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Jeffreys in a truck hitchhiking his way back to Genoa City. He cant remember much but capsizing off a boat in Long Island and hitting his head, but he knows theres something in GC he left behind.
Paul finds Nikki at Crimson Lights, recently released from jail. Paul assures that hes working to make sure the DA doesnt press charges. Nikki declines an invitation to sit down as shes on her way to a meeting at St. Elmos. They make plans to meet at the Athletic Club later, where Paul will be meeting with Ronan and have the latest news.
But Walsh tells Ronan at the station that hes leaning toward pressing charges, even though Ronan doesnt agree and insists he wont get a conviction. Ronan wants more time to find out whos been jerking them around.
Victor and Sharon arrive home at the ranch, making small talk about the arrests until Victor brings up Sharon not being home the night before. Victor accuses her of seeing Adam Sharons look doesnt deny it.
Arriving at the club, Genevieve wants to toast his freedom, but Jacks nose is stuck in his phone trying to find out who bought Beauty of Nature. FMN? Who the hell is that?
Angelina is rattling on about waving down boats and whining that they arent on a tropical island like Holligans Island. Her Gucci bikini would definitely get them rescued. Kevins still furious at her, but has been building sketching the raft hes going to build.
At the club, Angelo tries to console Gloria over Kevin. She suggests he use his ability to find people. Maybe an associate can assist? Angelo will do whatever he has to to find Kevin.
Jeffreys made it to Crimson Lights where hes getting smack from the waitress about dining and dashing. Jill arrives and pays, encouraging the waitress to show more compassion for the homeless. Wait, Jeffrey??
Pauls at the station showing Ronan Myrnas laptop look at he found a still from the surveillance camera showing Ashley going after Diane. Was Myrna the woman Deacon said was in the park? Bring her in but weve got to find her first.
Patty wishes she had a kitty to snuggle up with, shivering in the shack. Oh but wait she does! She retrieves her Pretty Kitty needlepoint from her bag. She reminisces about sitting around the table with their mom eating sauerkraut and ribs. Shell figure out a way to get them out of there.
Jacks venting at the bar, but Genevieve would rather talk about their wedding. They toast to his gaining one hell of a wife. Afterward, Jacks going to get to the bottom of this. BofN will be part of Jabot in no time.
Victor accuses Sharon of telling Adam about the set up. Victor has lost a profitable part of Newman Enterprises because of her allegiance to that Adam. He understands Sharons fierce loyalty, and her loyalty to Adam isnt a surprise, but a disappointment. Its made clear the nature of their marriage. Its an arrangement; a means to an end. Whats next? An annulment.
In front of Gloria, Angelo makes a call and puts on a show to make it look like he wants Kevin found safe. Stepping away, he reconfirms with Dino Fisher needs to be taught a lesson for running off with his princess.
Angelina to help build the raft. Shell go find the planks and proceeds to do so by using a crowbar to pull the boards off the wall.
Back at the station, Paul and Ronan wonder why Myrna would pick and choose certain suspects. Maybe shes targeting her former employers, which means Genevieve is next.
Genevieve seems about to tell Jack the truth but instead stammers out that she cant wait to be his wife. Yes, they had a whirlwind engagement which means they really dont know everything about each other yet. She suggests a pre-wedding vow that they take the surprises in stride. Jacks okay with it as long as they keep the surprises to a minimum, especially after the surprise he got today. Genevieve gets a call Victor Newman wants to see the owner of FMN tonight.
Shes not ready to come out especially to Victor Newman. Get him off her back. Back with Jack, he agrees no more business talk until after the honeymoon. She loves the sound of that.
Patty continues to mumble to Pretty Kitty. Jack belongs to us how do I get him away from that witch Genevieve? Wait he loved her. She knows everything about her shell be able to talk him out of getting married.
Sitting down to dinner at the club, Nikkis thrilled to hear about a break in the case, although Paul cant talk about it. Nikki wonders if Paul looks at her differently since she took Dianes life. Absolutely not, you did what you had to do. Shes a strong caring woman and was doing whatever she could to protect the man she loves. Shes not upset about Victors marriage to Sharon as its beyond its expiration date.
Can Victor really wipe the slate clean after Sharons indiscretion? They discuss the consequences Nick finding out and going after full custody. Is she willing to pay those consequences for hooking up with Adam? But the reason she told Adam about the plan wasnt about her feelings for him. It was because what Victor was doing was wrong. Sharon defends her actions, admitting a connection with Adam, but cant pursue a relationship because of Nick. Victor worries shes misjudging the whole situation and what might happen.
Back on the CL patio, Jeffreys chowing down on another sandwich. Jill thinks its a con, but no one will buy it since he just milked Gloria of all her money. Jeffrey insists he doesnt know Gloria or GloWorm. He cant confirm or deny what he did because he doesnt remember. Until her squaking, he didnt even know his name was Jeffrey.
Angelo receives a call reporting that Kevins cellphone pinged somewhere in the ocean off Long Island. Still in front of Gloria, Angelo insists Dino go out there and make sure hes safe and sound. Dino thought he wanted him crushed like ice. Yes, thats exactly what he wants him to do.
Angelina uses the belt from her coat for the raft and is aghast that Kevin is still mad after she sacrificed her outfit and designer belt. Kevin promises that if they get out of their predicament with all his body parts intact, hell take her on a shopping spree. Angelina insists Angelo is a softy on the inside, but Kevins seen otherwise.
Ronan arrives at the club to talk to Genevieve. Leaving Nikki, Paul warns to be careful with Victor, but she insists he doesnt have to worry this time.
Jeffery wonders how Jill knows so much about him. Jill starts filling in the blanks his real name is Victor Newman, but he likes to be called Jeffrey. Hes one of the richest men in the world and recently acquired a hot young wife. No, hes not Victor Newman and hes not rich. Come with me were going to find out if youre lying or not.
