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Volume 21, Number 6
Mississippi's SB 2988
David Bacon
Bruce k. Gagnon
A War on Communities
Cynthia Peters
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Carl Finamore
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Alex Stonehill
Damming the Flood
Ben Terrall
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Colombia Trade Deal
Roger Bybee
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Mississippi's SB 2988
On March 17 Mississippi Governor Hayley Barbour signed the farthest-reaching employer sanctions law of any on the books in the U.S. Employer sanctions is shorthand for laws that prohibit employers from hiring immigrants who don't have legal immigration status in the U.S. That provision was part of the Immigration Reform and Control Act passed by Congress in 1986, which for the first time in U.S. history required employers to verify the immigration status of employees.
The Mississippi bill, SB 2988, requires employers to use an electronic system called E-Verify. That system has only recently been developed by the Department of Homeland Security. By the department's own admission, it is not a complete record. Its accuracy is unknown, but by comparison, the Social Security database of U.S. workers, compiled since the 1930s, contains millions of errors.
The Mississippi bill goes much further, however. Employers are absolved from any liability for hiring undocumented workers as long as they use the E-Verify system. But it will be a felony for an undocumented worker to hold a job. Anyone caught "shall be subject to imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections for not less than one (1) year nor more than five (5) years, a fine of not less than one thousand dollars ($1,000) nor more than ten thousand dollars ($10,000) or both." Anyone charged with the crime of working without papers will not be eligible for bail. The law is set to become effective on July 1.
In Mississippi, African American political leaders and immigrant and labor organizers have cooperated in organizing one of the country's most active immigrant rights coalitions —the Mississippi Immigrant Rights Alliance (MIRA). They see hope for political transformation in the demographic changes sweeping the south. In the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, University of Mississippi journalism professor Joe Atkins called the law "a new xenophobia...that threatens once again to lock down the state's borders and resurrect the 'closed society' that once made it the shame of the nation." According to MIRA, the bill got the support of many Democratic state legislators because party leaders "wanted the house to bring out at least one bill dealing with immigration to relieve the political pressure being put on members (i.e., white Democrats) by right-wing forces in their districts. Many Black Caucus members were persuaded to go along. Unfortunately, the bill they brought out was the worst of the six the Mississippi Senate passed."
A cook in Laurel, Mississippi—photo by David Bacon
Passage of the bill was a setback to the political strategy that has shown the most promise of changing the old conservative power structure in the state, the "closed society" described by Professor Atkins. That strategy, building over the last several years, has relied on creating an electoral base of African Americans, immigrants, and union members. The new employer sanctions law, according to supporters of that strategy, is intended to drive immigrants out of the state by making it impossible for them to find work.
After World War II, Mississippi, like most southern states, began to lose its black population. Between 1965 and 1970, 66,614 African Americans left, while civil rights activists were murdered, hosed, and jailed. However, in the following decades, Midwest industrial jobs began to vanish overseas, the cost of living in northern cities skyrocketed, and the flow began to reverse.
From 1995 to 2000, the state capital, Jackson, gained 3,600 new Black residents. In the 2000 census, African Americans made up over 36 percent of Mississippi's 2.8 million residents—no doubt more today. While immigrants were statistically insignificant two decades ago, today they're over 4.5 percent of the total. "Immigrants are always undercounted, but I think they're now about 130,000 and they'll be 10 percent of the population 10 years from now," predicts MIRA Director Bill Chandler.
"We have the chance here to avoid the rivalry that plagues Los Angeles and build real power," says Chandler. Eric Fleming, a MIRA staff member and former state legislator who recently filed for the Democratic nomination to replace Senator Trent Lott, believes "we can stop Mississippi from making the same mistakes others have made."
The same calculus can apply across the South, which is now the entry point for a third of all new immigrants to the U.S. MIRA-type alliances could transform the region and change the politics of the country as a whole. MIRA is the fruit of strategic thinking among a diverse group that reaches from African American workers' centers on catfish farms and immigrant union organizers in chicken plants to guest workers and contract laborers on the Gulf Coast and, ultimately, into the halls of the state legislature in Jackson.
Activists look back to changes that started when Mississippi passed a law permitting casino development in 1991, bringing the first immigrant construction workers from Florida. Employers in gaming then began to use contractors to supply their growing labor needs. Guest workers, eventually numbering in the thousands, were brought under the H2-B program to fill many of the jobs development created.
