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Tuesday, November 29, 2011
The Big Picture
2 comments:
- Cassie @ Primitive & Proper said...
gail i am so sorry for your loss. he sounds like an amazing man and supporter.
i have had so much going on this past year that i have reflected on my life, too and am making some changes and it feels good. it's just sad that it sometimes takes things happening to get us to that point. sorry i totally just went off on a tangent.
- November 29, 2011 at 1:51 PM
- Lulu and Co. said...
I'm so very sorry for your loss. Thinking of all who he left behind is so hard. He sounded wonderful and i know how that kind of support is so wonderful to have in your life as you follow your dreams of vintaging.
For the past month in a half I've been holding the hand of a very dear friend as she endures her battle with breast cancer in both breast at the age of 36.... i still can't believe it....i will forever remember the day she sat in my kitchen sharing a latte with me telling me she just found a lump...we both never would have thought a month and a half later we would be getting her through her surgery last week and now the road a head....
wishing you peace and joy this holiday season, and i hope 2012 brings me shopping into your neck of the woods!!!!
- November 30, 2011 at 7:33 PM


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Friday January 11th
Langara Falcons (92) at Camosun Chargers (76)
The Falcons continued atop the PACWEST standings, defeating the Chargers in Nanaimo. The Chargers trailed by just 8 at halftime, but the Falcons scored 37 in the third quarter to put the game beyond reach. Five Falcons scored in double-figures, led by Matt Madewan with five three-pointers and 18 points, and Garret Ling-Lee with 17 points. Brody Greig added 10 points and 12 assists for Langara. Camosun was led by Trevor Scheumann who went 8/19 for 20 points, and Jordan Elvedahl with five three-pointers, 19 points, and 8 rebounds. The Chargers out-rebounded Langara 53-46.
Douglas Royals (38) at VIU Mariners (72)
The Mariners jumped out to an early lead, outscoring the Royals 22-5 in the first quarter, and didn't look back. VIU led 37-14 at halftime and were in control throughout. Tyler Olsen had 16 points and 17 rebounds as the Mariners out-rebounded Douglas 54-38. Brandon Jones shot just 4/13 but added 14 points and 10 rebounds for VIU. The Mariners forced Douglas into 26 turnovers which they converted for 27 points. VIU's bench outscored Douglas 18-2. For the Royals, Mark Dabrowski had 20 points and 9 rebounds.
Capilano Blues (94) at Kwantlen Eagles (87)
The Blues took a close game over the Eagles, despite Ali Bosir's massive 41 points and 18 rebounds for Kwantlen. The Blues led 22-14 after one quarter, and 39-34 at halftime. Capilano was 19/28 from the free throw line, while the Eagles went 25/35; Bosir went 21/23. Capilano had five players in double figures, including Sai Zhang with 19 points off the bench. Kealan Wild added 15 points and 10 rebounds, while John Leong had 18 points and 7 assists for the Blues. Jag Thakar had 18 points for Kwantlen, while Aaron Ram had 15. The Capilano bench outscored the Kwantlen bench 23-5.
Quest Kermodes (67) at CBC Bearcats (63)
The Kermodes survived a scare from a fired up Bearcats team but pulled out the win to hold onto third place in the PACWEST. This game feature the top two scorers in the PACWEST: CBC's Kevin Ford and Quest's Jose Colorado. Quest led 38-27 at halftime, but the Bearcats cut the lead to seven after three and outscored Quest 17-12 in the final frame. Cartiea French-Toney had 15 points and 8 rebounds for Quest, while Jose Colorado went 1/11 for 9 points and 6 rebounds. Michael Zayaz-Duran added 14 points for Quest. For the Bearcats, Kevin Ford had 16 points, while Mac Thompson had 20 points for CBC in the losing cause. The Kermodes outrebounded CBC 62-49. Both teams struggled to hit from behind the arc: Quest shot 2/19 from long distance, while CBC was 4/29.
Saturday January 12th
Langara Falcons (73) at VIU Mariners (67)
No stats available for this game.
Douglas Royals (70) at Camosun Chargers (73)
Camosun bounced back from a loss on Friday to squeeze by the Royals. The win moves Camosun right back into the hunt for the final playoff spot, now trailing the Royals and Eagles by just two points. Five Chargers scored in double-figures, led by Jordan Elvedahl who hit four treys for 16 points and 6 assists. Trevor Scheumann had 13 points, while James Giuffre added 10 points and 13 rebounds. The Chargers outrebounded Douglas 55-43. Mark Dabrowski had 23 points and 10 rebounds for Douglas, who played only six players in the game. Harpreet Randhawa added 16 points and 12 rebounds. Tom Ghag and Krisstian Hildebrandt each started and played all 40 minutes.
Quest Kermodes (83) at Kwantlen Eagles (102)
No stats available for this game.
Capilano Blues (79) at CBC Bearcats (66)
The Blues earned two much needed wins to keep them in the thick of the standings, the second win coming in Abbotsford against the Bearcats. Igor Jesovnik hit 6/6 from the free throw line for 18 points. Wesley Dekleer earned 15 points and 11 rebounds, while Daniel Dubois contributed 13 points and 13 rebounds. Capilano outrebounded CBC 55-39 and went 19/28 from the free throw line. For CBC, Linden Willock had 13 points, while Kevin Ford went 3/12 for 10 points. Mac Thompson added 13 points off the bench for CBC. Capilano's bench outscored CBC's bench 29-16.

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Sometime in June, I ran across this post – LA Dog Bite Lawyers in Cat Fight over Maps on Mike Blumenthals Blog (a great blog by the way). In that post Mike details an e-mail conversation he had with a PI Attorney in LA that had a few issues with his Google Local Business Listings.
It seems this attorney had paid an Internet Marketing firm a significant amount of money ($10,000) to have his firm show up prominently in the Google 10-Pack for search terms related to Los Angeles related PI search terms. And the firm he hired engaged in "Map/Business Listing Spam" – and for that, Google banned all of this listings.
I've been experimenting and testing Google Local Business listings for more than a year now (nowhere near what Mike does though) and without a doubt, the Google 10- Pack might be one of the Top 3 Internet Marketing moves any law firm can do.
You've probably seen the 10-Pack before. If you need a refresher, here it is.
When you do a search for almost anything on Google, and use a geographical location as part of what you type in, Google will provide a map and up to 10 business listings related to your search….at the very top of the page. Like this search for "cincinnati car accident lawyer" -
This is perhaps some of the most valuable Real Estate on Google….and if your business is not listed….you'd better look into it.
