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With analyst firm IDC predicting that smartphone sales will double PC sales in 2014, it's no surprise that companies are rushing to provide mobile-device-friendly access to corporate websites.
But you may be selling your business short if your goal is merely to offer a "good enough" mobile experience. "This isn't about 'how do I make my website available to a smartphone?' -- it's 'How do I make my business available in a smartphone context?,'" says John Armstrong, President and founder, Bright & Shiny, a web and mobile app design and development agency.
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There are three main approaches to providing information and interaction to mobile device users: Responsive (and adaptive) web design, mobilized websites, and mobile apps. Which option is best for your business will depend on your use case, your users' habits, and, of course, your budget.
Here, developers, designers, and other mobile experts weigh in to help you decide which approach makes the most sense for you.
Responsive web design
Example: www.pcworld.com
Responsive web design (a term popularized by web developer/designer Ethan Marcotte) means that the site's code automatically susses out key information about the user's device and environment, and delivers a view optimized to take advantage of it. In particular, reacting to the width of the browser window -- not just flowing the text, but often changing aspects of page layout.
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Depending on who you talk to, adaptive web design is either a subset of responsive design, or a related approach. A responsive design will show more stuff or less, optimized for a mobile layout -- for example, if you rotate the phone between landscape and portrait, it will change the spacing, but not the content -- but is likely to still provide access to the full desktop-view's content. An adaptive design, by contrast, might show very different content, and also present a different UI, reflecting touchscreen's tap/swipe/scroll versus desktop's keyboard/mouse interaction.
In either case, a responsive (and adaptive) web design will be drawing on the same code as a desktop ("classic") site, and will present the same URL at the browser.
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"A responsive site will let us adjust the view of the site to reflect the browser window width," says Prasant Varghese, Technical Analyst, Icreon Tech, a NYC-based web design and development firm. "Future capabilities may include different rendering for night-versus-day, and reflecting bandwidth and resolution availability."
Mobilized websites
Example: m.itworld.com
As the name implies, a mobilized website is designed specifically for mobile devices -- in particular, smartphones.
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"The smartphone user often wants/needs a completely different experience," says Jason King, President and CEO, Accella, an interactive agency that designs, builds, and integrates websites and mobile applications. "For example, on the sites we did for VolvoRents.com, the desktop site presents you with the idea of being able to look around, navigate to equipment you might want. The mobile website starts by finding your location, if possible taking advantage of mobile capabilities like information from the GPS, so we can show you where the closest store is."
A mobilized website may share some content and back end with a "classic" (desktop-oriented) website, but will have a lot of its own code -- and is likely to present at the browser with a slightly different URL, like "m.FOOBAR.com" or "mobi.FOOBAR.com". For companies with both desktop and mobilized websites, the code may detect the user's device, and either automatically switch to the appropriate site or offer a choice.
Mobile apps
Example: Southwest Airlines
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(Note, this isn't the same as saving a "web-app enabled" site as an app; that's basically creating a shortcut icon that takes you to that URL in a browser window.)
Aside from the obvious connectivity-dependent things, apps can do some things that websites can't do (or certainly can't do as easily), notes Todd Miller, Managing Director, The Archer Group, a web development firm. "For example, you'd need to use an app to take a picture of something -- your surroundings, a receipt, etc. -- and upload it. Apps also have access to the address book and other core smartphone functions. A mobile site can achieve limited access, including your smartphone's GPS."
Other smartphone features you need an app to access -- or that may be possible but will be much harder from a website -- include accessing the file system and path, and using the compass and accelerometer, according to Justin Smith, Manager of UX Development, thunder::tech, an integrated (online and offline) marketing agency.
When which approach makes the most sense
Your content goals, coding technology/skill sets, budget, timing, and whether you're looking to add alongside an existing system or are ready to rip-and-replace all play a role in choosing responsive/adaptive design vs. mobilized site vs. apps to reach smartphone users.
"If your goal is just to display and show content, I suggest a responsive or mobilized website," says Icreon Tech's Varghese. "If your goal is to show productivity tools, build an app."
"The value proposition is very different," says Bright & Shiny's John Armstrong. "The mobile app may do something very different from their website."
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That's not necessarily bad, Armstrong claims. "Desktop is about data mining and collection -- 'lean forward,' engage and interact with the content, in 'hunter mode.' Mobile tends to be action-focused -- 'Where am I, what's available, like, say, where's the closest restaurant?' And in a mobility world, our networks and devices can push us relevant content and action. For most classic websites, that doesn't exist."
"Most people don't want to install an app just to get static information," says Michael Freeman, Senior Manager, Search, ShoreTel Sky, a cloud-based hosted-PBX service. "Our website provides information about our products, services and company, and is the main way we generate new business leads."
"You want a mobile-friendly version of your site," Freeman advises, "so that if somebody discovers it from a smartphone or tablet -- perhaps from checking email -- they've got a link that delivers a good mobile experience."
On the other hand, "A mobile app makes sense if you are trying to offer something you want smartphone owners to use on a daily basis," says Freeman. "Another reason to do something as a mobile app is if it requires a lot of interaction, like entering travel expenses."
Money matters
"Building a responsive site is less expensive than doing two sites," says ShoreTel Sky's Freeman. But responsive also "means I do not have to maintain separate code bases or websites, while the look-and-feel and the user experience is consistent on any platform, and any form factor will deliver a good experience," adds Tommy Landry, President, Return On Now, an Internet marketing consultancy. Even better, my team can manage the whole site via a CMS (Content Management System), so we do not need any manual intervention from developers to make changes or launch pages."
While adding smartphone accessibility can't help but push up the development and testing budget, "Our web developers know JScript, CSS, and other web technologies," says Joe Gerard, VP Sales & Marketing, i-Sight, which provides configurable Case Management for Investigations. "Building apps requires a different set of language skills. And developing and testing multiple apps for 100 or more mobile device scenarios would add many times the expense versus building a browser-based application."
The cost difference to serve a mobile as well as a desktop audience?
"For a desktop-oriented website that might cost $30,000 to $50,000, adding mobile adaptivity might add another $15,000 to $25,000," ballparks Icreon Tech's Varghese. "Responsive design would cost more, because there's more work, particularly more testing involved."
Pragmatically, over time, the odds are that more new websites will take smartphones and other mobile devices into consideration from the beginning. "If we do anything, it will start out with responsive design," says Matt Howell, Global Chief Digital Officer, at advertising firm Arnold Worldwide. "There's no project that isn't at least responsive, and from there, we'll ask 'how much more important is the mobile user case?' to consider also doing adaptive design."