Through the 1990s more immigrants arrived looking for work. Some guest workers overstayed their visas, while husbands brought wives, cousins, and friends from home. Mexicans and Central Americans and South and Southeast Asians began traveling north, getting jobs in rural poultry plants. There they met African Americans, many of whom had fought hard to organize unions for chicken and catfish workers over the preceding decade.
It was not easy for newcomers to fit in. Union representatives didn't speak their languages. When workers got pulled over by state troopers, they were not only cited for lacking drivers' licenses, but also often handed over to the Border Patrol. Sometimes their children weren't even allowed to enroll in school.
In the fall of 2000 labor, church, and civil rights activists formed an impromptu coalition and went to the legislature. At their core were activists who'd organized Mississippi's state workers and a growing caucus of black legislators sympathetic to labor. Jim Evans, a former organizer for the National Football League Players Association, headed the group on the House side, while Senator Alice Harden, who'd led a state teachers' strike in 1986, organized the vote in the Senate. "We decided that the place to start was trying to get a bill passed allowing everyone to get drivers' licenses, regardless of who they were or where they came from," Evans remembers.
Harden's efforts bore fruit when the drivers' license bill passed the Senate unanimously in 2001. "But they saw us coming in the House and killed it," Chandler says. Nevertheless, the close fight convinced them that a coalition supporting immigrant rights had a wide potential base of support and could help change the state's political landscape. In a meeting that November, MIRA was born.
To build a grassroots base, MIRA volunteers went into chicken plants to help recruit newly-arrived immigrants into unions. In the casinos, MIRA volunteers worked with UNITE HERE organizers. In Jackson, the coalition got six bills passed the following year, stopping schools from requiring Social Security numbers from immigrant parents and winning in-state tuition for any student who'd spent four years in a Mississippi high school.
Then Katrina hit. MIRA fought evictions and the cases of workers cheated by employers, recovering over a million dollars. MIRA organizer Vicky Cintra and other activists participated in several celebrated cases defending guest workers, especially in the Signal International shipyard in Pascagoula. "There's still a lot of anti-immigrant sentiment here," Cintra says, "but when people give the police their MIRA ID card they get treated with more respect, because they know their rights and have some support." Laborers Union organizer Frank Curiel says, "In Kentucky, outside of Louisville, Latinos are afraid to go out into the street. In Mississippi, it's different."
Immigrant housing, Laurel, Miss.—photo by David Bacon
Not always that different, however. In Laurel and many other Mississippi towns police still set up roadblocks to trap immigrants without licenses. "They take us away in handcuffs and we have to pay over $1,000 to get out of jail and get our cars back," according to chicken plant worker Elisa Reyes. And the way the state's Council of Conservative Citizens demonizes immigrants is reminiscent of the language of its predecessor—the White Citizens Councils. "The CofCC not only fights for European rights, but also for Confederate Heritage, fights against illegal immigration, Fights against gun control, fights against abortion, fights against gay rights etc. So Join Up!!!" its website urges.
In 2007 the Republican machine introduced 21 anti-immigrant bills into the state legislature, including ones to impose state penalties for hiring undocumented workers and English-only requirements on state license and benefit applicants, to prohibit undocumented students at state universities and to require local police to check immigration status. MIRA defeated all of them. "The Black Caucus stood behind us every time," Evans says proudly. There are no immigrant or Latino legislators. Without the Caucus all 21 bills would have passed in 2007 and 19 similar bills in 2006.
The 2008 legislative session was different. Chandler describes three factions in the party— the Black Caucus at one end, white conservatives hanging on at the other, and "liberals who will do whatever they have to do to get elected" in the middle. After some Democratic candidates campaigned in 2007 on an anti-immigrant platform, MIRA wrote a letter in protest to Howard Dean, national chair of the Democratic Party. Those tactics, it said, were undermining the only strategy capable of changing the state's politics. "The attacks on Latinos, initiated by Republican Phil Bryant a year and a half ago, and joined by other Republicans, are now being echoed by Democrats like John Arthur Eaves and Jamie Franks," the letter said. State party leaders who "would go along to be accepted, rather than show the courage necessary for positive change...are peddling racist lies against immigrants that violate the core of the party's progressive agenda."
Anti-immigrant campaigning by Democrats was unsuccessful. Conservative Republican Hayley Barbour was returned to the governor's mansion and Phil Bryant was elected lieutenant governor. In the legislative session that followed, some Democrats began to buckle under pressure from vocal right-wing groups, including the Klan.
