Jon McAlister

"The Massachusetts legislators tried to take this into account in establishing a legal definition for bullying. The sheer number of words they used demonstrates the challenge. Bullying is the severe or repeated use by one or more students of a written, verbal, or electronic expression, or a physical act or gesture, or any combination thereof, directed at another student that has the effect of: (i) causing physical or emotional harm to the other student or damage to the other student's property; (ii) placing the other student in reasonable fear of harm to himself or of damage to his property; (iii) creating a hostile environment at school for the other student; (iv) infringing on the rights of the other student at school; or (v) materially and substantially disrupting the education process or the orderly operation of a school." - Jon McAlister from Bookmarklet

Huh. "In this area, Texas' size and history of independence has enabled it to jump-start a new industry. The state has its own electricity grid, which is not connected to neighboring states. That has allowed it to move swiftly and decisively in deregulating power markets, building new transmission lines, and pursuing alternative sources. "We can build transmission lines without federal jurisdiction and without consulting other states,"" - Jon McAlister from Bookmarklet

Cool diff of the numbers and impact of the first house bill, the senate bill, and the new house bill. - Jon McAlister from Bookmarklet

The tsunami waves should appear in the bay area around 1:30pm this afternoon... - Jon McAlister

"Iran's telecommunications agency announced what it described as a permanent suspension of Google Inc.'s email services, saying a national email service for Iranian citizens would soon be rolled out." - Jon McAlister from Bookmarklet

ha ha HAHA sad - Jon McAlister