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The Knox Area Chamber Partnership's "Premier Partner" Randy Boyd has a particularly full schedule this week.
Today, in Nashville:
Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam today announced that Randy Boyd will join his administration as special advisor to the governor for Higher Education to focus on affordability, access and quality of state programs.
Haslam promises that Boyd will "bring a business, workforce alignment perspective" to the state's higher ed institutions.
Thursday, in Powell:
Dr. Jim McIntyre, Superintendent of the Knox County Schools, will deliver his second annual "State of the Schools Address" on Thursday, January 17 at 6 p.m. at Powell High School (2136 West Emory Road). The event is open to the public.
School Board Chair Karen Carson, Knox County Mayor Tim Burchett, and Randy Boyd, Founder and CEO of Radio Systems, will join Dr. McIntyre in sharing their perspectives on public education in our community.
Hadn't realized until today that the Chamber's website, touting "education reform," actually links the site for Michelle Rhee's StudentsFirst.
Has the housing slump hurt
Has the housing slump hurt demand for invisible fences and freed up Randy Boyd's time?
Has the housing slump hurt
(in reply to AnonymousOne)
Has the housing slump hurt demand for invisible fences and freed up Randy Boyd's time?
I couldn't guess, AO, but Haslam's press release says his new job there is "full-time."
My curiosity was focused more on how he became an "education expert?"
His generosity with the TN Achieves program is commendable, of course, but he's never been an educator or an academician either one, so far as I can tell?
Is the only qualification to write education policy in TN now that an author must have "deep pockets?"
The Humphrey article says he
(in reply to Tamara Shepherd)
The Humphrey article says he has a "demonstrated passion for improving access to higher education."
Knowing his passion for throwing cash at Republicans from Oklahoma and Idaho to Massachusetts and Vermont, my oppositional research instinct kicks in to point out that $10,000 to the Republican Party of Tennessee should improve his access to a Special Advisor title.
But to be fair, here's part of his bio from PetSafe with some added links. I believe this man is a natural leader and will bless his heart which seems to be in the right place.
He is currently on the Board of Directors of EDP BioTech, a bio-science company doing cancer and DNA research, and of Clayton Bank Corp. He is also on the Board of several non-profit organizations including Innovation Valley, Webb School, Knoxville Zoo, Boys and Girls Clubs of East Tennessee, Great Smoky Mountain Heritage Center, National Parks Conservation Association, The East Tennessee Historical Society, Pond Gap University Assisted Community Schools , Knoxville Symphony Orchestra, University of Tennessee College of Business Dean's Advisory Council, University of Tennessee Alumni Association, and Knox County's Great School Partnership. He is also serving as President of the Boy Scout's Great Smoky Mountain Council and Chairman of tnAchieves, a mentor-assisted scholarship program that covers the tuition for over 3,500 first generation community college students across the state of Tennessee.
In case you missed it:
Press Release from Bill Haslam for Governor; April 29, 2010: Haslam Points to 'KnoxAchieves' As Best Practice
"Philanthropists will be critical to our effort to make Tennessee the No. 1 state in the Southeast for high quality jobs," Haslam continued. "That's why I'd like to see these best practices shared with communities looking to find their own unique solutions for increased educational attainment and improved workforce development."
"Is the only qualification to
"Is the only qualification to write education policy in TN now that an author must have "deep pockets?""
And they must have the "has run a successful business" non sequitir and therefore knows how to educate children or do anything.
Yep, that's enough, where money opens doors.
A lot like buying a title in England, isn't it?
"Philanthropists will be
"Philanthropists will be critical to our effort to make Tennessee the No. 1 state in the Southeast for high quality jobs," Haslam continued."
In other words, people like him, his family, and friends.
"Philanthropists will be
"Philanthropists will be critical to our effort to make Tennessee the No. 1 state in the Southeast for high quality jobs," Haslam continued."
In other words, people like him, his family, and friends.
In other words, people like
(in reply to AnonymousOne)
In other words, people like him, his family, and friends... who wish to profit off of your tax dollars.
Yes, AO and Stick. I might have been more specific in my initial post that that is at least part of my objection.
We do need to ask why this assumption that public policy should no longer be implemented utilizing public (not private) resources--and we are also prudent to question the nature of the public policy to be implemented and the qualification of those charged with implementing it.
Keep in mind that the task of the panel Boyd has been appointed to is to implement the state's 2010 Complete College TN Act, which was the companion piece of legislation affecting higher ed that was passed in that secretive "extraordinary session" alongside the 2010 First to the Top Act affecting K through 12 education--in advance of the state filing its Race to the Top grant app with the feds.
A follow-up report on how implementation of the higher ed piece is coming along may be found at the state's website in its January 2011 Complete College TN Act One Year Later: Moving Forward.
From that follow-up report, here are the parameters of Randy Boyd's assignment (pdf page 9):
What Will Success Look Like?
Success in advancing the Public Agenda will mean that, by 2015: growth in certificate and degree productivity will be sustained; degree efficiency will be improved, in terms of both graduation rates and average time to degree; gaps in employment demands will be filled; institutions will be funded based on outcomes, in a manner consistent with their individual missions; the quality of programs and services will be strengthened; academic program offerings will probably be fewer; growth in the number of doctoral programs will slow, but those offered will be more robust; average cost per degree produced will be reduced; instructional technology and non-traditional instructional approaches will increase in order to increase instructional capacity and student choice while controlling unit costs; community colleges will be revitalized through the establishment of the community college system; the state will see a resurgence in the number of students in targeted subpopulations who complete undergraduate degrees; institutions will become more resourceful in acquiring non-state funds; Tennessee will be more competitive in the workplace; and progress of the foregoing will be evident through the Tennessee Tracks web portal for higher education accountability.