During the 2007 elections the Ku Klux Klan held a rally of 500 people in front of the Lee County court house in Tupelo, wearing white hoods and robes and carrying signs saying, "Stop the Latino Invasion." Their presence was so intimidating that Ricky Cummings, a generally progressive Democrat running for re- election to the State House of Representatives, voted for some of the anti- immigrant bills in the legislature. When MIRA challenged him, he told them that Klan-generated calls had "worn out his cell phone."
The Klan's website says, "The racial war is among us, will you fight with us for the future of our race and for our children? Or will you sit on your ass and do nothing? Our blissful ignorance is over. It is time to fight. Time for Mexico and Mexicans to get the hell out."
The website has links to the site of the Mississippi Federation for Immigration Reform and Enforcement, or MFIRE, (the state affiliate of the Federation for American Immigration Reform), directed by Mike Lott, who sits in the state legislature.... After MIRA's Erik Fleming urged Governor Barbour to veto the employer sanctions bill, saying it would be "devastating to our economy and community here in Mississippi," he was then targeted on the website.
For those threatened by changing demographics and the political upsurge they might produce, SB 2988 law is a finger in the dike. The fight to implement it is not over, however, and MIRA has assembled a legal team to challenge its constitutionality in court.
David Bacon is a long-time activist and a freelance writer and photographer.
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SARASOTA — Burns Court Cinema will serve as the venue at 6 p.m. Saturday when writer/director/producer Steve Tatone of Sarasota will hold a reception and screening of his new film "Blind Pass," with the goal of encouraging funding for the movie's global marketing.
Tatone said the screening was arranged to raise awareness of not only the film — featuring international film star Armand Assante and Tatone's co-producer Danielle White of Bradenton — but also upcoming film projects his Midnight Pass Productions currently has in development.


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Senior DT named to Rotary Lombardi Award list.
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Houston, Texas - Vanderbilt defensive lineman Rob Lohr added to his preseason accolades Monday when the Houston Rotary Club named him as a candidate for the Rotary Lombardi Award. Lohr, a senior from Phoenixville, Pa., ranks among the leading defensive tackles in the Southeastern Conference after contributing 11.5 tackles for loss and five quarterback sacks in 2011. Last week, Lohr was named to the Bronko Nagurski Trophy preseason watchlist. He is one of four Commodores to receive preseason recognition, joining senior running back Zac Stacy (Maxwell Award), junior offensive tackle Wesley Johnson (Outland Trophy) and senior punter Richard Kent (Ray Guy Award). On Tuesday, Lohr joined a list of the nation's top players vying for the 43rd annual Lombardi Award. It is given annually to the nation's top lineman or linebacker. The Lombardi watchlist serves as an early guide for the Rotary Selection Committee. During the regular season, the committee will narrow the field to seven semi-finalists, and then four finalists. The eventual winner will be announced Dec. 5 in Houston. Lohr is a two-year starter on the Commodore defensive front. Among active SEC defensive tackles, Lohr ranks among the career leaders with 20 tackles for loss and nine sacks. Lohr enters his final season on a streak of 25 consecutive starts.


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Thurston Moore Releases Jack Rose Tribute Album
By Tom Breihan on January 28, 2011 at 11:40 a.m.
Vin Du Select Qualitite is a series of limited-edition, vinyl-only acoustic guitar albums curated by Steve Lowenthal of Swingset Magazine and Plastic Records. The series has already included records from Emeralds' Mark McGuire and Codeine/Come/New Year axemaster Chris Brokaw. And early this year, avant-rock godfather and Sonic Youth member Thurston Moore will release his own entry in the series, 12 String Meditations for Jack Rose.
News in Brief: Esopus, Jack Rose, Pernice Brothers, Huichica Festival
By Tom Breihan on May 13, 2010 at 03:10 p.m.
-- The latest issue of the arts magazine Esopus features a compilation CD, with people like Memoryhouse, Sharon Van Etten, Doveman, and PS I Love You doing songs inspired by and named after specific visual artists.
-- On June 15, Thrill Jockey will release Ragged and Right, a new 12" EP from the late out-music guitarist Jack Rose, recorded with D. Charles Speer and the Helix. The EP features Rose's versions of Merle Haggard's "The Longer You Wait" and the oft-covered traditional "In the Pines".
-- Also on June 15, the alt-country veterans Pernice Brothers will release Goodbye Killer, their first new album since 2006, via Ashmont.
