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COLUMBUS — Standing comfortably in a light-colored T-shirt and jeans today, Mark Letestu appeared relaxed and relieved.
"Things have been going in the right direction," he quipped to the media scrum at Nationwide Arena on Tuesday, where the Columbus Blue Jackets held an optional skate in the Ice Haus.
As the trade deadline hangs uncomfortably over the heads of players in every club, Letestu was happy to take a moment and celebrate a two-year, $2.5 million contract extension with Columbus just two days after scoring the game-winning overtime goal against the Anaheim Ducks. And now, the 28-year-old is poised to help this underdog club push for the playoffs over their final 12 games, eight of which are on the road.
It's been quite a week for the versatile forward, to say the least.
"There's always going to be ups and downs. Right now I'm on an up," said Letestu, who has tallied nine goals and 11 assists in this abbreviated NHL season. "For them to come to me and work something out — it speaks a lot to their confidence in me."
Not that it's hard for management to have confidence. In addition to having the second highest points tally — behind Vinny Prospal — Letestu has a +6 rating and has won 52 percent of his faceoffs. Since being acquired from Pittsburgh in 2011 for a fourth-round draft pick, he's contributed 20 goals and 24 assists.
The contract extension has motivated Letestu to play harder.
"This certainly doesn't mean I can rest now," said Letestu, who acknowledged that even with a contract extension, he could still be on the trading block. "This just means it's another dollar figure that I have to live up to and work to. There's another contract after this that I'm playing for. It's just another step, another progression for me, and I hope there's another one at the end of this one."
There haven't always been weeks like this for the 5-foot-11 winger.
"I didn't get drafted; I'm still pretty new to the league — I haven't even hit 200 games yet," said Letestu, who said his career has surprised many — proven them wrong, even. And it's something he doesn't take for granted. "I think for me to pull in, on some nights, 20 minutes, it's more than any forward in this league can expect. So to have earned that role, on some nights, I think is more than I could have expected."
But there have been many along the way who did expect this from Letestu. And proving them right has become far more important than proving any doubters wrong.
"I've had coaches along the way that obviously believed in me and put me in situations to succeed," said Letestu. "(Head Coach Todd Richards) has played me a ton and I got a contract extension out of that. So (Richards and other coaches) are just as responsible for putting me in situations to succeed as I am for taking advantage of those situations. You don't get many opportunities and you have to make the most of them if you want to stick around."
In fact, seizing opportunity is something Letestu has become adept at. The trait, he said, was born out of necessity early in his career.
"I wasn't always in the lineup, so to have the knowledge to play all positions, to be ready to play all positions, gave me a better chance to stay in the lineup night to night," said Letestu, who can play all forward positions, the penalty kill and the power play. "That's kind of where that came from — just being prepared to play whatever. Around here, they call me the 'utility guy.'"
His grit and determination mirrors his team's. The unlikely Blue Jackets are in a playoff push no one saw coming.
"It's the mentality we've adopted, the identity. We're starting to reap the benefits of sticking with the plan," said Letestu of the club's gritty identity. "It's everybody buying in. At the start of the season, Mr. Davidson comes down and talks about the direction we want to go, north, and brick-by-brick, and the coaches adopt the same kind of passion and structure it to where we want to go, and then the players buy in and you see results. It just breeds itself."
The mentality is contagious and no one puts it out there more than Vinny Prospal, said Letestu, adding that the tough 38-year-old is one player in the room who always motivates him.
"I spend a lot of time with Vinny. He's a line mate of mine, he's an older guy, he's been in the league and he still plays the game with a boyish passion. He plays like a young guy out there," said Letestu. "He celebrates every goal like it might be his last … that's the way everybody should be."
Asked if Prospal has ever given him any good advice, Letestu laughed. "He's full of advice. He's full of advice after every shift, that's his thing. He's always telling you to do something different."
But really, said Letestu, "It's just the way he plays" that motivates him night to night.
The club will need all the motivation it can get as it heads into Nashville on Thursday night and St. Louis on Friday night, the first two of eight remaining road games before the end of the season.
"I think we're going to have to lean on the whole lineup (to keep up mentally and physically). I think that's probably one of our strengths. We're not reliant on one line or one guy. We don't score a lot but when we do it seems to be spread out throughout the lineup," said Letestu. "If we're relying on different guys, different nights, it's tough for teams to have match-ups."
And so far, that approach has been working. The key, though, said Letestu, is walking away with no regrets when it's all said and done.
"You just go out and play hard and hopefully you leave it out there."
You can watch the Blue Jackets take on the Nashville Predators on Thursday night at 8 p.m. on Fox Sports Ohio.


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The law, which makes most forms of text-based communication illegal for drivers, was approved last week by Gov. Robert Bentley. The texting while driving ban takes effect Aug.1.
Walker County Sheriff John Mark Tirey said the law was a good idea by state legislators.
"Texting while driving is extremely dangerous," he said. "I'm all for the ban. If it saves one life, then I think it has done its job."
Walker County District Attorney Bill Adair said texting while driving has not been ruled a factor in any fatal wrecks in Walker County, but it is only a matter of time before it happens.
"It's a real serious problem," Adair said. "Distracted driving can lead to wrecks and deaths. You can't be any more distracted than if you are trying to type a text and drive."
Jasper Police Chief Connie Rowe said texting and driving has been a factor in numerous local accidents.
"We've seen a rise in accidents that may have been the result of someone texting while driving," she said. "This law should serve as a deterrent for that behavior."
Police suspecting someone of breaking the texting law can stop or cite a driver for that reason alone, but they must see a driver using their cell phones and texting on them. Fines for the new law are $25 for a first offense, $50 for a second offense and $75 for a third. A two-point demerit against a person's driver's license can also be imposed.
"I think the penalties were put on a graduated scale from $25 to $75, because the law is intended to educate people of the dangers associated with texting and driving," Tirey said. "We need citizens to get into a mindset that texting and driving is something that just shouldn't be done."
Reading GPS information or texting in an emergency situation is not considered a violation of the law, but entering GPS coordinates into a device while in motion is a violation. Texting, emailing and instant messaging of any kind are also violations.
According to the law, drivers are free to enter phone numbers and to place and receive phone calls while driving.
"We should all be careful when driving any vehicle," Adair said. "Don't be distracted while driving, and lives will be saved because of it."


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The Problems with Evolution, Part 2: Abiogenesis and the Cambrian Explosion
This blog posting was written by Steve Risner and is used with his permission. Steve is a member of the Creation Moments group on Facebook. He wrote this as a letter to the editor of his local newspaper. We have broken up the letter into four parts and are posting it on successive days.