I read fewer undergrad programs, fewer doctoral programs, a primary focus on job training, and a delivery mechanism apt to cost the state even less (they carry only 30% of TN higher ed costs now), likely reliant on online coursework--supplied by for-profit providers???
Two questions to answer in this thread, then: First, is this what we want from our state's higher ed system, and second, is Randy Boyd someone possesiong the background as an academician who would reasonably be qualified to value and rank the current offerings available from the state's higher ed system?
My own answers to those quesitons are "no" and "no."
Because the college degree is
(in reply to Tamara Shepherd)
Because the college degree is now, unfortunately, looked at as a high school degree once was, I'm betting "efficiency" will include as little of "discussion of ideas and social issues" as possible when they do not relate to successful marketing, higher productivity, and acquiescing with executive group thought.
But that may just be my cynical take on things..
On-line classes
(in reply to AnonymousOne)
likely reliant on online coursework--supplied by for-profit providers???
I have mixed feelings on this one. I'm currently into my second quarter taking intro physics with calculus online at UTK. Such an approach demands more from the student - a lot more - than traditional lecture/lab classes. It's not for everybody, but it's working well for me.
(And this particular class is structured to be demanding period - two homework assignments and one lab due every week, counting toward your grade and not accepted late. Keep up or perish.)
Of course, the prof is the asst. dept. head and the head of the graduate physics program, so I suspect this experience is atypical. The prof responds promptly to all email and there's a lab assistant as well as physics tutorial center for help (I haven't utilized these because I have my own in-house tutor.)
Still, it's a good option for some students.
P.S. The for-profit thing scares me to death.
How does the lab part work
(in reply to Rachel)
How does the lab part work for those? All the online courses I took at UTK over the last couple of years have been Information Science courses which pretty much should be done in that kind of format anyway, but they left me wondering how more "traditional" subjects handle things like, well, labs.
Most of the labs are set up
(in reply to Dave Prince)
Most of the labs are set up like this: instead of working with real equipment, the online labs start with videos of the equipment performing whatever task is being studied. Instead of reading a measurement directly from the equipment, you determine them from the video (sometimes you can read them directly but more often you have to take a measurement at each frame on the video, then calibrate, calculate, etc.). Then you go on to do the same kind of analysis and results write up as you would for a traditional lab.
Some of the labs are simulations, which generally are quite complicated and take a long time to complete (the longest I worked on one last semester was 6 hours).
My b-i-l, who used to teach high school physics, thinks the online labs are vastly inferior, but for a student like me who's never gonna actually work hands on with the equipment anyway, they seem to teach the same exact stuff.
Randy Boyd
Anyone who thinks Randy Boyd is doing this for some financial reason is about as far off track as you can get.
He had no financial motive for doing Knox Achieves all around the state.
He had no financial motive for funding the Community Schools program at Pond Gap, a remarkable program that has made a real difference for people.
He gave $20k for technology to New Hopewell Elementary, where I believe he attended.
Randy has made a lot of money and given a lot away.
I just don't think financial gain from any of this ever enters his mind, other that producing a better quality workforce. And by the way, if you ever get to visit Radio Systems headquarters it is a very cool place. No offices...everyone, Randy included, has a cubicle. And people are allowed/encouraged to bring their pets to work, so when you walk around there are always a lot of dogs.
Good guy. (Not a client)(Unfortunately)
Anyone who thinks Randy Boyd
(in reply to Mike Cohen)
Anyone who thinks Randy Boyd is doing this for some financial reason is about as far off track as you can get.
Absolutely true. Not sure it doesn't have anything to do with boning up on his potential future political viability, though. The man has gotten very active in GOP politics (including as a Romney electoral delegate) and has the near ideal GOP entrepreneur's resume to--say it with me--"ruin government like it was a business." (Uh, I guess they mean run.)
(in reply to Mike Cohen)
Guess I'm just too old and cranky to fawn over anyone's excessive wealth anymore, Mike.
The fact is, people like Boyd can't live anywhere in the country and hold onto as much of their wealth as they can here in (non-income tax) Tennessee.
Nice guy, maybe, and I'm also glad for the TN Achieves program. Still, I can't pin a medal on him for doing what he should be doing.
And I'll stand by my assertion that I don't see his any qualification whatsoever for being The Decider as to whether or not my kid gets to take Latin in college (she did; with high school, she has six years in, now).
Suffice to say that some of us don't care to see public education managed by oligarchs.
No offices...everyone, Randy
(in reply to Mike Cohen)
No offices...everyone, Randy included, has a cubicle.
AAA built a new headquarters building in Heathrow, FL, about 20 years ago using this concept. With 1,000 or so employees, there were three offices for the three heads of the organization. I hated the cublicles concept. Not that I think we all needed offices, but man a person couldn't get a bit of quiet to plan.
I also remember someone very close to me working in a cublicle environment. At one point the person piled up boxes and junk to barricard the entrance to get some real work done.
