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Quick Chat: Jamon Dumas-Johnson – University of Georgia Athletics
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Rising up with six brothers, together with a twin, Javon, helped Georgia linebacker Jamon Dumas-Johnson get the place he’s right now. The cauldron of competitors that was taking part in along with his brothers the entire time, it created the drive and toughness that Dumas-Johnson demonstrates on the soccer area.
A 6-foot-1 and 245 pound sophomore, Dumas-Johnson has moved right into a beginning function this season after taking part in in 14 video games off the bench final season. Dumas-Johnson, from Hyattsville, Md., performed at Baltimore-area energy St. Frances Academy, and also you might need seen him on the HBO four-part sequence, “The Value of Successful,” that was filmed throughout his senior season.
One of many adjustments Dumas-Johnson has made since arriving at Georgia is his weight loss program. His favourite meals was marshmallows — it most likely nonetheless is, but it surely’s not an everyday a part of his weight loss program anymore — and now he chooses more healthy tasty treats like grapes and pineapple. He credit Georgia’s nutritionists with serving to him really feel and play higher.
In his first sport as a Bulldog, final season towards UAB, Dumas-Johnson intercepted a move within the fourth quarter and returned it 20 yards for a landing. As he stated throughout a latest Fast Chat, it was a play he informed his teammates was going to occur.
Here is a few of what he needed to say:
Frierson: Who’s the funniest man on the workforce?
Dumas-Johnson: I’d say (freshman defensive lineman) Christen Miller. He is a very humorous dude. The humorous guys positively make you neglect concerning the powerful and lengthy days, grinding day in and day trip. They make you keep in mind it is all simply soccer, you have nonetheless acquired to stay your life.
Frierson: What do you do to get away from college and soccer?
Dumas-Johnson: I hope on the sport (system) with my brothers. They do not suppose I’ve free time, however I’ve acquired a little bit free time, and that is what I do. I hope on the sport with my brothers, pals and teammates right here.
Frierson: What’s the primary sport today? It isn’t nonetheless Fortnite is it?
Dumas-Johnson: No, no, we’re school children, we do not — I am not going to knock the Fortnite however the brand new (NBA)2K simply got here out a couple of week in the past, so we’re all into that 2K proper now.
Frierson: Do you will have a favourite workforce to play?
Dumas-Johnson: I will most likely run with the Bucks — Giannis (Antetokounmpo) is unstoppable.
Frierson: What different sports activities did you play rising up? Was there anything you have been actually good at?
Dumas-Johnson: I performed basketball however that did not final too lengthy. I performed about 4 years of youth league after which I attempted taking part in at St. Frances, and I requested myself, “What are you doing right here? Are you right here to play soccer or basketball?” So I centered on soccer and look the place it acquired me.
Frierson: What does it really feel wish to be right here? Most of us cannot relate to the sensation of getting a scholarship supply from the most effective applications within the nation. It is a heck of a praise.
Dumas-Johnson: After I acquired that Georgia supply, I felt as if I did one thing proper. I am not going to say I made it, however I acquired my foot within the door. As quickly as I acquired that Georgia supply, a couple of week in I informed coach, “I need to be a Dawg.” That was a great feeling.
Frierson: Do you will have a inventive aspect?
Dumas-Johnson: Nah, not proper now, not throughout ball. I haven’t got a inventive aspect.
Frierson: Is there anybody on the workforce that is impressed you with their expertise in some type of inventive space like artwork or music?
Dumas-Johnson: Oh, yeah. (Junior defensive lineman) Invoice Norton, he makes beats. He’ll make a little bit music and stuff like that, and he is positively one of many extra inventive guys on the workforce. We have got a little bit setup the place the workforce could make music and we’ll go over there and my some music and rhymes actual fast.
Frierson: Take me again to your first sport motion for Georgia, towards UAB. You are not solely taking part in, you choose off a move and return it 20 yards for a landing. Was that past your wildest goals?
Dumas-Johnson: It was positively loopy. The humorous half about that’s, I forgot who I used to be speaking to however going into halftime, the opposite linebackers — Nakobe (Dean), Quay Walker, Channing Tindall — they have been all telling me, “You realize you are going to get on this sport, proper?” [Laughs] And I am like, “Who, me?”