-- The Huichica Music Festival comes to Sonoma Valley, California's Gundlach Bundschu Winery on June 5. Vetiver, Citay, Fruit Bats, and Tussle will all play, and there will be a complimentary wine tasting. Someone needs to make a Sideways sequel about this show, if only so we can watch Thomas Haden Church attempt to hit on freak-folk girls.
Jack Rose Gets Massive Tribute Album
By Tom Breihan on April 22, 2010 at 11:10 a.m.
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In the experimental music underground, Philadelphia guitarist Jack Rose was a beloved figure. Last December, Rose died of a heart attack at the age of 38. Now, a group of his peers have teamed up to release a massive tribute album in his memory.
Echo Chamber: Thurston Moore on Late Guitarist Jack Rose
By Tom Breihan on February 16, 2010 at 03:00 p.m.
"He exuded this energy that was all about not dealing with the typical bullshit that goes on with daily life. For him, music was prayer."
-- Thurston Moore eulogizes experimental guitarist Jack Rose, who died of a heart attack in December. (via Philadelphia City Paper)
Jack Rose: Memorial Shows, New LP
By Tom Breihan on January 18, 2010 at 02:30 p.m.
Last month, Jack Rose, experimental guitarist beloved by the avant garde community, died of a heart attack at the young age of 38. Next month, many of Rose's peers will gather in Philadelphia and New York to play memorial shows for the man, and Thrill Jockey will release his latest album, Luck in the Valley.
R.I.P. Jack Rose
By Amy Phillips on December 5, 2009 at 09:30 p.m.
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Guitarist Jack Rose died today at the age of 38. The cause of death was a heart attack, the Philadelphia Daily News reports.
Rose was a versatile player with an experimental bent, known for his work both with his group Pelt and as a solo artist. Following in the footsteps of left-field steel string guitar pioneers like John Fahey and Robbie Basho, Rose incorporated elements of drone, ragtime, folk, blues, and Eastern classical into his playing. He was featured on the landmark Golden Apples of the Sun, the Devendra Banhart-curated 2004 compilation that served as a high-water mark for freak-folk. Rose released albums on such labels as Three Lobed and VHF. He had recently signed to Thrill Jockey, who are set to release his tenth solo album, Luck in the Valley, on February 23, 2010.
In an email newsletter sent out today, Cory Rayborn of Three Lobed wrote, "Jack was a warm, caring person and was always a pleasure to be around. His larger than life spirit will truly, truly be missed even moreso than his inspired musical ability. Our deepest sorrow goes out to his wife."
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News in Brief: Parenthetical Girls, Noise Addict, Jack Rose, Future of Music Coalition Policy Summit
By Tom Breihan on September 1, 2009 at 05:40 p.m.
-- Last month, Parenthetical Girls keyboardist/violinist Rachael Jensen lost her mother in a car crash, which also seriously injured three members of Jensen's family. The Kris Jensen Memorial Fund aims to raise money for the Jensen family's medical care. One of the ways they're doing that is selling a bunch of cool stuff on eBay. Labels like Kill Rock Stars and K have donated items like gift packs and rare test pressings from the likes of Atlas Sound, Beat Happening, YACHT, and the Make-Up.
-- Ben Lee first grabbed our attention in the mid-90s when his prepubescent alt-rock band Noise Addict signed to both Thurston Moore's label and the Beastie Boys' label. After a 13-year hiatus, Lee has reformed the band with a notable new addition: Dinosaur Jr. member and Sebadoh frontman Lou Barlow. It Was Never About the Audience, the new album from the reconstituted Nose Addict, is now available for free download on the band's website.
-- Philly freak-folk trailblazer and former Pelt member Jack Rose has signed with Thrill Jockey. The Chicago label will release Luck in the Valley, Rose's tenth album, in 2010.
-- The Future of Music Coalition, the D.C.-based nonprofit that advocates for musicians, will hold their eighth Future of Music Policy Summit October 4-6 at Georgetown University. Superchunk frontman and Merge founder Mac McCaughan will speak, as will MC5 guitarist Wayne Kramer, Gang of Four bassist Dave Allen, Radiohead manager Brian Message, and U.S. Senator Al Franken. It will never not be weird writing the phrase "U.S. Senator Al Franken".
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Why Take A Turkish Flavours Food Tour?
A culinary walk on two continents -Europe & Asia! -
Depart for a visit to the Spice Bazaar and nearby attractions. This extensive market was built in the 17th century to finance the upkeep of the nearby mosque, Yeni Cami. The bazaar is often referred to as the "Egyptian Market" due to the fact that spices used to come to the market from India and Southeast Asia via Egypt. There is plenty to discover for the "foodie."
