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Though the "Savoring Slidell" theme of the most recent Slidell Art League exhibit is focused on the saucy, the final product concentrates on the stylish, elegant and excellent talents of local artists. The 57 entries showed that, given an easy-to-interpret theme, talent and a superb presentation, SAL produced a class act.
A change of pace occurred with the new categories. The entries were not grouped according to the genre of art; rather, they were dispersed in subject matter areas of People/Animals, Still Life/Floral, Landscape/Seascape and Experimental/Abstract. This seemed to work successfully in all categories except Experimental/Abstract. Some of the entries, while each beautiful, in that category were neither experimental nor abstract. For instance, the wood carving "Mallard" by Kenneth Kincade was pure realism. The beauty of its precision and detail attracted a continuous stream of curious viewers.
Some of the other pieces that did fit the category were lovely but difficult to interpret in light of the theme. Charlotte Collins best hit the mark of the category with "Morning Vigil," which was actually abstract but evoked understanding of invigorating waters of Slidell and our connection to them.
Executive Director Sharon DeLong said in her presentation, "The category was added to push artists outside of their boxes." Yet, it is obvious that it will take more attempts to strike that mark.
On an absolutely positive note, artworks in the exhibit had a charm and mostly a direct connection to our milieu, albeit sometimes far-flung. "Miss Mamie" is a particularly beautiful close-up photo portrait of the face of a woman as she gave an indigo-dying demonstration at Destrehan Plantation on River Road in St. Charles Parish. Camella Dimitri snapped the expressive photo and said that she loved her face and added that "Miss Mamie looked just wonderful."
With the recent Gulf of Mexico oil spill, several pastelists were moved to illustrate pelicans, each beautiful. Jean Lajaunie, Jean Frondorf, and Loretta Kincade captured the beauty of our state bird. In the same category, Richard Ray entered his portrait of SAL's executive director titled "Saucy Sharon" and another titled "Sergeant Savoring a Cigar in Slidell." It would have been easy to spot his works based on his portrait style. Also, a watercolor shrimp by Barbara Gaines and oil painted boiled crab by Bruce Hume were striking examples within the Animals category.
In the Still Life/Floral group, Mary Christopher used the magic of her talents to dazzle the judge and everyone at the opening. The SAL Artist of the Year won the three top prizes with her beautiful works. She humbly accepted four ribbons, including one in Landscape/Seascape, making each of her four entries winners. In the flower category, one interesting and colorful oil painting by George Stanley depicted a vase of flowers, "Yellow Roses;" it may or may not have related to the theme but was reminiscent of flowers painted by Matisse.
The largest number of entries fell into the Landscape/Seascape category where several iconic images of Slidell were abundant. These include Camp Salmen, Salt Bayou, Rigolets, the Trace, marshlands, the Train Depot and Bayou Pacquet, among others. The whole category gave the best accounting of entries specific to the theme.
The judge of the show was Doyle Gertjejansen, an established and well-known artist who has spent most of his professional career in New Orleans. He earned a master's degree in fine arts, with a major in painting and minor in art history, from the University of Minnesota. He served as the chairman of the University of New Orleans Fine Arts Department until 2006 and currently serves on the university's Courses and Curricula Committee. He has been creating large-scale mixed media abstractions for more than three decades as well as drawings, works on paper, monotypes and sculpture. His most recent work involves complex layers of abstract and pictorial imagery drawn from his personal history, knowledge of art history, contemporary philosophy and science. He is currently represented by Gallery Bienvenu.
No explanation is needed for the pieces that were awarded ribbons. Each had its own beauty.
The Best-in-Show "Stop on the Camellia" by Keith Dellsperger was absolutely stunning with beautiful colors and a narrowing train track perspective to draw the viewer into the scene, just as the train draws people into the city. It is pleasing to think that a man who spent his life as a plumber has picked up his paint brushes and turned out one amazing product after another. He explains, "I had kids to support and put through college; maybe now I will be able to focus on one of my passions, painting."
Winners in the Experimental/Abstract category were: First, "Through Time," Monahan; second, "Mallard," Kincade; third, no title, No. 400, Manfred Schexnayder; and honorable mention, no title, No. 402, Schexnayder.
In Still Life/Floral ribbons were awarded to: First, "Camellia," Christopher; second, "Old Soul on Brakefield & Carey," Christopher; third, "Springtime in Paradise," Christopher; and honorable mentions, "Yellow Roses," Bob Stanley, and "Onions and Garlic," Hume.
People/Animals winning entries were First, "Crab Boil," Bruce Hume; second, "Miss Mamie," Camella Dimitri, third, "Sergeant Savoring a Cigar with Slidell," Richard Ray; and, honorable mention, "Saucy Sharon," Richard Ray.
In Landscape/Seascape artists winning ribbons include: First, "Nocturne-Front Street," Len Heatherly; second, "Sunday on the Trace," Christopher; third, "Marsh Refuge," Peggy Hesse; and, honorable mentions, "Antique Alley," Lynda Donaldson and "Palmetto's on the Bayou," Judith Canulette.
The St. Tammany Parish Commission on Cultural Affairs chose the abstract "Morning Vigil" by Collins and the acrylic painting "Palmetto's on the Bayou" by Canulette.
Cathy Jones of the Slidell Garden Club offered a special award to one artist whose art will be featured in that club's upcoming cookbook. She said when the group gathered to choose an image for their book, they struggled to make a decision. "Finally, we decided to pretend we lived in New York and wanted something that would remind us of Slidell and home. Then the decision was easy, and we chose Keith Dellsperger's beautiful painting of the back side of the Train Depot and the train tracks," she said.
She added that anyone, whether they were in the show or not, should send an image of their work in jpeg format to the Slidell Art League. The work should be relevant to Slidell scenes, customs and lifestyles.
Put "Slidell Garden Club" in the subject and include your name, address, phone number, and e-mail address so that if the work is chosen for inclusion, the artist will be contacted to sign a release form.
To see an abundantly classy exhibit, visit SAL at the Train Depot on Front Street. The show will run through Feb. 16. For information on this or future shows or events, call 985.847.9458 or visit http://www.slidellartleague.info.
News about arts activities in east St. Tammany may be sent to Kathleen DesHotel, 1120 Pennsylvania Ave., Slidell, LA 70458-2008; or by e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. All submissions become the property of The Times-Picayune and will not be returned; submissions may be edited and published or otherwise reused in any medium.


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A private funeral was held Saturday, Dec. 15, at Trinity Lutheran Church in Tolley for Ludmilla Mattei, 91, of Kenmare, formerly of Donnybrook, who passed away Sunday, Dec. 9, 2012, at Trinity Hospital in Minot. Interment was at Trinity Lutheran Cemetery, Tolley.
Ludmilla Maria "Milly" Hercl was born June 2, 1921, in Leoben, Austria. She came to the United States and married Walter A. Mattei on Aug. 19, 1962, in Tolley. They lived in rural Donnybrook until 1994, when they moved to Kenmare.
Walter passed away on Oct. 12, 1999. Following her husband's death, Milly continued to reside in Kenmare.
Milly was a member of Trinity Lutheran Church in Tolley.
Milly was preceded in death by her husband, Walter; parents; and a sister.
Those wishing to sign the online register and share memories may access the online obituaries section at (www.thompsonlarson.com).

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MOUNT PLEASANT, MI — Former Central Michigan University star Dan LeFevour is expected to get his first start in more than three years Thursday when he takes the field for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in a Canadian Football League exhibition game against the Montreal Alouettes.
"This is professional football, so there is always pressure," LeFevour told Drew Edwards of thespec.com. "Every time you step on the field, you have to perform."
LeFevour has bounced around since leaving CMU. The Chicago Bears picked LeFevour in the 2010 NFL Draft and placed him on waivers, hoping to sign him to their practice squad.
But the Cincinnati Bengals signed LeFevour, and he served as the team's third-string quarterback in 2010, never throwing a pass. The Bengals waived LeFevour before the 2011 season, and he spent the 2011 season with the Indianapolis Colts and Jacksonville Jaguars.
