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Meet Larry Calabro
Principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP
Larry Calabro is a principal with Deloitte Consulting LLP in the Technology practice and the Application Management Services Leader for the Americas. With18 years helping clients in their efforts to get more business value from their technology investments, he has emerged as one of our go-to leaders for technology integration and innovation.
Said another way, Larry is our start-up guy. "I help clients follow the money," he says. "That's where the value opportunities are."
Today Larry is focused on helping our clients in their efforts to achieve value opportunities in applications management services. He leads our AMS business in the Americas, building on his strong experience with Service Oriented Architecture, Business Process Engineering and Large Scale Technology Strategy and Integration.
"My work is about decomposing processes – breaking things down – into basic components in order to help our clients identify where the value opportunities are. That's what I did in our Services Thinking™ framework, and that's what I'm doing with AMS."
"I see the world through client eyes. In this case, I don't believe they're getting enough value from AMS, so we've changed the game. We're driving a new wave of industrialization – lean IT, process reengineering, analytics and performance management – into the AMS market. I see it as a new front for helping them enhance their return on investments in technology."
Larry's primary industry focus has historically been financial services, but that's changing. As companies look increasingly for innovations outside their own sectors, he and his teams are tracking what works across industries and functions. That means borrowing the best ideas wherever they are, and applying them across sectors to help our clients drive quick improvements.
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Application Management Services – Information Management
Application Management Services – Systems Integration
Application Management Services – ERP
Career Highlight
Monitoring real-time performance statistics with the joint Deloitte and client team responsible for the implementation of an integrated global trading platform that reduced cost per trade by more than 72 percent.
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"The elegance of a solution is measured not in the style or approach but the sustainable results and business value it creates."
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MADISON, WI (WTAQ) - Six different Badgers scored goals as the Wisconsin women's hockey team blanked St. Cloud State 6-0.
Both teams had a bye last week.
Karley Sylvester put the Badgers on top on a power play goal, then Saige Pacholok and Alev Kelter made it 3-0 by the time the first period ended. Erika Sowchuk, Brianna Decker and Courtney Burke also had goals in the rout.
Wisconsin has played St. Cloud State three times and scored six goals in each game. The Badgers record is 16-9-2, including 12-9-2 in the WCHA.
They go for the sweep this afternoon at 2 p.m. before the home crowd.

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President Obama Offends Special Olympics
Obama apologizes for Special Olympics gaffe on "The Tonight Show."
President Barack Obama has apologized to the chairman of the Special Olympics for his late-night talk show quip equating his bowling skills to those of athletes with disabilities.
Appearing on "The Tonight Show" Thursday, the president told host Jay Leno he'd been practicing at the White House's bowling alley but wasn't happy with his score of 129. Then he remarked: "It was like the Special Olympics or something."
The audience laughed, but the White House quickly recognized the blunder. The Special Olympics is a non-profit organization dedicated to individuals with mental and physical disabilities.
On his way back to Washington on Air Force One, Obama called the chairman of the Special Olympics, Tim Shriver, to say he was sorry -- even before the taped program aired late Thursday night.
"He expressed his disappointment and he apologized in a way that was very moving. He expressed that he did not intend to humiliate this population," Shriver said Friday on ABC's "Good Morning America." Obama, Shriver said, wants to have some Special Olympic athletes visit the White House to bowl or play basketball.
Still, Shriver said, "I think it's important to see that words hurt and words do matter. And these words that in some respect can be seem as humiliating or a put down to people with special needs do cause pain and they do result in stereotypes."
Shriver is the son of Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver and nephew of Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, whose endorsement early in the Democratic primaries was critical to Obama winning his party's nomination.
Deputy Press Secretary Bill Burton told reporters traveling with Obama that the president's offhand remark was not meant to disparage the Special Olympics, only to poke some fun at the commander in chief's bowling skills.
"He thinks that the Special Olympics are a wonderful program that gives an opportunity to shine to people with disabilities from around the world," Burton said.
Despite making fun of his score, the president appears to be getting better the more he visits the White House lanes, which President Truman installed in 1947. During a campaign photo op a year ago at a bowling alley in Altoona, Pa., he rolled only a 37 in seven frames. The clip of the disastrous game was replayed on late night television shows such as Leno's -- one of Obama's few campaign gaffes.
What do you think of this comment?
Who is surprised by this? I'm certainly not—this president has no respect for human life, so why should he have any compassion for the disabled? I predict we'll see a lot more of this in the next 3 1/2 years, unfortunately….
I lol'd at cyndi's comment.
Poor Cyndi…you put up with 8 years of BS and now, how horrible it must be for you to have to see change. Its ok…because he's not going anywhere anytime soon.
I'm glad he apologized. I wish people would stop using the Special Olympics as a joke … it's a worthwhile organization that does a lot of good in the world. And I'm willing to bet that a lot of Special Olympians bowl better than the president does …
I'm not a big fan of Obama's,but come on he was joking.We have to watch everything we say now days.It was a slip of the tongue.Its like all the African Americans screaming raciest and suing any white person for saying anything they don't agree with.Jesse Jackson and Al Sharpton running anywhere the can to get a law suit.He was kidding,nothing meant by it.Get over it,we have more important things to deal with.
I Lol'd at Cyndi's comment too…
I lol'd Cundi's comment also!
