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Who's it going to be?
The starting quarterback question for Georgia remains as intriguing now as it did prior to spring practice, probably more so since an experienced player has been added to the mix.
Bulldog fans and players are waiting for resolution. So is Travis Niekamp.
He'll be trying to rattle the Bulldogs quarterback, whether it's redshirt sophomore Brice Ramsey, redshirt junior Faton Bauta or Greyson Lambert. The graduate transfer from Virginia takes part in his first Georgia practice on Tuesday when preseason work begins.
"It's hard to plan sometimes when you don't know who the quarterback is going to be," said Niekamp, co-defensive coordinator at Louisiana-Monroe, which comes to Athens for a Sept. 5 game. "It's hard to plan for openers no matter what just because people are going to change and obviously with Georgia with a new O.C. and a new starting quarterback, whoever it may be, there's a lot of questions that we're not going to be able to get answered on our end until we kick the football off. It just makes things a lot more broad. You try to gather as much information as you can on who the possibilities might be."
Georgia coach Mark Richt and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer don't exactly have a full handle on the three quarterback candidates quite yet.
Ramsey was thought to be the leading candidate for the job — and he still might be — but Bauta didn't leave much distance between the two after spring ball. Lambert joined the program just before Jacob Park transferred out.
Richt said again last week the job is still to be determined.
"The reality is, at quarterback, until you get in that game and start playing, it's different," Richt said. "You can get all this stuff and a guy may win the job and get out there and struggle. The next guy might go in and flourish. You just don't know."
Niekamp says he doesn't have a "huge library" to pull from of game film for the three Georgia quarterbacks.
Ramsey played in eight games last season, including the entire second half of the Belk Bowl and a first half series against Vanderbilt. Bauta has gotten mop-up duty.
Lambert, on the other hand, started nine games last season at Virginia but he was the No. 2 quarterback at the end of spring practices before transferring.
"We have a checklist of things we like to look at when we're breaking down people," Niekamp said. "What do the quarterbacks like to do? What are their favorite throws? Are they going to scramble to throw? Are they going to scramble to run? Stuff everybody else does in the country. This kind of makes it a little bit harder."
Niekamp said of Ramsey against Louisville: "I don't nescessarily think it was that close of a football game (20-7 when Ramsey came in). Were they running the whole offense with him? Were they holding anything back? There are just a lot of unknowns that aren't going to be answered. You try to build the best opinion on what you have. It's not completely rocket science what we're doing, but is he a big kid? Can he throw? Can he run and figure out how he handles the things? The things you don't know is he going to handle pressure? Can he handle the adversity? Is he a competitor? Does he thrive on those situations? Those are the things we're going to have to find out with Brice and with Lambert a little bit to the same degree."
Lambert arrived just a couple of weeks ago to Athens, but Richt said he got a chance to "talk ball" with him when he recruited him as a transfer.
"What did you do at Virginia? How did you handle this? How did you protect? How did you progress in your routes?" Richt said. "Because a lot of people run four verts and run different schemes. When you watch their film, you can see some things that they do that we do and just asking what your thought process is. …You can tell he's a sharp kid."
So what will go into making the call for Richt and Schottenheimer?
• How they digest what's taught in the meeting room or as Richt says "Are they truly locked in mentally? Can they take that knowledge and go to the field and not forget what you just talked about?"
• What they do on the practice field. That means everything from handling a snap to cadence and voice inflection and, of course, throwing to the wide receivers, tight ends and running backs and against defensive backs in coverage. It means hitting the open man, scrambling to make the throw downfield, using a checkdown and not throwing an ill-advised pass that could be a turnover.
Richt says he likes to keep an accuracy grade for passes more than a completion grade.
• How they handle adversity. Like when he's working with the No. 2 unit.
"How do you handle a rough three plays where you get sack, sack, the ball gets batted at the line of scrimmage," Richt said. "How do you handle that?"
Offensive tackle John Theus had a couple of simple things he's looking for in the guy.
"Complete passes and not turn the ball over," he said with a chuckle. "I think any quarterback that way, someone that can lead and run the offense. Someone we can trust and I think all the guys we have can do that."
Before the sun rises, Greg McGarity is usually already at his office.
The Georgia athletic director gets in weekday runs of about 30 minutes, showers and prepares for the day ahead at the Butts-Mehre building without having much of a morning meal.
"A breakfast of Diet Coke," he said. "Sometimes I'll sneak a packet of crackers."
A half dozen or so men join McGarity on Friday mornings. The running group includes a professor, doctors and a financial adviser.
McGarity doesn't have a Fitbit to keep track of his steps but that exercise time is where he says he can get a lot of good thinking done. It's why he runs without listening to music on headphones.
"That's sort of where I'm able to kind of focus on the thoughts of the day," he said.
There was certainly a lot on McGarity's mind last fall.
Georgia sat star running back Todd Gurley for taking money from memorabilia dealers, which ended up bringing a four-game NCAA suspension. Ultra-successful swim coach Jack Bauerle was serving a suspension from coaching while his major rules violations case went before the Committee of Infractions. Senior athletic administrator Frank Crumley just resigned after an inappropriate relationship with a subordinate surfaced.
"It's mentally fatiguing when you're dealing with issues of such prominence," McGarity said. "Todd's situation, Jack's situation, our internal struggles. I think they were all mentally fatiguing because you had to keep the engine running. There were a lot of hours, a lot of time spent on trying to deal with everything at hand. That's kind of the job of an athletic director in our department, to deal with adversity. When you have situations like that arise, be very strong, be firm and just do the right thing."
As McGarity approaches five years since being hired as athletic director on Aug. 13, 2010, he said the trying times last September and October aren't the most difficult stretch as athletic director.
"I think the toughest time was when Johnathan Taylor experienced his injury," McGarity. "That was a life changing experience."
The Georgia outfielder collided with another player in a 2011 game at Foley Field and was paralyzed.
"That was the toughest by far," he said. "By far."
McGarity keeps up with Taylor, who still gets back for several games a year.
It turns out that Jeremy Foley had it right. The longtime Florida athletic director, who McGarity served under in Gainesville from 1992 to 2010, sent him a note in the "Hope for Today Bible" by Joel Osteeen that McGarity keeps by his desk in his third floor Butts-Mehre office.
"At some point in your career you will be dealing with some tough stuff," the note reads. "Don't know what it will be but trust me it will happen. Though you always have (wife) Sheryl to lean on, your staff as well as me if you so desire, you will at some point feel very alone, a little frightened, maybe a little unsure. You will find peace and inspiration and answers in this book. I know I did."
McGarity does lean on his staff when decisions are made.
Carla Williams, Georgia's deputy athletic director, said McGarity has a "high level of inclusiveness," that he trusts his staff "to do our job and do it well."
Williams worked late nights — some after midnight — along with compliance director Jim Booz last fall.
"Locos, pizza," she said about the food brought in. "When we're working on something and it requires us to be here late at night, we're not eating, healthy nutritious meals. I can say that much. We've had plenty of pizza."
McGarity's day may begin with the routine of a run, but being the athletic director means being a crisis manager.
"There's really not a normal day," he said. "Every time someone asks, 'How are you doing, how are things going?' I say until 2:09 (p.m.) it's going great. Who knows what 2:10 will bring? That's the way this business operates."
Georgia athletics is a business with a $117 million budget, having grown from $84 million five years ago.
It's McGarity's job to make the most of that money and use it to help produce championships.
McGarity took a plunge in the pool with the women's swimming team to celebrate winning a national championship in 2013. He was with Ma
rk Fox and his men's basketball team at the coach's house when it got its second NCAA at-large bid in four years this past March. He sits high up in the stands at the Dan Magill Tennis Complex when the Bulldogs tradition-rich men's and women's tennis teams compete in the NCAA championships.
UGA president Jere Morehead said if he drops by a Bulldogs athletic event, more often than not he'll see McGarity there.
McGarity encourages coaches to learn from each other, said gymnastics coach Danna Durante, an early McGarity hire. That means learning from success or from struggles and to make sure "we're not cutting corners and that we have exceptional experiences for our fans and our student-athletes and that's something I feel strongly about as well, so it's nice to be under leadership that sees things that way. It's not win at all costs. It's win, but let's do it the right way."
Georgia finished 14th in the Learfield Sports Directors' Cup, which ranked second among SEC teams for all sports performance. Georgia was No. 10 two years ago and No. 20 before McGarity took over.
Nearly half the head coaches have changed since McGarity arrived — seven of 15 — but the two most prominent, football coach Mark Richt and Fox are entering their 15th and seventh seasons respectively at Georgia.
There have been head coaching changes in volleyball, gymnastics, women's golf, baseball, soccer, women's basketball and track and field.
