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Outgoing Gov. Sonny Perdue announced late this afternoon that he was replacing a Department of Natural Resources board member who voted against the controversial Oaky Woods purchase with a veteran lobbyist.
Robert Leebern Jr., whose family was a major contributor to Perdue's 2006 re-election campaign, will replace Thomas Wheeler as the representative of the 5th congressional district. Wheeler's term expires Jan. 1.
Leebern of Atlanta is a principal with Troutman Sanders Strategies, where he leads the federal affairs practice and serves on the firm's board of directors.
Perdue also announced he was replacing coastal representative Jenny Lynn Bradley, chair of the DNR board, with Mark V. Smith of Savannah, a hotel management executive at Prince-Bush-Smith Hotels and chief executive officer at South Atlantic Utilities.
Bradley's term also expires Jan. 1.
Earlier this month, the DNR board voted to pay $28.7 million for 10,015 acres of the Oaky Woods property near Perdue's home.
The board voted 11-6 in favor of buying the land from a group of investors called Oaky Woods Properties LLC. The company had planned to develop the tract with shops, offices and up to 35,000 homes before the real estate market plummeted.
Some DNR board members argued that the state was going to pay too much for the land.
The state agreed to pay $2,874 per acre. In comparison, Oaky Woods Properties bought the tract for $1,600 an acre six years ago.
Wheeler voted against the purchase, saying of the price, "It was too high."
Though she didn't participate in the final vote, Bradley also expressed qualms. "It's a good acquisition for this state," she said. "I still personally think the property is too high. I think the state is paying too much money for it."
Other board members said they voted for the purchase to protect the pristine wilderness from development. State officials said the tract is popular among hunters and fishermen and serves as a home to black bears, endangered plant species and unique prairies.
December 30th, 2010
6:29 pm
"Other board members voted for the purchase to protect the pristine wilderness from development." because development in central Georgia has ever been booming? Please at least get your lies to the point of passing the smell test!
December 30th, 2010
6:59 pm
Of course rallying around state flags and birth certificates was much more interesting.
December 30th, 2010
8:16 pm
corruption. cronyism. hallmark signatures of the Perdue administration.
December 30th, 2010
8:20 pm
Sonny Perdue makes me want to throw up!!!
December 30th, 2010
8:28 pm
You think the last 8 years was bad. The next 8 will be worse.
December 30th, 2010
8:31 pm
George Wallace never came close to this self enrichment crap of Perdue ! What a legacy ?
December 30th, 2010
8:46 pm
Mark Smith is a huge goober suck-up to Perdue. Mark has allowed his Savannah hotel, the Mulberry Inn, to be used for freeof charge to Perdue for the past 8 years. Mark Smith also owns a majority of the private water utilities in coastal Georgia. Guess who regulates the private water utilities? The DNR Board regulates them, that's who. The FBI needs to look into this slimy can of worms, ASAP.
December 30th, 2010
8:46 pm
They don't even care if we know they're crooks. Isn't this close to taxation without representation?
December 30th, 2010
8:56 pm
What a mean SOB Sonny Perdue is. His true colors have really come out in these last couple months as he leaves office. This vengeful retaliation against the honorable DNR Board members who had the courage to vote against the corrupt Oakey Woods deal takes the cake. Sonny Perdue puts Charles Walker to shame….and that's sayin' something.
December 30th, 2010
9:02 pm
Sonny was a crook in the beginning and he is even a bigger crook now. At least he learned how to steal and fly helicopters while in office. Oh I am sorry, he knew how to steal before he was in office!!!
December 30th, 2010
9:13 pm
Is Leeburn related to the Leeburn of the Boar of Regents?
December 30th, 2010
9:21 pm
Rob Leeburn is the son of Don Leeburn. The apple don't fall too far from the tree.
December 30th, 2010
9:22 pm
Sign of a good politician, is to be able to steal from his constituents without them knowing it….Goes back a long way…. more recently….Clinton, Bush, Locally, Maynard Jackson, Young, Prudue, and even MLK took his fair share…from the people he "freed". Don't be blind to it. It's life go on with it…
December 30th, 2010
9:33 pm
When the appointments are made on the way out the door you know they are being done to pay political debts. What a way to reward contributors! And at the same time show disrespect to those who were honest enough to question the inflated price for the land. Good, honest politicans don't last long when they are outnumbered by those without any ethics.
December 30th, 2010
9:36 pm
Completely corrupt!
December 30th, 2010
9:52 pm
Wealth redistribution of different kind.
December 30th, 2010
9:58 pm
Funny how all is quiet from all the "We The People" blow hard Tea Party types. As usual.
Don't forget midnight tomorrow, more madness, big party at Georgia Power headquarters, the lobbyist came through for them too. Big time. The Golden Power rate increase they are now calling it, goes into effect.
The gifts of a voter mandate! We're just getting started!
December 30th, 2010
10:36 pm
The Oaky Woods deal is a completely illegal, corrupt transaction and must be reversed by the Georgia Legislature and new Governor as the first order of business. If not, the federal government should file corruption charges against all of them. Notice who is regulating the 50 failed Georgia banks, not the Georgia Bank regulators, but federal regulators. Notice also that Mr. Perdue is a former Democrat turned Republican. This is the Georgia Way. Until the citizens of Georgia demand some changes, they will continue to get fleeced and fooled. What licensed appraiser would sign off on this corrupt, stupid, illegal transaction paying about two times too much for this swamp land? Georgia is a very physically beautiful state, but its government is an ugly cesspool every day.
Stop idolizing these corrupt good for nothings at the next fourth of July parade, but demand some changes in failed government in Georgia. Mr. Perdue also stacked the UGA Board of Regents with 12 of 18 members UGA graduates or cronies, and lied about the tolls on GA 400 and lied about allowing a public vote on the flag. To lie to the public is a job requirement for politicians in Georgia.
December 30th, 2010
10:40 pm
Sonny will receive his just reward…I just hope he gets it in a week or two
December 30th, 2010
10:44 pm
Oaky Woods is in Houston County, which has been growing at a torrid pace over the past 20 years. It would have been developed and this native Central Georgian is glad it was saved.
December 30th, 2010
11:36 pm
GOVERNMENT HAS NO CONSTITUTIONAL AUTHORITY TO BUY LAND FOR THE COMMIE PURPOSE OF "PRESERVING" IT! NO A LAWFUL USE OF TAXPAYER MONEY! WHERE IS THE aclu? FOR ONCE THEY COULD DO ALL CITIZENS A GOOD DEED WITH A LAW SUIT TO HAVE THIS ACTION AND ALL OTHER NATIONWIDE OVERTURNED AS UNCONSTITUTIONAL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
December 30th, 2010
11:54 pm
In the report "A SocioEconomic Profile Houston County, Georgia" (page 2) published in 2009
it is stated:
From 1970 to 2006 population grew by 64,598 people, a 102% increase in population.
At an annual rate, this represents an increase of 2.0%.
Over the last 36 years (1970-2006) population growth in Houston County, Georgia has been slower than Georgia and faster than the nation.
I would hardly call this "torrid" growth Ms./Mr. LizellaJacket.
We have once again been sold out by state politicians and don't even have sense enough to know it. Somehow the old adage about "avoiding the appearance of evil" simply ceases to be understood when one is elected to state-wide office. Elected officials should recuse themselves and their fortunes from any involvement in a state endeavor which would impact them monetarily. Period, end of discussion.
December 31st, 2010
12:05 am
Perdue will go down in history as one of the worst and most crooked governors we've ever had. I don't hold out much hope for the Deal admistration being much better.
December 31st, 2010
12:08 am
The "Deal Real" (another midget with a Napoleon complex, though he doesn't wear cowboy boots with high heels), will make Sonny look like an amateur. The lobbiest are assembling their goody bags as we speak. The aftermath of this election may turn out to be the biggest tax on ignorance yet.
December 31st, 2010
12:26 am
All of you who voted for Purdue, please signify by signing in!
Come on, somebody had to have voted him in, right?
You get what you vote for….
December 31st, 2010
4:20 am
Georgia is, was and always will be nothing more than a penal colony………..
December 31st, 2010
6:56 am
Do the new appointees' terms also expire on 1/1/11? Or do they get 4 yrs? Can't Deal bounce them on Jan 5th or whenever the new regime takes over?
Having just watched the Bourne Supremacy, perhaps the new appointees were put in to gain access to the secret files so they can review and copy or review and destroy.
December 31st, 2010
6:56 am
"Lizzellajacket" Is that you Sonny or someother crooked SOB?
