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How Paris Got Hacked?by Brian McWilliams
Paris Hilton's Chihuahua couldn't protect her Hollywood home from a burglary last summer. So why was Hilton counting on her dog to protect her T-Mobile account from intruders?
Despite repeated attacks on her T-Mobile email and telephone records in recent months, the actress and heiress has persisted in using the little dog's name to secure her password at the T-Mobile site.
Like many online service providers, T-Mobile.com requires users to answer a "secret question" if they forget their passwords. For Hilton's account, the secret question was "What is your favorite pet's name?" By correctly providing the answer, any internet user could change Hilton's password and freely access her account.
Hilton makes no secret of her affection for her Chihuahua. Last August, Hilton offered a reward of $5,000 when her beloved pet disappeared after the house she shared with sister Nicole was burglarized.
An anonymous source provided O'Reilly Network with a screen grab, proving he was able to access the contents of Hilton's T-Mobile inbox as of Tuesday morning. Another image confirmed that Hilton's "secret answer" was her dog's name.
Upon being notified Tuesday, T-Mobile corrected the potential security vulnerability in Hilton's account.
Related Reading
Spam Kings, hardcover edition
Last weekend, Hilton's T-Mobile online account was accessed by intruders calling themselves "The Niggas at DFNCTSC." The trespassers posted the contents of her address book, notes, and photo folder on the internet.
In January, Hilton reportedly suspected that a "hacker" had access to her email account and was reading messages there.
It's unclear how those intruders gained access to Hilton's account. A T-Mobile spokesperson said the company is "actively investigating" the situation.
Weak passwords are cited as one of the top twenty internet security vulnerabilities by the SANS Institute.
Account information belonging to Hilton and other T-Mobile users has been circulating in the computer underground since at least late March of 2004. A California man named Nicholas Jacobsen has admitted to hacking into T-Mobile's servers and accessing records on at least 400 customers. (Last week, security professionals openly speculated about how Jacobsen gained access to the wireless provider's internal systems.)
According to court papers, Jacobsen, who used the online alias Ethics, offered to sell the stolen information on an online message board on March 15, 2004. Jacobsen also apparently provided excerpts of the data to friends and colleagues.
A log file of a March 2004 instant-message conversation apparently between Ethics and an associate includes a section containing Hilton's T-Mobile phone number, password, social security number, and other confidential information.
Password hint systems like the one used by T-Mobile are common on the internet. Online service providers including the MSN Hotmail service have encountered security breaches involving attackers correctly answering "secret questions" and then locking victims out of their accounts.
T-Mobile representatives said Hilton uses a Sidekick II, a communication device that offers wireless telephone and internet access as well as a built-in flash camera.
Brian McWilliams is the author of Spam Kings and is an investigative journalist who has covered business and technology for web magazines including Wired News and Salon, as well as the Washington Post and PC World, Computerworld, and Inc. magazines.
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2008-03-27 09:13:01 Free stuff [View]
her t-mobile, along with vin diesel's was hacked becuase t-mobiles have this option that allows it's users to sidestep the 'enter yout password' section of the voice mail if they are calling from the phone that voice mail is set up on.
Security, Security
2005-09-10 02:57:26 IWSEC [View]
Just goes to show how important security is!
Working mirror
2005-02-25 09:14:13 BryanSmith [View]
All the stuff pulled from her phone is here, check it out.
Sounds like T-Mobile's fault to me
2005-02-23 14:30:43 tychay [View]
Seems like the media and Bruce Scheier (who may know everything there is to know about encryption but needs to use the web a little more often) are confusing PASSWORDS with SECURITY ANSWERS.
The former should be hard to guess, the latter should be easy to remember (thus easy to guess).
On nearly every other website out there, answering your security answer DOES NOT allow you to change your password. Instead, it send your password or a link to change your password to your primary e-mail address. The first secures your account, the second secures the sending of access control over an unencrypted communication.
I did something similar to this when I had my notebook stolen and couldn't access my O'Reilly Account.
T-Mobile account system should be requesting a primary e-mail on registration. When I signed up for mine a year ago, I assumed it would send the password via SMS--they use your mobile phone number to secure your login name. Instead answering the security answer allows you to reset your T-Mobile password.
That's plain and simple stupidity on the part of T-Mobile's internet. Paris Hilton's intelligence notwithstanding.
tressermckay: You are probably confusing the MSN report a couple months ago when Paris Hilton's voice mail was hacked with the recent hack of her T-Mobile phone book. These are two different incidents.
wrong, but cute story
2005-02-23 08:54:26 tressermckay [View]
not that people actually care about the truth anymore...
her t-mobile, along with vin diesel's was hacked becuase t-mobiles have this option that allows it's users to sidestep the 'enter yout password' section of the voice mail if they are calling from the phone that voice mail is set up on.
All that was done was that the phone number was spoofed and the voicemail was called. the voicemail believed it was getting the call from the proper phone, and allowed access to the system, per the settings.
nothing as silly as knowing the dog's name
wrong, but cute story
2010-02-10 14:44:16 valmortiz [View]
I work in a mobile phone company, in the IT security area. You'll be amazed to know that 80% of the users chose between a set of 20 passwords, such as address number, dogs/mather/father name, year of birth, etc.
Systems are, most of the time, very secures. Interacting with humans make them to fail....
Vivi - vuelos (http://www.despegar.com.co/)
2005-02-23 06:00:56 Ming Chow | [View]
This is a tremendous article. I have posted it to use in my class "Security, Privacy, and Politics in the Computer Age"


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The mother of Montravius Adams, the nation's No. 2-ranked football prospect by 247sports, finally visited UGA with her 5-star son this past weekend.
And the Bulldogs made quite the impression.
Montravius' mother, Debbie Young, liked it so much that she told the AJC on Sunday night that she ranked the UGA visit ahead of her other college trips, once to Florida and twice to Auburn.
That's a pretty big deal because the 6-foot-4, 310-pound defensive tackle from Dooly County High School has made it very clear that his mother will play a big role in making his college decision.
"I enjoyed Georgia better than the other two places I've been; I enjoyed Georgia real good because … I don't know … they just make me feel like family, I guess," Young said. "Auburn and Florida, they made me feel good. But I just feel more comfortable at Georgia."
Adams, who has not publicly named a favorite college, seemed pleased that his mother finally got to visit UGA and approved of it.
