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Alaska Cruise Adventure - part 1
The Great Alaska Adventure
Cruise/Tour Review
MS Statendam 9.9.2012
Just The Facts:
Ship: Holland American Line: MS Statendam
Cruise & Tour dates: 7 September - 19 September, 2012
Captain: Frans K Consen
Cruise Director: Anthony Choice
Ports: Vancouver BC; Ketchikan, Alaska; Juneau, Alaska; Skagway, Alaska; Seward, Alaska; Denali, Alaska; Anchorage. Alaska.
This is my 2nd cruise on Holland America, my 2nd cruise to Alaska, and my 75th cruise overall. We are traveling with a group of 20 regular and new cruising friends.
Travel--Vancouver, Canada
Capilano Suspension Bridge We had a direct flight from DFW airport to Vancouver and actually met several of our group at the airport for the flight. We arrived in Vancouver and took a limo for six to the Hyatt Regency downtown to stay two nights pre-cruise. All of our group are staying there and it is a great hotel and in a good location. We had an impromptu gathering at the hotel bar and then a wonderful dinner the first night at the Black + Blue steakhouse. The following day we had a group day trip to the Capilano Suspension Bridge Park. It was very convenient as they had a shuttle from the hotel and the park was interesting with the suspension bridge, treetops walk, and cliff walk. In the afternoon we visited the Gastown area shops and had a wonderful meal at Vancouver�s most popular Pub: The Lamplighter. We decided to walk back to the downtown and hotel area stopping at Mahony & Sons Public House on the waterfront and enjoyed a cocktail and the wonderful views of the Harbor, Canada Place, and the mountains beyond. Everyone seemed to really like our pre-cruise stay in Vancouver and the weather was wonderful. It was a very nice start to a cruise vacation.
Day One--Sunday--Embarkation
ms Statendam at Canada Place, Vancouver Canada We took a taxi from the hotel for the short trip to the Canada Place Cruise Terminal about 11:30. We dropped our bags and went to the security and U.S. immigration area and soon were in the Holland America check in terminal. It was not busy anywhere and embarkation was a simple process. You can go direct to your cabin on Holland America Lines so that was our first stop to drop off our carry on bags. The MDR (main dining room) is open for Mariner members (past guests), but we chose to eat at the lido buffet. I like that the name of the area is actually The Lido, since that is generally what every cruise line calls their buffet area by default even though they usually have a specific name. It was set up very well too and they serve your food to you so that you are not handling the utensils or food on the buffet. I had roast beef with some extras and their wonderful bread pudding (they also had a banana bread pudding) for dessert. After lunch everyone explored the ship and settled into their cabins until time for muster drill. The boat deck was on our deck so attending was very easy for us, just walk directly out the passageway across from our cabin and down to our assigned life boat. We sailed immediately as the drill ended and we stayed on boat deck until we passed under the Lions Gate bridge, then it was inside to get away from the open decks and cool weather. Everyone in the group had Champagne, Chocolate strawberries and Beverage Cards in the cabin as a nice welcome. Many met in the Crows Nest that will become our regular spot for the week. I did have a �Grizzly Bear� the drink of the day. The DW & I went to the lounge to hear some very good Jazz music before dinner. As a group we have four tables together in the Rotterdam dining room along the aft windows. Unfortunately, they sat some people from Anytime dining at one of our tables so there was confusion and problems from that. The Maitre D later sent an apology and chocolates to the group. Although I didn�t sit at my table, dinner was good, my entree was the Prime Rib, but it was not an completely enjoyable dinner due to the confusion of their error in seating arrangements. The production show, Nothings Going to Stop Us Now, started long before we had completed dinner service so we retired after leaving the MDR.
Day Two--Monday--at Sea
Lido Deck - MS Statendam I had a good nights sleep was up early to watch us drop off the pilot at 7:45 am and leave the inside passage and into the open waters. I went to the MDR for my usual first morning on a cruise breakfast of Eggs Benedict that were very well prepared. Off to a better start in the dining room. The seas were really rolling today. It was much more than I expected it to be for sure. The group spent the day doing various activities including the Casino, a Kitchen Tour, a Culinary presentation, Seminars, and more. I had a very light lunch, but did have to have the wonderful bread pudding. They have the standard raisin everyday on lido plus a flavored variety as well. Today was Alaskan Berry (blueberries & rhubarb primarily) and bother were great. The rolling seas continued throughout the day. In the afternoon many of the group attended the High Tea and they say they had wonderful scones. I attended the Alaskan Beer Seminar in the Mix bar area. Four varieties of beer for $12.50. At 4:00 pm we all met as prearranged in the Crows Nest for Happy Hour. We had one complete area to ourselves and it was wonderful with the view and cocktail service. There is one thing our group is known for and that is �the one-hour cocktail party� so this Happy Hour arrangement was perfect for us. I had mojitos and then some Duck Farts to get in the Alaska mood. We extended our time there well beyond an hour. There is a group trivia contest at 6:30 that many used as motivation to leave the Crows Nest. This was formal night and dinner this evening went much better. The Matre�d came by to check that all was well. My entree, the Beef Wellington was very good and they also had sourdough bread pudding that was excellent. After dinner we attended the Captains Toast and Welcome in the Theater followed by the production show: Bob Mackie�s Broadway featuring music and costumes from Broadway.
Day Three--Tuesday�Ketchikan, Alaska
Ketchikan, Alaska The weather is indeed rainy for the rainiest city in Alaska. We are docked downtown and I enjoyed watching the early debarking passengers leave the ship before going to the MDR for breakfast. We soon left the ship and went to Creek Street the location of the old bordellos and red light district that are now craft shops built along the creek. We did visit Dolly�s, the intact bordello now a museum and it was interesting. We saw friends that had just attended the Lumberjack Show and joined them for lunch at Annabelle�s in The Gilmore Hotel. I had my first Alaskan Halibut of the trip and it as very good. As a foodie though I was envious of the Snoozemates that took the Crab fishing/dinner excursion. They got to eat the catch and the Dungeness Crab feast sounded wonderful. In the afternoon we visited the Tongass Historical Museum and the Southeast Alaska Discovery Center operated by the U.S. National Park Service. We returned to the ship as we had a 2:30 sail away and we were also scheduled for the 3:00 pm Cocktail Mixology Class. It was a lot of fun and the drinks we prepared were: Champagne Dreams, Tropical Cable Car, and a Pool Side Car. I especially liked the later. At 4:00 pm it was time for Happy Hour in the Crow�s Nest. Not only is this a regular thing for the group but we have other passengers wanting to join the fun and we do have a FUN time. Following Happy Hour it was some R&R time in the cabin before dinner. Dinner was good this evening, my entree was the Pork Chop. The productions shows this evening were The Marriage Game and the Filipino Crew Show. We also set our clocks back one hour to the Alaska Time Zone before retiring.
Day Four--Wednesday�Juneau, Alaska
Mendenhall Glacier - Juneau Alaska It is a rainy day in Juneau, not enough to limit a fun day though. I had a very nice breakfast in the MDR and we took our time leaving the ship. The Statendam is docked at the prime pier located closed to central downtown. We booked a local tour of the city and Mendenhall Glacier ($50 for both) that left from our pier area at noon. We really enjoyed the Glacier and the Mendenhall Visitors Center, it was unique and I had not visited on my previous trip to Juneau. As we left the park area we stopped for a mother black bear and her two cubs that crossed the road in front of us. First bear sighting of the trip. We also saw three Eagles on the mud flats. After returning to town we visited the shops and stopped at the old (1913) Alaska Hotel and Bar. It was very nice and more original than the more famous Red Dog. We had a very nice cheese crepe and fudge from local vendors (buy Alaskan) before meeting friends at the Red Dog Saloon. We enjoyed the Duck Farts and Alaskan beer from 4:00ish until close about 9:30 pm. The entertainers were fun and our folks could come and go as they pleased as we had several tables. We did have 17 of our group plus some extra fans there at one time. It was an easy one block walk back to the ship. We briefly considered the 10:00 pm ship happy hour, but everyone split up to finish the evening doing various activities.
