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But possibly unlike most people, I overanalyze almost everything about the ridiculousness of Seinfeld, and I try to rationalize a lot of what happened to Jerry and the gang as if it happened in real life. How many ways would Joe Davola have chopped up Kramer's body once he kicked him in the head? At what point would Jerry have decided that enough was enough and moved without telling Kramer? When would Elaine finally settle into a loveless marriage with a wealthy man? How old would George Costanza have been when his heart finally exploded?
The one question that came up in a conversation with a friend, though, was "Who was Jerry's best girlfriend?" That friend – we'll call him Bob Sacamano – eventually challenged me to make a ranking of Jerry's best girlfriends. "But not just one of those 'Who was the hottest' lists with no detail," he demanded. "I'm talking a thorough, scientific analysis based on everything that we look for in a woman." Later, he'd say that he was joking, but it was already too late.
My mind began racing and my fingers began typing, as I watched old episodes yet again and went through detailed breakdowns of every episode. Thus, I decided that I'd rank the 50 best girlfriends that Jerry dated on Seinfeld, using 1-10 scales for the following categories: Personality, Intelligence, Looks, Cleanliness, Sense of Humor, Compassion, Fidelity, and an overall "Gaga" factor. I call this scoring system the Kavorka Score, and the results will forever be locked inside my safe because this system is too powerful to fall into the wrong man hands.
The only girlfriend not considered in this ranking is Elaine, because she was the first and a core part of the show. Plus, we never really talk about it, but Elaine was as lousy at commitment as Jerry was. In fact, I'm surprised she and Jerry didn't have their own tractor stories by the time the show aired its finale. Otherwise, every girlfriend over the span of all nine seasons has been considered, and with that said, I give you this very scientific ranking of Seinfeld's girlfriends.
The Women that Didn't Make the Cut
Sandra ("The Cheever Letters"): I understand that she was turned off by Jerry's terrible sex talk –"You mean the panties your mother laid out for you?" – but she didn't have to rat him out to Elaine.
Bridgette ("The Diplomat's Club"): She was very attractive but barely on the show. I still could have made a case for her to be No. 1 based on that.
Gail Cunningham ("The Shoes"): She wouldn't kiss Jerry. That's pretty messed up.
Margaret ("The Big Salad"): She dated Newman and wasn't "his type." That's a damning statement.
Angela ("The Good Samaritan"): Jerry should have just turned her into the cops for the hit-and-run so he could date Becky Gelke.
Corinne ("The Marine Biologist"): Carol Kane might have been Jerry's absolute worst love interest.
Naomi ("The Bubble Boy"): The awful laugh was one thing, but I hold grudges against everyone that was involved with Caddyshack II.
Sue Ellen Mischke ("The Caddy"): Sure, the braless wonder was a great candidate, but they didn't actually date. It was just infatuation.
Shelly ("The Doodle"): After Fletch, Dana Wheeler-Nicholson should have been at least a B-list actress. I'd like to know what happened to her career that made her so unsuccessful.
Lisi ("The Sentence Finisher"): She was awful.
Keith Hernandez ("The Boyfriend"): I still think they could have had one season that featured Keith in the gang as Jerry's best friend.
50) Amy "The Glasses"
I'm sure the Breaking Bad faithful would want Anna Gunn to get a little more credit on this list, but Amy barely scores well in any of the categories, mainly because she could be confused for an overweight cop kissing a horse that looked like Cousin Jeffrey. Kavorka Score: 3.5
49) Gwen "The Strike"
The "Two Face" was the only of Jerry's girlfriends that actually scared me. She looked like a Faces of Meth poster child in the car, and I know that this is more superficial than it is scientific, but nobody's going to win this contest by scoring a zero in looks. Kavorka Score: 4.7
48) Sheila "The Soup Nazi"
That's a zero on the Personality factor for any adult woman who uses cutesy nicknames in my book, and it should be a negative score for convincing the man to do it as well. Realistically, Sheila was Jerry's lowest point in terms of his dating life. Kavorka Score: 4.87
47) Gillian "The Bizarro Jerry"
Gillian had the looks of a supermodel, attractive enough to get George to the other side and in with women he had no business speaking to, but the hands of George "The Animal" Steele, as Jerry so kindly put it. It's a shame, because she could have been a Top 5er if not for her ability to crack the top on a beer that isn't a twist-off. Kavorka Score: 5.01
46) Jeannie "The Foundation"
Janeane Garafolo's character was the female version of Jerry, and while we certainly loved watching him each week, it's clear that Jerry was a horrible human being. In all, Jeannie was a pretty average entrant in this battle, but her lack of compassion keeps her on the lower end. Kavorka Score: 5.15
45) Sophie "The Burning"
Oh Sophie. Poor, sweet, gorgeous Sophie. Rock bottom scores in Intelligence and Cleanliness have ruined what should have been a title contender. It's such a shame that she got gonorrhea from riding on a tractor. Kavorka Score: 5.82
44) Meryl "The Wife"
Young Courteney Cox could have been a contender for a repeat girlfriend, but the thing that always bothered me about Jerry's relationship with Meryl was how eager they were to say, "I love you." And she kept score? That's a red flag and drops all of her scores by several points. Kavorka Score: 6.11
43) Marlene "The Ex-Girlfriend"
If this had been a ranking based on my own personal opinions and not on precise scientific measurements and theories, Marlene wouldn't have made the cut because she never made sense. Why would Jerry ever chase George's ex-girlfriends? Because of her sexy voice? Puh-leeze, this is just pure nonsense and my scientific ranking process agrees. Kavorka Score: 6.17
42) Jodi "The Masseuse"
Long before she was Stifler's mom, Jennifer Coolidge was perhaps Jerry's most unlikable girlfriend in terms of personality. Sure, George has always been obnoxious and was far less endearing for it in the show's early seasons, but she was just flat out mean to him. Her refusal to give Jerry a massage – despite the fact that he was forcing her hands upon his shoulders and neck – was far too suspicious. But why would Jerry want to continue a relationship with her knowing that she's had her hands on Kramer? This whole situation was gross. Kavorka Score: 6.49
41) Audrey "The Pie"
It's like my scientific grandfather always said, "Never trust a girl who won't try your apple pie." Additionally, while Audrey may not have known that "Poppie's been a little bit sloppy," she should have been disgusted enough for the sake of cleanliness to forgive Jerry for seemingly mocking her in Poppie's restaurant. That she didn't shows some extremely poor character flaws. Kavorka Score: 6.56


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Australia-based Potash Minerals Inc. has received approval from the U.S. Bureau of Land Management to drill exploratory holes for potash at Hatch Point in San Juan County.
The BLM-owned site lies in the proposed Greater Canyonlands National Monument area. The BLM Moab field office released a finding of no significant impact and signed the decision record approving the exploration project April 25.