"She said she liked Georgia a lot," he said. "She liked it a little bit more than Florida or Auburn. I think it's because she talked to the coaches more and stuff like that. She told me that Georgia was a place she would like me to go … somewhere she wouldn't mind."
That's a wave of positive news for UGA, which is desperately trying to land either Adams or JC star Toby Johnson at defensive tackle, or both, as it finishes out the 2013 recruiting class – especially since the Bulldogs passed on Mill Creek High School's Kelsey Griffin, who has since committed to South Carolina.
Saturday was the second game that Montravius has ever attended at UGA. The first was last month's win over Tennessee, but that didn't mean as much from a recruiting standpoint because his mother had to cancel at the last minute.
It has been difficult for Young to tour colleges with her son because she works the night shift at Tyson Foods in Vienna, while raising Montravius and her three daughters as a single parent.
UGA appeared to seize a golden opportunity on Saturday, with Mark Richt giving Adams and his mother a lot of personal attention.
"I spent time with Coach Richt, and I enjoyed talking to him … I sure did," Young said. "He knew I had gotten off work late that previous night, and he was trying to make sure I was comfortable and everything.
"(Richt) was also trying to explain the game of football to me. Montravius has been trying to explain football to me, too, but sometimes he gets frustrated with me and says 'Momma, you don't know anything about it.' I'll say, 'Son, I sure don't.' I don't know anything. Well, I know when they make a touchdown. I know that part.
"So I'm still learning football, but I enjoyed the game at Georgia."
Young said her son wants to take her to a game at Clemson and probably Tennessee before they start making important decisions on which colleges to visit and which ones to eliminate.
On the drive back home from UGA on Saturday night, Adams and his mother discussed the day's events. Said Young, "He will aske me 'How did you like this and how did you like that? How did you like the people you were talking to?' I asked him the same questions because, as I always tell him, I know you want my opinion how I feel, but I also want your opinion about how you feel.
"He's the one who has to stay at a college for four years. He's the one who has got to do it. I want him to feel comfortable wherever he goes. I want him to feel just like he would if he was at home."
Almost every recruit wants a parent heavily involved in the decision process, and Adams explained why it was so important to him: "This is the biggest decision of my life. She is going to tell me right from wrong. She always gives great advice. If she tells me she doesn't like a place, that's not going to be a place I'm going to go. Most likely, she's going to be right about things."
Young said the bond between mother and son is very strong because, as a single parent, "I've been both Mom and Dad, and I've been there since Day One. I always work nights but I try to make sure that Montravius and my girls have what they need, and that they don't get into trouble. I always talk to them, and I pray to God for them. Montravius knows everything I've had to do, and that I'm always there for him. I guess that's why it's so important to him that I help (with his decision)."
And just like her 5-star son, Young plays it coy when asked about a favorite school. "Yes, if he likes Georgia, I gave him my blessing to sign there (after this weekend). But I'm not saying where he likes because I don't know. I said 'Montravius, what school would you like to go to?' He will say 'DC.' I will say, 'DC? Dooly County? That DC?' He'll say 'Yes, Dooly County, because that's where I'm at, Mom. DC.' He always jokes with me like that."
NOTE: At Saturday's game, Adams also got to meet his celebrity counterpart, Robert Nkemdiche, for the first time. Nkemdiche is the nation's No. 1 prospect and made an unofficial visit to UGA to watch his brother, Ole Miss linebacker Denzel Nkemdiche, who had two caused fumbles. "It was great to meet Robert," Adams said. "We talked about a little football. We were going to meet up after the game, but I ended up leaving early." Did Nkemdiche try to talk to Montravius about Clemson and Ole Miss? "He said something about Ole Miss … well, he said something about both schools." Nkemdiche is still committed to Clemson but seriously considering Ole Miss because his mother wants both brothers to play together. Robert's mother told RebelGrove.com's Neal McCready that "deep down, deep down, I know he will play for Ole Miss." She also told the website that her son continues to say he is committed to Clemson because he fears public reaction.
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November 5th, 2012
5:36 am
Everybody has to remember that Montravius is a big kid and only 17 years old. I can tell you when my son went to Georgia as a Freshman he was lost and being away from home for the first time was very intimidating. Georgia has a great support system where an upper class man on the team will mentor him and make sure the first few months go smoothly.
I hope he can see that Defensive line is definitely one of Georgia's biggest needs and there is a good chance he could start his Freshman year. I really like this young man not only because he is a great players but mainly he respect his mother so much he actually care about her opinion, unlike a lot of his peers, it his generation.
November 5th, 2012
6:29 am
November 5th, 2012
7:12 am
YEP!—————-Goin-a bee a dawg——congrats
—————robert's older brother was a real steal by the reb's
—————he is a real ball hawk———-congrats—mississippiii
———well on there way o building a SEC DEFENCE—good things for
them in the future
November 5th, 2012
7:20 am
kids that stay in State… close to support groups, friends and family… do better in school and life after sports… Mom works hard at Tyson Foods, I know that.. she will get to see more games in Athens.. In State love from team mates too.. Go Dawgs !!
November 5th, 2012
7:37 am
What a wonderful mama! I'd love to see Montravius in red and black but more than that I hope he makes it to the NFL so his mama never has to work again. God bless her!
November 5th, 2012
7:42 am
Why was this walk-on, Merrill something or other, a walk-on from The Weslyan School, starting at fullback ahead of ZANDER OGELTREE??!! Oh wait, you don't need to answer. This is the University of Georgia. 'Nuff said. 32 years. No wonder
November 5th, 2012
7:43 am
I'm glad Tide Roll is worried about our back-up fullback situation
November 5th, 2012
7:50 am
Soooo, let me get this straight. No on Joshua Dobbs. No on Anthony Jennings. No on Jonathan McCrary. No on Deshaun Watson. No on Nick Marshall. But yes on "Wing -T" Ramsey? That doesn't make sense. Oh.wait, I forgot, this is The University of Georgia. Now it makes sense. do it Dawgs. 32 years. 32 friggin years
November 5th, 2012
7:58 am
You know, maybe y'all do need to answer. Why was this walkon from a private school league starting at fullback ahead of Zander? The answer will go a long ways toward y'all finally acknowledging what your football program truly is.
November 5th, 2012
8:03 am
Tide roll. Go away little boy. You, like all other tide fans, have never, ever set foot in a class room at UA. Much like their athletes. AU and UA are jokes as is your little jerk of a coach. Suck it.
