sweets cigar brand, and the Sunbelt Expo are sponsoring the Southeastern Farmer of the Year Award for the 21st consecutive year.
Swisher has contributed some $804,000 in cash awards and other honors to southeastern farmers since the award was initiated in 1990.
Kentucky farmers became eligible to compete for the award in 2006. Previous state winners from Kentucky include Sam Moore of Morgantown in 2006, Scott Travis of Cox's Creek in 2007; Loretta Lyons of Tompkinsville in 2008; and Doug Langley of Shelbyville in 2009.
Nichols' farm, along with the farms of the other nine state finalists, was visited by a distinguished panel of judges during the week of Aug. 9-13. The judges for this year include James Lee Adams, a farmer from Camilla, Ga., and the overall winner of the award in 2000; Jim Bone, manager of field development for DuPont Crop Protection from Valdosta, Ga.; and Charles Snipes, a retired Mississippi Extension weed scientist who is president and research scientist with Stoneville R&D, Inc., from Greenville, Miss.


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Norwegian Espen Kofstad won the Apulia San Domenico Grand Final and with it was crowned Challenge Tour Number One with a superb performance in the season finale.
The 25 year old finished with a four under par 67 for a one shot victory over Dane Joachim B Hansen, who led for most of the day, and England's James Busby, who was the 45th and final player to qualify for the event but signed off with a 66 to rise to 16th in the Rankings and earn a European Tour card for next season.
It was an emotional day in the south of Italy, where the players who finished in the top 21 of the Rankings were celebrating their promotion to The European Tour, and others were left to rue what might have been.
Kofstad was assured of a European Tour card for 2013 having gone into the week 11th in the Rankings, but he signed off a superb season in swashbuckling style, claiming his second victory of the year with rounds of 65, 66, 67 and 67 for a 19 under par total. The €56,650 first prize propelled him to the top of the Rankings with €131,099.
Coincidentally, his first win also came in Puglia, in the Doubletree by Hilton Acaya Open, about an hour's drive from this week's venue, San Domenico Golf. Hansen was his final-round challenger there too, his bogey at the last handing Kofstad a one stroke victory.
"I might have to move here," joked Kofstad, who is the first Norwegian winner of the Challenge Tour Rankings. "I don't know what it is about this place. I love the food and the climate is really nice. I seem to cope very well with the greens here. I find them very easy to read and I holed some great putts this week.
"It's amazing. Those last two rounds are probably the best I've ever played. I didn't make a bogey in 36 holes. I felt like I was in complete control of everything, despite the pressure I was under.
"I didn't know about the Rankings until I finished, but I've tried not to think about it over the last few days. I knew what would happen was up to me, not anyone else.
"At the start of the season my coach and I decided the target would be three wins and a place in the top ten. I've only won twice, but I'll take it."
The turning point was the 13th hole, where Kofstad made birdie and Hansen, who had started the day with a two shot lead, slipped to a double-bogey. Hansen pulled level with a birdie at the 15th, but Kofstad's eight foot putt for birdie at the 17th proved decisive.
"It's unlucky for Joachim," he said. "He played really nicely today and has done all week. He just caught a flier on the 13th and was unlucky not to hole the birdie putt on the last. I'm sure he will win one soon."
Hansen's one under par 70 fell short of earlier rounds of 67, 62 and 67, but his consolation prize was fourth spot in the Rankings - a fine achievement for the Challenge Tour rookie.
"I played alright today and didn't make too many mistakes," said the 22 year old. "The double-bogey at the 13th was choosing the wrong club, that's all, and it cost me.
"I am really disappointed. There are so many things that could have been possible if I had won. It will take a while before I start thinking about next year and everything else. I just want this day to be over."
There was joy for Justin Walters, who moved to 15th spot from 23rd by finishing tied fifth alongside Seve Benson, who moved from 28th to 20th. Eddie Pepperell and Max Kieffer were also celebrating improving their ranking for next season, but for every happy tale there is one of woe as Raymond Russell, HP Bacher and Daniel Vancsik slipped out of the qualifying spots they had occupied at the start of the week.
The main mover was Busby, though, who said: "What a great day. It was a bogey-free round as well which is very pleasing.
"Up until today I was thinking about preparing for the Qualifying School, so I can't really put into words how delighted I am right now."
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|KOFSTAD, Espen
|BUSBY, James
|HANSEN, Joachim B
|DE LA RIVA, Eduardo
|WALTERS, Justin
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2011: Made eight appearances as a pitcher for the Bulldogs, all of them starts, finishing with a 4-3 overall record and a 5.10 ERA. … Finished 4-1 in Ivy League contests, the most wins among Ivy League leaders in League games. … Named Ivy League Pitcher of the Week on April 19, 2011, after striking out a season-high 12 batters with just one walk in 7? innings in a 5-1 victory over Dartmouth on April 17. … Finished fifth among Ivy League leaders in strikeouts per game (9.25), eighth among Ivy League leaders in strikeouts (49) and ninth among qualified Ivy leaders in fewest hits allowed (55).
2010: Appeared in 10 games, making nine starts... Went 3-6 with a 5.29 earned run average... Second on the team with 46 strike outs... Led the team with three complete games... Fired a complete game, two hit shutout in the second game of a doubleheader against NYIT on March 27... Struck out 10 batters while allowing two earned runs over six innings of work against Dartmouth on April 18.
2009: Tossed 28.0 innings over 12 appearances, including two starts...Went 1-1 with a 7.07 earned run average...Struck out 24 batters...Posted a 3.92 ERA after spring trip...Worked 4.1 innings at Cornell on March 31, allowing one run and notching four strikeouts...Made his first career start in game two of an April 7 doubleheader against Sacred Heart...Allowed six hits and three earned runs in 4.1 innings of a no-decision in that game...Got the start and worked three scoreless innings against Fairfield on April 15...Took the hard-luck loss on April 23 at Hartford, despite pitching 2.1 innings without surrendering a hit or an earned run...Entered a tie game and worked the final three innings, allowing three hits and one earned run, to pick up his first career victory on April 25 against Brown.


