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Religion and child abuse, fundamentalism and politics, Justice Sunday III and Pastor Latham
By Mel Seesholtz, Ph.D.
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Jan 17, 2006, 00:41
Richard Dawkins is Charles Simonyi Professor of the Public Understanding of Science at Oxford University and an internationally renowned biologist. His recent BBC series -- "The God Delusion," "The Root of All Evil," and "The Virus of Faith" -- made the point about organized religion and child abuse.
Dr. Dawkins has repeatedly warned that U.S. evangelicals represent "Christian fascism" and "an American Taliban" that seeks to emulate and enforce "The God of the Old Testament [who] has got to be the most unpleasant character in all fiction: jealous, and proud of it, petty, vindictive, unjust, unforgiving, racist." Fear of this curmudgeonly "God" is embedded into children's psyche: beware the bogeyman who watches everything you do and just looks for ways to punish you in the most horrific ways.
In the New Testament, Dawkins accurately noted that "St Paul's nasty, sado-masochistic doctrine of atonement for original sin" is, essentially, psychological and emotional child abuse: "Innocent children are being saddled with demonstrable falsehoods... It's time to question the abuse of childhood innocence with superstitious ideas of hellfire and damnation." Fear is again instilled into children. Many also pay a physical price as the Right Reverend John Shelby Spong noted in relation to circumcision:
Circumcision. A necessary ritual ordained by the Old Testament "God"? A modern day health practice? Neither. The dogma, rites, and rituals of organized religion have but one goal: social control and political power. In their book Created Equal: Why Gay Rights Matter to America, Michael Nava and Robert Dawidoff exposed the warped "thinking" and politically motivated strategies of America's evangelical Christian Right.
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So I've been wondering--and wondering--what caused the change between the classified version of the intel community's official assessment of Iraq in 2002 and unclassified version released just a month or so later that was sexed up. (I'm also curious why this angle isn't getting more attention from reporters.) Was it pressure from the WH? Is so, was it implicit or explicit (which, btw, i think is a significant distinction)?
Well, Laura Rosen (or one of her readers, actually), has dug up the following Knight Ridder story published in October 2002:
While President Bush marshals congressional and international support for invading Iraq, a growing number of military officers, intelligence professionals and diplomats in his own government privately have deep misgivings about the administration's double-time march toward war.
These officials charge that administration hawks have exaggerated evidence of the threat that Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein poses -- including distorting his links to the al-Qaida terrorist network -- have overstated the amount of international support for attacking Iraq and have downplayed the potential repercussions of a new war in the Middle East.
They charge that the administration squelches dissenting views and that intelligence analysts are under intense pressure to produce reports supporting the White House's argument that Saddam poses such an immediate threat to the United States that pre-emptive military action is necessary.
"Analysts at the working level in the intelligence community are feeling very strong pressure from the Pentagon to cook the intelligence books," said one official, speaking on condition of anonymity.
A dozen other officials echoed his views in interviews.
No one who was interviewed disagreed.
Media crit moment: Imagine for a moment if Knight Ridder hadn't this run back in 2002--and instead it had been broken by the New York Times. [Thus ends my pedantic NYT-bashing moment.]


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Patterson's on-again, off-again offense struggled against the Yellowjackets' pitching, stranding a total of 11 runners on the base paths.
The Tigers left the bases loaded in both the fifth and sixth innings.
"We need our guys to come through in the clutch," Patterson coach Benji Lozano said. "We're still looking for someone to step up and be that player for us."
Hilmar took advantage of a busted Tigers' double-play attempt, scoring its first run in the top of the second inning.
With Yellowjackets on first and second, Patterson saw a potential inning-ending double-play grounder go by the wayside when — after forcing a Hilmar runner out at second base — the Tigers botched the relay throw to first. The soaring ball nipped off of the top of Patterson first baseman Nico Plascencia's glove, sailing over his head and allowing a runner to score.
The Tigers found themselves in trouble again in the third inning.
Hilmar patiently drew back-to-back one-out walks, capitalizing on A.J. Miranda's single to left field, plating the Yellowjackets' second run of the game.
Patterson's half of the third started out promising.
The Tigers' Anthony Sanchez led off the inning with a double into the right-field gap. Teammate Daniel Reza followed with a walk, putting runners on first and second with no outs. A solid Hilmar defense prevented the runners from advancing any further.
Patterson's Daniel Kifle popped up a bunt to the Yellowjacket pitcher, attempting to move the Tigers' runners into scoring position.
Tiger catcher Keith Yamamoto ripped a line drive directly to Hilmar's shortstop for a second out. Sanchez was caught off of the second-base bag. He tried to scurry back, but he could not beat out the throw and was doubled off, ending the inning.