I agree with angela
At least this president apologizes for his mistakes…FORMER (thank god) President Bush acted like he was God's gift to America…yeah, a lot of good he did us. We totally "misunderestimated" that man. I never thought he was capable of doing so much damage to this country! Oh, how happy I am that we are no longer under his administration!
Rachel you should move some place rather than America.This country were run by Republican.He made a lousy commet about disabled and you think its okey!
Tony: Yes, this country was run by a Republican…quite badly I might say. And no, I do NOT think it was okay for Obama to make the comment that he did. However, I do forgive people when they APOLOGIZE AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY for their actions. Why should I have to leave America simply because I think people should own their wrongdoings? People make mistakes…my point was that at least he owns them unlike our last president.
Wow is it that when you share your political "liberal" opinion the first thing a Republican says is move out of the country? WTF. I am sooooo sick of hearing that being told to me…I wonder if the reason it is so easily thrown at me is because I am obviously Latina and "they" don't think this IS my country and thus any comment deserves exportation? So, then…how about THAT or insensitive remarks and discrimination? Just pointing out that people can get holier than thou "No respect for human life"? Seriously?? "Move out of the country"? Really??? Good grief people! Chill out.
Well I got news people Obama is screwing up!!!!!!! Look at all the money he's already wasted. Fanny Mae and Freddy Mack already giving Bonus with your money.George BUSH WAS A BAD PRESIDENT,but if you think Obama is going to save us,you better think again.We are going to be so broke>He didn't think out this stimulus plan just wanted it passed.My state will not even take this money because if you take it you have to keep spending the same amount in years to come and that will do nothing but rasie taxes.Obama you do need to watch your mouth you may be president but your not God!!!!


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ALBANY, N.Y. – The Equinox is preparing for the annual Thanksgiving Day Community Dinner.
On Thursday, the Equinox will hold its 44th annual dinner which is expected to feed 10,000 Capital Region residents who are homeless or are in difficult circumstances.
The holiday meal couldn't happen without the help of volunteers like Marji Knecthel.
"It's a great community dinner. All kinds of people come and eat," said Knecthel, the Volunteer Coordinator.
One of the much needed volunteers is only 11-year-old and has been volunteering since she was five.
"It just takes 80% heart, 20% talent," said Jordan White. "If I get bullied at school, I know that I'm actually doing a good thing, so I don't need to worry about them."
Jordan says this dinner is important because not everyone can get out of their homes and some have no family. The annual Thanksgiving dinners are more like fun, social "gatherings", a way Equinox helps people feel less lonely or forgotten about.
The Development Director for the Equinox, Christina Rajotte is heading up the dinner. She says they still need help.
"We need about 150 more drivers," said Rajotte. "And if they wanna drive, the best way to reach us is email us at 'firstname.lastname@example.com'. We're telling them to email is, because the phones will be inundated, and we're afraid we won't get to their calls. By email, we certainly can be reached and we want to make sure we provide them with that opportunity and also that we can work with them to make this a good holiday."
Delivery takes place between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m. Thursday. Then the sit-down dinner will be held at the First Presbyterian Church on State and Willet Streets from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m.
If you or someone you know needs a meal, you can contact the Equinox at (518)-434-0131.
The leftovers from the Thanksgiving meal will be donated to area food pantries.
The meal is funded through donations of cash, food, and services by individuals or groups.


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Why was Don Imus vilified and fired for calling a group of young, black athletes "nappy headed hoes," but able to return to the airwaves months later provoking barely a stir? Why is Michael Richards' racist tirade in a Los Angeles nightclub all but forgotten? Why have these incidents, and others like the Duke University case, failed to generate any long-lasting, helpful dialogue on race in America? The Washington Post attempts to answer these questions in a thoughtful, though conservative-leaning, article entitled "Reduced to the Small Screen: Incident, Reaction, Forget, Repeat--Formulaic Entertainment Replaces Serious Discussion on Race."
And with each episode in the long-running Saga of Race in America, a string of characters lines up to react to the latest eruption. The media records them as they take up positions in the Great Race Debate. The media stokes the discussion as self-proclaimed black leaders scream outrage while opponents -- often white, sometimes black -- scream counter-outrage. The "colorblind" wonder why we all just can't get along. And the rest of us watch from ringside, rooting for one camp or another, sometimes in silence.I have asked myself that question often and I believe the answer is complex. The Washington Post article does a good job of tackling many of the reasons the race debate has become so superficial. Two factors that I believe play a key role in defining talk of race are 1) the way most Americans consume media and 2) the limited number of voices invited to participate in the mainstream racial discussion. [Ed. note: In hindsight, a larger influence on the national race debate is the way media presents racial issues (any issue, really): superficial; weighted to emphasize/encourage controversy; focus on balance/impartiality and not truth/facts; bent toward conservatism/corporatism/status quo.]
Then inevitably, the media turns away. The outrage fades. The talking heads go silent. The curtain falls, and the debate recedes to wherever it goes until the next eruption.
Which raises the question: Has the debate over race become a melodrama? A bad television soap opera? A theatrical stage play with complex issues boiled down to a script? Entertaining words thrown around simply to satisfy the 24-hour news cycle, the blogosphere?
Are we doomed to debate racism over and over -- stuck in purgatory, a cycle of skirmishes, of shock and awe, with nothing gained, nothing learned?
Or is there a way to change the ritual, to go deeper into our national consciousness and get off this merry-go-round?