"A stand-alone mobile site is usually the least expensive approach, but it's probably a stopgap to going to a responsive/adaptive design," says Archer Group's Todd Miller. "Responsive design will be less expensive to maintain in the long-run. The nightmare of a mobile-only site is that you're designing for specific phones and handsets, while responsive design is more flexible."
"None of this is cheap," Accella's King stresses. "Desktop, mobile web, and apps are all different marketing channels. You have to decide where to focus your development budget.... If you have the budget, do it all. It's like other marketing channels. You should have a mobile website, native iOS and Android apps, be on Facebook, etc. If you're smaller, you have to evaluate on a case by case basis. An app may help you reach out, be a good marketing ploy."


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WAKEFIELD ŌĆō With the New Year only a few hours away, many local restaurants and bars are having specials for their customers to toast the night away and ring in 2011 in the best, and most fun, way possible.
As midnight fast approaches, here are a few suggestions on how you can celebrate locally with friends and family.
Casey's Bar and Grill on Old Tower Hill Road in Wakefield will be having many dinner specials to celebrate the New Year.
WARWICK-- The College Planning Center of Rhode Island (CPCRI) will extend operating hours beginning Jan. 4, 2011 to accommodate the rush of students and parents scurrying to get their Free Application for Federal Student Aid - more commonly referred to as the FAFSA - and other financial aid forms submitted prior to college deadlines.
This is the final column of the year 2010... well into the fifth year of writing this column. Time flies. But we know that. No sense in kicking that dead platitude. Life is full of these little sayings that we apply when the situation fits.
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The Standard Times has learned, exclusively, that longtime North Kingstown School Committee member Melvoid Benson and recently-elected Town Council member Charles Brennan have both resigned from the North Kingstown Democratic Town Committee.
Benson, who was elected in 2004, is halfway through her second term on the School Committee while Brennan, who finished fourth overall in the November elections, was just sworn in to the Town Council three weeks ago.
Keep checking back here at www.ricentral.com as this story develops and pick up a copy of next week's Standard Times for more information.
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SHEBOYGAN, WI (WHBL) - The Sheboygan woman currently serving a ten year jail sentence for the 1957 death of her infant daughter will be staying in prison for at least two more years.
District Attorney Joe DeCecco said that parole for 77 year old Ruby Klokow has been denied. Klokow was sentenced in May for second degree murder of her daughter - Jeaneen - and, following 1957 law, was eligible for parole after only six months.
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I think I have bugs in my chair because both my husband and I have ended up with 5-10 red bits on the back of our thighs when we sat there in the last two weeks. The bites could be from somewhere else but I am pretty sure the chair is the common factor. Alsi, I am guessing they are bedbugs, but before I launch an all-out assault on them does anyone have other ideas on what they might be?
For what it is worth, we've had the chair for years with no problem. We don't get the bites while in bed or on other furniture (which makes me wonder if it is bed bugs - if it was them wouldn't they hitch a ride on us from the chair to other furniture and our bed?). Problem has only started in the past three weeks. During that time we've had a few guests sit in that chair but have not traveled ourselves. So if they are bed bugs not sure how they got there. Also, I keep my house quite clean. Not "Dutch Clean" but in that room, I vacuum more than weekly and do the floors weekly as well. The only thing I don't do often enough is dust. We also have a chow chow. She does not have fleas but she does shed a lot, so if I don't do the floors regularly I end up with dog hair rolling in clumps like tumbleweed along the floor. Anyway those are all the factors I can think of that might be impacting this situation. Would be grateful for any suggestions.
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This could be a number of different bugs or mites. Some pets may be host to these critters. Pets can be bathed with a shampoo that removes the bugs. Most of these types of bugs need a host and very few can use humans as their host. Bath pets, vacuum furniture and floors every day. If that doesnt stop the bugs, you may have to call a pest control.
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RLR3703 - hi, please excuse my apparent nosiness. The link below will get you to a news article about a similar situation now being investigated in Kansas. Starting in late August, people in SE Kansas, SW Missouri, and possibly in Colorado have reported rashes from insect bites. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have sent staffers to help the Kansas Dept of Health and Environment iinvestigate it. If you live near Kansas or Missouri, or one of your recent guests was in that area, maybe it's related and maybe it's not.
You'll probably need to copy & paste the link into your browser so you can read the article. I felt this was worthy of posting for you - I hope you don't mind. Good luck! Jim D/West Point, VA
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Thank you both for your responses! Jim, we are in R.I. and what those poor people went through sounds much worse than the problem I am having but I am certainly going to keep an eye out for follow-ups to that article you shared. Benca1, I appreciate your respose as well. I think I am going to invest in a vacuum with a high-efficiency filter and go after the chair. Would you suggest any sort of spray as well?
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Neighborhood Watch: Curb Scam
Last week, we pulled up to park in front of our apartment and noticed brand new painted house numbers on the curb. We figured it was a new thing the city was implementing (and we'd seen similar painted house numbers in local neighborhoods). Until Saturday rolled around and we realized...
The painted house numbers are a scam. The city has nothing to do with painting your address on the curb--it's actually random folks going around spray painting the concrete. Not only do they not ask permission first, they leave a note saying that they will be painting address numbers on the curb in your neighborhood and they will collect money when they're finished (which they did on Saturday). A gentleman rolled up to our apartment asking for $15 for the work he'd done! Not only did we feel that was a ridiculous asking price, we told him that he painted our address wrong (by two numbers). While it was a heavily suggested donation by the curb painters, we can only imagine how many folks (especially the elderly) actually think these guys are with the city and empty their wallets. While we were doing research for this post, we saw a fellow blogger write about his experience with the same scam in his neighborhood.
AT readers--Have you experienced a similar scam in your neighborhood? What scams have you had to deal with in your community?
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That never happened to me personally, but when I was living with a friend for a couple of weeks, her neighbor would always come over and one day it was mentioned that these guys would come by, paint numbers, and then ask for money... but it was a HELLLLLLLL of a lot more than just $15... but yes, she also had the wrong numbers painted on... what a buncha jerks.
This has happened to us a few times (we're in LA). The last time they came around to collect the money my husband told the guy they were nothing more than a shakedown operation. The guy became really flustered and just walked away.
It's not necessarily a scam. The city of Los Angeles has a process by which individuals may obtain a permit to paint curb numbers. In general, it's people trying to make money by working which I don't see as a bad thing. I've had my curb number painted (correctly) in several different neighborhoods in Los Angeles, with no problem at all. If you're not home when they come by to collect, you don't pay. Really nothing worth getting all worked up over.