And did I mention….it's FREE.
It's no secret that the businesses that get the most clicks are those listed on the first page of Google – and the higher the result, the more clicks you get.
What Google has done here is to give small businesses the chance to compete with the big-boys for position. As long as you serve the area that the search term is focused on, you have the chance to show up in the local 10-pack.
What's that worth to an Attorney?
Well, the attorney in California that had his listings banned saw an immediate drop in business of 30%.
Obviously, the monetary gain of being listed in the Google 10-pack is phenomenal.
On to Part II – Getting Ready To Set Up Your Law Firms Google Local Business Listing.
I'll show you how to do it….and how to increase the chances of your firm showing up almost every single time someone does a search for your practice specialty.
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People's welfare governments prime concern: Rather
Filed Under: Media & Tech, World | Posted: 08/31/2012 at 4:15AM
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Srinagar, August 31 (Scoop News) – Saying that people of the State have pinned high hopes with the present dispensation headed by Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, the Minister for Finance & Ladakh Affairs, Abdul Rahim Rather today enjoined upon the administration and field agencies to reach out to people at their door steps to redress their grievances. He said people's welfare and uplift is the prime concern of the Government and their will be no compromise on it.
Addressing a public gathering, after laying foundation stones of Rs. 50 lakh Govt. High School building and Rs. 20 lakh Health Centre building at Chraripora, Pakherpora in district Budgam, Rather vowed to come upto the expectations of the people adding that all possible resources are being pooled to meet their demands.
Rather cautioned the people about the machination of defeated elements who just to satiate their vested interests have launched a malicious vilification campaign against senior leaders of National Conference (NC). "But they will meet the same humiliation and shame as in past". He said we are intricately connected with the people at gross roots level both ideologically as well as emotionally and those who want to create ill-will against NC leaders live in fool's paradise. He said people are the real fountain head of power and they have reposed their trust and faith on us repeatedly. "Infact, these elements are unnerved with our growing popularity among the masses," Rather added. He said seeking a bright future for the budding youth of the State is our mission which will be perused with full vigor and strength. He advised the educated youth to avail benefits of various employments generating programmes of the government adding that J&K Bank has been asked to provide hassle free credit facilities to the un-employed youth.
He said J&K Bank is opening 100 more business units during the current fiscal to provide lending facilities to the people at their door steps for generating business and economic activities in nook and corner of the State.
Responding to the demands of the people, the Minister said a comprehensive Irrigation scheme for orchards in kandi cum karewa belt of Chrar-i-shrief constituency including Chraripora, Karpora, Shour, Ratherpoa and Dalwan will be formulated to give boost to the fruit business in the area. He said the road from Malapora to Kanidajan will be fully macadamized shortly adding that Dalwan- Chraripora road has recently been macadamized at cost of Rs. 60 lakhs.he said basic objective of his touring different areas alongwith district administration was to reach out to the people at their door steps to take stock of their problems and to redress the grievances.
District Development Commissioner, Budgam, Khurshid Ahmed Shah and concerned district officers and engineers accompanied the Minister during the tour.


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COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Mr. and Miss Whitley County, Skylar Campbell and Katie Barnett, were joined by the rest of the Whitley County 4-H court to help organize items at B.A.B.E. of Whitley County.
The afternoon of service was offered by the teens to help prepare B.A.B.E. for its upcoming move to a new location.
In the coming weeks, B.A.B.E. will be relocating from its white house on Main Street to a bigger building off of Line Street.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö A water main in Columbia City which has had problems before broke again Monday.
The main services the subdevelopments of Eagle Glen and Irish Glen. Residents of those areas experienced low water pressure until the break was fixed.
Water Superintendant Mike Dear said the soil in the area is corrosive. This causes wear on the main and the corrosion eats at the pipe. The proposed solution will make the soil eat at the anodes, rather than the water main.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö One person of the 18 charged with being at dog fighting contest on Saturday pleaded guilty to the charges brought before him in Whitley County Superior Court on Wednesday.
Excell L. Hazzard, 44, of Chicago, pleaded guilty to the charge of attending an animal fighting contest, a Class A misdemeanor. He was sentenced to serve six months in the Whitley County Jail with six months of the sentence also suspended, and ordered to pay fines and serve 40 hours of community service in an animal shelter.
Kimberly Inez Rinehold, 47, of Albion, passed away in her sleep early Monday, Dec. 31, 2012, at her residence.
Born May 3, 1965, in Fort Wayne, she was the daughter of Steven B. and Cathy J. (Langohr) Heaston.
She graduated from Columbia City High School with the Class of 1983. She spent her adult lifetime in Albion and worked for Dexter Axle as a gauge tech, for over 25 years.
On Oct. 26, 1985, she married John A. Rinehold and he passed away in 2008.
Laurel Eugene Taylor, age 84, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 8:36 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26, 2012, at Lutheran Hospital, Fort Wayne.
Born March 2, 1928, in Whitley County, he was the son of Glenn Jewel and Grace Evelyn (Traster) Taylor.
He lived in Whitley and Allen Counties all of his adult lifetime.
He graduated from Jefferson Center High School with the Class of 1945.
He served in the United States Army from 1950-52.
On Sept. 26, 1953, he married Donnabelle ŌĆ£JonnieŌĆØ Wagner.
He worked for 29 years at Joslyn Steel, Fort Wayne, and retired from PTG, Columbia City.
Molly Renae Minear, of Warsaw was stillborn at 2:58 am Saturday, Dec. 29, 2012, at Dupont Hospital, Fort Wayne.
She was the daughter of Ross Minear, originally of North Webster and Chantel (Lemon) Minear, originally of Columbia City.
James E. Fancil, 69, of Fort Wayne, passed away at 10:25 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 25, 2012, at his residence. Born on Jan. 6, 1943, in Warsaw, he was the son of Maurice J. and Helen (Hively) Fancil.
Surviving relatives include his two children, a significant other, three siblings, four grandchildren and three great-grandchildren.
A memorial service will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at DeMoney-Grimes Countryside Park Funeral Home, 600 Countryside Dr., Columbia City.
Memorial gifts may be given in Mr. FancilŌĆÖs memory to the final expense account in care of DeMoney-Grimes Funeral Home.
Here are the headlines in Thursday's Post & Mail:
Water Main Break Along Van Buren St.
18 Involved In Dog Fighting Case Appear In Court
Mr. & Miss Whitley County Help B.A.B.E. Prepare For Move
FORT WAYNE ŌĆö For Columbia CityŌĆÖs fifth game in five days, head basketball coach Chris Benedict is pleased.
