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01 Nov 2014 – 23 Nov 2014
The Instrument Builders ProjectCollaborations in Sound by Indonesian and Australian Artists
NGV Studio hosts the first Australian iteration of The Instrument Builders Project (IBP), an experimental collaborative project between Australian and Indonesian artists and musicians curated by Kristi Monfries and Joel Stern.
22 Aug 2014 – 19 Oct 2014
Wade MarynowskyNostalgia for Obsolete Futures
Nostalgia for Obsolete Futures gives an insight into Marynowsky's remarkable artistic practice. It includes interactive robotics, sound sculpture, audiovisual installations and performances. It also reveals a surprising and dramatic new work that Marynowsky is developing at NGV Studio during the course of the exhibition.
04 Jul 2014 – 04 Nov 2014
BushidoWay of the Samurai
Bushido explores the fascinating world of the samurai who were the warriors, rulers and aristocratic elite of Japanese society for more than 800 years.
From the 12th century through to the end of the Edo period in 1868 the Shogun, regional lords and their warrior retainers (all samurai in their own right) ruled the country and lived to a strict code of ethics. This military aristocracy aspired to a life of spiritual harmony that not only perfected the art of war but also embodied an appreciation of the fine arts that established their life as an art form itself. Throughout these tumultuous times of war and peace samurai virtues of honesty, courage, benevolence, respect, self-sacrifice, self-control, duty, and loyalty combined with their passion for a cultural lifestyle not only established social stability, but also cultivated a legacy of art and culture in Japanese society that continues to this day.
30 May 2014 – 19 Oct 2014
Mid-Century ModernAustralian Furniture Design
This dynamic exhibition presents a rare chance to enjoy the art of mid-century Australian furniture design and is part of our renewed focus on modern and contemporary design at the NGV.
Innovative furniture design took hold in Australia following World War Two, prompted in part by the availability of new materials (and sometimes the shortages of others), the development of new production techniques and the influx of European immigrants who were skilled in the traditions of fine furniture making. Taking their cue from international trends in furniture, local designers adopted the pared-back language of modernism to create stylish sculptural furniture that was functional and flexible and which found the ideal setting in the modernist architecture of the period.
28 May 2014 – 28 Sep 2014
Paola PiviYou started it...I finish it
Continuing a recent series of major commissions by leading international artists for Federation Court at NGV International, the National Gallery of Victoria is delighted to present a major suite of new sculptural works by Italian artist Paola Pivi.
You started it…I finish it is an installation designed for Federation Court encompassing eight life-size sculptures of bears, adorned with neon-coloured feathers. These flamboyant figures adopt various attitudes and guises, playfully occupying the space of Federation Court, greeting visitors, posing and frolicking: one bear leaps from a balcony; others approach each other as if to dance, or engage in deep philosophical conversation, whilst others recline in joyful, carefree abandon.
16 May 2014 – 31 Aug 2014
Italian Masterpieces
The holdings of Italian art in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid are unique and unrivalled in museums outside Italy. Drawn from its magnificent collection, this exhibition of over 70 paintings and 30 drawings presents a rich selection of works spanning 300 years of Italian art, from the early sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries.
The exhibition is organised by Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid in association with the National Gallery of Victoria and Art Exhibitions Australia.
10 May 2014 – 31 Aug 2014
Pastello – Draw Act
Design Commission 2014
As part of the NGV commitment to design and children's programming, Italian design duo Erika Zorzi and Matteo Sangalli of Mathery Studio have designed a new immersive kids space that broadens our appreciation of the simple act of drawing.
Pastello – Draw Act re-imagines traditional drawing tools and processes.
Children are invited to use their bodies to draw with their heads, feet and of course hands using crayon spheres and other unusual tools. They can be vigorous or considered to make their unique mark. Don't expect the usual, do expect an experience that is fun, encourages experimentation and delights in gesture and expands understanding of the drawing process.
09 May 2014 – 31 Aug 2014
Fashion Detective
Fashion Detective takes a selection of miscellaneous garments and accessories as the starting point for a series of investigations. Using material evidence and commissioned fictions as alternate interpretative strategies, the exhibition is an encounter with the art of detection.