He joined Hamilton for the 2012 season, but has not thrown a pass during a regular-season game. In the 2012 exhibition season, LeFevour threw for 136 yards and a touchdown. No. 1 quarterback Henry Burris returns, but Hamilton coach Kent Austin will not play Burris in Thursday's game.
Austin will use LeFevour, rookie Brian Brohm, Jeremiah Masoli and Chris Amrhein as he determines what quarterback will serve as Burris' backup.
LeFevour finished his CMU career in 2010 after having scored 150 touchdowns — passing, rushing and receiving. In his last start, LeFevour was named the GMAC Bowl MVP after leading CMU to a 44-41 win over the Troy Trojans.


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There are many names to call it, but all in all, a natural disaster is one that comes with or without warning. The past year was overloaded with natural catastrophes that cost billions of dollars. People in the United States alone suffered from several hurricanes and tornadoes. There were many areas that were rocked and destroyed by earthquakes, like the East Coast, Colorado and Peru. Japan had her share of tsunami, and Queensland, Australia, Bangkok and most recently, the Philippines suffered from destructive floods. These events tend to send a lesson across – that natural disasters should be put in the top risk concern.
Today, businesses and government agencies should prepare for all of these looming disasters. Each should have an individual plan for disaster recovery. In today's information-driven world, further disasters can result from power outages and network failures. There should still be time for every business to adjust and respond to risks. In any possible event, there should be uninterrupted and continuous access to either personal or corporate data.
There should be a system for disaster preparedness. For any company, it is a well-known fact that its most important assets are its people. Unquestionably, for these people, their most important asset is their family. Is there a company or agency plan on how to move its people, including their families, if the need arises? Another consideration is to make a communication plan that is timely, clear and honest.
Every company and agency has a host of information that is vital to the uninterrupted course of activities. There should be a data back-up plan which should be verified and validated, and situated out of harm's way. It should also be accessible to the recovery location. To ensure better data privacy, cloud service is now available for the storage of key data.
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text: I've heard horror stories about youth hockey over the years. I usually hear either "youth hockey is nuts" or "hockey parents are nuts." I've wondered whether these second-hand comments were gross exaggerations or factual. Two weekends ago, I decided to get a first-hand look. And did I get a look. Now, before I go any further it's important to know something: I am not anti-hockey. I played hockey growing up. My favorite sport as a youngster and in high school was hockey, even though I wasn't that good. As a parent, I built a rink in my back yard for four winters for my kids. And believe it or not, I even have a distant relative playing on the USA Olympic hockey team. So, I am not anti-hockey. But I am anti-stupid, and in the three youth hockey games I recently attended, I repeatedly saw stupid behavior. Worse, this behavior came from the people who were supposed to be setting the example: adults. As is the case with most youth sports, in the games I watched, most of the parents were fine. On occasion, they were even supportive of the opposing team, especially toward the goalies. However, as is also the case with most youth sports, a few people couldn't contain their emotions. I do wonder if these people are acting so poorly in public, what are they doing at times in their own home? The first game I attended was at Smead Arena in Springfield two Sundays ago. The players were 9-10 years old. It was a great game. The effort and skill of the little guys (and girl) had me hypnotized. Everything was super until late in the game. One of the referees missed a call, and that call probably had a hand in the outcome of the game. One of the teams scored with literally seconds left for the winning goal. After the game, the losing coach was livid. I understood his frustration. His team worked so hard and played so well. I'm sure he felt cheated. As the teams lined up to shake hands, the coach of the losing team told the ref he was "terrible" and that he shouldn't be officiating games. The coach was loud, as I clearly heard him while he was on the ice and I was not. His horizontal index finger was firmly pointing at the ref, who gave the coach a misconduct penalty for his post-game actions. All the while, the players shook hands at center ice. A fan, through an opening in the glass, said something along the lines of "fill out a complaint" to the losing coach. I couldn't tell if the fan was being supportive or sarcastic. If he was being helpful, so be it. If not, what possesses an adult to say something sarcastic to the coach of an opposing team? I zipped over to the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield for another game, this one pitting a pair of 13-14 teams against each other. It took 43 seconds for the nonsense to begin. A player was sent to the penalty box for a high hit on an opponent. As the player entered the penalty box, a mom from the opposing team said, "Sit down and shut up." The player didn't hear the comment, and neither did the player's fans. But I heard it. What if I was that player's dad? What could have followed? Not up for hypothetical? OK, let's get back to reality. Where this mom was sitting, there were some little kids. What did mom's "sit down and shut up" comment do to those younger siblings? Maybe it did nothing, or maybe it planted a seed that it's OK to shout negative comments toward the opposing team. Think of it from a kid's point of view: "If mom can holler at the other team, so can I." A week ago I went to a game at Enfield Twin Rinks to watch a high-level 13-14 game. The conclusion of this contest spewed stupidity, and flirted with criminal. By the third period, the game had become very chippy. And by the third period, the fans had gotten very much into the game. On one penalty, a dad hollered, "He's out of here," while another yelled, "He's gone." What's the goal of the fans when they shout things like this? On some level, the fan is frustrated. But why does the fan feel compelled to share that frustration with everyone else? I didn't know a fan's frustration was supposed to be a part of a youth sporting event. With a few minutes to play, one kid absolutely leveled another kid with a check. No penalty was called. The one player was down on the ice for a few minutes. The intensity in the entire building grew. The refs pulled the plug with two seconds remaining, and the teams didn't shake hands. A game being stopped early and no post-game handshake? What did the players take out of this game? And then there was a shouting match between the fans. Although I didn't see it, a man said two moms shoved each other. Not surprisingly, more shouting followed. Of course, the place was filled with little kids. Pathetically, there's more, but I think I've made my point. Actually, I'm not trying to make a point – I'm just writing what happened.


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How close is baseball season? Well, Phillies three-game ticket packs will go on sale Monday, Feb. 6, at 9 a.m. until Tuesday, Feb. 14 (or while supplies last) at www.phillies.com/threepacks. These will give fans another option to secure tickets to see some of the most popular home games for the 2012 season.
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STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Longtime Staten Islander Jeanne Williams Payne, 89, a retired teacher and guidance counselor who enjoyed quilting, died Tuesday in Akron (Ohio) Hospital as the result of a brain aneurysm.
Born in the Bronx, she moved to New Dorp and then Richmond in her early teens; she graduated from New Dorp High School. She subsequently moved to Annadale, where she lived for 43 years.
Mrs. Payne took her bachelor's degree from Hunter College, Manhattan; she earned her master's degree in guidance counseling from Columbia University and Rutgers University.
She worked as a guidance counselor and teacher at her alma mater, New Dorp High School, and Susan E. Wagner High School, where she doubled as the swim and cheer coach.
Family said she was the first teacher in New York state authorized to teach sex education, in 1960. She retired in 1980.
Mrs. Payne was actively involved in the Staten Island Quilters Guild and regularly attended the Unitarian Church of Staten Island, New Brighton.
She relocated to Cleveland in 1998.
Mrs. Payne was preceded in death by William, her husband of 43 years.
Surviving are her daughters, Carol Ditez and Barbara Chernack
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This week's episode of Fringe "White Tulip" was what I call a standalone episode. The creators of Fringe have in the past created either a standalone or an ongoing story episode. The standalones, although they are good stories tend to be a letdown to viewers because the ongoing story is so intriguing. This week's episode was an improvement on that because they also further developed the conflict that Walter (John Noble) is having in regards to Peter (Joshua Jackson) being taken from the alternate universe.
The storyline this week deals with the ability to travel through time. The team discovers that Alistar Peck, a brilliant astrophysicist who works at MIT and has ties to NASA, has developed a way to travel through time. Where things get really Fringelike is he does not develop a time "machine" as is often depicted in stories, he is the time machine.
