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Behold the White-Lined Sphinx Moth
Our cat used to catch them.
She'd bring them into the house and watch them flutter at our feet.
The white-lined sphinx moth (Hyles lineata) flies during the day and at night. It's not a graceful flier. It bumbles along like Howard Hughes' Spruce Goose on empty.
With a wing span between 2.7 and 3.9 inches long, it's easy to notice as it nectars on salvia (sage), honeysuckle, larkspur, columbines and other flowers. Some folks know it by its nickname, "the hummingbird moth."
A member of the Sphingidae family, the white-lined sphinx moth is found throughout most of the United States, plus Mexico, Central America and Canada. It's also been found in other parts of the world, including the West Indies.
It's definitely a delight to see! (But preferably not in the cat's mouth.)
White-lined sphinx moth in flight. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
White-lined sphinx moth heads for salvia (sage). (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
View from above of the white-lined sphinx moth. (Photo by Kathy Keatley Garvey)
Sage Advice
Sage advice: If you're thinking of planting a bee friendly garden, think sage.
Also commonly known as salvia, this bee friendly plant belongs to the mint family, Lamiaceae. The Salvia genus includes some 900 species, so your choices are good.
Red, pink, blue and purple are common; yellow and white, less common. Carpenter bees and bumble bees like to pierce the tubular calyx for the sweet nectar. Sage is also a favorite of honey bees, hover flies and hummingbirds.
For a really stunning sage, check out the sapphire-blue Salvia guaranitica, native to southeastern Brazil, Paraguay and northern Argentina.
You'll see the intense blue flowers long before you notice the honey bees.
What bees?
Stunning Sage
Bluest of the Blue
First Garden, First Hives, First Bees
This week (June 22-28) is National Pollinator Week, and what better time to celebrate the honey bee than now?
The White House Victory Garden, planted the first day of spring on part of the South Lawn, now has thousands of new residents: honey bees (Apis mellifera).
The two bee hives are a joy to see. America's First Family has First Hives in its First Garden with First Bees that will soon provide First Honey. The "commander-in-chef" will add First Honey to the White House favorite recipes.
Frankly, the South Lawn has never looked so good. The Rose Garden, where many a press conference takes place, pales in comparison. The Victory Garden is a victory for sustainable agriculture, nutrition, education, the economy and the environment--not to mention the incredible feeling of accomplishment and the surpassed taste of freshly picked vegetables.
UC Davis' counterpart to a Victory Garden is the Häagen-Dazs Honey Bee Haven, a half-acre bee friendly garden to be planted this fall near the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Faciity. A Sausalito team submitted the winning design. The haven is expected to be dedicated in October. Honey bees will find a year-around food source, while visitors (the two-legged kind) will be able to savor the garden and glean new ideas for their own gardens.
Almond, apple, black elderberry, California buckwheat, California honeysuckle, coyote brush, lavender, Oregon grape, persimmon, plum, sage, tower of jewels...A veritable bee smorgasbord.
It will be National Pollinator Week every week and the honey bee will be the Poster Child every day.
That's the least we can do for the most important of all insects.
Poster Child
Pollinator Paradise
There's been trouble in paradise far too long.
Now, thanks to a generous donation from Häagen-Dazs, there will be a pollinator paradise--in the way of a bee friendly garden--at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility at UC Davis.
Häagen-Dazs announced this week it will donate $125,000 to the UC Davis Department of Entomology to launch a nationwide design competition to create a one-half acre honey bee haven garden on Bee Biology Road. Häagen-Dazs has commited $65,000 of the $125,000 to establish the garden.
"The honey bee haven will be a pollinator paradise," said Lynn Kimsey, chair of the UC Davis Department of Entomology and director of the Bohart Museum of Entomology. "It will provide a much needed, year-round food source for our bees at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility. We anticipate it also will be a gathering place to inform and educate the public about bees. We are grateful to Haagen-Dazs for its continued efforts to ensure bee health."
And you are invited to design it. The nationwide contest is open to anyone who can design a garden, using basic landscape principles. The rules, a list of bee friendly plants, design examples and other information is on the UC Davis Department of Entomology Web site.
Häagen-Dazs is funding the design competition and the
"The garden will be extremely helpful in demonstrating that bees are not a nuisance in the backyard, but instead are obtaining food and water essential for their survival," Eric Mussen, a Cooperative Extension apiculturist and a 32-year member of the UC Davis Department of Entomology faculty, told us.
"Campus visitors," he said. "will be able to see which flowers are most attractive to foraging honey bees and how to space the flowers in order to have bees flying in the most convenient areas of their gardens."
The deadline to submit a design is Jan. 30, 2009. Mail your design to the
More information on the design competition is available from Melissa Borel, program manager at UC Davis'
You should also check out the Häagen-Dazs educational Web site at http://www.helpthehoneybees.com. In February they commited a total of $250,000 in honey bee research to UC Davis and Pennsylvania State. And now: another way to help the honey bees.
The design competition winner will receive recognition on the Häagen-Dazs commemorative plaque at the entrance to the garden. Another gift will be a year's supply of Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
The real winners, however, are the honey bees. The bees at the Laidlaw facility will receive their very own fully-stocked pantry right in their back yard.
The real winners, however, are the honey bees. The bees at the Laidlaw facility will receive their very own fully-stocked pantry right in their back yard.
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Honey bee on sage
Fly Away
God in His wisdom made the fly
And then forgot to tell us why.
Every time I see a fly I think of the Ogden Nash poem.
Our bee-friendly garden is attracting a few flies. I captured this one visiting sage and then preserved it for posterity: I posterized it in Photoshop./st1:city>/st1:place>/o:smarttagtype>/o:smarttagtype>
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A posting system designed to reduce rear-foot movement.
Outsole feature that helps stabilize and guides the foot through the walking gait cycle.
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"I have bought two pairs in the last two years because they look good. I don't have complains about comfort or fitting, however the quality of the rubber sole is really bad. The heels of the first pair worn out earlier than other shoes from NB I have used before, the last pair was even worse, after less than 60 days of use I had to return them and because they were returned a little over the 30 days allowance I have to pay the shipping. I do not recommend this shoe."
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May 15, 2014 by Ray | New York, NY, USA
Yes, I recommend this product.
"Some don't like this model over the last model time to stop whining, I love this shoe forgot when I bought them at least a year ago and still using them every day. had to replace the inserts and still going wore out the heel cushion and still feel great. my feet used to burn in other shoes NOT THESE !!!!. if these are bad then give me more on my feet for ten hours a day, LOVE THEM MW928..............................................."
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Nov 2009
"He can get it up with medicine and does so to pleasure me," is problematic because if he's not benefiting from the sex it will become "work" and he'll tire of it and quit, pushing you to exercise the sex without feeling option.
Human moral codes are all over the spectrum so it sounds like his are out of synch with yours. You'll have to figure out how much that affects your relationship, especially if you're a person who only has sex with a person about whom you care (violating his cheat without caring rule). I wonder if he is really okay with cheating without caring, i.e., did that work in a previous relationship or did it kill the relationship. People often say similar things, but then they can't believe you don't have feelings for the third party.
Finally, from your description it sounds like he's internalizing his emotions. He may reach a point he can no longer do that and will explode in a murderous rage. Don't be there if that happens.


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Javier Lacunza
Florida Atlantic Student-Athletes Excel Academically
Owls Set School Record With 61 Rebounds in Victory
Trapp Scores a Career High 23 Points
Eight student-athletes were named to the president's list after earning a perfect 4.0 GPA for fall 2012.
