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Uga IX (Longtime Sub Russ To Get Title)
It's about time. I felt he has long deserved to take the title.
After years of on-and-off service as the University of Georgia’s interim mascot, the English bulldog Russ got the permanent appointment, the UGA Athletic Association announced Thursday.
Russ came out of obscurity to become interim mascot the first time in 2009, after the untimely death of his half-brother, Uga VII. Georgia’s football team won its first two games with Russ — an upset win over Georgia Tech, and a 44-20 defeat of new SEC member Texas A&M in the Independence Bowl.
Russ retired after the first six games of 2010, but was pressed into service again at the end of the 2010 football season when Uga VIII took ill. Uga VIII died in February 2011, and Russ was on the sidelines for all 14 games last fall.
His record overall is a so-so 14-9, and he’s now on a two-game losing streak. Georgia lost its final two games of the 2011 season, a 42-10 whipping by LSU in the SEC championship game, and a 33-30 loss to Michigan State in the Outback Bowl.
Sonny Seiler, patriarch of the Savannah family that owns the Uga line of bulldogs, had at first resisted making Russ an official Uga. With big tan spots on his back, Russ doesn’t have the pure white coat that recent Ugas have sported. And he’s not in the direct line of inheritance.
But with no heir apparent for 2012, Russ will now get the nod.
“Like many great and memorable Bulldogs, Russ has earned the opportunity to serve in this capacity,” UGA President Michael Adams said in a statement. “I am confident that he will represent the Bulldog Nation very well and continue the grand tradition of Ugas.”
Not everyone agrees.
“I don’t like it,” said Andrea Haigood, a UGA senior human development and family science major from Decatur.
Russ has served faithfully, but he’s not in the direct Uga breed line, she said. “I know it’s not major, but Ugas have been so tradition-based. He should be in that blood line.”
MORE http://onlineathens.com/uga/2012-08-30/longtime-sub-russ-anointed-next-uga
Two Videos Of Humpback Whales Almost Do In People In Kayaks
From the woman that shot the video you will see:
This is the orignal video! Copyright Samantha Burmeister. Ok Everyone, Check out this video I filmed while Kayaking in Port San Luis today! The real action starts at 20 secs, the video is 31 sec long. If your speakers are on TURN them DOWN. I scream in the end twice.. My name is Samantha, My mother and I went to Avila Beach,Ca (Port San Luis) to go Kayaking on August 18th 2012. As we were taking a break we watched a whole bunch of Pelicans diving into the water, Next thing I know this Humpback whale comes out of the water to feed right behind my mom and in front of me. My mother is the women in the blue Kayak that you see sitting there so quite. I am the one filming the whole thing, I quit filming it because the whale was still moving forward and it ran into me. So there for I had to stop filming and paddle backwards before I got tipped over. Thank you all 4 watching
Steve Backshall is kayaking with bubblenetting humpback whales, and they come up right underneath his kayak!
This is the orignal video! Copyright Samantha Burmeister. Ok Everyone, Check out this video I filmed while Kayaking in Port San Luis today! The real action starts at 20 secs, the video is 31 sec long. If your speakers are on TURN them DOWN. I scream in the end twice.. My name is Samantha, My mother and I went to Avila Beach,Ca (Port San Luis) to go Kayaking on August 18th 2012. As we were taking a break we watched a whole bunch of Pelicans diving into the water, Next thing I know this Humpback whale comes out of the water to feed right behind my mom and in front of me. My mother is the women in the blue Kayak that you see sitting there so quite. I am the one filming the whole thing, I quit filming it because the whale was still moving forward and it ran into me. So there for I had to stop filming and paddle backwards before I got tipped over. Thank you all 4 watching
Steve Backshall is kayaking with bubblenetting humpback whales, and they come up right underneath his kayak!
First Time Video: Barreleye Fish Has Transparent Lighted Head
From NationalGeographic on Feb 25, 2009
For the first time, a large Pacific barreleye fish - complete with transparent head - has been caught on film by scientists using remotely operated vehicles at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. The deep-sea fish's tubular eyes pivot under a clear dome.
For the first time, a large Pacific barreleye fish - complete with transparent head - has been caught on film by scientists using remotely operated vehicles at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute. The deep-sea fish's tubular eyes pivot under a clear dome.
Sleep, perchance to Dream;
Ay, there's the rub,
For in that sleep of death, what dreams may come,
When we have shuffled off this mortal coil,
Must give us pause. There's the respect
That makes Calamity of so long life:
(a snippet of a soliloquy in William Shakespeare's play Hamlet
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/To_be_or_not_to_be_(Shakespeare)
Blogger's Early History In Music
Paint it Black - Rolling Stones
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence
Don McLean - American Pie
Don McLean - Vincent ( Starry, Sarry Night) Withs Lyrics
California Dreamin - Mamas & The Papas
Simon and Garfunkel - The Sound Of Silence
Don McLean - American Pie
Don McLean - Vincent ( Starry, Sarry Night) Withs Lyrics
California Dreamin - Mamas & The Papas
Best TV Viewing: 'The Newsroom' Opening Rant
I was going to cut HBO from our cable subscription as I had not seen anything worth watching in a couple years. This evening I caught the rerun of episode 1 of The Newsroom. I can not applaude it enough. Finally a television program worth our time again.
Jeff Daniels' character Mitt's rant in the opening sequence mailed me to my seat and the following twenty minutes I barely noticed anything but what transpired on the screen in front of me. Arron Sorkin and company had better make room in their schedule and add shelf space for the awards they will surely garner.