FYI: http://bsspermits.lacity.org/curbpainting/
i remember the same neighborhood elderly man that would come by every year or two to refresh or repaint our existing house numbers on our curb. he would knock, ask if we were interested and he made $5-10 for his effort. never had to deal with the paint and bill situation, so we regarded it as an honest effort on the part of some neighborhood folks to make a little extra cash.
it was featured on an episode of the simpsons
I, too, am originally from So. Cal. In my area legitimate groups (school bands trying to raise funds to go to the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, for instance) would do a whole neighborhood, then canvass for donations.
Horrible! Anyone who could take money from the elderly should be punished somehow. Wish you could force someone to work for that $15. Next doors kid is trying to get some funds up to buy himself a football jersey and he's charging $15 to mow and rake peoples lawns and trim the edges! Spray painting a curb is worth what $1? :P
aneelee - yeah that sounds ok, the curb numbers do make life easier when you are trying to find houses at night...
in my neighborhood they leave a note and ask you to leave the note and check on a future date, THEN they paint your number. they're even smart enough to ask what numbers you want painted. I did the first year I bought my house because I hadn't yet purchased house numbers. now I just toss the flyers.
There's a big difference between people asking for work and people coercing for work. If someone does something unasked and then says it's my responsibility to pay them, they get nothing.
nope.. because i live in an..... apartment! (therapy.com?)
I'm not sure I agree with "Seriously?"
I do feel that some of the people who paint these numbers are coercive and manipulative. In my neighborhood they put a flier on your day stating that if you don't want the numbers painted you have to tell them.
That's not an acceptable business practice. The onus shouldn't be on the resident to decline a service they never asked for in the first place.
I wouldn't mind if it was a permission first, but this has happened to us as well. They come demanding money, rather than asking if you wanted it done. We've had to chase away people who are expecting money. Didn't ask for it, don't need it, won't pay.
Also, 15 bucks for something that could be done for free? Even if it was a group raising money, I'm not giving that unless I am personally invested in the group.
Anyone still get those damn kids who sell news paper subscriptions or candy marked up a million per cent? Those are even worse because most of those kids are being exploited by adults who make them work for very little money.
That's the most ridiculous scam I have ever heard!
The city "selling" a service? Whaaat?
Wouldn't you automatically think that you *shouldn't* have to directly pay -cash!- for a city service????
True, Canada is a little more socialistic, but really...?!
$15 fee door-to-door for a city job?! Unheard of.
Here in SF, some people would paint the curbs in front of their apartments/homes red so that other drivers would think that it was a Red Zone and they couldn't park there...
...but the city hadn't so they wouldn't ticket and the owner of the house had effectively created their own private street parking (until the city caught onto the scam)
This happened in my neighborhood about four months ago. I received the flyer saying it was very important to have a fluorescent strip painted at the curb. That this is a safety issue and the city urges you to do so. Only one person has this UGLY yellowish green strip.
The legitimate fundraising organizations will get permits via the city. In fact, last month, an organization left notice on everyone's door stating that they would be painting house numbers on the curb and for those that did not want the service, to simply tape the notice on your curb to let the painters know which curbs not to paint. Easy enough to indicate "yeah" or "nay."
The one group I will say is very off putting are the magazine crews. I have had more than one negative incident and no longer answer my door unless it is someone I know or a delivery man in an indentifiable uniform and vehicle.
This is a classic scam that has been happening for years. The best thing you can do is to spray them with a hose until they leave your yard and then ask them to compensate you for the water you used to cool them off. Follow them down the street and tell everyone they try and rip off that it's a scam. This guarantees they won't be back next year. It sounds harsh, but these are the kinds of people who start with something small and take as much as they can get.
it's not your curb anyhow...it's the city's. this is legit sometimes though, the place i used to live did want the whole downtown area painted for emergency stuff and safety... although they had volunteers do it, my brother earned his eagle scout doing this.
is this still happening? i remember someone painting numbers on our curb about 40 years ago in the bay area. it isn't the money being requested that is outrageous, it is the act of doing something without permission, and then asking for payment. if i remember correctly, my mother told the man that she hadn't asked for the numbers to be painted and he was at liberty to paint over them and obscure the address.
In light of all the above, remember that in most cases, the curb in front of your house is not yours, but belongs to the city. If you don't want to pay for a house number you didn't ask for----don't pay.
in all honesty i remember someone doing that when i was little and i asked my mom why the numbers had been painted and she said someone randomly did it
That happened to us too, except we got a notice on the door that they'd be back the next day to paint and if you wanted your # done, leave the note with the check taped to your door. Our neighbors across the street did it. So now, when people drive over late at night we say "We're across the street from #38"... our own door numbers are not too clear...
I remember people doing this in Atlanta when I was a kid
This was done in the neighborhood where I used to live, on the East Coast, but we knew it was legit because, about a week before painting, the county sent a letter telling us it was happening for 911 purposes and to please not park on the street that day.
I'm with springisnear: if they claim to be from "the city," then that is who pays them. With an official City of Whatever check.
A man came to my apartment door saying that the residents are getting the LA Times for free and all they ask is that we tip the paper boy 50 cents/week. When I asked how I would get the tip money to the boy, he said, "well it comes to $26 per year and you can give it to me now..."
This is a popular scam in my SVF neighborhood. It happens at least 4-5 times every year! I'm terribly cynical, so I saw it for what it was right away. Many of my neighbors, however, feel obligated to pay.
Another scam in my neighborhood involves home security system "salesmen". Usually, they're young guys in tennis shirts that have a company name embroidered on it. They're very aggressive, fast-talking and ask many pointed questions about your home's current security system status, whether or not you have a dog, etc in the guise of a sales pitch. In other words, they are gathering very detailed and reliable information about which houses are best to easily break into.
Not suprisingly, 8 homes were broken into about a week after a group of these fellows made the rounds.
This would never fly in NYC for 2 reasons:
1) Nobody would want it or care or pay
2) There is never a visible bit of curb anywhere because of street parking
No one has a right to do something without permission and then demand payment. If they are from the city, then taxes pay for it. If the curb is the cities property, then taxes pay for it. If you give these scammers money, it only encourages them to continue.
Know your rights.
When these clowns come to collect be real friendly. Take s picture of them and the license plate of their vehicle. Tell them, one you didn't request this service and that they need to get permission first for something they are charging you for.
Call the attorney general office in your state and file a file a complaint. Even if it is a city service you need to be given an option since you did not request it and most probably the city did not fore warn you of this additional expense. If the city doesn't respond to your satisfaction threaten the highest elected official with exposing the scam and working to get the bum out of office.
We have the same thing in our neighborhood. They ask for a for a donation of $5. They have never forced it or mislead that they were from the city. If you only have $3 they will take that too. If you don't want to pay, they just say thanks and leave.
