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In a cave high in the Alps, a renegade anthropologist discovers a frozen Neanderthal couple with a Homo sapiens baby. Meanwhile, in southern Russia, the U.N. investigation of a mysterious mass grave is cut short. One of the investigators, molecular biologist Kaye Lang, returns home to the U.S. to learn that her theory on human retroviruses has been verified with the discovery of SHEVA, a virus that has slept in our DNA for millions of years and is now waking up. How are these seemingly disparate events connected? Kaye Lang and her colleagues must race against a genetic time bomb to find out.
Darwin's Radio pulses with intelligent speculation, international adventure, and political intrigue as it explores timeless human themes. George Guidall's masterful performance heightens the excitement and keeps you enthralled until the final fascinating word.
©2000 Greg Bear; (P)2000 Recorded Books
"Centered on well-developed, highly believable figures who are working scientists and full-fledged human beings, this fine novel is sure to please anyone who appreciates literate, state-of-the-art SF." (Publishers Weekly)
I like books that have interesting characters and easy to follow plots. For example, Cormoran Strike, is a great character for me.
"Really good science fiction"
I really enjoyed this book. In my opinion, there are different kinds of science fiction: the futuristic, usually filled with tons of new gadgets, the war genre, and the biologic type. This is the biologic type and my favorite. The most famous and, probably best representative, is Michael Crichton books. This book comes very close to one of his books but not nearly as well written. However, the premise is compelling: That the Human genome contains the ability to change due to environmental forces in order to allow it survival. This, of course, borders on Lamarkianism but recent discoveries in genetics gives its more credibility. Many people don't accept the premise that the living body is really only a vehicle for the genes and a book like this will turn them off. The book was excellent because it wove together several different controversial themes: the politics of disease, the status of humanity at the present time, xenophobia, the inability of governments to deal effectively with change, human rights and the place in science in government. All these are topics are worthy of a book and, the fact that Bear did so successfully, is to be praised. I disagree with most of the negative reviews and fear that their opinions were shaped by the daunting science explicated during the story in order to provide credibility. I have a high understanding of biology and, myself had to re-listen several times to these sections, in order to fully comprehend the meaning. When I look at the status of our world today, there are times that I would hope for a genetic change to remove the unbelievable hated, conflict negativity that seems to pervade almost every aspect of our lives. In my opinion, if a change doesn't come soon, the homo sapiens branch of the tree of life will end up being a withered jin and another branch will continue to grow.
"Don't have to be a biologist to enjoy!"
Loved the book! At first, I almost gave up listening, but then decided to put my faith in the author - I was sure he wouldn't tell a story that required the reader to know all about genes, DNA, chromosomes, etc. So I decided to just listen to the story, and pick up the few facts that I could remember or that might be relevant to the story. Then I realized that was exactly what I needed to just enjoy the story - which is great! Don't let the technical jargon and explanations about genes, DNA, or chromosomes scare you off this book - you don't have to remember everything they tell you about them (but it's very interesting to learn a little about how they work). It's a great read - I would highly recommend it!
"Superb science fiction"
The plot is clever, the science (although an invention) seems almost close to feasible, the reactions of human beings really accurate. The best science fiction story I've read for many years.
"excellent read"
I ask 3 things of every novel I read: that it capture and excite me, that it entertain me and that it educate me. "Darwin's Radio" gets 4 stars in every catagory. Should you ask yourself during the course of your read, "is this feasible?" Think of this - if in 1980 you asked could there be a world wide network that connected every computer, or a cellphone with a 100 gig hard drive that was part of that network, or that the Soviet Union would collapse within a decade....none of these things would have seemed feasible either
Poet, Writer, Novice Planetary Scientist, Musician, Hooligan, Former Audience Guy, Protector of Stupid Princesses.
I enjoyed this novel very much. Living near Fort Detrick, MD, I think about viral epidemics from time to time. My one complaint about the book is that Neanderthal Man and Cro-Magnon Man may have been able to interbreed. Also, to the best of my knowledge, Neanderthal Man left no evidence of funeral customs. I would have liked to have had those two issues discussed in the story since it was as much about pre-historic man as modern virology. As always, the narrator was excellent.
"Interesting concept but brutally slow"
Slow and repetitive.... The concept had potential but I nearly abandoned the book multiple times--something I never do. The author seems to be trying to build character, allow introspection, etc., but the writing is just too weak to pull off the strategy.
Husband, Dad, Principal, Adjunct prof, RC Deacon, radio co-host, story teller, NYer, walker, & occasional sipper of fine whisk(e)y,
"Started out real strong ..."
... and then it started to trip on itself. I which there was more time to develop the thesis. Interesting conceit, just happen to fizzle out at the end
reader of books
"Lack of excitement"
Well, I did like the story concept but for me the "big reveal" just did not satisfy me. Also, it seemed to drag on the last fourth of the book. Having said that, I have no plans to read he second one.
"A huge let-down"
At first look this looked like an exciting book about the results of theoretical genetics gone wrong. The science behind it was facinating and well thought out, but the story itself is drier than a popcorn fart. Most of the book consists of scientist sitting around calmly over-explaining technical details and discussing ethical and legal concerns brought up by a genetic apocolypse. Meanwhile the fact that the human race is ending and society is falling to pieces around them is treated as a footnote. The story presents plenty of opportunity for emotion and human drama but instead spends the majority of its time slogging through tedious and largely unnecessary dialogue. I'm not a big fan of action stories but this book seriously needed something. It was like reading a text book except that by the time I was through it I hadn't learned anything. It's a great idea that never gets off the ground. Mind-numbingly dull. Skip it.
At this point, it seems unlikely.
He added very little character or inflection. It was difficult to distinguish one characters dialogue from anothers, leading to a complete train wreck of boredom in a largely dialogue-driven book.
The science seemed like an exciting notion and even seemed believable, but the the lack of humanity and story just made it like sitting through a 18 hour long genetics lecture. While there is nothing wrong with that, it's not what I expect from a work of fiction.
Don't waste your credits on this one.
"Medicore Story Ruined By Awful Narrator"
The description intrigued me, so I bought the book. However, had I realized that it was read by George Guidall, I would not have. This is the same guy that reads all the Brad Thor and Vince Flynn books, and he's awful. Actually, awful only begins to describe his performance. An old guy with too much spit in his mouth, all of his characters sound the same, making it difficult to follow the story. He has four basic voices: male, female, Southern male and Southern female. His foreign accents helped in distinguishing those characters, but otherwise, they all sounded like an excessively-jowled old guy with too much saliva production. Additionally, his speech inflection is odd, and exactly the same for every character. I think the voice characterization for the male protagonist changed two or three times during the book.
The story itself was average. It sounded like the author couldn't tell if he wanted to write a political thriller or a legal battle or a bio-med story or something that could be made into a movie for the LMN network. Some of this tediousness was caused by the narrator (did I mention he sucked?), but looking past that, it took far too long to tell this story. It dragged in places for no apparent reason, as if the telling of mundaneness was the purpose for writing the story in the first place.
The description of this book makes it sound a lot more intriguing than it is and should have been half as long as it is. It's not an action or adventure story. It's basically a medical "thriller" with a lot of cruft thrown in.
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Anyone else been down this path? We have just recently migrated our users to Zimbra, and are so far very pleased with the results. Previously we were running a simple postfix/apop/imapd setup with Horde and Squirrelmail frontends.
The only thing that's been "downgraded" now is the pda/mobile users experience. They can't access their mail via web anymore. The users with more advanced handsets can of course use IMAP, which I plan to set up for them, but ideally we would like to have a lightweight wap/html interface for use with mobile browsers, like Opera Mini..
