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Design a new invention, fly a plane, and create an electrical circuit in this fun ever-changing indoor exhibit that celebrates innovation in Indiana.
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Soar high above Conner Prairie in a helium-filled balloon, and learn how manned flight moved from dream to reality.
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'The Seamstress' by Alexander Hugo Bakker Korff - Image from the Saint Louis Art Museum
Clothing the family of the 1830s was an important task, and most of the work was the responsibility of the women. Every stitch of the sewing had to be done by hand; Elias Howe didn't even invent the sewing machine until 1846, and Isaac Singer's version didn't come about until 1850.
Of course, ordinary people didn't have the large wardrobes we expect today. They made do with one outfit for every day, one for Sunday best, and perhaps one other, or parts of another, for seasonal change. Even wealthy people didn't necessarily have lots of clothes, although their money allowed them to purchase ready-made items from the storekeeper, or to hire custom sewing done outside the household, or by a temporary live-in seamstress. Where a family lived determined to a great extent where and how they obtained their clothing. City and town dwellers usually purchased the fabrics, if not the entire garments, from specialty or general stores. People in rural or remote areas were more likely to undertake the whole process themselves. Still, it was possible for nearly anyone to order nearly anything to be sent to them from a merchant in the next town, or even from a merchant oceans away. It just took a very long time to arrive.
'Spinning by Firelight' (1894) by Henry Ossawa Tanner, Yale University Art Gallery, Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Class of 1913 Fund
There was a great variety of fabrics available for making clothes in the 1830s. They were all "natural" fabrics; wool and linen were most common, with cotton and silk were scarcer and more expensive. Hundreds of weaves and patterns were available. A rich selection of colors existed even before synthetic dyes were developed in the late 1850s. These early colors were made from plant parts-leaves, stems and blossoms of woods and meadow flowers; roots, barks, nut hulls and tree galls; berries, fruits, pits and skins; mosses, lichens, and fungi and non-plants, such as insects and shellfish. Many dye sources were imported from tropical areas, and were sold in general stores. They were widely available to both home dyers and professional dyers. The professional dyers sometimes supplied services even to home spinners and weavers. Really, every combination of home and outside professional endeavor went into the providing of fibers, fabrics, and garments in the 1830s.
Often the whole family helped to produce the cloth used for their clothing, especially if the family were rural or frontier: sheep were fed and sheared by the men of the household. Wool cleaning and carding were done by young children. Spinning yarn on the high wheel, dyeing it over the cooking fire, and loom weaving of "homespun" fabric were done by the unmarried daughters and aunts. Mothers, sisters and grannies sewed up trousers, coats and dresses; all the women and young boys and girls knit caps, mittens and stockings. Several sheep could provide enough wool for the needs of the average family each year.
When linen was used, the fiber came from the flax plant, which was grown as a field crop. A quarter acre of flax plants was enough to clothe the largest family. After harvest, the plants were rotted in water to break down the cellulose in the stalks. Then they were "broken" then scraped or "scutched" with a knife, and "hackled" or across several boards covered with sharp metal teeth to separate and align the fibers for spinning. These processes were difficult work, and required strength and determination. When the fibers were all prepared, they were spun on a low wheel, and then loom woven into linen shirting or sheeting, or table linens. Since the only capital investment in linen fabric was for flax seeds, with all the labor being supplied by the family, it was cheap to produce, and was the cloth most used by poorer families, or those on the frontier. It was also the cheapest fabric to buy.
Cotton cloth was readily available, but it was imported from England, or at least New England, and so usually required cash to own. Cotton was grown in India, where there was plenty of cheap labor to perform the backbreaking field work and then the tedious picking out of the cotton seeds from the harvested cotton bolls. Spinning, dyeing and weaving of the cotton ~ also hand-done very cheaply in India, or the harvested cotton was shipped to England where the newly developing power machinery could turn it into spun threads and then into woven cloth. England developed a monopoly on cotton and sold it to other countries at great profit. The early American colonies were forbidden to produce their own cotton fabrics, and were forced to purchase them from English merchants. Later, after the American Revolution, the growing of cotton and the manufacture of cotton cloth encouraged both the slave population of the southern states and the industrialization of the New England states. But, because cotton cloth production was not a family industry, it was expensive to buy. People who could afford to buy cotton cloth found a nice variety of gaily printed patterns. Cotton fabrics were a favorite gift for men to take home from their travels.
Silk, then as now, was for wealthier people to own. Most silk was imported from China and India. It was relatively scarce and relatively expensive. Though silkworm culture was experimented with throughout the early days of America, the climates and vegetation were not suitable, and the huge amounts of hand labor required were too expensive for silk production to become established in America. What kinds of clothing did the families of one hundred fifty years ago make with the fabrics available to them?
'The Herald in the Country' (1853) by William Sidney - Image from Museums at Stony Brook
For men, everyday clothing consisted of a linen pullover shirt, made with full sleeves, deep buttoned cuffs, a generous collar, and very long tails to tuck into the trousers. Underwear was not worn, so the tails helped protect the wearer from the scratchy wool of the trousers. The pants had straight, fairly slim legs, and a flap which buttoned to the waistband in front covered pockets on either side of the opening. The width of the flap determined whether the trousers were known as "broadfalls" or "narrowfalls." A wrapped tie, called a cravat, covered the throat. A vest was always worn, either single or double breasted, with shawl collar, or without any collar, whether or not a coat went over it. It helped to hide the suspenders, or galluses, which held up the trousers. Belts were not used by men at that time.
Several styles of coats were worn, depending on age, occupation and social status. There were tail coats, which were waist length in front, but had thigh-length tails in back. A "frock" coat had a thigh-length narrow or moderately full skirt all around. A "round-about" was cropped off at the waist. Coats were both single and double breasted, and the collars were cut so that the vest showed beneath them. Coats were always fully lined. They were made of wool, linen, or cotton, depending on the owner's finances and the dictates of the weather.
There were overcoats, some with shoulder capes, great capes and capotes with attached hood for cold weather. Many farmers wore heavy wool shirts called waumases, which were said to be warmer and easier to work in than coats. These were especially popular in New England.
'Rustic Dance After a Sleigh Ride' (1830) by William Sidney Mount - Image from Museum of Fine Arts - Boston
Shoes were leather boots of various heights for day wear, and slipper-like dancing shoes were available for gentlemen who needed them. Portraits of the time period show some gentlemen wearing dainty shoes with pointy toes, high arches and elevated heels. Stockings were usually handknit of wool or linen, but machine-knit fine stockings were also available from New England mills through local merchants. Several hat styles were available - round crowned, wide-brimmed fur felts, higher-crowned "toppers" of beaver fur, with slight flares to the taps, high-crowned, wide-brimmed woven or plaited straw for summer. Silk hats were increasingly popular after 1830, as beaver pelts became scarcer and more expensive.
Gentlemen of financial means often gave expression to their wealth by choosing finer fabrics as well as a larger and more varied wardrobe. They may have had cotton shirts as well as linen, perhaps with ruffles at neck and sleeve. Their vests might have been silk damask or embroidered silk satin, rather than wool or linen. Their boots were of fine leather. Only wealthier men owned enough shirts to be able to set one or more aside as "night shirts "; they simply wore to bed the one they had been wearing during the day, and then continued to wear it the next day. Wool knit stocking caps were sometimes worn on the head at night, particularly in coldest winter; bedrooms, especially if they were separate from the primary room, were usually unheated at night.