Annual Meeting with Crosstown Rival Kicks Off Season
Freshman (2012-13): Appeared in eight games on the year, hit a pair of free throws, had a steal and grabbed a rebound vs. Warner (12/9/12)....also scored a point vs. Dayton (12/15/12)...pulled down a rebound vs. Arkansas State (1/26/13)...had a steal vs. FIU (3/2/13).
Prep:Averaged 13.7 points and 12.0 rebounds as junior at Hudson Falls (NY) HS while playing for O.J. Lescaver. He had 31 points and 20 rebounds in his best game that season. He returned to Spain for his senior year where he averaged 21.1 points, 9.2 rebounds and 4.0 assists per game.
Personal: Son of Ana Carmen Abecia and Jose Javier Lacunza. Enjoys playing soccer.


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Cunt who pishes himself. Can't handle a drink. The pee is usually a word to define a rapist. A person who can't talk to girls because of his wee portion. Takes it up the arse on occasion and looks like Shrek. Known as an all round bellend.
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April 23, 2013
Wednesday, April 24, 2013 National Walk @ Lunch DayWoman's Hospital employees invite the community to celebrate National Walk @ Lunch Day with a pre-walk warm up for the March for Babies along the one-mile walking path around Woman's campus lake. The 2013 March for Babies event will be held on Saturday, April 27 at AZ Young Park at 755 3rd Street.
— Kicking off the lunchtime exercise will be Woman's President and CEO, Teri Fontenot, the 2013 Baton Rouge March for Babies chair; this year's March of Dimes Ambassador Mom; and Woman's Chief of Neonatology.
— The March of Dimes is celebrating its 75th anniversary of helping newborns lead healthier lives.
— Woman's Newborn and Infant Intensive Care Unit (NICU) cares for more than 1,200 babies each year. Woman's has delivered more than 300,000 babies in its 44-year history.
— One of the best ways to prevent birth defects is through "preconception care," or improving a woman's health habits to improve her chances of getting pregnant, having a healthy pregnancy and having a healthy baby. These include the following:
- Take 0.4 to 0.8 mg of folic acid every day.
- Stop smoking and drinking alcohol.
- If you have a medical condition, be sure it is under control.
- Talk to your doctor about any over-the-counter and prescription medicines.
- Avoid contact with toxic substances or materials that could cause infection at work and at home.
Event Details...
Pre-walk warm up for the March for Babies
Date: Wednesday, April 24
Time: 12:30 PM
Location: New Woman's Hospital, 100 Woman's Way – Outdoor Plaza – one-mile walking path around Woman's campus lake


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Katy Perry 's mammoth Prismatic World Tour gets underway May 7 in Northern Ireland, and the singer has been teasing fans on social media with glimpses of some of the show's production elements. The latest tease comes in the form of a sketch, posted to Katy's Instagram account, showing one of her new stage costumes, designed by Valentino.
The sketch, accompanied by the words "happiness is a butterfly," reveals a long, apparently sheer gown, and an accompanying colorful butterfly cape.
"Let's start the 10 day countdown with a little couture," Katy writes in the caption.
No word on what song the dress is will be worn for, but in "Roar," Katy paraphrases a famous rhyme by boxing great Muhammad Ali , singing, "Now I'm floating like a butterfly/Stinging like a bee."
The Prismatic World Tour hits the U.S. June 22 with a show in Raleigh, NC and wraps up its U.S. leg October 11 in Houston before heading to Mexico and Australia.
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Minnesota's fall-color season is gearing up for what's expected to be an impressive show.
The peak color is arriving a bit later than it did last year, thanks to a warm September. Pat Arndt of the Parks and Trails Division at the Department of Natural Resources tells Minnesota Public Radio (http://bit.ly/16kvp4E ) it takes cool nights of 32 to 40 or 45 degrees and warm days to start the color changing.
DNR observers are reporting just pockets of color so far, such an area of Itasca and Koochiching counties in northern Minnesota. The North Shore is less than 75 percent turned because Lake Superior moderates temperatures, she says but the colors are starting to pop inland in cooler parts of northeastern Minnesota.
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"They were shutting us down especially in that third and early part of that fourth quarter. We've got to play better. Offensively, there's no excuses, especially with the guys that we have on that side of the ball. . . . But, just like always, we came up with the plays when we had to."
Falcons tight end Tony Gonzalez
"They've had our number. There's no doubt about it, they've had our number. It feels really, really good to come out and get that victory. I'd be lying to you if I didn't say thoughts going the way of getting a loss again, even when we got that lead, crept up in my mind."
"If you are worried about what you are doing in January during September, October, November, December you're wasting your time. So I've tried to keep that week-to-week focus but, at the same time, we've had some sour taste in our mouths and the end of the last couple seasons so hopefully we'll have an opportunity to change that."
Falcons quarterback Matt Ryan on if he's eager to get to the playoffs
"Because they beat us. We only lost one game this year and it was to them. And then they are our rivals, so automatically it was going to be a tough game. We wanted to get back at them."
Falcons defensive end John Abraham on why the game was so emotional for him
"'Willie Mo' is probably the best strong safety in the NFL. He doesn't get a lot of credit. I've seen him mature over the years. He's playing like a big-time player, which he is a big-time player."
Falcons cornerback Dunta Robinson on teammate William Moore
"Nothing to say to the doubters. We are going to play our game. We don't care what anyone says. They like us, they hate us, they want to bandwagon us—it doesn't matter. It's all about the people in the locker room and this staff."
Falcons cornerback Robert McClain
"They put up 17 points real quickly. The first drive they scored. They scored again. It was 14 nothing before we could blink our eyes."
Saints linebacker Jonathan Vilma
"I take full responsibility for this loss. I didn't do a good job of preparing our football team to come in here and get the job done. We will go back to work tomorrow. The future as far as the playoffs go looks bleak right now but we will still work to get better every day."
Saints interim coach Joe Vitt
Falcons avenge their only loss to improve to 11-1
Turner becomes franchise's all-time leading touchdown leader
Falcons quoteboard: What they were saying after the game
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November 30th, 2012
1:55 am
That and 5 INTs!
November 30th, 2012
2:17 am
Yeah, so where is Seen This Before???? Not much to such now? Wait a minute… I know… It is Roger Goodell's fault the Aints lost… Love it….
November 30th, 2012
2:28 am
Who you calling little brother bagheads? No playoffs in site, Vilma can concentrate on lying about Bounty Gate. Time to pay the piper "Boys" you are no longer blessed.
November 30th, 2012
2:42 am
Sorry, holding the overall record at 47-41, beating the aints like a drum preBrees since they came in the league, and spanking them tonight and sending them home without dinner, all that adds up to Big Falcon Brother giving the whiney bounty cheating little squirt brother a lesson in what a rivalry is and who owns it. Go home little child, learn to play fair and not cheat and we;ll beat your a$$ next year for good measure.
November 30th, 2012
4:36 am
Falcons cornerback Robert McClain:
"Nothing to say to the doubters. We are going to play our game. We don't care what anyone says. They like us, they hate us, they want to bandwagon us—it doesn't matter. It's all about the people in the locker room and this staff."
November 30th, 2012
5:49 am
Finding a way (s) to win bodes well for the future. Defense was stellar. We seemed lost in the 3rd qtr. I remain convinced that a bruising running back available in the second half would be a big improvement. MT33 fell back into his plodding and stopping and the O lline needs to block better. As Brees pointed out ,"they went 1-9 in third downs".
Appears that we have no answer for getting yards on first down and we are forced to try a "conservative approach" to gain yards.
If we had not had 5 Pic 6's and a slip and a drop in the endzone, we would have lost. That is a reality.
