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20 Nov 2008, 7:59 pm | click here for more

Former Charlotte Mayor Swings for the Fences

I sat next to former Charlotte mayor Richard Vinroot during this morning's panel discussion at wish in the Cities' annual Metropolitan Richmond Day. Toward the end of our gig on the panel, I leaned over and elbowed Vinroot. "You seem more like a Gamecock than a Tarheel," I said. He burst out laughing. He definitely came out swinging, albeit in a good-natured way. I was too busy wondering what I was going to say as part of the panel that followed Vinroot's breakfast keynote, but Michael Martz a

20 Nov 2008, 7:58 pm | click here for more

Benz Veggie Conversion: The Nuts And Bolts

Benz Veggie Conversion: The Nuts And Bolts By colin November 20th, 2008 Email this page to your pal: Your Email: Please enter a valid 'from' email pal's Email: Please enter a valid 'to' email Your Message: No Comments Email Share this With the domestic car industry collapsing around us (and keeping bloggers typing away madly), I've had little time to report on the host of mechanical changes I've been making to t

20 Nov 2008, 7:58 pm | click here for more

FC Gold Pride

FC Gold Pride players Barnhart, Buehler and Hamm Women’s professional soccer returns to the Bay Area this spring. A return of women’s soccer since the San Jose CyberRays of the defunct Women’s United Soccer Association. Los Altos residents Brian and Nancy NeSmith are the owners of the Bay Area’s team in the new Women’s Professional Soccer league. Suzanne’s post covers the introduction of the team’s name, FC Gold Pride. Some think Golden Pride would be a more appropriate name. The NeSmith’s

20 Nov 2008, 7:52 pm | click here for more

NFL Lines: Week 12

NFL Lines: Week 12 Posted by Dave as Arizona Cardinals, Atlanta Falcons, Baltimore Ravens, Buffalo Bills, Carolina Panthers, Chicago Bears, Cincinatti Bengals, Cleveland Browns, Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, Green Bay Packers, Houston Texans, Indianapolis Colts, Jacksonville Jaguars, Miami Dolphins, Minnesota Vikings, NFL, NFL Spreads, New England Patriots, New Orleans Saints, New York Giants, New York Jets, Oakland Raiders, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh Steelers, San Diego Chargers

20 Nov 2008, 7:50 pm | click here for more

Soilwork, Darkane, Daylight Dies, Swallow the Sun US Tour

January 30 - Rochester, NY - Penny Arcade January 31 - Detroit, MI - Harpo’s February 2 - Nashville, TN - The Muse February 3 - Jacksonville, FL - Jack Rabbits February 4 - St Petersburg, FL - The Garage February 5 - Ft Lauderdale, FL - Culture Room February 6 - Orlando, FL - The Backbooth February 7 - Atlanta, GA - Masquerade February 8 - Charleston, SC - Music Farm February 9 - Charlotte, NC - Amos Southend

20 Nov 2008, 7:44 pm | click here for more

Soulforce Mourns the Passing of Rev. Dr. Rembert Truluck

Dr. Truluck was like the mentor I’d never met. I join with Soulforce in thanking him and feeling sorrow at his loss. Rev. Dr. Rembert Truluck, author of Steps to Recovery from Bible Abuse, passed away on November 14 in Greenville, South Carolina of natural causes. He was 74. Dr. Truluck, a graduate of Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and writer of Southern Baptist Sunday School Lessons from 1973 to 1979, spoke at Soulforce actions to protest the anti-gay teaching and rhetoric of the Sou

20 Nov 2008, 7:44 pm | click here for more

Tyler Perry: One of 'The Insider''s 8 of '08

Filmmaker and actor Tyler Perry's success story is the envy of Hollywood, and now he's been named as one of "The Insider"'s 8 most influential of '08! "Are you kidding me? It is fantastic!" Tyler tells our possess Lara Spencer of the honor. "You know, it's really great to be acknowledged for doing something that you adore, so it's fantastic -- and I'm in some pretty good company, too." Tyler's movies, such as 'Diary of a Mad Black lady,' 'Madea's Family Reunion' and most recently 'The Family That Pr

20 Nov 2008, 7:21 pm | click here for more

Harbody Exclusive: NPC National Updates & Changes

Harbody Exclusive: NPC National Updates Isaac Hinds | Hardbody Exclusive, Girl Stuff, Industry News, misc, NPC Nationals | Thursday, 20 November 2008 There are a record number of competitors this year. The women’s bodybuilding is very strong with nearly 80 entrants and 15-20 of them are first time national bodybuilders. This is great to look new faces at the Nationals. There is a billboard promoting the NPC Nationals here in Atlanta which is getting a great deal of attention for the contest.