"I don't take it as pressure," Durante said. "I think there is an expectation at Georgia. That's why people come to Georgia. Honestly, I think that's why the athletes come to Georgia. There's an expectation. We want to be successful. We want to set our student-athletes up to have success in the classroom and in the competition field, the gym, pool or wherever, to set them up in success in life. There's a lot that goes into that."
Bringing McGarity home to be athletic director was a popular choice.
"He's one of us," then president Michael Adams said on the day McGarity was introduced as AD. "I am convinced he was the right person at the right time at the right institution."
McGarity took over after Damon Evans was forced out following a DUI arrest, but the honeymoon period e
ventually ends for most. Even an Athens native, UGA grad and former Bulldogs tennis player, women's tennis coach and assistant athletic director.
McGarity, now 60, has faced his share of criticism, whether it's how Georgia handled the Gurley situation or how it hasn't dipped into athletic reserves to spend at the level of some of the Bulldogs' competitors.
"You have to understand that the decisions that you make will always be challenged by everyone," he said. "Maybe not challenged, but questioned. …I've always felt like any decision that's made is made in the best interest of the institution. Sometimes that's not in the best interest of an individual or a team or a coach or what have you. …I think sometimes people assume, they guess. They might read what's on social media and then they form their opinion at that time. A lot of people voice frustration, they don't understand. We are basically limited at times to talk about it until it's all over. The hope is people would trust you to make the right decisions."
Georgia's athletic contributions have increased nearly 20 percent under McGarity and SEC Network money has flowed in with the school receiving $31.2 million this past year.
"Certainly the members of the Southeastern Conference are doing very well now," Morehead said, "but I think it is also important to be prudent and careful because you do not know how long this period will last and you want to be thoughtful of how you spend your resources and strategic and I think Greg is doing a very good job of balancing those things. No one can deny that our sports programs aren't receiving all of the resources that they need to be competitive and successful. I think they will be successful."
Morehead says he likes how McGarity has run his department and extended McGarity's contract for a year and a half through July 2019 in a deal that will pay him $575,000 this school year and $650,000 by the final year of the contract.
He said McGarity has installed "a culture of respectability and credibility," in the athletic department.
"What I've learned about Greg is he's going to do the right thing regardless of the criticism," said Morehead, who worked with McGarity as provost before becoming president two years ago. "He has a very strong moral code. He's very ethical. That's what I need in an athletic director. There's a temptation in this business to not always do the right thing and in Greg's case I think he can be counted on to know that he wants to win more than anyone but he also wants to win in the right manner, following the rules and doing what's going to be best for the institution."
Including in the Gurley case.
The NCAA cited " the university's due diligence in its investigation," as a factor in not imposing a more severe penalty for Gurley.
"How he handled the Todd Gurley situation and you compare his handling of that and how it played out both locally and nationally with the way some other institutions handled similar situations," Morehead said. "I would always take the approach that Greg took as being the one that ultimately is not only best for the institution, but also best for our athletic program."
Said football coach Mark Richt: "The goal when you have anything like that is you want to do the right think for Georgia, you want to do the right thing for Todd and you want to do things with integrity and I think we did that."
The NCAA, Morehead said, also praised the athletic administration and the school for its handling of the Bauerle case which involved special arrangements made for a swimmer to take an independent study course to maintain eligibility.
"I think that's why we avoided probation or significant penalties," Morehead said. "I also think it helped that we had a head coach who enjoyed a very strong and positive reputation from over 30 years of outstanding work and all of that came together to lead a very positive outcome for us."
Morehead offers high praise to a staff that includes Williams, "a very strong person in the No. 2 role," Booz, CFO Andy Platt, president this year of the national athletic business association, academic support head Ted White and well-respected director of sports medicine Ron Courson and sports information director Claude Felton.
" I've been impressed with the people he surrounded himself with," Morehead said.
Is Georgia athletics in better shape than it was five years ago?
"I like to think that our programs are in the right trajectory moving forward," McGarity said, noting that academic performance and staff development are other measurements that go beyond on field showings.
McGarity doesn't want his coaches to get complacent.
"I want them to always feel like there's a constant support, a constant effort to get a little bit better every day," he said. "If we rest on our laurels or we just think problems at other schools could not happen here, that's when issues arise."
It was a chilly last December between Georgia's football office and the athletic administration.
At least that was widely perceived in the fallout of a loss to Georgia Tech when the Bulldogs couldn't hold onto a lead late in regulation and fell in overtime.
Georgia stood at 9-3 and watched Missouri play for the SEC championship from the East for the second year in a row.
Longtime offensive coordinator Mike Bobo left to become Colorado State's head coach.
Rumors swirled about coach Mark Richt's future in the hours before the Belk Bowl, something he had to shoot down after the win over Louisville.
Three days later, there seemed to be a thawing.
Richt would be getting a contract extension.
Defensive coordinator Jeremy Pruitt received a hefty raise to $1.3 million.
Georgia issued a statement from athletic director Greg McGarity saying he looked forward to helping Richt "move our program forward in all areas," including the indoor practice facility which Pruitt had said publicly he wanted fast tracked.
Georgia is spending nearly $1 million to pay new offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer, who came from the NFL.
The football support staff has been beefed up and the budget for the program has increased 35.7 percent in the new fiscal year.
"I would just say with football as we've experienced success on the field, financial resources, compensation of coaches has increased," McGarity said last month in his Butts-Mehre office. "I think you can check the record on that. There may be some years it may not be deserving of a certain sport. I always feel like good things happen on the field or court, good things follow with compensation. That's been my track record."
Asked if there was a change in perspective on either the administration or football side regarding resources, Richt said: "Well, I'm always going to give my opinion on what I think we need and we're definitely progressing and I'm thankful for that."
So are Georgia fans.
A man took the microphone at the UGA Day event Monday night in Atlanta where UGA president Jere Morehead was in attendance: "I would like to thank President Morehead for what appears to be the most administrative support that coach Richt has had."
Fans cheered. Richt clapped with them.
Morehead, in an interview, said the narrative of a football-administrative friction was overstated.
"I do think that we've all come to an understanding on what is needed moving forward," Morehead said. "We coalesced around a plan to build the indoor practice arena with the understanding that coach Richt would be heavily engaged in fundraising efforts."
Richt said he's been in contact with prospective donors already by phone and in person for the project.
"There's more of that coming down the road I'm sure," he said. "I've always been open to that."
Morehead said he's not sure the relationship between McGarity and the football program is any different than it was a "few years ago."
Asked if tensions lessened, Richt said: "Well, I just think that everybody sees things from their chair and there are certain things that every head coach is trying to get his sport in position to have the best chance for victory. The AD's job is to manage all that. He's got a lot of head coaches to work with and that's the relationship between the head coaches and ADs and that's how it works here at Georgia, too."
Georgia may have loosened the purse strings to pay its coaches, but only so much.
"I think Greg has us in a good place," Morehead said. "Very competitive with other schools but not being as ridiculous as some institutions have become in that regard. I do think long-term we have some real challenges when it comes to coaching salaries. The escalation in salaries that we've seen in recent years I do not see that can be sustained over the long term, but we're doing our part to remain competitive and we'll continue to do so."
Coaches and athletic directors clashing at times is not necessarily unusual.
When Damon Evans was athletic director, Richt and Evans didn't see eye to eye when it came to upgrading nonconference scheduling, particularly when Georgia had to fly home from Arizona State and turn around and play Alabama the next week in 2008.
Richt wasn't thrilled with the annual neutral site game in Jacksonville against Florida and voiced that during a stretch when the Gators won 18 of 21 against Georgia.
Carla Williams, Georgia's deputy athletic director and the administrator who has been the direct contact for football over the last year, said this about perceived football/administration tensions:
"Let me answer it this way: In today's world of college athletics, everything and everyone is ultracompetitive," she said. "Everybody wants to win. Greg is no different. Coach Richt is no different. President Morehead is no different. I'm no different. Our student-athletes, our coaches are no different. People come to Georgia because they feel like they have a great chance to compete for and win championships at Georgia. When you've got a bunch of highly dedicated, motivated folks working towards a goal then to me that's what it's all about. I don't know if there's a perception if there's tension or something there, but to me we're all competitors trying to help Georgia win championships. …We want to make sure that we do what's needed in order to compete because it's a very, very competitive world."
Nearly seven months later, there seems to be a joint effort for the program to succeed going forward.
"I'm just excited about the future of Georgia football and being a big part of it," Richt said. "Really, I think things are certainly moving and from the facility standpoint, that's a big deal and there's other projects that you've got to have the vision to look down the road to get to. I think we're moving."