Gloria praises Angelo and his fast working associate, who are going to bring his little angel home safe and sound.
Jack leaves Genevieve with Paul and Ronan. No, she hasnt heard from Myrna. They reveal that they believe she was involved in Dianes death or at least the aftermath. Paul explains the evidence found on her laptop.
Patty arrives at the club as Emily. (The she that can talk Jack out of the wedding.) Hugs Im so glad to see you.
Kevin and Angelina declare a truce as they prepare to embark on their raft, complete with a motor Angelina found under the porch.
Angelo instructs Dino to check the island and handle any precious cargo with care. Gloria calls for champagne in delight.
Jill leads Jeffrey into the club and instructs him to go stand near Gloria, at the same moment Gloria lays some kisses on Angelo. Jeffrey has no reaction and so Jill finally believes him and will take him to a doctor.
Genevieve admits that Jack wanted her to do a background check on Myrna but wouldnt listen. She was probably the only person Myrna spoke to on a regular basis. But she knows no personal details about her.
Patty/Emily/Myrna tells Jack not to marry Genevieve I made a mistake when I left you. But no, Jacks getting married to the woman he loves. Spotting Genevieve, Patty makes a run for it, but not before laying a big one on Jack. Genevieve returns and is surprised to hear it was Jacks ex-fiancée.
Sharon and Victor agree this wont ruin their friendship. She returns the ring and they exchange goodbyes. As Sharon exits, Nikki arrives Victors waiting for you.
Next: Jill meets Chelsea at Billy and Victorias. Adams at Tuckers to settle some unfinished business. Genevieve is at the ranch as Victor observes that the head of FMN is Jacks fiancée. Interesting.
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Why it's marketable: According to Freedman, certificate and associate's degree holders in this field are seen as equipped to handle the complexities of electronic medical records.
And this skill can come in handy, since electronic medical records are becoming the norm in hospitals and general practitioners' offices, says Freedman.
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To increase your marketability for a pharmacy tech position, Freedman emphasizes the importance of passing a licensing exam.
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Backstreet Boys wasted no time after dropping their touching video for "In A World Like This." Over the weekend, the quintet continued their comeback by dropping new track "One Phone Call." There are plenty of jokes about marriage being a prison, a life sentence, etc., but this song is not so cynical! Co-written by Howie Dorough and producer Morgan Reid, the anthemic midtempo finds the Boys in apology mode, trying to end their punishment and get their "pretty baby" to come home, because she'll always be their one phone call. Most romantic prison analogy ever?
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Tracers- Barclay Plager
This is Barclay Plager in the uniform of the Edmonton Flyers (WHL) in 1962-63. Before he passed away (brain cancer) in 1988, he'd spent the mid-60s in the high minors, 9 years in the NHL as a tough blueliner who played bigger than his size, time with the Blues as a scout, assistant coach and then head coach.
The following is from the mid-70s, as he looked back on the Philadelphia Flyers recent Cup victory and his own Blues and their trips to the finals:
We were in awe of Montreal. They were a great hockey team. We had one good player–Red Berenson. They had five or six–Beliveau, Cournoyer, all those guys. That first game, if we had won that game in Montreal….we lost it 3-1, when (John) Ferguson put it into the open net near the end of the game….we wouldn't have beaten the Canadiens but it might have turned our way of thinking around and we might have won a couple of games. But there's a big difference between the Philadelphia Flyers of today and the St. Louis Blues of 7 years ago. They have a lot more good hockey players than we did, and they are just working hard, outworking everybody on the Boston Bruins.
We worked hard the first year because we were proud to be the first expansion team in the finals. We didn't work as hard the second time. Philadelphia wasn't as good as Boston talent-wise–or New York (Rangers) for that matter–but they had Bobby Clarke and they had good goaltending, and they worked hard. They proved again that it's not the best team that wins the Cup, it's the hardest working team.


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The Horizon League, like nearly every college basketball conference, is dealing with more change. UIC is expected to leave the Horizon for the Missouri Valley Conference, one year after Butler left for the Atlantic 10. The MVC is losing powerhouse Creighton to the new Big East. The Missouri Valley has also reportedly approached Loyola and Valparaiso as well. The Horizon League is considering the addition of Oakland University of Michigan, now a member of the Summit League, and possibly Missouri-Kansas City. Green Bay remains committed to the Horizon as the changes could take place as soon as next season.
Green Bay womens assistant coach John Barnes will be leaving the Phoenix program to become the head coach of conference rival Youngstown State. Barnes spent seven successful seasons at Michigan Tech before assisting Lisa Stone at Wisconsin for one year and then joining Kevin Borseth's staff at Michigan. Barnes came to Green Bay when Borseth returned to the Phoenix program last year.


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never posted this…mermaid parade this year was awesome. Judah Friedlander, Mexican Coke, pearls, and summer fun :)
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Etymology: Greek ἄνθρωπος, anthrōpos (man; humankind or humanity) + κρύπτω, krypto (hide).
Just a little over a week away from MerPalooza!
I don't know how many of the merfolk that plan on attending, but I hope to see you there with "mervelous" smiles on your faces. It will be quite the event.
Look for me behind the camera and for The Mermaid Studio represented as a vendor during the trade show.
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Mermaids marching in the 31st Annual Mermaid Parade in Coney Island, NY.
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OTIS ORCHARDS, Wash. -- A pickup truck carrying three people rolled over after hitting a power pole near the state line between Washington and Idaho.
It happened around 1:15 a.m. at Wellesley and Irrigon.
The 2004 Dodge Ram was headed eastbound on Wellesley when it hit the power pole and rolled.
Two of the three men in the truck were ejected. Taylor Stacy, 18, died at the scene, and 24-year-old Derrick Wilcox was taken to Kootenai Medical Center by Medstar. He was listed in critical condition.