Abiogenesis is a fancy word that is used to describe what must have taken place for evolution to be true. What it means is chemicals that were not alive joined together spontaneously to become something alive. All experiments done to show this can happen have failed miserably. We can list them, but here's the point: with design and intelligence, man cannot manufacture a single living thing from non-living chemicals. Over a century ago, Pasteur proved spontaneous generation does not happen and birthed the Law of Biogenesis which states living things come from living things. Some will contend that spontaneous generation is not the same thing as abiogenesis. They are clearly in essence the exact same thing. Evolution has held on to an idea that was debunked nearly one and a half centuries ago. After working hard for over 150 years, Darwinian evolution cannot even describe the process that would allow it to start. How can we trust it to describe what happens after that?
The Cambrian Explosion describes the abrupt appearance of life in the geologic column, the rock layers that everyone is so familiar with. The oldest rocks in the column that have fossils in them are the Cambrian rocks. They contain very large numbers of organisms – and below them, there is virtually nothing. Interestingly, those fossils found there are fully formed and complex. In other words, organisms with fully functional eyes, skeletal frames and many other complex and fully functional characteristics are documented without ancestors. The Cambrian Explosion shows that life on earth showed up very suddenly, fully formed and specialized.


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Position Assistant Professor (July 2003 to present). Department of Mathematics.
Previous Connecticut College; New London, CT
Positions Assistant Professor (July 2000 to June 2003). Department of Mathematics and Computer Science.
Bucknell University; Lewisburg, PA
Assistant Professor (Aug. 1998 to July 2000). Department of Mathematics.
Eli Lilly and Company; Indianapolis, IN
Clinical statistician (July 1991 to July 1994). Responsible for performing efficacy and safety analyses,
preparing FDA reports seeking approval for new indications in a CNS compound, and designing Phase
IV studies. Responsibilities required collaboration with Lilly physicians and outside investigators to write
manuscripts. Contributed novel method of determining sample size, and managed tasks of product
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Education Ph.D. in Statistics July 1998; Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Dissertation: "The pooling of prior distributions via logarithmic and supra-Bayesian methods with
application to Bayesian inference in deterministic simulation models" (Advisor: Dr. Geof Givens)
M.S. in Statistics, May 1991; Iowa State University, Ames, IA
Creative Component: "Estimated Generalized Least Squares Regression for Individual-Based Family Data"
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B.A. (summa cum laude) Mathematics and Economics, May 1989; St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN
Research Bayesian methods for data analysis; nonparametric methods; statistical education; statistical applications
Interests in biological sciences, welfare reform, and clinical trials.
Software S-Plus, SAS, Minitab, SPSS, WinBUGS, Fathom
Grants National Science Foundation: Math and Computer Science Scholarship Program (2001-2003). I am
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underrepresented groups) in math and computer science.
Connecticut College Dean of the Faculty Office: Mellon Common Hour Proposal (2002-2004). I was lead
author on this $1000 grant to the Mathematics Department to support weekly Mathematics Roundtable
Luncheons as part of a project designed to enhance intellectual life on campus.
Roback PJ. (2003). Teaching an advanced methods course to a mixed audience. Journal of Statistical Education [Online] 11(3). (http://www.amstat.org/publications/jse/v11n3/Roback.html)
Roback PJ. (2003). Review of "Weighing the odds: a course in probability and statistics". The American Statistician 57(2):144-145.
Roback PJ, Welch SM. (2001). Classification trees for decision making in the social services with application to welfare recidivism. Journal of Social Service Research 27(3):23-40.
Roback PJ, Givens GH. (2001). Supra-Bayesian pooling of priors linked by a deterministic simulation model. Communications in Statistics—Simulation and Computation 30(3):447-476.
Givens GH, Roback PJ. (1999). Logarithmic pooling of priors linked by a deterministic simulation model. Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics 8(3):452-478.
Reimherr FW, Amsterdam JD, Fawcett J, Quitkin FM, Rosenbaum JF, Fava M, Zajecka J, Beasley Jr CM, Michelson D, Roback P, Sundell K. (1998). Optimal length of continuation therapy in depression: a prospective assessment during long-term fluoxetine treatment. American Journal of Psychiatry 155:1247-1253.
Roback PJ. (1998). The pooling of prior distributions via logarithmic and supra-Bayesian methods with application to Bayesian inference in deterministic simulation models. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University.
Stewart JW, Quitkin FM, McGrath PJ, Amsterdam J, Fava M, Fawcett J, Reimherr F, Rosenbaum J, Beasley C,
Roback P. (1998). Use of pattern analysis to predict differential relapse of remitted patients with major depression during 1 year of treatment with fluoxetine or placebo. Archives of General Psychiatry 55(4):334-343.
Goldstein DJ, Rampey Jr AH, Roback PJ, Wilson MG, Holman SH, Sayler ME, Tollefson GD. (1995). Efficacy and safety of long-term fluoxetine treatment of obesity--maximizing success. Obesity Research 3 Suppl 4: 481S-490S.
Goldstein DJ, Roback PJ, Holman SL, Wilson MG, Tollefson GD, Brunelle RL, Rampey Jr AH. (1995). Individualizing pharmacologic therapy for weight reduction: the Lovan example. Chapter 19 in Obesity: New Directions in Assessment and Management. Edited by TB VanItallie and AP Simopoulos. The Charles Press Publishers, Philadelphia, p. 234-240.
Heiligenstein JH, Ware Jr JE, Beusterien KM, Roback PJ, Andrejasich C, Tollefson GD. (1995). Acute effects of fluoxetine versus placebo on functional health and well-being in late-life depression. International Psychogeriatrics 7,Suppl: 125-137.
Roback PJ, Goldstein DJ, Rampey Jr AH, Wilson MG. (1994). Baseline predictors of success when comparing two treatments. Obesity Research 2:337-347.
Sayler ME, Goldstein DJ, Roback PJ, Atkinson RL. (1994). Evaluating success of weight loss programs, with an application to fluoxetine weight reduction clinical trial data. International Journal of Obesity 18:742-751.
Publications in Preparation:
Askins, RA, Roback PJ. Judicious use of the Bonferroni method and other multiple comparison methods. Submitted to Conservation Biology.
Lizarralde M, Roback PJ. Why do some people eat monkeys and palm grubs? A statistical model for food selection for the Barí people of Venezuela. To be submitted to Human Ecology.
Roback PJ, Askins RA. A Bayesian approach to missing data in multiple regression analyses of bird distributions. Submitted to Ecological Applications.
Tree-based models. Senior Seminar Talk, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Connecticut College, February 2003.
A Bayesian approach to missing data in multiple regression analyses of bird distributions. Research Talk, Department of Mathematics, St. Olaf College, December 2002.
Experimental design, multiple regression, and flying gummy bears. Colloquium Talk, Department of Mathematics, St. Olaf College, December 2002.
Adventures in advanced statistical methods. Topic Contributed Session at the Joint Statistical Meetings, New York City, August 2002.
