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Google Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt is not a fan of Microsoft Microsoft, and isn't at all afraid of the rise of social media. In a recent speech, Schmidt also explained the move into cloud computing would fuel the rise of their Android operating system and Chrome browser, in detriment of the PC and Microsoft. Finally, the former chief executive of internet giant criticized the government for the NSA leaks, asking for less surveillance and telling the crowd to fight for freedom of speech and their own rights, omitting Google's involvement in censorship in China and spying at home.
Speaking at the Magazine Publishers of America 2013 annual conference in New York, a combative Schmidt touched on a variety of issues and presaged a bright future for Google. Asked whether he was concerned about the rise of social media, with Facebook Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn LinkedIn leading the pack, and the threats to Google's search-based business model, Schmidt explained "the good thing for [us] is that there is so much information [being created] that it's hard not to be overwhelmed."
Interconnectivity can be "monetized," Schmidt said, which is why Twitter is pursuing an IPO, but that will only lead to opportunities for Google as search and social work together. And while he mentioned Google+, Schmidt didn't touch on their social network's stagnation vis-à-vis its competitors.
Looking into the future, Schmidt said we are in the midst of a transition that occurs every 20 years, as increasingly content is consumed on smartphones and tablets, and as the internet migrates into the cloud. Taking a stab at Microsoft, he noted the dominance of the PC over Apple's Macs, adding "we all screwed up [on that one]." Building apps that are integrated with the cloud and the web, Google has created a strong platform in their Chrome browser, which he believes could dethrone Microsoft as "no one" is building apps on Windows. With a PC, a native app can get any task done, yet it's not compatible with the web, with sharing, storing in the cloud, and with location-based services.
Finally, the Google exec spoke about the NSA scandal. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden opened Pandora's Box by releasing a treasure trove of files documenting how U.S. intelligence has been tracking and spying on its citizens, global leaders, and international corporations. Schmidt noted that 100% of our phone calls and 70% of internet traffic is being monitored by the NSA, and the Snowden leaks could lead to the balkanization of the web, as cultural and regulatory differences result in differentiated internet regimes across the globe. "The fact that these tools allow you to do this doesn't mean you should do this," Schmidt added.
He also spoke about filtering, blasting China for their intense censorship. What he didn't note is that Google has aided the Chinese government in enforcing its so-called Great Firewall of China. "You need to fight for your freedom," Schmidt, said, adding, "free speech is very important." Schmidt also made no mention of the fact that Google has monitored its users as well. The so-called Wi-Spy controversy is an example, where Google's Street View cars were also sucking in information from open Wi-Fi networks, as my colleague Kashmir Hill has reported.
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But what else would Eric say?
He is hardly going to say, "Microsoft has great cloud services and they are making monies"
Nor would he say, " windows is super strong and not going away, we really hope we can sit our products on top of it and pretend to the world it is not there.."
But he might try to downplay competitors and big up his team….
Google speak…a bunch of crap.
"With a PC, a native app can get any task done, yet it's not compatible with the web, with sharing, storing in the cloud, and with location-based services."
Is he serious? He obviously is living under a rock or is confident his audience is outright stupid to buy this blatant lie.
Alternatively if you store your data in Google or chrome apps getting the data out is a nightmare, and that is the way companies like google want you to be, that way they can control you since access to your own data is extremely limited. Sure you can export to csv and the like but integrating is a nightmare and even if you do get it done google make changes on a whim and breaks your integration.
I caught his comment about Microsoft not being able to run apps. What a flat out lie.
it goes to show you, that if he can lie this blatant to his target market and no one called him on it, we are in serious trouble as a human race, people are jut getting dumber, as for Apple products being easy to use, most people I know with an iPhone can barely use 5% of the features and they are always looking for help to fix issues, I just tell them go to the Apple Store.
Every 20 years? Transitions like the one we are going through happen once, twice, in the entire existence of a intelligent life species. We are trying to evolve from a type zero civilization, into a type one. We are becoming accessible to each other, & need to leave our criminal, & welfare behaviors.
Tech is making for all access society. Yet we are in the midst of struggling to shed the creation of welfare & criminal behaviors which originate in fear based barbaric myth religions, such as the bible. Without a successful transition away from these myths, we will become more chaotic, & unstable.
Unfortunately science is an abject failure, when it comes to the promotion of sociological science as a viable alternative to fear based myth. Science appears to be unaware of how much power myth has. & is offering atheism as an alternative, while promoting the welfare state agenda. Neither of those is any better than the church.
We can all be connected. As soon as we eliminate the influence of the bible, we will eliminate crime & welfare. We will eliminate our need of government. So here we are in this odd posture of waiting to see what happens. Will humanity gain it's liberty? Will we somehow recognize that worshiping wrongly will cause our extinction? There are many revolutions going on now. There is a medical revolution under way. All of these we will have to evolve in order to enjoy.
If we do evolve, we will become very god like, to our little teeny intellects of today. The magnitude of brilliance in natures' plan is barely ever fathomed. Rich gods, with a firm grasp on the very real truth about how nature was designed for a species to advance in this way. Into a being with optimum capabilities that we will use in tandem with the sublimely designed natural universe. It is not only that most of our faults will cease to be, it is that the perfection of natures design will allow us all to believe that she is god. Once we, of course, rid ourselves of the ash rendering of every human heart, bible.
"omitting Google's involvement in censorship in China and spying at home":. Really?
Like Google moved to Hong Kong to avoid Chinese censorship or that Google required a legal order from the US government to release data. Kissing up to the yellow journalistic owner of this magazine are we.
Google mining data in Europe has gotten them censored much more than in the US. They take personal privacy much more seriously than we do. We don;t know what Google is doing, but it probably is close to an NSA type scheme.


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By SCOTT AUST
Voters may get to decide next year whether to use sales tax to pay for a new building designed to locate four court-related services agencies near one another.
On Monday, the Finney County Commission again discussed building options with Youth Services, Community Corrections, District Court-Court Services and the Juvenile Detention Center.
The agencies proposed in April to build a new facility next to the JDC for Youth Services, Community Corrections and Court Services, but two weeks ago told the commission they were also considering buying or renting used buildings.
The four agencies are located in offices across the community. Community Corrections and Youth Services lease office space at 601 N. Main St. and 2701 N. 11th St., and both leases, paid for by the Kansas Department of Corrections and Juvenile Justice Authority, respectively, are set to expire next summer. Court services is located at 405 N. Eighth St., and JDC is at 507 W. Santa Fe St., both owned and maintained by the county.
The goal of the building project is to eliminate areas of overlap, duplication or repetition of services.
Randy Partington, county administrator, said little has changed since the last commission meeting. The commission needs to decide whether it wants to spend money on a new building, renovate an older building or do nothing and let the agencies continue their current lease arrangements.
"The one thought you might want to give to the Commerce Bank building is whether that is the right location for people who are in corrections. It's the most visible building in the downtown area," Partington said.
The Commerce Bank building on Main Street was one of the existing buildings discussed two weeks ago. It has adequate space, but would likely require some remodeling and renovation to make it ADA accessible.
Agency directors indicated being under one roof will provide benefits such as sharing resources and improving efficiency.
"If we're all together in one location we can play off each other's strengths. Then we have less people going out into the community untreated ... because we're all right there," Katrina Pollet, Juvenile Detention Center director, said.
Pollet said being spread out means increased time for driving back and forth between locations, which is inefficient. By being located near each other, the agencies could share some programming and strengths and make the community safer, she said.
Pollet feels strongly about building a new facility next to the JDC.
"Having all the offenders in the county report to the Commerce Bank building, I just don't think there's going to be a lot of support for that," she said. "I just think having (offenders) all in one location where we can work on a treatment program is very important for this community."
Jim Perkins, Youth Services director, said having everyone under the same roof provides a better chance for all the organizations to strategize in a climate of state budget cuts and limited resources. "Having the opportunity to sit down and bounce ideas off each other and plan is a real plus to relocating down at the JDC. I realize there are budget concerns. The cost of building is not insubstantial, but I think the benefits in the long run point toward that as a long-term solution."