I guess this is not a priority task for Zimbra, so I was thinking the best way to work around this, and if anyone has a pointer to some nice (preferably open source) software that will help me fulfill this need I would be very happy. My ideal interface would use IMAP to communicate with the server, and be highly optimized for handheld usage..


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This is just a quick map based on a map from the first edition L5R book although I have added some things. I also moved the well too - on the original it was right next to the toilet (which probably has a cess pit underneath it) and is just asking for disease. It is still a little close for my liking but I wanted to keep it in the village "square".
This is a generic map representing a fortified village. Fields/paddys are further out and not on the map (so that it doesn't have to have a fixed crop type!).


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KLEM Local Schedule (week of October 10)
MONDAY RESULTS - October 10
(cross country)
War Eagle Conference meet at Marcus
GIRLS RESULTS: Unity Christian won the meet with Gehlen finishing second. Unity's Kayla Byl won the meet in a time of 14:10.1. Gehlen's Molly Wankum was 7th in a time of 15:13, Leah Ellensohn was 12th in 15:43, Alli Sitzmann 13th in 15:47 and Alexis Madsen finished 14th in 15:57. All four Gehlen runners earned all-conference honors.
BOYS RESULTS: Unity Christian won the team title with Gehlen finishing fourth. Unity Christian's Caleb Baker won the individual title in a time of 16:43 with Hinton's Drew Schiltz finishing second in a time of 17:08. Gehlen's Matt Mayer finished 5th in a time of 17:47 and Jacob Begnoche was 8th in 18:00. Both made the all-conference team.
(high school football)
Gehlen Catholic JV 15 Unity Christian JV 14
Le Mars 22 Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 14 (freshman game)
Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 24 Le Mars 6 (sophomore game)
TUESDAY RESULTS - October 11
(cross country)
Lakes Conference meet at Spirit Lake
GIRLS RESULTS: Le Mars won the Lakes Conference team title for the first time since 1998, scoring 52 points ahead of Western Christian's 57. The Lady Bulldogs had four all-conference runners, Kenzie Theisen finished 3rd in a time of 15:31, Marissa Marek was 7th in 15:56, Meredith Rand finished 12th in 15:59 and Yashila Permeswaren was 14th in 16:12. Le Mars also won the JV meet with Kacey Hovden finishing 2nd in 17:19, Ellen Meis 3rd in 17:38, Kelsey Clay 4th in 18:10, Nelcy Anguiano 5th in 18:15, Hannah Steen 6th in 18:25 and Jenna Prieksat 7th in 18:29.
BOYS RESULTS: Storm Lake won the team title with Spirit Lake finishing second, Spencer third and Le Mars fourth. Joe Herzberg earned all-conference with a 13th place finish in a time of 17:09. Zach Nemmers was 17th in 17:15 and Rodrigo Cobian 25th. Le Mars also finished 4th in the JV race with Brett Marek taking 15th in a time of 19:30 and Cody Sherlock finished 16th.
Le Mars (19-10/6-1) beat Storm Lake 3-0 (25-14, 25-21, 25-17)
KILLS: Carolyn Ahlers 11, Erin Kommes 6 and Morgan Ohm 5
ASSISTS: Emily Pick 32
BLOCKS: Mary Kate Eckstaine, Britney Thompson & Madison Heidebrink had 1 each
DIGS: Morgan Ohm 10, Erin Kommes 8 and Jecelle Neill 7
SERVING: Erin Kommes 21-21 (3 aces), Emily Pick 11-12 (2 aces) and Emily Ellefson 11-11 (2 aces)
(#2-1A)Gehlen Catholic (27-1/ 9-0) beat Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 3-0 (25-10, 25-10, 25-6)
KILLS: Kenzie Kellen 10, Steph Rohe 7, Katelin Langel 5 & Alison Schnepf 4
ASSISTS: Amber Timmins 29
BLOCKS: 5 girls had one each
DIGS: Becca Vohnamme 15 and Amber Timmins 8
SERVING: Amber Timmins 19-21 ( 4 aces), Steph Rohe 18-19 (2 aces) and Katelin Langel 10-10 (4 aces)
THURSDAY RESULTS - October 12
(#2-1A)Gehlen Catholic (28-1/10-0) beat Hinton (22-10/8-2) 3-0 (25-16. 25-17, 29-27)
KILLS: (G) Alison Schnepf 10 & Katelin Langel 8 (H) Lauren Hedlund 9, Sadie Shuck 9 & Kasey Reuter 8
ASSISTS: (G) Amber Timmins 24 (H) Ashley Eaton 24
BLOCKS: (G) Mollie Nemmers 6 & Katelin Langel 3
DIGS: (G) Steph Rohe 16, Becca Vonnahme 11, Amber Timmins 11 & Katelin Langel 10 (H) Morgan Mehrer 16, Tori Bishop 12 & Kasey Reuter 11
SERVING: (G) Steph Rohe 23-23 (1 ace), Amber Timmins 14-16 (3 aces), Kenzie Kellen 15-15 & Katelin Langel 11-11.
(high school football)
Council Bluffs A-L 21 Sioux City North 17
FRIDAY RESULTS - October 13
(cross country)
GIRLS RESULTS: Unity Christian and M-O-C/Floyd Valley tied for the team title with Unity claiming first by the tie-breaking system. Le Mars finished fourth and the Gehlen Catholic girls were seventh in a nine-team field. Bethany Dykstra of M-O-C.Floyd Valley took first in a time of 15:18.76. Le Mars' Kenzie Theisen finished 12th in a time of 16:03.48. She was the only medal winner from either Le Mars or Gehlen. Marissa Marek finished 19th for Le Mars, Meredith rand was 20th and Catie Meis 24th. Molly Wankum was Gehlen's top finisher with a 22nd place finish.
BOYS RESULTS: M-O-C/Floyd Valley won the team title with Le Mars finishing seventh and Gehlen Catholic ninth in a nine-team field. Caleb Bakker of Unity Christian took first in a time of 16:41.08. Le Mars' Rodrigo Cobian finished 14th in a time of 17:49.00. He was the lone medal winner from Le Mars or Gehlen. Matt Mayer was Gehlen's top finisher with a 23rd place finish.
(high school football)
(SIOUX CITY) -- Number-five Bishop Heelan celebrated homecoming and the 50-year reunion of their first state title team from 1961 with a 38-0 win over Le Mars Friday night at Memorial Field. Sophomore Phillip Jacobson scored three touchdowns for the Crusaders on a five-yard pass from older brther Paul Jacobson, on a two-yard run and a 15-yard interception return. Paul Jacobson ran for a one-yard score in addition to his TD pass to his kid brother. Dane Hickman ran for a short touchdown for Heelan and Tyler Stolen added a 46-yard field goal. Le Mars drove inside the 20-yard line twice and once got as close as the two-yard line before losing the ball both times on downs. The Bulldogs had 277 yards of offense but three turnovers and some costly penalties seemed to negate some of their bigger plays for the night. Levi TeBrink had a career-best 165 yards passing on 11-of-24 but was intercepted twice and victomized by several dropped balls by receivers. Kendall Candor rushed for 89 yards and caught three passes for 70 yards. Le Mars falls to 1-and-7 for the season and 1-and-5 in the district. The Bulldogs wrap up the season next Friday night at Denison-Schleswig.
(LE MARS) -- Top-rated Gehlen Catholic improved to 8-and-0 and 4-and-0 in the district with a 26-0 home win over Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn Friday night in a Class A district 1 matchup. The Jays led only 12-0 at halftime and 19-0 after three quarters. But the defense held M-M-C in check all night, limiting the Eagles to 154 yards. Trevor Bouma led a 381-yard offensive night for Gehlen with 258 yards rushing on 27 carries and he scored all four touchdowns for the Jays. Gehlen struggled to get rolling after a pair of fumbles stopped their first two drives. Bouma's 80-yard touchdown run on the first series after halftime broke the game open. Gehlen plays host to Akron-Westfield next Friday night in the regular season finale for both teams. The district title will be up for grabs in the 7 p.m. matchup.