20 Nov 2008, 7:12 pm | click here for more

From The Strokes Comes Little Joy

From The Strokes Comes Little Joy Posted :: November 20, 2008 | 6:48 pm :: Tessa Little Joy featuring Fab Moretti of The Strokes play Smith’s Olde Bar tonight Little Joy is Binki Shapiro, Rodrigo Amarante and Fabrizio Moretti, three friends who dropped their routine at their respective hometowns to make a record in Los Angeles, California. Through a chance encounter at a Portuguese festival in Lisbon, where both Amarante (Singer/Guitarist of Los Hermanos) and Moretti (drummer of The Stro

20 Nov 2008, 7:11 pm | click here for more

Georgia Tech Too Self-Important To Hold Whiteout

Forget avian bird flu - the biggest epidemic to hit America is the collegiate ‘whiteout’. You know the drill: The scourge started in the Big Ten at Penn State and Michigan State during the 2005 football season (Penn State has since copyrighted the phrase “White Out”). Since then, every school that hands out diplomas has held whiteouts — or, in some cases, blackouts — to generate excitement about a big game. No matter where you go, it’s an idea everyone can receive behind. Except, according to the A

20 Nov 2008, 7:10 pm | click here for more

Airnetz Charter Inc. starts On-demand private jet connecting flights for airfields across USA

Airnetz set to offer connecting flights with domestic as well as international carriers to over 3000 airfields in USA. Atlanta, GA (PRnine - November 20, 2008) - Airnetz Charter Inc. has started offering on-demand connecting flights on third party operated Private Jets with domestic as well as international scheduled carries to every airfields across USA. Inbound passengers from schedule airlines can now land on any airfield in USA with the help of on-demand connecting flights over private je

20 Nov 2008, 7:08 pm | click here for more

Halman to 40-man; O’Flaherty to ATL

GM Jack Zduriencik and the Seattle Mariners made some more roster moves today in preparation for the Rule V draft coming up next month.  The deadline for setting the roster is today. Four players were added to the 40-man roster, including pitchers Gabby Hernandez, who was acquired in the Arthur Rhodes trade, Stephan Kahn and Marwin Vega, as well as middle fielder and top-5 prospect Greg Halman. To make room, Luis Munoz and Tracey Thorpe were passed through waivers and were reassigned to the m

20 Nov 2008, 7:01 pm | click here for more

EPA's 2008 smart growth award winners

Wednesday afternoon I attended the presentation of EPA's annual National Awards for Smart Growth Achievement. There are four worthy winners, each of which gave a brief presentation: Downtown Silver Spring (MD) Redevelopment Project (Award for Overall Excellence) Just over the DC line in Montgomery County, Maryland, Silver Spring has been a classic older suburb in need of a boost for most of my time in Washington. They got one. EPA's awards publication puts it this way: "One of W

20 Nov 2008, 6:41 pm | click here for more

Bill Hallman 18th Anniversary Party

Bill Hallman 18th Anniversary Party Posted :: November 20, 2008 | 6:35 pm :: Tessa Atlanta Links, Atlanta Parties, Atlanta Shops

20 Nov 2008, 6:40 pm | click here for more

A call to PROTEST!

A call to PROTEST! Yup, I'm asking any of you who live in (or are close to) one of the 39 cities that houses the Federal Reserve Bank to attend a protest this weekend. More at endthefed.us. From the site: The Federal Reserve Bank is the Cause of our Financial and Economic Crisis! Rally to Support Sound Money for America! Sign Up Here Every Fed Bank. Every Fed Office. Thirty-Nine Cities. One Purpose. END THE FED! Boston Philadelphia NewYorkCity Washington,D.C. Buffalo Cleveland Cincinnati P

20 Nov 2008, 6:39 pm | click here for more

Citigroup. Ashes to ashes. Born in subprime

It’s too bad that tens of thousands more will be losing their jobs at Citigroup. The stock is cratering and Citi will cease to exist soon and then be scavenged by vultures. Citi wasn’t just stung by subprime, they had their birth in subprime. Sandy Weil built the empire starting with some real stomach-turning scumbag subprime outfits in the South. A Tale of Two Citis. Columbia Journalism Review Dean Starkman Wed 3 Oct 2007 It took an obscure magazine to reveal how Sandy Weill built his e

20 Nov 2008, 6:37 pm | click here for more

Etan Thomas: Ambassador to Ukraine

Remember that video of various Washington Wizards talking about who would make the best President? (It looks like it's since been removed from the internet.) Joking aside, most who eventually gave a serious answer went with Etan Thomas. Well, now we know why. Ehh....we really already knew why....Etan is the Huffington Post's "rebounder with a cause", a stumper for Barack Obama, and "totally against war".....basically, the guy is involved. Plus, he has dreads, they make him a politically active

20 Nov 2008, 6:32 pm | click here for more

Hell Naw

Hell Naw Posted :: November 20, 2008 | 6:28 pm :: Tessa Cobra Krames, Preston Craig, Megatronics, Fari, Hawg-Tied, Big Foot, Proton, Black Daniels, Sun Toucher every tonight at MJQ Concourse Atlanta Events, Atlanta Links, Local Music, Music

20 Nov 2008, 6:28 pm | click here for more

DeadMau5

DeadMau5 Posted November 20th, 2008 by TerroREID!! So, I was in Guitar middle the other day ( I had broken down and bought some new midi controllers) and I kept hearing this tune (it must have been the official demo tune for the dj department) and I was like, “I know that tune, sounds like deadmau5.” And sure enough I had heard Deadmau5 play it at the difficult Haunted Mansion. So after searching for about an hour and finding a bunch of different versions of it, I finally found the one from the vid

20 Nov 2008, 6:26 pm | click here for more



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