ŌĆ£Sometimes it might not be the prettiest, but our guys make the plays to win the basketball game,ŌĆØ Benedict said. ŌĆ£They do a really good job of finding a way to get the job done.ŌĆØ
Columbia City topped Northridge 59-48 at the Memorial Coliseum Tuesday night in the Super Hoops Classic.
The Eagles were far from their 90 percent 3-point shooting display against Whitko in the season-opener. In fact, Columbia City shot 17 percent from behind the arc, one of the worst of the season.
COLUMBIA CITY ŌĆö Indiana has 47,000 farms that are 220 acres or less. More than 75 percent of the stateŌĆÖs farms fall into the ŌĆ£small farmŌĆØ category, according to a 2007 Census of Agriculture. With such a high percentage of small farms in the state, agriculture legislation should be a hot topic among voters.
However, U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack reportedly appeared at a forum where he said rural America is ŌĆ£becoming less and less relevant.ŌĆØ He encouraged voters with a stake in agriculture to speak up so rural America can still have a voice.


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August 1 is the date for many students to return to school for athletics, drill team, cheerleading and band. This comes just as the temperatures hover around 100 degrees everyday. Need to remember that kids are more likely than adults to suffer from heat illnesses.
Texoman's triple digit temperatures may have contributed to the death of a 10 year old boy.


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An interview that gives brand new challenges in testing the relationship between the four girls!
After anticipating for long, they're releasing both their single 'Scream' and 1st Standard Album 'Collection' on 28 March!
The members' personalities and music works will be released now! Aside from the tough/powerful women image that their music genre portrayed them to be or the fashion leading icon, they're a group of thoughtful innocent ladies who care for one another, are passionate and filled with diverse charms.
•A new track produced for Japanese Blackjacks
——The release of both Single 'Scream' and 1st standard album 'Collection' on 28 March.
Dara: 'Scream' is a new track produced for Japanese Blackjacks. The addictive toxic-like melody allows our listeners to feel that it's an interesting song as the sound/melody differs from part to part.
Minzy: In addition, as you sing along with the song, your mood will become better. Before you realize, you'll find yourself smiling because you have been singing to this song as you walk. (Laughs)
——I understand this feeling. This song is just like how you described. The song itself has this kind of energy and its increasing slowly.
Bom: Minzy's rap in this song is really cool and she even set strict standards on herself! For me, I've put in more effort than before and the prominent characteristics of my voice were subconsciously projected. Frankly, when I first heard this song I felt it was hard to sing and I don't really understand the meaning for the song…(wry smile).
However, it was really like how everyone described, the more you listen to it, the more you'll like it that you'll hum along to the tune of it. CL and Dara's part also give prominence to their own charm. I'm loving the song more and more.
——Also,the lyrics is based on the scene at a Club, messing with a unfaithful guy, we made a casual decision "If there's no change then it's goodbye!" The first impression is so strong about a really energetic woman but also reflects a woman's shaky inner feelings in an ingenious way.
CL: Really fortunate to have M-flo's VERBAL to compose the lyrics. Working with Verbal's team was really fresh and exciting.
•2NE1's constantly working hard to strive to be the world's best
——The Album, 'Collection' also includes exciting tracks. Japanese remakes for their Korean popular tracks were also included.
CL: Because it's Japan debut album, so we'd like to introduce to Japan on what kind of group 2NE1's like. So we've also included our Korean popular and representative tracks.
Dara: 2NE1's colors and style is all inside, everybody who doesn't know 2NE1 could also understand 2NE1 just by listening to this album. When they see any of our members, they'll go like "So this is 2NE1".
Bom: 2NE1's music not only contains 2NE1's "Essence", 2NE1's new image or songs that you'll easily remember once you hear it but also songs that can make more people happy.
CL: 'Fire' is our debut song in Korea, it can also be known as 2NE1's trademark. When people say '2NE1', they'll not think of other songs except for this. Hereafter, while we were deciding on the sequence for the tracklist, all four of us agreed that it (Fire) must be arranged as the first track.
Not only has that it represents a new start for 2NE1 but also, instantly leaving a strong impression to those who listen to our album.
Dara: This time, the album is a re-interpretation in Japanese. Especially, during the recording of 'Fire', brings back memories from the past, the same kind of tension and deep emotions.
Minzy: The feeling is the same like we first debuted. However, I totally can't get over the Korean lyrics for 'Fire' and getting used to the Japanese lyrics became harder for me during the recording.
Even though the lyrics itself is really interesting and no constraints but it is really time consuming. Unlike our new song, 'Scream', where there's totally no impression about it and it's the recording that went very smoothly.
Bom: 'I DON'T CARE' is also one of our trademark songs. When I went to the US, someone told me "Korean group's 'I DON'T CARE' is pretty good, be sure to listen to it". (Laughs)
——You're being promoted(Laughs)
Bom: I was thinking "I'm the singer for this song" (Laughs). Nevertheless, I felt really touched because it's a compliment for 2NE1.
——2NE1 is showing that there are no boundaries to music.
Bom: So! 2NE1 lets continue to work harder and strive to be the world's best!
——2NE1 is already the best group.
Bom: No, Not yet (Laughs).
——But, being so humble and hardworking makes people curious that they want to know more about 2NE1's music and the chemistry of the group.
CL: Also, the members are appreciative and respectful towards one another.
•The relationship among the 4…
——The relationship between the four are quite good, they get along really well.
Dara: It has always been the four of us together. We get along really well despite our age differences. Furthermore, we coordinate really well with one another. But there are also times when you become headstrong when others don't support your opinions. When this happens, we'll do self reflection. At last, after mutual understanding and exchanging our opinions, we'll coordinate on a conclusion that all of us agree on.
——Maintaining the good relationship among each other by not accumulating grievances.
Dara: Although CL is younger and the leader of 2NE1 but her way of doing things is really straightforward. She judge 2NE1's affairs objectively. This will give people a feeling of 'Older sisters being the maknaes and the maknaes becoming older sisters'.
Bom: It's true (Laughs). Dara and I are older but we're like kids (laughs). CL and Minzy are like young matured adults and they're really reliable.
——Especially CL-san, she's conscious, responsible, and courteous and also there's this special aura around her. It is said that she have a lot of older female fans. She's really reliable! (Laughs)
CL: I feel really happy being complimented this way. Not only me, we're matured and 2NE1 members are someone that everyone could rely on. Therefore, being able to wholeheartedly strive to be better is because of everyone's support.