December 31st, 2010
6:57 am
Having grown up not far from Oaky Woods and being an avid outdoorman, I wish the State would have done something when the timber company offered it up for sale. I'm furious about how corrupt Perdue appears to be, but why not be corrupt? Very few people even know about the Oaky Woods situation. In fact of about 10 people I happened to bring this up to, NONE were aware of it, save my brother who lives near there. Americans are more interested in being entertained with TV "reality" shows or the latest gizmo, NOT our society or government affairs. Heck this article was published just over 12 hours ago and has 27 posts? Compare that to whatever the sports news of the day is. Remember Damon Evans and the red panties…. oh how he embarrased and didn't represent what UGA stands for? Come on. If you were to read only a bit of Cicero, you would realize this entire country is on it's way down.
December 31st, 2010
7:23 am
Please. The government (federal, state and local) has been buying land for community purposes since the country was founded, and before.
December 31st, 2010
7:26 am
Houston County has seen rapid growth for some time. Why did the state not purchase this land 6 years ago for half the price, when the economy was good and we did not have a deficit?
December 31st, 2010
7:44 am
What are you people whining about? You just voted in an even bigger slimebag than Sonny.
December 31st, 2010
7:49 am
Please Uncle Sam…Please at least LOOK at Uncle Sonny. It's a shame he's not the governor of Illinois. This would have all been over with years ago.
December 31st, 2010
8:02 am
Georgia legislative leaders cannot find enought money to properly fund the Judicial Qualifications Commission, where corrupt judges are dropping like flies, but they can pay twice the value of property Georgia doesn't need or can afford and improperly and imprudently waste millions of taxpayer dollars on this YAZOO like land fraud.
December 31st, 2010
8:07 am
Perdue, Deal, Chambliss, Isakson – who do you think they are most interested in? Their own enrichment or iimproving the economic conditions of the state of Georgia?
Just wait until the sweetheart Deals with the Savannah Port begin to become public.
December 31st, 2010
8:24 am
The Governor took care of cronies at the expense of the vast majority of Georgia taxpayers….His actions border on criminal and cross the line of ethical conduct. I am more than offended in a down economy that this sweetheart deal bailed out these speculators and gave them a substantial profit to boot. This shady deal needs to be investigated further for possible prosecution. It is politics, and in this case Republican politics, at there worst. The rich get richer by robbing the poor.
December 31st, 2010
8:41 am
How do we find out who Oaky Woods Properties LLC is? Who is getting this money???
December 31st, 2010
8:44 am
"We the People, lead by the corrupt, will continue to Pay our tax and watch helplessly as our State is steered in the direction of Big Money." Georgia is officially FOR SALE to the highest bidder!
December 31st, 2010
8:45 am
If you're naive enough to not understand how crooked Purdue is then this should surely open your eyes. Purdue more than doubled his net worth while in office during a time when the wealthiest people in America all lost a third to half their savings. The only way to accomplish that is by being on the take. Purdue is as crooked a Governor as this state has ever seen while the GOP politicians sit around and watch all this happen as if they bare no responsibility. And that's due to some of them profiting in the same way.
December 31st, 2010
8:49 am
Sonny Perdue is low down S.O.B. THAT NEEDS TO BE IN JAIL.
December 31st, 2010
8:49 am
New Deal coming, Jaun get more food stamps and rent money . Have 3 more kids that give me 12 , get new car with the extra money love the land of the free.
December 31st, 2010
9:16 am
i moved from Georgia 15 years ago but for some reason i keep up with thee news in the ajc everyday. still have daughters and grandchildren there. what a bunch of crap with perdue. what a loser. dpn't know anything about deal but comments look like he is a clone of perdue, what a shame. what we need is a third party, we have no luck with either pubs or dems. i am in favor of public lands for all to enjoy but my goodness, can we not aquire it honestly and frugally?
December 31st, 2010
10:14 am
Purdue,Deal and the incompetent legislature are corrupt and do as they please with taxpayers money.
December 31st, 2010
10:23 am
one only needs to check our educational position to know why we are where we are……the silence of the majority party in this state that excuses corruption because its one of their own is just flat amazing!
December 31st, 2010
10:35 am
Where is the U.S. Attorney? One high-level federal prosecution would put the brakes on this type of rampant cronyism and self-dealing, which has been going on for decades in Georgia. It's been done effectively in other states–Illinois, even Alabama–but not here. Why not? ? Why do these scoundrels get a pass to use their offices for personal gain and enriching their cronies?
December 31st, 2010
10:36 am
According to the Secretary of State's site, which is public information, the mailing address of the company's principal place of business is 1444 Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry, Ga. The public listing of the business at this address is J.L. Williams Development.
December 31st, 2010
11:28 am
Georgia's republicans are too busy lining their own pockets to care about the future of their own party in the state – Chamblis singlehandedly derailed immigration enforcement in Georgia, which has led to the state's current status of being ahead of Arizona in the number of illegal aliens. Given the birth rate disparities, the Democrats are well on their way to a majority – look out California, here we come.
December 31st, 2010
12:25 pm
I would think putting an state ethics charge against Sonny Perdue would be a good idea, but Sonny may have replaced the people on that board too.
December 31st, 2010
12:26 pm
Winfield J. Abbe @ 12/30 10:36 pm
Good point about state bank regulators. Note also that since 2002 Tennessee has had zero bank failures while Georgia has 48 since 2008! You think this is a coincidence? The executive branch in Georgia (the reddest of all red states) since 2002, following the lead of their idols in the Bush White House refused to enforce the bank laws of this state. They created a shadow banking system where there their cronies became the beneficiaries of blatant income redistribution.
December 31st, 2010
12:28 pm
Y'all leave ole Sonny alone. Just find me some more black drug dealers with white girl friends for me to throw the book at.
December 31st, 2010
12:31 pm
Please remove comments by ms chokes on dic a lot! Good grief!
December 31st, 2010
12:40 pm
SmyrnaGuy @ 6:57 am
You are 100% correct! I tried to bring this up at work but everyone was too excited about a football pool. Sonny knew he had the green light to be corrupt. All he had to do is bring up "hot button" issues like state flags and the flock falls right in line.
December 31st, 2010
12:41 pm
You all get what you deserve. You all hated Obama so much for obvious reasons that you voted these good ol bible toting boys into office. Perdue got in because some of the whites were mad that Roy changed the flag. How can a state as poor as Georgia be against healthcare reform? Because the good ol'boys told them to be.
When you vote out of anger and hate you reap what you so.
Where is the Tea Party? What time is the march on the capital? As long as it isn't Obama anything can be done without protest.
I am a republican myself and I can see what's going on. When you have a racist, uneducated, base of supporters this is what happens.
December 31st, 2010
12:54 pm
FMX @ 12:41 pm
Calm down please. All the Bonaire and Gainesville Grannies headed to Biloxi after cashing their welfare, err Social Security checks don't want to read this about their honorable governor (and governor elect). Plus you know that anyone who has the courage to challenge King Sonny deserves to be fired anyway.
December 31st, 2010
1:50 pm
As a die-hard Republican I am disgusted with the "Kathleen Kook", AKA: Sonn Purdue! Having said that, however, apparently no one on this blog is old enough to have lived through 50+ years of Socialist Progressive (AKA Commies, Demos, etc.) rule that preceded the Republican rule of the past several years. Roy Barnes is a choir boy compared to the absolute inane stupidity of that crowd (er, were your old enought to remember one of the stellar rules the Socialists enacted, the "County Unit System? How about voting down "them damn Atlanna Banks" so that GA – instead of becoming the prime banking center of the South = became instead an also ran. There ain't enough space here to detail the misdeeds of the Socialist Democrats during the 40's, 50′, 60's, 70's and 80's and into the nineties. Barnum and Bailey hired most of them when they were finally voted out of office.
December 31st, 2010
2:42 pm
You got what you paid for in Perdue for 8 years and now you have the Real Deal for another 4 to 8. Hope you are satisfied but this is just the beginning.
December 31st, 2010
3:04 pm
They will sell it back to the developers in a few years at $1,000 per acre and say they are getting rid of excess property.
December 31st, 2010
3:12 pm
Sam the Sham @ 7:7:49 am
What makes you think King Sonny would be disciplined even if the feds looked at his actions? If Judge Jack Camp's plea deal doesn't penalize him for possessing a handgun even though he was caught with one what makes you think they would be tougher on King Sonny?
December 31st, 2010
3:15 pm
Michael @ 3:04 pm
Stop it! You know the sale price will be more like $1,100 per acre.
December 31st, 2010
5:20 pm
What ever happened to this 21 million dollar loan? Haven't heard the outcome.
In March 2007, Perdue borrowed $10 million from AgGeorgia. A few weeks later, he paid off a 1996 loan. In December 2007, Perdue took out another loan from AgGeorgia, this one for $3 million.
Then, last Sept. 26, he borrowed the $21 million and repaid the two loans from 2007. The $21 million was due five months later.
Last fall, AgGeorgia lent to Perdue even though his collateral covered just 19 percent of the loan value. The deed that secured the loan shows Perdue put up 13 pieces of real estate — including his home in Bonaire — worth about $1.6 million. He also pledged his businesses and all their assets — another $2.3 million, according to his 2006 financial disclosure.