I think Randy Boyd has done
(in reply to Mike Cohen)
I think Randy Boyd has done some wonderful things for Knoxville. He is definitely an asset and we should be proud he elected to grow his business and philanthropy where he grew up. I do wish he had stayed out of politics. It takes a little bloom off the rose and makes a person wonder if there is an ulterior motive.
Well-stated Mr. Cohen.
(in reply to Mike Cohen)
Well-stated Mr. Cohen. Bashing successful folk is easy but misguided.
Randy is an alum of the
(in reply to Mike Cohen)
Randy is an alum of the hallowed halls of New Hopewell. Go Owls. He was always unusually driven. Not based on money, politics, etc so much as, it seemed he just had to be constantly striving at something. He just worked hard. If you are going to have input from someone in the business community, he would be as good as anyone of which I could think in the area. I think the argument would be you want to prevent an unbalanced input from a single perspective. Where it overwhelms balanced consideration of the facts. He may have his own ideas, and they may differ from someone else, but he is the type of person that will exhaustively look at it and adjust his thinking if the facts indicate that is warranted. If there were 4 Randy Boyd's on this committee, then to me, 3 of them need to be dropped. The same with any other viewpoint.
I think what Randy does with education is sincere.
As far as running for office. I am guessing he might. It seems like he was always interested in politics. I haven't talked to him but a few times in the last 25 years or so. However, I don't believe the work with education has a dubious ulterior motive. Perhaps his appointment by the Haslam and republican party might have that motivation, but I do not think that is Randy's motivation. Depending on who is running against him, I might not vote for him, but I think he would be a good candidate.
My daughter's taken online classes in three different semesters now, Rachel, and like you she's done fine.
But like you she's also smart, motivated, and self-disciplined.
I think the results K12, Inc. produced for TN in its first year of operation, though, are more indicative of how this delivery mechanism is likely to work for too many of its takers.
I don't see anything that indicates that what he will be deciding. He will be working with the people from the TBR and the President of UT. That is a decision for them to make.
I understand your concern, but I don't see any basis for it. Certainly you are not arguing that higher ed needs to stay they way it has been for the last 200 years? That's not going to cut it. It needs to change, but still offer things that help enrich us all. My youngest son, Graham, graduated from UT last month with a degree in English Lit, focus on modern literature. That kind of stuff needs to be available. But universities also need to make sure they tweak their programming to meet what society needs from a workforce. 50 years ago there were no computer courses or nuclear engineering degrees. Now those graduates are much in demand.
Randy Boyd is not "doing what he should be doing." That can involve writing a check and still focusing on his business. Which he built all by himself. He can tell you when he was driving around selling units out of his car. But he is giving his wealth and his time. The equivalent of full-time. That is above and beyond.
50 years ago there were no
(in reply to Mike Cohen)
50 years ago there were no computer courses or nuclear engineering degrees.
Well, there were both 42 years ago when I was a college freshman. I even considered nuclear engineering as a major and I took a bunch of computer courses, both applied and theoretical.
I worry more than a bit about turning universities into trade schools (and yes, I know that's an extreme way to put it). Many of the most important and useful things I learned in college had litlle to do with the specifics of my technical career. Universities are supposed to be where young folks go to explore learning.
I have no objection to beefing up programs targeted at workforce needs, but people like Bill Dunn make me very nervous when they start to talk about the subject. And I've seen too many programs cut at UT (the School of Planning, for example) that have value both to society and to the students who participate in them.
And I don't know Randy Boyd. I'm sure he's a fine person and I appreciate his interest in education. I don't doubt his sincere desire to do good things. But like Tamara, I wonder about his qualifications for this particular job.
(And Tamara, I agree with everything you said about online courses. Just pointing out that done well, they can be a good alternative for certain students.)
A hundred years ago, Mike, I earned my first degree, just an associates, at Los Angeles City College.
In California, where there's a state income tax, every community college statewide was free. Completely free.
Here, we've got Randy Boyds by the dozens, always looking for a photo opp holding a big ol' two-by-five-foot facsimile of a check or else hungry to get their names emblazoned on a public building.
We Tennesseans need to start raising our public revenues more expediently.
And when we sit down to decide how to spend them, we need to rely on real "experts."
Ill-qualified oligarchs be damned.
I am not aware of Randy Boyd ever doing a photo op. Get on Google and look.
He just does good deeds. He seeks no credit.
Get your facts before you talk about him.
Anyone who thinks Randy Boyd is doing this for some financial reason is about as far off track as you can get.
All I know, Mike, is that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce is most certainly intent on privatizing public education to the benefit of its member businesses.
If you don't know that, too, you really need to go onto their website, their Institute for a Competitive Workforce's website, and read anything ever written by Margaret Spellings (now heading the Chamber's ICW).
I suspect Randy knows it already.
From Google Images
It's like an episode of The Daily Show.
(in reply to redmondkr)
For my $0.02-
My business is doing well that I can support some pet causes and candidates now. But just because I've built my business up- yes, I'm a pretty intelligent guy, but I'm self-reflective enough to know that my intelligence AND money together doesn't make me an expert in whatever I decide to be an expert in this month.
I was asked to chair a board to bring a new professional theatre co to Knoxville. I have a great board. As prez, I am damn well smart enough to know what I bring (business management) and what I don't bring. I leave the other things to the people who are experts in their field, and i just act as facilitator, and it works well. Maybe the mindset changes when you get further up the food chain, but it puzzles me why someone without a background in education policy (or any other field they didn't study primarily) wants to run it just because they were good making and marketing some widget.