Alaska Cruise Adventure - part 2
Day Five--Thursday�Skagway, Alaska
Skagway Alaska - MS Statendam in background We arrived as scheduled at 7:00 am in Skagway and we are docked at the Broadway pier directly in front of Skagway. The weather is overcast with a little sprinkle or mist. We ordered room service breakfast and it was very good, not many cruise lines have a hot room service option for breakfast. We met our group for the �Best of Skagway� excursion. We boarded a bus that gave us a brief tour of Skagway on the way to Fraser, BC, Canada to meet the White Pass & Yukon Railroad for the return trip by rail back to Skagway. It�s a beautiful trip even with the low clouds and mist. The railroad and train are not to be missed and is actually the most popular cruise excursion in the world. We then went to Liarsville Gold Rush Trail Camp for a salmon bake and show. This is on the actual site of the tent city at the head of the White Pass trail used during gold rush days. The press never ventured beyond this point and thus the name Liarsville. The Salmon was cooked on an outdoor grill and was very good. They also had a little show as well. The final �Best of Skagway� tour stop was a tour of the Red Onion Saloon Brothel museum on the second floor above the bar. After the tour the men stayed for a few Alaska beers while the ladies shopped. Overall a very nice full day tour. We returned to the ship about 6:30 pm. in a light rain to clean up before dinner. Dinner was good, I had the Beef Brisket entree and it was served over a mound of Alaska Gold Mashed Potatoes, an interesting presentation. After dinner the group was off to the various venues including the Casino, Showtime with Jeff Burghart in the theater, or rest time in their cabins.
Day Six--Friday --at Sea
Happy Hour in the Crows Nest The seas are choppy today and it is windy. This was to have been cruising in Glacier Bay day, but the Captain announced that due to bad weather forecast for the Gulf of Alaska he wanted to go directly to Seward ahead of the weather so we are not going to visit Glacier Bay. This is very disappointing to most. I had breakfast at the Lido with a very nice hot fresh omelette prepared at the omelette station. Many met this morning for our annual cruise �Bloody Mary� morning in the Crows Nest. Always fun and we did see whales. Since this is now a sea day they did add many activities on the ship, similar to the first sea day. They did have a very nice Salmon bake by the Lido deck Pool. And of course for dessert: Bread Pudding! Sourdough Bread Pudding! Glad it�s one of my favorites. At 3:00 pm it was time for our second Mixology class. This one featured Grey Goose vodka. The drinks prepared were a Peartini, a High Tide, and a Ginger Rogers. Of course at 4:00pm it�s time to meet in the Crows Nest for Happy Hour. We had a full crew plus our add-ons. I stayed with the Pool Side Car from the first mixology class. This was again great fun! At 6:30 we some how won the group trivia contest and got a nice insulated tumbler as a prize. We then had to prepare for dinner, this was the final formal night, but the men in our group wore our signature matching Hawaiian shirts...but they were a formal black. Dinner was one of the best, my entree was the Surf & Turf and it was excellent. After dinner I saw the production show: Encore in the Showroom at Sea theater.
Day Seven--Saturday--Seward, Alaska
"Making her Momma Proud' @ Mixology Seminar We docked very early in Seward and it is a rainy day. I enjoyed the previous days omelette so much I had the same again for breakfast in the Lido. Very nice. HAL provided shuttles into Seward so about noon we thought we would go into town to see what we could see. They do have a very nice aquarium: The Alaska Sea Life Center. We looked at some shops and enjoyed a very nice late lunch at Alaska Nellies Roadhouse. We had a Halibut basket and sweet potato fries. We were to have attended the Mariner luncheon today, but due to the schedule change forgot, we heard that we had made the better choice as friends said the luncheon was not good. We returned to the ship about 3:00 to attend the final Mixology class. Todays drinks were: Fashionista, Tuscan Lemon Drop, and the Sunsicle. The Sunsicle was my favorite. It�s 4:00 pm and time for our final happy Hour. I again personally stayed with the Pool Side Car cocktail, it may become a regular for me. It was great fun and the cocktail servers were very attentive to us as usual and they allowed us to stretch the hour (also as usual). We went down to Mix to try our luck again at group trivia, and something unusual happened....the ship lost power. It was about 6:15 and there was nothing we could do about the power, but fortunately the safety lights came on in the passageways and some in the public areas including Mix where many of us are now staying. The captain did make several announcements and the CD was told to cary on with usual activities so we played trivia in the dark. Of course the Snoozemates doubled up the next closest score and dominated the game. Our prize was champagne for the group which was then expanded upon as those that still had the complementary bottles given to us brought them for a great Champagne Party in the Dark! That�s whats great about the group...they can make any situation into a party. Also thanks to the bar staff who traded out our bottles for cold bottles of champagne and did the opening and serving as necessary. It was now dinner time and it was unknown if they would even be serving, but we went to our tables about 8:15pm. Dinner was interesting, we were served sandwiches on white bread. We did have two choices: Cheese or sliced egg. That�s it. Dessert was whole apples or oranges. That�s it. Dinner didn�t take long and then �let there be light� the lights came back on. This was a great relief as there was no lighting at all in the cabin and with no electricity there are no toilets either, both needed very much. Since we now had power we went to the cabin to clean up and pack as we knew we would be leaving very early the next morning.
Day Eight--Sunday--Seward to Denali
Cabin Night Dinner Theater - Denali Alaska Still rainy and windy this morning. We ordered early (6:00 am) room service breakfast before meeting our tour group at 7:15 in the theater. Our bus was first to leave so we hope to arrive in Denali in time for Cabin Night. Our group of 20 makes up half the bus group and the driver, Melissa was very good. We started north on the Seward Highway. First stop was Portage Glacier and the winds were so high it rocked the bus and the rain was blowing parallel. Few got off the bus. The waterfalls were here were very impressive due to the recent heavy rains. Next stop was Settlers Bay Lodge just north of Wasilla for lunch. This was a make your own sandwich buffet and I enjoyed it. Fresh breads and choice of ham, turkey, roast beef, cheeses, etc. with potato salad and slaw. A nice lodge with a good view. We were off again and because of the weather not a chance of viewing Mt. McKinley so our final stop was the Alaska Veterans Memorial along the highway. Since we knew we would be on time we used mobile phones to get advance tickets for Cabin Night. We actually arrived a little early at McKinley Lodge and we had time to freshen before the Cabin Night Dinner Theater began at 7:00. Everyone in the group attended and enjoyed a family style meal of Salmon, BBQ Ribs, Corn, Potatoes, Baked Beans and Cobbler for dessert. DW had a very nice vegetarian Pasta. There were a few pitchers of Alaskan beer too. The show was very good centered around Fanny Quigley�s roadhouse and featuring historical characters from the early days of Denali Park and Alaska. It was a very enjoyable evening.
Day Nine--Monday--Denali, Alaska
Mt. McKinley (Denali) from 75 miles away in Denali Park The day started with broken clouds, but it became a beautiful day. We slept in a bit this morning then went to the main lodge and across the highway to Glitter Gulch, the shopping and souvenir areas across from the Park Properties. This being the last week on the season there were some great close out pricing. I looked for a while, but while DW and some friends shopped I went down to the Fish Shop for a very nice Captains Basket of both Cod and Halibut with french fried potatoes. Very good. At 2:00 pm we met our group for our big adventure into Denali National Park. We boarded our assigned Park Service bus and our driver/guide Lisa Frederic was fantastic. The weather really cooperated, the best we have had in Alaska so far. Hopes were high that we may even get to see Mount McKinley. They say that only 30% of visitors ever get to see the mountain, but our driver said it was more like 20% this year. We didn�t see any wildlife early, but enjoyed the scenery of the park until we came up to the first vista that allowed a view of Denali itself. It was primarily covered in clouds, but you could see the northern slope of the mountain. Very impressive since it was 75 miles away. As the weather was still continuing to improve hope were high for a better view later. We continued into the park stopping several times for photos or breaks as Lisa told us tales of her adventures in the iditirod and dog training. As we retuned we did see some moose just off the road. There was not near as much wildlife as when I toured last year, but the mountains were much more impressive as they had already received their first coating of snow for the season. We soon returned to the area that we could observe Mount McKinley (Denali) and what cloud were there took the form of the mountain and the north peak was very clear and the slope of the south peak was very noticeable. Fantastic. Very majestic and so dominating over the other peaks. We are defiantly in the 20% club. We finished our tour and returned to the lodge about 7:00 pm. A great highlight for the Alaskan Adventure. As a group we were able to get tables for dinner in the main lodge. DW had the Mckinley Salad with cranberries, cheese, pecans, etc. One of her favorite meals of the trip. I had a Petit Steak and Baked Salmon combo with Alaska Gold Potatoes and some shared McKinley Salad. A very good meal with great company. We did see some of the Northern Lights that night upon walking back to our lodge. A super great day on our Alaska Adventure.