I hope the writers can continue to press on with riviting scripts. I salivate for more rants like in this clip:
Jeff Daniels' character Mitt's rant in the opening sequence mailed me to my seat and the following twenty minutes I barely noticed anything but what transpired on the screen in front of me. Arron Sorkin and company had better make room in their schedule and add shelf space for the awards they will surely garner.
I hope the writers can continue to press on with riviting scripts. I salivate for more rants like in this clip:
Just Blowing Stuff Up For Fun With A Thumper
What is a thumper, you ask? During office hours, it’s a high-voltage testing unit most often used to stress test electric cables. In the off hours, however, the electrical engineering geeks over at The Geek Group like to shove anywhere from a few hundred to thousands of volts through unsuspecting objects to see what happens. In this installation they’re shooting high voltage through a variety of soft drink cans with an end result that sounds and looks like a cannon loaded with Mountain Dew.
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Toothpick Heist
Each case contains 288 packages of 100 toothpicks. That brings the total number of stolen toothpicks to 374,400 with a value of about $2,808.
Two employees told the owner they saw an unknown man selling containers of Armond toothpicks at a flea market last weekend.
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Dumping slag at Bethlehem Steel in 1994
The was a town near Pittsburgh that produced more steel that Pittsburgh mills but never got the publicity for it. If the road/highway network had included that town it would have been more famous than Pittsburgh. One of the mills produced nearly all the pipe used in the world to drill and transport oil and its byproducts.
The sky would glow red at night as the steel poured into ingot molds. The slag from the mills was hauled and poured as in this video to fill in small valleys that later became real estate for shopping malls. Today the mills are gone as well as the malls where many a hard earned dollar was spent.
Here's a view of a slag pour as shown at a Bethlehem Steel site far east of the Pittsburgh area:
In 2001, Bethlehem Steel filed for bankruptcy. In 2003, the company's remnants, including its six massive plants, were acquired by the International Steel Group.
In 2007, the Bethlehem property was sold to Sands BethWorks, and plans to build a casino where the plant once stood were drafted. Construction began in fall 2007; the casino was completed in 2009. Ironically, the casino had difficulty finding structural steel for construction, thanks to a global steel shortage and pressure to build Pennsylvania's tax-generating casinos. 16,000 tons of steel was needed to build the $600 million complex.
The sky would glow red at night as the steel poured into ingot molds. The slag from the mills was hauled and poured as in this video to fill in small valleys that later became real estate for shopping malls. Today the mills are gone as well as the malls where many a hard earned dollar was spent.
Here's a view of a slag pour as shown at a Bethlehem Steel site far east of the Pittsburgh area:
In 2001, Bethlehem Steel filed for bankruptcy. In 2003, the company's remnants, including its six massive plants, were acquired by the International Steel Group.
In 2007, the Bethlehem property was sold to Sands BethWorks, and plans to build a casino where the plant once stood were drafted. Construction began in fall 2007; the casino was completed in 2009. Ironically, the casino had difficulty finding structural steel for construction, thanks to a global steel shortage and pressure to build Pennsylvania's tax-generating casinos. 16,000 tons of steel was needed to build the $600 million complex.
Silence In Marriage
The other day our daughter mentioned how nice it was that we (my wife and I) could just be quiet at times and enjoy the moment/ She then compared it to a couple where the wife irritated her husband by constantly having to say something never letting his eardrums rest.
The next day this strip appeared in the newspaper. Timely.
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FOX "news" Bias Explained
Absolutely Priceless! Full segment of almost 15 minutes but so very worth it. Enjoy.
The sad part is, according to polls, people who watch Jon Stewart's show are better informed than people who watch Fox or the main stream media outlets.
World Awareness?
A display of how self-centered we can be or it could be a display of ignorance. You decide.
You can view almost any part of the world via webcams and read comments from the viewers. Here's the image of the first snowfall in Patagonia, Chile with a copy of the comments. It is located in the southern hemisphere where their winter takes place May through August.
You can view almost any part of the world via webcams and read comments from the viewers. Here's the image of the first snowfall in Patagonia, Chile with a copy of the comments. It is located in the southern hemisphere where their winter takes place May through August.
Top CEO pay equals 3,489 years for typical worker
Here are some ways to think about just how much money those salaries represent.
Simon's $137 million is almost entirely in stock awards that could eventually be worth $132 million. The company said it wanted to make sure Simon wasn't lured to another company.
HOW LONG IT TAKES OTHERS TO MAKE THAT MUCH: A minimum wage worker — paid $7.25 per hour, as some workers at Simon malls are — would have to work one month shy of 9,096 years to make what Simon made last year. A person making the national median salary, $39,312 by AP calculations, would have to work 3,489 years.
BY THE HOUR: Assuming Simon worked a 60-hour week, his pay was $43,963.64 per hour, or $732.73 per minute. To put that in perspective, the minimum-wage worker would have to labor for nearly three years to make what Simon earns in an hour. The average U.S. worker makes slightly less in one year than Simon makes in an hour.
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Need Ketchup?
Couple of hints:
Well really three of which the first is to play it in full screen to appreciate it best.
