text: Pre-Bali Gallery Spa sessions, surfing lessons, cooking competitions... see all the best pics right now! Published November 03, 2010 12:00 Alisa Kleybanova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Yanina Wickmayer posed before their surfing lesson. Yanina Wickmayer and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova are both seeded this week, No.4 and No.3, respectively. Alisa Kleybanova, Yanina Wickmayer and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova honed their surfboard balancing skills. Yanina Wickmayer, a champion at Auckland in the first week of the year, hit the water on her surfboard. Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova and Yanina Wickmayer came back onto dry land after trying their surfing skills. The players posed with their boards after the surfing lesson. Li Na, the No.1 seed at the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions, took part in a spa session. Former No.1 Ana Ivanovic and former No.5 Daniela Hantuchova also took part in the spa session. Ana Ivanovic, a winner in Linz, is unseeded; Daniela Hantuchova, a finalist in Monterrey, is a wildcard. Daniela Hantuchova, Ana Ivanovic, Li Na and Angelique Widjaja were paired off at the spa session. Indonesia's own Angelique Widjaja, who won two WTA titles - including in Bali in 2001 - at the spa session. Li Na at the spa session. Li, China's No.1 player, takes on Japanese No.1 Kimiko Date Krumm in her opener. Alisa Kleybanova, who opens against No.2 seed Aravane Rezai, signed a ceramic plate ahead of the draw. Ana Ivanovic, who opens with No.3 seed Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, signed a ceramic plate before the draw. The eight participants in the Commonwealth Bank Tournament of Champions in traditional Balinese dress. Ana Ivanovic put her coral on the rock at the draw ceremony. The coral was later planted into the sea. The elite eight held Coral Restoration Certificates. They planted coral into the sea later in the day. Aravane Rezai and Kimiko Date Krumm had a Europe Vs Asia cookery competition at Metis restaurant. Japan's Kimiko Date Krumm prepared food in her cooking competition against France's Aravane Rezai. Aravane Rezai won best presentation and Kimiko Date Krumm best tasting dish at Metis restaurant. Topics: news, photos or videos, ana ivanovic, alisa kleybanova, daniela hantuchova, kimiko date krumm, yanina wickmayer, anastasia pavlyuchenkova, aravane rezai, na li, bali, 2010, sony ericsson championships - doha 2009, tournaments [+] More Share this page! Print Email Related photos Bali Gallery: Peng & Petrova's Showdown November 09, 2011 Two WTA stars took the wheel to help the cause against driving while talking on your cell phone. Bali Gallery: Fantastic Finish For Ivanovic November 06, 2011 Photos from the final, trophy shots and the player party too - see all the best photos here. Bali Gallery: Beaches, Crosscourts & Cookies November 04, 2011 The stars of the WTA have been cooking up ferocious forehands and tasty treats alike in Bali. To The Top 3


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Services will be 10 a.m. Monday, May 6, at Schroder Mortuary, Colona. Visitation will be noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at the mortuary. Burial will be at Riverside Cemetery, Moline. Memorials may be made to the family.
Donald was born Dec. 26, 1939, in Moline, the son of Richard and Rosie Grafton. He married Patsy Skiles on Feb. 12, 1993, in Hampton. She passed away May 6, 2011.
Donald served in the Air Force during the Korean Conflict. He worked at John Deere for 33 years, retiring in 1993. He enjoyed playing cards, camping and fishing.
Survivors include his children, Terrie (Tom) Crawford, Frank (Jennifer) Harrington, Melissa Harrington, Gail (Ray) Ropp and Todd (Lisa) Harrington; 14 grandchildren; 10 great-grandchildren; siblings, Richard, Dennis, Dwayne, Debbie and Dawn. Donald was preceded in death by his mother, Vera; father and stepmother, Rosie; his wife; a grandson, Cody Harrington; and a brother, DJ.
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I must say I was pleasantly surprised by this makeup.. Cover Girl FINALLY came up with a decent foundation... I'm not concerned about covering up wrinkles with this, since i'm in my 20s and have oily and acne-prone skin. The colour is great.. ivory is not pale-as-ghost (hello maybelline!) and dead-looking for once, its actually normal human color and it does not turn orange!!! WOW THat alone is a huge step for CG, they must have hired some new chemists! When applied with a foundation brush it goes on really smoothly, not too runny not too dry. I love the smell .. it smells like a face cream.. so if you are weird about putting stuff on your face that has a scent smell this before you buy!!! It also claims to have Olay ingredients in it.. sure.. i guess.. don't really know about that since they don't specify WHICH ingredients exactly...(water/aqua?) But all in all, pretty descent! It lasted all day (8-6) under hot conditions (bright lamps) The coverage is medium .. actually a perfect medium. All of you who waste money on the "high end" foundations.... ever bother to actually read the ingredients in them? bet you are paying more for the same stuff
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It gives buildable coverage, but can look a little masky if you are too heavy handed. I have combo skin in the summer, and I had break through oil everyday with this. I gave it to my mother, but she didn't like it either. I may try it again this winter when I visit my mom.
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(FRANKFORT, KY) - Four law enforcement agencies teamed up last weekend for a special highway safety effort that covered Fayette, Franklin, Grant, Madison, Scott and Woodford counties. Designated "Blue Lights Over Central Kentucky," the program included road patrols and safety checkpoints that focused on violations of both traffic and criminal laws.