November 5th, 2012
8:13 am
The dawgs need Montravious more than anyone thinks. He's an impact player who could impact the outcome of a football game. Montravious Adam and Johnny O'Neal are the 2 players in this recuiting class that could dramatically improve the defense next season. I just hope he stays in state.
November 5th, 2012
8:26 am
The young man values his moms opinion very much, and I knew she would come away with a favorable impression after meeting CMR and others. Hopefully, he will sign with UGA and stay closer to home. He is a beast of a player and seems like he has his head on right.
November 5th, 2012
8:27 am
Well guess what… Mama's wrong again.
November 5th, 2012
8:28 am
TIDE ROLL…You must have a short memory. Coach Saban was entertaining Mr. Ramsey at Alabame not so long ago. There was an article in the AJC about it. NUFF SAID…
November 5th, 2012
8:30 am
After declining on Kelsey Griffin, Adams is a "must have"!
November 5th, 2012
8:30 am
tide roll…..if you become the next Uni-Bomber, nobody will be shocked!
November 5th, 2012
8:41 am
You bunch of Georgia rednecks can talk about Saban all you want but it was your preacher coach who told Kelsey Griffin he had a schollie then dissed him when he publicly committed. The worse part is Richt could've stopped Kelsey from embarrassing himself because he knew the kid was committing that day but he didn't. Total lack of class by Richt.
November 5th, 2012
8:46 am
Tide Stupid..
So to be a fan you need to have gone to the university?
Makes no sense. We are indoctrinated into fandom. Our parents put red and black or crimson and white pom-poms in our little hands early on. If you were born a little more to the west, you´d be yelling "war eagle".
Ive been to universities other than Alabama- but I´m a fan, like many bulldogs here. Get off you little high horse.
November 5th, 2012
8:47 am
Miley and Tideroll – two sides of the same coin.
November 5th, 2012
8:48 am
Replace your private school center with Chris Burnette, and you get the same results at center as you did at fullback with Ogeltree.. What is it with you guys and private school kids? Your fullback, your right tackle, your center. Pyke, The Long bros., Theus, Andrews, Aulben Bynum? And this Buford connection. Lee, Houston, Nardiello? No wonder you score 7 vs. South Carolina. What are y'all striving to be? DUKE? It's frustrating as hell to watch y'all. Even for us Tide fans. Why don't you do us all a favor and just leave the SEC. Sheesh. 32 years and still going stong.
November 5th, 2012
8:49 am
Wow, what a family…..so easy to root for wherever he goes!!!
November 5th, 2012
8:54 am
Mount Adams, I love and respect my Momma too. Sounds like a very grounded kid and I wish him well wherever he goes…
November 5th, 2012
9:03 am
So MARK. Zander wasn't starting at fullback because he was suspended? For how damn long, 8 friggin games? That's not the answer and you know it. We all know the answer. Y'all just won't admit it. I get so tired of y'all not having the GUTS to stand up and admit what your football program truly is. Hell, Merrill, who was hand picked by your offensive coordinator, "South Georgia" Mike Bobo, would still be starting if not for some injury, and Ogeltree, like the best young right tackle in the SEC, Xzavier Ward, would be standing on the Sidelines. Come on.
November 5th, 2012
9:04 am
Nick Saban had to wait until the extent of Tyren Jones' injury was determined. Since he will be out only two weeks and the injury is not that severe, Nick will take time to call his mom and check on him this week. Luckily for now for Jones, it looks like he want have to accept an offer from Kentucky.
November 5th, 2012
9:07 am
Sounds like a good kid, very humble and not only asks for his Mothers advice, but he listens to it and follows it. More kids should be that way. Go Dawgs and hope he's in Red and Black one day.
November 5th, 2012
9:07 am
Tide Roll has to be a tech fan. Trying to stir it up.There is nooooo way that an SEC fan is that stupid. Unless, of course, they are a Florida or UT fan.
November 5th, 2012
9:08 am
"It's frustrating as hell to watch y'all."
Then why do you watch? After all, you seem to be in agony about the playing status of our backup fullback, our backup center and a high school QB.
Geez, 4 posts about total BS on the UGA program and no mention of Mulligan U's win over LSU. Your team is #1 in the country and yet your first comments are about a backup fullback? You need to save your breath on UGA and focus on thanking Les Miles. Dude made some of the most boneheaded decisions I've seen in a big D1 football game Saturday night.
November 5th, 2012
9:09 am
You trolling for racial confrontations? If you were a coach, you would build your team around skin pigmentation instead of talent. I guess you aren't in favor of affirmative action, are you??? Your post are all the same garbage, not worth printing your racial negativity. It's views like yours,whether black or white, that stand in the way of racial harmony. You see skin color, I see a human being…
November 5th, 2012
9:10 am
Montravius' mother his a hard working Mom trying to help her kids and provide for them. I have a lot of respect for her no matter where he goes.
November 5th, 2012
9:12 am
November 5th, 2012
9:07 am
Tide Roll has to be a tech fan. Trying to stir it up.There is nooooo way that an SEC fan is that stupid. Unless, of course, they are a Florida or UT fan
Tide Roll is a Tech troll. We established that a long time ago.
November 5th, 2012
9:13 am
I like her. I hope her son goes to UGA, then to the Falcons and he treats her to a well-deserved early retirement.
November 5th, 2012
9:15 am
November 5th, 2012
9:12 am
You may be right, but I'm wondering if tide roll is actually a disgruntled UGA "fan". After all, how many tech fans will truly be despondent about UGA's backup FB and a backup OL?
Probably one of the "fire Mark Richt" groupies.
November 5th, 2012
9:16 am
There you folks go if this kid go to another school please don't bash him on here!
November 5th, 2012
9:16 am
Still early in the morning and you have already been schooled by a couple of posters.
A blog is not the ideal place to do this, but since you insist on posting against my recommendation you stay off until my tutoring takes place, here are points in logic. Whether you take them to mind is doubtful (leading a horse to water….).
You are playing a Bama fan on here. In acting out this role, you need to do some homework on Nick Saban and the Tide. Not real smart, not to mention illogical, to criticize private school players (and the racial implications) since CNS utilizes them to great success in Tuscaloosa.
Likewise, whining about quarterbacks like Anthony Jennings and Jonathan McCrary shows you have little idea about Bama's recruiting. I will give you a hint- check out Saban's two QB commits for 2013. With your hyper-racial outlook, you might blow a gasket.