Day Ten--Tuesday--Denali to Anchorage
Our rail car on the Alaska Railroad It�s cloudy today with some light rain. We put our bags out by 9:00 am this morning to be collected as this is a travel day with a noon train to catch. I had a nice buffet breakfast ($18) in the Lodge and then we took an early shuttle over to the Denali Visitors Center to see a movie and see the exhibits. We then proceeded down to the train station located just below the Visitors Center and watched the Alaska Railroad train arrive from Fairbanks. Soon we were loaded in the very nice Holland America rail car in the upper observation area. Very nice with roomy seats and I got a Moose Mary cocktail as well. Very beautiful scenery and mountain views as we headed south to Anchorage. Soon we were called for lunch service in the dining area below the upper observation deck. I had reindeer chili and a salad. While dining we observed rail workers moving about in a determined manner. Soon it was announced that there were problems along the line and a wash out of the rail line had occurred just ahead. We proceeded over Hurricane Gulch then stopped at the Hurricane maintenance yard where we then boarded buses that took us the remanding way (4+ hours) to Anchorage. Very disappointing as this is my favorite part or the entire trip. The rail road trip is very relaxing and beautiful and the best way to end the Alaskan Adventure. We arrived in Anchorage about 7:00 pm at the Westmark Hotel. We received our room assignments and we had the top floor, the 14th, overlooking the Cook Inlet. The group gathered in the lobby and many went to eat at Humpy�s and a group went to the Glacier Brewhouse. We went to the Glacier Brewhouse located just across the street for a wonderful late dinner. I had a combo of Rib Eye Steak and King Crab Legs. It was wonderful. The in-house brewed beers were also very good, I enjoyed a couple Bavarian Hefeweizen and DW had a very nice Passion Fruit Mojito. For dessert I had the bread pudding (what else), it was nice with pecans and pecan topping. This was the best meal, by far, of the Alaskan Adventure.
Alaska Cruise Adventure - part 3
Day Eleven--Wednesday--Anchorage, Alaska
Rainy day in Anchorage. We slept as late as possible as we have a late flight. We completely repacked our bags to get below the 50lb. air weight limit, then we went down to the lobby about noon to visit with departing friends. We shopped for a while at the tourist locations then went over to Humpy�s Alehouse for a long casual late lunch. I had the Halibut Fish basket as I knew it would be the last proper Alaskan meal. I also had the bread pudding, it is served with a warm whisky sauce...both were very good. We then did some more shopping and returned to the hotel to relax and visit with the friends remaining before heading to the Ted Stevens Anchorage Int�l Airport. It is very common for people to book red eye flights from Anchorage, but we are fortunate to have a direct flight to DFW leaving at 8:30 pm. Due to weather and wind there were many flight cancellations, but we got away almost on time.
The MS Statendam is now considered a smaller cruise ship at 719 feet long and 55,819 gross tons. The ship never seemed crowded and was very clean and well maintained. There were more than enough activities to keep everyone busy if they wished. They had daily: Movies, Culinary Demonstrations, Trivia, Games, and various Seminars. Also Productions shows, Musical groups, and Dancing. The ship has a covered lido pool area that is ideal for Alaska cruising.
We have cabin 417 an interior cabin located very aft on the starboard side of lower promenade deck (6). The cabin has an exterior access to the outer deck just across from the cabin, great for viewing or a shortcut to forward area of ship as it circled the ship. The cabin has a lot of floor space if you split the beds into twins, larger than a Carnival standard interior cabin. It has the standard three sets of closets, key code safe, flat screen TV, hair dryer, and full couch. Our cabin steward did a good job maintaining the cabin. I would certainly recommend this cabin to the value cruiser.
The crew was for the most part very good. Of course the cocktail servers and bartenders in the Crows Nest became favorites and well as the mixology staff. Disappointed with dining room staff, not consistent at all. Anthony the CD seemed quite good. We enjoyed the Captain�s announcements in his unique staccato manner of delivery, very interesting. ;-)
My favorite food was the bread pudding, they usually had it somewhere every day. Also in a variety of styles: raison, rhubarb, sourdough, etc. The dinner entrees, when served, were all good and the buffet although not a big variety was also good. DW said the cookies were very good. Of course the first and last nights in the dining room were not a good experience.
Alaska Adventure Highlights
Two things were the highlight for me: The view of Mount McKinley (or Denali), the largest mountain in North America was tops. Although it wasn�t 100% clear, only 20% of visitors actually get to see it at all so we were lucky. I also very much enjoyed the Happy Hours in the Crow�s Nest that were wonderful. I later saw the bar manager (during the blackout) and asked him about our fun group at Happy Hour and he was very pleased with the volume of business and fun we added. They were nice to us and furnished hot horderves as a snack at each gathering, it really did make wonderful cocktail hours.
What made the trip FUN was traveling with a fun group. Always rolling with the punches and making the best of every situation, the group was determined to have a great Alaska experience!
IT WAS AN ADVENTURE!Snoozemates in Alaska
Thanks for the review/pics....sounded absolutely wonderful....You can can't beat the Alaska scenery, food, excursions, etc....Welcome back.
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BTW to all--These posts didn't copy & paste completely clean. The first line is the caption for the photo. A few other details are not clean, but I think you get the overall message. I've made corrections as needed on blog. To see it there: Ray's Cruise Blog
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Are you in college? Or are you a single person in your 20s? You listen to me, you little shitstain: Enjoy your Thanksgiving. No, I mean it. Enjoy the shit out of it, because at your current station in life, Thanksgiving is as good as it will ever be.
I apologize in advance for this dipshit upper-middle-class daydream, but here is what Thanksgiving is like for a person that age. You're at school, or you're living in some shit apartment. On Tuesday or Wednesday, you get in your shit car or you hop on a plane or a train, and you slog it all the way back to your parents' house. If the opportunity presents itself, you drink along the way. When I was single and living in New York, I took the Metro-North railroad all the way to the end of the Waterbury line to get to my folks' house. They sold beer in Grand Central before you got on the train, and I always bought two bigass cans of Foster's. I was lit by the time we reached Stamford. It was awesome.
Your folks pick you up and give you kisses and you tell mom that you have a suitcase full of old shirts and dirty underwear for her to wash. You get home and throw that shit on top of the washing machine and kick off your shoes and IMMEDIATELY go look to see what's on the stove/in the fridge/in the pantry for you to gorge on. CHIPS! Fuck yeah! MEAT IN FOIL! That looks tempting! NUTS! Mmmm ... nuts. There's shit cooking on the stove. Is that what we're eating tonight? Or is this all for Thanksgiving? Are we ordering out? I don't have to do anything, do I?
You do not. Your mom tells you that you should take it easy, even though you were just at college or fucking around at work and have done NOTHING productive as a human being yet. You even get this night off from doing the dishes.
Hey, there's a fire! Let's poke it.
You eat and get shitfaced and go to sleep happy. You wake up the next day and eat some coffee cake (or all of it) and walk around in your T-shirt and warmup pants and make the occasional token effort to help your mom or dad with the cooking. They send you on a miniature grocery run to get some last-minute items and you buy extra beer along the way because BEER. You bring that shit home and WHEW! That sure was hard work! Best you spend the rest of the day off your feet, watching terrible football!
More fire pokin'.
Other relatives/siblings/family friends stream in to the house and you give them a token "So good to see you!" before staring at the TV more. Mom tells you to take a goddamn shower already. You shower and put on a nice sweater. LOOKING GOOD, YOU!