The Spokane County's Sheriff's Office says another passenger, 20-year-old Michael Steinbach, was up walking around the scene when they arrived. Medics transported him to a local hospital, where he was listed in serious condition.
Deputies say speed and alcohol are likely factors in this crash, based on the preliminary investigation.
Wellesley reopened shortly before 7 a.m. Avista crews were then able to make their way to the power pole to restore service for about 24 customers who lost it because of the crash.
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Summary: Throughout American history, black magicians have achieved great skill in both the magician's tricks of the trade as well as the psychology of entertaining an audience. However, because of slavery and, later, racial segregation and discrimination, few have been able to make their living as magicians. Those who have succeeded are rare indeed, and although some have left a mark on history, many exist only as names on old playbills or in newspaper advertisements. Jim Haskins delivers an illuminating portrait of these unheralded pioneers -- a tribute to African-Americans who paved the way for and will inspire future generations.
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Was the Pope's resignation a dignified move?
Do you think that Pope Benedict XIV's resignation was a move of goodwill, or was it an action to maybe see who his successor is?
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Feb 12 2013: I have not read very much about this, but it certainly seems he felt his age was interfering with, or likely to interfere with, his duties.
It would seem extremely unlikely for a Pope to depart from a 600 year tradition of serving until death just out of curiosity over who might succeed him. Is there not some sort of hierarchy that suggests in any case who would be on the short list of contenders?
Feb 12 2013: CBS News reported, "It will also allow Benedict to hold great sway over the choice of his successor, though he will not himself vote. He has already hand-picked the bulk of the College of Cardinals – the princes of the church who will elect the next pope – to guarantee his conservative legacy and ensure an orthodox future for the church.
Contenders include Cardinal Angelo Scola, archbishop of Milan, Schoenborn, the archbishop of Vienna, and Cardinal Marc Ouellet, the Canadian head of the Vatican's office for bishops.
A dark horse may be a Cardinal from Latin American. The region has the world's largest concentration of Catholics. Joao Braz de Aviz, the sole Latin American among 22 newly created Catholic cardinals, criticised the Church in 2012 for being too Euro-centric."
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Interesting study by the Center for Law and Social Policy and the Center for Higher Education Management Systems warning that Georgia will leave $1.913 billion on the table in revenues if we don't produce more college grads by 2025.
New analysis of US Census, National Center for Education Statistics, and Department of Education data by CLASP, the Center for Law and Social Policy, and the Center for Higher Education Management Systems shows to remain globally competitive, the United States will need to produce 24 million additional degrees by 2025 to achieve a 60 percent degree attainment rate among adults ages 25 to 64.
In Georgia, the current rate is 36.1 percent. At current attainment rates, the U.S. is on track to produce just 278,500 additional degrees and Georgia is on track to produce just 79,000 additional degrees by 2025– a significant shortfall.
This low credential production – relative to need – results in relatively small increases in average personal earnings and state revenues. Under the state's current postsecondary patterns, annual personal per capita income in Georgia is projected to increase by about $240 in 2025, and additional state revenues in income taxes, property taxes, sales taxes and savings in Medicaid and corrections spending will increase by only about $287 million in 2025.
However, if Georgia improves college participation rates and credential attainment rates enough to meet the 60 percent credential attainment goal by 2025 (920,293 degrees), the state will see revenues increase by about $2.2 billion and exceed postsecondary costs by about $870 million in 2025. Georgia ranks 10th out of the 50 states on the size of the degree gap to fill to meet the 60 percent goal. By meeting the 60 percent credential attainment goal, annual per capita income in Georgia would also increase by approximately $1,800 in 2025.
The nation overall is also falling behind other leading countries in the number of adults with a postsecondary credential and the skills needed by employers. If the United States does not significantly increase the number of credentialed adults, the country stands to walk away from about $600 billion in additional national revenue in 2025. Currently, the United States ranks 15th among 34 Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) member countries with only 41 percent of the young adults having college degrees, behind leading OECD countries like Canada, Japan, France and the UK. The top three OECD countries – South Korea, Canada, and Japan – are on track to increase their college degree attainment to 60 percent by 2020.
"Leading OECD countries understand the direct correlation between educational attainment and national economic success. As policymakers and business leaders in the United States continue to look at ways to ensure our national economic prosperity, they need to push for investments to dramatically increase the number of postsecondary credentials," said Vickie Choitz, Senior Policy Analyst, CLASP. "These increases can't be put off for another five or 10 years if we want a strong economic future for America."
The Return on Investment Dashboard allows stakeholders to calculate the short- and long-term effects of either maintaining the status quo or increasing investments in postsecondary education. For example, under the status quo, additional national revenues from the 278,500 additional credentials will be about $6 billion. On the other hand, additional national revenue from meeting the 24 million credential mark would top $600 billion in 2025.
"For some states, the 60 percent goal is out of reach; however, all states would see substantial revenue gains if they invest in increasing the number of adults who attain postsecondary credentials," said Patrick Kelly, Senior Associate, NCHEMS. "This is a win-win for states, their local businesses, and their local economies."
Federal and state funding for higher education, adult education and workforce development has declined over the past few decades and remains under threat with budget pressures. This tool shows that moves to cut state funding for postsecondary education and federal Pell Grants are short-sighted. By investing more in postsecondary education, not only will the country's coffers reap rewards, but so too will personal income grow. Better educated workers earn higher wages and are more likely to be employed than less-educated ones.
Under current postsecondary investment patterns, however, annual personal per capita income in the U.S. is projected to increase by just $14 in 2025. By meeting the 60 percent credential attainment goal, annual per capita income in the U.S. would increase significantly more to approximately $1,400
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog.