The lender — a farm credit bank based in Perry — allowed Perdue to put up collateral worth less than 20 percent of the loan's value, according to a security deed filed in Houston County Superior Court. Commercial lenders typically insist on a far greater level of collateral, and the federal agency that regulates farm banks requires strict underwriting standards to guarantee loan repayment.A board of 23 farmers and agribusiness owners govern the bank. Perdue's 2006 campaign collected $6,770 in donations from eight board members, their close relatives or companies they control, records show.
December 31st, 2010
5:49 pm
Mark Smith, who just got appointed to the DNR Board by Sonny, is one of the biggest Water Lords in Georgia. His water company is supposed to be strictly regulated by DNR/EPD. He has had frequent run-ins with DNR and now he is in the cat bird's seat. Sort of like having a defendant in a jury trial being allowed to serve on the jury hearing his case. Sonny Perdue cares nothing about the environment unless he stands to make a fast buck. Thank you, Georgia voters, for giving us such a slimebag as Governor for 8 years.
December 31st, 2010
6:25 pm
Kevin Kennerly has nothing to worry about in Gwinnett. He can say our Governor does it, why can't I ?
December 31st, 2010
7:52 pm
Houston County doubled its population. I don't know where Ga. Citizen lives but I do know an additional 64,485 folks would make it a little too crowded for me in my county. This county was a rural area. Oh well, not any more.
December 31st, 2010
7:55 pm
I have to agree that King George (Ervin Perdue) III is one of the most corrupt and vengeful governors this state has ever had. What sets him apart from others is that previous ones at least had some concern for the general populace of the state. Sonny on the other hand is concerned with only his welfare and that of his closest allies and friends at the expense of the welfare of the people. If anyone gets in his way he kicks them out the door.
Just wondering…could the DNR members whose terms expired have been reappointed for another term?
Also, property values in Houston County while not as depressed as other areas, are not quite as high as they were when the Oaky Woods property was purchased by the developers. It makes no sense that the state pay almost double for property that has not increased in value over time and then only purchase 2/3 of what could have been purchased a few years ago.
December 31st, 2010
8:21 pm
No one on here can tell me how Sonny Perdue will make one nickle off this deal. The state of Georgia could have bought this land for almost half the price 6 years ago, but they didnt. Now they want to save it from developers, you would think that would make you tree hugging liberals happy! But as usual, your just looking for something to complain about. Its my understanding that the money being used for this was money set aside for just this purpose, " to buy land". And for the peope who lead off their rant with the " I'm a republican BUT" Yea right!
December 31st, 2010
8:26 pm
I admit I voted for Perdue, but after the first 2 years of the first term realized what an unethical sleaz bag he was. If you want to look into something else, he's promoting N.Georgia reservoirs while buying up land to trade or sell for wetland mitigation. Sonny has doubled or
tripled or quadrupled his net worth with one underhanded, inside deal after another. How can we get US Attorney or FBI to conduct an investigation????
December 31st, 2010
8:54 pm
Who regulates the folks who made the 21 million loan to Perdue? Are bank examiners involved? Is the FDIC involved?
Or is it another federal agency with looser (or zero) rules on lending and shareholder/taxpayer exposure to default?
Just curious.
January 1st, 2011
12:09 am
Perdue Land Scandal Timeline
Credit – Georgia Heritage Council
July 15, 2003 – Maryson, LLC, (limited liability corporation) is formed by Rep. Larry O'Neal on behalf of Mary & Sonny Perdue
July 23, 2003 – Maryson, LLC buys 101 acres of Houston County land abutting Oaky Woods WMA for $303K — tax records indicate it's now worth $750,100 according to AJC since Oaky Woods sold in 2004. Tax records show that Gov. Perdue paid the tax bills for the land in 2003 (Maryson, LLC) and in 2004 (himself).
August 12, 2003 – Gov. Perdue appoints Newnan developer Stanley Thomas as Member-At-Large to the Georgia Economic Development Board – Governor's website
February 20, 2004 Weyerhauser announces intent to sell all its timberland in Georgia (including Oaky Woods tract)
May 2004 – DNR Commissioner Lonice Barrett (who now holds a "key position on the governor's executive staff") turned down The Nature Conservancy's offer to bid $26 million for the property if the State would document intent to buy the land from the Conservancy at an unspecified future date.
May 2004 – Maryson, LLC transfers Houston County land into Perdue's name nine days after Barrett refused offer from The Nature Conservancy.
Late June 2004 – Houston County developers announce they are the winning bidders for Oaky Woods tract
June 22, 2004 – Perdue and sister sell 318 acres inherited land near Hwy 96 in Bonaire; Perdue nets $2.9 million (money used to purchase Florida land)
September 14, 2004 – Houston County developers close on Oaky Woods tract property for $32.1 million
December 17, 2004 – Perdue buys 19.51 acres never seen for $2 million in Osceola County, Florida along a toll-road leading to Disney World from Stanley Thomas (via Fourth Quarter Properties) situated in Thomas' development there and the property is expected to sky-rocket in value (estimates vary from $20 to $40 million).
February 16, 2005: House Ways & Means Chairman Larry O'Neal (R-Warner Robins) files an administration tax bill, House Bill 488, that defers taxes on land sales starting in 2005 when "like" property is purchased in another state.
March 4: O'Neal's committee approves HB 488.
March 11: House passes HB 488.
March 17: Senate Finance Committee approves HB 488.
March 22: Senate Rules Committee sends HB 488 back to Finance Committee for changes on the motion of Sen. Mitch Seabaugh (R-Sharpsburg).
March 22: O'Neal, a lawyer who has filed land partnerships for Perdue and his wife, brings HB 488 to the Senate Finance Committee with a change, making tax deferment provision applicable to land bought beginning in 2004, instead of 2005. Committee approves new version on a motion by Senate President Pro Tempore Eric Johnson (R-Savannah). Revenue Commissioner Bart Graham, whose department wrote HB 488, says he wasn't at the meeting.
March 29: Senate approves HB 488. O'Neal presents new version to the House without taking questions from chamber members, and it passes in three minutes.
April 11: House formally transfers the bill to Perdue for his signature
April 12: Perdue signs HB 488 into law.
April 15, 2005: Perdue's tax advisor takes advantage of tax deferment enacted by Perdue's signature three days earlier to save Perdue $100,000 in 2004 state income taxes. The Georgia tax commissioner has acknowledged that Perdue was the only Georgia citizen to take advantage of the special retroactive provision in the tax law.
January 4, 2006 – Fourth Quarter Properties, owned by Stanley Thomas, contributes $250,000 to Georgia Republican Party. GA Ethics website
May 2006 – The Georgia Republican Party begins running ads for Sonny Perdue even though Perdue still faced a qualified Republican opponent, Ray McBerry, in the July 18 primary.
January 1st, 2011
12:55 am
From the comments all you know we are being screwed.You just don't recognize the problem because lots of you contribute.
January 1st, 2011
7:27 am
whatever happened to the 20+ million loan the gov got? and how did he pay it back?
January 1st, 2011
8:55 am
Sonny is still acting like the Democrat he was, and we have another one on the way.
January 1st, 2011
10:53 am
I can't believe I was stupid enough to vote for this unethical crook called a governor. He is the most crooked Governor since Talmedge!!!
January 1st, 2011
11:03 am
Speaking of crooks, wonder why the AJC is not reporting the "KKK" crap the the state minority leader,Sen Brown-D of Macon spouted on a local TV talk show? Then when attempting to backtrack with lies at a news conference , saying he was only referring to sexual trysts of Republicans with lobbyists,one of his goons assulted a newspaper photographer. How about it AJC???Why the coverup??? It couldn't be because he is a demo could it???
January 1st, 2011
1:13 pm
Let's just hope there is a special place in hell for Sonny Boy and his ilk. Can't believe the people of Georgia elected this scumbag crook two times and now they've put an even bigger crook in charge.
January 1st, 2011
2:38 pm
expect nothing but the same from Deal….. big time lobbyist get big time jobs…. the fox is guarding the hen house…..eg. DCH now to be led by hospital lobbyist….. guess who will get the big piece of the pie?? All thse hospitals want is money they dont care if legit or not. Look at Deal's appointments and they smell like two week old trash already. Pffffft. Damn Georgia Good Old BOY Parties. pad each others pockets.
January 1st, 2011
4:08 pm
The ga ethics board is chaired by and friend of Sonny's,Sonny Watson. Don't leave out Senator Ross Tolleson who goes to church with Charles Ayer and Scott Free,principles in Oaky Woods LLC. Senator Tolleson is also the senate chair of the Ga DNR. Charlie McGlamery,another princlple in Oaky Woods LLC, bought 400 acres of land locked swamp land from Senator Tolleson for $2,000,000.00 a few years ago. This scam was planned years ago and has been executed as the Crooks leave office.