Minzy: She's indeed a Leader.
—— Recently during your rest days, what do you do in general if you have time?
Dara: I will go home and play with my cat. It's getting more and more adorable…Ah, I'm a muddled parent who dotes on my cat. (Laughs)
Minzy: Because I like to watch movies, so I'll watch movies, read books and play with my puppy.
CL: I don't really like to go out. Generally, I'll stay at home.
——This is quite unexpected.
CL: There are rumors that I go to the Club often, in fact I don't. I'll be at home, drawing while listening to music. Recently, I'm a fan of this US drama, [FRIEND], I would repeat the drama over and over again.
Although I don't watch dramas that often but this drama depict the wonderful time spent together with friends. It's good~ I'm really envious.
——Perhaps, it is normal for us, but it's not the same for CL. Our lives are different from 2NE1's, because they cannot make decisions for them to do what they want. Therefore there is strong desire.
CL: Although I've realized my dream and have become where I am now, but I can't go out freely, this situation is undesirable so I can only watch TV dramas to maintain a good mood.
Bom: I dozed off while watching Japanese dramas (Laughs). Recently, I became a fan of [ONE PIECE], I really like Luffy.
—— Luffy and Bom look a bit similar.
Bom: (Smiling from ear to ear) When I see Luffy, I also felt that we resemble one another.
•This summer, want to have a waist of an ant? !
——This is the last question. This summer, what is the new thing that each of you wants to challenge?
CL: Swimming. Although I really want to swim previously, but this seems to be the first time. In Japan, it's different from South Korea, I can shop at ウインテ‐ジmall, buy some jeans and cut it myself to make them into beggar jeans. And also…Ah, so much to say (Laughs)
Bom: I want to have the waist of an ant!
—— Waist of an ant!Is this Bom's quote?
Bom: This Spring, I want to wear a short t-shirt that shows my navel, hence I want my waist to become slimmer.
So I want to challenge the fitness programs at the gym!
——No, That'll be too slim (Waist like an ant), you look really good in your present state.
Bom: (Absolutely) No! No! I must really work hard to look like that (Laughs)!
——So it turns out that you've such desire of being beautiful. What about Dara?
Dara: I've learnt to play a guitar last year but I didn't play well. When 2NE1 go on tour, I want to play it once!
——I'm anticipating it!
Dara: … (Whispers) I'll work hard in order to play it well (Laughs).
Minzy: The thing that I want to do is not necessarily something that I want to do in spring but I am thinking when I can travel around the world for once.
——Travel around the world with your music (Laughs).
Minzy: There are a lot of countries that I want to visit to let the world listen to 2NE1's music and love our music!
Bom: That's not the first step. We must let everyone in Japan listen to our music. Spring is the season for a brand new start for things and the beginning of hope. People, who're troubled with their relationships, work or studies, could listen to our music to gain courage and take a new step together with us!
Chinese Translation: 小通@2NE1 Baidu Bar
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The fishing's good this year. Johnny has new rakes, like oversize metal combs, tied to the back of the Problem Child, and they dig the oysters out of their bed and onto the deck, where they're stuffed in one-hundredpound baskets. In the first nine days working Skiff Lake, he'll come back with ninety, ninety-five baskets each evening, $21,000 worth of mollusks all told. He's still got four more leases to work, too, and the money season for crabsMay, June, and Julyis only a few weeks away. Those three months should be good for another eighty grand.
Johnny's been fishing full-time since 1992, when he was 18. At 36, it's all he knows how to do. He'd worried maybe Katrina wiped the fish away, the way it wrecked his whole damn parish. After the waters receded, he went back to his place in Poydras and gutted his trailer and tied the refrigerator to the hitch on his truck so he could drag it out the door, and by the middle of October he was back on the water. Seemed like he had the entire ocean to himself, and all the fish, too. It wasn't easy trying to find someone to sell his catch to, but it all worked out.
Hurricanes are an existential threat, unpredictable and vicious, and there's absolutely nothing Johnny can do about them except clean up and rebuild and go back to work. The market can also be unpredictable, which is why Johnny quit fishing mullet a few years back, when the price dropped to forty cents. But he does not worry about the oil platforms or the forty-five drilling rigs on the edge of his fishing grounds. They've been there all his life, sucking oil and gas out of the ocean floor, and they haven't been a problem yet, not a major one. "I figure," Johnny says, "that they got their shit down pat."
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The Deepwater Horizon is floating above a mile of green sea, holding an exact position against the currents and the waves. She's enormous, 396 feet long and 256 wide, about the size and shape of a city block, with the steel bones of a derrick rising twenty stories up from her center. Seventy feet below the waterline, eight thrusters keep her in place above the wellhead, nudging the Horizon fore and aft and port and starboard, and her crewshe has berths for 130can keep working when she's riding waves almost thirty feet high. She's drilling a well called Macondo at an extreme depth, but nowhere close to her limits: The Horizon can drop a drill in 8,000 feet of water and push it another 30,000 into the earth's crust, changing direction on the way if needed, and hit a target no bigger than a Volkswagen Beetle.
Deep-sea drilling is a risky and complicated process, of coursethe oil industry's equivalent of a moon shotand it's vulnerable to all sorts of delays. Subterranean textures shift and soft layers collapse and gas from punctured pockets surges up the bore. Macondo has been particularly troublesome. Drilling the well and preparing it for a production rig was scheduled to take twenty-one days, but by the time Mike Williams helicopters to the Horizon on Monday, April 12, the job is into its fifth week. British Petroleum, which is leasing the rig from Transocean for $502,000 a day, is already $5 million over budget on rent alone; Mike hears the project as a whole might be as much as $150 million in the red.
Mike is 38 years old and a chief electronics technician on the Horizon, which means he monitors certain systems on the rig, makes sure the ventilation and the computer network and the gas sensors function properly. He used to manage the truck division at a Toyota dealership in Tyler, Texas, but the hours were brutal, working seven days every week, never seeing his wife, Felicia. He had a friend working offshore, and that was how Mike got on the rigs. "The good ol' boy network," he says. He's been on the Horizon now for almost two years.
The problems with Macondo started on his last hitch, about two weeks into the job. Twice drilling had to stopoilmen call it getting stuckonce to patch a crack in the bore hole, then again to drop a cement plug into a tender spot in the subsurface that collapsed around the drill string, the miles of pipe attached to the drill bit. All told, the Horizon lost at least ten expensive days. And no one gets a completion bonus when a well comes in late.