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If a Baseball Brawl Doesn't End in Death Soon, I'm Going to Stop Watching [Half a Man]
Another brawl in baseball. Los Angeles Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke got plunked in a game last night against the Arizona Diamondbacks and the ensuing brawl is a great reminder to everyone on the East coast that baseball happens after 10PM our time and WHOKNEWAMMARIGHT?
Here is a quick recap -- Greinke hits Cody Ross, Ian Kennedy naturally goes after Dodgers' rookie phenom Yasiel Puig (because his name is hard to pronounce so the guy must be a terrorist) and Greinke comes to bat a few innings later (because his manager wants him to die) and gets a Rawlings high and hard.
Every brawl is the same -- this guy hit this guy so now this guy has to hit this guy but not the guy who hit the other guy no he has to hit the best player on the other team who wasn't even involved in the first place. Now a defenseless and uninvolved player has to take a fastball to the body because pitchers are giant vaginas.
[Side note-- Let's imagine for a moment this behavior were acceptable in other occupations. It's commonplace in Major League Baseball but daydream an accomplished chef picking up the newspaper to find an unfavorable review of his new restaurant. In response, he dumps a crock pot of borscht on a random lunch patron. It's lunacy because have you seen the price of borscht lately!]
Brawls are always the pitcher's fault. The pitcher makes a bad pitch, tosses a meatball or just plain sucks and the batter deposits the offering into the First Trust Bank located in the third deck of the stadium. Maybe he shows up the pitcher with a little dance, admires the rocket shot a little too long or exaggerates a finger-point up to heaven where he assumes his dead family of aholes ended up. The pitcher gets his feelings hurt like a fat kid who didn't get a call back for 'Biggest Loser Families' and retaliates by hitting the best player in the other uniform. At least in the brawl last night, Greinke took the white bullet.
What's next in the brawl manuscript? A bunch of grown men dance, shove and tug on jerseys with about as much malice as broke brides at a wedding dress trunk sale. Hockey players almost maim each other while baseball players two-step around the mound like it's line dance for beginners night at Fartwhistle's Saloon.
I'm serious, if players don't start swinging bats or taking four-seamers to the grill during these dust-ups, these brawls have to stop. It's a waste of time and takes away from the normal buttoned-up and tight five or six hours of entertainment.
Stop prancing and drop a Gatorade jug on a player's melon or I'm watching hockey. That's a lie, I'd never watch hockey, have you seen the names of some of those terrorists?
Chris Illuminati is the editor-in-chief of GuySpeed. He's written three humor books, ruined many personal relationships and still cries during thunderstorms. His "Half a Man" column appears (almost) every week. You can read more of his work here or follow him on Twitter.


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Technical Abstract: Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from noninfected control cows and from cows with either subclinical or clinical paratuberculosis (Johne's disease). Cells were incubated for 6, 12, 24, and 48 hours in complete medium with the following mitogens: concanavalin A (ConA), phytohemagglutinin-P (PHAP), pokeweed mitogen (PWM), and E. coli lipopolysaccharide (LPS). In addition, cells were incubated for the same time periods with a Mycobacterium paratuberculosis sonicate (MpS) and live and heat-killed M. paratuberculosis at 10:1 bacteria to cell ratio. After incubation, cell-free supernatants were analyzed for gamma-interferon (gamma-IFN) activity. Cells from subclinical cows produced significantly with mitogens, ConA, PHAP, and PWM. Levels of gamma-IFN were produced by cells isolated from subclinical animals compared to cells from clinical cows and noninfected controls. Stimulation of cells with heat-killed or live M. paratuberculosis evoked a similar response. This study indicates that gamma-IFN production by peripheral blood mononuclear cells in response to M. paratuberculosis antigen may be an important diagnostic tool for the detection of paratuberculosis in subclinical animals.
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Fox News contributor Laura Ingraham has said that she will look into challenging Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) because of his support for comprehensive immigration reform, furthering her campaign of demanding that Republicans oppose the Senate immigration bill.
During her June 25 radio show, Ingraham cited Graham's policies on Syria and immigration reform to tell residents of South Carolina:
INGRAHAM: I don't care who you find -- oh, I do care who you find. We need a smart, savvy, Reagan conservative to run against Lindsey Graham in the 2014 election. He needs to be defeated, primaried, and we need to win that seat with a Reagan conservative who will not do this kind of nonsense. He needs to be punished, the liberal Republicans need to be punished, and they need to be thrown out of office at the first opportunity. I'll say that until I'm blue in the face.
Following a commercial break, Ingraham said she'd look into running against Graham herself, telling her audience "people think I'm joking, I'm actually not joking."
Ingraham's statements follow a history of threatening to challenge Republican senators and representatives if they support the Senate's comprehensive immigration reform bill. On May 22, Ingraham said that she is "thinking of moving to Arizona," saying she "will primary challenge Senator Jeff Flake myself if that's what this requires." And on June 7, she said that if comprehensive immigration reform passes in the House of Representatives, "I am going to make it my personal mission to support primaries for every Republican who supports it."
She has also repeatedly criticized Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL) who is part of the so-called Gang of 8 that crafted the Senate's immigration bill. On April 17, she said the bill will be "the end of Marco Rubio's political career," and on May 15 she told Rubio to "walk away" from the immigration bill "before it's too late." Most recently on June 21, Ingraham finally declared that Rubio's presidential chances are "over" because of his support for immigration reform.
Ingraham's campaign against immigration reform doesn't just rest on threatening to unseat Republicans, however. She has also repeatedly smeared Latinos and read ads for the anti-immigration hate group Federation for American Immigration Reform on her radio show.
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Open source software has a long history in lower-level network software so it's not surprising there is a healthy range of free tools available for network and systems management.
Often with commercial support available, open source network management tools offer an easy way to gain more visibility into the workings of disparate systems and software.
In this edition of 5 open source things to watch, we take a look at network management projects that will allow IT managers to take control of the shop without selling the farm.
1. OpenNMS
OpenNMS is a network management application written in Java. It claims to be the world's first enterprise network management developed under an open source model. The project was registered on SourceForge on July 2000.
