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Lake Buena Vista, Fla. — Ja'Wuan James remained silent after NCAA investigators came to his school to interview him about Tennessee's recruiting practices and he stayed quiet as rumors swirled that he was thinking about backing out of his commitment to the Vols. But James made it clear Wednesday after completing the first day of practices for the Under Armour All-America game that he never wavered on Tennessee.
"Oh, yeah, I'm still solid with Tennessee," said North Gwinnett's 6-foot-6, 305-pound tackle. "I'm going to enroll there and move in on the weekend of the eighth (Jan. 8). I'm all set."
A month ago, the NCAA began looking into Tennessee's recruiting practices under coach Lane Kiffin, including the use of recruiting hostesses and the use of social media to make contact with prospects. Investigators came to North Gwinnett High on Dec. 10 specifically to talk him about some of those allegations. James said the inquiry didn't really faze him.
"No, not really," he said Wednesday. "I just answered their questions and then it ended and that was all."
The NCAA asked that details of that discussion remain private.
James said he was escorted by UT's controversial hostess Lacey Earps during his official visit to Knoxville on Oct. 12. Earps was one of the hostesses that traveled the Duncan, S.C., to attend the game of Tennessee commitments Corey Miller and Brandon Willis.
"She's a nice girl," he said. "She was just like any hostess I had at any other school."
James is looking forward to enrolling in college and getting recruiting behind him. He was committed to Alabama last spring before reopening his recruitment early this fall. That touched off a battle between Tennessee, Georgia and UCLA to land the four-star tackle.
James was cited by several recruiting analysts as one of the players that stood out on the first day of workouts for the Under Armour Game, which will be played Saturday at 11 a.m. (ESPN). The players are going through practices and skills challenges all week at the Disney/ESPN Wide World of Sports complex. The game will be played in St. Petersburg.
"It was pretty good," said James, who is playing offensive tackle with Team Blur. "I got to compete with a lot of the best [players] in the country. It's different but it's fun playing against good people. Just competing with these guys is hard."
James is playing alongside Buford's Kolton Houston, who is working at guard this week. Houston is committed to Georgia.
"It's hard when you don't have the playing experience with the guy next to you," James said. "But I think we'll have it down by the time the game comes around."
December 31st, 2009
8:10 am
December 31st, 2009
8:14 am
December 31st, 2009
8:17 am
Looks like its 1984 all over at the AJC.
December 31st, 2009
8:19 am
Get ready for a big turnover with the UT coaching staff thanks to the NCAA.
December 31st, 2009
8:23 am
He want have to worry about being home for Christmas when they are on probation for bowl games.
December 31st, 2009
8:29 am
They have recruiting analyst's that watch practice for these Mickey Mouse games and report on them? Pfffffffffffffffffffffffffffffft.
What's next? Following them to the lunch room and reporting on their appetites? Maybe to the locker room to see how they did putting on their uniforms and lacing up their cleats?
Maybe to their rooms? Was he able to put toothpaste on his own brush? Did he know what to do next?
December 31st, 2009
8:31 am
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December 31st, 2009
8:32 am
It's noitabrop (spelled backwards to avoid being blocked by the fish wrapper) time for the UT
December 31st, 2009
8:33 am
Sounds like the UT hostess put out, too bad I'm only 5′4″ and played in the band in high school.
December 31st, 2009
8:39 am
Big fan… Who are you a fan of? I hope it's the dawgs, that would prove you know nothing. In case you were wondering, the dawgs also have 6 secondary violations, same as my VOLS. But I guess they are not worried about coaching turnover huh?
December 31st, 2009
8:47 am
Good post, orangej. He 'want'. Love it!!
December 31st, 2009
9:34 am
Hey Volmania21, Roll Tide!!!!
December 31st, 2009
9:41 am
UT fans keep grasping at anything that will make you and your team relevant again. Right now it's a punk coach that got everything handed to him due to the efforts of Daddy. How much longer will Daddy still be around?
December 31st, 2009
9:45 am
See? I told you grumblers that I only used a pellet gun to rob that couple. See? I am not in trouble anymore at UT. HAHA My Coach is however, ………….because some key alumni are very, very embarassed with Blame Kiffen.
Where are those Bell South phone credit cards that UT used to give all of their players?
December 31st, 2009
9:58 am
What's a "porbation?" I don't get it, noitabrop. If you meant "probation," you spelled it wrong in your comment AND on your username. lol.
December 31st, 2009
10:01 am
I would agree that this game seems like a lot of fluff.
How is James going to play in the system he will be under at UT?
December 31st, 2009
10:07 am
Wow….if you are going to use his name please spell it correctly. It's K-I-F-F-I-N. Yeah, the VOLS are real worried about coaching turnover….seeing as we have 2 more NFL coaches being added to the staff following the end of this NFL regular seson. Meanwhile, UGA still & probably won't ever find a D-Coordinator.
December 31st, 2009
10:08 am
Tim I saw this early in the week in the UT Volquest.James seems committed to UT, but I knew you would have some sort of negative article in hopes to sway him from UT (maybe to UGA.)You may not remember, but many years ago Larry Munson used to tour the state and just happen to speak to recruits about going to UGA. The NCAA put a stop to that because Munson was an extension of UGA. Now, here you are the local homer that will stop at nothing to sway a kid to UGA. Only you do it in the guise of "fair reporting" by a journalist. It may be a matter of time before you are pulled off the recruiting trail too.
December 31st, 2009
10:20 am
You are a smart man Mr. James, cant wait to see you in Orange!