I'm a media junkie. I consume a variety of media, both mainstream (local and national TV news; local and national newspapers; political, news and cultural magazines) and alternative (blogs; progressive radio, and even though it makes my blood pressure rise, right wing radio). It helps that, as a public relations professional, I am paid to pay attention to the media.
Most people I encounter on a daily basis don't have the time or inclination to do what I do. Most people I encounter get their information from limited sources, including a mainstream media owned by a narrow group of people--a mainstream media that is no longer The Fourth Estate, but a series of corporations operating with profit as their main mission. It is a media that courts controversy and, more than ever, believes "if it bleeds, it leads." It is a media that traffics in stereotypes and narrows race to black and white. It is a media that doesn't have time for nuanced and in-depth discussion about anything--not war, not healthcare, not poverty and not race. So, it is no wonder that the authors of the Washington Post article write:
There it was on television one afternoon, another episode in the Great Race Debate. A perky commentator moderated the banter between two intellectuals discussing the Jena 6 case and the debate over racial injustice.Mainstream media as a whole (there are certainly exceptions) no longer serves as public advocate. It is entertainment--candy everybody wants. On its own, it is not the ideal organ to discuss or solve our country's racial problems, yet it is the place most people get their information on the topic.
Even with the sound off, it looked like entertainment, says Alan Bean, executive director of Friends of Justice, a Texas-based criminal justice reform organization that began probing the Jena 6 case long before it became big news. Bean was watching the show while sitting in an airport. That's when it occurred to him: The race debate had become theater.
"When I looked at the woman who was the correspondent refereeing the fight between two talking heads, I didn't get the impression she was concerned about enlightening the audience or coming to a meeting of the minds or shedding light on inequities in the criminal justice system," says Bean, who is white. "Her primary concern seemed to be putting on a show."
I often wonder if the mainstream media has some sign they flash a la the bat signal when faced with racial controversy. You say a comedian unleashed an epithet-laden tirade in a nightclub? Someone caught it on video phone? Send up the race signal! Pow! Bang! Al Sharpton, Jesse Jackson and Boy Wonder Michael Eric Dyson are on the way to the studio. Whether you believe the activists I just named are well-meaning and effective advocates for the black community or "grievance merchants," you must agree that there are many, many more voices available to dissect America's views on race. There are myriad authors, scholars and bloggers (Some of the most insightful commentary I've read about race is in the blogosphere.) who should join the race discussion. However, the mainstream media regularly puts forth the same voices--the more polarizing, the better.
How do we fix this? The Washington Post article ends on a pessimistic note:
So the show goes on. The debate over racism becomes as predictable as
reruns on basic cable. The audience watches the Great Race Debate for a while,
then changes the channel -- until the next episode.
I'm honestly at a loss, unless we can transform more Americans from passive consumers of information to more proactive seekers of information on race and other important topics; unless black people can convince the mainstream that just as there are no appointed "white leaders," there are no appointed "black leaders;" unless we can encourage all sides of racial debate to listen more, talk less, and come to the table with empathy.
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Whenever there is a question about a slowdown in the economy, some of the first stocks to take a hit are construction related companies. This makes sense because these companies get such a big lift from new construction and development. However, I think at least in one case the market is betting against a highly successful company. In the construction industry there are three different companies I've identified as opportunities, but for different reasons.
It's one thing if the overall market is down and you can easily identify multiple companies selling at a discount to their 52 week high. Where I've found good opportunities in the past is, when the market overall is doing okay, yet one sector gets left behind. This is the situation with the construction industry, and in particular companies like, Caterpillar (NYSE: CAT), Deere (NYSE: DE), and CNH Global (NYSE: CNH). While both Caterpillar and CNH are selling for a near 20% or more discount to their 52 week highs, Deere & Co is down just over 5%. I would make the argument that the market is mispricing these opportunities, and that could present a chance to profit for investors.
Oh Deere:
Construction companies benefit when the economy picks up steam because their goods and services are in higher demand. Most companies have to take on significant debt to finance their cost of goods sold, but if they use this leverage wisely it can lead to superior returns. The challenge for any company that takes on debt is not taking on too much. This is my big worry when it comes to Deere. Deere has an iconic brand name and gets business from both the construction and farming segments of the market. Some investors might look at Deere as an opportunity at about 10 times next year's EPS projections, but I see trouble. It is true that analysts are calling for 10% EPS growth in the next few years for Deere, but in this company's case, EPS growth doesn't mean cash flow growth.
In fact, in the last three years, Deere grew its net income by over 64% in total, yet operating cash flow dropped 100%. In addition, Deere shows negative average free cash flow in the last four quarters. The biggest worry has to be Deere's balance sheet. It's not unusual to see a debt-to-equity ratio of over 1 for construction companies, but Deere's ratio currently sits at 3.28. With more than three times as much debt as equity, any hiccup in the company's operations could be a problem. The fact that the company's dividend of 2.17% is covered by a negative payout ratio isn't too reassuring either. I would recommend investors look for an exit from Deere's shares until the company shores up their balance sheet, and solves their free cash flow issues.
