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Louisville newspaper depicts John Calipari as a crying babyJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger3 days ago
Any Kentucky fans who turned to the front of the Louisville Courier-Journal sports page Friday morning likely weren't pleased with what they saw.
The photo illustration that ran alongside an otherwise fair column by Tim Sullivan looked like something a Louisville fan would have posted to a Cardinals messageboard.
Since Sullivan's piece focused on the perceived advantages of coaching USA Basketball and the tendency of coaches to complain when a competitor gains even the slightest edge, someone at the newspaper chose to accompany it with a photoshopped picture of John Calipari's face atop a baby's body. Yes, the image of Calipari in diapers is pretty hilarious. However, it's also a terrible decision from a journalistic or business standpoint.
Suspended Texas guard Martez Walker arrested againJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger5 days ago
Not even a week after he was arrested for misdemeanor assault and barred from campus aside from class time, Texas guard Martez Walker did the one thing he could not afford to do if he has any hope of playing for the Longhorns this season.
He got into more trouble.
Walker was arrested for trespassing Monday after returning to the same dorm where he allegedly punched his girlfriend four times last week during a heated argument, the Austin American Statesman reported on Wednesday. Walker's girlfriend told police the initial argument last week began because he was upset that she went to a happy hour with a male colleague.
Top freshman JaQuan Lyle no longer on Oregon's rosterJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger5 days ago
After Oregon updated its men's basketball roster on Tuesday evening, it didn't take long for savvy fans to point out a key difference.
JaQuan Lyle, Oregon's top freshman, is no longer on it.
Lyle was not admitted to the university despite being cleared by the NCAA, Rivals.com reported Wednesday morning. An Oregon spokesman confirmed Lyle has been removed from the roster but offered no further comment, citing student privacy laws.
Adding to the confusion over Lyle's status at Oregon is a tweet he sent Tuesday night that read " I'm good, y'all! I promise, just wait!!" The Rivals.com report indicated Lyle needed to finish a summer course to complete his admission requirements to Oregon and a final determination on that course has yet to occur.
Longwood player arrested for punching his dance-off opponentJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger6 days ago
The arrest of a basketball player from Division I newcomer Longwood University wouldn't normally make headlines nationally.
What makes Shaquille Johnson's legal trouble more noteworthy is what led up to it.
Johnson, an Auburn transfer, was charged with felony malicious wounding after an August 31 altercation that started because of a dance-off, of all things. Farmville Police Chief Doug Mooney told the Longwood Rotunda that Johnson was unhappy with the outcome of his dance-off against Hampton Sydney College student Aaron Doman and allegedly struck Doman in the mouth hard enough to knock out several of his teeth and send him to the hospital.
Antonio Blakeney's commitment to Louisville proves short-livedJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger6 days ago
Antonio Blakeney's commitment to Louisville lasted only 11 days.
The five-star guard quickly got a case of cold feet, announcing Monday night that he is backing out of his commitment to Louisville and reopening his recruitment. It's unusual for a top prospect to renege on his initial commitment to a school and still end up signing there, but Blakeney insists the Cardinals remain a strong contender to land him.
"I am still really considering Louisville heavily," Blakeney tweeted. "I like everything about [the] program, coaches and fans!!"
Report: UCLA's potential starting point guard denied admissionJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger6 days ago
Only days after one of its top recruits failed to qualify, UCLA learned it has lost a second key newcomer due to academic issues.
Jon Octeus, a Colorado State transfer considered the likely heir apparent to Kyle Anderson at point guard, has been denied admission to UCLA, the Fort Collins Coloradoan reported Monday. A UCLA spokesman declined comment when asked if he could confirm the report.
Assuming Octeus indeed never plays for the Bruins, that could be an even bigger loss than top 75 recruit Jonah Bolden being ruled a partial qualifier Friday. With junior Tony Parker and McDonald's All-Americans Kevon Looney and Thomas Welsh, UCLA has sufficient frontcourt depth to make up for not having Bolden, but Octeus might have been the best option for the Bruins at point guard.
Nebraska forward makes touching gesture for assistant coach's sonJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger7 days ago
Shavon Shields took it to a whole notha' level tonight! #Committed #Avery'sBiggestFan #BaldNation #AveryStrong pic.twitter.com/rF7rlA1PxX
When Nebraska forward Shavon Shields shaved his head Sunday night, it wasn't just because he was ready for a new look.
He made the change to show support for the cancer-stricken son of one of his coaches.
Avery Harriman, the seven-year-old son of Nebraska assistant Chris Harriman, is battling leukemia for the third time in his short life. Chemotherapy has robbed Avery of his hair, but Shields is making sure he doesn't have to endure it alone.
The gesture by Shields impressed both his current head coach Tim Miles and former Nebraska head coach Doc Sadler.
Said Miles: "This is so cool!!!"
A.J. Guyton to Bob Knight: Return to Indiana, help heal old woundsJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger9 days ago
In the 14 years since Indiana controversially fired Bob Knight, the iconic former Hoosiers coach has never returned to the school he led to five Final Fours and three national championships.
One of Knight's most famous former players hopes he sets aside his grudge soon.
Former Big Ten player of the year A.J. Guyton, one of five new members of Indiana's athletic hall of fame, wrote an open letter on his Facebook pageappealing to Knight to come back to Bloomington for the Nov. 7 induction dinner. Guyton believes a reconciliation between Knight and Indiana is the only way the program will ever reconnect with former players torn between showing loyalty to their coach and their school.
Eligibility issues will sideline one of UCLA's freshmen for the seasonJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger9 days ago
The highly touted freshman class UCLA expects to mitigate the loss of three first-round draft picks this season will be one member smaller than expected.
The NCAA has declared Australian forward Jonah Bolden a partial qualifier and ruled him ineligible to play during the 2014-15 season, ESPN.com first reported Friday. Bolden, a consensus four-star recruit can remain on athletic scholarship this school year and would be able to compete for the Bruins beginning the following season.
Eligibility issues for Bolden aren't a huge surprise because some schools were cautious recruiting him out of fear he might not qualify. UCLA took that chance and could still benefit from it, assuming Bolden remains long enough to play for the Bruins in future years.
Non-conference scheduling studs and duds: The SECJeff Eisenberg at The Dagger10 days ago
Since most of next season's non-conference schedules have finally been released, it's a good time to assess whose slates are the most daunting and who didn't challenge themselves enough. The Dagger will go league-by-league the next two weeks. Up next: The SEC.
Toughest non-league schedule: Florida
To understand how challenging Florida's non-league schedule is once again this season, consider this for a moment: Kentucky will play five potential preseason top 25 teams in non-league play, and the Gators' slate still is a smidge tougher than that of the Wildcats.
Of the eight games against power-conference foes Fiorida could play before the start of the SEC season, the toughest are probably a road game at potential top-five Kansas and a home game against the UConn team that eliminated the Gators in last year's Final Four. Florida will also play in next season's toughest holiday tournament, the Battle 4 Atlantis, where it will face Georgetown on day one, Wisconsin or UAB on day two and North Carolina, UCLA, Oklahoma or Butler on day three.


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If you were dreaming of a white Christmas, check that off the list. If you would do anything to keep Christmas a silent night, don't check that off your list if it puts your health in danger. Nancy Naeve Brown asked a cardiologist at the Avera Heart Hospital about Christmas and coronaries.
Cardiologist Dr. David Nagelhout with North Central Heart says, "There has been research done to show peaks for heart attack around the Holidays and heart type of problems. We are not real clear on why these things happen, but the thought is that it has to do with emotional stress, travel, unfamiliar surroundings, potential diet, alcohol, salt, a lot of variability.
Q: These are obviously people with cardiovascular disease so do they not know they have it?
A: They probably have some sort of cult type of heart problem. Some people may already have a problem and unfortunately ignore it around the holiday. That's not uncommon, but certain things may trigger that and alcohol may be one of them.
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A: If you have symptoms; chest pain, pressure, arm pain, shortness of breath, you better get in and see your physician. Don't delay. One of the contributors to the problem is people are sitting around the table with family or they are out of town and they think I don't want to bother people, I don't want to get in and upset the whole festivities so that may be part of the problem. You have to get in right away. It is so very important."