Beginning on Saturday, Jan. 27 at 8:00 p.m. and continuing until 2:00 a.m. on Sunday Jan. 28, troopers and canine units from Kentucky State Police posts in Richmond and Dry Ridge joined officers from Kentucky Vehicle Enforcement, the Georgetown Police Dept. and the Scott Co. Sheriff's Office in coordinated operations that targeted I-75 in Madison, Fayette, Scott and Grant counties and I-64 in Fayette, Scott, Woodford and Franklin counties.
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Jones Goes On Vision Quest To Find Game of the Year
Last week, as my American counterparts celebrated Thanksgiving, as my friends and family gathered at giant tables to consume 20-pound doomed turkeys, I was in Vancouver, British Columbia enjoying a regular old Thursday.
Thanksgiving for Canadians, as you probably know, was nearly a month ago. So, with the Crispy Gamer offices shuttered in New York, with editors not tap-tap-tapping on my Inbox for stories, I decided to do something I had never done before: I would spend Thursday, Friday, and Saturday replaying through what are, in my opinion, the three games that are Game of the Year candidates.
What the hell, I figured. I've got nothing better to do.
Those three games are Batman: Arkham Asylum, Uncharted 2: Among Thieves, and Assassin's Creed II.
If you feel like arguing with my choices, consider that a sign that you also have nothing better to do.
Now, I like to dawdle when I game. I like to poke around in corners. I wander around. I look for things. I steep myself in the world.
But this time, there would be no time for dawdling. The idea is to sit down for extended gameplay sessions and consume all three in massive chunks and to reexperience each of these games in their entirety. I'd squeeze all three into my brain simultaneously--brain-size permitting, of course--in one gloriously indulgent act of gaming.
Movies get tied to an afternoon; an album can be consumed in a walk to the market. But games, like novels, get consumed over days, weeks, or even months. They get tied to your life, or more specifically to the rhythms of your life, in a tangible way. Mom sick? Girlfriend breaking up with you? Toilet backed up? Those things can color your experience of a game.
Over the course of any given year, as a reviewer, I play a lot of games, most of which all eventually blur together into one mostly terrible huge meta-game. For example, I played Batman in August. I've probably played at least 50 other games in the interim. All I can really remember of Batman is the vague sense that it was pretty fucking good. That's all I can usually remember about any game; the vague feeling that it gave me.
So like a student cramming for finals, or a Rhesus monkey hopped up on Jolt Cola, or a surreal amalgamation of those two things, I decided to live with all three of these games this week. I've got a pot of coffee going and plenty of sandwich meat in the fridge.
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Daddy never did understand.
That violence doesnt bring comfort.
A lost soul seeking acceptance from a unwelcome hand.
She was silent no one ever knew.
The secrets behind her bruised eyes.
A shocking victem none but all had a clue.
She cried to empty walls never speaking aloud from fear.
A confession of pain and shattred trust.
this is only what angles hear.
Scars selfinflicted are better than that
dirty feeling.
As she lays a broken shell gazing at the celling.
She questions if others know what will they say.
Doing whatever it takes to stay numb.
Innocence lost a parent should never betray.
The guilt was placed apon the wrong head.
Void of all emotion.
No child should yern to be dead.
At times it gets to uncomfortable so in
another direction we steer.
For at times it's just to painful to stomach.
What only angles hear.
Life and cigarettes burn to fast.
We waste are time.
So within the moment you bask.
A pretty face has to age.
Every story meets it's final page.
When life breaks you over its cost.
Then you'll sing a lullaby to the lost.
The lights in the street hide all but the truth my
You can act.
But you can never mask your fear.
In dark rooms you sell all but your soul.
A wicked moment a stolen encounter.
All things take there toll.
That sweet face has tuirned hard your so warm
to be cold.
A secret that the bitter have already told.
Can you wash away there stench as from
the past you are tossed.
In dark corners blood stained angles
sing a lullaby to the lost.
Is this hell or a nightmare that knows no end.
A cell to most.
To others the only refuge inwhich they
can depend.
she falls to the floor a lost look needle
in arm.
Most will rememeber a doomed fool.
Others her wreckless charm.
She was a junkie and a easy lay.
More bones are broken.
Over words others say.
She sold flesh but payed the ultimate
In a dingy corner of th world.
Were the angles sing a lullaby to the lost.
I am a coward with open sores.
I write and wonder who it bores.
I hear my heart and mind argue repeatedly.
I see others carrying out my dreams;
that's what's defeated me.
I am a coward with open sores.
I pretend open doors are closed, and walk the other way.
I touch base with the fear in my heart, tearing me apart,
leaving nothing to say...
I worry the world will leave me.
I cry because no one believes in me.
I am a coward with open sores.
I understand nothing comes easy.
I say I'm happy, but even I don't believe me.
I dream I am healed and brave.
I try to overcome my weaknesses before I'm in my grave.
I hope you hear me.
I'm on all fours.
I am a coward with open sores.