Initially, the groups estimated a new, 18,000-square-foot building might cost around $2 million. After an architectural study came back with a $4.36 million price tag, the agencies looked to scale back and came up with a 21,895-square-foot version for an estimated $3.57 million.
Commissioners raised the possibility of a ballot issue next year asking the public to pay for the project using sales tax.
Commissioner Dave Jones said he is supportive of the project's concept, and would be willing to consider a funding option that uses revenue other than property taxes. Jones said instead of studying it to death, the commission should start moving toward a goal.
"If the goal is to see if there's a way to build a facility down by the Juvenile Detention facility ... we need to start exploring that before very long," he said. "If it's to buy something, we need to have that discussion. I'm pretty reluctant to be buying old buildings, myself, and I'm real reluctant to buy high-priced bank buildings. I'd err on the side of trying to build something new, but we've gotta make it affordable."
Partington said he will work with the county's bond counsel on preparing a resolution for the county commission to consider next year that would put the issue on the ballot. The next scheduled election in the county is an August 2014 primary.

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By Marty Kirkland
More than one area prep wrestling coach's preseason evaluation this year includes concerns about youth, inexperience or the need to grow up quickly — or at least by January, when postseason duals take place.
But if area wrestlers need a lesson that being young doesn't have to mean waiting to be successful, they need look no further than the example given by The Daily Citizen's 2011-12 All-Area Wrestler of the Year, Dalton's Sidney Wheeler.
A sophomore last season, Wheeler made a surprising run through the postseason that ended with him on top of the podium at the state traditional tournament in Duluth, where he knocked off West Laurens senior Demetrius Green 18-12 in the Class 3A 182-pound final to become the first Catamount to win a state title since 2004. Wheeler gave a lesson in determination, too, having to fight off his back in each of his five victories at state to win the title.
But while Wheeler's example is there for all to see, he might be more eager to deal out punishment than advice — he's back this season as one of the local favorites for more area, sectional and state honors as the prep wrestling season begins in Northwest Georgia.
Here's a look at what the season might hold for each area program.
Coahulla Creek
Anthony Thomas didn't have much company last season, the Colts' first on the mat, but the coach will have a little more this year.
"We'll have fewer holes," Thomas said, "but we'll still have a few holes."
As Coahulla Creek has grown as a school in its second year, so has the wrestling program, said Thomas, who now has fuller classes to choose from at each grade. But he'll count most on the core of wrestlers who stuck it out last season, a group that includes lone senior Tucker Sheram and juniors Alex Hefner, Labron Kendrick and Francisco Sanchez. The latter was the only wrestler to advance beyond the area tournament last season for Coahullla Creek, which is still waiting for its first state qualifier.
Hefner is expected to compete at 152 pounds and Kendrick at 145, while either Sanchez and Sheram is likely to fill the slot at 120.
"I like that core of kids," said Thomas, whose team moves from Area 7-2A to 5-3A this season. "They've got a little more experience, and they know how important it is to be at practice every day and work, so I hope it pays off for them. Sometimes you see kids work hard and bust it, but they don't get quite the success you would want for them. But so far they're doing it the right way, showing up and working, so in a month or so we'll see how much success they've had."
Thomas has also been pleased with a freshman class that has been "eager to learn" and shown fight in live wrestling during practice. Jake Dean (120/126), Cody McKinney (160/170) and Austin Cronan (285) are among those in the group that have caught Thomas' attention.
"This freshman class has a little more meanness in them, a little more fight," Thomas said.
Although a couple of weight classes appear to be crowded with talent for the Colts, Thomas was expecting Friday's wrestle-offs to start spreading the ranks out among the lineup.
"I always tell them I'm not going to tell them to lose weight or go up," Thomas said. "But if the other kid beats you, it helps you decide that."
Coahulla Creek will open its season Wednesday at home with the Coahulla Thanksgiving Duals, which will also include Adairsville, Armuchee, Dalton, North Murray, Northwest and Ringgold.
The Catamounts start the season with their third head coach in less than a year, but Michael Keefe hopes to bring some stability to the program after Charles Mitchell left midway through the 2011-12 schedule and Richard Garrett stepped down for health reasons in September.
Keefe, an assistant under Mitchell from 2008 to 2010, spent the past two seasons as head coach at Dade County. But he was always eager to return to Dalton and isn't planning on going anywhere else now that he's back.
"Dalton, to me, was by far one of the best schools I've ever worked at," said Keefe, a 2005 NCAA All-American at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. "I just wanted to get in the door however I could."
Keefe was hired this summer as an assistant but said he knew that Garrett — who retired from a previous stint as head coach in 2004 but stepped in last season when Mitchell took an administration job at Tennessee's Hixson High between semesters — might not coach much longer, and that he might have a chance to take over.
One thing that made Keefe glad to be back was the memory of what the Cats accomplished during the 2008-09 season, when they swept the Area 7-4A traditional and duals titles, finished fourth at the Class 4A state traditional tournament and were runners-up at the Class 4A state duals.
"I'm excited because I know what the kids at Dalton can do. I know their potential," Keefe said. "My first year I was amazed. I saw a team that, once you convinced them they could win, the sky was the limit."
The Cats were hit with a mass exodus after Mitchell left, but some of those wrestlers have returned this season, Keefe said, and Dalton's practice room is full enough that he's not worried about filling out a lineup. What he does have to contend with is a big disparity in experience.
While he can count on returning starters Dylan Carlile (126), Larry Fernandez (220) and Wheeler (182/195), Keefe knows he'll need some others to make gains over the next few weeks to be a complete team. But he's less concerned with perfect technique than attitude and effort, so conditioning is being emphasized to make aggressive wrestling possible early on.
"I want people to watch our matches and say, 'Those kids at Dalton always outwrestle their competition,'" Keefe said.
The Cats, who have moved from Area 7-3A to 7-4A, open their season Wednesday at the Coahulla Thanksgiving Duals.
Murray County
For most prep wrestling coaches, the first half of the season is a time to wait. Wrestlers are working toward the weight classes they'll finish the season in, lineups are anything but set, and until teams have been tested against those in different colored singlets, it's hard to know exactly what a team is capable of.
As Murray County's coach since 1992, Chris Thornbury is well aware that's how it goes.
"It's just working a puzzle," he said.
That doesn't mean he has to like the process.
"I have zero patience," Thornbury said with a laugh, "so it drives me crazy."
With some big losses to graduation, Thornbury might be even more eager than usual to start figuring out who can fill the holes for the Indians as they replace half of their starters from last season. With a roster that is dominated by underclassmen — Murray County has 12 freshmen, 10 sophomores, three juniors and four seniors — it's more likely than not some youngsters will have to step up for Murray County to have a good year.
Impatience aside, that actually isn't a big concern for Thornbury.
"When I look at it, I say, 'Well I don't have any state qualifiers from last year coming back,' so I initially think, 'Boy, we've got our work cut out for us,'" Thornbury said. "But then you go in and watch these kids practice and work with them, and they're great. I like our team. It will be interesting to see where we go, but I think these kids can be successful. If they'll just battle, they'll be OK."
Domingo Bautista (113), Christian Torres (140), Drew Crumbley (152), Chavitta Perez (160), Kevin Chavez (170/182), Clay Thornbury (182) and Willy Amador (195) all started for the Indians last season, so they'll be counted on to set an example of how things are done in the practice room and on the competition mat.
"If we've got an advantage, it's that's we've got some tough kids," coach Thornbury said. "They've just got to become better wrestlers. That's a whole lot better than having good wrestlers you've got to make tough."
The Indians, who have moved from Area 7-3A to 7-2A, begin competition Tuesday with a home dual against Coosa.
North Murray
North Murray's Steven Colley begins his third season in charge with a room full of Mountaineers — he had more than 50 wrestlers practicing as of mid-week — and a revamped coaching philosophy he believes is already making a big difference for his team.
Looking for an edge and ways to improve his program this offseason, Colley reached out to legendary coach Cliff Ramos, who led Collins Hill to nine team state titles in 16 seasons before stepping away from the mat in 2010. Ramos now works at Greater Atlanta Christian in an advisory role for that school's wrestling program, but he was willing to share some wisdom with Colley, who was eager to take it.