Designed to scale to thousands of notes from one installation, OpenNMS can automatically discover network services and has an API for integration with bug tracking systems.
While commercial development and support services are available through opennms.com, the project makes a point about not having a proprietary "enterprise" version.
OpenNMS is cross platform and a mobile client for Apple's iOS is available.
URL: http://www.opennms.org/
Licence: GPL
2. Zenoss
Zenoss Core is the open source network management product backed by Zenoss Inc. It manages the configuration, health, performance of networks, servers and applications in one system.
Zenoss has an integrated CMDB and it is controlled by a Web-based GUI. Custom devices like temperature sensors can also be monitored.
In addition to the standard uptime and performance monitoring features, Zenoss supports monitoring templates dubbed "ZenPacks".
URL: http://zenoss.org
Licence: GPL
3. NetXMS
NetXMS is more of an independent open source network management project that has client and server apps for Linux, Unix and Windows. Its main developer is Raden Solutions, a Latvian IT company.
In addition to the standard network monitoring features, NetXMS has business impact analysis tools.
The NetXMS interface is a "fat" client and there is also a Web interface.
Both free and paid support is available for NetXMS.
URL: http://www.netxms.org/
Licence: GPL
4. Nagios
Nagios is one of the most popular open source network management tools and is widely deployed among Linux users. It began life as "NetSaint" before being renamed Nagios.
The central application is called Nagios Core, with additional functionality available through Nagios Plugins, Frontends and Config Tools.
Regarding the third-party applications and plug-ins for Nagios, there is the Nagios Exchange portal that categorises extensions across various genres.
Both community and commercial support is available for Nagios.
URL: http://www.nagios.org/
Licence: GPL
5. Hyperic
Hyperic is an open source network management suite that targets itself as being suitable for Web application and virtual machine management.
The commercial Hyperic was acquired by SpringSource, which was then acquired by VMWare.
Hyperic features automatic discovery and records some 50,000 metrics across 75 application stacks.
An Enterprise edition is available for Hyperic which includes more features than the open source edition and commercial support.
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BBRY Up 4%: Lenovo Speculation, Sale Talk Trumps Estimate Cuts
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Shares of BlackBerry (BBRY) are up 40 cents, or 4%, at $10.61, following yesterday's 1% rise despite some negative remarks from the Street in recent days and speculation yesterday that Microsoft's (MSFT) acquisition of Nokia's (NOK) handset business will make life harder for BlackBerry in the smartphone world. Last night, bulls received some vaguely encouraging words in the form of a Bloomberg article that stated Microsoft is "keeping an eye on BlackBerry." This morning, there was a raft of mixed news. From the special situations desk at ISI Group this morning came a brief item suggesting a take-out by Lenovo Group (0992HK), which has been speculated about for some time now, could still happen.
Prem Watsa has stepped down from the board and made recent public comments recommitting his 9.89% stake ( Fairfax Financial Holdings) to a future "going private" proposal if one should materialize. "We view the R/R of a long position as favorable and would recommend purchase of shares at the current price of $10.40 with a +40% upside target."While we think a deal would make more sense for a strategic buyer ( Lenovo, Microsoft or HTC) a financial sponsor could achieve a favorable IRR given the cash flow anticipated from the robust legacy base of enterprise and consumer subs.
But other notes in the last 24 hours were not as upbeat. National Bank Financial's Kris Thompson yesterday reiterated an Underperform rating, and an $8 price target, writing that he thinks shipments of the newer BB10-based smartphones -- the Z10, Q10, and Q5 -- in the fiscal Q2 ended in August totaled perhaps 3 million units, down from his original estimate for 5 million units.
We have not heard much buzz around large Q10 deployments in Q2. BlackBerry's publicly announced strategic review may be based on poor BB10 uptake. Management always said that the BB10 platform needed to be launched before a sale of the company was contemplated. We expect 3.8 mln BB7 shipments vs 4.1 mln last quarter. BlackBerry continues to invest in the old BB7 platform (e.g., new 9720 will be available in Asia, EMEA and Latin America in September). The idea is that these subscribers may in the future upgrade to BB10 products. When Nokia announced in February 2011 that it would adopt Microsoft Windows Phone, Symbian sales held in for a few quarters but then dropped precipitously. BB7 shipments may fall faster than expected.
Thompson doesn't say how he comes by his data on BlackBerry's sales trends. Thompson cut his estimate for the fiscal year ending next February to a total of 26.7 million handsets sold, at an average price of $150, producing revenue of $11.899 billion and a net loss per share of $1.78, on a non-GAAP basis. That is down from his prior estimate for 28.5 million units, $14.49 billion in revenue, and a 59-cent net loss. He thinks the fact the company has publicly talked about a "strategic review" of its options is a problem:
BlackBerry is in the headlines most days given the company's rise and demise in the important smartphone market. Our view is that enterprises will further delay implementations and even die-hard consumers will catch wind that BlackBerry is for sale and not commit to the platform. The public for sale sign may be what torpedoes management's valiant efforts to resuscitate a dying brand.
