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Police have identified a man and woman that were killed in an apparent murder-suicide Wednesday afternoon at a Bossier City hair salon.
Bossier City police spokesperson Mark Natale says 43-year-old Lavance Williams, of Minden, went into Textures and Tones, a hair salon in the 1600 block of Airline Drive and shot his estranged wife, 33-year-old Lashontay Lewis, also of Minden.
Lewis operated a tax service that was inside the salon.
Natale says there were five other people inside the salon when the shooting began about 4:20 p.m. None of the other five people, including the couple's 11-year-old child, were injured.
Based on evidence at the scene and statements from witnesses, it appears Williams shot Lewis during an argument and then shot himself. Police are still investigating.
Natale says there isn't any record of prior incidents involving the couple.Close friends of the couple were shocked, and say Lashontay Lewis and Lavance Williams had been together since high school, and that their relationship showed no outward appearance of domestic problems. Lashontay, or Jimese as she's known by friends is from Minden Louisiana and described as having a very outgoing and bubbly personality. Lavance is described as a more reserved and quiet person. Both reportedly had a very strong Christian faith.Friends say Jimese grew up on Edna Street in Mansfield, where her family members still live."Oh, Jimese was loving. Her personality was big. Every time you seen her she had a smile on her face," said Katina Sowls, a longtime friend and neighbor of the Lewis family. Sowls says she grew up on the same street Jimese grew up on, and says she would have never anticipated such a violent end to both of their lives. She says she knew Lavance very well too. "Lavance was a quiet person, he was loving," said Sowls. Other friends from the neighborhood said the couple was not estranged, as police described them. In fact one friend, who did not want to be identified, said that the two were together for nearly 20 years, and showed no signs of having any problems.
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Their investigation Friday began after officers in Washington County arrested a 33-year-old woman and a 32-year-old man, both from Oshkosh, for drug possession during a traffic stop. That happened around 2:45 a.m. Friday.
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I drove the car today for a good 50 miles. It is a very nice car. It runs great, no leaks or noises. The clutch is strong and the shifter is tight. Brakes are good except the ABS light comes on. There is almost no rust and it is a Vermont car. It has some road rash but like I said, it's a VT car. And the price is good.
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When the prosecution always rests
It is pathetic that the SEC doesn't have the gumption or the horsepower to pursue the Lehman case.
Can you believe the SEC worked for three years on a probe of Lehman Bros. and decided there was nothing there? No wrongdoing?
Is it really possible to hide all of that debt, lie about it consistently and not have that be illegal? Is it possible that the main thing Lehman did wrong was simply have the market go against it and we can't prosecute people for being stupid?
When I read this, it reminded me a lot of the guys at AIG (AIG), who also got away with blowing up the western world and didn't tell the truth about their positions or their leverage.
I like prosecutors. I love the U.S. attorney for the Southern District. That guy sees wrongdoing, and he figures out how to punish people.
The SEC sees wrongdoing and it shrugs.
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Earlier in the week when we were talking about how Morgan Stanley (MS) claimed that it was doing business as usual -- informing the big clients on the buy side to be careful because numbers were coming down on Facebook (FB) and letting the big guys sell more on the deal -- I had to marvel how people quickly defended that by saying the law says it is OK.
I've got bad news for anyone who knows how to deal with the legal system. It isn't up to the professors or the people who work at these banks to say it is OK. It is up to the prosecution.
We've got a ton of laws on the books that could easily allow a civil case to be brought and some that could allow a criminal case to be brought.
But the prosecutor has to be zealous. Not overzealous but zealous and also enterprising. He or she has to start from a presumption that someone is peddling merchandise to one group on a caveat emptor basis but is telling the other group that you will need a warranty because the merchandise is damaged.
Imagine you go into a auto showroom for a BMW 750. You are a regular customer. You want to buy one. The salesperson tells you: "Listen, that car's not as good as you think. In fact, it might be a lemon. We're dumping them on people who aren't good clients and warning our good ones."
Imagine I have you on tape saying that to me.
Now next customer is some buffoon who believes that the 750 is a good car. He comes in and the dealer's salesperson says: "None better, top-rated. Probably have to pay a premium to sticker, and it is worth it."
It is entirely possible that someone from BMW is willing to say that's perfectly legal. It is entirely possible that it might actually be legal. But I bet an enterprising U.S. Justice Department lawyer might decide, "You know what, I think that stinks, I think they committed fraud, the statute gives me wide latitude, and I am going to go after them."
Do you think someone could stop that prosecutor? Do you want to stop him?
Sometimes it comes down to toughness versus laziness, inventiveness and risk taking versus the status quo and lack of resources.
Let me play with an open hand. I graduated from Harvard Law in 1984 and immediately passed the bar and became a lawyer before going on to Goldman Sachs. I mention it only because the people who are now running these Justice Department Districts or the people who are defending against these prosecutors all know how selective and how enterprising some prosecutors are than others.
Some would say: "OK, Dick Fuld and Angelo Mozillo have to be guilty of something. Let's get them." Others would say: "Wow, I wish we had a better case. We don't have a lot on them. Let's just give up, cause we don't have a smoking gun."
And they get away with it.
That's how it happens. You have to trust me, as an insider, that is how it happens.
No, I am not asking for a "Get Hoffa" squad like Bobby Kennedy set up in the Justice Department in the 1960s. But a major financial crimes unit like President George Bush created to nail the Enron people would certainly be desirable.
This president sets the tone. He needs to tell the Justice Department that it is unacceptable to allow these vast frauds to go unpunished. He's a lawyer, for heaven's sake, and believe me, he knows it is possible.
To me it is a travesty of justice that Justice didn't take up this banner, and it is pathetic that the SEC doesn't have the gumption or the horsepower to pursue the case.
Sometimes I wish I had just gone the way of the prosecution. I know right now I wouldn't sleep until the case is built. But with this SEC? The prosecution always rests.
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- Cast: Will Ferrell, Paul Rudd, Steve Carell, David Koechner, James Marsden, Christina Applegate, Kristen Wiig, Dylan Baker, Vince Vaughn, Jim Carrey, Kirsten Dunst, Nicole Kidman, Harrison Ford, Liam Neeson, Sacha Baron Cohen , Meagan Good, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, John C. Reilly, Kanye West, Greg Kinnear, Luke Wilson, Lori Beth Edgeman, Josh Lawson, Jennifer Gullick, Wilbur Fitzgerald, Matthew Stanton, Brian F. Durkin, Judah Nelson
- Director: Adam McKay
- Writers: Adam McKay, Will Ferrell
- Producers: Judd Apatow, Adam McKay, Will Ferrell
- Executive Producers: Jessica Elbaum, David Householter, Kevin Messick
- Art Direction: Elliott Glick
- Costume Design: Susan Matheson
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With the 70's behind him, San Diego's top rated newsman, Ron Burgundy (Will Ferrell), returns to the news desk in "Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues." Also back for more are Ron's co-anchor and wife, Veronica Corningstone (Christina Applegate), weather man Brick Tamland (Steve Carell), man on the street Brian Fantana (Paul Rudd) and sports guy Champ Kind (David Koechner) - All of whom won't make it easy to stay classy…while taking the nation's first 24-hour news channel by storm.
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- Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
- Filming Locations: Atlanta, USA; New Orleans, USA; New York City, USA; San Diego, USA
- Production Budget: $50 million
- Production Companies: Apatow Productions, Gary Sanchez Productions, Paramount Pictures
- Production Schedule: March 2013 - June 2013
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It has actually taken a good few years to get the movie going. Will Ferrell and director Adam McKay developed the sequel initially as a stage musical which would then segue into a film at Paramount. The studio balked at the idea and opted out of the project in 2010. After campaigning and months of back-and-forth negotiations, the studio finally signed off on going forward with this follow-up in March this year.