Effect of habitat on bird abundance: a Bayesian approach. New England Statistics Symposium, Yale University, April 2002.
Randomization tests. Senior Seminar Talk, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Connecticut College, March 2002.
Does welfare grow on trees? Colloquium Talk, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Connecticut College, November 2000.
Statistics at Bucknell and beyond. Admissions Weekend talk, Bucknell University, April 2000.
Counting whales. Colloquium Talk, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Connecticut College, February 2000.
Does welfare grow on trees? Colloquium Talk, Department of Mathematics, St. Olaf College, February 2000.
Counting whales. Colloquium Talk, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Carleton College, February 2000.
Counting whales. Coffee talk sponsored by Pi Mu Epsilon, Department of Mathematics, Bucknell University, October 1998.
Supra-Bayesian pooling for simulation models. Invited Session at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Dallas, August 1998.
Logarithmic pooling of priors linked by a deterministic simulation model. Invited Session at the annual meeting of the Eastern North American Region of the Biometrics Society, Pittsburgh, March 1998.
Logarithmic pooling of incoherent priors linked by a deterministic simulation model. Invited Session at the Joint Statistical Meetings, Anaheim, August 1997.
Logarithmic pooled Bayesian inference when incoherent priors are linked by a deterministic simulation model. Seminar, Department of Statistics, Colorado State University, May 1997.
Other Professional Activities:
Advisor for 1 student talk in the Senior Math Seminar (Spring 2003):
Advisor for 2 student talks in the Senior Math Seminar (Spring 2002):
Reviewer for Activity-Based Statistics, 2nd Edition. Scheaffer RL, Gnanadesikan M, Watkins A, Witmer JA. Springer-Verlag, New York. Review completed in August 2001.
Other Professional Activities (continued):
Session chair, "Probability and Statistics". Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, April 2001.
Advisor for 3 student talks at the Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, Saratoga Springs, NY, April 2001:
Session chair, "Activities for the Classroom". A Regular Contributed Session sponsored by the Statistical Education Section of the American Statistical Association. Joint Statistical Meetings, Baltimore, August 1999
Refereed articles for: The American Statistician (September 1999), Forest Science (October 1998 and resubmission in June 1999), and IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering (February 1999).
Member of American Statistical Association (including Section on Statistical Education), and Mathematical Association of America (including SIGMAA on Statistics Education).
Committee Memberships and other Connecticut College service:
Co-organizer of Student-Mentor Dinner for CC-MACSS scholarship students and their industry mentors (April 2003). Night with speaker and dinner brought together each scholarship student with a community mentor in their chosen field.
Organized "The Food Function: Mathematics Roundtable Luncheons" (2002-2003). Weekly lunches with students and faculty in the Department of Mathematics, with guest participants giving talks or discussing opportunities in mathematics.
Educational Planning Committee (2001- 2003). Major charge was to review and overhaul the General Education program.
Developed an interdisciplinary Minor in Applied Statistics (approved Fall 2002)
Project to Enrich Faculty and Student Intellectual Life at Connecticut College (Spring 2002)
Attended Lucent Technologies Foundation conference on Building the Future in Basking Ridge, NJ (April 2002) related to the Teach and Learn Partnership for Math and Science Excellence, a collaboration between Connecticut College and Bennie Dover Jackson Middle School
Attended General Education and the Assessment of Student Learning: A Working Conference on Issues, Models, and Faculty Leadership in Dallas, TX (Feb 2002). Sponsored by AAC&U.
Lucent Technologies Foundation Teach and Learn Partnership for Math and Science Excellence (2000-2003)
Participant in interview process for Mathematics position (Spring 2003), Institutional Research position (Fall 2002), Plant Ecology position in the Department of Botany (Spring 2001), and visiting position in the Department of Mathematics (Spring 2001)
Faculty advisor to incoming freshmen and departmental majors and minors
Recent Meetings and Short Courses Attended:
Joint Statistical Meetings. New York, NY. Aug 11-15, 2002.
New England Isolated Statisticians – 7th annual meeting. Smith College, Northampton, MA. May 31 – June 1, 2002.
New England Isolated Statisticians – 6th annual meeting. Babson College, Wellesley, MA. Sept 22, 2001.
Joint Statistical Meetings. Atlanta, GA. Aug 5-9, 2001.
Short course on "Bayes and Empirical Bayes Methods for Data Analysis" by Brad Carlin. Atlanta, GA. Aug 7, 2001.
Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference. Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. April 2001
External Statistical Consulting:
Chris Rimmer, Vermont Institute of Natural Science, on a study of forest bird population trends in Vermont and surrounding areas. Spring 2003 – present. [Bayesian methods for handling temporal and spatial gaps in trend analyses]
Carrie McWilliams, PhD candidate in Education, University of Sarasota, on her thesis examining the effects of student mobility, gender, and language on performance on the Connecticut Mastery Exam. October 2002 – May 2003. [Chi-square tests, t-tests, multiple regression, interaction]
Shawn Welch, Assistant Director, Reports and Forecasts Division, Minnesota Department of Human Services, on a study of the effect of state-subsidized health insurance on welfare recidivism. June 2001 - present. [Logistic regression, models for selection bias]
Dev Niyogi, Visiting Professor of Zoology, University of Otago, New Zealand, on a manuscript testing the effects of mine drainage on biotic response. Oct 2001 - June 2002. [Multiple regression, logistic regression, large number of zeros, collinearity, interaction terms]
Ruth Dolby, Accounting Consultant, Boston, MA, on an investigation into whether a medical group is being underpaid by insurance reimbursements. May 2002. [Sampling—stratification, sample size, estimation]
Internal Statistical Consulting:
Susan Canon, Director of the Office of Institutional Research and Planning, on establishing a group of peer institutions for St. Olaf College based on quantitative criteria. Summer 2003. [Factor analysis, principal components, multidimensional scaling, cluster analysis, Bayesian multivariate methods]
Manuel Lizarralde, Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Botany, on the manuscript "What makes an animal edible? Some ethnobiological considerations in diet among the Bari people of Venezuela", submitted to Journal of Ethnobiology. Spring 2003. [Logistic regression, classification trees]
Bob Askins, Professor of Zoology, on the use of multiple comparisons in ecological studies. Spring 2003. [Sequential Bonferroni method, false discovery rate method]
Erin Steiner, senior in Zoology, on her Senior Thesis, in which she compared three marsh types with respect to the relative presence of many different species. Spring 2003. [Analysis of similarity (ANOSIM), nonparametric analysis of variance]
Sophie Archambeault, senior in Zoology, on her Senior Thesis, in which she studies the effect of genetic line on the wing length of flies. Spring 2003. [Random effects models, multiple comparisons]
Internal Statistical Consulting (continued):
Annie Curtis, junior in Zoology, on her independent research project comparing the effects of marsh type and reach on the abundance of common invertebrates. Spring 2003. [Logistic regression, ordinal regression with cumulative logits]