Another unexpected twist is in the characterization of Peck. He is not your typical mad scientist that will do anything to achieve his evil dreams. He is actually a man who had his heart broken when his fiancé died in a car accident. There are many parallels between him and Walter Bishop. Walter used his scientific discoveries to bring back a lost love, just as Peck is trying to do. Walter shares his experiences with Peck in an attempt to stop him from hurting others in his mission to save his fiancé.
The ongoing story this week was the conflict that Walter is having with himself. To tell or not to tell that is the question. Peter is beginning to notice that Walter is sad and acting weird. Walter has composed a letter that is an explanation of what happened when he died.
The conflict between science and religion is also addressed this week. Walter states that he started believing in God the day he took Peter. He hopes for forgiveness for taking Peter and using his scientific discoveries for his own personal benefit. He says that he is looking for a sign of forgiveness in the form of a white tulip. Peck in an attempt to help Walter arranges for a drawing of a white tulip to be mailed to Walter a year after he is killed in the car crash.
A few things that did not work for me this week were:
Why would Broyles (Lance Reddick) allow Walter to go in and talk to Peck when they knew the potential danger this man posed? He never would have allowed Walter access when the SWAT team could have taken him out in one shot. There was too much risk of him jumping through time again.
Why would Walter give him the solution to the time travel problem when he knew the potential dangers this discovery could have caused? Walter, it appears, might have convinced Peck that he could not live the decision to change the past by using time travel, when Peck decides to die with his fiancé instead of saving her. There is no way Walter could have known that he would land in an open field and not hurt anyone. Could he?????
Overall I enjoyed the show but again I like the shows that deal more with the ongoing story rather than the quick one story that wraps up at the end. Next week appears to be an ongoing story that will see the return of the shapeshifters. They are freaky so I look forward to seeing them again.
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Clovis senior Vanessa O'Neal heads downcourt with a loose ball as La Cueva junior Marisol Romero pursues during Thursday's semifinal game in the Plateau Holiday Classic. (CNJ staff photo: Andrew Chavez)
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It's not often you get outscored in the second and fourth quarter and still win the game by 28 points.
The Lady Cats overcame a tough full-court press and beat La Cueva 68-40 on Thursday to advance to the finals of the Plateau Holiday Classic.
Clovis post Brittany Blackmon scored a game-high 23 points followed by Aimee Hilburn with 16 points and eight assists for the Lady Wildcats (10-1).
After a dominating 19-4 first quarter by Clovis, La Cueva coach Greg Berger switched his defense to a press to try and get back into the game.
"I hadn't intended on pressing them," Berger said. "Honestly, I was a little surprised. I didn't think the press would bother them."
The Bears' pressure gave the Lady Cats problems and La Cueva outscored Clovis 18-17 in the second period.
"We just panicked time and again," Clovis coach Miles Watters said. "I thought we could play through it, but we had to stop and make a few adjustments. But, hey, that's good because we need to see all these different types of presses."
Berger said he had not intended on pressing Clovis because he thought they could handle it.
"Most teams I feel comfortable pressing, but it wasn't in my gameplan (for Clovis)," Berger said. "I do like to press when I can, and I was happy with it."
Already ahead by 14, Clovis reeled off a fantastic third quarter, outscoring the Bears 23-4 and putting the game on ice with a 33-point cushion.
In the fourth quarter, Watters emptied his bench and La Cueva (10-3) beat the Clovis reserves 14-9.
"We had a great start and a great third quarter," Watters said. "Maybe it's hard to play perfect basketball for 32 minutes."
Clovis junior guard Tori Northcutt said she is confident her team has the ability to break a full-court press.
"I think we can handle the press," Northcutt said. "Everyone out on the court can handle the ball pretty well. I think we'll be OK."
The Bears had no players score in double figures, but went 19-of-20 from the free throw line.
"We have to be able to score from other spots, too," Berger said.
The La Cueva coach said the Lady Cats were just the better team on Thursday night.
"This team intimidates teams and rightly so," Berger said. "They're not ranked number one in the state because they're a bad team. Sometimes at halftime when you're down 14, that's a bad thing."
At Rock Staubus Gym
Consolation semifinals
Moriarty 44, El Paso Ysleta 31
Farmington 66, Eldorado 61, OT
Championship semifinals
Portales 37, Gallup 36
Clovis 68, La Cueva 40
Friday's games
x-Ysleta vs. Eldorado, 7th place, noon
Moriarty vs. Farmington, 5th place, 9:30 a.m.
Gallup vs. La Cueva, 3rd place, 2:30 p.m.
Portales vs. Clovis, championship, 6 p.m.
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Starting Friday, the popular Dugout Pub and Grill on Forest Avenue in Port Richmond will open its brand new South Shore location on Hylan Boulevard under the name Dugout Pub South.
It replaces the former Island Grill at 4029 Hylan Blvd.
Its owners promise to whip up the same recipe that made the North Shore site such a roaring success for the last six years.
Rob Renaud, original Dugout owner, will run the new location with business partner Mike Golding, the longtime bar manager at the Port Richmond site.
"There's a lot of beer connoisseurs," said the owner. "People want to come in and have selection. They want Blue Moon, ales, darks, reds."
Self-serve taps are also available for patrons.
"We fill it up for you and you can pour it yourself," said Renaud.
In addition, there are dozens of premium burgers to choose from, as well as eight selections of Mexican-style dishes and a host of sandwiches that also include hot and sweet sausages. Pulled pork is on the menu, as are 15 choices of pizza.
The completely redesigned bar will reflect its kissin' cousin – the Forest Avenue location – by having a dining room and a primary bar room.
"You'll be able to come here with your family and kids next door, sit down and order a nice pie, or sit at the bar with a burger, wings and a beer and watch s game," explained Renaud. "Pies, wings and burgers are really our thing."
Plus, the kitchen doesn't close until 3 a.m.
Ownership removed most of the old look the Island Grill exhibited – an odd mixture of pinks, purples and pastels. Golding described it as a giant "Easter egg." That's history.
They placed new tile, painted and revamped the bar.
"We wanted the mahogany look. A nice, clean, fresh, classy look," said Renaud.
Four murals have been painted in the bar. One of them shows an actual dugout with a host of prominent Yankees, well-known fans and other sports figures, such as Rick "Wild Thing" Vaughn from "Major League" and former Yankees owner, the late George Steinbrenner.
Another design displays logos of every NFL franchise and two of New York's best football players, Jets quarterback Joe Namath and Giants linebacker Lawrence Taylor.
Fifteen flat-screen televisions are operating throughout the location. One of them has been installed in the bathroom and provides sound.
Two others are in a balcony level that sits above the bar; patrons can rent it out for an evening. It's a VIP area, said Renaud, and it can host about 25 guests and includes waitress service. The dining room houses a giant projection screen.
The location comes with a rear parking lot that sits next to a back yard property that will eventually house a tiki bar and, by next year, two horse-shoe pits.
The bar owners say it's important to have an outdoor area for drinking and eating.
"All day long, they'll be many things for many people," said Renaud.
The new Dugout Pub also features a lobster tank. Customers can deposit $2 into the machine and use a crane to catch their own seafood. If a catch is made, it'll be cooked on site.
Dugout Pub South, its cathedral ceilings, ample space and wide range of food and beverages should keep customers happy, but Renaud thinks it's the simple ingredients that will keep business going.
"Here, you can have a great drink and a great burger," he said. "And that's what's really going to make us stand out."
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By GABRIELE STEINHAUSER, AP Business Writer
BRUSSELS (AP) — European Union regulators on Wednesday fined consumer products companies Procter & Gamble and Unilever a total of €315.2 million ($456 million) for fixing prices of powdered laundry detergent together with Henkel in eight EU countries.
U.S.-based Procter & Gamble Co. has to pay €211.2 million ($306 million), while British-Dutch company Unilever NV was fined €104 million ($150 million). Both companies had their fines reduced because they agreed to settle the case with the Commission and cooperated with the investigation.
The three companies are the leading producers for washing powder in Europe, the Commission said. Unilever makes laundry detergents including OMO and Radiant; Procter & Gamble produces Ariel and Tide; while Henkel owns the Persil brand. In the U.K. and Ireland, Persil is sold by Unilever.