December 31st, 2009
10:23 am
Everyone of these so called AJC recruiting blogs are written so biased. Looks like a student newspaper. No wonder it's going down the tubes.
December 31st, 2009
10:29 am
Chip — Any Lacey Earps sightings at the complex? Is she wearing the "Orange Dress", which seems to be her official uniform that shows up in every photograph? I bet if your give her some tips on some of the top recruits she will let you touch 'em. Go for it!
December 31st, 2009
10:38 am
Vol fans act like they had a great year .What was your record?LOL Dawg fans are upset with a nearly identical record that you have.UT is the only sec team i would really love to see get stomped on in their bowl game.What would you have said if Fulmer went 7-5
December 31st, 2009
10:39 am
Ga fans are so funny! Look at them going after a UT coach that Vol fans wanted gone for years….uga equals pathetic. Go Gators!
December 31st, 2009
10:42 am
Me thinks bend the rules is alittle upset at the thrashings the vols have put on the puppies 3 out of the last 4 years.
December 31st, 2009
10:46 am
Glad to see James is all vol! Glad to have him as he will be a addition to the offense. Welcome to Big Orange Country Mr. James!
December 31st, 2009
10:59 am
Even if nothing comes out of hostess-gate, there's still the little issue of armed robbery knocking out some of your players, losing Eric Berry and a host of seniors, and only coming off a 7-5 record you're exceedingly proud of. Assuming no major penalties from the NCAA, Tenn will be in the hunt but I don't see them winning the SEC east even in a rebuilding year for FL.
10 – UGA UF Tenn
One key reason being that UGA has neither Bama nor LSU on their schedule. We will have fewer big games to plan for this year and won't be playing Tenn the week after a much bigger opponent.
December 31st, 2009
11:08 am
vols talk about the last 4 years why do they stop there hmmm what happened over the whole time richt was here?The Vols are only 7-5 this year so if you want to be excited about that knock yourselves out.How many coaches are as disliked as much as Kiffin is this quick?And no its not because we are frightened of him and his rising 7-5 team.
December 31st, 2009
1:16 pm
Naval orange – you can't be serious. Bragging about 7-5? We fired 3 coaches for that record.
December 31st, 2009
1:54 pm
Nice article on a kid going to Tennesse….then the obligatory reference in every article referencing a UGa commit. Chip "Bulldog" Towers strikes again.
December 31st, 2009
2:45 pm
How about 4 in a row big guy. Make it 5 next year. Hope you enjoy getting beat in a bowl game Auburn does not deserve to be in. 2-5 in the last 7 and a losing conference record and new years bowl. Give me a break! Outback bowl committee knew that all the Auburn fans had all that money saved up from going nowhere last year. 7-5 is better than 5-7. GO DAWGS!
December 31st, 2009
5:37 pm
0 SEC Titles for the Vols 2000-2009, go there Ju'Wuan just stay away from those pesky pellet guns.
December 31st, 2009
5:38 pm
You dawg fans are pathetic! GO BIG ORANGE!!! Get used to it!
December 31st, 2009
11:39 pm
Way to show up tonight….bwahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaahahahahaha
I guess it's all part of the plan to get your butt handed to you from an ACC team. That'll impress the ATL recruits.
December 31st, 2009
11:46 pm
Rock E Top,
I watched the game tonite an maybe they had the band "muted" by the TV guys but all I heard was how a balanced offense "trounced (as ESPN called it)" ran up and down the field and how VT defense held Tenn to a meager 5 yds of rushing.
Is that really even possible? If you stand at the line of scrimmage and just fall forward you gain roughly 2 yards.. How in the hell is that possible to only gain 5 yds??
December 31st, 2009
11:51 pm
Umm, this is afterall a UGA blog page. Who wouldn't think that the guy covering it wouldn't be a fan?
Someone should find your parents and slap them in the face for ever bringing you into this world.
December 31st, 2009
11:52 pm
FINAL RECORD 7-6 Was Al Davis right about me?
January 1st, 2010
1:18 am
I'm attending UT to please my North Gwinnett High School booster president. She has kept me financially sound for years, and now it is time to pay her back. Yeah, yeah, I know I will likely only win maybe one game against Florida, Georgia and Alabama while I am a Vol, but it is important that I do something to repay my UT grads in our booster club. .
January 1st, 2010
3:14 am
Where are all those pathetic vol fans now . . . come on, brag about your teams performance in Atl . . . what an embarrassment to the SEC.
January 1st, 2010
6:14 am
Vols better pray for better days ahead!! I see NCAA coming down hard on boy blunder and his used car salesman coaches!! The James kid made a big mistake in picking the vols over the crimson tide
and will pay for the mistake for next four years!! GO HOKIES!!! RTR
January 1st, 2010
7:53 am
Tennessee vols' lame butt THUMPED by Virginia Tech in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl, marking the 8th consecutive season that UGA has been the HIGHER RANKED TEAM than the Tennessee vols. This COMPLETES THE STRING OF TWO (2) ACC TEAMS beating the crap out of 2 SEC teams. Of course, this one was the # 2 ACC team and The SEC sent out our 10th worst SEC team, the Tennessee vols (7-6.) The vols had played a very soft schedule, SoS Number 52 this regular season and had beat NO RANKED TEAM. UGA was their only win of the season, and UGA is NOT RANKED. UGA might get close to being ranked in a poll here or there, but UGA absolutely had the BETTER SEASON than the Tennessee lame butt vols did at UGA 8-5 playing SoS # 7 this regular season. This is the 8th consecutive season now that The UGA Bulldogs have been THE HIGHER RANKED TEAM than the vols. Best of luck next year vols. vols LOST 14-37 to Virginia Tech. SLAUGHTERED. This RUINS the vols season. vols have LOST 3 STRAIGHT PEACH BOWLS all in HUGE BLOWOUTS, this 1 by 3 touchdowns and a field goal. Nice. Couldn't have happened to a nicer group of hillbillies. Can't wait to hear how soon to be ON PROBATION Lame Kitten tells us all how this is some MORAL VICTORY AS WELL.
