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HA! IDs 1990 for Fred/Alan from fredseibert on Vimeo.
Few designers understood Fred/Alan's approach to television network logos as well as our first non-Fred, non-Alan creative director, Noel Frankel.
Our point of view started to form after Frank Olinsky of Manhattan Design brought in the first iteration of the last presentation on the MTV logo. He thought that every usage of the logo (for shows, posters, ads, etcetera) should have a different illustrative approach. We then pushed that idea further and came up with the thought that there could be different logo variations working right next to each other in one piece. In a world where print designers were hired to come up with a trademark, and then motion graphic designers were brought in to "make it move," Fred/Alan felt that television had become the primary platform for design, so the marks needed to take this fact into account. Build motion into the initial composition, don't add it afterwards. Our feeling was that you could freeze any frame of our moving logos and use it as a print graphic. Tom Corey and Scott Nash at Corey, McPherson, Nash picked up on this as soon as we started working together, and embedded it into the Nickelodeon and Lifetime logos they did for us. Besides, we felt that a corporate logo would have hundreds of people messing with it anyway, so if we could come up with a way that each designer who worked with it over time could "own" their own designs, the usage of it would be exponentially more exciting.
Noel brought a level of conceptual and executional sophistication to the process that peaked with HA! A bit of background is in order.
In 1989, HBO announced The Comedy Channel as a basic cable offering that was meant to compete formatically and demographically with MTV. Having learned from Ted Turner's Cable Music Channel that the best defense is a strong offense, MTV Networks quickly announced it's own comedy network. Given our deep relationship as the original branders-in-chiefs for the company —and the incredible importance of brand establishment at this stage in cable television's history— Fred/Alan was brought in immediately.*
Naming was the first challenge. Nickelodeon was named before there was even a company (or we would have come up with a better name), and naming MTV and VH-1 were completely driven by Bob Pittman's focused leadership. So, for MTV Network's comedy network the best creative minds in a highly creative company generated 400 names, no one could make a decision, so they asked us to come up with a name. Never ones to waste our time with a client who wouldn't make up their minds, we decided the better part of valor would be to pick one from their list and sell it hard. HA!** was on the list, we loved it, and MTVN paid us a fortune to spend weeks convincing them a name on their own list was best. (So goes the game in corporate America.)
Noel took it from there. He came up with an approach that allowed anyone who laughed to potentially be part of the network identity. A shouted "HA!" could emanate from anyone's mouth, photographic or illustrative, and that would keep it fresh and allow for hundreds of fun network IDs.
Time was tight and the network needed to be on air by April 1, 1990 (get it?), a schedule twice as quick as the launch of MTV in 1981. Fred/Alan relied on producers we'd been working with over the past decade to produce the network ID packages, and they all jumped aboard and did some great work.
For those of you following our IDs for various networks during the 80s, most of these 10 second films won't surprise. They were all good, but pay particular attention to the ones Drew Takahashi directed for his company (Colossal) Pictures (the X spots at the beginning of the compilation above). Always looking to innovate, Drew moved us away from the traditional 2D animation his company had done for us in the past and towards his passion of exploiting the then unique combination of video and computers. His pieces take the fun of Noel's design and mashes them up with a number of television conventions from the vacuum tube days. Via early MacIntosh computers.
HA! TV Comedy Network
Network identity IDs
Winter 1990
Logo design: Noel Frankel
Production: Drew Takahashi/(Colossal) Pictures SF, Alex Weil/Charlex NY, Marv Newland/International Rocketship Vancouver BC
Produced by Albie Hecht, Howard Hoffman, Tom Pomposello, Chris Strand
Executive producers: Alan Goodman & Fred Seibert
* No, HA! doesn't exist anymore. Neither does the Comedy Channel. After two years of slugging it out with each other, they merged into Comedy Central (named by Fred/Alan's Bill Burnett) as of April 1, 1991.
** The one hiccup in the clearance for the name was that Jim Henson had trademarked Ha! (executed in a Bodoni bold) for his company Henson Associates. Gerry Laybourne from Nickelodeon negotiated with Jim to make it work out.0 comments Tagged: 1990, Corey McPherson Nash, HA!, MTV Networks, Manhattan Design, Network IDs, branding, cable, logo, television, Comedy Central,.
From the moment Fred/Alan started doing MTV's advertising in 1988 we'd wanted to create a print campaign that would capture the feeling of change and surprise we'd been able to inject into the on-air identity from the first seconds of the channel.
Finally, in 1990 our clients agreed to a consumer advertising in Rolling Stone magazine, which eventually would run across two years. Their (then) large scale format was perfect and we were able to commission some amazing artists to participate; to contrast our photographic music trade campaign (and emphasize our identity roots), illustration was the primary medium. Our excellent art director Tom Godici picked all the art* (with some kibbitzing from the sidelines) from both sides of the generational divide, with a mix of household names, ad biz faves, and soon-to-be's.
Our favorite story from this campaign involved Robert Crumb. Generally, Tom would contact the artists personally, tell them something about the campaign, and emphasize we'd want their take on our headline "Just when you think you know what it is… it's MTV." Our only request —it was optional, and most didn't— was that the MTV logo would be included. Crumb's representative told us to send over some of the other artists' work and that he'd send it over to Crumb in France, but that it was extremely unlikely he'd participate. Tom dutifully packed up the stuff with a personal letter telling Crumb we knew he hated contemporary music but we loved his work.
Months later the package was mailed back, seemingly unopened. Sure enough, the original contents spilled out, to all appearances, unread. But Tom's eyed popped when along with all the other stuff flies out an old, yellow edged piece of onion skin typing paper with a Crumb drawing (the one up above) and a note.
"Please forward the $300. My wife is spending money faster than I can earn it."
