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Tim Garrett
Like many leaders in HR, Tim Garrett didn't set out to spend his career in the people side of business. To say he was in the right place at the right time might be a stretch. But he was definitely where his talents could be best used when they were needed the most. He was in a management training rotation in the HR department when a strike hit the company. He was immediately assigned the duties of giving management whatever support they needed to prevail in the strike.
Over 30 years later, he has successfully led his employers and suppliers through more than 15 unionization attempts. His approach is not to go head-on with union organizers. It's to create a workplace culture based on mutual trust and respect — one that makes unions irrelevant in the eyes of the employees. At this writing, just a year after retiring from Honda of America, the oldest non-union automobile manufacturer in the United States, he is now consulting with client companies who are surprised to discover that they are now in a strengthening pro-union environment.
Be sure to listen to the Master Class audio portions of this interview. The first interview gives an overview of the pro-union environment today and what employers need to bear in mind when considering what their approach will be. The second interview is HR specific, showing how the HR department can be the company's most valuable player in creating and sustaining a union-resistant enterprise.
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What is the best advice you ever received in your career?
It actually came from a union president. I was working for Goodyear early in my career. It was unionized, and the president and I developed a very close relationship. He told me to always maintain my integrity and honesty. There will be arguments. There will be disagreements. All that will happen. But what's most important is to maintain honesty and integrity, because if you lose those, then you lose the ability to work with people.
I have seen time and time again where individuals have foregone that advice and become absolutely limited their ability to work with others, to work through issues, problems, and reach compromises. Everything you have in life can be taken from you. Only you can give up your honesty, integrity, your self-respect, and dignity. Only you can give up your character.
How has a reputation for being a stand-up kind of guy helped you specifically?
The most common feedback I ever got at Honda was, "You know with Tim, you always know where you stand and you can always trust what he's going to tell you as being true." So when we had union campaigns at Honda, whatever I communicated, people knew that I was being honest with them. And so it carries a great deal of credibility because they knew I had their interest at heart.
You want to have the reputation that you will always stand up for what is right. They may not agree with you. They may disagree with you and that's fine. But everybody knows that you're standing up for what is right.
It's got to make life a whole lot easier for you because you're not wondering in the back of your mind if somebody else is doubting or suspecting your motivation.
That's right. No matter what I would say, no matter what position I took, everybody knew that there was a very good reason behind it. That was never a question in anybody's mind.
Now, having said that, Martha, if you're willing to live up to those criteria, that also means on any given day you're willing to put your career on the line.
So you're of the school that to be really an effective HR person, you have to be willing to lose your job.
That's right. And if people know that you're willing to put your job and your career on the line for people, then you will gain their respect.
Plus loyalty.
Plus loyalty. There was a time that during a UAW campaign, I was attacked personally by the UAW, just trashed – which is not uncommon. I didn't take it personally, that's a campaign strategy. But in this case, a group of associates went down to the UAW office and said, "If you ever do that again, we're done. You're not going to have any of our support." The UAW organizer admitted in a meeting with the associates that he made a big mistake.
So those are the types of feedback I got that was more important than any other feedback I ever got. People just knew that they could trust me and I had their best interest at heart. That didn't mean I didn't make tough decisions. It didn't mean we didn't have to make changes. But they always knew that whatever we did, it was necessary and the right thing to do.
That idea of your associates coming to your defense sounds like the end of a Frank Capra movie.
Yeah. It was great. They wanted me to file a lawsuit against the UAW. I said, "No, no, no. It's okay."
And these are the associates that the UAW was trying to recruit as new members.
What was the moment when your career changed forever?
Again back at Goodyear, when the union went out on a four-month strike. As a result of that four-month strike, that's how I ultimately ended up in the HR world. Had they not gone on strike, I probably would have not ended up in HR. I would have ended up in manufacturing.
Actually, I was a trainee, going from division to division to division to learn what they did. Well, I was in HR at the time there was a violent strike. They firebombed the plant. There were terminations out of this, so part of my role within the HR group was to help the manager work through all this stuff and get things together. I was able to write arbitration cases and I actually presented an arbitration case on one of the terminations. But I was really just a support person for the HR manager during that period of time.
That strike led me to my second job as the HR manager of a UAW plant, which then led me to my third job which was at Honda. Had that strike not occurred, and I had not been in the HR department when it did, my whole career would have changed. I probably never would have ended up being in HR.