Finally, one last bit of logic- you are supposed to be a Bama fan and should not get upset that all these so-called "great" prospects are passing on Georgia. Newsflash- that is good for your team, you are not a UGA fan (thank goodness) so why are you more upset than the Dog fandom over these supposed recruiting misses?
Another well-deserved F from your tutor for today's illogical rants. Please, please, please do some thinking before posting again!
November 5th, 2012
9:18 am
Montravius, come to Georgia and play tight for me like I wanted Cam Newton to do!
XOXOX, Coach Bobo
November 5th, 2012
9:19 am
A nice article about this young man. Not so much for his ability to play football but for the love and respect for each in that family. Yes he is just 17 years old and yes his mother has done a great job. However there will always be haters. Maybe one he can fix it so his momma does not have to work in that chicken plant. Way to go Ms. Young.
November 5th, 2012
9:20 am
Nope. TR is a techie. Caught him referring to GT as "we" last season. He's still wondering why Reggie Ball isn't starting in the NFL?
November 5th, 2012
9:21 am
Guess he's not interested in your dead-end school…
November 5th, 2012
9:24 am
The hits keep on coming. Tide Roll, my man, you have been carved up like a Thanksgiving turkey. Don't blame me, I tried to tell you.
November 5th, 2012
9:33 am
Zander hit the hole so quickly when he scored his TD. He blocks MUCH BIGGER than his size. He appears to be more athletic, as well. Hall and Samuel can play special teams and make their mark, like R. Samuel d vs Missouri.
We need the most sheer talent on the ground at FB, to make up for the loss of TD scoring potential by Marlon Brown,now gone.
Go dogs!!
November 5th, 2012
9:47 am
Go Dawgs!
November 5th, 2012
9:48 am
Montravius, Come back soon now ya hear, take your shoes off and stay a spell. Thanks for coming to our Homecoming game. We hope you and your mother felt at home. Go Dogs!!
November 5th, 2012
9:53 am
Toby Johnson tore his knee up this weekend, so Adams is a Must!
November 5th, 2012
9:54 am
Funny how all of the Redneck Bama fans were ridiculing Tim Tebow a few year ago when he shed some tears after losing in the SEC Championship game against Bama; but wow AJ McCarron was squaling like a little girl after saturday nights game against LSU. BAMA is nothing but a bunch of Walmart NASCAR loving inbred overweight rednecks.
November 5th, 2012
10:01 am
Tide Roll is the biggest supporter of public education since the teachers union.
November 5th, 2012
10:10 am
Tide roll is a Bama fan, he is a Tech fan. we all know tech is the third best team in the state after Georgia southern…….Get a life. in a few weeks the dawgs will begoing for it's second win in the Atlanta area, 1st Gt next Bama!
November 5th, 2012
10:25 am
It would be nice to bag Adams and convince Nkemdiche to "compromise" and choose Georgia. Nkemdiche clearly does not want to go to Ole Miss, his mom does not like Clemson, so that's what I mean by compromise. She just wants someone around to help keep Robert's head straight. What better way to do that than to keep him closer to home around the rest of the family.
November 5th, 2012
10:25 am
Imagine how many TIDE ROLLS are coming at St. Nicks place today telling him to bench AJ McCarron or other nonsense like that… If Les stays out of the gimmicks Sat. night… they would have walked away with that game… I mean, your QB throws for 300 yards and no picks, your D is stout and wearing Bammy out; your running game is on fire and you LOSE!!!! TIDE ROLL , I HOPE YOU ARE ON LS WHO'S BLOG THIS AM… RIGHT???
November 5th, 2012
10:30 am
Concerned about two things with Adams. He is from a small town and Auburn and Clemson are more small town than Athens. Adams plays in a 4 -3 defense and says he prefers that but is open to the 3 – 4. Toby Johnson , ranked the #1 jr. college prospect, is from Georgia and is seriously considering UGA also. Both are great players but I don't see UGA getting both of them. Hopefully Kwame Gaethers will return for his senior year. UGA has Taylor, ranked #4 DT last year, redshirting. Bummer finally played a top 15 ranked team and showed they are not invincible. Lucky to win. UGA must take care of Auburn, who only lost to LSU by 12 – 10 score. Despite their record this won't be an easy game and UGA better start fast and avoid turnovers. Auburn would LOVE to ruin UGA's dream. Rubin Foster may be getting that tat removed after next week but if he flips it will probably be Bummer as he is from Alabama. Feel bad for Marlon Brown and Michael Bennett – big losses to the offense. Praying for you guys to heal quickly and completely and appreciate you being Dawgs. Hunker down and kick Auburn's butt!
November 5th, 2012
10:39 am
And yet, not a single one of them fellas is considering GT. What up wid dat Turd Roll?


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(a) Each agency shall, in accordance with standards established by the Office of Personnel Management, develop one or more performance appraisal systems designed to—
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(b) Each performance appraisal system established by an agency under subsection (a) of this section shall provide—
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(2) that written appraisals of performance are based on the individual and organizational performance requirements established for the rating period involved; and
(3) that each senior executive in the agency is provided a copy of the appraisal and rating under section 4314 of this title and is given an opportunity to respond in writing and have the rating reviewed by an employee, or (with the consent of the senior executive) a commissioned officer in the uniformed services serving on active duty, in a higher level in the agency before the rating becomes final.
(1) The Office shall review each agency's performance appraisal system under this section, and determine whether the agency performance appraisal system meets the requirements of this subchapter.
(2) The Comptroller General shall from time to time review performance appraisal systems under this section to determine the extent to which any such system meets the requirements under this subchapter and shall periodically report its findings to the Office and to each House of the Congress.
(3) If the Office determines that an agency performance appraisal system does not meet the requirements under this subchapter (including regulations prescribed under section 4315), the agency shall take such corrective action as may be required by the Office.
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2.0 was hacked a while agoOriginally Posted by Modok Gas
Wow. The PSP emulators are really easy to set up. I never got around to it until now. I'm running NES and Turbo Grafx games flawlessly now on my PSP. The analog stick is great for old games. Installation of the emulators is as simple as dragging and dropping files onto the Memory Stick Duo card via a USB reader (or via a USB cable from your PSP).
If you bought the PSP when it first came out in the US you have the 1.50 firmware which is needed right now for emulation since it doesn't have all the Sony security patches.
CAUTION: If you download and install the new firmware or play any recent games, your firmware will be changed to 2.0, which would lock you out of emulators for the foreseeable future.