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Many people think that conferences are a dying format, and will soon go away entirely. After attending TEDx, what I now think is that they've set a standard for the 21st-century conference. While more than 27,000 people watched the event live, and potentially millions more will see the talks once they are posted online, there was something amazing and energizing about attending live. So, here are seven things your professional conference should learn from TEDx.
1) People have to apply. They had a limited number of seats, but also they want this to be an event with intention. Having an application process creates not only a feeling of anticipation, but focuses the participants' intent on what will happen after the conference. You had to fill out an online application, which included explaining how you would spread the word about TEDx and what you learned afterwards. I heard that they received hundreds of applications. I know that I felt honored (and special) to be accepted. Before we left, we were asked to fill out commitment cards and turn them in.
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5. Speakers were dynamic, well-managed, and given presentation guidelines. We talk a lot about death by PowerPoint but very few conferences actually do something about it. TED has instituted the TED 10 commandments, which include giving a talk you haven't given before, not selling anything from the stage, and being humble. I think they must also give speakers guidelines on visuals, as nearly all the talks were visually stunning (or, radical notion: no slides at all—a fantastic speaker telling us a story.) They also give strict time limits... some people have 8 minutes, some 16. This helps break up the day, keep it moving, and encourages speakers to edit, edit, edit. Speakers were organized roughly by theme into sections, with 30-minute breaks in between. Slides provided a countdown (e.g. 5 minutes left in the break), while a well-chosen TED video provided the buffer to get people back to their seats.
6. They included live performance. Why don't more conferences do this? While your conference might not be able to kick off and end with global phenomenon Jake Shimabukuro on ukulele (yes, you read that right), surely you can find some local talent who would be happy to play, dance, or paint in front of a live audience. Flamenco ukulele. Bluegrass ukulele. Schubert ukelele. Wrap your brain around that at a conference.
7. They gave you guidelines for interacting with other attendees: Meet at least six new people. Ask people what they love to do, not what they do. Put down your devices and be in the room. Change your seat at the end of each break. Approach people with this idea: "How can I serve you?" instead of, "What can you do for me?" They also gave us long enough breaks to actually interact.
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Word around town is the good folks over at Warner Bros are toying around with the idea of creating a prequel to the that classic film "The Shining." Nothing's set in stone yet, but apparently they're already in talks with Laeta Kalogridis to write the film which would focus on the events that happened at the hotel before Jack and his family showed up. Maybe we can finally find out how that bear turned into such a slut. I know I've been asking myself that for years.
It looks like Hollywood's new "it" couple Mark Wahlberg and Liam Neeson are both in talks to star in "Neuromancer," the big screen adaptation of the William Gibson's novel. Nothing has been confirmed but the book focuses on a cyber cowboy (no clue what that means) who finds himself cyberjacked (I made that up) into the wrong end up a cyberjob (made that up too). I also can't confirm they're a couple. I made up 75% of this news.
A while back we learned that Ben Stiller would be taking the lead in the big screen adaptation of the spooky BBC children's show "Rentaghost." Today we've got news that the project finally has a director in the form of "Madagascar" main man Tom McGrath. The show originally followed a recently deceased 27 year old man who sets out to make the most of of his afterlife. Ya know, cause it's a kids show and people dropping dead is cute. For the kids.
The buzz around ABC's "666 Park Avenue" hasn't been that splendid but apparently the show is already slated for a second season, or it's at least it's being written with a second season in mind. I mean no one writes a show without hoping there's going to be more than 1 season right? I'm sorry. This news is stupid.
bwahaha.."Boy Hit In Face By Bird While Riding Kingda Ka Roller Coaster"...bwahaha
Ever been to this Vietnamese restaurant in St. Petersburg Florida? You may of eaten rat. Have a good morning.
I've officially not slept in over 24 hours. Today's news might be an incoherent mess. My big fear here is actually that it will be my best to date and I'll have to start not sleeping for most of the week. I do this for you people! I'm starting to smell.
ABC has officially picked up the new series "666 Park Avenue" which focuses on a couple who tend to an apartment building full of spooky time happenings. Not going to lie I thought they had picked up the show months ago but what the hell do I know. I could be pulling your leg about this entire thing. Maybe there isn't even a show. Maybe ABC isn't even a real station!
Most of us know Caroline Williams as Stretch from "The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2" but now the final girl has been cast in a new film titled "Contracted". The film is about a young woman who contracts what she thinks is your average run of the mill STD during a one night stand. Williams will play the girl's mother and confidant when that not so fresh feeling takes over.
BGH's own fancy lad Jon really loved "Daybreakers" so he'll be moistening up his pantaloons when he hears the news that the films directors, the Spierig Brothers, and Ethan Hawke are once again teaming up for a new film. Titled "Predestination", the film follows a secret Government agency who sends their grunts through time to stop murderers and terrorists. Pretty sure there's a new Bruce Willis movie titled "Looper" coming out with almost the same exact plot. I blame you, Jon.
The John Landis produced joint "Some Guy Who Kills People" will see it's way to a DVD release on July 3rd for your viewing pleasure. The DVD will be chock full of commentary, extra footage and the short that inspired the film about a man who snaps and takes out his anger on a group of High School bullies who captured and tortured him. There's also an ice cream parlor, so there's a little something for your sweet tooth, Hans.
If you're going to hold up an internet cafe maybe you should think about logging out of Facebook before you go pulling out the gun. Silly internet people.
Soooo 49 headless corpses were found a long the side of the road in Mexico and appear to be related to an ongoing drug war. Please plan your Spring Break festivities accordingly.
Further proof that there is no god, Mr. Tom Six himself has taken to the twitters to announce that "The Human Centipede 3" will feature no less then 500 plus people joined together. Sometimes I wish I was never born.
The words "erotic-thriller" make me really uncomfortable. Probably because the last time I saw a movie that was considered that it had Madonna pouring hot candle wax on Willem Dafoe's nipples. But "Attachment" is apparently a new one starring beaver vet Sharon Stone and today we've learned that Tom Felton has also joined the cast as the college student who has a one night stand with a married woman played by Stone. I pray for no candle wax. Or at least no Willem Dafoe.
"Piranha 3DD" has been a bit up in the air as of late but today we've learned that Dimension Films has given the boob-sploitation romp a June 1st release date. In case you've forgotten the film will be released both in theaters and VOD on the same day. Ya know, in case you can't handle seeing that kind of stuff with an audience. You sicko.
Of the 37 horror shows coming out shortly "666 Park Avenue" is the one that actually sounds kind of interesting. The show will focus on a couple that takes over running an apartment building that houses a number of residents who've sold their souls to the D-man. Matt Miller, the guy who produced "Chuck" has just signed on as executive producer of the show. I have no idea if that's a good thing or not.
Way to think outside the box. A woman in Culver City California is dead after what appears to be suicide by chainsaw. I have no idea how you even go about doing something like that. The planning must have taken days.
"Rare Bunny With No Ears Crushed by Cameraman." It's ok to cry.
Elle Fanning of "Super 8" and general Fanning fame is in talks to star opposite our lord and savior Angelina Jolie in "Maleficent". The film is being created by the good people at Disney and is said to be a live action take on the classic tale of "Sleeping Beauty". I was always envious of her. Cause ya know, sleeping is so great and she must of been really well rested.
Why in the holy living hell anyone would want a "Wolf Creek" iPhone app is beyond me but it's on its way for your apping pleasure. It''s be released early next year to coincide with the release of "Wolf Creek 2" and be filled with info on the first flick, never before seen clips and a ton of other crap that no one in their right mind would pay for.
I pray every night that the new show "666 Park Avenue" is going to be like a modern day take on "227" but there's a good chance I'm going to be disappointed. Mercedes Masohn and Robert Buckley have just been added to the cast for the show that focuses on a couple who tend to an apartment building that houses a group of people who have made deals with the devil. I don't see how a Jackée type character could work into that but let's keep hope alive.
It's a slow day and all I can think about is how angry the Hulk would be if he had to work with me. So here's some news about "Prometheus" being released in IMax. You're welcome.
Scratch that. Having to sit up at night and worry that this guy from Oklahoma screwing your pigs is a lot worse. I think.
As if dropping dead isn't bad enough now you going to worry about guys like this sicko in Ohio diddling your corpse in the funeral home? It just never ends does it.