When I came to Honda, one of the reasons they had an interest in me was that I had union experience. At that point, there was a very strong belief within Honda Motors that we would ultimately become unionized. So had I not had that union experience, I probably wouldn't have been hired by Honda.
So they were almost expecting that they would become unionized. And you were their last best hope to keep themselves out of that?
Well, it wasn't so much to keep them out of it. They wanted people with experience in union environments so that if it happened, we were able to work in that environment. As it turned out, we were able to lead the fight and never become unionized.
The unions taught me a lot in other ways too. I was like any kid out of college. It was some of the union leadership that put their arm around me and helped me. I remember one time at the Goodyear office, walking out of the plant, and I made some stupid comment. I think it was about the union president, the one who taught me everything. I was mad at him about something and I made some comment about "that SOB." He heard me and he just absolutely shredded my ass. Just shredded me. I'm feeling about as slow as a snake bellying in new-mowed grass and the next thing I know, he comes up behind me, puts his arm around me and says, "Tim, don't ever take it personally. It's only business." And we ended up going uptown and having a beer together.
Yeah, he taught me a lot about people and what's important to people. I remember having conversations with the other union president there. We used to talk off the record all the time about individuals. And there were times that he would actually sit down with me and say, "Just do something with these people, will you? We'll file a grievance but we won't take it anywhere."
That's all because we had a relationship.
Yeah, exactly. So the strength of the relationship can actually circumvent a lot of posturing and opposition.
In my world, what I found is the strength of your relationship equates to the strength of your operations and your ability and capability to getting things done. It's all based upon the same fundamental criteria of honesty and trust. The only reason that I was able to work with them was the fact that they knew they could tell me something and trust me, that it would never come back to hurt them. I don't care how good you are, if people don't trust you and they don't believe you're a person of integrity, they will never respect you. They may respect your capabilities but they won't respect you as a person.
I wonder if that's one of the reasons why HR really does suffer from a lack of respect across the board.
Sure I did. Sure I did. But that's okay because even though I may have had career setbacks, I never sacrificed the respect and trust that people had.
What is the one thing that you wish you had done differently?
The one thing I wish I would have done was to build networks of organizations, associations, and people outside of my work-related networks.
Outside of the work-related context entirely?
Right. A lot of my networking was within the world of Honda or companies, suppliers that had some relationship to Honda. And because I was so busy, that's an excuse… I never took the time to really build networks like with SHRM or with the different manufacturing associations or different individuals out there. I didn't take the time and part of it was the fact that I sacrificed so much time anyway I didn't want to take more away from the family. I just didn't want to go out in the evening and go have dinner and drinks with somebody just for the sole purpose of building a network. But I should have probably done more of that.
Why do you think that's something that you should have done?
Well, it would have done a couple of things. One, it would have probably helped me broaden my awareness, information, knowledge. If I had to connect with somebody on an issue or problem, if I needed to help somebody out, I may have had a network to help. I was fortunate that I have never been without a job. But had I been without a job, it would have been far more difficult to get another job without the network in place.
What do you think the new folks today need to know that you didn't need to know back then?
They really need to have a strong firm grasp on the global environment outside of the United States. They need to understand politically, economically, business-wise what's going on in the global world because it's impacting the United States and every company more so every day. When I started out, the global environment wasn't that critical.
You need to know what's going on in China. You need to know what's going on in India and in South America because eventually it will have a direct impact no matter what your occupation is. So global awareness is essential, I think, today.
So you almost have to be a renaissance person, in a sense. It's not just being a deeply vertical expert on people policies; you have to be able to hold the whole world in your brain and understand all the time how the various shifting pieces fit and then fit again and reconfigure themselves and then fit again.
Five years ago, I said Toyota was a train wreck waiting to happen and I knew the economy was going to go south, not as bad as it did. And people said, well "How did you know that?" I pay attention. I learn and when I traveled around the world, it wasn't just "well I've a got a week that I can just party and get stupid." I always tried to learn.
So you were a nerd!
Well, I had fun but you know…it was business.
Going back to what you were able to observe in the last 10 years and come to an entirely different set of conclusions. Part of it depended on knowing what to believe and what not to believe when other people were talking.