Perry Susskind, Associate Professor of Mathematics, on analysis of Connecticut College faculty salary data. Spring 2003. [Multiple regression, indicator variables, interactions, model assumptions, robust regression]
Phil Barnes, Associate Professor of Zoology, on a genetic study on the effects of artificial selection on wing length in flies. Spring 2003. [General linear models, Poisson responses, binomial responses]
Bob Askins, Professor of Zoology, on the manuscript "Effects of Habitat Fragmentation on Birds in Deciduous Forests in Japan", accepted by Conservation Biology. Spring 2002. [Multiple regression, principal components analysis, missing data, adjustments for year effect, multiple comparisons, longitudinal data]
Christine Small, Assistant Professor of Botany, on a manuscript investigating the effects of light and soil compaction on plant growth. Spring 2002. [Split plots]
Marjorie Lundgren, senior in Botany, on her Senior Thesis, in which she modeled invasiveness as a function of soil type, road type, and land use. Spring 2002. [Multiple regression, logistic regression]
Sarah Zisa, Kassie Rohrbach, and Tori Okner, student leaders of the Renewable Energy Club, on a project to model the effect of student conservation measures on energy consumption on campus. Dec 2001 – present. [Time series data, stationarity tests, multiple regression, prediction intervals]
Jerry Winter, Professor of Sociology, on the manuscript "Consistency and Importance of Jewish Identity and One's Own or One's Child's Intermarriage", accepted by Review of Religious Research. May 2001. [Logistic regression models, interaction effects]
Bob Askins, Professor of Zoology, on an analysis of the presence of willets vs. area of habitat. Spring 2001. [Logistic regression in the presence of many zeros]
David McElroy, senior in Zoology, on his Senior Thesis, for which I also served as Reader. Spring 2001. [Scatterplot smoothing, logistic regression models, categorical data analysis]
Julie Groce, senior in Biological Sciences, on her Senior Thesis. Spring 2001. [Analysis of variance]
Rob Rawson, senior in Biological Sciences, on his Senior Thesis. Spring 2001. [Inference for regression]
Honors CSU - College of Natural Sciences Graduate Teaching Assistant Award (1997-1998)
Madison Award, given to the outstanding graduate student in the statistics program
Graybill Award, given to the top student in linear models
ISU - Premium for Academic Excellence award Process Management Institute fellowship
President of Iowa STAT-ers (student organization) Mu Sigma Rho
St. Olaf - Phi Beta Kappa Tosdal Award as highest-ranking graduate (GPA)
Departmental Distinction - Mathematics Wall Street Journal Award (economics)
Departmental Distinction - Economics Academic all-conference (soccer, tennis)
Community New London: BDJ Middle School partnership; youth soccer coach; statistics in preschool
Service Lewisburg: PA Statistics Poster Competition judge; Phi Beta Kappa secretary
Fort Collins: high school girls' tennis coach; youth basketball coach; student representative committee
Indianapolis: Habitat for Humanity; Math Olympics judge
Ames: YMCA Pal Program; intramural sports coordinator
Northfield: Project Friendship (Big Brother); Honor House resident; Junior Counselor


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Gallery Home : Past Shows : 2010
The Amazing
Jan 28- Mar 21, 2010
Opening Reception: January 28, 5-7 p.m
A synesthetic exhibition lavishly brimming with resonant frequencies of sound and light! Featuring work by makers who find themselves somewhere between visual artist and musician: Joshua Churchill, Paul de Jong, Lesley Flanigan, Christy Georg, Ed Osborn, Tristan Perich, and Nick Zammuto. Curated by Ven Voisey. [more]
March 25 - April 25
Opening Reception: March 25, 5-7 p.m.
This exhibit, Sexpectations, will explore the themes of how the media and popular culture shapes, informs, misrepresents, manipulates, and distorts gender roles in America today. In our society, media is everywhere we turn and defines our gender on levels the average person doesnít think about. The goal of this show is to raise awareness of the mediaís influence on oneís self, and give the viewer a sense of empowerment from this knowledge.
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May 27 - June 20
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June 24 - July 25
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Linda Mieko Allen, Young Ja Yoon
July 29 - Sept 26
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Sept. 30 - Oct. 24
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Now you may think that it is far to early to be discussing this question as we are about to enter a period where a few key things will change. Last year coaching changes, the draft and free agency dramatically changed what this team will looked like, and although we didn't improve our season record (8-8) there were many positives to be taken from the season. Qualities like teamwork, accountability, toughness and respect were emphasized over and over and we started to see a glimpse of the kind of team the Denver Broncos can become.
You can get highlights of any game here if you want a recap.. (Not my vids just worth linking too every once in a while.)
Although the 'new' Broncos started to take shape, they didn't fully reveal themselves and we still have many question marks going toward the 2010 season, none more important of more immediate that who is going to be on our squad at the beginning of the season. We have just started adjusting our roster this year and we could see big names brought in in free agency like Peppers, LT or McNabb, or we could see just a couple of key free agents like Mawae or Chester Taylor. Regardless of who it is it probably won't be who we expected.
Then there is the Month long saga that is the NFL Draft, many on this site have spent a lot of time researching prospects and discussing how our team can be improved. It is incredibly difficult to come up with accurate mocks because we do not know what the Broncos coaches know, who is upcoming, who is outgoing and who is just right. With that said we did get an idea of the kind of player that McDaniels and Brain Xanders are looking for from the draft process. They are looking for Tough, Smart, Versatile players that have good characters and leadership abilities, this can really help us eliminate certain players from our mocks but what does it say about the kind of team that we will become?
Find out after the JUMP!
Last year there were many complaints and worries that we where becoming the Denver Patriots, I think this is a valid concern. Not that I dislike the patriots or because I dislike the players Josh brought over from NE but because I think that for Josh McDaniels and the Denver Broncos to succeed at a high level he will have to make this his team, not a patriots rip off - but a new team with a unique feel. Now that might sound a bit esoteric to some of you but I really beleive that it can truly make a difference.
We all saw what happened at the end of last season, when Marshall and Scheffler where benched, McDaniels said that he wanted to emphasize accountability and it ended up seeming like it was a us vs them approach to Shannahan holdovers. We don't know the full facts of the situation but we can see that issues like these will send ripples throughout the locker room and create distractions. Now in my opinion issues like this need to be resolved or let go of if we ever want this team to unify and work together towards a singular goal. I also feel that Josh will need to fully let go of the NE Patriots and become a Bronco if he wants to unify this team and achieve what he is capable of achieving.