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The Tigers had yet another opportunity to produce in the bottom of the fifth inning.
Patterson's Larry Navarro drew a leadoff walk, and Plascencia reached base on an error by Hilmar's shortstop. Sanchez pushed a bunt into no-man's land — just behind the Yellowjackets' pitcher — that loaded the bases for Patterson with no outs.
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How can we bring about such a change which inculcates creativity and innovation when we are tasked with changing mindsets of Millions?
The above question is with respect to the education culture of countries like India,where a change in the system is only possible when the mindset of a million people changes,which is followed by promoting a system which does away with the Old Dream of Engineers and Doctors,increasing competition.Then there is the problem of changing the way teachers impart knowledge(this is changing in where International Schools become available but they are not available to everyone due to high costs).A high number of teachers in the conventional education system teach with the objective of reproducing known facts in the paper and disguise these efforts under the sugar coated version of application based question,they teach their respective science and math oriented subjects often frowning upon other artistic and musical interest, to churn out more doctors and engineers out of the system and once this cycle ends there are the tuition centres which nullify the schools' efforts to impart knowledge and provide the students with their own,often through rigorous testing procedures.This often comes back to the sole aim of getting ahead in the rat race.Even the Central Education System continuously brings out changes which are tested on a specific batch of students who are graded and examined in a secretive manner,where the results and marking procedures are not aptly revealed.The entire vicious cycle compromises on a skill base of millions of students and in the end harms the nation's productivity.
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May 22 2013: Read Malcolm Gladwell "The tipping point":
Gives you a very good idea of how to bring about "change".
And as Colleen Steen mentioned, you just have to the willpower to see your idea spread, and take it at small steps at a time.
May 23 2013: Then surely you have to use Indian culture to your advantage to inspire change?
Not sure how much relevance this has, yet watch the TED Talk:
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How did Gandhi spread his idea's? (Take example from him)
Give people purpose and reason to follow your ideas!
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Waste generation is a growing issue, which had been highlighted in the past by Thimphu City Corporation (TCC). It is a consequence of urbanization and economic development which we cannot avoid. We should have tools in our hand to handle it. The Landfill in Memelakha which was built in 1994 is overused by now. It has been accommodating the waste generated by the residents of Thimphu for the last 16 years – it has done its duty. The waste generation of 22 MT/day in 2004 increased to 50 MT/day in 2010 giving a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 14.66%.
With the concern of rising Municipal Solid Waste (MSW), TCC contemplates proposals such as: getting second landfill site and privatizing waste disposal system. The second landfill will be filled up at a faster rate which could be taken as a medium term measure. Privatizing waste disposal system may just take care of the administrative burden hitherto been faced by the TCC. Something additional to these measures may be required. Something that can turn it into resource. The UNEP (2001) states that MSW won't be a problem if we view it as a resource and manage properly. So probably we could also look at our MSW also as a resource and increase our capacity in recycling it or converting it to energy. By recycling we can reduce resource depletion and by direct combustion in incinerators, we can generate heat and electricity. There is a private agent which segregates the MSW and sends them to India for recycling. There is also a small scale waste decomposing plant in Serbithang. They are yet to show an impact on the waste reduction in the landfill site. Either these two activities have to leap one step further or else we promote 'waste to energy' concept. MSW can be problematic to discard because of its large volume. MSW power plants are in operation in many countries and Bhutan cannot be an exception. The Renewable Energy policy (draft version) allows project developers to venture into the business of waste to energy generation. The only thing we require is a comprehensive feed-in tariff policy such that construction, operation and maintenance of such Renewable energy technology (RET) become commercially viable to compete with the cheap hydroelectricity in Bhutan. Installation of MSW plants could lead to reduction in the piling up of waste in the land fill site and also feed in electricity to the grid.
Irrespective of winter or summer season, waste generation will always be there, therefore it can supplement the low hydro generation during winter season, though to a small quantum. The Bhutan Energy Data Directory (2007) estimates that MSW quantity of 222,244 kg/day can produce 61,406 kWh/day. Based on this estimation, the daily MSW generation of 50 metric tons in Thimphu will have the potential to produce 13,815 kWh/day. So considering the annual electricity consumption level in Thimphu in 2010, which is around 5600kWh per customer, the MSW plant will have the capacity to suffice the electricity need of around 890 customers. Unlike the seasonal variation of water in-flow, waste generation is throughout the year which gives higher plant capacity factor.
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There are going to be many robots in the home, or at least several, but you will interact with one, because we can only handle so much complexity. If you have a robot for this and a robot for that, it's unnecessary and confusing, so when you come home you'll probably have something that we'd call the human interface robot. It's a robot optimized around interacting with you, so voice recognition, a nice display that you can read, touch screen, type interface, and certainly able to navigate around your home.