January 2nd, 2011
12:37 am
This guy is going to make Sonny look like a choir boy. It is going to be very difficult to distinguish Georgia's government from any third world banana republic's.
Washington Post
AMONG THE many frustrating aspects of the congressional ethics process is the fact that, in the rare circumstances when the ethics committees seem poised to act against a member of Congress, lawmakers can short-circuit the inquiry by resigning. Once they're out the door, Congress loses its jurisdiction to discipline them. Georgia Republican Rep. Nathan Deal might have had that solution in mind when he resigned March 21, just minutes before the ethics committee faced a deadline to act in his case
1. In 2008 and 2009, Representative Deal sought to preserve a
state vehicle inspection program that had generated significant
personal financial benefit for him and a business partner. Representative
Deal attended meetings on the state inspection program
with Georgia officials and told the OCE he attended the
meetings, not as a private citizen, but rather as a ''public servant''
acting in some official capacity. Changes to the vehicle inspection
program concerned a purely state issue and according to state officials,
no other Member of Congress from Georgia involved themselves
in it. Thus, the Board concludes that there is a substantial
reason to believe that Representative Deal may have violated
House Rule 23, clause 3 and Rule 5 of the Code of Government
2. In addition, Representative Deal was accompanied by his Chief
of Staff at meetings on the vehicle inspection program and directed
the Chief of Staff to use a House email account to send emails related
to the meetings. Thus, there is substantial reason to believe
Representative Deal violated the House Ethics Manual's prohibition
on using House equipment and resources for personal business
3. Representative Deal disclosed $50,001 to $100,000 in unearned
''Dividends'' income (and unearned ''Partnership Income'' on an
amended form) from GSD on his 2009 Financial Disclosure Statement
(covering calendar year 2008). However, the same income was
described as earned wages on his 2008 personal income tax forms.
Specifically, Representative Deal's 2008 tax documents show
$75,000 in GSD wages; in addition, Representative Deal received a
W–2 from GSD in 2006, 2007, and 2008. Thus, there is a substantial
reason to believe Representative Deal violated the House Ethics
Manual's directive to disclose all earned income.
4. Further, Representative Deal rendered some degree of service
to GSD in 2008 and 2009 and his 2008 taxes show $75,000 in GSD
wages. Thus, there is substantial reason to believe Representative
1 H. Res 895, 110th Cong. (2008) (''the Resolution'').
2 Id. at § 1(e) (2008).
3 A preliminary review is ''requested'' in writing by members of the Board of the OCE. The
request for a preliminary review is ''received'' by the OCE on a date certain. According to the
Resolution, the timeframe for conducting a preliminary review is 30 days from the date of receipt
of the Board's request.
4 According to the Resolution, the Board must vote (as opposed to making a written authorization)
on whether to conduct a second-phase review in a matter before the expiration of the
30-day preliminary review. If the Board votes for a second-phase, the second-phase commences
the day after the preliminary review ends.
5 Id. at § 1(c)(2)(A)(ii) (2008).
6 The 14-day extension expires after the 45-day second-phase review ends. The 14-day extension
does not begin on the date of the Board vote.
Deal violated the earned income limitation, House Rule 25, Clause
5. Representative Deal is the GSD corporate secretary. His 2008
taxes show $75,000 in GSD wages. Thus, there is substantial reason
to believe Representative Deal violated the prohibition on receiving
compensation as a corporate officer, House Rule 25, Clause
6. Representative Deal also failed to disclose his status as the
GSD corporate secretary on his financial disclosure forms. Thus,
there is substantial reason to believe Representative Deal violated
the House Ethics Manual's directive to disclose all nongovernmental
positions held.
January 2nd, 2011
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Perdue recommended the projects and state legislators voted for them — and added others of their own.
Everybody else steals from the taxpayer. Why not me ?
Well Sonny, You shouldn't because it amounts to fiduciary abuse and lack of integrity.
(bend over with Astroglide)
January 2nd, 2011
9:39 am
All of you chumps who voted for the "Real Deal" because of his tough stance on immigration – did you really think that he was going to deport his fat cat supporters' taxpayer subsidized, cheap labor. Wake up – you have been had, once again.
"What is popular with the conservative voter is not necessarily popular with conservative leaders," he said. "Some of the most conservative people in town, ultra-conservative people, call me asking how they can legalize their immigrant employees."
Deal said on the campaign trail he supports an Arizona-style law, which allows police to question the immigration status of people they stop for other violations. This week, he said immigrants "have provided an important element to the workforce" and supports a "thought-out, narrowly crafted" immigrant worker bill.
January 2nd, 2011
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January 2nd, 2011
10:00 am
Where are the idiots who put this man into office. Just another part of the good old boy network.
January 2nd, 2011
11:09 am
yea let's hear it from td and last man
January 2nd, 2011
11:19 am
I find it interesting that the news media didn't investigate or publish all of Purdue's financial dealings until he leaves office. Were the media so intimidated by Purdue or are they part of the problem? I am sure nothing will be found out regarding Deal's dealings until he leaves office. Posters on this site were able to come up with some detailed information regarding Purdue; where are the investigative reporters?
January 2nd, 2011
11:32 am
Mastrr 10am you got it correct.Vote D or R the results will be same.
January 2nd, 2011
3:07 pm
Did someone say Georgia was a penis colony?
January 2nd, 2011
5:13 pm
Everyone knows that fat butt Sonny Perdue is crooked and all he did while he has been in office is line his own pockets and fatten Houston County. Pork spending is expected in politics but Sonny really overdid it in Houston County. I live near him. I know him. And that is not something that I am proud of. I am ashamed of what he has done while in office. Some have said that Deal is just as bad as Sonny. I beg to differ. The real loser and thank God he was not elected was and is Roy Barnes. What a joke!!! I look forward to Deal serving as governor of GA and so what if NE GA gets a good slice of the pie. At least fat butt will be out of the picture.
January 2nd, 2011
6:52 pm
Perdue will be remembered as one of the most corrupt and ineffective governors in GA history. Sadly, the people of GA elected him to 2 terms.
January 2nd, 2011
10:10 pm
Oaky Woods Properties LLC is listed in the GA Secretary of State records as active/noncompliance. It was formed June 23, 2004. The Registered Agent is Scott Free at 1271 S HOUSTON LAKE RD
WARNER ROBINS GA 31088. Is Oaky Woods owned or partially owned by anyone in the Perdue family?
January 2nd, 2011
10:59 pm
(1) Go to Houston County, Georgia Tax Assessors Website. (2) Search by Owner Name (3) Type in Oaky Woods (4) Ten parcels are listed – click on any of the ten – map it option. (5) Mailing address for tax bill is 1444 Sam Nunn Blvd., Perry (6) Go back to Search Options and Search by Location Address (7) Search for 1444 Sam Nunn Blvd (8) Owners Name – Sports Center Management, Inc. (9) Go to Georgia Secretary of State, Corporations Website (10) Choose Corporations Search (11) Type in Sports Center Management (12) CEO is Charles R Ayer, CFO is Diane W Ayer
January 3rd, 2011
12:46 am
"The company had planned to develop the tract with shops, offices and up to 35,000 homes before the real estate market plummeted." Evidently not in Oakey Woods.
January 3rd, 2011
1:08 pm
a least we enjoyed one good year of low gas prices!Dont look forward to the next 8 years though.
January 3rd, 2011
1:54 pm
no more free goverment provided insurance for politicians and family, make them buy their own!jus like the rest.
January 3rd, 2011
5:43 pm
How is it that Florida elects respected governors like Jeb Bush, Bob Graham, and Rubin Askew, and Georgia elects bozos like Sonny Perdue and Nathan Deal?
January 3rd, 2011
7:06 pm
At last, Georgia is 1st in something.


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Summary: Optus last week acknowledged it had evaluated a platform that claims to use the processing power of "smart" phone handsets to deploy and run applications more effectively than browser-based alternatives.
The platform, a product of software vendor Action Engine, which Optus said it trialled from mid-June to the end of July this year, does away with the current so-called 'browser' approach to mobile phone content in favour of a client-server approach, according to Paul Mulvenna, the company's Asia regional business director.
The Optus trial involved Windows Mobile 2003-based devices such as O2's XDA II, XDA IIs and XDA mini phones, according to a spokesperson from the telco. Mulvenna said Optus had been examining community-focused applications on his company's platform.
"What I've been working with Optus on ... they were basically looking at things like an employee directory, community bulletin boards, " he told ZDNet Australia.
He said the technology could be easily implemented by Optus on a significant proportion of its customers' existing handsets, especially those running more sophisticated mobile operating systems like Windows Mobile and Symbian. For end customers, such a rollout would come in the form of a download that would facilitate the operation of Action Engine's software.
"We find with most telcos, we can target about 35 to 40 percent of their addressable market," said Mulvenna.