Another negative piece came across the transom this morning from Paul Peterson with boutique research firm BlueFin Research Partners. Peterson asserts there has been substantial cuts to production of the BB10 devices, and he expects a write-down of inventoryis in BlackBerry's future:
If there was any hope that Blackberry sales were going to take hold with the Q10 and Q5 launches after the failed Z10 intro, that optimism now appears to have faded. The BBRY component supply chain has experienced massive cuts in the last few weeks, with some suppliers seeing multiple rounds of reductions according to our checks. This is the third round of forecast reductions in the last four months, and a clear signal that the Q series is not going to salvage the BB10 family in our view. We believe current fiscal year forecasts are less than half of management's initial expectations. In fact, our checks indicate that some suppliers are seeing close to zero demand from BBRY in the next several months due to bulging component and finished goods inventories. In our March 13th BBRY Supply Chain Update, we highlighted a surging supply chain prior to the Z10 launch that was indicative of a management team that was 'all in' for the BB10 launches, while noting their less than stellar track record: "It goes without saying that BBRY has fumbled more than a few forecasts in the recent past. Time will tell whether management is on target (or not) this time around." Clearly management was very far from the target this time around. In the company's last fiscal quarter, BBRY inventories grew nearly 50% to $887M as Z10 sales disappointed, while the company supported the Q10 and prepared for the upcoming Q5 launch. We think inventories have ballooned even further this quarter, with Q Series demand disappointing as well. Our checks indicate that BBRY has amassed significant component and finished goods internal inventories, while many carriers and retailers are not restocking. The executive in charge of the supply chain operations was dismissed recently, evidently the scapegoat for the company's inventory woes. As Yogi Berra infamously once said, "this looks like Déjà vu all over again." Last year, the Bold 9900 failed to live up to BBRY's expectations and the company took a huge inventory write off on Blackberry handset and Playbook inventory. This year it's likely to happen again with the BB10 models. The fate of BBRY hardware sales depended on the market acceptance of the Q Series to leverage their existing QWERTY base, and the lack of meaningful traction likely means that this story doesn't end well for BBRY as a standalone hardware provider.
Peterson doesn't say where he comes by the information about BlackBerry's supply chain.
Update: The Wall Street Journal's David Benoit and Will Connorsthis afternoon report that BlackBerry "is aiming to run a fast auction process that could be wrapped up by November, according to people familiar with the Matter."
Shares of BlackBerry rose another 19 cents, almost 2%, to $10.94 in late trading.


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Monday, June 7, 2010 - Nisus
Here's MY New Hair Cut ! Loving it.
30 comments:
- Coily said...
Its GorGEOUS!!!love it and looking to replicate it..at least the color.
- June 7, 2010 at 11:15 AM
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Yes I was going to say it really is the best looking cut I've seen in a long time! It's refreshing to see someone not hung up on length but a flattering cut is DA BIZNESS all the time!!!
- June 7, 2010 at 12:08 PM
- Kisha said...
I love it! It is a very cute cut! So what products did you use to achieve the look?
- June 7, 2010 at 12:28 PM
- Shones said...
That cut is adorable. That shape is very flattering.
- June 7, 2010 at 2:05 PM
- Curlychronicles said...
Oooh, super cute! I trimmed my own hair about 2 weeks ago, I'm kinda over length..it's fun but short hair is fun too :) I think those who have been natural longer get bored with longer hair just as newly naturals may get bored with a twa or that awkward length that's in between short n long.It looks great! I want my hair to have a cooler shape to it, but I haven't been researching salons for the natural gal in the LA area. One of these days!
- June 7, 2010 at 2:27 PM
- Kristen said...
Great hair cut! I live in the DC area and have heard of fiddleheads. Which stylist did you go to? I need to cut off a significant amount of heat damage but I'd like a great shame too.
- June 7, 2010 at 2:32 PM
- Linda @ HolisticLocs.Com said...
OMG, I LOVE it!!!
- June 7, 2010 at 2:51 PM
- Skeeta said...
wowow that cut is awesome. and I don't know what product and technique was used but those curls are POPPIN!
- June 7, 2010 at 2:55 PM
- AlongCameStacey said...
Great cut! I wish I lived in DC :-/
- June 7, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- Reina said...
What products did you use luv? It looks fab!
- June 7, 2010 at 3:40 PM
- Brown Babe said...
You were NOT playing when you said you were going for a cut! I absolutely love the look on you - they did a fantabulous job...enjoy your new hair girl ;)
- June 7, 2010 at 3:57 PM
- Nisus said...
Thanks everyone! Yes- product! I cowashed with suave rosemary/mint conditioner, used the clear IC gel (old standby!), a little Infusium moisturizing leave in, and Jason's Green routine smoothing cream. I fingered it through my wet hair and let it air dry. The cut has the curls popping more than usual, fresh ends- mostly cut after the crest of each curl. I admit I did go through and trim out a few orphans and small rough patches where I think she cropped the crest of a curl, but this was minimal- 5 min of little fixes tops. She offered to do this free once it settled if I were to go back with my own products in.
- June 7, 2010 at 4:15 PM
- Nisus said...
@Kristen I went to Beth. I'll post a full review later, but it will include that fact that if you are interested in keeping length (invisible or not) you have to tell them you are "growing it out." Beth does not care about (our hang up on) true stretched length, but rather the shrunken length. I lost about a foot of stretched hair, but only like 4 inches of shrunken hair- ya dig.
- June 7, 2010 at 4:19 PM
You're my hair idol ! The cut looks amazing. My hair looks somewhat like yours- I'm 3b/3c- but after about 3 years of flat-ironing my hair it's a weird mess of straight and curly :( . Do you have any tips on helping it revert back or do I have to cut it off. I really don't have a problem with short hair, it's just that I'm in middle school so it would be kind of weird.
- June 7, 2010 at 4:36 PM
- Nisus said...
Hi Anonymous! I have an answer so quick on the pressing damage! Here is a post I wrote on what happened to me: http://www.itsjusthair.com/2009/10/pressing-damage-reminder-from-dark-day.html
My hair does not tolerate pressing- it's very porous and spongy- frizzy. The type 3 parts sustain damage instantly and do not go back :-( sorry.
- June 7, 2010 at 4:48 PM
I love it! I don't think you can go wrong, your hair is beautiful long or short!!!
- June 7, 2010 at 6:15 PM
- Joslyn said...
Love this cut girl!!
Looks so fresh and summery :-) Will be interested in reading your in depth review,because those highlights look great as well!!
- June 7, 2010 at 11:28 PM
Wonderful wonderful wonderful!
I found your blog only a few days ago as I was looking for examples of curlies with bangs. Then you went and posted this vid. Love it. I have no clue what my hair type is (my curl is a lot tighter than yours), but bangs and more length off is a must. Thanks for posting.
- June 8, 2010 at 6:41 AM
- discount diva said...
Your cut looks amazing. I'm a new natural and I must admit that I've never even considered that you could get natural hair cut into a style. Silly now that I think about it, but I learn something everyday on this new hair journey. I love it. I'm so glad that I found your blog. Looking forward to the review.