Right. And the more you learn, and the more knowledge and awareness you have, the more you can differentiate between what you should believe and not believe. If you don't have worldly knowledge, then you don't know if somebody's telling you something that makes sense or not. Take China for instance. People used to say, "Well, there's no way the United States can compete with China." Because of my knowledge of Southeast Asia and the China market, we're able to explain how that's not the case. It's not about competing with China, it's about competing in China.
So you have to be smart and you have to be confident in your own internal radar.
Right. And that can come when you develop and spend a lot of time thinking and learning.
What is the worst thing that newbies can do to themselves?
The worst thing they can do is be self-focused, which means all they care about is their career. "It's all about me." "What's in it for me?" "What do I have to do to get promoted?"
Are you seeing that trend being especially relevant to the new generation of incomers?
Well, there's this whole emphasis on career pathing. They actually want you to lay out their career for the next 5 to 10 years. You're going to do this, then you're going to do this, you'll be promoted here, you'll be promoted here, and this is what you're going to be doing for the next 3, 5, 10 years. That's not even realistic. As the old saying goes, "You can plan for the future but you can't plan the future."
So anybody who says, "What's my career path?", my answer is "Whatever you decide to make it yourself."
When they put themselves first, ahead of the organization and ahead of the people of the organization, it says that they're willing to sacrifice the organization and the people for their own career.
So wanting somebody to plan your career and having a self-focus ahead of others is a mistake.
That puts the whole HR profession into that saintly category though, doesn't it? The idea that of all the functions inside a corporation, which is so "it's just business, don't take it personally," for HR to take on that burden of being about the people over their own individual self-interest, that kind of gets them into this role inside the company of being untouchable or removed from the rat race or the hard-scrabble game.
Well, you know, what I'm trying to say it's not just about HR. It's not about a division or a function within an organization. It's about an individual, who they are as a person.
So are you saying that that lesson should be applied throughout the entire organization?
Every single person. I don't care if you're in HR. I don't care if you're in manufacturing, in purchasing, or accounting.
But don't you think that that burden is especially heavy on the HR shoulders?
It's heavy on the HR shoulders in two respects. One, and this is what I used to always preach within the HR group at Honda, you have to set the example. So don't ever ask somebody to do something that you're not willing to do. You set the example. And if you're willing to sacrifice the organization for your career, then you accept everybody willing to do the same thing.
And you have solid ground to stand on by setting that bar of expectation because you're willing to do it.
That's right. I never asked somebody to do something I wouldn't do. And it's because I never asked them to do as much as I did. Because once you ask them to do something that they know you're not willing to do or you didn't do, then your credibility is shot.
So it's where the newbies will make mistakes is when it's all about them and they're not willing to stand up and focus on the organization. Honda had never hired me for a career. Honda never hired me for a promotion. They hired me to do a job. And my responsibility and my obligation was to do it to the best of my ability. And if I do it well and it's recognized, then I'll have opportunities. And that's how I've always believed.
What characteristics would you look for if you were hiring somebody new into the field?
Are they individuals who are willing to contribute? Are they individuals who are willing to work hard? Are they individuals who are willing to learn? Are they individuals who are willing to work together in a supportive and collaborative way? Are they individuals that I can trust?
So if you're brand new – right out of school – how do you demonstrate the answers to those questions in a convincing way when your resume is maybe 50 words long?
I remember when I first interviewed with Goodyear, and I was a newbie out of college. The person I was interviewing with said, "You know what, we know you don't know a whole lot. What we do know is through your college, you have the capability to learn and the willingness to learn. Now we're going to teach you everything you need to know." And so, I didn't pretend to be something I wasn't.
Is it important for first timers into the field to have a resume chockfull of extracurricular activities that show energy and community orientation, selflessness, that kind of thing?
Do you know what? When I see resumes of individuals that look too good to be true, they're too good to be true.
I really don't have interest in people who got 4.0's in college, who like to talk about the fact that they got 4.0's. And I don't necessarily look at somebody who's been involved in so many different organizations and activities, because can you really be contributing if you're simply trying to build a resume? I've seen different resume builders and I've been involved in enough outside organizations and activities to know that 90 percent of the people involved in those absolutely have zero contributions but it looks good on paper.
So you can spot a manufactured presence because you've seen enough of those resumes.
Yeah, and frankly if you talk to them long enough, you'll figure out that it's manufactured.
So don't even try.