2.0 was hacked a while agoOriginally Posted by Modok Gas
It was hacked but the emulators aren't working on them yet.Originally Posted by JRMachine
Really? Wow. According to PSPbrew.com, it still wasn't. Glad to hear it. I hate it when companies forcefeed system upgrades.
motherfucker... i have 2.0
will someone notify me when theres anything i can download for it? fuck...
I love 2.0 though, since I can now web surf at Panera Bread Co., change my wall paper, and look at more images, which helps when I read comics or books on my PSP.
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Sure, I'll PM you when I find out when emulators are compatible with 2.0. In the meantime, enjoy the new games... I won't be able to. Some good PSP games will finally be coming out.Originally Posted by BeetlejonnyZ
For some strange reason, I am addicted to Klax.Originally Posted by Lab-Rat
Yep, Punch-Out is great. I played it last on my Gameboy using an NES emulator. It's too bad that there was never a sequel on the NES.
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The craziest idea I've had in a while
It will never happen. I don't even think it should happen. I'm not saying I want it to happen. I'm prefacing this post with that, and it will also be how I finish the post for one reason: there will be somebody who reads this idea of mine and thinks I'm serious, and will take time from his/her otherwise extremely busy day to scold me because it's so ridiculous.
Over in the GROTA shout box, we've been talking about pitching decisions. One reader made the point that if the Cubs traded for Peavy, then Sean Marshall would have to be demoted back to the bullpen - eliciting a series of "duhs" from the listening audience. But this got me thinking ...
What if a team essentially went with a 10 man pitching staff, comprised entirely of starters? They would all be pitchers relegated to entering games on certain days, regardless of match-ups, and they would throw a certain number of innings regardless of consequences. Think about it.
There would be 5 pitchers responsible for starting regularly. They would throw a maximum of 5 innings per start. Never more, never less (unless they were just getting rocked).
After 5 innings pitched, no matter what the score, the "relief pitcher" would come in and throw the remaining 4 innings of the game.
In other words, the 5 starters, if healthy, would average about 160 innings a year. No arm strain there. The 5 relievers would average about 128 innings pitched a year.
For example, if it were to happen this year, it would probably resemble something like this:
Innings 1-5 Carlos Zambrano; Innings 6-9 Sean Marshall
Innings 1-5 Ryan Dempster; Innings 6-9 Neal Cotts
Innings 1-5 Ted Lilly; Innings 6-9 Chad Gaudin
Innings 1-5 Rich Harden; Innings 6-9 Jeff Samardzija
Innings 1-5 Aaron Heilman; Innings 6-9 Kevin Hart
A few factors to note with this ridiculous concept:
- If the starter is a righty, if possible the reliever should be a lefty
- If the game goes to extra innings, the reliever should be capable of throwing into the 12th inning. After that point, it might be necessary to have an 11th spot reliever/starter to step in and go the rest of the distance, however long it might take.
The basic premise of this concept is that starting pitchers are, on a whole, supposed to be better than relievers. Obviously there are relievers who are outstanding at their roles - Carlos Marmol - but it would be a way to 1. save the arms of your starters and 2. get you as many as 3 or 4 saves leaders per season, because any time those relievers inherited a game with a lead, they'd likely be up for the save.
Of course, it would never work. No pitcher would want to be a part of that program. Even if it was a sound concept - and it's not - and your team won, say, 100 games with this kind of pitching staff, the wins would be very evenly distributed between the 10 pitchers on the staff. Your "ace" might have 12 wins, 15 at the most, but since wins mean money he wouldn't want to pitch in such a regulated manner.
Meanwhile, your relievers would all want to be starters themselves and even if they averaged between 10-20 saves each, they'd be pretty unhappy with their situations.
Besides, it will never happen. I don't even think it should happen. I'm not even saying I want it to happen. This is just a process of thinking aloud about a very strange and stupid concept.
Not really a good idea
I realize you aren't advocating this theory, just thinking aloud. But I assume that you're encouraging discussion on it. Aside from the logistical issue of stats, the problem with the strategy is that it takes innings away from your good pitchers and puts them in the hands of your not-so-good pitchers.
Good, healthy starters can comfortably pitch around 200 innings. So say you have two ace starters. You're taking 80 innings away from those guys, and giving them to your 9th and 10th best pitchers (think Michael Wuertz and Neal Cotts). You compound the issue for every additional top-tier starter you have.
For it to work, you'd need to have ten similarly talented pitchers. Otherwise, you're going to lose a lot more games than you would otherwise simply because you'd be exposing your bad pitchers to more innings than they deserve, and overly limiting the innings by your good pitchers.
Also, in the NL, you introduce another problem. Now, you're going to have to bat your pitcher virtually every AB. In the NL, pitchers bat 2-3 times a game. So you're adding anywhere from 1 to 3 AB per game for pitchers instead of pinch hitters. In the AL, this obviously wouldn't be an issue.
It's definitely thinking outside the box, but it's not a good idea. I think you're better off getting good starters and having them go 200 innings than to limit those guys for no reason.
I'm definitely encouraging
I'm definitely encouraging discussion about it ... I just don't want that discussion to be about the crack I'd be smoking were I to actually advocate it.
One good point you've made though is that you'd be limiting innings from your good starters. A solution to that would be to cut it down ... 4 starters, 4 relievers, 1 or 2 garbage relievers who step in for extra innings or extra bad messes.
If you limit your 4 starters to 5 innings a start, that's still going to be 202 innings over the span of a year. If your 4 relievers throw 4 innings an appearance, that's 162 innings a year. Now you're getting a lot of work for - theoretically - some very talented pitchers and you've opened your roster up to as many as 7 bench hitters to compliment your 8 regulars.
The pluses are that you'd have an extremely versatile offense. The negatives are that if you are mandating X number of innings for your pitchers regardless of performance, then a bad day for either the starter or the reliever will be more likely to translate into a loss since there aren't many options for yanking them for another reliever. (Although if you maintain 2 garbage pitchers, you'd probably be able to make it work)
Still problematic
That does increase the innings per season, but not the innings per game. You're still limiting your good starters to 1-2 innings less per game than they would normally be comfortable pitching. And you're introducing danger in that you're basically throwing 8 guys pitching essentially like starters on 3 days rest all season. That may be okay (we may be babying starters these days - I'm no expert there). But it's a dangerous gamble, and you're likely to wear down your rotation by the end of the year without getting more innings out of them.