Mike senses the crew is frustrated but still determined, muscling through the final days of a job gone wrong. The well's been drilled almost to depth, 18,000 feet, and then all that will be left is sealing it off until a production rig starts pumping out the oil and gas. Another ten days and the Horizon will move on to another site. And the news on the rig isn't all bad. Next week, executives from BP are flying out to congratulate the crew for its safety record. In seven years, it hasn't lost even an hour of operating time because someone got hurt.
5 Days
The Deepwater Horizon has respectably comfortable rooms for the 126 crew on board, Internet access, a movie theater, laundry service, and a galley that serves far better food than one would expect for institutional cooking forty-five miles at sea. Not as good as Natalie Roshto'sthe first thing Shane will ask her when he gets home is the same thing he always asks, which is What's for dinner?but still pretty good. All in all, the rig's not a bad place to be cooped up for three weeks at a stretch. "Like a big ol' hotel," the steward says.


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World of Warcraft passes 5 million mark
USER COMMENTS 23 comment(s)
|how many (4:40am EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
5 million geeks… great - by Lloyd
|Great so what happens when (4:42am EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
they turn the servers off?
All those hard earned hours down the drain for nothing. They'll be mass suicide. - by Mommy
|xyz (7:51am EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
i'm suffering from WoW withdrawal. Servers go down for 6 hours every Tues morning =( - by xyz
|wow 50-75 million $$$ a MONTH (8:15am EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
jeez, that is not too far off 1 BILLION a year!
I wonder how much it costs to run it but they must make a hefty profit, wonder when WOW 2 will come out. I would like to see an upgraded graphics and physics engine - by fyi
|After playing… (8:40am EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
WoW for about 3 months I can say Blizzard definitely does thier homework, and gives thier customers thier $15 worth. - by Terminally Cranky
|I Play (9:18am EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
I have been playing for several monthes and the game is good. I would just like to see the game have more to it then just fighting. I remember Star Wars Galaxies, you had adventuring, cool places to go and much better character generation. RP was much better. But all in all it is a great game to play, always someone to group with. And I do miss player houses. - by Demontar
|wow (9:28am EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
If half those 5 million put even half the time they spend playing kids' games into their jobs they wouldn't have to worry about being replaced with a worker who makes $3.85 an hour. - by Raskolnikov
|I still say screw Blizzard (10:55am EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
They turned their backs on the PC users who were starcraft fans but made sure to make Ghost for consols only, the SOB's. - by Regulas
|Re: Rash (11:26am EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
I have plenty of time for both. After dealing with people all day, when I get home I just wanna use my rogue's "ambush" ability and mess up lop-eared blueskinned Nightelf sissies or stomp on some Gnomes! - by Terminally Cranky
|The WoW Effect (12:21pm EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
I hope it won't destroy it's competition.
"EVE Online, -9.4- MMORPG.com" - by EonC.
|What About StarCraft? (1:02pm EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
Starcraft is verry popular too, heck over there in Korea they like Starcraft so much they have parrades of it in its honnor no joke. - by Anubis
|i want starcraft 2 (2:37pm EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
NOW!11!eleventy-one!!1!!1 - by gei
|Warning (3:37pm EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
You are completely wasting your time playing MMOs. TRUST ME.
That being said, if you went into this thing looking for a huge waste of time, then get back in the game, there are gnomes running around un-stomped as we speak!
- by Cynical Bastard
|reg warnign (3:59pm EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
thanks cynical ill stop playing i trust you. - by jesus loves me
|I played WOW for about 1/2 hour (8:42pm EST Tue Dec 20 2005)
decided the highly polished styllish artwork and gameplay wasn't for me. The game play is super fake.
Ultima Online and DAOC rule the MORPG game with a Iron fist. - by PKS OMG dddd
|HAHA (5:39am EST Wed Dec 21 2005)
I was a Starwars Galaxie geek for 1 year and now I quit. No WOW thank you.
Bloodfin, Everich Newl - by Progamefreak
|WoW rehab… (4:19pm EST Thu Dec 22 2005)
…is tougher than you would think…
It was my first MMORPG. Never thought I would like it (used to play sports games on PS2 and thats about it).
Got addicted… almost lost my girlfriend and best freind… stupid
I said screw it… Quit at the point where my boys where going for a beer and I was about to say i couldn't come cause I had an MC raid to go to…
A that point i said… WTF am i doing…
But… i miss it… surprising. - by WoW rehab…
|here's something funny (6:50pm EST Thu Dec 22 2005)
episode 6
|fdgf (9:40pm EST Mon Jan 02 2006)
fdg - by gdf
|dont be a geek (2:16pm EST Wed Mar 15 2006)
why do u all waste ur life with a fake life, in a fake world, get ur fat asses out and do some shit, like learn to snowboard, and, why are u geeks all so FUCKING rude in games and shit, u ayint that badass, in realyti. so just shut the hell up. u are the one whom ruin langues, with geeki words like, lol.and omfg, omg, stfu. noob. and all that shit. just STOP. u litle assholes, take a knife and shuw it so far up ur gekki asses that u hit ur head and die!, peace, - by andreas. form norway
|WOWsa!!! (1:24am EST Sat Mar 18 2006)
freedom sweet freeedom!!!! played it for 8 months and one day just stopped havent touched er since wooot quiting FTW!!! go get some pussy you will skip the other 12 steps and remember what life was likre before WOW..trust it!!! - by punanyvs.wow
|Hahaha… (11:53am EST Thu Mar 30 2006)
You guys do know it is possible to have a life and play WoW. I just raid on Saturday nights from 11 PM to like 3 AM. I have plenty of time for girlfriend, friends, and school (straight A's, except that one B).
So don't tell me to shove a knife in my… - by Common Sense
|Hm. (10:04am EST Thu May 18 2006)
dont be a geek (2:16pm EST Wed Mar 15 2006)
why do u all waste ur life with a fake life, in a fake world, get ur fat asses out and do some shit, like learn to snowboard, and, why are u geeks all so FUCKING rude in games and shit, u ayint that badass, in realyti. so just shut the hell up. u are the one whom ruin langues, with geeki words like, lol.and omfg, omg, stfu. noob. and all that shit. just STOP. u litle assholes, take a knife and shuw it so far up ur gekki asses that u hit ur head and die!, peace, – by andreas. form norway
I really think you need to learn how to spell. There is nothing wrong with being a nerd, and I will be one forever and ever! - by Long Live Nerds


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analysisBy Paul Dada and Amarachi Egbeogu
Online Social networking platforms like facebook, twitter, Skype, yahoo messenger! WhatsApp! MySpace, Windows Live messenger, Google talk, AOL instant messenger and Blackberry messenger have become so much part of modern life to the extent that many wonder how they had coped before these cyber resources were invented and made readily available to all. In this report, AMARACHI EGBEOGU, Abuja and PAUL DADA, Lagos examine the good, the bad and the ugly sides of the phenomenon.