I got all the Bowl Games correct yesterday, except for the Peach Bowl. The vols used to recruit players from the state of Georgia who bragged at Tennessee that they DO NOT PLAY IN PEACH BOWLS, but a quick study on that finds that the Tennessee vols at ObKnoxiousville have now played in THREE PEACH BOWLS in the Coach Richt Era. Coach Richt and UGA have played in 1. UGA won our Peach Bowl game BEATING Virginia Tech. I was at that game. It was a great win. Instead, the vols THUMPED by the same Virginia Tech. Thanks a lot vols.
January 1st, 2010
8:00 am
vols 3 consecutive LOSSES in the Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl are by a combined 50 points, all in the Bowl Games following their now banned from football druggie running back bragging that he didn't go to UGA because he didn't want to play in Peach Bowls. What a bloody LAUGH vols.
vols do not play in Peach Bowls.
The vols CERTAINLY HAVE NOT PLAYED IN 1 SINCE.
Been to 3.
Blown out in all 3.
50 points combined.
Congratulations vols.
January 1st, 2010
8:01 am
SEC 1-2 bowl games so far. Not a good start. Way to go vols. Thank you.
Harris Poll had the vols higher ranked than UGA. That reverses now and UGA is the HIGHER RANKED TEAM.
UGA was already HIGHER RANKED than the vols in the Anderson-Hester BCS Poll 24 to 33.
UGA was already HIGHER RANKED than the vols in the Richard Billingsley BCS Poll 34 to 49.
UGA was already HIGHER RANKED than the vols in the Wes Colley BCS Poll 32 to 44.
UGA was already HIGHER RANKED than the vols in the Kenneth Massey BCS Poll 20 to 29.
UGA was already HIGHER RANKED than the vols in the Jeff Sagarin BCS Poll 17 to 31.
GA tek fans (both of you) :
JEFF SAGARIN RANKED UGA Number 17 BEFORE OUR BLOW-OUT 26th win in a Bowl Game.
January 1st, 2010
8:03 am
Only 2 teams have MORE THAN 26 Bowl Wins, Alabama and Southern California.
GA tek does NOT.
TN vols do NOT.
In case you want to know.
GA tek
UGA was # 39 in the USA Today Coaches' Poll and the vols are NOT RANKED with EVEN 1 VOTE.
Now, UGA moves up in that poll too. We will be ranked in the Top 25 of at least half of Polls used in the BCS Rankings.
And, in BCS Rankings, UGA was Number 29 in the nation BEFORE our blow-out 24-point win over a Big XII team with the NCAA NUMBER 5 TOTAL OFFENSE IN THE NATION.
7-6 Tennessee vols.
January 1st, 2010
8:06 am
7-6 Tennessee vols.
HIGHLIGHTS OF THE TENNESSEE vols' 7-6 "season" :
1.LOST to lousy 7-6 PAC-0 UCLA at Neyland.
2.LOST to Florida, but that was a win Lame Kitten says.
3.LOST to 7-5 Auburn at Neyland.
4.LOST to Alabama, but that was a win too according to Lame Kitten.
5.LOST to Ole Miss. I think Lame Kitten might have called this a LOSS.
6.LOST in 3rd Peach Bowl of Coach Richt Era by COMBINED 50 points.
2009 vols 7-6. Shouldn't have been in Bowl Game, obviously.
2008 vols 5-7. No Bowl Game.
2005 vols 5-6. No Bowl Game.
Coach Richt in the Coach Richt Era has now been HIGHER RANKED than the vols EIGHT (8) CONSECUTIVE YEARS and COUNTING, than the vols.
3 SEASONS a combined 17-19 vols. 3 of the last 5 seasons 17-19 combined.
17-19 vols in 3 of the previous 5 years.
3 Peach Bowl BLOW-OUTS by a combined 50 points in Coach Richt Era.
FEWER BOWL WINS than UGA's now 26 BOWL WINS.
vols, you're doing real well there under now Lame Kitten.
January 1st, 2010
8:07 am
Nicely done vols.
The LOSS to the vols and the LOSS to Kentucky, REALLY BAD this year.
TEXAS does NOT have more bowl victories than UGA, either.
Pennsylvania State does NOT have more bowl wins than UGA, as well.
Only Southern California and Alabama (tied with each other coming into this bowl season) have more bowl wins than UGA.
GA tek does NOT have more bowl wins than UGA.
26 UGA Bowl Wins.
And, the BEAT WRITERS at the AJ-C cannot find a STORY LINE for UGA's Bowl, other than they think it was lackluster.
2 teams in all of America have won more bowl games than UGA, now with this THUMPING of Texas A&M and their NCAA Number 5 Total Offense in the nation 44-20.
vols have a LOSING RECORD to UGA in Coach Richt Era 4-5.
We overtook the Tennessee vols in Bowl Victories.
GREAT STUFF Bulldogs. Way to go gentlemen.
3 Defensive Tackles we lose to the NFL, that's it.
It's a lot. But, that's it. They are how we beat GA tek.
But, that's all we lose.