Hiring LB coach Don 'Wink' Martindale for the defensive coordinator goes some way towards creating a 'new' Broncos team. Firstly, It will remove any ideas that what happens now isn't Josh's doing, last year most of the credit was diverted towards Nolan when they where doing well but conversely directed at McDaniel's when the season faltered.. despite the D being just as responsible. There where rumours flying around last after Nolan's departure that he had some different ideas than McDaniels and they butted heads a couple of times. Now i don't buy into that being McDaniels fault because he is the HC, but if Nolan wasn't totally on board with Josh's vision then it would cause long term problems.
Secondly, things will be different now due to the fact that Josh gave Wink his big chance and that will bring them together, also the best things for both of their careers is to establish this team as a contender, being essentially both rookies at their coaching positions. So i think that Josh hiring from within will really help him making this team his own.. even though it's Nolan's scheme there will be a lot more of a sense of McDaniel's being in control of all aspects of the team now.
Another aspect that is worth considering is that the players are starting to form their own collective identity. With players like Brian Dawkins, Champ Bailey and Mario Haggan leading the D and Daniels graham, Kyle Orton and Brandon Stokely leading the offense they are all starting to buy into the idea of being a being tough, smart, versatile and physical football team. Pair this with the fact that they are all becoming more comfortable with the play book and coming together and striving towards a singular goal and you start to get a cohesive unit that functions together and plays Complementary football.
However, because this was the first season that this team has been together some speed bumps where to be expected. Kentuckybronco discusses how the attitude of the players suffered down the stretch because their confidence got dented and they lost who they were in his post Orton Theories:
Maybe their egos got the best of them and they thought they were better than they actually were? ..Going into the bye, the team was confident about the way they had played and the week off gave them time to think about how good they were. Going into Pittsburgh, they were overconfident. They were beaten badly. After that, they became discouraged. They played worse than they were. If you go into a game doubting your abilities, whether you voice it or not, your chances of victory are vastly reduced.
The teams mental attitude can have a real effect on the outcome of games and i think because the players now know what they are capable off.. (6-0 if they play together or 8-2 if they fall apart.) Because they have experienced the highs and the lows together this will also bring them together and cement them a the 'new' Denver Broncos. They will also see that if they want to go deep in the playoffs that they need to be strong together but not just physically but mentally as well.
Also, Josh has discovered what the players can do, what they are good at and what they are not good at.. in some ways last year was an experiment. This is what the coach's are sorting out right now, breaking down film figuring out what worked and what didn't and although every team will be doing this at this time of year it is particularly important for us because Josh was trying to understand how his playbook fits in with the players on the broncos roster and what they excel at. This in my opinion is a primary reason why sometimes last year it looked liked josh was calling bad plays, he didn't really have a good grasp yet of what would work in certain defensive coverages or looks purely because he hadn't seen our players do it at game speed.
So in 2010 i expect this aspect to be very different i think the plays will start to make sense to us and we will see players that didn't necessarily excel last year like Eddie Royal coming back to the forefront and being used properly. Also the players will be able to react more intuitively because they won't be having to constantly think of the plays and the playbook, it should look a lot more natural this year. We may even see a few 2nd year players step up to starting roles or just increased roles.
It is also important to note that the rest of the AFC West is having some pretty dramatic changes and that does affect us. KC is also trying to build a patriot like empire and at some point i expect them to start improving, maybe not this year but they could well be our main rival in the division for the next five to ten years. It will be interesting to watch our progress vs theirs and see how we differ as a McDaniel's run football team vs a Haley run football team. What unique flavors will McDaniel's bring to our team that no other team in the league can do or match?
I'm not sure it is possible to answer the title question due to the fact that many things will change in the next few months. However the turn around will be no way near as dramatic as last year, in which the 'new' Denver Broncos were created.. this year they will be enhanced and go on to display more of the good qualities that we saw glimpses of in 2009.. It should make for a fun watch.
I am interested to know whether people think Josh has fully embaced the Broncos as his team and whether the Broncos are now his team. I have attached a poll to get a general consensus of what people think about this topic..
Unfortunately i can no longer play the I'm new here go easy on me card.. So please if you don't agree and see totally different things feel free to tell me all about it, what do you see for 2010? Also if you just want to have a rant about what you did or didn't like about this season but never felt like making a dedicated fanpost for it.. get it off your chest here!
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- Chemical Sensors
- Development of selective sensor materials and sensing algorithms
- Integration of sensor platforms into microchemical systems using micromachining techniques
- Characterization of sensing mechanisms for selectivity enhancement
- Fundamental Catalysis (Surface Science)
- Temperature programmed adsorption/desorption measurements to determine adsorption kinetics parameters for sensors and model catalyst systems.
- Study of adsorption and reaction mechanisms on well-characterized materials using molecular beam techniques.
Applications for chemical sensors are diverse and include areas such as combustion products analysis, detection of chemical warfare agents, air quality monitoring, and medical diagnostics. Semiconducting metal-oxides such as SnO2, TiO2, and WO3 are widely used as gas sensing materials because the electrical conductivities of these materials increase by orders of magnitude when they are exposed to reducing gases such as carbon monoxide or hydrogen. However, commercial oxide sensors are not selective (i.e. they cannot differentiate between different analytes), and their relatively large masses result in high power requirements and long thermal stabilization times. Recent developments in microfabrication have provided opportunities to reduce the power requirement of sensor devices by utilizing micromachining techniques to thermally isolate sensor platforms from their underlying substrates. In addition to lower power requirements, such microsensor devices fabricated on silicon wafers have dramatically shorter thermal equilibration times than their traditional counterparts. Thus, it is possible to cycle microsensor temperatures on millisecond timescales, and we can take advantage of chemical kinetic effects to enhance sensor selectivity.
Miniaturization of chemical sensor technologies through micromachining techniques promises many advantages such as portability, low power operation, rapid thermal cycling, and array-based implementation for improved selectivity. Miniaturization is also accompanied by many challenges that include engineering issues involved in the design of micromachined devices as well as development of platform-compatible sensing materials to achieve chemical sensitivity and selectivity on the microscale. The University of Maine has an established research program dedicated to chemical sensor development in the Laboratory for Surface Science and Technology (LASST), and members of my group collaborate with LASST to develop and characterize sensor systems based on chemically selective sensor materials.
One goal of our research is to take advantage of chemical kinetics mechanisms to enhance the performance of gas sensors. Therefore, we study how temperature and catalytic activity of sensor materials affect the sensitivity of a sensor to particular gas analytes. The differences in chemical activity make it possible to design sensor systems that are selective to particular gas analytes. In this work we are interested in developing chemical sensor systems, as well as using surface science techniques such as temperature programmed desorption and infrared absorption spectroscopy to elucidate the underlying chemical reaction mechanisms.