* By R. Crumb, Lou Brooks, Janet Woolley, Robin Nedboy & Al Harp, Marvin Mattleson, Gene Greif, Jenny Holzer, Alex Grey, Robert Yarber, Fred Schneider, Mary Ellen Mark, Bill Sienkiewicz, and Lisa Powers.0 comments Tagged: MTV, 1990, 1991, Rolling Stone, advertising, print, illustration, graphic design, photography, consumer,.
Since the very beginning (August 1981) the MTV packaging and advertising work we'd done used line illustration and animation to establish a clear identity, distinct from the all too common live action music videos or the slick motion graphics on the rest of the television networks. But photography loomed very high on our radar. Fred's sister/Alan's wife, Elena Seibert, is a portrait photographer, and we'd each been to collecting photography at home. Rock photographer Annie Leibovitz had recently been doing advertising campaigns for The Gap and American Express, and Fred was particularly taken by Oliviero Toscani's"real people" campaign for Espirit.
So, 1990 rolled around, nine years we'd been developing and executing MTV's DIY, low-fi style. It was time for a change and a music business trade magazine campaign was just the place; Billboard, Hits, maybe Cashbox. The music industry had begun to take the network for granted, assuming it was just their amazing artists(!) that was responsible for the boom in sales. F/A creative director Noel Frankel directed the first ad with Winger, and then art director took the helm for the rest. A classy, quality, photographic look, black & white, featuring top artists of the day, and lyrics from their top recording.
Unfortunately, in those days right before Nirvana broke, it wasn't the most impressive lot. OK, half of them (Tone Lōc, the B-52's, Living Colour) were respectable. But Paula, Hammer, and least of all, Winger? And I'm not really sure what to say about Faith No More.0 comments Tagged: 1990, Billboard, MTV, advertising, photography, print, trade advertising, Hits,.
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The Jive 5 on Nickeldeon from fredseibert on Vimeo
Eugene Pitt and The Jive 5 were as perfect an element of network identity as Fred/Alan ever found. All the filmmakers who worked with us on Nickelodeon lined up to be the first to use their soundtracks on their network IDs.
The Fred/Alan television branding execution often started with defining a network's sound. A background in music and radio made this logical for them, though it was a philosphy grounded in their belief that TV was driven by the sounds first, with the visuals often following the audio lead. In the case of the Nickelodeon rebranding in 1985 the time frame was short, under six months, so the audio and the visual identities were developed simultaneously.
For over a year Alan and Fred had been thinking about old radio jingles, and thinking of ways to incorporate a human, vocal sound on their identities. In 1983, working on The Playboy Channel's Hot Rocks, they scouted around for an a cappella group to record distinctive IDs for the music video show. Alan's former colleague, writer and producer Marty Pekar, had started Ambient Sound to capture contemporary recordings of classic doo-wop groups from the 50s and 60s. He introduced them to the leader of The Jive 5, Eugene Pitt, as "not only a great singer, but a smart man." They found Eugene to be, as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame CEO Terry Stewart said, "the most underrated soul singer in America," and a wonderful collaborator. When the opportunity to work with Nickelodeon presented itself, Fred, Alan, and producer Tom Pomposello immediately knew the Jive 5 would be the perfect underpinning for defining the vocabulary of the network.
Convincing Nickelodeon was another story. When we brought up the notion of a sound identity, Nickelodeon executives, still not fully understanding of where we intended to steer the channel, suggested a consideration of Raffi, then a recent phenomenon as a singer for young children. "He's very popular; our research confirms it." Fred/Alan tried a lot of arguments to bring them around to a doo-wop sound, but they fell on deaf ears. "Doo-wop's 30 years old, no kid has ever heard of it."
Frame grab from "The Jive Five", by Jon Kane/Optic Nerve
We won the day on two grounds.
Fred played on the executives' liberal backgrouds. "We love all forms of African-American music, and using doo-wop will be a great way to educate American kids without anyone being the wiser."
Alan's worked even better. He opened his mouth and, quoting The Marcels' arrangement of chestnut "Blue Moon," sang:
"Bom-ma-bom, a-bom-bom-a-bom, ba-ba-bom-bom-a-bomp, b-dang-a-dang-dang, b-ding-a-dong-ding."
"What kid isn't going to relate to that right away?" Alan asked.
Case closed.
Animation by Eli Noyes & Kit Laybourne, Joey Ahlbum, Colossal Pictures, David Lubell, Jerry Lieberman & Kim Deitch, Marv Newland/International Rocketship, and Jon Kane/Optic Nerve. Additional singing by Juli Davidson, and Paul Rolnick.


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A note to the fine people of Seattle, Washington
Dear Seattle,
First of all, congratulations on convincing a world racked with recession that extremely expensive coffee drinks are a necessity that we cannot live without. That's a fine trick, right there. But I didn't come here to talk java, but what I do need to talk about can result in elevated blood pressure.
I bet I have some sort of notion how relieved you must have felt when your new braintrust got rid of one of the most corpulent pitchers of all time, who is also a Wall Street level criminal, for as much as he's stealing. Yes, he is completely worthless, but he also seems nearly harmless. Maybe our braintrust will invent an injury for Silva the Hutt, or merely cut him and the remainder of his wookie-sized contract. But, worst case, he takes up a spot on our roster, he gets run out there at the end of blowouts, and everyone has fun trying to guess what size uniform pants he's wearing this week.
On the other hand, many of you were excited about your return on the trade. "We got SOMETHING back for Silva," many of you cried, "and he's an actual hitter and ballplayer!"
Well, geez, less-see here. I myself don't follow Mariners ball very closely. I couldn't name five guys on your roster, in fact. Perhaps you, similarly, don't follow Cubs baseball very closely, either. I won't bore you with the details,
Here's the synopsis: man finds trouble no matter where he goes. Man joins Texas for one year, he plays well for a lousy team, and has a career year. Man leads the AL in OPS. But, for some reason, Texas does not attempt to keep man. Man claims he has seen the error of his ways, and cites the need for financial security as the root of all his past evil. The Cubs provide him with that financial security, and man expresses joy. But man comes in and posts a 12 homer, 41 RBI year hitting in the middle of the order of a team who won 97 games the previous year. Oh, and Texas? Without man, has their best season in nearly a decade.