Any oligarch's money, IMHO, is best spent supporting other folks who are experts in their field, and probably are making a financial sacrifice to do what they do (and do it well).
(in reply to reform4)
Any oligarch's money, IMHO, is best spent supporting other folks who are experts in their field...
Thanks, Steve.
That's part of the problem, but the other part of the problem is that we're relying on the oligarch's money in the first place.
Factchecker alluded to it above. How can we defend the "benevolence" of these folks whose every charitable donation is offset by a political donation bent on perpetuating their photo opps, which clearly translate into political power over time?
I'd be a bit less cynical if the Randy Boyds of Tennessee were also working diligently to establish a tax structure and a level of public funding that would simply establish a system of free community colleges statewide.
But they're not.
In fact, they're fighting it tooth and nail.
And Mike Edwards would never in this world work to lower a school community's exhorbitant level of impoverished students by allowing such families to live next door to him, in his neighborhood. He told me so himself.
He's content to "reform" from across town.
All these "reformers," in fact, want to address these students' needs in continued social isolation and despair. They care not one whit to address the underlying problems fueling that isolation and despair--at least not if it might change the complexion of their neighborhoods.
Quite the paradox, no?
Call me clear-eyed.
Mike Cohen: "I understand your concern, but I don't see any basis for it."
Complete College TN Act One Year Later: Moving Forward: "...academic program offerings will probably be fewer; growth in the number of doctoral programs will slow... average cost per degree produced will be reduced; instructional technology and non-traditional instructional approaches will increase in order to increase instructional capacity and student choice while controlling unit costs...institutions will become more resourceful in acquiring non-state funds..."
The basis for my concern should be pretty clear to anybody who can read.
Narrowed curriculum at every level, heavier reliance on online coursework, further cuts in state funding (standing at just 30% of universities' total costs now).
Don't take a Weatherman...
Randyt Boyd
I stand corrected on the checks. Clearly when he does something with UT they want to do that.
We have about 25% of our population with a college degree. That has to change. His job is to help figure out how.
I consider what is offered at universities and colleges critical, but I consider it equally critical that we look at new ways of doing things give the current system is not working.
If everyone just wants to condemn change unless it is handled totally by academics, I don't think we are going to get there.
Again...I can't tell you how much I value the esoteric in education. My youngest son is a totally different young man now than he was when he entered college.... intellectually, physically and in other ways. UT's environment and his own keen mind (credit him Mom for that part) made all the difference in the world for him.
But things have to change. Given his commitment to supporting education he seems like a great choice to work on it.
sincere question
(in reply to Mike Cohen)
RE Higher Ed, you said: "...critical that we look at new ways of doing things give the current system is not working."
What's not working in higher ed?
I'm not Mike, but...
(in reply to S Carpenter)
Mike cited previously that higher ed is not producing enough graduates quickly.
Mike believes this has nothing at all to do with the fact that students' cost of higher ed has doubled over the last ten years as the State of Tennessee has reduced its level of funding down to 30% of universities' average costs.
Mike believes that it doesn't matter, either, that our community college system now costs about what our four-year system cost a decade ago.
Particularly annoying is that Mike steadfastly denies that anyone not objecting to this shortfall is a very real part of the problem.
But anyone failing to do that really is.
Forget Randy Boyd.
I brought up his name only because he's the face, this week, of a process for funding and managing our higher ed system that I don't think works.
An alternative process for funding and managing our higher ed system which, in my personal life experience, did work was to raise adequate state funding via equitable methods, then allocate adequate funding to higher ed under the guidance of its own "industry" experts, one result having been the creation of a statewide community college system that was completely free.
Surely you don't dispute that a statewide community college system that is completely free would boost educational attainment levels in Tennessee, too?
Can you then comment on my objection to this existing system of "Randy Boyd-ism" (or "Jim Ayres-ism," if you'd rather) that I defined here:
Factchecker alluded to it above. How can we defend the "benevolence" of these folks whose every charitable donation is offset by a political donation bent on perpetuating their photo opps, which clearly translate into political power over time?
I'd be a bit less cynical if the Randy Boyds of Tennessee were also working diligently to establish a tax structure and a level of public funding that would simply establish a system of free community colleges statewide.
But they're not.
In fact, they're fighting it tooth and nail.
Boyd-ism (or Ayres-ism) doesn't support adequate and equitable public funding to higher ed and it doesn't support management of that system by the people best qualified to manage it, either.
How would you, personally, explain and defend that contradiction?
Thanks in advance for addressing the pertinent question.
Forget Kevin Huffman as
(in reply to Tamara Shepherd)
Forget Kevin Huffman as well?
Two peas in a pod?
Different areas, same MO and ideology?
The guy is trying to improve education on a bunch of levels...from an elementary program that virtually everyone praises as making a real difference to families...and starts Knox Achieves to provide funding for kids to go to college and expands it statewide. But that's not any proof.
Funding is but one aspect of issues facing higher ed in Tennessee. To say that focusing on any aspect and not trying to reform the tax system makes him bad is just way, way off base.
Most Governor's of Tennessee, from McWherter to Bredesen to Haslam seem to feel the basic structure is not that bad.
Shoot, one of my neighbors
(in reply to metulj)
Shoot, one of my neighbors was a tenured engineering prof. He went to Va. Tech not because of the $$ but because the # and quality of the graduate program here was declining.