I've only had booster club kids do it to raise money for uniforms and stuff. I think everyone kind of liked it where I'm from. Then again, the kids asked first.
I would pay the neighboor kid $5 to do this, but trying to milk me for it after the fact.... get off my stoop before i call the cops.
I've actually had visits from the fake security guys, one even asked for a glass of water. I told them my (imaginary) baby was asleep and if they waited on the stoop i'd bring them a glass. When I came right back to the door the guy was RUNNING to his car. Probably figured i'd called the cops on him. Idiots.
This isn't really a scam, at least not in our area. I've had people leave the note to do this on my house, then you tell them you want it, they paint it, and you leave them the money. I did it the first year I moved into a new house (for $10 or $15 I think) and then ignored the notes in the subsequent years that they came by. They did it correctly and professionally, I might add. And it is helpful for emergency vehicles or even people just trying to find your house!
Everyone is so suspicious these days, I admire someone trying to make a little money by offering a legitimate service.
I've only ever seen kids do it. But they ask first and ask for maybe $5, tops.
doesnt happen in Canada. model after us.
This is Crazy I am a firefighter of 36 precinct of the greater Los Angele's Area folks we need these numbers for emergencies if you were doing are job you would know how important these numbers are plain house numbers are not reliable they are never located on the same spot of the house a lot of times there are trees and such blocking the way missing numbers in emergencies can mean death the numbers need to be posted one way or another seconds count and to have these numbers posted correctly helps us navigate to the location as fast as possible not posting them because of some scamers is plain ridicules there are plenty of individuals and independent company s that are completely legitimate that will come out to your house and do it for you for 10to20 maybe 30 bucks I get the feeling here that some people are getting plain stingy maybe the economy I dont know but I do know that all EMT s use and need these numbers to get to you or a friend family as fast as possible and not posting them because of some bad seeds out there is your own grave
Curb Painting isn't a scam DEPENDING ON THE PERSON or BUSINESS! For instance, if i leave a flyer i clearly make it known that - I'm not charity, this is a business, I only collect for work completed and i leave my phone number and email address. If you don't pay , you don't get a painted curb! SIMPLE! Its the clowns who show up at your house at 7pm on a Tuesday night and ask for 10 bucks to have your curb painted that make the real people look bad. Or the people who paint first and ask for money second - SCAM! If you do it legit you make it legit! I know people including myself who make 300 a day doing this legitimately while the stupid high school idiots only make 50 because they just make it look sleazy!
If you look at the website posted by seriously, you'll se the requirments to paint address numbers in los angeles.
Proof of $100,000 dallor insurance policy.
A $500 deposit for surity to be made to the city.
The permit to encroch is $200.
The tax registration is $100.
The background check is another $25
Then you are allowed to paint the numbers. So when we ask for $20 it's not just a number out of thin air. Besides $20 dallors was the price ten years before the economy fellout in 2007. I personally know that during that ten years the price of paint supplies has gone up steadily while people complained about the $20 that hasn't gone up for 15 years. In the last three of wich everything has tripples in price.
And furthermore the same home owners that complain about $20 are the same ones that complain about how expensive paint is for when they paint their house. Well do you think we curb painters ar exempt from that expence?


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But the sport's potential to cause head injuries took on a personal meaning for Harvey at the end of the 2011 season.
In the second half of the Delta Youth Football League varsity Super Bowl at Lincoln High in Stockton in December, Harvey's son Jonathan, the team's leading rusher at the time, was taken by ambulance to the hospital after a jarring hit to the head.
"When I got to him on the field, he was holding his head and his eyes were closed," Harvey said. "When I told him to open his eyes, all the white in his eyes were gone — his pupils were that big," Harvey said. "It was pretty scary to see his eyes like that. I knew he had a pretty bad concussion at that point."
Now, eight months after that injury, Jonathan is ready to play as a freshman at De La Salle High School in Concord after doctors and family members were convinced he had fully recovered.
"The recovery time, it was a couple of months," Harvey said. "Basically, we sat him out of all sports for the entire spring. He didn't get to play basketball or run track. He wasn't too happy about that, but as a parent, there was no way I was going to risk him bumping his head."
Local doctors say that a cautious approach is necessary when dealing with a concussion, especially when an athlete is knocked unconscious.
"These symptoms can last for months and months post-trauma in the more severe cases," said Dr. Larry Nicholson, a local chiropractor and the doctor for Kimball High's football team.
What worries doctors most, Nicholson added, is when an injured athlete continues playing, making the risk of a second concussion even greater.
Symptoms of concussion
A recent wave of concussion-related lawsuits against the National Football League has reinforced among many parents and coaches at the local youth level the need for leagues to keep medical personnel on the sidelines and keep helmets in top condition in order to minimize their players' exposure to potential head injuries.
A concussion occurs any time a jolt or a hit to the head causes the brain to move through its protective fluid and hit the inside wall of the skull.
The American Academy of Neurology, in a 1997 paper on "The management of concussion in sports," grades concussions on a scale of one to three. "One" is considered a "ding," where an athlete is dizzy or disoriented after a hit. "Three" is when the athlete is knocked unconscious, even if only for a brief moment.
Symptoms can intensify if an athlete gets a second concussion before the first injury has had time to heal.
"A lot of times, these kids get hit and have a grade-one concussion and won't even tell us," Nicholson said. "Hopefully, a kid will come over and say, 'I got my bell rung,' and we can evaluate them properly."
At the high school level, team doctors will bench a player if they suspect a concussion and then call the player in for follow-up exams, Nicholson said. Other doctors who accompany the high school teams to games are Timothy Brown at Tracy High and Tim Coykendall at West, both chiropractors who specialize in sports medicine. Youth and high school leagues also require certified emergency medical technicians at games, and even a game official can bench a player if he suspects a concussion.
After that, a physician must clear the player for return to the field.
Dr. Ian Pulliam, one of two local physicians working with the Tracy, West and Kimball high school teams, affirmed that the frequency of concussions increases with the size and speed of the players.
But he said teams and players are becoming more aware of the impacts concussions can have.
"They're treated a lot more aggressively, even if we don't think it's a full-blown concussion," he said.
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While statistics on concussion-related injuries are not officially tracked, both Pulliam and Dr. Robert Williams, the other team physician for Tracy, West and Kimball, see players who show symptoms of concussions every week during football season.
"At the varsity level, there's at least one or two kids benched for every varsity game," Williams said. "That doesn't mean they have a concussion. Out there on the field, you can't do a full neurological exam."
Pulliam and Williams each said that in a typical season, about a half-dozen high school players are sidelined for at least one game because of a concussion.