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We can't let Twitter and Facebook run our football clubs
Leyton Orient chief executive Matt Porter explains why he avoids Twitter for 24 hours after a defeat
In the wake of Chelsea condemning Twitter abuse of midfielder John Obi Mikel, Leyton Orient chief executive Matt Porter says social networks can't be allowed to influence the way football clubs are run.
I've taught myself a lesson over the opening weeks of the season. It's been invaluable and has really helped me enjoy my time away from work over the weekend.
I don't look at my Twitter timeline for 24 hours after a defeat.
Now for those of you who haven't been paying attention, our start to the season at Leyton Orient wasn't quite what we'd hoped for. After KO'ing Charlton in the Capital One Cup, we lost our first three league games and were taught a lesson by Everton in the second round of said cup, although there's no shame in that of course.
And it all led to a barrage of what I'll politely call 'helpful advice' from some of our supporters, who demanded that everyone from the chairman to the tea lady via, of course, the manager, was chopped with immediate effect.
"Every defeat needs to have an explanation, a full scale inquest. The jury share notes on Twitter and decide who is guilty."
The problem is that 10, even five years ago, when the final whistle blew with your team on the wrong end, you voiced your opinion to the people around you then trudged along home or to the pub and whether you let it ruin your weekend or not there were soon other distractions.
By the time the next weekend came, it was a fresh start. The players were allowed to get on with their jobs on the pitch and judged by how they performed that day.
However now, you can let the world know, and in our case, myself, our vice chairman and at least two-thirds of our first team squad, exactly what you thought of the match/your pie/the programme/the cheerleaders/whatever else you like, directly and without censorship.
Every defeat needs to have an explanation, a full scale inquest. The jury share notes on Twitter and decide who is guilty, which fall guy needs to be removed from the set-up.
Often it seems like a competition for who can vent their frustration in the strongest possible fashion.
Of course we conduct our own analysis of each game, working out in minute detail what went wrong and spending hours working out the remedies. But rarely is it as simple as picking our a single player or a particular tactic that was to blame.
"Twitter and Facebook have brought real challenges to football clubs, particularly with regard to managing expectations."
Sometimes, also, losing is just unlucky.
Patience is an ingredient that was always rare in football, but those clubs willing to persist are usually rewarded. Players who have a shaky start will often blossom given the confidence that their entire future does not depend on the next 85 minutes.
Managers, too, need to experiment without fear that if their efforts don't come off first game they will be looking for a new workplace. Twitter, and Facebook have brought real challenges to football clubs, particularly with regard to managing expectations.
That said, the internet and social networks have had huge benefits for our club. I, and the players, love to be able to engage quickly with fans and it can be quite refreshing that there's enough passion flying around for anyone to bother taking the time to express their opinion to me.
And when you're doing well of course, you can magnify your successes. So long live Twitter and Facebook but let's not them run our football clubs.
Matt Porter has donated his fee for this article to Prostate Cancer UK, the official charity of the Football League.
Matt Porter is chief executive of Leyton Orient, you can find him on Twitter @mattporter_lofc
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Hey you Good morning ! Hope you and your family had a Happy Easter :) I'm finally going to be moving about the 2nd week of May . Life has been busy but really good to me things are starting to shape up I've been dating a great guy for about three months now and it appears promising. Work has been keeping me busy as usual my On call job has bumped up my hours so basically I have been working a full time Job and a part time job . I hope you are well :)
Easter blessings to you and yours Ron, take care
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Saw you on line and thought I would drop in to say hi. Things are going well here on the West Coast of Central Florida these days. Hope the weeks been good to you. The Easter weekend will be here before you know it. Be safe and have a great holiday periiod. Carl
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Most everything is going well here. Just wanted to stop in to wish you and yours a Happy Easter.Take care as you go through the rest of the week.
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K, standing by.
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What's up Ron? I took a half day off today! I'm just not in the mood to deal with America's future today! I may just take tomorrow off too! Be safe and watch your 6. Later!
Stopping by to say Hi Ron, and hope you're having a great start to your week, take care and be safe my friend.


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King-Lup Liu, Clement Yu, Weiyi Meng, Wensheng Wu, Naphtali Rishe, "A Statistical Method for Estimating the Usefulness of Text Databases," IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, vol. 14, no. 6, pp. 1422-1437, November/December, 2002.