Another area of current interest is the study of coupling or "cross-talk" between various sensor elements as we work to miniaturize sensor platforms and include multiple sensors in array-based platforms. For instance, experiments using arrays of SnO2-based microsensors have demonstrated that chemical reactions occurring on one sensor can affect the performance of adjacent sensors (see publications below). In addition to chemical crosstalk, we are also interested in addressing issues of thermal and electrical interference in multi-sensor arrays.
Selected Publications
M. C. Wheeler, J. E. Tiffany, R. M. Walton, R. E. Cavicchi, S. Semancik, "Chemical Crosstalk between Heated Gas Microsensor Elements Operating in Close Proximity," Sensors and Actuators B 77:167-176 (2001).
S. Semacik, R. Cavicchi, M. C. Wheeler, J. E. Tiffany, G. E. Poirier, R.M. Walton, J. S. Suehle, B. Panchapakesan, D. L. DeVoe, "Microhotplate Platforms for Chemical Sensor Research," Sensors and Actuators B 77:579-591 (2001).
M. C. Wheeler, C. T. Reeves, D. C. Seets, C. B. Mullins, "Experimental Study of CO Oxidation by an Atomic Oxygen Beam on Pt(111), Ir(111), and Ru(001)," Journal of Chemical Physics 108:3057-3063 (1998).
P. D. Nolan, M. C. Wheeler, J. E. Davis, C. B. Mullins, "Mechanisms of Initial Dissociative Chemisorption of Oxygen on Transition-Metal Surfaces," Accounts of Chemical Research 31:798-804 (1998).
M. C. Wheeler, D. C. Seets, C. B. Mullins, "Angular Dependence of the Dynamic Displacement of O2 from Pt(111) by Atomic Oxygen," Journal of Chemical Physics 107:1672-1675 (1997).
D. C. Seets, M. C. Wheeler, C. B. Mullins, "Trapping-Mediated and Direct Dissociative Chemisorption of Methane on Ir(110): A Comparison of Molecular Beam and Bulb Experiments," Journal of Chemical Physics 107:3986-3998 (1997)
M. C. Wheeler, D. C. Seets, C. B. Mullins, "Kinetics and Dynamics of the Initial Dissociative Chemisorption of Oxygen on Ru(001)," Journal of Chemical Physics 105:1572-1583 (1996).
D. C. Seets, M. C. Wheeler, C. B. Mullins, "Kinetics and Dynamics of Nitrogen Adsorption on Ru(001): Evidence for Direct Molecular Chemisorption," Chemical Physics Letters 257:280-284 (1996).
M. C. Wheeler, D. C. Seets, C. B. Mullins, "Kinetics and Dynamics of the Trapping-Mediated Dissociative Chemisorption of Oxygen on Ru(001)," Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A 14:1572-1577 (1996).


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Wow, sorry for the long break in posts! I have a good excuse, though; I had a baby. And he's the best! And I love, love, love being a mom.
Well, fall is in the air! Today I think it actually kind of sort of snowed for the first time. Yikes! It was more like half-rain slush, and it definitely didn't stick, but still.
If you're like me, the changing weather has you thinking of the first holiday of the new season: Halloween! It's time to think of costume ideas (especially fun for me now that I have a cute three-month-old to dress up), make pumpkin chocolate chip cookies, carve jack-o-lanterns, and buy candy! What an awesome holiday. And if you want to spend some of your October celebrating by playing a good game of pictionary or catchphrase, well, I've got just the thing for you. A custom, printable Halloween word list! Just click the link below, print it, cut it, and use it for any of your Halloween game-playing plans. Oh, and these words have also been added to the word generator, if you want to use your computer to play.
Happy Halloween and enjoy!
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This set of photos were taken back when I was in Singapore two months ago, I was inspired by how working women dress up professionally without looking too formal and this is my interpretation of it. What would you wear to work?
(Asos top & belt, Celine sunnies, Bimba & Lola starfish cuff)


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A young volunteer firefighter is being remembered Thursday night after the fire truck he was riding in, ran off the roadway and into a ditch.
Jeremy Tighe, 18, died in the crash which happened a short distance from the McCutchanville Fire Station on North St. Joseph Avenue.
Long before the sun came up, police, fire and emergency personnel paid tribute to a fallen comrade.
A tragic ending to what just minutes earlier had been a fairly routine evening.
According to the Vanderburgh County Sheriff's Office, Tighe and fellow firefighter Brandon Cason cleared themselves from a carbon monoxide run at 8:01 p.m., but they never made it back to the station.
A 30,000 pound truck on its side with two firefighters inside.
Tighe, the passenger in the truck, didn't make it.
Cason was treated at the hospital for non life-threatening injuries.
Fire officials say he somehow lost control while driving, causing the firetruck to slide off the road and into a utility pole.
But now, it's something the dozens of volunteers who make up the McCutchanville Fire Department must face head on.
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Valdosta - 100 patients a day are treated at South Georgia Medical Center's emergency room. With these numbers constantly increasing, the hospital itself must grow as well.
Construction will begin this weekend on a 13.2 million dollar expansion of the Emergency Department. Once completed, the ED will have tripled in size and doubled its staff. "We were seeing more patients than we could really handle so we began the planning phases of expanding our Emergency Room," said George Hardy, Assistant Administrator Ancillary Services.
The Emergency Room at the South Georgia Medical Center is often so congested, patients might wait hours on results or be put on stretchers in the hallways due to lack of beds. The new facility will significantly increase the number of beds, room, and doctors provides to these patients.
Hardy added, "We currently have 16 beds in the Emergency Room and 6 Chest Pain beds. The new expansion, which is beginning behind me now, will have a total of 42 beds." The new Emergency Room will be three times as large as the existing one and will create 33 new positions for doctors, nurses, and practitioners.
ER Director Andree Shackelford has spent 20 years working at the hospital and says this expansion will benefit both for doctors and patients. "We're excited about that. It will help us take care of our patients quickly and maybe patients we've had to ship out to other facilities we can keep them here at South Georgia Medical Center."
Hospital officials expect the expansion and renovation to be completed in 18-24 months.
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The School of Public Service
School of Public Service (SPS) is a leadership program which features an intensive four-week summer academic session held in Washington, D.C., from June 22 - July 19, 2008. Only 30 rising high school seniors are selected to participate in SPS, located at St. Albans School on the grounds of the National Cathedral. SPS admits both male and female students who have already shown a great deal of interest in public service, as well as an ability to positively influence others. While in the program, the students gain experiences designed to heighten not only an interest in public service but also their probability of entering into and succeeding in a career in civic leadership. Students study at the highest level of scholarship, using Harvard and other case studies that are more commonly used at the graduate level. No credit is given to SPS students; rather they are motivated by their interest in public policy and their desire to be contributing members of the group.
The SPS website gives more in-depth information. Please be sure to view the 2007 Program's Blog, as it gives great insight into the program's daily activities: www.schoolofpublicservice.org.