McGarity also sees momentum from the bowl game victory, to staff hires and a top 10 signing class.
"I just think that we're heading in the right direction," he said. "That was made clear with the statements I made after the season. Nothing's been done to make those comments any different than they were. The work ethic of this staff is outstanding. The amount of time that they're spending with their kids is remarkable and just to see that the passion that this staff has surrounding these kids. I mean these kids I think they really, really enjoy being around these coaches. You can tell."
Said Morehead: "Certainly winning the bowl game and winning it decisively and finishing in the top 10 allowed us to end the football season on a very positive (note) and then have a great recruiting year. When things are going well in football naturally the assumption is that the relationships are stronger. I really think that we've got strong and positive communication between our football administration and our athletic administration and I'm not really worried about it. I think Coach Richt and the athletic director work very well together."
Before the grind of preseason football practices start in a week for Georgia, the Bulldog coaches and their families got a chance to savor some downtime during a long weekend at Lake Oconee Thursday night to Sunday that included a spaghetti dinner.
"It's sort of the last little time with the wives and the children to just have fun," coach Mark Richt said. "Everybody enjoyed it."
That came after a two-day organizational "hideaway" staff meeting.
Another sign that it's almost time to strap on the helmets came Monday night when the final UGA Day offseason speaking tour stop for fans was held at the College Football Hall of Fame, which opened its doors less than a year ago.
"We're ready to go," Richt said before the sold-out program began. "Everything is in place and just start watching these guys perform and see who's going start, see who's going to earn playing time."
The nonstop quarterback questions Richt has fielded this offseason will make way again for actual competition on the practice field again. Richt gets QB queries "everywhere I go," and that includes when he's around his nieces and nephews.
The three players competing for the job — Brice Ramsey, Faton Bauta and transfer Greyson Lambert — joined teammates at the hall of fame before the UGA Day event.
Georgia players accompanied youth from Athens from a 12-and-under football league as part of a UGA community outreach program.
Men's basketball coach Mark Fox, who also spoke Monday night in Atlanta, had his stock answer when asked about who he likes in the QB race, joking that he thinks tailback Keith Marshall will start in the wildcat with star running back Nick Chubb on the other side.
"I don't know how good this transfer is," Fox said. "I'm sure (Richt will) figure it out."
UGA president Jere Morehead was asked during the program who he thought would be the starting QB: "You could say I did my part. We've admitted a young man from the University of Virginia. It's in Coach Richt's hands. He's got several options."
Georgia has updated its preseason depth chart online to make Ramsey and Bauta now co-No 1s (it was just Ramsey when it was first released). Newcomers like Lambert aren't anywhere on the depth chart.
"We're going to divide reps as equally as we can and put them in as many of the most common situations as possible," Richt said.
He added later when speaking to fans: "We've not defined who the starting quarterback is going to be or who's in the lead or anything like that."
Brian Schottenheimer, the Bulldogs new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach, is likely to be calling plays from on the field, Richt said.
"I've got a feeling he'll be down," Richt said. "I think most NFL guys stay down. Right now I believe he's going to be down."
Former Georgia assistant Mike Bobo, now head coach at Colorado State, called plays from the press box level for most of his time as offensive coordinator.
Richt said he is expecting all signees to report next week except for linebacker Gary McRae who already is at junior college and junior college transfer DeVondre Seymour who left the team earlier this summer.
Richt spoke to fans as part of the UGA Day in the Atlanta area the last two years in Gwinnett County and before that for several years at the Cobb Galleria.
Fans will ask coaches to sign anything and everything.
"Some guy had us sign a Mustang this year, a brand new Mustang," Fox said. "We just have fun with people. These are fun."
Stop Greg Pyke if you have heard this before about Georgia's offseason work.
It's the best under first-year football director of strength and conditioning Mark Hocke.
Sounds similar to what players seem to say every year about this time.
"No, but honestly I think it is, for sure," said Pyke, the Bulldog starting right guard, a second-team preseason All-SEC selection. "Coach Hocke is a crazy guy. We've been running stadiums on Fridays. It's definitely been one of the tougher summers I've had here. Probably one of the best because we're doing a lot of skelly work and offensive line drills and things like that."
Hocke hasn't done interviews with reporters since being hired before Georgia's bowl game last December, but the "crazy guy" that Pyke described was on display at Georgia's "Dawg Night" recruiting event Saturday that brought hundreds and hundreds of prospects to Athens.
The former Alabama strength staff assistant of six years was miced up. His voice boomed on the speakers but he may not have needed any extra amplification.
Here are some sound bites from Hocke who used current players to show campers how they do it when they first lined up:
• "Heels on the ground. Your heels should be on the ground. Your heels should be on the ground. Back on your butt. Back on your butt. Back on your butt. Back on
your butt. Men! Men! We are going to try this again and I'm going to teach you Dawg Jacks while you are in the squat position."
• "I want to sound like a team. I got to sound like a team today.
• …Dawg Jacks Team Run!
(Players respond)
Dawg Jacks Team Run!
(Players respond)
• "Three claps. Everybody stand up. Everybody stand up. We all together now? We all together now! Hey, I want to break a record! I want to make the Earth shake! Alright, as loud as you can! As loud as you can! I don't want to hear you! I want to feel you! Dawg Jacks Team Run!"
• "We've got a thousand jokers out here. Turn this thing up. Stop yawning!
Dawg Jacks Team Run!
(Players respond)
Dawg Jacks Team Run!
(Players respond)
Dawg Jacks Team Run!
Good stand up. …Wake somebody up! Have some fun tonight. All the way turnt up."
Imagine hearing that voice when you might still be trying to wake up.
Outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins tweeted on Tuesday: "Another day, another 6 O'clock Run." He added three emojis showing a sleeping face.
Offensive tackle John Theus said the offseason work under Hocke has made the linemen leaner.
"They're doing a great job, along with the nutritionists of giving us the ability to play with high energy," Theus said. "They're pushing us every day to be the best that we can be. I think a lot of the linemen have also taken the initiative to better their bodies as well. We have all gained muscle mass."
Head coach Mark Richt and his coaching staff take over as preseason practices are slated to start on Aug. 4.
"Our guys have been working extremely hard," Richt said. "The rules have changed a little bit where you can make some things mandatory throughout the summer. There's certain things that we can do now and view now that we weren't able to do in the past. Just I know that these guys have been paying the price for the ability to compete in the best league in America."
A pair of newcomers showed playmaking ability at inside linebacker this spring.
The position already had holdover backups now vying for starting jobs.
All of which makes the name Leonard Floyd listed as a possible first-teamer at both inside and outside linebacker one of the storylines to watch when Georgia opens preseason practice in two weeks.
"You see him on two spots on the depth chart for a reason because he's very versatile," coach Mark Richt said of the fourth-year junior. "He could play inside, he could play outside. He's played the nickel. He's played out in space a little. A guy that can run like that and have the length that he has and still has the physical nature to play in the box. There's just not many guys like that."
Georgia returns Reggie Carter and Tim Kimbrough at the position and added a veteran in UAB transfer Jake Ganus, who has one season of eligibility remaining.
Freshman Natrez Patrick looked like a natural fit inside after moving from the outside this spring after enrolling early from Mays High in Atlanta.
Georgia also could get an early contribution from top 100 recruit Roquan Smith at the position.
"I just think it's going to be a matter of trying to get the right guys in the right places," Richt said. "In relation to who we're playing, what style of offense do they have? What's their deal? Where will we benefit the most? A lot of it will have to do with who we're playing, what scheme it is, where can (Floyd) help us the most that given week."
Georgia can roll out talented edge rushers at outside linebacker that most teams in the country would love to have.
Senior Jordan Jenkins was a first-team preseason All-SEC selection and has 15 career sacks. Sophomore Lorenzo Carter was named Georgia's newcomer of the year in 2014, making five starts and accounting for four and a half sacks and 41 tackles.
"We like to build off each other and just wreck havoc pretty much," Jenkins said.
Outside linebackers coach Kevin Sherrer spoke openly this spring about coaches having plans for the 6-foot-4, 231-pound Floyd to work inside.
"We want to get as many of those guys on the field as we can in different ways," he said.
The group also includes sophomore Davin Bellamy, who had 17 tackles with a forced fumble and fumble recovery in a reserve role last season and junior college transfer Chuks Amaechi who had three sacks in one spring scrimmage.
Getting after the quarterback shouldn't be an issue. Holding their ground against the run is an area to shore up this season.
"We've got the talent to do a lot of great things this year, but we've just got to capitalize on it," Jenkins said. "With the scheme that coach (Jeremy) Pruitt has and all of the different lineups he can do with us, the sky's the limit if we can capitalize on it and do what we need to do to win."