A Global Laggard:
CNH Global is an agricultural and construction company based in Amsterdam, Netherlands. Unfortunately for investors, CNH shares some of Deere's characteristics, but without the same growth, and without the yield. CNH is selling for a relatively cheap P/E ratio based on next year's estimates at about 8.5 times earnings. However, unlike Deere which is expected to see 10% growth, CNH is expected to grow by about 8.6%. If the company offered a higher yield, investors might overlook this lower growth rate, but CNH pays no yield at the current time. In addition, CNH shares Deere's affinity for net income growth at the expense of operating cash flow growth. In the last three years, CNH's net income growth has been impressive. The company has increased net income from a loss of almost $200 million to a profit of $939 million in the last three years. However, during this same timeframe the company's operating cash flow has dropped by 55%. While CNH's balance sheet is significantly stronger than Deere's with a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.4, the fact that the company lags in so many other areas makes this a stock to avoid.
A Leader Being Treated Like A Laggard:
Investors looking for a play on the construction sector should look first to Caterpillar. The company offers several traits that its competition can't claim. First, Caterpillar pays the best yield of the three with a current payout of about 2.36%. Second, Caterpillar is selling for about 10 times next year's earnings, but analysts expect superior EPS growth of about 14% in the next few years. Third, in the last three years, Caterpillar has been able to grow both its net income and operating cash flow. Net income has increased 450%, while operating cash flow increased about 8% in total from 2009 to 2011. This increase in operating cash flow might not sound great, until you consider their competition saw their cash flow cut by 50% or more in the same timeframe. In addition, while Deere struggles with much higher debt, and CNH has less debt and less growth, Caterpillar has a good blend of a strong balance sheet and good expected growth. According to the company's last quarterly financials, their debt-to-equity ratio is 1.48. It's true that Caterpillar has struggled to maintain positive free cash flow in the last few quarters, but next year could be a different story. If 2013 is another year of global recovery, Caterpillar's superior brand and worldwide reach should serve the company well. The fact that the stock is down more than 20% from its 52 week high is just another reason to put CAT on your Watchlist.
On the surface these three companies look similar, but as you can tell there are some major differences once you dig into the numbers. With an over 2% yield, the best expected growth rate of the three, and a relatively strong balance sheet, Caterpillar looks like the stock to watch in this industry. Investors in Deere and CNH should compare their companies to Caterpillar and ask themselves why they believe these stocks are better investments. From what I can see, the other two come up short in light of Caterpillar's attributes.
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I have recently been able to join a union. I caretake for my Mother in Wa. State & am proud to have health benefits again for the first time in a long time I went to the doctor not scared! We are moving soon and will need to re apply in our new state for caretaking and benefits & I will have a gap in benefits for a lil while so I'm getting all I can get done with my benefits right now! They probably think I'm a hypochondriac lol!
ps. I am lucky to also have a job working at the olive garden right now. Tons of educated people working with me and very lucky my state did not take away Mom's medicade & hospice if needed (almost did). A little nervous about how everything will transfer to Hawaii but My Momma has cancer and I will take her where she see's fit. Thank-you for reading and I use Wai Lana yoga for meditation & oneness.lol!
hi rosie….i love that you are open to different media outlets….here is something that i found through arabic news outlets, but found the same story from original israeli source….it states that gaddafi's mom is jewish….if im not mistaken, wouldnt that make him jewish since the kids follow the mom? the video with this link is in hebrew..http://aukina4israel1.multiply.com/journal/item/2317/You_wont_believe_this_Gadafis_mother_was_Jewish
maybe,seems like even at fox one may have ventured a little left of far right.do not let a FOX into your chicken coop,be on guard Shep. rupert may spank you with a wet tie dye t shirt.


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Amherst couple demonstrates domes' potential in their backyard
Through their new company, Clint and Britt Ellsworth are using the domes to create year-round environments for gardening.
The Ellsworths are the owners of www.harvestpathway.com, a company that specializes in both greenhouse dome kits and custom-built geodesic domes. The structures range in size from as small as 10 feet in diameter to almost as large as the imagination (and local zoning regulations) will permit.
The domes are fashioned of pine two-by-fours and are covered in a material manufactured in Germany called SolaWrap, which resembles bubble wrap and offers incredible energy efficiency, light diffusion, and durability. According to the Ellsworths, who have the exclusive rights to sell SolaWrap in North America, the material can withstand heavy snow loads and won't buckle under gale-force winds.
"My father builds these domes in Alaska and they've survived storms with 135 mile-per-hour winds," said Clint. "Because of their shape and the material, the wind just goes right over them. There's nothing for the wind to grab onto."
The Ellsworths first got into building the domes when Britt's parents said they wanted one.
"We found a book online. It was horribly written and had bad instructions, but after we fixed a few errors in the math, we figured it out," said Clint. With the help of his dad, they built their first dome, and they realized they were onto something special.
On their own property in Amherst, the Ellsworths decided to put their design to the test in a big way, and they erected a massive dome that spans 38 feet in diameter. And though it's impressive from the outside, it's the aquaponic design inside that is truly remarkable.
On one side of the dome is a large tank and that's fed by a waterfall. In that tank, the Ellsworth will be raising tilapia, a white fish. The water from the fish tank, laced with natural fertilizer, will then circulate through a bed of gravel that runs along the inside of the dome.
In this gravel, the Ellsworths will grow a variety of vegetables and fruits year-round including leafy greens, strawberries, and tomatoes. As the water moves through the gravel, it will deposit the fertilizer and get filtered before returning to the fish tank.