Don't try it. You probably won't even make it into the room with me.
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Somis School officials to discuss renovating vs. rebuilding
Somis School officials will lead a community meeting Thursday on the future of the 90-year-old campus.
Scheduled for 6:30 p.m. in the school cafeteria, the meeting will outline some big changes on the horizon, including preliminary plans to build a new campus.
Somis voters in November backed a $9 million bond measure to either renovate the aging campus or build a new school. Before Somis Union School District officials began mulling the decision, four pipelines were discovered under the K-8 school and officials realized it would cost $10 million to renovate the campus.
Building a new school big enough to accommodate future growth would cost $16 million. If the school board chooses to rebuild, the state would foot $4.5 million of the bill.
These and other issues will be discussed at the community meeting, said Superintendent Colleen Robertson. Robertson in June led a similar meeting with low turnout. This time, the school district placed a notice in residents' water bills.
"In the interest of transparency, I want to give everyone an opportunity to ask questions and see what this process has been. And we want input," Robertson said. "We want to know what the concerns are. We went out to voters last November and they supported us. They have the right to ask questions about where the bond money will go."
Robertson also will discuss two possible sites for new school construction. The most likely site is on West Street near Faith Baptist Church.
If the district decides to build a new school, funding will be about $1.5 million short, and Robertson has no intention to seek another bond.
"We have to talk about how to bridge that gap so we can build the school not in phases but to open with a completed school," Robertson said.
The school board is expected to make a decision later this fall on which course to take.
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UConn sent its response to the NCAA's notice of allegations Tuesday, but it won't make that report public just yet.
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The UConn men's basketball program was accused by the NCAA in May of committing eight major violations, most related the recruitment of Nate Miles and his dealings with former UConn manager turned agent Josh Nochimson.
There's no word on what punishments UConn self-imposed, though it's very likely the school did slap its own wrist to some extent.
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Haier lawyer Andrew Musangi of LJ Associates said that they decided to appeal after noticing mysterious variations at the announcement of Olive as the winner.
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I'm often amazed by how paper sculptors--working with a practically two-dimensional material, and one that is treated as quite ephemeral--can create inventive and elegant sculptural forms. Artists whose work in paper I've been admiring quite a bit lately include Su Blackwell, who conjures complex literary scenes from book pages, and Yuken Teruya, whose tiny forest worlds created from discarded paper bags and rolls invite us to reconsider habits of consumption.
Would you like to investigate paper sculpture? The library has a number of mid-twentieth-century books that I like for the window they open into the medium's use in advertising and window dressing as well as for the how-to projects they include. Two that I like in particular are Sculpture in Paper and Paper Sculpture, both of which are illustrated with commercial paper sculptures evocative of that period. And here (above and below) are a couple of pages from Paper Sculpture, in which author and sculptor Arthur Sadler shows you how to make an owl:


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The main thing about me that I don't think people understand is that there's a big difference between Ken Block that works very hard and does a business and Ken Block the rally driver. A lot of times, those two stories get too mixed. People don't necessarily give me as much respect as a rally driver because the other part gets too muddied up in there.
Any time I get into something like this, I try my hardest to excel at it. I do have a lot of talent and a lot of drive to do various things, and I have worked very hard to develop the skills in rally that I have.
To answer your question, I would like people to understand that I really have a deep, true passion for rally. I think that, for some reason, I have some natural talent for it. But beyond that, I've worked very hard to try to be the best driver I absolutely can. I want to use those skills to go as far as I can with rally.
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On top of that, because of my background, I'm actually a very good marketing person. I've won marketing awards from companies like Advertising Age and SportsBusiness Journal. I've been recognized for the stuff that I do.
I've been able to take that experience and that knowledge and apply it to our rally team to help generate more interest in the sport here in America, because it needs it, and I see an opportunity to help it. That ranges anywhere from marketing in the way of graphics and team materials and getting publicity for the team and doing whatever I can to help JB [Niday, Rally America's managing director] and Rally America.
It's been a wide range of things, and even goes as far as the Stunt Junkies jump and something I did recently down in New Zealand with our snowboarders. There's actually a photo of myself in a rally car and one of our snowboarders that's going to end up on the cover of Snowboarder next month.