"The timing of the approval and the expansion of exploration activity at the project could not come at a better time," company CEO Ben Binninger said. "Currently the U.S. market is primarily supplied from imports. New sources of domestic potash will help the USA become more self-sufficient in this critical agricultural commodity."
However, Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance field attorney Liz Thomas took a different stance.
"BLM's decision illustrates the need for a greater level of protection in the greater Canyonlands area," she said. Thomas added that state Route 211 going west to Hatch Point from U.S. 191 is "one of the premier viewpoints in the West" due to its proximity to the Needles area of Canyonlands National Park and lack of development, power lines or houses.
"Tens of thousands of visitors go along that road each year, along with locals," Thomas said. "It's an iconic place and visitors don't flock there to look at drill rigs."
She said drilling also has the potential to contaminate water and affect groundwater levels.
"This decision is putting the cart before the horse because the BLM has acknowledged that its current management plan around Moab didn't do a good job of evaluating where oil and gas and potash development should take place," Thomas said. "Even as they've issued this decision to allow potash (exploratory) drilling, they are looking at that very place to see if this is an appropriate site for resource development or whether it has more scenic, recreational and wildlife potential."
Thomas emphasized that Potash Minerals, and its K20 Utah subsidiary, have no long-term concern for Hatch Point or Moab. "They are just concerned with the bottom line, if they can make money," she said.
K2O Utah drilled exploratory wells on adjacent state-owned land in 2012. The BLM's recent move opens up 39 acres to "surface disturbance" for exploration on federal land, according to a news release from the BLM.
In its news release, Potash Minerals called the recent decision "the most significant milestone since acquiring the K2O Utah Potash Project."
The BLM previously completed an environmental assessment of the proposed exploration.
"The EA analyzed the potential environmental impacts related to the proposed construction of four core hole locations and core hole road access and improvements proposed by K2O Utah LLC," the news release said. "The exploration will take place under 22 approved potash prospecting permits."
Potash is a key ingredient in fertilizer and is particularly vital to the agriculture industry, Binninger said.
Potash Minerals now begins the feasibility stage of what it considers a "significant potash project." Earlier projections called for up to two metric tons of potash per year being taken if company estimate are accurate, Binninger said.
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By Ryan Nakashima, AP business writer
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Razer Inc., whose gaming tablet won last year's "Best of Show" award at the International CES gadget show, has unveiled a wristband that combines the functionality of a fitness tracker and a smartwatch.
As a fitness tracker, the Nabu wristband tells you about your sleep patterns and the number of steps taken and the stairs climbed. As a smartwatch, it offers notifications about incoming texts and emails.
The Nabu wristband is just one of several wearable gadgets unveiled at this year's CES. LG, for instance, announced a fitness wristband that allows the user to control music, accept incoming calls and receive alerts on incoming text messages.
WHAT MAKES NABU NOTABLE: The Nabu extends battery life because it can recognize gestures. It can notify you of texts or emails with a small indicator on the top of the wristband, but it won't display the text unless you turn over your wrist.
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For Audrey: China Glaze's Hepburn-Honoring Polish
For Audrey: China Glaze's Hepburn-Honoring Polish
It's been 46 years since Audrey Hepburn enchanted audiences in Breakfast at Tiffany's, but her influence as Holly Golightly is still strong. Case in point: China Glaze's new "For Audrey" nail polish ($6.50), which bears a striking resemblance to Tiffany Blue. I say "striking resemblance" because Tiffany & Co. holds a trademark to the shade you see on its bags and boxes; although other colors come close, nobody else has official dibs on that particular hue.
Like Melanie at Blogdorf Goodman, I received a sample to try out. I usually don't go for wacky colors on my nails, but I'm surprised by how much I like this turquoise—and not just because I spent my late teen years shamelessly mimicing Audrey's style. For the detailed review and a Breakfast-inspired photo, read more
It turns out the polish is a lot more wearable than I anticipated. Sure, it's not something I'd recommend for a job interview, but on short nails it's a fun flash of blue. I think it would be overkill to wear this on long nails unless you're the kind of woman who can pull off high-drama, attention-getting looks. Next time I'll probably wear it on my toes, which a lot of brides might want to do for the "something blue" of their weddings!
This was the first time I used China Glaze lacquer, and I was very pleased with the application. I'm too clumsy to use long, thin brushes, so China Glaze's short, fat one was a breeze to handle. And not to get too Mr. Wizard on you, but the formula has just the right amount of viscosity: It wasn't so runny that it dripped into my cuticles, but it wasn't so thick that it glopped up, either. Easy application means one happy Bella. I had good color coverage with one coat, but I recommend two to get a more even and consistent hue. For Audrey is shipping now, so it should be in nail boutiques any week now. When I find an online retailer that hasn't sold out, I'll let you know.
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Sure, it could have also been known as the "Merciless Beating of the Browns" game, or the "What better way to warm up for the Patriots?" game, but really, Derrick Mason becoming the 23rd NFL player to rack up 800 receptions was probably the most significant part of yesterday's win. Not that the win isn't important – Mason himself said that the best part of the day was "that we got the win," – it's just that, years from now, looking back, it seems more likely that we'll remember the significance of #85's day moreso than the overarching smack-down handed to a hapless Cleveland squad that is probably the worst in the league at the moment.
And what a beating it was.
B'More outgained the Brown Stains 479-186.
Passing yards: 337-115
Rushing yards: 142-71
Turnovers: 4-1
It was the thorough, relaxing victory that Ravens fans expected, but didn't receive, in Week 1 against Kansas City. The game was never in doubt, as the Ravens scored the game's first 27 points, and, were it not for a 29-yard Cleveland FG (a decision that should have Eric Mangini looking for a new job this morning) on the first play of the 4th quarter, the Ravens would have picked up their first shutout since Week 12 of 2006 (Ravens 27 Steelers 0). The purple defense had something to prove on this day, and they did not disappoint, forcing 4 turnovers (1 interception each from Dawan Landry, Ed Reed, Brendon Ayanbadejo, and Dominique Foxworth) and sacking Browns QBs twice. The Ravens may have ended the Brady Quinn era in Cleveland, or at least stirred up some QB controversy, as Derek Anderson replaced the ineffective Quinn after halftime. The former Raven wasn't much (or any) better though, as 3 of the aforementioned picks came out of his hand.
For the good guys, Joe Flacco surpassed his career high mark for passing yards that he set just 2 weeks ago, throwing for 342 yards and a score despite not stepping on the field after the 8 minute mark in the final stanza. His last play was a 72-yard TD to Mason, a ball he slightly underthrew only to see D-Mase fight for the ball and make some nifty moves in scampering to the end zone.
And on a play that made everyone in B'More proud, "Mighty Mouse" Ray Rice finally scored his first NFL touchdown. Rice scored on a 9-yard scamper that was the Ravens' 3rd score of the day in which Browns defenders seemed to have zero interest in even getting TO the ball, nevermind actually tackling anybody.