1-after clicking on Play pause it. I had slight problem with it playing in HD
2-avoid the stalling in HD by clicking on HD and you will not notice any difference in quality
The site says you can order (pre order) the characters for shipment in August of 2012 at a cost of 60 pounds
The order link is at the bottom of this page
http://www.yumyumlondon.com/blog/category/store
1-after clicking on Play pause it. I had slight problem with it playing in HD
2-avoid the stalling in HD by clicking on HD and you will not notice any difference in quality
The site says you can order (pre order) the characters for shipment in August of 2012 at a cost of 60 pounds
The order link is at the bottom of this page
http://www.yumyumlondon.com/blog/category/store
Satellite View Of Four Eclipses In 6 Hours
While observers across the western United States witnessed a spectacular ring of fire annular eclipse Sunday, the European Space Agency's Proba 2 satellite saw four partial solar eclipses. It flew through the moon's shadow four times it sped around Earth in an orbit 435 miles high.
Credit: ESA
http://www.spaceflightnow.com/news/n1205/21eclipse/
Parking Frustration Exercise
The first woman wants to park her vehicle by pulling straight in to the parking spot. The second woman, also driving a silver vehicle, comes along and wants to back into a parking spot. Entertainment ensues.
Marriage, Bible, Constitution
On Wednesday, March 1st, 2006, in Annapolis at a hearing on the proposed Constitutional Amendment to prohibit gay marriage, Jamie Raskin, professor of law at AU [American University in Washington, D.C.], was requested to testify.At the end of his testimony, Republican Senator Nancy Jacobs said:
"Mr. Raskin, my Bible says marriage is only between a man and a woman. What do you have to say about that?"
Raskin replied: "Senator, when you took your oath of office, you placed your hand on the Bible and swore to uphold the Constitution. You did not place your hand on the Constitution and swear to uphold the Bible."
The room erupted into applause
Attempted Bank Robbery With Toilet Plunger Weapon
A Utica,New York man faces felony charges for attempted robbery of three different banks while armed with a toilet plunger. Surveillance photos captured the suspect entering the Key Bank on Genesee Street Thursday afternoon.
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Boost Your Wi-FI with a Reflector
meh cheap but it works - I needed to boost the signal so I could use wi-fi tablet
Text And Walk? No, It's Text And Fall!
Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy
Teen Get Explosive Idea To Make Big Fireworks
Teen gets a brilliant idea - take a bunch of little fireworks and grind them up to make even bigger fireworks.
Got that? Teen + bright idea = A sort of "Hey! Watch this!" Darwin award coming up.
The police say 19-year-old Sean Michael Ogden of Durango, Colorado put a number of small fireworks into a coffee grinder so he could turn them into larger fireworks.
The blast shook the house of a fire inspector who lives about a quarter-mile away.
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Got that? Teen + bright idea = A sort of "Hey! Watch this!" Darwin award coming up.
The police say 19-year-old Sean Michael Ogden of Durango, Colorado put a number of small fireworks into a coffee grinder so he could turn them into larger fireworks.
The blast shook the house of a fire inspector who lives about a quarter-mile away.
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World-Record Paper Airplane How To Fold
Play it at full screen - full screen button is that little square to the left of the speaker icon
Lindsay Lohan Aging 25 Years In 60 Seconds Morph
Okay people let this be a visual lesson about staying away from drugs and exccesive alcohol.
Santorum Won In Mississippi
Disregard the laugh track. This is a genuine interview of voters and their responses the day before the vote.
What's In Your Ground Beef?
70 Percent of Ground Beef at Supermarkets Contains ‘Pink Slime’
The “pink slime” is made by gathering waste trimmings, simmering them at low heat so the fat separates easily from the muscle, and spinning the trimmings using a centrifuge to complete the separation. Next, the mixture is sent through pipes where it is sprayed with ammonia gas to kill bacteria. The process is completed by packaging the meat into bricks. Then, it is frozen and shipped to grocery stores and meat packers, where it is added to most ground beef.The “pink slime” does not have to appear on the label because, over objections of its own scientists, USDA officials with links to the beef industry labeled it meat.
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Gas Prices Explained 2012 vs 2008
How the responsibility for the price of gasoline different now here in 2012 than what it was in 2008?
Let FOX "news" explain in the following two clips.
First up is a collection of clips showing their reasoning for the high cost in 2008 and below that is a collection of clips showing the fabulous FOX minds at work explaining the high cost in 2012.
No need to watch each all the way through...just watch a couple minutes here and there and your'll easily see their objective.
Which all reminds me of something someone said, "If I had to choose between being a heart or a mind I would choose being a heart. At least I would have something to do."
Let FOX "news" explain in the following two clips.
First up is a collection of clips showing their reasoning for the high cost in 2008 and below that is a collection of clips showing the fabulous FOX minds at work explaining the high cost in 2012.
No need to watch each all the way through...just watch a couple minutes here and there and your'll easily see their objective.
Which all reminds me of something someone said, "If I had to choose between being a heart or a mind I would choose being a heart. At least I would have something to do."
Laundry Tag: ‘Give It to Your Woman, It’s Her Job’
Laundry Tag: ‘Machine Wash Warm’ or ‘Give It to Your Woman, It’s Her Job’
Emma Barnett, digital media editor for the Daily Telegraph, found these care instructions in her boyfriend's "new trousers" and shared the message in the world on Twitter.
Later she tweeted the brand name was 'Madhouse'- kinda explain it doesn't it
UPDATE below
MORE: The beige pair of chinos in question were purchased in London at Madhouse’s flagship Oxford Street store last month.The incident shows the power of Twitter to embarrass companies which make such gaffes. Last year, Topman was forced to apologise and remove a range of t-shirts from shelves after Twitter users said they were sexist.
One t-shirt said: “Nice new girlfriend – what breed is she?”
Vanessa Truskey, a publicity executive, commenting on the Madhouse trouser label, tweeted: “Lately I can't tell which decade I'm living in. What brand are those trousers?! I can only assume that's a joke.”