Now, having had a winter to think about it, the man blames Chicago, rather than, you know, himself, for his poor performance. According to him, we are all racists in Chicago, and we made his life a living hell. Because we have a long history of hating African Americans. Such as Derrek Lee. Michael Jordan. Harold Baines. Ernie Banks. Billy Williams. Walter Payton. Oprah Winfrey. Barack Obama. Thing is, that's the way it always has been with this man. He has no inclination to take responsibility for anything in his life. A true microcosm of the decline of America.
So, chances are, you will not succeed with this man. In fact, God help you all if Milton Bradley gets off to a slow start. Doesn't your part of the country lead the nation in suicide rate? That's not a good place for him to be, I reckon.
Good luck in 2010. Can't say I didn't warn ya.
Nothing quite like a person
Nothing quite like a person to underperform and refuse any of the blame.
My response to Milton is this ...
You weren't expecting the intense pressure in Chicago? Why not? Who's fault is it that you didn't research the history of the city you signed a three year contract to play in, or the history of the heart-broken, cynical fans who'd be following you?
You didn't know your role with the Cubs? Why not? Who's fault is it that you never bothered to ask, if you were unsure?
You never discussed with the team what your expected role was to be before you put ink to paper? What kind of idiots do you take us for? Who's fault is it that you agreed to such a huge financial transaction without discussing the particulars?
Lou Piniella said it best. Milton Bradley is a piece of shit. What a disgrace!
You guys should dig up all the nice things he said about Chicago when he signed. What a douche,


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OTTAWA (CIS) – The University of New Brunswick Varsity Reds return to the No. 1 position in the third CIS men's hockey poll of the season, thanks to a pair of road wins against top AUS opponents combined to a two-game sweep from the Saskatchewan Huskies over the Alberta Golden Bears.
The V-Reds, who had opened the campaign at No. 1 before dropping to second place behind Alberta last week, received 12 first-place votes and 160 points from the 17-member media panel in the new Top 10.
The other first-place nods went to Saskatchewan (4), which moves up two spots to a season-high No. 2 following its impressive sweep of Alberta, and to the UQTR Patriotes (1), who remain in third place for the third straight week. The Bears drop to No. 4 following the back-to-back losses to their Canada West archrivals.
Rounding out the new media poll are No. 5 St. Francis Xavier (3-1-0), up two positions; No. 6 Moncton (2-1-1), down one; No. 7 Acadia (3-1-0), unranked a week ago; No. 8 Lakehead (4-1-1), up a pair; No. 9 Calgary (4-2-0), down one spot; and No. 10 UBC (4-1-1), ranked nationally for the first time since October of 2009.
Top-ranked UNB improved to 3-1-0 in league play over the past weekend thanks to a 4-0 shutout win at Saint Mary's and a 4-2 road victory over No. 5 StFX. The reigning AUS champions hit the road again this week for matchups against No. 7 Acadia on Friday and Dalhousie on Saturday.
In Canada West, the highly-anticipated doubleheader between Alberta (3-3-0) and Saskatchewan (5-1-0) lived up to the billing with the Huskies claiming a pair of one-goal decisions on home ice, 2-1 and 4-3. The Golden Bears outshot their rivals in both contests, 30-16 on Friday and 34-20 on Saturday, but Huskie netminder Ryan Holfeld had the last laugh on both occasions.
In the OUA, third-ranked UQTR (4-1-0) doubled Concordia 6-3 in its lone outing of the past week.
In addition to Friday's clash between UNB and Acadia, Top-10 battles to keep an eye on this week include Saskatchewan at UBC on Friday and Saturday, as well as StFX visiting Moncton on Saturday.


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Is This Expensive Steel Company Worth Buying?
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Nucor (NYSE: NUE) is the largest steel producer in the U.S., and statistically it is the largest recycler of any material, recycling almost 1 ton of steel every two seconds. The company declared its 2Q 2013 results last month. Let's take a look at how the largest steel manufacturer based on 'mini-mills' fared.
Quarterly performance
Nucor's revenue decreased 8.6% year-over-year to approximately $4.7 billion, but it beat consensus estimates of $4.5 billion. One of the reasons behind this drop was the weakness in sheet-metal demand, which caused a 1.4% year-over-year drop in shipments to outside customers and a 3.4% drop in total mill shipments.
Earnings missed consensus estimates by 10% and stood at $0.27 per share as compared to last year's earnings of $0.35 per share, a decline of 23%. One of the factors that caused this was almost a 7% year-over-year decline in the average sales price per ton.
The scrap and scrap-substitute costs came down by 11.7% to $377 per ton as compared to $427 per ton a year ago, and this helped in maintaining earnings. This was primarily attributable to the better performance of the Trinidad DRI facility.
Nucor's board of directors declared a cash dividend of $0.36 per share in June. This was the company's 161st consecutive quarterly cash dividend, and this is not a small achievement.
What next
It is expected that steel mills will see challenges in the residential construction sector as mortgage rates are now at their highest in the last two years. In contrast, the mood in the automobile industry is upbeat, and is bound to stay that way for a few years.
Nucor is also shifting to more value-added products, which offer better margins and should lead to higher revenue and profitability.
In November 2012, Nucor also entered into a long-term contract, lasting two decades, for natural-gas supplies for its steel mills and DRI plants. This will lead to energy-related cost savings, and hence contribute towards a reduction in the cost of production, which will have a positive impact on the bottom line.
Nucor's plans to grow are based on the improving efficiency of its existing operations and also the development of new technologies for steel production. In addition, it also plans to grow by strategic acquisitions that it feels will add value to its operations. Nucor acquired steel-foundation distributor Skyline Steel last June for $684 million as a part of its strategy. Revenue this year should start reflecting the results of this acquisition.