Good game..Angry Birds….Rise UP
November 30th, 2012
6:42 am
Elvis…I wouldn't be so quick to play the "if" game when it comes to the outcome of the game. What "if" we didn't drop so many passes? What "if" Konz has a better game (he got beat like a drum repeatedly). Since the clock and score affect play-calling and sometimes the intensity and focus of the players, its hard to play what if and change two to three plays scattered throughout the game and determine the outcome.
Reality is that we won and did it with great defense.
November 30th, 2012
8:01 am
WHO DAT WHO DAT WHO DAT WHO DAT… Drew Brees 5 INT DAT
November 30th, 2012
8:18 am
oh yeah, willie mo you a baller!
November 30th, 2012
8:50 am
The dome was electric last night..
November 30th, 2012
9:00 am
[...] Falcons quoteboard: What they were saying after the game [...]
November 30th, 2012
9:06 am
Anytime we can beat the AINTS it is a fantastic victory! The D held strong and did as good as any in the NFL last night! I am concerned with the O, though. Look at the scores the past 5 weeks and you see why ATL is not putting opponents away. Konz needs to grow up fast and age has caught up on McClure. We really need those two to improve going into the playoffs. They are the weak link. Hope Samuel gets back soon, but don't rush it…be healthy for the playoffs!
November 30th, 2012
9:15 am
Game ball goes to number 25 hands down.
November 30th, 2012
10:08 am
I love beating a Taint!!! THE most annoying fans in the NFL…..Nice to put them out of the playoffs, to end the streak of shorty D Breez and move on about our business…..NEXT!
November 30th, 2012
10:10 am
I don't play Fantasy or bet on games, I just enjoy watching the NFL. As a long time fan, the Falcons have been highly entertaining. I'm getting used to their come back excitement and find college blowouts boring. Considering where the Falcons have been prior to Smitty & company, this seems like heaven, man!
November 30th, 2012
11:00 am
A few weeks ago, if you told me we would be playing NO without Grimes and Samuel, I would say we don't have a chance. Thanks McClain for becoming a good corner and thank you Owens for doing a good job also. Defense, good job.
How this offense did such a good job the 1st qtr then shut down amazes me. Playing NO and dropping passes that stop drives can't continue. MT & JR ran good 1st qtr but when it quit working MS went right back to trying to get MT touches and the result was 2nd and long. It looks like MS is doing the play calling. If not, I'm not sure I like DK's play calling. Why don't we have the pitchout that moves the defense a half step in the other direction. Hard to discribe.
We started out as a power house, then we were very lucky. How can this NO mediocre defense hold us to 2 FG's in the last 3 qtrs? I love this team and being 11-1 but I wanted to continue what we did in that 1st qtr. Seems we never do that.
November 30th, 2012
11:08 am
PS – Samuel has 10 days to rest that shoulder before the Carolina game. If it's not quite ready by then, I say rest it another week and make sure it's good and healed.
November 30th, 2012
11:12 am
Another quote from Vitt:
"What's that? Ah — Playoffs? Don't talk about — playoffs? You kidding me? Playoffs? I just hope we can win a game! Another game"
November 30th, 2012
5:28 pm
Drew Brees Week 13 @ Falcons
PreGame: "This is OUR division! We know it! And THEY know it!"
Recap: 5 picks, one ended streak, QBR of 23.4 (No, this is not Mark Sanchez), and Falcons dominate.
Result: LMAO
November 30th, 2012
9:35 pm
To the defense;Great EFFORT&GAME! To the offense,sporadic to watch last night but a win is what counts.To the coach,IF the running game results from the first quarter last night can be duplicated for 4 quarters,the road to the SUPER BOWL will be all downhill.Good Luck Team!
December 1st, 2012
2:12 am
11-1 just about says it all beating the Saints is great this is the year of the FALCONS!
December 1st, 2012
2:13 am
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December 1st, 2012
11:11 am
Mr. Blank; Dimitroff, re-up on Coach Nolan; He schemes it up very well defensively, that he's gotten the best out of Bierman, Decoud, new guy Robert McClain, Moore, etc. of others whom van Gorder couldn't even give a sniff off the bench to. Coach Nolan makes adjustments that made Breezy, & Peyton Manning look like Deer N' the headlights, Dazed & confused, w/ the Line change schemes before the ball is snapped, w/ different looks, Look like Breeze was confused before the ball was snapped. Thank You Coach Nolan. Great(unpredictable)scheming defenses win Championships, Coach, keep it up, & Lets Bring it Home in January. P.S. Mr. Blank, Great Coaches far, few, & between, hard to find. Take care of 'em & his family for a long while. He gets the best out of the talent he's got, we Long suff'rn fans havn't seen this since'98,Gotta love it man!
December 3rd, 2012
9:01 am
This defensive secondary has really been a nice surprise! They needed to improve tremendously from last year and they have. The young kids are putting in the hard work and growing to become stars right before our eyes. In spite of injuries, this whole defense gets better every week. And John Abraham… I LOVE YOU MAN! Way to show that unbelievable strength and energy the WHOLE game. This entire defense, including all those on the bench, show fire in their belly and have the potential to emege as the winning force in the playoffs. It is tough for a team to lose when the have the ability to prevent the best QB in the NFL from getting a touchdown pass and they can intercept him FIVE times. That says something! They have played some of the best QBs in the NFL and made them look BAD. GO FALCONS! YOU ARE RISING UP!
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Benson woman spends night in woodsBy Darren Marcy
Staff Writer | November 20,2013BENSON A Benson woman was found about 7:30 a.m. Tuesday after she spent a night lost in the woods.
Vermont State Police said Francheska Chalidze, 78, of Benson was last seen at 11:30 a.m. Monday at her home on Herrick Road in Benson. But it is believed she went for a walk about 3 p.m., didnt make it back before dark and became lost.
She was reported missing about 11:25 p.m.
Lisa Chalidze of Benson said her sister-in-laws housemate reported her missing as soon as she discovered she had not returned from her walk.
Francheska Chalidze suffered a stroke about one year ago. She did not lose cognitive abilities, her sister in law said, but she was robbed of her speech.
Chalidze was dressed for the outdoors, but not an overnight stay in the woods. She was wearing a white coat and a hunter-orange cap.
I think she just went out for a walk, Vermont State Police Lt. Charles Cacciatore said. She enjoys walking and this was just one of those situations where it got away from her.
Lisa Chalidze said her sister-in-law spent most of the night walking to stay warm as snow fell and wind blew.
A search was launched when Francheska Chalidze was reported missing. Volunteers searched throughout the night, and a helicopter was launched as soon as it was safe Tuesday morning.
Chalidze was spotted by the crew of a Customs and Border Protection helicopter at about 7:30 a.m., a few miles from her home.
She appeared to be in good health and good spirits despite the night in the woods and was treated by the Fair Haven Rescue Squad, police said.
Im just glad she is OK, Cacciatore said. Everybody did a super job working together and locating her.
Vermont State Police, the Benson Fire Department and New England K9 Search and Rescue joined in the search. Wardens from the state Fish & Wildlife Department were on their way when the woman was located.
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By Joel Klein
The opinions expressed are his own.
Reuters invited leading educators to reply to Steven Brill's op-ed on the school reform deniers. We will be publishing the responses here. Below is Klein's reply. Here are responses from Diane Ravitch and Deborah Meier as well.
Like Ronald Reagan, Steven Brill believes "facts are stubborn things." That's why he found his two-year immersion in the world of edu-politics enormously frustrating. There, ideology and spin often matter most. As Brill puts it, the world of public education "give[s] new meaning to the notion that if you repeat something that is plainly untrue enough times it starts to seem true, or at least become part of the debate." It's maddening but, sadly, as Brill demonstrates, even the mainstream media often go along for the ride.