Ever since season 2 of "The Walking Dead" picked back up I've been giddy with excitement over all the happenings with our band of zombie killers. And with news today that British actor David Morrissey will be joining the cast in season 3 as "The Governor", the leader of a group of survivors that the run into Rick and the gang, well I'm just skipping around. Alright honestly I don't even know who this guy but this is the best you're going to get today. Don't forget to tip your waiter.
Christian Bale has been confirmed to be taking the lead role in a new revenge flick from "Crazy Heart" director Scott Cooper titled "Out of the Furnace". The film is set in 1986 Indiana and Bale will play a former prisoner who finds out his brother has been murdered while he was locked up. I smell prison shower scene! Not literally, I don't know what that would actually smell like. Awful I bet.
I've lost track of what's actually going on with the "Robocop" remake but it looks like "The Killing" star Joel Kinnaman has received an offer from MGM to take on the lead role of Alex Murphy, the cop turned robot.. or Robocop as you might call him. Seriously, didn't Colin Farrell already take the role? What the hell is going on here. Where am I!?
I didn't want to talk about this because I feel like there's a new casting update every day for some new horror show but here goes. Dave Annable has joined the cast of "666 Park Avenue." Please update your score cards.
A SWAT team in Florida spent over 8 hours this past Sunday in a heated stand off with a 75 year old man they thought had barricaded himself in his house. Of course heated in this case means the guy was actually just fast asleep from a mixture of alcohol and sleeping pills but it's Florida, they use different terms down there.
This guy in Florida isn't just your average run of the mill public masturbater. No he makes weird animal noises in the bushes to attract people while he's doing it. Of course if you walk over to a bush because there's weird animal noises coming from it you should probably get bit by an animal so seeing a guy go to town on himself might not be that bad.
This weekend my wife and I start some weird cleanse and I'm not allowed to have caffeine or alcohol for 4 weeks. I have only myself to blame for this because it was my idea. I just want you to know this in case next week's news is awful. Well more awful then it usually is. You've been warned.
Sad news today, "Scary Movie 5" has had its release date pushed from April 20th of this year all the way to January 11th of 2013. The sad news though is that Gary Carter died yesterday afternoon. The "Scary Movie 5" thing is great news because who the hell wants to see that, seriously.
Exorcism flicks... am I right? But hold up before you go groaning because "The Seventh Son" is set in the 1700's and stars Jeff Bridges as a teacher of the Exorcism arts. We all love him in a "lock him up in our basement and make him quote "The Big Lebowski" and "Tron" all day" sort of way. The film was announced a while back but the exiting news today is that it's officially set to start filming in a couple weeks. Does anyone know his home address?
I had no idea there was a new Zorro movie in the works but it looks like spicy hot actor Gael Garcia Bernal has been cast in the lead role of "Zorro Reborn". The film promises to be a grittier version of the original TV series and numerous films on the masked one. It'll apparently also be set in the future. And not in Mexico. And he won't be called Zorro I assume.
I've been talking about ABC's "666 Park Avenue" for a while now. To anyone who will listen really. People next to me at the urinal for instance. I'm not allowed in a number of bars anymore. But they need to know that Terry O'Quinn, of "Lost" fame has just been cast as one half of a couple that moves to NYC to run an apartment building that just so happens to house a number of residents who have made deals with the devil. I have to go tell them now.
Here's a heartwarming story about an Ohio woman who was taken into custody after threatening to cut her boyfriend up after he didn't give her a Valentine's Day gift for her. She sounds so sweet, too. I don't know what this guy's deal is. Doesn't he like being happy?
I have never been to a Wendy's that didn't have an angry prick working behind the counter. So I love this guy in Ohio who took a sledgehammer to his local burger shop simply because "Wendy's is making him mad". I wish I could high five him.
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December 23rd, 2010
9:49 pm
Mwilk… season ticket holders will be put into a lottery for a chance to purchase super bowl tickets when the Falcons make it. You will receive information on your season ticket account if you are selected. This information can be found here http://tickets.atlantafalcons.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/PlayoffInvoiceBrochure2010.new_.pdf ….. Good Luck
December 23rd, 2010
10:17 pm
D-LO dont be afraid to show some emotion lol..
December 23rd, 2010
11:15 pm
Enjoy the loss Atlanta. We're going to crush you in your own house.
December 23rd, 2010
11:16 pm
Enjoy the loss ATL fans. We're going to crush you in your own house…and embarrass your loud mouth WR.
December 23rd, 2010
11:30 pm
Geaux Saints -
Yeah, like you crushed CLEV, ARIZ, BAL (last week), and the Dirty Birds in you own house?
Yeah…. Seen that before!!!!
Go Falcons!!!
December 24th, 2010
12:04 am
Saints! Take your pity party elsewhere!! Like White said, "This is our Year!" You will be in a hostile environment and territory. Falcons will take and earn your RESPECT!
December 24th, 2010
1:31 am
No apology was needed, but I'm glad Roddy White did it to appease the Atlanta media. Check out the comments from his teammates. None of them had a problem with it; Coach Smith even told him to be himself.
Notice how no one talks about Jonathan Vilma on Twitter calling Falcons fans "stupid" (White only called Saints fans "rude"). No one talks about the Saints "fans" using profanity, homophobic slurs, racial slurs and threats of physical violence toward Falcons players and fans.
Do you think White's apology stopped any of that? I'm sure it didn't.
That's OK. Despite what their fans and Vilma may think, all that matters is 60 minutes on the field in the Georgia Dome Monday night. They can call names, curse, insult and make threats all they want. Even if the Saints should win, it doesn't give them a better record, it doesn't give them the division and it doesn't give them home-field advantage throughout the playoffs.
December 24th, 2010
1:41 am
Apology not accepted
For one thing its not sincere and the damage is already done. But it is a reflection of a lot shxt I have heard ignorant azzes in ATL utter about the city. But that's all right. Kick that azz come Monday Saints. Bisssh.
December 24th, 2010
4:15 am
Chris, what about this season leads you to believe that will be the case? Is it NO's 10-4 record vs Atlanta's 12-2? Is it the fact that NO lost to the Falcons the first time? Is it Atlanta's undefeated record at home? Is it the Saints' 354 points scored compared to the Falcons' 369, or perhaps NO's 370 points allowed while Atlanta's at 361? Better yet, could it be the Saints' -5 turnover margin vs the Falcons' +13?
See ya at the game.
December 24th, 2010
6:52 am
I'm a 21 year season ticket holder too and as I recall this has no effect on Super Bowl tickets. Because no one is sure who will be in it until 2 weeks before the actual game, the Super Bowl is an independent game with tickets available to anyone who has the money. I believe every team gets a certain allotment for personnel and every team is given same number of lottery tickets for their fans but this boils down to the luck of the draw. Perhaps someone or DOL can provide actual specifics.
As a comedic side note. Within 30 minutes of Morton Anderson's game winning kick against the Vikings in January of 1999, due to temporary insanity, I has purchased two 50 yard line seat to Super Bowl XXXIII for a very good price of…….$7500.00
My wife didn't find this very funny!
December 24th, 2010
7:11 am
December 24th, 2010
1:41 am
Apology not accepted
For one thing its not sincere and the damage is already done
The only clean way I can say this Chris, is that statement is very feminine of you.
December 24th, 2010
8:06 am
You Saints fans are a bunch of girls, worrying what Roddy White said to ESPN NOT YOU! I would worry about Turner 33 rolling threw your Swiss Cheese Defense! See you Ladies
December 24th, 2010
11:34 am
Saints BLEAUX! French/Redneck is a combination no anti-perspirant no deodorant can tackle!
December 24th, 2010
11:38 am
Hey AJC…I'm a college graduate and will take less money than Ledbetter…and I won't sound like Tracy Morgan when I report.
December 24th, 2010
11:58 am
Being a day 1 lifetime fan I understand the frustration and the jubilation of any fan, but thank goodness the game is played on the field. Go falcons! your organization and team and the
fan base will enjoy this years run to victory to become the World Champions.
December 24th, 2010
2:16 pm
APOLOGIZE TO WHO. THIS IS A RIVALRY. falcon- saints.chargers- raiders cowboys- redskins bears- packers. when the vikings played the free game in detroit, lions fans went just to root against the vikes.dont ever apologize to any saints organization.