According to wikipedia, a social networking service is an online service, platform, or site that focuses on facilitating the building of social networks or social relations among people who share interests, activities, backgrounds, or real-life connections.
It consists of a representation of each user (often a profile), his or her social links, and a variety of additional services. Most social network services are web-based and provide means for users to interact over the Internet through such cyber tools as e-mail and instant messaging.
Social networking services have certainly changed the way we share information in radical, explosive ways that even their inventors might not have envisaged. They have made life a lot easier by putting a vast volume of information at the disposal of just anyone who could access the Internet and has greatly improved on both the time and cost of communication and doing business.
Businesses, organisations and individuals have come to depend very much on the opportunities offered by social network platforms like facebook, twitter, Yahoo Messenger, Myspace, Badoo and Blackberry Messenger to mention but few popular ones.
Writing on the power of social networking service, an online website, everyday-wisdom.com, stated: "It is cheaper to use online social networking for both personal and business use because most of it is usually free. While personal use is rather simple for anyone, the business functions are underestimated by many. In a social networking site, you can scout out potential customers and target markets with just a few clicks and keystrokes, adding a boost to your usual advertisements and promotional strategies.
If you want to fine-tune your business, then this is the way to go, whether on a budget or not."
However, despite the almost limitless opportunities available through social networking service, there is a dark side to the phenomenon. As in the real world, dangers abound on the social networking platforms in cyberspace. These include online scams, cyber-stalking or harassment, risk of failure of security in both personal and business context.
The criminally minded often seize on such personal information as the user's name, location, age and gender, credit card or bank account details to commit crimes, including harming the owners of such information, despite security measures put in place by most of the social networking websites.
The Good
Mrs Vivian Okonji, an Abuja-based banker, told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND that she met her husband on facebook three years ago.
She stated:" I remember searching for an old high school friend via facebook and then stumbled on someone who shared the same first and last name as my high school friend. Out of curiosity, I sent a friend request. Today I am married to the namesake of my high school friend."
Hadasa Abraham, a mass communication undergraduate at the University of Abuja, explained how she used the social networking service to save her friend's life.
She said: "My best friend was diagnosed with a heart condition two years ago and was scheduled for an operation that year.
While her family tried to raise money on their own, I sourced for funds through facebook, twitter and Blackberry messenger and to the glory of God, people were moved and they responded. I was really moved by the power of social networking."
Tunde Aregbesola, a 31-year-lawyer who is into real estate said social networking services have been a very helpful part of his business.
His words: "I put up properties for interested clients to assess. I have sold many properties with the help of networking on the social sites".
Aregbesola concluded that social networking service had been a good tool for his line of business.
The Bad
While Okonji, Abraham, Aregbesola have derived good dividends from using social networking service on the Internet, the experience of Kehinde Kariola has put a sour taste in her mouth following a case of hacking and identity theft perpetrated against her.
Kariola told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND: "Someone hacked into my two facebook accounts at the same time for two weeks. The person has been making a financial gain of my two accounts by telling people he was robbed and so on.
"I just gained access to one of the accounts now while the other is still denying me access. I got to know when he tried defrauding my brother. I've changed my password twice but the person hasn't stopped.
This hacker and identity thief had sent a distress message masquerading as Kariola purporting that she was robbed somewhere and needed money wired to a bank account to leave the location. This is one of the infamous ways fraudsters in the country employ to defraud unsuspecting friends of social networking websites users.
To counter this obvious scammer's intention of using her reputation to con her friends and family members, Kariola sent this message online: "Please deny his requests. I'm currently in UNILAG. I'm alive and healthy I know my parents and siblings number if I am stranded."
There is also the infamous "yahoo yahoo" scam often attributed to young Nigerians who send email messages claiming to have millions of dollars they what to launder abroad for safety purposes or aiming to establish bogus romantic liaison with lonely men and women seeking intimate relationship with the sole aim of defrauding them.
The scammers use a variety of tricks to get their victims, including changing their personality and identity, creating false images and making outlandish claims. They also impersonate prominent Nigerians to hoodwink their victims. Only last Wednesday, General Overseer, Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor E.A. Adeboye, alerted the nation and the world to an on-going use of his name and identity to defraud people using online social networking services.
Confirming this, a source who pleaded anonymity told LEADERSHIP WEEKEND: "I know of a young man using a female porn star's pictures as his own identity on Blackberry messenger, giving the porn star a different name and all. He confessed that he bought the porn start's pictures from a site on the internet using a credit card in order to deceive unsuspecting men and lesbians who might pick interest in her."
There is also the concern about how slangs and fragmented words, or "textspeak," used on the social media affect the written language and the language skills of faithful users, especially the youths.
"What is troubling to those who value the written word is the developing slang and overall disregard for grammar and punctuation.
It has become common to gloss over any sizeable amount of text and look for the bolded statements that will give us information quickly. We want lean, witty one-liners instead of buckling down and reading an article or book," an article on firstbestordifferent.com observed.
The Ugly
A slice of the dangers lurking in cyberspace, especially on social networking website, hit the country last month with the tragic news of the alleged murder of a 24-year-old young woman, Miss. Cynthia Osokogu, in a Lagos hotel room by a 'friend' she met and developed a cyber relationship with on facebook.
The only daughter of a retired Army general and postgraduate student of Nasarawa State University, Miss. Okosogu was allegedly lured to Lagos by another student, Nwabuzor Okwuoma, 33, using a business transaction as bait.
She met her untimely death by strangling in the course of being beaten, raped and robbed allegedly in the hands of Nwabuzor and his accomplice, Ezekiel Odera, 23, both of whom are currently standing trial in a Lagos court alongside two others.
For many active Blackberry users, strange stories abound on this social networking platform. One of the most recent of such stories was about an undergraduate from a private Christian university in Ogun state who thought she had met her prince charming on facebook.
The man in question took her on a dream vacation, buying her the most expensive of all gifts including the latest Blackberry device, ipad and wigs made of human hair so much beloved by fashionable women.
In the course of this romantic trip, however, the young lady fell pregnant and her man disappeared into thin air.