- June 8, 2010 at 9:46 AM
- Nancy said...
I love your cut man you keep me so inspired although Im 1.5 months natural looking at pages like like yours and others it keeps me focused.
- June 8, 2010 at 11:16 AM
- Lori said...
Love it, love it, love it! So cute and fresh. Congrats!
- June 8, 2010 at 8:33 PM
- Nicole said...
Loves it! FIERCE and SASSY at the same time
- June 8, 2010 at 9:55 PM
- Curly in Texas said...
I love it! It's SO cute!
- June 9, 2010 at 8:41 AM
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- June 10, 2010 at 8:27 AM
- Ebonie said...
Your hair looks so amazing! I am so in love with the shape. I think I just might need to take a quick visit to DC this summer. CurlyChronicles is right, there aren't many natural stylist in the LA area. Best of luck and blessings.
- June 16, 2010 at 11:21 AM
- Stacie said...
Just found your blog and I am a fan. Love your haircut and color! Was your hair cut wet or dry? My year anniversary is next month and I've promised myself a haircut! I am curious to hear your thoughts.
- June 20, 2010 at 8:35 PM
Thank you so much for your post on Fiddleheads. I'm a fellow DC Metro are curly head. I was on yelp reviewing salons, then I read your blog, saw your pics and I was SOLD!! Armed with a pic of your hairdo, I had an appt with Diane and she transformed my shapeless mane into something fierce. I wasn't worried about length, because, well - it will grow back.
Thanks again and I love your blog!
- June 21, 2010 at 6:42 PM
- Nisus said...
Anonymous! I'm so glad you went for it and like the cut! Please post Picts if you can! I'm so curious and excited to see it :-)
- June 26, 2010 at 12:24 PM
- M3RLz said...
Very cute hair cut!
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We had several weddings that we were invited to over Christmas...{I told you I was late}...and I finally got their gifts made and in the mail. I thought a romantic evening at home would be more fun with pretty placemats and napkins, and this is the result. Feel like making some too?
- Four 14" x 20" rectangles of canvas. MUST USE CANVAS or heavily interfaced cotton fabric.
- 3" by varied length scraps of red fabric
- Four 15" square pieces of fabric for napkins (I chose linen for one side, red quilting cotton for the other)
- Coordinating thread
- Your sewing gear, including sewing machine, iron and ironing board, scissors, seam ripper, rotary cutter etc.
Step one. Prepare your canvas. Take two of your canvas rectangles. Using your rotary cutter and a long ruler, cut a 4" strip from the left side of the fabric. Then, cut at additional 1.5" strip. Discard the 1.5" strips, and save the 4" and remaining pieces for later.
Step two. Prepare your scrappy fabrics. I chose red scraps from my stash, and cut them each to a width of 3", and varying lengths.
Carefully piece the scraps together along the 3" sides. Use a 1/4" seam.
Once you've pieced together a length just longer than 20", press the seams.
Next, trim the threads and any excess fabric with your ruler and rotary cutter.
Now you'll use your rotary cutter to divide your 3" strip into TWO 1.5" strips.
Step three. Sew the front of the placemat together. Place one scrappy strip of fabric so that it is right sides together with the larger piece of canvas. Sew with a 1/4" seam.
Press the seams toward the canvas, and repeat with the 4" piece of canvas on the other side of the scrappy strip.
Press seams toward canvas again, and then topstitch along each side of your pieced strip at 1/8".
Repeat for second placemat front.
Step four. Add the back, turn and topstitch. Grab the longer canvas back you'd set aside. Match up the back and front, right sides together. Because my math was fuzzy, the back ended up being about 1" longer than the front. Just trim that off.
Using a 3/8" or 1/2" seam, (your preference), sew the placemat together, leaving a 4" wide gap at one side for turning.
With your corners, just sew all the way to the edge as shown. I'm using a different corner technique than I'd shown previously.
Now, don't trim your corners off! I learned from We All Sew that you can just fold the corners in, and then you get tight corners.
It took a couple tries to get this right the first time, but the result was lovely corners:
Once the placemat is turned, press all your edges well, and press the opening so that it matches the seams.
Lastly, topstitch around the perimeter to finish and close the opening. Repeat for second placemat.
Now, the napkins are made in the same fashion.
I didn't cut my linen fabric to square until after I'd sewn because it was stretchy.
Turn, press, and toptstich, and you have a lovely finished napkin. (Repeat for the second!)
I hope the new brides enjoy their placemat and napkin sets. Now to find the time to make some for my own family!
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Samsung Puts Cash to Work on Research
Not content with its dominance in the gadget market, Samsung Group is putting its deep pockets to use with a research foundation that it hopes will foster Nobel prize winners.
The new Samsung foundation will fund 1.5 trillion won ($1.35 billion) in research into basic technologies for the next 10 years, starting with 300 billion won this year. A total of 750 billion won will be funded by 2017, with another 750 billion won spent during the remaining five-year period.
The sum is considerable, but a drop in the bucket compared to what the group's companies routinely spend. Samsung Electronics Co., the group's technology arm, spent 11.5 trillion won for the company's R&D and another 13 trillion won for marketing last year. It reported annual revenue of 201 trillion won.


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This blog is dedicated to clean energy, the discussion of environmental concerns and all things to do with reducing your carbon footprint on the Earth.
I firmly believe that saving the environment is critically important to our survival here. At the moment we are definitely abusing the planet and draining natural resources without a concern for far enough in the future. We are dependent upon resources which are going to run out relatively soon and as a result we are putting all of our eggs in one basket.
I am hopeful that together we can see that this is not a sustainable way to live and that, also together, we can work towards developing and living in a way that is in the best interests of the planet and will work well for all of us.
In this blog I am aiming to write about topics that are important to me and that I believe should be seriously considered in order for us all to live in a way which is more in keeping with the sustainability of the environment. Sometimes I will discuss topics such as home heating, while at others I will talk about the specifics of convection heating systems.