CLASS 3A - district 2
(#5)Bishop Heelan 38 Le Mars 0 (freshman game: Bishop Heelan 42 Le Mars 0)
(#2)Boyden-Hull/Rock Valley 49 Denison-Schleswig 7
Sergeant Bluff-Luton 21 Storm Lake 0
M-O-C/Floyd Valley 22 Spencer 20
CLASS A - district 1
(#1)Gehlen Catholic 26 Marcus/Meriden-Cleghorn 0
Akron-Westfield 47 Clay Central-Everly 18
Woodbury Central 44 West Sioux 22
CLASS 1A - district 1
Prairie Valley 27 Hinton 12
Ridge View 32 Manson-NW Webster 29
(#6)Lawton-Bronson 37 West Monona 13
IKM-Manning 70 Westwood 0
CLASS 1A - district 2
(#2)Emmetsburg 48 Alta/Aurelia 6
South O'Brien 20 Hartley-Melvin-Sanborn 0
(#10)West Lyon 26 Sibley-Ocheyedan 6
Sioux Central 14 Pocahontas Area/Pomeroy-Palmer 13
CLASS 2A - district 1
Central Lyon/George-Little Rock 21 Sheldon 7
Estherville/Lincoln Central 21 Sioux Center 17
(#3)Spirit Lake/Okoboji 27 Unity Christian 3
(Western Christian is idle)
CLASS 2A - district 2
(#10)South Central Calhoun 50 Cherokee 6
(#6)Carroll Kuemper 41 JSPC, Jefferson 6
OA-BCIG 41 East Sac County 21
Missouri Valley 29 Maple Valley/Anthon-Oto 6
(#4)Southeast Polk 48 Sioux City East 22
Sioux City West 30 Council Bluffs T-J 7
EIGHT MAN - district 1
Kingsley-Pierson 65 Spalding Catholic 0
Remsen-Union 52 Laurens-Marathon 20
Remsen St. Mary's 57 Whiting 14
(#6)Newell-Fonda 83 River Valley 6
SATURDAY RESULTS - October 14
Le Mars went 2-and-4 in the Bishop Heelan Tournament and finished the regular season with a record of 21-and-14. In pool play Le Mars lost 21-8, 21-8 to Papillion LaVista South, the number one-ranked team in the United States, lost 21-5, 21-8 to Western Christian, the number-one ranked team in Iowa's Class 2A and winners of nine-of-the last 11 2A State titles in Iowa, lost 21-15, 21-6 to Bishop Heelan, the number-five team in Iowa's Class 3A rankings, and lost 21-18, 21-10 to Ankeny, the number-three ranked team in Iowa's Class 4A rankings this week. Le Mars won their two matches in repool play, beating IKM-Manning 21-16, 22-20 and Ridge View 21-16, 21-13. The Lady Bulldogs open 3A Regional play at Bishop Heelan on Monday October 24th.
(college football)
Iowa 41 Northwestern31
Missouri 52 Iowa State 17
UNI 31 South Dakota State 14
Illinois State 28 U-S-D 3
Concordia-St. Paul 27 Wayne State 24
Luther 14 Buena Vista 7
Morningside 28 Dakota Wesleyan 26
Dakota State 24 Briar Cliff 16
Northwestern 35 Concordia (Neb.) 10
Nebraska Wesleyan 45 Dordt 19
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Office: 101 ten Hoor Hall
AMS 150 is not open to juniors or seniors except by special permission. AMS 202, AMS 203, AMS 204, and AMS 205 are not open to seniors except by special permission.
AMS 100-109 Special Topics. 1 hour.
Selected American topics for lower-division undergraduate students offered by American studies faculty members or supervised teaching assistants. Some examples include the following five-week, one-hour courses: Legendary John Lennon, American Organized Crime, Social History of Rock 'n' Roll, Wilderness and Mystery, Land of the Blues, From God to Gangsta Rap, Wild and Wicked Roaring '20s, '70s Soul Cinema, The Jamband Scene, Dystopian Science Fiction Movies, and Reading Sex and the City.
AMS 150 Introduction to American Culture: Arts and Values. 3 hours.
Exploration of the relation between the arts—popular, folk, and elite—and American culture in four selected periods: Victorian America, the '20s and '30s, World War II and the Postwar Era, and the '60s. Class presentations and discussions revolve around novels, movies, art, music, artifacts, and readings about the periods. This course is team taught by all the members of the American studies faculty. Offered fall semester.
AMS 151 Introduction to American Culture: World, Nation, Regions. 3 hours.
A broad survey of American culture formed by global, national, and regional influences. The first section, "World," looks at the United States as a product and shaper of international movements, ideas, and cultures from 1500 to the present. The second section, "Nation," examines the creation of a distinctly American identity between 1790 and 1890 that ultimately incorporated and reflected global issues. The third section, "Regions," focuses on the South and other regions as contributors to and consequences of national and global interactions. Team taught by the entire AMS faculty, lectures will include topics on film, music, literature, art, sports, and other cultural artifacts. Offered spring semester.
AMS 200 Special Topics. 3 hours.
Selected American topics for lower-division undergraduate students offered by AMS faculty members or Americanists from related departments. Recent examples include The Asian-American Experience, The American Road, The Sporting Life, Baseball Since 1945, and Twilight Zone Culture. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 hours.
AMS 201 Introduction to African American Studies (same as AAST 201). 3 hours.
This course provides a basic outline of the diversity and complexity of the African American experience in the United States. It surveys the early academic and social concern of Black Studies advocates; the changes in the field's objectives that arise from its connections to contemporary social movements for Black Power, women's liberation, and multiculturalism; and its major theoretical and critical debates.
AMS 202 African American Lives (same as AAST 202). 3 hours.
A cultural approach to African American lives, examining how the selected course texts express the formation of individual identity and how it is influenced by African American culture. The role of the individual, biography, and narrative in African American history and contemporary culture will be explored. The course draws upon a variety of texts, including historical and theoretical work, visual arts, music, literature, material culture, and documentary and feature films.
AMS 203 Southern Lives. 3 hours.
This discussion-based course examines representations of Southerners—figures who lived, are living, or live only imaginarily—to explore critically the characteristics attributed to "Southern lives." An interdisciplinary methodological approach will be used to scrutinize the interplay between course materials (autobiographies, fictional texts, historical accounts, and films) and major political, cultural, and social forces influencing the region and the nation. Traversing epochs from before the Civil War until after the Civil Rights Movement, the class will analyze how portrayals of Southern lives change over time and in response to different authors' aims and audiences' expectations.
AMS 204 Western American Lives. 3 hours.
A lecture/discussion course utilizing a biographical approach to the salient themes, issues, and episodes of the American West. Some of these lives are real, some of them imagined, and others are a little of each. All of them, however, reveal much about both region and nation and how each has changed over time.
AMS 205 Working Lives. 3 hours.
This lecture/discussion course focuses on individual American lives in their working experiences as they are expressed in their personal forms of autobiographies, oral histories, diaries, and letters. What does work mean to Americans as they construct their lives and judge their personal success or failure? What is the role of work in construction of a "good life" in this culture? And do these views vary according to the individual's position in the ethnic, gender, class, and regional richness and diversity of the American experience?
AMS 231 Contemporary America. 3 hours.