I went to UT in the 70s and again in the late 90s. The difference were huge and depressing. And it's only gotten worse since then.
Part two
I didn't answer your statement about not supporting people best qualified to manage it.
Randy seems pretty qualified as a manager of money and resources. He will be working with the head of the TBR and UT. They do not work for Randy, they work for the Trustees or the Board of Regents.
Deep breath...
The process of funding doesn't need any Randy Boyds or Jim Ayres.
It needs a tax structure capable of producing a level of funding beyond the 30% of higher ed costs state revenues presently cover--and it certainly doesn't need further funding cuts, as detailed in the state's plan I linked above.
Neither does the process need any owners of pet supply companies (Boyd) nor retired bankers (Ayres) to determine which courses/majors are or are not "valuable."
It needs qualified academicians to make those calls.
And you continue to misremember--at this juncture I'd say "disremember"--that Ned McWherter absolutely did promote a state income tax to benefit education funding.
Bredesen just gutted Tenncare to no lasting effect, since its rolls will be growing again very soon.
That leaves your boy Haslam for our scrutiny, particularly so since his plan appears to just make public education private education and wash his hands of it.
Except that he never got them dirty.
Income tax
No, I don't believe Ned ever pushed a state income tax. He talked about it a little, but never pushed it. He had the clout and the political cunning to get it passed if he wanted.
Within the Tennessee State Library and Archives, Governor Ned Ray McWherter Papers, 1987-1995, see pdf page 4, the reference to McWherter's 21st Century Classroom initiative and its companion attempt at a state income tax in Tennessee.
We don't need to make this stuff so complicated...
I really like and respect
I really like and respect Randy Boyd. He has always struck me as a real class act. I would believe that he is truly committed to what he believes to be the best options here.
I do have a lot of concerns about education and its so-called "reform" these days.
I'm concerned that we're on the verge of abandoning a true commitment to public education, essentially because we are unwilling to fund it properly.
And I am concerned that "education" is being confused with "vocational training." Both are important...but they are not the same thing.
And I'm concerned that the emphasis on "efficiency" often misses the mark with unintended consequences. For instance, we have decimated our arts programs because they are considered inessential. However, there are many studies that show that those with training in the artists develop stronger problem solving and critical thinking skills than other areas of study, and that they also develop other essential qualities such as planning, disciplined practice, delayed gratification, and more. One of these studies was conducted by the Curb school at Vanderbilt but there is plenty of evidence to consider here.
Definitely not a fan of the voucher program. And I'm very skeptical of the seemingly increasingly discredited Michelle Rhee.
...there are many studies
(in reply to AC)
...there are many studies that show that those with training in the artists develop stronger problem solving and critical thinking skills than other areas of study, and that they also develop other essential qualities such as planning, disciplined practice, delayed gratification, and more.
I would have probably been a dropout and living in a homeless shelter by now if it hadn't been for high school band. Cost cutting at the expense of arts education is a disgrace. There should be more offerings and some kind of mandatory involvement/participation along the way.
And I'm concerned that the
(in reply to AC)
And I'm concerned that the emphasis on "efficiency" often misses the mark with unintended consequences.
Exactly. We've had successful businessmen and economists 'reforming' education since Reagan, and the trend has been toward reductive skills and job training at the expense of deep learning, critical thinking, and more synthetic modes of thought. Our test fetish is just the latest incarnation. If we look at the Collegiate Learning Assessment the students who learn the most in college are liberal arts majors. The worst...? Business majors. We need to be producing well educated folks who know how to learn and let industry train their own damn workers.
The key point here is this: Just because you are successful in business [which I begrudge no one who is] doesn't mean that you can walk into another field and bring about productive changes. I've been working in education [private for-profit and public non-profit] since 95'. I've got a good reputation, receive excellent student feedback, and the parents of students I worked with love me. I think that I'm pretty successful in my chosen field. However, I am in now way qualified to walk into a IT company [or any major industry you care to think of] and tell them what they should be doing and how to do it. We need more humility and less cronyism. If you think the UT system is moving in the right direction you're daft.
Perhaps Randy Boyd and Jim Clayton could again propose a property tax, statewide this time, on all Tennessee households? Whose median incomes run about $50K?
I mean, it's that or turn our universities into trade schools, right?
There's not anybody else we could tax in any manner, right?
We certainly can't restore that cut in the estate tax, right?!
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Simon Cowell's bromance, the self-driving Nascar and Hungry Hippos for iPad... the best April Fools' gags
- Google relaunches its map service... in the style of retro Nintendo graphics
- Richards Branson takes on latest mission drilling to centre of the earth
- Conan O'Brien takes over Mashable
- Hungry Hungry Hippos makes a comeback as an iPad app
A voyage into the
center of a volcano, double-moused computer scrolling and a self-driving
NASCAR bid are just some of the jokes played by pranksters on April
While some of
the pranks were doctored- including a paparazzi spread of a fake
'bromance' between Simon Cowell and comedian David Walliams- many others
created entire programs for their creative dalliances.
With a litany of fake programs, Google has continued their tradition of revelling in the day of mayhem.
The technology giant released its latest feat – a version of Google Maps for the 'long neglected' Nintendo Entertainment System (NES).
Full on bromance: Simon Cowell and David Walliams frolick in a London park
The game features old school pixelated graphics, synonymous with the original games consoles.