Another tweeter, Julia Hines, the chair of charity Age UK in Barnett, London, agreed, writing: “That is extraordinary! Name and shame the brand (presumably shopping is also women's work).”
However, certain Twitter users thought the ‘advice’ was light-hearted and funny.
Paul Reeves, from Surbiton, tweeted: “I literally cannot see why people are so upset by a bit of humour in some trousers.”
Madhouse did not respond to requests for comment.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/twitter/9124643/Sexist-trousers-spark-Twitter-row.html
Related to rush Limbaugh?
18 Laws Plus Urinal Use Pattern
1. Law of Mechanical Repair - After your hands become coated with grease, your nose will begin to itch and you’ll have to pee.
2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe.
3. Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
4. Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal – and someone always answers.
6. Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).
7. Law of the Bath/Toilet- When the body is fully immersed in water/seated on the throne, the telephone rings.
8. Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know INCREASES dramatically when you are doing something you don't want to be known as doing or you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.
9. Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, IT WILL!!! And the opposite too!
10. Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
11. Law of the Concerts and Sports Events - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.
12. The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
13. Murphy’s Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
14. Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.
15. Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible IF you don’t know what you are talking about.
16. Brown’s Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they’re ugly.
17. Oliver’s Law of Public Speaking – A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FEET!!!
18. Wilson’s Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it, OR the store will stop selling it!!
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Crapper's Law of Male Urinals - No male shall use an adjacent urinal even if there are fifty men waiting that haven't gone during a three hour concert
2. Law of Gravity - Any tool, nut, bolt, screw, when dropped, will roll to the least accessible place in the universe.
3. Law of Probability - The probability of being watched is directly proportional to the stupidity of your act.
4. Law of Random Numbers - If you dial a wrong number, you never get a busy signal – and someone always answers.
6. Variation Law - If you change lines (or traffic lanes), the one you were in will always move faster than the one you are in now (works every time).
7. Law of the Bath/Toilet- When the body is fully immersed in water/seated on the throne, the telephone rings.
8. Law of Close Encounters - The probability of meeting someone you know INCREASES dramatically when you are doing something you don't want to be known as doing or you are with someone you don’t want to be seen with.
9. Law of the Result - When you try to prove to someone that a machine won’t work, IT WILL!!! And the opposite too!
10. Law of Biomechanics - The severity of the itch is inversely proportional to the reach.
11. Law of the Concerts and Sports Events - At any event, the people whose seats are furthest from the aisle, always arrive last. They are the ones who will leave their seats several times to go for food, beer, or the toilet and who leave early before the end of the performance or the game is over. The folks in the aisle seats come early, never move once, have long gangly legs or big bellies and stay to the bitter end of the performance. The aisle people also are very surly folk.
12. The Coffee Law - As soon as you sit down to a cup of hot coffee, your boss will ask you to do something which will last until the coffee is cold.
13. Murphy’s Law of Lockers - If there are only 2 people in a locker room, they will have adjacent lockers.
14. Law of Physical Surfaces - The chances of an open-faced jelly sandwich landing face down on a floor, are directly correlated to the newness and cost of the carpet or rug.
15. Law of Logical Argument - Anything is possible IF you don’t know what you are talking about.
16. Brown’s Law of Physical Appearance - If the clothes fit, they’re ugly.
17. Oliver’s Law of Public Speaking – A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FEET!!!
18. Wilson’s Law of Commercial Marketing Strategy - As soon as you find a product that you really like, they will stop making it, OR the store will stop selling it!!
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Urinal Use Pattern
Grizzly Charges Tourists
I don't know about these people but if I had been there either the bear would have turned away because of the huge stink in my pants or I would not know how it turned out because I would have ceased to exist due to heart failure.
But then here is the report of what took place:
But then here is the report of what took place:
...10 tourists visiting Katmai National Park and taking part in what was billed as a safe viewing of the Grizzly bears in their natural habitat, according to the Daily Mail. But one of the bears suddenly charged from its stream directly at the tourists, who were forced to sit in silence, lest they upset the bear further and provoke a potentially deadly attack. At one point, the bear reportedly got close enough to a tourist to sniff his hooded sweatshirt, before returning to the stream.
'We had a safety class beforehand about what to do if we encountered a bear," tourist Larry Griffith, 59, told the Daily Mail. "All the bears were catching fish when this particular bear circled our group several times, wanting us to leave his fishing spot. This was not supposed to happen. Our guide said he saw this as a bluff charge, trying to scare us, which he did! We were all in shock but were happy that no-one in our group jumped up, ran away or screamed for their lives."
What Did You Give Facebook Permission To Do?
If you use your cell phone to post on Facebook you have given Facebook permission to let them edit, receive, read or send SMS messages which would all the company to integrate its service with text messaging. You gave them that permission when you downloaded and accepted the app.
Facebook said ... the suggestion that we’re secretly reading people’s texts is ridiculous,” the company said in a statement. “Instead, the permission is clearly disclosed on the app page in the Android marketplace and is in anticipation of new features that enable users to integrate Facebook features with their texts. However, other than some very limited testing, we haven’t launched anything so we’re not using the permission. If we do, it will be obvious to users what’s happening. We’ll keep you posted on our progress.”
The Facebook app permissions list posted on the Android Market does, in fact, include permissions that allow the company to edit, receive, read or send SMS messages, which would allow the company to integrate its services with text messaging.
Details HERE and if that becomes unavailable go HERE
The Facebook app permissions list posted on the Android Market does, in fact, include permissions that allow the company to edit, receive, read or send SMS messages, which would allow the company to integrate its services with text messaging.