Optus' spokesperson would not comment on the likelihood of the company implementing the platform, although the company's director of business marketing Paul Kitchin expressed positive sentiments in a statement released in conjunction with Action Engine.
"Action Engine's platform delivers important usability criteria, including responsiveness, number of keystrokes, navigational features, personalisation capabilities, and a consistent user interface design," he said.
Mulvenna said Action Engine was so far only working with Optus locally, as he was targeting one 'showcase' telco per country in the South-East Asian region.
However, he noted, "we're getting traction across the globe ... other US and European telcos are running Action Engine trials and market evaluations presently."
"Some of those broader US and European activities may impact operators in Australia and New Zealand," he said.
The company's software has been deployed by international players including US-based Sprint, Orange and hardware vendor O2.
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PISCATAWAY, N.J. (January 16, 2013) – The Rutgers women's basketball team snapped a three-game losing streak and picked up its first BIG EAST victory defeating Providence, 87-61, Wednesday night at the RAC.
The Scarlet Knights shot a blistering 61.5 percent from the floor, capturing 54 points in the paint and 30 points off turnovers along with registering the most points in a conference game since 2007.
Rutgers improved to 10-7 overall and 1-3 in BIG EAST action. The Friars, meanwhile, are still looking to pick up their first conference win and fall to 5-11 overall and 0-3 in the BIG EAST.
Rutgers, who in the last five games had been averaging 17 first half points, exploded for a 47-29 lead. The Scarlet Knights shot a staggering 70.8% (17-of—24) from the floor in the opening stanza and led by as many as 20 points. RU did not miss on its first 10 lay-ups at the rim and garnered 30 points in the paint by the half. Senior Monique Oliver (Las Vegas, Nev.), who came off the bench in the victory, had 10 of her 16 points by the intermission going 4-of-4 from the field.
A Kahleah Copper (Philadelphia, Pa.) jumper in the paint gave Rutgers a 19-4 advantage to open the game and with 4:17 left in the first half, she gave the Scarlet Knights a 20-point edge, 39-19. Copper ended the game with a career-high 14 points shooting a perfect 4-of-4 from the floor and 6-of-6 from the line.
The Friars would get no closer than 14 the rest of the game.
Rutgers led by as many as 28 midway through the second half and outscored Providence, 40-32. Sophomore Betnijah Laney (Clayton, Del.) went 7-of-8 from the field in the second stanza, pouring in 15 of her career high 24 points.
Sophomore Syessence Davis (Neptune, N.J.) narrowly missed a double-double dishing the ball out a career-high 10 times to go along with eight points and four steals.
Providence had three Friars in double figures led by Symone Roberts with 19 points along with seven assists and four steals. Tori Rule added in 17 points and Danielle Pearson posted 10 in the loss.
The Rutgers women's basketball team returns to the court on Tuesday, Jan. 22 against Georgetown. Tip-off is set for 7:00 p.m. in front of the CBS Sports Network cameras with Brent Stover and Deb Antonelli on the call.
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The victory over Providence brings head coach C. Vivian Stringer to 985 career victories. Stringer is currently first among active coaches in career wins, and with five more wins she will hit the 900-win mark.
Kahleah Copper made her third career start on the night. She currently leads all freshmen in scoring, rebounds, and minutes. The starting lineup consisting of Betnijah Laney, Chelsey Lee, Erica Wheeler, Syessence Davis, and Copper featured the ninth combination of starting players this season.
Rutgers went into the half with 45 points surpassing their previous first-half high of 40 in the win over Southern on Dec. 12. Additionally, Rutgers 70% field goal percentage from the first half was the highest shooting percentage in any half this season. The previous high was 63% (17-of-27) in the first half against Louisiana Tech back on Dec. 9 at the Maggie Dixon Classic at Madison Square Garden.
Syessence Davis's 10 assists sets a career and season high for the sophomore. This marks the most assists by a Scarlet Knight since Khadijah Rushdan notched 10 against Pitt Feb. 8, 2011.
The Scarlet Knights hit the 80-point mark in BIG EAST play since a double overtime loss against Louisville in the BIG EAST Tournament back on March 9, 2009 with an 87-82 setback. The 87 points against the Friars are also the most by RU since defeating Cincinnati 85-43 on Feb. 3, 2007.
One of the biggest cheers of the night came as walk-on Brittany Lapidus (Marlboro, N.J.) hit her first career three pointer late in the game.
Head Coach C. Vivian Stringer
On the win:
"We were trying to be a little bit more patient. I think we've been rushing and missing some options. I thought that when we slowed it down it gave us a little more of a chance to see that we were able to do that. We did a couple things. We also switched up some positions. Kahleah Copper was playing the 4. She was just running the floor, and at times we played two posts, and other times we played one post. We were trying to recognize the inside because it's been anemic with Chelsey [Lee] as well as Monique [Oliver] not getting anywhere near the touches that they normally get. I think that everyone made much more of a conscious effort. The guards made much more of a conscious effort to drive, which got us to the free throw line more than we have been able to get, maybe, all year. It was a lot better balance; it felt better, it looked better."
On the stats:
"I've never seen 87 points. That would have been nice to get 90 just once. I was shocked we got 87. It was really nice to see those kind of points. It was great. It's about where they came from, because 22 of those points came from the free throw line, so that helps… that helps a lot. Others came from breaks and stealing the ball, so that was good. I know the team felt good about it and we'll look to experience that same feeling again."
Monique Oliver
On the importance of winning the game:
"I feel like this is a great pick-me-up for us. It's given us much more confidence, and we're ready to go into these next few games, like Georgetown, with a lot more confidence. We're ready to execute our plays and we're just ready to win.
On the offense coming together:
"[The offense] flowed a lot better with me and Chelsey (Lee) being able to touch the ball and finish our shots, and giving the guards opportunities to make their shots too.
Betnijah Laney
On her 24-point performance:
"It's not like I have in my head that I'm trying to go out and get 20 points. I just go out to improve each game.
On Syessence Davis's 10-assist performance:
"She played really well. She pushed the ball, she kicked it up, and she saw the open man and found everybody, giving everybody opportunities to score."
On the past few games:
"It's been really frustrating, especially when we're so close because we've been right there but unable to execute in the last couple of minutes."


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At once playfully eccentric and poignantly bittersweet, Attenberg adds a refreshing sideways spin to the arthouse coming-of-age drama.
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At once playfully eccentric and poignantly bittersweet, Attenberg adds a refreshing sideways spin to the arthouse coming-of-age drama.
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Part of the new wave of Greek cinema, Attenberg is an offbeat coming-of-age film. 23-year-old Marina is living in a small, factory town by the sea where her once-visionary architect father, has returned to die. Finding the human species foreign, she keeps her distance, choosing to observe mankind through Sir David Attenborough's mammal documentaries and the songs of Suicide. While preparing for her father's impending death, Marina discovers her own sexuality through lessons from her only friend,
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Tsangari's art-house minimalism, which never lets us forget we're watching a movie, still permits a surprising degree of tender emotion.
Using occasional song-and-dance numbers with a melancholy Godardian kick, [Tsangari] creates a world that's off-center and alive with loneliness.
Part of the film's success comes from Labed's performance as Marina, who infuses all that weirdness with a barely there vulnerability.
"Attenberg" is a three-layered love story, anatomizing the mysterious emotions of grief, friendship and erotic attraction.
The drama, at its core, is simple and conventional, but it has the aura of science fiction.
Tsangari distinguishes herself from her predecessor's freak-show formalism with an underlying humanism and freewheeling playfulness.
After walking out of ATTENBERG, I couldn't decide if I really hated it, or really loved it. I still can't decide. ATTENBERG stretches the arthouse genre to "WTF!?"
For all the eccentricity, the film feels unexpectedly personal in addressing experiences everyone goes through at some point in their lives.
Bittersweet, Greek coming-of-age drama about an inexperienced young woman who explores bisexuality while caring for her terminally-ill father.
The face of actress Ariane Labed lifts this quiet, dour character study by filmmaker Athina Rachel Tsangari.
Attenberg gets down in the emotional muck where life, death and sex intertwine. And like those life experiences, watching it can be both awkward and poignant.
Perpetually off-balance and maybe just a little too satisfied with its cynicism
Tsangari catalogues these men and women like butterflies pressed between the pages of an entomologist's journal, makes brief notes of each one's idiosyncrasies, and moves on to the next.
The underlying idea is that life goes on whatever we do, that human beings are merely part (and not the most important one) of a larger ecological system involving the mineral, vegetable and animal world.
Impressively directed and superbly acted, Attenberg plays like a light-hearted, quirky version of Dogtooth, though its relative lack of plot means that it's difficult to engage with the characters on an emotional level.