And again, you're still requiring your 5th-8th pitchers to be similar to your 1st-4th starters, because now they're pitching starters innings. Very few teams have 8 guys who are worthy of 160+ innings, especially considering that you're asking them to pitch all year on short rest.
I'm inclined to believe that what we have currently is closer to optimal. You get your four or five best pitchers and have them go as long as possible. Then, you go to the bullpen and try to isolate matchups with short-inning guys. Perhaps there's something that could be done with the bullpen, but I think you want to try to maximize your innings by your starters each start rather than put restrictions on their appearances and force more innings out of lower-quality guys.
how many starters
Personally, I've long thought 5 was the wrong number of starters to have. Either go with 4, keep them on a short leash, and have a deep bullpen, or have 6, let them go longer than usual, and you don't need as many bullpen guys. I do the latter routinely in MLB Power Pros and it seems to work pretty well -- of course, the fact that it's a video game might affect that JUUUUUST a bit. (outside.)
Crazy Harry
Its good to see even an asinine idea of mine sprout some wings and take flight, despite the fact that such a proposal is destined for a crash landing into the side of a mountain. But really, the cubs currently aren't too far from this concept, aside from Gregg-Marmol-Cotts most of the other arms in the pen have/could contribute as starters. I have played on teams that used a system such as this; really the basic idea here is to take 2 starters and piggy-back them in each game and use them to get through 8 innings & then bring in a closer to finish the 9th inning. Using a system like this is far different from a normal approach, and the biggest problem is striking the balance and finding adequate rest for somewhere near 10 starters while also having 2 or more guys that can close out games. The biggest concern that would keep this from becoming a reality in MLB is the sheer number of games that are played with the scarce number of off days in the schedule. I wouldn't try to schedule 2 starters to pitch each game, but I would consider stretching out the number of starters on the staff and reduce the number of relievers.
If the cubs wanted to make something like this work, they likely would have to amend and fine-tune a few things, but in the short-run the strategy could give opposing teams fits. This is a strategy that I would implement either after the All-Star break or a month before the Playoffs begin, and the reason for that is because I don't think a team could sustain a system such as this for 162 games and the Playoffs. In the 2009 Cubs' case, I can only think of one reason to consider implementing a system like this one - and that reason would be the case in which the Cubs acquire Jake Peavy & lose no one from the MLB pitching staff. Looking at that case alone, I would implement a system with 7 starters, 3 swingmen, and 2 closers. That would give the team a starter for each day of the week, and with the usual one off-day per week a pitcher could be given extra rest or used to piggy-back another starter in the rotation and give the bullpen a day off. In this particular case a 12 man staff would look something like this:
Starters --> Peavy, Z, Lilly, Harden, Dempster, Marshall, Samardzija
Swingmen --> Gaudin/Hart, Heilman, Cotts
Closers --> Marmol, Gregg
However, the idea with this staff wouldn't be for the starter to pitch 5 and then a second starter to pitch the following 4 - each starter would be going out to go as deep into the game as possible. The strategy plays on the strength of the starters keeping arms well rested and many available whenever needed - but to that same end it can be taxing on those 5 (possibly 6) guys in the bullpen. It could work, the team has all the pieces; deep starting rotation - minus Peavy, multiple closers - which the team has, and a few good swingmen - which remains to be seen.
The life of this entire strategy would be firmly rooted in the team acquiring Jake Peavy, Samardzija & Marshall developing/performing as starters, and eternal health for all the shoulders and elbows involved. Without Peavy and Samardzija in the rotation, I simply wouldn't be in any hurry to get Gaudin or Heilman any starts. The bubble has to break with Guzman, Vizcaino, & Gaudin sometime soon because the bullpen has no identity - but many questions concerning the Cubs' pitching staff should be answered in the coming 2 weeks. I doubt having 7 starters is in the planbook though.
similar idea
I believe that it was the late 70's or early 80's that Chuck Tanner (?) suggested something similar. The idea was that you would pitch 3 pitchers 3 innings each. You have the flexability of adjusting the innings based on each pitcher performed or when they came up to bat for a pitch hitter.
That would be fun for the official scorer.
i am not as down on the idea as some, but by saying offensive flexibility is a positive defeats the point, because you wouldnt pull your pitcher for a pinch hitter, and pitchers would have more ABs, just like the first responder mentioned, so that flexibility would be under utilized.


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WAUSAU, WI (WSAU) - A holiday fundraising tradition exceeded their goal. The 16th annual Festival of Trees raised $158,000 in support of Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services.
Kalynn Pempek is the Executive Director for Aspirus Health Foundation and Volunteer Services. She says the event at Stoney Creek Inn just after Thanksgiving was well attended. "Around 4,000 people attended this year to visit during the general hours to view, I think, about 105 items this year. Those could be anything from Christmas trees to wreaths to centerpieces."
She says the sales and auctions passed their goal by eight thousand dollars, and has been set aside for a specific purpose. "Our gross fundraising goal was $150,000 and we exceeded that goal because of the generous support of our entire community. We raised $158,000 dollars, and that funding will help support the Aspirus Comfort Care and Hospice Services program, specifically to help us fund what we call the community care bedrooms at our Hospice House."
The festival featured more than 100 holiday trees, wreaths and specialty items. Pempek says they are especially grateful knowing that there are many fundraisers, and the community has continued to help them.
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Apple execs explain Beats acquisition as HP remains a Beats partner through end of the year.
Samsung announces prototype Simband personal health tech monitor with open cloud service.
BMW sees China as biggest electric car market, as Mercedes-Benz gives Chinese officials unprecedented access.
Pepsi Max unveils Idris Elba-directed short film (above) as part of #FutbolNow campaign.
Fender names U2's Bono and the Edge to its board.
Amazon tells customers to shop elsewhere in Hachette spat.
AriZona iced tea brand founders fight over brand value in court.
BlackBerry CEO defends strategy.
Bridgestone set to become Olympics sponsor.
Cadbury grapples with brand jihad in wake of pork discovery.Continue reading...
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Posted by Mark J. Miller on January 29, 2014 02:56 PM
Emotions are running high ahead of the 2014 Winter Olympics that are set to debut in less than 10 days. General excitement, but deep reservations about the global event being held in Sochi, Russia have dominated discussions leading up to the start of competition on Feb. 7, with concerns over security and athlete and spectator safety top of mind following Russia's condemnation of the LGBT community and threats of terrorism.