Williams added that modern medical technology — magnetic resonance imaging in particular — has made diagnosis much more effective.
"The revolution came with MRIs, because we can see it," he said. "If we see any significant swelling on the brain, they're out for the rest of the year."
Williams said players and their parents often think the young athletes are ready to get back in the game, and doctors have to defend their assessments of how long an injury will take to heal, especially if it's more than a couple of weeks.
"There is no simple answer to that, and that's the controversy," Williams said, adding that the age of the player and the severity of the injury make each case unique. "The younger the age, the longer they should stay out. If they lose consciousness on the field, that is a full concussion, and they're out for the season."
Nicholson said he tells players recovering from concussions to stay away from activities like video games and television, too. Nonphysical activities can slow healing if they require intense concentration, he said.
Protecting the brain
The potential for head injuries in football is what makes the helmet the most important piece of equipment.
That's why Tracy's youth programs continually examine and upgrade their helmets.
Tim Grover, equipment manager for the Tracy Junior Bulldogs, said the team spent more than $4,800 this year to have 183 helmets refurbished by Athletic Conditioning Inc.
The North Carolina-based company disassembled the helmets, sandblasted off the paint and examined the structural integrity of each using X-rays. They were then reassembled with new pads, hardware and face masks. Stickers affirming that the helmets were recertified and new Bulldog-gold paint were also included.
Junior Bulldogs President Jonathan Blackwell said that's a process the helmets undergo each year, to determine if they are cracked or defective in any way. This year, 10 were discarded because of defects, while 20 new helmets were purchased by the team.
Blackwell said that Delta Youth Football League requires recertification of helmets every two years, which is typical for most leagues. Any helmets more than 10 years old are also discarded.
"We do it every year, because we don't want to take a chance that there could be any problems," Blackwell said. "The helmets have a shelf life. Even if they come back testing that they're good, they're still tossed."
The Cougars and Buccaneers also have their helmets recertified every year and rotate out the older ones, though Harvey said that with youth helmets costing $150 to $200 each, it would be too expensive to replace all of them at once.
Organization leaders said the upgraded equipment still can't eliminate risk altogether. Harvey said that last year, he saw the most concussions in the seven years he's been with the club.
"We had two on varsity and one kid on JV who had two, and that ended his season," he said. "I don't think we had any on the lower levels. The concussions seem to be coming at the older levels, because the kids are hitting harder."
Junior novice and novice divisions include children ages 6 to 10. The upper age limit for varsity players is 14, which can include some high school freshmen. In the DYFL the upper weight limit for varsity players is 190 pounds, though heavier players can still play on the offensive line.
Bruce Russell, president of the Tracy Buccaneers, added that game officials not only can bench a player who appears to be dazed after a hard hit, but are also proactive about preventing injuries.
"The referees are real strict about it, too," Russell said.
Going head-first into an opponent with the helmet as a battering ram, called "spearing," draws a penalty flag at the very least.
"They see someone coming in and leading with their head, they'll throw them out of the game. They don't even mess with it," Russell said. "All the way around, between the refs and rules, it's getting better. It's getting as good as it can get for a contact sport."
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By CHIP SAYE
For the AJC
Picking the winners of high school football games can be easy a lot of the time. Even an occasional upset can be spotted a mile away. Other times, teams appear pretty even on paper, so you have to go one way or the other. Sometimes you're right, sometimes you're wrong, and you don't worry about the misses. Then there are the frustrating times, when the teams defy all logic. Play poorly against a weak team one week, pound on a good team the next.
It's not going to be easy for me to put up a good score from week to week if the teams won't cooperate and play the games correctly. And here are some of the prime offenders so far:
Whitefield Academy: Whitefield, 10-2 in 2008, lost its opener to a Walker team that went 2-8 in 2008. So the Wolfpack had no chance against Athens Academy, which has won at least 10 games in four of the past five seasons, right? Wrong. The Wolfpack beat Athens Academy 21-15. This week, while Whitefield Academy is beating Southwest Atlanta Christian, Athens Academy plays at Walker. It doesn't seem logical, so I'll go with Athens Academy.
Woodland-Stockbridge: Woodland lost to Lowndes 75-14 in the opener. So few would have thought the Wolfpack would win last week when it traveled to Worth County, which won its opener 39-0. Woodland then went out and beat the odds as well as Worth, 31-13, to establish itself as a playoff contender in Region 4-AAA. The Wolfpack will beat Spalding tonight. (And Peachtree Ridge would tell you that Lowndes really is that good.)
Towers: The Titans were 1-9 last year. North Atlanta went 5-5 in 2008 and won by 20 in its season-opener. You can probably guess where this is going. Towers rolls over North Atlanta 49-18. And because the other six teams in its subregion are a combined 1-11, there's no reason to believe Towers can't win more. It just won't be this week, as the Titans lose big to Grady.
Lakeside-DeKalb: The Vikings end a 14-game losing streak with a 21-7 victory in their opener against a down Columbia team, and they receive votes in a couple of the statewide polls the following week. How does that happen? Tucker wasn't as impressed, beating the Vikings 60-27 last week. Perhaps the voters got this Lakeside confused with Lakeside-Evans, which upset Evans 17-0 last Friday. I haven't picked the Vikings to win yet, so I'll keep that up until I'm convinced otherwise and go with North Springs this week.
● There are not a lot of high-profile games around the state tonight, but a few of the matchups are good ones. Take Buford, as always, but expect Lovett to score this time.
● Northside-Warner Robins, No. 6 in Class AAAAA, knocks off Carver-Columbus, No. 1 in AAA.
● Defending Class A champ Wesleyan beats Holy Innocents'.
● Go with Class AAA No. 5 Peach County against No. 4 Baldwin.
● Burke County has impressed in its first two games, but the Bears likely won't have enough to take down Statesboro.
● Class A No. 2 Wilcox County beats No. 4 Wilkinson County, but in a closer game than their 30-14 meeting last year.
The weekend predictions
Last week: 130-44 (.747); Overall: 262-84 (.757)
Winner / Loser
Adairsville / Ringgold
Allatoona / Grovetown
Alpharetta / Centennial
Americus-Sumter / Hardaway
Appling Co. / Long Co.
Armuchee / Dade Co.
Athens Academy / Walker
Athens Christian / Georgia Military
Bainbridge / Lee Co.
Banks Co. / Dawson Co.
Banneker / Northgate
Benedictine / Jeff Davis
Berrien / Irwin Co.