April 27th, 2012
6:04 am
Stop feeding everyone (and giving them cell phones!!). If you fulfill Maslow's needs for everyone, then no one will be motivated to fulfill their own needs – well, maybe 278,500 – but not the rest…
April 27th, 2012
6:05 am
Canada…much fewer people than the U.S.A., South Korea, and Japan. (# of degrees) divided by (fewer people) equals (higher attainment %). Percentages can be very misleading. South Korea and Japan…those cultures value education. As has been said many times on this blog, until our culture truly values education (pre-college), we will never be able to play the same game with the countries that do. Could it be that the authors of the report have a different motive? Is it really just to scare the nation into sending more students to the college corporations so more degrees can be "produced?" I'm not doubting that we need to have a better educated work force, but it's getting more difficult to convince me that the love affair going on between colleges and the business lobby hasn't been part of the problem for a while. Send more students to college (while we conitnue to raise costs out of the range of most students, unless they take out a huge amount of loans to pay for the ride). Give us more college graduates (or we'll continue to outsource our R&D, production and other business operations because it won't cost as much and we'll make record profits). Sounds like the prostitution ring is getting a little out of hand.
April 27th, 2012
6:16 am
It's the quality of the college graduates in Georgia as well as the quantity of college graduates in GA that concern me. With the pressure to make more college graduates without the commitment to produce more college ready high school graduates Georgia will surely see a lot of 22 year olds walking out the door with a diploma but lacking a real education.
In another blog a teacher was highlighted because she was complaining about the number of writing assignments she had to grade. Other teachers advised her to simply not grade them.
Without assessing the student's knowledge, the student can't learn an correct mistakes.
Without critical writing skills learned in k-12, kids won't be college ready. If the kids aren't college ready, they can't learn in college. If they aren't ready to do college work and our state government is pressing for more college graduates, then we will "graduate" a bunch of kids with a worthless diploma…just as we do in Georgi'a high schools.
As long as we have teachers who think it is "horrifying" to have to grade writing assignments, GA is doomed to produce more diploma mill know nothings.
The dumbing down of GA college graduates lies at the feet of the k-12 school systems that should be preparing them for college.
April 27th, 2012
6:29 am
That's college graduates with college-level skills, I'd think.
If we attempt to solve our college graduation rate problem in the same manner we have attempted to "solve" the shortfall in high school grads, we're doomed.
The goal is the ability to demonstrate a certain knowledge, skill and attitude set; the goal is not the ability to show another a certain piece of paper.
April 27th, 2012
6:47 am
Dr. Spinks is right — the goal is about the degree, but rather the skills needed to earn a degree.
The problem is so complex. Starting with the reality that many students just aren't college ready to the fact, that even for those that are, the cost is unmanageable, what we need are fewer studies saying we need more college graduates and much more work towards getting us there.
April 27th, 2012
7:43 am
So glad to see the commenters are not falling for this economically illiterate piece of propaganda designed to force people to fund all these institutions of higher ed regardless of real benefit being offered to students.
I will have to check out these centers but usually this circular reasoning assertions on higher ed come from Anthony Carnevale. Maybe he realized he was just attracting attention to his other writings and his real education agenda.
Higher ed is a voracious monster that must be fed. With your tax money. And student loans. And lottery proceeds. Deanlings and deanlets deserve six figure salaries. It's arduous attending so many meetings to discuss so many memos.
And God Bless-good catch on the business/higher ed alliance. You might want to read up on Joseph Schumpeter to truly appreciate this particular scam.
April 27th, 2012
7:58 am
I honestly don't know if it is "them" or if it is just bad reporting, but in any case….
Yes, we need more college graduates. But what that MEANS is that we need more highly educated people. Simply creating college mills and handing out a diplomas because someone borrowed money to pay the tuition will NOT help the situation.
April 27th, 2012
7:59 am
Yes. We need more people in college to line the pockets of those in post-secondary education. Let's don't forget that it will also help our big corporations. They can require their customer service representatives to have a four-year degree and also pay them less at the same time. If you haven't noticed, jobs that have traditionally never required a college degree (nor do they need one to be successful) are now requiring degrees and paying less than when they required a HS diploma.
This country needs to be making a big push for education in skilled trades. Vocational schools are the appropriate outlet for many of our children. My children know that a "HS Diploma" is NOT an acceptable option for them. However, they know that they aren't required to go to college either. As long as they go to college OR get trained in a trade, they know that my wife and I will support their decision.
April 27th, 2012
8:05 am
Let's see… the country is invaded by a force of uneducated laborers who value jobs over education…the grad rate starts to drop…the country that was invaded rewards occupiers with social programs… not to hard to figue out that word problem!
April 27th, 2012
8:15 am
I can't help but wonder if we are setting a something like the housing bubble. I'm all for secondary education but do you really need a 4 year degree and the debt it brings to transfer rental cars from store to store? Time and time again I see kids walking away with a degree in something and getting a job in another field all together. Was the degree necessary to begin with if they can work in a field they were not trained?
April 27th, 2012
8:30 am
What we will need are more graduates in fields that require a goodly knowledge of math and science. Unfortunately, most of us do not have advanced mathematical aptitude. So, more and more of jobs now and in the future will require degrees that the majority of students don't have the ability to acquire. Nothing good can possibly come from this.
April 27th, 2012
8:32 am
Misty Fyed, are you employed?
Do you have a professional job?
A college degree is absolutely necessary if you want to earn a living wage that provides health insurance.
Those college kids with degreees move cars around today but they will have a shot at being promoted ONLY IF they have a college degree.
Otherwise, they are making $7.25 an hour and then having families and then using my tax money to fund their health care and food stamps.
American society needs more college graduates. REAL collegegraduates with a real education, not just a piece of paper. We don't need a diploma mill.