A look at others
It would be apt to mention a company that was formed by three ex-employees of Nucor. This company is Steel Dynamics (NASDAQ: STLD) and it was founded in 1993. Steel Dynamics has become the lowest-cost domestic-steel producer in the U.S. and is a perfect example of how businesses can compete based on the concept of providing identical products at lower costs.
Low-cost producers go on to become market leaders and Steel Dynamics is no exception. It has annual capacity of 6 million tons, producing a profitable mix of flat and long products. In fiscal 2012, Steel Dynamics notched a gross margin of 9.9%, compared to the 7.8% gross margin at Nucor.
There are two factors that weigh in favor of Steel Dynamics' cost advantages. Steel Dynamics' mini-mill model is much more labor and energy efficient. Secondly, Steel Dynamics' facilities are strategically locatedcloser to both raw- material sources and the customers of its finished products, thereby reducing transportation costs significantly.
United States Steel (NYSE: X) is another competitor of Nucor. The company is the largest "integrated steel producer" in North America and its production capacity is much inline with that of Nucor. Last year, the company produced 19 million tons of steel.
U.S. Steel has had a tough year, and its shares are trading a tad above the 52- week low. One of the contributing factors towards the decline of the company is its huge pension obligations, as well as oversupply problems and volatile input costs. Also, the company is under a huge pile of debt amounting to $3.9 billion, which far exceeds its market cap of $2.7 billion.
The company trades at a cheap valuation, but its future is uncertain. Estimates for the next year range from a loss of $0.40 per share to a profit of $3.00 per share. So if you have a huge appetite for risk, look at this company; otherwise, it would be better to stay away.
For dividend investors, Nucor provides a healthy 3.1% yield. The company's stock has held on resiliently even in a weak market for steel and the fact that it pays a good dividend certainly works in its favor. Nucor has managed to stay profitable even in tough times and investors should stick to this stock. But the company trades at an expensive PE of 37, so there's no value for new investors as of now.
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In the first battle of the year between two of the state's basketball powers, Savannah came out on top. The No. 2-ranked Blue Jackets emerged with a 55-46 win over city rival and No. 1 Johnson last Saturday. That may be enough to put Savannah back at the top of the rankings when the new polls are released in January.
Savannah (5-1) got 18 points from Jermaine Williams and 15 from Jamal Norman. Johnson (5-1) was led by Saadiq Muhammad with 15 points. The Atom Smashers played without Tim Quarterman, an LSU signee, who was not injury but was not with the team. His absence was not explained.
The two giants meet again on Jan. 26 at Johnson. Last season Johnson beat Savannah twice during the regular season, but the Blue Jackets beat Johnson for the region championship and wound up finishing second in Class AAAAA.
Savannah will be busy over the next two weeks. Coach Tim Jordan's team will play in the Sweet Sixteen tournament in Orangeburg, S.C., on Dec. 20-22, and then compete in the McDonald's Invitational in Tifton on Dec. 28-29.
North Oconee girls start fast
The No. 10 Titans are off to a 6-0 start, the best in school history, after wins last weekend over East Jackson and Hart County. Brooke Hubbard was impressive agaisnt East Jackson with 27 points and 14 rebounds — 11 of them on the defensive end. He also had six assists, one steal and only one turnover. Ginny Channel had 23 points and nine rebounds. Circle Jan. 11 on the calendar. that's when North Oconee plays at Oconee County.
St. Pius hosts Christmas Classic
The St. Pius boys and girls will be competing against some of the region's top catholic schools in the 13th annual St. Pius Christmas Classic, Dec. 27-29.
The boys field includes Archbishop Spalding of Severn, Mary., Belen Jesuit Prep of Miami, Bishop Ireton of Alexandria, Va., Brother Martin of New Orleans, Cardinal Gibbons of Raleigh, N.C., Pope John Paul II of Hendersonville, Tenn., and St. Joseph's of Greenville, S.C. The girls field features Archbishop Carroll of Washington, Assumption of Louisville, Ky., Elizabeth Seton Hall of Bladensburg, Mary., Notre Dame Academy of Staten Island, N.Y., St. Joseph Hill of Staten Island, along with Mount Paran Christian and Dutchtown.
Last year Archbishop Carroll beat St. Pius in the boys final and Oakland (Penn.) Catholic beat St. Pius in the girls final. The St. Pius girls have won the tournament five times, most recently in 2010, while the boys have won it only once, that in 2005.
The No. 8-ranked St. Pius girls (7-2) open the tournament on Dec. 27 at 6 p.m. against Mount Paran. The St. Pius boys (6-2) open against St. Joseph's at 8 p.m.
Holiday plans for other ranked teams
Since this is the final basketball blog until January, it seemed wise to run down where the state's ranked teams will be playing over the break.
No. 1 Washington County: at the Jones County Christmas Tournament Dec. 20-22 and at the Colquitt County Shootout Dec. 27-29.
No. 2 Buford: at the Peach State Holiday Invitational at Holy Innocents' on Dec. 27-29.
No. 3 East Hall: at the Lanierland tournament on Dec. 20-22.
No. 4 Oconee County: at the Carolina Invitational in Charleston, S.C., on Dec. 27-29.
No. 5 Cartersville: at the Pickens Tournament on Dec. 27-29 against Sprayberry, Shiloh and North Forsyth.
No. 6 North Hall: at the Habersham Central Christmas Classic on Dec. 27-28.
No. 9 North Oconee: opens against Shiloh at the Piedmont Holiday Classic on Dec. 20-21, and opens against Sequoyah in the Deep South Classic at Brookwood on Dec. 27-29.
No. 10 Woodward Academy: opens against Luella in the Union Grove Holiday Tournament on Dec. 27-29.