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This song is for my mother
Let her hear me cry
I couldn't bring myself to write it
'Til this darkened day arrived
A song about old promises
Made so long ago
Created and cremated
Ashes of the words I spoke
Long separated by the miles
Distanced from her golden smiles
Memory of a mother
Shared my dreams and really cared
Long separated by the miles
Distanced from her golden smiles
I know I wasn't there……
For you
Would have placed
A magic carpet
'neath your weak and shaky legs
Would have raised
A strong west wind
Let you breathe with ease again
Would have bribed
God's venal angels
Come and soothe your endless pain
Would have vanquished
All the demons
And bring peace to you again
Be the child
I never knew
In a land
We won't grow old
Be the light
I always loved
Warmed my dark
And lonely soul
Be the girl
Playing games
In a world
The sun won't set
Be the laughter
Calms my heart
I never will forget
I won't forget, won't forget
This song is for my mother
Let her hear me cry
Couldn't bring myself to write it
'Til this darkened day arrived
Song about old promises
Made so long ago
Ashes of the words I spoke
I broke my promises, oh mama
Now you've gone away
I'm broken
Drowning in the pain each day
I'm drowning…drowning...drowning…drowning
This song is for my mother
Let her hear me…….
There it is again
Bubbling up from within
Wretched wrath washing over me
Vile disgusting filth freely flowing
Angry demons seizing control
Forced attrition to evil urges
Rants of rage
Watched from within
Unable to soothe the beast
Surrender to aggression
Until the bile is expelled
Vomited forth in fury
Leaving only the bitter tastes
Of regret and sorrow
Once bloomed a rose so young and fair
With dark brown eyes and long black hair
Beside her be a tall dark tree
Whose branches stretch to smother thee
Too close beside the shadowy bark
That soon begins to leave its mark
She cries for help, but none shall hear
Her thorns too sharp, who'd dare go near?
To save this rose, who'd risk their life?
With naught to gain but pain and strife
Alone, afraid, she lays to rest
Her heart beats low inside her chest
And with the hour growing near
She sheds her final grieving tear
And so the rose soon falls asunder
Her final day, eternal slumber
She lies beside the old dark tree
The only one who mourns for thee
Sad Heart, now thou art wither'd from the Sun,
What man, or god, will near thee run?
Wrought in twist like branches in Tempests' gasp,
What Comfort, or Gauze, shall be near to grasp?
True ones begotten are the ones now Rotten
And the ones now Rotten will never be forgotten
They are merely sad remains of assiduous Tears
That have been meddl'd with and tatter'd Raw throughout the years
And thou, cruel Mind, that sat'st still thru toiling trail of Night;
Must dream your broken Dreams; thou'rt a sanely flight!
Can thou extinguish passions of Fire, Disease, or Rain?
—tho thy distinguish'd influence trains to abstain
Thy Remnants brought to debris in thy Empty street,
Devour'd by Vultures, their bestow'd beaks entreat
Merely are they cleaning an inexhaustible Mess
Alas! Leaving thy rudiments of Identity to redress....
"Alive," she said,
"and becoming such a beautifully-
painted picture."
Where-in you walk wispy
(She said)
through the moon's light
shinning on the branches
of leafless trees.
Then tomorrow shakes his tired head,
halfway into Autumn's-
dead middle;
and you stand shaded and colored
(She said)
by the fiery skies.
While down among your feet
the wilted flowers
wake like a carnival
and encircle you
(She said)
with forgotten happiness.
And on you trod shyly
into forests of yes and no.
Where all happiness is lost,
and the flowers forget-
to grow.
"Alive," she said.
Maybe this can't be saved.
One more short year and I'll never see her again. I'll always be wondering about
her but it's better left that way. Never been able to face the truth. Even now.
We were all each other needed, some childish indestructable duo of sorts. All
Sometimes it's my fault. I've been a cliche since prom night when she came over
and apologised and suddenly she was perfection. After that I hardly spoke
around her in case I stuttered or worse, couldn't make her laugh. Was I in love? If
I was I still am. This intolerable inferiority complex, this petrified fear of not being
good enough feels all too familiar.
Don't think there was one moment when it all happened, but now I find myself
smiling arduously in black armour; all that she made me once again
undermined. I called her my mermaid; sunny skin, the beach in her hair and eyes
shining with all the colours and tempers of the ocean.
Now she's hacked away every detail of her. Barely recognisable, even to the one
who used to know her best.
There's a girl I still know, dancing through my memories, but already clinging to
herself, desperate to remain. She knows she can't stay forever.
We're not the people we were; this can never work.
Today I'm hiding behind a calm and carefree front; she can never know, nor
understand why. I'm blocking her out.
Out of sight, out of mind
No explanation. We were dying anyway.
But if she asks why I can't see her anymore
How can I even look her in the face?
If that's selfish then at last it's my turn.
I miss her even when we're locked in embrace. Affection is genuine. All else is
lost. She can't save us, can't put in the effort. I've tried but I'm weak. Another
excuse to take cover under.
I can't change her back. Why am I trying? I should just make the most of my
precious friend now.
A little more of her slips away every day.
When I am Colder,Older and then alone...
I will collect the sky on my own...
When the art has faded and the days then fade-
when everyone has gone away...
I may finally see what never was saw
.....ahhhhhhhhhhhhh............... the quiet sky
The unlit room which bares my end...shows the flashes of my pains my joys and sins.