The first two of those "is there a defense on the field?" runs came from touchdown machine Willis McGahee. With his 3rd consecutive 2-score game, McGahee has 2 more scores than any other non-QB in the league. McGahee may not always line up behind Flacco on the team's first offensive snap, but he is making a pretty strong case that he is the "real" starting RB in this offense, and is proving everyone that maintained he was the most talented member of the Ravens' 3-headed backfield, despite his "backup" status, very, very right.
The Ravens avoided the temptation to look past Cleveland to their date in Foxboro next Sunday, and took care of business at home to push their record to 3-0. Thanks to some late heroics by Carson Palmer in Cincinnati, the Ravens now find themselves a full 2 games ahead of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the AFC North. Strangely enough, the Bengals are 2-1, and in 2nd place, and are one fluke play away from being 3-0 in their own right. Suddenly the Cincy game at M&T Bank Stadium in 2 weeks looks all the more interesting.
Everything is roses in B'More going into Week 4. If I may though, interject with a bit of a reality check.
The combined record of the Ravens' 3 opponents to this point: 2-7.
Combined record of the Ravens' next 5 opponents (@ NE, vs. Cin, @ Min, vs. Den, @ Cin): 10-2.
First place, and spots at or near the top of just about every power ranking out there makes our purple hearts beat proudly. But the Ravens still have plenty to prove, and it all starts Sunday against Belicheck, Brady, and the New England Patriots.


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The Troy Republican said Wednesday he is submitting his paperwork to the Federal Election Commission and is employing Lauren Rakolta and Bryce Sandler to raise money for what he expects will be a long campaign.
His likely opponent?
U.S. Rep. Gary Peters, D-Bloomfield Township, who unseated Knollenberg's father in 2008.
Knollenberg is in his final two-year term in the state House because of Michigan term limits.
"We're official," Knollenberg said Wednesday. "The paperwork is being submitted today. Bryce is doing my fundraising along with Lauren Rakolta, so we're starting the process."
Currently, Knollenberg's home in Troy is in the 9th Congressional District, the only district completely within Oakland County borders.
But what that district will look like in 2012, or whether it'll even be assigned the same district number, is open for speculation as state House and Senate committees begin the redistricting process.
"Certainly all the members of Congress face that uncertainty, not knowing what the districts will look like," Knollenberg said.
The process of drawing new boundaries involves redistricting committees in both the state House and Senate drawing new boundaries using 2010 U.S. Census data that was just provided to the states.
Michigan is losing one of its 15 congressional districts as the only state in the country to lose population.
Knollenberg said the computer modeling programs that will be used by House Democrats, House Republicans, Senate Democrats and Senate Republicans to forge a map of new boundaries probably won't be available until some time in the next couple of weeks.
Eventually, the Republican-controlled Legislature will have to agree on a plan.
"I suspect we'll see something shape up in May or June," Knollenberg said. "Obviously we're fighting the budget battles as well. Certainly, the process can begin as soon as the software arrives."
Knollenberg said the goal is to produce a plan that meets the legal requirements that districts be the same size, compact and respect municipal boundaries.
The goal, he said, is also a plan that respects the federal Voting Rights Act in which Michigan gets two districts in which minorities are the majority, and can withstand a legal challenge.
"I think that's the motivation of the Legislature," Knollenberg said.
With Detroit losing 25 percent of its population over the last decade, it's likely that two of the districts representing Detroit will have to expand into the neighboring suburban counties of Oakland and Macomb.
It may also mean that there may be not be one congressional district solely representing Oakland County, as is the case now.
"It means the 9th district will have to move north, that's the only place it can really go," Knollenberg said. "Until we get the actual census numbers, it's difficult to make a prediction of how it's carved out.
"I just know it's going to be realigned and more than likely, the Detroit delegation is going to have to move into the southern part of Oakland and Macomb counties," Knollenberg said.
Knollenberg, however, believes his likely and eventual opponent will be Peters, who lives in neighboring Bloomfield Township and who unseated his father, Rep. Joe Knollenberg, in 2008 and then won re-election in 2010.
"Honestly, the likely opponent is Gary Peters and he's been starting his run since the day he won in November," Knollenberg said. "We thought it important to get in early.
"We know Mr. Peters is running someplace, so someone has to run against him," Knollenberg said. "We need to be prepared and that's what we're doing, getting ourselves prepared.
"Obviously the boundaries will shift, we know that for sure," he said. "We'll deal with how the boundaries shake out when they become final."
Knollenberg was elected to the state House in 2006 and re-elected in 2008 and 2010. He previously served as an Oakland County commissioner.
Peters, 52, is a former state senator and former Michigan Lottery Commissioner.
A spokesman for Peters had no immediate comment on Knollenberg's plans.
Republican Rocky Raczkowski, who lost to Peters in the 2010 race for the congressional seat, also said he's planning to run for Congress again.
He said he has no problems with Knollenberg sitting on the committee that's drawing the new congressional districts.
"It really doesn't matter," Raczkowski said. "If I thought Marty was the most qualified candidate, I wouldn't be running.
"I'm already filed," he said. "We're ready to put in our petitions once the boundaries are determined."
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NEW YORK — A collection of humorist Calvin Trillin's writings called "Quite Enough of Calvin Trillin: Forty Years of Funny Stuff" has won the Thurber Prize for American Humor.
The award is named for humorist James Thurber, who was known for the short stories and cartoons he contributed to The New Yorker magazine. It first was presented in 1997.
The 76-year-old Trillin has been a staff writer at The New Yorker since 1963. He is the author of 20 books, including the bestselling "About Alice" and "Obliviously on He Sails."
Runners up for the prize announced in New York on Monday were Patricia Marx's novel "Starting from Happy" and Nate DiMeo's fictional "Pawnee," based on the setting of NBC's "Parks and Recreation," for which DiMeo is a staff writer.
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Healthcare Providers Want "Red Flag" Exception Dentists, physicians, and veterinarians are asking the Federal Trade Commission to exclude healthcare professionals from regulations designed to mitigate the risks of identity theft. I say: Step up and protect your customers from identity theft.
Semantic Search Footnotes: Concepts, Ontologies & Real Time I want to respond to a few comments/suggestions I received about my recent Intelligent Enterprise story, Breakthrough Analysis: Two + Nine Types of Semantic Search. Jim Hendler suggested a semantic-search approach I'd missed, "real-time search with some sort of filtering." I'll tackle that and points raised by NLP/semantics researcher Tom O'Hara...
Oracle Announces Sun Java Roadmap The database giant's executive VP, Thomas Kurian, details how Oracle plans to integrate Sun's software into its product lines.