Details HERE and if that becomes unavailable go HERE
School Censors Atheist High School Student
LENOIR CITY — Krystal Myers is an honors student, captain of the swim team and editor of her high school newspaper.
She's also an atheist in a predominantly Christian student body.
In a recent editorial that Myers, 18, intended for the Lenoir City High School newspaper entitled "No Rights: The Life of an Atheist," she questioned her treatment by the majority.
"Why does atheism have such a bad reputation? Why do we not have the same rights as Christians?" she wrote.
Myers' editorial also accused school administrators, teachers and coaches of violating the constitution by promoting "pro-Christian" beliefs during school-sponsored events.
Lenoir City school authorities have denied Myers permission to publish her editorial in the Panther Press, the staff supervised student newspaper.
They also say their policies do not violate the constitutional rights of any students.
Schools Director Wayne Miller said it was the decision of the school authorities not to allow publication of Myers' editorial because of the potential for disruption in the school.
"We do have the right to control the content of the school paper if we feel it is in the best interest of the students," he said.
School administrators do have the right to control information distributed to students if publication would cause a disruption in the school, confirmed Dr. Charles Haynes, senior scholar at the First Amendment Center in Washington D.C.
Much More HERE
She's also an atheist in a predominantly Christian student body.
In a recent editorial that Myers, 18, intended for the Lenoir City High School newspaper entitled "No Rights: The Life of an Atheist," she questioned her treatment by the majority.
"Why does atheism have such a bad reputation? Why do we not have the same rights as Christians?" she wrote.
Myers' editorial also accused school administrators, teachers and coaches of violating the constitution by promoting "pro-Christian" beliefs during school-sponsored events.
They also say their policies do not violate the constitutional rights of any students.
Schools Director Wayne Miller said it was the decision of the school authorities not to allow publication of Myers' editorial because of the potential for disruption in the school.
"We do have the right to control the content of the school paper if we feel it is in the best interest of the students," he said.
School administrators do have the right to control information distributed to students if publication would cause a disruption in the school, confirmed Dr. Charles Haynes, senior scholar at the First Amendment Center in Washington D.C.
Much More HERE
Text And Walk = FAIL
About 10 seconds into the clip watch the woman with long hair coming from the center right going in the direction of the man's shoulder.
Does this woman really finish texting while down?
Does this woman really finish texting while down?
Space Station Observation Night View Up The East Coast Of North America
I look at this video and am reminded of what sky watchers mean by "light pollution." It speaks volumes about how much power has to be produced to light the country. And all that produces heat and consumes energy resources.
I spent a lot of time in the sixties flying as well as driving back and forth between Atlanta and Pittsburgh. Most of the time my travels were during daylight hours.
I remember one one winter the return flight was at night. The flight had a very brief stopover in Charlotte and then on to Atlanta. What stuck with me was the almost total absence of lights except around larger cities.
In 1995 I had to make a business trip from Atlanta to Long Island. The flight up was near the end of daylight but the return was a night flight. I was amazed that all the way there were bright lights...no patches of darkness below along the way.
Play this at full screen and pause it along the way to pick out where you live if on the east side. Look at the top edge of the screen and you will see part of a solar panel.
I spent a lot of time in the sixties flying as well as driving back and forth between Atlanta and Pittsburgh. Most of the time my travels were during daylight hours.
I remember one one winter the return flight was at night. The flight had a very brief stopover in Charlotte and then on to Atlanta. What stuck with me was the almost total absence of lights except around larger cities.
In 1995 I had to make a business trip from Atlanta to Long Island. The flight up was near the end of daylight but the return was a night flight. I was amazed that all the way there were bright lights...no patches of darkness below along the way.
Play this at full screen and pause it along the way to pick out where you live if on the east side. Look at the top edge of the screen and you will see part of a solar panel.
Peek At Our Future
The results shown here are typical of what you get from both private and public school students. I saw it over and over in the classroom for thirty years.
It does not get much better than this even after they finish high school and college.
What is worse is the lack of understanding how our government works by the general population.
But the general population will know who is who on "Dancing With The Stars", "Idol", the characters details from "Jersey Shore" and the plot of the vampire movies.
It does not get much better than this even after they finish high school and college.
What is worse is the lack of understanding how our government works by the general population.
But the general population will know who is who on "Dancing With The Stars", "Idol", the characters details from "Jersey Shore" and the plot of the vampire movies.
Firemen Fight Fire Knee Deep In Beer Cans
TEMPE, Ariz. -- Hundreds of empty beer cans and other debris made it difficult for firefighters to knock down a late-night house fire and probably cost a Tempe man his home.
Crews were called out to a house in the neighborhood southwest of University Drive and Mill Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Monday. The flames were already going strong inside the house when they got there.
When they opened the door, firefighters were confronted with a sea of beer cans that poured out the entryway. They said the cans, possibly more than 1,000 of them, came up to their knees in some places. Additional debris in the house made things even more difficult.
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Crews were called out to a house in the neighborhood southwest of University Drive and Mill Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Monday. The flames were already going strong inside the house when they got there.
When they opened the door, firefighters were confronted with a sea of beer cans that poured out the entryway. They said the cans, possibly more than 1,000 of them, came up to their knees in some places. Additional debris in the house made things even more difficult.
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World War III Would Be Just the Beginning For Newt
Newt Gingrich doesn’t just want to lay waste to his political enemies and a large part of the news media. The former House speaker and presidential hopeful wants to bomb a significant part of the planet, too.