Ramos told Colley many things were on the right track at North Murray, but he did have a few suggestions. Colley has changed his approach to preparation, making practices shorter and more focused while largely handling conditioning and strength training outside the wrestling room. So far, the elimination of down time during practice has increased the energy when the Mountaineers are there.
"We're way ahead of last year as far as kids working hard, and I'm not nearly as stressed," said Colley, who said the assistance of Steve Granger and Ron Budden has made early practices smooth. "We'll see how we do, but I think the kids are going to be fine."
If he can maintain the team's numbers, the volume of wrestlers at Colley's disposal will be a major asset in January, when postseason duals arrive and the ability to shift quality athletes up and down in the lineup can make a huge difference in the coaching chess match. The Mountaineers will host the Area 5-3A duals this season, welcoming teams to their spacious gym on Jan. 4-5.
Among those likely to lead the way early on for the Mountaineers are seniors Kayla Webb (106) and Brandon Brock (138/145) and juniors Elias Lechuga (126/132) and Ethan Center (160/170), who is the only returning state qualifier for the Mountaineers. But a good crop of freshmen and some other newcomers reaped through Colley's recruiting push in the school's hallways mean that it won't only be those with experience making contributions this season.
"I think we'll be competitive," Colley said. "We will have some growing pains, because I do have some young guys ... but I feel like we'll be competitive everywhere we go."
The Mountaineers open their season Wednesday at the Coahulla Thanksgiving Duals.
Northwest's colors may be orange and blue, but for at least a while, green might be a more appropriate shade of singlet for a Bruins roster full of youngsters who have yet to be tested.
Of the 40 wrestlers in coach Allen Tucker's practice room as of this week, 29 were underclassmen — so he's ready to put them on the mat as soon as possible and find out who might be prepared to handle the most important matches in January and February.
"We're going to get all the mat time we can early and hopefully come together by Christmas," Tucker said. "We're young and green and we've got a long way to go, but I like this bunch. They work hard and they're a good bunch of kids."
The Bruins must overcome the loss of a talented senior class that included state qualifiers Dustin Pendergrass (145), Jared Haws (170), Brian Whitmire (182) and Adam Selby (285), and having a small number of upperclassmen means there are fewer experienced hands to push younger wrestlers during practice.
But Tucker will count on the veterans he does have — like senior Sean Coley (145), who took fifth a year ago at the Area 7-4A traditional tournament — until everyone else can catch up. Senior Victor Lopez (285), who backed up Selby a year ago and took fifth in his only varsity tournament, will also be counted on to step up quickly, and juniors Braden Howard (132) and Alex Reynolds (132), plus sophomores Blake Hayes (106), Dylan Renard (126), Will Rittenhouse (170) and Jordan Pittman (170) could be major contributors.
Wrestle-offs will only be part of the process for Tucker as he starts building a postseason lineup. Events like the junior varsity tournament the Bruins are hosting today will give him another piece of the puzzle, and he'll take more than one wrestler at most weights to varsity duals in the first half of the season. Eventually, he'll know who can take the pressure.
"The ones that are looking good in practice and the ones that do good at the JV tournaments, you make sure you get them some varsity matches as we get closer to Christmas," said Tucker, whose team will begin varsity competition Tuesday at Gordon Lee.
The Bruins remain in Area 7-4A, but the surroundings have changed as state powers like Cass, Heritage-Catoosa and Gilmer have moved into the league.
"We want to be competitive in our region and fight into the top four and battle those guys," Tucker said. "This is a tough region ... but we just want to improve every week and see a kid every now and then win a match he's not supposed to win or beat a kid that beat him earlier in the year."
Michael Herndon is no longer a rookie head coach, and with 10 returning starters, his Raiders can't be called inexperienced either.
And here's one more thing to worry Southeast's opponents — the Raiders' second-year coach is pretty high on some of his freshmen, too.
"Both of our feeder programs do a great job of giving us good guys," Herndon said. "... We get four or five guys every year we can rely on who will eventually be starters."
Herndon was pleased with the Raiders' offseason work, which included workouts twice a week and trips to four or five tournaments, meaning several wrestlers began this preseason with the experience of 25 summer matches and as many learning experiences. Those summer road trips also helped team chemistry and prepared the Raiders for their return to even more difficult practices in the fall and winter.
"We've been working very, very hard," said Herndon, who was an assistant for one season before taking over at Southeast last year. "I think we're kind of ahead of where we were at this point last year, and I think a lot of that is that I kind of have an older team."
Just one of the Raiders' five state qualifiers from last season graduated — returning are fifth-place medalist Omar Ruiz (113), a sophomore, plus junior Austin Allen (160/170) and seniors Lester Paucay (145) and Carlos Fraire (285/220), a state runner-up — and their lineup is packed with wrestlers Herndon believes are capable of big things. It starts with freshman Chris Rosas (106) and continues up the ladder through senior Aaron Thomas (120), senior Jesus Dominguez (126) and freshman Tyler Brown (138), among others.
With some talent bunched up at the lower weight classes, the Raiders have some work to do in spacing out their lineup, but Herndon believes the group has plenty of potential.
"I'd like to send half our guys to sectionals again," said Herndon, whose Raiders make the move from Area 7-3A to 7-4A. "Especially in the area we're in, with Gilmer and Heritage and now Cass, if you can get half of your lineup out of the area, that will be a good year. We'd like to add another state placer ... and we'd hopefully like to try to have a state champion. I know a lot of them are looking to be state champions. It's a very difficult task to accomplish, but that's their goal and our goal, and hopefully they'll be able to do it."
Fraire is an obvious contender for that prize after going 49-7 last season and losing 3-2 in triple overtime in the Class 3A 220-pound state final.
"He knows he has the ability," Herndon said.
The Raiders will be the first area team to take the mat for varsity action, opening their season today at the Alexander Duals in Douglasville.


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Southern Vermont College offers the following degrees and minors in The McCormick Division of Business:
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Minors: Students in The McCormick Division of Business may not pursue a minor within the Division. However, they are encouraged to use their general electives to obtain a minor from another division. This decision will require careful planning with the student's advisor.
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The Southern Vermont College McCormick Division of Business offers baccalaureate programs that will provide students with the skills and competencies to face the current challenges and opportunities of a dynamic and globalized business world. The Division fosters an exciting learning environment where students integrate business theory, skills and technologies with an entrepreneurial spirit. This learning environment stimulates the students' intellectual curiosity, builds critical-thinking skills, encourages ethical behavior and develops leadership ability.
The Business programs provide a strong overview of general business fundamentals (Business Administration) or Entrepreneurship. Business Administration students may pursue individual professional tracks in management or sports management.
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Just Embrace Being a Party of the Past
Since the GOP is hell-bent on driving away voters they need to win, here are a few ideas to help them along.
Scientists believe that dinosaurs roamed the earth until their extinction 65 million years ago. The religious right believes dinosaurs were with us until six thousand years ago. They're both wrong. Anybody who watched the Conservative Political Action Committee conference last weekend or the Republican Party for the last few years knows the giant reptiles are still with us.
On Monday, the Republican National Committee released its own research on voter attitudes towards the GOP. The RNC study reports than Americans see the party as "narrow minded" and full of "stuffy old men." These are the RNC's words, not mine.
The RNC report also states that the party has to find better ways of getting its message across to the public. This will be much easier to do than changing Republican policies that the public finds so disturbing: things like killing Medicare, opposition to attempts to curb violence against women, and protecting federal tax freebies for big oil.
[See a collection of political cartoons on the Republican Party.]
Here are my ideas for promoting the Republican brand.
The Major League baseball season starts on April 1 and I've come up with a great promotional tie between MLB and the GOP. The Republican Party can sponsor "Turn Back the Clock" nights with each of the major league teams to demonstrate the party's commitment to the past. Wouldn't it be great to see Paul Ryan, John Boehner and Mitch McConnell wearing the throw back rainbow uniforms of the 1970's Houston Astros or the brown and yellow uniforms made unpopular by the San Diego Padres?
[See a collection of political cartoons on Paul Ryan.]
A new brand needs a new slogan and I've come up with some ideas. Since the GOP is hell-bent on driving away the voters they need to win, I thought I'd help them along. It's the least I can do to put the party out of its misery. This is what I came up with.