The cartel was started when the companies were in joint talks on how to cut down on packaging, said the EU's Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia.
"They used this environmental initiative to agree on market share and to agree on not reducing the prices even if the packages were smaller," Almunia said.
The cartel lasted from Jan. 2002 until March 2005 and covered Belgium, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and the Netherlands, the Commission said.
Unilever said the fine falls below provisions already made in the company's 2010 results. "Unilever believes it is in the best interests of the company for Unilever and the Commission to have reached this settlement," it said in a statement.
Henkel said it discovered the cartel in 2008 during an internal audit and immediately notified the authorities.
The detergent case is the third cartel case the Commission decided to settle this year. A settlement leads to lower fines, but it also cuts down on the time and money the EU has to spend on an investigation.
Almunia said companies should expect the Commission to pursue a relentless fight against cartels, "which extract higher prices from consumers than if companies compete fairly and on the merits."
Toby Sterling in Amsterdam and David McHugh in Frankfurt contributed to this article.


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MCMINNVILLE – No. 3 Linfield converted five turnovers into 24 points as the Wildcats edged Pacific Lutheran 27-24 in an NCAA Division III first-round playoff game Saturday at Linfield College.
Linfield was able to overcome its struggling offense as each of its three touchdowns came on PLU turnovers. The difference was an interception return of 10 yards for a touchdown by Linfield's Tyler Robitaille with 12 minutes remaining in the game, giving the Wildcats a 27-17 lead.
Chad Coburn scored second-quarter touchdowns of 1 and 4 yards to give Linfield a 20-7 halftime lead. The Wildcats' offense managed just 250 yards against PLU.
Linfield advances to the second round, where it expected to play host next Saturday against the Cal Lutheran-North Central (Ill.) winner.
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With E3 officially over and everyone back at home safely, we've finally had time to decompress and analyze what Nintendo announced last week. There were some great announcements and unexpected games revealed, as well as new fighters for Super Smash Bros. While the upcoming release of Super Smash Bros. was the heavy focus on the show floor, with most of the kiosks dedicated to the fighter, we saw plenty of innovation from Nintendo that I just didn't see from Sony or Microsoft.
In fact, walking around Microsoft's booth this year felt very empty compared to Nintendo's booth, which was always full of people waiting to play Super Smash Bros. or Splatoon. The lines for those games never stopped, while the line to play Sunset Overdrive and Fable Legends was very short by the third day. I think it speaks a lot about the current climate of AAA games to say that people were still excited about Nintendo's offering all throughout the show, while people seem to have played what they wanted from Sony and Microsoft's booths and moved on.
Amiibo Project
The biggest announcement out of E3 was that Nintendo will soon be offering NFC-enabled figurines to interface with five upcoming games. While the cost for these figurines was revealed to be about the same as the price of Skylanders and Disney Infinity figurines, the fact that they'll be able to be utilized across multiple games means you'll get more value for your purchases. Typically new Skylanders can't be used in old games, so the fact that Amiibo is set up to be backwards compatible marks a huge plus for Nintendo.
Of course the first series of figurines will be based on Super Smash Bros., which is releasing this fall. However, those figurines will also be compatible with Mario Kart 8, which is available now, as well as Yoshi's Wooly World, Captain Toad Treasure Tracker, and Mario Party 10. While we don't have release dates for those titles just yet, it's nice to see that Nintendo has a plan in place to make sure you don't feel like you wasted your money if you plan on buying these figurines.
Bayonetta 1 & Bayonetta 2 Set
Bayonetta 2 has been teased since before the Wii U launched, so it's nice to finally see the game has a release date. We didn't spend any time with the game on the show floor because it's been teased for so long now, but during the Digital Event it was announced that Bayonetta 1 will be included in the Bayonetta 2 release, so those who haven't had a chance to experience Bayonetta when it was released solely on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3. This is another great example of Nintendo providing value to its customers and listening to what they want, as the most asked for thing any time we cover Bayonetta was whether or not Platinum Games would be able to release Bayonetta 1 on the Wii U. Now, you're getting it free with your Bayonetta 2 purchase.
New Fighters Revealed for Super Smash Bros.
During the course of the Nintendo Treehouse Digital Event, Nintendo announced several new fighters for the Super Smash Bros. game, several of which are new-comers to the series. The battle scene between Satoru Iwata and Reggie Fils-Aime will be the source of many .gifs for years to come, but the fact that the Mii Fighter is finally added to the game in three different play styles answers something fans have been asking for ages.
Of course, Palutena's short introduced her as a character to the series, with the hint that we could eventually see Dark Pit as a character option. Perhaps the biggest surprise was that Namco Bandai's Pac-Man will be making an appearance in the game, as well as Mr. Game & Watch returning. Even if these new character announcements aren't your cup of tea and you're still angry we haven't heard anything about Captain Falcon, it's nice to see the Super Smash Bros. roster continue to fill out as we edge closer and closer to release.
Nintendo gets into shooters with Splatoon
The current game of the show for me was Splatoon, Nintendo's take on a multiplayer third-person shooter. The premise of playing on a team where you can switch between squids and people in order to destroy your enemy is already a great one, but the gameplay seemed very fluid as well. One of the downsides of first starting a shooter is that you'll typically be cannon fodder your first few rounds as you learn the controls. Splatoon helps combat that because even if you're not great at shooting and getting kills, you can still paint over the enemy's ink and help your team control the map.
The E3 demo only showcased one map and the ten minute demo came with a small warm up period, but there are tons of ways to play already. Most people we watched loved to set up ambushes by covering a huge area and then sinking down into the ink as a squid, only to pop up behind an enemy when they ran into them.
Yoshi's Wooly World
What started out as Yarn Yoshi in 2013 has evolved into Yoshi's Wooly World, which was playable on the show floor. I got to do a quick hands on demo with the game which does feature co-op and for fans of the Yoshi's Island games, you'll be right at home. The concept of snatching balls of yarn and eating them to put them behind you for use as ammo later is the same concept of Yoshi's eggs in earlier games.
The graphics are bright and while reminiscent of Kirby's Epic Yarn, there's a lot more depth to Yoshi's Wooly World than meets the eye. The paths through the levels are straight forward, but there are plenty of hidden secrets for you to find and overall, you'll find that getting all the stickers in a level is a tougher challenge than one would think.
Captain Toad Treasure Tracker
This was a surprise announcement from Nintendo and spawned from the Captain Toad levels of Super Mario 3D World, which were well received when that game debuted last year. Overall it looks like a fun title, but Nintendo will have to do some work to make it feel worth a $60 purchase if that's the direction they plan on going with it. It wasn't announced whether this is a full title or one that will end up being eShop only, but fans of puzzle games will enjoy it.
While the game was announced as supporting the Amiibo project, there were no hints about how the figurines could be used within the game, unless you'll be able to select a character to play instead of Captain Toad by having the figurines. Either way, we're eager to see what Nintendo has in store for this one.
Hyrule Warriors
Checking out Hyrule Warriors was rather hard to do, since the lines at the booth were nearly always full. There seem to be a lot of Dynasty Warriors fans who are looking forward to this cross-over. I didn't get a chance to do hands on play with this one, but I did watch the entire level being played. Overall it looks like a Dynasty Warriors game with characters and monsters from the world of Hyrule, which should be expected.
The models are well done and though the demo was only played on easy, some lesser experienced people were having trouble with figuring out what to do. Considering the Dynasty Warriors series is one part combos and one part puzzles in figuring out what the next course of action is, that should be good news for fans of either franchise.
The Legend of Zelda Wii U
The Legend of Zelda Wii U is perhaps the most anticipated title that was shown at E3 this year and rightly so, fans have been waiting for an HD Legend of Zelda release for years now. Whisperings of an open world with non-linear dungeons similar to what A Link Between Worlds offered on the 3DS left many people doubting Eiji Aonuma's vision for the series, but the small cutscene we saw leaves little doubt in my mind that the Zelda Wii U game will be one of the best experiences of 2015/2016.