You come downstairs and the turkey's out of the oven and your mom bitches at you for picking at the skin and picking onions off the top of the green bean casserole. Not your fault everything looks so edible, dammit! You make yourself a cocktail and feel super grown-up. Dinner time! Maybe it's at noon or maybe it's at 3 p.m. or whenever your family does it. Your mom wants you all to sit in the dining room even though the dining room sucks and you can't see the TV in there. You keep it on anyway just so you can hear the faint sounds of football-related things while you give thanks and then eat. And eat and eat and eat and eat.
There's nothing keeping you from eating. No spouse to restrain you. No kids monopolizing your time. There is just you and a plate (a canvas to you, really) and a bottomless glass that you can fill with anything you please. You take the best skin parts and big hunks of dark/white (your choice) first because skin is important. Some potatoes. Stuffing. Green bean casserole (if they don't come in casserole form, green beans are useless). Some cranberry sauce. And gravy. Fucking so much gravy. A lake of gravy that threatens to breach the rim of your plate. You didn't mean to load quite that much food on your first go-round, but it's not your fault everything looked good and you didn't want to get screwed over by your dickhead brother hogging the rest even though there is more than enough.
You eat until you feel repulsed by your own excess, and then you eat more because it's Thanksgiving and more eating is what you gotta do. Now it's dessert time! THREE KINDS OF PIE YO. There's apple and pecan and pumpkin and you take a slice of all three and eat the pumpkin first because pumpkin is the best, then you scoop the goo out of the pecan pie and eat that, then get more pumpkin pie because having more of that takes priority over finishing the apple pie even though the apple pie is real solid. It's a blameless victim in all this.
Then you lie on the couch and groan for two straight hours as you kinda watch the game and flutter in and out of consciousness. After that, you've got the whole night to either chill out or maybe go out with friends if they're in town. Then you go upstairs to your childhood room and fall into a long, dark sleep. And then you have a full long weekend ahead of you to eat all the leftovers and drink the rest of the booze and go to the movies and do whatever the fuck you want.
THAT is a maximized Thanksgiving, and you have only a 10- to 15-year window of that kind of ultimate laziness before marriage and kids come and you have to stiffen up a bit. At my age, Thanksgiving is not as relaxing as I would like it to be. It's frantic and messy and I have to steal bites of food in between jamming pieces of turkey into a screaming kid's maw. Half the time, I don't even know what I'm eating. One day, I hope, Thanksgiving will settle back down for me, and I can be my 22-year-old self again and slug about, eating and drinking and scratching my balls as I please without quite so many responsibilities. Maybe it won't be the Turkey Day I once knew, but I'd like to get a little of the old feeling back.
So hear me now: If you're still a fresh-faced young whippersnapper who can indulge yourself in every possible way today, please do so. Do it for me. You are living in your golden age of Thanksgiving and it would be a crime if you actually showed some restraint. This is Thanksgiving, and this is your special Turkey Day Jamboroo ...
The Games
All games in the Jamboroo are evaluated for sheer watchability on a scale of 1 to 5 Throwgasms.
Five Throwgasms
Saints at Seahawks: Holy shit, this Monday night game is good! It's not like the San Francisco-Washington MNF game earlier this week. You can hear the contempt in Mike Tirico's voice whenever he has to watch a bumbling offense monkeyfart its way through a game. At some point, the suits at ESPN will pull Mike aside and tell him that the NFL would like him to tone it down a bit, and then Tirico will tell them that he would like to throw them on a table and fuck their brains out.
By the way, bonus HOT TAKE points to any columnist who used the Seahawk drug suspensions this week to ask STRONG questions about the potential "drug culture" in the Seattle locker room.
This has become the elephant in the room that the Seahawks can't control.
So true. Can anyone stop the Carroll Cartel from terrorizing America?
Broncos at Chiefs: My wife made cookies the other day and she tossed the mixing bowl in the sink and filled it with soapy water when there was CLEARLY still enough dough left either to form a final cookie or to eat raw. I can't tolerate this. It's like watching someone leave a child on the side of the road. How can you just let that extra spoonful of dough go to waste? I could have given myself salmonella, girl.
Four Throwgasms
Cardinals at Eagles: I did a yoga class for the first time this week because yoga is supposed to be good for your back, but HOLY SHIT. It wasn't even a real class. It was just some beginner DVD. I even made sure to watch Sue, the girl in the back of the room who did the most basic poses for neophytes. No matter. I was not prepared for its arduousness. I should not have selected a DVD geared towards women (it was my wife's), because women can do crazy shit like lick the back of their heels. I need a beginner DVD for the beginner DVD, because that thing put me in a world of hurt. They also asked me to stare at the floor a lot, which prevented me from seeing what the fuck I was supposed to do next. I made it through 20 minutes before collapsing. Everything hurts.
There are four million BROGA pieces out there where the dude is like, "I know yoga's usually for the BITCHES, but I thought I figured I would try it anyway NO HOMO," but I think we've evolved as a species well past that. These yoga poses where you hold the same position for 89 straight minutes are not for pussies.
Bengals at Chargers
Three Throwgasms
Raiders at Cowboys: Dez Bryant got into an argument with Giants defender Trumaine McBride last week, with McBride shoving Bryant and getting in his grill. And after the "Dez chews out Romo" affair of a few weeks ago, I watched the altercation imagining that Bryant and McBride were actually engaged in some kind of friendly dance fight that everyone had wildly misinterpreted. I SAID I HOPE YOU HAVE A HAPPY THANKSGIVING MOTHERFUCKER.
Packers at Lions: I need the phrase "runs angry" retired forever. At the very least, I'd like all the angry (downhill) runners countered with an army of HAPPY runners who elude every defender while laughing out loud and skipping through the hole. "Look at Eddie Lacy! He's running downright JUBILANTLY."
Bucs at Panthers: Steve Smith currently sits at No. 22 all time in receiving yards. He's 25th in catches, 42nd in touchdowns, and 26th in all-time yards per game. So he's one of those great players who probably won't end up making the Hall of Fame because his numbers aren't quite gaudy enough. But ohhhh, if he did. I would pay to watch that speech. It would be 20 minutes of taunting every defensive back he ever faced who did NOT make it to Canton. Then he'd punch a baby.
Steelers at Ravens
Titans at Colts
Rams at Niners
Two Throwgasms
Giants at Skins: I assume that Washington will show Shanny the door at the end of this season, but they better have made that decision NOW. The worst thing any franchise can do is fire a guy without having any successor in mind. By Week 10 or so, you need to be like, "Oh fuck yeah, we gotta shitcan this guy," then you secretly go sniffing around for WEASEL COACHES who might be interested in jumping aboard, and if the market looks shitty, maybe you change your mind. The worst thing is when you pull an Al Davis and you're just like, "Fire that guy and we'll pick a new guy after I come back from my vacation at the local animal put-down clinic." The coaching market heats up and dies down quickly. You gotta have a plan before you send Shanahan back to the tannery.
One Throwgasm
Falcons at Bills: I know it triggered five million easy jokes, but I think it would be kinda awesome if Jon Bon Jovi bought the Bills. First of all, it would keep him from making new music, which is important. Secondly, he's not a living corpse like Ralph Wilson. Thirdly, if things ever went wrong, he could try to make it up to fans by performing live at halftime, only to have a bunch of angry drunken Bills fans pelt him to death with frozen oranges. All of that would be highly amusing. I bet Bon Jovi's full sales pitch to the other owners will be, "I know Bob Kraft! Can I borrow a billion dollars?"
Jaguars at Browns
Bears at Vikings
Dolphins at Jets
Patriots at Texans
Pregame Song That Makes Me Want To Run Through A Goddamn Brick Wall
"Counter Culture Complex," by KEN mode. From Mike:
KEN is an acronym for "Kill Everyone Now." Good times.
I'll add that the above video is excellent. It has everything I want from a metal video: torches, ice caverns .... Actually, that's about it. I just want ice caverns and torches.
Suicide Pick Of The Week
Last week's picks of New Orleans, Kansas City, and Detroit went 1-2 (oh, that seems bad!), making me 26-10 on the year. Once again, we pick three teams for suicide pool and one thing that makes you want to commit suicide. This week's picks are Dallas, Detroit, New England, and the underscore key. I don't know how the underscore key became so widely used—especially when it comes to email addresses and Twitter handles—but it's the worst. It's easy to miss, it's never the first key you think of when you need to guess someone's email or Twitter handle, and it requires using the shift key. If I have to use the shift key, that symbol should be downgraded to "used once every half a century" status. Use a hyphen if you can. Don't make everyone do a stupid underscore key to find you. I fucking hate the underscore key. It makes everything look like an unsolved Hangman game.