This life has been a strange one since the curtains were drawn
These paper and plastic figures have clouded the dawn
I was once younger,foolish,and obsessed with truth
Now I am bitter,sour,dour faced with my heart under shoe
The children were all searching or lost in a crowd
All weeds in a garden...growing vile and foul
Though beauty was sold it never came true
Obsessions and vanity have traveled safe through
Materials and poison and everything lost
have been burned in the fires or lost in the frost
I stand face to mirror tearing my being apart
Winding thoughts of love,pain,god,and art
As the sun sets and the darkness grows
I too shall follow this pattern in tow
Death has a friendly hand and a pretty face
She has given me comfort as I leave this place
The wars have occurred,humanity's lost
Souls have been burnt in the fire or lost in the frost
Day was Life,Night is Death
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One of my favourite Doctor Who stories is 'Masque of Mandragora' which was partially filmed in Portmeirion. I have often wondered what became of Norman Jones who played the villainous astrologer, Hieronymous. I really liked his rather sinister performance as leader of the Cult of Demnos. Other than a few cameo appearances in 70's and 80's British tv shows, I haven't seen Norman and I would be interested to know your recollections of him in that particular Doctor Who and whether you know what happened to him.
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Hopefully you read the first of an occasional series of interviews I'm doing with the new football coaching staff at Georgia State, led by Trent Miles.
I met with three coaches on Wednesday, Jesse Minter, Harold Etheridge and J.D. Williams, and hope to meet with more in the next two weeks. (I also apologize it has taken so long. I had planned to do this in December, but on the day the interviews were scheduled we had a family emergency).
I posted the Minter interview yesterday (the link is above). Etheridge will post on Monday and Williams will post on Tuesday.
1. It's all about recruiting right now. As you have read and will see, the staff is focused on improving the team's talent and depth. That's not a knock on the current roster. It's more of an obvious understanding that the team, which won one game last year with an FCS schedule and was blown out in many of its games, is headed to the FBS, which won't be any easier. To compete they will need a better caliber of player.
So far, they seem to be doing well with Signing Day three weeks away. They secured the commitments of a pair of junior college players, quarterback Clay Chastain and defensive lineman George Rogers, which were needed to add depth in two of the biggest problem areas last year.
From the high school ranks, the new staff has commitments at a variety of positions: running back Kyler Neal, defensive lineman Kingsley Ejike, safety Jeremy Fulcher (a rivals two-star prospect), defensive back Trenton Hill, linebacker Kight Dallas (three stars) and offensive lineman Brandon Pertile (two stars). The previous staff, led by Bill Curry, also secured commitments from notables such as quarterback Oshay Carter (two stars) and a pair of two-star wide receivers in Devonte Washington and Calvain Holmes.
So it would seem, if the commitments hold, there will be needed infusions of talent (as Georgia Tech coach Paul Johnson says every Signing Day: all of these players come highly recommended by the current staff), which will help the depth.
The staff seem impressed by the fertile recruiting ground in Atlanta, which one assistant compared to Dallas and Los Angeles for the richness and the depth of players.
Miles made a point of saying in his introductory press conference that they want to build a fence around Georgia. It's something most new coaches say about whatever area they are in. It'll be interesting to see how successful Miles and his staff will be.
The staff can't afford too many misses with this class, something that has been a problem with previous classes at Georgia State, which partly explains last year's record.
2. They seem confident. A few of the coaches that are on staff worked with Trent Miles at Indiana State. The story of what Miles inherited and what he turned his alma mater into has been told many times, but to sum up: Indiana State may have been the worst program (FBS or FCS) in the country. Facilities were awful. Some attitudes were just as bad.
Miles had them winning within three years and he didn't cut corners. I don't think he faces the same level of challenge at Georgia State, which has impressive facilities, but does need to adopt a new winning culture.
Minter said the turnaround on defense will start up front and they will inherit a few potential cornerstone players which will help. Nermin Delic, a transfer from Kentucky who sat out last per NCAA transfer rules, impressed on the practice team last year. Pairing him with Theo Agnew inside (who thrived at tackle after starting the season at end) could shore up a run defense that was porous last year. Throw in tackles Rogers, David Huey, Terance Woodard and Joe Lockley and the team may be able to rotate lots of players on the line throughout the game, something they couldn't do last year.
I wouldn't be surprised if one of those guys moves to the offensive line, specifically guard, to improve the depth there.
Joe Peterson had a solid year at linebacker, forming a nice tandem with Robert Ferguson.
New coordinator Jeff Jagodzinski will have some interesting challenges on offense.
Neither Ben McLane nor Ronnie Bell at quarterback showed consistency last year. Of course, they were also both redshirt freshmen. Because the team fell behind so quickly in so many games McLane or Bell were usually forced into difficult situations. Instead of completing 65 percent of their passes, which was the goal set in the preseason, they completed slightly better than 50 percent. The competition, which will include Chastain, should be wide open. But Jagodzinski has a pedigree of success that could help one of the quarterbacks step forward and take the job.
Running back Donald Russell is gone, but Travis Evans played well toward the end of the year. The team returns a lot of depth on the line in tackles Grant King and Ulrick John, and center/guard Michael Davis, and at wide receiver with Albert Wilson, Danny Williams and Kelton Hill (assuming he stays at wide receiver and doesn't move back to quarterback).
3. They want strength and speed. The team must improve its strength and speed, either through workouts with Ben Pollard, or by recruiting.
It seemed odd last year that a true freshman, Lockley, was already the strongest player on a team that had numerous upperclassmen who had been in the program (but not will Pollard) for several years.