Gingrich is on the record favoring American military intervention from North Korea to Lebanon. He recently threatened cyberwar with China and Russia. And on Monday, he called for an all-out assault to topple the Castro regime in Cuba. With such a wide range of targets, no wonder Gingrich has consistently said that the U.S. is in the middle of “World War III.” His plans for overthrowing the Iranian government? Just the beginning. In fact, if President Gingrich encounters any little green men while building his moon base (!), they had better pray to their astral maker for mercy.
In a July 2006 interview, Gingrich lamented President Bush’s alleged reluctance to “connect the dots” between what a Seattle Times reporter summarized as “bomb attacks in India, North Korean nuclear threats, terrorist arrests and investigations in Florida, Canada and Britain, and violence in Israel and Lebanon.”
That same month, citing the same litany of conflicts, Gingrich said on Meet The Press, “I believe if you take all the countries I just listed, that you’ve been covering, put them on a map, look at all the different connectivity, you’d have to say to yourself this is, in fact, World War III.”
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In a July 2006 interview, Gingrich lamented President Bush’s alleged reluctance to “connect the dots” between what a Seattle Times reporter summarized as “bomb attacks in India, North Korean nuclear threats, terrorist arrests and investigations in Florida, Canada and Britain, and violence in Israel and Lebanon.”
That same month, citing the same litany of conflicts, Gingrich said on Meet The Press, “I believe if you take all the countries I just listed, that you’ve been covering, put them on a map, look at all the different connectivity, you’d have to say to yourself this is, in fact, World War III.”
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Your Are Fired: 21 CEOs Landed $100M Plus
Looking at these figures my mind keeps seeing them as in the hundred thousands so I have to force myself to see that they are in excess of hundred of millions.
I worked myself burning the candle at both ends and ruined my health only to see people like these having more money than they can possibly spend in five lifetimes. I really wonder at times if there is a way to "take it with you when your die."
In the end we all die including the rich, poor,uber health nuts, athletes, porn stars, beauties, homely. young and old, the pampered and the tortured, the famous and the nobodies.
...So-called golden parachutes are contractual provisions that compensate executives, if they are terminated without cause. And according to a first-of-its-kind report, the payout practice has guaranteed several outgoing chiefs with nine-figure landings to help soften the fall from their corner offices.
The biggest parachute according to GMI Ratings Report? More than $400 million awarded to Jack Welch, after he served as General Electric’s CEO from 1981 to 2001. While Welch is widely credited with turning GE into a global conglomerate powerhouse, the report does not compare an executive’s performance with the amount of their compensation. Rather, its authors say the purpose of the survey was to cast light on the amount of compensation that was awarded above and beyond the salary provided during the CEO’s tenure.
... 21 CEOs received more than $100 million each in “‘walk away” packages. In all, companies like GE, Exxon Mobil Corp., AT&T and Home Depot Inc., have collectively provided nearly $4 billion in golden parachutes. But according to Hodgeson, those figures could be on the low-side.
...According to the study, 21 CEOs received more than $100 million each in “‘walk away” packages. In all, companies like GE, Exxon Mobil Corp., AT&T and Home Depot Inc., have collectively provided nearly $4 billion in golden parachutes. But according to Hodgeson, those figures could be on the low-side.
‘These numbers don’t include the perks – the use of the corporate jet, the corner offices – a lot of the compensation that doesn’t get listed on the public files.’
John F. Welch Jr.; General Electric (1981-2001) $417,361,902
Lee R. Raymond; Exxon Mobil Corp. (1993-2005) $320,599,861
William D. McGuire; UnitedHealth Group (1991-2006) $285,996,009
Edward E. Whitacre Jr.; AT&T (1990-2007) $230,048,463
Robert L. Nardelli; Home Depot Inc. (2000-2007) $223,290,123
John A. Kanas; North Fork Bank (1977-2006) $214,300,000
Fred Hassan; Merck & Co., Inc./Schering-Plough (2003-2009) $189,352,324
Louis V. Gerstner Jr.; IBM (1993-2002) $189,005,929
Hank A. McKinnell Jr.; Pfizer Inc. (2001-2006) $188,329,553
Thomas M. Ryan; CVS Caremark Corp. (1998-2011) $185,415,435
James M. Kilts; Gillette Co. (2001-2005) $164,532,192
Robert J. Ulrich; Target Corp. (1994-2008) $164,162,612
E. Stanley O'Neal; Merrill Lynch & Co. (2002-2007) $161,500,000
Jerry A. Grundhofer; U.S. Bancorp (2001-2006) $159,064,090
Joel F. Gemunder; Omnicare, Inc. (2001-2010) $146,001,476
Wallace D. Malone Jr.; Wachovia/South Trust (1981-2004) $125,292,818
George A. L. David; United Technologies Corp. (1994-2008) $122,631,309
Margaret C. Whitman; eBay Inc. (1998-2008) $120,427,360
Leonard Schaeffer; WellPoint Health (1992-2004) $119,041,000
Bob R. Simpson; XTO Energy Inc. (1986-2008) $103,485,972
Thomas E. Freston; Viacom (2006) $100,839,772
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I worked myself burning the candle at both ends and ruined my health only to see people like these having more money than they can possibly spend in five lifetimes. I really wonder at times if there is a way to "take it with you when your die."
In the end we all die including the rich, poor,uber health nuts, athletes, porn stars, beauties, homely. young and old, the pampered and the tortured, the famous and the nobodies.