Then we will take a ferry to Kadıköy on the Asian side of Istanbul from Eminönü and walk through the historical Kadıköy market where there is plenty to discover for the "foodie. This market is one of İstanbul's most colorful, vibrant and accessible shopping spots. Many traders have been in business since the early to mid 1900s and the more famous ones really need no introduction.
We will wander to probably Kadıköy's, if not İstanbul's best-known restaurant amongst gourmets to Çiya restaurant that specializes in food from the Southeastern region of Turkey, as well as a wider selection of Mediterranian food. Çiya creates its menu from the kitchen memories of forgotten dishes, lost tastes and wiped -off-cultures which have been carried from hand to hand and from taste to taste.
The ingredients used in the dishes travel from the cities of Hatay and Gaziantep to arrive at your plate in Istanbul: aromatic red pepper, pistachios,chickpeas, olive oil and pomegranate molasses. Here we will enjoy a sumptuous meal of 20-25 dishes by the reknown chef Musa and eventually hear the stories of his signature dishes; Zahter salad, kebab with pistachios, stuffed eggplant, babahannus, and many more.
After lunch we will take the ferry back to the European side. A delicious walking tour in Istanbul! Please do not have a big breakfast if you are coming on this tour. Please do not have a big breakfast on the day of your tour and make no dinner reservations.
Tour from 10:30 am to 16:30 pm, ferry fares , tastings , a multi course lunch (20 + dishes) with a tasting menu offering small portions of many dishes in the restaurant.
Vegetarian food is not a challenging option for us – it's easy being green and tasting exciting Turkish vegetarian delicacies.
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ISTANBUL STREETFOOD WALKOur walking tour is designed to introduce you to Istanbul's diverse street food.This tour will give you a chance to visit truly authentic street food stalls, backstreet restaurants and a colorful market.
This walking tour in Beyoğlu will give you a chance to explore Turkish Streetfood, stop at delicious street food stalls and discover one of the oldest fish markets in Istanbul, allowing you a glimpse into the daily lives of the people of Istanbul.Please do not have a big lunch if you are joining us in the evening.
Tour from 17:30 pm to 20:30 pm This tour is operated only on week days.
All other reviews confirm how excellent these tours are. I'd like to especially recommend the Istanbul Street Food tour. We did this on a recent Friday evening and spent four very fun hours strolling Beyoglu, tasting all the local foods and having them explained by Annie, our superb leader, who knew every vendor we visited. Stops included sit-down meals, standing-up snacks, and specialty shops owned for generations. She never takes more than five people per tour, so it's truly an intimate and informative experience. This was the highlight of our time in Istanbul. Five stars! And don't eat beforehand.
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Tour from 10:00 am to 14:00 pm
The focus of this three-hour experience is a study lunch about Turkish cuisine. You will have the chance to experience the typical Turkish style of eating. We'll explain the menu as we compose a meal in a well known tradesmen restaurant to illustrate the major components of a Turkish meal in general as well as specific dishes particular to the Istanbul repertory and a variety of seasonal dishes. As we savor our lunch, we will provide information on the components of a typical meal, and the incredibly rich array of fresh ingredients that comprise our meal. After lunch, we will visit a special candy shop dated back to 18th century ,discover the colorful and tasty world of Ottoman style candies and delights and walk through the spice market to learn about the special spices used in the Turkish Cuisine.
Tour from 12:00 pm to 15:00 pm
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DINNER IN A TURKISH HOMEIf you are limited for time but would like to sample some real Turkish hospitality, we invite you to have dinner in a Turkish home. This evening you will venture where few ordinary visitors ever tread . . . right into the homes of some of the people of Istanbul! Share a delicious home-cooked dinner,enjoy pleasant conversation,delight in the warmth and friendly hospitality of your hosts. Instead of trying a restaurant you will enjoy wholesome home-cooked specialties at an authentic Turkish home where you'll learn about and appreciate the outlook, aspirations, and way of life of your hosts.Dinner with Turkish Wine upon availability of hosts. This dinner is available with minimum 4 participants.