'Bargaining for a Horse' (c. 1835) by William Sidney Mount - Image from New York Historical Society
Women in the 1830s wore full or ankle length one-piece dresses of wool, silk or cotton. Simple day dresses for house and farm work opened down the front to the waist, (the better to serve the needs of the nursing infant.) They were pinned closed, or fastened with hooks and eyes closely set. The sleeves were usually long; the fashion of the 1830s had most of the fullness very high early in the decade, lower in the arm as the '30s progressed. Skirts were very full, either pleated or gathered onto the bodice. The waist was slightly higher than natural waistline. Necklines were generally modest, although lower cut was considered appropriate for festive evening or party wear. A fichu, modesty ruffle, or lace was usually worn on lower-cut necklines.
Day dresses had several removable collars and capelets which were worn in layers over the shoulders. These "pelerines" often matched the fabric of the dresses, or were of sheer white linen or cotton. Sometimes they were elaborately embroidered. Day dresses were apt to be made of serviceable dark color – especially winter garments. Laundering clothing was difficult, and not done casually; it was a full production. Aprons were always worn to protect the skirt during work, and often dressy aprons were worn whenever a woman was at home, even in the evenings. The aprons were usually linen, though some were made from sturdy fabrics like jean. Dressy dresses usually opened down the back, and were also closed with hooks and eyes. For summer and party wear, sleeves were shorter. They were still very full, however. All bodice seams were "piped", with narrow cording of matching or contrasting fabric. Hems were deep and faced with heavier fabric to protect them from wear. Bodices were always lined.
Under these garments, women wore shifts, or chemises, of linen or cotton. They were simply made, with short sleeves and necklines which could be gathered up on a drawstring. There was no waistline, but the shift was gathered by the dress worn over it. This piece served as the sole piece of "underwear". Over the shift a woman wore her "stays." or corsets. These were constructed of heavy cotton, intricately seamed and boned with whalebone to achieve the appropriate body line. In the 1830s this was a high bust, small waist, but not exaggeratedly so, and the waist slightly high. The construction of the dresses was planned with the stays in mind; the seaming of the garments and the definition afforded by the stays were complementary. Every woman was expected to wear stays, summer and winter. Only the woman without any social pretensions whatsoever would consider herself dressed without stays. No underdrawers were usually worn, however, women did wear at least three petticoats at all times, more when it was cold, or the dress required it. They were usually cotton or linen.
Country women often wore a simple work boot, when they needed to be shod. More fashionable city women wore light weight kid leather slippers, black for every day, but pastel colored to match their party frocks. Some of the shoes had ribbon ties. During this period, the heels were very low. As the dresses were ankle length, the stocking showed. Women's stockings were knit of wool, cotton and linen. Sometimes the stockings were decorated with knit designs along the sides, either in colored threads, or as a pattern stitch. The hose were about knee high, and were either black or white.
The finer the gauge of the yarn, the dressier the stockings were.
The finer the gauge of the yarn, the dressier the stockings were.
There was great interest in fashion, and the nuances of the changing fashions from London, Paris and the eastern cities. Monthly magazines detailed all the latest modes and materials. Sketches and minute descriptions were written so that the most remote lady could be aware of up-to-the-minute fashion, if she wanted to reflect it in her dress. Some few ladies of means and ambition no doubt did this; most women were content to be generally current. They remade older dresses to show more modern trends, altering sleeves, waistline heights, hems, replacing pleats with gathers or vice-versa, changing ribbons and trim, trying new pelerines and collars. The cloth had been too dearly obtained to abandon, and too many of their scarce hours had gone into the original stitching to toss aside. It was not uncommon for a dress to be remodeled a half dozen times, and finally to be entirely re-cut and made into a garment for a child.
'The Raymond Children', 1838 by Robert Peckham,Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, 1966, -
Image from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Some fashion forms endured for many decades: the cloak or great cape was an example. It was the usual outer cover of a woman's dress for a couple of hundred years, with changes coming very slowly. As long as skirts were floor length, the cape was very practical. Some had extra shoulder capes for added warmth and rain protection. The usual fabric was wool, but silk capes for dress were often made. These were usually lined with wool, as even a summer evening could be cool. Some of the capes had attached hoods. Others were intended to be worn with bonnets.
Women kept their heads modestly covered most of the time. They wore "day caps" of fine linen or cotton, with ruffles around the face, and chin ties. These were even worn under the cape hood, or under the summer straw bonnet or winter quilted bonnet. Ladies of fashion wore elaborately decorated bonnets when they left home: flowers, feathers, lace, ribbons, ruchings and ruffles abounded. For sleeping, many women wore night shifts or night gowns, usually full and straight falling, with long, full sleeves and high neck, of cotton or linen, and a night cap.
Children's clothes were similar for boys and girls until about the age of six. Both wore "dresses" of cotton or wool around the house. Occasionally, a boy's dress would be worn over "drawers" to match, which showed beneath the dress. Little girls often wore pantalettes peeking beneath their dresses. The usual child's dress was long or short sleeved to suit the season, with slim sleeves, round or boat-shaped neck and the waist was lightly fitted with a set-in belt. Preferred fabrics were linen and cotton, for ease of care.
By the 1830s, corsets for young children had gone out of style, though there were a few die-hards who insisted on keeping children in stays from infancy, so they would develop straight backs. Most physicians, however, and magazine consultants,argued against this as being too confining, and in fact inhibiting of a strong body. Free exercise of the little muscles was better. For this reason, they advised against swaddling infants, as had long been the custom. Infant garments were long gowns, and babies always wore caps.
As children matured into pre-teen and teen years, their clothing more and more resembled that of adults. Their duties were adult; there was no "teen culture" and no particular fad clothing for youth. Often they wore hand-me-down clothing of their parents, unless the family was very wealthy. It was usual for clothing to be passed down from child to child, even shoes.
A much greater proportion of a family's time, especially the mother's, was spent on producing and caring for clothing than is usual now, even though constant laundering of garments was not done. And, a greater proportion of the family income was spent on clothes in the 1830s than now.


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The pms drivers provide an interface to PS/2 auxiliary port mice within the wscons(4) framework. Parent device in terms of the autoconfiguration framework can be either gsckbc(4), the PS/2 input port controller found on hppa machines, or pckbc(4), the standard PC keyboard controller found on most other machines. "pms" is a generic driver which supports 2 coor- dinate axes and 3 buttons. The "pmsi" variant provides specific support for wheel mice of the "IntelliMouse" breed; wheel movements are mapped to a third (z-) axis. Mouse related data are accessed by wsmouse(4) devices.
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Keeping our promises… Even the little ones
"Beloved, thou doest faithfully whatsoever thou doest to the brethren, and to strangers." Third Epistle of John vs 5.
Last year on a beautiful summer Sunday morning, the boys and I were driving to church (my wife had gone ahead for a Primary meeting). As we approached the freeway exit, I noticed the light, for once, was actually green. Since we get off on a major street, if you miss it, you could wait several minutes. I also noticed that there was a man standing in the median with a sign next to him.
I've always been a little uncomfortable pulling up next to "them", not knowing if I should roll down my window and say something, or "pretend" that I'm too busy. When the light turned yellow, I had to make a split second decision—step on it and hope to make the light (and believe me, if the kids were not sitting in the back, that would have been my first choice) or step on the brakes and have a few uncomfortable minutes. I stopped, right next to this man.
What was unusual about him, was his age (relatively young), his clothing (all white) and his looks. He had sandy blonde hair with a nicely trimmed beard, piercing blue eyes and a gentle smile. He was also reading a book on philosophy and had a dozen other books stacked next to his cart.
I rolled my window down and handed him something, and after saying thank you, he inquired of our destination. Now clearly, with everyone in the car wearing suits and ties, it was not too hard to figure it out.
"Are you going to church?"
"Yes" I replied.
"What church are you going to?"
I said the LDS church to which he replied, "So, you're Mormons!"
I paused for a second and replied in the affirmative.