December 24th, 2010
2:23 pm
cant make the monday night game. ATL better represent. im in texas with my family. yep its quiet down here. very quiet. when you see a saints fan get em. RISE UP
December 24th, 2010
4:02 pm
Chris im glad you didnt accept the apology, you guys are a bunch of whinny girls man. H didnt even say anything about katrina, but you saints fans like to use a natural disaster for levrage and that is actually worse than what ever he could have said
December 25th, 2010
5:13 am
lmaooo he does sound like tracy morgan
December 25th, 2010
12:30 pm
Geauzzz fan aka goats saints)
The Ray-Ray's kicked that rectum and so will theFalcons,son…………
Geau home and sit on it LOSERS…
New season. New results……..
December 26th, 2010
10:12 am
Dont worry about tickets- you won't be going to the super bowl. I will tell you though, as a Saint's fan, the Super Bowl was a lot of fun….winning was great.
Do any of you know if those dirty birds will be having MC Hammer on the sideline again for Monday's game? That was very cool. In those cool pants. What a city…..
December 26th, 2010
3:37 pm
Hey bigtaco, we're gonna have Jeff Foxworthy on the sideline……
You know you're a Saints fan if you attend a Falcons game on Monday night in Atlanta and realize that bringing the grocery bag was actually a good idea.
December 26th, 2010
6:27 pm
Atl DirtyBirds, your feelings will be hurt monday night. You know the black and gold will bring their A game with them and their's going to be a whole lots of wood be chopped down. saints 31, falqueens 21, shalom" ps. roddy white will get hurt.


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• With the 33-yard pass to Darin McDonald at Montana State, junior quarterback Seth Lobato has now connected with 11 different receivers in the first four games.
• Junior Dave Eden broke the school's Division I record for PAT with his kick at Montana State. He now has 51, passing Michael York (2006-09) who made 50 during his career. Eden has also made at least one field goal in each of the last three games and tied the Division I mark with three against the Bobcats (40, 42, 38).
• Northern Colorado is 1-11 all-time against Montana with a 1-4 mark at home. The Bears won the first-ever meeting, 27-19 on Oct. 23, 1976 and have lost 10 straight.
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Two weeks ago after watching the movie about Wiki Leaks, that night I had several visions. I was told by my higher self that it is preparing me for my next incarnation as a woman. I saw a U.F.O. and then I saw a speeding car with its headlights on. I interpreted this to mean the cover up of the existence of U.F.O,s. by the Global Elite. I saw the Capital Building with two domes in the side of a mountain. I felt this meant some cataclysm will befall the U.S. and the government will move its Capital to the American West.
In the Evangelical Christian world many people are prophesying that Christ will be returning soon. Many Orthodox Jesus in Israel feel the Messiah is coming soon. In the past 20 years there has been an outpouring of the Spirit in different churches but it hasnt had much influence outside of a church setting like a mass revival.
Last night I was sensing many things. One was an energy from another Galaxy. I was told not to try to understand everything with my mind. I heard the name Elijah. I dont know what will happen in the future. For my future incarnation I am planning to study horticulture. I want to combine many ideas I have gotten from Michael Phillips, an apple grower and an herbalist, with other ideas coming from permaculture and metaphysics. A few years ago I was told that our true home is in the Spirit Realm. I dont expect anybody to believe what I am saying but to take it into your intuitive heart and see if it resonates.
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The Status of Women in the Progressive Era
The status of women was changing rapidly in the Progressive Era. For the most part, middle-class white married women still did not work outside the home. Women workers were primarily young and single, or widows, divorcees, poor married women, and/or women of color. In addition, most women continued to work in agriculture, in factories, and as domestic servants. African American women, in particular, worked as domestic servants in large numbers.
However, new jobs were opening up for some women as well. Many women began to find employment in department stores. Middle-class women were able to find jobs as clerical workers (typists, clerks, and telephone operators). Finally, more middle- and upper class women were graduating from college and entering white-collar professions. A few women excelled as lawyers, doctors, journalists, and scientists. At the time, however, professional women often chose or were forced to remain single.
Recognizing the changes that were occurring in the lives of some women, the public and the press coined a phrase for these women, the "New Woman." The "New Woman" was supposedly young, college educated, active in sports, interested in pursuing a career, and looking for a marriage based on equality.
It was primarily middle-class women who drove the reforms of the Progressive Era. Middle-class married women, who were still expected to avoid work outside the home, turned to reform efforts as an outlet for their intellect and creativity. Young professional "New Women" made careers within the reform movement, as settlement workers, social workers, and public health nurses.


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First Hugo, and now The Artist—films about films, for people who love films, huzzah! Not that either of these movies is…inaccessible to a "regular" audience, but a little bit of knowledge allows one to appreciate the in-jokes, homages, references, what-have-you (of course, the factual inaccuracies also stand out more sharply as well, but that's a burden we'll have to bear).
Perhaps the best word to describe The Artist is "charming"—it's not especially complex dramatically nor hilariously funny, although it's both touching and amusing at times—but the film is a true pleasure to watch, the characters are worthy of empathy, the formal aspects (no dialogue or sound effects, black & white cinematography) are intriguing, and "getting" the sub-texts enhances the viewing experience for us film nerds. Director Michael Hazanavicius often treads a fine line between subtlety and blatant symbolism (or to be more precise, he alternates between these two extremes) but this is really a well-crafted work with no serious weak spots in concept or execution.
The Artist depicts a few years in the life of George Valentin (Jean Dujardin), a Douglas Fairbanksian star whose films focus on his boundless energy and brilliant smile. Valentin lives the good life (although his marriage doesn't appear to be happy) in a grand Hollywood mansion, and the future looks bright. A chance encounter with would-be actress Peppy Miller (Bérénice Bejo, the director's real-life wife) produces a few emotional sparks, but they go their separate ways (George does give her an inspiring and apparently sincere pep-talk): he continues to perform on the Olympian level, while she begins her own climb to the heights.
However, George doesn't view the advent of sound with favour, and parts ways with the Kinograph Motion Picture Company. His attempt at independent production with a silent feature entitled "Tears of Love" fails, and the stock market crash does the rest: his wife leaves him, he has to sell off his mansion and its contents, and is reduced to near-poverty. Peppy, in the meantime, has become a major star in sound pictures. However, she's never forgotten George…
The Artist isn't a documentary, so it should be permitted a certain freedom in its depiction of silent Hollywood and its transition to sound. Still, dramatic license occasionally pokes one in the eye: sound didn't suddenly explode on the motion picture industry in 1929 as the film suggests, but gradually moved from the experimental stage to become a novelty (in the early 1920s) and then appeared in feature films as early as 1926 (Don Juan had a synchronised music score), and The Jazz Singer was a massive hit in 1927 (when The Artist begins). There was some trepidation about the capital investment required to convert to the new and unproven technology, and some people felt sound and film artistry were inherently inimicable, but the writing was on the wall fairly early on.
Similarly, the scene in which mega-star George Valentin is brushed aside in favour of "fresh meat" for film audiences is hardly credible. Established stars were generally given the opportunity to make the transition to sound, unless there were specific reasons why they were clearly unsuitable for the new medium. Naturally, some performers became casualties of sound, but very few were denied even the chance to try. The Artist initially depicts George scoffing at a "sound test," but we don't see him refuse to make a sound film in 1929: instead he is blatantly informed by studio head Al Zimmer (John Goodman) that his services are no longer needed.
Why doesn't George give sound films a try? His public statements about sound ruining films as an art form appear to be attempts to sell his silent movie to the public rather than a seriously-held aesthetic judgement. He has a nightmare in which all manner of noise figures prominently, yet he himself cannot make a sound. Only in the final moments of The Artist do we get a hint of what may have been on George's mind all along: his only dialogue in the movie is in response to Zimmer's enthusiastic request for a repeat of the climactic dance routine, to which George replies "Wizz plesair!" Yes, "All-American" screen hero George Valentin has a French accent thicker than Maurice Chevalier and Charles Boyer's combined (of course, those two Gallic performers did quite well in Hollywood, but their screen personas were tailored to fit). Whether this is the "secret" of The Artist is debatable: perhaps Hazanavicius had no such idea, and he really did intend for us to believe George had ideological objections to sound films (or that he was just insecure and didn't want to risk his career to new technology).