That may be part of the reason why marketers tied to the Games seem to be focused on the personal stories of Olympians and not the Games themselves. Everyone from Blue Diamond almonds to Citi Bank and P&G are telling tales of personal hardship and triumph in the face of adversity—a sobering topic in the sports world and beyond that has seen direct attacks in the past year.
Aiming to inspire and motivate while the swirl of protests build around them, brands are highlighting little-known and star Olympians, their families and their support systems in various ways across multiple media channels.Continue reading...
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Apple settles FTC complaint over app charges on kids with deal to refund $32.5 million, while China Mobile eyes iPhone sales bonanza, with more than 1 million pre-orders ahead of Friday's launch.
Microsoft may pay $2.6 billion to Samsung and others to make Windows phones as rumors cite Ericsson CEO to replace Steve Ballmer.
JCPenney plans to close 33 stores and slash 2,000 jobs.
AOL unloads most of Patch to private equity firm.
AT&T ends long-running American Idol sponsorship.
Axe features Kim Jong-Un lookalike in Super Bowl spot.
Best Buy reports holiday sales decline.
Charter is talking with Comcast about new bid for Time Warner Cable, report says.
Citi replaces debit cards after Target data breach.
Facebook revamps ads to compete with Google.Continue reading...
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The Big Game
Posted by Mark J. Miller on November 6, 2013 12:52 PM
Super Bowl marketing is usually larger than life, and there will be no exception for this year's big game taking place at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey. And while brands have some big plans for their ad lineup, no one's will be quite as big as A-B InBev's.
The world's largest brewer is teaming up with Norwegian Cruise Lines to play host to some 4,000 guests aboard the brand new Norwegian Getaway—which will be turned into a Bud Light-themed hotel from the Thursday before the game through Monday while it docks in New York, USA Today reports.
The passengers will experience a five-day party complete with Bud Light-branded everything, from pillows and hand towels to shampoo bottles, as their accomodations stretch across the cruise ship and onto the adjacent Intrepid Air and Space Museum. The ship, museum and pier will host concerts, business meetings and other events over the course of the 5-day dock.Continue reading...
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Posted by Dale Buss on September 16, 2013 09:36 AM
Danone accused of bribing hospitals to use its powdered milk in China.
Gap returns to TV advertising after four years.
Whole Foods Market plans to open store in low-income Chicago neighborhood.
Absolut launches global "Transform Today" campaign.
Boeing closes in on South Korean fighter-jet deal but Dreamliner runs into more turbulence.
Chili's plans to install tabletop computer screens.
China Telecom cuts iPhone subsidies.
Chrysler reluctantly moves toward IPO soon.
Citi hypes double points in New York.Continue reading...
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Posted by Dale Buss on May 17, 2013 09:16 AM
Dell reports 79 percent drop in profit as takeover battle continues.
Dow Chemical is ordered to pay $1.2 billion in price-fixing case.
Google Glass expands apps and integrates Facebook and Twitter.
Apple fights back in antitrust case over e-book pricing as it loses luster in global poll.
Audi shifts to high-performance models to propel sales.
BlackBerry regains lost market share in Canada.
Citigroup bans traders from using Bloomberg terminal chat groups.Continue reading...
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Posted by Dale Buss on May 16, 2013 09:20 AM
Walmart posts mixed results, expects "challenging" quarter; earnings report also discloses $73M expenses related to foreign bribery probes.
Microsoft to Google: We need APIs to fix YouTube app.
Abercrombie & Fitch signs Bangladesh safety agreement as deadline passes for Gap deal.
Apple defends brand (but not Steve Jobs) in US book price-fixing suit.
Boeing and GE hunt for engine defect in 777s.
Campbell Soup uses digital marketing to target Millennials.
Capri-Sun targeted by German ad watchdog for misleading marketing.
Cisco profit is boosted by services.Continue reading...
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Posted by Sheila Shayon on May 3, 2013 03:37 PM
New York City's Citi Bike bike share program is finally ready to launch, with 6,000 bikes and 330 docking stations spreading in Brooklyn and Manhattan, but plenty of New Yorkers have already found something to complain about.
The just-placed docking stations are causing parking and delivery problems for residents and business owners. According to CBS Local, drivers are being forced to stall their vehicles in no standing zones while others have noted that the docking stations block loading docks and drop-off points. "I don't know how we're going to be able to operate really now effectively. It's sad, dramatic negative impact," Carlo Giurdanella, owner of Bella Tile told CBS.
'Installation frustration' is just the beginning of the gripes that city-dwellers have with the bike share program. It's been noted that the Citi Bike rules include a statement about overweight riders, effectively banning persons over 260 pounds from using the bicycles. Appalled by the statement, many are calling the program discriminatory and the rules unfounded.Continue reading...
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Ding dong, the wicked show is axed. Hoo-ray. Yesterday, Oxygen canceled plans to move forward with that detestable special, All My Babies' Mamas, focusing on marginally talented rapper Shawty Lo's circus of a life with his 11 children and the 10 women who birthed them.
It was fittin' to be the baby mama of all reality shows, but classy as it sounds, a petition against it garnered some 37,000 signatures. Black leadership publicly decried it and a whole host of national organizations co-signed their outrage. You know you done went too far when the NAACP gets involved.
Oxygen higher-ups held out as long as they could against the backlash, pulling the executive equivalent of the ol' hands-over-ears, blah-blah-I-can't-hear-you trick to avoid taking ownership of the negativity their aspiring cash cow was causing. Everyone wants to come up with a great idea, but no one wants to take the heat from its backfire. But apparently, the protests got overwhelming and tipped the scales back onto the ethical high road.
"As part of our development process, we have reviewed casting and decided not to move forward with the special," a network representative said in a statement. "We will continue to develop compelling content that resonates with our young female viewers and drives the cultural conversation."
Well, if they aspire to do that, the network should've never even entertained the thought about broadcasting that nonsense in the first place. Haven't we suffered through enough grody-ness of other reality shows that have denigrated and made high-visibility stereotypes out of black folks, with an especially big bull's eye on women? But I can applaud them for conceding and pulling the plug on the All My Babies' Mamas drama, for whatever reason they decided to do it. Inasmuch as some folks were protesting, best believe plenty more were going to watch that train wreck, just like they do all the others (though this one did set the bar just a little bit lower). So that's money lost.