This course has two principal objectives. Students will analyze the changing nature of American cultural values for the period dating from the early 1970s to the present. By placing materials drawn from literature, film, the visual arts, music, and popular culture within broader social and historical contexts, students will examine key developments in the everyday life patterns and cultural expressions of Americans in contexts that range from the local to the international. In addition, the course will familiarize students with a sampling of the interdisciplinary methodologies applicable to work in the field of American studies (e.g., analysis of images and primary documents, oral history, and ethnography). Offered fall semester.
AMS 232 Contemporary America in Music. 3 hours.
This course uses music, and the culture around music, to analyze the changing nature of American values after the late 1960s. The class will draw connections between popular music in the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s and the economic and political contexts of these decades. The class will consider the relationship between culture and society: how everyday life impacted, and was impacted by, creative expression. This course will also serve as an introduction to some of the interdisciplinary research methods used in the field of American studies.
AMS 251 American Folklore. 3 hours.
Survey and analysis of such genres of American vernacular expression as legends, ghost tales, humor, music, and sermons as they express and shape particular regional and/or ethnic American identities. Course materials include ethnographic writing, sound recordings, film, and folklore scholarship. Attention also given to the competing and sometimes contradictory definitions of "folk" culture from the 19th century to the present.
AMS 271 Film and American Culture. 3 hours.
Interdisciplinary investigation of American culture through motion pictures, film history, and relevant cultural/historical documents. Focus on the ways in which films have reflected and influenced prevailing American attitudes and values. Variable focus on a specified theme, genre, or representations of a particular American region.
AMS 280 Rock, Soul, and Country (same as AAST 280). 3 hours.
After 1965, rock and roll became rock, representing the counterculture; rhythm and blues became soul, representing Black Power; and country music became the emotional voice of the post-Civil Rights white South. This class contrasts these three dominant American popular music genres, looking as well at a later generation of "alternative" rock, hip-hop, and "new country."
Unless otherwise stated, the prerequisite for 300-level courses is 6 hours in American studies or permission of the instructor.
AMS 300 Special Topics. 3 hours.
Selected American topics for advanced undergraduate students, offered by American Studies faculty members or Americanists from related departments. Recent examples include American Hobo Subculture, World War II and Modern Memory, Women's Liberation Movement, Justice and Civil Society, Southern Sexual Cultures, and Cultures of American Slavery. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 hours.
AMS 302 The Black Church (same as AAST 302). 3 hours.
A survey of mainstream Christian expressions of black spirituality as well as other forms of sacred collective consciousness. Study of local churches and theology is encouraged.
AMS 303 Education of Southern Blacks (same as AAST 303). 3 hours.
A study of the "miseducation" of Africans in America. The course explores education for blacks from West Africa at the middle of the second millennium and early American society to the emergence of the separate school system of the 19th and 20th centuries.
AMS 306 Landscape of the South. 3 hours.
A study of environmental and cultural landscapes of the American South, as altered and used by successive waves of native peoples, explorers, immigrants, laborers, industrialists, and urban builders, addressing historical and contemporary environmental challenges.
AMS 311 The Latino/Latina Experience. 3 hours.
Focuses on the history, society, and culture of people of Latin American descent in the U.S. Among other issues central to the Latino community, students will study migration patterns, cultural interaction, community and cultural formation, and racial formation.
AMS 315 United States Labor since 1865. 3 hours.
Examines the history of workers—men and women, paid and unpaid, of different racial and ethnic groups, in different regions of the United States—from 1865 to the present.
AMS 316 Labor and the Working Class in Film. 3 hours.
This course examines the ability of film to successfully portray the history of labor in the U.S. and how present events and attitudes shape portrayals of past events.
AMS 319 P.T. Barnum's Century. 3 hours.
Examines 19th-century American popular culture as epitomized by the famous showman P.T. Barnum (1810–91), by using Barnum as a prism to focus on how American culture offered spectacular possibilities for self-advancement and self-delusion.
AMS 321 African American Folk Art. 3 hours.
An examination of the objects created by African Americans variously classified as "folk," "self-taught," and "outsider" artists. Course material will address the African origins and American transformations of traditional arts and crafts (architecture, pottery, iron work, and quilting) as well as the work of selected 20th-century artists in such media as painting, sculpture, and assemblage. Key concerns will include not only analysis and cultural/historical contextualization of these artists and their works but also political and theoretical debates with respect to issues of collection, modes of exhibition, and use of the above-listed classifications.
AMS 325 America, the West, and the 19th Century. 3 hours.
Few things remained so central to the 19th American century experience as the West, a region to be explored, inhabited, and incorporated into an expanding urban-industrial society. From Lewis and Clark to Buffalo Bill, this lecture/discussion course examines the relationship between America and the West as it developed throughout the 19th century.
AMS 326 The Modern West. 3 hours.
This lecture/discussion course examines the growth of the American West during the 20th century as both the embodiment of modernity and, as mythic imagination, an escape from the very modernity it represents.
AMS 335 American Pop Music: New Histories and Interpretations. 3 hours.
Recent scholarship has shifted popular music history from folk roots and rock rebellion to pop: commercial, accommodating, but no less fascinating amalgamations. This class will range from blackface minstrelsy in the 1800s to American Idol today, defining mainstreams rather than undergrounds. Pop music performed capitalism, but it also performed democracy. Sorting out that process will be the task.
AMS 340 Women in the South (same as AAST 340). 3 hours.
What insights into American experience are afforded by reading nineteenth- and twentieth-century texts in which Southern women engage questions of gender, class, race, labor, and region? This class will explore fictional and nonfictional prose by and about Southern women in order to examine how historical, cultural, and sociopolitical factors have shaped the lives and writings of women in the South.
AMS 341 African American Art (same as AAST 341). 3 hours.
An examination of the work of formally trained 20th century African American painters, sculptors, and photographers in relation to broader currents in the social and cultural history of the United States. Examines ways in which African American art has alternately reflected, shaped, and challenged such important historical events and currents as the Harlem Renaissance, the Great Depression, the Cold War, the Civil Rights and Black Power movements, the Women's Movement, and contemporary identity politics. Also evaluates the contributions of selected artists in relation to such key art movements as Modernism, Social Realism, and Postmodernism.
AMS 350 The American Fifties. 3 hours.
An interdisciplinary investigation of American culture in a period framed by the bombing of Hiroshima in 1945 to the election of President John F. Kennedy in 1960.
AMS 351 American Musical Theatre History (same as TH 351). 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Junior standing or permission of the instructor.
Provides a review of the historical genres, circumstances, people, and catalogue of material that developed the American musical theatre from its minstrel beginnings to the multi-million dollar spectacles of today.
AMS 364 The Beatles Era. 3 hours.
Interdisciplinary investigation of American culture from the Kennedy assassination in 1963 to the Kent State University massacre in 1970 using the popular cultural explosion of the Beatles as a prism that informs the whole.
AMS 367 The American Game. 3 hours.
Lecture topics, readings, and classroom discussions will pursue major connections between baseball and American society from 1880 to the present: (1) the modernization of America and the rise of an urban, industrial game; (2) baseball and race; and (3) postwar America and baseball.
AMS 390 Gender and Culture. 3 hours.
This course explores "gender" and "culture" as categories of critical and historical analysis. Engaging a range of theoretical and methodological approaches, students will examine how these categories are produced and contested over time while paying particular attention to the intersections of gender constructions and identities with race, sexuality, class, region, and nation. Students will analyze a variety of modes of representation, including documentary and feature film, literature, material culture, visual cultures, and historical, and theoretical works.
Prerequisite for 400-level courses: 9 hours in the department or permission of the instructor.
AMS 400 Internship. 1 to 3 hours, pass/fail.