The Artist, to its credit, doesn't cheat formally: it truly is a silent film (with an accompanying music score) until the very end (aside from the aforementioned dream sequence and a musical montage set to the song "Pennies from Heaven"). There are a few inter-titles, but the audience is expected to mentally fill in much of the dialogue themselves, or infer from the action what is happening. Other silent-film conventions are used effectively, such as images which convey sound (for example, a shot of Peppy whistling to get George's attention), "wipes" to transition from scene to scene, and so forth.
Hazanavicius, as noted above, alternates between subtle and blatant visuals. For example, in the opening sequence, we glimpse a sign in a cinema reading "Please Be Silent Behind the Screen," a nice touch, as are the "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil" monkey figurines George owns, signifying the actor's refusal to listen to the advice of his wife, Al Zimmer, etc., and his refusal to speak. On the heavy-handed side are a film marquee reading "Lonely Star" as a sad George walks away, and Peppy appearing in a movie rather over-significantly entitled "Guardian Angel." There are also a number of film references, overt and covert (a few possibly just imagined by me). For instance: Citizen Kane is evoked in a "breakfast scene" montage between George and his wife (Peppy's room full of George's sheet-covered possessions is also reminiscent of Charles Foster Kane's warehouse "collection"); A Star is Born (and the early prototype for this story, What Price Hollywood?) seems to have been an inspiration; George himself is a pseudo-Douglas Fairbanks (footage from a Fairbanks film is even included); George's unsuccessful jungle adventure-romance "Tears of Love" might be a reference to the aborted Erich Von Stroheim-Gloria Swanson collaboration Queen Kelly (the two films share a jungle setting and both were notorious "late silent" failures).
In one sequence, Peppy, promoting her first sound film, makes a disparaging remark about the melodramatic acting style in silents. As with George's negative comments about sound, Peppy's denigration of silent film acting feels more like publicity for her new talkie, as opposed to a sincere condemnation of George and his ilk (and after all, her career began in the silent era as well). Actors in silent films were perhaps not as naturalistic and understated in their craft as actors today, but this is not necessarily solely attributable to the silent/sound difference, but also owes a great deal to the evolution of acting styles over the years. The performances in The Artist are not artificial or "old-fashioned" or flamboyant in the manner frequently (but mistakenly) associated with silent films.
Dujardin carries the dramatic load effectively, showing both sides of George Valentin, the public figure and the private man. Though Dujardin is bereft of one of the actor's main tools—his voice—in this case it's not only appropriate within the context of the film but it also allows Dujardin to pull a George Valentin: that is, he's not typecast due to his accent, so we can more easily accept him as a presumably (until the end of the movie) American movie star. Similarly, Bérénice Bejo can be flapper Peppy Miller, and not Renee Adoree or Jetta Goudal or even Greta Garbo, i.e., defined by her "foreign" voice. This is a instance where reality and film coincide in a curious manner. That is, the absence of dialogue allows Dujardin and Bejo to be much more believable in their roles.
So, voiceless, how do they do? Pretty darn well, using their faces and bodies to convey meaning and emotion with real depth and nuance. The other performers are adequate but have relatively small roles, and make no real impression (John Goodman is an interesting case, because our prior familiarity with his persona and voice allow us to supply those missing aspects and thus make his role seem to have more depth than it actually does; the same applies to a certain extent to James Cromwell). On the positive side, Hazanavicius (and his casting director) have done an excellent job in finding people with "1920s faces." Too often, period films populate their casts with actors and extras who seem too modern, but The Artist doesn't have this anachronistic feel at all.
The production values are excellent, with splendid sets and costumes. The cinematography is also top-notch (and while audiences probably won't notice, the film is shot in the "old" aspect ratio of roughly 4:3, rather than 1:85 to 1 or wider), and the music score is superb (I didn't like the version of "Pennies from Heaven" that plays here, but that's a minor quibble).
As with Hugo, I recognise that my affection for film history may colour my attitude toward The Artist. However, I believe I can say with a certain degree of objectivity that this really is a fine film, intelligently designed and directed. The form and content are inextricably intertwined, and conventional wisdom is that "regular audiences" wouldn't enjoy a "silent," black and white movie. I don't think this is necessarily a film only for film buffs, intellectuals, or arty hipsters—but it might be difficult to convince people otherwise.
But if so, then it's their loss— I liked The Artist and enjoyed it immensely.


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A Look Back at Barron's Picks for 2012 and Lessons for the Future
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It is time for that annual rite in the investing community that comes every December- lists, lists, and more lists. Top 10 Lists, Avoid Lists, Buy Lists, Sell Lists, Surprise Lists, etc. One such list that gets plenty of distribution is the Barron's annual Top 10 for the upcoming year. We should be seeing their predictions for 2013 before too long. But before we get ahead of ourselves, let's see how they fared in 2012. I am a big fan of holding these widely disseminated publications accountable so that investors can distinguish foolish advice from good advice. I detailed the picks in two separate articles (Part 1, Part2) a year ago along with my own recommendations. So how have the picks performed in 2012 with just two weeks remaining? What, if anything, can we learn from the picks as we look ahead into 2013?
First, it should be noted that Barron's picks fell shy of the S&P 500 by 5% (their methodology) in 2011. Will they be able to bounce back in 2012? With two weeks left it is clear that Barron's will soundly outperform the S&P 500. Their picks currently have a year-to-date total return of 22% against a 16% return for the S&P 500. Congratulations to them. And to Market8 who actually had two picks as an emerging market option and both outperformed the S&P 500. (iShares MSCI Hong Kong Index Fund and iShares MSCI Taiwan Index ETF) That is why it shows 11 picks in the table below. Apart from high fives, what beneficial investing tips can be siphoned from the results?
Let the Winners Run
Let your winners run is a fundamental key to outperformance. Do not sell a security just because it has advanced significantly. The most bullish thing for a stock is a rising stock price. This key investing point is a central theme that top performing asset managers employ on a constant basis. It is important to hit the big play. Think New England Patriots offense versus the New York Jets. Both Barron's and I were bullish on Seagate Technologies (NASDAQ: STX) and it singlehandedly was the difference in allowing Barron's to outperform. The company climbed the wall of worry all year regarding the demise of the hard disk drive market. At some point valuation does become too egregious that selling becomes the prudent action, but this often times is much later than investors initially realize.
A corollary, and of equal importance, is to sell your losers quickly. Do not worry about "getting even" before selling a losing investment. Don't sell because of market gyrations, but if the underlying thesis that led to the initial purchase has altered, investors shouldn't be afraid to take a loss and move on. This was clearly the case regarding for-profit education stocks as a result of regulatory changes. Apollo Group (NASDAQ: APOL) is the biggest player in this space and has thus far had a terrible 2012.
Rising Markets Don't Favor Best of Breed
Rising markets often times favor the riskier and more volatile stocks in a given industry. This isn't always the case, but more often than not this assumption pans out. The lower risk, blue-chip companies win in the long-run, but at times can be left in the dust during strong market rallies. They make up for this, of course, by going down less during the painful bear markets. This was highlighted by Barron's choice of Metlife (NYSE: MET) based on the company's industry leading balance sheet and top-notch brand awareness. I favored Hartford Financial (NYSE: HIG) because I figured the stock market would rise notably in 2012. Hartford Financial would stand to benefit given high exposure to the equity market via their annuity businesses. This is exactly what happened with the S&P 500 advancing 16%, Metlife returning just 8%, and Hartford surging 37% year-to-date.
I continue to view the equity market as more than 20% undervalued. I see upside risk for the stock market as it climbs the fiscal cliff worries and several other known unknowns. If you fall into this camp, then it might make sense to own a few mid-caps and small-caps in industries that you favor. You don't want to deviate from your comfort zone, but a few swaps may help put that big winner in your portfolio. One example would be to favor F5 Networks over Cisco Systems as companies renew capex spending at some point in 2013 after curtailing outlays ahead of the fiscal cliff.
Dividends Matter
Dividends do matter and can be the key to outperforming versus underperforming. The one stock on the lists that jumps out is Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-A). Berkshire Hathaway has returned 14% YTD versus 16% for the S&P 500. Not that big of deal on a stand-alone basis. The company does NOT pay out dividends to shareholders, but instead retains the cash in expectation of earning higher returns on its investments. However, the company is sitting on $47 billion in cash that is yielding nothing. While we certainly should respect Berkshire's process, there is plenty of cash for a 3% or 4% dividend. Doing so would have put the stock in the outperform basket instead of the underperform basket.