April 27th, 2012
8:36 am
Folks, there are only three ways for a country to "create" wealth – make it, grow it, or mine it. Everything else is simply shuffling money between entities.
Over the past forty years, the US has allowed much of our manufacturing base to move offshore, taken millions of acres of arable land out of production, and waged economic/environmental war against mining.
One huge flaw in the logic of the two groups in this study is that they do not consider the effect of having more college degrees in an area that is oversaturated. (Hint: look up the concept of supply and demand.)
A more relevant study would ask the question: "What happens when you allow tens of millions of third world invaders into your country, take resources away from producers and give to the nonproducers, and force production overseas?"
You don't need a mail order Phd to figure that one out…
April 27th, 2012
8:43 am
Maureen's link did not work for me.
Here's the actual report which I have now read. It's all about Credential Attainment, not knowledge and marketable skills. And that dashboard is just a wishful thinking computer model to justify more growing of the public sector. I would like to factor in an 8% annual return on my 401(k) over the next 10 years. I can factor that in and pretend but it will not then come true.
This is asking us taxpayers to fund this sector on just such a let's pretend scenario where paper credentials are the gateway to jobs. Only in a centrally planned and managed economy and the track record for those is pretty abysmal in generating prosperity for the non-politically connected masses.
And page 4 shows the report is based on Carnevale's work.
And Gates Foundation funding. Bringing us Common Core AND an emphasis on paper credentials.
I wonder if there is any connection? Would MS benefit if the creative destruction inherent to a free market, consumer-oriented economy became unlikely because few students have the requisite knowledge, skills, or attitudes?
Attentive minds have to wonder.
April 27th, 2012
8:44 am
Here's a thought…quit raising tuition!!!!!
April 27th, 2012
8:44 am
Maybe if Georgia could raise its high school graduation rates and reduce the amount of remedial work that college professors have to do, not only in GA colleges/universities but in all of our nation's colleges/universities, we might see results.
We need to fix K-12 before this even makes sense.
April 27th, 2012
9:07 am
If you want to improve college graduation rates, improve learning in K-12! We can only work with what we get. I have had (and still have) college freshmen who do not know what the following words mean: considerate, arbitrary, hypothetical.
April 27th, 2012
9:11 am
Georgia Educator is correct.
April 27th, 2012
9:26 am
Maybe you uneducated bloggers should move to 3rd world countries where you may not need a college education to "eck" out a living. To live in today's America, having a college education gives you a tremendous boost. Even athletes and rappers need to have smarts about business management. There are always exceptions and if you believe for one minute that this economic downturn will be the norm from this point forward, then you need to stop watching FOX News.
April 27th, 2012
9:40 am
I think that there are two "segments" that are going to go "mia" in the college "markets" in the next decade/decade and half that no one is paying any attention to right now…. the "professional middle class" and upper middle class is being "driven out" of being able to send their children to college because the costs keep escalating and they don't qualify for any any of the programs (except for a very small number of merit programs, if their kids qualify, that are left) — the programs are for the "bottom" and for "minorities" — the middle is being lost. Secondly, I foresee a huge shortfall of doctors (many of whom could be coming from this "lost" middle) — everyone seems to be discussing the "heath care crisis" and what to do about it and how to make our system like this system or that system but no one is really scrutinizing the differences between how our system identifies and educates our physicians and how the systems we think we may want to emulate identify and educate theirs. The methods, I believe, are quite different. Further, you can't just "make" a doctor overnight — it's a 5-10 year process. So, who is going to operate on us 10-20 years from now? In my little, non-scientific survey of an inordinate number of very bright kids in my little part of the universe, I know about 4 kids who currently want to be doctors — I know 2 in med school. This doesn't bode well for American society.
April 27th, 2012
9:47 am
Unless and until this state and country for that matter places priority on "learning" and not just watered down diplomas, we will reap what we are sowing. My school declares over the PA system this week that one of our seniors has been accepted by Gainesville State and Georgia Perimeter College. Really!? That's what we have become? It is like popping the corks for performance on minimal standards testing. I am afraid our best days are behind us. When we demonize our energy, farming and forestry sectors at the altar of environmentalism, we will be hard pressed to feed and shelter ourselves.
April 27th, 2012
9:53 am
As long as a 28-year-old VP at Goldman Sachs makes more than most veteran surgeons, you aren't going to attract the best and brightest to medicine.
April 27th, 2012
9:59 am
and, just to be redundant, this is where I've come to the conclusion that vouchers make the most sense for our future, particularly based on the pure level of dollars (multiple-billions) that we are spending and the long-term consequences of getting it wrong for so long.
April 27th, 2012
10:07 am
Canada beat us? The UK AND France? Don't all these countries have some form of national healthcare? DANG, you mean places where they'd dare implement something so socialistic can have higher college grad rates? Dang liberals!
Seriously though, I do get tired of the comparison with Japan. A 95% homogenous society (which is suffering now from a low birth rate that will severly diminish the population in the next two generations)which has a very different view of education. Our diversity, which is one of the truly great things in our society, also costs us in these comparisons.
April 27th, 2012
10:09 am
We have enough so-called "college graduates" that don't have the common sense that God gave a house plant. I have to work with a bunch of these people – so-called "degreed professionals" who don't have a clue.
We need FEWER degrees with the holders of those degrees actually competent in something.
April 27th, 2012
11:38 am
A lot of on-target comments on this topic. You can't take Georgia's current crop of high school graduates and just make college grads out of them—not competent college grads anyway. The problem with the lack of college graduates is the same as the problem with the lack of high school grads and the lack of students who can read on level and do basic math in grades K through 12. It starts at birth.