In Brill's essay above, as well as his just-released book, "Class Warfare", he doggedly chases down the facts and repeatedly punches holes in the current protagonists' talking points, especially those of the "school reform deniers" — i.e., the unions and their academic supporters — though he takes a few shots at the reformers as well. When he says the facts show that "public education is failing our children," and "[t]his is not a matter of money," or "not about class size as much as it is about who is in front of the class," he's demonstrably correct but, rest assured, that won't stop the deniers from attacking him with cherry-picked data and flawed analyses.
Because of his commitment to ferreting out the facts through tough and thorough reporting, Brill's a brilliant diagnostician. No one has previously brought the education debate to life the way he has. And not a moment too soon. This is the most important issue our nation faces and, unfortunately, most Americans either don't know or don't care much about it. But if they read Brill they will see that the depressing picture he paints of the current state of public education is (unfortunately) accurate and that, in no small measure, this is because the unions effectively promote their own and their members' self-interests, even when doing so hurts kids.
Having diagnosed the problem well, Brill spends much less time proposing a solution. He says that his "prescription for how we turn around public schools" is "not by abolishing the unions but by persuading or forcing them to engage in real reforms." As to just how we either "persuade" or "force" the unions to do this, Brill mentions a couple of ideas that I discuss below. His suggestion in his new book that Randi Weingarten be appointed to run the NYC school system is provocative but, as he has acknowledged, not going to happen. Back to the real world.


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TAMPA, Fla. -- Two touchdowns on offence and one each on defence and special teams. Now that's what Greg Schiano classifies as a real team victory.
Tampa Bay's suddenly potent offence got some help from unlikely sources in rolling to another high-scoring victory over Philip Rivers and the San Diego Chargers on Sunday.
Josh Freeman threw a pair of touchdown passes and the surging Bucs scored on a blocked punt and Leonard Johnson's 83-yard interception return to beat the Chargers 34-24 for their third straight win.
"Our guys played team football. That's what we needed to do. It's like a pitcher when he goes out there. Maybe he doesn't have his fastball that day, but he works the whole game with different pitches and battles through it," Schiano said. "That's what our team did, held each other up."
Freeman has thrown for 13 TDs with just one interception in his past five games, helping the Bucs (5-4) win four times to climb over .500 following a 1-3 start.
Normally known for playing stingy defence but sputtering offensively, Tampa Bay has scored 28 or more in five consecutive games for the first time, averaging 35 per game during the stretch.
They did it this time with help from linebacker Adam Heyward, who scooped up a punt blocked by Dekoda Watson and ran 29 yards for a second-quarter touchdown.
Rivers threw for 337 yards and three TDs for San Diego. However, he was intercepted twice in the fourth quarter to ruin any chance of the Chargers (4-5) coming from behind.
The Chargers outgained the Bucs 426 yards to 279, had 23 first downs to Tampa Bay's 12 and finished with more than a 13-minute advantage in time of possession yet lost the fourth time in five games.
"It's not acceptable to play hard and not win, and that's what happened," Chargers coach Norv Turner said in response to a question about his team's effort.
"Is it acceptable? No, it's not acceptable. Is it acceptable having a blocked punt and an interception for a touchdown? No," Turner added. "That's not what we're trying to accomplish out there. We're trying to go win games, and those things are keeping us from winning."
Tampa Bay linebacker Quincy Black was carted off the field after tackling the Chargers running back Ryan Mathews for a 1-yard loss late in the third quarter.
The Bucs did not make an announcement on the specific nature of the injury, but trainers examined the sixth-year pro for several minutes before immobilizing his neck and back and strapping him to a stretcher.
Schiano said Black was taken to a hospital for observation, but that the club expected him to be OK.
"We think he's going to be OK, but he's got to work through some things," said Schiano, who was the coach at Rutgers when former Scrlet Knights player Eric LeGrand broke two vertebrae and suffered a serious spinal cord injury in October 2010 during a kickoff return against Army.
The first-year NFL coach said thoughts of the paralyzed defensive lineman went through his mind when Black remained on the ground.
"I thought about it immediately. When a guy goes down and he's still," Schiano said before stopping abruptly. "The good thing was Quincy immediately moved his right arm, so that was a relief."
Freeman threw scoring passes of 3 yards to Dallas Clark and 15 to Tiquan Underwood, the latter set up by the quarterback's 4-yard run on fourth-and-inches, and a 31-yard completion to Vincent Jackson. The former Chargers receiver had five receptions for 59 yards in his first game against his old team.
Connor Barth kicked two field goals for Tampa Bay, including a 45-yarder that clinched the game after Rivers threw his second interception with San Diego trailing 31-24.
Rivers also made a huge mistake on his first interception, releasing a pass that went straight to Johnson as the quarterback was scampering out of bounds to avoid a sack. Johnson took off up the sideline, running through lineman Jeromey Clary's potential tackle near midfield and outrunning the rest of the pursuit to the end zone to put Tampa Bay up 31-21 early in the fourth quarter.
"In hindsight, not only do I wish I was throwing it over his head, I probably shouldn't have thrown the ball, period. Field goal ties it up. Quick decisions, and I made the wrong one there," Rivers said.
"It's a humbling game because it shows how one play, essentially one play, can ruin a game," the San Diego quarterback added. "We killed ourselves on the interception for touchdown. We were rolling pretty good most of the game."
Jackson had three 1,000-yard seasons and was a two-time Pro Bowl selection in seven years with the Chargers, who have not been as potent offensively without him.
Facing the NFL's lowest-ranked pass defence, though, San Diego had three scoring drives of 80 yards in the first half. Rivers was 16 of 18 for 218 yards and no interceptions in the first two quarters. The Chargers held the ball for more than 8 minutes before taking a 21-17 lead on Malcolm Floyd's 3-yard TD reception with 27 seconds left in the half.
Danario Alexander scored on an 80-yard reception in which he spun out of the grasp of Johnson on San Diego's opening possession. Rivers later threw a 13-yard TD pass to Antonio Gates for a 14-7 lead.
A week after rushing for 251 yards and four touchdowns in a 42-32 victory at Oakland, Bucs rookie sensation Doug Martin set up Clark's first-quarter touchdown with a 42-yard reception and finished with 68 yards rushing on 19 carries.
Freeman completed 14 of 20 passes for 210 yards. His 54-yard completion to Mike Williams on third-and-12 set up Barth's 40-yard field goal in the second quarter.
Rivers finished 29 of 37 and was sacked twice. Alexander had five receptions for 134 yards.
NOTES: Gates has 80 career TD receptions, one behind Hall of Famer Lance Alworth for San Diego's franchise record. ... The Bucs beat the Chargers for only the second time in 10 meetings all-time. ... Bucs CB Eric Wright left the game in the first half with an ankle injury and did not return.
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Pergola to Speak at W&L on Healing Wisdom of Maasai People of Africa
Dr. Tanya Pergola, an author, inspirational speaker, community development orchestrator, healing safari guide, and yoga and meditation instructor, will speak at W&L on Tuesday, Sept. 30, at 7:30 p.m. in Stackhouse Theater in Elrod Commons.
Harvard Professor to Give Mudd Distinguished Lecture in Ethics at W&L
Charles Ogletree, the Jesse Climenko Professor of Law at Harvard University, will give the Mudd Distinguished Lecture in Ethics for 2014-2015 at Washington and Lee University. Ogletree's talk will be Wednesday, Oct. 1, at 4:30 p.m. in Lee Chapel.