I used to be like, cool, shoot, I will get a choose this sport, I can really feel it. We stored speaking they usually have been like, “We you catch that choose, come to the sideline — we acquired you.” It is loopy that it occurred identical to it was deliberate. That was a loopy expertise and feeling, however that is up to now. I am attempting to get me one this 12 months [laughs].
(This Q&A was evenly edited for size and readability.)
Assistant Sports activities Communications Director John Frierson is the employees author for the UGA Athletic Affiliation and curator of the ITA Males’s Tennis Corridor of Fame. You could find his work at: Frierson Information. He is additionally on Twitter: @FriersonFiles and @ITAHallofFame.
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Biden administration, Georgia officials applaud debut of Plant Vogtle expansion • Georgia Recorder
Officials with the U.S. Energy Department plan to celebrate the completion of Georgia Power’s controversial nuclear power expansion at Plant Vogtle in Waynesboro on Friday.
President Joe Biden’s National Climate Advisor Ali Zaidi and Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm are set to tour Plant Vogtle, which has become the nation’s largest nuclear power plant and the largest source of carbon-free electricity. In the next 60 to 80 years, the two new nuclear units are estimated to generate enough electricity for one million homes and businesses.
The historic occasion is also being celebrated by representatives from Georgia Power, Georgia Public Service Commission, top state lawmakers and a number of other business and community leaders who say the project is a shining example of how nuclear energy can create well-paying, high quality jobs while also producing electricity in a way that tackles the climate crisis.
The two Vogtle units are the first nuclear reactors to be built in the United States in more than 30 years and the project’s supporters say Vogtle demonstrates how nuclear energy can generate high-paying jobs while producing electricity in a way that combats climate change.
Six Georgia energy and consumer groups released a report Thursday analyzing the true cost of nuclear power, citing the severe problems while constructing Vogtle that resulted in seven years of delays and $21 billion of cost-overruns.
The two Vogtle units were under construction for 15 years at a cost of $36.8 billion. Unit 3 was completed in August while Unit 4 began producing electricity in April.
Vogtle could serve as the selling point for further nuclear development in the United States, with the Biden-Harris administration hosting a summit at the White House this week to highlight the ongoing collaboration between the public and private sectors.
The Biden-Harris administration announced Wednesday the formation of a nuclear power project working group composed of experts in nuclear power and mega-construction.
The White House released a statement this week that says that nuclear energy has been the largest source of clean energy for decades, currently accounting for 19% of national energy production and directly employing 60,000 workers.
“Alongside renewable power sources like wind and solar, a new generation of nuclear reactors is now capturing the attention of a wide range of stakeholders for nuclear energy’s ability to produce clean, reliable energy and meet the needs of a fast-growing economy, driven by President Biden’s Investing in America agenda and manufacturing boom,” the White House statement said.
However, a report released by Georgia consumer advocates contends that more nuclear development is not the best course of action for the future of the nation’s energy supply.
The report titled Plant Vogtle: the True Cost of Nuclear Power in the United States, was commissioned by Georgia consumer advocacy organizations like the Center for a Sustainable Coast, Concerned Ratepayers of Georgia and Cool Planet Solutions. It was authored by Kim Scott, executive director of Georgia WAND, Glenn Carroll, coordinator of Nuclear Watch South and Patty Durand, former president of the Smart Energy Consumer Collaborative and a Democratic Party candidate for the state PSC.
The average Georgia Power residential customer began paying an additional $5.42 per month, or a 3.2% increase, after Unit 3 began commercial operations last August.
The two Vogtle units prompted the latest in a series of rate increases Georgia Power customers will continue to bear in the coming months.
According to the report, the average monthly bill for Georgia ratepayers will increase by $35 over the next two decades as Vogtle’s Units 3 and 4 are operational, or more than twice the $15 increase Georgia Power currently estimates.
The report contends that Georgia Power’s average household bill will rise by $420 annually in order to cover the cost of nuclear power that is seven times as expensive to produce as wind, solar and natural gas.
The analysis says that shareholders of Georgia Power’s parent company Southern Co. will continue to benefit from Vogtle’s financial windfall as the utility significantly expands its base rate.
The report’s authors blame Georgia Power officials for a decade-long pattern of providing misleading costs estimates to state regulators in order to continue justifying the Vogtle expansion. The construction of Vogtle was plagued by delays due to worker shortages, a strike, technical problems and its original contractor Westinghouse Electric Co. filing bankruptcy in 2017.