Part of the issue was bringing the cast back together considering that pretty much all of them have achieved big success in the eight years since the initial film's release. They are more expensive and difficult to book, while one fact many forget is that the first film was far from a box-office smash. Though it earned a decent $85 million domestically, the overseas take was a woeful $5 million.
Nevertheless there's plenty of material for McKay, Ferrell and the rest to work with - including at least one major musical number. While the script is currently undergoing re-writes, McKay confirmed last month that the big issue dealt with in the sequel is the rise of new media and the 24 hour news cycle. McKay also aims to fill even the smallest bit parts with familiar and widely liked comic talent."


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December 2004 (Palm Springs, Calif) — The California Real Estate Inspection Association cautions home buyers, homes sellers, home builders — as well as the real estate and legal community — about a recent upsurge in Internet-only based organizations that purport to recommend "certified" inspectors.
It has come to the attention of the California Real Estate Inspection Association (CREIA), the largest and oldest state association for home inspectors in the country, that Internet-only based organizations are referring "online approved and tested" inspectors to unsuspecting and uninformed consumers.
It is imperative for all involved in the real estate transaction to know that there is no licensing of home inspectors in California. This non-licensing element has allowed online marketeers an inroad to offer "certifications" to any individual wanting to appear credentialed as a home inspector. Be wary of such "online approved" home inspectors. The real estate inspection profession is a demanding profession that requires a broad base of knowledge in all areas of home construction, maintenance and safety issues. It is imperative that consumers and real estate professionals ask for information as to what type of organization is providing the claimed "certification".
Since California inspectors are not required to register themselves with the state, an individual with marginal qualifications may perform an inspection. REALTORS© and consumers should do some homework before recommending a professional inspector. The following tips can help:
- Seek/offer several qualified references to buyers. Take the time to verify those you reference by finding out if the inspector does a thorough and professional job.
- Contact your local Better Business Bureau to see if there are any complaints on file.
- Ask the inspector for a sample of past inspection reports. Most professional inspector provide a detailed report that offers a comprehensive explanation of the home's condition as well as recommendations and upgrade suggestions.
- A professional inspector will usually want you and the buyer to be present during the inspection to familiarize all with the home's systems and point out specific conditions outlined in the report.
- Do not let price be a determining factor in selecting a home inspector. Remember, you usually pay for what you get. Depending on the size of the home among other factors, a professional inspection can range from $300 to over $500 and take up to three or more hours.
- Be wary of home inspectors who offer to repair items outlined in their report. This is an obvious conflict of interest; they may not offer an objective opinion and it is in violation of California's Business & Professions Code (Chapter 9.3, Section 7197(a)).
- Ask the inspector to show proof of his or her qualifications and experience.
- If you find the property requires an inspection from a specialist such as a geologist of structural engineer, be sure to ask for proof of license, certification and experience.
- It is best to select home inspectors who will stand behind their work and covered by proper liability and professional insurance. Errors and Omissions ("E&O") insurance protects the home inspector and you against disputes arising from any oversights made by the inspector.
- Another important factor is membership in a professional trade organization such as CREIA. An inspector member of CREIA is required to have proven technical knowledge of systems in residential properties. CREIA Inspectors must adhere to the Code of Ethics and follow the Standards of Practice developed by the association. CREIA requires its members to successfully pass a written test of property systems and complete 30 hours of education each year.
Since 1976, the California Real Estate Inspection Association (CREIA), a non-profit voluntary membership organization has been providing education, training, and support services to the real estate inspection industry and to the public. Inspectors must adhere to CREIA's Code of Ethics and follow the Standards of Practice developed by the association. These Standards of Practice have been recognized by the State of California, and are considered the source for home inspector Standard of Care by the real estate and legal communities.
CREIA requires its members to successfully pass a comprehensive written examination of property systems, have performed at least 50 fee-based inspections and complete 30 hours of continuing education each year. Members can accumulate credits through various sources of education including monthly chapter meetings, conferences, and other approved activities. CREIA keeps records to ensure that members are complying with the requirements. Educational topics cover a variety of technical subjects including updates and advances affecting the profession of real estate inspection. CREIA is dedicated to consumer protection and education.
CREIA is dedicated to consumer protection and education. To locate a qualified CREIA inspector near you click here or call CREIA at (800) 388-8443.


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I am Lindsey Davis, the historical novelist. A very warm welcome.
I have had a website since 1998, when it was created by Ginny Lindzey. We are now launching a new version by John Sargent of SiteWriters, with improved technical features. Some pages will be familiar, others may be simplified. We hope you enjoy the site and can find what you want.
Work in Progress
After 20 Falco novels, I am enjoying my new series about Flavia Albia – The Ides of April and my new book, Enemies at Home, are to be followed by a third adventure which I am currently writing.
I am also excited to been one of the 'QuickRead' authors for 2014. These are a special series of short books for adults who came to reading late or who don't read very much. Mine is called A Cruel Fate and is set in the Civil War.
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Current details of my 2014 UK book Tour are now on our News page.
See Lindsey's Page for details of a rather special book auction.
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Since the UK company AudioGO has gone into receivership, copies of single voice readings will be hard to obtain in the UK for the time being, while I decide on new contracts. This should not affect the US AudiogGO titles, downloads from Hodders of the most recent books, nor the five BBC radio dramas of the first Falco novels. I am sorry for any disappointment and will let you know any news as soon as possible.
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Less than a year after they formally split, Sudan and South Sudan appear to be in danger of going to war.
Fighting spilled over the disputed border this week, scuttling a planned summit intended to resolve issues lingering from South Sudan's independence last July.
International diplomats are trying to get that summit back on track and deal with a humanitarian crisis that is looming in the region.
The death of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old shot to death by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Fla., has sparked headlines around the country, along with many discussions about race, the law, and the media.
Martin was killed as he returned from a trip to a convenience store. The man who shot him, George Zimmerman, has not been arrested; he says he acted in self-defense.
The Supreme Court has dealt privacy advocates a huge setback. By a 5-3 majority, the court ruled that people who sue the government for invading their privacy can only recover out-of-pocket damages. And whistle-blower lawyers say that leaves victims who suffer emotional trouble and smeared reputations with few if any options.
Justice Samuel Alito and all four of his conservative colleagues turned back a challenge from a pilot named Stan Cooper. (Justice Elena Kagan did not participate in the case.)
Public health officials have their hands full keeping your clam chowder and raw oysters safe. That's due, in part, to red tides.
Red tides happen nearly every year as coastal waters warm, killing fish and poisoning shellfish along U.S. coasts. They're not actually tides; they're huge blooms of naturally occurring toxic algae.
What happens when impassioned demonstrators come this close to each other?
Opponents and defenders of the new national health care law found out this week, sometimes facing off outside the U.S. Supreme Court as the justices inside heard three days of oral arguments on the law's constitutionality.
NPR discussed the experience with demonstrators from both sides of the debate, who traveled from other states or nearby cities to bring their voices to the steps of the high court.
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Despite the fact that Bank of America lost 58 percent of its value in 2011, its CEO received a compensation package worth $7.5 million. That's a six fold increase from the year before. The AP reports that under Brian Moynihan, Bank of America also lost its title as the No. 1 bank by assets to JPMorgan Chase.
Housing prices are still declining, but many analysts see some signs for optimism in the housing market. The mild spring has brought buyers out earlier than usual, and real estate agents are busy.
Doug Azarian is one of them. One of his clients recently signed a deal on a $1.5 million house in Cape Cod, Mass. — a contemporary waterfront property with three bedrooms.
"The buyers came in, and they loved it from the minute they walked in the door," Azarian says.
Rep. Bobby Rush made news Wednesday when he raised a hoodie during a House floor speech on the Trayvon Martin tragedy.