April 27th, 2012
8:38 pm
EL — I've got one upstairs — the 800 math score sitting on a 98 or so in AP Biology — he would like to go Ivy League — he could possibly be "bribed" into medicine — he definitely has the aptitude — he's a math and science kid all the way (his bedside manner needs help….) — its this type of kid we should be "enticing" into medicine — but no one is trying. He wants the Goldman Sachs job. If we take out the student loans for him to go somewhere like Wharton, he will need the Goldman Sachs job to pay them back.
April 27th, 2012
8:40 pm
And its the possiblity (real possiblity) of the Goldman Sachs job that makes thinking about Wharton and student loans not a really crazy idea… it's a legitimate assessment.
April 27th, 2012
8:44 pm
My last 2 comments are something being left out of the dialog when people pit "rich" versus "poor" in the news … its the failure to understand the costs associated with the degrees that help the "upper middle" get to be "upper middle" that they (e.g. myself and my husband and others like us) spent a decade or more re-paying to get a chance to get on our feet to fail to qualify to our kids to pursue a similar education so that they can do it all again. There's no significant 529 because we were paying our own loans back. It's a cycle for the middle. I'm really not complaining just pointing this out — we could make him look at state schools or for merit money but we don't want to limit him this way. So it's a conscious decision. But the salaries then are to be commensurate with the degree — this goes for medicine as well if we, as a society, expect our children to pursue the career…. and we really need the brilliant children pursuing it as a career…..
April 28th, 2012
12:18 am
The article is a bunch of hokum. Since the 1970s there have been TOO MANY college grads in the U.S. Most Ph.Ds in the social sciences and arts are tending bars or driving cabs. As other bloggers stated, two conditions have to be satisfied: first, both high school and college students have to have the motivation, work ethic and talent to EARN (not be "graduated" ) diplomas and degrees. Second, these credentials MUST be earned in employable areas such as computer technology, machine maintenance and repair, plumbing, restaurant management, medical science, agriculture,electronics,engineering, etc. Sorry, but there is little actual job availability in the traditional arts and sciences, and even most business degree areas. Last, there are ALWAYS possibilities for entrepeneurs with good ideas and financial backing.


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My UFO Experience
I was visiting my daughter in Australia in 2001. One night while sleeping in the same room with her, I awoke from a deep sleep very suddenly. I was eye level with a very amazing "?"
It was round and the being itself was glowing from within a network that is hard to describe. The closest I can get is a lightning storm of colors in the purple spectrum, but at much higher speeds than lightning. I was horribly frightened and tried to kick my daughter. I could not move. It immediately telepathically told me it now controlled me and did not want me to move. I knew it meant well and was not its intention to harm me. I was still extremely frightened though. I just wondered in my head why was it here. It again telepathically answered that it was drawn to to light. It was simply a VCR flashing. I thought to myself that was silly. It's response was it happened. It is very humid in the summer there and the detached room we were staying in did have a few insects!!! Not creepy ones, just little bugs. At the point when I was thinking that an alien? UFO? Should be smarter than that, it directed my attention to a bug in the corner (that I could then see perfectly in the pitch darkness). It was the same as me trying to explain to that bug about my life as it would be for it to explain to me its existence. This all seemed to take place for a long time but then I suddenly became aware that he was leaving and at that point he directed my attention to a ball of beings like him that reached to the ceiling and was as big as most of the room. They were swirling in all different directions and looked like thousands of them were in there. I just panicked when I saw that and he (it) projected it was all right and with a noise I cannot explain, it disappeared.
When he was gone, I laid very still. I then asked my daughter to turn the lights on. I scared her to death and kept asking her to turn them off and on, trying to figure out if I could see the very brilliant lights again. We could not go back to sleep. As soon as it was morning and her friends mom was up, I went in the house. I was very hesitant to bring up the nights' events, but she could tell that something was wrong. She asked, and I told her I thought I had seen an alien. She said say no more. Her sister lived a few houses down from her. She had lived in an area that was considered the outback and had had a ranch. She was now legally blind and had moved to Sydney to be near her sister. She said go down and talk to her before I said anymore. So I walked down and talked to her. She said that she wanted to tell me that after I told her the story, she would say one word and that I would then know I was not crazy. I really was feeling quite unsettled to say the least. So I told her the story and then she said aboriginal. I knew immediately that she knew. The dots!!!! She went on to explain that what I had seen was so common to the people who lived on ranches in the outback that she didn't even have to hear it to know what I had seen. She said the paintings by the aboriginal people show they have seen them many many times. The dot-like painting is showing the dynamic movement that is best described as lighting, just very tiny but millions of dots. Faster than anything imaginable, but compact. Just like their paintings. She also went on to say that she had seen them so many times. It was why she was legally blind. Another common phenomenon of the people that live out in the less inhabited areas.
It is still quite hard for me to believe, but I have had dreams that were wonderful that I have wanted to remember and couldn't hold on to them. This I can remember like it just happened. It was not a dream.


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A federal judge who dressed up as a nun in his downtown chambers Wednesday said donning the disguise helped him find a 25-year-old woman guilty of bank robbery.
Judge Matthew Kennelly wore the nun costume to test out Navahcia Edwards' defense that the May 2011 heist of a TCF Bank she worked at in south suburban Palos Heights was in fact carried out by a white robber, not an African-American like her.
His verdict on what he dubbed her "reverse Al Jolson argument"?
"It's not plausible."
The judge's actions at the end of a three-day bench trial might sound absurd, but Kennelly said he had a clear purpose.
Though prosecutors said Edwards and her fiance, Lyndon Germel Wesley, dressed as aged white nuns to rob the bank, pointing to the testimony of two tellers who said they could see the robbers' black skin through the eye holes of their nun masks, Edwards' attorney Charles Aron claimed that Wesley robbed the bank with a white accomplice.
Pointing to a frame of security camera footage in which the female robber's unclothed arm appears to be white, Aron said a white robber had "blacked up" her face to confuse witnesses, referring to the Al Jolson minstrel movie "The Jazz Singer."