Vote GOP to Turn Back the Clock: Republicans do fine with seniors, but the party is woefully inept with the fast growing population of millennials, voters born since 1982. A good example of the GOP's problems is the growing support for gay marriage. ABC News and The Washington Post released a new national survey Monday showing that support for gay marriage is at a record high (58 percent favor-36 percent oppose). Ten years ago, a large majority of Americans opposed gay marriage. An overwhelming number of millennials support gay marriage and support for the idea will grow as these young people become a larger proportion of the electorate. [Read the U.S. News Debate: Is the GOP's Problem in its Strategies or its Policies?]
Only Real Men Vote Republican: The GOP research report indicates that voters feel that the Republican Party is full of "stuffy old men." If the GOP doesn't change, the only people who'll vote for the party will be stuffy old men. Maybe that's why it is known as the GOP for Grand Old Party. Former First Lady Laura Bush told an audience that the Republican Party "frightens" many women. Republicans love to talk about rape and a majority of the Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives voted recently against the Violence against Women Act.
If you have any ideas to rebrand the GOP, feel free to comment here and send them to RNC chair Reince Priebus. The new RNC autopsy states that Republicans were far behind Democrats technologically. John McCain, the 2008 GOP presidential nominee, didn't use email and Mitt Romney's campaign manager, Stuart Spencer, refused to use Twitter. I don't know if the GOP has email or Twitter yet. So you might want to send your ideas to the RNC via snail mail at 310 1st St. SE, Washington, DC 2003.


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T-shirts are the building blocks for any good wardrobe. It's not the kind of thing that "everyone has one" of. Everyone has a dozen of them. Some people base their entire wardrobe around t-shirts. Like jeans, you can never have too many t-shirts. They are inexpensive, easy to size, and make the perfect gift. Below are ten of our all-time favorite creepy tees from our gift guide.
Sad Psycho
Being a psychopath can be sad and lonely. No one understands that sometimes when you walk in with a bloody severed head under your arm, sometimes you need a hug. Wear your mental illness on your sleeve with this "Sad Psycho" tee. Use it to identify other sad psychos -- maybe you can form a support group. "Sad Psycho" is available both as a t-shirt and a zip-up hoodie, for both guys and gals. This is a reprint of the Threadless classic, so grab it while it is still in stock!
Edgar Allan Poe
"I became insane, with long intervals of horrible sanity," wrote Edgar Allan Poe once of his mental state. Many can relate to the mind-numbing madness of having to face life with one's full faculties intact, so why not slap that slogan on a t-shirt and proclaim to the world the overrated quality of mental cohesion? It probably won't win you any job promotions or romantic attention from the opposite sex, unless someone is willing to grant you extra credit for citing literary references, but at least you'll look cool, in a creepy loner kind of way.
Available in either t-shirt or tank top style.
Lou Pine's Beer
This Lou Pine's Beer tee is the perfect way to celebrate your fandom without looking like a tool. The cleverly-obvious name of the True Blood werewolf bar and beer allows you to wave your were-flag without wearing a tee that has three wolves howling at the moon. Far more interesting than a standard logo shirt or - worse - a cast photo shirt (hello 1985), this Lou Pine's shirt will offer a wink to fellow Trubies without labeling you a geek.
Eat at Joe's
What could be more American than roadside diners and zombies? Artist Steve Thomas combines these two comfortingly creepy motifs into one, kick-ass t-shirt. See, it's a zombie waitress, and instead of telling you to Eat at Joe's, she wants you to Eat Joe. Get it? Thomas is a commercial artist and illustrator who, while not sketching for the man is creating fantastic intergalactic travel posters and video game propaganda done in mid-century modern. Psst! The tees are also available in girl sizes.
Know Your Zombies
"Know Thine Enemy." In case of the zombie apocalypse, being able to quickly identify your zombie attacker will help you decide the best way to lay waste to them, thereby increasing your chances of survival. The crawlers, having little left of their original body, can essentially be squashed under your heel. Sneak attack is easy with the shamblers, who are broken, battered shells of their zombie selves. Walkers pose a bit more of a problem, as they can see any attack coming. Your best bet against a runner is a firearm, so keep that ammo handy. Thrillers are most dangerous if they hear a funky beat, so stay out of the nightclubs.
Friday the 12th
We've all felt that disappointment. You get all dressed up in your best killing fatigues, shine up your hockey mask, and sharpen your machete... then you realize that Friday the thirteenth is next month. Share the pain with this cute tee - then spread the pain with your machete (metaphorically, of course).
Zombies Kill People
A shirt that would make Charlton Heston proud. In the new world order, it will be true: "Guns don't kill people. Zombies kill people. Guns kill zombies." It is the best defense of gun ownership I have ever seen. While you are checking out this shirt, check out the seller's other items. With a store name like Zed's Zombie Ranch, you are not likely to find faerie wings.
Blood Diner
We've all been to those creepy roadside diners with the mysterious "meatloaf," the waitress that is just a few short steps away from becoming a zombie, and the distinct feeling that you could become the next blue plate special. Even if you don't remember the 1987 horror/comedy Blood Diner, you can still enjoy this wacky tee - and hopefully gross out your dining companions at the same time.
Worst Case Scenario
You're walking down a dark alley, maybe on the way home from baseball practice. You hear a noise. Metal on concrete. Shuffling footsteps. Dripping goo. You stop, then you laugh to yourself. This is real life. What could possibly be behind you? This tee shirt gives you an idea.
Best Friends Forever
Casper gets a buddy on this T-shirt by artist Melinda Santillan, who designs under the label Adieu. Specifically inspired by the "ghost friends of her childhood," the tee comes from a collection inspired by, among other things, "funeral flowers, pinatas, Baudelaire, and true crime TV." These are a few of my favorite things.


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SOA Application Design
In this article by Matt Brasier and Nicholas Wright, the authors of this book Oracle SOA Suite 11g Performance Tuning Cookbook, we will look at the ways in which you can design your application for high performance.The topics that will be covered are:
- Using BPEL process parallelization
- Using non-blocking service invocations in BPEL flows
- Turning off payload validation and composite state monitoring
- Designing BPEL processes to reduce persistence
- Using parallel routing rules
- Setting HTTP timeouts for external HTTP services
- Tuning BPEL adapter properties
Performance Tuning – Systems Running BPEL Processes
This article is written by Ravi Saraswathi and Jaswant Singh, the authors of Oracle SOA BPEL Process Manager 11gR1 – A Hands-on Tutorial. This article covers performance tuning of SOA composite applications for optimal performance and scalability. The industry leading practices for the Oracle SOA Suite platform components, WebLogic server platform, JVM, operating systems, and load balancers are also included.
Performance tuning is an important step for any IT system implementation to optimize the systems and software resources needed for serving business functions. In other words, performance tuning enables us to optimize the system cost and performance to stay competitive in the market place. The process of performance tuning is iterative and in this article we will look into various systems and software components tuning options to optimize BPEL processes response time, scalability and availability, and underlying systems utilization.Read Performance Tuning – Systems Running BPEL Processes in full
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Let's take a look at the life cycle of services in an SOA. Controlling and communicating the life cycle is important in your organization. Consumers need to know the stage of a service, to decide whether they can use it. Providers need to keep track of versions and support changes that are requested by consumers, without creating chaos or a big financial burden caused by supporting too many versions at the same time. Tooling can help keep track of the services in your organization, including their stage and version.
In this article by Lonneke Dikmans and Ronald van Luttikhuizen, authors of SOA Made Simple , you will learn how to control the service life cycle and versions in your SOA and understand the role tooling plays in this process.Read Life Cycle Management in full
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In a typical business flow in BAM, business data moves from various upstream data sources to Oracle BAM, which internally processes and pushes the data to IE browsers for report rendering. As different technologies and BAM Server components are involved, it could be time-consuming and challenging to identify and solve the problem if anything goes wrong in this flow.
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Quality is a key to success of service-oriented projects. Utilization of proper tools is important to the outcome of web service testing methodology. Being the leading open source web services testing tool, soapUI helps to build robust and flexible automated tests in a productive manner.