The Chicago Democrat was told by Rep. Gregg Harper, the Mississippi Republican presiding over the chamber that he was in violation of the House's rules as Harper repeatedly banged his gavel to get Rush to signal that Rush had gone too far.
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A special prosecutor who spent two years exploring Justice Department misconduct in the botched case against late Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) said "contest living" — the desire to win a big case — explained the failure to follow the rules in one of the biggest political corruption prosecutions in decades.
"[Lawyers] do not want to have to undermine our case if it can possibly be avoided," investigator Hank Schuelke told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday. "That motive to win the case was the principal operative motive."


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HOUSTON, Sept. 9, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Superior Energy Services, Inc. (NYSE: SPN) today announced that David Dunlap, President and CEO, will be participating in the upcoming 2013 Barclays CEO Energy Conference to be held September 11-13 in New York.
Superior Energy's presentation will be held on Friday, September 13, 2013 at 7:45 a.m. Eastern time. To listen to the audio webcast and view accompanying presentation materials, visit the Investor Relations section of Superior Energy's website at www.superiorenergy.com. A replay will be archived on the site shortly after the presentation concludes.
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When Dave Kelly and the Hawaiian South Shore Ohana heard the news they were mad and sad. Here's Access Surf, one of Hawaii's most awesome community concepts & non profits, getting ripped off blind by some selfish idiot. Yes, not 1 but 2 'expensive' customized surfboards fitted for disabled, stolen. Hows that? Well, if you know Dave, he's not one to sit around and watch life happen; he makes things happen. And when lifes unfair, he's there to make it right, especially if its for the surfing community. Here's what he told me.
"After seeing the article in the Star Advertiser I was really upset and decided to call access surf and donate the board, I called Joey who's a rep a line of boards that would be perfect for Access surf got us a board.
Joey elected to forgo his commision to help out also.
He had it delivered on his own dime as well.
That is pretty much it".
I had to feature this story. Especially during this HoliDAZE season. Thanks Dave.
Good Will to All.
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Here was the story back in November the 25th.
Two surfboards used to provide therapeutic ocean activities for people with disabilities were reported stolen over the weekend (11/23).
A 12-foot white Infinity custom-made surfboard and a 12-foot Surftech soft-top surfboard were stolen. The boards owned by Access Surf Hawaii, a program that provides therapeutic ocean activities at White Plains Beach on Leeward Oahu for individuals with cognitive and physical disabilities, according to the company website.
According to the nonprofit program's director, Cara Troy, the boards, which are modified with handles, were stolen from a company truck parked in front of her St. Louis Heights home. She last saw the boards on the truck in the late afternoon hours Saturday.Troy discovered the boards missing at about 7 p.m. Sunday.
Troy brought the boards to her home to prepare for paddle-out memorial set for Friday at Waikiki Walls for the late surfing legend Montgomery "Buttons" Kaluhiokalani. Kaluhiokalani was a dedicated program volunteer for the past five years. He died Nov. 3 at the age of 55.
Program founder Mark Marble is asking for the return of the surfboards, no questions asked. For more information, call Troy at 748-1820, Marble at 218-9804 or the Access Surf main number at 236-4200.


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- Najam Ul Assar
- Lahore
- Pakistan
Chemical Engineer, Heal Pakistan
This conversation is closed.
Image of Pakistan in your sight?
How do you feel when you hear about Pakistan?
What stereotypes you have for people of Pakistan?
Do you really think, they are terrorist?
What if a Pakistani adds you on social network?
Kindly be Precise and Short.
Topics: Pakistan World Peace global issues stereotypes
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Jul 10 2013: Let me Congratulate Mr. Najam for bringing in such a topic of conversation. This is very much necessary to erase misjudgments and create harmony.
Well, I am from India and Pakistan is my neighbor. I respect it as much as i respect any other country. It is really unfortunate that few incidents have disturbed the peace in Pakistan, nevertheless, it a country wanting co-existence, harmony in my view. Your question "do you think they are terrorists" seems funny to me. Few peoples mistakes or stupidity cannot be held as parameters to judge others, in this context, the whole Pakistan. Terrorists have an ideology that is far from that of a normal peace-loving and caring person's. By standing together and firm, situation can be controlled. No one will ever have to find an excuse to connect with a pakisatani,socially, given that social network is all about connecting with different people from different places. Remember, when we become narrow minded because of few incidents, we should be open minded to accept the beauty of differences when we find lot of good things.
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alpha tocopherol, alpha-tocopherol, tocotrienol, 5,7,8 trimethyl-tocotrienol
Vitamin E is a series of fat-soluble compounds called tocopherols. Alpha-tocopherol is the most potent and widely used form of vitamin E. Tocopherols are found in the oily residue of plants. Tocotrienols are also found in plants and have vitamin E-like activity.
Vitamin E, vitamin C, and vitamin A are the antioxidant vitamins, and protect the body from oxidative damage.
Vitamin E is a major antioxidant in the body and works together with selenium to help prevent oxidation of certain enzymes important to the body's metabolic processes. Vitamin E is found in all cell membranes of the body and protects them from oxidative damage.
Vitamin E has been used when treating respiratory distress syndrome in premature infants.
Vitamin E prevents retrolental fibroplasia (disease of the retina) in premature infants on oxygen therapy. Vitamin E is a potent antioxidant in the human body.
Please note that this section reports on claims that have NOT yet been substantiated through scientific studies.
Vitamin E has been said to protect the body from environmental hazards and serve as an anti-cancer agent. It aids in the treatment of cystic fibrosis and breast disease, and helps with leg muscle pains and wound healing. Vitamin E is also purported to help prevent heart disease, improve sexual function, aid in athletic performance, facilitate scar healing, and help to prevent Alzheimer's disease.
Vitamin E is measured in both International Units (IU) and milligrams (mg), as indicated below. The DRI is the Dietary Reference Intake.
Infants (0 to 6 months)
3 mg
Infants (6 months to 1 year)
4 mg
Children (1 to 3 years)
6 mg
Children (4 to 10 years)
7 mg
Men (11+ years)
10 mg
Women (11+ years)
8 mg
Pregnant women
Breastfeeding women (1st 6 months)
12 mg
Breastfeeding women (2nd 6 months)
11 mg
Vitamin E is sold primarily as a soft capsule for oral use. The strengths available range from 100 to 1,000 IU. It is also available as a chewable tablet and an oral solution. The strength of the oral solution is 50 mg/ml. Vitamin E oil is also available.
Vitamin E capsules should be swallowed whole. They should not be chewed.
Wheat germ
160 mg
Sunflower seeds
31 mg
22 mg
Corn oil
21 mg
17.9 mg
14.9 mg
7.0 mg
6.9 mg
Brazil nuts
6.5 mg
Cashew nuts
5.1 mg
Vitamin E is stable at room temperature and therefore does not need to be refrigerated. It is not destroyed by cooking. It remains active in foods that have been frozen.
Vitamin E is also stable in light and in the presence of acid and alkali. It occurs as a thick, yellowish oil.
An increased need for vitamin E may result from various malabsorption syndromes in which steatorrhea (excess fat in the stool) occurs. These syndromes include lactose intolerance, tropical and non-tropical sprue, celiac disease, cystic fibrosis, ulcerative colitis, pancreatitis, and conditions that lead to a pancreatectomy (surgical removal of all or part of the pancreas).
Individuals need additional vitamin E if they are over 55, consume moderate to heavy amounts of alcohol, have chronic alcoholism, or have liver diseases such as cirrhosis.
Women who are pregnant or breastfeeding may need to take vitamin supplements, but must consult a physician before doing so.
Symptoms of vitamin E deficiency in newborns include hemolytic anemia, retinopathy (disease of the retina), and edema. Low vitamin E status in adults has been associated with increased risk for atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), cancer, and cataract formation.
