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Where is Thomas Cooley's Risk Manager?
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RM--
We have a bit of a troll infestation on the AAUP Message Board. Can you help us?
Your pal,
Truth
PS--Where are you? Haven't heard from you since we had that lovely pancake breakfast a while back.
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Jul 6, 2004
by Let Freedom Ring
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Outsourcing aids USM's budget
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/7430.html
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Jul 6, 2004
by Eagle in Cairo, Egypt
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You never thanked me 4 Sun Herald
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You guys never thanked me for telling you about the Sun Herald bulletin board. I could not help but notice the posts on that board more than doubled in regards to Thames and the faculty after I informed you of the threads. You need to do one thing though. If you are going to start a new thread over there—bec...
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Jul 5, 2004
by You're really on the ball /sarcasm
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TROLL ALERT
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N2ME is now usurping Truth's board name. Just a word to the wise for new people.
N2ME you will never get respect that way.
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Jul 5, 2004
by foot soldier
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Setting the record straight
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Just for the record, I am using my fathers computer from H'burg today. My computer is (I hope) in storage in Richmond. My wife and I will be leaving in the morning heading north.
I've not posted since we packed, but I have seen my name several times, I am happy you all still care. But, I do want to say a fe...
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Jul 5, 2004
by Salesperson
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A N2Me Statement
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On another thread N2Me said, "I am here to talk about the faculty who are writing smear letters in the local papers and to discuss specific and direct ways to stop it."
This is scary to me. Do you realize you just said you wanted to discuss specific and direct ways to stop citizens from exercising the...
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USM departures 7/3/2004
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USM Departures, August 2003 thru July 2004
Marvin Albin, Associate Professor of Accounting (University of West Florida)
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
Maggie Amerson, Trade Book Buyer, Bookstore (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (Sta...
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Donut Girl: Come back, here is the evidence
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Donut Girl, there are only a few people who will attack you here. You are not the only one they go after. Don't take it personally. The following is a list of what I am talking about. Most of them follow Truth4USM around and will attack anything if it even remotely resembles support of Thames. They are usu...
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Jul 5, 2004
by Outside Observer
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Educating Foot Soldier
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I obviously touched a soft spot, didn't I. Only guilty people get so defensive.
Foot Soldier said: "letters against them which are inaccurate and insulting..."
Actually, along with yours, they show why the faculty are being insulted.
Foo...
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Jul 5, 2004
by in the know
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Faculty Perception By Public Is Bad
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Judging the anti-faculty letters in HA and my personal experience at Burger King, I just want to let those of you writing to HA know how some of you look to those on the outside.
A few weeks ago I was eating in Burger King. While I was waiting in line, I heard two employees in the lobby talking about the Tha...
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USM departures 7/2/2004(B)
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USM Departures, August 2003 thru July 2004
Marvin Albin, Associate Professor of Accounting (University of West Florida)
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
Maggie Amerson, Trade Book Buyer, Bookstore (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (Sta...
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Jul 5, 2004
by for Babbs' fans
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A New Approach For The Faculty?
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I am really afraid to post this after I see the treatment N2ME got, but I have to try. Although N2ME was sarcastic at times, I am afraid I agree with two of his/her points.
1) the pubic opinion about the faculty no longer seems to be good. When some faculty write in the newspaper now, they get pounced on...
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Back in Action at Liberty and Power
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After taking about a month off from blogging at Liberty and Power (I had summer school to teach, and more recently, some family matters to attend to), I'm back to writing about the USM situation.
Today's contribution is an effort to catch up with the last month's news. Some more topical items will...
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Robert Campbell
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Jul 5, 2004
by for those who love the Liberty and Power blog
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Grand Opening: Dvorak & Hanbury Attorneys at Law
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Today is the day. Let's all stop by for refreshments at their offices this morning.
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Jul 5, 2004
by for those who need cheap lawyers
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This Is Why More Faculty Don’t Use This Board
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I got the statement below from the message posted by the president Amy Young as to why this board was created. I think members here need to read it again:
“The USM chapter of the AAUP is pleased to host this message board so that ideas and information can be easily exchanged for all who care to see. Ple...
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Jul 5, 2004
by LeavingASAP
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National Search/World Class?!?!?
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Well colleagues, as another holiday descends upon us, you can guess what that means! Seriously folks, the purpose of this post is to establish the official over/under for how many hours/days the CBED server will be down. Can anyone tell me exactly when it went down because I thin...