He then said that he used to read the Bible, but he had lost it in one of his moves. Without even thinking, I said, "If I brought you a Bible, would you read it again?" He quickly said yes, the light turned green and I took off for church.
Now the kids in the back seat were very interested as to what had just transpired and asked: "Daddy, are you really going to bring him a Bible?" I casually answered, "Yes, after church in about 3 hours, if he's still here…"
All during sacrament meeting, I could not get this man out of my mind. Because of his countenance or his gentle spirit, I felt prompted to do it right after the meeting. I headed straight to the library and inquired about an extra Bible. Around the same time the sister missionaries (who by the way had been living in our home at the time) also came in. When I told them what I was waiting for, they said, "Don't just give him the Bible, give him the quad!" I laughed and said, "That's why you are the missionaries!"
I drove back parked my car in the nearest gas station and walked towards this man. As he saw me approaching, he stood up and whispered something, which I will NEVER forget: "I didn't think you would come …."
His words struck me so powerfully that I hesitated for a moment, before I replied, "Well, I told you I would."
I didn't know his particular circumstances or why he would say that, but I could imagine a myriad of broken promises in his past. After saying thank you, he picked up the scriptures and with a confused look asked me why they were SO heavy. I chuckled and told him that there some additional scriptures that I thought he'd enjoy reading! With tears in his eyes he said the words "God bless you" and I replied "God bless you too!"
As I started to walk to my car, I became completely overwhelmed emotionally…To this day, I'm still not sure why I cried that day…I just felt a deep connection with a total stranger which really only lasted but a few minutes. After church, as we drove past the exit, I saw that he was gone and every Sunday since then, I have looked for him, but unfortunately with no success.
I know that keeping our promises, even the little ones, makes us feel better on the inside. As for the impact that it has for those on the receiving end…we might never find out, but let's keep doing it faithfully "…to the brethren and to strangers."
Elia Gourgouris Ph.D.
Dr. Elia Gourgouris is a nationally known speaker, relationship coach, and the president of LDSCoaching.com. With over 20 years of experience, he has inspired thousands of individuals and couples to find greater happiness and fulfillment, both in their careers and their personal lives. He holds a degree from UCLA and a Ph.D. in psychology. Dr. Gourgouris speaks to groups around the country regarding women's issues, self esteem, communications skills, and relationships. He is also a favorite presenter at both BYU and BYU-ID Education Weeks, and Time Out for Women conferences. He is the author of "DTR: What You Need to Know Before You Get Married" and he has an upcoming CD entitled "The Multi-Platinum Marriage: Going from Just Surviving to Thriving!" He and his wife, Sona, live near Boulder, Colorado, with their children.


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He ate some tuna today, and just spent a solid three minutes drinking out of the faucet. He's got a fresh bowl of tuna and a couple new foods to try. He didn't touch the liver wurst ( more for us I suppose ) and I got some really nasty cheap smelly crap canned food for him to try.
He actually groomed himself a bit today as well.
He's going in for sub-q tomorrow morning if I can't get ahold of my friend to see if he has any and can come out and show me how to do it. He's back in his box with the heating pad now. I turned on the space heater for him and he's loving that.


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A Miracle Whip? Kraft Looks to Pharma for Inspiration
Kraft hires a pharmaceutical company to help it develop functional foods.
New product development is the lifeblood of the food industry, and health and wellness is the mantra. Challenges confronting food manufacturers include investment in R&D during these turbulent times and length of time required to develop healthier products.
Kraft Foods Global Inc. is taking a novel approach by using Minneapolis-based Medisyn Technologies Inc., a drug discovery company, to find bioactive ingredients for food use.
"We're excited and optimistic about our collaborations with Medisyn because the health and wellness space is a major area of growth in the food industry and for Kraft," says Todd Abraham, Kraft's senior vice president of nutrition and research.
Medisyn describes itself as bioactive compound design and discovery company for pharmaceuticals, nutraceuticals and animal health products. Through its proprietary Forward Engineering technology platform based on molecular topology, Medisyn hopes to streamline the discovery and development process of food ingredients that can be used to provide healthier choices for consumers.
By enabling the discovery and design of novel, diverse and unexpected compounds in new chemical classes that meet exact parameters for a specific therapeutic use, bioactive compound discovery is fast, predictable and inexpensive. Compressing design and discovery time from years to weeks and optimizing lead candidates, Medisyn's approach enables customers to reduce risk, improve probability of success and control costs associated with the traditional lead discovery process.
"My background is mathematics and chemistry," explains David Land, president of Medisyn. "Molecular pathology is a mathematically based science, so the simple way to think of it is describing molecules mathematically. Rather than going on a fishing expedition, you create a rational approach by identifying a market need and intelligently working toward fulfilling that need.
"You break need down to the specific properties required and identify compounds with those properties. Then you match those properties back to sources in nature. As a result, you are very focused and can cut the time dramatically. From start to finish -- finish would be a natural compound from a natural source – we are typically talking about 18 months, sometimes shorter," he says.
To go from scratch to product identification in nine to 18 months is remarkable. "The customer then has to take those natural products through whatever regulatory path is required and further experimentation to validate the efficacy before making a product for the marketplace," Land adds.
"This is a great example of how Kraft Foods has been making a more focused and organized effort to step up our innovation partnerships," adds Abraham. "Innovation isn't new to Kraft, and now we're complementing our traditional internal efforts and supplier collaborations with new and unique external arrangements. Open innovation is complimenting traditional R&D to allow us to develop new capabilities and better meet consumer needs."
Medisyn was introduced to Kraft through its business development partner Destum Partners, Charlotte, N.C. Although unable to talk about specific work with Kraft, Land discussed general food industry issues. "When trying to intelligently come up with new food products, trends show opportunities in weight management, diabetes, high cholesterol, osteoporosis and high blood pressure -- the big five. But we've also done work in other areas such as mental health – anxiety, dream state, mental focus," he says.
Land asks a client what the market needs, and "If you could design a product from scratch with the marketing in mind, what would you be going after?" Break that market need down into a product with certain bioactive properties, and figure out what you want it to do from a health benefit. Then build a mathematical bioactive template that incorporates those properties.
"Our task is to identify natural compounds that fit that bioactive template," Land says.
"In Alzheimer's, we look for individual compounds that inhibit a certain pair of peptides, a characteristic we built into our template. In osteoporosis, there are a couple of ways nature works inside your body. One is to break down the bones, called resorption, and the other is bone density, or rebuilding bones." The idea is to come up with natural products that can both slow down the rate of bone resorption and help increase bone density.
"Scientifically, you try to figure out the different mechanistic ways within the body you can address those issues (called mechanisms of action)," he explains. "This gets down to body chemistry to understand the different ways chemicals interact to accomplish specific effects in your body.
"Once we build that template, we come back with some natural compounds, starting with an individual compound that has the bioactivity we are looking for. We start first with compounds we know are active, mapping them back to nature and sourcing nature, whether it comes from a plant or animal. Then, knowing what the bioactive compounds are, you can figure out the best way to harvest those compounds from the biomass."
Land says if you start with that knowledge, rather than doing various extractions and seeing what happens, it shortens the timeframe.
As for Kraft, "We're looking for ways get to market more quickly," says Abraham. "Our open innovation strategy is helping us create new product platforms, reinvent iconic brands, improve features and quickly adapt to the latest consumer trends."
The active path to market will be determined by Kraft. "Realistically, this is a race to market with products that have a genuine health benefit and science to back them up," says Land. "It's somewhat strange over the years that we've assumed that food is not closely connected with health; we've treated food more like an energy source.
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Australis Expeditions Reviews
Year Started: 1994
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Category: Expedition
Summary: A two-ship fleet visiting polar South America on expedition vessels carrying 130 to 210 passengers.