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The CW, after a strong year, inched closer to playing with the big kids this season. And it wants you to know that.
Network president Mark Pedowtiz emphasized -- more than once -- that the network is a "very different CW than a few years back" while pitching its upcoming season Thursday at New York City Center. Its presentation was part of the annual upfront ritual in which broadcast networks try to woo advertisers to buy ad time.
"We were the 'Gossip Girl' network," Pedowitz said, acknowledging the network's reputation by referring to the popular teen soap that wrapped its run in 2012. "But we knew that to grow the network we needed to expand out reach to a bigger and wider audience."
The network was able to bring in more men with the addition of its breakout superhero drama "Arrow" two seasons ago. And the network dipped its toe in the comedy space and found success with "Whose Line Is It Anyway?"
And this season was the network's most-watched in three years. Though the young network is still modestly rated, the often-overlooked broadcast network made inroads this season, finally cracking Tuesdays with the combination of "The Vampire Diaries" spinoff "The Originals" and nine-year veteran "Supernatural." Earlier this week the finale of "The Originals" surpassed the finale of Fox's "Glee" in the ratings.
"We know we will keep that momentum," Pedowtiz said to the crowd.
The CW will enter the upcoming season, which launches in October, with three new dramas and one new comedy -- two of which will roll out in the fall, soap "Jane the Virgin" and "Arrow" spinoff "The Flash."
And it has its eyes set on growing its audience for Mondays, which has long been one of its weakest nights. To do so, the network is moving one-half of its Tuesday stalwarts, "The Originals," to Monday to help bolster new dramedy soap "Jane the Virgin," about a not-yet-deflowered young woman who becomes pregnant under unusual circumstances.
Filling the void left by "The Originals" is the network's next superhero drama "The Flash." From the producers of "Arrow," "The Flash" tells the origin story of speedster Barry Allen (Grant Gustin).
The CW was planning to put "The Flash" on Monday night at 8 to start the programming week on a tear, but Fox put "Gotham" in that same slot. Warner Bros. Television produces both "Flash" and "Gotham" and didn't want the comic franchises to cannibalize each other's audience so CW -- which announced its schedule three days after Fox -- shifted "The Flash" to Tuesday nights. Warner Bros. owns 50% of the CW network, with CBS Corp. owning the other half.
"The Flash" will instead serve as a lead-in to Tuesday veteran "Supernatural," which enters its 10th season.
Those tweaks aside, the rest of the network's lineup will remain the same. "Arrow" and "The 100" will hold steady on Wednesdays, while "The Vampire Diaries" and "Reign" maintain their Thursday positions. Closing out the week on Fridays are back-to-back episodes of "Whose Line Is It Anway?" and "America's Next Top Model."
Coming midseason are returning dramas "Hart of Dixie" and "Beauty and the Beast," along with new dramas "The Messengers" and "iZombie," the latter of which hails from "Veronica Mars" mastermind Rob Thomas.
Times staff writer Meg James contributed to this report.


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Photoshop: Create an Ancient, Iron, Viking Design
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When you think about essential spy gear, jackets don't come to mind. But if one could help conceal what you're carrying from your enemies, protect your personal documents from RFID scanning, & give you a secure, hidden space explicitly for running your microphone cord? Yeah. That's a jacket worthy of the word "spy-tacular."
There's still time left!
Enter below by 11:59pm ET Sunday, 10/20 for the chance to win a fully-furnished SeV Alpha Jacket. One lucky winner will receive over $1,000 worth of prizes, including an iPad mini (pictured below), as long as you can correctly guess the weight of the jacket with all the items inside.
UPDATE: The contest is now closed! Congratulations to Kelly N. of Jackson, MI for the winning guess! The correct weight of the prize pack was 7.485 pounds. Kudos to all of you chuckleheads who guessed 42. Better luck next time!
The jacket has 35 pockets. Here it is stuffed with all the prizes pictured on the left.
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My brother is graduating from college in May and we want to go on a trip together and we're considering hiking the length of the AT within the GSMNP. I've been reading some of the older posts about the hike and wanted to run my itinerary by some folks more familiar with the trail to see if anyone has suggestions to offer. As a point of reference about experience, we're both in our early twenties and are healthy guys, but only go hiking a few times a year. Anyway, this is what I've cooked up based on my research:
Day 1: Travel day, drop cars off at Davenport Gap, shuttle to Fontana Dam, spend night at Fontana Village Lodge
Day 2: Hike from Fontana to Mollies Ridge Shelter (10.6)
Day 3: Mollies Ridge to Derrick Knob Shelter (11.7)
Day 4: Derrick Knob to Double Spring Gap (7.2)
Day 5: Double Spring Gap to Mt. Collins Shelter (6.3)
Day 6: Mt. Collins to Pecks Corner (14.9)
Day 7: Pecks Corner to Cosby Knob Shelter (12.9)
Day 8: Cosby Knob to Davenport Gap (8.0), drive to Newport for night in hotel.
Any suggestions or affirmations would be much appreciated.


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Hidden pollers make accurate seatbelt counts
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Students hid in three locations around the Marion High School this year with one agenda: to count the number of students who were wearing seatbelts.
"It was a more accurate way to count the actual number of students who came to school with their seatbelts on," said Lori McLinden, Seatbelts Are For Everyone director. "Students didn't see the crew wearing the bright vests with clipboards in their hand. They couldn't lie on a survey. It was all observation."
The Marion SAFE program had nine student volunteers this year, who McLinden said were vital in the program's success. While they didn't see as much improvement as last year — a 33 percent increase — in seat belt usage, she still considers it successful with more than 80 percent of students strapping on the seat belt.
"Seat belts save lives," McLinden said. "My daughter and I were in a rollover accident a couple years ago. We wouldn't be here now if we weren't wearing our seat belts. That experience makes me want to educate as many young people as possible."
There were six surveys taken throughout the year, and the seatbelt wearers were rewarded with a treat. It began small in October with candy bars and sports drinks, but soon grew to include cash prizes. Each time a student was caught wearing a seatbelt they would receive a card, qualifying them for a grand prize at the end of the year. If they wore their seatbelts during each survey, they would have five chances to win large prizes. These included local gas cards (of varying amounts) and a video camera.