Miyamoto Hints at Starfox
Miyamoto made an appearance playing what looked to be an early prototype version of a Starfox game on the Nintendo Treehouse event. We're excited to see this but because it was hinted at digitally, viewers of the livestream got more information about it than people on the showfloor. Either way, the fact that a new Starfox game for Wii U is coming is enough to tide many people over.
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- Improving informed consent: insights from behavioral decision researchMargaret Holmes-Rovner
College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
Med Care 40:V30-8. 2002..However, there is still little evidence about how well informed consent works to assist patients to reach informed decisions about research participation...
- Men's theories about benign prostatic hyperplasia and prostate cancer following a benign prostatic hyperplasia decision aidMargaret Holmes-Rovner
Department of Medicine and Center for Ethics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
J Gen Intern Med 21:56-60. 2006..To use qualitative methods to explore audiotape evidence of unanticipated confusion between benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostate cancer in using a videotape BPH treatment decision aid (DA)...
- Evidence-based patient choice: a prostate cancer decision aid in plain languageMargaret Holmes-Rovner
Department of Medicine, Michigan State University, C214 East Fee, East Lansing, MI, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 5:16. 2005..The plain language DA prototype addressed treatment decisions for localized prostate cancer. Evaluation assessed impact on knowledge, decisions, and discussions with doctors in men newly diagnosed with prostate cancer...
- Nurse-led group visits support shared decision making in stable coronary artery diseaseKatherine Dontje
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
J Cardiovasc Nurs 28:269-76. 2013....
- Shared Decision Making Guidance Reminders in Practice (SDM-GRIP)Margaret Holmes-Rovner
Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, C203 East Fee, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI 48824 1316, USA
Patient Educ Couns 85:219-24. 2011..SDM-GRIP (Shared Decision Making Guidance Reminders in Practice) was developed for suspected stable coronary artery disease (CAD), prior to the percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) decision...
- Decision aids for benign prostatic hyperplasia: applicability across race and educationDavid R Rovner
Department of Medicine, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48823, USA
Med Decis Making 24:359-66. 2004..The authors conducted interviews in a 2 x 2 race by education design with participants who were 50 years old (n = 188). The decision aid was a benign prostatic hyperplasia videotape...
- Refining a brief decision aid in stable CAD: cognitive interviewsKaren Kelly-Blake
College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 14:10. 2014..We describe the results of cognitive interviews to refine the "Making Choices©" Decision Aid (DA) for shared decision-making (SDM) about stress testing in patients with stable coronary artery disease (CAD)...
- Interventions for providers to promote a patient-centred approach in clinical consultationsFrancesca Dwamena
Department ofMedicine, Michigan StateUniversityCollege ofHumanMedicine, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Cochrane Database Syst Rev 12:CD003267. 2012..However, the impact of these interventions directly on clinical encounters and indirectly on patient satisfaction, healthcare behaviour and health status has not been adequately evaluated...
- Preliminary validation of the Satisfaction With Decision scale with depressed primary care patientsCelia E Wills
Michigan State University, College of Nursing and Professor, Michigan State University, College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI 48825, USA
Health Expect 6:149-59. 2003..To conduct a preliminary validation of the Satisfaction With Decision (SWD) scale with depressed primary care patients...
- Do self-report and medical record comorbidity data predict longitudinal functional capacity and quality of life health outcomes similarly?Adesuwa B Olomu
College of Human Medicine, Clinical Center Building, Michigan State University, 788 Service Road, Room B329, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 12:398. 2012..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the performance of the Self-Administered Comorbidity Questionnaire (SCQ) to predict functional capacity, quality of life (QOL) health outcomes compared to CCI medical records data...
- Treatment decision-making and the form of risk communication: results of a factorial surveyLarry A Hembroff
Institute for Public Policy and Social Research, 321 Berkey Hall, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
BMC Med Inform Decis Mak 4:20. 2004..The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of relative and absolute risk information on patient decision-making in scenarios typical of health information for patients...
- Prudent evidence-fettered shared decision makingElizabeth Libby Bogdan-Lovis
Center for Ethics and Humanities in the Life Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
J Eval Clin Pract 16:376-81. 2010..We conclude that a frugal default option is a fruitful avenue for future exploration in such situations...
- Treatment preference patterns during a videotape decision aid for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH)Celia E Wills
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, G38 North Hubbard Hall, East Lansing, 48825, USA
Patient Educ Couns 61:16-22. 2006..Decision aids for benign prostatic hyperplasia: applicability across race and education. Med Decis Making 2004;24:359-66], preferences for BPH treatment options were assessed...
- Patient comprehension of information for shared treatment decision making: state of the art and future directionsCelia E Wills
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48825, USA
Patient Educ Couns 50:285-90. 2003..Additional theoretical and practical issues are discussed, as well as selected policy implications of current knowledge...
- Does outpatient telephone coaching add to hospital quality improvement following hospitalization for acute coronary syndrome?Margaret Holmes-Rovner
Center for Ethics, C203 E Fee Hall, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
J Gen Intern Med 23:1464-70. 2008..Telephone counseling in chronic disease self-management is increasing, but has not been tested in studies that control for quality of medical care...
- International collaboration in shared decision-making: the International Shared Decision Making (ISDM) conference history and prospectsMargaret Holmes-Rovner
Health Services Research, Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, East Lansing, MI 48823, United States
Patient Educ Couns 73:402-6. 2008..Analyze the role of collaboration in the International Shared Decision Making organization (ISDM)...
- Patient decision-making related to antirheumatic drugs in rheumatoid arthritis: the importance of patient trust of physicianRichard W Martin
Departments of Medicine and Rheumatology, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, Grand Rapids, Michgan 49546, USA
J Rheumatol 35:618-24. 2008....
- Are patient decision aids the best way to improve clinical decision making? Report of the IPDAS SymposiumMargaret Holmes-Rovner
College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Med Decis Making 27:599-608. 2007..The participants' vote on the proposition was approximately half for and half against...
- A shared decision-making primary care intervention for type 2 diabetesWilliam Corser
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, A109 Life Sciences Building, East Lansing, MI 48824 1317, USA
Diabetes Educ 33:700-8. 2007..The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of a brief shared decision-making (SDM) goal-setting intervention among individuals with type 2 diabetes...
- "Concordance between comorbidity data from patient self-report interviews and medical record documentation"William Corser
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, B500A West Fee Hall, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 8:85. 2008..The purpose of these prospectively planned analyses was to examine the concordance of comorbidity data obtained from patient self-report survey interviews and hospital medical record documentation...
- Colorectal cancer screening barriers in persons with low incomeMargaret Holmes-Rovner
Health Service Research, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan 48824, USA
Cancer Pract 10:240-7. 2002..The purpose of this study was to provide insight into the modest success of a physician and patient education and reminder program that improved screening rates from 37% to 49% among rural Medicaid-eligible patients in western Michigan...
- Rate and predictors of blood pressure control in a federal qualified health center in Michigan: a huge concern?Adesuwa B Olomu
College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA
J Clin Hypertens (Greenwich) 15:254-63. 2013..02). We found that patients who attended the FQHC had a lower rate of BP control compared with the national average. Our study revealed a male sex disparity and significantly lower rate of BP control among DM patients...
- Health behavior goals of cardiac patients after hospitalizationJodi Summers Holtrop
Department of Family Practice, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing 48824, USA
Am J Health Behav 30:387-99. 2006..To examine the types and influences of health behavior goals self-selected by post hospitalized cardiac patients...
- The mammography screening controversy: who and what is heard in the press?Margaret Holmes-Rovner
Department of Medicine, B213 Clinical Center, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Patient Educ Couns 51:75-81. 2003..Medical journals' and charities' press releases that begin to include discussion of uncertainty inherent in medical technologies can contribute to evidence-based public deliberation...
- Posthospital heart-healthy behaviors in adults with comorbid diabetesMelodee L Vanden Bosch
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Clin Nurs Res 21:327-49. 2012..Results suggest the need for sustained and tailored nursing interventions to facilitate heart-healthy behavior changes in adults with diabetes after ACS hospitalization...