When she realised this, the girl, who reportedly shared her story on Blackberry messenger, became distraught because she did not have any concrete information on her prince charming, like where he lived or worked.
Worst still, she tested positive to HIV.
Paedophiles are also on the rampage in cyberspace, especially on social networking websites where they hunt for unsupervised and vulnerable children to abuse online or even lure away from home, kidnapped and kept as sex slaves. A handful of children have fallen victims to these depraved minds globally, especially in the developed world.
Nigerians who spoke with LEADERSHIP WEEKEND on the merits and demerits of online social networking websites harped on the need for the Federal Government to protect the citizenry from harm by policing cyberspace in the country even better than policing in the real world.
Mr. Godking Chikaking said: "We are living in a scientific world. And any scientific advancement is to make life easier. However, many people have abused these inventions. For example, facebook is to help us communicate and to stay informed. If I have gathered information, I can relay it to my friends so that we can make contributions towards the growth of the society."
Chikaking linked some abuses of social websites with lax parental supervision of minors, which he said had continued to wane in the country.
He said slack "parental care has contributed to the loss of moral values, which is manifest in the way the social media is abused."
Also, Mr. Segun Ogundipe, said the Federal Government should establish an institution to censor the contents of social websites and block undesirable ones as is the practice in some countries like China.
But Mr. George Opara, a social scientist believed that there were limits to controlling abuses in cyberspace and advocated personal restraints and caution by users of social networking websites.
He also charged Nigerians to stay informed on the antics of criminals on the prowl in cyberspace.


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Bachelorette Desiree Hartsock has already been on two one-on-one dates and worn a wedding dress — all in the first week of filming! Now, just a week after she met her 2013 contestants for the first time, Des has filmed her first group date — with a gaggle of hotties, natch. Desiree's Bachelorette guys battled each other in dodgeball at American Brand in Glendale, California. We already have our eye on a few of the hotties: Brooks Forester (who injured his finger during the game), Zack Kalter (just look at his arms), and Ben Scott (who chivalrously carried Des off the field). Check out the pics! But, warning: They're going to make you impatient for Season 9 to start already.
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The Gulf War was the arena for the first battlefield use of armor-piercing munitions and reinforced tank armor incorporating depleted uranium. Depleted uranium played a key role in the overwhelming success of U.S. forces during the Gulf War. While DU showed the metal's clear superiority for both armor penetration and armor protection, its chemical and radiological properties gave rise to concerns about possible combat and non-combat health risks associated with DU use.
The report examines a variety of health risk exposures that occurred during and after the Gulf War. Beginning with a short lesson on the potential health risks associated with DU, the report goes on to describe DU exposures that occurred during the war. Recent environmental studies of DU munitions, environmental assessments of DU contamination on the battlefield, results of current medical studies, further monitoring efforts and on-going research are included. The report also identifies some lessons learned from the Gulf War and makes recommendations for future force protection.
"It is important for the reader to recognize the scope of the DU investigation and the extent to which the DoD and the VA have dedicated time, resources and staff to present a very comprehensive analysis of DU's role in the Gulf and treatment of those potentially exposed," said Dr. Bernard Rostker, Special Assistant to the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Gulf War Illnesses.
Based on data developed to date, the Office of the Special Assistant believes that while DU can pose a chemical toxicity and radiological hazard under specific conditions, the available evidence does not support claims that DU caused or is causing the undiagnosed illnesses some Gulf War veterans are experiencing.
Since 1993, the Department of Veterans Affairs has been monitoring 33 vets who were seriously injured in friendly fire incidents involving depleted uranium. These veterans are being monitored at the Baltimore VA Medical Center. Many of these veterans continue to have
medical problems, especially problems relating to the physical injuries they received during friendly fire incidents. About half of this group still have depleted uranium metal fragments in their bodies. Those with higher than normal levels of uranium in their urine since monitoring began in 1993 have embedded DU fragments. These veterans are being followed very carefully and a number of different medical tests are being done to determine if the depleted uranium fragments are causing any health problems.
The veterans being followed who were in friendly fire incidents but who do not have retained depleted uranium fragments, generally speaking, have not shown higher than normal levels of uranium in their urine.
For the 33 veterans in this program, tests for kidney function have all been normal. In addition, the reproductive health of this group appears to be normal in that all babies fathered by these veterans between 1991 and 1997 had no birth defects.
"Our investigators continue to compile data, pursue DU testing to fill data gaps, and interview Gulf War veterans in an effort to more accurately report on DU exposures in the future. As the new medical follow-up program progresses, investigators will be notifying and interviewing DU exposed soldiers. The specific information will be passed to the US Army Center for Health Promotion and Preventive Medicine which is assessing the dose and health risks for each of the exposure scenarios. This work is expected to take at least another year to complete," says Rostker.
"It is important for the veteran to recognize the scope of the DU investigation and the extent to which the DoD and the VA have dedicated time, resources and staff to present a very comprehensive analysis of DU's role in the Gulf and evaluation of those who may have had the highest DU exposures," says Rostker.
Veterans with new or additional information should call the DoD's Persian Gulf Task Force Hot Line at 1-800-472-6719. A free, in-depth medical examination is available by calling the DoD's Comprehensive Clinical Evaluation Program at 1-800-796-9699 or the VA's Persian Gulf Registry at 1-800-PGW-VETS to enroll.
For more information on this or other Gulf War illnesses issues, see GulfLINK, an interactive Internet side, at http://www/gulflink.osd.mil.


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Just recently, the 2014 Honda Accord Plug-In Hybrid made its way to our dealership here in Grand Rapids, MI. If you asked us, we'd tell you it was one of the best eco-friendly, fuel-efficient sedans on the market. Admittedly, we were kind of biased to begin.


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Unable to run Machine Action. Please check your Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Settings.
In order to resolve this error, verify the security settings for the Trusted Sites zone in Internet Explorer by clicking on Tools, then Internet Options on the machine used to browse the K1000 Appliance.
Allow previously unused ActiveX controls > Enable
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Download unisgned ActiveX controls > Enable
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The ActiveX control uses the command line option of the Machine Action to launch a program on the Browser host. You must either specify the full path to the executable (C:\Program Files\Directory\filename.exe) or ensure that the item is within the Path Environment variable on the local host.
To verify the Machine Action Settings:
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By necessity, his book is high on speculation and fun, and low on fact. He surveys our ideas about aliens from television, film and novels – all depressingly humanoid – before discussing some of the features aliens are bound to share with humans. These include a similar (though not identical) biochemistry, and appendages with which to manipulate the environment. As Lincoln remarks, drily, how else would aliens build spaceships?