But fish and leafy greens aren't enough to satisfy a New Englander's hunger, so in the center of the dome, the Ellsworths have constructed a dirt bed where onions, potatoes, carrots and other root vegetables will grow. The beds are all built waist-high so there'll be no bending over to plant or harvest, and the gravel beds won't grow weeds so that chore is eliminated from gardening.
Because of the shape of the dome, the building gets sunlight from whatever direction the sun is heading, and on a warm March day, the temperatures inside the dome reached well over 100 degrees. But on cold winter days, the Ellsworths will heat the structure with what's called a "rocket mass heater."
The heater is essentially a barrel with a convection system built inside. But unlike a traditional wood stove, the chimney is at the bottom of the barrel and is channeled through a brick and gravel "bench" which absorbs the heat from the exhaust. By the time the smoke is vented outside, most of its heat is left inside the building.
"It's an incredibly efficient source of heat," said Britt. "You can use sticks instead of logs and get the same amount of heat."
Work is almost completed on the Ellsworths' own private biodome, and they'll begin growing soon. But in the meantime, they're meeting the demand for the dome kits by outsourcing manufacturing to a company in Pennsylvania. But their hands will still be getting dirty on the custom domes, Clint said.
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My friend is a sushi chef in Boulder, CO and carved up an orange into a bear to hold itself in cubes.
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Well for some reason it says the pot volume is 2L, 2.5L which is incorrect.. I looked it up on another site and it says the pot holds 22 ounces, which is only approx. .65 liters. So the pot itself is really small. I believe it could still hold a fuel cannister and small stove though.
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Recordings of 2013-2014 talks will be posted here sometime this summer.
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The snowy weather in the Northeast has forced the cancellation of Monday's basketball game between Georgia Tech and Fordham at Alexander Memorial Coliseum. The Rams were unable to fly to Atlanta.
The game won't be rescheduled. Those who have purchased tickets can exchange them for tickets to Friday's 1 p.m. game against Mercer or Sunday's 6 p.m. game against Charlotte. The tickets can be exchanged at Gate 1 before the game starts.
December 26th, 2010
4:59 pm
The game won't be reschedule because Hewitt doesn't want to be embarrassed losing to another small school
December 26th, 2010
5:00 pm
Is Tech gonna have enough players eligible to even play Air Force ?
December 26th, 2010
5:29 pm
I doubt this will end up coming into play but if Tech has a good run through the ACC schedule and ends up squarely on the bubble, how would the NCAA Tournament selection committee factor in a canceled game that isn't rescheduled? While it's easy to say the game never happened and thus wouldn't matter for anything, I would assume not having played a scheduled winnable game at all would put Tech in a hole compared to teams with similar resumes who play their full schedules.
December 26th, 2010
5:35 pm
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December 26th, 2010
6:04 pm
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December 26th, 2010
6:05 pm
December 26th, 2010
6:21 pm
Saved Blewitt from another loss. Dosent matter how many GT players are suspended, defense wouldn't stop Air Force anyway with 250K defensive coach Grohs 3-4
December 26th, 2010
7:18 pm
You Techies have got it tough. First 4 football players flunk out. Then 3 more break curfew (in Shreveport?). The only way it could be any worse is if Tech students were getting mugged, pistol whipped and beaten up in their dorm room. Every week. Oh wait, thats happening ,too. Never mind.
December 26th, 2010
8:03 pm
Mercifully …
December 26th, 2010
8:22 pm
UGA Slobberknoocker,
Go check the Dumb Dawgs page and you will see that your beloved are not much better off. You have just as many players that can't meet NCAA requirements at that piss poor playground you like to call a school, and then you have one that can't even make it to meetings cause he probably is sitting in jail. Notice, 2 of the 4 Tech players didn't meet Tech requirements. Your whole team would be ineligible if they had the standards Tech requires!
Hewitt has got to GO!!!!!!
December 26th, 2010
8:43 pm
Since the previous two posts have been shut down for comments, i'll post it here. How does the NCAA suspend both Hall and Barnes for academic reasons yet the blog stated that both have already graduated?? That makes no sense, unless i'm missing something.
December 26th, 2010
9:01 pm
And the hits keep coming for Paul Johnson. This last month has been an embarrassment for Tech fans on and off the field, and one smug, slovenly man is to blame. Has Paul Johnson lost control of this team?
More at firepauljohnson.blogspot.com
December 26th, 2010
10:21 pm
Wiiliam Satterwhite: Try not to lose any sleep worrying about that scenerio. Never gonna happen my friend.
Fire Paul Johnson: You have to be a dawg. No respectful Tech fan would embarass us with that sh–.
December 26th, 2010
10:48 pm
Blewitt must go…along with St Richt and the 5 star wagon!!!
December 26th, 2010
10:50 pm
I hear you can get 4 hot dawgs and a F150, compliments of St Richt
December 26th, 2010
10:50 pm
suckit dawgies…you are 5 star losers
December 26th, 2010
11:09 pm
At least we can lose this one…Hewitt can thank God for this one because if Tech had played im sure they would have found a way to lose…Please fire Hewitt!!
December 27th, 2010
2:05 am
That's what happens when you have YELLOW or GOLDEN jockitch in you Al GROHin. hahahahahahahahahahahaha
December 27th, 2010
7:08 am
Hey UGA Slobberknocker -
Say what you want about failing out and missing curfew in Shreveport – it's fair to mock Tech for that – but the "getting mugged" comment is just classless. It sickens me that UGA supporters like you take pleasure in that.