SMB Trends To Watch In 2010 Technology consultants Access Markets International Partners have pointed to six trends among small and medium businesses that, they say, deserve more attention.
Google Docs, Sites Dropping IE 6 Support Old browsers are being put out to pasture so new Web technologies can run free.
Apple iPad Arrives Amid Controversy Skeptics dismiss the iPad as underwhelming and limiting while developers see dollar signs.
Oracle on SharePoint: Waiting for Answers Oracle today doesn't seem to have an explicit answer to the foamy wave that is SharePoint. Will Oracle deliver on collaboration requirements?
The Fritz & David Show: What a Week! Apple, Oracle, Rant January 2010 won't go quietly, nor will Techweb's Chief Content Officer, David Berlind and I in our second podcast version of The Fritz & David Show where we give some of our final thoughts no the Apple iPad, and summarize the announcements coming from Oracle this week.
HP Extends Financing Plans SMBs can get 0% lease financing on HP products for either 12-month or 36-month terms, with an option to purchase at the end of the lease. Both programs go into effect on Monday, February 1..
Texas IT Firm Adding 100 Jobs A Dallas-based IT services firm with 500 employees is looking to add 100 new jobs this year to support its growing business in managed IT services, applications development, project management, and infrastructure services. About half of the new jobs are based in Dallas while others will be spread around the U.S.
Search Keywords Mean Business Businesses that focus on branded searches may be missing out on the visitor traffic that comes from generic search terms.
Microsoft Enterprise Sales Fizzle Redmond posted record quarterly revenue, but most of the growth was driven by a recovery in consumer sales.
Mobile Handset Sales Rebound Manufacturers shipped 15% more mobile phones in the fourth quarter of 2009 than in the third quarter, researcher says.
Bill Gates Donates $10 Billion For Vaccines Microsoft founder says 8.7 million children can be saved if they're given access to crucial pharmaceuticals.
Informatica Buys Siperian, Reports Strong Earnings The data integration firm steps into the master data management market with the $130 million acquisition.
Informatica Buys MDM Vendor, Reports Strong Growth Siperian acquisition bolsters data quality offerings. Revenues surpass $500 million.
Six Things To Like About The Apple iPad The iPad is certainly missing a lot of features, but there's still plenty to like. Here are six features of the iPad that I think many will find appealing.
Down To Business: What Could Doom The IT Recovery? The economy (stupid). Absent more responsible and disciplined fiscal policies, the U.S. tech rebound will be a short-lived phenomenon.
Google Makes Calling Directly From Ads Easier Heaven forbid we actually have to dial a phone number any more. That would be awful. Google is saving smartphone owners, once again, from exercising their thumbs by adding a click-to-call feature directly in mobile ads.
New Initiative A Good Sign For Virtualization Security A recent agreement involving three major IT vendors is good news for companies with lingering concerns about virtualization security.
HTC Makes Sense Available To Its Magic Phone Those who jumped on the Android bandwagon early by purchasing the HTC Magic when it hit store shelves in mid-2009 take heed. HTC has made a new version of the system software available for the Magic, and it includes HTC's Sense user interface.
Motorola To Become Leading Android Supplier Motorola is predicted to become the leading supplier of Android devices, pushing HTC to the number two spot. Motorola got real serious with Android with the launch of the Verizon based Droid and it looks like that is paying off.
CA Names McCracken Chairman CEO William E. McCracken assumes the role of chairman after a unanimous board vote.
iPad Debut Swamps Social Networks Launch of Apple's highly anticipated tablet-style computer prompts record chatter on Twitter and other services.
Sybase Reports Record Earnings, Updates Adaptive Server The company's flagship relational database product now offers in-memory capability for sensitive transaction-based operations.
iPad And SMBs, Take Two Now that we've all found out what Apple has had up its sleeve all these months, we can start to assess the iPad's usefulness for business more confidently. At least one possible use case is clearly out the window -- at least for now -- but the demo introduced one no one had thought about.
Global CIO: Oracle's Ellison Challenges IBM, NetApp And—Well—Everyone Is Larry Ellison's silicon-to-application strategy the next wave, or is he 50 years out of phase?
Full Nelson Video: iPad Revealed View a video demonstration, and read my thoughts on why I wouldn't buy Apple's latest must-have device if it were available today.
The iPad: I Don't Get It Good grief. Yesterday's breathless blogging would have you thinking the technology world has been changed forever with the new Apple iPad. So let me go on the record with a contrarian viewpoint. The iPad seems like an interesting device, but I can't see where it fits into most personal or business IT needs.
Practical Analysis: IT Managers Have Had Enough Our annual salary survey indicates that security pros aren't getting a sufficient sense that their work and expertise are valued.
RatePoint Helps Resolve Customer Disputes Customer review and survey service RatePoint claims that businesses who use its online testimonial services can resolve 90 percent of customer disputes before they turn into negative reviews. That's one of several pieces of advice the company offers small businesses trying to manage their online reputations.
Microsoft Profits Jump 60% The software maker roars past Wall Street estimates on the back of robust Windows 7 demand.
Google Social Search Reaches Beta It just got easier to tap the wisdom of your friends online.
Oracle CEO Ellison: Sun Will Be Profitable In February Making a huge commitment to Sun's viability and value, Oracle CEO Larry Ellison said Sun will become profitable next month and will remain in the black thereafter. Setting up that unexpected promise, Ellison said, "So we're hiring, not firing. We're not cutting Sun to profitability, we're growing Sun to profitability."
Motorola Working On Google Nexus Phone? Today Motorola confirmed that it is working on a new Android phone that it plans to sell directly to consumers through Google. Will its unnamed device be the Nexus Two? Perhaps.
iPad Missing 'Something Important' Adobe says no Flash support means Apple's hot new tablet is incompatible with millions of Web sites.
Tech Resellers See Revenue Gain Commercial resellers saw a rise in sales in December, indicating that tech spending among small and medium-sized businesses is on the rebound.
Oracle-Sun Layoff Claim Was Irresponsible Garbage: Ellison Oracle CEO Larry Ellison served notice on competitors yesterday but saved his toughest talk for the UBS investment analyst who recently floated the rumor that Oracle would dismiss more than 13,000 Sun employees, or half its total workforce. Ellison called that claim "garbage" that was "highly irresponsible" and then set the record straight: Oracle will be adding employees.
MicroStrategy Says It's Time for Mobile BI "We are on the verge of a new era that will result in a new class of applications that will change the way we think about our business," says MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor. That era will be driven largely by mobile... Yes, mobile.
Your Dad's SLAs And The Cloud I chatted recently with a number of vendors about service level agreements (SLAs) and cloud computing. Perhaps the quote from these conversations that resonated with me most was, "your dad's SLAs won't cover the use cases for cloud." And, it's true. I joke around that cloud computing is just renamed Internet computing or network computing, but when you start adding in the factors surrounding cloud, it's pretty obvious that Dad's role in cloud SLAs is as an advisor, not implementor.