Gregg Easterbrook Is A Haughty Dipshit
Oh, woe unto you if you're a me-first, camera-hogging, Hollywood mobile quarterback! So sayeth your fair columnist.
Lead by a highly drafted, magazine-cover, college-style quarterback, the Niners are last in the league in passing.
I know! The fact that Colin Kaepernick was drafted high (kinda!) and dared to be on the cover of a magazine means he cares more about himself than football! If only the Niners had someone like Tom Brady, who's never been on a magazine cover of any sort!
Now that defenses have adapted to the flavor of the month, good old vanilla, chocolate and strawberry passing is required. On Sunday night, Peyton Manning and Tom Brady did vanilla, chocolate and strawberry to spectacular effect: Monday night, the flavor of the month was a bust for both teams.
That is the worst thing ever written. In all of human history, with everything ever said on the Internet, and all of the PornHub comments in existence and all the Brony fan fiction ever put to paper, this is the worst of it. It's an ice cream metaphor that has leapt into a Good Humor truck and is now running over a gaggle of schoolchildren. RGIII was just a flash in the pan! But on Sunday night, Tom Brady used that pan for far more effective, low-temperature cooking. We're talking true wilted spinach. Which is also a flavor of the month at certain boutique ice cream shops.
On the subject of those in cleats, reader Kevin Bryan of Chicago reports, "The Pats have been decimated by injuries, leading to a profusion of the sort of undrafted players whom you admire. The current 53-man roster includes 18 undrafted men. There are as many undrafted players on the New England roster as first-, second- and third-round picks combined."
Late in life, (Frank) Capra said he left Hollywood because "hedonists, bleeding-hearts and God-haters" had taken over.
So ... Jews.
There are few public-policy subjects on which left and right have exchanged positions as emphatically as dam-building.
Oh please ... GO ON! /affixes mouth to leaf blower exhaust pipe, tapes nostrils shut
As the penguins would say, "Hoover damn!"
That's an actual photo caption in the column, and there are no penguins to be found in said photo. So your guess is as good as mine. Maybe he's referring to all the penguins who live in Jacksonville.
Two months ago, yours truly chided the mainstream media for taking seriously claims that a Mars voyage could be accomplished relatively cheaply with private resources.
Also chided was Dennis Tito
NOOOO NOT POOR TITO! Oh, Dennis Tito ... woe unto those who might suffer at the heel of TMQ's lethal chidage. Have mercy on poor Tito!
When the kicking unit trotted in, reader James McCollough of Kelowna, British Columbia, announced "game over." And verily, it came to pass: The final was 45-23
I hope Canada burns.
the Packers Bikini Girls were out in force, shirtless with bikini triangle tops despite the cold. That alone should have pleased the football gods.
Hey, you know what? If that's all you need to please the football gods, then why are they football gods? They are TITTY GODS. Hedonists! Football is completely irrelevant to them so long as they got fresh titties to stare at. MMMM OHHHH UNDRAFTED TITS LEMME PART THEM LIKE THE RED SEA.
My item on the city of Jacksonville giving a $43 million gift to the Jaguars for stadium upgrades, while billionaire Jags owner Shad Khan ponies up only $20 million, originally contained a link to school funding cuts in Jacksonville, Ill. This error made me look like a complete idiot. The link rapidly was replaced with the correct one.
But you didn't note that until just now. The football gods do not take kindly to such hubris.
Years ago when Page 2 still existed and still had a background of yellow kryptonite, your columnist claimed to have drawn up a play that was "100 percent unstoppable." The play was called Blast Gold. A year after the boasting item linked in the previous sentence ran, in a middle-school game I called Blast Gold on fourth-and-short from our own 18, and the result was a touchdown.
Boast boast boast. All TMQ does is boast boast boast about his unstoppable plays named after what is almost certainly a series of gonzo porn films. Well, the Titty Gods frown upon such boastiness. YOU WILL BE CHIDED.
Great Moments In Poop History
Reader Brad sends in this story I call RUN FOR THE POOPER:
Pre-driver's license age, our neighborhood crew of guys would sometimes ride our bikes down to the local shopping center to hit up Subway, Little Caesars, Movie Gallery (video game rentals FTW), or our favorite, Taco Bell. The trip was a decent trek—we would cut through a backyard and into the neighboring subdivision, which was huge, and from there through another backyard and out into the shopping center. On hot summer days we always knew a plunge in the swimming pool awaited us upon our sweaty return. Let it be noted that I was of the "husky" body type back then. One day we chose Taco Bell, as we did many times. After railing who knows how many bean burritos (89 cents), tacos, and cinnamon twists we hopped back on the bikes to head home to that glorious body of water. Not very far into the return ride, the grade D meat was ready to come out. We're just into the big neighborhood next to ours, just came out of the woods from the shopping center. It hits me so hard and fast that I know I can't turn around and make it back to a toilet in the shopping center.
A good buddy of mine lived on the other end of the long street we were on, so I decided I'd knock on the door and his Mom or whoever was home would understand. So I'm pedaling as fast as my "husky" frame would allow, right down the middle of the street. My brother and buddy don't understand the severity and urgency of this situation yet (they would very soon, much to their dismay). Unfortunately, I couldn't even make it a few hundred more yards to my buddy's house. I tossed by bike down, dropped my pants, and shat right in the middle of the street. We're talking suburbia, houses all around. Middle of the day in the summer. My brother and buddy were 20-30 yards ahead of me literally with their jaws dropped. Staring in shock/disgust. I exploded what was so ready in me to get out, wiped with some leaves and hopped back on the bike.
He called it "Think outside the buns," but I like my title better!
Emmitt Smith's Lock of the Week!
"This week I like the Tennessee Titans (+4.5) to go into Indy and NIHILATE the Colts! Now, apple pose of nothing, I would like to talk about RGIII. A lotta people are saying that his EMO is getting in the way of the Redskins success. They say he can't be coached. That he doesn't listen. THAT HE'S A ROOF! If that's true, it makes me inconstableable. A real leader cannot be HANDOFFISH or STRUCK UP. He has to be a count bull. Gimpathetic, even. Can't let that EMO get in the way. That's just my two cunts."
Emmitt Smith 2013 record: 4-6-2
This Week In Terrifying Animal News
Hey, you know how most every movie has a "NO ANIMALS WERE HARMED" disclaimer tacked onto the end credits? Turns out that's kind of a lie! The Hollywood Reporter did a full #schlongread treatment on all the ways animals are brutalized on film and TV sets. You will not find a more intricately designed web post in the service of bleeding horse photos.
Fantasy Player Who Deserves to Die A Slow, Painful Death
Stevan Ridley, who has pulled a David Wilson on fantasy owners for two straight weeks. I love it when a running back fumbles and they cut to the angry coach and the announcer is like, "Bill Belichick isn't gonna tolerate fumbling like that! HE WILL SIT YOU DOWN!" I expect Collinsworth to run down on to the field and personally force Ridley to take communion in front of the stadium when that happens. YOU HAVE BROUGHT DISGRACE UPON US ALL, BUTTERFINGERZ.
Fire This Asshole!
Is there anything more exciting than a coach losing his job? All year long, we'll keep track of which coaches will almost certainly get fired at year's end or sooner. And now, your potential 2013 chopping block:
- Leslie Frazier*
- Greg Schiano
- Mike Smith
- Mike Shanahan*
- Joe Philbin
- Gary Kubiak*
- Rex Ryan
- Tom Coughlin
*-Potential midseason firing
No more asterisk for Greg Schiano, but now that the Bucs have won three straight games and are beginning to give off the illusion of competence (one Tampa writer even demanded Schiano get an extension), I must warn you about the dreaded DEAD TEAM BOUNCE, in which a horrible team scrapes together a few wins once the season has been lost. These are aggressively meaningless wins, and if you put too much stock in them, you are doomed to suffer a second season of Romeo Crennel coaching you.