December 27th, 2010
7:30 am
I didn't know Tech still had a D1 men's basketball program until the other night when I heard an ESPN analyst say they were already on the bubble.
December 27th, 2010
8:37 am
I like to give you Tech fans a hard time (and have taken some shots myself from you guys). But really, can you get too upset about three college guys missing curfew? yes, it was wrong, yes suspend them, but leave it at that its no big deal. So any fan who piles on is just doing it to get a rise out of you people (see my earlier post)..we all realize this stuff happens to everyone..
on the academic ones..every school has students (athlete or otherwise) who end up not being college material..thats life..its is not a negative.
Now go beat Air Force and we'll seeya next year.
December 27th, 2010
8:41 am
I will say that the poster above who took offense at me mentioning the ongoing mugging problem on campus has some misplaced anger. just reporting the facts. Maybe call the AJC and yell them to ignore the problem..or you could hire some security. Is it classless that I worry about my friend's kids who go there? No. so dont take offense..just fix the problem that is giving the campus a black eye.
December 27th, 2010
9:09 am
UGASlobberknocker, I see where a couple of your fleabags are suspended due to academic reasons, how does that happen at UGAg?
must have been coloring outside the lines I guess.
December 27th, 2010
9:31 am
Does anybody even care about this basketball team? I wouldn't even waste time writing anything on paper about coach blewitt! I'm sure about 5 people will be in the stands watching blewitt look like bozo the clown some more. Until DRAD gets balls and fires this idiot of a coach, i will join thousands of other GT fans and not even watch or spend 1 cent of my money on this program until we get a new coach! DRAD, you keep pushing GT fans away and you won't have any of them to sit in your new arena!!! There is no difference in firing him today or before march 15th? So why keep him on the payroll anymore? I guess to just keep us as the laughing stock of the ACC i suppose.
December 27th, 2010
9:43 am
December 27th, 2010
10:02 am
I'm sure Fordham is pretty upset about it. They don't get too many opportunities to beat up an ACC opponent.
December 27th, 2010
10:09 am
I heard Hewitt partied too hard celebrating Kwanzza and decided to call off the game to sleep in. Very smart decision on his part. Honestly I can say this is the best decision he has made in his entire career, cause he knew we would lose the game!
December 27th, 2010
10:23 am
No matter how you crawfish on your mugging comment, it proves you're a real low life POS. To say it, then rationalize it after your called out tells me your a real puzzy. There's nothing cute or funny about your comment.
Thank God not all Georgia fans are as demented as you. You need counseling dude, you've got mental health problems.
December 27th, 2010
10:36 am
The bowl season is a joke and players becoming ineligible academically is a joke. Please don't sell us that crap. Happens every year. Teams everywhere have players that put their teams in position to play in bowl games then have the ax fall prior to the game. Show me one basketball player decades ineligible prior to the NCAA tourney. Doesn't happen because finals aren't held prior to the tourney. Bowl games should be exempt and the player should be held out of spring practice or until his semester grades are posted and he qualifies. The NCAA and Tech have it backwards and fans and players pay an unnecessary price. Bowl games are rewards and should be played at full squad depth except for injuries of course. GT was very wrong for sitting out players based on their own standards and the NCAA is wrong for their punishment of players or the timing of it.
GT sports is in a really bad state right now. Football is very weak and basketball weaker. Johnson gets two more years but Hewitt must go immediately. They won't win more than 3 ACC games. GT is a doormat and it is time for DRad to step up and fire Hewitt. With the new facility on the rise and a fan base dwindling I don't see where he has any choice. Give Hewitt 7 million and kick his arse out the door.
December 27th, 2010
3:16 pm
It seems that Radokovich is in Hewitt's corner lately, which means we will have to put up with another year or two of the lousiest NCAA basketball coach. His offense still has no clue, none of his players grow in the understanding of the game, and we'll continue to get stupid answers from him on all his post-game comments. He's an idiot, not deserving of any contract let-alone a life-time one. If Radokovich is in this idiot's corner, then I say it's time to start looking for another AD with some backbone.
December 27th, 2010
6:41 pm
My only guess on the graduates being declared ineligible is that they did not pass the required 6 hours. Still doesn't make sense…if you have graduated, you should be able to play in the bowl game.
By the way, Hewitt has to go…can't even fill up the arena v UGA.
December 27th, 2010
8:09 pm
At least you won't lose another game to a high school team! Oh and it did get worse…….lost to Air Force……….great game……..love the turnovers…………..I wonder what "rings" the seniors will get this year???
December 28th, 2010
5:28 am
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December 28th, 2010
7:35 am
Ga Tech—bad in football, bad in basketball. Baseball's next.
December 28th, 2010
5:09 pm
Paul Hewitt should be fired, not tomorrow, not next week, but now. We get pummeled by Kennesaw State who has only 1 other win, we lose to Siena, really Siena. He just needs to be fired, and if Dan won't do it, fire Dan!!!! This is a joke.
December 28th, 2010
11:11 pm
Hewitt's contract just rolled over again! Pay him more millions—he promises next time to beat kennesaw state!
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Admissions of Guilt?
Adam Wheeler was hardly the first student to be accused of faking his way into the most hallowed grounds of academia — and he won't be the last. Welcome to the new era of dishonesty.