January 1st, 2010
8:09 am
Coach Richt Era at UGA, who was hired by Vincent J. Dooley, December 20, 2000 :
101-15 Texas, has loss to Alabama to come this season.
101-15 Boise State, has loss to TCU to come this season.
96-25 Oklahoma worse season than UGA this season, by far.
97-19 Southern California in the PAC-0 (PAC-0 is 2-4 in Bowls so far.)
93-21 Ohio State Suckeyes who are 0-9 vs. SEC in Bowl Games All-Time.
91-26 LSU, has Penn St today or drops to tie in losses with Coach Richt
90-27 Georgia Bulldogs in Coach Richt Era 7-2 Bowls for 26 to overtake vols.
89-27 Florida with NO COACH but 3 National Championships since 1996.
88-31 Virginia Tech after THUMPING of vols tonight.
85-26 TCU, has win over Boise State to come this season.
82-29 Utah after they THUMPED Mighty PAC-0 California.
81-32 Miami of Florida, they haven't done a thing in ACC, nothing.
81-35 Boston College
78-35 Auburn, has game against Big 10 Northwestern 11 am today.
77-37 Texas Tech, has game without Mike Leach & his lawsuit.
75-38 Tennessee vols, 15 wins less than Coach Richt 11 more LOSSES.
75-40 Alabama 1 game to go, been WORSE than vols Coach Richt Era.
73-42 FSU who never had any QB after Coach Richt left FSU, not 1.
72-40 Michigan, so this 5-7 isn't their ONLY LOUSY SEASON, is it?
72-44 GA tek, God they have been WORSE than Michigan. 1-8 vs Richt.
71-39 Pennsylvania State has been God Awful in Coach Richt Era.
13 Seasons (starting 1997) UGA has at least 8 wins a season, no other team better.
26 Bowl Wins now for UGA leaving only Southern California and Alabama with more.
You cannot LOSE to 2 teams both 7-6 vols and 7-6 Kentucky. That sucks. This is UGA, we cannot have LOSSES to one 7-6 team. That is NOT UGA football.
Otherwise, I have no problem with this year. Now, Coach Richt get you an NFL Defensive Coordinator and Mack Brown, please sir; and, tell UGA to give Decory Bryant his damn $500,000 and do it NOW Coach Richt, or give it to him yourself.
January 1st, 2010
9:22 am
Mr.James could have been part of the BAMA Nation but let negative recruiting get in the way. Once he "de-committed" Saban replaced him for 2010. Good luck to all of the teams and HAPPY NEW YEAR. RTR
January 1st, 2010
12:29 pm
What ever makes Dawg fans feel better about your team go ahead. us losing makes ya'll look bad as well. You ever think of that? ya'll lost to a 7-6 team 45-19!!!!!! I don't care if yall won. VT is a lot better than A&M. we got killed yes. but flash back to October and look who is really better!!
January 1st, 2010
12:42 pm
Tennessee goes 7-6 and is excited.
Georgia goes 8-5 and is disappointed.
Does that not explain everything?
January 1st, 2010
7:50 pm
what in the world are uga dawgs mean. we have paid our players with a promise to play not money or gifts we beat you at least every other year. I don't know how you will take this I have an accusation about a lot of your players being paid a sum of a a undisclosed amt. that came from an employee inside the dawg house. so stop your bit–ing about our Lane?


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On Tuesday, the Cricket predicted the technical categories. The Cricket will discuss the specialty features (animated, documentary and foreign-language) and the short-film categories (animated, documentary and live-action) on Thursday. The major categories will get their due Friday, on this blog and in the print edition of The Salt Lake Tribune.
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The nominees are: Seamus McGarvey, "Anna Karenina"; Robert Richardson, "Django Unchained"; Claudio Miranda, "Life of Pi"; Janusz Kaminski, "Lincoln"; Roger Deakins, "Skyfall."
Who will win: Claudio Miranda's gorgeous visuals gave "Life of Pi" its life. Bet on it to win, though Janusz Kaminski's glowing images for "Lincoln" may pull an upset.
Who should win: Roger Deakins (here with his 10th nomination, and with no wins so far) gave James Bond a sleek, seductive look in "Skyfall."
Production Design
The nominees are: Sarah Greenwood (Production Design); Katie Spencer (Set Decoration), "Anna Karenina"; Dan Hennah (Production Design); Ra Vincent and Simon Bright (Set Decoration), "The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey"; Eve Stewart (Production Design); Anna Lynch-Robinson (Set Decoration), "Les Misérables"; David Gropman (Production Design); Anna Pinnock (Set Decoration), "Life of Pi"; Rick Carter (Production Design); Jim Erickson (Set Decoration), "Lincoln."
Who will win: In this category (formerly called "art direction"), it's safe to go with the biggest, fanciest period piece — which in this case isn't the stately "Lincoln" but the glittery "Anna Karenina."
Who should win: The sets in "Anna Karenina" weren't just designed to sit there, but to move in elaborate choreography within the massive theater in which director Joe Wright placed Tolstoy's story.
Costume Design
The nominees are: Jacqueline Durran, "Anna Karenina"; Paco Delgado, "Les Misérables"; Joanna Johnston, "Lincoln"; Eiko Ishioka, "Mirror Mirror"; Colleen Atwood, "Snow White and the Huntsman."
Who will win: "Anna Karenina," the most opulent of the bunch.
Who should win: The two wicked queens — Julia Roberts in "Mirror Mirror" and Charlize Theron in "Snow White and the Huntsman" — both wore the most beautifully evil gowns. One vote for "Mirror Mirror," where the costumes were slightly kookier.