09 May 2014 – 31 Aug 2014
David McDiarmidWhen This You See Remember Me
I never saw art as being a safe thing. I know that exists but that's not something that involves me. David McDiarmid, 1993
Defying classification, the work of David McDiarmid encompasses the complex and interconnected histories of art, craft, fashion, music, sex, gay liberation and identity politics; happily residing in the spaces between high and low art, popular culture and community engagement. At once kaleidoscopic, celebratory and darkly humorous in tone, the artist's idiosyncratic, highly personal and at times, confessional work highlights the redefinition and deconstruction of identities – "from camp to gay to queer" – drawing on the experiences of a life intensely lived in Melbourne, Sydney and New York. Charting the shifts in politics and individual and community expression that unfold across the decades of the 1970s, 80s and 90s, this exhibition also reveals McDiarmid's artistic and grassroots political response to the impact of HIV / AIDS during the 1980s and beyond, for which he is best known internationally.
This exhibition includes coarse language and sexual content.
01 May 2014 – 31 Aug 2014
Inge KingConstellation
Now in her 99th year, Inge King is one of our most senior artists. This exhibition presents the most complete survey of Inge's remarkable career to date.
Since arriving in Australia in 1951, Inge King has been a major contributor to the development of abstract sculpture in this country. She has exhibited her work consistently in solo exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions. Her work is held in all major national collections and through her numerous public commissions she has become one of Australia's best known and most prominent sculptors.
19 Apr 2014 – 05 Oct 2014
Late Modern and Contemporary Art
The first of a series of new presentations of the NGV's collection of late-modern and contemporary international art, this selection of works explores various tendencies in artistic practice from the 1960s to the present day. Acknowledging that the recent history of contemporary art continues to be informed by key artists and movements of the recent past, this display encourages dialogue between artists and works from different periods and geo-political realities. Including rooms dedicated to Conceptual Art and Minimalism, Pop Art and its global influence, and a range of singular presentations including Lee Bul's immersive installation Untitled 2003, and recent acquisitions including Angela Bulloch's Short, big, yellow drawing machine 2012 and Adel Abidin's three channel video Three love songs 2010, this display takes an integrated, multi-disciplinary and transcultural approach to the collection, reflecting the increasingly global character of contemporary art as we understand it today.
17 Apr 2014 – 24 Aug 2014
Sue Ford
Sue Ford was a pioneer of Australian photography, and one of the most important practitioners to emerge in the wave of 1970s feminist photographers. This retrospective exhibition celebrates her artistic life and career. It brings together key photographs, digital prints, collages and films created over an almost fifty-year period, as well as important archival materials.
11 Apr 2014 – 20 Jul 2014
StArt Up: Top Arts 2014
In 2014 the highly popular Top Arts celebrates its twentieth year at the NGV. The exhibition presents outstanding work by students who have completed Art or Studio Arts studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE) and provides insight into young people's ideas, thinking and creative practices.
11 Apr 2014 – 28 Sep 2014
Wang GongxinVideo Artist
This exhibition launches the NGV strongly into international new media, featuring three large scale immersive video works from Wang Gongxin, who is a major force in Chinese video art.
04 Apr 2014 – 31 Aug 2014
William Blake
This exhibition will showcase the NGV's acclaimed collection of works by William Blake which includes spectacular watercolours, single prints and illustrated books. Due to the material's light sensitivity, these works are only infrequently exhibited and the exhibition provides the rare opportunity to see the Gallery's complete holdings of Blake's work which span his full career, from his earliest to his latest years.
19 Mar 2014 – 28 Sep 2014
Negoro LacquerNGV Collection Focus
Negoro refers to simple and elegant red lacquer objects produced during Japan's medieval period, between the twelfth and seventeenth centuries. Embodying the ancient sense of Japanese beauty, the minimalistic forms of Negoro lacquer ware were primarily intended to be functional objects and are void of elaborate decoration. The supple shapes and naturally worn patina of red and black lacquered layers give Negoro an ambience of antiquity and sophistication that has made them treasured objects throughout the ages. Since the early twentieth century they have become highly appreciated by modern-day connoisseurs as objects of outstanding design and utilitarian beauty.
06 Dec 2013 – 09 Jun 2014
Three PerfectionsPoetry, Calligraphy and Painting in Chinese Art 三绝:詩书画
Three Perfections explores the interconnections between poetry, calligraphy and painting. In traditional China, scholars and scholar-officials were cultivated in these arts as vehicles of self-expression. Painting was regarded as 'silent poetry' and poetry 'painting with sound'. Scholars trained in the 'art of handwriting' or calligraphy at an early age used calligraphic brushstrokes in their paintings.
This exhibition consists of paintings and calligraphy from the Asian Collection. Works dating from the fourteenth century to the present will show the uniqueness of Chinese art and the contrast between traditional and contemporary art in the continuity of a living tradition.
22 Nov 2013 – 23 Mar 2014
Melbourne Now
Melbourne Now celebrates the latest art, architecture, design, performance and cultural practice to reflect the complex creative landscape of Melbourne.