Australis Expeditions Editor's Review
In 1990, Patagonia wasn't even on most cruise lines' radars when a Chilean family involved in port services and cargo ships realized the potential for dedicated passenger cruises between. Switching gears from ground services to operating a vessel, the family purchased – and named – the Terra Australis, refurbished the ship, and began taking passengers onboard. There was never a second thought as to the focus of the expeditions: the ships would travel to the remote regions of.
Over the course of 20 years, Australis has been owned and operated by the same family who continue to offer four-night eco-tourism cruises. However, until recently, little has changed with the routes and itineraries. New land-and-sea adventure programs are being introduced that provide "pre-cruise" combination trips with guided tours. For example, the five or six-night "Gauchos, Penguins, and Glaciers," experience takes passengers to a King penguin colony as well as a traditional estancia where they can try a classic Argentinian barbecue and witness gauchos (cowboys) tending sheep.
In addition, three-night, round-trip cruises from both Punta Arenas and Ushuaia were introduced in 2013 that make return flights easier for travelers.
The current fleet consists of two ships: the Via Australis (built in 2005) is the smaller of the two with a passenger capacity of 136, and the new Stella Australis (built in 2010) carries 210 passengers. The ships are very similar, but the Stella also boasts a fitness room and additional cabin options with more space and larger windows. Both ships are specifically designed to navigate fjords, and have zodiacs on hand to transport guests to shore for excursions.
The Experience
While more and more cruise ships equate to floating amusement parks, this is not the case with Via Australis. The intimate size and interior décor – like polished brass railings, lantern light fixtures, and anchors on the hallway carpets – remind passengers that they are indeed on a ship.
One surprise during a visit to the bridge (which is always open) is that the captain and crew still use a traditional map (as well as modern technologies) to navigate. The map is then auctioned off at the end of the voyage to the highest bidder. It makes a truly unique souvenir that proves they sailed to "the end of the Earth."
Patagonia feels like a time warp – days will pass without seeing other humans, ships, or buildings, and with sunsets as late as 10:15p.m. (December and January), it is all too easy to forget that the modern world exists.
During daily briefings, expedition leaders talk about what to expect on the next excursion and provide information about the area. Passengers can learn about glaciology, Darwin's travels, Tierra del Fuego, the native people who inhabited it, and the importance of protecting the region. Australis works closely CEQUA (Center of Quaternary Studies Fuego-Patagonia and Antarctica) for the development of top-level sustainable, scientific tourism.
Besides movies and informational lectures (which are fascinating), time onboard is spent gazing out the windows at the scenery, reading, and mingling with other passengers. Both vessels are equipped with high-powered viewing telescopes on the observation deck. When the ships pass through Glacier Alley, special hors d'oeuvres, theme music, and beverages are served that match the country each glacier is named after. So, wine and pizza are served when the vessel glides past the Italy glacier, and beer and brats for Germany. It's a nice touch.
Lectures and events take place in one of two lounges on the Via Australis: the light-soaked Yamana aft lounge, and the Darwin lounge – where complimentary drinks are served at the sparkling wood bar. Karaoke and bingo nights (with a twist on traditional bingo) keep things lively in the evening.
The staff is bi-lingual, and informational lectures are separated into the two lounges based on language preference: Spanish or English.Dining
The Patagonia dining room fits all guests in one seating, who are paired together at the same table throughout the cruise (that seat around eight people). One waiter attends to guests, and wine is served at lunch and dinner (included in the cruise fare).
The breakfast line begins forming before it is even announced. It is served buffet style and –although ample – is practically identical each morning: scrambled eggs, pastries, changing juice options, a limited fruit selection, bacon or sausage. Prior to breakfast, an "Early Risers coffee" kicks off around 7a.m. in the Yamana Lounge, and is a peaceful place to catch the morning sunrise.
Lunch is where the kitchen shines, with more robust options and a seemingly endless array of desserts – although items are often not labeled so guests may be left guessing what they are eating. The special Chilean lunch buffet is popular among cruisers (offered one day during the trip).The waiters often request that the main dinner course is pre ordered at lunch to help the kitchen prepare.
For dinner, a varied menu often incorporates Chilean dishes and local fish, as well as "signature" international favorites. It is served in courses, with starters like king crab and avocado salad or shrimp soup with pinto beans, followed by mains such as salmon, sea bass, or lamb with risotto. Vegetarian options are often limited to an unimaginative salad, but special requests can be made as long as guests do so more than one week in advance. Extreme cases will be difficult to accommodate.
Between dinner and morning coffee, there is no food available (except small bar snacks), so those who get the midnight munchies should bring their own snacks.Fellow Passengers
There is an interesting mix of international travelers on Australis cruises, so don't be surprised when there are 15 or more nationalities on a relatively small ship. The majority of the passengers are from the United States, Europe, and Chile, and the age range is varied as well. Many are active travelers around ages 50-65, but there is surprising amount of younger people (under 45-50).
In fact, Australis' General Manager, Matias Bambach cites the recent increase in itinerary options as a response to greater age diversity and interests on board – particularly those seeking more adventurous travel experiences.Shore Excursions
Australis' expedition leaders are experts on the region and are very passionate about preserving the land. After disembarking zodiacs, passengers typically follow the guides on "sacrifice trails" in a single file (to not disturb the ecosystem) as they learn about the flora, fauna, indigenous people, and evolution of the region. The cruise follows closely the path of Charles Darwin, who spent significantly more time in Patagonia formulating his theory of evolution than he did in the more widely-publicized Galapagos Islands.
Depending on itinerary, cruisers can get up close to an active glacier to watch (and hear) the ice calving. Condors, elephant seals, dolphins, and Magellanic penguins are common sightings on the voyage.
Some excursions include strenuous hiking up a mountain but other options like exploring the small museum are available for those who don't want to hike. After each land excursion, hot chocolate and whiskey – which are delightful when mixed together – are served on shore.
It is important to note that landing at Cape Horn is not a guarantee: weather conditions at "the end of the Earth," can often prevent the ship from anchoring. When it does, expect high winds and rain, and be sure to spend time in the lighthouse chatting with its keepers.
Excursions are included in the cost of the cruise. Most last an hour or two (at most), and allow some free time to take photos and soak in the beauty – although it never seems like enough. Patagonia is a truly magical place.Kid's Excursions
All passengers go on the same excursions, although some hikes are divided into various skill levels.Attire
Attire on Australis is very casual and comfortable, since most of the time guests are layering up to brave the elements (the weather is constantly changing). Waterproof clothing is highly recommended for excursions.Cabins
On the Via Australis, four types of cabins are available on four different decks for 64 in total – although there is little variation in each category. They all contain 161 square feet of space, some with two comfortable twins or one double bed (facing the door); others have Pullman beds for third passengers.
There are no televisions, phones, or alarm clocks in rooms so it would be easy to lose track of time if it weren't for the announcements (from the small ship radio) and oversize windows letting in the scenery. Bottled water, daily room service and frequent, but unobtrusive check-ins (turndown service) are provided by the cabin steward. Bathrooms with separate showers are a manageable size and bath products are provided. Furniture includes a dresser, nightstand, and small chair.
The Stella Australis offers similar accommodations, however since it has 36 additional cabins, there are also a few more category options. Rooms are slightly larger than the Via Australis (177 square feet for most), and higher cabin categories feature floor-to-ceiling windows and up to 220 square feet (Superior cabins). Beds face the side wall instead of the door so guests can lie in bed and look at the views outside.Past Passenger Programs
There is no official program for repeat customers.Tipping
A rate of $15 per person per day is split up among the hard-working crew – who often take on more than one job title.


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An ordinary policy that the average holidaymaker takes out covers light exercise activities, such as forest archery or hiking on small hills. This kind of cover is perfect for a low-key excursions, with few to no foreseeable dangers or risks.