A TASTE OF LIFE STYLE IN PERA WITH ANNIE PERTANOne of Istanbul's most colorful quarters, every corner of Pera has a different story to tell.Towards the end of the 19th Century the Grande Rue de Pera, with its embassies, churches, schools and art nouveau monuments was the Champs Elysées of Istanbul.The hub of Constantinopolitan high society.Annie will take you from Taksim Square, down the Istıklal avenue, showing the interesting turn of the century architectural buildings, arcades, walk through the Galatasaray food market stopping for delicious Turkish desserts, visit a Franciscan Catholic Church and two Modern Art Galleries.Your walking tour will end with Turkish tea or Turkish coffee at Annie's typical Pera Style house.
Except MondaysEAT & SHOP LIKE LOCALS AT THE GRAND BAZAAR.You will linger in the Grand Bazaar, shop for unusual treasures and enjoy delicious tasty treats served in quaint restaurants.Find out places you never would have found by yourselves!TASTE ISTANBUL PHOTO TOURS
These are walking tours for photographers, the emphasis is on photography and the tour is led by a local well known professional photographer. We will help you to select best locations and give tips on how to get the best shots.
Have a chance to photograph the New Mosque ,the Spice Market,The Suleymaniye Mosque from angles you probably would not be able to discover without the help of a local professional photographer.Take a panoramic image of the Golden Horn, visit the fish market.
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Live Game Audio All the home and away University of Georgia football, men's basketball, women's basketball and baseball games are broadcast over the radio airwaves. View the Radio Affiliates page for radio station in your area. All games will also be available on georgiadogs.com/GTV with a subscription. Radio Shows Bulldog Brunch AT&T Bulldog Hotline Football Broadcasts
RADIO The Georgia Bulldog Radio Network || The Georgia Bulldog Radio Affiliates Bulldog Game Day - Airs four hours prior to kickoff and will be live from the Hotel Indigo in Athens for home games. Bulldog broadcaster Jeff Dantzler and veteran SEC broadcaster Charlie McAlexander set the stage for the game with a 60-minute preview that includes a look at games that will impact Georgia and the SEC. AT&T Tailgate Show - Airs three hours prior to kickoff live from its traditional home game location under the bridge by Gate 10 (adjacent to Tate Student Center) outside the west end of Sanford Stadium (or on the Georgia sideline for road games). Williamson and Loran Smith host complete pre-game coverage that includes a thorough analysis of the upcoming game as well as interviews and features. Former Bulldog players Eric Zeier, Kevin Butler and Daryll "DJ" Jones will serve as regular contributors. BB&T Countdown to Kickoff - Airs 30 minutes prior to kickoff from the broadcast booth with "Voice of the Dawgs" Scott Howard and former Bulldog All American Eric Zeier, and features the last word from Head Coach Mark Richt prior to kickoff. Play-By-Play - The "Voice of the Dawgs" Scott Howard calls all the game action with analysis and commentary from former Bulldog All American quarterback Eric Zeier. Chuck Dowdle, former WSB TV Sports Director and current host of "Inside Georgia Football with Mark Richt" will handle sideline reports and the halftime interview with Head Coach Mark Richt. The Regions Bank Locker Room Report - Airs immediately after the play-by-play action. Host Neil Williamson is joined by Chuck Dowdle in the locker room for interviews with Head Coach Mark Richt, Bulldog players and Bulldog assistant coaches BB&T Dawg Talk - Airs live immediately following the wrap-up from the Georgia locker room, and will be on location at Hotel Indigo in Athens for home games as Jeff Dantzler is joined by Bulldog great and College Football Hall of Famer Kevin Butler. Tony Schiavone will join the broadcast team in 2011, as Dawg Talk will air live from the stadium for all road games, with he and Butler breaking down the game and take calls from Georgia fans.
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>> Click Here To Download the Official 2012 Official Countdown Guide
For those of you who don't know, 2012 is what many believe to be the "end of the world". The exact date that people believe the world is going to end is December 12, 2012. This is according to the collective beliefs of many different prophets, all of which are listed in Jame Michael Sayer's book. He covers the prophecies of the Sybils, the Hindu, Indigenous Americans, Mayas, Hopi people, Merlin, the Celts, and the Druids, Mother Shipton, Nostradamus, the Bible, the Web Bot Project and much much more. Also covered in depth are current and projected changes in the natural world including crop circles, the importance of sound waves, and the potential of polar shift changes.
Yes, James definitely goes into depth about all the mystery and secrecy behind 2012 in depth. But I think what most people will find valuable about James Michael Sayer's book is his solutions for how to prepare for 2012. We're not allowed to reveal what those solutions are, but we will say they are extremely interesting.