Prerequisite: Permission of the departmental chairperson.
An internship opportunity that combines independent study and practical fieldwork experience focusing on a particular problem or topic related to American culture and experience. Examples are internships in archival fieldwork, material culture fieldwork, museum management, and sound recordings. Credits earned in this course are applicable to the major and minor in American studies but are not counted in 400-level requirement. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours.
AMS 401 African American Experience (same as AAST 401). 3 hours.
An interdisciplinary investigation of the complexities of the African American experience in American culture, ranging from emergence of the Atlantic world and the slave trade to critical issues of the early 21st century. Topics may include the influence of African traditions on American culture; chattel slavery and its historical legacy; the role of religion in the social history of African Americans; the contributions of African Americans to the creative arts; and the critical role played by African Americans in American freedom struggles. To address such topics—and the intersection of these topics with one another—the course will explore insights from various scholarly disciplines and examine several kinds of cultural artifacts such as autobiography, oral history, film, literature, music, and the visual arts.
AMS 402 Special Topics in African American Studies (same as AAST 402). 3 hours.
Selected African American topics for advanced undergraduate students. May be repeated for a maximum of 12 hours.
AMS 403 Honors Research: American Studies and American Culture. 3 hours.
Prerequisite: Sponsorship of a faculty member and 3.3 overall GPA or membership in the University Honors Program.
Internship opportunity that combines guided and independent study with on- or off-campus research experience involving a particular methodological approach to American culture and experience. Examples are social science methods, oral history, original manuscript research, and technology.
AMS 405 Directed Study. 1 to 3 hours each semester.
Prerequisite: Sponsorship of a faculty member.
May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours.
AMS 415 Service Learning in the Latino Community. 3 hours.
This course will examine the immigrant journey and immigrant life in the American South. Through lectures, class discussions, readings, films, outside speakers, and a community-based service learning project, the course will help students better understand the historical and contemporary issues that confront immigrants and their receiving communities. Students will interact with members of local immigrant communities by being placed with appropriate organizations or agencies that assist immigrants in the community.
AMS 421 Writer and Artist in American Culture. 3 hours.
An examination of the changing social and cultural background of American writers and artists during the 19th and 20th centuries. Topics will include the definition of the developing role of the artist in American culture, an assessment of the American and European influences on artists, and an appraisal of the influence of artists on American culture. Painting, literature, music, photography, and architecture are among the arts dealt with.
AMS 422 Popular Culture in America. 3 hours.
A selective survey and analysis of 20th century U.S. popular culture—particularly, comic books, fan culture, television, music, advertising, and sports. Examines ways in which popular culture has reflected and shaped aspects of American society such as gender ideologies, economics, race, class, and regional identity.
AMS 429 America between the Wars. 3 hours.
Explores the first two decades of America's "Modern Times" (1919–41), when Americans redefined themselves and their society, embracing and debating (sometimes hotly) old beliefs, new conceptions, and the implications of a machine-driven, modern-mass society.
AMS 430 Special Topics. 1 to 3 hours.
Selected American topics for advanced undergraduate majors in American studies, offered by American Studies faculty members or Americanists from related departments. May be repeated for a maximum of 6 hours.
AMS 445 The "Good War." 3 hours.
Examination of selected topics from the American experience during the Second World War. Topics include the Homefront, the Holocaust, race relations, the emergence of American air power, and the impact of the war on American memory and postwar American society.
AMS 450 Women in America. 3 hours.
A lecture/discussion course on the role of women in American culture that concentrates on the major social and cultural contributions of women from all backgrounds and walks of life. Key questions involve the historic roles of women in America and how their status reflects the structure of society as a whole. Most of the readings focus on the 20th century and the relationships between individual women and the cultural networks in which they participate and help create.
AMS 460 Race and Ethnicity in U.S. Labor. 3 hours.
This course is designed to familiarize students with the important topics, themes and methodologies in the study of race and ethnicity in U.S. labor. Throughout the semester, the class will examine the lives of working women and men and their roles in the social, political, and economic development of the United States. The class will analyze the roll of gender, race, and ethnicity at home and in the workplace and examine how scholars have studied the people, events and institutions in this field.
AMS 465 Fictions of American Identity. 3 hours.
An examination of American literature and culture from before the Civil War until after the Civil Rights Movement. Representations of American experience in essays, novels, poems, short stories, social reformist tracts, and the visual arts will be studied in the context of social and political debates over slavery, national identity, women's roles, immigration and assimilation, social mobility, urbanization, sexual mores, consumer culture, and race relations.
AMS 470 Native-White Relations to 1830. 3 hours.
This course will focus on the complex and intertwined relationships between Native Americans and white peoples: how each challenged, adapted to, and retreated from the other up to 1830. The class will assess: colonial encounters among Native Americans, Spanish, French, and English; the meanings of white captives among the Indians; crossing over into different cultures and transforming identities in the new nation; and the impact of forced removal of Indians.
AMS 476 Constructing the American Revolution, 1776-1865. 3 hours.
From the Declaration of Independence to the Civil War, Americans have continually tried to provide narrative shape and cultural significance to their national origins. Through the analysis of primary and secondary sources (political tracts, art works, histories, biographies, fiction, and other artifacts), this course will explore the relationship between the eighteenth-century revolutionaries' and their nineteenth-century heirs' cultural construction of the Revolution. Simply put, this course is about how people in the past have thought about their own past.
AMS 480 Democracy in America. 3 hours.
Throughout the first half of the nineteenth century, Americans prided themselves on their democratic politics, industrial progress, science and technology, religious faiths, capitalist tendencies, and control over nature. No other person captured the essence of American society and manners more than the French aristocrat, Alexis de Tocqueville, who traveled to the United States in the 1830s and published his famous work, Democracy in America. Using Tocqueville's observations as well as fiction, autobiography, painting, politics, and more, this course explores how ordinary Americans presented themselves as a democratic people from 1800 to 1865.
AMS 491 American Period Seminar. 3 hours.
In-depth study of a particular period or era in American historical experience. Recent examples include the Ragtime Era, the Jazz Age, the Great Depression, the Season of 1954–55, the '60s, Contemporary America, the Romantic Revolutionaries (1905–14), the Postwar Era, American Avant Garde, the South and '30s Expression, the Civil Rights Movement, the American '20s, the '50s, America between the Wars, the Colonial Period, the Aspirin Age, Postmodern America, Contemporary America, and Writing West.
AMS 492 American Topic Seminar. 3 hours.
Study of special topics within the American cultural experience. Recent examples include American Thought, Sports in American Life, American Perspectives on the Environment, the Civil Rights Movement, the Picture Press, Music and Ethnicity, the Politics of Culture, Regionalism, Homelessness in America, American Autobiography, American Monuments, Southern Popular Culture, Politics and Culture, Historical Memory, America by Design, Women in America, Race in America, 19th-Century Popular Culture, and Disasters in America.


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ATLANTA -- The big political question is who will run for US Senate when Republican Saxby Chambliss retires at the end of next year.
Chambliss announced in January that he would not seek a third term.
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In an exclusive 11Alive News/Survey USA poll, 500 Georgia voters were asked who they would most prefer to see replace Chambliss when he retires. The poll listed 18 potential candidates.
Coming out on top of the poll was former Republican presidential candidate and radio talk show host Herman Cain with 18 percent. Next was Atlanta's Democratic mayor, Kasim Reed with 7 percent. Reed has already announced that he would be seeking a second mayoral term, and was not interested in a national office.
In a tie for third place with 6 percent were two other Democratic candidates -- ex-state labor commissioner and newly named acting superintendent of the DeKalb County schools Michael Thurmond and Vernon Jones, ex-DeKalb County CEO.