Vitamin E is a relatively safe vitamin. Although vitamin E is fat soluble and can build up in the tissues of the body, hypervitaminosis is rare. Symptoms of too much vitamin E include fatigue, weakness, nausea, blurred vision, flatulence, and diarrhea.
There are no known contraindications to vitamin E.
Vitamin E can increase the effects of oral anticoagulants (blood-thinning medications) and result in increased clotting time and bleeding.
Large doses of vitamin E can decrease the body's vitamin A reserves.
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- Tuesday, July 26, 2005
Jonathan Edwards once said that godly people can, as it were, smell the depravity of an act before they can explain why it evil. There is a spiritual sense that something is amiss. It does not fit in a world permeated with God.
Ephesians 5:3 says that some things "are not fitting" among saints." "Fitting-ness" is not always easy to justify with arguments. You discern it before you can defend it. That's good, because we have to make hundreds of choices every day with no time for extended reflection.
But from time to time we need to pause and give rational, biblical expression why something is not fitting. Some years ago I came to that point when, week after week, a local newspaper put scantily clad women on the second page of Section A in order to sell underclothes. I wrote a letter to the paper with nine reasons why they should stop using this kind of advertising.
Perhaps my reflections will help you deal with the hundreds of abuses of God's good gift of sexuality in our culture. Here is what I wrote.
As a 14-year subscriber and reader of the [name of paper omitted], I am writing to express the persuasion that your sexually explicit ads that often turn up in Section A are increasingly offensive and socially irresponsible. I mean that the effectiveness of catching people's attention by picturing a woman in her underclothes does not justify the ads. The detrimental effects of such mercenary misuse of the female body are not insignificant. The harm I have in mind is described in the following nine persuasions.
1. This woman could not go out in public dressed like that without being shamed or being mentally aberrant. Yet you thrust her out, even in front of those of us who feel shame for her.
2. This portrayal of a woman sitting in her underclothes at a table with a cup of tea disposes men to think of women not as persons but mainly in terms of their bodies. It stimulates young boys to dwell on unclothed women's bodies and thus lames their ability to deal with women as dignified persons. I have four sons.
3. The ad stimulates sexual desire which in thousands of men has no legitimate or wholesome outlet through marriage. In other words, it feeds a corporate, community lust that bears no good fruit outside marriage, but in fact many ills.
4. The ad makes sensibilities callous so that fewer and fewer offenses against good taste feel unacceptable, which spells the collapse of precious and delicate aspects of personhood and relationships.
5. The ad makes thousands of women subconsciously measure their attractiveness and worth by the standard of rarefied, unrealistic models, leading to an unhealthy and discouraging preoccupation with outward looks.
6. The ad feeds the prurient fantasies of ordinary men, lodging a sexual image in their minds for the day which can rob them of the ability to think about things greater and nobler than skin.
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By CYNTHIA McCLOUDFor The State Journal
A Calhoun County resident is trying to keep her family's drive-in movie theater open.
It's not about staying in business, Bonnie Sands says, it's about preserving a piece of history and a place where families gather for alcohol-free entertainment: the Mount Zion Drive-in in Grantsville.
"It's really not about the business," Sands said. "We're not getting rich off this. But when you walk out on the field and flip on the floodlights at the end of a movie like 'How To Train Your Dragon,' and you see little kids running around with their arms stretched out and they're flying their dragon or you walk out of the projection room to flip out the lenses and you can't hear the movie because everybody is singing (the theme) 'Scooby-Doo, where are you?', things like that are more important to me, those families making memories."
The drive-in is a fixture in Sands' childhood memories. She was a toddler when her parents, Virginia and Marshall Bever, bought the theater in Grantsville in 1979. They are the fifth owners since it opened in 1950.
Since then they've upgraded to FM sound — patrons hear the movie's soundtrack through their car radio speakers instead of a speaker that mounts on their car window. But the latest upgrade the drive-in is being asked to make will cost $85,000: a digital projector.
Don Dzikowski, a drive-in historian in New Jersey, says about 360 drive-in theaters remain open throughout the country and one-third are in danger of not reopening in the spring because of the need to replace their 35mm projectors with digital ones, to show movies in the format moviemakers prefer these days.
To Sands, the update isn't do or die. She plans for Mount Zion to re-open for the next season during Memorial Day Weekend 2014.
"We'll keep doing what we can; 35mm isn't completely gone yet," she said.
According to her booking company, Sands said, only a couple of movie companies have said they will produce no more 35mm films, including Fox, which makes the "Diehard" series, of which Sands is a fan.
The other companies, Sands hears, will continue making 35mm prints, but produce fewer copies. That means it will be harder for Mount Zion to get the first-run films, which they usually put up four weeks after the movie's release date.
"We might not be able to get them 'til it comes out on DVD," she said.
In the meantime, Sands has been looking for ways to get a digital projector without borrowing money.
"We don't do a lot of business here," she said, noting the last time every one of the theater's 215 spots and back lot was filled was in 2005 when "The Dukes of Hazzard" came to the big screen.
"I don't think a loan is feasible for our business location," she said. "It would take us another 50 years to pay off the loan. We're open 16 weeks, three days a week.
"The business pays its bills and employees and has enough to start it up again the next year. We do a lot of the work ourselves, and we're not even making minimum wage."
Sands has applied for a $250,000 Mission Main Street Grant from commercial banking company Chase. Mount Zion Drive-In had to get at least 250 votes on the Mission Main Street website by Nov. 15 to have its application considered. As of Nov. 13, it had received more than twice that many. In January, 12 grant recipients will be announced.
This summer Mount Zion competed in Project Drive-In, from Honda, but it was not one of the nine theaters selected to receive digital projectors from the company.
Voting was conducted online and Sands said she thinks coming from a small, rural area hurt Mount Zion's chances.
"We just don't have the population to compete with bigger places," Sands said. "The smallest drive-in that won is in a county of 30,000 people."
Calhoun County had a population of 7,607 in 2012, by comparison.
Dzikowski, the historian, said other automakers should follow Honda. He is circulating a petition to bring the plight of small, family-owned drive-ins to the attention of the U.S. automakers GM, Chrysler and Ford, asking them to donate digital projection equipment.
He says in the 1950s and early '60s, drive-ins would host events such as "Ford Nights," offering Ford owners free admission.
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This Good Question is about a new twist on the classic look of traffic signals.
"What are the blue lights attached to some traffic signals at intersections?" Dave, Fort Myers
Unlike red, yellow and green lights, the blue lights Dave is referring to don't regulate traffic flow. Instead they're a tool for law enforcement.
On the open road in Southwest Florida, we're used to blue skies. But blue lights at intersections? That begs a Good Question.
They're not cameras, traffic counters, or tools for emergency vehicles.
I went to Lt. Tony Sizemore with the Cape Coral Police Department to get the answer.
"It's not brand new. They've been around for a couple of years."
Lt. Sizemore said the blue lights allow officers to be anywhere around an intersection and know for sure if someone blows through a red light.
"At any direction in the intersection, when that blue light is illuminated, then that means the red light is on," explained Sizemore.
The technology came into use after a court case where the driver claimed the officer didn't actually see the red light.
'Then it [the ticket] was dismissed and this is a way to combat that," said Sizemore.
When we pull up to an intersection, our eyes are trained for three colors - not including blue.
"As for an everyday motorist, I wouldn't pay attention to it," said Sizemore. "I would pay attention to the standard red, yellow and green and look ahead & leave the blue light for us."


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December 09, 2002
In one newly released image of Jupiter's moon Io from NASA's Galileo spacecraft, a mountain ridge named Mongibello, three-fourths as tall as Mount Everest, gleams from the rays of an otherworldly sunset.
