{"id":982,"date":"2012-12-24T09:19:42","date_gmt":"2012-12-24T13:19:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/?p=982"},"modified":"2012-12-24T14:34:11","modified_gmt":"2012-12-24T18:34:11","slug":"982","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttgnet.com\/journal\/2012\/12\/24\/982\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, 24 December 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

08:19 –<\/span> The lead story in the paper this morning is about the investigation of UNC academic fraud led by former governor Jim Martin<\/a>. As the article headline suggests, the “investigation” was more a whitewash than anything else. One paragraph from the article sums things up pretty well:
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\u201cHe did the who, what, where, I guess, but he never answered the why,\u201d Willingham said. \u201cHe had the opportunity to expose that, and I think intentionally he chose not to do it because I don\u2019t think he wanted to expose the corruption of the NCAA and the athletic program.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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13:34 –<\/span> As I was packing up kits today, the wipe-down blade broke off my tape dispenser. The dispenser actually works fine without the wipe-down blade–all I do is brush down the tape with the back of my hand, which I do anyway–but I decided I’d better order a replacement anyway. The dispenser is a U-Line H-150, which they sent me for free the last time I ordered a case of packing tape, so U-Line was the only source for the part. So I ordered a pack of three replacement wipe-down blades for $6 and a pack of a dozen spare blades for $12. Given that I’m still using the original blade with no problems after more than 30 long rolls of tape, that dozen will probably be a life-time supply. While I was at it, I figured I’d better get some more packing tape. The prices at office supply stores and Amazon are pretty outrageous, so I decided just to order another case of U-Line tape. So I now have about 3.8 kilometers of 5 cm packing tape on the way. Oh, yeah. And another free H-150 tape dispenser.
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08:19 – The lead story in the paper this morning is about the investigation of UNC academic fraud led by former governor Jim Martin<\/a>. As the article headline suggests, the “investigation” was more a whitewash than anything else. One paragraph from the article sums things up pretty well:\n<\/p>\n

\u201cHe did the who, what, where, I guess, but he never answered the why,\u201d Willingham said. \u201cHe had the opportunity to expose that,<\/p>\n

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