Music - Original Score
The nominees are: Dario Marianelli, "Anna Karenina"; Alexandre Desplat, "Argo"; Mychael Danna, "Life of Pi"; John Williams, "Lincoln"; Thomas Newman, "Skyfall."
Who will win: Mychael Danna's score for "Life of Pi" weaves a lot of cross-cultural influences — Indian, tropical, Celtic and more — to graceful, haunting effect.
Who should win: Danna for "Life of Pi" (though, just for fun, maybe a vote for Thomas Newman, Randy's cousin, who's never won in spite of now 11 nominations).
Music - Original Song
The nominees are: "Before My Time" from "Chasing Ice" (Music and Lyric by J. Ralph); "Everybody Needs A Best Friend" from "Ted" (Music by Walter Murphy; Lyric by Seth MacFarlane; "Pi's Lullaby" from "Life of Pi" (Music by Mychael Danna; Lyric by Bombay Jayashri); "Skyfall" from "Skyfall" (Music and Lyric by Adele Adkins and Paul Epworth); "Suddenly" from "Les Misérables" (Music by Claude-Michel Schönberg; Lyric by Herbert Kretzmer and Alain Boublil).
Who will win: There's something about Adele and awards shows that makes "Skyfall" inevitable.
Who should win: How many of these can you hum? Probably just one: Your winner, "Skyfall," which managed the neat trick of sounding both fresh and like an old-school Bond song. (If "Skyfall" wins, it will be the first Bond theme song ever to snag an Oscar.)
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Braddock Bay is a small bay of Lake Ontario, located northwest of Rochester, New York, United States. Braddock Bay is renowned for being an excellent bird-watching location, as raptors and other birds congregate when migrating north in Spring. A hawk-watching station is located within the 440-acre (1.8 km2) Braddock Bay State Park on the east side of the open bay, and is maintained by the Town of Greece.
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Will the winner still be announced if the world ends tonight?
Dorkstar:Will the winner still be announced if the world ends tonight?
Dogs are great judges of character, and if your dog doesn't like somebody being around, you shouldn't trust them.
Depends, if you end up in the same place to be notified. Some may see fire and brimstone, where others get to attend toga parties.
Great prize for a happy winner!
Don't worry they going to troll everyone and post it as we are dieing, only 4 more hours to go! lol
Whew ! looks like we survived to see the outcome. really glad to have saved a few Oreo cookies to celebrate. :)
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Wow so whomever wins is not only a lucky winner but also the first winner after the world almost imploded congrats to whomever is that lucky of an individual!
Did we survive? I thought the calendar ended today. Wouldn't that mean tomorrow is our last day?
After the Mayan calendar. Tomorrow should be 01/01/01 AMCE (after mayan calendar ends)
Since we do not look at this as the standard in religion, I doubt the dates will change.
Well, I survived my first semester of college finals and another apocalypse... this has to be a good sign.Hopefully the look will keep on rolling and carry over into this competition ;)
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Yep we're all still here, I guess someone WILL indeed win!
Congrats on making it through finals, hope you got good scores!
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GREAT prize for a happy winner!!!!!!
I'd so love to win this!!!
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Yogotiss:I'd so love to win this!!!
Dorkstar already won this system, but HotHardware has multiple contests every year.
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Congratulations Dorkstar..
Really hope they get around to building this prize soon.
Yeah I was wondering about this too.
Marco sent me a e-mail Friday saying the case shipped Monday, and that everything should be there this week.
Dave followed up with an apologetic e-mail about the length of time it's taking them.
So, I've been waiting for it to either show up at my door, or for the video to be posted. People are starting to think I'm bullshiting them lol
You'll love that PC once you get it. Marco really goes the extra mile with his builds.
Sorry that you've had to wait, but it sounds like it's coming together soon.
Ahh, i'm really in no hurry. After I won the giveaway in December I ended up playing Halo 4 for weeks, then a friend loaned me his copy of Farcry 3, so I played that on console for days. Finally my best friend moved in with us, so I moved out of my office, set up a man cave in our loft, and just got back to gaming on my PC. However, it feels like the worst computer in the world knowing that a better system is on the way, lol.
Now the start up I was working for failed to start up as early as they expected. Fortunately they gave me a 30 day notice, so I'll be busy figuring out what I'll be doing over the next few weeks. Like I told Marco, I can't complain about shipping delays when someone is giving me something for free.
Really hope they get around to building this prize soon.
Sometimes I doubt their commitment to Sparkle Motion.
Marco e-mailed me Friday and said everything had showed up and the build video should be done by the end of this weekend. I've been checking every few hours, just waiting to finally catch a glimpse of it, but nothing yet. Hopefully it will be up by the end of the day, I'd love to catch a glimpse of her being put together :)
Sweet! Can't wait to see it!!
Pretty nice system for the guy that won it!
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Afghan lawmakers criticized the absence of government response at the Paris meeting when Taliban representatives demanded amendments to the Constitution.
The lawmakers emphasized that the Afghan delegation should have strongly rejected the Taliban's demand.
"We should not provide too many chances to the Taliban. The High Peace Council representatives should have reacted strongly to Taliban demands," Kabul MP Shukria Barekzai said.
Lawmakers also demanded strengthening the role of the legislature in the peace process.
"Parliament's role in the important issues of the country should be strengthened. We should not surrender the fate of the country in the hands of deal-makers," MP Latif Pedram said.
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Dumas, TX -- Moore County is beefing up security in all of its schools and county buildings ... with software.