Gametime Snack Of The Week
The fabled black and white cookie, with is really just a flat cupcake with stale icing. I'm all for flat cupcakes. The cupcake stump is inherently useless. But I dunno ... this cookie ain't as good a cookie as Seinfeld says it is.
Gametime Cheap Beer Of The Week
Hello Kitty beer! From Doug Sly:
Tastes about as good as you'd expect from a beer who's target demographic is 7-12 year old Japanese girls.
I don't even know how marketing a beer like this can be legal in any country. That beer screams "Pedophile child-luring device". I hope one day to pair it with a My Little Pony oatmeal stout. I MUST HAVE IT.
Robert Evans's MVP Watch!
Time to start thinking about who the leaders will be for the NFL's MVP award. So every week, legendary Hollywood producer Robert Evans will join us to give us his assessment. Take it away, Mr. Evans.
"Baby, my favorite for NFL MVP is Drew Brees of the Saints! Lotta sizzle around these Hunger Games movies, gang. But to the Kid, those movies are child's play. I saw the real thing! The year: 1982. The place: Cambodia. I was scouting out locations with Francis Coppola for a potential sequel to Apocalypse Now called Apocalypse Then. We were guests of the infamous Pol Pot, who secured us lavish accommodations in one of the many temples he built for himself. Luxurious? YOU BET! A bed frame made entirely out of human skulls? NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE. After champagne and some of Cambodia's finest female sex slaves, Pol Pot invited us into his private dining room. Said he had a surprise for us, and what a surprise! There, standing before us, were 24 children all between the ages of twelve and eighteen, armed with clubs, axes, and shovels!
"Pot orders us to sit down, and I do so in great haste. Then he raises his hand and the kids start beating the shit out of each other! Shocked? MORE LIKE STUNNED. I turned to Coppola and said, 'Frankie, we gotta get outta this place,' and Frankie turns to me and he says, 'Not now, Evans. This is the best acid trip I ever had. We're in Sacramento, right?' The movie was never made."
Sunday Afternoon Movie Of The Week For Falcons Fans
Gravity, which is every bit as good as everyone says it is, but no one warned me prior to seeing this movie that it would cause RELENTLESS HORRIBLE MOTION SICKNESS. I spent half the time watching this movie hoping that Sandra Bullock would just stop spinning for a moment. If I were trapped in space, the walls of the ISS would be painted in black vomit. I probably shouldn't have had all that Hello Kitty beer before I watched this.
The thing about space that fucks with me, apart from the fact that it makes me think about being dead forever in an endless black void, is that all of the parameters of Earthly living are gone. There's no up or down. Deep in space, there's no day or night. No years. No east or west. There's no foundation to build a sense of time or direction upon. I have a hard time wrapping my brain around that. As a human being, you are biologically engineered to exist on Earth and NO OTHER PLACE, so space is a real mindfuck.
Bonus points to this movie for featuring extended scenes of a woman in compression shorts. All movies and TV shows should feature women in compression shorts at all times, like Corey Stoll's galpal on House of Cards. Really put that show over.
Gratuitous Simpsons Quote
"Read your town charter, boy. 'If foodstuff should touch the ground, said foodstuff shall be turned over to the village idiot.' Since I don't see him around...start shoveling!"
Enjoy the games, everyone. And Happy Thanksgiving!
Drew Magary writes for Deadspin and Gawker. He's also a correspondent for GQ. Follow him on Twitter @drewmagary and email him at firstname.lastname@example.com. You can also buy Drew's book, Someone Could Get Hurt, through his homepage.


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Welcome to the Winnipeg Art Gallery's Employment and Volunteer Opportunities page. There are many roles behind the scenes at the WAG, as well as a broad range of career opportunities—whether support or professional, seasonal or year-round, part-time or full-time, volunteer or salaried. Some departments and positions require highly specialized education and experience, while others seek individuals with more broad-based or skills-related backgrounds.
Information about Museum Careers
Though a foundation in art or art history is helpful, it is not required for every position in an art museum. However, curatorial positions do demand completion of a graduate degree at minimum, and the heightened focus and expertise gained through doctoral study is often preferred. Departments in which defined skills and knowledge are necessary, but do not require a formal background in art history, include: design, installations, finance, information services, audio-visual services, administrative services, admissions, special events, and retail operations.
How to Apply
To be considered for any of the openings listed on this page, please forward your resume including a list of references, and a cover letter indicating position(s) of interest, as well as any salary requirements to the Human Resources department at the Winnipeg Art Gallery by filling in the form below or mailing it at the address below. Due to the volume of correspondence received, the HR department cannot confirm receipt of submitted documentation.
Manager, Human Resources
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The Winnipeg Art Gallery thanks all applicants for their submissions. However, only those selected to be interviewed will be contacted.
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Hawks Sign Kyle Korver To New Contract
Veteran Sharpshooter Finished Second in the League Last Season With .457 3FG%
ATLANTA (July 12, 2013) -- The Atlanta Hawks have signed veteran guard/forward Kyle Korver to a new contract, President of Basketball Operations/General Manager Danny Ferry announced today. Per team policy, terms of the agreement were not disclosed.
"Kyle was a key contributor for us last season, and we're thrilled to retain him," Ferry said. "He is a tremendous competitor and an important presence for our team both on and off the court."
Last season, Korver appeared in 74 contests (60 starts), averaging 10.9 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.0 steals in 30.5 minutes (.461 FG%, .457 3FG%, .859 FT%). He finished second in the NBA in three-point percentage and fourth in three-pointers made (189). His 189 triples were the fourth-best single-season total in franchise history.
Korver made at least one three-pointer in his final 73 games of the regular season, the longest active streak in the NBA and the fourth-longest streak in league history (Dana Barros 89, Michael Adams 79, Dennis Scott 78). He scored in double-figures 42 times, including four 20-point outings. He scored 10-plus points in 13 straight games (1/16-2/11), the longest streak of his career.
Through 10 seasons, he has played in 738 games (170 starting assignments) with Philadelphia, Utah, Chicago and the Hawks, and holds career averages of 9.6 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.6 assists in 24.8 minutes (.434 FG%, .419 3FG%, .875 FT%). Korver ranks sixth among active players in 3FG% and 17th (29th in NBA/ABA history) with 1,323 3FGM. He's also appeared in 60 playoff contests.


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Now that you have a lesson on My Melody, and a cartoon Wizard, I will now show you "how to draw Kuromi step by step". Kuromi is another character from Sanrio world and is very popular. She is the Goth queen in the Hello Kitty world. She too is a rabbit like creature and she is also the friendly rival of My Melody. You may think that a character that looks as bad as she does, wouldn't at all be interested in anything but mischief and chaos. The truth is, although Kuromi looks like she is a tough cookie, she is actually as girly as My Melody and Hello Kitty put together. She is also a sucker for cute guys and she absolutely loves wearing her black jester style hat with a cute pink skull in the middle. Kuromi also likes reading romance novels, and writing in her diary. Anyways, I hope you guys have fun with this tutorial on "how to draw Kuromi step by step". I will provide you with a link to Kuromi's home page on Sanrio's website if you would like to read about her further. All you have to do is click this link and you will also find more fun facts about the rest of the Sanrio gang. I will be back with my last lesson for the day. I redrew Hello Kitty and if you want to see how she looks now you can click on the Hello Kitty link you see here. Have fun guys and remember to keep on drawing and never get discouraged because you will get better with time and practice. Adios amigos.
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Does anybody have any clue about Panasonic 4Ah battery power density? Would it be possible to make double-engine version of Model S for racing (4WD, for heavy regen at front wheels). I would love to see a EV that beats just about any ICE race car.
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After I moved to the District of Columbia, I quickly learned that in addition to being our nation's capital, it is also the jaywalking capital of the entire country. People here cross streets in heavy traffic with near-total impunity; most drivers, even cops, simply smile and wave them on. It's kind of ridiculous, actually.
But it turns out we Washingtonians have nothing on the Chinese. No act of pedestrian idiocy I have ever witnessed even comes close to this, which was caught on a traffic camera for all to see. It took place a couple days ago in Ningbo, Zhejiang province, according to Beijing Cream.