US Rep. Paul Broun, a Republican from the 10th District has already announced his candidacy for the Senate seat.


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Eden, NC -- Police arrested a juvenile suspect after they say the person stole a patrol car and led police on a chase before wrecking it Sunday morning.
Eden police officers were driving on Harrington Highway near Bethlehem Church Road around 2:45 a.m. when they noticed a car down an embankment. The officers turned around to assist anyone inside, but they couldn't find any of the vehicle's occupants when they went down to help.
Investigators determined that the vehicle was stolen from a home in Reidsville and called for backup to help find the person who stole it.
When the other officers arrived to help with the search, a juvenile broke into one of the Eden police cars and drove away from the scene.
Mayodan police later located the car in Mayodan. When officers tried to talk to the suspect, the juvenile drove away and hit a Mayodan police patrol car.
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|Ardie Besse says, 'No more haircuts!'
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"No more haircuts," said Ardie Besse to Channel 9News reporter Kevin Torres as she finished her last hair appointment before retirement Friday, Jan. 24.
Ruth McMurdy, accompanied by her son, Ron, came all the way from Corpus Christi, Texas, to claim Ardie's last appointment before she retired. McMurdy was Ardie's first appointment when she started business in Holyoke in 1963.
Numerous community members took the opportunity to say farewell to Besse at a Friday afternoon open house. Her memorabilia display was filled with newspaper articles, calendars from her years in business and photos galore.
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Ardie Besse talks with Channel 9News TV reporter Kevin Torres as she prepares to finish Ruth McMurdy's comb-out Friday, Jan. 24. McMurdy was Ardie's first customer in 1963 and her last in 2014 as Besse marked 51 years in business in the Holyoke community. Besse's retirement will be featured on 9News this Friday and Saturday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1.


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So I couldn't end this great week of pre-US Open celebrations without showing you guys my green carpet interviews from Thursday's Taste of Tennis event!
I got a chance to talk tennis and food with many of the ballers who were in attendance that night including Kim Clijsters, Victoria Azarenka and Vera Zvonareva as well as musician John Legend, chef Katie Lee and TV host Kelly Choi. Tennis Channel commentator Justin Gimelstob broke down his US Open draw for the camera.
A HUGE thanks to the awesome Sam Zalutsky and his SaZam Productions for taking loads of footage and making sense of it all. Glad someone could.
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(WXIA) - The Leonid Meteor Shower should peak early Saturday between 1 a.m. and sunrise, according to scientists.
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Birth Name: Cameron Crowe
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Birth Place: Palm Springs, California, USA
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Born on July 13, 1957 in Palm Springs, CA, Crowe was raised in and around Southern California by his father, James, a residential real estate broker, and his mother, Alice, a sociology and English literature professor, who finally settled their family in San Diego. Recognized by his parents early on as a gifted student, Crowe skipped a couple of grades in school, but it did which lead to outsider status. An avid music fan, he was writing reviews for the underground newspaper, The San Diego Door, when he was just 13 years old. Crowe graduated from University of San Diego High School when he was 15, and soon began working as a contributing editor for Creem magazine. He shot up ... Continue Bio >>
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1933 Ford Roadster - DedicationWritten by Eric Geisert on June 1, 2010 Bob Rosenthal's '33 Ford Roadster
Most folks who read this magazine are nuts for cars. With varying degrees, their lives encompass a certain automobile parked in their garage and, if they're lucky, more than one car in that garage.
You don't find too many folks who have devoted their whole lives to cars, but such is the case when referring to Bob Rosenthal. At 82 years old, Bob has seen it all, from when his father owned a car dealership back in the '20s, to when he worked as a service writer and parts man, to owning and running dozens of dealerships in the past few decades (he currently owns 15 dealerships in and around the Washington D.C. area where he lives).
With this devotion in mind, one could probably understand the pain that was inflicted on Bob when a fire broke out at one of his Jaguar dealerships and five new cars burned up. Some of the cars were damaged more than others, and he was able to salvage the drivetrain from a Jaguar S-Type R (with a 4.2L V-8 and a factory supercharger), and he began looking for something to put it in.
His original thought was to maybe install the engine and trans in an XK, but he really liked the look of an SS-100, with the big headlights out front and foglights below. Not finding a suitable candidate, Bob turned to California-based automotive illustrator Steve Stanford with whom he'd worked with before. The idea they came up with was to start with a 1933 Ford roadster (which would be of the proper era) and build it with a prewar Jaguar look to it and use the parts from his burned-out car as a base. Stanford incorporated certain design elements found on the Jags (integrated foglamps, burl wood interior, stainless mesh grille insert, wire wheels) and expertly blended them to a '33 Ford roadster.
Bob then turned to Chuck Lombardo's California Street Rods (CSR) in Huntington Beach, California, for the build because they had previously built a '36 Ford roadster for Bob and he liked how it had turned out.
CSR has been building cars so long they could probably build your basic roadster blindfolded. Cars that have come out of their shop over the years have won the America's Most Beautiful Roadster award and collected countless other prizes. But, as anyone who has been around new factory cars knows (those built in the last couple of years), the electronics involved to make everything work together is just getting more and more complicated. It seems if you disconnect the lighter or a dash bulb you can't start the car, so fitting all of this new technology into a hot rod took some doing, and CSR was not only up for the challenge, the spectacular results speak for itself.
Bob's dedication paid off last year when the car was finished and made its debut at the Grand National Roadster Show where it was a contender for the AMBR award. As you might imagine, a car-crazy guy like Bob already has an impressive assortment of cars (including at least a dozen '30s-era Ford, Packard, and Plymouth woodies), but his Emerald Green roadster is the latest jewel in the collection.
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Custom knock-off wheels from Dayton Wire Wheels (16x5 and 18x5.5) were wrapped in Coker Excelsior Comp V 550-16 and 700-18 rubber. The Wilwood discs up front sport the Jaguar R logo.Starting with American Stamping framerails, CSR set up the chassis on a 115-inch wheelbase. The body is a steel ASC Speed33 unit, with its folding top that collapses and hides cleanly behind the cockpit. The three-piece hood was the combination of work put in by Marcel DeLey and CSR's John McKeighan. CSR also had to trim the framerails to fit the new rocker panels.Mangus also borrowed the burl walnut wood dash look found in Jaguars for this car, too. Smiths gauges (wired together by Gary Gillette) fill the dash, but Vintage Air components and Pioneer stereo gear is nearly all hidden. A wood rim Nardi steering wheel, bolted to an ididit column, gives the car a vintage look, and it's topped with a custom center cap from Gary Hetrick.Since the Jag transmission couldn't "talk" with the non-Jag rear end that was being used, a 4L60E trans built by Art Carr does the trick. But it didn't bolt up to the motor without the aid of a one-off bell housing adaptor built at CSR. A Lokar shifter, with custom-machined knob by Gary Hetrick, selects the gears.The design of the stainless steel mesh grille insert and the integrated foglamps are definitely Jag-based. CSR's John McKeighan created the pieces, making the grille shell a blend of Jag S-Type and '33 Ford.Sold as a convertible, the Speed33's door tops were filled to make the car a true roadster. The flawless bodywork was done by the CSR team (Jose Garcia, Jorge Bustos, Freddie Valdez, John McKeighan) before Garcia came back over every part with two-stage Sherwin Williams Emerald Fire paint.Though the "speed line" bulges on the hood sides look racy, they're actually purpose-built: the engine heads poke a little bit beyond the confines of the engine compartment. The '34 Ford commercial headlights closely mimic the big 'lights found on a '39 SS-100.


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Chamber has an entire day of activities planned for all ages in Grant City Park.