Apple's iPad To Nickel And Dime Customers Apple is ruthless with its product pricing. It charges the maximum price it can get for a given product...and still leaves out essential ingredients, forcing customers to buy over-priced accessories. The iPad is no different.
Does The Apple iPad Have Value For SMBs? For SMBs, at least, the most useful part of the new Apple iPad may be an accessory.
Samsung 3D TV Mass Production Begins Some analysts say the market for 3D television will take about 10 years to reach more than half of the U.S. population.
Zune Update Hints At Phone New driver package for Microsoft's MP3 player specifically references such a device.
Will The iPad Bring AT&T To Its Knees? One of the more surprising elements of Apple's iPad launch event was news that the company is sticking with its long-time wireless network partner, AT&T. Was that the right move? Can AT&T handle the iPad in addition to the iPhone?
Microsoft To Launch Pennies-Per-Hour Azure Cloud Service Monday Following a month of no-cost tire kicking, Microsoft will begin charging customers on Feb. 1 for its new Windows Server-based cloud computing service.
Things Are Looking Grim For Overworked Help Desks Many IT professionals are relieved that the worst of the recession appears to be over. Their help-desk colleagues, however, don't share their optimism.
Apple Releases iPad SDK In Beta The software development kit is available to individuals and enterprises who wish to build proprietary tablet applications.
Verizon Thinks BlackBerry Users Don't Consume Enough Music This morning Verizon Wireless announced a new music-focused service specifically for BlackBerry users. Despite offering 1,000 songs on a microSD card, the service is clearly meant to coax BlackBerry users to download more music from Verizon's V CAST Music Store. Updated.


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A Truth Journal: Jon Stewart Hammers Vet Affairs Failing to Break 1 Million Claims Logjam: From Denny: While other equally pressing news stories push to the front of the public's attention - like Israel attacking idiot terrorist-supporting Syria and the tragic Boston marathon bombing by less experienced terrorists - the very soldiers who fought America's terrorism wars are told to wait for help by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs.
Granted the VA does process around one million claims a year, all this while in the midst of trying to change over from an outdated dinosaur 1970's paper culture and advance into the digital age. Currently, they are looking at another two years before believing they will have arrived in said digital age. Let's get real; multiple that by ten and the estimate might be near accurate.
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'Circle of Friends' explores insider trading investigations
Mixing the undercover suspense of "Prince of the City" with the wealth-at-any-cost financial skullduggery of "Wall Street," Charles Gasparino's new non-fiction book, "Circle of Friends" (Harper), reads like a page-turning thriller.
The senior correspondent for the Fox Business Network and the Fox News Channel takes us into one of the biggest federal insider trading investigations in history.
The probe resulted in the 2009 arrest and conviction of a mighty hedge fund founder -- Raj Rajaratnam of the Galleon Group -- and a concerted but so far failed attempt to apply the same muscle to Steve Cohen and his SAC Capital hedge fund in Stamford.
"I worked on it every night until 11 and every weekend," the author said, in a recent interview, of a schedule that left him little time to enjoy his weekend retreat in the Rowayton.
Gasparino was determined to tell his story tightly -- the book comes in at just over 300 pages.
"I don't think people like long books. They don't want to labor over something," he said.
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The first few chapters are a quick overview of the history of insider trading, including the way in which it contributed to the great wealth of Joseph Kennedy, father of President John F. Kennedy.
"Kennedy and his business associates would buy the stock of target companies, spread positive news about them through the press, and dump the shares at a profit," Gasparino writes.
The book also points out that there was a lot less public pressure for stock market policing 80 years ago.
"... Individual investors were a tiny sliver of the market participants. In these days, even blue-collar workers are forced to save and invest for retirement given the erosion of guaranteed retirement plans that corporate America has replaced with 401(k) plans and other investments."
Gasparino points out that these ultra-rich hedge fund people had nothing to do with the financial collapse of 2008. It was the banks and an explosion in shoddy home mortgages that led to the meltdown. "Circle of Friends" suggests that the feds created a bit of a public relations smokescreen with their successful prosecution of Rajaratnam and other hedge fund big shots.
"What (the Obama administration) needed was a white-collar scandal that it could tout as having successfully prosecuted to satisfy the public's demand for Wall Street scalps ...," Gasparino writes.
The title of the book becomes ironic when we see how the feds made deals with several important insiders who were able to avoid jail time by ratting on their business associates and friends.
The scenes in which veteran stock trader Steve Slaine wears a wire to gather damning information, and suffers severe emotional consequences, are strongly reminiscent of what New York City narcotics detective Robert Leuci went through in Robert Daley's "Prince of the City" after Leuci turned on his fellow detectives.
"People think Wall Street is about numbers but it's a sales business that is all about relationships. And this was not a realm that any of these guys thought they would get into," Gasparino said of the many personal betrayals in the insider trading investigations.
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Johnstown, PA (GlossyNews) – Local and state police scoured the hills outside rural Johnstown, Pennsylvania, after reports of three animal rights activists going missing after attempting to protest the wearing of leather at a large motorcycle gang rally this weekend. Two others, previously reported missing, were discovered by fast food workers "duct taped inside fast food restaurant dumpsters," according to police officials.
"Something just went wrong," said a still visibly shaken organizer of the protest. "Something just went horribly, horribly, wrong."The organizer said a group of concerned animal rights activists, "growing tired of throwing fake blood and shouting profanities at older women wearing leather or fur coats," decided to protest the annual motorcycle club event "in a hope to show them our outrage at their wanton use of leather in their clothing and motor bike seats." "In fact," said the organizer, "motorcycle gangs are one of the biggest abusers of wearing leather, and we decided it was high time that we let them know that we disagree with them using it, ergo, they should stop."
According to witnesses, protesters arrived at the event in a vintage 1960′s era Volkswagen van and began to pelt the gang members with balloons filled with red colored water, simulating blood, and shouting "you're murderers" to passersby. This, evidently, is when the brouhaha began.
"They peed on me!!!" charged one activist. "They grabbed me, said I looked like I was French, started calling me 'La Trene' and duct taped me to a tree so they could pee on me all day!"
Still others claimed they were forced to eat hamburgers and hot dogs under duress. Those who resisted were allegedly held down while several bikers "farted on their heads."…


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Last week, we told you about MedShare's Faiths Act Fellows upcoming World Malaria Day Art Auction. We shared photos of local artists who gathered at MedShare's Headquarters to create a work of art entirely from unused medical supplies.
Now, we want to share a video of the undertaking, and also interviews with all the artists (Brian Walker, Brian Hebert, Baba Ra Fudge, Masud Olufani, and Kottavei Williams) who participated.