Foolish Bottom Line
Make sure you do you due diligence and own research as the many lists for 2013 start to be circulated. Barron's earned some credibility in 2012, but more importantly their performance was able to reinforce some key investment concepts. These concepts can be applied as investors set their portfolio for 2013 and look for guidance from trusted sources.
It is hard to find a great investment. If you come across a new idea in the next couple of weeks, add it at the expense of an investment in your portfolio with a broken thesis and hold on to your great investment where the bullish thesis is currently unfolding.
Dividends matter, but they aren't solely a trait of blue-chip companies. My suggestions for Apollo Investment Corp and Starwood Property Trust, small-cap companies with high yields, was a winning strategy. Both stocks have returned more than 30% in 2012 and still look well positioned to outperform as the search for yield permeates across all asset classes.
So what lesson will 2013 teach us? My initial guess is that stocks will climb the wall of worry and put together another double-digit advance. Time will tell. Look for my analysis on Barron's new list for 2013 once it is distributed. And of course I will also have my own suggestions to help investors put together another winning year.
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When we decided to take a cruise around Cape Horn, we knew we were going for the itinerary. There were three lines leaving Buenos Aires in the time-frame that we had (Celebrity, HA, and Princess). We chose the Princess because of the chance to go to the Falkland Islands. However, we also expected a certain level of entertainment, dining and an overall experience in line with the Princess brand.
Never again.
1) The lack of exercise facilities. One of the things my wife and I look forward to when cruising is the running track. There's something about running on the high seas, with the challenge of the wind, the fresh air, etc. It's fantastic. According to Princess' website (even still today), they offer running trackS. Needless to say, there was not one. We had two options: Deck 15, which involved us hurdling over passengers and deck chairs, or Deck 7, which went 3/4 around the ship, until you meet 4 sets of stairs. Both options do not qualify as running tracks. On past cruises, there would be a dedicated area, size did not matter, with a proper running surface, that had no obstacles and just room to run.
2) Cleanliness. This should be #1, but I believe both go hand-in-hand. Princess does not take illness seriously, until it happens. There are Purell boxes available only at the buffet, the International Cafe and the pizza/hamburger restaurants. However, you will not find them when leaving any bathroom, the gym, entering the sit-down restaurants, or the casino. I witnessed a number of people not wash their hands in the bathroom, and as disgusting as that is, at least a Purell station would give them a chance to make amends. Personally, I got sick with the norovirus, after taking incredible care throughout the trip. While some might disagree, I put the blame on Princess for not doing enough to encourage cleanliness amongst other guests. I was aware of how quickly an illness can spread on a ship and I took the utmost care, but you never know what could trigger it, and I think Princess does not take it seriously.
With that being said, upon getting sick, Princess did ensure I was quarantined. However, what to do with my wife? I think if one wants to stop the spread of an illness, making my wife sleep in the same cabin as I is not the best step. Why not have a cabin available in this case? Let the companions of sick guests stay there until the illness has run its course. She was not quarantined and she could have potentially spread the illness throughout the ship. Not smart, Princess.
3) Entertainment: sub par. The non-singers were good: Comedian Cary Long and Hector the Magician were both pretty good. Gaucho Del Plato seemed like a continuous Saturday Night Live skit, but he was still entertaining. However, the Princess Pop Stars gave the paid musical entertainment a run for their money. The Princess singers were okay, but the dancers - continuously out of sync and should spend more time practicing than in the gym. Elvy Rose was awful. Crooner, Jamie Cuadra...much to be desired. It also begs to question the decision making at Princess when both Rose and Cuadra sing similar sets. I understand being in Latin America and I appreciate the music and culture, but it was a Latin American overload for the last week. Too much. The theatre was 2/3 empty.
In terms of the on-board activities, a number of the games were fun. The "Movies Under the Stars" is a great idea, but is anyone really going to sit outside in freezing weather to watch a movie? Why not broadcast elsewhere in the ship or in the staterooms?
4) Food: Two different experiences. The dining room food and service was excellent. The Maitre D, Neville, should have his own show in the Princess Theatre as he is both funny and charming. However, the buffet food leaves much to be desired. The bread was stale, the fish selection wasn't consistent, they would constantly run out (and not replenish) items. I expected much better from Princess and honestly, a Carnival cruise put this buffet to shame.
5) Tendering: Horrible. If you know you will be tendering in a port, why not run more tenders? At Stanley, the most popular port, there were two tenders going back and forth. The lineup was over an hour. Not acceptable.
6) Embarkation/Disembarkation: Surprisingly smooth and simple. I was impressed with that.
7) Staff: For the most part, they were very kind and helpful. Our waiters (Roy and Boris) were fantastic. Our cabin steward (Antonio) was also quite good. Having used the services of the nurse, I forger her name, she was excellent. Those reporting to the cruise director were also great. However, the other staff, at the guest services department, were subpar and useless.


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A few weeks ago, my wife and I embarked on a trip to Belgium for our first vacation since our honeymoon three years ago. With visions of waffles, French fries, chocolate, beautiful architecture, and amazing beer racing through our minds, I was likewise excited to spend two weeks with few (if any) thoughts related to woodworking. I lasted less than a day.
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Yellowstone Hotel Shares Marquetry on Grand Scale
If Yellowstone National Park is on your short list of future vacation destinations, be sure to stop and see Mammoth Hot Springs Hotel on the park's northwest corner. It's a wonderful vintage building in its own right, but the hotel also contains a remarkable example of marquetry you won't want to miss! I stumbled on it almost by accident while staying there for a night last summer.
On the wall of the hotel's lounge, just off the main lobby, there's a huge map of the United States made almost entirely of wood. Designed and assembled in 1937 by Robert C. Reamer and W. H. Fay, the map measures 17 ft. 10 in. wide by 10 ft. 4 in. tall. It contains 15 types of wood from nine countries: zebrawood (Africa), lacewood and Oriental (sic) wood (Australia), Brazilian rosewood, satinwood (Central America), East Indian rosewood, gray and white harewood (England), English oak, Honduras mahogany, teak (India), as well as slash and straight-grained walnut, maple and burl redwood from the United States.


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January is the time of year for families to seriously consider hosting an exchange student from any of 27 different countries around the world. Duane Slocum is the International Coordinator for Aspect Foundation in the Pikes Peak region.
"Each year I have five Host Families (HF's) in my group. For the coming school year, I already have four families and looking for that last one. My current group includes three girls from Norway and onr girl from France," stated Slocum.
Host families come in many different shapes and sizes. A HF maybe have children at home, be an empty nester or be single. Slocum said, :"The primary requiste is to enjoy the adventure and look forward to selecting a high school teenager to be in their home for the coming school year."
Students arrive with good English speaking and writing skills. The have health insurance and spending money. Most students come with a laptop computer. Students aren't allowed to smoke, drink alcohol, use drugs or drive a motorized vehicle during their stay. Students arrive in early August, usually a week before classes begin.
Potential HF's have access to a database of hundred's of student from around the world. Each student has a detailed profile and personal letter for the potential HF to review. Students may attend any of the high schools within the Pikes Peak region
Contact Slocum at 599-8955 or via email at: firstname.lastname@example.com for more information or to start the application process.
Phot: Lena from Germany attending school in Dust 20 this year.
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Running for over 2500km from the New South Wales border to Australia's northernmost tip at Cape York, Coastal Queensland contains almost everything that lures visitors to Australia. Set down in the more developed southeastern corner, the state capital Brisbane is a relaxed city with a lively social scene and good work possibilities. South between here and the border, the Gold Coast is Australia's prime holiday destination, with a reputation founded on some of the country's best surf – though this now takes second place to a belt of beachfront high-rises, theme parks, and the host of lively bars and nightclubs surrounding Surfers Paradise. An hour inland, the Gold Coast Hinterland's green heights offer a chain of national parks packed with wildlife and stunning views. North of Brisbane, fruit and vegetable plantations behind the gentle Sunshine Coast benefit from rich volcanic soils and a subtropical climate, overlooked by the spiky, isolated peaks of the Glass House Mountains. Down on the coast, Noosa is a fashionable resort town with more famous surf. Beyond looms Fraser Island, whose surrounding waters afford great views of the annual whale migration and where huge wooded dunes, freshwater lakes and sculpted coloured sands form the backdrop for exciting safaris.