Other Io pictures that researchers are presenting at a scientific meeting show colorful volcanic deposits covering the ground and a recent lava flow. Galileo captured the images during flybys of Io in the past three years. The images and captions about them are available online from NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif., at
and from the University of Arizona's Planetary Image Research Laboratory, Tucson, at
Scientists are studying Galileo data for a better understanding of Io's mountains and volcanoes. They are presenting the images in San Francisco during the fall meeting of the American Geophysical Union through Dec. 10.
Galileo has been orbiting Jupiter since December 1995. More information about the mission is available at http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/galileo. JPL, a division of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, manages Galileo for NASA's Office of Space Science, Washington, D.C.
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Physical Security Measures Have Increased at Some Core Facilities, but Security Problems Continue
GAO-05-48: Published: Nov 16, 2004. Publicly Released: Nov 16, 2004.
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Mail and postal facilities are tempting targets for theft and other criminal acts. Approximately 800,000 U.S. Postal Service (USPS) employees process about 700 million pieces of mail daily at almost 38,000 facilities nationwide. Criminals attack letter carriers to get mail containing valuables and burglarize postal facilities to get cash and money orders. These activities at USPS facilities can put at risk the integrity of the mail and the safety of employees, customers, and assets. We looked at physical security measures at large facilities that perform automated mail-sorting functions, which on the basis of discussions with USPS, we defined as "core" facilities. Specifically, our objectives were to provide information on (1) what USPS has determined to be the physical security requirements at core facilities, (2) what security measures have been implemented and what security problems exist at USPS core facilities, and (3) what are USPS's plans to respond to identified security problems.
USPS has determined physical security requirements, such as access control and exterior lighting, for its facilities and specified them in a handbook and a manual. The security requirements are mandatory for new facilities and any renovations made to existing facilities. Further guidance outlines how physical security requirements are to be implemented at all facilities. Additionally, USPS uses policy memorandums to increase managers' awareness of specific security issues and reinforce physical security requirements, such as locking doors and wearing identification badges. Available information showed that implementation of security measures had increased at some core facilities, although security problems still existed at some facilities. However, incomplete and inaccurate USPS data precluded us from making an assessment of changes in the implementation of security measures at all core facilities. Specifically, the USPS Facility Security Database, which records security conditions, has a number of problems, such as missing and incomplete data, duplicate responses, and miscoded facilities. Nevertheless, available information on one-third of the 373 core facilities showed some additional security measures have been implemented at each of these facilities since fiscal year 2001. However, our analysis of Inspection Service reports and our site visits to 13 core facilities revealed a number of security problems, such as facility and vehicle keys unaccounted for, doors and gates left unlocked or alarms deactivated, mail and stamp inventory left unsecured, and employees not wearing identification badges as required. According to USPS officials, a number of plans and processes to improve physical security are being developed. For example, through a formal review and follow-up process, the Inspection Service is working with local and headquarters management officials to improve facility security. The Inspection Service has filled almost all of its 47 new Physical Security Specialist positions. USPS has also created an Emergency Preparedness group to ensure consistent application of and increased compliance with security standards and is in the process of updating and improving its Facility Security Database. This database has the potential for identifying and tracking facility security issues nationwide.
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Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: In January 2005, USPS developed a project plan to correct and update its security database. The plan detailed tasks, milestones, as well as actual start and completion dates. However, the plan did not include information on project costs or resources needed to complete the tasks. Nevertheless, USPS has completed the vast majority of the tasks identified in the plan and has initiated action on the remainder. The actions USPS has taken included correcting facility designations to address duplicative data issues, simplifying user logon capability to resolve missing data problems due to incomplete security surveys, and establishing a user certification that updated security data are accurate. These USPS actions were designed to address GAO's concerns, which lead to its recommendation.
Recommendation: In order to support the Inspection Service's efforts to improve physical security at USPS core facilities, the Postmaster General should develop a plan, with objectives, time frames, and resources needed, for correcting and updating USPS' security database so that USPS can accurately assess the status of physical security at core facilities, identify needed improvements, and assess progress that facilities have made.
Agency Affected: United States Postal Service: Office of the Postmaster General
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Ubuntu 14.04: Signs of the times
Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog
Reviewing Ubuntu has become as pointless as reviewing a Stephen King novel -- nothing I say could possibly influence the fans or detractors. The fans have already upgraded, and the detractors decided long ago to stay away. All the same, the 14.04 release (code-named Trusty Tahr, with artwork that looks like a parody of the GNU project's logo) is still worth a look, because releases of any software make observations about the project behind the software so easy.
Consider, for example:
- In October, 2011, Mark Shuttleworth wrote that "By 14.04 LTS Ubuntu will power tablets, phones, TVs and smart screens from the car to the office kitchen, and it will connect those devices cleanly and seamlessly to the desktop, the server and the cloud." Clearly, none of that has happened, although most of it might in the next release or two. But when you consider this statement, and compare it to announcements about unrealized projects, such as Ubuntu TV, Ubuntu Edge, the only conclusion is that Ubuntu is unskilled at planning and setting deadlines. It's great for coming up with ideas, not so great about implementing them.
- 14.04 is the first release not to include Ubuntu One's storage and music services. Considering the competition for cloud services, this decision is sensible -- although you might wonder how credible Canonical's cloud consulting services might be to other companies when it is not in the business itself. Yet the fact that Canonical, Ubuntu's parent arm, even tried to compete in such a saturated market reinforces the impression that Canonical has no idea how to turn a profit from Ubuntu, and is willing to try almost anything. At the same time, the fact that the announcement was made only a few weeks before Ubuntu 14.04's release, and that no attempt was made to provide users with alternatives suggest that the needs of users are not currently a priority. Although users have a couple of months to close down their Ubuntu One accounts, they are still left stranded.
- Desktop users may appreciate changes such as the option to return application menus to their title bar. However, most of the changes, such as anti-aliased widgets or the improve scalability of icons seem aimed at supporting Ubuntu on mobile devices, in keeping with Canonical's grand scheme of convergence across form factors. Other visible changes are so minor that the average workstation or laptop desktop could easily fail to notice them.
- This is at least the third or fourth release in which tweaks to Unity desktop have continued to be the main changes visible on the desktop. Granted, many of these changes will probably help with convergence in later releases. Still, when Canonical is struggling for profitability, the emphasis on the user interface would seem to be a costly indulgence. Since Ubuntu and Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth stepped down as CEO to focus on interface design, the question arises: how far he will pursue his personal hobby at the expense of Canonical's basic goals? Given that Ubuntu remains the desktop distribution of choice in recent reader polls while Unity lags behind KDE and sometimes Xfce and GNOME, the answer seriously matters.
None of these observations are likely to affect anyone's reaction to Ubuntu 14.04. Yet, when the most a balanced review can say is that a release is worth having because it offers long-term support, the release can be said to be the latest that offers very little to users. Perhaps that is why Ubuntu is raising the profile a bit of variants like Xubuntu or Lubuntu that use a different desktop, re-emphasizing long-established features to help conceal the relative lack of anything new.
The bottom line? In trying to establish new markets in mobile devices, Ubuntu seems to be neglecting its traditional stronghold on the desktop. A few more releases that offer little to desktop users, and Ubuntu might find that it has burned its bridges without ever meaning to.comments powered by Disqus
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The two men enter a store, pretend to be shopping, and then display guns and demand money, according to an alert from Area Central detectives.
Robberies occurred at 4:18 p.m. on March 12 in the 1700 block of South Ashland Avenue; and at 12:45 p.m. on March 26 in the 2300 block of West Chicago Avenue, the alert said.
The suspects are described as African American men, 24-39, 5-foot-10 to 6-foot-3 and 140-215 pounds, the alert said.
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Ryan Black covered spring football practice in Athens for the AJC on Saturday and filed this report:
ATHENS — Jarvis Jones accomplished a lot last season. He was named to nearly every All-American team. He was a finalist for the Butkus Award. And he led the SEC in sacks (13.5) and tackles for loss (19.5) for a Georgia team that won the Eastern Division.