The auction will take place on April 25, 2012. Local Atlanta artists to take part in this momentous endeavor include: Brian Walker, Alfred Conteh, Curtis McHardy, Masud Olufani, Chris Hutchinson, Paul Benjamin, Hailey Lowe, Stephen Hayes, Whitney White, Audrey Pollock, Dana Gray, Brian Hebert,Baba Ra Fudge, and Kottavei Williams. Other artists submitting orignal and printed pieces to the auction include: Jim Fiscus, Joey Fischer, Brenda Ball, Clint Fluker, and Kevin Cole. More details can be found here.


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SOCORRO, N.M., September 3, 2002 -- The New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources (NMBGMR) recently published the summer issue of its free newsletter New Mexico EARTH MATTERS. The focus of this issue is arsenic in New Mexico's drinking water.
"Arsenic is a naturally occurring element found in many of the rocks and minerals that make up the Earth's crust," the article states. In New Mexico, one of the most common rocks containing arsenic is pyrite or "fool's gold." Also, silica-rich volcanic rocks in the Jemez Mountains and some sandstones and mudstones that underlie the Albuquerque area contain high amounts of arsenic. Rocks that contain arsenic can contribute the element to surface and ground water.
The arsenic content of the Rio Grande varies with geographic location. In the Rio Grande near the San Felipe Pueblo, the water contains about two parts per billion (ppb) arsenic, but by the time the river reaches the Isleta Pueblo, the arsenic concentration has reached four ppb.
Arsenic in ground water is a more common problem in New Mexico. Nationwide, 5.5 percent of municipalities would have to treat drinking water to meet new EPA arsenic-in-drinking water standard of 10 ppb. In New Mexico that number is closer to 20 percent, and 93 percent of these municipalities are small communities that cannot afford the cost associated with meeting these new standards. For the average New Mexican, meeting these standards could increase the cost of water by $50-$90 per month.
High levels of arsenic in drinking water (more than 400 ppb) can cause cancer as well as other health problems, but the long-term effects of low levels of arsenic in drinking water on human health are still uncertain. Given the uncertainties surrounding this issue, the article raises a final question for the reader to consider: Is it better for New Mexico to spend its money on meeting these new arsenic standards, or would we be better off spending the money on more critical health issues that face us today? While the article doesn't specifically answer this question, it does point out the importance of re-evaluating the issue of low levels of arsenic in drinking water, especially as new information becomes available.
Another article in this issue concerns the changes that have occurred in the NMBGMR as its 75th anniversary approaches. Originally the main focus of this organization was geologic mapping and the description of hard-rock mining prospects. Through the years, that has changed to additionally include issues ranging from coal and petroleum development to water supply. Education of the general public is another important goal for the NMBGMR. Non-technical publications like New Mexico EARTH MATTERS are published to provide a balanced and comprehensive look at geologic and hydrologic issues in New Mexico.
New Mexico EARTH MATTERS is distributed twice a year, free of charge, by NMBGMR, a service division of New Mexico Tech. For more information about this publication or any other NMBGMR publications, write to the Bureau Publication Office, New Mexico Tech, 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM 87801, or call (505) 835-5410, or visit the Bureau's website at http://geoinfo.nmt.edu.


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Accessing Information on the World Wide Web: Predicting Usage Based on Involvement
Description: Advice for Web designers often includes an admonition to use short, scannable, bullet-pointed text, reflecting the common belief that browsing the Web most often involves scanning rather than reading. Literature from several disciplines focuses on the myriad combinations of factors related to online reading but studies of the users' interests and motivations appear to offer a more promising avenue for understanding how users utilize information on Web pages. This study utilized the modified Personal Involvement Inventory (PII), a ten-item instrument used primarily in the marketing and advertising fields, to measure interest and motivation toward a topic presented on the Web. Two sites were constructed from Reader's Digest Association, Inc. online articles and a program written to track students' use of the site. Behavior was measured by the initial choice of short versus longer versions of the main page, the number of pages visited and the amount of time spent on the site. Data were gathered from students at a small, private university in the southwest part of the United States to answer six hypotheses which posited that subjects with higher involvement in a topic presented on the Web and a more positive attitude toward the Web would tend to select the longer text version, visit more pages, and spend more time on the site. While attitude toward the Web did not correlate significantly with any of the behavioral factors, the level of involvement was associated with the use of the sites in two of three hypotheses, but only partially in the manner hypothesized. Increased involvement with a Web topic did correlate with the choice of a longer, more detailed initial Web page, but was inversely related to the number of pages viewed so that the higher the involvement, the fewer pages visited. An additional indicator of usage, the average amount ...
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Laptops, netbooks and smartphones are staples for post-secondary students, so it's no surprise university educators are embracing the technology wave and encouraging the use of gadgets in class.
Using tech gadgets in class has become so popular, it's become its own movement.
BYOT, an acronym for bring your own technology, is a result of the widespread amount of technology often used by university students.
"Consumer technologies are getting both ubiquitous and cheap and better," says David Vogt, director of learning projects at the University of British Columbia.
Tech expert Keith McWhirter from Queen's University in Kingston, Ont., says there's a variety of portable devices he sees on campus, including the ultrabook, a smaller version of a laptop but with the same capabilities as a full-size one.
Instead of stashing devices away during lectures, professors say using any of these tools can actually enhance the learning experience while keeping students engaged.
"They (students) live in a digital generation of instant gratification," says Tim Richardson, a professor at Seneca College and the University of Toronto. "They expect education to be a product delivered in the same way."
One way his students use their portable devices in class is to watch videos he is referencing or research an answer to a question posed in class.
Richardson takes it a step further by putting his lectures on YouTube.
"I've got a website with videos on there of me saying these exact lecture points," he says, adding they come in handy for students who juggle part-time jobs and can't always make it to class.
Extra participation marks are handed out to students who not only comment on his videos, but make their own and post it on YouTube.
Despite these available resources, Richardson says he has a high class attendance.
"They get all this stuff online, they bring it to class," he says, adding it keeps his students actively engaged. "I'm not up there talking about the four points of risk assessment and boring the hell out of them."
Aside from using a laptop to take notes, Christopher Evans, a chemistry and biology professor at Ryerson University, says instructors can ask students to use their cellphones to research information or through social media to provide feedback on a discussion.
Some universities are even developing smartphone apps as a way to help keep students across the campus connected with the technology they use on a regular basis.
UBC students will be able to download the university's new mobile app on any mobile phone and use it to see daily event schedules on campus, program information and campus maps.
The U of T mobile app was developed to include class and exam schedules to remind students where they need to be and when.
The app also has a directory that helps students find the location of departments, buildings, parking lots and food places.
But the BYOT movement does come with some challenges.
Vogt says most educators haven't figured out how best to implement gadget use in class.
"How do we find ways to support teachers in continuously relearning their profession and following what the opportunities are at a pace which is similar to the pace that their students are embracing the world?" he questions.