In it, we see a man or woman carrying a bag who strolls right into heavy traffic from both directions. Then in an attempt to avoid killing this person, the driver of that green truck swerves right into a pole.
So what does our intrepid pedestrian do? He/she checks out the wreck for a few seconds and then walks away. Unbelievable.
You stay classy, China.
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Armstrong has evidence against UCI
PARIS (AP) — The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency wants Lance Armstrong to come forward with information detailing the alleged complicity of cycling's governing body in his doping.
Travis Tygart appeared at a French government Senate hearing Thursday to discuss ways to improve the fight against doping.
After the USADA'S scathing report on systematic doping by Armstrong and his teams, he was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles and banned from elite sport for life.
Cycling body UCI has been accused of covering up suspicious samples from Armstrong, accepting financial donations from him and helping him avoid detection in doping tests.
During the Senate hearing, Tygart said he had "evidence of the UCI's involvement in this affair," and Armstrong could hold the key to revealing the extent of that involvement.
"Armstrong led us to believe — during the course of our interaction with him — that he had evidence of their complicity in this situation, and of course we've developed additional information that will come out through our process, that I can't comment on right now," Tygart said in an interview with The Associated Press.
Tygart, who said he last spoke with Armstrong about a month ago, hopes the rider changes his mind and details what happened during his reign as cycling's undisputed superstar.
"We're hopeful at some point he'll come in and be truthful. I think he could provide a lot of information," Tygart told the AP after speaking before the Senate for about 1 ½ hours. "We certainly are under the impression based on our conversations around our meeting back in December that he has information and evidence that would be extremely helpful and powerful in trying to set cycling on a new path."
After years of denials, Armstrong finally confessed to doping during an interview with Oprah Winfrey in January. Tygart thinks there is still much more to come and Armstrong has crucial information to share.
"Our firm belief is (he has) and obviously I wouldn't say that unless I had backing to say it," Tygart said. "We're convinced."
Tygart also wants the UCI to maintain its pledge — made in November when it set up an independent commission — to examine claims it had covered up suspicious samples from Armstrong and accepted financial donations from him. Two months later, the commission was disbanded.
"We're hopeful that (the UCI) are going to take decisive action and we're fully prepared to participate in a meaningful process, not a setup, a self-scripted outcome," Tygart told AP. "And if not through that, then it will be through the ongoing process that we're now involved with."
During his hearing, Tygart answered many questions concerning the alleged role the UCI played in covering up Armstrong's doping.
Tygart said the UCI was clearly "aware of several (suspicious) samples" returned by Armstrong at the 2001 Tour of Switzerland and 2002 Dauphine Libere race, and the six positive EPO samples from the 1999 Tour — first reported by sports daily L'Equipe in 2005 — but had "failed to proceed on any of this data."
Tygart said the UCI "took every obvious effort to obstruct us" in the Armstrong case and should not oversee drug-testing at the Tour. He said 30 percent of samples from the 2010 Tour were not tested for the blood-booster EPO.
"There are holes in the testing that the AFLD (French Anti-Doping Agency) or USADA would never let happen," he said. "These holes give dirty athletes a runway to fly their planes through."
Former AFLD chief Pierre Bordry, often at loggerheads with Armstrong, attended the hearing and warmly embraced Tygart.
Bordry said in January that the UCI should no longer be involved with Tour testing until it fully answers questions. The independent commission was set up to scrutinize Pat McQuaid, who was elected as UCI president weeks after Armstrong first retired in 2005, and his predecessor, Hein Verbruggen, regarding their relationship with Armstrong.
In March, the UCI shut down the panel, saying it wanted a separate amnesty-style "truth and reconciliation commission."
"The only decisive action they've made is to disband the independent commission right at the moment when the independent commission was finally taking off the blinders and undoing the handcuffs to truly act independent," Tygart told reporters in a separate briefing.
Armstrong's longtime team manager, Johan Bruyneel, who helped him win all seven of his Tours, has been charged by USADA with doping violations but is fighting that case in arbitration.
But it remains unclear when the case will be heard.
"I just can't comment on the specifics of it," Tygart said. "We want to hear under oath, in the United States — where if he lied there can be consequences — we want to know, we want every question to be answered. We look forward to that opportunity in every case."
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In my last post I outlined a number of experimental studies using the Zebra Finch that have highlighted an additional dimension to the FoxP2 gene – not only is it upregulated in the avian brain throughout song development, but it is also downregulated in important song nuclei of adult birds in singing contexts that seem to involve 'listening to one's own song' and subsequent error correction. Given that the pattern of expression of this gene is very similar in the developing brain of both humans and birds, one conclusion that has been drawn from this research is that FOXP2 downregulation may equivocally serve to facilitate online language processing function in the adult human brain.
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Naturally, the next step has been to try and identify the downstream genes regulated by FOXP2 in order to build up a more detailed picture of how interactions between complex genetic networks influence key language-related disorders in humans. It is as a result of such efforts that another gene, although discovered almost a decade ago, has found its way into the spotlight: CNTNAP2.
In the developing human brain, CNTNAP2 is enriched in functionally specialised regions such as the frontal cortex, the stratium, and the dorsal thalamus (circuits within these regions are referred to as cortico-striato-thalmic circuits) central to executive function, planning and executing complex sequential movements, and thus potentially, language. This presents a striking contrast to the more uniform expression of Cntnap2 observed in the developing rodent brain where there is no evidence for enrichment in specific regions, suggesting a functional difference in the human version that could be related to vocal learning and modification.
Continue reading "Under the Influence: An overview of recent insights into the CNTNAP2 gene"


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Android on Freerunner
Google has released their open source version of the Android phone software distribution. In order to use it on the Freerunner, a number of patches need to be applied and a compiler with armv4 java exception support needs to be used to compile the software.
Compiler suite
Android is a little picky about the version of gcc compiler. It also requires some java exception support that isn't available for armv4 without a minor modification. The following tools are what I use to build Android:
Binutils 2.18
At one time I had some armv5t code that was compiled into Android which would cause the linker to generate these blx instructions which fail on armv4. I'm not sure if this is still necessary, but I still have the following change applied to binutils:
diff -urN binutils-2.18-orig/bfd/elf32-arm.c binutils-2.18/bfd/elf32-arm.c
 --- binutils-2.18-orig/bfd/elf32-arm.c 2007-08-07 02:59:23.000000000 +0700
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 static void check_use_blx(struct elf32_arm_link_hash_table *globals)
 {
 if (bfd_elf_get_obj_attr_int (globals->obfd, OBJ_ATTR_PROC,
 - Tag_CPU_arch) > 2)
 - globals->use_blx = 1;
 + Tag_CPU_arch) >= TAG_CPU_ARCH_V5T)
 + globals->use_blx = 0;
 }

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configure --prefix={devel path}/android/cross --target=arm-eabi
gcc 4.2.4 with gcc41-java-arm4.patch
configure --prefix={devel path}/android/cross --target=arm-eabi --with-arch=armv4t --enable-shared --enable-threads --disable-nls --disable-libmudflap --enable-target-optspace --with-abi=aapcs --enable-multilib --disable-libssp --disable-libstdcxx --enable-languages=c,c++
This is the standard Linux package available for most (all?) distributions.
Coming soon. I've posted a number of them on the devel mailing list so far. Eventually, I expect to provide everything necessary for people to build Android for themselves.
I have placed an older 2.6.26 kernel with Android support at:
I have put up a jffs2 image that replaces rootfs on the Freerunner at:
Warning!!! Installation of Android requires loading a new kernel and rootfs image onto your phone. I have not had time to produce a version that runs completely off an sdcard.


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Freshman Jake Gambitsky recorded six saves in the overtime win over Brown March 17 (Kevin Burns).
The Particulars
The Harvard men's lacrosse team, which enters the weekend at 1-0 in the Ivy League and 3-3 overall, will play its fourth home game of the season, when it takes on Dartmouth Saturday, March 24 at 2 p.m.
Fans can follow the action at home by visiting GoCrimson.com and following our live stats and live video links.
Series History
Harvard and Dartmouth have played 83 times since 1926, with the Crimson holding a 44-38-1 advantage in the all-time series. After the Big Green won four straight between 2003-2006, Harvard has taken three of the last five games, but Dartmouth emerged with a 9-8 victory last spring.