...So-called golden parachutes are contractual provisions that compensate executives, if they are terminated without cause. And according to a first-of-its-kind report, the payout practice has guaranteed several outgoing chiefs with nine-figure landings to help soften the fall from their corner offices.
... 21 CEOs received more than $100 million each in “‘walk away” packages. In all, companies like GE, Exxon Mobil Corp., AT&T and Home Depot Inc., have collectively provided nearly $4 billion in golden parachutes. But according to Hodgeson, those figures could be on the low-side.
...According to the study, 21 CEOs received more than $100 million each in “‘walk away” packages. In all, companies like GE, Exxon Mobil Corp., AT&T and Home Depot Inc., have collectively provided nearly $4 billion in golden parachutes. But according to Hodgeson, those figures could be on the low-side.
‘These numbers don’t include the perks – the use of the corporate jet, the corner offices – a lot of the compensation that doesn’t get listed on the public files.’
John F. Welch Jr.; General Electric (1981-2001) $417,361,902
Lee R. Raymond; Exxon Mobil Corp. (1993-2005) $320,599,861
William D. McGuire; UnitedHealth Group (1991-2006) $285,996,009
Edward E. Whitacre Jr.; AT&T (1990-2007) $230,048,463
Robert L. Nardelli; Home Depot Inc. (2000-2007) $223,290,123
John A. Kanas; North Fork Bank (1977-2006) $214,300,000
Fred Hassan; Merck & Co., Inc./Schering-Plough (2003-2009) $189,352,324
Louis V. Gerstner Jr.; IBM (1993-2002) $189,005,929
Hank A. McKinnell Jr.; Pfizer Inc. (2001-2006) $188,329,553
Thomas M. Ryan; CVS Caremark Corp. (1998-2011) $185,415,435
James M. Kilts; Gillette Co. (2001-2005) $164,532,192
Robert J. Ulrich; Target Corp. (1994-2008) $164,162,612
E. Stanley O'Neal; Merrill Lynch & Co. (2002-2007) $161,500,000
Jerry A. Grundhofer; U.S. Bancorp (2001-2006) $159,064,090
Joel F. Gemunder; Omnicare, Inc. (2001-2010) $146,001,476
Wallace D. Malone Jr.; Wachovia/South Trust (1981-2004) $125,292,818
George A. L. David; United Technologies Corp. (1994-2008) $122,631,309
Margaret C. Whitman; eBay Inc. (1998-2008) $120,427,360
Leonard Schaeffer; WellPoint Health (1992-2004) $119,041,000
Bob R. Simpson; XTO Energy Inc. (1986-2008) $103,485,972
Thomas E. Freston; Viacom (2006) $100,839,772
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Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus || Spoken Word
I was raised in a Catholic environment and went through all the required steps. Then I moved out. During the next few years I became exposed to other religions and a whole lot more of life. Most of all I learned to think for myself. I eventually settled to become a Baptist but that too eventually did not satisfy my thinking.
Like the author/poet giving us his opinion below I too do not subscribe to religion. I guess I should really say I am against organized religion. The final straw, for me, was when I heard a Baptist music minister tell a eight-year-old child they were going to "burn in Hell" if they did not change from being a Methodist and become a Baptist.
Why does religion preach hate?
The author's word not mine:
A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion. In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At it's core Jesus' gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, Jesus is God-centered. This poem highlights my journey to discover this truth. Religion either ends in pride or despair. Pride because you make a list and can do it and act better than everyone, or despair because you can't do your own list of rules and feel "not good enough" for God. With Jesus though you have humble confident joy because He represents you, you don't represent yourself and His sacrifice is perfect putting us in perfect standing with God!
Like the author/poet giving us his opinion below I too do not subscribe to religion. I guess I should really say I am against organized religion. The final straw, for me, was when I heard a Baptist music minister tell a eight-year-old child they were going to "burn in Hell" if they did not change from being a Methodist and become a Baptist.
Why does religion preach hate?
The author's word not mine:
A poem I wrote to highlight the difference between Jesus and false religion. In the scriptures Jesus received the most opposition from the most religious people of his day. At it's core Jesus' gospel and the good news of the Cross is in pure opposition to self-righteousness/self-justification. Religion is man centered, Jesus is God-centered. This poem highlights my journey to discover this truth. Religion either ends in pride or despair. Pride because you make a list and can do it and act better than everyone, or despair because you can't do your own list of rules and feel "not good enough" for God. With Jesus though you have humble confident joy because He represents you, you don't represent yourself and His sacrifice is perfect putting us in perfect standing with God!
Newt's Ex-wife Tells All On NightLine
She said when Gingrich admitted to a six-year affair with a Congressional aide, he asked her if she would share him with the other woman, Callista, who is now married to Gingrich.
"And I just stared at him and he said, 'Callista doesn't care what I do,'" Marianne Gingrich told ABC News. "He wanted an open marriage and I refused."
Marianne described her "shock" at Gingrich's behavior, including how she says she learned he conducted his affair with Callista "in my bedroom in our apartment in Washington."
"He always called me at night," she recalled, "and always ended with 'I love you.' Well, she was listening."
All this happened, she said, during the same time Gingrich condemned President Bill Clinton for his lack of moral leadership.
Of course his response will be along the lines of what he already said a few weeks ago...that he has reformed and what was past is over and he is a new reformed man blah, blah, blah.
Part of what he did say was: "Now, I'll let my daughters speak for it… I'm not going to comment beyond that because I'm focused on the big issues that concern the American people, which are the current challenges we have, largely because of the failure of the Obama presidency," he said.