Speaking of which, Shawty Lo is also out a paycheck, so methinks he's gonna have to support his 11 children in some other way—and I'm almost positive it's not going to be from that rap career. In an effort to wage his own protest, bless his heart, he's launched his own change.org petition to put it back on the air. That dude is scrambling and I would feel sorry for him, but here's the thing: you don't have 11 kids by accident. So you decide to have that many babies from unprotected sex with a whole sorority of random chicks, you need to have a plan to take care of them. And it shouldn't hinge on a reality show or a fledgling stint in hip-hop.
At the time of this post, 123 don't agree with me and signed on their agreement that he should be on air. Wonder how they would feel if they heard the rumor that, in the midst of all this, he's expecting his 12th child? Word on the street is this polyamorous playboy has knocked up another foolish, foolish woman.
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don't believe that this show should be on the air at all! It's a poor depiction of the black community and I'm glad to hear that so many others agree! He should get a respectable job and take care of his children the right way. He owes them that much as they are the victims in all of this. I can't believe the women in this whole ordeal. They all must be delayed or just that hungry for fame that they would shelve their common sense and partake in this foolishness. That's a shame that this individual thinks it's so cool to have so many "baby mamas" and is trying to profit off of his stupidity and irresponsibility...then again isn't that what almost all reality TV is all about?
Are people really that bored that they need to resort to watching trash like that? Come on!
I don't understand how a woman could be with a man with that many children with that many mothers. He is obviously irresponsible and selfish.
Honey boo boo, Teen Mom, Love and Hip-Hop, and the Bad Girls club needs to be cancelled to!
The fact that this got cancelled restores my faith in humanity.
Unfortunately, this is one sterotype that has a basis in reality. 67% of black children are being raised in a single parent home, according to statistics. As women, we must love ourselves (and our future children) enough to be very discriminating about who we sleep with and when. The children are the ones paying the price in this ridiculous situation.


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Gay-Straight Alliance Network and members of our National Association participated in the Dignity in Schools Campaign [1]'s 2013 Week of Action on School Pushout, Sept. 28 - Oct. 5. Learn more about school pushout and how we took action below!
GSAs can download our guide on school pushout and the Week of Action here [2].
The Dignity In Schools Campaign has a full list of events [3] happening across the country this week, including rallies, gatherings, and marches by the statewide GSA networks in Missouri, Arkansas, California, Wisconsin, Georgia, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Vermont, and Colorado. [Read about the Missouri event here [4] and a student perspective here [5]!]
Together, GSA Network and members of our National Association also released a statement in support of restorative approaches to school discipline [6] on Wednesday, Oct. 2, the restorative justice themed day of the Week of Action.
Read one GSA Network youth's experience with school pushout in The Advocate [7] and listen to GSA Network youth talk about LGBTQ students and pushout in Tuesday's Dignity in Schools Campaign video:
School Pushout = school policies, practices and procedures that make it more likely for students to leave school instead of finish it.
These include "zero tolerance", harsh discipline, unsafe schools, and schools with lots of police but little money or resources. These policies are much more likely to impact LGBTQ students, students of color, immigrant students, and students with disabilities. Students who get pushed out are more likely to end up in jail or juvenile detention.
Queer youth are more likely to be suspended and expelled, even for defending themselves or others from bullying like Cheyenne:
Cheyenne, a queer student and foster youth in CA, was suspended for "willful defiance" when she tried to stop the anti-gay bullying of another student. "As a foster child, if I get in trouble and am suspended, I can lose my ability to attend that school and I can also lose my foster home," said Cheyenne, who had to beg to be given an in-school suspension instead of being thrown out of school for two days.
On average, states spend $88,000 a year to incarcerate one youth, but only $10,000 to educate one.
During the week of Saturday, September 28th through Saturday, October 5th students across the country will be participating in actions, protests and demonstrations to end this trend and demand that communities: Invest in Solutions, Not Suspensions! Counselors, Not Cops! The National Week of Action [3] is organized by the Dignity in Schools Campaign [1].
We encourage all GSAs to share the message: #GSAs4justice push back against #SchoolPushout!
Make a message meme like the one above andd share it on October 1st: Take a picture with your GSA, group of friends, or just yourself!
1. Write this message on a sign, chalkboard, or white board: [NAME OF YOUR GSA/GROUP] pushes back against [ISSUE IN YOUR COMMUNITY]. Examples of issues you can address:
- School Pushout
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- the #School2Prison Pipeline
- Cops in Schools
- Criminalization
- Transphobic Policies
- Unfair Dress Codes
- Willful Defiance
If you don't want to name your GSA, or you're creating the meme on your own, write out the message: #GSAs4Justice push back against #SchoolPushout!
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Write what your GSA is "for!" Some ideas:
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- [YOUR GSA] 4 #CounselorsNotCops
- [YOUR GSA] 4 #SolutionsNotSuspensions
- [YOUR GSA] 4 Justice
2. Pose with the message and take a picture!
3. Upload your picture on Tuesday, October 1st to Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, or Tumblr with the hashtags #GSAs4Justice, #SchoolPushout, and #WoA2013. If you have trouble uploading the picture, you can email it to firstname.lastname@example.com [8].
Facebook: Go to GSA Network's Facebook page [9] (or GSA Network of California [10], if you're in CA) for images that you can use to change your GSA's Facebook banner and profile to support the Week of Action and show you're a GSA 4 Justice!
GSA Speak Out! Host a youth speak out in your GSA about what issues are facing your GSA members. Here are some sample questions: --Are any of us worried about not graduating or are considering testing out? -–Do we know LGBTQ youth who should go here but don't any more? –Do we feel like we've gotten different discipline treatment from administrators than straight students?
Hold a Students Forum on School Pushout: Invite other student social or activist clubs at your school to a "Students Forum" on School Pushout in your school.
Go to Dignity In Schools Campaign for more information, posters, and materials: http://www.dignityinschools.org/our-work/week-of-action [3]
[1] http://www.dignityinschools.org/
[2] http://www.gsanetwork.org/files/aboutus/DSCWoAguide-web.pdf
[3] http://www.dignityinschools.org/our-work/week-of-action
[4] http://stlouis.cbslocal.com/2013/09/29/push-back-against-school-push-out/
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[6] http://www.gsanetwork.org/news/gsa-network-statement-support-restorative-approaches-school-discipline/100213
[7] http://www.advocate.com/commentary/2013/10/03/op-ed-why-i-asked-repeat-ninth-grade
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