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I've been very lucky in my life, that I've been able to do a wide variety of things and go pretty far. But at the same time, if you look at the core of what I do – from snowboarding and even having a home up in the mountains with my own snowboard park – a lot of what I do is based on getting the most out of life and really enjoying it, and enjoying it with my friends and my family.
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I love to make raw food versions of traditional recipes. One of my favorite salads from the "old" days was broccoli, raisin salad.It is a favorite that appears everywhere. You will find it at salad bars, and potlucks. The original is filled with bacon, mayo and sugar. That no longer fits into my needs for healthy, raw food. I still find myself craving this salad so I decided to make a raw food recipe version. The bacon has been eliminated and the sugar and fat laden dressing is replaced by a healthy cashew based dressing. I am pleased with the results and hope you will be too. No one will ever guess this is raw!
Broccoli Raisin Sunflower Seed Salad
- 1 C Cashews, soaked at least 2 hours
- Juice from 1 1/2 lemons
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- 1/4 C Water
- 1 shallot (2 T chopped)
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- 1/2 T Mustard Powder
- Pinch Celtic Sea Salt
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I read many of Plaidy's books years ago and I loved them. However, going back and reading one of her series books now hasn't hooked me like it used to.
As I finished the conclusion to Plaidy's Norman Trilogy, I couldn't help feeling satisfied. In fact, I think that's the perfect way to describe the series. Satisfactory. It's not an epic that will leave your heart pounding and blood burning; even the battle scenes are rather sedated, like reading a newspaper report by a journalist who really wanted to be assigned to another story. And yet each person is fully rounded and realistic. Stephen is the epitome of the King who has love but not control, whose kindness nearly unseats him from the throne. Matilda his wife is a loving helpmate, the steel rod that keeps the family together when Stephen's weakness is revealed. Matilda the Empress is as narrow-minded and haughty as the arrogant movie star stereotype. Like many, she is so driven by her vision of the world and her desires that she never sees how her own self-importance drives her supporters away.
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Five days to film, five days to edit, and only five hours of tape, to create a 10 minute narrative film. That was the challenge given to the three directors chosen to participate in one of the most highly anticipated events of the Seattle Film Festival, the Fly Filmmaking Challenge, and directors Sue Corcoran, Thom Harp, and TJ Martin ably rose to the task, while filmmaker Andy McAllister orchestrated a "making of" documentary about the event.
In addition to the time constraints, the directors were given a short list of "flies in the ointment" - things they had to each include in their films: a copy of Seattle alterna-paper The Stranger or The Stranger logo, a person tripping, and the Seattle Public Library. In addition, each director had to include the same SAG actress in their film, with at least one line.
What was most impressive about this year's Fly Filmmaking Challenge was how adroitly the three directors succeeded in working within their constraints to create three very different, but equally remarkable films.
The first film of the narrative trio, Drivers Ed, by Harp, is the most cinematically traditional of the films. Drivers Ed is the story of a young girl (Jessica Skerritt, in a marvelous debut turn) who has failed the driving portion of the drivers license exam - four times - going out for a driving lesson. Harp's film could have just been a simple, funny, one-dimensional skit. Instead, Harp imbues his characters with depth and feeling and subtle interactions that turn this clever film into a tale full of subtext.
Skerrit sparkles on the screen, bringing the perfect balance to the role of a slightly ditzy girl so hyperfocused on what her college boyfriend is up to that she plows through life running into, and over, everything around her. Also worth noting is Tony Doupe as the driving instructor. He's hilarious to watch, but his subtle interactions with Skerritt really drive the film.
TJ Martin brings a different focus to his film, ...Loves Martha, a love story about Richard (Mark Pinckney), a lonely office worker who falls in love with...a copy machine. Martin's primary experience to date has been in documentaries and music videos, and it shows in his style - Martin has created a sharply visual film, short on dialouge and long on pensive shots and interesting angles.
The tone of the film works very well, and the "dialouge" between Richard and Martha is sublimely funny. Martin has created a nice, funny little romance here - the interaction between Richard is honest and heartfelt and the overall effect is hilariously funny. Look for Martin's excellent use of a sectional sofa - one of the cleverest uses of furniture you're likely to see in film.
The third film, Circus of Infinity by Sue Corcoran, is the most abstract of the three narrative films. Corcoran tells the tale of "Baby Violet", a dwarf raised by circus parents who is finally getting her shot at the big top - by being blown out of a cannon. Baby Violet keeps asking - but is there a net? - a question which the people around her ignore or lie about, except for the surly janitor, who tells her, "Kid, you're gonna get squashed like a melon".