The Moore County Sheriff's Office has been using a system called "COPsync" for almost five years, and now the system will expand into their schools. And they tell doing so will help keep our schools and our communities safe.
COPsync is a communications system currently in use by sixty percent of Texas county sheriff's offices. It's usually installed in police cars so multiple agencies and departments can pool their information automatically.
Moore County Judge Rowdy Rhoades says anything that opens more lines of communication between agencies will only help, saying, "Law enforcement's real good about helping each other regardless of whether you're sheriff, city, DPS, another county - everybody helps everybody."
The county commission recently approved $40,000 to Install the system in all of its county buildings to enhance security, and COPsync offered to install it in the counties schools at no cost.
In buildings, it acts as an emergency alert system, sending police additional information like floor plans and the signal's exact location. Public schools already have emergency alarm systems, but COPsync also alerts all other teachers and staff and nearby law enforcement vehicles, as Moore County Sheriff J.E. "Bo" DeArmond says, "Any problems - you know - a suspicious person in the school - they can hit that button, and it automatically alerts the five closest units."
And recent shootings in the public eye have county officials thinking about safety within their own buildings.
"This is just a proactive way to maybe address some of that," says Judge Rhoades. "We do have courthouse security; we have other things in place, but you can't be everywhere."
Sheriff DeArmond says he's also used COPsync to guide firefighters in rough terrain, like the recent grass fire near the Canadian River.
The Dumas Police are expected to be using the system in the next couple of months, and it should be up and running in schools before the next school year starts.
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Diversity Programs provides an institutionalized approach for meeting the co-curricular needs of students by coordinating and planning educational opportunities that enhance interaction and learning across groups. Through intentional programs like Religious Awareness Week and Disability and Diversity Week, the Office assists the campus in understanding, appreciating and celebrating Tech's rich cultural diversity. Workshops and training opportunities are available for students, student groups, faculty, staff, and departments.
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Diversity Programs is responsible for fostering a vision of diversity appreciation which is actualized through intentional educational programming in support of the Institute's Strategic Plan. The Office will provide a systemic approach for meeting the needs of underrepresented populations by coordinating and planning educational opportunities which enhance interaction and learning across groups. Through its programs and services, the Office will assist the campus community in appreciating and embracing the rich cultural diversity which exists within the Institute.


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Baltimore's favorite half-man, half-fish, Olympian extraordinaire Michael Phelps, will have a cameo on the midseason premiere of USA's "Suits."
Phelps will play himself, the only athlete whom lawyer Harvey Specter (Gabriel Macht) could never land. Things get complicated when rival Scottie (Abigail Spencer) also tries to court Phelps.
Phelps is a fan of the show; in July, he tweeted that the current season is "awesooommee!!!" and has listed the show as one of his favorites, according to the Hollywood Reporter. (You can read the Hollywood Reporter story on Phelps' upcoming TV appearance here.)
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This is far from the first time Phelps has appeared on TV. He played himself on HBO's "Entourage," hosted "Saturday Night Live" and worked on his golf swing on the Golf Channel. You might remember he also enjoyed a good bit of face time during NBC's Summer Olympics coverage in 2008 and 2012.
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Mood ruined so what can I do to fix it…
Ah, yes. Going to watch Ten Inch Hero for the 5th time.
-.- not gonna lie that sounds pretty dirty.
Mood ruined so what can I do to fix it…
Ah, yes. Going to watch Ten Inch Hero for the 5th time.
-.- not gonna lie that sounds pretty dirty.
Doest thou need a hugg?
Scarlett Johansson,
on the lack of romantic subplot in The Avengers.
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Glorious writing is glorious.
I love Whedon.
No one is stopping me, so I'm just going to explain why the writing in this scene is so glorious.
First of all: context. Loki has just sent his brother flying down the ship, testing (his words) if "Gods really are immortal as humans think". He is about to go away, but Coulson says "You're gonna lose", and so he stops.
If Coulson had howled like a wounded dog, showed him he was in any way feeling inferior, probably even used other words, Loki would have snickered at him and continued walking away, but the words sound as a matter of fact, not as a retort. Coulson states Loki is going to lose and Loki stops, looks back and urges him to continue: "Am I?" he asks, and he waits for Coulson to answer. Loki has other plans, plans he would never stop for what he sees as an inferior being, but he pauses to hear what he has to say, because, despite being the smart one and reading the battlefield as no one else could, he has always been seen by others as the inferior, as the losing one, and he has never found as satisfying answer as to why. Loki's skills, in his own eyes, are not inferior: he loves lies and deception and sees them as an art that should rightfully put him over everybody else, except that no one regards it as highly as he does. Until now, however, the people who did shun him were Asgardian warriors he thought to be stupid (and thus blind to his charm), but this time it is Coulson, who is in a government agency but is not a field soldier, is not strong, or buffed like Thor: he is a strategist, and in this he is a lot more similar to Loki than any other Asgardian warrior, and so he is someone whose answer to "Am I?", whose reason for not being afraid, Loki perceives, might be different. But, of course, the answer is not worth listening because Loki cares about what Coulson says, but because he needs to disprove him: Loki has already proved wrong what the Asgardians think of him (they are a stupid race of warriors), and the moment he does the same with the reasons of someone who is not a warrior, will further clear, in his own mind, his own sense of inferiority. He could kill him in rage, but just killing Coulson for saying that would always leave the wound open within him, would corrode him with the possibility of there being another reason, so Loki needs to listen and he stops.