Glasgow Endowment to Sponsor Poetry Reading at W&L
Poets Jane Satterfield and Ned Balbo will give a poetry reading at Washington and Lee University on Thursday, Oct. 2, at 4:30 p.m. in Northen Auditorium, Leyburn Library. They will read from their recent work.
Moving Toward Democracy?
In Hong Kong over the weekend, pro-democracy demonstrations, largely led by students, erupted in response to China's decision to allow only Beijing-vetted candidates to stand in the city's 2017 election for the top civil position of chief executive.
James C. Rees IV, Honorary Degree Recipient, Dies at 62
James C. Rees IV, who received an honorary degree from W&L in 2012, died on Sept. 9, in Markham, Virginia. He served as president and CEO of Mount Vernon, the historic home of George Washington, from 1994 until retiring in 2012.
W&L Music Faculty Play Rare Clementi Grand Piano, Record CD
Only seven grand fortepianos built by Muzio Clementi, sometimes called the father of the piano, are known to have survived in the worldand one of them, restored to its former glory, now resides in the Department of Music at Washington and Lee University.
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ATHENS — Georgia coach Mark Richt, under fire since the Bulldogs' loss on Saturday, found himself on the defensive again during Wednesday's SEC coaches' teleconference. By the time he met with beat reporters at the end of Wednesday's practice, he had resorted to sarcasm.
"I can only guess what I'll be asked today," he said with a smile.
When he got a somewhat loaded question, Richt decided to have some fun with it.
The question: "After the game on Saturday, was your response more encouragement and trying to be positive or have you reached a point where you've thrown chairs and really tried to light a fire?"
His answer: "Everybody want me to snap? Is that what they want? You all want to see me snap, is that what it is? Yeah? Well, we don't discuss what happens in the locker room. But if you guys want me to throw a table or something I'll do that, maybe smash a camera, if that makes everybody feel better."
Reporters laughed and Richt did, too. But he has encountered a similar line of questioning for much of the last four days. In fact, six questions during Wednesday's teleconference had something to do with his coaching status or the mood of his team or the fanbase.
"We're just coaching ball, OK?," Richt said. "You guys want to make things bigger than they are. The bottom line is like anything in life, you've got to control what you can and that is my attitude and my effort and our team's attitude and effort. That's true every season. . . . Everybody's locked in, everybody's working hard and everybody's confident we're going to have a good ballgame."
Offensive line issues continue
Richt pointed to third-down pass protection as the Bulldogs' biggest breakdown after last Saturday's 35-21 loss to No. 4 Boise State in the Georgia Dome. Four days later, he was seeing the same problems on Woodruff Practice Fields.
"Some things just got in my craw," Richt said after the Bulldogs practiced in full pads for a rare second day in a row in a game week. "Third-down pass protection was just not very good today. You've got to win the possession downs, third-and-short, third-and-medium, third-and-long. You usually pass more than you run and we just didn't protect very good, not good enough to beat anybody.
"Our boys better get it going or Murray is going to be on his back. That's what made me the most mad."
Sophomore quarterback Aaron Murray was sacked six times and pressured another 10 times against the Broncos.
Enter South Carolina, which is believed to have one of the best defensive fronts in the SEC. The Gamecocks are particularly strong at defensive end, where junior Devin Taylor (6-7, 248) is a first-team All-SEC and Jadeveon Clowney (6-6, 250) was the No. 1 freshman signee in America.
The key for Georgia, senior center Ben Jones said, is being better on first and second down.
"That's what happens when you get in third-and-long," Jones said. "If we had been in third-and-short they couldn't have brought those blitzes because they would have known we might run the ball. So that's what we're focusing on, getting into third-and-mediums and third-and-short so they have to guess run or pass."
Kwame Geathers still sidelined
Starting nose guard Kwame Geathers was unable to practice with the No. 1 defense for a third consecutive day. The 6-foot-6, 350-pound sophomore from Georgetown, S.C., suffered a neck sprain (aka, "stinger") in the opener. Nonetheless, Richt believes Geathers will be ready to play on Saturday.
"Kwame is from South Carolina and he wants to play in this ballgame," Richt said. "I don't think you could keep him out of this one. We're just trying to be wise. We don't want to light him up again and set him back."
The good news is junior college transfer John Jenkins has been getting almost all the repetitions in practice with the first team. And he needs them.
Defensive coordinator Todd Grantham said this week he believes that Jenkins and Geathers together can help Georgia defend the zone-read dive play up the middle the Gamecocks ran with such effectiveness last year. Tailback Marcus Lattimore had 182 yards rushing and scored two touchdowns on 37 carries in South Carolina's 17-6 win in Columbia.
Etc. . . .
Richt said the Bulldogs will make a decision on the starting Mo linebacker on Thursday. "We will after we watch the film and discuss what happened today," Richt said. Georgia is having to replace starter Alec Ogletree, who suffered a broken foot last week. . . . Wide receiver Marlon Brown practiced but was did not participate in contact. His left ankle was heavily wrapped. . . . Georgia practiced on the artificial turf fields Wednesday afternoon in hopes of it being lightly warmer than on the grass fields.
September 7th, 2011
9:40 pm
Bye Richt.
September 7th, 2011
9:44 pm
Uhhhh,, the line wasn't very good in any down, not just 3rd.
September 7th, 2011
9:45 pm
just beat SC and all will be right with the Bulldawg world
September 7th, 2011
9:54 pm
If we had so many people cramping inside the dome, what happens on Saturday at @ 4:30, when it's 85 degrees outside? Could be a rough one, if geathers cannot play and Jenkins takes all the reps.
September 7th, 2011
9:54 pm
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September 7th, 2011
10:02 pm
I feel sorry for Coach Richt. He is a great man and I know he is doing all he can to turn this around. I believe we will win the game on Saturday. South Carolinia has had 13 turnovers in the last 3 games. You just stop that. Remember Goff and Donnan teams got into mood. Spurrier sound like he is coming to Athens like he went to Jax in 96. Go Dawgs.
September 7th, 2011
10:04 pm
September 7th, 2011
10:05 pm
We need a hard nose coach!!! How many hammies did Saban have? Ga bulldawgs r a joke
September 7th, 2011
10:07 pm
I want our fans to be loud and intense for this game. If anybody going to the game thinks they might want to sit on their hands if things start going against us then keep your a$$ at home.
September 7th, 2011
10:07 pm
The Gators r gonna beat the livn sht out of us w a new teama and a hard nose coach. I Belive n god 2
September 7th, 2011
10:08 pm
Focus on improving every week. Don't leave out the imagination…I remember the year Dooley broke his down streak in the '70's, he ran a gimmick play involving the center. It turned into a touchdown while the opposing team stood and watched the guy gallop to the endzone like a deer caught in the headlights. Dooley had discussed the play with officials prior to the game to verify it's legality.. It wasn't a critical play in and of itself, but it seemed to open doors and the opposition didn't know what to expect when they played Georgia. 2 yards and a cloud of dust became 3-4 yards and a cloud of dust.
I'm just saying don't allow yourselves to get wrapped around the axle of what everyone expects to see UGA do on the field. Change it up. Use your strengths to your advantage. The o-line is a weakness right now. Work around it till it gels. Call plays that allows Murray to take advantage of zone reads with two to three step drops with a quick release with a safety valve/run option. Waggle passes, draws,and the occasional suprise. Take advantage of the speed and talent on both sides of the ball (i.e. BOYKIN, CROWELL, to name a few). Get the ball in the hands of the playmakers and soon you will be able to run ball control offense. But the line needs time. They're not ready for the offense you are trying to run.
September 7th, 2011
10:12 pm
"We're just coaching ball, OK?", "….like anything in life, you've got to control what you can…"
For the second week in a row Richt has raised the white flag of surrender.