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Some might be disappointed that the wild, woolly and thoughtful movie "Attenberg" has little to say on the current crisis in Greece but it still has plenty to say about the country, starting with Spyros' rant about Greek history and also in what little future he has left, as corpses could not be cremated in Greece until very recently, which leaves his decision to be a final act of defiance.(From what I learned online, the Greek Orthodox Church feels it defiles the body but then they started to run out of room in the cemeteries. See, you learn something new everyday.) For Marina, she is having her first experiences with sex and death, as her conversations with her father have become very frank indeed(I personally do not want to think of my parents having sexual organs, and I don't think many other people do.) but still has plenty of time to play with her best friend(there are occasional intervals with them doing silly walks which simultaneously divert us and them) and watch nature documentaries.
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Alec Baldwin, 53 years sexy. Best known for his film roles in The Hunt for Red October, Beetlejuice, and The Aviator. Currently heralded for his TV work on 30 Rock, as well as being one of the best hosts on SNL.
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I was just reminiscing about watching motocross in the South Midlands as a child in the late 70's / early 80's. I used to visit events run by Banbury Nobac and Oxford Ixion at tracks such as Fenny Compton, Brill and Hellidon (now a golf course!). Some of the names I recall are Brian Wade, Geoff Mayes, Paul and Steve Harrison, Steve How, Ken Hanson, Jeremy Beck (who I seem to remember was killed at one event).
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Kim Kardashian has a hot swimsuit photoshoot. Kim had tweeted over the weekend she had eaten too many bad foods in New Orleans, but from the pictures, it doesn't look like it to me. If this is what eating too much looks like, send it my way!!
More pictures of Kim after the snack…
How can Kim have a body like that? These aren't even touched photos. From Popeater:
Kim Kardashian showed off her curves Wednesday during a photo shoot with photographer Nick Saglimbeni. "HOT HOT HOT! Not even retouched yet!" Kardashian tweeted. The 'Keeping Up With The Kardashians' star showed off her rocking body — which she claims is the result of using Quick Trim and eating Carl's Jr. salads. (Nothing like a little endorsement love.)
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So glad MIT's leadership can rest its collective conscience now..
In a letter to students and faculty and staff members, the institute's president, L. Rafael Reif applauded the "careful account" that he said set "the record straight by dispelling widely circulated myths." The report, he said, "makes clear that MIT did not 'target' Aaron Swartz, we did not seek federal prosecution, punishment or jail time, and we did not oppose a plea bargain."
in other words, we're sorry for what happened, but our hands were tied.
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So this is where I was profoundly foolish. I told them about the Guerrilla Open Access Manifesto. And in doing so, Aaron would explain to me later (and reporters would confirm), I made everything worse. This is what I must live with.Journalist, and close friend of Aaron Swartz, Quinn Norton • Discussing her role in the case, during a long article she wrote for The Atlantic. Read the whole thing. This one quote does not do the story justice. But we recommend starting with the editor's note from Alexis Madrigal. It's a tough one to read, and shows how the federal government can break people down in federal cases.
Rep. Darrell Issa (R-Calif.), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform committee, and ranking minority leader Elijah Cummings (D-Maryland) wrote in their Jan. 28 letter that it appeared that prosecutors had intentionally bulked up the felony counts against Swartz in order to increase the amount of time in prison he would face.
On July 14, 2011, federal prosecutors charged Swartz with four felony counts, including wire fraud, computer fraud, theft of information from a computer and recklessly damaging a computer. Then on Sept. 12, 2012, prosecutors filed a superseding indictment with thirteen felony counts.
"It appears that prosecutors increased the felony counts by providing specific dates for each action, turning each marked date into its own felony charge, and significantly increasing Mr. Swartz's maximum criminal exposure to up to 50 years imprisonment and $1 million in fines," thelawmakers wrote in their letter(.pdf). […]
In addition to wanting to know what influenced the Justice Department's decision to prosecute and whether Swartz's advocacy work played a role in that decision, the lawmakers want the Justice Department to tell them why the superseding indictment was necessary after Swartz had already been charged. They also want to know how the criminal charges and plea offer compared to those in other cases brought under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, under which Swartz was charged.
Reps. Cummings and Issa, odd political bedfellows at a glance, brought together by the case of deceased internet pioneer Aaron Swartz. We're curious to see where this goes.
Anonymous has observed for some time now the trajectory of justice in the United States with growing concern. We have marked the departure of this system from the noble ideals in which it was born and enshrined. We have seen the erosion of due process, the dilution of constitutional rights, the usurpation of the rightful authority of courts by the "discretion" or prosecutors. We have seen how the law is wielded less and less to uphold justice, and more and more to exercise control, authority and power in the interests of oppression or personal gain.A message posted to the hacked website of the U.S. Sentencing Commmission • Decrying the death by suicide of internet pioneer Aaron Swartz, whose family and friends have suggested was hounded towards suicide by an especially harsh prosecution being brought against him, for a large-scale downloading and alleged free releasing of academic articles (he faced a possible 35 years in prison, and 13 felony counts). Now, hacker group Anonymous has threatened vengeance over Swartz's tragic death, having hacked the U.S. Sentencing Commission site and issuing a further threat that they've obtained information from secret government networks that they may release in retribution. The incident is being viewed as a "criminal investigation," according to an FBI executive assistant director, Richard McFeely: "We are always concerned when someone illegally accesses another person's or government agency's network." source
We thought the case was reasonably handled and we would not have done things differently. We're going to continue doing the work of the office and of following our mission.Christina DiIorio-Sterling, spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz • Commenting on what effect, or lack thereof, Aaron Swartz's suicide will have on the office going forward. In response to the statement, Swartz's girlfriend reportedly told the Boston Herald that she was sad to see Ortiz not "taking this moment to reflect on the role of proportionality and judgment in the pursuit of justice." source


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I'd Rather Not Be the One Behind the Wheel: The Best Movie You Saw Last Year
By Cindy Davis | Comment Diversions | January 1, 2012 | Comments ()
Happy New Year everyone! I wish you all a healthy, prosperous and adventuresome 2012; I'm also hopeful it will also be a better movie year. 2011 doesn't seem to have been a notable year for film (at least, from what I've seen thus far). Quite a few of those I really want to see aren't in theaters in my area yet--I'll probably have to run from art-house to multiplex and back again over the next several weeks to try to catch them (Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, Shame, The Skin I Live In, Carnage, Martha Marcy May Marlene, Dangerous Methods). A couple others blew right by me and I'll have to see them on Netflix or On Demand. So in the interest of helping me--and your fellow Pajibans--were there any movies that blew you away last year? All the world is putting out their top ten lists, but all I want from you is one. What was the best 2011 movie you saw?
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how to transfer cassette tape to computer
For years, the cassette was high for lovers of music. He had the purity of the vinyl, but it was definitely much more comfortable to carry around. In many decks, even, are still used.However, his reign began to fade with the arrival of the CD first, and without hesitation with the advent of digital music players later.Although it seems unthinkable in times where you can easily buy digital music files over the Internet, there are still many who are all armed with a club cassettes, and want to save this collection to digital files passing.
Clarification from the start: the sound is not the same as a CD or a digital file "pure". At best, you can improve a bit with the modern sound editing, but not to expect wonders. If sounded good, sound good to pass them to digital.Connect your stereo or a portable (and erroneously known as popular Walkman) to the PC is the next step. The connection is through the "line out" (or "rec out") of the stereo "line in" of the PC sound card. Always use line connections, any connections microphone or something. Nor should connect the headphone output of the amplifier or speakers to the sound card.
If there is no "line out" or "rec out" this could be the only solution, but is dangerous because it can damage the sound card. If there is no other, in any case you must use the headphone output (but never the speakers) and connect the "line-in" of the sound card. But we must be very strict with the volume control is sent to the PC. Start with the volume all the way to "0″ and go up very gently until the signal enters the PC is sufficient, and above all never be excessive. But this only in extreme cases.Having done that, you have to use either Windows (via line input) or a program like Audacity, free and open source. If the idea is to move everything to MP3, you have to get an encoder or application to convert formats. You get on the same page from where you download the program.
First, go to the Edit menu, then select Preferences. There, make sure the option is on Channel 2. In the same window, select the File Formats tab to use the encoder has been chosen.Now we have to select the bit rate or data transfer rate: 128 Kbps is ideal for audiobooks, but for music it is best to double, or 256 KbpsThe next thing is to check the connection and the audio levels. To check, put a tape and start playing. You should have sound coming from the speakers. In the program, click on the sound level meter and enable Start Monitoring option (Start Monitoring). Hence it is possible to adjust the slider that is on the right.The first record will not necessarily good. As you know, something can always fail. But practice makes perfect.Should press the record button in Audacity, and then remove the tape cassette.
You have to let the program record the whole side. Once recorded, use the Selection tool to highlight a song. It should be noted when it ends and then save it as MP3 or format desired.If you are recording a digital book, you can divide the recording into segments of 10 minutes or so to make it easier to edit. It's like dividing into chapters. It put a number in front of each file name, for later playback is sequential.Once saved and all files in MP3, you can use a program to add artwork or tags (labels) show that after the names of songs, artists and albums.With a program like Nero, you can now transfer songs to a CD.