But here the fact that we only know about terrestrial biology – and have no idea what is special or general about it – is an enormous handicap. Our speculations inevitably come up against the truth highlighted by the British biologist J. B. S. Haldane: "The universe is not queerer than we suppose," he said, "it is queerer than we can suppose." And that is one problem no Star Trek or Star Wars movie can ever seem to escape, even at warp speed.
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Pakistani PM's lawyer: No harm in graft case
Since Pakistan was founded in 1947, no civilian government has ever completed a full five-year term before being toppled by a military coup, or forced to call early elections. There have been three coups over that period.
A fourth coup is considered unlikely, but the government may call early elections to counter the building political pressure.
Tension is also high between Pakistan and one of its most important allies, the United States, over American airstrikes that accidentally killed 24 Pakistani soldiers at two posts along the Afghan border on Nov. 26.
Pakistan recently asked the U.S. special envoy to the region, Marc Grossman, to delay a trip to the country until the Pakistani parliament concluded a review of Pakistan-U.S. relations triggered by the airstrikes, U.S. State Department spokesman Mark Toner said Tuesday in Washington.
Pakistan conveyed its request about a week ago, another U.S. official said Wednesday, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to reporters. The official would not say when Grossman planned to visit Pakistan.
The envoy is currently in the region meeting, with officials about peace talks with the Afghan Taliban.
Associated Press writer Sebastian Abbot contributed to this report.
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As of Saturday, October 20, 2012
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A quick look at where to watch former Gwinnett standouts in today's college football action:
Noon -- LSU at Texas A&M, ESPN
Peachtree Ridge's Kevin Minter (No. 46) plays linebacker, Buford's Reid Ferguson (No. 50) is a snapper and Buford's Vadal Alexander (No. 78) is an offensive tackle for LSU.
Noon --Purdue at Ohio State, ESPN2
Peachtree Ridge's Bradley Roby (No. 1) is a defensive back for Ohio State.
Noon --Iowa State at Oklahoma State, FX
Shiloh's Ernst Brun (No. 84) is a tight end for Iowa State. Mill Creek's Ryan Robinson (No. 96) plays defensive end for Oklahoma State.
Noon --Penn at Yale, NBC Sports Network
North Gwinnett's David Park (No. 54) is a linebacker for Penn.
12:21 p.m. --Auburn at Vanderbilt, WPCH
North Gwinnett's C.J. Uzomah (No. 81) is a tight end for Auburn. South Gwinnett's Jonathan Krause (No. 17) is a wide receiver, Buford's Paris Head (No. 21) is a defensive back and Shiloh's Stephen Weatherly (No. 45) is a defensive end for Vandy.
12:30 p.m. --Wake Forest at Virginia, WUPA
Brookwood's Terence Davis (No. 81) plays wide receiver for Wake. Buford's C.J. Moore (No. 30) is a cornerback for Virginia.
1 p.m. --Florida International at Troy, CSS
Collins Hill's Nick England (No. 15) is a wide receiver for FIU.
3 p.m. --Boston College at Georgia Tech, FSS
For Tech, Grayson's Shawn Green (No. 97) plays defensive line, Collins Hill's Charles Perkins (No. 21) is a running back, GAC's Chase Roberts (No. 79) is an offensive lineman, Norcross' Anthony Autry is a wide receiver, Central Gwinnett's Francis Kallon (No. 95) is a defensive end and Norcross' Chris Tanner (No. 17) is a kicker.
3:30 p.m. --Texas Tech at TCU, ABC
Brookwood's Zach Jackson (No. 21) is a defensive back for TCU.
3:30 p.m. --South Carolina at Florida, CBS
Brookwood's Kenny Miles (No. 31) plays running back, Mill Creek's Davis Moore (No. 62) is a deep snapper/linebacker and Apalachee's Chaun Gresham (No. 29) plays linebacker for South Carolina. Buford's Omar Hunter (No. 99) plays defensive line and Norcross' Max Garcia (No. 76) is an offensive lineman for Florida.
3:30 p.m. --N.C. State at Maryland, ESPN
Mill Creek's Tyler Cierski (No. 49) is a running back for Maryland.
4:30 p.m. --Shorter at West Alabama, CSS
Collins Hill's Gary Tiller (No. 88) is a wide receiver and Hebron's John Foley is a linebacker for Shorter.
7 p.m. --UGA at Kentucky, FSS
For UGA, Buford's Kolton Houston (No. 75), Buford's Dallas Lee (No. 64) and Wesleyan's David Andrews (No. 61) play offensive line, GAC's Christian Robinson (No. 45) and Peachtree Ridge's A.J. McDonald (No. 46) are linebackers, Duluth's Ricky Lowe (No. 88) and Buford's Clint Kirk (No. 53) are defensive ends, Wesleyan's Kyle Karempelis (No. 33) and Wesleyan's Merritt Hall (No. 43) are running backs, Winder-Barrow's Taylor Bradberry (No. 81) is a wide receiver, Peachtree Ridge's Connor Norman (No. 11) and Grayson's Devin Gillespie (No. 28) are safeties, GAC's Jared Chapple (No. 41) is a tight end and Buford's Wright Gazaway (No. 60) is a snapper.
7 p.m. --Alabama at Tennessee, ESPN
Brookwood's Kellen Williams (No. 63) and North Gwinnett's Austin Shepherd (No. 79) play offensive line, Buford's Kurt Freitag (No. 41) is a tight end and Norcross' Adrian Hubbard (No. 42) and Buford's Dillon Lee (No. 25) are linebackers for Alabama. North Gwinnett's Ja'Wuan James (No. 70) is an offensive tackle for Tennessee.
7 p.m. --MTSU at Mississippi State, ESPN2Collins Hill's Jordan Parker (No. 26) is a running back, Duluth's Anfornee Stewart (No. 34) is a safety, Mill Creek's Micah James (No. 66) is an offensive lineman, Peachtree Ridge's Alex Jauregui (No. 79) is an offensive lineman and Norcross' O'Shea Bridges (No. 94) plays defensive end for MTSU. Central Gwinnett's Dewayne Cherrington (No. 74) and North Gwinnett's Jordan Washington (No. 95) are defensive linemen for Mississippi State.
7 p.m. --North Carolina at Duke, ESPNU
Buford's Nathan Staub (No. 33) is a linebacker for UNC.
8 p.m. --Central Florida at Memphis, CSS
Berkmar's Troy Davis (No. 58) plays defensive line for UCF.
More like this story
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