Corcoran, best known as one-half of the Von Piglet Sisters, is best known for her film Gory Gory Hallelujah". Corcoran's fans have come to expect a certain kind of style out of her, and for them she delivers supremely with her usual flair, while at the same time managing to reach beyond the simple shock value of her earlier work to create a film with some philosophy and depth. Whether that vision attracts or repels depends on the individual viewer; at any rate, Corcoran's film was certainly being buzzed about extensively after the screening.
McAllister, primarily a narrative filmmaker, gamely agreed to take on the challenge of creating a documentary about the directors and their films. Rather than taking a strict "behind the scenes" approach to the documentary, McAllister chose instead to create an edgy, almost promotional documentary, using voice-overs with the directors instead of the standard "talking heads" approach with the director sitting in a chair explaining his vision. The documentary almost has a music-video feel to it, an energetic vibe that clicks along at a brisk pace, giving you a feel for each director's unique style and sensibility.
The Fly Filmmaking Challenge is one of the coolest happenings at the Seattle Film Festival. The directors have independently created three unique films, prologued by McAllister's excellent documentary, that complement each other nicely, although each could stand on its own merits. SIFF attendees have one more shot to see the Fly Films before SIFF ends - they show 2PM June 10th at The Egyptian. Don't miss this ticket - these films will be making the rounds of the festival circuit, and you'll be hearing more about all four directors in the future. You can be one of the cool kids, and see the films that got them started, right here at SIFF.


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The Conyers Police Department and Rockdale County Sheriff's Office arrested a Conyers man last week for allegedly snatching the purse of a 41-year-old woman at knifepoint in broad daylight.
Runners flock to 30th annual Fuzz Run
Runners flock to the 30th annual Fuzz Run
The 30th annual Fuzz Run was held Saturday morning in historic downtown Covington.
NCSS names Teacher of the Year finalists
Three Newton County teachers were surprised on Friday to be announced as finalists for Teacher of the Year.
NHS student charged with brining knife to school
Conyers man charges amended to violation of county ordinance
NCSO arrests NHS student for brining knife to school; charges against Conyers man amended to violation of county ordinance; rape reported in Covington
Lee's five touchdowns leads Tech past Duke
Playing less than five miles from his old high school, Vad Lee felt right at home Saturday.
Glidewell, Smith top male, female runners in 30th Fuzz Run
Jackson's Jody Glidewell and Covington's Katie Smith were the top male and female runners at the 30th Annual Covington Fuzz Run on Saturday.
KRAUTHAMMER: The fruits of epic incompetence
As for the peace process, it has about zero chance of disarming Damascus. We've spent nine years disarming an infinitely smaller arsenal in Libya — in conditions of peace — and we're still finding undeclared stockpiles.
Rockdale's marching bands to strut their stuff in annual exhibition
Marching bands at Rockdale County's three high schools are preparing for competition at the end of the month by participating in the annual Rockdale County Marching Band Exhibition.
Rockdale school system renews bid for Race to the Top funds
Rockdale County Public Schools will resubmit its application for millions of dollars in federal grant funds.
Clean up planned for trash pile in Yellow River
A large garbage pile that has accumulated in the Yellow River near the Georgia International Horse Park has captured the attention of river-lovers and others who have put together plans for a clean-up.
RONDA RICH: Look out for 'dear' in Southern conversation
She said it, of course, with a smirk. Those women who really don't understand the ways of the women of the South seem to always speak about us in words that are vividly cloaked in disdain.
TERRI SCHLICHENMEYER: 'Flames and Smoke' lights up with heart-pounding scenes
The air conditioning is on. It's been on a lot this summer because, without it, you'd probably melt. Yes, you're hot, and we're not talking wow-you're-looking-good-tonight hot. We're talking about sitting-in-front-of-the-A/C vents-just-to-survive hot. Whew!
Southern Belle Farm uses agri-tourism to grow
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In 2004, the Carter family stood at a crossroads with Southern Belle farm, located on the outskirts of McDonough in Henry County. They had to choose either to sell the 330 acres of land to developers, as other farmers had done with their property during the real estate boom, or keep it in the family.