No. 3 Morgan County: at the Kingdom of the Sun tournament in Ocala, Fla., on Dec. 26-29, and vs. Fort Walton Beach, Fla., on Jan. 1 at Hoops in Overdrive at Centennial.
No. 4 Buford: at the Upward Classic in Dorman, S.C., on Dec. 27-29. Returns home for a game on Jan. 2 against No. 5 East Hall; Buford beat the Vikings 102-60 on Dec. 11.
No. 5 East Hall: at the Great Florida Shootout in Orlando, Fla., on Dec. 27-29.
No. 6 Central Carroll: at the Carroll County Christmas Tournament on Dec. 20-22 and at the Haralson County Invitational on Dec. 28-29.
No. 8 Murray County: Will host Misletoe Madness on Dec. 18-22, the plays at the Lafayette Christmas Tournament on Dec. 27-29.
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That girl's poll really needs an update!
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East Hall's boys have been beaten badly the last two games. I know they lost to Buford by 30.
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Take a Look at The NIKE Invitational Tournament at Columbia. Decmeber 26-29. The 16 schools that will participated in this year tournament, five won state championship in 2011. And all entrants in this tourney made to at least the first round in their state.From Georgia, state champions were Columbia (3A)and Whitefield Academy (1A). From Mississippi was Meridian (6A). From Alabama was Wenonah (5A and from Florida was Bartow (5A).Jonesboro (GA) advanced to the Final Four, and advancing to the Elite 8 in 2011 entered in this
tournament were Alcovy (GA), Crisp County (GA) and Greater Atlanta Christian (GA).The remaining schools saw Norland (FL) advance to the second round in its statetournament, while Chamblee (GA) and Greenforest Christian Academy (GA)made it to the first round in their respective classifications.
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Cartersville Boys are now 7-0 and are wining by an average of 37 points per game.
New coach is making a real difference. Coach's son is also pretty good


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Could You Walk Away from Motherhood for a Career?
After a six-month fellowship in Japan, Rahna Reiko Rizzuto decided she "didn't want to be a mother," and left her husband and two young boys, ages 5 and 3, to pursue her career, making herself the priority. Is this woman selfish or is she a better for it?
In her controversial memoir, "Hiroshima in the Morning: A Mother's Struggle for Identity," Rizzuto writes candidly about her life-changing trip to Japan, and about deciding she no longer wanted to be a full-time mom. She divorced her husband of 20 years.
"When I got to Japan there was a space around me where I wasn't defined anymore in the way I would be in the US, where people had these expectations, and I grew in ways that I didn't expect, and then I had to realized what I wanted," Rizzuto explained on "Today."Watch her full interview.
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Now, ten years later, Rizzuto currently lives down the street from her boys, sharing joint custody with her ex-husband.
Momlogic wants to know -- do you think this mother was selfish to leave her family? Or is she a better mother now because she is her true self? Could you leave your family to reinvent yourself?
Totally selfish! I think it's really sick! You can "find yourself" without leaving your kids high and dry.
Are you kidding me? How could anyone think that she is a "better mom"?? She obviously doesn't love her children. She ABANDONED them!
She was totally selfish. There is no excuse for her behavior.
I could never find it in my heart to be that selfish, regardless if you wanted kids or not, you got them now and to looking into the eyes of a 3 and 5 year old children and tell them you no longer what to be their mother is beyond heartless. And make no mistake that is what they heard and felt when their mother left. Thank God for loving involved fathers!!!
Is this really a question? Why did this get any publicity? Why give this chicken-hearted person any credit at all? I'm really angered by this person. If a parent walks away from family and a 20-year marriage, that parent doesn't deserve a successful book deal! I pray poverty for her for the rest of her life.
I hate working in the summer, I hated getting up in the middle of the night when my children were small. But you know you have a responsibility-grow up and deal like everyone else. They asked Helen Hayes when she was in her 80s if she had any regrets. She said she did -she wished she had spent less time working and more time with her kids.
I hate this mom.
Totally selfish. She made the choice to have children. A lot of us sacrifice after we have children. My life was on total hold. Now that my children are grown, I can re-invent myself if I choose. I will never read this book or any other book by her.
Basically you're a woman who got a divorce and has shared custody. Big whoop.
First you say you left your children, but then it turns out you didn't. Then you say you're judged as having abandoned them, but you didn't, and the only one saying you abandoned them is you.
You are just a divorced mom with shared custody. But I guess that isn't a salacious enough story. I guess it doesn't satisfy your need to feel victimized, or it isn't a huge enough story for you. So you go around writing that you abandoned your children. When, obviously you didn't.
So here you go, if you want people to stop judging you for abandoning your children, don't say you abandoned them. Tell the truth. You got a divorce and have shared custody.
Not hard is it?
My first reaction was "Wow, she is selfish!" but then I read more on her and what transpired and honestly I don't think she's a bad mother - she's a different type of mother.
With her husband and family's blessing she did the 6 months in Japan and her marriage fell apart during that span. She came back and immediately moved a block away from the family and worked at being this new type of mom. Had the roles been reversed and wouldn't the world be saying "what a devoted dad! moving a block away from the kids so even though they divorced it's as close to "normal" as possible!"
Granted, could I do it? Absolutely not.
I saw the interview and while I could have never leave my kids, I can understand how some may feel that parenthood isn't what they expected etc. I know there are days that I feel that parenthood isn't exactly as I had expected or hoped. But, life doesn't give you a bowl full of cherries. It gives you lemons, limes and some cherries along the way. You take what comes in life and make the best of it.
I don't want to hate this mom but I can never understand her reasoning. To say that she never wanted children is cruel. Those kids deserve to having loving parents. I think that I would find it hard to really love my parents and believe they loved me if I heard that they didn't want me.
Just sad.
Good side of this…she didn't have an abortion and/or kill them.
Bad side of this…she looks depressed. Has anyone got this woman some help?
Worst side of this…children do feel abandoned by parents. Let's just hope that they have an awesome dad.