By Jan RahnManaging Editor It's that time of year—hot—perfect to celebrate our nation's birthday under the shade of the trees at Grant City Park on the 4th of July in another week! The annual Chamber-sponsored full-day event is packed with activities for all ages which begins with an early morning fun run/walk and ends with a night sky of color. Bring the family, bring an appetite and bring the dog to join in the full schedule of events planned for the day. Here's What's Happening • 6:45 a.m.: Firecracker Fun Run/Walk opening ceremony followed by 7 a.m. run/walk sponsored by Image Total Fitness. • 7-9:30 a.m.: 4th of July breakfast sponsored by Perkins County Schools Foundation. • 9 a.m.: Barefoot yoga instructed by Lauren Klima and Kathy Woodmancy. • 10 a.m.: Water games at Grant swimming pool. • 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Photo booth, Alee Photography-Andi Lee. • 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Caricature drawings by Alyson Carlson. • 10 a.m.-3 p.m.: Face painting by Alyson Carlson/local artists. • 10:30 a.m.: Three-on-Three basketball tournament by Shawn Cole. • 11 a.m.-1 p.m.: Lunch hosted by Perkins County Animal Shelter featuring burgers/brats. 11 a.m.-3 p.m.: Dog wash by Perkins County Animal Shelter. • Noon-5 p.m.: Popcorn, cotton candy, drinks hosted by Fair Demo Derby Committee. • 1-5 p.m.: Free swimming at Grant pool. • 1 p.m.: Horseshoe tournament by Great Plains Communications. • 1 p.m.: Dodgeball tournament and slushies hosted by Perkins County FFA. • 2:30 p.m.: Rib cookoff judging by sponsored by Eric Gengenbach. • 5-6:30 p.m.: Meal hosted by Perkins County Youth Council featuring sloppy joes. • 5:30 p.m.: Talent show hosted by Alee Photography-Andi Lee. • 9:30 p.m.: Fireworks at fairgrounds by Grant Volunteer Fire Department. Music and announcements are by Matt Chandler-Smith.


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ATLANTA -- Five Georgia lawmakers got free tickets to the heart-pounding Falcons playoff victory Sunday.
The five lawmakers, three Republicans and two Democrats, got the tickets courtesy of a lobbyist from the Georgia World Congress Center, who noted them on a state-required disclosure filed this week.
The disclosure form annotated the tickets by lawmaker and estimated value:
January 13, Falcons - Seahawks tickets
Rep. Demetrius Douglas (D-Stockbridge), $316
Rep. Jason Shaw (R-Lakeland), $158
Rep. Mike Cheokus (R-Americus), $316
Rep. Ronnie Mabra (D-Fayetteville), $316
Sen. Tyler Harper, (R-Ocilla) $158
The lawmaker freebies continued a season-long tradition. Since August 2012, 29 members of the legislature have accepted free tickets to eleven events at the Georgia Dome, most of them football games. The tickets were valued at a total of $10,894.
RELATED | Lawmakers take thousands in free tickets
Representative Allen Peake (R-Macon) attended the Chick-fil-A kickoff classic. He says he used the opportunity to talk with officials with the Georgia World Congress Center about their plan to build a new stadium to replace the Georgia Dome. The legislature would have to give the project its blessing.
"Having time personal time with the leadership from the Georgia World Congress Center was extremely beneficial in understanding what the big picture was, what the details (were) of the plan. So from that perspective, it was a good use of my time," Peake said. "I think most of my constituents realize that I can't be bought for a ticket to a football game."
All that quality time with World Congress Center officials apparently helped Rep. Peake form an opinion on the new stadium: He told us he will probably vote in favor of the project. He says it's because the state hotel motel tax would only pay for one third of the billion dollar project, with the Falcons and the NFL paying the bulk of the cost.
The free tickets, he says, has nothing to do with it.


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DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. -- Suspects opened fire on a DeKalb County Police officer in South DeKalb County on Wednesday night.
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UNDATED - What's the first thing you do when you wake up? If you're like me, you grab the iPhone as soon as the alarm goes off - you check email, skim through the Twitter feed, roll across Instagram. The cycle may repeat throughout the day, sometimes even after you turn off the lights at the end of the night.
It's like clockwork.
Apple debuted the sleek, game-changing smartphone in 2007. Since its California inception, it's received a mostly sunny welcome to millions of app-happy users. But we've become so glued to the screen sometimes the black or silver or white box seems like the bane of our existence.
If time is money, how much have we saved with technology?
I'm guilty of taking selfies and sharing pictures of my food. I'm not obsessed with anymore games (read: Angrybirds). However, I'm a little concerned about holding my phone in my hand 24/7 and worried about squinting into a digital folder. Yet I wouldn't have discovered so many new things or connected with people around the world. I can bypass the middleman in other transactions, which means I don't have to wait to talk to an automated "person" on the other line. Now, we have Siri.
While Samsung and other tech giants have taken a bite out of the market, the worldwide craze hasn't stopped for the newest iPhone model. In fact, in California, a fight broke out and a businessman was exposed for (allegedly) being a terrible human being and not paying homeless people to wait in line. Some people in Houston reportedly got robbed outside closed Apple store doors. Authorities even call the snatch and grab of the valuable commodities as "apple-picking."
It was just one year ago people stood for hours as the iPhone5 went on sale in the U.S. and other countries. But it seems some of early adopters are in constant search of an upgrade. In the case of 5s, there's slow motion video, fingerprint id technology and the iOS7 software. A swipe, a click and we hopefully save seconds - or do we?
They say good things come to those who wait... for some, that will be the gold iPhone 5c- out of stock and off store shelves already, unavailable until October.
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I've been practicing writing about my process for a while now and since this forum exists, I figure I should start posting here.
Full commentary and a few extra pictures can be found on my blog. Hope you enjoy.
Very nice! I like the OFWGFTA poster you have on your site as well, great stuff!
"Fame" can lick my sweaty undercarriage. ~Jeph
that's like hearing hugh hefner is over the p_ssy thing. ~motownjc
middle america doesn't riot. that's why we have europeans ~poguemahone
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You really should get some larger frames. It will make everything much easier when you print.
sweet process documentation and work! I need to get on putting some of mine together....
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those came out great. Super job. And now I know about a band called Gojira.
- listen to Gojira, its like a Meshuggah and refused.
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ATLANTA -- In December 2011, the Atlanta Falcons played the Jacksonville Jaguars at the Georgia Dome. Among those attending the sold out game were five members of the state legislature.
Each of the five members -- Rep. Allen Peake (R-Macon), Rep. Jay Neal (R-LaFayette), Sen. John Albers (R-Roswell), Rep. Karla Drenner (D-Avondale Estates) and Rep. Kathy Ashe (D-Atlanta) got two free tickets, courtesy of the Georgia World Congress Center. Each pair of tickets was valued at $328, according to a lobbyist disclosure filed by the Congress Center's executive director Frank Poe.
Poe was active at the Capitol. Since the start of 2011, Poe disclosed giving lawmakers a total of 227 tickets to Georgia Dome events from Falcons games to Monster Jam to Wrestlemania. Including meals, Poe disclosed spending $24,615 on lawmakers.
Until a few days ago, Poe had declined interview requests about his ticket giveaways at the Capitol. Now he says they legitimately help showcase the Dome to those controlling its purse strings. "It's a way for us to expose to the members of the General Assembly what our business is all about," Poe said.
Q: Do the lawmakers ask you for tickets? Or do you say (to them) hey, I've got Wrestlemania tickets?
Poe: "Sometimes they'll come from an assembly member. Sometimes they're a request we make to an assembly member."
Q: Do the General Assembly members show gratitude to you for providing free tickets
A: "By saying thanks?"