This ambitious and far-reaching exhibition across The Ian Potter Centre: NGV Australia and NGV International presents the various ways in which visual artists and creative practitioners profoundly contribute to the society in which we live, and to Melbourne as a city with a unique and dynamic cultural identity.
Melbourne Now is a collaborative, cross-disciplinary project that has involved staff from all areas of the NGV, as well as a team of guest curators and artistic collaborators whose expertise and networks represent the excellence and diversity of Melbourne's cultural community. The exhibition includes a series of 'exhibitions within the exhibition': commissions for children and families, installations by artists engaging with the NGV collection, off-site and special projects and a Community Hall and garden inviting a wide range of community expression.
18 Oct 2013 – 02 Mar 2014
Edward Steichen & Art Deco Fashion
Edward Steichen & Art Deco Fashion comprises over 200 photographs and more than 30 garments. This stunning exhibition captures the sophistication of the modern woman and the elegance of high end fashion from this golden age of fashion and photography.
11 Oct 2013 – 27 Oct 2013
Pedro ReyesDisarm
Disarm is Mexican artist Pedro Reyes's response to global civilian warfare, the result of the illicit arms trafficking that claims many lives daily. Using parts from thousands of weapons confiscated by the Mexican government, Reyes has worked with local artisans to create an ensemble of forty-seven ingenious instruments including electric guitars fashioned from assault weapons, drum sets from pistols, flutes from shotguns and a harmonica carved from a handgun. Disarm is an inspired model of symbolic transformation, and a bold declaration: make art not war!
Pedro Reyes: Disarm is part of the Melbourne Festival
28 Sep 2013 – 27 Oct 2013
Wired for Melbourne Sound
Melbourne has long been recognised for its diverse independent music scene. A major strength is the relationship between local musicians and visual artists. Many musicians are also practising artists, and artists from both genres often inform and inspire one another's activites. Wired for Melbourne Sound presents a broad exhibition that reflects the creativity that exists within the music scene and provides an insight into this vibrant, if lesser known, aspect of the cultural life of Melbourne.
14 Sep 2013 – 18 May 2014
Textiles of Michael O'ConnellNGV Collection Focus
This NGV Collection focus showcases the vibrant print designs of British-born textile artist Michael O'Connell who lived and worked in Melbourne from 1921-1937. From early figurative works, to a fascination with classical motifs, Australiana and later abstraction, O'Connell's fabrics chart the emergent aesthetic of the modernist age.
The display is just one highlight of the newly refurbished 19th and early to mid 20th century Australian Collection galleries.
10 Aug 2013 – 20 Oct 2013
Visual MusicMasters of Light and Colour
NGV Collection Focus
During the 1990s, Indigenous Australian women emerged as artists of astonishing innovation and eloquence, a phenomenon that has positioned them at the forefront of contemporary Indigenous art practice. The eight senior Indigenous masters of light and colour represented in this special NGV Collection Focus inform their paintings with profound knowledge and cultural memory of Country and its sanctity. The works evidence the artists' embodied experiences that are both physical and mnemonic and which predated European contact and its consequent cultural and intellectual assail. These intrepid practitioners of contemporary art have simultaneously come to the fore in two distinct cultural and geographical regions of Indigenous Australia: the vast inland deserts and a tiny island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Queensland.
10 Aug 2013 – 27 Oct 2013
Print WorksThe Douglas Kagi Donation
This exhibition celebrates the recent donation to the NGV of a substantial collection of British, American and European prints dating from the 1960s to the 1990s. Donated by Dr Douglas Kagi, the collection has a strong representation of British Pop art of the 1960s and 1970s, as well as the prints of many major contemporary artists working in Britain, America and Europe. Print Works: The Douglas Kagi Donation presents work by Frank Stella, Donald Sultan, Richard Hamilton, Eduardo Poalozzi, Howard Hodgkin, Antoni Tàpies and Mimmo Paladino, among others.
27 Jul 2013 – 15 Sep 2013
Ian Strange: SUBURBAN
Ian Strange: Suburban is a multifaceted photography, film and installation exhibition created by New York-based Australian artist Ian Strange. Since 2011 Strange has worked with filmmakers and volunteers in Ohio, Detroit, Alabama, New Jersey, New York and New Hampshire to create, photograph and film seven site specific interventions incorporating suburban homes. The recording of these interventions through film and photographic documentation forms the basis of this new and groundbreaking exhibition.