We also get a glimpse into this man's mind in my opinion.
It almost sounds as if he takes whatever comes and "just" coaching ball is not that important to him.
I hope this man has the ability to see the damage he has done and decides to leave with dignity.
It doesn't sound like Coach Richt has the fire in the belly to win in The SEC.
September 7th, 2011
10:13 pm
I got a strange feeling that the Dawgs just might show up ready to play
Saturday afternoon. I still think Samuel should be moved back to ILB.
As for CMR…just WIN and the critics will go away. Lose…start packing your bags!
The main issue with CMR is that his players don't play together as a TEAM.
I have never seen ME win a championship!
September 7th, 2011
10:20 pm
One glaring distinction about the DAWG fans…..they're the most fickled on the planet!! GO DAWGS!!!
September 7th, 2011
10:21 pm
How can anyone feel sorry for Richt when be makes $3 million dollars a year to lose to Florida every year?
September 7th, 2011
10:28 pm
Maybe we need to bring back Herschel for one more year…Per HBO sports he clocked a 4.39 40 at 48 years…Simply amazing…
On another the fans need to get behind this team on Sat, if not for the coaches at least for the players…They want to play hard for you and UGA, so lets do our best Sat to show them our support and not come out with the boo birds when they make their first mistake….We can beat SC, but its going to take a great effort on everyone's part…If the fans will give it their all and make the stadium loud it will do wonders for this team…Like I said, if you don't want to do it for the coaches, do it for the players….go dawgs
September 7th, 2011
10:29 pm
Sometime good people are just in the wrong place at the wrong time and have difficulty seeing it. God will put Mark Richt where he belongs and Mark Richt will be a better man for it.
September 7th, 2011
10:31 pm
So Richt's getting agitated about the line of questioning ? Wow ! What about we fans getting tired of his team losing all the time ? Let's cut to the chase. You need to beat SC Saturday Richt or resign or be fired. There,now it out into the open…
September 7th, 2011
10:32 pm
Dawg fans aren't as fickled as you would think if the only contact you had with them was these darned BLOGS. Dawg fans are the most loyal and care enough to sit down and write a bunch of crap on a computer that amounts to nothing more than blowing off steam. Come SATURDAY…the stands will be full again and half the televisions in Georgia will be tuned to the UGA game. Win and it's a party…Lose and we're sick and bitchin' all week. But we all know that this team WILL improve as the year goes on. They got beat last week by the best QB and best TEAM they will see until bowl games. If they had won that game against Boise I would have been shocked. What did shock me however, was the play of the offensive line and the inability of the coaching staff to adjust to a game that required Murray to release the ball faster. There had to have been a reason for that, that we aren't privy to.
September 7th, 2011
10:33 pm
I hope the Dogs do better this week.
After watching the replay of the game in slow mo,
The D looked clueless against the pass.
Boise receivers just ran to an open spot.
There were too many open spots and our guys were slow to react.
The offensive line looked similarly clueless.
Boise didn't blitz much at all.
Our line looked like the Titanic after it hit the iceberg.
The bright spot on D was the run defense.
On offense…the play of the tight ends was all we can hang our hats on.
As much as I hate to say this–the team doesn't look much better than last year.
I don't know if the problem is the players, coaches or both.
Whatever it is–it will take VAST improvement to beat SC.
September 7th, 2011
10:33 pm
Dumba$$ rednecks…
September 7th, 2011
10:35 pm
Mark ( the waterhead)Richt and Mike( the goofy clown ) need to go now! Take allthe other coaches with them. Take waterhead's watergirl girl with them. Leave now or be fired!
September 7th, 2011
10:35 pm
Call me.
September 7th, 2011
10:36 pm
AMEN Mobile Dawg.
September 7th, 2011
10:40 pm
Yes, I agree–we need to support the players.
Whatever the reason for our loss against Boise
These players need to know we appreciate them.
It does no good to criicize these kids.
I don't think they want to lose or play badly.
Let's support them.
If the team keeps losing, the coaching issues will resolve themselves.
September 7th, 2011
10:49 pm
It's time to Rise Up Bulldawg Nation! C'mon. No more whining.
September 7th, 2011
10:50 pm
Attention Bulldawg Nation:
You can have ZERO faith in the coaching staff (I myself have had zero faith in Bobo the @$$ clown since he took over play calling duties).
You can think that USCjr will crush us.
BUT whatever you do, show up early and be loud to support the players, they are working hard and deserve the best atmosphere Sanford has to offer.
This is still UGA vs. The Ole Ball Coach and by Saturday we all need to be in the mindset that UGA can do it (drink a lot if that will get you going)
September 7th, 2011
10:51 pm
Hunker Down, just one more time. Have you noticed our serious decline started when Larry left. Old habits die hard, I miss Larry and Lewis.
September 7th, 2011
10:58 pm
CNET please have a vision from jesus to move the hell on. It's time to hire a real coach. He has more excuses than I can ever remember coming from the mouth of one man. In a word……… Done.
September 7th, 2011
10:58 pm
Just some observations from reading Dawg fans comments on this blog. Something to think about: One of the biggest complaints from fans is why Bobo won't open up the playbook and consequently open up the offense. I think it has a whole lot to do with who's in the backfield. First off you have a converted linebacker in Samuel who just started learning the position in spring. Secondly, you have a true freshman who has only been in camp 4 weeks at the most.
I'm not sure what quarter it was but at some point in the Boise game Samuel went down and that left just Crowell (not sure where the other guys were) to play the tailback position. I would imagine that Bobo's playbook shrunk to about a quarter of an inch thick when that happened. Yes, he should open up the play book but in reality I don't think he could if he wanted to.
It's way too early to be calling for Richt's head on a platter. It is one game that doesn't really matter and after the SC game the schedule gets way easy. UGA could reel off 5 or 6 at least whether they beat SC or not. You never know what's going to happen. That's why they line up and play the games.
Glad college football is back.
September 7th, 2011
10:58 pm
Bulldog Nation is a house divided it seems for sure. Go Dawgs and Mark Richt!
September 7th, 2011
11:09 pm
He's "just coaching ball"…but, we are also paying him just $3 mil a year. That's all. Can anyone imagine Saban saying such a thing?
September 7th, 2011
11:11 pm
if a freshman come in on saban's team he wouls still know his job
September 7th, 2011
11:13 pm
The old ball sack smells blood much like he did a few years ago with Fat Phil in Columbia(UT fired him by Monday morning),we don't stand a chance the only thing we can do is figure our exit strategy and move on.Mark my words we will show up under prepared with no real game plan and not in shape enough for what little plan we got.
September 7th, 2011
11:18 pm
Someone on UGA's offense scored an 80 yd. touchdown. That person never touched the ball again on offense. Not Bobo's fault?
September 7th, 2011
11:25 pm
WOW!!! Richt just pretty much admitted that the offensive line was a complete mess. Two days until game time and he's talking about Murray being on his back!!!! SC has some big ole defensive ends and now I'm convinced were going to get beat. Richt deep down inside knows it's over. He made a lot of money and now can do what ever he wants going forward. I'm sure he could get a job at one of the ACC schools if he wished to stay in coaching or he might chose to do mission work. He sounds like a man defeated who has ram out of answers.
September 7th, 2011
11:25 pm
my opinion…This is not a "must" win for UGA, though it seems unlikely that Richt is unlikely to restore what we so need. That is HEART( hear me Erik R.). I was not at the game, but it just seems to me there is no FIRE in Richt….and that "rolls down hill". Players play reflects on the head coach.