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Abstract—Searching desired data on the Internet is one of the most common ways the Internet is used. No single search engine is capable of searching all data on the Internet. The approach that provides an interface for invoking multiple search engines for each user query has the potential to satisfy more users. When the number of search engines under the interface is large, invoking all search engines for each query is often not cost effective because it creates unnecessary network traffic by sending the query to a large number of useless search engines and searching these useless search engines wastes local resources. The problem can be overcome if the usefulness of every search engine with respect to each query can be predicted. In this paper, we present a statistical method to estimate the usefulness of a search engine for any given query. For a given query, the usefulness of a search engine in this paper is defined to be a combination of the number of documents in the search engine that are sufficiently similar to the query and the average similarity of these documents. Experimental results indicate that our estimation method is much more accurate than existing methods.
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Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel stressed that great progress has been made in righting the city's finances but warned they could be devastated if state lawmakers don't pass pension reform legislation by next year.
"Should Springfield fail to pass pension reform for Chicago soon, we will be right back here in council early next year to start work on the city's 2015 budget -- a budget that will either double city property taxes or eliminate the vital services that people rely on," he told aldermen in laying out his $6.97 billion proposal on Wednesday.
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Hoover, Ala. – Steve Spurrier has been criticized for his handling of quarterback Stephen Garcia, who currently is "kind of on probation" after being suspended five times in his career for alcohol-related problems.
Garcia was cleared to resume team activities this summer. It's generally thought that the senior will assume his duties as the starting quarterback when preseason camp starts next month. But Spurrier said Wednesday that's not necessarily the case.
"People assume that be him and Connor Shaw will battle it out pretty good," Spurrier said. "Stephen may be our best quarterback but we'll have some good competition."
Shaw is a sophomore from Flowery Branch who played in nine games last season and completed 70 percent of his passes for 223 yards and a touchdown and two interceptions as Garcia's backup.Garcia is the leading returning passer in the SEC with 3,059 yards with 20 TDs and 14 interceptions.
Spurrier was asked if he thought he'd treated Garcia differently than he would, say, a backup tight end.
"No, I think I'd treat a backup tight end the same way," he said. "Basicially he's a good kid and a good person. And he's really made some lifestyle changes to try to deal with this. We feel like he deserves another chance."
Muschamp shows poise at podium
Will Muschamp, a Georgia graduate and football letterman, did a decent job volleying with the press during his first stint on the podium as an SEC head coach. The former Texas defensive coordinator and head-coach-in-waiting was hired to succeed Urban Meyer as Florida's head coach in December.
Following were some of Muschamp's notable quotes from Wednedsay.
There was a testy moment when a Florida beat writer was pressing Muschamp on whether running back/receiver Jeff Demps was going to return to play his senior season or continue as a track professional.
Said Muschamp: "Based on our conversations he'll be playing for us this fall. I like to deal with these kinds of things eyeball to eyeball. He's in Italy right now and I ain't ever been to Italy."
Neiron Ball out for Gators
Speaking of Florida, it appears the football career of defensive end Neiron Ball of Jackson may be over. At the very least he won't be playing this fall. Ball suffered a sort of stroke before last season and has been diagnosed with a vascular condition.
"As of Monday, he's on a spiritual retreat in Colorado and will not physically be a part of our football team this fall," Muschamp said. "We'll revisit that January. But that's OK. The No. 1 priority for Neiron is his health and we're just happy he's doing well."
Petrino likes Hogs' depth at TB
Georgia's depth issues at tailback heading into the season are well documented. Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino touched on why that's problem in the SEC.
The Razorbacks appear well set at the league's glamour position. They sport the SEC's leading returning rusher in Knile Davis, get back fleet-footed Dennis Johnson from a medical redshirt season and believe they have a budding star in rising junior Ronnie Wingo Jr.
"I've always believed you have to have depth at tailback," said Petrino, who has also coach the Atlanta Falcons. "As the year goes on your running backs are the ones who take all the big hits and that wears on them. You have to be able to go to somebody without missing a beat. . . . I also try to get Knile to the fourth quarter where he's fresh and strong."
Georgia also is heading into the season with three tailbacks, but they're a considerably less proven group. Richard Samuel, who played tailback in 2009 and '10, was moved to the position from linebacker last week. He'll lead a group into the first game that includes freshmen Isaiah Crowell and Ken Malcome.
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Georgia coach Mark Richt still hasn't talked to local media about the Carlton Thomas suspension reported by the AJC on Monday (he'll meet the press here Thursday morning). But he confirmed it in an interview with an Idaho radio station on Tuesday.
"Carlton Thomas will not be able to play in this ballgame for a suspenstion," he told 93.1 The Ticket while explaining why the Bulldogs' had just three tailbacks remaining. "We might have to teach one of our fullbacks some tailback just in case somebody gets hurt."
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The Ivy League on Wednesday announced that it is reducing the number of full-contact practices teams it teams will be permitted to hold in an effort to minimize head injuries and recurring concussions among its football players.