15 Jun 2013 – 06 Oct 2013
Australian Impressionists in France
For the first time, the story of the Australian artists who lived in France during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries is presented in an exhibition of over 120 stunning works of art. Australian Impressionists in France challenges our understanding of Australian art during these revolutionary decades.
- 27 May 2013 – 29 Dec 2013
17 May 2013 – 15 Sep 2013
Robin RhodeThe Call of Walls
Robin Rhode is a South African artist based in Berlin who works in photography, animation, drawing and performance. The Call of Walls is an exhibition of new works that derive inspiration from the streets and politics of his hometown Johannesburg. Rhode's witty, engaging and poetic works make reference to hip-hop and graffiti art; to the histories of modernism; and to the act of creative expression itself.
A special exhibition for youth and families will accompany Rhode's photographs and animations. This unique project extends the artist's interest in wall drawing and encourages participants to come together to draw and colour in an interactive installation of large-scale paste-ups.
This exhibition is generously supported by the Joan and Peter Clemenger Trust.
10 May 2013 – 08 Sep 2013
Monet's GardenThe Musée Marmottan Monet, Paris
"My garden is my most beautiful masterpiece."
Monet's Garden is a stunning exhibition devoted to Claude Monet's iconic garden at Giverny. Renowned as the 'father of French Impressionism', Monet was inspired by his direct experiences of nature, culminating in the ravishing depictions of his lily and flower gardens in the rural property at Giverny, northern France, that became his lifelong obsession. Step into the extraordinary this winter for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to see these masterpieces in Australia, exclusive to Melbourne.
03 May 2013 – 30 Sep 2013
Céleste Boursier-Mougenotclinamen
Céleste Boursier-Mougenot is a French artist and composer who creates large-scale acoustic installations and environments which draw upon forces of nature and the rhythms of everyday life to produce new forms of art and music.
In its unification of colour, sound and space, clinamen encourages a form of multi-sensory or 'synaesthetic' engagement with the work of art.


text: $50k for info on journalists' killers in Somalia Share This: AP 2/18/2013 1:56:02 PM (AP) $50k for info on journalists' killers in SomaliaBy ABDI GULEDAssociated PressMOGADISHU, SomaliaThe Somali government is offering a $50,000 reward for information that leads to the convictions of those killing journalists, the country's prime minister said.Prime Minister Abdi Farah Shirdon said over the weekend that the reward will help ensure that such killers are brought to justice.Somalia is one of the world's most dangerous countries in which to practice journalism, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists. Last year 18 Somali journalists were killed, but no arrests were made. So far this year one reporter has been killed, bringing to 45 the total number of journalists killed here since 2007.The National Union of Somali Journalists said last year that impunity is a fundamental problem in Somalia. It said no one has been convicted for the deaths of the journalists. Judicial reform is at the heart of the government's efforts to ensure killers of journalists are brought to justice, Shirdon said during a meeting with journalists on Saturday.The prime minister called the meeting to discuss the government's relationship with the media and listen to journalists' concerns, following the killing of journalist on January 18 and two recent arrests of reporters, according to a statement from his office."I respect the important work you do in Somalia in what are often extremely difficult circumstances and I understand your concern," the prime minister said. "One journalist killed is one journalist too many. We don't want any to be killed."He said that nobody in Somalia is above the law, including government officials.The decision to establish the Independent Task Force on Human Rights, which was launched on February 5, had been taken in large part to address concerns about the human rights abuses against Somali journalists, as well as to investigate violence against women, he said.International human rights groups expressed outrage over the one year sentences given earlier this month by a Mogadishu court to a woman who said she was raped by security forces, and freelance journalist Abdiaziz Abdinur, who interviewed her. Rights groups say the charges against the two were politically motivated because the rape accusations were made against the security forces.Rape is reported to be rampant in Mogadishu, where tens of thousands of people who fled last year's famine live in poorly protected camps. Government troops are often blamed for raping women in the camps.Journalist advocacy groups also condemned the detention without trial, for more than a week, of journalist Daud Abdi Daud, who spoke out in court against Abdinur's sentence.Human Rights Watch and Reporters Without Borders accused the Somali government of clamping down the free expression in the country.

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Some of it might have to do with the fact that these are agreements, and that the team is waiting for guys to fly in, take physicals and put pen to paper.
I the last 20 hours, or so, the Redskins have apprently signed 2 new WRs and resigned Adam Carricker. Why haven't they made any official announcements?
Some of it might have to do with the fact that these are agreements, and that the team is waiting for guys to fly in, take physicals and put pen to paper.
They're looking to do that. It looks like now that Nicks and Jared Gaither are off the market, Eric Winston, Ben Grubbs, Evan Mathis, Levi Brown remain as some of the best options. The Skins were hoping to talk to Winston, but he has some other visits first.