"We wanted the money to stay local," McLinden said. "We thought it would be a good fit, and the students seemed to like them."
Student volunteers also conducted two Facebook challenges, where they would like the SAFE program and then were asked to vote. This, McLinden said, was a huge success — and they had a lot of participation at a couple sporting events.
McLinden said the program ended strong with a final assembly held on Wednesday that featured Dalton Noakes, youth panel member of the FCCLA's "It Can Wait" texting while driving program. The senior, from Chanute, spoke to the 180 students at the high school and showed a full-length video detailing the dangers of texting while driving.
"It was powerful," she said. "I think teenagers understand these things better when it's coming to them firsthand from someone their own age, who has been in an accident and knows how important this is."
While this year is ending, McLinden is already gearing up for next year. Instead of having student volunteer sign-ups in the spring, she plans to hold them in the fall.
"It'll let freshmen who are just coming in have a chance to sign up," she said. "Tod Gordon and I will look over the applications and select the students that look like they would be a good fit for the program."
Meanwhile, she is plotting other, unique ways to educate students about wearing seatbelts next year.
"I think we might do a contest where students will make and wear a seatbelt to school," she said. "They'd just put it across their T-shirt or something. Then, we'd have awards for the most creative."


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Sunday, April 05, 2009
Memory Lane
Mom almost never leaves the house except to go to the doctor or to stay a few days with my sister so I was quite surprised that she was willing. It was a drizzly day but the rain stopped and we headed out. It's been a couple of years (or more) since I'd been out to Onondaga Hill and on down to the Valley. She and I both we're pointing out all of the changes from years ago - new mini mansions and churches - or we'd remark as we drove by a place that we hadn't thought of them in ages or what ever happened to them?
She made sure to point out the Post Office to me, except they'd built a new one across the street years ago. The old one is a Chinese Restaurant now. As we started down Seneca Turnpike hill we both remember how Grandpa would always tell about how they tested the Franklin autos on the hill. The Dairy Queen at the bottom of the hill is now another Chinese Restaurant.
Heading out Valley Drive we quickly came to "the duck pond" and there were several geese on both sides of the road and Mom thought she spotted a swan.
It took me awhile to locate Grandma & Grandpa's headstone. It was right where it's always been ;-) but the last time we were there the two shrubs that Grandpa had planted partly obscured the stone. Somebody had either trimmed up the bottoms or the deer worked them over good and it just looked so different. (I need to find out how we go about having them removed altogether.)
After Mom paid her respects (from the car) we drove around and found Frank's uncle's monument and then drove through the older part of the cemetery picking out well known Syracuse names.
Mom was worried about the time and my getting back to work but we still had plenty of time and I was still looking to get of doing any cleaning. We headed over to our old house. We did the math and it's been 45 years since Mom moved into her current home. It was a good thing they hadn't changed the house number! When we lived there the attic was unfinished and they have since added on to the back.
I took the long way home. Mom wanted to see the new town hall building but I wasn't able to find it. We did drive by the golf course where both my father and brother worked in their teens and then past the park where I played when I visited my grandparents. We drove by their old house and it hasn't changed much, except for the color.
I'm sure this was boring to read but it was a fun morning for both of us.
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How I'd love to walk (or drive) down Memory Lane with my Mom again. Treasure these moments.ReplyDelete
It wasn't a bit boring and I enjoyed reading every word. I can remember taking time like that with both my grandmas and I treasure every memory of them. Sounds like you had a wonderful time.ReplyDelete
It was not boring at all. My mom passed away in 1995 and I would love to have a day trip with her again too. There are so many question that I would love to ask, probably half of my brick walls would fall...ReplyDelete
I think all us adult orphans, who have lost our Moms would appreciate a day like you had. I know my M-in-L loves to visit the cemeteries, we do that often when we visit her.ReplyDelete
So cool that you had that time with your Mom. Thanks for sharing with us.ReplyDelete
Have a blessed day.
Apple, you are never boring! It sounds like a wonderful day with your mom. I'll bet she was so happy to take that trip down memory lane with you. It does look like the deer feasted on those 2 shrubs. I wonder what they are. I keep meaning to plant a piece of peony bush on my MIL's grave, from the one that grows in the front yard of her little house. Perhaps I'll get that done this spring.ReplyDelete
Isn't it wonderful to see the sunshine and warmer temps again after the miserable weather we've had this week?
I hope you and John have a very happy Easter with your family.
Your meandering day was sweet to read about, Apple - not boring at all. I, too, used to drive my mom around once in awhile, tracking down old memories. Wish I could still do it and am glad you ditched the cleaning to take a ride and shared it with us.ReplyDelete
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Ex-W.H. aide fundraising for ACA
Nancy-Ann DeParle helped get Obamacare enacted during President Barack Obama's first term. In his second term, she's trying to get insurers to pony up millions to get the law successfully launched.
Now in the private sector, DeParle is asking top executives at several health insurance companies to donate $1 million or more to Enroll America, a nonprofit organization promoting Obamacare enrollment, several sources familiar with her role said.
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DeParle's free to raise money for any cause she chooses, including a law for which she advocated. But her solicitations underscore the problems the administration is having getting the resources it needs from a recalcitrant Congress to implement the law — and comes as several congressional panels have started probing whether HHS Secretary Kathleen Sebelius crossed any legal or ethical lines in her own efforts to solicit support for Obamacare's rollout.
( Also on POLITICO: TOP 5 complaints about Obamacare)
The push to raise money for enrollment and outreach underscores the urgency felt by the health law's prominent backers. Obamacare's success — and the president's legacy — is inextricably linked with how easy it is to sign up for the law's benefits starting Oct. 1 and how many people do so. But people won't sign up if they don't know about it, and polls shows that millions of Americans remain largely ignorant of the law.