Eligibility for the School of Public Service
As of summer 2008, students must be a rising Senior (having completed the Junior year). SPS seeks students – male and female -- who excel in their studies and who have a keen interest in English, History, Government, and Debate. The ideal applicant is one who is willing to read, reflect, interview, discuss and debate issues of current interest. Students must also be willing to visit with key leaders throughout the Washington, D.C. region to observe, listen and question.
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AUSA will fund the total cost of tuition, room and board for one student for this summer's program. The value of this scholarship is just short of $5,000. To be eligible for the scholarship, students must be the son or daughter of a member of the United States Army (Active Duty, Reserve or National Guard), either currently serving or retired. The decision on the scholarship award will be made by May 7, 2008.
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Choosing the right cruise holiday can be a difficult process at the best of times; for people on their own it is even more of a problem.
Though specialist operators in solo travel do exist, many lone travellers would prefer not to be 'ghetto-ised' with other singles.
Yet it can be difficult, in a holiday resort dominated by couples and families, to meet like-minded people interested in making friends. Anyone who has travelled alone knows how difficult it can be to get a good table in a restaurant or have a relaxed drink at the bar without feeling self conscious.
And with nobody to share taxi fares - or to keep them company as they search for a late night cab - many lone travellers feel constrained to stay fairly close to base on holiday, missing out on the fun of discovering off-the-beaten-track restaurants and lively night-spots.
For women, the prospect of solo travel can be daunting; worries over personal security in the anonymous surroundings of a large holiday resort can make it hard for them to relax and strike up new friendships.
Conversely, men travelling alone can also feel constrained to keep to themselves, for fear that friendly overtures may be misinterpreted.
Yet there is a way in which single travellers of both sexes can travel widely while relaxing in a secure environment and enjoying as much or as little social activity as they want. Just try a cruise for single people.
Singles cruises are an excellent choice for people travelling alone. On a cruise for single people, you take your hotel - and all its facilities - with you as you go.
So you can enjoy a pleasant meal, take in a show, have a night-cap in a quiet piano bar or even dance the night away in a night-club without the worry of how to get back to base afterwards.
And because a cruise ship is to an extent an enclosed society, it will offer a sense of community and friendliness often lacking in shoreside resorts.
By day, you'll find plenty of activities to participate in, from pool parties, beauty demonstrations and fashion parades to lectures, arts and crafts classes, cookery lessons and keep-fit sessions.
So discovering new hobbies, learning new skills and making new friends really couldn't be easier.
Fred Olsen lines are of a classic cruise ship size, smaller than those larger vessels designed for the mass market. There is a constant welcoming and personalised onboard mood where all passengers get to know each other and there is a friendly service that's always attentive but never obtrusive. The size of the ships make them perfect for making new friends among fellow guests.
Travelling on Fred Olsen ships gives excellent value and a good selection of inside and outside cabins, designed specifically for single occupancy. Black Watch offers single inside and outside cabins as well as deluxe cabins, tailor made for the solo traveller to cruise in comfort. Gentlemen hosts are available to ensure that single ladies are never too long without a dance partner.
P&O Cruises offers single cabins on some of its ships and singles can enjoy the wide range of activities and entertainment available to all passengers. In addition, there are optional dedicated gatherings for those travelling on their own. If passengers wish to attend the Captain's Gala Cocktails in a group, there are often organised get-togethers arranged beforehand.


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Trent Green Subs For Peter King On MMQB
Always nice to hear from former Chiefs QB Trent Green, who is apparently excited about the prospect of staying in KC for the full season with his family and who did an excellent job filling in for King this week. The piece also had a nice little story about his post-retirement life with family. We can only hope that Matt Cassel integrates into the community half as well as Trent.


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The Bad
Really, the only bad part of this deal is that you have to trade Greg Maddux. But, when you factor in that it appears that Greg wanted to go to a contender, you realize that a trade needed to happen. Could the Cubs have gotten a better "prospect", that's something we may never know..
The Ugly
Career .260 ave, .295 obp, .634 ops
No matter how you slice and dice that, it's really bad.
If you look at his best year, before he got hurt you're looking at a .288 ave, .330 obp, .710 ops, which is still not good.
The Good
Cesar is still young.
Maybe Izturis (who's only 26), has his best offensive numbers ahead of him. It'd take .295 and .350 OBP with a gold glove.
One reason that Izturis could be a decent addition is if you look at the middle infield free agents this coming offseason, it's pretty sad. When Julio Lugo and Luis Castillo are the two best free agent middle infielders, you know there is nothing out there.
Since Hendry is probably going to have to explore trade talks for an outfielder (CF or LF, assuming we don't buck up and pay a ton of money to CLee) and a starter or two (the FA starters aren't that good either, after Zito and Schmidt, who we won't get), it seems unreasonable to expect Hendry to have to make 3-5 trades to field a decent team next year.
Sure, having Izturis and Cedeno up the middle will be a liability offensively, but is it worse than Cedeno and Castillo? No, it's not.


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New sales figures published today from analyst firm NPD show that the Wii console has outsold its competitors in January, pushing Microsoft and Sony to the wayside.
Nintendo shifted some 436,000 units during January, with Sony's Playstation 2 coming in second. Microsoft's Xbox 360 was third, followed by the PlayStation 3.
Forrester Research analyst Paul Jackson:In a recent report, TheStreet.com analyst Michael Comeau predicted that Nintendo's momentum should have Microsoft thinking about a price cut for the Xbox 360. But he expects that move could be delayed until 2008, when "surefire hardware mover" Halo 3 is released.
Via: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nf/20070223/...dTtCFgIpAjtBAF"Nintendo already has an excellent start in the marketplace, and has sold a great deal of hardware," he noted. "But to maintain a lead in this industry, you can't rest on your success."


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One is slick, the other isn't.
Both period evocations are set in London with largely British casts, complete with horse-drawn carriages, belching smoke, high collars and waistcoats.
One's the authentic vision of a mad artist shooting on a relative shoestring ($30 million) with his heart on his sleeve. The other is a cannily commercial $90-million product launch selling a global name brand. Both opened well this holiday weekend, although one is a studio blockbuster (opening to $65 million) and the other led the new indie field.
Watching Terry Gilliam's brilliant The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, I was swept away to another world, a swirling place of magic and enchantment, where anything can happen--Heath Ledger can turn into Johnny Depp or Jude Law or Colin F
irtharrell, for example. I smiled with pleasure at the duel between two wily antagonists for the ages, the Devil (Tom Waits) and Dr. Parnassus (Christopher Plummer). I worried for the fate of Parnassus's daughter (Lily Cole) and her young swain (Andrew Garfield). I loved their bits of theatrical business on their traveling theater on wheels and the beyond-the-mirror dreamscape that allowed Gilliam free visual rein. (Set in an indeterminate contemporary London, the film's feet are planted firmly in a period landscape of the imagination.) And diminutive Verne Troyer reminded me of my early Gilliam favorite, Time Bandits. Look, I'm an avowed Gilliam-phile, no matter how messy and meandering he gets: I even enjoyed his last film with Ledger, The Brothers Grimm.