But Kennelly wasn't buying the claim that a white robber disguised herself as a black woman disguised as a white woman in a masterly double bluff.
He attributed the white appearance of the arm to "poor camera quality and lighting," noting that Wesley, who confessed to the robbery, also appears to have a white arm in the security video, though he too is black.
"I put on the mask and looked in the mirror," Kennelly said of his deliberations, adding that the white skin around his eyes was clearly visible through the mask's eye-holes.
Edwards, who faces up to 25 years behind bars, showed no emotion as the verdict was announced.
She last year attempted to plead guilty while denying she was the robber inside the bank — an unusual request that Kennelly denied, leaving Aron an all-but impossible task in defending her.
The judge said that the overwhelming evidence of Edwards' involvement in the build-up to and aftermath of the heist was enough to convict her, even if he hadn't been convinced she carried it out.
Referring to Edwards' purchase of the nun masks at an online costume store, he said: "The only conceivable purpose for purchasing nun masks and robes was to do something nefarious with them — let's just say it was nowhere near Halloween."
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Okay, so they did also have Daikatana but that can't ever happen again, can it?
In Rage, the year is 2029, you live on Apophis and there aren't a lot of people left after an asteroid collision. Naturally, you only know this when you come to, having woken up inside an Ark, as one of the VIPs buried underground in cryostasis pods as part of a plan to rebuild the Earth. That said, the Ark you're in has malfunctioned and everyone else has snuffed it.
Okay, so that's the basics out of the way and then comes playing the game itself. Now, to have loading screens inbetween sections is annoying, especially when they drag on for ages, but while the game does give you the option to save the entire game to a hard drive (22Gb) or even one disc at a time (7-8Gb), this does not really work if you only have a 20Gb hard drive that's pretty much completely full. I had to clear out a load of my stuff to make some space so I could install disc 1, but even then I still got some loading screens so I was beginning to wish that I hadn't bothered. Note that the game comes on three dual-layer DVDs, with the campaign game on the first two, and the multiplayer on disc 3.
Another gripe I had is that you can't interact with the enviroment. There's a lot to look at as you run around, but once you try to hit or shoot at something that's not running about or is meant to move, then you won't get any reaction out of it, so that distances itself from the Red Faction series, in terms of interaction.
And when it comes to things to look at, I have to point out that close-up, scenery definition isn't great, but a lot of the scenery does look amazing from afar. It also suffers from "locked door" syndrome, meaning that there's in addition to corridors to run down, there's hope that you can duck into a room to escape the baddies but… it's not a proper door, so you can't go in. I do hate that.
Need to know about anything else annoying? Kill a baddie, then unlike any other first-person-shooter, you can't just walk over their dropped weaponry and pick it up. You can't even bend down and/or press a button to get it either. It's just inaccessible to you. Why?
And make sure you save regularly. While even the "Hard" difficulty setting wasn't hard for any seasoned gamer at first, the enemies did get harder to beat later on and there are so few auto-save points in this game that from time to time you'll meet too many baddies, you'll get bumped off and will then end up having to traverse a long distance to get back to where you left off.
There's also a very bizarre system when you get shot and are close to death. You sort-of see your two joysticks as defib paddles that have to be moved into certain positions as many times as possible in just 8 seconds. Then, as the indicators of 'LT' and 'RT' (i.e left and right triggers), move back and forth over a certain spot, you have to press them at the same time, like a duckshoot. Get it right and you come back to life.
I thought Rage was going to be an all-out action first-person-shooter but there's too many RPG-style elements such as customising weapons and vehicles, and at some point Janus told me how to mix together a grenade and bandages. I'm not sure for what purpose but something happened with them.
Similarly, with the lock grinder, although at least I knew the purpose for that was to open certain doors, but the premise with those was to pick up specific items all over the place, which will come together to form a lock grinder at the time when you need it. Other small items you'll collect along the way, such as cans and wine bottles, you can sell to the local merchant once you get back to Dan Hagar's 'house' in order to make a few bucks.
Overall, I played this for a few hours and just found myself getting very bored towards the end of this time. Okay, I didn't make a lot of headway in the game, but when you just don't get the necessary buzz from a game, how are you expected to continue? Note that in the footage online the time-stamps don't appear to have racked up a lot of game time but that's because I was having to replay the sections due to continually getting killed (Fools rush in, and all that, rather than being stealthy).
If Multiplayer gaming is your bag, then Rage has two multiplayer modes: Road Rage and Legends of the Wasteland. Road Rage features up to four players competing in a free-for-all match that takes place in an arena designed to make use of the vehicles. The objective is to collect rally points that appear around the arena while killing your opponents and stealing their points.
Legends of the Wasteland is a series of two-player co-op missions based on stories that are heard throughout the single player campaign. There are a total of 9 objectives in this game type.
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Oilers Training Camp D Depth Chart
Charlie Huddy, Kevin Lowe, Craig MacTavish and the Oiler braintrust have worked some magic over the years. They've airlifted in some defensemen with NHL experience and managed to improve their overall game. The list is pretty long and impressive, with notables including Steve Staios and Igor Ulanov.
Sometimes a change of scenery can help a lot. The Oilers have turned over the blueline this summer and it doesn't look like a balanced unit as it sits now.
There's a chance the Oilers make a deal at the end of camp that addresses defense (and forward). They have too many defenders either established at the NHL level or close enough that they may not clear waivers, so a decision is likely at some point (we said this last summer, mind you).
Here's the depth chart as we enter camp.
- Joni Pitkanen- 06-07 numbers were ES points-per-60mins: 1.00, and PP points-per-60-mins: 2.98. He has a wide range of skills and can play defense, but his problem appears to have been decision making this past season. Pitkanen may have landed in an ideal spot for his NHL future, as Huddy and company should be able to turn these natural gifts into something special. It may be a little hopeful to expect these things overnight.