If she were a man, it would practically be "normal," wouldn't it? We hear about it all the time. Sure, he's called a "jerk," but it's pretty much expected.
Women, on the other hand, put their entire lives on hold for their men and children. They follow men around the country and even the world. How often do men do that?
Yes, adults need to make sacrifices, but this reaction is a double standard. She is one of TWO parents who did what she felt she needed to do, and she's doing everything she can to be involved.
The fact of the matter is, if she were a man she wouldn't have had to leave to follow her dreams. She'd have a support system. But women don't have that luxury.
I seriously thought about not dignifying this question with an answer because this woman does not deserve ANYTHING, but I decided to answer for her children. Selfish does not begin to describe what she did. Horrid is more like it. Children don't ask to be born and what she did should cause her to be an outcast for the rest of her life. Shame on you Rizzuto! You better hope you don't reap what you've sown!!
Mid life crisis now lives down the street……okayyyyy???????
As someone who grew up with Reactive Attachment Disorder due to abandonment as an infant, I can say with confidence, the damage that poor excuse for a human being (male or female) did to those boys will not be know for years, but what has been done is severe, deep, and lasting. I know, I live mine every day.
I can't believe how judgemental people in America can be. Too many women have children just because it's expected that women should do so, but they're too afraid after they've had them to admit that the never wanted them in the first place, so instead the go around feeling like martyrs and being resentful and the kids pick up on that. As an artist I chose not to have children because I knew that all of the expectations to raise them would fall on me the way it always falls on women, even if a father is present. Men are expected to pursue their dreams, fathers or not while women are expected to sacrifice themselves for eveyrone else. Women should really decide whether they really want children or not BEFORE having them and not be afraid to be different and stand by their decision so that no one will be hurt in the long run.
Interesting observation on "Nipper's" comments. The person who gave birth to me and abandoned me was an artist… .
I find the gender martyrdom almost comical if it weren't so sad. Poor women, can't stand up for themselves and are "forced" by society to have babies. Well I'm sorry, Parenthood is the absolute greatest achievement one can make in this world, it shouldn't be a sacrifice. It is tough? Yes, I know I have kids. And as a father, I've given up plenty of what you would call "dreams" to pursue my "sacrifice" of dreaming to be the best parent my children could ever have, regardless of the cost in any terms to me personally.
I think it's horribly sad that she is making herself famous by saying she doesn't want her children.
Most of the comments are very judgemental.
She went to Japan for 6 months. During the 6 months, she had some self revelation and perspective. She came back home and got a divorce and lives down the street from kids with shared custody.
If a father did this, fewer people would have the same judgemental comments.
There is an unfair double standard for mothers vs fathers.


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CPA and Big Four survivor Francine McKenna uncovers the games multinational accountants play in her regular Forbes column, Accounting Watchdog and on her indispensable blog re: The Auditors. Her diligence often illustrates that what investors find so egregious in other countries' financial markets not only can impact Americans, but is also taking place in the US as well – courtesy of the global auditing firms.
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Slepko: In the wake of all the reverse merger inspired fraud and scandal, Bloomberg recently pointed out that, "Auditors that don't comply with SEC demands face temporary or permanent deregistration in the US." Would that ever happen to a Big Four?
McKenna: No. There are too few to fail – and the global auditors are too important to be called to account.
Slepko: Reverse mergers have been of such interest (not all bad until recently) that there's even a Bloomberg China Reverse Merger Index (CHINARTO) that tracks almost a hundred companies – and a recent academic paper examined its loss of almost three-quarters of its value since its 2010 high. Are reverse-mergers automatically a sign that fraud is going on? What percent are dubious? Is the fear overblown? Afterall, the recent return of Burger King (NYSE: BKW) to public trading occurred through a reverse merger.
McKenna: Based on what we've seen over the last ten years, and China in particular, I would not be surprised if 80% of them are crap. It's a big tell, but the reason why so many do them is they want to bypass the regular scrutiny for an IPO – and this is even after all the watering down via legislation like the JOBS Act that has diluted the integrity of the IPO process for the sake of, "jobs and growth." We may see a huge concentration from China because China has a certain sexiness, but I've seen these reverse merger deals being pitched by Israeli, Indian, and other promoters from all over.
Slepko: Is there a legitimate reason to do a reverse merger? In the past even the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NYX) itself used a reverse merger as a cost-saving way to go public.
McKenna: Nowadays it is essentially a quick and dirty way to get a listing, and if someone's in a hurry to raise money, then this is a way to do it. However, there is tremendous pressure on regulators and legislators, in things like the JOBS Act, for them to reduce or dilute or relax the standards and the requirements on audits, internal controls, and other governance issues so that it is easier for more companies to get listed and raise money under the guise of jobs and growth. But also under the guise of competitiveness we hear, "the US has to have more listings than other exchanges to be competitive in the global market." And there's a belief that it is important to have listings for the sake of listings. Sure, people need to raise money so they can get on with doing what they need to do as a legitimate business, but there is a significant (and growing) segment that are doing these things for abusive purposes – to quickly monetize a questionable situation, to do related party transactions, to reduce traceability of activities – and there is so much of it going on that the SEC would never have even started thinking about these sort of things if these analysts and short sellers had not started raising these issues. Einhorn was right about Lehman, Chanos was right about Autonomy (NYSE: HPQ), and Muddy Waters was right about Sino-Forest.
Slepko: Of course, in your most recent posting, you point out that Deloitte actually came out ahead by being able to unload the "Autonomy audit albatross," and cash in on the consulting side of the dance while US and UK regulators and others that should have known better went along oblivious.
Meanwhile, you write, "It's sexier for the SEC to pick a fight with Chinato make political points about investor protection than to admit that [US regulators] have not been monitoring the role the US firms play in audits of non-US based issuers audited by foreign member firms very well. The SEC also missed the boat on Longtop, in particular, and can't blame the reverse merger loophole for letting a possible fraudster sell securities in the US…[US regulators] did not hold the US audit firm accountable." In terms of the way public numbers are presented, is what is going on in China any different than what goes on in the United States?