The SEC has not adopted such a policy, not yet anyway.
"We have not had that discussion, but that doesn't mean we haven't talked a lot about concussions and head injuries," SEC Commissioner Mike Slive said. "But player safety is a matter of great importance to everybody in conference."
Richt has greatly reduced the amount of contact in the Bulldogs' the last few years and even eliminated two-a-day practices last year. No word yet on what his plans are this season.
Meanwhile, Spurrier, for one, is all for it. He said he favors little to no full contact in the Gamecocks' practices.
"To me it doesn't make sense to get your own players injured in practice," he said. "you have to be smart enough to know that when the game comes it's real football. When the Army practices they don't use live bullets, do they?"
A documentary on Georgia's Herschel Walker will be the first episode on a new series called "Storied" that ESPN has developed on the SEC. It's the first of four shows that will air this fall and will debut on Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. on ESPNU. There are preliminary discussions of a premiere in Atlanta on that date. . . .
Georgia is putting on sale on Monday morning "several hundred" $55 tickets for the Chick-fil-A Game against Boise State . . . . UGA announced a 1 p.m. kickoff for its Sept. 17 game against Coastal Carolina. . . . FOX Sports Net (FSN) announced its games for the first three weeks of the season: Sept. 3, 7 p.m. — East Carolina vs. South Carolina (in Charlotte); Sept. 10, 7 p.m. — UAB at Florida; Sept. 17, 7:30 p.m. — North Texas at Alabama. . . .
Funny tweet from Wes Rucker of 247Sports.com during viewing of video clips from the Walker documentary.: "Watching video clips of Herschel Walker. This is something my South Georgia relatives do every week."
Spurrier on Slive's proposal to make scholarships multi-year agreements: "No, that's a terrible idea, Commissioner. . . . The Commissioner and I agree on a lot of things but that's not one there."
Mississippi State coach Dan Mullen on Spurrier pointing out that Mullen flies around in a jet: "But I haven't played Augusta National."
July 20th, 2011
9:38 pm
Did you ask spurrier about his over signing? He recently cut a SA that played last couple of year…because someone took his place.
July 20th, 2011
9:43 pm
first ever
July 20th, 2011
9:44 pm
oh well next time…..go dawgs!
July 20th, 2011
9:47 pm
Spurrier can coach. He thinks a lot of himself…………He'll look the other way to keep his best players available…………He's too close this time.
July 20th, 2011
9:54 pm
"kind of on probation" says it all. that scum bag will kick Garcia off the team once he loses the job and is no longer needed, just wait and see.
July 20th, 2011
10:04 pm
thanks for the time on Herchel doc dvr will be set
July 20th, 2011
10:04 pm
O the tease about the Uniform Chip. Must have been to the Mike Greenberg school of leaving the audience hanging. The Nike Combat uniforms is what I am hearing.
July 20th, 2011
10:30 pm
Gee whiz. Nobody cares. Only 7 comments ?
July 20th, 2011
10:46 pm
There is a big World of Warcraft on-line convention underway. Most of the usual posters are in attendance.
July 20th, 2011
10:48 pm
Translation: "I'm retiring next year so I really don't care what the back up TE does either".
July 20th, 2011
11:05 pm
Garcia "deserves another chance"? No problemo with giving someone, anyone a second chance. Under the right circumstances and for all the right reasons, maybe three.
But S-I-X ?
This kid obviously has a problem with alcohol. It would be terrible if he has become a full-blown alcoholic at the age of 23, but it happens all the time. If that is his case, he will get worse before he gets better. Unfortunately, most hit rock bottom before they decide to look up and ask for help. Just ask anyone who suffers from this demon disease. Good luck to him.
His play is All-SEC caliber when he's wasted, you know.
When he plays relaxed and with wreckless abandon he is, you know, uninhibited by the stress,anxiety or hugeness of the moment. That's also when he becomes a real gun-slinger and he is truly lights-out better. Said he had some of his best games when he was blitzed, and not by opposing defenses.
Sad, really.
July 20th, 2011
11:12 pm
Powerdawg comes across as jealous and insecure. Garcia's transgressions are many but none rise to the level of things Georgi's players have done and not been punished for. Domestic violence anyone? Driving under suspension?
July 20th, 2011
11:21 pm
REALLY?? You're supporting someone who has been suspended FIVE times for alcohol infringements..with the latest one being Garcia showing up to an Alcohol awareness seminar drunk..man..South Carolina continues to be the back-woods redneck college of the SEC
July 20th, 2011
11:24 pm
Just because Spurrier wants to win more badly than he wants to discipline his players (something Mark Richt has done THROUGHOUT his tenure as UGA's coach) doesn't mean it's right. I'm suprised the NCAA doesn't investigate this..this kid needs to go through a drug rehab program or at least be in AA as a stipulation..yet, Spurrier doesn't care. He knows the back-up won't do anything for his team, so he keeps reinstating..