Towards the end of the book, James Michael Sayer goes into detail about some of the "conspiracy theory" aspects of 2012 including the New World Order, alien cover ups, and the Illuminati.
- The truth about 126.96.36.199.0. It has nothing to do with IP addresses and everything to do with your future… and life as we know it…
- The mystery of the "modern mayans"… and how the History Channel and National Geographic may have been lying to you all along…
- Exactly where you DON'T want to be on that fateful date. And where your head MUST BE in order to thrive once all is said and done…
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The 32-year-old, who already has Eva and Sam with former swimmer husband Matt Welsh, said that she was six weeks pregnant when she was told by doctors that she would have to have a termination due to the baby developing outside the womb.
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This Rapper won't even acknowledge his on-again, off-again girlfriend in public. But, he has no problem hitting this Singer up for some cash when he's strapped.
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Nelly and Ashanti (too easy!)
- Thu Jul 19, 04:06:00 PM PDT
Idk, but i think Nelly has more money than Ashanti. I could be wrong though.
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Yes, very easy!
- Thu Jul 19, 07:38:00 PM PDT
Hmmm. I thought it was Fabolous. But come to think of it, Nelly and Ashanti makes sense. She is a grammy winner and from what I understand, made some lucrative investments.
- Fri Jul 20, 06:38:00 AM PDT
Nelly and Ashanti. I remember reading he has a gambling problem and already owes her over 5k.
- Fri Jul 20, 04:49:00 PM PDT
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Nelly and Ashanti.
She needs to move on to someone that will acknowledge her.
Nelly need to stop riding the white horse... Between his nose candy and the gamiling issues, he has squandered his $$ away. - Mon Jul 23, 07:59:00 AM PDT
- C B said...
Damn Nelly, talk about falling off big time....no career, gambling addiction, bad choices.
- Fri Jul 27, 03:55:00 AM PDT
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Canon Powershot SD780 IS Review
The Canon Powershot SD780 IS is tiny metallic ultra-compact digital camera with a 12 megapixels sensor, a stabilized 3X optical zoom lens and HD movie-mode. This small and robust model features point-and-shoot operation along with a relatively well-rounded feature set.
The SD780 is one of Canon's most recent camera but retains the SD-series appeal with its clean design and intuitive user-interface. Add to that pocket friendly size, a bright 2.5" display, unlimited continuous drive and an optical tunnel viewfinder for emergencies to complete the offering.
Key Features |
12 Megapixels sensor |
Stabilized 3X Optical zoom lens (33-100mm) |
ISO Sensitivity from 80 to 1600 |
Shutter-speeds from 1/1500s to 15s |
Automatic white-balance, 5 white-balance presetsDaylight, Cloudy, Tungsten, Fluorescent, Fluorescent High and custom white-balance |
Evaluative, center-weighed and spot metering |
Normal, Macro and Infinity focus |
Exposure compensation, -2..+2 EV, 1/3 EV steps |
Auto-Exposure Lock and Flash-Value Lock |
0.7 FPS continuous drive |
Self-timer with custom delay and number of shots |
1280x720 30 FPS HD Movie mode (720p) |
2.5" LCD 230K Pixels |
Optical-tunnel viewfinder |
Powered by a Lithium-Ion battery |
Secure Digital High Capacity memory |
Suitability - What is it good for?
The Canon Powershot SD780 is a point-and-shoot digital camera with a minimal 3X optical zoom in a tiny metal body. Its main suitability point is its portability. It can be taken places as it fits easily in a pocket.
The interface is very straight forwards and intuitive. This makes it an ideal ultra-compact for beginners. Certain more advanced functions require reading the manual but all the basics can be easily guessed. Unpredictable functions such as scene-modes are kept to a minimum and that is good. Without much controls, the Powershot SD780 can be used for simple snapshots of close-by subjects. A macro mode helps with close focusing 3cm (1.2") from the lens.
The most notable control of the SD780 is its white-balance settings, including custom white-balance to deal with difficult lighting. Also included is a standard -2 to +2 EV exposure-compensation, to nail exposure. This digital camera also features 3 types of metering, spot-metering included, for greater exposure flexibility.
With a 10 megapixels sensor, large prints are possible when noise is low. The ISO range up 1600 makes the SD780 usable for social snaps in poorly lit conditions such as at restaurants and parties.
Unlike most ultra-compacts, its movie-mode captures HD resolution clips in AVI format., zooming is allowed during movie-recording but that adds audible noises to the recorded clips.