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I remember a time at USM
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Where across the curriculum - people were communicating. The city of Hattiesburg was thriving. and I felt like I was one of the luckiest people in the world. I remember a time at USM when . ..
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Renewed PR
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Let me reframe this...
I think that the university community, which is so vehemently opposed to the Thames administration, could do a much better job of getting its message out. We have been a collection of individuals rather than a consolidated voice. We have accomplished m...
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Incentive Pay
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I suppose most of you got this email from USM, but just in case:
FACULTY, STAFF MEMBERS AT SOUTHERN MISS AWARDED $382,223 THROUGH INCENTIVE PAY PROGRAM
HATTIESBURG -- University of Southern Mississippi President Dr. Shelby Thames issued checks Wednesday to 33 faculty and staff member...
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daily rumor mill #45
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1. Some sketchy stories coming from the dome indicate that the "real list" of MIDAS recipients is a little longer than the one presented to the media. Also, we hear that people would be shocked about "where" some of the money for the checks came from. Thanks ntsft (we look forward to more l...
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Duke and USM have the same problem
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From news article regarding Mike Krzyzewski's decision to remain as Duke's head coach:
Burness said the Lakers' effort to land Krzyzewski was nothing new at Duke.
"We have some of the most outstanding academic people in the world, and we have to address the fact that other leading instit...
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Jul 5, 2004
by Anonymouse
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Faculty/Staff who left USM prior to August 2003
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Please use this thread to let us know the names of faculty/staff who left USM between the time that SFT was "installed" as president of USM (August 2002?) and August 2003 (when Babbs' list takes over). If you can, tell us their name, their dept. or job title at USM, and where they went (another uni...
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Mr. Wonderful Le Citation de la Semaine Award: 7-4
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Mr. Wonderful's Le Citation de la Semaine Award: July 4
Because the Award is now given on a weekly rather than a daily basis, the Committee deemed it proper to change its name. The committee member who did the translation grew up in South Louisiana and learned French on a self-taught ba...
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USM Pondering pay raises...
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/updates/7432.html
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HA: Logo dispute going to lawyers
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040702/southernmissnews/767044.html
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H'burg American's new archive feature
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Bravo to the HA! Has anyone else checked out their new archive search feature? It goes back to 2000. Nifty!
Thanks, HA!
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Jul 5, 2004
by Malapropism
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Sun Herald's bulletin board posts
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The Sun Herald Newspaper bulletin board has had some interesting but sad posts regarding the faculty. You can go there and search for the posts, but I have some direct info below that will help you.
Here are the subjects of the threads:
Thames-USM Online Petition Is Ho...
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Cossack: replacements will be of lower quality
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From Cossack: "The exodus of good faculty and some not so good faculty will continue, and their replacements will be of lower quality."
Could this be any more pessimistic? Why would the new faculty coming in be worse than the stale ones waiting to retire? W...
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Jul 4, 2004
by Outside Observer
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N2ME = Seeker?
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Hey N2ME. Are you Seeker? If so, welcome back. You sure got connected quickly.
If not, you should know you are copying his style.
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Jul 4, 2004
by LeavingASAP
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you guys may know this...
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did you know that SFT doesn't use his USM email account?
i sent him an email and told him he was an embarrassment and he sent me one back congratulating me on my newest degree and wishing me luck for the future, not from the school address....
guess he doesn't want his read
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Jul 3, 2004
by a reason why
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Get salary of positions in Cook, where?
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There is some record in Cook Library that shows how much everyone is making--well, at least what the positions are supposed to be rewarding. Where in Cook is this? Or at least tell me what the publication is called so I can find it.
Thank you much.
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Article in today's SunHerald
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An article in this morning's SunHerald has more to do with USM and Mississippi's system of higher education than might appear on the surface. Specifically, the article states that the Coast and Mobile are competing for a 5 billion dollar Nissan-like deal, and the Mississippi legislature will be co...
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First Ant at the Picnic
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Jul 3, 2004
by Charles D. Noblin
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daily rumor mill #43
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1. Just got a thick package from envelope. It seems something's amiss with the CBED MIDAS recipients. One was an ABD until about three weeks ago, having just gotten a PhD from USM as is now on USM's faculty. What a great signing bonus (about $20K). It seems another has...