Evans says while faculty members encourage the use of technology in the learning environment, some aren't ready to adapt.
"It depends on their own experiences with those kinds of tools and also the nature of the topics they're discussing," he says.
By making the tools part of the teaching and learning experience, students will be more focused on class discussion rather than playing with their devices, he says.
The BYOT movement certainly won't replace professors; it will just enhance the way they teach while keeping students more focused, says Richardson.
"It makes them part of the learning process as participants instead of spectators," he says. "That's what engages students."


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Movies: 'The Invisible Woman,' 'Ride Along' & 'The Nut Job'
Following are Susan Granger's reviews of the latest movies in area theaters:
Ralph Fiennes stars in and directs this romantic drama about the scandalous affair between celebrated English novelist Charles Dickens and a young actress, Ellen "Nelly" Ternan.
Back in 1857, 45-year-old Dickens (Fiennes) thoroughly enjoyed his fortune and fame, relishing every appearance before an adoring audience. But his longtime marriage to stoic Catherine (Joanna Scanlan), who has borne him 10 children, has gone sour.
Born into a theatrical family, 18-year-old Nelly (Felicity Jones) lacks acting talent, much to the chagrin of her protective mother (Kristin Scott Thomas), who views an illicit liaison with this married man as her daughter's greatest opportunity. But prim Nelly's understandably fearful, particularly when energetic, enthusiastic Dickens takes her to visit his friend, Wilkie Collins (Tom Hollander), who happily cohabits with a woman to whom he's not married.
Adapted by Abi Morgan ("The Iron Lady," "Shame") from Claire Tomalin's 1990 biography, it's cleverly book-ended by sequences in Margate, a seaside resort town, where troubled, 45-year-old Nelly Ternan Wharton, now-married to the headmaster of the local school (Tom Burke), paces the beach, as if pursued by demons. Elegantly directed with meticulous, Victorian restraint by Fiennes ("Coriolanus"), it depicts a fateful time when women were suffocated by restrictive manners and morals, which are adroitly reflected by cinematographer Rob Hardy's russet tones.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "The Invisible Woman" is a dark, secretive 7, emerging from the shadows of history.
The buddy-cop concept has propelled dozens of crime capers, like "Lethal Weapon," "Tango and Cash," "Midnight Run," "Starsky and Hutch," "Bad Boys" and last summer's gender-bender "The Heat." So there's not much originality in teaming motor-mouthed comedian Kevin Hart with growling, grimacing rapper-turned-actor Ice Cube.
Violent video-game obsessed Ben Barber (Hart) is an eager high school security guard who becomes a cadet at the Atlanta Police Academy. He wants to marry Angela Payton (Tika Sumpter), who has a very protective older brother, James (Ice Cube), a surly veteran cop who has taken an immediate dislike to diminutive Ben, whom he refers to as "a chromosome away from being a midget."
To gain James' approval, Ben agrees to accompany him on the titular day-long ride along so he can experience just how dangerous the street can be. What Ben doesn't know is that James and his partners, Santiago (John Leguizamo) and Miggs (Bryan Callen), have arranged a series of encounters to scare and shame Ben. They predictably banter and bicker until they eventually bond when they unexpectedly take off in pursuit of a shadowy crime kingpin known as Omar (Laurence Fishburne), who is embroiled in a deadly arms deal.
Working from a weak, cobbled-together script, credited to a quartet of screenwriters -- Greg Coolidge, Jason Mantzoukas, Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi -- director Tim Story ("Think Like a Man," "Barbershop") routinely telegraphs everything in advance as the formulaic plot thickens, while cinematographer Larry Blanford's camera seems to wobble uncontrollably.
But Hart's shtick is undeniably appealing and amusing; it's a shame that he wasn't allowed to improvise more diversions. Ice Cube serves as his humorless, suitably surly straight-man, refusing to commandeer a Prius as a chase car, snatching a snazzy red pickup truck instead. It's a one-note macho role, but he undeniably fills the pairing bill, infuriating his short-tempered, by-the-books lieutenant (Bruce McGill).
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "Ride Along" is a flimsy 5, but its recent box-office clout already has ignited plans for a crowd-pleasing sequel.
Back in 2005, Peter Lepeniotis made "Surly Squirrel," a 10-minute short that attracted attention on YouTube. Now he's expanded the same basic concept into a full-length 3-D animated feature.
With cold weather quickly approaching, the ever-hungry animals in Oakton City's Liberty Park are facing a severe shortage of nuts after Surly the Squirrel (voiced by Will Arnett) sets fire to the massive oak tree that contains their winter stockpile.
Booted out of his home and banished into the big, bustling city, self-centered Surly discovers Maury's Nut Shop. Salivating over the prospect of an unlimited supply of peanuts, cashews, hazelnuts, even peanut brittle, he figures if he can snag the booty from the basement storage area, which he describes as "the lost city of Nutlantis," he'll be back in everyone's good graces. Problem is, some humanoid thieves, who are simultaneously plotting a bank heist, have their sights set on tunneling into the same location, which is guarded by wacky, bug-eyed pug named Precious (voiced by Maya Rudolph).
Meanwhile, two other squirrels, egotistic Grayson (voiced by Brandon Fraser) and ethical Andie (voiced by Katherine Heigl) have been dispatched to the city to forage for food, while the rest of the park's famished animal kingdom functions under the steadfast dictatorship of Raccoon (voiced by Liam Neeson) with the help of his lackey Mole (voiced by Jeff Dunham).
Writer/director Peter Lepeniotis was an animator at Disney/Pixar, while co-writer Lorne Cameron worked on Disney's "Brother Bear" and DreamWorks "Over the Hedge." Unfortunately, their dual effort is overly punny, structurally disjointed and ultimately disappointing. Plus, there's a curious resemblance between Surly's silent sidekick Buddy the Rat and Remy from Pixar's far-better "Ratatouille" (2007).
Since the film was financed by Canada and South Korea, the festivities conclude with an animated version of Korea's beloved pop star Psy, singing and dancing "Gangnam Style," as the credits roll.
On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "The Nut Job" is a forgettable 4. Riffing on the movie's slogan, "No nuts, no glory," it could have been a lot nuttier.


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Aaron Rodgers finally gets to play in San Francisco
By Ann Killion, San Francisco Chronicle
~Aaron Rodgers once thought he might have a locker at Candlestick Park. On the far side of the big locker room, where the 49ers' quarterbacks dress.
Instead, it has taken almost eight years for him to arrive at the stadium that was featured in his boyhood dreams. On Saturday, in his first visit to Candlestick as a professional, Rodgers' locker will be in the minuscule, dank visitors' room, where his offensive linemen barely will have room to turn around.
Rodgers, for all his strange connections to the 49ers, has faced the team he grew up rooting for and had hoped would draft him only at Lambeau Field, in 2009, 2010 and again in September.