As I'm sure you as the reader can imagine, this kind of policy does have its restrictions. If you are on holiday and suddenly feel the urge to try something a bit more spicy, then you might find yourself doing an activity without the correct insurance. This is why there are benefits to selecting a single trip travel insurance policy with specialist cover for if you decide on a certain adventure activity.
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If you wish to purchase adventure travel insurance, you'll be looking at paying a much higher premium than the ordinary policy, but – of course – this is to be expected. The amount that you would save in the event of a serious accident would outweigh this with no question.
Adventure policies are specialised policies that cover you for exactly the right things that might come up based on where you are holidaying. The costs are calculated methodically to ensure that your risks are all taken into account. This kind of coverage, although a little more expensive, is well worth the money, especially if the worst should happen.
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LONDON (Reuters) - Fourth seed David Ferrer was tested by Martin Alund, a man who had never previously played an ATP Tour match on grass, before winning through to the second round at Wimbledon on Tuesday.
Spaniard Ferrer, who took two heavy falls on the slippery Centre Court grass, won 6-1 4-6 7-5 6-2 in two hours nine minutes and then shrugged off questions about the tumbles.
This year's French open finalist said his left ankle was slightly swollen and painful but he expected to be in perfect condition by his next match.
His falls, in the second and fourth sets, certainly looked dramatic. On the second occasion he cried out in pain before limping back to receive serve, but the ill-effects were short-lived and he went on to break Argentine Alund for a 4-1 lead.
Alund, a clay specialist whose grass-court experience amounts to little more than two qualifying matches at Eastbourne last week, gave Ferrer a hard time in the middle two sets and was helped to a break in the second by two double faults.
Ferrer, however, got back on top in the final set, winning three successive games to love to go 3-1 up.
The Spaniard, a quarter-finalist here last year, hit four aces in his final two service games, including one to finish off the victory with a flourish.
Ferrer, who will now play compatriot Roberto Bautista, said he planned to put ice on his ankle but was not worried about it.
"It's a little bit swollen but I think it's not important ‑ I hope," he told reporters. "After tomorrow I will play 100 (percent) of my condition and if I win, perfect. If I lose, it's going to be because my opponent, he was better than me.
"I can walk, I know it's not important," he added. "I have a little bit of pain in my ankle but it's okay."
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AURORA – Kaitlin Johnson is a four-year varsity standout, a Division I recruit and perhaps the top player on the Rosary girls soccer team, but Royals coach Kristy Kane acknowledges Johnson is not a team leader in the traditional sense.
With a chuckle – Johnson prompts plenty of those – Kane mused that Johnson is the Patrick Kane of the Royals, a nod to Johnson's free-spirited ways, not to mention her talent.
Royals goalkeeper Lauren Frasca, a close friend of Johnson's, supported the analogy.
"She will come with crew socks on and not have soccer socks and won't wear shin guards – whatever she's feeling, she'll do it," Frasca said. "She'll say whatever she wants, whenever she wants, and after school, she'll eat so much food, she doesn't care. It's almost like she has a sense like she can do whatever she wants, but at practice, you'll see her sweating the most. She works so hard.
" … She's just a different person. You can't say that anybody's like her."
From a soccer skills standpoint, there aren't many who compare to Johnson, either. The Geneva resident and Michigan State recruit provides a dynamic presence at center-midfield for the Royals, who are preparing for Monday's season opener against Glenbard North.
Johnson doesn't deny her coach's assertion that she's somewhat of a goof. Guilty as charged.
"I always get the dancing going during warmup to the warmup CD," Johnson said. "I play soccer because it's fun, and I love it, so I'm going to make it as fun as possible. Winning's top priority, and then fun."
Johnson helps the Royals enjoy plenty of both.
A gifted midfielder who plays club soccer with Team Chicago Academy out of Aurora, Johnson has "great speed and great skill, and she's got great endurance," according to Kane.
Kane said she might ask Johnson to branch out from her usual center-midfield spot this spring for the Royals, who went 18-6 and advanced to a 2A sectional final last season.
"That's kind of part of what we're hoping this year, if we need her to step up and maybe try something new, that she can do that, whether that be defense or maybe even forward with her speed," Kane said. "I feel like she has a skill set where she could really play anywhere on the field."
Frasca, though, is especially appreciative of Johnson's defensive-minded wiring.
"I know when I yell 'Kaitlin,' she'll run as fast as she can back to come and protect the goal," Frasca said. "Her work rate is so awesome."
Johnson committed to Toledo the summer leading up to her junior year but reassessed her plans, and committed to Michigan State in January.
"It wasn't the school or the coaching staff [at Toledo], it was I decided what I wanted to do academically," said Johnson, who plans to study toward becoming a veterinarian. "I was so young when I first committed that I didn't exactly know what I wanted."
Before heading off for East Lansing, Mich., Johnson looks forward to a big final go-around with the Royals, who are looking to push defending 2A state champion St. Francis and perennial power Wheaton Academy for supremacy in the Suburban Christian Conference.
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"It's probably going to be our best year out of the four that I've been here, I think," Johnson said.
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Prague's streets swelled with a few thousand bikes on Friday as part of the 'Den Bez Aut' or 'No Car Day' which was being celebrated internationally on or around the same day. The angels - bicyclists in white, with wings - helped keep the herd of cyclists together by blocking cross streets at appropriate times and keeping front and rear boundaries to the crowd on wheels. This cross-town bicycle ride, known as "Critical Mass" occurs monthly, and is open to anyone. More about Critical Mass and how to live better without cars at Auto Mat.
Prague, the capital of the Czech Republic, has long attracted artists and wandering spirits, although it was originally inhabited by prehistoric fish. Their inland sea filled the basin contained by the Tatras and Carpathian mountains, but when it eventually dried up they were forced to yield the terrain to dinosaurs, wooly mammoths and Neanderthals. In human times the Celtic tribes came to reside here, leaving remains dating back to the 4th Century B.C. Their tribal name, Boii, gives the root of the word "Bohemia". The three separate territories of Bohemia, Silesia and Moravia now make up the modern Czech Republic, which split from Slovakia in the 1993 "Velvet Divorce." Thanks to its enigmatic founder, the city of Prague derives a magnetic appeal for visionaries, scientists and astronomers. The historical figure credited with the launch of Prague is Princess Libuse, a visionary prophet and warrior who once stood atop the hill at Vysehrad and made the prophecy as follows, "I see a vast city, whose glory will touch the stars!" This indeed came to pass after she took Otokar Premysl to be her husband and King, launching the Premyslid dynasty, and leaving it to rule for the first four hundred years of Czech history. When the last Premyslid king, Wenceslas III, died without producing a male heir, the fourteen year-old John of Luxembourg came to take the throne of the Czech lands. Hot-headed John died in battle, but his diplomatic son Charles IV inherited the throne and, through keen multi-lingual savvy, managed to both keep it and earn the title "Father of the Czech Nation." Charles IV was the first of the Holy Roman Emperors here; he ruled during the height of Prague's elegance and splendour. This is the man to know if you want to understand Prague's layout. He sponsored the construction of such landmarks as the Charles Bridge, the Hunger Wall and St. Vitus' Cathedral, as well as personally designing the neighborhood called New Town (Nove Mesto) which has for its center Karlovo Namesti or Charles Square. The city displays every branch of architecture across the last thousand years, including Cubism, a style which you will be hard-pressed to find applied to buildings anywhere else in the world. Beyond the stunning visual makeup of the city, there is a wealth of nightlife and entertainment, beginning with the legendary concert halls including the Rudolfinum, National Theater, Estates Theater and the Municipal House. After investigating the Castle and Bridge, which are the most heavily-trafficked tourist areas, take a look around Zizkov and Letna, two of the cooler neighborhoods for bars and restaurants. However quiet it may seem after ten PM, Prague is alive and throbbing in an endless array of basement bars, pubs, clubs, discos and pool halls waiting to be discovered by the intrepid subterranean adventurer. To get an idea of what lies in store, check out the panoramas for Chateau and Palac Akropolis and when you're out and about, make sure you look for the stairs down to the cellar. Apart from shopping, eating, drinking and wearing out your digital camera, delve into the rich green carpet of Prague's parks, many of which lie only walking-minutes from the city center.Text by Steve Smith.


