The cell phone gun is now in media view after a raid of an Italian Mafia group last fall. A 28-year old man captured had this device, but the the others got away. I fear this weapon - which is in the United States - would wind up in our high schools.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Valentine's Day In Atlanta - Where To Go - Creative Loafing Atlanta
Creative Loafing Atlanta » Omnivore » A blog on food, restaurants, life: “On V-Day:
10 Degrees South- Offering a 3-course prix-fixe menu for $55 per person. 4183 Roswell Rd. 404-705-8807. www.10degreessouth.com
4th & Swift- Offering a 4-course menu for $75 with a $25 wine pairing. 621 North Ave. NE. 678-904-0160. www.4thandswift.com
Allegro- Prix-fixe menu for $49. 560 Dutch Valley Rd. 404-888-1890. www.allegroatlanta.com.
Anis Café and Bistro- 4-course menu for $50. 2974 Grandview Ave. Ne. 404-233-9889. www.anisbistro.com
Anthony’s Fine Dining- 5-course menu with champagne and wine pairing included for $200/couple. 3109 Piedmont Rd. NE. 404-262-7379. www.anthonysfinedining.com”
-- A great set of tips from a great blog!
10 Degrees South- Offering a 3-course prix-fixe menu for $55 per person. 4183 Roswell Rd. 404-705-8807. www.10degreessouth.com
4th & Swift- Offering a 4-course menu for $75 with a $25 wine pairing. 621 North Ave. NE. 678-904-0160. www.4thandswift.com
Allegro- Prix-fixe menu for $49. 560 Dutch Valley Rd. 404-888-1890. www.allegroatlanta.com.
Anis Café and Bistro- 4-course menu for $50. 2974 Grandview Ave. Ne. 404-233-9889. www.anisbistro.com
Anthony’s Fine Dining- 5-course menu with champagne and wine pairing included for $200/couple. 3109 Piedmont Rd. NE. 404-262-7379. www.anthonysfinedining.com”
-- A great set of tips from a great blog!
Kim Hudson progressing in rehab from surgery - Braves News
More at ajc.com: “The day in December when surgeon Dr. James Andrews cleared him to begin throwing, he wasn’t halfway through the door, home from Birmingham, before he found himself a throwing partner.
“I said ‘Get your glove, babe,’ ” Hudson said.
Kim Hudson was in the kitchen. Their children were just home from school. The sun was beginning to set. Kim, who plays co-ed softball, hadn’t played catch with her husband since he was in the minor leagues.
But out the back door they went of their Peachtree City home to give Hudson his first test since his Aug. 8 surgery.
“The first few throws were definitely exciting,” said Hudson, 33, who’d never had surgery before. “I was like ‘All right, I’m going to throw it 10 feet or 50 feet. Where is it going to go?’ “”
“I said ‘Get your glove, babe,’ ” Hudson said.
Kim Hudson was in the kitchen. Their children were just home from school. The sun was beginning to set. Kim, who plays co-ed softball, hadn’t played catch with her husband since he was in the minor leagues.
But out the back door they went of their Peachtree City home to give Hudson his first test since his Aug. 8 surgery.
“The first few throws were definitely exciting,” said Hudson, 33, who’d never had surgery before. “I was like ‘All right, I’m going to throw it 10 feet or 50 feet. Where is it going to go?’ “”
Toilet tiff prompts Snellville mayor to have bathroom buddy
more at ajc.com: “It’s official: Incivility in Snellville politics has gone to the toilet.
Since December, Mayor Jerry Oberholtzer, fearing potential skirmishes with a fellow council member, has asked for a police escort to the restroom of City Hall.
Oberholtzer said he requested the police presence after he and Councilman Robert Jenkins “exchanged words” in the men’s room a few months ago, although he couldn’t recall the nature of the bathroom brouhaha.
“I don’t feel comfortable around him,” Oberholtzer said. “I make it a point if I’m going to go anywhere, I’m going to have someone else with me.”
-- What? I can't believe this is on the front page of the AJC, but...
Since December, Mayor Jerry Oberholtzer, fearing potential skirmishes with a fellow council member, has asked for a police escort to the restroom of City Hall.