But if Jones doesn't replicate those stats and accolades in 2012, he said he will have failed to live up to his own lofty expectations.
"I can do better than I did last year," Jones said after Georgia's first full-pads session of spring practice Saturday. "I've definitely got to improve myself. . . . Anything less than what I did last year is a failure."
Coming off such a dominant first season as a Bulldog after redshirting in 2010, Jones was asked if he feels he is now "the face" of Georgia's defense. Always quick to deflect attention from himself, he dismissed that notion in favor of a team-oriented outlook.
"I've got a role to play. Everybody [does]," Jones said. "I think I'm one of the leaders on the team, and I'm definitely one of the players who my teammates listen to. We got a lot of leaders out there. We got Alec [Ogletree], Shawn Williams, Bacarri [Rambo]. . . . We don't try to stand out among each other. We all push each other and try to get each other to get the ball rolling. That's why I think we're so close. We're headed in the right direction to do some good things this year. We all believe in each other, and we communicate well. We just enjoy doing what we do."
Just a few months ago, Jones, Williams and Rambo had to choose whether they would return to Georgia or depart for the NFL. Jones said he did not try to push Williams or Rambo in either direction.
"I just told them whatever decision they [made] —- if they decided to go pro — I'm always going to be in their corner and believe in them and wish the best for them," Jones said. "But they came back, and we're gonna take this thing up another level and try to be the best defense in the nation."
Since spring practice opened on Tuesday, the defense has dominated the offense in drills. Jones pointed out that part of the reason is that the defense brought back more experienced players, "especially up front," where the offensive line is trying to replace three starters.
"[The offense] is getting a bit frustrated, but that's what we want," Jones said. "We want to put them in situations where they can learn and they can improve, so down the road when the season starts, we'll be a much better team."
As good as the defense looks to be this fall, the Bulldogs are young at Jones' outside linebacker position, since both Cornelius Washington and Ray Drew have started to work into the rotation at defensive end. Jones said he isn't worried, though, since his younger teammates are picking up things "real quick."
Besides, to meet his goal of eclipsing the season he had last year, Jones admits there is still a lot he needs to learn himself.
"Coaches are still putting new things in there, teaching me new things, teaching us as a defense new things," he said. "Even when you get to the pros, I think you've still got a lot of room for improvement. It never stops."
– Ryan Black, for the AJC
March 24th, 2012
4:51 pm
Go Dawgs. The defense is going to be as tenacious as a well you know.
March 24th, 2012
4:54 pm
March 24th, 2012
4:57 pm
Keep chopping wood…
March 24th, 2012
4:59 pm
GATA! Going to be a great defense!
March 24th, 2012
5:02 pm
Hopefully with Drew and Washington moving to DL, JHC will get some quality snaps at Outside L. I love the attitude of Jones and company. Looks like this D can be the new "Junkyard Dawgs" D. Go Dawgs!!!
March 24th, 2012
5:02 pm
Can't wait. G-day game, read same summer publications then start the seasons. Dawgs roll through the season then we see how good they are in SEC championship game. If they prove true the national title game and people get offof Richt's back. GATA
March 24th, 2012
5:17 pm
I really like Jones' attitude and approach. Sounds like a real humble kid and good leader. DGD!
March 24th, 2012
5:31 pm
That experienced defense should serve us well at Mizzo in the opener. It could be an eye opener for the former Big 12 fans!
March 24th, 2012
5:39 pm
Isn't good to know the Dawgs won't face a better defense than they do on the practice field?
March 24th, 2012
5:44 pm
Just added another commit. Johnny Oneal out of West Laurens..ILB…a thumper. Grantham keeps pulling them in….hopefully the AJC will get around to a story in the next few days!
March 24th, 2012
5:50 pm
Mizzou, USC and Florida….only three intersting games…out of twelve…………..YEAH…they should be the best defense in the country statistically.
…and the best offense, too, Mr. Bobo…or your head.
March 24th, 2012
5:58 pm
This is great news! We goning to have a defense that displays dominants on other teams. Coach Richt knew what he was doing in hiring Coach Grantham. Now that we resrocked the talent and no more wet Willies our D is back to junk yard Dawgs type D. This is how Dawgs supposed to play. We knows we got the talents that just needs being exposed. Now we loaded up to beat down East and then whip Bammers or Lsuers in Dome. I really want to play the bungle tigers and Metzburger. Then we can show Metz why we cast him out and cut him loose when he started stinking. Our defense will put a hurt on the sorry bad QBs we play like chickens and gaytors.
Go Dawgs!
March 24th, 2012
6:01 pm
restocked not resrocked
March 24th, 2012
6:24 pm
Jones does all his talking on the field, as it should be. He's a humble kid and the epitome of a team player. Good things are ahead for JJ. DGD
March 24th, 2012
6:44 pm
Has Cornelius Washington sobered up yet?
March 24th, 2012
6:44 pm
Yeah, while this is similar to our offensive ratings… We all know what happens when we play somebody good…. We lose…. Just like your joke of a Defense… You dawg fans are very delusional if you think your defense is anything but average at best! But hey, enjoy the grape kool aide….
March 24th, 2012
6:58 pm
Mizzou fans, talk while you still can!
March 24th, 2012
7:13 pm
Yeah for Ryan Black! He's such a cutie! Go Dawgs!
March 24th, 2012
7:22 pm
What a leader. For young athletes and current Bulldog players, you should: watch, learn, and listen to JJ! That's how you do it. His attitude reminds me of Herschel Walker. BIG TEAM…little me. Frankly, he could lead us to the title b/c his spirit and approach will rub off on other players.
JJ will go down as one of the best players in UGA history though he only played 2 years. Of course, he's NFL bound after this year.
March 24th, 2012
7:29 pm
How many recruits has Tech gotten for next year?
March 24th, 2012
8:36 pm
Why don't you haters stick to your on team's blogs. Why do you even waste your time unless you don't value your time.
March 24th, 2012
8:39 pm
With some help on the O-line and the D stepping up, this team could be players in the East this year…
March 24th, 2012
8:50 pm
Like that attitude, now if we could get the offense and ESPECIALLY the special teams to have that same attitude
March 24th, 2012
8:54 pm
I can't wait till football season. I can't wait to see how much D improves. And I hope offense improves greatly
March 24th, 2012
8:56 pm
March 24th, 2012
9:05 pm
dawgs rule with defence, take them one game at a time—————–bamma trolls stink
March 24th, 2012
10:00 pm
Just think about this!
JJ was released by Southern Cal because of MEDICAL problems(sounds very much like The little Weasel Saban) and is pretty much an All American in everybody's book. Hopefully he has improved on his MEDICAL problem and will show the world he belongs in the Elite Players in College Football.
JJ = DGD = Superman = Class Act
March 24th, 2012
10:00 pm
Love that Jarvis Jones! The whole team is coming together, fun time in Athens this Fall! I cannot wait….
March 24th, 2012
10:30 pm
JJ is a stud, D should be formidable this year. Hairy, if Richt was as adept at hiring an OC as you say he was in hiring CTG we would be in business huh? Richt is in way over his head coaching wise….
March 24th, 2012
10:59 pm
I love the Dawgs. What happened to the D in the SEC championship? What happened in the bowl? Ok, I understand that Murray is stupid. But a great defense holds that line.
Jarvis is a hero. I love the leadership and focus and selflessness to team that he brings. The DC gets a lot of credit in instilling such a culture. Unfortunately, the problem is really the head coach. Until we get someone who is really focused on championships, the Jarvis Jones of the Bulldog World will get short changed. So will the fan base.
March 24th, 2012
11:02 pm
Why is Mike Bobo still the Offensive Coordinator for UGA football? This is a total disgrace.
March 24th, 2012
11:03 pm
AltamahaDawg March 24th, 2012 11:20 am
" 'And, it always at the most important moment vs top teams.'