Brionté McCorkle, report co-author and executive director of Georgia Conservation Voters, said that Plant Vogtle is a cautionary tale for the rest of the country and that Georgians deserve safe, clean and affordable energy instead of wasting money to bring Vogtle’s nuclear reactors online.
“Imagine all of the renewable power, battery storage and energy-efficiency investments we could have made in the time it took to build the two new reactors at Plant Vogtle at a fraction of the cost,” McCorkle said in a statement. “Imagine what we could have done with the $35 billion dollars instead of dumping them in this radioactive money-pit.”
Scott, the executive director of Georgia WAND, said that Georgia Power is more concerned with its own economic interests as Vogtle’s expansion is leaving its customers struck with paying exorbitantly high power bills.
“So it is clear that Georgia Power is looking out for its own economic interests and (is) not concerned about moving Georgia to a clean-energy economy, let alone protecting the health of Georgians who live in and around nuclear power Plant Vogtle,” Scott said.
Republicans Gov. Brian Kemp and House Speaker Jon Burns joined executives with Georgia Power and Vogtle co-owner’s Oglethorpe Power, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia and Dalton Utilities to celebrate the Vogtle project earlier this week.
Georgia Power owns 45.7% of Plant Vogtle, followed by Oglethorpe Power Corporation at 30%, Municipal Electric Authority of Georgia’s 22.7%, and Dalton Utilities 1.6.%.
Kim Greene, chairman, president, and CEO of Georgia Power, said the new Vogtle units are a key component in supporting the company’s goal of meeting growing electricity demands in Georgia. A large share of that demand is driven by new data centers opening across the state.
“As we mark the completion of the Vogtle 3 and 4 expansion, we’re grateful for the leadership and foresight of the Georgia PSC, as well as the steadfast dedication from all of the project’s co-owners,” Greene said. “(Wednesday), we welcomed business and community leaders, as well as elected officials and other guests from across Georgia, to celebrate the first newly constructed nuclear units in the U.S. in more than 30 years – representing a long-term investment to benefit our customers and the state. It is truly a great day for Georgia.”
Originally, the five-member Georgia Public Service Commission approved a $4.4 billion construction budget for Vogtle, but in 2017 state regulators and Georgia Power agreed that $7.3 billion would be considered a reasonable cost.
In December, the Public Service Commission approved terms of a financial agreement requiring Georgia Power to cover at least $2.6 billion of the expected $10 billion in construction and capital costs. The terms were outlined in a stipulated agreement reached in August between Georgia Power, PSC advocacy staff, the Georgia Association of Manufacturers and consumer and watchdog advocacy organizations Georgia Watch and the Georgia Interfaith Power & Light and Partnership for Southern Equity.
As part of the settlement, Georgia Power agreed to about a 50% expansion of energy efficiency programs and also offered up to 96,000 additional low-income seniors to participate in a program that would reduce their monthly bills by an average of $33.50.
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Brian Kelley Says Florida Georgia Line Split Wasn't Mutual
John & Tammy: San Diego’s Morning Show
Brian Kelley says he didn’t want Florida Georgia Line to end the way it did … noting he tried to keep the group going — but, it seems Tyler Hubbard didn’t feel the same.
The singer-songwriter hopped on the phone for an interview with “John and Tammy: San Diego’s Morning Show” recently … and, he talked about the now-defunct band including his feelings toward his ex-bandmate.
BK says he’s grateful for all the fans who support the group and their individual endeavors post-split before dropping a bombshell … namely, he never wanted FGL to come to an end.
He explains, when conversations about individual routes started happening with TH, he wanted to both stay together while simultaneously putting out solo work — intertwining them somehow.
Kelley admits he has no idea how such a move might work in practice, but he reveals he couldn’t get on the same page with Tyler about it … so, they decided to move out of the Southeast.
Despite the breakup, Brian makes it clear he holds no ill will toward Tyler … adding he’s always rooting for him — and, leaving the door open for a future reunion.
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So, no acrimony here … not exactly surprising given how the guys left things publicly. Remember, they ended their last performance with a goodbye to fans before hugging and walking off different sides of the stage — a symbolic close on the chapter in their music lives.
BTW … each guy’s released a couple solo albums in the last few years — including Hubbard’s “Strong” in April and Kelley’s “Tennessee Truth” earlier this month.
In any case … FGL fans will probably be happy to know their two favorite musicians aren’t fighting — and can hold out hope for a reunion.
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