And then Coulson says "It's in your nature.", and Loki walks toward him, everything else forgotten. Coulson has touched a nerve, because nature is something Loki has no control over, and something he knows has marked him as an inferior from the very moment he was born as a frost giant, as a being he has always seen as monstrous and as subjugated to Asgardians. And this very nature has always marked him as inferior to Thor: Thor and Loki both have enormous powers, but while Loki is naturally inclined to magic and illusion, Thor is a natural warrior. Even before knowing he was a frost giant, he has always desired to be like his brother (life is a lot easier for the champions), but his own nature, which Loki likes a lot, would never allow that. The choice was trying to be a warrior to fit in the Asgardian society, or follow his trickster nature, and Loki chose the latter, and now, if his nature is losing, then it is Loki's own fault if he'll always be the one to be put down. So being told that words, makes Loki "needy" to disprove Coulson's words more than ever. He walks toward him, explaining what is wrong and talking to your enemy it's not a good strategy, you should kill him, but he needs to make him see he is wrong, because Loki itself needs to see that he is wrong.
And then Coulson says: "you lack conviction", and that makes Loki really blind with rage. He does not admit it to itself (and so he still tries to deny it) but he really lacks conviction. Sending Thor spiraling down the ship? He doesn't think for a second that would kill him, he has already seen Thor surviving worse. And, later, when he sticks a knife in Thor's side? SERIOUSLY LOKI ARE YOU EVEN TRYING? The truth is that he is not, and going outside of the scope of "The Avengers" for a second, in "Thor&Loki: Blood Brothers" (watch it) Loki admits it, after hours spent trying to convince himself of the opposite: "I don't want to kill Thor.", he says. He wants to put him down, rise above him, and he hurts him in every way he knows for this very reason, but killing his a different thing: he still loves his brother, and without him, he'd have nothing left to top. However, being told so sting. Needing his brother, not being able to kill him, still marks Loki (in his devious mind) as the inferior, as the losing one, as the one in the glorious shadow of Thor. So Coulson blinds Loki with rage, and rage makes his brain slow, and that is the reason Loki does not realize the "bullet" is coming and does not teleport away before he gets hit straight in the chest.
And this, this is the only way Coulson could ever hit Loki, by making him blind with rage. How do you hit someone whose strength is greater than yours? With words. Coulson knows it, because he would not have his job if he didn't, and Loki knows it too, and still falls for what usually is his own weapon. And he falls for his weapon because of his feelings, which is the thing he's been trying to put aside since the events in Thor, and is the thing he tries not to listen to when Thor asks him to go back home. And of course he doesn't: when feelings get hold of him, he loses, and this scenes proves it again to him.
When writing, the rule is that every scene should move the story forward, or explain something about the characters. This scene does two things:
1) It shows how Loki is weak to attacks to his own persona, how his feelings make him vulnerable, and in doing so pursues his character and makes him an incredible villain.
2) Makes Coulson a badass, someone who is able to top the trickster God with tricks, and in doing so, makes us relate and cheer for him, and makes us care about his death, which is an important plot point later.
And in top of all, makes it believable for a human being to defeat a God. There is no deus-ex-machina. There is psychology.
This is, hands down, brilliant storytelling in action, and someone everyone who tells stories should aspire to write.
Also, Coulson last sentence: "So that's what it does". To explain why this is even greater storytelling, I'll just quote Whedon itself:"Make it dark, make it grim, make it tough, but then, for the love of God, tell a joke."
― Joss Whedon
(and all this is Joss Whedon fangirling at its finest)
Also so human. Gonna die? Might as well stab this god right in his pride before I go.
"It suddenly struck me that that tiny pea, pretty and blue, was the Earth. I put up my thumb and shut one eye, and my thumb blotted out the planet Earth. I didn't feel like a giant. I felt very, very small" - Neil Armstrong
Ahem, *adjusts shirt*
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Shoaib Assadullah is facing the death penalty after converting from Islam to Christianity. He was arrested in October 2010 for giving a New Testament in the national Dari language to another Afghan.
This moving letter (translated from Pashtun) was smuggled out of the prison where he is being held:
Open Letter from Afghan Prisoner, Mazar-e Sharif, Afghanistan, (Feb. 17/11)
"My name is Shoaib Said Assadullah. I am 23 years old. For the last four months I have been imprisoned in Qasre Shahi prison, Mazar-e Sharif for the crime of apostasy, which means I've changed my beliefs.
Not only has my freedom been taken from me, but I undergoing severe psychological pressure. Several times I have been attacked physically and threatened to death by fellow prisoners, especially Taliban and anti government prisoners who are in jail.
These assaults on my human dignity have affected me negatively, close to the point of death. On the other hand, the court has delayed their decision so that my apparent psychiatric problems will be cured. I do not think this is possible in prison.
My case is supposed to be sent to the court shortly, because the prosecutor has the right to hold a case only for 30 days. The court's decision is most definitely going to be the death penalty for me, because the prosecutor has accused me under the Clause 139 of the criminal code which says, "If the crime is not cited in the criminal code, then the case has to be referred to the Islamic shariah law."
Furthermore, my mother died less than a month ago from the grief that her beloved son was jailed with the threat of the death penalty over him. The authorities did not even allow me to attend the funeral ceremonies and pay my respects to her. This is against Clause 37 of in the law regarding prisons. Not seeing my mother for the last time was more painful than anything else.
I would like to add that freedom is a gift from God. This means that we have to respect human freedom and dignity. Clause 24 of Afghan Constitution says, "Human freedom and dignity is an unalterable right. The government is committed to respect and protect human freedom and dignity."