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Hentai Dreams offers more than 4,000 image galleries here and 490 videos, making for a decent amount of niche specific content. Unfortunately even though new updates appear to be added the actual content count has remained unchanged for some time and a membership here will set you back a somewhat costly $34.95 per month. But for you sexed up Hentai lovers out there, the sheer amount of material may be worth check out.
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These look like computer and hand-drawn animations and offer the same great hardcore fetishes you've probably come to expect from anime porn: oral, virgins, Dr.s & other outfits, bondage, lesbians, shemales, and more. Many videos are in the Japanese language. Videos can run up to 30 minutes in length but most hover around the 15-20 minute mark. Lots of girl-girl scenes, bondage, action heroes, messy wet penetration shots, nipple twisters, crazy positions (those anime chicks are really limber!).
The image anime is pretty good too. There's a variety from Hentai boys and girls to artbooks, illustrations, bondage, 3D art, pinups, and more.
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Considering the size of this non-exclusive collection, there is a large amount of inconsistencies in the picture and video quality. No information is given about your scenes, or the origin of the content itself.
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Basic/plain site design with minimal browse features and no scene descriptions or model information. Scenes are grouped into basic categories, and not enough of them given the kind of content here. And although they do give video specs there is no other useful info.
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Some decent Erotic Hentai but quality and organization could be better.
This is simply a general content site for Erotic Hentai videos and images with no specific focus or even passion for this type of material. With that said, I do appreciate all of the bonuses and the number of videos in general. But what would help is truth in updates or a smaller price tag. An advanced search feature would also help browse issues as well. Overall there's lots to see and that's about it.
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Recently, sometime after the kitchen closed officially at 10:30PM, Ms. Winfrey paid a surprise visit to the steakhouse and the normally eager-to-leave kitchen crew was more than willing to fire up the grill just for the Queen of Talk. Who knew that "O" stood for "Open any time"? Perhaps Lucky's learned a lesson from the Hermés playbook -- never tell Oprah you're closed.
Angelina Buys $400,000 Worth of Bizarre Art – With a Bullet
This ought to brighten up the view in Shiloh's nursery: Angelina Jolie bought hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of art at a recent LA show by British artist-provocateur Banksy at a downtown LA warehouse, including a $226,000 painting that shows starving African children looking on as a white family eats a picnic lunch under an umbrella.
According to Star magazine, Angie especially liked a white bust with a bleeding bullet hole in the forehead which went for, oh, $75,000. And then there was the portrait of a man hit in the head with a custard pie – that one went for another $75,000. Angelina restrained herself however, from buying the show's centerpiece, a life-sized red and gold elephant.
Dippy Divas Unite: Whitney Mentored By Courtney
If there's one songstress out there who might be an even bigger train wreck than Whitney Houston has been in recent years, it's Courtney Love. And yet, according to reports, legendary music producer Clive Davis enlisted the famously unstable Love's services to help Houston, who is on her way to divorcing pop star hubby Bobby Brown, kick her drug problems.
After getting the call from Davis, Love jumped at the chance to be a steadying influence on Whitney, according to Us Weekly (via IMDb), and now the two are getting along famously. Love has introduced Whitney to her own addiction counselor Warren Boyd, and Davis is paying for the expensive sessions.
Davis, meanwhile, is getting the newly-healthy Whitney back onto the singing treadmill, and would love if she made her big comeback by the Grammys early next year. If all goes as planned, says Page Six, Whitney could have a new album out by 2007: "We are going to make a great album. She is talking enthusiastically and is articulate. In opinion, the best singers in the world are Aretha [Franklin] and Whitney."
Jean-Michel Cousteau wagged a big Gallic finger at the late Steve Irwin Tuesday, saying that if the beloved Crocodile Hunter hadn't interfered with nature by jumping on and grabbing animals, he'd still be alive.
Cousteau Blasts Irwin -- "Don't Mess With Nature"
Promoting his own two-part TV special, Cousteau said that while he mourns the death of Irwin, whose funeral was held in Queensland yesterday, and called it "very, very unfortunate," it was Irwin's gonzo approach to nature television that cost him his life. "It sells, it appeals to a lot of people, but I think it's very misleading. You don't touch nature, you just look at it. And that's why I'm still alive. I've been diving over 61 years – a lot many more years than he's been alive – and I don't mess with nature."
Party Favors: Tori To Play Gossip Reporter, Jack Gets Strapped Into Scorsese Flick, HBO Gets Gym Teacher Show From Ferrell
After being hounded by them for years, Tori Spelling will get to play a gossip columnist in a guest role in the CW's "Smallville" this season, says TV Guide ... Jack Nicholson tells Rolling Stone magazine that he convinced director Martin Scorsese to let him improvise a sex scene in their new film "The Departed," bringing a certain strapped-on sex implement into a threesome with two women ... HBO has snapped up the rights to "P.E.," a hotly sought-after new comedy series from Will Ferrell's production company Gary Sanchez Productions. The series is about a former major leaguer who has to go back to his hometown to teach gym.
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NFL teams are gearing up quickly for the 2013 season.
The main reason why teams don't win championships or compete well during the season are because of decisions made in the spring via free agency, trades and the NFL draft.
NFL teams are gearing up quickly for the 2013 season.
The main reason why teams don't win championships or compete well during the season are because of decisions made in the spring via free agency, trades and the NFL draft.
New Orleans Saints fans everywhere are thrilled about the return of Sean Payton as head coach, but just because he walks back into the building does not mean all ills have been cured.
This New Orleans Saints team is talented on offense and are playoff contenders as long as quarterback Drew Brees is healthy.
Every year in the NFL is a rebuilding year, but for the Saints, it is a critical time because of Brees' age and the fact that this team needs to have a philosophy in free agency on defense that the future is now.
The first order of business has to be to get left tackle Jermon Bushrod signed to a long term deal. Both parties want a deal done and if past history tells you anything the Saints will make their best offer late in the process.
We saw that last year in resigning wide receiver Marques Colston late in the process and also trying in vain to cut a deal with offensive guard Carl Nicks in the final hours, but he decided to give free agency a swing and he hit a grand slam home run deal with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
We all remember the drama involving Brees' contract ordeal last season, which was also completed late in the process.
I expect the Saints to do the same with Bushrod and it will just be a matter of getting those two sides to agree on some big money.
Money talks in the NFL and the Saints know that getting back to the playoffs means keeping Brees upright for 16 games and recharging a rushing attack that at times was almost silent.
Once they get the left tackle spot cleared, the Saints need to concentrate on upgrading every defensive position.
I like the decision to resign defensive end/outside linebacker Junior Galette to a three-year contract. I have always felt because of his athleticism, edge pass rush skills and instincts, Galette benefits more than anyone else on the Saints team to the 3-4 switch.
But the Saints are still in desperate need of a big time pass rusher at outside linebacker. They also have depth issues at defensive end behind Akiem Hicks and Cameron Jordan, at nose tackle behind Brodrick Bunkley, and they need more playmakers at cornerback and safety.
The Saints have done their best in free agency or trades on defense with proven commodity players. Darren Sharper, Jabari Greer, Jonathan Vilma and Curtis Lofton had built strong reputations with other clubs before coming to New Orleans.