And that is obviously the exact time to pull your best chance to win and insert a less capable back-up."
No, that is the exact time to put the same immature puny Loser back in to do what he always does.
Or, no, that is the exact time to not give anyone else an opportunity to show us if just maybe one of the other 5 quarterbacks could possibly do any WORSE than Aaron Murray at 0-7 vs teams who are 10-Win Season Opponents.
March 24th, 2012
11:06 pm
Because Snoop, Mark Richt doesn't have a clue as to how to build a championship team. He's more loyal to his assistants than he is to the football program. The players, while all the hype says they love him, they don't respect him, fear him, follow him. In short, we're stuck with mediocrity in the near to short term.
March 24th, 2012
11:28 pm
Kingdaddy March 24th, 2012 2:32 pm
"Coach Bobo thinks he knows better than everyone else,but he's DEAD WRONG. Defense and running behind a deep OL is what wins in SEC. PERIOD. A good ground game will take pressure off of Arron. MURRAY. If we throw less and run more, we'll have less INTs. This will also control the clock and keep one of the Best Defenses in the nation fresh . Even Bobo should know this. I for one, don't think Bobo knows his ashcan from a hole-in-the-ground …"
Can someone explain how this poster, who spent his entire day in here posting about how no one should post anything negative ever, thinks this is anything but a NEGATIVE POST ?
Or, like everyone else, we are to do as he SAYS and not as he himself DOES, right ?
Who passed away and put you in charge
March 24th, 2012
11:28 pm
Rambo had to come back….yes, he was an All-American…but 5 of his 8 Ints were passes thrown right to him…he dropped more than he caught and every end-around reverse pass for a TD that every team threw against UGA in the last 2 years, the TV read RAMBO….cuz he was the one biting and getting burned….if he works on that, he will be one of the best safeties we've ever had….Sanders Commings has dropped more pick 6's than Matt Stafford, Joe Cox and Aaron Murray combined…Going Pro???? Yeah, they didn't want to be a 5th rounder and an undrafted free agent!!! Go Dawgs!!!!
March 24th, 2012
11:29 pm
combined to throw, that is!!!!
March 24th, 2012
11:55 pm
Oh yeah, this will be a great defense….as long as they don't play a ranked team. Then they get killed.
March 25th, 2012
12:12 am
Yes, I am not convinced that we have anyone back there defending the forward pass other than Malcolm Mitchell, myself. There isn't a single Secondary Player whom Erk Russell would have put back there at what he called his Rover Position. We move anyone who could defend the forward pass to other positions.
From that standpoint, moving Malcolm Mitchell back there will prove to be a move that the defense cannot afford to give up.
But, if you look at the defense closely, you can clearly see 12 players who are and have been our Starters – all 12 of whom are absolutely gone after this 2012 season.
It's a one-year window for Mark Richt and would have served him far better to have his extension actually come up after this season, rather than now.
By the way, why is there not a
turned on daily for when Mark Richt actually does sign this extension ?
3 times the AJ-C has announced that Mark Richt got his extension.
3 times.
However, in fact, 3/25/2011, Mark Richt has FAILED to SIGN the EXTENSION November, December, January, February, and now March is all but over.
April ?
The National Press is going to get past this local hype-machine Kool-Aid crowd saying how Mark Richt has his Extension and point this out.
Again, this is good for Mark Richt.
This will be his best season. He starts out # 6 in the nation in all the polls for 2012. He has the most leadership on his Defense he has ever had, led by Jarvis Jones, Consensus All-America and the
That's already after 1 year. I felt that he, as the # 1 player at his position in the 12-year UGA Bulldogs' history, should have turned pro after last season.
That's not because I want Mark Richt to fail: Mark Richt doesn't need me to want him to fail when in 26 games to-date against Opponents who end season 10-Win Opponents, he has beat 8; and Mark Richt has a 1-year window to do well this season; sure, he will return his Offense intact for 2013, but he will have lost his ENTIRE DEFENSE.
Jarvis Jones should have left to the League because he has already proven that he is durable and that the neck is not an issue, as our UGA Doctors told everyone 2 years ago when they let him go over his neck; and another season in The SEC will not alter that with the question still hanging out there after 2012 as well, so he should have left – that's for himself, as he above everyone else knows that his very next play could well be his last, ever – so, take the guarantee and put the money in the bank. Good Heavens.
Still, I am thankful that UGA fans such as I get to see daily of the 22 position players that we've ever had, that he stands alone as the # 1 linebacker in our entire storied defensive history. Defense, like offense and special teams is a team sport where you are better as a team than the sum of the individual parts and strive for team goals – all of which just makes me wonder if any of all these great leaders we have on this team for 2012 as players will teach Aaron Murray what he should have been doing 4 years ago when he 1st came to Georgia and be a leader like
March 25th, 2012
12:32 am
#1 defense to not play Bama, LSU, and Arkansas maybe
Dawgs got beat by every good team they played last year – Boise, SCAR, LSU, MSU
So overhyped……..
March 25th, 2012
12:43 am
well, they will play LSU, ALA or Ark if they make it to the SECCG
March 25th, 2012
12:44 am
only problem…will they make it with UGA
March 25th, 2012
12:45 am
"Isaiah Crowell continued to work almost exclusively with Aaron Murray."
"Freshman Keith Marshall did, however, take some handoffs from second string quarterback Hutson Mason."
This is further proof of what EVERY POSTER has said about Mark Richt during his 12 years as our head coach, although he hasn't signed the contract to continue.
(1) Have we learned NOTHING after a year and half now with Isaiah Crowell that he in no-way is going to be the exclusive tailback for UGA even in 2012 ?
(2) Mark Richt continues this harangue that he wants Hutson Mason to continue to not see the field at all in 10 games as he did not see the field for so much as a snap in 10 games, yet, NOT REDSHIRT.
March 25th, 2012
12:47 am
This is the solution to ALA and these false NCs…change the ranking from top 25 to top 32.
Take those 32 and pair 1 against 32, 2 against 31 etc on the fist week
thats 16 (bowl games)
then the next week its reduced to 8 (bowl) games
then the next week it's reduced to 4 (bowl) games
then 2 (bowl) games
then the REAL Championship (bowl) game…that adds up to 31 bowls.
There are currently 35 bowls (only recently they added 4 so we actually lose nothing and gain a real champ
32 does not really deserve a shot but since they play number one the 1st week they most likely will be gone anyway and 32 always gets a bowl anyway so you lose no integrity..and if you dig that deep you have no controversy on who is left out (number 33 will not bitch like number 9) and you get all 31 bowls (well there are 35 but you get the picture)
Its about doing away with controversy, keeping same amount of bowls and determine a real champ….solves all three problems with one solution
It's a no brainer
March 25th, 2012
12:47 am
(3) Hutson Mason has spoken his mind, and as a definitive proof of this, he made it a CONDITION of him NOT TRANSFERRING that he be given instead a Redshirt 2012.
March 25th, 2012
12:47 am
Coach Sick Satan = SCUM
Tweak your knee and you are left twisting in the wind.
March 25th, 2012
12:51 am
(4) Mark Richt continues – contrary to the AGREEMENT HE MADE WITH HUTSON MASON – and gives Hutson Mason the 2nd most snaps at Quarterback all Spring Drills and no doubt obviously all Fall Practices as well.
March 25th, 2012
12:53 am
(5) Keith Marshall is a BETTER TAILBACK FOR US than Isaiah Crowell. He is a better student, far FASTER, better conditioned, smarter, has better hands, and is a TEAM LEADER, who will not jaw at opponents and be suspended and take himself out of game, no fail drug tests.
(6) Mark Richt is making huge mistakes preparing our team, ONCE AGAIN 2012, as he has done all 12 years now. His loyalty to his coaches and to his Starters is unprecedented among head football coaches – especially in this case.