Bleckley Co. / SE Bulloch
Bowdon / Temple
Brooks Co. / Langston Hughes
Brookstone / Greenville
Brookwood / Shiloh
Buford / Lovett
Calhoun / Cartersville
Calhoun Co. / Atkinson Co.
Callaway / Manchester
Carrollton / Avondale
Cedar Shoals / Winder-Barrow
Cedartown / Coosa
Central-Carroll / Northside-Col.
Central-Talb. / Stewart Co.
Chapel Hill / Morrow
Charlton Co. / Pierce Co.
Chattahoochee Co. / Schley Co.
Chestatee / Johnson-Gaines.
Clarke Central / Habersham Central
Claxton / Montgomery Co.
Clinch Co. / Randolph-Clay
Coffee / Shaw
Collins Hill / Chattahoochee
Colquitt Co. / Wayne Co.
Commerce / Franklin Co.
Creekside / Mundy's Mill
Crisp Co. / Turner Co.
Dalton / South Paulding
Dougherty / Early Co.
Dublin / Laney
Dunwoody / Troup
Dutchtown / Stockbridge
East Coweta / Pebblebrook
East Jackson / Oglethorpe Co.
East Paulding / South Cobb
Eastside / Newton
Effingham Co. / Liberty Co.
Elbert Co. / Butler
ECI / Bryan Co.
Etowah / Kennesaw Mountain
Fayette Co. / Douglas Co.
Fellowship / Mount Pisgah
Fitzgerald / Worth Co.
Flowery Branch / Creekview
Gainesville / White Co.
Glenn Hills / Harlem
Gordon Lee / Heritage-Catoosa
Grady / Towers
Grayson / Dacula
Greene Co. / Hancock Central
Griffin / Ola
Harris Co. / Jones Co.
Harrison / North Cobb
Heard Co. / Howard
Hillgrove / Sequoyah
Hiram / Cass
Houston Co. / Bradwell Institute
Jackson / Jackson-Atlanta
Jefferson / Fannin Co.
Jefferson Co. / Toombs Co.
Johns Creek / Lambert
Johnson-Sav. / South Effingham
Johnson Co. / Portal
LaFayette / Murray Co.
LaGrange / Stephens Co.
Lakeside-Evans / Greenbrier
Lakeview Acad. / Hebron Christian
Lakeview-Ft. Ogle. / North Paulding
Lamar Co. / Spencer
Landmark / Pace Academy
Lassiter / Kell
Lincoln Co. / Hephzibah
Lithia Springs / McIntosh
Locust Grove / Drew
Loganville / Salem
Lowndes / Ware Co.
Lumpkin Co. / East Hall
M.L. King / McNair
Macon Co. / Jordan
Madison Co. / Monroe Area
Marietta / Cherokee
Marion Co. / Pacelli Catholic
Marist / Chamblee
Mary Persons / Rutland
McEachern / Woodstock
McIntosh Co. Acad. / Brantley Co.
Mill Creek / Norcross
Miller Co. / Pelham
Milton / Wheeler
Model / Trion
Mount Paran / Mt. Zion-Carroll
Mt. Zion-Jonesboro / Forest Park
Newnan / Lovejoy
North Clayton / Alcovy
NE-Macon / Dooly Co.
Northside-WR / Carver-Col.
North Atlanta / Columbia
North Forsyth / Duluth
North Gwinnett / South Forsyth
North Springs / Lakeside-DeKalb
Our Lady of Mercy / N. Cobb Christian
Parkview / Berkmar
Peach Co. / Baldwin
Peachtree Ridge / Northview
Pepperell / Villa Rica
Perry / Hawkinsville
Pike Co. / Crawford Co.
Prince Ave. / Glascock Co.
Putnam Co. / Columbus
Redan / Cedar Grove
Richmond Academy / Josey
Richmond Hill / Savannah
Ridgeland / Darlington
River Ridge / North Murray
Riverside Military / Rabun Co.
Rockdale Co. / Heritage-Conyers
Rockmart / Bremen
Rome / Paulding Co.
Roswell / Pope
St. Pius / Oconee Co.
Sandy Creek / Alexander
Sav. Christian / Wheeler Co.
Sav. Country Day / Jenkins Co.
Screven Co. / Dodge Co.
Seminole Co. / Lanier Co.
Sonoraville / SE Whitfield
South Gwinnett / Meadowcreek
Southwest DeKalb / Forsyth Central
Sprayberry / Northwest Whitfield
Starr's Mill / Tri-Cities
Statesboro / Burke Co.
Terrell Co. / Bacon Co.
Therrell / Druid Hills
Thomasville / Cairo
Thomson / Hart Co.
Tift Co. / Cook
Treutlen / Calvary Day
Tucker / Lithonia
Twiggs Co. / SW-Macon
Union Co. / North Oconee
Union Grove / Henry Co.
Valdosta / Jonesboro
Vidalia / East Laurens
Walnut Grove / Arabia Mountain
Walton / Campbell
Warren Co. / ELCA
Washington Co. / Morgan Co.
Washington-Wilkes / Social Circle
Wesleyan / Holy Innocents'
West Forsyth / Pickens
West Hall / Gilmer
West Laurens / Haralson Co.
Westlake / Riverdale
Westside-Augusta / Aquinas
Westside-Macon / Upson-Lee
Westover / Mitchell Co.
Whitefield Acad. / SW Atl. Christian
Whitewater / Mays
Wilcox Co. / Wilkinson Co.
Woodland-Carters. / Osborne
Woodland-Stock. / Spalding
Woodward Acad. / Eagle's Landing
Clarkston / Cross Keys
Douglass / Washington
Miller Grove / Stone Mountain
Monroe / Glynn Academy
Warner Robins / Beach
*Games involving out-of-state teams not included
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September 10th, 2009
2:46 pm
You actually think that Douglass has a chance against the Bulldogs? The cubboards are bare at Douglass and look for another coaching change after the season. Smith is playing all over the field and will face double and triple teams all season.
September 10th, 2009
3:14 pm
CHIP, you still wants to think Burke County is not ready for AAAA teams. Like I said last week, "Burke County will defeat (AAAA)Ware County" and did that. Now the Bears will defeat (AAAA)Statesboro in Statesboro. CHIP, you say "Burke County likely don't have enough to take Statesboro down." Note, several of Burke County key players didn't play against (AAAA)Ware County cause of injuries. Maybe you need to attend this game and see that Burke County is loaded with weapons. Quarterback Terrell Brigham have plenty of support on the field, Statesboro will see. DO IT BEARS…….
September 10th, 2009
3:36 pm
GO BRONCOS!!!!! Let's get a win this week!
September 10th, 2009
3:44 pm
Brookwood Mom: If they don't, it will be a long season for y'all.