Q: By saying thanks, or by saying "let me know if I can help you out."
A: "No, it's viewed as an opportunity to talk about the operation but no, there's not a quid pro quo....
"We are in the event business. So to have them there to attend an event is important because we want them to see (events) both within the facility, and also in the context that the economic impact of these events bring to the city of Atlanta and the state of Georgia."
This month, Poe will continue to lobby lawmakers to allow the state hotel motel tax to help pay for a new stadium to replace the Dome.


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Hi everyone !
I'm trying to come up with an accurate map of an airsoft play field, since the google map basically shows a big bunch of trees.
I plan to proceed as follows :
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2. Go there with a GPS and take coordinates of key points in the field, such as top of hill 1, start of path 2, etc
3. Pin those points back on the google earth map
4. Modify the picture with GIMP, to end up with only a white background with boundaries of the zone and dots for the key points
5. Upload this file on CD3 and draw on it
Problem is, I have no idea how to upload a background file in CD3. I tried the Draw > Import file, but it then makes me drag & drop it, making it impossible to have it on scale.
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June 1, 2016
Montgomery, Alabama The launch of an initiative aimed at addressing childhood obesity in Alabama has slowed an increase of overweight children compared to other states, but hasn't improved Alabama's childhood obesity rate.
The Montgomery Advertiser reported Saturday that obesity rates in Alabama's children and teens have increased by nearly 5 percent since 1999 despite an effort by the Alabama Department of Education to control what types of snacks are sold in vending machines on school campuses.
The newspaper reports Alabama was ranked 14th in terms of child obesity rates in 2010 and has dropped from a higher position because the rates in other states have increased faster than Alabama's.
The newspaper reports a 2011-12 Child and Adolescent Health Measurement Initiative survey found that 35 percent of Alabama's children were considered overweight.
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Summary:Five years ago Dennis was at the altar about to marry Libby, his pregnant fiancée. He got cold feet and ran for the hills, and he's been going in circles ever since. When Dennis discovers Libby's hooked up with high-flying-go-getter Whit, he realizes it's now or never. He enters a marathon to show he's more than a quitter but then finds out just how much sweat, strain and tears it takes to run for 26 miles. Nobody gives him a chance but Dennis knows this is his only hope to more than a running joke.
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John Dunne wants to highlight the fact that there is no monument to two girls Marian Vardy & Linda who were killed in a tenement building collapse near Holles Street Maternity hospital on this day at 3.30 p.m. in June 1963. He knew them. He was 12 when the two little girls were killed. He was coming from school when he saw the building collapsed. Other callers called in with their memories of the day including Marian's sister Vera who told us that her mother was never the same after her sister's death. She went on to say that she thinks of her sister every day.
Joe O'Farrell spoke to Joe about aggressive begging he encountered coming out of the Shelbourne Hotel last night. He was shocked at how threatening they were.
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May 31, 2016
Randy Hammon, a candidate for Ward 5 city councilman, made his official announcement Thursday.
Hammon was joined by supporters as he talked about his plans.
Hammon says the city has failed to address problems in neighborhoods. like vacant and neglected properties, which he says are fostering crime.
The Republican says he would like to see the city dedicate resources to restoring and rebuilding neglected neighborhoods.
"In 2007, we had a group which went to the city and tried to get some of these problems solved," Hammon said. "And they really didn't get solved and there was no ongoing programs so I said the only way I was going to do it is run. I got encouraged by a lot of people just to run to see if we could fix it from the inside."
Hammon is a retired from Peavey after 40 years as an electrical engineer.
Two other people are running in Ward 5, incumbent Republican Bobby Smith and Democrat John C. Harris.
A fourth candidate, Albert Emerson, dropped out of the race. Redistricting just approved by the Justice Department placed Emerson in Ward 4, instead of 5. He said that would have put him up against a lifelong friend, Craig Houston, who Emerson says will do well in serving the people of Ward 4.
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I'm currently developing a system for a client that needs the ability to track email conversations about a project. What I need is the ability to have a button the client can push that will open a form and auto fill in fields based on the currently open email.
workflow example:
1.we recieve an email that is for a specific project.
2. we click "archive this communication"
3. a form pops up that automatically fills in some blanks from the open email (sender, recipient, timestamp, body etc)
4. we fill in the remaining blanks in the form
5. we hit "save" and the form goes away (saved to our other system)
Is it possible to build something like this for zimbra? We are mainly php and js developers, but have not yet done any zimbra integration.
We would also like something similar for outgoing.
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Following a system known all too well during her playing days, Shelly Yount joined her former head coach at King University as the women's basketball assistant coach in August 2011. She enters her fourth season with the Tornado as the top assistant under head coach Josh Thompson.
Yount helped guide the Tornado to another win improvement over the last three years as King went 17-11 during the 2013-14 season. That mark including a Conference Carolinas record of 10-8, giving King the fourth seed and home game in the Conference Carolinas Tournament. The Tornado topped Lees-McRae College 46-37 for their first-ever Conference Carolinas Tournament win to advance to the semifinals. However, King fell to top seed Limestone College, who advanced to the NCAA Tournament Elite Eight in the semifinals.
In 2012-13, Yount helped lead the Tornado to a 14-13 record, and qualify for their first Conference Carolinas Tournament with a 10-12 league mark. Defensively, King ranked in the leagues top-5 in four categories, blocks per game (3rd), points allowed per game (4th) opponent's field goal percentage (3rd) and opponent's three-point field goal percentage (5th). King also won the Conference Carolinas Team Sportsmanship award, and five student-athletes earned Academic All-Conference Carolinas honors.
With the help of her defensive knowledge, Yount helped the Lady Tornado defense improve dramatically in the last two months of the 2011-12 season. In the team's last 12 games, King limited its opponents to 60 points or fewer in seven of their last 12 games. She also saw six members of the team named to the Conference Carolinas All-Academic Team, contributing to King's conference-leading 190 honorees, and saw the team achieve the third-highest team grade point average among all NCAA Divisions I, II and III, NAIA, and NJCCA institutions.
Yount came to King College after spending a year as a graduate assistant coach for Nyack College (Nyack, NY) in 2010-11. Prior to coaching at Nyack she was a center for the Warriors from 2005-10 that showed great skill in the post as a defender and shooter. She was a four-year starter at the center position and a three-year captain under Thompson.
Yount finished her career with 1,103 points ranking her eighth in Nyack women's basketball history. She accumulated over 816 rebounds and 195 blocks during her career. She led the Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference (CACC) in blocked shots during her sophomore and seniors seasons and finished second in the conference during her junior year. In her junior season she helped the Lady Warriors win the NCCAA East Region Championship, which earned them a birth in the NCCAA national tournament.
During her senior year she led Nyack to a CACC regular season and conference tournament championship and was named to the all-tournament team for performance. Yount also helped the Warriors to their first ever birth to the NCAA national tournament after the school transitioned to NCAA Division II.
Yount was a two-time team Defensive Player of the Year (2007, 2008) complementing her offensive impact. In addition she earned the Iron Woman Award and Comeback Player of the Year following the 2007 season. Under Thompson, Yount served as team captain for three seasons from 2007-09.
The Belvidere, N.J., native also took to courts outside of Nyack when she played in Colombia, South America for Athletes in Action during the summer of 2008.
Yount graduated from Nyack with a bachelor's degree in pastoral ministry with a concentration in counseling in 2009 and returned for a Master of Arts in intercultural studies, which she finished in 2011.
Thompson on Yount
"Shelly brings a wealth of knowledge and character to our coaching staff. She is a great leader and an extremely hard worker. I know that she will help us reach our goals as we look to build a championship program here at King University."