Tatsuo Nomura, a Google software engineer, wrote in a post on Google's official Maps blog: 'With Google Maps 8-bit, you can do all the things you already do on regular Google Maps.
'Search for famous landmarks and sites around the world. Take an epic journey with 8-bit Street View. Get detailed directions to avoid dangerous paths, and battle your way through a world of powerful monsters and mystic treasures.'
United Kingdom, Nintendo style: The British Isles are still recognisable, despite being heavily pixilated, while close-ups of Buckingham Palace have a similarly retro style
Back to the future: Google proved it has a sense of humour with an early April Fool¿s Day joke that puts the fun back into map reading
As he points out, it will be the first NES cartridge to be released in almost 18 years, with a Game Boy version already in the pipeline.
And the fun isn't only for console owners – clicking on a 'Quest' button in the right-hand corner of the Maps homepage will transform even the dullest of landscapes into a fanciful, brightly coloured scene.
Double the ability: Google Chrome 'launched' a fake service today that would allow people to use two mice at one time
In a promotional video Google employees introduced Google Maps Quest, a retro 8-bit version of its mapping tool built for the 'long neglected' Nintendo Entertainment System, advising users to 'blow on the cartridge to fix bugs'. The quirky video is complete 8-bit dragon-warrior music and jerky graphics.
The retro maps was not Google's only April Fool they also created Chrome Multitask Mode.
The system, described as a comical 'ambinavigation revolution', would allow users to surf the web with both hands by using more than once mouse on the same computer or allow two people to use the computer at the same time.
Designer Glen Murphy also gave users a step-by-step guide on how to use the new tool in a tutorial.
No hands! Google announced a partnership between the search ending giant and NASCAR as they work 'to help self-driving vehicles compete in the world of stock car racing'
Playing on their well-publicized foray into self-driving cars, Google announced a partnership between the search ending giant and NASCAR as they work 'to help self-driving vehicles compete in the world of stock car racing'.
Google engineer? Rapper LL Cool J appears in one of the Google ads
The back of the race car has the tagline 'I'm steering lucky' painted on it.
they introduced 'Gmail Tap' which allows Morse code on smartphones-
which featured rapper LL Cool J in the ad- and a theoretical 'Google
Fiber' bar which helps preventative medicine by seeing what nutrients
are missing from someone's body and then storing that information.
Google has had a long history of April Fool's gags.
In 2007, the company announced TiSP, the Toilet Internet Service Provider, 'a self-installed, ad-supported online service that will be offered entirely free to any consumer with a WiFi-capable PC and a toilet connected to a local municipal sewage system'.
Last year, the search giant released 'Gmail Motion', which allowed users to use hand signals to perform tasks in Gmail. And when users searched for 'Helvetica', Google returned results in Comic Sans.
Internet executive? conan O'Brien announced that he had taken over Mashable and ousted the CEO
NPR put out a joke headline that would scare Twitter addicts, as they said that Tweets would be capped at 133 characters.
Though the admitted their prank in the
short text of the blog post, anyone just skimming the the page may have
been threatened by the 7-space shortening.
The radio giant also added that among
the other options that had been tossed around the office were the
prospects of Ford cars being outfitted with air bags for cats and dogs,
or the possibility of one of their bloggers winning the Mega Millions
Toys for the tech age: The Hungry Hungry Hippos app attaches to an iPad
In hopes of bringing a smile to the faces of LOLcats fans, Adblock replaced its typical ads with pictures of the company's founder's duplicitous cat.
Comedian Conan O'Brien waded into the joke-filled holiday by announcing that he bought technology blog Mashable, and that he fired the company's CEO and founder Pete Cashmore.
'I'm sick and tired of scanning the Internet looking for any news about technology: Devices, gadgets, what's coming up, maybe even a rating system for gadgets that are out there. It doesn't exist on the web and it's high time it did,' O'Brien said in the announcement.
The top of the site was bright orange, like the comedian's trademark ginger hair, and read 'Powered by Conan O'Brien'.
Technology enthusiasts also joked about bringing back the popular '80s game Hungry Hungry Hippos for the iPad generation.
Bringing back the past: A fake iPad version of popular '80s game Hungry Hungry Hippos is being sold today
A website called ThinkGeek.com released a prank gadget which puts a set of the plastic hippos on top of the user's iPad and allows them to go back to their childhood while staying tech-smart.
'All four hippos are present and hungry, except this time, the hippos fit over your iPad and the game board is an app!' they said in the press release for the supposed $29.99 app.
YouTube also showed yearnings for an earlier time, as they launched The YouTube Collection, taking the site off the internet and bringing it into users' living rooms.
'Our latest innovation gives you a way to literally hold YouTube in your hand,' the gag promo reel says.
The internet offline: The YouTube Collection puts all of the website's videos on DVD for your viewing pleaasure
Large shipment: All of the DVDs would be sent in 175 trucks and shrink-wrapped boxes
In the scheme, users would be shipped shrink-wrapped boxes of all of the DVDs that it takes store the information held by the video-sharing website. The first instalment would come via 175 moving vans, and then get additional updates every week as more videos are posted to the site.
'It's the complete YouTube experience completely offline.'
They even came up with a way to keep the interactivity alive in the old-school version, though snail mail goes a bit slower than the click of a button.
Richard Branson also proved he has a sense of humor by announcing the launch of Virgin Volcanic, in which he plans to journey to the core of an active volcano.