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Certification is the first big step towards getting yourself recognized in the extremely large developer community. It demonstrates that you have a working knowledge, and gives you an edge in the market space and employment space. It helps you to get a better salary through promotions or increments in a few cases. Completing the Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation Certification develops your conceptual and real-world understanding of the primary components of Oracle SOA Suite, including BPEL process engine and Oracle Service Bus, and will allow you to become familiar with the Service Oriented Architecture concepts.
This article by Kathiravan Udayakumar, author of Oracle SOA Infrastructure Implementation Certification Handbook (1Z0-451) will provide key points to be remembered for the 1Z0-451 Oracle SOA Foundation Practitioner exam and other additional details that are required to understand Oracle SOA Suite in detail.Read 1Z0-451: Oracle SOA Foundation Practitioner Exam Reference in full
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In this article by Matjaz B. Juric, author of the book WS-BPEL 2.0 for SOA Composite Applications with IBM WebSphere 7, we will familiarize ourselves with some important activities offered by BPEL, particularly activity names, loops, delays, empty activities, and process termination. We will not discuss concrete use cases where these activities can be used, because they are well known to developers. Let us first look at loops.Read Advanced Activities in BPEL in full
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The ACC mens basketball tournament will have a different look this year, and not just because Syracuse will be playing in it for the first time.
Its a marathon now, ACC commissioner John Swofford said. It will be a very different tournament.
The tournament will open March 12 in Greensboro Coliseum, as it goes from four days to five to accommodate 15 teams for the first time. That first day will feature the bottom six teams in the standings seeds Nos. 10-15 but the upside is that it will be quite a bargain.
The ACC has spun off the first day of the tournament into its own orbit, selling single-day tickets for $35 that include all three games and a concert by country star Scotty McCreery between games Nos. 2 and 3.
That first day hopefully will be an opportunity for people to be able to come who havent been able to get to the ACC tournament before, especially some of our younger fans, Swofford said.
The four top teams wont open play until Friday and the tournament will conclude on Selection Sunday as usual. For a team in the ACCs bottom six to win, it would have to win five games in five days much like the run Kemba Walker and Connecticut made famous in the 2011 Big East tournament.
• Speaking of Walker, that was a big step when the Bobcats won a game Saturday when big man Al Jefferson had one of his occasional off nights and scored only six points. Walker filled the breach with 31. He is quietly having a superb season.
• With Bank of America Stadium hosting an international soccer match on Aug. 2, one of the possible dates for the Carolina Panthers annual free Fan Fest day was taken away. But Panthers president Danny Morrison said Fan Fest one of the teams most popular free offerings will still be held this year. The date has not yet been determined but will likely still be in early August.
• While Swofford would not say whether he thought the controversial call at the end of Saturday nights Duke-Syracuse game was right or wrong, he did say: It was a great day for the ACC.
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Syracuse coach Jim Boeheim was ejected after throwing a tantrum when Syracuses C.J. Fair was called for a charge instead of Dukes Rodney Hood for a block with 10 seconds to go. Fairs layup went in and a no-call would have meant the game was tied. A foul on Hood would have given Fair a chance at a go-ahead free throw.
I thought Hood should have been called for a block and that Boeheim had a legitimate point. But I also thought Boeheim did his team a big disservice by losing his cool, getting two quick technicals and erasing what was still a small chance at winning the game.
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Ford Motor says its most popular vehicle, the F-150 pickup, will be offered with a compressed natural gas engine starting in the 2014 model year, giving contractors and vehicle fleet owners the potential for big savings in their annual operating costs.
Though customers will pay about $10,000 more to buy the CNG version of the F-150, they could see a payback on their investment in as little as two to three years because natural gas prices are so much cheaper than gasoline or diesel fuel, according to Kevin Koswick, Ford's director of North American fleet, leasing and remarketing operations.
The reason, of course, is the huge growth of fracking in the United States, which has unlocked abundant supplies of inexpensive natural gas. CNG sells for an average of $2.11 per gallon of gasoline equivalent, and as little as $1 in some parts of the country. The national average for unleaded regular gasoline is $3.66.
For fleet owners, that can make a huge difference in their business. AT&T AT&T, for example, is deploying 15,000 alternative-fuel vehicles by the end of 2018, including 650 F-350 chassis cabs with CNG engines it purchased recently from Ford. Those alt-fuel vehicles have helped AT&T avoid purchasing 7.7 million gallons of gasoline over the past five years, and reduce the company's CO2 emissions, said Jerome Webber, AT&T's vice president of global fleet operations.
Automakers have been offering large heavy-duty trucks that run on natural gas for some time, but Ford is the first manufacturer to offer a natural gas version of a half-ton pickup. Ford will now have eight commercial vehicles with a CNG option, including its Transit Connect van and wagon, popular with taxi fleets. Ford is on track to sell 15,000 CNG-prepped vehicles this year, a 25 percent increase over 2012. After the F-150 is added, that growth rate should accelerate, the company says.
The F-150 with a 3.7-liter V6 engine will be available this fall with a $315 factory-installed, gaseous-fuel prep package that includes hardened valves, valve seats, pistons and rings so it can operate on either natural gas or gasoline through separate fuel systems. Customers would then choose a Ford-approved vehicle modifier to supply fuel tanks, fuel lines and unique fuel injectors. The conversion is expected to cost about $8,000 to $10,000, said Koswick.
The CNG tank, pressurized to about 3600 psi, typically rides in the bed of the pickup, although Ford said some suppliers have found innovative ways to store it underneath the vehicle, ensuring owners get the full use of the pickup bed.
The CNG F-150 can get up to 750 miles on one tank of gas, depending on the tank size selected. The F-150 averages 23 miles per gallon on the highway.
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I think Ford is planning to make a killing in the conversion. I've seen how gasoline engine are converted into a natural gas vehicle and the cost would not even reach $800. In Asia, they do this for less than $250
Whether or not you are correct, I can assure you that a safe, high pressure tank alone would cost more than that. I can't attest to the idea that it would cost $8,000 to $10,000 per vehicle for this conversion but I can promise you that $250 to $800 for this conversion consists of terribly inferior, uncertified and unsafe components. The cost of a 3,600 psi tank, alone, would cost more than this.
Forgot to mention that according to the article, Ford only supplies the prep kit at a customer cost of about $315. The remainder of the costs go to independent specialists that complete the conversion process. I'm not sure I'd classify the $315 Ford option as making a killing.
Hockey-player is correct. A certified tank costs in the range of $800-$3500 depending on what type of tank and the size. As for the asia market, they are essentially dumping a hose in the intake manifold. Yes they may run, but not cold start, drive or act in any way like a OEM vehicle.
Now all terrorists will have to do is buy a FORD and light the fuse and step away… Beautiful just beautiful. Our Government really has it's head up it's butt… Ford didn't say how under powered these vehicles will be and how low temps will drastically affect these vehicles.
Folks keep your money in your pockets and don't fall for this crap please… These N.Gas engines will not produce enough heat to even make the transmission shift correctly at low speeds….
Tim I guess your a mechanical engineer with a masters. Not. Every Bus, garbage truck, and lots of UPS and FED Ex vehicles are running on this stuff with no problems. Town of Babylon's entire fleet runs on it and we had the coldest winter in years last year and the hottest summer no PROBLEMS. You are I would imagine an anti fracker who just does not see the light.
A terrorist couldn't take the fill cap off a gasoline vehicle, and turn it into a Molotov cocktail…?
Let's see… how big a screwdriver do I need to pop the gasoline fill door?
Ford will get sued and recalled if the trans-ies don't shift (which they will anyway.)
performance will not be hindered as you might think, N.G. is already a vapor, (when regulated and injected to the motor) no chance of raw liquid fuel causing pre-ignition, pings or spark knocks, its cleaner for the environment and after 5000 miles your oil looks like you just changed it that morning, motor runs cooler yes,, but that's a good thing and its only about 15 to 20 degrees cooler,, and the engine doesn't determine the trans, temp,, the trans has its own cooling system (most vehicles now a days) friction of the clutches and load on trans, determines its temp, now the cost,, its a lot cheaper converting t yourself or have a qualified shop do it for you, but that might void and warranty on said vehicle,,
What country do you live in ?