After scoring a total of 10 goals last week, including five against Duke and five against Brown, Jeff Cohen was tabbed the Ivy League Co-Player of the Week. Cohen paces the Crimson and the Ivy League with 23 goals and now sits fourth in Harvard history with 117 career tallies.
Going Streaking
Jeff Cohen has scored at least two goals in all six games this fall and has recorded a hat trick in five straight games. He has also tallied five goals in each of his last two games, moving himself in Harvard history in goals with 117 in his career. Cohen posted a career-best with 34 goals as a freshman in 2009 and has already notched 23 goals this spring. Over the course of his career, Cohen has amassed 137 points (117-20-137).
Senior Jeff Cohen continues to be an offensive threat for the Crimson and ranks with the nation's elite. Cohen is currently second in the nation in goals per game, averaging 3.83 per contest. Cohen also leads the Crimson and the Ivy League with 23 goals and 26 points.
Stingy Goalie
One of the early stories for Harvard this season has been the play of its goalies. Junior Harry Krieger is ranked ninth nationally in goals against average with a 7.44 mark. Harvard as a team is ranked 16th in the NCAA in scoring defense only allowing 8.5 goals per game. Freshman goalie Jake Gambitsky is allowing 9.86 goals per game in his first two starts.
Harvard has enjoyed the friendly confines of Cambridge Mass., under head coach Chris Wojcik. The Crimson has compiled a 7-3 record when playing on its home field under its current skipper, including 2-1 this spring. In those games Harvard has outscored its opponents 121-90 during those 10 matchups.
Leading the Way
With 23 goals and three assists, Jeff Cohen paces Harvard's offense with 26 points. Daniel Eipp (12-9-21) has dished out a Crimson-best nine assists, while Kevin Vaughan (6-8-14) trails behind for third on the team in points. Keegan Michel has picked up 29 ground balls, the most on Harvard.
Harvard sits in a first-place tie in the Ivy League with Cornell (1-0) and Princeton (1-0). In other Ancient Eight games Saturday, Princeton visits Yale and Penn hosts Cornell. In a non-conference game, Brown travels to Burlington, Vt., to face Vermont. Cornell boasts the conference's best overall record at 4-1 and is ranked No. 3/4 in the national polls.
Faceoff Specialist
The Crimson has won 74-of-131 faceoffs (.542) this spring. Keegan Michel has earned victories on 62-of-103 (.602 faceoffs), while Sean Mahon has won 6-of-12 (.500) and Rick Mole has won 6-of-16 (.375) chances on faceoff attempts.


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UN food and agriculture chief: ready to work with European and Central Asian countries facing food insecurity, obesity, high rates of food waste and losses
The impact of climate change on food production figured prominently in the words of FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva, as he addressed the opening of the Organization's Regional Conference for Europe here today, attended by delegations from 46 countries.
Graziano da Silva referred to a report released this week by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which forecasts serious disruptions to agriculture due to shifting weather patterns.
"We need to step up our efforts to mitigate, to adapt and, most importantly, to shift to more sustainable food systems," he said. "This is one of our core responsibilities."
The world's poorest are particularly vulnerable to climate change, he said, because the impact on agricultural production will be felt harder in the already marginal production areas in which they live.
FAO's intensified emphasis on sustainable family farming was another key theme of Graziano da Silva's statement, as he addressed delegations to the biennial conference that governs FAO's activities in the Europe and Central Asia region.
He referred particularly to FAO's new regional initiative that aims to reduce rural poverty by supporting family farmers and smallholders, by focusing on sustainable production technologies, land tenure issues, access to markets, and income diversification for people in rural areas.
FAO will also advise national governments on policies and strategies in favour of family farming and small-scale production.
A second new regional initiative of FAO for 2014-15 will deal with agri-food trade, improving countries' capacity to engage more effectively in regional and international agricultural trade and comply with international norms for food trade.
FAO will also work with countries on combating food losses and waste, Graziano da Silva said.
"FAO's latest estimates point to the need to increase agricultural output by 60 percent to feed the world's population in 2050," he said. "If we could reduce food loss and waste to half of its present level, the production increase would need to be only 25 percent."
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Black Politicians Still Face Glass Ceiling
Fifty years after Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his landmark "I Have a Dream'' speech at the Lincoln Memorial, African-American progress in the political arena has been spotty. Neil King reports. Photo: Getty Images.
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Barak Obama broke the ultimate right to buy a twenty one the presidency into thousandeight ... apply political candidates still face a class of the ceiling when it comes to breaking into national politics ... hair with a story this will Street in our politics reporter Neil King ... was a pleasant meal mush on thank you may mess up ... the the ... and now you've you've been ... looking at so the B of A alike Sorrell success ... all of the African American candidates around the U S in in in in in various guided to Philly state wide ... elections I'm that's always Senate says how well at how well a epidemic and sewing ... well if you look of the citizens ... market the King did this piece at that time there were four House members ... by House members they are now ten times that many ... the stunning ... contrast to that though is only three African Americans have ever been ... elected by popular vote to this and that one of the most courses Brock Obama than only to have ever ascended to the governorship ... one of them being Deval Patrick at the moment in Massachusetts ... on the reasons for the mini and we can talk about it but ... it shows the real our inability so far of the many House members in particular African Americans to use outlines ... to move on to statewide office if you look at the Senate in the moment about half of all senators used to serve in the house ... that has not worked so well the stepping stone for blocks ok and explained why that is I aam and this has ... something to do with the voting rights Act ... what is the thing that has lead in terms of our representation among blocks in Congress happened in the early nineties ... our third there was a whole spate of redistricting in nineteen ninety one ... much of that sort of to go along with the voters in nineteen sixty five voting rights Act created a lot more majority minority districts ... the number of blocks in Congress went from about twenty four to nearly forty mm or less what it is now ... on the flipside of that though is that you have a lot of members ... of the house block members who are very much oriented towards appealing to a constituency and in a tightly defined ... mainly black or minority district which makes it hard to sort of ... parlay that into the kind of statewide methods that would be successful if you're a run ... for the Senate that also happens to be the case ... that about that more than half of all like members of the house ... our members in very large states like Texas Illinois Florida California Georgia ... which is very difficult to leave from a local you know our house ... this trade ... to be statewide election if you don't have the money and if you don't have the name recognition ... I'm it's it's not it's very different of course when you want to make these pics nicely with or without ... cost representative you can actually go and meet a heckuva lot all ... all constituents I think of me ok we have districts there and that that you know the members of Congress will potential members can go around asking shake a lot of ... hands out with Rau watch TV ... and yet but it's just not possible in this and for statewide election as a Alyssa caught it on my ... yes her car when you're member of the house unless you get to the committee and make a name for yourself it's even talk about John K six for instance is now the governor of Ohio by the native name for himself in the nineties of the head of the budget committee was involved along with gold platinum trying to be the cure the debt problem at the time ... he's talked about is being at twenty sixteen candidate Joe Mike pence ... in Indiana similar sort of pro while also being talked about in twenty sixteen so far we've seen so do rises like that are not really the one interesting exception worth noting at the moment at the moment is Cory Booker in New Jersey ... the mayor at the moment of dirt in ... their enters the eye and is almost certain to become a Senator this year would be the first time that a black mayor has ever gone on the mayor of Newark to become a Senator ... I'm that would be a ... huge thing is that both very well on a number of North Face Iraq ... can now I'm actually rescuing people I'm that were running late for our times of that era ... it doesn't in fact have a tape I don't think that that that would be a huge thank ... would he have a debate that with the national recognition when you Jesse's of the week and cant that state so it's a different proposition to think he can ever take ... his message to a national level ... these are one of the rising stars in the party and a lot of people they know that matched only ... by his daughter and unspoken alot outside of New Jersey ... body has the good fortune of some of the ... of moments like you describe for his help rescue people ... on you know you look of the Massachusetts Deval Patrick the governor their former attorney general ... you know that the unfortunate ... circumstances of the Boston Marathon bombings he stepped forward of that certainly helped raise his national profile he's another person that people talk about a lot ... took a ... great story as always ... no fan of the will Street don't we appreciate time ... things I think that