- Hormone therapy after the Women's Health Initiative: a qualitative studyLinda M French
Department of Family Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
BMC Fam Pract 7:61. 2006..The purpose of this study was to describe the impact of new hormone therapy recommendations on patients' attitudes and decision-making in a primary care practice...
- Shared decision-making in the US--research & development outpaces deliveryMargaret Holmes-Rovner
Health Services Research, Michigan State University, 2007 Visiting Professor, Center for the Advancement of Health, Washington DC, USA
Z Arztl Fortbild Qualitatssich 101:254-8. 2007....
- Changes in practice patterns affecting in-hospital and post-discharge survival among ACS patientsManfred Stommel
College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
BMC Health Serv Res 6:140. 2006....
- Estimating mean hospital cost as a function of length of stay and patient characteristicsElena Polverejan
Department of Epidemiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48823, USA
Health Econ 12:935-47. 2003....
- Do patient decision aids meet effectiveness criteria of the international patient decision aid standards collaboration? A systematic review and meta-analysisAnnette M O'Connor
Ottawa Health Research Institute, Canada
Med Decis Making 27:554-74. 2007..To describe the extent to which patient decision aids (PtDAs) meet effectiveness standards of the International Patient Decision Aids Collaboration (IPDAS)...
- Likely consequences of increased patient choiceMargaret Holmes-Rovner
Health Expect 8:1-3. 2005
- The development of COMRADE--a patient-based outcome measure to evaluate the effectiveness of risk communication and treatment decision making in consultationsAdrian Edwards
Department of Primary Care, Clinical School of Medicine, University of Wales Swansea, Singleton Park, UK
Patient Educ Couns 50:311-22. 2003..Usage in further studies will facilitate systematic reviews. Consequently, lessons for wider application of these interventions in practice, and policy implications regarding greater patient involvement should then be clearer...
- Hopelessness and depression in the early recovery period after hospitalization for acute coronary syndromeSusan L Dunn
Nursing Department, Hope College, Holland, MI 49423, USA
J Cardiopulm Rehabil 26:152-9. 2006....
- Patient education materials about the treatment of early-stage prostate cancer: a critical reviewAngela Fagerlin
Veterans Administration Center for Practice Management and Outcomes Research, Veterans Administration Healthcare System, and Division of General Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 0429, USA
Ann Intern Med 140:721-8. 2004..To ensure that patients make informed medical decisions, patient education materials must communicate treatment risks and benefits...
- Outpatient medication use and health outcomes in post-acute coronary syndrome patientsZhou Yang
Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy, University of Florida, 101 S Newell Dr, Rm 4141, Gainesville, FL 32610 0195, USA
Am J Manag Care 12:581-7. 2006..To investigate the pattern of postdischarge evidence-based outpatient medication use and its impact on subsequent hospital readmissions in post-acute coronary syndrome (ACS) patients...
- International Patient Decision Aid Standards (IPDAS): beyond decision aids to usual design of patient education materialsMargaret Holmes-Rovner
Health Expect 10:103-7. 2007
- Men's interpretations of graphical information in a videotape decision aidJan Pylar
Integrity Rehabilitation Services, Brighton, MI, USA
Health Expect 10:184-93. 2007..A descriptive study design was used to examine men's interpretations of a representative sample of the types of graphs that were shown in the benign prostatic hyperplasia videotape DA...
- Presidential reflections on the 25th anniversary of the society for medical decision makingArthur S Elstein
Department of Medical Education, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Med Decis Making 24:408-20. 2004
- Developing a quality criteria framework for patient decision aids: online international Delphi consensus processGlyn Elwyn
Department of General Practice, Centre for Health Sciences Research, Cardiff University, Cardiff CF14 4YS
BMJ 333:417. 2006..To develop a set of quality criteria for patient decision support technologies (decision aids)...


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"There is a common debate among farmers whether
increased bushels are more important when commodity prices are high as compared
to when they are low," said Dave Mowers, AIM for the Heartland consulting
"Both are important, but my contention is that increased
production is more important when commodity prices are low."
His belief is when prices are lower, margins also
generally are lower, and the percentage impact of higher production is greater
when margins are lower than when they are higher.
"No matter what, higher production is necessary in order
for farmers to remain competitive, no matter what the market price is," he
Net income is more challenging with lower commodity
prices, and increasing production while keeping input costs down helps turn a
"One of the challenges is that costs of inputs and land
are going down slower than grain prices. Therefore, profitability is much more
of a challenge, and it does not look like it will soon get better," Mowers
The Catch-22 in this is cutting the cost of inputs to
save money also costs yield.
During the past few years of high corn and soybean
prices, farmers found there were certain management practices that increased
yields while other practices did not.
Cut Costs Cautiously
"Remember what worked and use those practices to keep
production high. Don't cut costs just to reduce cost per acre --it can come back
to haunt you," Mowers said.
The first step in any farm management program to manage
input costs is to do soil tests to monitor nutrient levels. If the levels are
low, add extra nutrients to increase production. If the levels are high, reduce
nutrient applications rates.
"You don't want to cost yield, but virtually every soil
test will find some surplus and some deficiency," Mowers said.
"The idea is to reduce inputs on high-testing areas and
increase inputs on low-testing areas, with the effort to get maximum production
with the most economical rate of inputs on every acre that is farmed.
"We have all watched the price collapse, and it is easy
to kick yourself for not taking advantage of higher prices at an earlier time.
You cannot do anything about the past, so give it a rest.
"Let's think ahead and get a plan."
Tom C. Doran can be reached at 309-828-1432 or
email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter at AgNews_Doran.


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Bill Cosby, Bud Selig on tap for weekend college commencements
Humor and baseball will take center stage, along with thousands of college graduates, this weekend in Milwaukee. And you can follow it all through the Journal Sentinel's coverage, including a social media Storify that's already rolling to capture the good-byes, the celebrations and the nostalgic traditions.
Bill Cosby will be Marquette University's commencement speaker Sunday at 9:30 a.m. in the BMO Harris Bradley Center. As part of the ceremony, Cosby will receive an honorary doctor of letters degree. Marquette University will livestream the ceremony, including Cosby's speech, at its website. The Journal Sentinel will pick up that feed and livestream it at jsonline.com Sunday at 9:30 a.m. »Read Full Blog Post
Live Blog: DJ Bizzon & Klassik open for Kendrick Lamar
What up peoples? Myself and Klassik will be opening for Kendrick Lamar in Champaign, IL today. We are driving together so we thought it would be cool to live blog the experience. Check here throughout the day for the updates via twitter and instagram. Yes.
Blind Boys of Alabama return to Wisconsin for show at Pabst Theater
"I'll Find a Way," the newest Blind Boys of Alabama album, is "one of the best we have ever made," said band co-founder Jimmy Carter.
Considering the gospel group has five Grammys and has released nearly an album a year since 1948, that's really saying something. »Read Full Article
Trapper Schoepp & The Shades guitarist focuses on new group
Graham Hunt had a great thing going as lead guitarist for Trapper Schoepp & The Shades. The Americana act is one of Milwaukee's most successful bands, with an album on SideOneDummy Records and a history of gigs around the country with Jakob Dylan's The Wallflowers.
But Hunt (disclosure: he's the son of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel sports columnist Michael Hunt) also had his own band to tend to, as songwriter, singer and guitarist for garage-pop rock group Midnight Reruns. »Read Full Article
The battle inside country music?
Kacey Musgraves and Taylor Swift lead the CMA Award nominees with six nods each. »Read Full Blog Post(3)
Miley Cyrus to play BMO Harris Bradley Center
Pop-music behemoth Miley Cyrus is bringing her tour to Milwaukee's BMO Harris Bradley Center March 9, according to the venue's website Wednesday.