September 10th, 2009
4:35 pm
September 10th, 2009
4:41 pm
Chip Saye, I disagree with one of your predictions:
With respect to the States Toughest Region (Region1-AAAAA) I don't believe that Houston County will come down to Hinvesville, Georgia and beat Region 3-AAAAA Bradwell Institute this year.
September 10th, 2009
5:33 pm
SouthGARules. You are right my friend, if we lose then I want the Coaches job!!
September 10th, 2009
5:42 pm
So u pick Brooks County over Langston Hughes
is this because we're the new school on the block in South Fulton County?
Don't let them Panther's fool u….
September 10th, 2009
5:43 pm
September 10th, 2009
6:03 pm
"THE BONEYARD" heats up for the first home game this season as South Cobb visits our Raiders. That rumble South Cobb already hears is not thunder but CANNON fire! TICK…TICK…TICK…BOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!!!
With the season only starting I hate to look to far down the road but that road trip EAST takes the last week of the season ( Nov. 6th ) to Woodstock is looking like it might be REAL INTERESTING!!! But lets see what happens with the Woodstock / McEachern game tomorrow night as that will tell a lot about division 5A – AAAAA!!!
September 10th, 2009
6:53 pm
Chip, I'm glad to see you are doubting those boys over at Mays yet again. Maybe after Mays 'upsets' Whitewater to become the only undefeated team in Region 5AAAA, maybe then you and your staff will understand that Mays High is a force to be dealt with in AAAA. Stay tuned…………
September 10th, 2009
7:22 pm
September 10th, 2009
8:56 pm
I like the Forest Park Panthers in the upset over Mt Zion . The bulldogs come in off there blow out win over AAAAA Shiloh and underestimate the Panther PRIDE a new look team that is young with about 6 Sr playing with alot more depth than usual. Mt Zion maybe looking at the Panthers score at westside macon and just think they are push overs but they are far from it. It's a new season, a new day , a new era for The PANTHER pride . Go PANTHERS ! ! ! Beat them bulldogs ! ! !
September 10th, 2009
9:49 pm
East will do fine so long as they look at this game with no thoughts to the future.
S. Cobb would love to catch 'em sleeping. They won't be looking ahead.
September 10th, 2009
10:35 pm
For what it's worth, three of the games you guys have mentioned (Burke vs. Statesboro, Houston vs. Bradwell, and Whitewater vs. Mays) were some of the ones I struggled most with this week. I do think Burke County, in particular, is very good. If they beat Statesboro, I'm on board big-time. Wins by Mays and Bradwell wouldn't surprise me one bit either. And I didn't think Hiram would beat Washington, either.
September 11th, 2009
1:57 am
If MAYS defense don't stop trippin, we lose by 20 to WHITEWATER. Mario you picked the #5 so play like you deserve to were it. For all that don't know, the #1,5,7,11,21,42,46,72,79,99 are sacred at MAYS. Meaning you going go out,you better show out!!!!!!!! OOOH!!! Acey, It game time !!!My fault, I watching utube. ACEY!!! I NEED SOME Straightn this Friday, It was there you drop the ball. Brandon, you came all the way from the muck(GLADES CENTRAL) but you not playing like you want it. You kill the SAT in 9th Grade, Play like you playing against PAHOKEE rest of year. We know you want go to U, but at 6′5 320 and killing sat and smartest person on team!!!You make the call. I don't know why but every time Mays changes region there is team that hate Mays and , that Whitewater in 5-AAAA it was Tucker in 6-AAAA . The TE @ Whitewater say y'all be poppin at the Fayette Pavillion. HANDLE YOUR BUSINESS, Everbody want to be MAYS but they can't.
P.S Brandon why did you Walton instead coming to MAYS, imagine the wideout we would have this year with you. You 2nd string @ WALTON u was QB @ DOUG last year. Not to mention legacy at MAYS, You know f up don't U, the guys still have love for you and GARRISON since y'all
didn't come to the HILL!!!!!
September 11th, 2009
6:20 am
You just gotta love high school football in Georgia. If it's any better anywhere else, I don't want to know about it.
September 11th, 2009
6:29 am
Meadowcreek will be a scrimmage for South Gwinnett as they prepare to take on and beat mighty Grayson next week.
September 11th, 2009
8:29 am
I'm picking Towers 28-14 over Grady!
September 11th, 2009
8:45 am
I think Mc ceachern wins going away tonight against Woodstock, and hate that I have to root for Woodstock in this one. East beats a fiesty improved South Cobb team and Etowah bounces back big at home against an apparent down K Mountain. North Cobb in a mild upset of Harrison, and Cherokee loses heartbreaker to Marietta to extend losing streak.
My take on region 5AAAAA.
September 11th, 2009
8:50 am
Ricardo, for the third consecutive week, you play a team that doesn't even field a defense. Enjoy your 3-0 record over the 0-6 teams you've played. Reality sets in next week.
September 11th, 2009
9:11 am
i appreciate the first comment…..and yes the bulldogs will win tomoro….
September 11th, 2009
9:23 am
THEHILLISREAL appreciate the support for the former Astros's QB, he is doing very well at Walton. He is starting at WR and returns punts and kicks for the Raiders. They will play the Campbell Spartans tonight at Campbell. Since Mays is playing Saturday, come out and see the young man in action or catch the highlights on High 5 Sports. Thanks again.
September 11th, 2009
9:32 am
Pops – I agree with your assessment except that I don't think McEachern wins going away. Woodstock has a stingy defense that will keep McEachern in check for most of the game, but in the end I think McEachern prevails in a low scoring, defensive battle, for most of the game. If McEachern wins going away as you predict… then EP should be very concerned especially since they won't be at home in the Bone Yard next week when they have to visit McEachern!
Lots of HS Football in the Towne Lake area tonight with both Etowah and Woodstock playing at home less than a mile apart.
September 11th, 2009
10:14 am
Nomo, I will see you at Grayson next week after South Gwinnett pulls off the biggest upset of the year. South's 49 pts/game is no fluke. Their new QB is playing outstanding ball and they have playmakers with speed.
September 11th, 2009
10:34 am
Greetings Chip Saye,
Out of the three you mentioned, Here is what I predict.
Statesboro over Burke County. Reason: Statesboro is very good on both sides of the ball. Statesboro is at home.
Whitewater over Mays. Mays is just impressive at the least.
Bradwell Institute over Houston County
Again, Bradwell Institute although Bradwell Institute has a young team and they are rebuilding, Defense is very good this year. Houston has a running game. Bradwell Institute defense will shut them down on the running game. In addition, I give the edge to Bradwell Institute because they are at home. I give it Bradwell Institute because of the home field advantage.