However, I remember UGA teams of years past that would always fight and play hard and still lose a game. I can handle losing if we fight(play hard at all times!) that, but this "we are beat" attitude is what it seems we have too much of….Erik Russell made it simple to understand…..GATA!!! That goes for coaching staff and players! just my 2 cents worth….
September 7th, 2011
11:26 pm
I have a feeling the Ole Ball Coach's offense is going to drop 50 on the Dawgs.If the Dawgs D could not stop a under sized Boise State, how will they stop a well coached Carolina offense.Murray better hope the O line gets a clue or he will be running for his life.A better option may be two tight ends and concentrate on running the ball.Play keep away and control the clock.
September 7th, 2011
11:37 pm
Does Mark Richt REALLY know what the [heck] he is doing when it comes to actually coaching SEC Football and not just selling Ford pickups and being a paid "escort" for Nike?
September 7th, 2011
11:42 pm
Richt needs to play that top 10 recruiting class he reeled in…..Malcom Mitchell scoring the only big play on offense last game should tell you something:) Second, start Ray Drew opposite Jarvis to create a pass rush. Kellen Moore could have went to the prom with that CLEAN jersey. Third, tell grantham to Blitz, Blitz, Blitz! Finally, establish crowell in space and get him more touches. Go Dawgs!
September 7th, 2011
11:44 pm
We have wayyyyy more talent than the BAMA defense. Do you know what Saban and kirby smart would do with the kind talent we have on defense??? UNFAIR:)
September 7th, 2011
11:48 pm
I really don't see how we're going to beat South Carolina this week. We might hang with them for a few quarters like we did vs. Boise State, but I think their talent and experience is just going to wear us down.
We really lack talent in the trenches, and I tell you what if Aaron Murray doesn't play better than he did vs. Boise State, I'm fine with us going with someone else. Murray was just awful in that game last week. I'm am clearly underwhelmed by Mr. Crowell and our defense has no heart. If this is what we're going to do week in and week out, then Richt needs to resign. I can promise you this: if we get blown out vs. South Carolina this week, McGarity will fire Richt regardless of how we finish.
September 7th, 2011
11:49 pm
"I know what the Hell I'm doing!" I knew as soon as Richt uttered those words that they would return with a vengeance and take a chunk out of his ass.
September 8th, 2011
12:05 am
Blah, blah, blah. Richt has no idea. And half the players don't including the offensive line. Short yardage? You couldn't gain 2 yards on two downs in the red zone against Boise with a 243 lb. running back? Richt actually has control over a great deal, but he won't do it. Too stubborn. I honestly believe he's decided to go out on his own terms rather than have people tell him what to do. Got to respect him for that, but in the end, it will just be more of the same.
September 8th, 2011
12:06 am
If the same team shows up Saturday in Athens that was in the Dome, SC will win by 40 points. SC is stronger than Boise. I don't see the Dawgs scoring on SC unless there is some lucky long play or kick return. The offensive line could not protect Murray with the guys Boise had, wait 'til SC comes to town.
Hoping for a major turn around this week, but I've been hoping for that for a loooooooooong time and it never seems to come. Maybe again Coastal Carolina.
September 8th, 2011
12:07 am
September 8th, 2011
12:09 am
Everybody always points to what our competition did/or did not do in the last game. Turnovers, missed tackles, close shaves with inferior opponents. And then they play UGA and have the game of their lives and look like world beaters. And it's happened quite a few times over the last three years. Why is that?
September 8th, 2011
12:14 am
Personally, I'm going to reserve judgment until a bit further into the season. However, just a personal observation, Mark Richt has gone through some tough times with the UGA program but this is the first time that I can remember him being so sensitive to the questions that he has gotten for the past two years but never really seemed to phase him.
Now it appears to be really getting to him and the more he tries not to show it, the more he shows how much he is, at least IMHO, feeling the heat. After all, if he were just tired of answering the same questions over again he would just politely shrug it off, as has heretofore been his way. But now he is struggling to maintain his patented calm, cool, and collected demeanor and seems to be coming a bit unhinged. I use the term unhinged in a very relative way as he has not started throwing chairs ala Bobby Knight, but for the coolest coach in town to be so increasingly sarcastic, that is totally out of character when referenced against his entire career at UGA.
We Bulldog fans can only hope that the players can help get it turned around for someone who has been a credit to UGA and has shown in the past an ability to be a good coach and a good example of a fine human being.
September 8th, 2011
12:19 am
With the update on the O-line maybe CMR will decide to play some power football. That would be nice. Of course you've got to mix it up. Just make the I formation your fall back position. Nothing would make me happier than to see Spurrier get his. You know he's cackling with glee right now thinking he's going to run off another UGA coach. Let's let McGarity make that decision at years end and not give the ole ball coach the satisfaction.
September 8th, 2011
12:27 am
I'm with you, LakeDawg. Nothing would make my Saturday more than seeing Spurrier slamming his head visor down into the ground about eighty times or more during the game.


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Thumbing through many of my downloaded documents, I took notice of the large acreage my German ancestor in Pennsylvania owned. George Tarr, a son of German immigrants, pioneered a large tract of land in Northwestern Pennsylvania; about 1000 acres.
Contemplating the size of George's estate, my interest was peaked and I sped off on a Googling trail; placing the Pennsylvania Tarr surname in several search engines.
"That's a significant amount of land," I thought as I quickly clicked on various Rootsweb websites popping up with information on the Tarr surname. But nothing significant unfolded and new ancestral names were not discovered, except for the mention of the "famous Tarr Farm."
"Famous?" I sat up and paused, looking at a description of what might be my ancestor George Tarr's large estate. My fingers raced across my keyboard, furiously searching for details on the "famous Tarr Farm of Pennsylvania." New websites were discovered full of stories and articles about the Tarr Farm and as I scanned through the information, I found a picture of the old farm with a landscape of gushing oil wells.
Racing to read the story, I discovered that the Tarr Farm was at the center of "Oil Creek," the original land that the very first oil well was discovered. James Tarr, a grandson of my ancestor George, was the owner of the Tarr Farm. The land proved to be rich in oil, producing up to 4,000 barrels of oil a day.
"Fascinating," I remarked, and I continued to flip through various articles that mentioned the "famous Tarr Farm." But my rising thermometer suddenly dropped when I landed on Oil150.com: a well-done site by the Oil Region Alliance of Northwestern Pennsylvania.
The Tarr Farm did produce a significant amount of oil in the first years of Pennsylvania's big oil boom. But to my dismay, the farm had been sold from the Tarr family and the new landowner quickly hit pay dirt, turning a "farm" into gold.
As with many estates, the property continued it name with the previous owner, remaining "Tarr Farm" long after it was sold from my ancestors. And so I am, once again, deflated; accepting that my Tarr ancestors never enjoyed the wealth of the Pennsylvania oil boom.
Reflecting on my discovery of the history of my ancestor's property, I am reminded that learning the stories provides a richness to our genealogical history and a property's' history, such as the Tarr Farm, can add an interesting touch.
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Arizona's state legislators debated this week the pros and cons of banning methadone users from driving, and in the end voted to amend the state's DUI law to allow methadone users to drive only if they are taking their medication as prescribed, the Arizona Republic reported June 21.
The Senate's Public Safety & Human Services Committee heard arguments from victims of a 2007 car crash in Cottonwood, in which a driver taking methadone in combination with other drugs swerved into a car carrying five high-school cheerleaders.
"Methadone should be illegal to people who abuse it," said crash victim Shantel Haught. "I don't know why they let them drive. It's just so unfair."
Medical professionals argued that methadone is safe and does not impair people unless they used it in combination with other drugs. Banning methadone users from driving also would hinder their recovery, experts testified.