For whatever reason, both lines had trouble at the point of attack last year. If Miles wants to run the ball and to stop the run, the team can't get outmuscled, especially considering the quality of the opponents will be much improved.
– Doug Roberson, AJC. Please follow me on twitter @ajcgsu
January 11th, 2013
8:09 am
I'm encouraged by the new coaching staff and the commitments.
I just want to see progress on the field. Something that shows me things are going in the right direction.
January 11th, 2013
9:41 am
Next season can't get here fast enough. GSU will make a splash in the Sun Belt this year, and the Centennial Year will be even more exciting for the university.
January 11th, 2013
10:13 am
I believe these coaches get it! It's going to be an interesting signing day a few weeks from now. Keep up the good work CTM and staff!
January 11th, 2013
10:20 am
It may take awhile, considering last year's record, but it looks like the new staff is on the right track. I think we're going to see steady improvement over the next few years.
January 11th, 2013
10:30 am
Panthers are on a roll
January 11th, 2013
10:39 am
We will get there… In CTM and company I trust.
January 11th, 2013
10:46 am
Go GaState
January 11th, 2013
10:47 am
Sounds like GaState is trying to go big time.
January 11th, 2013
11:07 am
Me thinks #SCState is not ready for the #StateOfShock that is coming in the @georgiadome this Thursday. #HighVoltage #GSUFootball
January 11th, 2013
11:08 am
J. Mack Robinson…..Don't you mean make a "splat" in the Sun Belt? Kinda like jumping off a ten story building without a parachute or a net.
The coaching staff is going to be a tremendous improvement, but you cannot expect instant gratification. This will take some time. Patience and humility will be great virtues for the next couple of years.
January 11th, 2013
11:12 am
Before the season last year, they raved about how much stronger the kids got in the offseason. Then they get manhandled all season. Hope the coaches take a good hard look at the strength and conditioning program. Make sure all that nice shiny equipment isnt going to waste.
January 11th, 2013
11:24 am
Coach M…..you can save alot of money on that fence that borders Tenn. The Vandy coach already built it, he says. That was about 14 mons ago. Wonder why nobody has seen it? It faces the other direction, but that still works, right? Basic fence physics!!!!!!!!!!!!!
January 11th, 2013
11:28 am
yeahsure…….there are 2 kinds of strong; hotel lobby strong and country strong. You look good if you are lobby strong, you play better if you are country strong.
January 11th, 2013
11:30 am
Love the direction State is heading in, keep it rolling.
Let's go Blue!
January 11th, 2013
12:34 pm
GSU should be able to our recruit GT simply because GSU plays at the dome.
January 11th, 2013
12:55 pm
Why is Georgia State playing football at all? And why did they move to a higher league when they were not even competitive in a lower division? Sounds like two stupid ideas to me.
January 11th, 2013
1:41 pm
Mike S: I said make a splash, not sweep the damn conference. Stop overreacting to our excitement.
January 11th, 2013
1:43 pm
Big, strong guys.
January 11th, 2013
2:06 pm
January 11th, 2013
12:34 pm
GSU should be able to our recruit GT simply because GSU plays at the dome
GaState can't fill the Ga Sou Stadium what does the DOME have to do with anything?
Kennesaw State has a chance to do better than State……….Low Crime….White fan base…..Cobb County Money…NOT IN THE GHETTO of the ATL……GaState ONLY offers that it GRADUATES African American students better than any other college in the state(low entrance requirements)
January 11th, 2013
2:12 pm
Well 5150 since 60% of College football players are African American, it should be a positive that GSU graduates the most AA students.
January 11th, 2013
2:18 pm
Taccoa Dawg…….GSU playing in the Dome really has the opposite effect. 4,000 or 5,000 in the Dome is not going to be an asset, just the other way around!
January 11th, 2013
2:36 pm
Who cares?
January 11th, 2013
2:37 pm
Downtown Atlanta is "the Ghetto," at least according to a moron on a blog. News at 11!
January 11th, 2013
2:47 pm
J. Mack Robinson…..What what exactly did you mean by making a splash?
January 11th, 2013
3:30 pm
I meant show a ton of improvement while playing much better competition. People act like we GSU fans expect to raise a crystal trophy when we say anything positive about our team. Funny stuff!
January 11th, 2013
3:43 pm
January 11th, 2013
2:06 pm
You absolutely know first hand about low entrance requirements, since that's how you came about being born.
January 11th, 2013
4:30 pm
SR…………….GaState doesn't have the HIGH STANDARDS of other colleges and all you have ot do is look at the minimums to see that as a TRUE statement.
HEADLINES……..yes the ATL is the Ghetto or maybe you need to read the Posts by UGa fan about TECH being in the GHETTO. UGa fans love to cal the ATL the Ghetto are are you not informed on Blogger terms?
January 11th, 2013
6:04 pm
If you're scurred say youre scurred. #ScaredofaPantherPlanet
January 11th, 2013
7:49 pm
Jeff Jagodzinski was a hell of a get for Trent Miles. Georgia State is in much better hands now, but Bill Curry deserves credit for getting the ball rolling.
January 11th, 2013
8:17 pm
5150 – a very brave bigot behind her keyboard.
January 12th, 2013
8:12 am
Bill Curry is getting credit….every month when his State Pension Check arrives….