Starship offers reward in rash of armed robberies
Starship Enterprises is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone who has committed armed robbery against any of the stores in the adult novelty chain.
Payne rushes for 195 yards as Alcovy tops Eastside 21-10
Alcovy quarterback Tristen Payne took the game into his own hands running the ball 39 times gaining 195 yards giving the Tigers a 20-10 win over county-rival Eastside at Homer Sharp Stadium on Friday.
Rockdale stays unbeaten, blasts Drew
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Serena Williams Interview - Miami, Mar 30
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Q. What turned things around for you?
Q. Can you tell us what their advice was?
Q. So the rain delay helped you?
Q. Is that when you called her, during the rain delay, or they called you during the rain delay?
Q. Is there one of them, your mom or your dad, that you sort of would prefer to talk to in a situation like that after the way that first set went, or equally the same temperament?
Q. Good cop, bad cop?
Q. When did you feel like you were on top of the situation? Did you still have real concerns in the third set even?
Q. What was happening? What did you find that you weren't doing?
Q. I think it was 60.
Q. When was the last time you made that many errors?
Q. What do you think is the cause of the errors? You seemed to be moving really well. Was it a kink in your stroke?
Q. Kind of a strange schedule today. Had Justine and Venus and you, all on Grandstand and Court 1. How did you feel out there in that environment?
Q. You don't think that affects you, the surroundings being a little different?
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Viewable impression from 3MS (Making Measurement Make Sense) is a display ad unit that is fifty percent in view for at least one second.
Eric Franchi, co-founder of Undertone said, "While there is a lot of talk around view ability in the market, measurement standards for brand advertisers is still uncertain. With the launch of this guarantee, we're taking a leadership position and delivering real clarity to our clients.
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The Oklahoma House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bill Tuesday intended to improve the state's A-F grading system for public schools, which has drawn criticism from school administrators since the first grades were issued last year.
Oklahoma House passes bill changing A-F grading system
House Bill 1658 would lessen the effect of the lowest 25 percent of test scores on a school's A-F grade and should improve a district's score, said Rep. Lee Denney, the measure's author.
"Lower achieving students need to be counted, but not three times," said Denney, R-Cushing.
Reading and mathematics tests of the lowest 25th percentile of students in a school district would be counted among the entire school's improvement if the measure becomes law, she said.
Currently, the scoring system looks at the entire school results, the entire school improvement in test scores and the improvement in test scores for the lowest 25 percent of students. As a result, the lowest 25 percent of the students are counted three times, which artificially lowers the scores, Denney said.
HB 1658 would shift the improvement of the lowest 25 percent with the improvement in test scores shown by the rest of the school, so the lowest 25 percent would be counted only twice, Denney said.
To compensate, the ranking of a school that is based on the improvement in reading and mathematic tests of the lowest 25th percentile of students would increase from 17 percent to 34 percent, she said.
"This percentage increase in the ranking system will ensure fairer rankings and show which schools need to focus more on their mathematics and reading curriculums," Denney said.
The House voted 94-4 to pass HB 1658. It now goes to the Senate.
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• House of Cards: The Netflix series, second season of which was released Friday, is still experiencing a surge in popularity. Netflix also paired with creators of game "Cards Against Humanity" to come out with a "House of Cards Against Humanity" version.
• Meryl Davis: Along with partner Charlie White and Meryl Davis captured the first Olympic ice dance gold medal for the US.
• Asteroid: An asteroid called 2000 EM26 with an estimated diameter of 3 football fields sped by Earth last night at 27,000 mph. The closest the asteroid got was 2M miles away. http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2014/feb/17/asteroid-3-football-fields-long-fly-earth-monday-n/
• Titanfall: The new video game from the creators of the "Call of Duty" series has been released in open beta, after initially being in closed beta. Beta closes on Wednesday at 9pm EST, and the game's official release is slated for March 11 for Xbox One and PC.
Florida and local trending stories:
• Vasegate: A South Florida artist is facing criminal charge after smashing a $1 million vase at Miami's new art museum in what police say appears to be a form of protest.
• Common Core: The Florida State Board of Education Commission launched its monthly meeting Tuesday morning to an audience of hundreds, many of whom were in attendance to protest a vote over amendments to the Common Core standards.
• When seniors go missing: A North Naples fire district employee has trained her German shepherds to find missing adults from living centers in the community. What started as a hobby has become a potential life-saver.