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The Bison: still on the drawing board
October 21, 2010 | by: Lucinda Coulter
The General Motors Bison gas turbine freight hauler displayed at the 1964 World's Fair in New York was designed with grand plans, aerodynamic and fuel efficiency not the least among them. It was touted as being capable of handling "present-day semi-trailers," with an adapter, in Overdrive's August cover story that year.
Part of GM's Futurama exhibit (watch video of Futurama), the prototype's cab had seating for two ahead of the engine and wheels. Drivers would have entered the sleekly-sloped cab through a forward-tilting canopy and a step that folded down as the canopy opened. Truckers would have steered using two coupled hand grips on a console extending over the driver's lap.
The futuristic-looking truck never made it to market, although its power source, the GT-309 with two turbines of 280-hp and 720-hp, powered GM's TurboCruisers II and III, Rapid Transit Experimental (RTX) and the 1969 GMC Astro 95 Turbine. Some of the early gas turbine prototypes, such as Mack's, contributed to Detroit Diesel DD15's turbo-compounding turbine of today, says Overdrive's Technical Editor John Baxter. The gas turbines in the '70s and early '80s "used far too much fuel but were powerful, gave out low emissions and ran on almost any form of petroleum," Baxter says.
The Bison had a trailer locking device and a four-option steering arrangement that made "exceptional maneuverability in urban traffic and freight terminals," according to Overdrive's story.
Owner-operators unloading cargo by hand then may have hoped the plans at the Futurama exhibit would become reality: "At the terminals the containers would be transferred by automatic equipment to smaller delivery trucks or other means of transport," Overdrive quoted from the Bison exhibit. "The entire terminal operation could be automatic with loading and unloading of vehicles and sorting and movement of containers controlled by electronic equipment."


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NoSQL Choices: To Misfit or Cargo Cult?By Eric Redmond
July 29, 2013
Retreading old topics can be a powerful source of epiphany, sometimes more so than simple extra-box thinking. I was a computer science student, of course I knew statistics. But my recent years as a NoSQL (or better stated: distributed systems) …
Beyond Puppet and Chef: Managing PostgreSQL with AnsibleBy Courtney Nash
May 28, 2013
Think configuration management is simply a decision between Chef or Puppet? PalaminoDB CTO (and Lead DB Engineer for Obama's 2012 campaign) Jay Edwards (@meangrape) discusses his upcoming Velocity�talk about Ansible, an alternative configuration management offering that is quick and easy …
The EC2 API as a Defacto StandardBy George Reese
August 9, 2011
The argument for EC2 as a defacto standard is, at some level, the same as it is for any defacto standard: through the EC2 API, you eliminate the need for others to learn some custom API and you can leverage the existing, sizable ecosystem. But there is no such thing as the EC2 API. EC2 is actually many different APIs and adopting the EC2 API as a standard ultimately implies supporting all of those APIs.
Four short links: 3 August 2011By Nat Torkington
August 3, 2011
Just Say No To Freegal -- an interesting view from the inside, speaking out against a music licensing system called Freegal which is selling to libraries. Libraries typically buy one copy of something, and then lend it out to multiple users sequentially, in order to get a good return on investment. Participating in a product like Freegal means that...
Four short links: 29 March 2011By Nat Torkington
March 29, 2011
Serve -- American Express mobile payments play. Money on mobiles is a huge potential, look for others to bang around here before the right answer is found. (via Mike Olson) Move Mayonnaise and Ketchup (YouTube) -- I don't know why you'd want to move mayonnaise and ketchup intact, but this is the machine for it. (via Russell Brown) Duplicates...
Four short links: 24 March 2010By Nat Torkington
March 24, 2011
Digital Subscription Prices -- the NY Times in context. Aie. Trinity -- Microsoft Research graph database. (via Hacker News) Data Science Toolkit -- prepackaged EC2 image of most useful data tools. (via Pete Warden) Snappy -- Google's open sourced compression library, as used in BigTable and MapReduce. Emphasis is on speed, with resulting lack of quality in filesize (20-100%...
Defining clouds, web services, and other remote computingBy Andy Oram
December 15, 2010
Technology commentators are a bit trapped by the term "cloud," which has been kicked and slapped around enough to become truly shapeless. So in this section I'll offer a history of services that have led up to our cloud-obsessed era, hoping to help readers distinguish the impacts and trade-offs created by all the trends that lie in the "cloud."
Four short links: 6 August 2010By Nat Torkington
August 6, 2010
AWS: Forget the Revenue, Did You See the Margins? (RedMonk) -- According to UBS, Amazon Web Services gross margins for the years 2006 through 2014 are 47%, 48%, 48%, 49%, 49%, 50%, 50.5%, 51%, 53%. (these are analyst projections, so take with grain of salt, but those are some sweet margins if they're even close to accurate) Science Pipes...
Four short links: 23 July 2010By Nat Torkington
July 23, 2010
5 Reputation Missteps (and how to avoid them) (YouTube) -- a Google Tech Talk from one of the authors of the O'Reilly-published Building Web Reputation Systems. Solr on EC2 Tutorial -- the tutorial shows how to index Wikipedia with Solr. (via Matt Biddulph) clive -- a command line utility for extracting (or downloading) videos from Youtube and other video...
White House moves Recovery.gov to Amazon's cloudBy Alex Howard
May 13, 2010
Recovery.gov will be the first government website to be hosted within Amazon.com's public cloud.
Four short links: 4 February 2010By Nat Torkington
February 4, 2010
Google Ad Preferences -- my defaults look reasonable and tailored to my interest. Creepy but kinda cool: I guess that if I have to have ads, they should be ones I'm not going to hate. (via rabble on Twitter) Android and the Linux Kernel -- the Android kernel is forked from the standard Linux kernel, and a Linux kernel...
Four short links: 5 November 2009By Nat Torkington
November 5, 2009
Heat Maps in R -- We used financial data here because it's easier to access than the airline data, but it's actually a pretty interesting way of looking at a financial time series. Weekend and holiday effects are a bit more obvious, and it's a bit like being able to see the daily, weekly, monthly and yearly closes all...
Four short links: 16 October 2009By Nat Torkington
October 16, 2009
Wiimote Audio Geotagging -- match audio with the map movement and annotations made with an IR pen and a Wiimote. Very cool! (and from New Zealand) San Francisco: Open For Data -- Two months after it launched, the project is already reaping rewards from San Francisco's huge community of programmers. Applications using the data include Routesy, which offers directions...
Four short links: 8 October 2009By Nat Torkington
October 8, 2009
Linux Baby Rocker -- inventive use of a CD drive and the eject command ... (via Hacker News) I Like Unicorn Because It's Unix -- forceful rant about the need to rediscover Unix systems programming. Reminds me of the Varnish notes where the author explains that it works better because it uses the operating system instead of recreating it...
Four short links: 22 September 2009By Nat Torkington
September 22, 2009
The City is a Battlesuit for Surviving the Future (IO9) -- a great essay by Matt Jones, based on his talk at Webstock this year. Urban design is how we created alternate realities before we had iPhones, and the new technology lets us choose which science fiction future we want to inhabit. We are now a predominantly urban species,...
Four short links: 24 June 2009By Nat Torkington
June 24, 2009
The Digital Open -- The Digital Open is an online technology community and competition for youth around the world, age 17 and under. Building a community of young open source hackers. Four Crowdsoucing Lessons from the Guardian's Spectacular Expenses Scandal Experiment -- Your workers are unpaid, so make it fun. How to lure them? By making it feel like...
Four short links: 11 June 2009By Nat Torkington
June 11, 2009
Trending Topics -- full source code for trendingtopics.org, Wikipedia trend analysis. Rails app running on the Cloudera Hadoop Distribution on EC2. (via mattb on Delicious) Graffiti from Pompeii -- I can't help but read these as Tweets. Herculaneum (on the exterior wall of a house); 10619: Apollinaris, the doctor of the emperor Titus, defecated well here (see also olde...
Four short links: 8 June 2009By Nat Torkington
June 8, 2009
How to Project on 3D Geometry -- the fine art (and math) of distorting an image so that it looks undistorted when projected onto a non-flat 3D surface. Confused? See the images below. (via straup on Delicious) ZinePal -- Create your own printable magazine from any online content. (via warrenellis on Delicious) What The Government Doesn't Understand About The...
A Quick Look at Amazon CloudWatch, Load Balancing, and Auto-ScalingBy George Reese
June 1, 2009
Amazon recently made available to the public three new services that will have a huge impact on the way people architect systems to be deployed in the Amazon cloud. I have put together my first look thoughts on these new offerings.
MySQL 2009 conference wrap-up: news flash about Flash and other notes from the expertsBy Andy Oram
April 24, 2009
MySQL conference wrap-up: Flash, cloud computing, managing large installations, the value of community, and how to fumble your way to winning the presidency.