There you have it.
September 11th, 2009
10:35 am
Typo Mays Is just not impressive at the very least.
September 11th, 2009
10:46 am
milton all the way wheeler is a joke
September 11th, 2009
11:20 am
go north forsyth 3-0
September 11th, 2009
11:39 am
thanks for the comment the bulldogs are not gonna lose no more games we have been workin to hard to get beat bye douglass high school we under stand that they only have two players that make there team but them two are gonna be shutdown to the foolest
justin taylor #32 washington
September 11th, 2009
11:53 am
Those Etowah fans know their stuff. N Cobb will be mad enough after that MLK whipping to handle a very mediocre Hoya squad. I give Woodstock some chance at home but they'll have to play well in all three phases as the MAC is dangerous on special teams too. Etowah didn't cover their punter and it became 60 yards and six points. East is unproven and probably too small and too slow to win at the MAC next week, espcially since the GHSA won't let us take the cannon on the road!
September 11th, 2009
12:23 pm
I wish that McEachern / Woodstock game had fell on EAST bye week I would have loved to gone to see it. I don't think last week was a fluke and I will be shocked if McEachern "crushes" Woodstock…Last year Woodstock came to "THE BONEYARD" and beat the Raiders…they are well coached and will be even tougher AT HOME…for McEachern to win they will have to play close to perfect all night. It may come down to a special team play from some of that "speed" we been hearing McEachern has this year.
EAST loyality aside if Harrison finishes above 500 this year it will be a a stroke of luck…the look of 5A-AAAAA has changes and you will hear a fan favorite all year….4th Quarter Raider Quarter!!!! as our Raiders finish off team after team on their march to the Division title!!!
September 11th, 2009
12:58 pm
September 11th, 2009
6:20 am
You just gotta love high school football in Georgia. If it's any better anywhere else, I don't want to know about it.
Greetings Harpoon,
You know that football is almost a religion in Georgia. You have Football, and then everything else.
September 11th, 2009
1:13 pm
Chip, no prediction of the battle of the MEEK, Albany v. Kendrick,Columbus who happen to be 2 of the worst teams in the state.
September 11th, 2009
1:34 pm
No Camden County vs Hoover pick?
September 11th, 2009
2:07 pm
I pick Camden County Kris….
September 11th, 2009
3:06 pm
Peachtree Ridge 43 Northview 0. Might be less, Coach Ballard is very quick to pull the starters.
September 11th, 2009
4:24 pm
Good Luck High School Football Fans on your games tonight….
September 11th, 2009
4:51 pm
September 11th, 2009
5:15 pm
September 11th, 2009
5:50 pm
Where on this moronic site is information about camden county vs hoover?
September 11th, 2009
11:53 pm
The berrien/irwin game was almost wrong. I'm so glad the berrien boys turned it around and scored a touchdown and the extra point in the last like 11 seconds
September 12th, 2009
12:52 am
CHIP, like I predicted (AAA)Burke County will defeat (AAAA)Statesboro in Statesboro. And the Bears did that, 35-17 even though Statesboro was trying everything to stop the Bears. Including Statesboro's band playing while Burke was on their own 2 yard line. The officals played for Statesboro too, they acted like their glasses or contacts was home. Burke County was penalize for about a 100 yards, I wish you was a witness. CHIP, you said "Burke likely don't have enough to take down Statesboro." Note, Burke still have starters that haven't played since week one. Remember,the ranking doesn't mean nothing……..
September 12th, 2009
2:42 am
You need to check them Hiram Hornets out. They have always played the great teams and lost and now look at them after playing them great games thats what 3 and 0 brought us state bound….but again like I say we have lost to some great teams Lfo, Marist, St. Pius. Rome, as far as Ep and Paulding county they cant mess with the Hornet sting
September 12th, 2009
2:48 am
Hiram 2009 rec… (preseason Hiram a lot Harrison a little.) So far Hiram 54 Washington 20, Hiram 19 Northwest withfield 6, Hiram 49 Cass 6……region 7a division b state bound
September 12th, 2009
7:20 am
Great win against the Branch (Flowery Branch) 2nd week in a row that Creekview has knocked off a Ranked team (#6 Seqouyah last week, now #3 ranked Flowery Branch) Keep Picking against Creekview. Go Grizzlies
September 12th, 2009
9:24 am
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September 12th, 2009
9:26 am
The Lakeside Vikings has won their 2nd game of the season. This hasn't been done in years. Big ups to our boys. Continue your hard work. Go VIKINGS!!!!!!
September 12th, 2009
3:13 pm
Greetings 1Scout,
I have to admit, I was caught totally off guard this weekend with some of my predictions. I just knew Statesboro would have ran the tables on Burke County. I'm even more surprised that Bradwell Institute lost last night at home as well. But there you have it. This is Georgia Football everybody, on any given Friday or Saturday night, a great team can be beaten.
September 12th, 2009
6:59 pm
what is going on with MJ HIGH? formely southside high,


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Ditch your car for the bus. If you can't afford a new car, perhaps it's time to try public transportation. Check out the American Public Transportation Association's fuel savings calculator. Putting a price tag on how much the bus could save you might make it a little easier to hop aboard. Once you're ready to try it, use their map to find public transit systems near you.
Cut costs on your own. If you can't afford a new fuel-efficient car and can't (or won't) use public transportation, there are plenty of ways you can cut back on gas while continuing to drive your current car. Money Talks News has mentioned these tricks many times, but one post is by far the most popular: "28 ways to save on gas you already know -- and maybe one you don't."
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"Ditch your car for a new one." Yeah, pretty obvious this is the business section. Writers and editors approaching the problem from a "make consumers buy more, so businesses earn more" viewpoint. Since 99% of Americans with an overpriced SUV or whatever are upside down, trading for a small car means that they will be adding 30%+ debt to the car's value.
Better idea: ESPECIALLY with rising prices on small cars thanks to closed Japanese plants; buy a used compact car - go 5-6 years used, or more. If your neck of the woods means all older cars are rusted out bombs, look for cars in the South or West and plan a mini-vacation. Keep the SUV, because you will hate yourself for dumping it. Run the tires off the used car and then sell it for $800 when you can't stand being in it anymore.
"Ditch your car for a new one." Tisk Tisk Tisk You should always maintain the car you own instead of buying new. This article must have been written by a typical liberal hippycrit. They always seem to leave out the fact that the car you sell will still be driven by someone else which now puts 2 cars on the road instead of one.
PS what is up with the liberal media machine pushing electric cars like a cureall for the real actual issues at hand? This is why people are waking up to the horrid reporting coming from the left.
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