Article 3 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is violated if the Afghan government does not respect Articles 18 and 19. Article 3 of Declaration of Human Rights says: "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of person."
Simply stated, if sharia law is implemented in my case, the Articles 1, 2, 3, 18 and 19 of the Declaration Human Rights will be violated.
I request that you follow my case.
Shoaib (Signature and finger print)"
Article 18. Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance. Article 19. Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers. (The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, accessed February 18, 2011)
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Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
Any couple struggling to conceive knows the heartache of infertility, and many people are open to trying anything that could increase their chances of having a baby. The good news is many different types of fertility treatments can help, including alternative methods such as acupuncture.
Acupuncture has been practiced for thousands of years, and it involves placing ultra-thin needles into specific points in the body. The theory of acupuncture is that these spots, or acupuncture points, reside on channels called meridians. When these pathways are needled during acupuncture, they help control the way the body works.
"Most experts think acupuncture improves fertility by helping blood flow to the uterus and ovaries," says John Norian, MD, a reproductive endocrinologist at HRC Fertility in Southern California. And the better the blood flow to these areas, the more likely an embryo is to implant.
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Proponents of the technique use acupuncture to treat many different causes of infertility, including spasmed tubes and repeated pregnancy losses. Acupuncture also is believed by some experts to treat the thyroid problems that can cause infertility. (Both an overactive and underactive thyroid can make it difficult to conceive.) It can also treat some cases of infertility without a known cause. Some doctors use only acupuncture, and others use it along with mainstream fertility treatments.
In addition, acupuncture boosts feel-good hormones called beta endorphins, says Dr. Norian. This improves levels of follicle-stimulating hormone and luteinizing hormone, which are both important to fertility. "It also helps decrease the stress response," he says.
Studies back up these claims. In 2002, researchers studied the effects of acupuncture on pregnancy rates. Women having fertility treatments were assigned to either a control group or an acupuncture group. Scientists transferred embryos into each woman. Half of the women received acupuncture treatment, while the other half (control group) did not. Six weeks later, 26 percent of the women in the control group were pregnant. In the acupuncture group, 42 percent were pregnant.
Norian says this study, in addition to other research, shows acupuncture may improve fertility. "The 2002 study showed benefit, which was really exciting," he says, though he adds that more studies are needed. Large scale, prospective randomized controlled trials that show a positive effect of acupuncture in infertility are lacking, although most of the existing, smaller studies have shown a positive effect.
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Research has also shown acupuncture can boost fertility in men. Male infertility is the cause about 30 percent of the time in couples who cannot conceive. A 2005 study published in Fertility and Sterility showed acupuncture can help treat male infertility by increasing the number of normal sperm and decreasing the number of defective sperm.
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But acupuncture isn't for everyone. For example, Norian says it's less likely to work in people who don't believe in alternative treatments.
If you're thinking about acupuncture for infertility, Norian gives the following tips:
Have acupuncture a few times to get used to it. "You want to develop a rapport with the acupuncturist and make sure you're comfortable," Norian says. According to the American Pregnancy Association, patients often get acupuncture for three to four months before undergoing in vitro fertilization (IVF) or other fertility treatments.
rian believes in the power of acupuncture, and he recommends it to some of his infertility patients. "If we can offer complementary techniques like acupuncture that have known benefits, I think that is reasonable," he says. It's thought that the best results come from a combination of fertility treatments, including traditional medicine, acupuncture, and herbal medicine.
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Overview: Violence in the workplace can consist of anything from a small altercation between two disputing employees, to a workplace shooting, to a full-blown terrorist act. As part of an overall risk management plan, employers should be on the guard to protect workers from all acts of violence in the workplace.
There are many different forms of workplace violence. The FBI classifies workplace violence into four groups:
In the third type, before a situation even gets to the level of violence, there will likely be signs of a problem, such as workplace bullying. HR should address all threats and all signs of workplace bullying before an act of violence occurs. For all types of violence, policies and procedures should be in place that will tell employees how to act and how to handle violence. Employees who work in areas where violence is more likely to occur, such as convenience stores where robberies are more common, should be trained in the proper procedures.
Many employers choose to have zero tolerance policies that state any act of violence, no matter how minor, is immediate grounds for termination. Others choose to offer counseling or other discipline procedures. Whatever the method of prevention, though, it is important to do something to prevent and handle violence. While violence itself is not an OSHA regulated standard, some states do have laws on the topic, and OSHA will fine employers who have an obviously unsafe environment as the result of violence under the General Duty Clause.
Trends: Domestic violence protections have increased in some states over recent years, and several states have laws that will allow an employer to take out a temporary restraining order on behalf of an employee if there is a threat that the domestic violence could be perpetrated in the workplace.
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In-depth review of the spectrum of Colorado employment law requirements HR must follow with respect to employee discipline.
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As mandated by the State of Colorado, all state departments and agencies must post the Colorado Workplace Violence Poster.
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LAWTON, Okla._
Lawton police were called to investigate Lawton's third alleged kidnapping in just three weeks.
Saturday police said the victim told them she had been kidnapped from the Braums parking lot in east Lawton.
The woman said she was in the businesses parking lot around 7 a.m. when a black male approached her and kidnapped her.
The details of the alleged kidnapping were not released.
The victim described the suspect as a black male who was last seen wearing a black shirt and black jeans.
Police were called to two other kidnapping reports over the past two weeks .
The first one was reported after a woman claimed she was kidnapped while in the drive-through of a McDonalds parking lot. A week later police were called to another alleged kidnapping that happened outside a Dollar General.