Oberholtzer said he requested the police presence after he and Councilman Robert Jenkins “exchanged words” in the men’s room a few months ago, although he couldn’t recall the nature of the bathroom brouhaha.
“I don’t feel comfortable around him,” Oberholtzer said. “I make it a point if I’m going to go anywhere, I’m going to have someone else with me.”
-- What? I can't believe this is on the front page of the AJC, but...
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Sydney Pike CNN Pioneer Interview on How CNN Was Started
This is from YouTuber: GoodNewsBroadcas
CNN began a revolution in television with the advent of its 24 hour cable news channel out of Atlanta in 1980, challenging the three major television networks headquartered in New York that shaped th perception of current events by Americans. This revolution was to take the world by storm during the next decade as satellite and cable television provided an alternative, if not the only, source of information for people throughout the world. Sidney Pikes story is the most thorough chronicle of these changes that exists. As he met with media and government leaders around the world, trying to sell CNN programming, he faced the forces that stimulated the changes and those which offered resistance to them. Sydney Pike was a pioneer and evangelist for the global television channels and news services that are taken for granted today.
Sydney Pike CNN pioneer and evangelist for the global television channels and news services that are taken for granted today shares his thoughts about Good News Broadcast.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Hawks, Thrashers have lost $174M since 2002-03 | ajc.com
More at ajc.com: “The Hawks and Thrashers have lost $174 million since the 2002-2003 seasons, including more than $50 million in the last two years, according to court documents associated with an ongoing feud between the teams’ eight owners.
The group, known as the Atlanta Spirit, bought the teams and Philips Arena operating rights from Turner Broadcasting System in 2004.
The teams and the arena lost $48.9 million in the 2002-03 season; $37.3 million in 2003-04; $12.5 million in 2004-05; $24.8 million in 2005-06; $27.2 million in 2006-07; and $23.1 million in 2007-08.
Team officials and lawyers were not immediately available for comment.”
The group, known as the Atlanta Spirit, bought the teams and Philips Arena operating rights from Turner Broadcasting System in 2004.
The teams and the arena lost $48.9 million in the 2002-03 season; $37.3 million in 2003-04; $12.5 million in 2004-05; $24.8 million in 2005-06; $27.2 million in 2006-07; and $23.1 million in 2007-08.
Team officials and lawyers were not immediately available for comment.”
“Has Your Car Been "Atlanta-fied?" Atlanta Metblogs
Atlanta Metblogs: “Has Your Car Been "Atlanta-fied?"
by jamsmooth
January 28th, 2009 @ 1:04 PM Musings, Rants, Traffic/Commuting
Driving in Atlanta is a harrowing ordeal, long commutes for some, bumper to bumper traffic and loads of accidents every day. Yes all of that is bad but a more stealth danger has haunted me during my stay here. That is the hit and run dent on your car while parked and flying rocks.
I’ve never been able to keep a car nice, new and dent free in this town. That hasn’t been my fault. Once while parked at The Stacks visiting a friend, I walked to my car and noticed the hood of my Dodge Stratus was dented and scratched with white paint. It looked as if a white truck backed up and ran over the top of the hood. I asked around and no one saw anything.
The next incident happened right in front of my house. I sold the Stratus to Carmax and drive a Toyota now. I have a driveway at the house but one day I had to park in the street. I walked to my car to leave and couldn’t get the door to open. I looked down and saw that a car had backed into the door leaving a football sized dent. I yanked and got the door open. There was no note, nothing.”
by jamsmooth
January 28th, 2009 @ 1:04 PM Musings, Rants, Traffic/Commuting
Driving in Atlanta is a harrowing ordeal, long commutes for some, bumper to bumper traffic and loads of accidents every day. Yes all of that is bad but a more stealth danger has haunted me during my stay here. That is the hit and run dent on your car while parked and flying rocks.
I’ve never been able to keep a car nice, new and dent free in this town. That hasn’t been my fault. Once while parked at The Stacks visiting a friend, I walked to my car and noticed the hood of my Dodge Stratus was dented and scratched with white paint. It looked as if a white truck backed up and ran over the top of the hood. I asked around and no one saw anything.
The next incident happened right in front of my house. I sold the Stratus to Carmax and drive a Toyota now. I have a driveway at the house but one day I had to park in the street. I walked to my car to leave and couldn’t get the door to open. I looked down and saw that a car had backed into the door leaving a football sized dent. I yanked and got the door open. There was no note, nothing.”