Full info at this ABC News LINK
"And I just stared at him and he said, 'Callista doesn't care what I do,'" Marianne Gingrich told ABC News. "He wanted an open marriage and I refused."
Marianne described her "shock" at Gingrich's behavior, including how she says she learned he conducted his affair with Callista "in my bedroom in our apartment in Washington."
"He always called me at night," she recalled, "and always ended with 'I love you.' Well, she was listening."
All this happened, she said, during the same time Gingrich condemned President Bill Clinton for his lack of moral leadership.
Of course his response will be along the lines of what he already said a few weeks ago...that he has reformed and what was past is over and he is a new reformed man blah, blah, blah.
Part of what he did say was: "Now, I'll let my daughters speak for it… I'm not going to comment beyond that because I'm focused on the big issues that concern the American people, which are the current challenges we have, largely because of the failure of the Obama presidency," he said.
Full info at this ABC News LINK
Man Hides 10-inch Pistol In His Rectum Smuggles It Into Jail
JACKSONVILLE, N.C. — Authorities say medical officials found no signs of injury during an exam of a Georgia man who is suspected of smuggling a handgun into a North Carolina jail in his rectum.Onslow County Sheriff Ed Brown told The Daily News of Jacksonville that a medical exam on Friday showed that 22-year-old Michael Leon Ward of Canton, Ga., had suffered no injuries.
Deputies said last week a gun was found inside the cell of Ward, who used another person's identity when he was booked. Authorities wanted medical officials to evaluate Ward for possible injuries to his rectum, where deputies think he concealed the unloaded .38-caliber, six-barrel revolver.North Carolina deputies stopped Ward last week for speeding. He is wanted on a felony charge in Georgia.
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Sample Job Description For Quality Assurance Associate
QA Associate (Quality assurance associate)
Job description:
Technician responsible for mechanical testing of toggle-controlled electrical contact devices.
Reality:
Job task: Manually flip a wall switch on and off repeatedly until it was switched on and off 500,000 times or until the switch breaks.
Job description:
Technician responsible for mechanical testing of toggle-controlled electrical contact devices.
Reality:
Job task: Manually flip a wall switch on and off repeatedly until it was switched on and off 500,000 times or until the switch breaks.
30-story building built in 15 days (Construction time lapse)
And here in the USA the replacements for the destroyed World Trade Center are still not finished.
What can you accomplish in 360 hours?
The Chinese sustainable building company, Broad Group, has yet attempted another impossible feat, building a 30-story tall hotel prototype in 360 hours, after building a 15-story building in a week earlier in 2011.
You may ask why in a hurry, and is it safe? The statistics in the video can put you in good faith. Prefabricated modular buildings has many advantages over conventional buildings.
Higher precision in fabrication (+/- 0.2mm).
More coordinated on-site construction management.
Shorter construction time span.
Lower construction waste.
Also many other health and energy features are included in Broad Sustainable Buildings (BSB)
The building was built over last Christmas time and finished before New Years Eve of 2012.
More videos HERE
What can you accomplish in 360 hours?
The Chinese sustainable building company, Broad Group, has yet attempted another impossible feat, building a 30-story tall hotel prototype in 360 hours, after building a 15-story building in a week earlier in 2011.
You may ask why in a hurry, and is it safe? The statistics in the video can put you in good faith. Prefabricated modular buildings has many advantages over conventional buildings.
Higher precision in fabrication (+/- 0.2mm).
More coordinated on-site construction management.
Shorter construction time span.
Lower construction waste.
Also many other health and energy features are included in Broad Sustainable Buildings (BSB)
The building was built over last Christmas time and finished before New Years Eve of 2012.
More videos HERE
18 foot long saltwater crocodile jumping straight up out of the water
giving a boatload ofAustralian tourists a moment they'll never forget.
So as if sharks were not enough reason here is an example of how you are not too safe being several feet away from a crocodile. I remember seeing video of one jumping almost completely up out of the water to get a dangling chicken.
Photographer Katrina Bridgeford took this amazing photograph of Brutus, a 5.5m (18 feet) saltwater crocodile, giving a boatload of tourists a moment they'll never forget on the Adelaide River, just over 100km south of Darwin, last week. Ms Bridgeford was on the cruise with sons Jordan, 14, and Dylan Woodward, 11 as well as four-year-old niece Skye Bridgeford and boyfriend Daniel Wilson. Dylan had only two words when the massive man-eater rose out of the water in front of the group: "Holy crap!" The huge saltwater crocodile, which is missing its right front leg, is a favourite with tourists on the Adelaide River Cruises, because he loves his meal of buffalo meat and always puts on a good show for it.
Picture: Katrina Bridgeford / Rex Features
So as if sharks were not enough reason here is an example of how you are not too safe being several feet away from a crocodile. I remember seeing video of one jumping almost completely up out of the water to get a dangling chicken.
Photographer Katrina Bridgeford took this amazing photograph of Brutus, a 5.5m (18 feet) saltwater crocodile, giving a boatload of tourists a moment they'll never forget on the Adelaide River, just over 100km south of Darwin, last week. Ms Bridgeford was on the cruise with sons Jordan, 14, and Dylan Woodward, 11 as well as four-year-old niece Skye Bridgeford and boyfriend Daniel Wilson. Dylan had only two words when the massive man-eater rose out of the water in front of the group: "Holy crap!" The huge saltwater crocodile, which is missing its right front leg, is a favourite with tourists on the Adelaide River Cruises, because he loves his meal of buffalo meat and always puts on a good show for it.
Picture: Katrina Bridgeford / Rex Features
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