| Dooley-Adams controversy reignites
To bring you up to date, Adams and Damon Evans brought to the athletic board and the UGA cabinet a proposal to name the area of South Campus that houses all the athletic facilities "the Vince Dooley Athletic Complex." At the southwest corner, where Pinecrest Drive intersects with South Lumpkin Street, they will construct a big garden, the centerpiece of which will be a giant bronze statue of Coach Dooley on the shoulders of Jeff Harper and Tim Morrison. Anyway, the Board of Regents still has to approve it but that will happen tomorrow (Wednesday). In the meantime, my assignment was to call around today and see how people close to Dooley felt about the gesture. In the course of doing that I was reminded of what a hot-button issue this thing is. Every once in a while you think the fervor over Adams' treatment of Dooley a few years back has died down and then something like this comes around and you find out it hasn't.
Latest ULM blog: Outback Classic golf approaching fast
TIM HOLCOMB: The accolades for ULM's 2008 recruiting class continue. On Friday, Rivals.com's junior college recruiting service JCGridiron.com (http://jcgridiron.rivals.com/) published its rankings of the 2008 JUCO classes nationwide. ULM's 2008 junior college recruiting class finished ranked at No. 36 in the nation. According to JCGridiron.com, the top 10 junior college classes are (in order): No. 1 Florida State, No. 2 Oklahoma State, No. 3 Oklahoma, No. 4 Oregon State, No. 5 Arizona, No. 6 Texas Tech, No. 7 Kansas, No. 8 Minnesota, No. 9 Oregon, and No. 10 West Virginia. Four Sun Belt schools (Middle Tenn, Troy, UNT, and ULM) were ranked in the top 40. ULM's 2008 signing class boasts seven junior college signees: two offensive linemen, three defensive linemen, and two defensive backs. Six players boast a three-star rating by national services like Rivals.com or Scout.com, including Thomas Robinson (6-1 280), Aaron Williams (6-0 300), Alex Ford (6-2 305), safety Troy Giddens (6-0 205 4.3), cornerback Otis Stamps (5-10 175 4.5), and Keating Helms (6-3 308).
Teachers leave Houghton for classrooms on Alaskan island
Literally it is right in the middle, but it's also where people go for their recreation," Nikki Lishinski said. Movies are shown there. School carnivals are a big draw. Sometimes, the school has Pizza Hut pizzas flown in for fund-raisers and these command hefty prices. "People will pay $25 for a pizza, easily," Williams said. Crowds come out for high school basketball games, too, though the Sea Parrots have to be creative to find opponents so far from the mainland. "The high school basketball team will play the Coast Guard, they'll play the teachers," Steve Lishinski said. The big rivalry is with the Seal Pups, the team from St. George. "The competitive spirit is definitely there," Steve Lishinski said.
IBM’s ‘Blue Cloud’ signals the tipping point for enterprise IT ...
I recall a front page story I wrote for InfoWorld back in 1997. At the time there were still plenty of naysayers about whether websites were a plaything or a business tool. There was talk of clicks and mortar, and how the mortar would always determine business outcomes. And then General Motors — the very definition of a traditional big business — unveiled an expansive website that fully embraced the Internet across its businesses. We at InfoWorld wrote about GM's embrace of the Web then as a corporate tipping point, from which there was no going back. Clicks became mainstream for businesses. Case closed. And so it is today, with IBM's announcement of Blue Cloud — an approach that not only talks the services talk, but walks the services walk. We are all at the tipping point where IT will be delivered of, by and for services.
EAST COAST BIAS
The NFL counted it the third-coldest game in league history. The Giants didn't care because this wasn't at Giants Stadium, where they were 3-5, they might want to sign the deed and title over to their Jets roommates. But then, that's what had made the Giants' meteoric recovery all the more stunning. This is a team that started 0-2 with a coach fans wanted fired and a quarterback they wanted benched. Instead of imploding, the Giants set out to prove the world terribly mistaken. "We like to make things exciting," Giants quarterback Eli Manning said. "We don't like to win the easy way with the short field goal. We have to hit the long one on the road." Blame that on Tynes, who could have prevented further exposure to hypothermic conditions by making a 43-yard field goal with 6:49 left in the fourth quarter.