Tickets for the show go on sale to the general public at 10 a.m. Nov. 16. No other ticket information was available Wednesday. Cyrus unveiled her 2014 tour, which starts on Feb. 14 in Vancouver, British Columbia, on her website Tuesday. »Read Full Article(1)
Large trove of art taken by Nazis recovered
Wonderful works of art secreted away by the Nazis as "degenerate" keep turning up "like bottles washed ashore," writes Micheal Kimmelman for The New York Times this morning, reporting on the latest trove of works discovered and unveiled in Augsburg, Germany, Tuesday.
About 1,500 pictures, a particularly large stash, were discovered in the Munich apartment of an old man whose father was a dealer in the Nazi era. From the initial reports and some blurry online reproductions, the collection appears to include works by Matisse, Courbet, Franz Marc, Max Liebermann, Marc Chagall, Max Beckmann and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. »Read Full Blog Post(2)
Reading the John Updike stories: 'Snowing in Greenwich Village'
The Library of America recently published 'John Updike: The Collected Stories,' a two-volume boxed set of 186 stories arranged in chronological order. I'm reading one or more a week and commenting on them each Wednesday until I finish the collection or give up.
In "Snowing in Greenwich Village," John Updike introduces Richard and Joan Maple, a young married couple whose love, struggle, infidelity and divorce he will chronicle through a series of stories until they become grandparents. Published in 1956 in The New Yorker, "Snowing in Greenwich Village" is the only Maples story published in this collection; the Library of America is holding the others back for a future book. »Read Full Blog Post
Perform your original holiday song for Tap Milwaukee
Tap Milwaukee is looking for four local bands to spread some holiday cheer and perform original holiday songs for a series of videos. Journal Sentinel photo illustration by Zeina Makky. »Read Full Blog Post(1)
On Tap Today: Bucks, kite flying, Updike and disclaimers
You have successfully reached the middle of your week. What does the day have in store?
The Milwaukee Bucks play the Cleveland Cavaliers right here in Milwaukee. Los Lonely Boys and Jonny Lang are playing Potawatomi. Then, there are a few Wednesday traditions worth considering. »Read Full Blog Post


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As Louisiana officials this week prepare to receive the results of the 2010 census down to the block level, the Census Bureau today released a few new statistics about the statewide population.
The bureau announced in December that the 2010 census -- a person-by-person tally mandated by the Constitution -- counted 4,533,372 people in Louisiana on April 1, 2010.
The tally marked an increase of almost 65,000 people compared with the 2000 census. But because the growth rate fell far below that of other states, Louisiana is slated to lose a seat in the U.S. House starting in 2012.
Today, federal officials announced a key pair of estimates that were prepared last year without knowledge of results of the official 2010 head count.
Census officials estimated Louisiana's population on April 1, 2010, at 4,519,356 people. A second estimate produced on July 1, 2010, found 4,529,426 Louisiana residents.
The differences boil down to demographical semantics, and they have no bearing on Congressional apportionment.
Decennial census counts are based solely on responses to census questionnaires, whereas estimates determine the population based largely on birth and death rates and migration records, using a decennial census result as a baseline.
The estimates released today are based on the 2000 census and were prepared using the current estimates methodology without knowledge of 2010 census results, according to the bureau.
The minor differences among the official 2010 census count and the estimates -- about 0.3 percent -- indicate that the census did a pretty good job of sizing up the population of a large geographic area, said Allison Plyer of the Greater New Orleans Community Data Center.
In most states, the official April 1 head counts and estimates varied by less than 1 percent, though in some places, such as Arizon and Hawaii, the numbers differed by more than 4 percent.
Plyer warned that estimating the populations of large areas, such are states, tends to be less error-prone than in smaller places. In jurisdictions such as cities and parishes, she said, estimates could diverge for more widely from the actual count.
"The estimates at the state level are very close to the population count, but they still could vary by a lot more than this at the parish level," Plyer said.
Population estimates were not released today for parishes, cities or towns.
Officials in Orleans, Jefferson and St. Bernard parishes challenged their population estimates in 2007 and 2008, ultimately convincing federal officials to boost the numbers based on postal activity and electricity usage rates tabulated by local consultants.
Political leaders, demographers and others are eager to learn this week, perhaps as soon as tomorrow, whether the annual parish-level estimates produced since Katrina align with the results of the 2010 head count.


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Won't Anyone Let These Kansas Lawmakers Keep Homosexuality A Crime?
Kansas State Reps. Jan Pauls (a Democrat) and Lance Kinzer (a Republican) don't care if the Supreme Court's Lawrence v. Texas invalidated all laws of the land criminalizing homosexuality: they don't want to see the language removed from the state's law books. Which is why, Kansas Equality Coalition relays, they struck language from a bill before the House that would have finally put to rest meaningless anti-gay statutes.
State Representatives Jan Pauls (D, Hutchinson), and Lance Kinzer (R, Olathe) said yesterday that being gay or lesbian should remain a crime in Kansas. Pauls made, with Kinzer's support, the successful motion in the Kansas Legislature's Corrections and Juvenile Justice Committee to keep the criminalization of gay and lesbian relationships on the books. Their action removed key language from HB2321, proposed by the Kansas Judicial Council, which would have resolved inconsistencies in Kansas criminal code, as well as remove unconstitutional laws.
"Jan Pauls was trusted to be a judge before becoming a state representative, and should know better than to support unconstitutional laws, breaking her oath to defend the Constitution," said Jon Powell, Chair of the Hutchinson Area chapter of the Kansas Equality Coalition. "We are fed up with her obvious support of harassment of gays and lesbians. We will not be bullied."
Almost makes you wish other states' lawmakers would just up and flee to another jurisdiction.
Now I know why the Westboro Baptist Church is located in Kansas. Its because of stupid, hide-bound, closed-minded lawmakers like Pauls and Kinzer. They are, quite simply, breaking the law and should be impeached. Come on, you bumbling idiots, join the 21st-century. History is leaving you in the dust.
In the year 2000 I believe over 30% of Alabama voted to keep an anti-interacial marriage law on the books even though Federal Law made the state law meaningless.
These two are no different. Just a couple of bigots.
All this is is pretty much a statement from two bigots showing us all how much they hate us. Well, we hate them to so who gives a fuck, Supreme Court already rules, stupid bitches.
Only the elimination of all conservative Christians will stop the USA from being a Theocracy
How to fix this ongoing problem that will keep getting more and more cruel.
Only the elimination of all conservative Christians will allow all Americans to be free and the world to no longer have to live in fear of the U.S.A.'s imperialist, terrorist holy war.
The conservative ideology has never helped mankind in any way, it has not only never helped mankind in anyway, it has oppressed, murdered, raped and killed all those in it's way to gain power.
History shows us this.
Fact shows us this.
James Madison, the "Father of the U.S. Constitution", along with many founders of this country, regardless of their religious or non-religious affiliations, knew keeping politics and religion separate not only preserves each, but helps them flourish:
"The number, the industry, and the morality of the Priesthood and the devotion of the people have been manifestly increased by the total separation of the Church and the State."
I've been living in Kansas for over nine months now. I am desperately searching for another job so I can move back to the coast. People who have not been here have no idea how oppressive it can be, especially if you work in a conservative field like retirement plans.
"Only the elimination of all conservative Christians"
The final solution, eh?
Funny how bigots all rely on the same solutions.
Now Cassandra, you would like to eliminate all atheists, wouldn't you?
@ No.7 Atheism is prejudice:
DO you have a better idea? I'm not the one intentionally hurt anyone, however, conservative Christians have ALWAYS been against minorities since they landed on America's soil. If the facts about this were not available for all to see, and I stated what I did…then I would be a FOX supporter.
@Corey Mondello: "Elimination" is too loaded a word to use in drive-by posting.
Better solution is to encourage decent people of faith to support us, and together we can outnumber the fundamentalists who seek to "eliminate" us. There are LGBT and straight Christians & Jews (other religions too, I'm sure) who work toward justice & equality for LGBTs. Don't lump all religionists in the same category.
@Atheism is Prejudice:
Please don't assume all people "not of faith" think alike. You're better than that.