• "No hard feelings :)" Dolphins offensive lineman Richie Incognito offered apologies to teammate Jonathan Martin, team owner Stephen Ross and investigator Ted Wells in the wake of the NFL-ordered report detailing a racially charged bullying scandal.
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NACOGDOCHES, Texas – Stephen F. Austin head coach Wally Crittenden announced on Thursday the 2013 Ladyjacks soccer schedule, one that includes a plethora of top-notch non-conference programs.
The Ladyjacks will play 20 scheduled games in 2013, with 10 matches at home and 10 on the road. SFA, who went 17-4 last season en route to a 2012 SLC regular season and tournament title, will face eight non-conference opponents including members of the SEC, Big 12, Pac-12, Big East, Sun Belt, Conference USA and WAC.
"I am really excited about the fall of 2013 schedule," Crittenden said. "It features the caliber of teams that will help prepare us to be in the best form possible come November. Our home games will be fantastic with great crowds I am sure, and our away games are in great locations against very successful teams. This is the kind of schedule both our players, as well as our staff, want to play. From a fan's perspective, our Nacogdoches community will be in a position to watch our Ladyjacks take on some the best teams that the SEC, Pac 12, and Big 12 have to offer right here at home within the SFA Soccer Complex in matches versus Arizona State, LSU, and Texas. We will all be excited to kick off fall camp in August with this schedule waiting for us."
The Ladyjacks will open the season Aug. 23 on the road at Rice, a team that SFA is 1-5-0 all-time against including a 1-0 win over the Owls last season in Nacogdoches. SFA will then return to Nacogdoches for their home opener against former SLC rival Texas State on Aug. 25. The Ladyjacks are 9-11-2 all-time against Texas State, but did get a bit of revenge following their 1-0 2011 SLC Tournament loss to the Bobcats with a 1-0 win in San Marcos last season.
SFA returns to the city of Houston on Aug. 30 when they take on the Cougars for a second straight season. The two teams opened the 2012 campaign against each other last year at the SFA Soccer Field where the Ladyjacks began the season with a 2-0 victory. SFA is 4-4-0 all-time versus Houston.
Following the match against the Cougars, SFA will return home for the first ever meeting against the Pac-12's Arizona State for a rare 11:30 a.m. Sunday contest. The Sun Devils went 10-9-2 last season and 6-4-1 in the highly competitive Pac-12 play, advancing to the NCAA Tournament. SFA will then play back-to-back road contests in the southwest against New Mexico State (Sept. 6) and UTEP (Sept. 8).
The Ladyjacks final two non-conference games will both be played at home, first against SEC-foe LSU on Sept. 13, marking the first time the Tigers will ever make a visit to Nacogdoches. SFA is 0-3-0 all-time against LSU. Perhaps the highlight of the home schedule will be on Oct. 25, when with three conference games left in the regular season the Texas Longhorns will make their first-ever trip to SFA for a 7 p.m. Friday match. The only other time SFA and UT played each other was a 1-0 Longhorn victory in 2007 played in Austin.
SFA opens SLC play Sept. 20 at home against Oral Roberts and two days later will host Northwestern State on Sept. 22. The Ladyjacks then travel to Beaumont on Sept. 27 for a rematch of last season's SLC Tournament Championship versus Lamar before returning home on Oct. 4 against new conference member Houston Baptist.
On Oct. 6 the Ladyjacks travel to Huntsville for a showdown against Piney Woods rival Sam Houston State, marking the first time the two teams will faceoff away from Nacogdoches in the last three years.
The Ladyjacks return home following the SHSU match to host four of the next five matches at the SFA Soccer Field, beginning with an Oct. 11 game versus McNeese State. First-year SLC member Abilene Christian will then make their first ever trip to Nacogdoches on Oct. 13. SFA makes their final regular season trip to the state of Louisiana on Oct. 18 to Hammond, La. against Southeastern Louisiana, followed by the final home conference match against Nicholls on Oct. 20.
SFA will end the 2013 regular season schedule with three consecutive road games, beginning on Oct. 27 at Central Arkansas, followed by a Nov. 1 match against first-year soccer program Texas A&M-Corpus Christi. The Ladyjacks regular season finale will be Nov. 3 in San Antonio against first-year conference member Incarnate Word.
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Laura Robson is adjusting to being in the booth
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