January 12th, 2013
9:29 am
[...] out Doug Roberson's interview with DC Jesse Minter and some of his thoughts on what the new coaching staff needs to do to be successful. CTM and staff have hit the ground running and are making noise on the recruiting [...]
January 12th, 2013
9:59 am
Tom @12:55…….I think GSU made a great decison to start a football program. With the right coach ( see Bobby Wilder ODU) this team can be entertaining and good for the Univ.
As for moving up so fast to Div 1, not so much. Their marketing of the team was sophomoric and disjointed. If the new coach is the right hire, they will be competive in a couple years. Playing in the Dome is a disaster but what choice did they have? That will have to change. In short, moving up this quick is a gamble.
January 12th, 2013
12:38 pm
Steve Nash's Pick and Roll
January 11th, 2013
8:17 pm
5150 – a very brave bigot behind her keyboard.
Wrong. I LOVE the diversity at GaState. GaState is closer to what most colleges should be. UGa is the Drunk Fake Blonde White Girls College and Plantation. GaState graduates more African Americans that any college in the state that is not a HBCU.
January 12th, 2013
11:12 pm
Yes it's sad that State has low admission standards, it's sadder still that State has ever lower graduation standards.


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The Michigan Fire Juniors T.O.T.A.L. (Technical Obsession To Advance Learning) Technical Hour Training Program was recognized at the NSCAA Coaches Convention in January, 2014 as one of ten National "Best Practices." The NSCAA through their Club Standards Project which the MFJ are participating in, have analyzed over 150 clubs across the United States in a variety of categories and essentially grade clubs in each of these 22 categories. Our T.O.T.A.L. Technical Hour received a Best Practices distinction in our initial Strengths and Weaknesses Analysis from the Club Standards Project, but the project director David Newbery was so impressed with this program, he choose to highlight it in his lecture session at the NSCAA Coaches Convention in Philadelphia last month entitled "A Model Youth Club – Building a Club on Best Practices."
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INSIDE oThe n Volume 65 Issue 66 wsusignpost.com Friday, February 21 , 2003 "Touch' a student produced play, is showing in the Eccles Theater, See page 7 Local Red Cross struggling for funds Economy lows cause $60,000 donation deficit By Jennifer Compton Lee asst. news editor The Signpost Usually the ones giving the help, Northern Utah Red Cross volunteer organization is asking for it. In need of money donations, the Red Cross is asking the community to step in and help them. Lori Ivins, Northern Utah American Red Cross public relations manager, said there is a real need for assistance. "Our services and the number of people requiring them have risen significantly in the last seven months, and our contributions from individuals and corporations have dropped," Ivins said. "In order for the Utah northern chapter to maintain its quality of service, we "Our services and the number of people requiring them have risen significantly in the last seven months, and our contributions from individuals and corporations have dropped." Lori Ivins Northern Utah American Red Cross public relations manager need to generate revenue." In an effort to raise the necessary funds, the Red Cross is sponsoring the High Five Campaign. The new campaign involves all four A Northern Utah Red Cross center lobby gives warnings and stresses disaster preparation. chapters in the state and calls participants heroes if they pledge to donate $1,000 by March 28. Aubrey Wren, WSU Volunteer Involvement Program director, made the campus a hero by making the pledge to give See Funds page 3 .4. ..V ! i K i t f 4 ; . i . ' i 'i.i' ' M v t - . . si V 1 Yet another win Pat Danley (50) shoots a jumper over Chris Lange (44) of Sacramento State University. The 'Cats received their eleventh straight conference victory Thursday night led by Slobodan Ocokoljic with 22 points, 11 rebounds, 2 assists and a steal. Jermaine Boyette had 17 points, 3 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals. The final home game for the Wildcats is Saturday night against Northern Arizona University. Tip-off is at 7:05 p.m. See complete story on page 5. Some of science building only accessible by stairway , Project replacing unsafe, undependable elevators underway By Suzie Clayton sr. news reporter The Signpost Construction began on the first of two elevators in the Science Lab this week, beginning a 24-wcek project to completely replace the existing machinery. The south elevator is the first to be replaced. The north elevator will be under construction during the summer, so there will be no access to the mezzanine areas without using the stairs. Although it is mid-semester, and the timing seems a bit off to some, it is actually a good time to begin the project. "The reason we're starting now is so that we can have all the bugs worked out by fall," said Rick Wade, facilities management project manager. "We'll take advantage of spring break and work through the summer." The replacement of the elevators is something many people are looking forward to. The current elevators are unpredictable and people have gotten stuck in them. Stacy Palen, WSU physics professor, can deal with the inconvenience if it means better equipment. "They break down a lot," she said. "I stopped using them because I was afraid of getting stuck in one. I'm sure it will cause congestion, but the sooner the better." 1 The south elevator of the science building is blocked off as part of the 24-week construction project replacing the two elevators in the science building . There are 45 elevators on campus and the two in the science building represent 50 percent of the service calls to facilities management. "They're just wearing out," Wade said. "It is the original equipment in there now and we have to try all over the country to find the parts we need. They don't manufacture the equipment anymore." Breakdowns are not the only concern for those accessing the building. Even when the elevators don't break down, they arc very slow. "Most of the time I run up and down the stairs," said Beth Hopson, WSU sophomore and frequent user of the building. "You never know when the elevators arc going to come. It's usually not worth my time." Wade said, the new elevators arc expected to be more dependable and, if there is a breakdown, the problem will be easily identified. A computer and unit can be attached to pinpoint the problem. "We can find the problem right off the bat and the elevator will be down for an hour rather than a day," Wade said. The project is funded by State Capitol Improvement and will cpst $181,304 from start to finish, which is less than had been expected . "Wc got some really good prices and are very pleased," Wade said. "We arc $50,000 under budget and don't anticipate it exceeding $190,000." The project will be See Stairway page 3
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In any of the industries I study, I look to find a company that has a leading position in their market. As an added bonus, I love to see a company that not only leads, but dominates the industry through its leadership status. Throughout history, many companies have developed a wide moat simply by being the top dog in a growing industry, and that appears to be the case for Textainer Group (NYSE: TGH), leader of the container leasing industry.