[AWS:EC2] EC2 Reserved Instances Launched In EU Data CenterBy M. David Peterson
April 15, 2009
As per a recent post to the EC2 forums, there's now support for reserved instances inside the EC2 EU Data Center.
Using the Cloud for Disaster RecoveryBy George Reese
April 12, 2009
Few companies have a solid disaster recovery plan and fewer companies actually verify their DR plans are working. One of the often missed benefits of cloud computing is that it makes rapid disaster recovery with minimal data loss extremely cost effective and enables the automation of those processes that can be tested often using automated tools.
Open Cloud Manifesto: about openness, standards, and the vitality of SMTPBy Andy Oram
March 28, 2009
Thanks to George Reese, I learned about the bruhaha over an Open Cloud Manifesto. Let's put the debate in the context of some basic and perennial issues about openness and standards.
The Weakness of Commodity Server to Cloud Server Cost ComparisonsBy George Reese
March 19, 2009
Though the conventional wisdom on the Internet is that the economic benefits of cloud computing fail for applications with steady usage needs, the reality is that the commodity-server to cloud-server comparisons on which this wisdom is based are flawed. The reality is that the cloud often provides compelling economic benefits even when you have an application with consistent resource demands.
AWS:EC2 Introduces Reserved Instances; Massive Potential Cost ReductionBy M. David Peterson
March 12, 2009
What's the best way to jump start a stalling economy? Provide reasons for people to spend money by reducing costs for goods they're already paying for, freeing up capital to be invested into places they otherwise would not be invested into. Enter Amazon Web Services and the introduction of EC2 Reserved Instances.
Blame the Credit Card Franchise: Criminals on Amazon's EC2 (Elastic Compute) CloudBy Nitesh Dhanjani
March 11, 2009
Amazon EC2 is an extraordinarily powerful infrastructure available to anyone with a stolen credit card. Even if someone is able to use the EC2 platform for a few hours with a stolen credit card, he or she will be able to initiate a vicious cycle that may become impossible to halt.
[AWS:EC2] Windows Gains EC2:EU Support; Additional US Availability ZoneBy M. David Peterson
March 3, 2009
As per the recent announcement in the AWS:EC2 forums, Amazon Web Services has beefed up their support of Windows 2k3, adding an additional availability zone in the U.S. as well as extending support via two availability zones to EC2:EU.
PCI in the CloudBy George Reese
February 26, 2009
Compliance is the most significant issue confronting organizations looking at a move into the cloud. Here are a number of recommended architectures that should provide PCI compliance for pure-cloud infrastructures.
Cloud Tips: Sending Email from an EC2 InstanceBy George Reese
January 16, 2009
Many email systems mark email coming from an SMTP server in the Amazon cloud as spam. As a result, you can't use traditional mail delivery techniques for sending out form submissions or program alerts from the cloud. In this cloud tip, I describe how you can successfully send legitimate email from an Amazon EC2 instance.
Why the AWS Console is Good for Cloud Tool VendorsBy George Reese
January 9, 2009
The release of the Amazon Web Services console has had a number of people predicting doom for cloud tools providers. On the contrary, by removing a barrier to experimentation that has kept people out of the cloud, the Amazon Web Services console should bring more people in the cloud and benefit tools providers whose value propositions are beyond Amazon's core value proposition.
Microsoft's Cloud TaxBy George Reese
December 24, 2008
The importance of the differences among web application platforms like .NET, JSP, PHP, etc. drops dramatically under the cloud computing paradigm. Which architecture you choose really comes down to one question: what kind of programming and support resources do you have? If the answer is "Microsoft technologies", however, you should be aware of the Microsoft cloud tax.
Java in the CloudBy Hari K. Gottipati
December 20, 2008
Every one is talking about building apps in cloud or moving the apps to cloud. There are plenty of jobs on job boards looking for the people with the skills: "familiarity with cloud" or "expertise in cloud". The latest buzzword is "Cloud Computing". What is Cloud? Why all of sudden Cloud is a buzz? What are my options to move Java app to the Cloud? What are the features and limitations of the Cloud? How IaaS and PaaS will fit in the Cloud? Read 'Java in the Cloud' for details ......
How I Ended Up in the CloudBy George Reese
December 13, 2008
Like most of us, I have been in the cloud longer than I have thought about being "in the cloud". But it took the need for a significant capital investment in hardware to drive Valtira into cloud computing using Amazon Web Services like Amazon EC2 and Amazon S3. Our journey into the cloud began with a new product offering and an attempt to avoiding shelling out huge up-front cash on hardware. Today, we have a complex infrastructure that saves us money over other options and provides greater flexibility.
EUC2?By M. David Peterson
December 10, 2008
Proving yet again that attempting to boil the ocean results in nothing more than a few dead fish, Amazon Web Services continues is "one customer at a time" assault on the utility computing marketplace, this go round bringing EC2 a little closer to home for customers based in Europe.
On Why I Don't Like Auto-Scaling in the CloudBy George Reese
December 6, 2008
Cloud environments like Amazon EC2 have the ability to dynamically add and remove capacity based on your actual demand. Some tools extend this capability into auto-scaling. Auto-scaling, however, can be dangerous and often serves as a crutch for poor capacity planning.
Key Security Issues for the Amazon CloudBy George Reese
November 30, 2008
This follow-on article to the Twenty Rules for Amazon Cloud Security examines six real security concerns that gave rise to the 20 rules.
Increasing Availability in the Amazon CloudBy George Reese
November 10, 2008
If you have done any experimentation in the cloud, you have likely realized that virtual server instances in the Amazon cloud are much less reliable than their real world counterparts. How do you compare availability in the cloud to a physical infrastructure and leverage the cloud to increase overall availability.
Amazon's new EC2 SLABy Jesse Robbins
October 24, 2008
Amazon announced a new SLA for EC2, similar to the one for S3. This is a notable step for Amazon and cloud computing as a whole, as it establishes a new bar for utility computing services. Amazon is committing to 99.95% availability for the EC2 service on a yearly basis, which corresponds to approximately four hours and twenty three minutes...
ECWin2k8?By M. David Peterson
October 1, 2008
In a surprise announcement just a few moments ago, Jeff Barr, Amazon Web Services lead technical evangelist announced they would now be supporting Windows on EC2. This is a /HUGE/ deal, especially when you consider the fact that Microsoft is rumored to be preparing a competitor to EC2, something they will supposedly be announcing at the PDC in November.
Video of Rich Wolski's incredible EUCALYPTUS talk at VelocityBy Jesse Robbins
June 24, 2008
Rich Wolski gave a truly impressive talk at Velocity about an open-source software infrastructure for cloud computing called EUCALYPTUS . The API is compatible with Amazon's EC2 interface, and the underlying infrastructure is designed to support multiple client-side interfaces. EUCALYPTUS is implemented using commonly-available Linux tools and basic Web-service technologies making it easy to install and maintain. Watch and learn......
Two new open source projects at VelocityBy Jesse Robbins
June 17, 2008
At Velocity next week there will be two significant open source projects debuting. The first is the Jiffy: Open Source Performance Measurement and Instrumentation tool created by Scott Ruthfield and his team at Whitepages.com. Most tools for measuring web performance come in two flavors: Developer-installed tools (Firebug, Fiddler, etc.) that allow individuals to closely trace single sessions Third-party performance monitoring...
CloudCamp gathering after VelocityBy Jesse Robbins
June 13, 2008
On Tuesday after Velocity closes there will be a CloudCamp gathering at Microsoft's San Francisco Office. I'll be going (unless I'm too exhausted to stand). CloudCamp was formed in order to provide a common ground for the introduction and advancement of cloud computing Through a series of local cloudcamp events, attendees can exchange ideas, knowledge and information in a creative...
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Happy New Year everyone! May 2013 bring you peace, happiness, luck, & wealth.
Breathe Doctor Yang. Don't be crass. You are skulking. Women of your generation are graceless. It's an affront to nature. Mediocre surgeons will see you and feel themselves wilting in your shadow. Do not shrink to console them. Do not look for friends here, you won't find them. None of these people have the capacity to understand you. They never will. If you're lucky, one day when you're old and shriveled like me, you'll find a young doctor with little regard for anything but their craft. And you'll train them like I trained you. Until then, read a good book. You have greatness in you Yang. Don't disappoint.
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Innovation—the idea, the breakthrough—comes like a thief in the night, and you better be in the lab when it gets there. Or you're going to miss it.
|Kevin Kit Parker, Tarr Family Professor of Bioengineering and Applied Physics, quoted in a Fast Company article: "How to run a Harvard lab from the battlefield"
Believe in yourselves. Dream. Try. Do Good.
It's like pure poetry. After 158 episodes, Mr. Feeny finally dispelled the real secret of life to Cory, Shawn and Topanga. Just take a moment to let it really sink in.
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