Needless to say, I have my own problems with religion, especially religious extremists. But let's not forget history. Joseph Stalin. First they came for the religious, next they came for us..
@Atheism is prejudice: I agree. I'm not a conservative Christian or anything. I'm actually on the gays side. That kind of a reaction only lowers you to a bigots level and your right on that. Not all conservatives are bad, I mean notice how a democrat aided in passing this too. There are atheist that would do the same to certain groups, muslims, agnostics, occultist, anyone. Hate knows no boundaries.
@Brad: but an atheist owns their own hate… the people that allow themselves to be deceived simply for their fear of death, use their faith in an attempt to justify their hate. if your going to hate. be honest. own it. i am an atheist. and i hate religion. it is a useless remnant of a more barbaric time and should be laid to rest for the good of humanity.
Don't just express your displeasure here. Go leave a message on the facebook page of the Kansas Democratic Party. It's easy to do. Jan Pauls, who launched this legislation, is a democrat. You can express your anger to her personally at [email protected] and also at [email protected]
@Atheism is prejudice: Please, I've had conservative Xtians, Muslims, and Jews spit upon me and wish for my death SOLELY FOR MARCHING IN A GAY PRIDE PARADE.
@Brad: not all Democrats are liberal. To believe so is to believe that all human beings are basically good at heart, in short, to be naive.
From the Kansas Democratic Party State Platform (under the heading "Promoting Equal Rights, Human Dignity and Diversity"):
Kansas Democrats believe in equal rights for every Kansan regardless of race, color, age, physical abilities, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.
Wow, I feel so much better now, knowing that…


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Lewis Hamilton is resigned to the fact that his formula 1 world title defence could last only a handful more races and the McLaren driver has anointed fellow-Briton Jenson Button as his heir apparent.
Lewis Hamilton is resigned to the fact that his formula 1 world title defence could last only a handful more races and the McLaren driver has anointed fellow-Briton Jenson Button as his heir apparent.
Here Mitch Phillips gives one view of the current state of Formula One while below Alan Baldwin has a different take on the argument.
Here's Reuters motor racing correspondent Alan Baldwin's reply to Mitch Phillips' piece above
McLaren's suspended suspension (also known as a slap on the wrists) for lying to stewards allows Lewis Hamilton to get on with what he does best and that is fighting for the championship.
McLaren team principal Martin Whitmarsh celebrates his 51st birthday on Wednesday and it doesn't look like being much fun.
When Lewis Hamilton won the Formula One title last November, it seemed like he and McLaren had unlocked the door to a new era of success.
Formula One champion Lewis Hamilton has been stripped of third place from last weekend's Australian Grand Prix in yet another controversy to hit the sport only days after the season-opener.
I'm losing track of all the twists and turns of the Formula One season – and we've only had one race.
Formula One teams conducted a global audience survey over the European winter whose salient finding was that 'F1 isn't broken, so beware over-fixing it'.
They suggested nevertheless that the scoring system should be tweaked to increase the reward for winning races by offering 12 points for a victory instead of 10.
The governing FIA has ignored their proposal and decreed instead that this year's title should be settled by race wins with points serving only as a tie-break and to decide the placings from second onwards as well as the constructors' championship.
That may sound neat enough but it jettisons some of the sport's more cherished principles such as the idea that the championship should also reward mechanical reliability, consistency and teamwork over the course of a season.
In the past, if you had a car that expired in a haze of smoke more often than it won races then the chances were that the championship would be going elsewhere.


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As Congress lurches toward a "test" vote on the mini-bailout, Republicans are threatening to play goaltender:
"Republicans will not allow taxpayers to subsidize failure," McConnell said, although he added that the auto situation would be addressed by the end of the week.
A group of conservatives led by Sen. John Ensign, R-Nev., who has threatened to block the measure, planned a midday news conference.
As a Michigander and a Democrat and, frankly, as someone who is ticked off about the hypocrisy surrounding the auto bailout, to McConnell I would say: "You don't subsidize failure, eh? Ever hear of the Iraq war? How about the financial bailout? How about your own Congressional approval ratings? If you don't subsidize failure, then turn in your salary."
But then I'm a bit cranky today.


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The Alpharetta, Ga.-based company, founded in 1957, has beefed up the staff in metro Birmingham and across the country in preparation for the holiday rush period between Thanksgiving and New Year's Day, its busiest time of the year.
Company officials say they have added 109 seasonal jobs for its stores in Vestavia Hills, on South Colonial Drive in Alabaster and on Crestwood Boulevard in Birmingham. Nationally, HoneyBaked Ham has hired 6,300 people for the holidays.
"The next six weeks are substantial for us in terms of sales," Robin Blanton, director of marketing for HoneyBaked Ham, said in an interview. "We've boosted our staff about 200 percent for the holidays,"
HoneyBaked Ham is among many businesses operating in the Birmingham area that have added staffers, or will do so, for the holiday season. Ahmad Ijaz, an economist for the University of Alabama, estimates that temporary hiring for the holiday season accounted for the bulk of the 2,800 retailing jobs created Alabama during October. The Birmingham area added 1,400 retail jobs last month.
"I think seasonal hiring is looking better than last year because the economy is improving, albeit slowly," Ijaz said. "They are adding more workers than the last few years."
Jody Jones, president of Birmingham-based PangeaTwo, a staffing and recruitment firm, said his firm has seen more orders from clients seeking temporary help in recent weeks.
"More companies are looking to bring in seasonal help than a year ago," he said.
Bob Robicheaux, a retailing expert at UAB, said businesses that cut back on permanent staffing during the economic downturn are more dependent on temporary help this year. He said companies, especially retailers, have to be careful to ensure that their new workers provide the type of customer service shoppers crave.
"A lot of companies have become dependent on part-time or seasonal employees," Robicheaux said. "It's frustrating for consumers when retailers lose all of that experience and they are served by employees who aren't as knowledgeable and don't give as good customer service as shoppers were used to in the past."
While retailers often rush into a hiring blitz, HoneyBaked store operators have high standards in hiring workers suited to upholding the family legacy begun by company founder Harry J. Hoenselaar 57 years ago, Blanton said.
"We started hiring in October, and have done lots of training for our new employees," she said. "We take great pride in being able to show each customer the very best HoneyBaked experience and meet their expectations when they order."


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Backcourt bonanza: Damian Lillard played one of his best games in a Blazers uniform and Wesley Matthews had one of his best games of the season, as the Blazers' starting backcourt had a monster Friday night. The duo combined to score 58 points as Matthews finished with a season-high 30 points and Lillard added a career-high 28 points and eight assists. The duo was hot all night as Matthews made 12 of 17 shots, including 5 of 6 three-pointers, and Lillard made 11 of 17 shots, including 4 of 8 threes.
Aldridge sits, Blazers streak: The Blazers looked like they were in trouble midway through the third quarter, when All-Star LaMarcus Aldridge picked up his fifth foul and headed to the bench with the Blazers trailing by two points. But it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. The Blazers flipped a 64-62 deficit into an 84-78 lead with Aldridge watching from the sideline, outscoring the Timberwolves 22-14 during what turned out to be the most important stretch of the game. Coach Terry Stotts rolled the dice and reinserted Aldridge into the game with 10:11 in the fourth quarter and he went on to foul out. But it didn't cost the Blazers as Aldridge finished with 13 points and six rebounds.
Love returns home: Lake Oswego native Kevin Love played his second game of the season since returning earlier than expected from a broken right hand. Love struggled early, but eventually found his groove, recording 24 points and 13 rebounds in the losing effort.
Quiet night for Batum: Nicolas Batum had a quiet night in his first meeting against the team that so aggressively courted him over the summer. Batum, who is battling a nasty illness, finished with nine points, five assists and four rebounds and made just 3 of 10 field goals. Before the game, GM Neil Olshey said Batum could use a night off, but was gutting it out. "The rest of us would be in bed right now taking Theraflu," Olshey said "But he's sucking it up and playing. He's not 100 percent."
--Joe Freeman