And Sherlock Holmes , from Joel Silver and Guy Ritchie, was better than I expected, for which I credit Warners production exec-turned-producer Lionel Wigram (who devised the original story and comic book inspired by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle) along with Robert Downey, Jr. and his wife Susan, who also produced. Movies like this are huge, expensive logistical projects under heavy studio supervision. This picture is gorgeous: it boasts top-of-the-line cinematographer Philippe Rousselot, production designer Sarah Greenwood, costume designer Jenny Beavan, composer Hans Zimmer and many splendid digital tableaus. The movie expertly blends the satisfying bromance of decadent Holmes (Downey) and straight-arrow Watson (Jude Law), who wants to break away to marry Mary Morstan (Kelly Reilly), with a lackluster plot driven by a garden-variety power-mad megalomaniac (Mark Strong), with complications from Holmes love interest, criminal Irene Adler (Rachel McAdams). She gets somewhat short shrift: you can see the wheels grinding as the movie balances character bits to appeal to one audience segment against action set pieces for the other.
(At the Movies reviews Holmes and Parnassus.)
Which one of these less-than-perfect films do I like best? You know the answer. I vote for the scrappy original indie.
Bob | December 30, 2009 11:30 AM
Haven't seen "Holmes" yet but for me "Parnussus" was a split decision. Almost unbearably unfocused in the first half but it eventually kind of resolves it into something that works in the way the best surrealist films do, even if the story borders on unfathomable.
Anthony E | December 30, 2009 10:46 AM
Have to agree with SERGIO. I was so pumped to see this. Gilliam working with Ledger again, all for it... It just seemed too many factors got in the way. Having this film and having to complete it under the circumstances. It was all over the place. I wanted to enjoy it, I wanted to delve through the mirror beyond the glass, but it broke. Jagged pieces is what you get. Gilliam and his co-writter from BRAZIL and Munchausin, both of which are my Favorites of Gilliams. Just sad, but the bright news is Ledger is the best part of it, he was amazing, second Depp, and Mini-me was third, reteaming with Gilliam after a smart part in Fear and Loathing as a circus midget who disappears.
Anne Thompson | December 30, 2009 8:35 AM
I have no issue with Downey's portrayal of a younger, more physical Holmes. It works.
I'll take idiosyncratic, crazy brilliance over canny studio commercialism. Both films fall down in the narrative department. Finally, Gilliam's film is more artful and surprising.
ManWithSword: I was also disturbed by the Farrell-daughter dreamscape: did he take her innocence inside her father's mind, on some level?
Annie Mouse | December 30, 2009 6:40 AM
Looking forward to this! Gilliam always surprises, that's for sure. Agree with you that a Gilliam mess is endlessly more fascinating than many other directors' messes. He can do anything he wants after "Brazil", in my opinion.
We need those "dreamer" filmmakers to continue to do their thing and be supported in the film communtiy, even if it makes some audiences uncomfortable. So you should be thanked for helping support creative indie filmmaking, not blasted for it! (Actually, I don't understand why anyone would mention Guy Ritchie and Terry Gilliam in the same sentence, seriously).
ManWithSword | December 30, 2009 4:23 AM
Haven't seen Holmes yet, but I have to agree that Parnassus was brilliant in places, disappointing in others, and ever so slightly creeepy in its sexualizing of such a young looking woman. Overall, the film was good, but not amazing. Crucially, where the film should have been mind blowing, but wasn't, were the worlds inside Parnassus' imagination. And at the same time, the grittiness of the 'real' world should have been ten times grittier. This Wizard of Oz contrast between harsh reality and colourful fantasy that is used to defeat the wrongs that make reality so harsh, is what the film was aiming for, but perhaps needed to ratchet everything up to 11.
Sergio | December 30, 2009 3:32 AM
WOW Anne What can I say? I was extremely disappointed with the Gilliam film. I was all set for it but I found it a confusing, muddled mess. Granted it's not as bad as Tideland (what is?) but it's not one of Gilliam's better efforts by a long shot.
Holmes however I really enjoyed (and I've seen it twice already). A really entertaining film which proves that Downey is the vertsitile actor working today. And it's the first Guy Richie film I've seen that I like. No doubt those who are critizing the film are doing so because Richie's name is attached. If it was Jonathan Demme instead all those naysayers would be praising it. And as for 'destroying" the Holmes character what a load of crap. Holmes as been interpreted in so many different ways, from the coke addled nutcase in Herbert Ross' The Seven Per Cent Solution (which has a farfetched action climax not dissimilar to the Richie film, but I have heard anyone complaing about that) or the introverted, psychologically damaged Holmes in Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. So Downey's version is just as valid. And if anyone has read the Doyle stories they'll discover that his Holmes was quite the action hero, not that far removed from Richie's Holmes. So what are these cry babys screamng about? And what a great soundtrack the film has too!
grueman1 | December 30, 2009 3:29 AM
You obviously have no credibility as a writer or a reviewer. You don't even list the correct names of the actors in the film. COLIN FIRTH was NOT in the film. Try COLIN FARRELL. On top of that, you just sound like some journalistic snob with the way the review was written. I hope you don't get review any more films, because I have doubts as to whether you even saw Parnassus or Holmes. You probably just searched wikipedia for summaries of the films plot lines and gave a win to Parnassus based on the fact you are sympathetic to the passing of Heath Ledger. Don't get me wrong, I mourn the loss of Heath just as much as anyone, but Parnassus was not a "great" film. It was just okay.
Ann | December 30, 2009 3:29 AM
I've read Conan Doyle and I never saw Holmes as the 'action' hero. Read what Doyle himself says about his character and you might understand why some don't see this sort of adaptation as anything to do with the original. Just because many others have also suited Holmes to their purpose doesn't make this one any more valid. I think Doyle might have enjoyed Grissom in CSI far more than Downey in these Adventures. That said, I agree, Anne - it was entertaining - but not Holmes for me.
I also found Imaginarium a little disappointing, just because my hopes were very high for Ledger's last film, but I will take 'messy' Gilliam whenever he chooses. I too am a phile as I think he is one of the truly original filmmakers and whatever else he does I will always be grateful for "Brazil." He can create another world where the unexpected can happen, and frequently does, and after the slew of predictable plots and storylines I've viewed lately, that is a blessing.
alan green | December 30, 2009 1:49 AM
i thought gilliam was knows for knotted throughlines and fragmented plot. i was under the impression that was a given with his movies.