"Who doesn't want to be a Harvard graduate in this day and age when credentials equal financial success?" says David Callahan, an Ivy League graduate and author of The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead. "We live in an incredibly status-oriented society, and there are major economic and social rewards for having the highest credentials. And you don't get much higher in terms of educational credentials than going to Harvard. The difference between going to Harvard University and Boston University could translate into hundreds of thousands or millions of dollars in difference in lifetime earnings…. So at some level, it should be no surprise that people fake their credentials."
Admissions experts agree that nearly all college applications contain elements of untruth — whether it's exaggerated extracurriculars or professionally polished essays — and that it's impossible to fact-check every claim. "There is embellishment in a disturbingly large number of applications — as many, perhaps, as 5 percent," says Barmak Nassirian, associate executive director of the American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers. "The admissions process is designed around data integrity…. We have [verification] techniques that have evolved over time, none of which is absolutely foolproof…. No institution can afford to verify everything people submit." Robert Bardwell of the American School Counselor Association says, "You have to assume people are honest."
It's not just admissions, though. Suzanne Pomey was a working-class Kentuckian who, in 2002, was charged alongside another student with embezzling more than $91,000 from the student group Hasty Pudding Theatricals. More recently, there was Kaavya Viswanathan ('08), who signed a $500,000 book deal while still in high school only to have her first novel pulled from shelves amid allegations of plagiarism. She's now in her third year at Georgetown Law.
There have always been con artists, cheats, and thieves, of course. What's alarming is that these episodes are no longer an aberration, but rather an example of a new era of dishonesty that's especially pervasive among ambitious, privileged kids, according to psychologists and cultural analysts. Adam Wheelers are becoming much more common, says Jean Twenge, coauthor of The Narcissism Epidemic. "And it's not just college students. This seems to be a trend among people of all ages. People are cheating at everything. It shows up for young people because it's the only culture they've ever known."
According to a study coauthored by Twenge and published in the Journal of Personality, cases of high narcissism among college-age kids increased by 30 percent from 1982 to 2006; today, two out of every three students measure high on the narcissism scale. "Someone who's highly narcissistic thinks, The rules don't apply to me; I'll do anything it takes to get ahead; and if I have to cheat, so be it," says Twenge. White-collar criminals, she notes, are almost always clinically narcissistic. So are reality TV stars.
"Adam Wheeler is an extreme case, but I don't think a surprising one," says Callahan, The Cheating Culture author. "The idea that somebody would be so focused on having higher status that they're willing to risk their entire academic career, not to mention criminal action, suggests just what kind of pressure-cooker time we live in."
Still, it's tough to say which comes first: narcissism or the Ivy League. Elite schools tend to produce as many big personalities as they attract. "Certainly there's some truth to the idea that high achievement…often goes hand in hand with a certain arrogance and self-involvement," writes Douthat. "And that the kind of people who change the world in dramatic ways aren't always the kind of people you'd want as next-door neighbors."


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Columbia Journalism School professors write to the White House.
While we hold varying opinions of Wikileaks' methods and decisions, we all
believe that in publishing diplomatic cables Wikileaks is engaging in journalistic
activity protected by the First Amendment. Any prosecution of Wikileaks' staff for
receiving, possessing or publishing classified materials will set a dangerous precedent
for reporters in any publication or medium, potentially chilling investigative journalism
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I've lived near a pot club and have taken a look at several more - with street names and art on the product labels, and with the customers lined up who look like something out of a Cheech and Chong movie, these places really tell on themselves: a dispensary is clearly no CVS or Walgreens, but an end-around by and for potheads. Only a few of the "customers" obtain pot for the right reason, like my sister who lost her life to cancer. In reality, too few of the customers have legitimate medical needs. The honest ones will giggle about how they got their card. The prescription process is a joke.
Dispensaries can bring crime, like this recent example of a robbery and shooting: http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Security-guard-shot-3-times-during-5019482.php What is the panel's plan for security?
A dispensary or club in violation of federal law is not the answer. Medicinal marijuana, if legit, should only be prescribed through a traditionally licensed FDA approved pharmacy. Keep these dispensaries far away from our community. If you want to make it legal for recreational use, then make it legal (again at the federal level), but quit this less-than-legitimate OMMP charade.
GOVERNment seems a restrictive entity. The definition of govern, has control and restrict in it's definition. HMMM...
I would hope my state elected officials would defend a persons RIGHT with equal vigor to have a dispensary as much as they would defend the gun rights of Oregonians. Especially law enforcement. I have no problem with democracy. By the people, for the people.
I would like to know that a county sheriff would defend my pot smoking FRIENDS the same as my FRIENDS who don't smoke pot.
I don't want to regurgitate pot history here but if this whole thing doesn't revolve around money and revenue, WOW.
Somebody asked me if the should tax pot. I responded, I guess, they tax everything else. He responded, " Well I don't because the government is the biggest addict of them all." So true...
So in my mind, It is what it is. Next stop, legalization and all you people using the "But quit this less-than-legitimate OMMP charade" card, will need to pull a new one from your deck.
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Now more than ever, users are distracted by the additional information provided in search results. You have sponsored listings, images, video, shopping results, and instant search. This has changed search results from a simple, focused list of relevant information to a crowded street bazaar with each new search feature shouting "click here!"
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Game Day is from 9 a.m. to noon at the Tisbury Senior Center, 34 Pine Tree Road. Cards, board games and more. Coffee provided. Call 508-696-4205.