But with quests like Virgin Galactic, a service operating space flights, and planned trips into the depths of the ocean, the revelation by the businessman does not seem all that far-fetched.
Richard Branson announced Virgin Volcanic and said he plans to take Hollywood actor Tom Hanks along for the ride for deep space exploration by three people into the molten lava core of an active volcano
On his website he said he would be taking Hollywood actor Tom Hanks along for the ride as a specially-made drill makes its way down.
'Only 500 people have been to space, only three people have been to the bottom of the ocean, but no one has ever attempted to journey to the core of an active volcano. Until now,' he said.
'Using patented carbon-carbon materials pioneered for deep space exploration, Virgin is proud to announce a revolutionary new vehicle, VVS1, which will be capable of plunging three people into the molten lava core of an active volcano.'
On their way back from this molten lava core, perhaps the space travellers will also catch a glimpse of the 'first ever crop square humanity has ever seen' in Kansas.
Modern marvel: The crop 'square' is located outside of Manhattan, Kansas
Residents in northeast Kansas went to extreme lengths for their own April Fool's Day press stunt after building both the aerial image, resembling a Quick Response code, as well as a back story on where it came from.
answer? A very tenuous connection to missing Butterfinger candy bars
throughout the area's small towns and the Mayan prophecy that predicts
the world ending later this year.
'Aside from empty Butterfinger cartons and strange hints, little else was left behind but hunger, games and conspiracy theories of what might be called "BARmageddon!"' the press release reads.
The pranksters outside of Manhattan, Kansas, listed the candy bars' disapeparance in Milan, Moscow, Montezuma and Manhattan - all of which are small towns in Kansas in addition to their namesake originators.
Big effort: The 'mysterious' display is said to be 'the first crop square humanity has ever seen'
Sweet timing: The crop square was done by Nestle who produces Butterfinger candy bars
'Suspicions have grown at Butterfinger headquarters since the beginning of the year, when word spread of peculiar occurrences, including a home robbery where only a single Butterfinger bar was stolen,' it continue.
Northeast of the 'crop square,' showing that politicians do sometimes have a sense of humor, Chicago Mayor and former Obama chief of staff Rahm Emanual played on his public perception as a foul-mouthed egomaniac releasing a statement that he would be filing a number of Freedom Of Information Act requests to learn more about himself.
'The only four-letter F-word I use now is FOIA,' he said in a press release.
The Mayor's office sent out the dummy release on Sunday and said that Mr Emanuel thought the inquiry into himself was 'a topic that he considers to be extremely relevant and interesting to Chicagoans.'
Jokester: Chicago mayor Rahm Emanuel had his office send out a fake press release saying that he was going to spend time researching the 'extremely relevant' of himself
'Given the scope of the documents, the FOIA response will create up to 500 jobs.'
Holiday cards, lunch receipts and discarded chewing gum are among the items he hopes to use in his research.
Mr Emanuel's joke was self-deprecating, at least one other politician
tried and failed to have his prank get off the ground.
Former Connecticut state representative Mike Lawlor Tweeted that his old colleague Steve Dargan was in a car accident.
5.30am Sunday, Mr Lawlor Tweeted the message but, given the fact that
it was said in very straightforward language and could have actually
happened, many people thought he was being serious.
Dargan responded to concerned citizens and said that he had not been in
an accident. He didn't seem too offended either, as normally he is the
joker of the group.
'Every year I come up with something (for April 1) and text or call 20 or 30 friends,' he said.
Mr Lawlor then took down his original Tweet and posted a clarifying apology.
British newspaper The Sunday Mirror had some fun of their own, showing a budding 'bromance' by fake fuedsters Simon Cowell and Little Britain comedian David Walliams.
Pictures of the two Britain's Got Talent judges supposedly frolicking in a London park were released.
Just the two of us: Walliams has been teasing Cowell about his sexuality of late but this proves how far the friendship has gone
There have been rumours music mogul Cowell is less than impressed with Walliams who has made a number of homosexual jibes towards him in recent weeks.
But the pictures show how the pair managed to put their differences aside while spending an afternoon chatting, drinking champagne and taking a ride in a giant swan-shaped pedalo.
Italian photographer Aprile Sciocco told the Sunday Mirror: 'They had a great heart-to-heart about women, cars, clothes and how they like their steaks cooked - it was a proper blokey afternoon out.'
'It was so good to see the chemistry between them works just as well off screen.'
Two other British jokes translate across the Atlantic as well, with one online grocery store offering an extremely fresh alternative to standard food shopping.
'Proving that fresh really is best' the company, named Ocado, said they would launch 'Livestock-Shop' as a new delivery service would provide customers with live farm animals to produce their own milk and eggs, all available to order on April 1.
Livestock shipped to your door: Ocada announced the launch of their new online venture
Green tax on chilled bubbly? The average bottle of champers would have risen by more than £3
The retailer joked that it was offering chickens for £25 and cows for up to £2,000. People buying them would of course have the animals delivered to their doors.
Another prank that surely startled foodies was a report that the government planned to add an extra tax to champagne.
Written by reporter Pru Cremier, it explained how the average price of a bottle sold in a restaurant would rise from £37.50 to £40.86 if introduced.
'A Green Paper leaked today proposes a 'Thermal Reduction Initiative (Champagne)' that would add a nine per cent duty to all chilled champagne sold in public places,' said the paper.