The addition of an optical-tunnel viewfinder for use in very bright light rounds off this model.
Usability - How easy is it to use?
Almost unavoidably with an ultra-compact, the lack of grip and smooth body makes holding the SD780 firmly difficult. A sturdy wrist-strap is included to help with this problem. Aside from the difficulty to hold it, the SD780 is rather nice to handle with a few well-placed buttons to control important aspects of the camera.
The top of the camera holds the power-button, shutter-release and zoom-controller, wrapped around the latter. The shutter-release has a soft halfway point and is light to the touch. The zoom-controller is also rather smooth.
The large 2.5" LCD placement makes the camera back look cluttered with no free space to rest your thumb. The sliding 3-position mode switch is mounted full with the camera surface so that it is no accidentally moved while the thumb rests over it. Next to it is the Play button which is also flush with the body. The downside of this is that the buttons are all difficult to use with gloves on. Without gloves though, they all work well and resist accidental activation.
The remaining rear controls include a 4-way controller with central Func/Set button, a Disp button and a Menu button as well. The central button invokes the Function menu which accesses important camera functions like ISO, WB, Metering and Drive mode, plus a few lesser functions to fill-out the menu. The menu button invokes a menu system for less used features. As with many digital cameras, each direction on the 4-way controller activates a camera setting: up turns on EC, right sets the flash-mode, down activates a self-timer and left is for the focus-mode.
The camera's 2.5" LCD is composed of 230K pixels, as sharp as they get for this size. LCD Visibility is excellent, even in bright light thanks to an effective anti-reflective coating. The Canon Powershot SD780 also includes an optical-tunnel viewfinder, a rare thing among ultra-compact digital cameras. It only shows part of the frame but is usable in case of emergencies. The Disp button can turn the LCD off to conserve power, in which case the optical-tunnel viewfinder is a must. It is also useful for tracking moving subjects in continuous drive mode when the LCD does not always keep up, despite having a decent refresh rate.
Performance - How well does it take pictures?
Image quality is on the weak side for a digital camera. In terms of noise and detail retention, which go together because of the destructive nature of noise-reduction, ISO 80 and 100 are quite clean and sharp, with a good amount of details. ISO 200 and up are relatively low in terms of image noise, but details start softening greatly. Large prints are noisy and rather soft at ISO 400, but medium prints, say 9"x12", are acceptable. ISO 800 and 1600 are borderline useless.
Noise reduction is very agressive on the Canon SD780 and any ISO above 80 shows softerning of details and reduced contrast. There is also severe softness around the edges of images.
Exposure is bright, which is generally good for direct printing but causes a tendency to over-expose. Even in scenes of moderate dynamic range, the SD780 does not often leave dark areas to preserve highlights. This problem is compounded by this digital camera's limited dynamic-range.
Color accuracy is very good with natural looking colors under most conditions. At high-ISO in low-light, there is a slight greenish cast but at that point images are not really usable anyway. The white-balance system is quite good, even under artificial light where it needs a few seconds to settle. By this, we mean that color starts off with a yellow-cast but turns more neutral after a few seconds.
The Canon Powershot SD780 IS does reasonably well with low distortion along the entire zoom range and good resistance to chromatic aberrations. The lens has only 6 steps through its zoom range but zooms in and out rapidly.
Speed is excellent for an ultra-compact. Power on and off times are first-class and so are focus-speed and shutter-lag when the flash is off. When the flash is on, shutter-lag increases significantly, so moving subjects and the flash do not mix well. Shot-to-shot speeds are not great though, just shy of 3s between shots without the flash.
Playback mode is reasonably fast too. This camera is shooting-priority and resumes fast from playback mode when the shutter-release is half-pressed. Continuous drive is rather slow at less than 1 FPS. Battery-life is quite poor, even for such a small digital camera.
The Canon Powershot SD780 IS compromises a bit too much for its svelt size and dense sensor, particularly if compared to the rather similar SD1200 IS. While it still keeps some characreristics of Canon ultra-compacts, like a sturdy metallic body and well-rounded feature set, the image quality is below average with too little detail retention due to noise-reduction and significant amount of edge-softness. Needless to say, when comapred to the current ultra-compact champion, the Fuji F 200 EXR, the SD780 does not look too good. It is much easier to use and a great deal more intuitive.
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He is an ex-CoD4 professional player, has a degree in Marketing and Business Management, led a competitive gaming clan with over 40 members and currently shoutcasts League of Legends at a professional level for in2LOL.
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