These were not "potential" guys. They were proven veterans.
I would love to see the Saints make a run at Houston Texans outside linebacker Connor Barwin or Baltimore Ravens outside linebacker Paul Kruger, but you get the feeling that there will be quite a few suitors and some with much more money than the Saints to try and sign them.
But defensive players in this league are smart. Agents are concerned about the bottom line and so are the players, but they also want to be on a team with a quarterback that gives them a shot to win a world championship along with the opportunity to step right into a starting spot and that is the big advantage the Saints have over others when money is close.
The Saints have been creative in the past to get deals done with players in free agency, and Saints fans are hopeful that maybe the money management skills of the past will land them someone like Baltimore Ravens free safety Ed Reed, former Indianapolis Colts defensive end Dwight Freeney, former LSU and Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Glenn Dorsey or former Atlanta Falcons defensive end John Abraham.
Other than trying to resign Bushrod, look for the Saints to go after more of the "rent" type players than the longterm "own" players in free agency.
The Saints need to rebuild quickly with veteran players on defense and then hit big on draft day on the same side of the ball. I expect the Saints will try and trade down in the first-round to secure more selections.
It's part of the big NFL puzzle, and in the next few weeks, these decisions will mold the future for the Saints. The future for the Saints is now.
The final evaluations on college players in the 2013 NFL draft are getting pieced together, but it has become apparent just how significant the impact will be early in the first-round when it comes down to what positions always jump up the draft charts late each and every year — offensive and defensive linemen/pass rush outside linebackers.
When I covered the Saints under then-general manager Jim Finks in the 1980s, he would always tell me that big men would always climb up the charts as draft day gets closer because there is a higher rate of success on offensive and defensive linemen in the early rounds.
This year that statement made over 25 years old is true today.
Texas A&M offensive tackle Luke Joeckel is still my top rated player and will stay that way, but he is closely followed by Oregon outside linebacker/defensive end Dion Jordan.
After those two performers, it becomes a steady flow of big men in my Top 15 with Florida defensive tackle Sharrif Floyd, Alabama cornerback Dee Milliner, Central Michigan offensive tackle Eric Fisher, Alabama offensive guard Chance Warmack, LSU outside linebacker Barkevious Mingo, Brigham Young defensive end/outside linebacker Ezekiel Ansah, Utah defensive tackle Star Lotulelei, Georgia outside linebacker Jarvis Jones, Oklahoma offensive tackle Lane Johnson, Tennessee wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson, North Carolina offensive guard Jonathan Cooper, Florida State defensive end Bjoern Werner and Missouri defensive tackle Sheldon Richardson, which will fill out the rest of my top rated available players for the 2013 NFL draft.
Now we all know that picking for specific "need spots" for teams will take over in some spots in that top-15 and that will maneuver some players around along the great need for quarterbacks could potentially push West Virginia's Geno Smith in that top-15, but it is clear to see just how much the Class of 2013 will be measured early on by the "big man" theory.
Spring football for LSU will start on March 14 and already the buzz is just how talented the 2013 version of the Tigers will be. LSU will be very young on the defensive line, but the Tigers have recruited extremely well and the difference-makers in the spring have to come through big, especially early on offensively if the Tigers want to again hit the double-digit win mark in 2013.
The Players to Watch for are:
Quarterback Zach Mettenberger — He showed moments of brilliance and moments of bewilderment last season. Mettenberger has the tools to emerge as a standout passer in the SEC, but it is up to new offensive coordinator Cam Cameron to smooth out the rough spots in his passing techniques and his quick reads down the field. Most of all, Mettenberger needs to develop better pocket presence and foot movement. He looked like a statue at times sitting in the pocket in 2012.
Halfback Jeremy Hill — Les Miles loves to run the football and so does Cameron. Hill will be LSU's version of what Cameron had in Baltimore with Ray Rice as a heavy-duty runner, and he will be used more as a receiver.
Left Tackle La'el Collins — Collins has started at left guard, but he has the tools, foot speed and length to develop into a stellar blindside protector at left tackle for Mettenberger in 2013.
Defensive Tackle Anthony Johnson — This looks to be the breakout year for "The Freak." Johnson came in with as many credentials and awards as a prep defensive lineman as anyone ever at LSU, and he has flashed those big time skills at times.
But this season, I think Johnson will take over as the next dominant defensive tackle for LSU.
Outside Linebacker Lamin Barrow — Barrow was overshadowed last season by the play of Kevin Minter, but I really think he was the most improved player on the Tiger squad and he displayed strong leadership qualities.
I would play him inside in Minter's old spot, but wherever he plays this young man will be an impact player due to his speed, quick reaction skills and he has a nose for the football. By the end of the season, watch and see if he isn't being talked about as a first-round pick type player for the 2014 NFL draft.
Free Safeties Ronald Martin and Jerqwinick Sandolph — With Eric Reid off to the NFL, these two very athletic defenders will square off for Reid's vacant spot. Both are rangy, good ball-hawks and they will come up quickly to support against the run. This is a battle to watch for.
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2013 Oscars Red Carpet Fashion – Zoe Saldana Is Edgy in Alexis Mabille Couture
Actress Zoe Saldana wore one of the edgier looks at the 2013 Oscars.
She was dressed in Alexis Mabille Couture. It was a white dress with intense, petal-like detailing on the bodice, with a slit and darker strips of color, in gray and black, at the scalloped bottom.
The dress was belted and bowed, so there was a lot going on in terms of the top half. The ribbons of the color at the bottom gave it some extra pizzazz, too.


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Just curious if anyone has any experience with starting a hedge fund and trying to attract capital, or has some connections to the industry that know how to do it. I know I'm probably going to get flamed here, to try and head that off a bit, let me disclose the following:
1) I'm not here to solicit money from anyone (I know the rules, and unless the gambling world has been incredibly kind lately, I don't think most covers posters meet the criteria to be accredited.) I really am just looking for information/suggestions.
2) I've already gone through the process of setting up the legal structure for an incubator fund (i.e., I can take others' money, I'm just not set up to charge a fee at this point, and am waiting to spend the $15-$20K that would take until I have investors lined up).
3) I've been managing my own investments for 16 years at this point and since beginning to track/document my returns in 2003, I have a very strong track record of beating the S&P 500.
4) I don't work in the industry, but I worked for a Big 4 accounting firm for 8 years, and currently work in the financial reporting group of a large public company, so I've spent the better part of my professional career reviewing/preparing earnings releases, 10-Ks, 10-Q's, etc.
What I'm really looking for is some insight into how to take that huge step from developing a strong track record of beating the market, to getting noticed/attract capital. Hypothetically, if you have consistently beaten the S&P 500 by a decent margin year in and year out for years, but nobody is there to hear it, how do you go about making a sound in the investing world?
Thanks for the response Wall.
Makes sense, pretty much what I expected, figured I'd just throw the post out to see if I was missing any other avenues. I've always managed my investments as a hobby (in concert with a regular full time job), and have just had a lot of success through the years and was hoping there was some way to stack my portfolio up to others and attract some attention if I continued to do well and outperform the market.
I do enjoy growing my portfolio, but it is tough to not dream of more. I just wish there was some way to get a name out there when you have the track record but you don't work in the industry and don't have the connections. I have a couple of leads through friends/family, but nothing close to what I'd need to make going full blown worthwhile.
This is not how to start a fund but maybe an alternative to starting a fund. Maybe you can send in your audited results to these guys and they'll give you a shot. One way to get exposure before your big jump into the hedge fund world. Good luck.
Thanks for posting the site. I checked it out. I'd be interested to see if anyone had experience with it. My initial thoughts are that it would be pretty tough to get noticed on that site. The best performing/top ranked funds seem to be highly leveraged and undiversified.