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Flushing program puts Madison "on the forefront"
Every day, Brad Rothenburger drives down the streets of Madison, stopping at each fire hydrant he passes. He greases them, flushes them, takes their temperature in the wintertime, checks for leaks, and makes sure each and every one is ready to do its job in an emergency.
"It's very important, what we're doing," says Rothenburger, one of three Madison Water Utility employees responsible for maintaining the city's 9,000 hydrants.
Since he started working at the utility more than two decades ago, he's gotten to know the thousands of hydrants he's responsible for pretty well.
"I could name off the types of hydrants before I even go up the street--whether they're going to be a pain or if they're going to be an easier one," Rothenburger laughs.
But his job isn't exactly like it used to be. When Rothenburger first started working at Madison Water Utility in 1993, hydrant maintenance crews handled virtually all flushing of the hydrants -- a process to clear out mineral sediment that accumulates in water mains. Nine years ago, that started to change.
"We really don't do the flushing that much anymore. We used to flush at night and there would be 5 guys," Rothenburger explains. "Now there are whole crews just devoted to flushing."
Dealing with manganese
In 2005, amid growing public concern about naturally-occurring manganese in the city's drinking water, Madison Water Utility adopted a new, aggressive approach to water main flushing. Eight utility employees would have one primary responsibility during the spring, summer and fall months--flushing and cleaning mains. It was an approach that changed the way the utility dealt with water quality issues.
"That unfortunate circumstance actually turned to a good thing," insists chemist and Madison resident Abigail Cantor, P.E., who works with Madison Water Utility and other utilities across the country to conduct water quality investigations.
Cantor helped Madison revamp its flushing program amid the public outcry over manganese. She points out that, these days, it's not just the utility's focus on flushing that sets it apart from many utilities across the Midwest. It's the type of flushing the utility now conducts--a procedure developed in the early '90s known as unidirectional flushing.
"Doing unidirectional flushing versus standard flushing is very important. With unidirectional flushing, you achieve a very high velocity through the pipe and really scour the debris off the pipe walls. You don't stop flushing until you actually measure on a turbidimeter [a device that measures the relative clarity of water] that ... it's very clean."
Madison Water Utility now spends about $300,000 a year on water main flushing alone. Mains located in parts of the city where water contains elevated levels of iron and manganese are flushed using the unidirectional method.
"Madison is on the forefront of doing unidirectional flushing and having a routine protocol for doing that," Cantor says. "It's essential for achieving the best water quality that can be achieved."
"I know exactly what I'm drinking"
The utility is also stepping up the number of water mains it replaces each year and is planning to add filters to some wells to remove iron and manganese from the water before it enters the distribution system. It's all part of a multifaceted approach the utility is taking to deal with what Cantor says is a common water quality problem across the Midwest. Utilities throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois deal with high levels iron and manganese in groundwater. Cantor has examined water quality in so many of those places and beyond, she's lost count.
"It's like I'm a pipe whisperer," she laughs. "You can see amazing things if you take water samples in a strategic way and keep always looking at them. You can come to some really good conclusions about what is shaping your water quality – the interaction of the water with the piping material and the debris on the pipes."
And she admits, she wouldn't drink the water in some of the communities where she's taken a very hard look at how operations affect water quality.
"The flushing and pipe replacement typically get on the bottom of the budget list in most utilities. There's a big impact of the cleanliness of the pipe on water quality. And that sounds like common sense, but for some reason, it's not."
Cantor says many utilities are turning to chemical treatment instead of old-fashioned cleanliness.
"Instead of cleaning the pipes and replacing old tuberculated pipes, (they) put different chemicals in the water to try to control the effects. And in doing so, I think we've over medicated our water systems. But not in Madison...We're very fortunate that in Madison, even though it's a large and complex system, it's very simple as to how they work with the water to get it to the customer."
It's no surprise, then, that Cantor drinks the water in Madison. And judging by her line of work, that probably says a lot.
"Oh yes! (laughs) Yes it does. I know exactly what I'm drinking."
Madison is began its 2014 water flushing operations on April 21st. You can find our when crews will be working in your neighborhood on Madison Water Utility's water main flushing page.
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It was announced Friday that Walker will be the keynote speaker for the Connecticut Republican party's largest annual event, the Prescott-Bush Awards Dinner on May 20th.
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Chicago Public Schools is proposing a budget for 2012 that eliminates a $712 million budget gap by raising property taxes to the maximum levels allowed by law.
The budget, which totals $5.91 billion, also calls for cuts in central office, middle management and school staff, a reduction of the police presence on campuses, and redrawn bus routes.
If the proposed budget, unveiled Friday, is adopted it would mean a property tax hike would cost homeowners an extra $84 on a home assessed at $250,000. School officials say they expect the move will generate an additional $150 million.
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MEETING 2015 in GREECE : DO YOU TAKE PART ?
2014-08-09 GOBERT Daniel
A special and tremendous official annual meeting will appear in 2015, for our 30th birthday, a meeting in the unusual cycling country called Greece, so wellknown for its touristic attractions.
The hot weather in summer, the long distances between the bigs, the country far away from many of our homes will give to this meeting a special character and a special feedback.
To insure the success of this meeting, and because we have very few greek members in our members'list, we're trying to build a managing group working especially on this coming meeting, and if you want to take part in this group, don't hesitate to tell us.
Some answers to some questions will help this group to organize better the general travel.
A first suggestion can be a long tour like shown in the map, but many other solutions exist.
For the members havins perhaps the intention to take part in this meeting, it sould be great if you answer to these questions and send them back HERE .
1. Which percentage would take your presence in this coming meeting if it happens
* Middle of April - 5 days : .....% - 10 days : ... %
*End of may May - 5 days : ....%- 10 days : ... %
* in july - 5 days : ......% - 10 days : ....%
* in november - 5 days : ......% - 10 days : ..... %
2. What do you prefer ?
* a general travel only by bike with stages over 100 km, long but with mainly cycling activity
* an efficient meeting with transfers by cars, to win the most possible bigs
3. Do you prefer ?
* a northern tour from Thessalonique to Thessalonique (5 days)
* a southern tour from Athens to Athens (5 days)
* both (10 days)
Thank you very much for your eventual answers and your fidelity to our dear challenge.
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2014-08-09 GOBERT Daniel
The year 2014 follows the way of the previous years with the ironbig. A lot of new godfathers appeared.
In the leading place, our Ironménard reached the amount of 32 ironbigs already claimed. It's amazing !
You can find the details in the special pages HERE linked to this special parallel challenge of the great B.I.G-challenge, appeared 5 years ago for our 25th birthday. Next year, for our 30th birthday, a new kind of challenge, in group this time, will appear.
Gabor, Michel and Claudio : 3 godfathers together
The other claimers of this year 2014 are until now :
* some groups climbing 25 times on dutch bigs : Miel Vanstreels or Silvan Vijver on Keutenberg, Johan De Groot, Helmuth Dekkers and Roland Schuyer on Oude Holleweg, or Jan Batist Staneke alone on Italiaanse Weg
* some spanish guys climbing 25 times inside one year their long big : Angel Morales on Coll de Pal, Claudio Montefusco on Coll Formic and Javier Costas Torre on Monte Aloia.
* some guys who aren't at their first ironbig like Gábor Kreicsi on Grubberg, Coen Schillemans on Berdorf Gorges du Loup, Arnaud Decostre on Muur van Geraardsbergen, Luigi Spina on Poggio di San remo and our ironsecretary Helmuth Dekkers on the german Waseberg.
* some new ones too, with Didier Cadelano on the swiss col du Marchairuz.
Let's congratulate all of them for this challenge that builds every time a great personal success on oneself.
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