Everything you mentioned above, is ran on diesel fuel here. I have seen LP conversions, however they are rare.
Tim, you are terribly uneducated about CNG vehicles. Natural Gas burns at +125 octane, making the power and especially low-end torque in my 1997 Ford F-250 CNG BETTER than it's gasoline equivalent.
Tim, Why post things you don't know anything about? These CNG powered Ford's are engineered to operate the same as the gasoline equivalents. In fact most people can't even tell which fuel the vehicles are running on. As for the ridiculous terrorists comment, NG has a very narrow flammability range, much less than gasoline. A pool full of vapor gasoline is much more deadly than NG. NG is also lighter than air so it just rises, unlike gasoline which sits on the ground and vaporizes.
Ford is Smart they are making the first move toward a good reliable clean homegrown energy source. Thank you Ford. Now get Mike Rowe on it and start spreading the word.
Ford playing catchup and trying to make itself look superior again. I'll take a Chevy any-day over an over rated Ford.
when the LNG exportation starts in volume and the overseas price 5X higher becomes the norm here, you will pay a fortune for fuel just like the rest of the country. Permits are being approved in volume for exportation to india and china right now. this is a recipe for another raping of the us populace… its not the annser to anything but more corporate profit at the expense of taxpayers. How do you profit from LNG Vito?? It aint clean, it wont be cheap and its gonna get exported. Case closed.
… and we go fill 'er up, where?
Pretty much any where. CLNE good stock to invest with news like this.
NOTHING NEW CHEVY EL CAMINO HAD A VERSION THAT RAN ON PROPANE IN THE 60s I KNOW CAUSE I SERVICED SOME AT MY 76 STATION IN EL SE GUNDO CA .
Ford is playing catchup with the GM trucks and somehow always try to makes itself look like a better truck than the rest.
I take a Silverado over a F150 any-day, especially the new 2014 Silverado.
That Silverado will be at the mechanics in about 15,000 miles, due to incredibly bad parts GM now uses – have fun with that bill.
Ford playing catchup and trying to make itself look like the best truck on the market. I take the Chevy Silverado over the Ford any-day.
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Natural Gas prices for consumers who install a pump in their home (garage or exterior) from San Diego Gas and Electric (Sempra) is as low as $0.70/GGE (gas gallon equivalent). You will need a $4,000 compressor/pump and a licensed plumber to install it, usually at a cost of $1500, so while the cost is cheaper, unless you have more than one CNG car, it may not have the ROI you're looking for.


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— Funeral services for Alfred D. "Fred" Comer Sr., 75, of Salem, will be at 11 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 19, at Kraft Funeral Service, Spring Street Chapel, New Albany, with burial in Kraft-Graceland Memorial Park. He died Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013, at St. Vincent Hospital in Salem.
He was born Dec. 29, 1937 in Lawrence County, Tenn., to the late Albert and Etta Hill Comer. He was the widower of Flora Blair Comer, a long-time former resident of New Albany, and worked for Temple & Temple Excavating Co. until his retirement. He was an Army veteran, member of the Salem Moose Lodge and the Veterans of Foreign War.
Survivors include a daughter, Tracy Cook and husband, Travis; sons, Danny Comer and wife, Karen, and Robert Comer; nine grandchildren, Alyssa, Regan, Nathan, Thomas, Violet, Marshall, Josh, Jennifer, and Kylie; four great-grandchildren, Gaby, Ella, Gracie, and Joslyn; sister, Laverne Martin and her husband, Hollis; and brothers, Jake Comer and wife, Betty, and Morris Comer and wife, Marti.
He was preceded in death by his wife, parents, and a brother, Lowell Comer.
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The Lest We Forget Project is the inspiration of Blake Seward, a history teacher at Smiths Falls District Collegiate Institute, in Smiths Falls, Ontario. Concerned that the contributions of those who died serving in the First World War have been largely forgotten, Seward began researching the military history of his own great uncle, who fought and died at Passchendaele. Seward soon realized that this type of research would be an exciting way to make history come alive in the classroom. It would give students the opportunity to document the life stories of the men and women who served in the First World War.
Through the keen interest of the students in Smiths Falls and Seward's leadership, schools in Ontario and in other provinces adopted the project. Although originally based on the Ontario educational model, the project can be adapted and applied to meet curriculum expectations in every province.
Since its inception in 2001, the Lest We Forget Project has expanded into a national project coordinated by Library and Archives Canada and others. The public can also undertake similar research by visiting the Genealogy and Family History Web site at Library and Archives Canada.
Seward's commitment to teaching Canadian history has been recognized by a number of awards, including the Veterans Affairs Recognition Award and the Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence. In 2006, he was awarded the Governor General's Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History.
What began as a class project has become a national success story.


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CHAPEL HILL — Police on Thursday evening charged a man with a string of Thursday morning break-ins at stores along Southern Village's Market Street, which is where they arrested him.
Caleb Hopkirk-Ridlen Hill, 33, was arrested shortly before 8 p.m.
Police charged him with four counts of felony breaking and entering, three counts of felony larceny, one count of attempted breaking and entering to commit larceny and five misdemeanor counts of damage to the store that were entered.
Lt. Josh Mecimore said all the break-ins happened in the overnight hours Thursday.
Hill, who is not listed in an arrest report as having any permanent address, was being held in lieu of $25,000 bail at the Orange County Jail in Hillsborough and was scheduled for a first court appearance Friday.
In July, Hill was put on two years probation after being convicted in Orange County of felony breaking and entering, larceny and possession of burglars tools and given a suspended sentence, according to state prison records.


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Wednesday, March 4, 2009
© Copyright 2014 Gwinnett Daily Post
LAWRENCEVILLE - According to the Georgia Division of Public Health, flu season is officially under way in Georgia and the virus has reached widespread status, meaning cases have been reported in at least half of the state's regions.The good news is it's not too late to get vaccinated, health officials said. "It is always a good idea to get the flu vaccine soon after it becomes available every year. However, flu activity can occur as late as May," said Annalise Monte, an occupational health nurse at Gwinnett Medical Center. "So, getting a vaccine later in the season can still offer protection in most years." Monte said the vaccine takes about two weeks to provide protection and cannot protect you from flu viruses already in your body, nor will it provide protection from non-flu viruses. This two-week period often helps fuel the misconception that a "flu shot" causes the flu. "Sometimes people will get the flu soon after taking the vaccine and relate this illness directly as cause and effect of the vaccine," she said. "Many people state to us in occupational health, 'I got the flu.' However, when you start to ask them more questions, what they really have is the common cold." For those who would rather wait to treat the flu if and when they get the virus, Monte said that might not be the best idea. "Flu viruses can change within the course of one flu season," she said, "and some changes can result in the viruses being resistant to one or more of the antiviral drugs that are used to treat flu." Monte said there is also a small window available for taking these medications. Tamiflu, for instance, needs to taken within 48 hours of the first symptoms. "Then, of course, there is always the possibility of suffering from side effects such as nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, dizziness and headache," Monte said.
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Former UGA players take different paths to where they are today, teammates again in the NFL
CINCINNATI -- The locker room of the Cincinnati Bengals is oval-shaped and very large. There are rookie lockers in the middle. Everybody else gets a larger cubby against the wall.
This serves as the professional home for seven men who played college football at Georgia. Same college team, same pro team.
But how they got to this point -- and where they can go from here -- are seven different stories.
The veteran
Robert Geathers stands by his locker and smiles.
I started it off, Geathers said with a wry smile. Thats why they kept coming back.
He was the first Georgia player the Bulldogs put in this locker room, at least in this era. Geathers was here even before David Pollack and Odell Thurman came and went quickly. Since then, he has seen the other six Georgia Bulldogs players join him in the Bengals locker room.
Geathers wasnt one of the big names at Georgia. Hes not one of the big names in Cincinnati. But hes still there, entering his 10th season, giving the Bengals a pretty good return (104 games started, 33 sacks) on a modest investment (fourth-round pick).
When I was at Georgia, I could barely step on the field, Geathers said. I started one year, but 10 years down the road, started eight years with the Bengals. So you just never know. Its about being at the right place at the right time and taking advantage of it.