Jenkins, Carter and Floyd all started games against Auburn, Charleston Southern and Georgia Tech to end the regular season before Floyd missed the bowl game and spring practices after shoulder surgery, but he's expected to return to practice full go next month.
"It will open up some things so offenses can't key on one of us," Jenkins said. "Having him back there it changes the whole thing up and even if he starts playing on the line, it gives us versatility in our defense. We have no problem moving down to d-end to get all of us on the field at the same time. At the end of the day, that's going to help us win games."
Floyd led Georgia with six sacks last season, racking up 55 tackles and eight and a half tackles for loss.
"He's athletic enough to play any position on the field," Jenkins said. "I'm pretty sure he feels comfortable playing any role he needs to fill. …He can play darn near every position on the field."
Georgia may have questions about its quarterback position, but the Bulldogs offense was represented by four players on the preseason All-Southeastern Conference football team released Friday as voted on by the media.
Sophomore running back Nick Chubb and senior offensive tackle John Theus were selected to the first team, junior offensive guard Greg Pyke landed on the second team and senior wide receiver Malcolm Mitchell was a third-team selection.
Senior outside linebacker Jordan Jenkins and senior kicker Marshall Morgan were also on the first team while junior outside linebacker Leonard Floyd was a second-team pick.
Chubb is a Heisman Trophy candidate after being named SEC Freshman of the Year last season and was named Friday to the 50 player Walter Camp Player of the Year preseason watch list.
He was the top vote-getter on the All-SEC team ahead of Florida cornerback Vernon Hargreaves and Alabama linebacker Reggie Ragland.
Morgan went 16 of 21 on field goals last season and is 46 of 59 for his career.
Jenkins had 70 tackles with five sacks last season. Floyd had 55 tackles and six sacks.
Mitchell has 116 career catches for 1,485 yards and 11 touchdowns. He made 31 catches for 248 yards with three touchdowns in nine games last season.
A pair of sophomores didn't make the cut, but would seem to be top candidates to still make the postseason team: outside linebacker Lorenzo Carter and returner Isaiah McKenzie. Carter had 41 tackles and four and a half sacks as a freshman and McKenzie returned two punts for touchdowns and one kickoff.
(Total points earned in parenthesis)
QB Dak Prescott, Mississippi State (170)
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RB Leonard Fournette, LSU (180)
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WR D'haquille Williams, Auburn (154)
TE Evan Engram, Ole Miss (128)
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OL Vadal Alexander, LSU (131)
OL John Theus, Georgia (129)
C Ryan Kelly, Alabama (144)
QB Jeremy Johnson, Auburn (89)
RB Derrick Henry, Alabama (151)
RB Jonathan Williams, Arkansas (82)
WR Pharoh Cooper, South Carolina (147)
WR De'Runnya Wilson, Mississippi State (59)
TE Hunter Henry, Arkansas (97)
OL Germain Ifedi, Texas A&M (124)
OL Dan Skipper, Arkansas (95)
OL Denver Kirkland, Arkansas (85)
OL Greg Pyke, Georgia (83)
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Marcus Thornton may be a long-shot to be selected in Thursday's NBA draft. He may not even be the most highly-rated player named Marcus Thornton in the pool of prospects.
Georgia's all-time leader in games played certainly has tried to make the most of his chances to be seen up close and personal by teams in recent weeks.
The 6-foot-8, 240-pound forward from Atlanta has worked out for seven NBA teams, becoming a frequent flyer in the lead-up to the draft.
"It's definitely a whirlwind," he said before a Tuesday workout in Los Angeles for the Clippers.
Phoenix, Philadelphia, Miami, San Antonio, Oklahoma City and the Los Angeles Lakers also brought Thornton in to get a look-see at the player who was named second-team All-Southeastern Conference last season.
His two trips to Los Angeles gave Thornton a chance to also see his sister, Andrea, who works in TV production
At one of his team visits, Thornton was there along with Marcus Thornton, a guard from William and Mary, not to be confused with Marcus Thornton, the Phoenix Suns' guard.
"I'm pretty cool with him now," Georgia's Thornton said of the other draft prospect. "We get that all the time."
The other Thornton isn't projected by ESPN's Jay Bilas to be drafted.
"I think it's a really deep draft," Bilas said. "It's a really talented draft. There are just so many close calls."
Unlike the NFL and MLB draft, the NBA draft isn't a three-day affair.
Only 60 players will be selected, making going in the two rounds quite selective.
"We're definitely not ruling him out of being drafted," said Ben Pensack, the San Francisco-based agent of Georgia's Thornton. "He's had some good workouts. The second round, you never know what's going to happen there. It's very unpredictable. Overall, the feedback from teams has been positive."
Said Thornton: "It's not one of those situations where everybody pretty much gets a chance, gets a shot. You just have to get after it every single day. That's the biggest thing I can worry about it, continue to compete and take advantage of every opportunity given to me."
That opportunity, if Thornton goes undrafted, could be an invite to an NBA summer league team in Orlando or Las Vegas.
Thornton led Georgia in scoring (12.3 points per game) and rebounding (7.3) this past season when he was named to the SEC all-defensive team.
He thinks he offers an NBA team "toughness, defense and intangibles. Rebounding, the small things that not a lot of people want to do. Of course there are other skills I can bring to the table. I think I'm definitely developing my offensive game and my jump shot. I think I'm just a really good team player and bring a lot of character in any organization."
Thornton already has an undergraduate degree in real estate and is close to earning a master's degree in sports management.
Opening the college football season with a marquee top 20 matchup provides plenty of motivation to get through sweltering summer workouts.
Starting with Louisiana-Monroe? That doesn't quite register as much on the excitement meter for Georgia like getting a shot at a ranked Clemson team each of the past two years, but the Bulldogs aren't framing it like that.
"It's no different whether we're playing Louisiana-Monroe, Alabama or Clemson," senior defensive lineman Sterling Bailey said. "We're going to treat every team the same way. The saying is any given day you can be beat."
The countdown clock outside the football offices in the Butts-Mehre building has been marking how many days, hours, minutes and seconds until the Sept 5, 2015 season opener like it does before every game.
It's now at the 80-day mark.
"I personally think we work so hard and then you go to camp, I think game one is just an exciting time — period," Georgia coach Mark Richt said. "I don't think it matters who you play game one. And I think Louisiana-Monroe has a really outstanding football team and we're going to have to be ready and everybody knows that."
Well, maybe.
The Warhawks, under coach Todd Berry, are coming off a 4-8 season that included three losses to SEC teams (31-0 at LSU, 48-14 at Kentucky and 21-16 at Texas A&M). Hey, there was that overtime upset against Arkansas in 2012 when John L. Smith was the Razorbacks' head coach.
"They are not a team we're going to take lightly by any means," senior offensive tackle Kolton Houston said.
Three other losses for Louisiana-Monroe last year were by six or less points including 22-16 at Georgia Southern in the season finale.
"They gave us a tremendous ballgame," Georgia Southern coach Willie Fritz said. "They were really not playing for anything. To me, that's a sign of good coaching. You motivate your guys and they play extremely hard in that kind of situation. They took us down to the last play of the game for us to win 22-16 at our place."
Two days before Georgia kicks off its season, Georgia Tech gets going against FCS opponent Alcorn State. Game three brings a non-conference road trip to Notre Dame.
"We've got a schedule that's probably the toughest I've had since we've been at Tech," said coach Paul Johnson, whose team also plays Florida State, Clemson and Georgia. "Our division is tough enough. With all of those games, our schedule will probably be ranked in the top 15 or 20, I'm sure."
The opener may be a yawner for Georgia, but the non-conference slate includes the annual tilt with Georgia Tech and a monster game with Alabama in Athens.
This seems like good timing to open with an opponent from the Sun Belt Conference given there will be a new starter at quarterback — Brice Ramsey, Faton Bauta or Virginia graduate transfer Greyson Lambert.
"I don't know if I've ever gone into game on and said the guys weren't excited about playing that game," Richt said. "I don't care who the opponent is."
Georgia freshman wide receiver Terry Godwin was selected in the 33rd round by the home state Atlanta Braves Wednesday in the MLB First-Year Player Draft, but he still is likely to be playing between the hedges this season for the Bulldogs.
Godwin is leaning towards playing both football and baseball at Georgia, according to Dusty Hubbard, who coached Godwin in baseball at Callaway High. Godwin was the 990th overall pick on the final day of the draft.
Coach Mark Richt has told Godwin, a five-star football recruit, that arrangement of playing two sports in Athens would work out as long as he was taking care of business in the classroom. Godwin is already in summer school at Georgia.