But fear not bubbly lovers, it was all an elaborate joke and you will not have to fork out the extra for a chilled bottle of your favourite champers.
A more sinister threat by hacking group Anonymous may have been a long-planned hoax, as they announced 'Operation Global Blackout' which was scheduled to take place on April 1.
Though they announced the plan six weeks ago, they said their attack on the domain name system that controls website names would take place today.
The Swiss Spagheti Harvest
Working together: BBC cameraman Charles de Jaeger came up with the 1957 hoax
One of the best hoaxes in the history of April Fools is the 1957 Swiss Spaghetti Harvest produced by the BBC.
The story said that the elimination of the spaghetti weevil led to a booming pasta crop in the European country.
The company received hundreds of phone calls from curious (and jealous) viewers who wanted to grow their own spaghetti trees. The BBC's recommendation: Place a sprig of spaghetti in a tin of tomato sauce and hope for the best.
Cameraman Charles de Jaeger dreamed up the idea and it aired on Panorama, making it the first prank to be shown on television.
Flying Penguins
The BBC went at it again in 2008 with a fake documentary of flying penguins.
Though this video required a great deal more technological prowess than their earlier stunt, the computer animation was so convincing that many considered it to be true.
They claimed that a new step in evolution allowed for a previously-undiscovered colony of penguins was found that is able to fly thousands of miles from Antarctica to the rain forest for their seasonal shift.
The Republic of San Serriffe
Appealing to grammar lovers across the globe, The Guardian printed a multi-page spread in 1977 about the fictional Republic of San Serriffe.
The paper showed a map of then-undiscovered islands in the Indian Ocean that were in the shape of a colon and semi colon. The islands- named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse- had historical, cultural and economic descriptions included in the spread.
The paper even looped Guinness in on the joke and had them run fake ads in the spread.
Thwarted: The fake iceberg melted once the rain hit
The Great Sydney Iceberg
Dick Smith, an entrepreneur with a funny bone, announced his plans to drag a massive iceberg from Antarctica to Sydney Harbor.
Even though he had an elaborate ruse, which included a plan to sell ice chips from the block for 10 cents a piece, it fell through in the end.
he pulled into port, rain melted his plans as the foam and shaving
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The surprise eruption of an Alaskan volcano
A local resident of Sitka, Alaska took years to plan his stunt but the time proved right in 1974 when he burned tires at the top of an extinct volcano so that it looked like the great Mount Edgecumbe had awoken.
The mastermind, named Porky Bickar did a great deal of prep, dropping hundreds of tires into the volcano from a helicopter, and getting permission from the FAA beforehand.
He also alerted local police so that they could stave off any confused reports once locals woke up in the morning in a panic.
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A local newspaper doctored a photo to look as if the state capitol had fallen to smitherenes in 1933.
The Capital-Times took a jab at local politicos in the process by running the headline 'Dome Topples Off Statehouse: Officials Say Legislature Generated Too Much Hot Air'.
In an attempt to keep the masses calm, the paper finished the article by revealing it as a joke, but they still received many angry letters from concerned citizens.
Spurning on the birth rate in China
An article in China Youth Daily said that the country's long-held one child policy that limits the number of babies per family was being altered slightly.
The 1993 article said that if the parents had doctorate degrees, they would be allowed to have more than one child per family basing it off the assumption that those children would then be brilliant and, in turn, allow the country to depend less on foreign experts.
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God has given me a new life: Malala in her first video message
London: Malala Yousufzai, the Pakistani teenage rights activist shot in teh head by Taliban, has made her first video statement on Monday, since she was nearly killed, saying she was recovering and thanked everyone for her "second life".
Speaking clearly but with a slight stiffness in her upper lip, 15-year-old Malala said she was "getting better, day by day."
"Today you can see that I am alive," she said in the video.
"I can speak, I can see you, I can see everyone. It`s just because of the prayers of people. Because all people - men, women, children - all of them have prayed for me," The Mirror quoted her as saying.
"And because of all these prayers God has given me this new life - a second life. And I want to serve. I want to serve the people. I want every girl, every child, to be educated. For that reason, we have organised the Malala Fund," she said.
Malala drew the world`s attention when she was shot by Taliban militants on October 9 on a school bus in north-western Pakistan.
A bullet was removed from her head by surgeons in Pakistan, before she was flown to the UK for specialised treatment.
Se underwent two successful surgeries on Saturday including one to fix a titanium plate on her skull.
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New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has launched a probe into possible manipulation of the Libor benchmark international lending rates by global banks, his spokesman said on Sunday.
Schneiderman, along with Connecticut's Attorney General George Jepsen started the investigation six months ago into the possible rigging of Libor, the London interbank offered rate, New York Attorney General spokesman James Freedland told Reuters.
Libor is compiled from estimates by big banks of how much they believe they have to pay to borrow from each other. It is used for $550 trillion of interest rate derivatives contracts and influences rates on many lending transactions, including mortgages, student loans and credit cards.
"Working together, the New York and Connecticut attorneys general have been looking into these issues for over six months, and will continue to follow the facts wherever they lead," Freedland said.
Jepsen's spokeswoman did not immediately respond to a call and an email for comment.
Barclays Plc, the bank at the center of the Libor scandal, was fined a record $450 million last month by U.S. and British authorities for manipulating the rate, but the deal does not shield Barclays employees from criminal prosecution.
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