Geathers has also personally witnessed the metamorphosis of a franchise. The Bengals were the NFLs punch line and punching bag when he arrived. Now the team has made the playoffs three out of the past four years and has a measure of respect around the league.
Its been good to be a part of it, Geathers said. Theres no one left from the locker room from when I got here, in 04. So to be a part of it, and for them to recognize that Im a key part of it, to continue to build off of that, its quite amazing.
The rookie
No, Shawn Williams has not changed in the half-year he has been gone from Georgia. Ask him a question, hell still tell you what he thinks.
Last year, Williams arguably saved Georgias season by calling out his own defense before the win over Florida. Now hes in camp with the Bengals, who made the strong safety a third-round pick, and could be the only rookie who starts for the team.
So did Georgia do a good job of putting him in this position?
I think I did a good job myself, of learning from other peoples mistakes and not wanting to be the guy that everybodys talking about, that they have to stay on, Williams said. (Georgia athletics director Greg) McGarity kind of spoke highly of me for always being in the right places and doing the right things. So it carried over.
Being brash doesnt mean youre not right. Around Bengals camp, the word that keeps coming up with Williams is intelligent. Its a big reason the Bengals wanted him.
We just feel like, from his experience at Georgia, he was one of the guys that was a team leader, a guy who really understands football, head coach Marvin Lewis said.
Still, Williams describes training camp as like starting all over again. He has to show the veterans and coaches that hes worthy of being in the NFL. Just like he had to do at Georgia, when he arrived as a three-star recruit.
Probably two (stars), Williams says, smiling and looking ahead.
And here he is now.
It just goes to show you no matter what the (recruiting) stars, at the end of the day that (stuff) goes away and dont really mean anything, Williams said. You got people that are no stars and five stars here.
The five-star
A.J. Green felt for Chris Conley. Green was watching the SEC championship last year, and he saw Conley, the Georgia receiver, make the catch in bounds after the ball had been tipped.
Oh no, Green thought.
Thats every receivers instinct, to catch the ball, and not bat it down, Green said. You dont know to drop the ball.
Its hard to drop a ball when youre good, which Conley is. But Green was great at Georgia, as he was expected to be, and he has been great so far in the NFL, which he was also expected to be.
The fourth overall pick in the 2011 NFL draft has made the Pro Bowl each of his two seasons, and he quickly emerged as one of the top receivers in the game.
And, on the personal side, he just got engaged to his longtime girlfriend, whom he met at Georgia.
Im still the same person, Green said.
Thats what the teammates who knew him at Georgia also say. And going even further back is defensive end Carlos Dunlap, who played against Green in high school in South Carolina.
Same guy as he was in high school, Dunlap said. He just goes about his business and lets his work on the field speak for him.
Green also said he doesnt worry anymore about the only blot on his resume: The jersey-selling incident, which cost him the first four games of his junior year. One cant help overlooking that Greens No. 18 Bengals jersey is now all over Cincinnati.
No matter what, I can get paid for anything I do, Green said, with a smile.
The guard
The media has formed a horde around Greens locker. Across the room, there is one lone reporter around Clint Boling, which is one more reporter than normal.
Boling laughs, saying its just like college, even when he was the unofficial spokesman for the Georgia offensive line in 2010.
And even then I didnt even talk to too many people. Its one of those things Im used to, Boling said.
Hes in his third year, the second as a starting guard. He alternated between tackle and guard at Georgia, while in Cincinnati he has been going between guard and center.
Boling earned a starting spot. Next step: Establish himself. Stay in the NFL for a decade or more.
Youve just gotta be consistent, youve gotta come out every day to work and expect to get those things done, Boling said. But as long as youre a consistent player and do what youre supposed to do, youll be able to stay in the league awhile.
The fullback
Orson Charles has had to change course. For years, he was ticketed for the pros at one position: tight end. He started there for Georgia. He was first-team all-SEC. The Bengals drafted him as one last year.
But then they drafted another tight end this year. In the first round. So now Charles is a fullback. It might be his best shot at making the team.
Last year, everything was working at breakneck speed, said Charles, who caught just eight passes as a rookie. I was on special teams, trying to learn the offense. Now I pretty much know the offense but Im learning a new role. So Im taking that in, special teams is like second nature to me, so I can really work on my craft (and tight end), get better, gain the coachs trust.
Teammates like Green know they can miss a few days of camp, take it easy, and still line up in the opener. Charles is one of those who cannot. Every day is vital, a walk on a tightrope.
Every day youve gotta prove yourself. And the moment you dont think you need to prove yourself youre gonna be out of here, Charles said. So every day I put these pads on, put these helmets on, knowing I have to prove myself to get these coaches trusts, get my teammates trusts, for them to trust me to be out there.
When Charles signed last year, he got a signing bonus of $429,300. He earned $390,000 last season. Thats the money in the bank. Heres how important it is for him to stick with the Bengals: He would earn $480,000 this year, $575,000 next year and $660,000 in 2015. But almost all of that is non-guaranteed.
Hes renting a place in Cincinnati.
If God allows me to play a couple more years, I plan on buying a house, Charles said.
The self-made man
Dennis Roland was never a star. He started two years on Georgias offensive line, but there were few accolades. He wasnt drafted. Now the offensive tackle is entering his seventh year in the NFL, on a one-year contract that pays him $715,000.
It is a gift, he said. Its a blessing. You dont take it for granted. Thats kind of how I work, one year at a time. Hey, this could be my last season, you never know, go out there and work hard, lets have a good year.
Roland has hung on this long by being reliable and versatile. Hes on special teams. He has played some guard. He has even lined up at tight end when necessary.
Im ready to do whatever is asked of me, Roland said.
Most of his former Georgia teammates who were drafted ahead of him are no longer playing. Roland is still here.
Just a lot of hard work. Weight room, film study, Roland said. Its paid off.
Among the Georgia Bengals, that makes Roland the second-best success story.
Mr. Popular
Geno Atkins has taken to Cincinnati, and Cincinnati has taken to him. At a recent Bengals practice, there are as many people wearing Atkins No. 97 jersey as there are for the starting quarterback. Only Green has more.
When the defensive linemen emerged on the main field, a few fans called out: Geno! The defensive tackle smiled and waved back. The man who has made the Pro Bowl twice in three pro seasons is reveling in this.
Pretty good for a fourth-round pick. Pretty good for someone who didnt make first-team all-SEC. Pretty good for someone who wasnt a top 100 recruit out of high school.
Atkins is one of those players, according to Geathers, who has benefitted from being in the right situation at the right time. Atkins was only a fourth-round pick, but he arrived on a team that plays a 4-3 defense; Atkins played at Georgia in the final year of its 4-3 defense. It was horrendous statistically, but somehow it prepared Atkins.
I was happy with the defense Coach (Willie) Martinez had. It helped me, Atkins said.
In three seasons with the Bengals, Atkins has 23 sacks and has anchored a defense that last year ranked ninth against the run. He was a first-team all-Pro last season, when he had 12.5 sacks.
Atkins is finishing up his rookie contract. Hell be an unrestricted free agent at seasons end, and all signs point to a lucrative contract.
If there is a president of the Georgia chapter in Cincinnati, it is Atkins, who will sometimes organize get-togethers. It is a loose-knit group. It can be hard to get seven different people together, especially with divergent goals and interests.
But Atkins thinks that one common bond still matters.
I just think the organization likes the products that Georgia produces and knows what theyre gonna get when drafting them, Atkins said. They know that were no-nonsense guys, were not too flashy, were gonna do what we need to do on and off the field. And just good character guys.


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The Wizard of Oz
Singin' in the Rain
On the Town
A Day at the Races
Citizen Kane
Strangers on a Train
The Heiress
It's a Wonderful Life
Gone With The Wind
The Wizard of Oz
Singin' in the Rain
On the Town
A Day at the Races
Citizen Kane
Strangers on a Train
The Heiress
It's a Wonderful Life
Gone With The Wind
All About Eve
Sunset Blvd
Portrait Of Jennie (I love this one)
Mildred Pierce
Singing In The Rain
Wuthering Heights
Stella Dallas
The Great Zeigfeld
Dodsworth (1936)
Brief Encounter (1945)
Double Indemnity (1944)
The Third Man (1949)
Bringing Up Baby (1938)
The Philadelphia Story (1940)
Hamlet (1948)
La Regle du Jeu (1939)
The Maltese Falcon (1941)
The Letter (1940)
I hear outside a million panicking birds, and know even out there comfort is done with; it has shattered even the stars, this creature at last come home to me.