North of Fraser the humidity and temperature begin to rise as you head into the tropics. Though there's still an ever-narrowing farming strip hugging the coast, the Great Dividing Range edges coastwards as it progresses north, dry at first, but gradually acquiring a green sward which culminates in the steamy, rainforest-draped scenery around Cairns. Along the way are scores of beaches, archipelagos of islands and a further wealth of national parks, some – such as Hinchinbrook Island – with superb walking trails. Those with work visas can also recharge their bank balances along the way by fruit and vegetable picking around the towns of Bundaberg, Bowen, Ayr and Innisfail. Moving north of Cairns, rainforested ranges ultimately give way to the savannah of the huge, triangular Cape York Peninsula, a sparsely populated setting for what is widely regarded as the most rugged 4WD adventure in the country.
Offshore, the tropical coast is marked by the appearance of the Great Barrier Reef, among the most extensive coral complexes in the world. The southern reaches out from Bundaberg and 1770 are peppered with sand islands or cays, while further north there's a wealth of beautiful granite islands between the coast and reef, covered in thick pine forests and fringed in white sand – the pick of which are the Whitsundays near Airlie Beach and Magnetic Island off Townsville. Many of these islands are accessible on day-trips, though some offer everything from campsites to luxury resorts if you fancy a change of pace from tearing up and down the coast. The reef itself can be explored from boat excursions of between a few hours and several days' duration; scuba divers are well catered for, though the best of the coral is within easy snorkelling range of the surface.
Winters are dry and pleasant throughout the region, but the summer climate (Dec–April) becomes more oppressive the further north you travel, with the possibility of cyclones bringing torrential rain and devastating storms to the entire tropical coast.
Some history
In a way, Queensland's popularity as a holiday hot spot is surprising, as this is perhaps Australia's most conservative state, lampooned in the past for being slow and regressive. Marked physical and social divisions remain between the densely settled, city-oriented southeastern corner and the large rural remainder, which is mostly given over to mining and farming. These divisions date back to when Brisbane was chosen as capital on Queensland's separation from New South Wales in 1859; the city proved an unpopular choice with the northern pioneers, who felt that the government was too far away to understand, or even care about, their needs. These needs centred around the north's sugar plantations and the use of Solomon Islanders for labour, a practice the government equated with slavery and finally banned in 1872. Ensuing demands for further separation, this time between tropical Queensland and the southeast, never bore fruit, but the remoteness of northern settlements from the capital led to local self-sufficiency, making Queensland far less homogeneous than the other eastern states.
The darker side of this conservatism has seen Queensland endure more than its fair share of extreme or simply dirty politics. During the 1970s and early 1980s, the repressive stranglehold of a strongly conservative National Party government, led by the charismatic and slippery Sir Johannes Bjelke-Petersen (better known as "Joh"), did nothing to enhance the state's image. Despite a long-term Labor government since his time, state politics remain predominantly right-wing, as was seen in the late 1990s by the emergence from southeast Queensland of Pauline Hanson and her One Nation Party, whose shallow, racist outbursts won favour with a fair number of Australians who felt ignored by the main parties.
Change came with the new millennium, however: Labor Premier Peter Beattie served for three successive terms between 2001 and 2007 and was the first state premier to act on the Australia-wide water shortage caused by a decade of poor rainfall, by implementing water-recycling measures for domestic, industrial and agricultural use in 2007. He resigned from politics shortly afterwards, and was succeeded by his deputy, Anna Bligh, who became the State's first elected female premier in 2009. Bligh's calm handling of the crises caused by extreme weather events in the summer of 2010–11 attracted widespread praise.Read More
Cane toads
Cane toads
Native to South America, the huge, charismatically ugly cane toad was recruited in 1935 to combat a plague of greyback beetles, whose larvae were wreaking havoc on Queensland's sugar cane. The industry was desperate – beetles had cut production by ninety percent in plague years – and resorted to seeding tadpoles in waterholes around Gordonvale. They thrived, but it soon became clear that toads couldn't reach the adult insects (who never landed on the ground), and they didn't burrow after the grubs. Instead they bred whenever possible, ate anything they could swallow, and killed potential predators with toxic secretions from their neck glands. Native wildlife suffered: birds learned to eat nontoxic parts, but snake populations have been seriously affected. Judging from the quantity of flattened carcasses on summer roads (running them over is an unofficial sport), there must be millions lurking in the canefields, and they're gradually spreading into New South Wales and the Northern Territory – they arrived in Darwin, via Kakadu, in 2006. Given enough time, they seem certain to infiltrate most of the northern half of the country.
The toad's outlaw character has generated a cult following, with its warty features and nature the subject of songs, toad races, T-shirt designs, a brand of beer and the award-winning film Cane Toads: An Unnatural History – worth seeing if you come across it on video. The record for the largest specimen goes to a 1.8-kilogram monster found in Mackay in 1988.
The Bounty and the Pandora
The Bounty and the Pandora
In 1788, the British Admiralty vessel Bounty sailed from England to Tahiti, with a mission to collect breadfruit seedlings, intended to provide a cheap source of food for Britain's plantation slaves in the West Indies. But the stay in Tahiti's mellow climate proved so much better than life on board the Bounty that on the return journey in April 1789 the crew mutinied, led by the officer Fletcher Christian. Along with eighteen crew who refused to join in the mutiny, Captain William Bligh was set adrift in a longboat far out in the Pacific, while the mutineers returned to Tahiti, intending to settle there.
Things didn't go as planned, however. After an incredible feat of navigation over 3600 nautical miles of open sea, Bligh and all but one of his companions reached the Portuguese colony of Timor in June, emaciated but still alive, from where Bligh lost no time in catching a vessel back to England, arriving there in March 1790. His report on the mutiny immediately saw the Admiralty dispatch the frigate Pandora off to Tahiti under the cold-hearted Captain Edwards, with instructions to bring back the mutineers to stand trial in London.
Meanwhile, in Tahiti, Christian and seven of the mutiny's ringleaders – knowing that sooner or later the Admiralty would try to find them – had, along with a group of Tahitians, taken the Bounty and sailed off into the Pacific. Fourteen of the Bounty's crew stayed behind on Tahiti, however, and when the Pandora arrived there in March 1791, they were rounded up, clapped in chains and incarcerated in the ship's brig, a 3m-long wooden cell known as "Pandora's Box".
Having spent a fruitless few months island-hopping in search of the Bounty, Captain Edwards headed up the east coast of Australia where, on the night of August 29, the Pandora hit a northern section of the Great Barrier Reef. As waves began to break up the vessel on the following day, Edwards ordered the longboats to be loaded with supplies and abandoned the ship, leaving his prisoners still locked up on board; it was only thanks to one of the crew that ten of them managed to scramble out as the Pandora slid beneath the waves.
In a minor replay of Bligh's voyage, the Pandora's survivors took three weeks to make it to Timor in their longboats, and arrived back in England the following year. Edwards was castigated for the heartless treatment of his prisoners, but otherwise held blameless for the wreck. The ten surviving mutineers were court-martialled: four were acquitted, three hanged, and three had their death sentences commuted. Captain Bligh was later made Governor of New South Wales, where he suffered another mutiny known as the "Rum Rebellion" (see "History"). To add insult to injury, the Bounty's whole project proved a failure; when breadfruit trees were eventually introduced to the West Indies, the slaves refused to eat them.
Seventeen years later, the American vessel Topaz stopped mid-Pacific at the isolated rocky fastness of Pitcairn Island and, to the amazement of its crew, found it settled by a small colony of English-speaking people. These turned out to be the descendants of the Bounty mutineers, along with the last survivor, the elderly John Adams (also known as Alexander Smith). Adams told the Topaz's crew that, having settled Pitcairn and burned the Bounty, the mutineers had fought with the Tahitian men over the women, and that Christian and all the men – except Adams and three other mutineers – had been killed. The other three had since died, leaving only Adams, the women, and their children on the island. After Adams' death, Pitcairn's population was briefly moved to Norfolk Island in the 1850s, where some settled, though many of their descendants returned and still live on Pitcairn.