A Booming Industry
The status of the global shipping industry by fleet type:
See that tiny sliver of "11" on the chart back in 1980? Well that was container ship capacity then, and it is well over 162 now. Posting a 9% CAGR over the last 30 years, the movement towards container ships has been a rapid one. Furthermore, growth accelerated to 11% over the final 5 years of the chart. Representing the core of many container businesses' operations, this global container shipping growth has lead to many happy shareholders over the last year. With Textainer, TAL International (NYSE: TAL), and CAI International (NYSE: CAP) all within 3% of their 52-week highs, and SeaCube's (NYSE: BOX) recent agreement to be acquired by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, it seems as if investors have finally taken notice of the industry's profitability.
With this growth being seen throughout the industry, however, does Textainer's leadership position make it the best investment of the group? Let's start by looking at their current operations.
So Many Containers
Sorry for all the horrendous numbers, but long story short, Textainer is the leader in Twenty-foot equivalent units (TEU's) and has some of the most consistent growth rates of the group. With only one year of a shrinking EPS, the company shows its resiliency in an industry where others have struggled to grow year in and year out.
Despite having slightly lower revenues than TAL, Textainer manages a larger fleet, and more importantly generates more of its income from long term contracts. By generally selling 5 year leases to its customers, Textainer has created an incredibly sticky business. With long term contracts composing 80% of company revenues, Textainer is able to hold a "stickiness advantage" over TAL, which only has a 68% margin.
Furthermore, industry data shows shipping lines are rapidly becoming more willing to lease their containers, rather than own them. With historical data showing lessors accounting for 45% of container purchases, 2012's report of an increase to 65%+ ownership represents quite a jump for the industry as a whole.
The Valuations
With the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan announcing their agreement to buy 100% of SeaCube's shares for $23 apiece, we will leave the company out of the following valuations. The shares were purchased at a 13% premium to their share price on the Jan. 18.
Using these valuations, it is clear that CAI is the best priced grower of the group. With a PEG of 0.45, and very low P/E and P/CF valuations, it looks like it could be the potential breakout candidate of the group. However, with the incredible volatility in the shipping industry, I am hesitant to throw money at CAI.
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One speaker after another talked about building healthy relationships, identifying positive role models and mentors and making good choices when things go wrong at home.
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"'Power of me' basically is owning up to yourself. Understanding that it is you who is going to determine your future. Once I did that, stop blaming other people for my problems, life just took off for me," he said.
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Internet is now shaping the real, material goods economy. Welcome to the era of Internet 3.0: a collaborative life, an age where access trumps ownership, an age where openness becomes the norm.
Since its creation, the exponential growth of the Internet has been transforming our economy deeply, mostly through value chain disruption in industries such as retail, media or communications. But after the information age (connecting people to content) and the social age (connecting people together online), we are now at the dawn of a third age of the internet, where people connect online to share (stuff, experiences) and collaborate offline.
The launch of the OuiShare magazine today is the opportunity to specify our topic of exploration further: the collaborative economy (and the growth of Collaborative Consumption, Distribution and Production).
The continued growth of collaborative consumption
The Internet: the (other) mother of collaboration
Collaborative dynamics deeply impact the way we consume and live. The collaborative consumption economy (or sharing economy) is an economy of fast-growing and highly valued startups, with one thing in common: the Internet, which is not only used to connect users online but also to share either material goods, services, experiences or knowledge in real life. Robin Chase coined the term Peers Incorporated:
Here are a few numbers to illustrate the recent growth of the collaborative consumption movement and its impact on several industries.
Industries to be disrupted: hotels, transportation, retail
The Airbnb economy: a booming industry (disrupted sector: the hotel industry)
Airbnb, the reference website for short-term rent of individual spaces, reached 10 million nights booked and may soon provide more available beds than the Hilton hotel chain (600 000). Airbnb has several competitors: 9 flats, Wimdu, Roomsurfer, Bedycasa, Sejourning (France) and Sinbad Travel (South America) just to name a few. But none of them seems to be able to compete with the eBay of Spaces (which is said to earn $183 M this year).
Home Swapping is on the rise too, with lots of innovative startups launched recently such as LoveHomeSwap, GuestToGuest or Knok.com.
Couchsurfing, launched in 2004, is less impressive in its financial potential as its transactions are non-monetary, but its statistics are as impressive as AirBnB's: 4,5 million Couchsurfers, 15,3 million "connexions" made possible.