McKenna: The end result is supposed to be the same since [Chinese companies listed or quoted in the US] have to follow the same standards (GAAP, IFRS, etc.) The difference for a country that has developing sectors is that they are one or two steps removed from the ultimate investor. People are investing in these kinds of markets for a lot of reasons, and their attractive potential also includes a high level of risk – that's why they can be so appealing, and often people forget this. Moreover, everyone that invests in China should realize that one of the risk factors is that if you have a problem or think there is something wrong or you want to sue for wrong doing, then tough. Go pound sand. In some ways you have to suspend belief in proper due diligence in the hope of high volatility and high returns as long as you get in and out at the right time.
I just tweeted a survey of Indian companies that just came out from KPMG, where executives say that fraud is just the cost of doing business.
Slepko: So not just corruption, but actual fraud?
McKenna: Right, just like in Russia or China, you have those governments, you have corruption, you can't really trust the courts…There's nothing that's changed in China, and what we see now is that Western investors think they can do things and then they run into the Great Wall. A multinational can't even send lawyers or accountants from the US to investigate if something goes wrong. The SEC has no authority there. The [US] Department of Justice has no authority there. The [US Public Company Accounting Oversight Board] has no authority there.
Slepko: You speculate that because Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) and Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA), "are actively seeking to enter the online casino gaming business in the U.S. and abroad, that their activities are going to present additional risks of fraud, bribery and other illegal acts given the nature of the business, where they're going to be doing much of it and the type of people they have to do that business with." What's your impression of the China and Hong Kong SECs?
McKenna: Hong Kong and Macau say they are a little bit different, and Ernst & Young is actually under scrutiny from the Hong Kong SEC because some of the Hong Kong firm's work is being carried out in Mainland China. Hong Kong wants to maintain the integrity of their exchange, and wants to get EY to be more transparent about the work they are doing. However, Mainland China is tightening its grip on Macau because some operators and Chinese mafia guys are reportedly doing business there. So, when you invest in these places, you really need to expect the unexpected because even though it may be glittering and look Western (superior even), the underbelly is still China or the Middle East or whatever. You have to remember that when they don't want you there anymore, you will be out. Just look at what is happening in Argentina.
Talk with any of the locals. They know that any good news is just the calm before the next storm. Americans are always so quick to think that change is permanent – "Brazil has changed for good. Brazil is now just like everyone else."
Slepko: What's the old saying? "Brazil will always be the country of the future."
McKenna: The Portuguese saying is even better (and similar to what Mexicans sometimes say), "Brazil: So close to the United States, so far from God."
[continued in "Big (Four) Trouble in Little China – and Middle America"]
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La Crosse Police, working with the FBI and U.S. Postal Service, raided a home at 1309 Redfield Street Thursday morning.
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Ok, not really. But Daily Show and SNL alum (and Lt. Col, USMCR) Rob Riggle is pretty damn funny pretending to be the guy who killed Osama.
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Love it.
A Lt with three full stripes ? Think they call that a commander.
Got to meet a few SEALs and UDT in Coronado Island and VN. This certainly is not their behavior. While kind of funny one one level, not sure I like the image it portrays.
Getting old prude.
You are an idiot, its a joke. I have never once commented on any stupid comments. But yours is stupid. shut up and laugh
I take it you are not a vet. Never been there and never done that.
lol, don't scare us like that.
You know it would never happen.
You know the SEALS reputation remains very much intact if not enhanced.
I would like to know if the SEALS would find it funny…probably…funny but dumb!
this is not very funny,our navy seals are the greatest military men who take pride in their jobs. i am positive they would not find it funny either… Bin Laden got what he deserved WAY TO GO NAVY SEALS !!!!!!!! The entire retired NAVY community supports you…. HOPE YOU GET MANY MORE………….. .. … THANKS AMS-1 retired…….
Not sure this is a good place for vets to post. The kids don't get it.
Regards, EW-3
Lets be professionals and lets be considerate of that operator, think guys. if you were the one who took down OBL not only will you get unwanted attention but some very nasty people will wanna come after you. He did what had to be done. I'll bet he wishes he was taken alive, it would have been nice. But the fact is, he's one of us and if anything we have to close ranks and protect him and family. Not just the Navy but the rest of us in uniform, active and retired,. if any damn thing, these so called experts need to join ranks and keep quiet. Lets be united and help him out.
So the uniforms are all jacked up and everyone knows this party would be at McP's, but it's still pretty funny.
Some people take life too seriously, this is obviously just making something light out of all this. Just because you're a veteran doesn't mean you can't find it funny because I know I do.
Not funny. Navy Seal would not do this. Not even close to being funny. Try something else to make a joke out of.
It's interesting but the three of us that are ex-USN are against this, and most of the other posters, who are likely not ex-USN think it's funny.
Very interesting. Something to be said for real world experience.
Lighten up fellas. It was pretty damn funny.
Fun Fact: Rob Riggle is a real life Marine, currently a Lt. Colonel in the Reserves. Joined up in 1990, was deployed to Liberia in 1996, Kosovo in 1999, Ground Zero after 9/11, and Afghanistan in November 2001. Received the Combat Action Ribbon. He's remained in the Marines even though his comedy career was blossoming before 9/11. And now is a notable celeb on the USO tours. He's one of the very good guys.
And to quote Riggle from The Hangover: In the faaaaace!
So nice that they gave him the Army Distinguished Service Cross, that must be hard to get for a SEAL.
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Employers initiated 1,060 mass layoff actions in September 2002, as measured by new filings for unemployment insurance benefits during the month. Each action involved at least 50 persons from a single establishment, and the number of workers involved totaled 122,277.
A year earlier, in September 2001, there were 1,327 mass layoff events involving 160,402 workers.