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Dear Tom,
Your portrayal of Rasputin is my favorite on film. I often wondered what a Tom Baker era Doctor Who episode would have been like if you played your own companion as Rasputin through split-screen effects. Of course, Rasputin's party animal ways would have to be toned down for what was primarily a children's show, but I'm convinced your portrayal of him alone would have created brilliant television.
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Genomic variation landscape of the human gut microbiome.
Schloissnig, S., Arumugam, M., Sunagawa, S., Mitreva, M., Tap, J., Zhu, A., Waller, A., Mende, D.R., Kultima, J.R., Martin, J., Kota, K., Sunyaev, S.R., Weinstock, G.M. & Bork, P.
Nature. 2013 Jan 3;493(7430):45-50. doi: 10.1038/nature11711. Epub 2012 Dec 5.
Whereas large-scale efforts have rapidly advanced the understanding and practical impact of human genomic variation, the practical impact of variation is largely unexplored in the human microbiome. We therefore developed a framework for metagenomic variation analysis and applied it to 252 faecal metagenomes of 207 individuals from Europe and North America. Using 7.4 billion reads aligned to 101 reference species, we detected 10.3 million single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs), 107,991 short insertions/deletions, and 1,051 structural variants. The average ratio of non-synonymous to synonymous polymorphism rates of 0.11 was more variable between gut microbial species than across human hosts. Subjects sampled at varying time intervals exhibited individuality and temporal stability of SNP variation patterns, despite considerable composition changes of their gut microbiota. This indicates that individual-specific strains are not easily replaced and that an individual might have a unique metagenomic genotype, which may be exploitable for personalized diet or drug intake.
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Deciphering a global network of functionally associated post-translational modifications.
Minguez, P., Parca, L., Diella, F., Mende, D.R., Kumar, R., Helmer-Citterich, M., Gavin, A.C., van Noort, V. & Bork, P.
Mol Syst Biol. 2012 Jul 17;8:599. doi: 10.1038/msb.2012.31.
Various post-translational modifications (PTMs) fine-tune the functions of almost all eukaryotic proteins, and co-regulation of different types of PTMs has been shown within and between a number of proteins. Aiming at a more global view of the interplay between PTM types, we collected modifications for 13 frequent PTM types in 8 eukaryotes, compared their speed of evolution and developed a method for measuring PTM co-evolution within proteins based on the co-occurrence of sites across eukaryotes. As many sites are still to be discovered, this is a considerable underestimate, yet, assuming that most co-evolving PTMs are functionally associated, we found that PTM types are vastly interconnected, forming a global network that comprise in human alone >50 000 residues in about 6000 proteins. We predict substantial PTM type interplay in secreted and membrane-associated proteins and in the context of particular protein domains and short-linear motifs. The global network of co-evolving PTM types implies a complex and intertwined post-translational regulation landscape that is likely to regulate multiple functional states of many if not all eukaryotic proteins.
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Enterotypes of the human gut microbiome.
Arumugam, M., Raes, J., Pelletier, E., Le Paslier, D., Yamada, T., Mende, D.R., Fernandes, G.R., Tap, J., Bruls, T., Batto, J.M., Bertalan, M., Borruel, N., Casellas, F., Fernandez, L., Gautier, L., Hansen, T., Hattori, M., Hayashi, T., Kleerebezem, M., Kurokawa, K., Leclerc, M., Levenez, F., Manichanh, C., Nielsen, H.B., Nielsen, T., Pons, N., Poulain, J., Qin, J., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Tims, S., Torrents, D., Ugarte, E., Zoetendal, E.G., Wang, J., Guarner, F., Pedersen, O., de Vos, W.M., Brunak, S., Dore, J., Antolin, M., Artiguenave, F., Blottiere, H.M., Almeida, M., Brechot, C., Cara, C., Chervaux, C., Cultrone, A., Delorme, C., Denariaz, G., Dervyn, R., Foerstner, K.U., Friss, C., van de Guchte, M., Guedon, E., Haimet, F., Huber, W., van Hylckama-Vlieg, J., Jamet, A., Juste, C., Kaci, G., Knol, J., Lakhdari, O., Layec, S., Le Roux, K., Maguin, E., Merieux, A., Melo Minardi, R., M'rini, C., Muller, J., Oozeer, R., Parkhill, J., Renault, P., Rescigno, M., Sanchez, N., Sunagawa, S., Torrejon, A., Turner, K., Vandemeulebrouck, G., Varela, E., Winogradsky, Y., Zeller, G., Weissenbach, J., Ehrlich, S.D. & Bork, P.
Nature. 2011 May 12;473(7346):174-80. Epub 2011 Apr 20.
Our knowledge of species and functional composition of the human gut microbiome is rapidly increasing, but it is still based on very few cohorts and little is known about variation across the world. By combining 22 newly sequenced faecal metagenomes of individuals from four countries with previously published data sets, here we identify three robust clusters (referred to as enterotypes hereafter) that are not nation or continent specific. We also confirmed the enterotypes in two published, larger cohorts, indicating that intestinal microbiota variation is generally stratified, not continuous. This indicates further the existence of a limited number of well-balanced host-microbial symbiotic states that might respond differently to diet and drug intake. The enterotypes are mostly driven by species composition, but abundant molecular functions are not necessarily provided by abundant species, highlighting the importance of a functional analysis to understand microbial communities. Although individual host properties such as body mass index, age, or gender cannot explain the observed enterotypes, data-driven marker genes or functional modules can be identified for each of these host properties. For example, twelve genes significantly correlate with age and three functional modules with the body mass index, hinting at a diagnostic potential of microbial markers.
Europe PMC
A human gut microbial gene catalogue established by metagenomic sequencing.
Qin, J., Li, R., Raes, J., Arumugam, M., Burgdorf, K.S., Manichanh, C., Nielsen, T., Pons, N., Levenez, F., Yamada, T., Mende, D.R., Li, J., Xu, J., Li, S., Li, D., Cao, J., Wang, B., Liang, H., Zheng, H., Xie, Y., Tap, J., Lepage, P., Bertalan, M., Batto, J.M., Hansen, T., Le Paslier, D., Linneberg, A., Nielsen, H.B., Pelletier, E., Renault, P., Sicheritz-Ponten, T., Turner, K., Zhu, H., Yu, C., Li, S., Jian, M., Zhou, Y., Li, Y., Zhang, X., Li, S., Qin, N., Yang, H., Wang, J., Brunak, S., Dore, J., Guarner, F., Kristiansen, K., Pedersen, O., Parkhill, J., Weissenbach, J., Bork, P., Ehrlich, S.D. & Wang, J.
Nature. 2010 Mar 4;464(7285):59-65.
To understand the impact of gut microbes on human health and well-being it is crucial to assess their genetic potential. Here we describe the Illumina-based metagenomic sequencing, assembly and characterization of 3.3 million non-redundant microbial genes, derived from 576.7 gigabases of sequence, from faecal samples of 124 European individuals. The gene set, approximately 150 times larger than the human gene complement, contains an overwhelming majority of the prevalent (more frequent) microbial genes of the cohort and probably includes a large proportion of the prevalent human intestinal microbial genes. The genes are largely shared among individuals of the cohort. Over 99% of the genes are bacterial, indicating that the entire cohort harbours between 1,000 and 1,150 prevalent bacterial species and each individual at least 160 such species, which are also largely shared. We define and describe the minimal gut metagenome and the minimal gut bacterial genome in terms of functions present in all individuals and most bacteria, respectively.
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STEVENS POINT, WI (WSAU) - Every community has it's unique characters. The Stevens Point community has just lost one.
If you regularly drive around the Stevens Point area, you knew him. You may not have known his name, or much about him... but you knew him. William Glisczinski was best known as "The Can Man." He left his Park Ridge home nearly every day to clean up after us... at parks, events, and sporting events... driving that old oversized tricycle with bags of aluminum cans stacked on the back.
You never knew what part of Stevens Point or Plover you'd find him, as he often put on around ten miles a day. Glisczinski died Thursday after a brief illness at age 91. He was retired after forty years at Vetter's Manufacturing and nearly twenty years before that at a potato farm. He was still doing his can route just over a week ago.
Glisczinski was never married and had no immediate family. Funeral services are Tuesday at St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, starting at 10:30.