July 20th, 2011
11:31 pm
About Garcia:
Obviously whatever Spurrier and staff are doing is not helping Garcia combat his demons. Maybe if he thought more about the player (as he suggests) and less about football, he'd care about getting the kid actual help, rather than trying to keep him on the football team.
Spurrier could still look after the kid……even if he's not playing on the team.
I've heard some positive stories about Spurrier and his interactions with the student body while at FL, but there's no skating around the issue here…Spurrier's attn is solely on trying to win football games here and not Garcia's health.
July 20th, 2011
11:42 pm
Hey Allen-
Jealous and insecure? About what? If your "feathers" got ruffled because I was stating facts about his situation with a compassionate and regretful tone, that's your problem, pal.
And the part about him being under the influence during games? If it's a lie, he is the one that told it because he said as much during an interview last year. Even then I was complimentary.
Hopefully that is the way he will ultimately find the help he needs. Talking about his problems and realizing the serious mistakes he has made when it comes to alcohol. I respect him for that.
I respect him, but it doesn't mean he should keep getting forgiven over and over for the same alcohol-related issues. That enables him to continue the bad behavior, and does not address a fix for his problem.
That was my opening point. Apparently you don't read well or at the very least you don't bother getting the whole story before spitting out your misguided opinions.
July 20th, 2011
11:49 pm
Driving with license suspended….wow thats a big one. I dont remember what the dosmetic violence deal was specifically but I know they try their best to put that charge on any man whenever there is a domestic dispute call because of pressure by womens groups. It could have been something significant or it could have been absolutely nothing.
July 21st, 2011
12:06 am
The domestic violence thing was at Florida. Allen is getting his teams confused b/c he was trying his best to protect Garcia. And to say Garcia should not be forgiven is wrong, he can be forgiven but he has had enough chances. Forgive him and forget about him. Off to bed. Don't have time to stay up and argue. I have a life tomorrow.
July 21st, 2011
12:09 am
"We really believe Stephen deserves another chance. If we felt differently, we'd have to go with Connor Shaw at QB. And that ain't happening, let me tell you."
July 21st, 2011
2:06 am
Garcia, Garcia, Garcia…………Man do I ever hope Spurrier keeps Garcia in the Georgia game until it is too late to come back!………Conner Shaw on the other hand was raised by a football coach, has a great work ethic, is a damn good QB, and is the future for South Carolina football. Garcia on the other hand can be rattled, just send in those LBs coach Grantham, and we'll get picks all day long!………….Georgia hammers South Carolina, S.C. brings in Shaw who plays a whale of a game…………..But this time, too little too late……….Georgia 30…….South Carolina 24
July 21st, 2011
3:11 am
Do football coaches remind you of political candidates? Most will do or say anything to get into office/position, or keep the office/position if they already have it. There is some logic to this..you cannot do much if you are on the outside. Kids, S/As, are part of the machinery. If broken, fix or replace them. I would not put Richt into this category.
On the combate uniforms, it is another gimmick, and UGA has not done well recently with gimmicks. Wait until after we win the game and then give them the new uniforms. Suppose this gimmick is mostly for Nike's benefit.
July 21st, 2011
6:54 am
That really chaps my tail. I've had season tickets for over a year and got money back because I didn't get all the tickets I ordered and then they put several hundred up for sale. Hey here's a novel idea, lets fill all the requests from people that have supported the program first. Dadgum they need some people around there with some sense.
July 21st, 2011
7:05 am
Decade not year decade!
July 21st, 2011
8:03 am
Georgia upsets USC in athens—take it to the bank. This dawg roster is loaded and Ga will win the SEC east. Florida will be way down and Richt will own muschamp for years. Spurrier will make up special rules for garcia to stay eligible. He's been in trouble more than lindsey lohan.
July 21st, 2011
8:42 am
Hahaha, good shot from Mullen. Someone's gotta keep Spurrier on his toes!!
July 21st, 2011
9:08 am
Awesome comment by Mullen re: Augusta National. I would rather play Augusta than ride in a private jet.
July 21st, 2011
9:17 am
July 21st, 2011
9:33 am
You are right Allen, players actually missing games for a traffic ticket pales in comparison to the strong hand of justice dealt Garcia. Does anyone appreciated how difficult it must have been for him to hold that smirk on his face while going through that role play in Spurriers office the SIXTH time. And putting his stuff back in his locker all over again. It's a real hassle. Although I imagine the equipment manager didn't bother to take much of anything out about the 3rd or 4th time.