"Rodgers will be excited to go back to Cali to play," Green Bay head coach Mike McCarthy said Sunday. "He's been through it enough now. I don't see him overreacting or putting pressure on himself."
He hasn't been through it before, though. Rodgers, the best native Northern Californian quarterback in years, hasn't played at either Candlestick Park or at the Coliseum. He hasn't had a chance to play in front of family and friends who can make the drive from his hometown of Chico, or in front of the Cal boosters who supported him in college.
He gave a shout-out to the Chico Cheeseheads on Saturday night, urging them to make the I-5-to-505-to-80-to-101 drive. And, he'll be excited. After all, he was raised on damp January playoff football at Candlestick.
"I dreamt about being the quarterback of the San Francisco 49ers," Rodgers said in a documentary made the year he won the Super Bowl. "I used to draw little plays on note cards and dream I was Joe Montana throwing passes in the backyard with Dad."
Of course, as we have rehashed constantly for more than seven years, the 49ers did not draft him. Mike Nolan chose Alex Smith over Rodgers, resulting in one of the longest, most agonizing waits in Draft Day Green Room history.
Rodgers ended up in a better spot. He didn't have seven offensive coordinators in seven years. He didn't have to watch his team pursue Peyton Manning months after he won his first playoff game. He didn't lose his job to backup Graham Harrell. His team committed to him, he won a Super Bowl and an MVP award.
But if you think Rodgers isn't still motivated by the draft-day snubbing, you're probably wrong.
When he accepted the Most Valuable Player award in February, he noted that his childhood heroes were Montana, Jerry Rice and Steve Young. He added, "Big Niners fan as a kid – thanks for drafting me."
And that's with a Super Bowl ring on his hand.
"On the inside, there was a lot of disappointment, embarrassment, just thinking about how hard you worked," Rodgers said of his draft-day slide. "But it was honestly the best thing that happened to me. I was 21 years old. I thought I was the best thing since sliced bread, and I needed a little humble pie."
He got his humble pie – but the opinionated streak, the one that scared the suit pants off Nolan, – is still there. In recent months, Rodgers has been irritated by more than merely those snotty kids in the discount-double-check commercials. He has commented on the firing of Jeff Tedford, his college coach, which he thought was a mistake.
Rodgers also defended his friend Smith, with whom he has been bound through draft history, after Smith was benched.
"Alex and I are buddies," Rodgers told the NFL Network's "NFL Total Access."
"He's been through a lot. I can't imagine to have to go through that many offensive coordinators. The turnover in coaches has been tough for him. …
"He's 70 percent completion. He's 100-plus quarterback rating last year. He's like barely over 1 percent interception percentage. He's a great quarterback. He just needs to go somewhere he gets appreciated for the skills he has and hopefully he gets a chance next year."
Smith was 20-for-26 for 211 yards and two touchdowns against Green Bay in the 49ers' 30-22 victory in the opening game of the season. Now, the Packers will face Colin Kaepernick, who grew up dreaming of being the Packers' or the 49ers' starting quarterback and idolized Rodgers' predecessor, Brett Favre.
The 49ers surprised the Packers in September, when Kaepernick came into the game for a 17-yard run at the end of the first half that set up David Akers 63-yard field goal. They won't surprise the Packers with WildKaep in this game.
It's the sixth playoff meeting since 1996 between the two teams. Favre's Packers had some memorable playoff wins over the 49ers, including knocking off the reigning champions at the Stick in January 1996 and ending George Seifert's 49ers career in January 1997. The only time the 49ers beat the Packers was in January 1999 on Terrell Owens' last-second touchdown catch in the wild-card game, which sent the 49ers to Atlanta for the divisional round.
These 49ers are different than the ones who beat the Packers in September. And the Packers are a different team, too. They've been playing like an angry, motivated team: If they hadn't been robbed by replacement referees in September at Seattle, they would have been hosting this playoff game.
Rodgers has played well with a chip on his shoulder. This week, the placement of his locker will remind him only of what the 49ers once thought of him.
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Boulder will hold an initial vote on whether to begin condemnation proceedings against Xcel Energy at a special meeting July 24, the day after a study session dedicated to municipalization issues.
Boulder officials have long said the City Council would vote on condemnation Aug. 6. That vote represents a significant step toward creating a municipal electric utility because state law says that cities cannot enter into condemnation proceedings if they are not prepared to pay at least their initial offering price.
The July 23 study session will include discussion of the results of an independent review of the city's analysis, which found that a city-run utility could offer greener power than Xcel Energy at similar or lower rates.
It also will include the report from a working group that sought areas of cooperation between Boulder and Xcel to get cleaner power without Boulder separating from Xcel, as well as the results of new modeling the city performed in response to criticism that its first efforts were too optimistic.
At tonight's City Council meeting, the council approved a motion calling for a special meeting the Wednesday after next week's study session. That meeting will be scheduled to include first votes on ordinances determining that the charter requirements for forming a municipal utility had been met and instructing the city attorney to begin condemnation proceedings.
Taking the first vote on July 24 means the Aug. 6 vote will be the second and possibly final reading. If there are no major changes, the ordinances would be approved, and the city would begin the process of forming its own electric utility.
There will be a public hearing at the Aug. 6 meeting.
Boulder spokeswoman Sarah Huntley said city officials always intended the Aug. 6 vote to be a second reading, meaning the first reading would have to be in late July. They considered convening a special meeting at the end of the study session, but that meeting is expected to go very late.
Instead, they will hold the special meeting the next day.
The July 24 meeting also will include discussion of alternative — complementary or competing — ballot measures in response to a citizen initiative to require a vote on the debt limits of an electric utility.
The citizen initiative — backed by many opponents of a city utility — would require that the debt limit of the utility be approved by the voters before any bonds could be issued and that affected county residents be allowed to vote in that debt limit election if the utility service area will extend beyond city limits.
The City Council expects to convene briefly at the end of the study session to certify that charter amendment for the ballot.
Municpalization proponents contend the amendment amounts to a second vote on forming the utility and that its provisions are structured to "kill" any nascent utility.
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Check out the Reading Together 2011 website! Reading Together invites people of all ages from all walks of life to read and then discuss important issues raised by a single book. Since 2003, thousands of county residents have participated in seven previous Reading Together programs.
We're reading Tracy Kidder's Strength in What Remains in 2011. The new website features pages about the author, the book, and Deogratias "Deo" Niyizonkiza, the subject of Kidder's compelling, true story, and the winner of a 2010 Womens Refugee Commission Voices of Courage Award.
You'll find the the full slate of great programs on the website, beginning with Appreciating Kidder on Thursday, February 10, at 6:30 pm. William Combs, WMU professor emeritus of English, will discuss Kidder's writing and reveal why readers and reviewers praise his research and insight.
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