- Steve Staios- 06-07 numbers were ES points-per-60mins: 0.963 and PP points-per-60-mins: 0.983. Most impressive number this past season was -5 plus minus, although he missed the final 15 disasters due to injury. After playing 73, 76, 82 and 82 games in his previous NHL seasons, he faded to only 58 games due to a knee injury in 06-07. Warning bells should ring always for 34-year old Dmen who missed 24 games due to a knee injury.
- Sheldon Souray- 06-07 numbers were ES points-per-60 mins: 0.629, PP points-per-60-mins: 7.31. He uses his size well defensively in a controlled situation but can be beaten wide and can be beaten inside due to poor lateral movement (and he's only 31). Impact player in a narrow view (look at that PP number) his stats indicate as one dimensional a player as we have seen playing defense in memory. His EV point total and difficulty with speed make him a high event player and a questionable choice 5×5, 4×4, 3×3.
- Dick Tarnstrom- 05-06 numbers were ES points-per-60mins: 0.60, PP points-per-60mins: 2.28. He's my pick for the second pairing for a few reasons. First, he has NHL experience. Also, he has had long stretches of effectiveness in the NHL and in fact had a nice series of games with Edmonton in 05-06 (although overshadowed by Spacek). Tarnstrom's offensive skills have been duplicated on the roster by Pitkanen (puck moving, powerplay passing) and Souray (shot, Tarnstrom has a nice quick release) and I'd much rather have a guy with a more consistent history, but he's the best option for #4 on this roster.
- Ladislav Smid- 06-07 numbers were ES points-per-60 mins: 0.44, PP points-per-60-mins: 0.65. I think Ladislav Smid is going to have an excellent NHL career. He'd have been better off on a third pairing last season, but did show some nice things while playing with Steve Staios in 06-07. On a better team he might start in the minors and come back to the show when he was ripping things up.
- Matt Greene- 06-07 numbers were ES points-per-60 mins: 0.42, PP points-per-60-mins: 5.55 (in 11 mins). That PP number should be disregarded. Matt Greene is a huge defender who looks like a guy who will do good things when the game slows down to match his decision making. To my eye he hasn't improved much, although his recognition might look worse because of his very slow footwork. If the game slows down a bit for him, he'll be a player for a long time in this league.
- Denis Grebeshkov- 05-06 numbers were ES points-per-60 mins: 0.33, PP points-per-60-mins: 1.60. I remember liking Grebeshkov in his draft year. The scouting report on him: Is well rounded and intelligent. Isn't shy about laying on the body and displays untapped offensive potential. Can log plenty of ice time. There are apparently concerns about his size although he's not really small (6-1, 195). He's a wildcard and could solve a lot of problems for this team if he can make a pass and keep the opposition logo between him and Roloson.
- Mathieu Roy- 06-07 numbers were ES points-per-60 mins: 0.58, PP points-per-60-mins: 0.00. Roy might surprise everyone and grab an everyday job on this hockey team. The things he lacks (footspeed, puck moving ability) are covered off elsewhere and the things he brings (stay-at-home coverage defender) are not found in abundance. I don't think he's the 8th best option at EV on this list, put it that way.
- Tom Gilbert- 06-07 numbers were ES points-per-60 mins: 1.61, PP points-per-60-mins: 1.67. He's a pretty good hockey player right now, and if he could get 400 at-bats in the show this season he'd be a good bet to be able to move up the depth chart a year from now. Gilbert has size, can move the puck and pass it effectively, plus his decision making looked very good in his dozen games last year.
- Danny Syvret- Syvret also got some NHL time in 06-07, but from what I saw he has strength issues to go along with the size problems. Far enough down the depth chart now that we can question if he'll see the NHL this season.
- Allan Rourke- He's played over 400 AHL games and 42 in the NHL (11 last year), so Rourke is certainly a candidate for callup to the Oilers this season. Has size but apparently doesn't use it enough and his numbers indicate he's an average offensive player (50gp, 5-15-20) for the AHL level (76 AHL defenders had more than 20 points in 06-07).
- Bryan Young- Spent time in three minor league outposts before getting called up to Edmonton this past season. Stay-at-home type was in the NHL because of a rash of injuries and if the Oilers are doing their job he won't see the show this season.
- TJ Kemp- He's an offensive defender (5-33-38 in 65gp), 5-11 and 200 pounds. Kemp finished tied for fifth among league D-men in assists and was named to the AHL all-star game.
- Theo Peckham – I have no idea how they identify the really good stay-at-home types early, but Peckham either has the best P.R. in the history of junior hockey or he's really a good player.
- Sebastian Bisaillon- A prospect many of us may have overlooked even with his emergency callup, Bisaillon had a very interesting season in the QMJHL. His offense (12-40-52) put him 14th among Q defensemen in total points, and his 10 powerplay goals ranked him second among league defensemen in that category.
Finally, a few stats for you that may help flesh out your opinions of this defnse.
Blocked Shots
- Sheldon Souray 149
- Matt Greene 143
- Steve Staios 140
- Joni Pitkanen 124
- Ladislav Smid 107
- Dick Tarnstrom 48
Powerplay Minutes
- Sheldon Souray 4:52
- Joni Pitkanen 4:42
- Dick Tarnstrom 3:20
- Steve Staios 2:06
- Ladislav Smid 1:11
- Matt Greene 0:08
Penalty Killing Minutes
- Steve Staios 3:09
- Sheldon Souray 3:01
- Matt Greene 2:45
- Joni Pitkanen 2:12
- Ladislav Smid 2:00
Souray spent 8 minutes a night last season on special teams. Could MacTavish cut back on the 15 EV minutes he got a night last season and ride Pitkanen-Staios a little heavier at EV?