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Jul 3, 2004
by truth4usm/AH
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daily rumor mill #44
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1. The mill goes on location tonight. Sources are coming to believe that any raise this year will be minimal, if at all. It seems that with Kazelskis1 and Kazelskis2, Dana, Gaudet, Annulis and others getting the MIDAS money, along with those getting the raises in January of this year plu...
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Jul 2, 2004
by foot soldier
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Incentive plan: no college of arts/letters
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Why are there no representatives from the College of Arts and Letters in the financial incentive plan? Although there were only about 30 professors receiving the award, I am wondering why only hard sciences were represented?
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Jul 2, 2004
by foot soldier
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Preview 1/1/04
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I heard from a source in the CBED that the number of students at the CBED preview today was 26, down from the usual 90 or so.
HG
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daily rumor mill #42
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1. More and more tales coming out now that the "merit raise" possibilities are dying. Looks like the MIDAS ceremony may be the end of it. Word now that tuition receipts will be way down, and a college or two wants to spread the money out too thin for SFT's tastes. Looks like adm...
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Jul 2, 2004
by foot soldier
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What does NSF think of bonuses for grantmanship?
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What do granting agencies, such as the National Science Foundation, think about bonuses to faculty members who get grants with buyout provisions?
I've been told of a case in which NSF is going after UCal San Diego for operating a program somewhat like MIDAS.
The complaint is supposedly tha...
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Robert Campbell
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USM departures 7/2/2004
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Marvin Albin, Associate Professor of Accounting (University of West Florida)
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
Maggie Amerson, Trade Book Buyer, Bookstore (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (State of Mississippi)
Ann Beardshall, Coordi...
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USM still in on VA Hospital deal
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http://www.hattiesburgamerican.com/news/stories/20040702/localnews/767010.html
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daily rumor mill #41
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1. Cryptic work creeping out now about the possible existence of a "good press fund" operated through private sources. Can't confirm anything of course. Keep working on it. Thanks ntsft.
2. As has been reported, enrollment looks to be problematic given recent Preview numbe...
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Jul 2, 2004
by Trolling for $$
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Diploma Mills
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http://chronicle.com/prm/weekly/v50/i42/42a00901.htm
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Jul 2, 2004
by Bubba Likes Catfish
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I have become convinced of one thing
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Many individuals on this board hate every aspect of the University of Southern Mississippi.
Many of you have zero concern for anything not related to self.
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Seeker
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Jul 2, 2004
by USM Sympathizer
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USM departures 7/1/2004
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Marvin Albin, Associate Professor of Accounting (University of West Florida)
Billie Allen, Professor of Management (retirement)
Maggie Amerson, Trade Book Buyer, Bookstore (retirement)
David Anderson, VP Facilities/Physical Plant (State of Mississippi)
Ann Beardshall, Coordi...
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babbs
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Jul 2, 2004
by COST faculty
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AD's new job
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Angie Dvorak's New Job at USM:
duties --- pass out MIDAS checks at annual ceremony, while smiling for the cameras (interviews optional).
pay --- $150,000/hour, plus benefits.
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CBED website back on line....
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The parts of the CBED website "about Doty" are functional again. Happy hunting.
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Michael Van Velkinburgh
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One Michael Van Velkinburgh has posted a comment to my latest Liberty and Power entry
http://hnn.us/blogs/entries/5852.html
maintaining that my "obvious venom directed at Dr. Angie Dvorak is misguided and slanderous."
You can see my reply-comment just below his comment.
Anybody kno...
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response to thames #4
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Oh, Shelbo, Shelbas, Shelbat! ---you sly old fox you! you wooer! you head-turner! Your charms might just work yet! Your latest smileygram is really a masterpiece of the Sunny Shelby, the Funny Shelby, the Master Shelby, the Faster Shelby, the Father Shelby, the Brother Shelby, the Good Old Boy Shel...
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Jul 2, 2004
by this little pig
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Noetics Millionaires coming soon
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ENTREPRENEURS, NOETIC TECHNOLOGIES INC. LICENSE PRODUCT TO CALIFORNIA COMPANY
HATTIESBURG -- Noetic Technologies Inc., a company created for entrepreneurs at The University of Southern Mississippi, has announced its first business par...
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Jul 1, 2004
by Cowboy's Sweetheart
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Doty=Vanilla Ice
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Doty was good for about the first 15 minutes, now he's just a tool. Looking much like he was just a hatchet man for Shelboo and Hanbury in the Pickering deal. Time for him to go away now.
"Stop, collaborate and listen....."
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by very truly yours
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