Ridesharing (and P2P Carsharing): an impressive growth (disrupted sector: transportation)
BlaBlaCar (a.k.a. covoiturage.fr in France) is the unchallenged leader of ridesharing in France, and should soon claim 2 million registered users. With 3,000 new users every day, a business model now based on online booking, and $10M raised, BlaBlaCar will probably experience a strong international growth. Carpooling.com, its main competitor in Europe , claims 3, 500, 000 registered users and helps 1 million people to travel every month. For Frédéric Mazzella, founder of BlaBlaCar, these numbers are far from the true market's potential. Here is what he told me:
The disruption of the transportation sector due to the the rise of peer-to-peer carsharing (now 9 startups operating in a single country as France) and the recent announcement by Citroën to enter the market (video in French) are also strong signals of this trend.
Community food distribution (disrupted sector: food retail)
On another topic, Laruchequiditoui.fr (the French Farmigo) allows users to "gather to buy direct from the farmer". Although the service was launched a year ago, there are already 400 food communities (8 asking to join every day) deliver throughout the entire France to more than 50.000 consumers.
Finance and education are to be disrupted by the collaborative storm
Crowdfunding through platforms like Kickstarter (12 000 funded projects, 200 million dollars collected in 2011), Ulule (1000 funded projects, 2,5 million Euros collected), KissKissBankBank, Goteo ("crowdfunding the commons"), Catarse (Open Source platform) and many others is no longer a niche phenomenon. Crowdfunding has become the best funding option for creative industries (are there any others?).
Another sector being disrupted: education. Through initiatives such as SkillShare (launched in New York, raised 3,1 million), Gidsy (launched in Berlin, raised 1,2 million), Trade School, Cupofteach, Leeaarn, UniShared and Floqq, collaborative universities are spreading everywhere in the world.
From collaborative consumption to collaborative distribution
Beyond consumption itself, it is the entire distribution chain that is being disrupted by peer collaboration and crowdsourcing.
Two phenomena can be observed within this collaborative distribution. First, the new role played by individuals micro-distributing their own possessions via peer rental services, either in a generalist manner such as Zilok, specifically to a vertical sector (cars, holiday rent) or in real time (TaskRabbit, Zaarly, Stootie etc).
Secondly, the growing contribution of end-users to distribution logistics. In this way, La Ruche Qui Dit Oui is probably a case-study of this. The company trains community leaders who organize the distribution of fresh products. In return, this occupation provides community leaders with a complementary income.
The rise of collaborative (or peer) production
As consumption and distribution are becoming more and more collaborative, the cases of collaborative (informational and physical) production are also numerous and interesting. As we perceive it, Collaborative production has two main characteristics: it is peer-to-peer (horizontal network of producing peers who don't belong to the same company or institution) and open (outputs can be copied and/or modified without excessive restrictions). By enabling us to switch from the digital sphere to the physical world, the potential of collaborative production is astonishing. Here is what Christian Siefkes writes about it:
Regarding collaborative production, we picked two cases we found particularly illustrative:
The first one is the Wikispeed SGT01, a super-efficient car prototype that exceeds usual security norms, produced in 3 months by a team of voluntary engineers with no financial input, using design methods inspired from software development (Agile, Lean, Extreme Programming and Scrum) and collaborating with international teams. Funds were granted through donations and regular campaigns on crowdfunding platforms.
Another proof of concept is the iPhone tripod Glif, conceived, funded, produced and distributed without ever using conventional production methods. It was funded via the crowdfunding platform Kickstarter, co-conceived by 3D design community Shapeways, sold through CMS online commerce Shopify using online payment solution Braintree, produced on demand by Premier Source… all the steps in the development of the project having been managed through social networks.
For Marcin Jakubowski, founder of Open Source Ecology and passionate advocate of the movement:
It is probably within the collaborative production movement that the most disruptive models are emerging. Massimo Banzi, founder of the Open-Source electronic prototyping platform Arduino is confident of this:
How far are we from reaching this point? The dynamics of contribution and collaboration at stake in the free-software and open-source worlds have just started transforming the production of objects and manufactured goods, but the examples are multiplying at an impressive pace.
Wikispeed and Glif are just two examples chosen among many others of collaborative conception, fabrication, and distribution. This evolution has been made possible through the joint disruptions of:
OuiShare: understanding the Collaborative Economy
We think that the dynamics of collaboration and of cutting-out the 'middle-men' are impacting the economy as a whole and are giving birth to a new collaborative economy, a new paradigm in which internet-enabled collaboration transforms the way we produce and distribute goods and knowledge, as well as services, through new value creation mechanisms based on peer-to-peer transactions and communities. The impact of this economy will be significant. The motive of OuiShare is to understand, anticipate and accelerate the shift towards a collaborative economy.
OuiShare is a global community of entrepreneurs, journalists, scholars, designers, activists and citizens working to accelerate the shift towards a Collaborative Economy. It functions as both a Think Tank (analysis and foresight) and a Do Tank (projects, network and raising awareness). We are just starting.
Interested in getting involved? Here we tell you how to.
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Federal prosecutors have announced the end of the Lori Drew cyberbullying case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Mark Krause has withdrawn the notice of appeal filed back in July, when Drew was acquitted of three misdemeanor counts for violating MySpace terms. [Wired]
MySpace Suicide Legal Battle Comes To A Close
Pending approval Katy Kelleher