"I think he would have had to go pretty high to get him away from there," Hubbard said Wednesday night. "I think that's what he wanted to do and what he's worked hard for. I would be shocked if he wasn't there playing football there this fall."
The 6-foot, 165-pound Godwin was drafted as a center fielder. He played third base all four seasons of high school and also played shortstop and in the outfield. Godwin took part in a Braves workout at Turner Field last month.
"He's expressed a commitment to baseball," Braves director of scouting Brian Bridges told reporters Wednesday night in Atlanta, according to the Associated Press. "He would like to pursue baseball or we wouldn't have gone down this road with him. He's an athlete. He's got a plus arm and can run and do some things."
Godwin hit .277 with two home runs and 17 runs batted in with 15 stolen bases in 83 at bats this season. He missed practices and some games early in the season because he was playing basketball.
"A lot of people see him as an athlete," Hubbard said. "He's played baseball since he was 6 of 7 years old. He understands the game, understands it from a mental standpoint. He's got a great throwing arm, runs well, has really good instincts and good bat speed."
Said Bridges: "He's a kid who loves baseball. He's a great kid. So moving forward, we'll just have to talk to him and see how it goes from there."
Godwin needs to work on his timing when hitting, but Hubbard said he has power and great feet."
"He's intriguing just because he's got so many tools," he said.
Signing bonuses for players are slotted based on where they are selected. The 315th overall pick (final 10th round selection) was slotted at $149,700, according to Baseball America which listed figures for the first 315 picks.
Teams that pay more can be penalized draft picks, Hubbard said. He didn't think the money for a pick as late as Godwin could get him away from playing football at Georgia.
Richt and offensive coordinator Brian Schottenheimer each said they had not talked to Godwin about pro possibilities in baseball, although Richt didn't rule out that another assistant coach may have.
Godwin is one of Georgia's key recruits because of the need for playmakers at wide receiver.


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After a 3 p.m. show at the Summerfest's Harley-Davidson Roadhouse on Friday, Taylor Momsen, lead vocalist of The Pretty Reckless, along with lead guitarist Ben Phillips, took a break to meet with Journal Sentinel music writer Piet Levy.
Momsen, a former child actress, prefers to be known for her music but may be most recognizable for her role as Jenny Humphrey in The CW's hit teen drama, "Gossip Girl," and as Cindy Lou Who starring alongside Jim Carrey's Grinch in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas" (2000).
Momsen started the band in the late 2000s, and The Pretty Reckless released its debut album, "Light Me Up," in 2010. The group's latest record, "Going to Hell," came out in March.
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The debate about GMO labeling, on-going in several American states with varying results, introduces an ethical battle with a wider significance: the battle for awareness for consumers, who should be able to choose their own food based on clear and transparent information. This is a battle for the right to knowledge. In the United States, this right is demanded by the vast majority of the population - 93%!* - of which 75% have declared that they would have some hesitation at the moment of purchase if foods were labeled as containing GMOs.
Naturally this need for transparency goes against the economic interests of the big food companies, who have so far managed to triumph, as in the case of California. Last November, in fact, Proposition 37, which aimed at defending knowledge and rights for consumers, was rejected thanks to the lobbying and financial might of Monsanto, Dupont, PepsiCo, Bayer, Dow and Syngenta.
Luckily campaigners who believe in the need for GMO labeling are not giving in, and are working towards obtaining results in Connecticut, Hawaii, Vermont and Washington and with Dennis Kucinich's bill H.R. 3555, which has not yet been enacted.
Things are moving elsewhere as well, like in North Carolina, where a group of activists led by Samm Simpson, a volunteer from the Institute for Responsible Technology, is putting pressure on the government to introduce a law requiring GMO labeling. Their progress is being watched apprehensively from South Carolina, where in September 2011 the first American Earth Market was opened in Greenville. Organized by the Slow Food Upstate Convivium, the market is coordinated by Janette Wesley, a passionate supporter of a GMO-free diet for livestock, in an area where these crops are particularly common. In fact, many candidate producers were excluded from the market because of their use of GMOs, and the market's selection process led to several producers rethinking their methods.
Slow Food has always campaigned against GMOs and gives its support to all these individual actions, whether working to create a system of transparent labeling or a market selling products that consumers can trust. Because they are good. Because they are healthy. Because they are better.
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This week the Canadian Standards Association unveiled their new Canadian Organic Aquaculture Standards. Farmed fish isn't specifically addressed in most organic standards certifications, so the new standards aim to fix that. We should be excited, right? I'm not so sure. It seems to me that the standards fail to raise the bar adequately, and may actually lower it in some regards.
So what's the deal with this certification, why do we need it? Where does it succeed and where does it fall short?
According to the press release from the Canadian Organic Trade Association (CATO) and the Canadian Aquaculture Industry Alliance (CAIA), "Aquaculture, the farming of aquatic plants and animals, is the fastest growing food production system in the world, producing about 50 percent of the seafood consumed today." With that kind of growth, and burgeoning interest in sustainable seafood, you can see why there is a need to define what the label "organic" means to aquaculture.
Until now there hasn't been an official definition of "organic aquaculture", not even in our Canadian Organic label. Fish farming seems to fall somewhere between agriculture and animal husbandry, as well it has it's own set of concerns since the farming is done in water not on land. Certifying bodies were essentially left to their own discretion over how to apply land-based principles to water-based operations when certifying fish farms. You can see the problem.
So what about these new standards? Back to that press release:
"Specifically, the organic aquaculture standard prohibits the use of antibiotics, herbicides and genetically modified organisms, and severely restricts the use parasiticides, allowed only under veterinary supervision as a last course of treatment. The standard sets measurable requirements for practices that minimize the impact of waste. These include defining stocking rates, cleaning procedures and the cleaning and feed materials that must be used. "
Sounds good, right? Not everyone agrees. And I think critics have some valid points.
One of the biggest criticisms is that the open-net fish farms can qualify for the organic label. Open-net farms have been widely criticised by environmental and conservation groups, as well as scientists, as being severely damaging to local ecosystems. Furthermore, according to a press release by a coalition of organizations, many of the large open-net salmon farms off the coast of BC would qualify as organic with only minor changes to their current practices. That statement really blew my socks off. As well the coalition argues that the standard would allow:
- The use of synthetic pesticides;
- The continued, uncontrollable spread of disease and parasites to wild fish;
- Uncontrolled disposal of fish feces into the ocean;
- Escapes of farmed fish that compete or interbreed with wild fish;
- Entanglement and drowning deaths of marine mammals;
- The unrestricted use of feed from non-organic, potentially unsustainable sources, as opposed to the 100 per cent organic feed requirement currently in place for all other organic livestock;
- The unlimited use of wild fish in feed. Since operations use substantially more wild fish in feed than farmed salmon produced, this allows farmed fish to be certified "organic" despite contributing to a net loss of marine protein and a drain on already strained global fish stocks.
Those are some pretty significant criticisms.
Standards are also being developed in the United States. While still allowing open-net farms, they are much more severely restricted. These include:
- Net-cages will not be allowed where they could impact the reproduction or migratory routes of wild fish or other marine life.
- The use of wild fish in feed will be limited to trimmings and waste from environmentally responsible fisheries. The ratio of fish in feed to farmed fish produced cannot be greater than 1:1 with continual reductions over time.
- Only indigenous species of local genotype can be used in net-cage production due to the inability to eliminate the risk of escapes.
- 50% of waste nutrients (nitrogen & phosphorous) must be re-captured from net-cages.
- No antibiotics or chemical parasiticides can be used.
While far from ideal, it is still better than the Canadian standards. A more sustainable choice would be to only allow closed-pen farms, or in-land farms with adequate recirculation and waste water management systems.
The allowance of non-organic feed in the organic certification is particularly confusing to me, since it clearly contrasts with land-based organic standards which explicitly prohibit any kind of non-organic feed. Why allow it in fish farming? And on a similar note, allowing any practice that is known to be environmentally damaging, such as open-net farming, would also seem to violate the underlying philosophy of organic principles. Maybe this is why in the press release, CATO and CAIA are pretty clear that their standards are not part of the broader Canadian Organic Products certification maintained by the Canadian Food Inspection Agency:
"The new national standard does not currently fall under the scope of Canada's Organic Products Regulations or Canada's trade equivalencies for organic products with the United States or European Union."
Other criticisms of the new organic aquaculture standards is that representatives from industry (14) far outnumbered those from consumer associations (2), advocacy groups (2) and even government (6). Even with the other 10 officials on the committee representing "general interest", it's easy to see how the voice of industry interests possibly outweighed the voices of conservation groups and consumers. I wonder if Native fisherman were included in the process?