July 21st, 2011
9:37 am
How does Spurrier not catch more grief over playing a QB that's been suspended FIVE TIMES!?! If Coach Richt did that, you'd need more bandwidth to handle all the smarmy tech comments that would pour in.
July 21st, 2011
9:40 am
first things first:
It is a shame about Neiron Ball. We should all put down our school colors and join together and pray for that young man.
As far as Garcia is concerned, I have one word for the ole ball coach
He knows he has a shot this year WITH Garcia. Without him, forget about it. Coming to the end of his career, SC has never won anything and he joins the long line of win at all costs coaches by re-instating a QB 5 times including 1 time where he showed up with alcohol on his breath to a "Character Class".
July 21st, 2011
9:45 am
Allen – Georgia has a zero tolerance approach towards violence against women. Hence why Zach Mettenberg is now wearing yellow and purple.
July 21st, 2011
10:13 am
need more bandwidth to handle the tech fans. So true. BUT I guarantee you every South Carolina fans with a blog opinion would be bashing Richt for that as well.
July 21st, 2011
10:16 am
I can't wait to see SOS slam his visor down. 20-17 Dawgs.
July 21st, 2011
10:21 am
Yeah, Garcia's kind of on suspension…You see the way I do it for my starting QB is I put him on suspension when the cops bring him back from another drunken rampage. Then I take him off suspension right before the game and then I put him back on suspension right after the game. That way he learns a life lesson without hurting MY record. We have to take care of my ego first and foremost–that's the important thing here.
July 21st, 2011
10:22 am
Of course if Garcia were just some third stringer I would have run his butt out of town years ago.
July 21st, 2011
10:30 am
@Big Ten Champs Nebraska….Dawg sorry there Bubba we just ain't leaving a SEC media day blog to see how well the corn is growing..
July 21st, 2011
10:31 am
Name one thing Garcia has done illegally and been arrested for since his RS freshman year. Last I checked, drinking wasn't a crime.
Yes, Spurrier was asked about the walk-on that got 2 years of scholarship after losing his track scholarship and did not receive a 3rd year of football scholarship, so would have to return to walk-on status just like he was when he walked on the football team. That's not an oversign.
AJC comments section is the cesspool of dawg nation.
July 21st, 2011
10:39 am
Hey rusty,
You are wasting your time defending spurrier on this with Garcia.
If Garcia played for Richt, Dooley or Muschamp, he would be the starting QB at Wofford right now and you know it.
Spurrier's coaching clock is ticking and he knows he can win with Garcia so he justifies putting him back on the team 5 times because "he is a good kid".
July 21st, 2011
10:39 am
It is great to see how Spurrier is still in the dawg's head . . . Can't get him out of your mind, can you?
July 21st, 2011
10:42 am
Name one thing Garcia has done illegally and been arrested for since his RS freshman year. Last I checked, drinking wasn't a crime.
I love Garcia at QB. There is always the chance he gets tanked the night before the game and throws 5 or 6 picks.
He really isn't that good anyway.
July 21st, 2011
11:02 am
Garcia's Hijinks:
#1- urinating in a back alley & ran from police (underage drinking -lot of that going around)
#2- keyed a visiting professor's car (this is only serious offense)
#3- sitting on lawn w/cooler drinking w/other teammates (no media on other teammates)
#4- investigated for pulling a fire alarm/using fire extinguisher (oops)
#5- violated curfew @ bowl week with women in room & other teammates (no media on other teammates)
#6- asked to leave seminar, smelled of alcohol -he & teammates had been to a teammate's birthday party – other teammates smelled of alcohol & were unruly & asked to leave (no media on other teammates)
As one can see – a long list but not many "nasties." Part of last suspension involved some sort of treatment/counselling completion. Hopefully for his sake, he successfully completed that & will be on the right track for his future.
July 21st, 2011
11:48 am
@Rusty Shackleford really drinking is not a crime? How about public drunk and driving drunk for a 1000 Alex and.being on probation for drinking and showing up at a team function after drinking isn't against the law but in a sane world would get you kicked off a team for good if it was your fifth time…and the cesspool is between your ears.
July 21st, 2011
4:53 pm
WDE, that waas on hell of a run-on sentence. I'm exhausted from reading it.
July 21st, 2011
5:47 pm
So the SC football team code of conduct is simply…don't break the law?
July 21st, 2011
9:38 pm
garcia got liquored up in his hotel room the night before the chick filet bowl with 2 nude chicks—that's quite a night!!! He sucked in the game, but probably scored 2 or 3 times the night before!!!!
