Mardy Gilyard, Once Homeless, Now WR For St. Louis Rams

Great kid to cheer for - do yourself - and your kids - a favor by reading the full Sports Illustrated feature on him at http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/paul_daugherty/12/02/mardy-gilyard/index.html?xid=cnnbin#ixzz0YkD08rMw

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A great tale of redemption! Hopefully, he will have a long, rich career - and life!


David http://wyld-about-sports.blogspot.com/
Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

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STA Soccer Highlights 2009-2010

Highlights from the St. Thomas Aquinas High School (Hammond, Louisiana) Boys Soccer Team 2009-2010 Season:




Congrats!

David

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12 Year-old Cashes at PBA Bowling Event

Kudos to Kamron Doyle - he's twelve and won $4000 at a Professional Bowler's Association tournament - 12! Somewhere up in heaven, Earl Anthony, the Jack Nicklaus of the bowling world, is saying: "What the %^$#!"

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and Read:

12-Year-Old Bowler Cashes at PBA Event -- Back Porch FanHouse

David

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Bill Simmons Aims for Tweet-Powered Crowd Control at Celtics' Games -- Back Porch FanHouse

Bill Simmons Aims for Tweet-Powered Crowd Control at Celtics' Games -- Back Porch FanHouse

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Whistleblower Claims That BP Was Aware Of Cheating On Blowout Preventer Tests

Well, BP just keeps adding zeros - adding thousands of gallons of oil each day to the spill and billions to the eventual cost of the spill! The blowout preventer - not the time to be cheating!


Read the Article at HuffingtonPost


David http://wyld-about-technology.blogspot.com/

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First Underwater Footage: Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill at Source

Not a marine biologist or an engineer, just a humble management consultant, but that doesn't look good!

Watch:




Read the Article at HuffingtonPost

David http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/

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Obama to Limbaugh: Go Play with Yourself

I think both parties are missing the boat here. Read the story below:
Obama to Limbaugh:go play with yourself - NYPOST.com

This could be the biggest sports-political event ever. Imagine the ratings for a mic-ed up round with Rush Limbaugh and the President. It could be very funny and very informative at the same time. Why not debate politics for four hours on a golf course (sharing a cart for maximum conversation opportunities!). If I'm a network TV exec I'm trying to make this happen yesterday! If Richard Nixon could debate Nikita Khrushchev on capitalism and communism in a model kitchen, imagine the possibilities - and how many eyeballs would be glued to 50" HD screens - to see Rush and Obama have a lively debate on modern political philosophies at Pebble Beach (or maybe Trump National, Congressional Country Club, the Amarillo, Texas Municipal Golf Course, wherever!). Super Bowl like-numbers!

For you who are too young or whose history classes never got past World War II, here's an excerpt of the famous 1959 kitchen debate - Watch:



And of course, here's Rush's response to Obama:



Let's do it and get America back interested in politics!

David


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Police: Star Athlete at Texas School Really 22

Talk about both trying to relive your glory years in high school - and maybe doing anything to win! Read this article out of Odessa, Texas:

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2010/05/22-year-old-texas-high-school-basketball-star-arrested-for-posing-as-16-year-old-/1

22! Someone should have noticed! Game over!

David

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8 Ways a Job Interview Can Take a Turn for the Worse...and How to Recover

Great article on how to make a recovery when you get knocked down in a job interview. Very good and interesting advice for any type of job you might be going for.

Read 8 Ways a Job Interview Can Take a Turn for the Worse

David

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Microsoft Office vs. Google Apps: The Business Brawl

Very good, in-depth article on what to expect from the new version of Office and how to evaluate whether you - and maybe your business - should make the jump to Google Apps.

Read Microsoft Office vs. Google Apps: The Business Brawl

David


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25 Jobs That Will Probably Kill You

Here's one that will make you spit coffee on your computer this morning (but will also help you win a bar bet on the subject)! Our friends at OnlineDegree.net
just published a fascinating article entitled "25 Jobs That Will Probably Kill You." Read it here below:
http://www.onlinedegree.net/25-jobs-that-will-probably-kill-you/


Yes, the "usual suspects" are there, led by the "three C's):

1. coal miner (unfortunately, we all know this after the recent West Virginia accident)
2. commercial fisherman (anyone who watches "Deadliest Catch" can understand this)
3. cop (enough said - doing great service for us all).

In the list of the top 25 deadliest jobs, there are others that make you say, of course they're dangerous occupations, including:

• loggers (lots die so that we can waste paper at the Xerox machine and print off dumb lists - except for this one!)
• transportation jobs (not good news for aircraft pilots, taxi drivers, and commercial truckers)
• electrical jobs (power line workers, electricians - yes, high voltage is highly dangerous)
• building professions (construction workers, roofers, iron and steel workers - heights, heat and power tools - not a good combo).

Now, here's where you will win the bet with your buddies, as there are some jobs that they will never guess would be in the top 25. See if you can win a beer (or a Dr. Pepper) with these:

• supervisors and cashiers (as they mostly - unfortunately come as the result of crime)
• auto mechanics (as the author points out, when you combine working on - and under - heavy machinery, bad things tend to happen)
• cooks (must be a byproduct of all the psychotic TV chefs we have today)
• nurses (yes exposed to more bad "stuff," but also chronically exhausted - medication errors anyone?)
• stock handlers (who knew putting beans and towels on Wal-Mart shelves could be so hazardous).

So, let's be careful out there - whether you're working in the woods, at Wal-Mart, or in the wood-paneled executive suite (yes, paper cuts can get infected and kill you with staph infection these days!).

David  (http://wyld-business.blogspot.com/)



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