In an interview for an article in the Vancouver Sun, a spokesperson for the Canadian Organic Trade Association said that critics should view the new Canadian organic aquaculture as "a beginning" to be reviewed within five years. I'd rather the "beginning" get off to a late but solid start, rather than the weak one that they've unveiled. They need to go back to the drawing table now. How likely is it that they will revisit the standards within five years anyway?
If they want to keep the standard, keep it… but don't call it organic. Call it a Canadian Aquaculture Standard. Even develop an eco-labeling program around it. Just don't confuse consumers by calling it organic. It's not.
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Built in 1910. Purchased by Harry Roth and his brother in 1918. Still listed as operating in the 1951 Film Daily Yearbook.
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Listed as closed in the 1941 F.D.Y. but its open again in the 1943 edition. A seating capacity of 550 is given in both these editions.
Some movies shown at this theater in 1921:
Palace Theatre (Morristown, NJ)
a. Chickens, 1921
b. Oliver Twist, Jr., 1921
c. Smiling All the Way, 1921
d. Song of the Soul, 1921
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A survey of prices from the Daily Record, February 1-15, 1915 indicates that this theatre was presenting "Supreme Vaudeville," at .10-.25/ticket
A survey of prices from the Daily Record, February 1-15, 1925 indicates that this theatre was showing the movie "The Price of a Party," at .20-.30/ticket
Listed as a Negro Theater in the 1951 FDY.
I remember going to Saturday matinees at the Palace in the early 1950s. Kid's price was 14 cents! They showed a lot of westerns and many of the "Abbott and Costello Meet [pick your monster]" movies.
Blacks were made to sit in the balcony, and we white kids were terrified to sit forward of the balcony for fear of bering spit on or worse. How sad is that?
After the theater closed (guess around 1955), the building became a Roth and Schlenger (R & S) auto supply store for many years, and eventually became Winston's Toy Store that lasted well into the 1990s. The building was finally torn down and is now (2007) the site of construction of a large residential building.
The Palace was sold at auction to Dubonet Realty Co. of Newark for $34,210 late in 1951, according to Boxoffice Magazine, December 15 that year. The house had been owned by Walter Reade. The building's contents, including projectors, amplifiers, seats, and other furnishings, were sold to SOS Cinema Supply Corp. for a mere $210.
A history of Morris County published in 1914 included a biographical sketch of Antonio Esposito, an Italian immigrant who built and operated the Palace Theatre. It says the theater was opened in 1910, and that Esposito had opened an earlier movie house on Park Place in 1907, which he operated until opening the Palace.
Here is a link to the biography, and here are passages about the theater:
"Energy, enterprise and perseverance have been the main attributes in the success which has attended the well directed efforts of Antonio ESPOSITO, proprietor and manager of the Palace Theatre, located on Speedwell avenue, Morristown, erected in 1910 and opened in that year, which is considered one of the finest miniature playhouses in the State of New Jersey, having a seating capacity of 700, and equipped with everything needful for the comfort, convenience and safety of its numerous patrons.This lavish encomium is followed by the news that:
"During the winter season, in addition to moving pictures, which are of a high class, there is a vaudeville performance, which is the best that can be obtained, nothing of an obnoxious character being allowed on the boards, thus insuring to the ladies and children who patronize it a clean show in every way with nothing offensive to their senses or morals, and during the summer season, in addition to moving pictures, there is a stock company which furnishes a fine repertoire of the best plays portrayed in an excellent manner. This brief statement of facts proves conclusively that the Palace Theatre is conducted on the best known lines, and is worthy the patronage of the better class of residents, the constant aim of the proprietor being to make it rank among the leading amusement places of the county."
"Mr. Esposito is now, October, 1913, beginning the erection of a new and more commodious play house to be located immediately in the rear of his present play house, it will have a seating capacity of 1,641 and standing room for 400 more. The theatre will be constructed along the lines the most modern, and where the best talent can appear and feel at home. It will be called the Morris Theatre."I've been unable to discover if Mr. Esposito's 1913 project was ever completed, but it seems unlikely that it was. I've been unable to find any references to a Morris Theatre prior to the 1960s, and that one appears to have been a different theater housing a local community theater group.
My grandfather Charles Meys was the organist at the Palace in the 20's. My dad Tom and Uncle Bud say that he was a "superstar." The kids would wait anxiously in the house until he appeared at the door. As soon as he started walking down the aisle they would cheer: "Mr. Meys is here! Mr. Meys is here! The movie can start now!" My uncle was only a toddler at the time but has a faint memory of sitting by his father's side as he improvised amazing scores to enhance the films.
My grandfather is the inspiration for my doctoral dissertation at UNC Greensboro: Sounds of the Silent Cinema Organ Recalled in the Life and Work of Firmin Swinnen. Through my research and writing I hope to capture some of those sounds of the improvised organ that were lost to time.
Does anyone know what kind of organ the Palace had? I imagine it went the way of almost all instruments when the theatres were demolished (insert VERY sad face here). I know that my grandfather played an Aeolian at Morristown High (that, thanks to alum Bruce Courter survived demolition)because I have a photograph of him playing that instrument.
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Singh is a professor in the Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology at the University of Pittsburgh, Hillman Cancer Center. Singh's research focuses on preclinical and clinical development of novel agents, derived from dietary sources and traditional oriental and Indian medicinal plants, for the prevention of prostate and breast cancer in humans.


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"America did not invent Human Rights. Human Rights invented America." -Jimmy Carter
US standing in the world has receded as America's human rights record has been dealt blows by a failure to observe the rule of law and scandals like Abu Ghraib and the military internment area in Guantanamo, Cuba. The US must repair its record and standing in the world.
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Safety And Hazard Awarness Reminders For Burning
Forest Rangers and The Presque Isle Fire Department have already responded to a few incidents involving controlled burns this Spring. They say it's important for someone to properly put out the fire, and it's the responsibility of the person to understand the hazards and safety measures.
Permits are required for any burn. Rules and details for safety information are printed on that permit. But with rules in hand, the presque isle fire department says they have responded to some incidents this year already.
Fire Prevention Officer Grant Spinney, "Some of the incidents have been burning things that are unlawful, things they shouldn't be burning. The other issues have been people leaving them unattended. "
There was a controlled burn on the grass across the parking lot of the Aroostook Center Mall Tuesday. Forest Rangers and fire officials want to emphasize that even in a controlled situation, it's important to be prepared for an out of control situation.
District Forest Ranger Steve Wipperman, "Just the fire popping or a live coal getting out – it doesn't take much to ignite the grass especially this time of year."
Having a fire escape on someone is one of the biggest hazards and that's why Spinney says you shouldn't leave a burn unattended or think just splashing water over it is enough.
Spinney, "When you put a fire out you need to put it out completely. That means by completely soaking and saturating the coals, stiring it around with a shovel, or a pick axe, making sure that the fire is out 100 percent completely."
Having the fire out but still smoking leads to complaints from other residents which Spinney says is another reason it needs to be completely out. And to ensure safety, forest rangers and fire wardens say they'll always be happy to provide tips and conditions for the day to avoid any accidents.
Whipperman, "The best thing you can do with grass, like what you're looking at burning here, is to burn after 5 oclock. You should have several people there with tools, you should have rakes and shovels and water."
Fire officials say burning after 5 is recommended in most towns with volunteer fire departments so that if an accident does occur, there's a better chance the volunteer crews will be available and ready to respond.
Whipperman, "If you wait till after 5 pm, the relative humidity starts coming up, and the fine fuel moisture starts going up, there's moisture in the air."
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Toyota advanced active safety research vehicle teased, will debut at CES
Could feature an autonomous driving system
Toyota has announced plans to introduce an "advanced active safety research vehicle" at the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.
Little is known about the vehicle, but the teaser image suggests it will be a prototype that is equipped with an autonomous driving system. This is further supported by the fact that Lexus Group Vice President Mark Templin will be on hand to discuss autonomous technologies and "high-level driver assistance systems" related to Toyota's Integrated Safety Management Concept. The executive will also talk about the company's vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technology.
Besides the research vehicle, Lexus will show a 2013 LS which has been equipped with the "world's most advanced pre-collision safety system."
The Consumer Electronics Show kicks off on January 8th, so expect to learn more in the coming weeks.
Toyota Motor Corp and Lexus Will Show and Tell About Autonomous Technologies at 2013 Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas
TORRANCE, Calif., Dec. 20, 2012 – At a press conference the day before the opening of the 2013 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nev., Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) will reveal an advanced active safety research vehicle.
During the press conference at Mandalay Bay on Monday, Jan. 7, 2013 at 11 a.m. PST, Lexus Group Vice President and General Manager Mark Templin will discuss the North American based program, designed to explore the use of autonomous technologies and high-level driver assistance systems related to TMC's Integrated Safety Management Concept.