Making it pre-1953 makes it rather hard as that for me means no "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof", "Psycho", "Hush Hush Sweet Charlotte" or "Whatever Happened to Baby Jane" even though those for me are essentially classic films.
The Wizard of Oz (I think I have seen it so so so so so many times)
All About Eve
Sunset Boulevard
I'm No Angel
Key Largo
Jeopardy (1953 so right on the cusp)
Mildred Pierce
National Velvet
That was hard and I actually had a nosey at what others wrote but I guess I could have included the animated movies such as Pinnochio, Bambi, Snow White etc which are probably more watchable than some of my top ten now that I think about it. I haven't seen nearly as many classic films as I would like and ewww my only time watching Casablanca was in colour.
I've already posted my list, but looking through the thread I see several others that I love. I think I'm the only one who listed Palm Beach Story so I'm going to put in a plug for it. Joel McCrea (great comic actor despite his association with westerns; also very sexy), Claudette Colbert, Rudy Vallee, Mary Astor. It's a Preston Sturges story and just a pure delight from beginning to end. If you love old movies and have never seen it, treat yourself sometime!
The Wizard of Oz
Of Human Bondage
Born Yesterday
She Done Him Wrong
High Noon
Song of Bernadette
San Francisco
The Ox-Bow Incident
It's official. I am madly in love with Meryl Davis.
The Great Dictator (1940)
Dinner at Eight (1933)
Arsenic and Old Lace (1944)
The Awful Truth (1937)
The Women (1939)
All About Eve (1950)
Algiers (1938)
.... three more.... damn this is hard....
Metropolis (1937)
The Petrified Forest (1936)
... and end with a guilty pleasure - Old Acquaintance (1943) - a silly movie, but I love the scene where Bette comes back into the room, calmly walks across to her friend, grabs her by the shoulders and SHAKES her, then says "Sorry" and walks back out.
All About Eve - 1950
Pinky - 1949
Maltese Falcon - 1941
Imitation of Life - 1934
Casablanca - 1942
Citizen Kane - 1941
Wizard of Oz - 1939
Gone With The Wind - 1939
Strangers on a Train - 1952
Notorious - 1946
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes To Washington
To Kill A Mockingbird
Gone With The Wind
A Streetcar Named Desire
It's A Wonderful Life (always my Christmas staple!)
Singin' In The Rain
Would have absolutely had Rear Window and Cat On A Hot Tin Roof in place of the last two if the dates had been included. For me those are both definitely classics
The General (1926)
The Clock (1945)
Lifeboat (1944)
Laura (1944)
The Lady Vanishes (1938)
Sabotage (1936)
The Lodger (Alfred Hitchcock, 1927)
Strangers on a Train (1951)
Body and Soul (1947)
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
Honorable mentions:
Broken Blossoms (1919); Sunrise (1927); The Public Enemy (1931); Morning Glory (1933); It Happened One Night (1934); Top Hat (1935); Mutiny on the Bounty (1935); Shall We Dance (1937); Wuthering Heights (1939); Stagecoach (1939); The Grapes of Wrath (1940); Citizen Kane (1941); The Lady Eve (1941); The Little Foxes (1941); How Green Was My Valley (1941); Yankee Doodle Dandy (1942); The Magnificent Ambersons (1942); Shadow of a Doubt (1943); Stormy Weather (1943); Gaslight (1944); Meet Me in St. Louis (1944); Since You Went Away (1944); It's a Wonderful Life (1946); The Yearling (1946); Notorious (1946); Gilda (1946); The Best Years of Our Lives (1946); The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946); Miracle on 34th Street (1947); Out of the Past (1947); Gentlemen's Agreement (1947); Rope (1948); Red River (1948); The Heiress (1949); Lost Boundaries (1949); A Place in the Sun (1951); A Christmas Carol (1951); Ace in the Hole (1951)
Last edited by aftershocks; 01-24-2013 at 04:14 PM. Reason: Forgot favorite: Strangers on a Train
To Kill A Mockingbird was made in 1962 (the novel was published in 1960).
This is just a guess, but I suspect a lot of people think it's a much older movie because 1) the story takes place in the 1930s, and 2) it was filmed in black and white, giving it a much older "feel."
It won an Oscar for "Academy Award for Best Art Direction - Set Decoration, Black-and-White" and was nominated for "Best Cinematography, Black-and-White." I'm not an expert when it comes to the history of the Academy Awards (far from it ), especially when it comes to the many changes, additions, and deletions of categories for awards, but if I had to wager a guess, with regard to the production categories for movies, at that time the Academy differentiated between movies made in black and white from those made in color and gave separate awards for them.
With all of the film buffs here at FSU (especially members who are knowledgable about this), someone can confirm or refute this.
Yeah, they did. They separated the categories in '39 and continued separating them until '66, according ot this.
And TKAM is still a classic to me But I would include all the Godfathers and the original Star Wars as classics too if you'd asked me like a week ago before I realized this might offend some people
One day someone will tell me Titanic is a classic, though.


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Three Little League champs suspended for assault on teammate
Published: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 8:52 a.m.
Last Modified: Thursday, April 25, 2013 at 8:52 a.m.
Three members of the Petaluma National Little League All-Star team were recently suspended from Petaluma Junior High School for two days for an alleged assault on a teammate.
A fourth was suspended for use of foul language.
The victim received bruising to his chest during the incident, which occurred about two weeks ago. His mother said it was part of a continued pattern of bullying by four members of the team that went as far back as the All-Star team's Division Tournament in San Bernandino in August. Team coaches deny the allegations, and say there is no pattern of bullying, and the incident, which occurred on outdoor steps on the junior high school campus, was an isolated occasion of rough housing that got carried too far.
The incident involved only a few boys, not the whole team: Only four players were mentioned by the mother and only four were suspended. No other National team members were implicated in any way.
The mother said that, in addition to the physical assault, her son was subject to homophobic slurs from at least one of the boys involved.
Although she wasn't specific about other bullying incidents, she said there had been ongoing issues dating back to the Division Tournament in August. "When they came back to school (after the Little League World Series) it really got horrible," she said. "I think the bruising on his chest gave him the courage to stand up and say, 'enough.'
"Because he had the courage to stand up and say this is not OK, maybe something good will come out of it."
She said only one of the parents of the students involved called to apologize for the incident at the school.
The students involved were initially ordered to write apologies to their schoolmate, but three days later, were informed that they would be suspended for having physical contact with another student.
Team coaches are adamant that no bullying occurred during the team's long tournament run, and that the players all got along well.
"No," team manager Eric Smith responded when asked directly if he had observed or heard of any bullying incidents. "If something like kids picking on another kid had occurred I would have stopped it immediately.
"All we did for eight weeks was talk about respect for each other, respect for our opponents and respect for the game."
Coach Mike Slate said if any of the coaches had heard or seen bullying it would have been stopped immediately.
"I know if me or Trevor (Tomei) or Eric had known or witnessed any thing like that it would have been addressed right then and there," he said. "We were pretty close to them. We lived in a room next to them. We never saw or heard about anyone being singled out."
The Petaluma National Little League All-Star team captured the hearts and the imagination of the entire community by becoming the first Petaluma Little League team ever to advance to the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pa. In the World Series, they finished third overall and second in the United States, staging an improbable 10-run rally in the sixth and final scheduled inning before losing to Goodlettsville, Tenn. in seven innings for the Little League United States championship. They were also among the most popular teams in the World Series, winning accolades for their gritty play and sportsman-like conduct.
CORRECTION: The Argus-Courier initially reported that the boys were suspended for three days. They were in fact suspended for only two days.
(Editor's Note: The Argus-Courier has chosen not to disclose the names of the juveniles involved in the incident because we believe releasing the names could cause disproportionate harm in relation to the actions taken. We believe such harm outweighs the public's need to know the children's names.)
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