(7) Keith Marshall HAS TO GET SNAPS WITH AARON MURRAY, NOW, by Heavens.
(8) And, if you are going to REDSHIRT HUTSON MASON, you must DE-ELEVATE HIM from # 2 QB to at least # 3 in practice. You cannot have your cake, and eat it too. If we know that Isaiah Crowell cannot carry this team; and if we know that Aaron Murray is far from anything but maddening vs all the top teams, then this domination of the offense by the defense this entire Spring Practice should not lead to posts about how dominating our defense is when by measured results vs Michigan State, LSU, Boise State and South Carolina – the only 4 teams we played who season end made AP Poll Top 25 – we must get after the Offense failed as it is according to
EVERY POSTER here.
March 25th, 2012
7:20 am
"JJ" was an all american in 2011 and he will repete again in 2012. If you want to see him play it will be this year. I feel he will go pro in 2013. If Coach "R" doesn't do it this year with this group he may not have a chance to accoumlate such talent in his coaching like time. If the "O" line jells and i think it will and the "RB" step up, the Dawgs will be a hard team to beat. I have only two concerns. (1) Can Bobo step up for this team. (2) Can Murray step up for this. Both need to improve in NOT making mistakes that cost the team wins.
March 25th, 2012
7:58 am
Ga won't even be the best Defense in their division.
March 25th, 2012
8:17 am
You forget that Mark Richt has to beat top teams, when you bring all that national championship talk in here because you know he faces 1 team in these 12 regular seasons' games who made it to AP Poll Top 25 to end last season. This while he Lost all 4 games last season against teams who made it to 10-Win Seasons.
10-Win Seasons by Mark Richt Opponents :
Average Margin of Defeat : over 15 points game
22 points Offense Defeat per game
38 points Defense Defeat per game
When we play a team who ends 10-Win Season
Lose on the average by More than 2 Touchdowns
In other words, we are blown-out spectacularly.
It's not just that we lose, and we definitely lose,
It's how we lose.
The Offense is annihilated
The Special Teams' are just obliterated
The Defense is demolished
The coaching staff looks like buffoons
In Mark Richt era, NC beat 29 ended AP Top 10
In Mark Richt era, he beat 3 of 16 end AP Top 10


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How do I know what I think?
It is not made of glass…
"Work in the perfect confidence that: 1) it is going to be harder work than you have ever done; 2) it will not yield its secrets easily; 3) it will drive you a bit crazy until it surprises you and even then the surprise will have other complications that will drive you a little more nuts; 4) it will open with perfect simplicity like a flower in sunlight in the first fresh morning of Spring, and then close on you like an iron door manned by six guards of the inquisition–and, 5) all of this being true, you cannot truly hurt it. You can only make it necessary to do it again, get into its little dark grottoes and work it, and let the opening and closing and the secrets and the falterings take place knowing that you cannot hurt it. You absolutely cannot ruin it. I've said this before, but it bears repeating. You cannot permanently harm it. It is not made of glass, but of LANGUAGE, that sweet and glorious possession, that is there like a guiding spirit, wanting to give you everything. Just be worthy of it and don't expect it to dance on command. It needs to be courted, gently cajoled and caressed. Trust the beauty of it, and don't over worry it. It WANTS to yield its treasure. You only have to be patient, and quietly stubborn." ~Richard Bausch
"It's not the will to win…
"It's not the will to win but the will to prepare to win that makes the difference." ~Bear Bryant
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Prologue: "Survivor" (an excerpt)
A year ago my therapist called me a survivor and it made me angry. The very word smacked of a solicitation for pity. I didn't want to be a survivor, nor did I believe my circumstances were necessarily reflected in the word. What fit better? I don't know: outliver, extant, remainer, alive. To me, survivor is more befitting a person who, for whatever reason: horrible accident, dreaded disease, inexplicable act of God, stared at death's door and maybe even rapped their knuckles on it before walking away, back into the light. Mine hasn't been such. If I've survived anything it's the mere act of living. If I have faced any adversity it has either come to me on waves of my own stupidity or the selfish, stupid acts of others. If I have survived anything, it has been ambivalence. That I repeatedly have found myself in situations where I am not wanted, am in the way, am only good for the muscles in my back, is not an admission of self-pity. I promise. It's simple fact. Of course like so many of us, I am sometimes given to bouts of self-pity, but recognizing that my past is fraught with schemes, paths, designs, traps, call them what you want, which are designed to render me powerless, has been elemental in energizing the forging of a new path and nothing akin to pity.
My therapist's label made me angry, and that anger is what I needed. Fuel. Tinder. A bellows stoking the flame..
"I don't want to be a survivor," I told her. "I simply want to live well, but to this point that has been impossible."
She said, "Like it or not, it is who you are."
For the last year I have been working my way into that skin. Trying to find how it might fit, how it might work to my good or, dare I say, the good of others. What has come from it is this book, an exploration of what brought me here, forty-eight years after my birth, to this unlikely place. And that made me angry too. Still. So much of it isn't fair. But life's not fair, princess.
What I find most intriguing in my reflection is that I can't give up. I have tried, but then an awful hope takes hold, grabs me by the collar and yanks me back to my feet. I want to surrender to cynicism, to fatalism, to nihilism, to that blessed chasm of ambivalence that will allow me to rid myself of the burden of care once and for all.
It never happens.
And sometimes I think good doesn't happen either, but that's where this whole survivor thing kicks in. Try as I may, I can't surrender. Whatever I'm hoping for has yet to manifest. I don't even know what it is that I'm hoping for except proof that all of the hard stuff has been for a reason, a good one at that.
I've encountered good along the way. I count my blessings. I take nothing for granted, not the heat from my furnace, the canned goods in my pantry or the backup toilet paper in the bathroom. I know the fragile gift of life and am grateful each day for the health and safety of my four children. I feel infinitely blessed to have, after twenty years of longing, found a home in the country that provides incomparable solace. Each day affords new opportunity to express to God my litany of thanks.
But that doesn't mean I have a clue what God is doing. Something still isn't right and maybe that's just another way of saying that I'm still alive. As long as I live and breath and have my being there will be difficulty, self-inflicted or otherwise.
The Angry Chick's Guide to Survival is not advice. It's my story, what's written of it so far. It made me angry to live it; I got angry writing it; I am angry still. But I have changed. I am not who I was, and know I can never go back. My anger has changed with me. It evolved out of victimization into indignance and finally ushered me here, to a place of steeled resolve.
Life is not a given, a constant. With it comes no guarantee. I am making peace with the word survivor. Instead of saying I am forty-eight years old I say that I have survived for forty-eight years. And anger has become the most positive force I know. Fuel. Tinder. A bellows stoking the flame.
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Have you ever picked up a book at just the right time in your life? Well, that's what happened to me when I picked up Lisa Hendey's Handbook for Catholic Moms. The first few chapters spoke to me in a way that made me feel like God had actually put the book in my hands.
You see, when my kids were preschoolers and I was newer to parenting, I sought out lots of information, support and advice about my overwhelming vocation from books, support groups, prayer groups, Bunco groups, book groups. (I like groups, ok?) But, as my children have grown and my confidence and experience grew, I let a lot of those support systems fall by the wayside. It took me a while to realize how much I missed all those groups and books. Picking up and reading Lisa's book gave me exactly what I needed to hear when I needed to hear it.
The subtitle of the book is "Nurturing the Heart, Mind, Body and Soul". In the book Lisa discusses each of those areas in depth, gives resources to support mothers and even assigns "homework". Her book reminded me of the importance of taking care of my needs as a mom so that I can then take care of my family.
I can't guarantee that her book will speak to you the same way it did to me. After all, timing is everything. But, if you are a Catholic mom looking for support in your vocation, I think you will get something out of this book that will possibly strengthen you, your faith, your marriage and your family.
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