Templin will also discuss the current state of TMC's Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) research and development, which includes vehicle-to-vehicle and vehicle-to-infrastructure communications technology.
Also highlighted will be the new 2013 Lexus LS, equipped with the world's most advanced pre-collision safety system.
The active safety research vehicle, ITS system and 2013 LS will be shown at the Lexus display at the Las Vegas Convention Center from Jan. 8–11.


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Best Coffee St. Louis 2004 - Goshen Coffee Company
Coffee is the defining beverage of our generation. Thick, rich, sexy, hot, brown coffee, the kind you want to swim in. Oh java! Whether cut with half-and-half, soy milk, two-percent, Sucanat, Sweet'N Low or taken in its unadulterated form, the brown dragon has in the past decade both fueled an economic boom and softened its bust. Who'd have thunk in 1990 that St. Louis could support a competitive coffee-roasting market? The owners of Goshen Coffee roast their beans in the confines of their Edwardsville, Illinois, home. "We're pretty grassroots about it," says Matt Herrin, who, along with wife Debbie, operates Goshen. They schooled themselves in the Seattle area, where they were one of 40 roasters in a 70-square-mile radius. They're not as ubiquitous as some other area roasters, mainly because they prefer catering to individuals rather than restaurants, many of which are more concerned with bottom line. "To them it's a product, it's not a craft," says Matt. "It's something they serve at the end of their meal and charge a buck and a quarter. We're insanely passionate about coffee." We particularly adore Goshen's Black Dog Espresso Blend, one of 30 different varieties -- from single-origins to blends and decafs -- they cook up. Steeped in a French press, Black Dog produces a velvety nectar akin to a European roast, without much acidity, and hints of deep, deep chocolate. It'll make your day. Serve it with some Goshen bread -- their cinnamon-raisin loaf will rock your world, and it yields the best French toast in history. Goshen beans and loaves may be procured at the Maplewood farmer's market, the Edwardsville farmer's market and a few east-side wine stores. Track 'em down -- you won't be sorry.


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There may still be some debate as to what role Microsoft's Windows 7 will play in the area of tablet computers, but this hasn't stopped some tablet makers from announcing consumer focussed tablets that run on the Win 7 operating system.
Today is one such example when IN MEDIA said that they have their own device coming in early 2011. The name of their new product is simply the "Windows 7 Tablet PC". It's not the most creative name that we've heard. The device will have a 1.66GHz Intel Atom CPU with an 11.25-inch by 6-inch LCD display screen. There is also a front facing camera, an HDMI interface, integrated ebook reader functionality and a 160GB HD.
IN MEDIA's CEO, Nick Karnik made it a point to highlight in a press statement that his product has the ability to play Adobe Flash videos, a feature that we know is not easily available on some devices. The windows tablet will release within the first quarter of 2011 with Asia and the US being some of the first markets to have access to the device which will have a retail price of $399. Unfortunately, at this time, IN MEDIA has not offered up any pictures or videos of their tablet computer that we can show you, which is to bad seeing as they did put out a press statement.
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A car nearly crashed into emergency crews responding to a separate wreck Wednesday in Rogers.
The Rogers Fire Department released video showing crews responding to a wreck with possible injuries on Eighth Street. A car heading in the opposite direction on the street brakes, crosses the median and slides in front of the fire truck before coming to rest on the shoulder.
No one was injured in the crash, according to the Rogers Fire Department. Crews stopped to check on the driver before moving on to their original call, for which there were also no injuries, according to the fire department.
The fire truck's driver, Nick Ardamani, said he did his best to keep the crew safe during the near-collision.
"I tried not to lock the brakes up so that we didn't wind up in the same position as the passenger vehicle did and put us into a skid," Ardamani said. "It's a scary feeling. It's an emotional feeling."
The firefighter said he feels lucky nobody was hurt in the incident.
"It could have been really bad for the city as a whole, for us as a station and fire department," he said. "The vehicles we drive are extremely heavy. They can weigh up to 60,000 pounds. They are hard to stop, and with the road conditions, it can become more difficult to stop these vehicles."
Fire Capt. Dusty Meredith said he had never experienced a situation like that before.
"Extremely scary. Everybody was just glad it didn't happen," Meredith said. "When it was over, it was hard to believe it didn't happen."
Meredith said the close call is a good reminder for drivers to pay attention and drive with caution during winter weather, when the roads may be slick.
"That's one thing people don't understand sometimes, is that you need to move to the right and stop and get out of our way the best you can," he said. "Don't slam on your brakes and end up in front of us like those people did."


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New Car Deals for May 2012: Compact Cars
Sales in this automotive segment are growing faster than in any other, and it's easy to see why. Today's compact cars are roughly as fuel efficient as smaller subcompacts. Compacts offer a full range of features -- some, like heated seats, only recently migrating from the luxury segment. And compacts can carry four adult passengers in reasonable comfort. Though Ford is offering a nominal cash rebate on its popular Focus, most of the best sellers in this segment are moving with only token incentives. Be aware, however, that you may have to opt for a special version of a compact car to achieve its ultimate fuel-economy ratings. Te Chevrolet Cruze, Ford Focus and Honda Civic, for example, only achieve their top fuel- economy ratings in specific high-mileage versions or with option packages that leverage low-rolling resistance tires and other features to eke out maximum mpg. These versions often cost at least several hundred dollars more than a standard version and may have only a statistically insignificant gain in fuel economy to show for it.
Here are the Best Deals on Compact Cars for May 2011:
2012 Dodge Caliber: $1,500 cash or 0.0 percent financing to 36 months.
2012 Nissan Sentra: $1,000 cash or $500 cash or 0.0 percent financing to 60 months.
2012 Kia Forte: $1,000 cash and 1.9 percent financing to 36 months, 2.9 to 60 months, 3.9 to 72 months.
2012 Ford Focus: $750 cash or 0.0 percent financing to 36 months, 2.9 to 48 months, 3.9 to 60 months, 5.9 to 72 months.
2012 Toyota Corolla: $500 cash or 0.9 percent financing for 60 months.


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Cate Blanchett follows Woody Allen coast to coast
James Robinson, For the San Francisco Chronicle : August 15, 2013
Photo By Sony Pictures ClassicsThe cast of "Blue Jasmine" mixes actors such as Cate Blanchett and Alec Baldwin (center) with comedians, including Andrew Dice Clay.
Photo By Valery Hache / Getty ImagesDirector Woody Allen returns to darker themes in his latest film, a family drama.
Photo By InvisionBlanchett sees beyond the madness of her dysfunctional character, Jasmine.
On the phone from Australia, the antipodean accent she keeps hidden away in movies out on full display, Cate Blanchett can't remember exactly how long she spent in San Francisco filming Woody Allen's "Blue Jasmine."
"It felt like forever. But it can't be, because Woody makes everything for about $5.99," she said with a laugh.
"Blue Jasmine" (opening Friday in San Antonio) is Woody Allen's 44th movie in 47 years and Blanchett's first time working with the prolific writer-director. The film, which cuts between San Francisco in the current day and New York in flashback, follows Jasmine (Blanchett) as she retreats west to stay with her sister after a mental breakdown.
It marks a departure for Allen from the European whimsy of his latest work and back toward the darker family dramas he explored in movies such as "September" and "Interiors."
After jogging her memory, Blanchett concludes that she spent five weeks in San Francisco. She says that she found the mixture of grime and glamour in the city intriguing.
"Blue Jasmine," bouncing in time between New York and San Francisco, creates an interesting contrast between the two worlds, although Blanchett said she doesn't think Allen was trying to make a specific point with the comparison.
"If anything, it shows that a certain financial aspiration and pressure in parts of New York, if you can survive it, allows you to forget how the other half lives. But you can't do that in San Francisco. It's all just right there," she said.
As Blanchett put bluntly, a call from Woody Allen is one you'll take. She admitted that in a shallow sense, she felt starring in one of his movies would be a "nice notch on the belt." But, she said, when the script arrived, it was brilliant, and any Allen film carries with it the promise of an interesting cast.
"Blue Jasmine" is no disappointment in that sense, mixing acclaimed character actors such as Sally Hawkins, Alec Baldwin, Peter Sarsgaard and Bobby Cannavale with theatrically unproven stand-up comedians Louis C.K. and Andrew Dice Clay.
Blanchett's theater background prepared her for working with Allen. All the direction is written into the script, she said. He does few takes, no reshoots and little postproduction work.
"It's like curtain time, one take, let's go. What you do on the day is what you've got to work with. It requires a strong level of focus and commitment," she said.