Atlanta Businesses Host Dine Out to Raise Crime Stoppers’ Reward at Atlantans Together Against Crime (ATAC)
More at ATAC: “Atlanta restaurants and businesses will be participating in a Dine Out event on Wednesday, January 28th, 2009. Proceeds from this event will be donated to Crime Stoppers Atlanta and go directly to increasing the reward for information leading to the apprehension and arrest of the individuals involved in the murder of John Henderson at Standard Food & Spirits in Grant Park a few weeks ago.
Restaurants, bars, and other businesses that are interested in participating in the event should contact Rubi Cuautle (email: rubi@sixfeetunder.net).
Participating businesses are encouraged to donate 20% of their profits from the evening of the Dine Out, however any amount donated will be accepted.
A petition is available for you to complete and turn in to any business participating in the Dine-Out on Wednesday, January 28.
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Restaurants, bars, and other businesses that are interested in participating in the event should contact Rubi Cuautle (email: rubi@sixfeetunder.net).
Participating businesses are encouraged to donate 20% of their profits from the evening of the Dine Out, however any amount donated will be accepted.
A petition is available for you to complete and turn in to any business participating in the Dine-Out on Wednesday, January 28.
”
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Lou Dobbs Is An Idiot On The Economy
When it comes to the Economy, Lou Dobbs is an idiot who does not get that we've lost 15 million jobs over the last 11 years or that 7 trillion in consumer debt is seeking payers and is not finding them because there's no jobs.
Monday, January 12, 2009
Diet drug blamed for psychosis in Kenneth Gerald Reese who killed officer | ajc.com
More at ajc.com: “Superior Court Judge Alfred Dempsey sentenced a cop-killer to life in prison without parole Monday, saying the defendant’s psychiatric evaluations made seeking the death penalty unnecessary.
“This is an inexplicable tragedy,” he said. “I’ve read over these (psychiatric reports) that the public will not necessarily see … that I will say justifies the plea we’re taking here today.”
Kenneth Gerald Reese, 31, confessed to ambushing 26-year-old Fulton County Police Officer Aaron Blount nearly six years ago when he was pulled over for a traffic stop. Until the murder, Reese had no history of violence or criminal behavior, Dempsey said.”
“This is an inexplicable tragedy,” he said. “I’ve read over these (psychiatric reports) that the public will not necessarily see … that I will say justifies the plea we’re taking here today.”
Kenneth Gerald Reese, 31, confessed to ambushing 26-year-old Fulton County Police Officer Aaron Blount nearly six years ago when he was pulled over for a traffic stop. Until the murder, Reese had no history of violence or criminal behavior, Dempsey said.”
Did Sunday sales of beer and wine just get a green light? | Political Insider
More at Atlanta Journal..: “Doings in the first few minutes of the 2009 session of the Legislature:
— One of the bigger surprises of the day comes from the lobbying field. The GOP team of Clint Austin, Tony Simon and Sam Choate has been hired to help push through legislation to permit communities to hold referendums on Sunday sales of alcohol.
The Georgia Food Industry Association, which represents grocery stores, is footing the bill.
Both Simon and Choate are extremely close to House Speaker Glenn Richardson. Austin was essential to Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle in his defeat of Ralph Reed in 2006. The rules of lobbying are this:
Your support of a cause doesn’t necessarily constitute an endorsement by your close friends in the Legislature. But a smart lobbyist won’t take positions that would make his lawmaker friends angry.”
— One of the bigger surprises of the day comes from the lobbying field. The GOP team of Clint Austin, Tony Simon and Sam Choate has been hired to help push through legislation to permit communities to hold referendums on Sunday sales of alcohol.
The Georgia Food Industry Association, which represents grocery stores, is footing the bill.
Both Simon and Choate are extremely close to House Speaker Glenn Richardson. Austin was essential to Lt. Gov. Casey Cagle in his defeat of Ralph Reed in 2006. The rules of lobbying are this:
Your support of a cause doesn’t necessarily constitute an endorsement by your close friends in the Legislature. But a smart lobbyist won’t take positions that would make his lawmaker friends angry.”
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