Apple Wants To Make DRM Extortion Explicit
This is stupid no matter how you slice it. (reply to this comment) (link to this comment) Re: Playing Devil's Advocate by Alan on Dec 5th, 2007 @ 7:18am I think this is the pertinent point - Apple must provide a legal way for customers to load content onto its devices. One way is by buying the movie via ITMS. The ITMS selection is tiny though, so they are looking for other sales channels. The problem here is the law that makes it illegal to transfer DVDs to other media, not the fact that Apple is trying to sell movies for its devices. (reply to this comment) (link to this comment) Here Here... by Rip Away on Dec 5th, 2007 @ 7:20am I agree with #3, isn't jaywalking illegal also, MacTheRipper is the most comprehensive ripping utility on the planet for non-HD, isn't it ironic it's on the Mac platform.
Allton Starts Web Design Firm in Lake Saint Louis, MO
Michael Allton can still remember his first website. "It was 1997, and my mother had just formed a new non-profit organization in Norwalk, Ohio called Project Leadership. It was designed to promote leadership and community values and she wanted a website to help recruit members. I used FrontPage 97 and it was very basic, but it sparked my love for website design." Since then, Michael has come a long way. For several years, he designed websites for businesses and organizations in Ohio while with an IT Firm. Then, last year, after moving to Lake Saint Louis, he started his own design firm, Stadia Studio. "I wanted very much to get back into designing websites for small businesses," said Michael. "I've always enjoyed helping businesses grow, and having a great website is an integral part of that." Stadia Studio specializes in providing small businesses with complete web services including website design, hosting, search engine optimization and consulting.
Obama extends streak with wins in Hawaii and Wisconsin
I'm sure most of you making these comments have never met a black person or a Muslim. It's no wonder people around the world hate us as Americans, as represented by Bush and his "War of Terror". I can understand the fear in many of you who never thought you'd live to see a woman or black man actually in a position to win the presidency . Your time is running out and you don't know what to do. Deal with it!! The tide is shifting. Obama '08 and please stop using his middle name like we buy the association with Saddam. We're smarter than that. .
JBL reveals Irish lies
Elsewhere on Raw, Y2J Chris Jericho won his way into the Money in the Bank Ladder Match at WrestleMania XXIV with victory over Jeff Hardy. Intercontinental champion Hardy had already qualified for the match, which will see the pair go head-to-head again in what is sure to be a high-flying all-action thriller. HBK Shawn Michaels could be the man to end Ric Flair's career meanwhile, after agreeing to meet the Nature Boy at the big one in Orlando, Florida. And general manager William Regal will send Umaga to WrestleMania as Raw's representative in a match for brand superiority against a Smackdown opponent. Triple H and John Cena also warmed up for their Triple Threat Match with Randy Orton at WrestleMania by beating the WWE champion and Mr Kennedy in a tag team brawl.
Oracle OpenWorld(R) 2007 to Deliver Enhanced Partner Experience
REDWOOD SHORES, Calif., Oct. 31 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Giving Oracle Partners enhanced opportunities to make their Oracle OpenWorld(R) experience more valuable this year, Oracle today announced it will provide specific activities to enable Oracle Partners to better build, market and sell Oracle-based solutions and services. "Oracle Partners are a vital component to the continued success of Oracle. This year, Oracle OpenWorld is especially designed with partners in mind, giving them valuable tools and resources that help them maximize their investment to become a part of Oracle's ecosystem," said Oracle senior vice president, Worldwide Alliances and Channels, Doug Kennedy. "Every year we reevaluate how to improve the OpenWorld experience for partners and this year we are proud to offer enhanced programming to help them make the most of the conference." Oracle PartnerNetwork Forum On Sunday, Nov.
Arrogance doesn't play well in life
40,000 in tuition for two players and improperly solicited more than $80,000 from boosters. He also apparently did not report failed drug tests by players.
It got worse. Bliss urged players to lie to investigators looking into Baylor player Carlton Dotson, who shot and killed teammate Patrick Dennehy.
Bliss now has a "show cause" order for 10 years, which means any school wanting to hire him would have to appear before the NCAA Infractions Committee to discuss whether he would face additional limitations.
That's why coming clean with the NCAA is no longer one of the options for a coach or a school during a rules violation investigation. There is no choice.
You tell the truth, no matter how painful.
Save the arrogance for the playing field.
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