There's an element of filmmaking for Allen, Blanchett saw, that appears excruciating for him.
"I think it's hard for him to listen to his own words," she said. "He writes things from the inside out, which is probably why he's acted in so many of his own movies."
Blanchett said she found herself relating to Allen, the contradictions between his compulsion to make movies and his desire to remove himself from the spotlight, and the tensions between his heavily publicized private life and being such a private person.
"I understand those urges," she said.
The character of Jasmine gave Blanchett a chance to play someone less sympathetic, struggling against mental illness yet serving actively as her own worst enemy, endearing one moment and alienating and dishonest the next.
It was an interesting character to unwrap, Blanchett said. Jasmine's judgment and treatment of her sister (Hawkins) is one of the defining tensions of "Blue Jasmine" and suggests larger, unfixable flaws within her character.
"There's so much dysfunction within Jasmine," Blanchett said. "The need to survive is so paramount, it makes her do cruel things."
Whether Jasmine is ultimately a good person doesn't factor into the acting equation for Blanchett. She said that she and Allen would disagree about her character. To Allen, Jasmine was simply mad, but to Blanchett it's not that simple.
"When you are damaged, you do damage," she said. "I try not to judge the characters I play. Jasmine is still someone, like anyone else, who wants to be saved."


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Bristol is always a good time for race fans a track that tiny with banking like Daytona always provides some good racing. This race featured Joey Logano sitting on the pole for the first time in his short NASCAR tenure and ended with another win from possibly the greatest ever: Jimmie Johnson. Although Johnson did not have the best car we saw once again why Jimmie, Chad and four fresh tires at the end of a race will usually put these guys into victory lane. Johnson did not dominate by any means he was a top 5 car all day but his pit crew executed a flawless four tire stop before the last shootout and this let him overtake the cars that took two tires and led him right into victory lane. The guy who did dominate this race Kurt Busch came home with a 3rd place finish. Busch had an amazing car and took four tires on the last stop like Jimmie Johnson but he started a couple more rows back and was unable to make up the spots to compete for the lead again. Busch was very upset with his finish in his post race interview he stated how he would of rathered any other of the 41 drivers win besides Jimmie Johnson. Busch's feelings are shared with many NASCAR fans almost instantly after Jimmie Johnson arrived in victory lane posts on Nascar.com claimed that Johnson and Chad are cheaters. This of course is untrue, there just the best of the best.
The other Busch brother Kyle had an alright day. Kyle had a terrible car he qualified towards the back almost went a lap down early, he even cut a tire down and caused a caution to come out. However I was more then pleased with how he finished his day coming home in 9th place which propelled him back into the top 12 and although its early Kyle would like to have as many points as he can now.
Another huge story of this race was if Brad Keslowski was going to turn Carl Edwards around. Both of these guys raced clean and hard. At some points during the race these two were side by side and they gave each other more then enough room. BK's car did not have a scratch on it at the end of the race and he finished 13th which is respectable since it is only his first time racing at Bristol in a cup car.
For the last race with the rear wing it was a pretty good race. On to Martinsville the paperclip flat track on the NASCAR circuit. Some drivers that had a strong 2009 really need to pick it up and with the spoiler coming on it will be like a fresh start for these guys.


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First 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier' trailer salutes awesomeness
Here's the first trailer for "Captain America: The Winter Soldier," a darker, broodier sequel for our modern paranoid times. That said, we still get our favorite beacon of freedom Captain America (Chris Evans) fighting the good fight in and out of his stars and stripes, along with the Falcon (Anthony Mackie) soaring, Black Widow (Scarlett […] [Read More]
Geek Speak review: 'The Avengers' assembles everything you want in a fun comic book movie
We're in for some moody comic book movies this summer with Batman's bow in "The Dark Knight Rises" and a darker take on the web-slinger in "The Amazing Spider-Man." So it's such a relief to see "Marvel's The Avengers" kick off the season's adaptations with such a bright, enjoyable outing. It's not just the colorful […] [Read More]
Marvel unveils 'Avengers' movie logo & cast
('The Avengers' official site) Every big-screen super-team needs an emblem and some famous faces — especially if it's Earth's Mightiest Heroes. Marvel delivers on both fronts with the logo for "The Avengers" at the movie's official site and the cast revealed at Comic-Con. The logo is pretty much the A with the arrow from the […] [Read More]
Belated 'Iron Man 2′ review: Fun stuff with charm that edges it action
('Iron Man 2′ official website) Give "Iron Man 2″ credit — it really gives us more of what we loved so much about the first flick. Thing is, too much of that good thing occasionally gets in the way of what could have been an even more action-packed adventure. In "Iron Man," director Jon Favreau […] [Read More]
Reel Comic News: '300' rerelease in 3D?! Sexy 'Iron Man 2′ poster! Etc.!
ScarJo as Black Widow. 'Nuff said. (Marvel.com) • The ab-tastic big-screen adaptation of Frank Miller's "300" might be re-released in 3D, according to "300" director Zack Snyder. Snyder also says he might direct the "300" prequel "Xerxes" but is waiting for Miller to finish the "300" sequel. So basically Snyder is waiting to see gratuitous, […] [Read More]
'Iron Man 2′ pic of Scarlett Johansson
(Yahoo! Movies) Not much context necessary here. Scarlett Johansson stars as Natasha Romanoff aka Black Widow in "Iron Man 2″ and she obviously looks every bit the role. BTW, Yahoo! Movies has the above photo and more from next year's "Iron Man 2," though that's the only one there of Johansson. You're most welcome. (Spotted […] [Read More]


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SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories Film Screening in Baton Rouge
We're just wrapping up the editing of a beautiful, provocative film about Southern Louisiana – "SoLa, Louisiana Water Stories" – about man's relationship with water in a part of the world where everywhere you look you're surrounded by bayou, swamp or wetlands, the Mississippi River or Gulf of Mexico. Home to the most unique and vital culture in America, every Cajun has a story – or two, three or more – about … water.
Today too many of those stories are negative. SoLa's waterways are home to some serious environmental problems, including oil and gas spills, petrochemical waste, fertilizer run-off from its neighbors and coastal erosion that is disappearing twenty-five square miles of Southern Louisiana each year.
This Saturday, we are screening a rough cut of our new film with our friends at LEAN in Baton Rouge. If you are in the area, please come by and join in the festivities.
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Government 2.0
Professor Lawrence Lessig discussed the Obama administration's grassroots support during the campaign season on NPR's Diane Rehm Show:
President-Elect Obama received a overwhelming grass roots support in during the campaign season. Diane Rehm interviews Patricia McGuinness, CEO, Council for Excellence in Government, Corine Hegland, The National Journal, and Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University, Professor of Law, to discuss the future of grass roots involvement in the Obama Administration. Lessig is the author of Free Culture, How Media uses Technology, and The Law to Lock Down Culture and Control Creativity.
Lawrence Lessig, Stanford University, Professor of Law, says that Obama's message was the central force in his campaign, says that had he not inspired so many people we wouldn't be talking about the Obama Revolution, says that technology allowed people to participate in politics in a way that made them feel more like soldiers than recipients.


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Homemade Christmas Ornaments
"Seashell Angel"
Submitted by Sara Campbell, American living in Turkey
This special angel reminds us of our summer trips to the seashore! She is VERY simple to make (can be done in minutes, a great gift for friends and/or neighbors).
1 large round seashell
1/2 inch high gold ribbon
Gold rope string
Button (which, when turned, has hair/eyes/mouth -see photo- or if you can't find buttons like this, get a pearly button--button should be 3/4 inch or the right size depending on your seashell)
Mini ornament for your angel to hold
Hot glue and sticks
Gold paint and paint brush (if button is needing to be painted)
How to make her:
1. If you are not able to find buttons like the one in the picture (you can sometimes find them on the cards at fabric stores), paint your pearly button with a swipe for her hair, tiny dots for eyes, and a curve for her mouth (with gold paint). Let it dry.
2. Tie ribbon in a bow, so that the bow is the right shape to look like wings.
3. Cut gold string about 2 1/2 -3 inches (this will be her arms).
4. Cut gold string about 6 inches to be the string to hang it on the tree.
5. Hot glue the middle of the 3 inch string to the top and back of the seashell. Hot glue the bow on top of this string (on the back of the seashell).
6. Hot glue the button to the top front of the seashell. Hot glue the hanger string (knot side hidden) to the back of the button.
7. Trim her arm strings to the appropriate length.
8. Place mini ornament (mine is a harp, but you can use a heart, flute, or any shape you want) in her arms and hot glue one arm to the back and one to the front of the shape like she is holding it.
9. Hang her on your tree!
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