July 22nd, 2011
1:03 am
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1:04 am
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Frank Valentine teases Genie Francis' return, new love for Liz and the Nurses Ball
With "General Hospital" heading into its 50th anniversary this April, the ABC soap has been scoring big with fans by bringing back familiar faces of yesteryear. Executive producer Frank Valentini teased more big things ahead when MSN TV caught up with him, including Genie Francis and Jon Lindstrom's returns, Nurses Ball drama and a new romance for Liz. Valentini also discussed the online reboot of his former show, "One Life to Live."
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Before we get to the straight Q&A, recent rumors suggest John McBain (Michael Easton), Todd Manning (Roger Howarth) and Starr Manning (Kristen Alderson) will be called back to "One Life to Live" for the online reboot. Nothing has been confirmed, but when we spoke to Valentini on Jan. 10, he was feeling optimistic about keeping them in Port Charles.
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"I can't really talk about that, because there's a lot of legalese involved," Valentini hedged. "But everything's going to work out. The conversation is happening. I know it's all going to be great."
MSN TV: It's been a good time to be a soap fan. "All My Children" and "One Life to Live" are coming back from the dead, "Days of Our Lives" has been renewed and Genie Francis (Laura) is back to work at "General Hospital." What made decision makers suddenly realize the value of soaps?
Valentine: It is a great time. A lot of people are paying attention to the good work that the existing soaps have done and said, "You know what? There's fans out there. Let's honor them." I don't think it's just happening by accident and luckily, we're riding a nice wave of ratings and good publicity and we're able to continue the upward surge so we can try new things and branch out a little more.
Is it bittersweet that "One Life to Live" is continuing without you back at the helm?
I'm not sure bittersweet's the right word. I'm excited for all my friends in New York and excited for new life to be breathed back in to those two shows. I talked to Agnes [Nixon, series creator] last week and she's excited that her babies have been brought back to life.
Over in Port Charles, you've brought old favorites like Finola Hughes, Robin Mattson, Ian Buchanan, Tristan Rogers and Lynn Herring back into the fold. Kin Shriner returns to "General Hospital" Feb. 19 and your most recent coo is, of course, Genie Francis, returing Feb. 11. What can we expect from Laura's return?
You can expect a lot of surprises and a lot of fun. I met with Genie. She looks gorgeous. She's excited to be back. Everyone on the show is ready to embrace her back into the family. We've got a great story. She's going to be back with a nice big secret.
Is this a long-term arc or a 50th anniversary special visit?
Just wait and see. If I tell you how long it's going to be, it's just going to spoil it, in either direction. [Editor note: Valentini has since confirmed this is a full term casting hire, not a guest gig.]
Jon Lindstrom's Kevin is also heading back to town Wednesday, Jan. 30. What can we expect there?
Yes, Jon Lindstrom is taping today. I'm excited to work with him. I've always thought he was a great actor. We have some fun stuff with him and Lucy that the audience is going to be excited about.
On the other side of this, how do you feel about Steve Burton joining the cast of "The Young & the Restless"?
I wish him all the best.
February is coming fast: What can we expect during sweeps?
We'll be teeing up to the Nurses Ball, which will start at the end of March into the anniversary, which is April 1. Slightly in contrast to what's happened in the past, where it was sort of a one-off event, the Nurses Ball will be weaved into story. Big things will happen at the Nurses Ball and it will go for more than one day.
So February will be about planning the big event?
Yes, and the planning is exciting: How are they going to pull it off? The money just got pulled. Sabrina (Teresa Castillo) and Patrick (Jason Thompson) are working together, and what's going to happen with that? A lot of good questions will be answered.
Speaking of Sabrina, she's a character that has been somewhat polarizing, as you're probably aware.
No. I thought everybody liked her!
Some fans feel she has a storyline that should rightfully be Liz's. Robin was Liz's best friend, but Sabrina's the one saving the Nurses Ball and getting involved with Patrick.
But that's just wrong, because Liz and Patrick are like brother and sister. It would be creepy if they were together. And Liz has a new love interest on the horizon.
You've got to wait and see. It's someone who's on the canvas right now.
Are his initials A.J.?
Fans love Liz and are concerned about her storyline.
I love Liz. I love Becky [Herbst]. She's fantastic. But something needs to be built. That character's been bounced around. She's got three different children from three different men. If she's going to say, "I love you" to somebody, it's got to be real and it's got to mean something. She's not going to jump right into it. That's not who she is. Everyone's forgotten a little bit what makes Liz the character we most identify with and most want to be. Becky's got the acting chops to pull it off and make you go through every step of the relationship with her.
With all this in the cards, can fans still expect more juicy casting returns?
Bunches! I can't [say who, yet]. I'm not being coy. We just don't have the legal documents signed. But it's the 50th anniversary! How often do you turn 50?
"General Hospital" airs weekdays on ABC.


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