Over 9 percent of the initial claims in September 2002 were in general freight trucking (11,348). An additional 6 percent were in the temporary help services industry (7,587).
In January through September 2002, both the total number of events, at 14,150, and initial claims, at 1,567,505, were lower than in January-September 2001 (14,475 and 1,734,530, respectively).
These data are from the Mass Layoff Statistics program. Mass layoffs data for September 2002 are preliminary and subject to revision. For more information, see news release USDL 02-602, "Mass Layoffs in September 2002" (PDF) (TXT).
Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, The Editor's Desk, Mass layoffs down in September from a year earlier on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/opub/ted/2002/oct/wk3/art05.htm (visited September 22, 2014).
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Oct 8 2011: Yes, when you clap, it is a genuine connect between the topic, speaker and the audience. An individual (audience) can connect with the speaker on any single point, view, review, fact, etc. which s/he feels is right and appreciates the whole talk for that. As you might know that every talk does not have 100% connect with the audience, it is the facts and views which connect each other, and you receive claps accordingly.
Just check anytime, when you have a deep view or fact which is common to all, you will get echoing claps in the session, and when you are more technical and to the point, only those who could connect with it, will clap for you and rest will just appreciate the effort.
Oct 9 2011: I also think that if we were to sometimes clap to say 'thank you' that it could change the way we engage with each other as human beings. Rather than it being a judgemental reason, it could be for connecting as humans on a deeper level of thanks - thanks for participating and putting yourself out there. I think of people approached it this way we could see a resurgence in human ingenuity.
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The price of oil and bonds as they relate to market strength is a wide topic, but these are two areas tend to have a large influence over the markets. In this section, we will address the basics of using the prices of these vehicles to determine market strength.
Energy is one commodity that affects every company in one way or another. For example, the price of wheat makes a greater impact on agriculture stocks, but oil influences everything from the cost of electricity and heating, to the cost of production and transportation. When the price of commodities, and particularly oil, is on the rise it signals that inflation is starting to become apparent. The day-to-day price fluctuations won't cause inflation fears, but the long-term trend will. If the price of oil has been steadily increasing, it could cause investors to be fearful that inflating energy prices will slow company profits.
The price of oil has an opposite effect on those stocks directly influenced by the price of oil. Drilling, pipeline and retail distribution of energy stocks tend to have an extremely high correlation to the price of oil.
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Ten and 30 year bonds, along with interest rate futures are another indicator used by many investors to gauge the strength of the stock market. As you may already know, if bond prices are going up, then yields are decreasing. This decrease in yields causes investors to search for other areas in which to invest their money at a higher return - this usually means the stock market. On the other end of the equation, lower bond yields means that interest rates are low and companies will find it much cheaper to borrow money and finance expansion or growth.
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LAWRENCEVILLE -- A seven-year veteran with the Gwinnett County Sheriff's Department has resigned following his arrest for allegedly having sex with an inmate, officials said Thursday.
Deputy Duone Clark, 40, is charged with felony sexual assault and violating his oath of public office for an alleged encounter at the Gwinnett County Jail the morning of Jan. 13.
Clark was hired by the department in May 2003 and was in charge of overseeing a pod of between 65 and 85 inmates on the day in question, said Sheriff's Department spokesman Lt. Sean Smith.
The matter came to light when the alleged victim made an outcry to authorities at the jail. Clark was initially put on administrative leave, Smith said.
"As the investigation continued, we found enough evidence to secure warrants," Smith said. "Witnesses have been interviewed, and that was part of it."
The alleged victim, age 36, has been incarcerated since November on charges of financial identity fraud and theft by deception, along with probation violations. He's accused of trying to purchase tools and other materials at a Suwanee Home Depot with a stolen credit card in November.
The Daily Post does not identify alleged victims of sex crimes.
Clark is not accused of forcing himself on the inmate, but Smith said that's a moot point.
"Basically, if you're under my care as a deputy, then anything I do whether consensual or not is assumed under distress," Smith said.
Clark was transferred to a jail in Oconee County for "safety and security reasons" following an initial appearance in Gwinnett, Smith said. Superior Court Judge Tom Davis has ordered that Clark be held without bond.
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SuxBeanU 2 years, 7 months ago
Well isn't it nice to know what goes on behind closed doors. One more feather in the cap of Gwinnett County in it's race to the bottom. Disgusting.....
Karl 2 years, 7 months ago
Absolutely. This sort of thing NEVER happens anywhere else. Gwinnett is doomed because of the stupid behavior of one jailer. /sarcasm off/
glenn_s 2 years, 7 months ago
Unbelievable. The Deputy CA should investigate and get to the bottom of this!
HonestIngine 2 years, 7 months ago
Somebody already got to the bottom....LOL
wagmorebarkless 2 years, 7 months ago
Agreed, Karl.
Kudos to the Sheriff's Dept for discovering this and taking immediate action.
jack 2 years, 7 months ago
"Alleged sex".
I thought that was a term used only by my wife to describe my, uh, abilities.
HonestIngine 2 years, 7 months ago
Good one Jack, OK to use the line?


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Net income at the Pleasanton, Calif., company rose 21% to $157 million, or 66 cents per share in the last quarter, fueled by a one-time gain related to the sale of some of its Genuardi's stores in the Philadelphia area. Sales fell 0.2% to $10.05 billion. Excluding the one-time item, profit would have been 45 cents. On that basis, Safeway was expected to earn 42 cents on revenue of $10.24 billion.
Safeway, the parent of the namesake chain, along with Vons, Randalls and Tom Thumb stores, tried to put a positive spin on the news. The company affirmed its full-year guidance. CEO Steve Burd noted in the earnings press release that the company's "just for U" shopper loyalty program was "gaining momentum" as evidenced by an increase in store traffic. Same-store sales, a key retail metric, rose 1% in the quarter when fuel is excluded. Wall Street, though, expects beter.
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