Smoothly beating the S&P by anywhere from 5-10% a year for a couple of years won't even get noticed against funds that beat 50% one year based on lack of diversification and hitting the right couple of stocks (pure probability and statistics will produce multiple managers who do this) It would take 4-5 years to outlast random performance before you'd even show up in a query of top ranked performing funds with what they seem to allow on there
Hook, thanks for your post, I appreciate the info.
As a follow up, do you have any suggestions on who to speak with? Is there a broker or service that helps with something like this?
Also, in terms of an audited return, what does that mean? All my investments are level 1 in nature (primarily stocks, a few options here and there, publicly traded, easy to value), so are you just saying I'd need to hire an audit firm to slap a signature on a printout from my Interactive Brokers account? Will I run into problems if I've utilized 2 different accounts during the time, (the other one being Scottrade) and the fund that is set up in my LP's name has only been in existence for about a year of that time? Will I need to re-establish the same sort of track record in the LP's name, or would my personal account be acceptable to demonstrate the same sort of track record?
In terms of fees, I'm not even looking at the 2/20 structure, I don't need that to survive. I'm looking to do this in conjunction with my job at least to start. I've been doing it like that for the last 8-9 years. I consider my fund primarily a mutual fund, that outperforms mutual funds. I'm just looking for a fee structure of maybe 1-1.5% per year (utilizing some combination of incentive fee/management fee ideally that will average out to that long-term) I like the hedge fund set up for the flexibility it provides (to short a few puts, use covered calls, etc., go to cash if I want) and the barriers to entry just seem much less with it than with a traditional mutual fund setup. I feel like my low fee structure should provide me a good competitive advantage.
In terms of capital, obvious answer, I'd like as much as possible, haha. I primarily trade mid or large-cap stocks, with a sprinkling of small-caps, micro-caps, so I could do what I do very easily in even the $100's of millions.
Ideally, what I'm looking for (if it exists), is some sort of broker who I can tell my story to, explain my methodology to, show my results to, and if they like what they see, then they'd help me with introductions, set up meetings, tell me what I need to move forward, etc. I'm assuming I'd need to dole out a decent percentage of equity in the ownership structure of the fund, which is something I'd be very willing to do if I could find someone who can help me get it up and running.


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Funeral plans have been announced for former Missouri congressman Ike Skelton.
The Walker-Nadler-Fuller Funeral Home says visitation is scheduled from 2 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday in Grondyke Hall at Wentworth Military Academy in Lexington.
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Skelton's funeral will begin at 2 p.m. Monday at Wikoff Hall, also on the Wentworth campus. A burial service with military rites is to occur at the Machpelah Cemetery in Lexington.
Skelton died this past Monday of complications from pneumonia at a hospital in Virginia. He was 81.
Skelton served in the U.S. House for 34 years before losing re-election in 2010.
He never served in the military but was chairman of the House Armed Services Committee and a staunch advocate for the armed forces.


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Author, educator, counselor, nurse and hypnotherapist, the delightful Kathy Labriola is back with us for Part 2 of her appearance on this the Sex EDGE-U-cation show.
But wait, you didn't miss Part 1 of our chat, did you? Well not to worry if ya did, because you can find it and all my podcasts in the Podcast Archive right here on my site. All ya gotta do is use the search function in the header; type in Podcast #393 and PRESTO! But don't forget the #sign when you do your search.
Kathy and I discuss:
- Autonomy vs. intimacy;
- Love In Abundance; A Counselor's Advice on Open Relationships;
- Being a card-caring bisexual;
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- The role the internet plays in building the poly community;
- The fallacy that people are repressed into monogamy;
- Serial adultery and the myth of life-long monogamy;
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- The people who inspire her and her sexual heroes.
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A winner was selected from 97 designs submitted by 32 freelance designers.
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We are a new Speed Shop located in a mid size U.S. city. We have several competitors but set ourselves apart from the pack by our many offerings including dyno testing, Nitro, High octane fuel, installations, as well as any/all speed components. We have a strong leaning in components for classics and american muscle cars. (classic rods, rat rods, low riders, lead sleds, etc.) We are primarily American Muscle (cars). To a lesser extent ..... our product offerings also cover foreign cars and off road.
Our targer audience is car enthusiast who are looking for styling and/or speed. We are looking for a bold logo that says "speed". A catchy logo that will look striking on a T shirt or hat. A logo that will appeal to a wide age group.
We have a conceptual idea in mind and we would like to see how far it can be taken .... how well it can be captured ..... how well it will translate into a bold logo. Our conception is: two auto pistons with connecting rods attached, crossing each other (like an "X") (bold pistons/rods; v8 type) (pistons up) with the wording: "Acushnet Speed" inposed in the forefront. One idea we were playing with is placing the word "Acushnet with the word "Speed" below it, and utilizing the "S" in the word "Acushnet" as the "S" in the word "Speed". (possibly with small flames or smoke comming from the bottom of the "S" as if it were an auto tail pipe). Of course ..... we are certainly open to any other designs/features which will translate into feeling of boldness, mechanical strength, speed and a retro look. Things to consider: "Bold, muscular, and retro".
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It happens all the time. You're low on battery. Maybe you're halfway through a five-hour plane ride. Maybe you forgot the charger in the office… six hours ago. The point is, you need to work some battery magic.
These days, laptops have improved microprocessors, sharper graphics, and beefier storage. They're also more efficient than ever. There are plenty of strategies to enhance your battery life, even if you don't have a solid state drive.
Here's what to do when you need to save power on the fly. We'll also key into some long-term ways to condition your laptop into that power sipping machine you're always wanted.
Tips and tricks to optimize battery life in a pinch
1. Enable power saver mode
Just about every laptop has some kind of power saving mode. Enabling power saving mode will automatically improve your computer's battery efficiency with small adjustments such as dimming your monitor and setting a quicker sleep timer.
Windows: Select the battery icon on the task bar then choose the bubble labeled Power saver. Alternatively, from your computer's Control Panel choose Power Options. From here you can manually configure your power settings to reduce the power consumption by setting a timer to enter Sleep mode and adjusting brightness (you'll be surprised how much these add up). You can jump into advanced battery settings, which will allow you to disable ports, various display quality, and desktop settings. These settings can also reduce your efficiency if you set them improperly, though, so watch out.
Mac: Click on the battery icon in the upper right corner then choose Open Energy Saver Saver Preferences then set your desired energy saving preferences.
2. Eject any discs you aren't currently using
If your computer has an disc drive, remember, your battery will drain faster when it's spinning a disc. Some PC games let you install the entire program to the hard drive, so choose this option whenever possible and you'll get more life out of the laptop. Needless to say, your laptop battery will last much longer when using programs that require less physical hardware response and therefore put a smaller drain on system resources.
3. Disconnect peripherals
Devices plugged into ports will drain power. Familiar culprits are webcams, USB thumbsticks, or wireless PC cards. We'd recommend you get used to employing your notebook's touchpad instead of using an external mouse on the plane. Wireless connectivity options such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi can also drain your supply, so be sure these radios and hands-free earpieces are turned off.
4. Close any background apps
You may not realize just how much more power you'll use by having multiple apps running at the same time. You should take stock of which apps are running in the background and killing your battery.
Mac users can identify which apps are sucking power by clicking on the battery icon in the upper right corner. From here, you'll find a list of all the power-sucking apps. You can click on any app in this list to get an overview of your how your computer is spending its battery. Make sure to close any of the apps that you're not currently using.
Windows users should make sure you're not running anything extra by glancing at the taskbar on the bottom of your screen. Alternatively, go to the Windows Control Panel and type in Task Manager into the search bar. This will pull up an overview of all the apps you're currently running and how much power they're using.
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