Stuffed Animal Story Time, 10:30 a.m., Oak Bluffs library. Bring your favorite stuffed animal and have milk and cookies with Ms. Zoe. Ages 2 and up.
Party Bridge, 1 to 4 p.m., Tisbury Senior Center, 34 Pine Tree Road. Group bridge game. Call 508-693-3686.
Alex's Place Drop-In Hours are from 2:30 to 10 p.m. at the YMCA on Edgartown-Vineyard Haven Road. Visit alexsplace.net.
Afterschool Om, 4 p.m., Oak Bluffs library. Sondra Murphy leads yoga for children. Free. Preregister, space limited. Call 508-693-9433.
Friday February 7, 2014
The Art of Advertising exhibit opening, 5 to 7 p.m., Martha's Vineyard Museum galleries, Edgartown. Free for members, $7 for nonmembers.
Community Supper, 5 to 6:30 p.m., hosted by Grace Episcopal Church, Woodlawn avenue and William street, Vineyard Haven. Every Friday through March 28. Free. All are welcome. Call 508-693-0332.
Walking Group, 5:30 to 6:30 p.m., Martha's Vineyard Regional High School. For those who want to exercise and those who may need extra support to reach fitness goals. Free.
Friday February 7, 2014
Free Friday Movie, 7 p.m., Chilmark library. Movie with Fred Astaire, Joan Fontaine and Burns & Allen. Refreshments served. Call 508-645-3360.
First Friday Community Open Stage, 8 p.m., doors open at 7:30 p.m. at Alex's Place at the YMCA. Open mic night. All are welcome. $5.


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by Fred McMillin
Birth of a Blanc
1966—Robert Mondavi opens his new winery. He has a substantial supply of Sauvignon Blanc grapes, but knows the wine they produce does not sell well. What to do?
The Loire—Robert Mondavi thought about the sterling white wines of the Upper Loire, made from the Blanc Fume (Sauvignon Blanc).
The Mondavi solution was to change the taste and change the name. So, he added cold fermentation to intensify the fruit flavors, and added oak aging to provide spice and smoke. As for the new name, he reversed Blanc Fume. Robert Mondavi Fume Blanc was born!
What did the critics think? The revered Brit, Harry Waugh, said it was the equal of the Loire Blanc Fume. Critics Hannum and Blumberg said the 1967 was "among the two or three best dry Bordeaux-type white wines we have ever tasted." The latest release is the 1996, in a handsome frosted bottle to celebrate the wine's 30th birthday. Like the early versions, cold fermentation and oak contact are still used. There have been further innovations however...whole cluster crushing adds even more bright fruit flavors...10% Semillon has been introduced to contribute hints of melon...and to avoid losing the tasty results, the wine is no longer filtered.
1996 Fume Blanc, Napa Valley
Sauvignon Blanc was not the only name changed by Robert Mondavi in 1966. He also changed the pronounciation of the family name. It had always been mon-DAVE-ee. Robert changed to mon-DAH-vee. Credit: James Conaway's Napa, Charles Sullivan's Napa Wine.
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The Nicholas Sparks universe finally gets the crime thriller it deserves, an erratic amalgam of mush and mystery, with an 11th-hour dose of supernatural visitation.
Watching "Safe Haven," one feels a strange disconnect between what is happening with the characters and what is happening in the plot.
In the foreground is a love story between a pair of agreeable stock characters. There's Katie (Julianne Hough), a Bostonian newly arrived in sleepy, photogenic Southport, N.C., and Alex (Josh Duhamel), the handsome, widowed proprietor of the quaint oceanside grocery.
Behind them, clanking and grinding and popping rivets, is the story apparatus, a devilish meat grinder combining domestic violence, interstate flight from pursuing police and restless spirits.
What's your point exactly, Nick?
One can understand the impulse to make "Safe Haven" stand apart from Sparks' growing catalog of bland, interchangeable romance movies, but the result is figurative and literal overkill. By piling complications atop surprise revelations, this scatterbrained film gets in its own way.
The film starts in a rush as Katie flees what appears to be a crime scene, slipping past authorities by wearing a hoodie and feigning pregnancy. That may be a character note, actually.
Hopping off a bus in scenic Southport, she's magnetically attracted to single dad Alex and his appealing kids. He's a sitcom-style lovable doofus with good fixer-upper potential.
As a woman on the lam, however, Katie can't reveal her feelings, despite the urging of Jo (Cobie Smulders), a neighbor who encourages her to lighten up and settle down.
The film is competently directed by Lasse Hallstrom, but the back-and-forth design of the romantic mystery defeats him.
We're supposed to wonder whether Katie is a fugitive murderess, but we're not fooled. The misdirection is all too obvious.
The scene-of-the-crime vignettes are montages that clearly omit relevant information.
Besides, Sparks' heroines are paragons. When the real villain is revealed, that character is extra despicable with sprinkles on top, defiling a July 4th parade just so there's no confusion.
The film concludes with a forehead-slapping twist that throws the last vestige of logic out the window. Movies don't have to make a lick of sense to be great entertainment, as long as they're fleet-footed enough to keep us diverted.
"Safe Haven" bogs down in every new twist. It's a 10-round cage match between form and content, fought to a punishing, pointless draw.
★ 1/2
Cast: Julianne Hough, Josh Duhamel, Cobie Smulders, David Lyons
Director: Lasse Hallstrom
115 minutes
PG-13 (thematic material involving threatening behavior, violence and sexuality)
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