DeParle, whose experience in both government and the health industry allows her to move in both worlds, did not respond to POLITICO emails or a call seeking comment. She left the government in January after heading the White House Office of Health Reform while Congress fought over the legislation and then served as Obama's deputy chief of staff. She now has posts at both Brookings and Harvard.
Anne Filipic, president of Enroll America, which is working closely with Obama's Organizing for Action, declined to answer specific questions about DeParle's fund-raising. But she said in an email, "Nancy-Ann DeParle has no formal role with Enroll America, but she is supportive of our efforts and has asked others to be as well. We are proud to have someone with such a long record as a champion for quality health care feel so strongly about our mission that she is working on her own time to help ensure we are able to reach the millions of Americans who stand to benefit starting this fall."
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But the image of an influential former White House adviser, who has also served on health industry boards, approaching a heavily regulated industry for big donations plays into the GOP narrative that the Obama administration will use whatever leverage it can muster to accomplish its political goals. And it comes as Republicans on the Hill are leveling plenty of their oversight scrutiny at Obamacare.
HHS has confirmed that Sebelius asked H&R Block and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation to donate to Enroll America. She has spoken to industry groups about supporting the law generally but has not solicited funds from entities her department regulates, HHS has said. HHS said her actions have been legal and proper.
( Also on POLITICO: House Dems gear up for ACA outreach)
The House Energy and Commerce Committee has asked 15 health companies to turn over details of any requests from HHS or its affiliates on Obamacare-related fundraising. Several prominent Republicans in the House and Senate have also asked for a Government Accountability Office review of Sebelius activities, including any HHS-Enroll America coordination.


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Dozens killed in Sudan plane crash
Thirty two people including a Sudanese government minister and other officials were killed when a plane taking them to an Islamic festival crashed in the south of the country today, state media said.
The plane went down in the mountains around Talodi, a town in the border state of South Kordofan, while bringing a government delegation there to celebrate the festival marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan.
State news agency Suna said 26 passengers were killed and that the dead included ministers but did not name them.
Earlier a civil aviation spokesman told Reuters that 31 people were killed including the crew, but had no details about their identities.
Arabic satellite channel Al Arabiya said the plane was carrying guidance and endowments minister Khalil Abdalla.
Al Jazeera reported two ministers were on board, but did not name them.
Citing Sudanese authorities, Al Jazeera reported that security personnel and a media team were also killed in the crash. The report did not say whether the plane involved belonged to the state-owned Sudan Airways or another carrier.
There have been several crashes in recent years involving Sudan Airways, which has been worn down by years of US sanctions and other issues.
A Sudan Airways cargo plane crashed when it was taking off in the United Arab Emirates in 2009 and another cargo plane crashed shortly after take-off from Khartoum in 2008.
Oil-producing South Kordofan borders South Sudan, which seceded over a year ago. The border state has been the site of an insurgency since shortly before South Sudan's independence.
Sudan's government accused rebels of killing a state official and seven other people there in July. A spokesman for the main rebel group in the area, the Sudan People's Liberation Movement North, said the insurgents had nothing to do with the plane crash today.


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Amazingly, the timing of our expedition has gone almost exactly to plan. Before we started, I could only estimate that setting up, morphotyping, and collecting from six 0.25-hectare plots might take two months. Until I finished the final image matching a week and a half ago, we didn't know how many trees we would need to collect. But in the final week, the climbing team did a truly fantastic job collecting from the remainder of the 323 trees we eventually sampled. Except for a handful of species, we managed to locate a tree for each taxon that the climbers could climb. The fundamental problem with doing botanical collecting in Bornean rainforest is that the trees are so darn tall! The tallest measured rain forest tree, at 88 meters, is a Shorea faguetiana (Dipterocarpaceae), also on Borneo in the Tawau Hills Park, Sabah. Collecting means reaching the forest canopy somehow. Various methods have been attempted including shooting down twigs with a rifle (you must be an excellent marksman!), and accessing the canopy from above by balloon. The famous botanist E.J.H. Corner, author of the unmatched 'Wayside Trees of Malaya,' used trained pig-tailed macaques to collect. We have experimented with various alternative collection techniques. Shooting a fishing line over a branch with a catapult, pulling up a section of chainsaw chain and sawing the branch is promising, but the chain always gets pinched as the branch sags. Our best alternative to climbing is to shoot a fishing line and pull up a heavy rope to form a slip-knot around the branch, and then simply pull hard on the rope until the branch is snapped off. But this is time-consuming.
If good climbers are available, there is no better method than to have someone climb and hand-select the right samples. Edy and WX are superb, safe climbers, and have been working with me for over two years now. They have slightly different climbing styles: Edy leans back on his outstretched arms, with his feet walking up the trunk. WX holds his chest close to the trunk, with legs locked in a squatting position. When sampling from the taller trees, and when using the pole pruner to reach twigs from neighboring trees, we ask them to use a climbing harness and webbing as a belay; accidents seem more likely when they are focusing on activities other than holding onto the tree. Safety is obviously my main concern, but I trust their judgment concerning slippery trunks, being tired, and other matters.
Our current method is for them to cut two, 2-3 cm diameter branches. They usually do this with a parang (the indispensable, long forest knife that everyone carries in the forest). They then carefully climb down and process the specimens: i) a small section of young leaf for DNA, placed in a tea-bag in silica gel, ii) two 10-cm-long sections of branch wood (for wood density analysis), iii) two twigs with a minimum of five leaves each, for measurement of leaf area and specific leaf area, and iv) a set of two twigs for a nice botanical voucher specimen. In the few cases where we have been unable to reach the tree's canopy, we have collected a DNA sample from the cork cambium, using a tool I found in Bogor for punching holes in leather (locally-sourced supplies are much more sustainable!). However, in these cases, we are left with only fallen leaves for our vouchers, which may make positive identification more difficult. A major part of the success of this trip has been the dedication of our climbers (Manto and Kasah, as well as Edy and WX). According to them, there are many capable climbers in this area because of coconut harvesting, honey collection, and the 'cleaning' of durian trunks to encourage fruiting. I'm concerned about whether we will be as lucky finding good climbers on the other islands we will visit.