That's a question that a lot of people -- the Redskins included -- would like to know. It doesn't appear that the Redskins had received notified ahead of time. They still would have done the RGIII trade though, I'm told.
I don't think it's very likely. I mean, the Redskins could pursue legal action, but so far, there aren't any indications that they've made up their minds on what to do. It's hard to say exactly if they're spending as if they will get the cap room back, because we don't yet know how all of these deals are structured. Lots of times, with big deals, the first year is structured so there's not much of a salary cap hit. That's why the Redskins probably will find ways to meet their needs despite this.
Hey Mike, what's up with the Eddie Royal deal, and other than Merriweather visiting, is there anything else on the Redskins' agenda?
Eddie Royal remains unsigned. I'm told this was a situation where the Redskins thought they had an agreement in place, and then other teams got wind and started expressing interest. The Redskins remain optimistic they can sign Royal. He went to dinner with Snyder, Allen and Shanahan last night. The rest of the agenda includes finding a right tackle, maybe a guard, definitely help at safety and probably corner as well.
It depends on the market, and how they're structuring the deals. If they have a good enough feeling that they could get a talented right tackle with that third pick, the Redskins could opt not to spend high on a right tackle in free agency.
From what I gather, the Redskins hope their starting WRs can be Garcon and Hankerson. If they can get Royal, who had his best year under Shanahan, he could take over that slot. That would give you Gaffney and Armstrong and Morgan to remain in the mix, but this will be interesting to see how Santana Moss (who had a down year last season and has a $4.6 million hit this year) is impacted by these moves.
Mike, why did you state in your column that Reed Doughty could be an answer at the free safety position? Do you not watch the Skins play? Doughty is slow as molasses and gets burned in coverage each and every time. Name me one FS worse than Doughty in the NFL.
The Redskins really value Doughty for his versatility. Given their cap situation, I wouldn't be surprised if they pick up a strong safety, and then make do at free safety. You'd have to think they would go with Gomes if he's far enough along in his development, and paired with Doughty, the two might be able to get the job done. Would it be the ideal plan? Maybe not. Or, there's a chance they already have something else in the works.
That remains to be seen. You'd have to think with Fletcher set to turn 37 this spring, the Redskins would want to front-load this deal. So far, the two sides can't agree. The Redskins need to sign Fletcher, however, or a divisional rival like the Giants or Eagles could scoop him up.
Bruce Allen's statement the other night definitely indicated that the Redskins aren't happy, and let on that the team would look for a way to fight it. It's confusing that the league would penalize them when it was the league that approved the contracts and took no issue at the time.
Was the Atogwe moved directly related to the cap penalty? If they have that space, would they bring him back and see if he can return to form? Do you think they'll bring in two starters at safety? or will Gomes/Doughty fill one of those?
Real quick, Looks like the Cowboys just signed Kyle Orton. Not good news for the Redskins, who saw him as a reliable veteran to bring into the mix as they prepped RGIII. Now, for your question: No, I don't believe the release of Atogwe was directly related. The poor guy just couldn't stay healthy, and talking to people around the league, the belief was that his body had given up on him last year, and that's why the Redskins faced little competition in signing him. Can't pay $4 million to keep someone like that. It might be hard to bring in two starters at safety, though.
The Redskins would've liked to have worked out a deal to re-sign Fletcher before free agency, but the two sides weren't able to agree on a figure, I gather. It would be a very big loss if Fletch goes elsewhere, because that sets back your defensive progress that you gained last year. The Redskins would then have to bring in another ILB, because other than Perry Riley, there wasn't a reliable veteran backup there last year.
Right tackle, strong safety, veteran QB to compete with Beck and Griffin, maybe a left guard, although the team feels like Lichtensteiger will be ready by training camp. They need a reliable veteran guard/center evenso.
Dan Snyder's Redskins are one of the richest franchises in all of sports. I don't see him selling this team for a very, very long time. Plus, he grew up a huge fan and truly loves the franchise. He won't part with it. He'll keep trying to get this thing right.
The Redskins really have interest in Winston, I'm told, but his first visit was to Miami, where he went to college, and I saw something about his brother works for the Dolphins. The Redskins still aren't out of it. This signing would make great sense for them. On Landry, from what i gather, the team would rather sit back and see what interest he generates and then decide whether to jump in or not, but in their minds, they are fine if he goes elsewhere because when you think about it, he hasn't been healthy since Week 7 or 8 of the 2010 season. It would be bad business to make a significant investment when there are so many questions.
I know they got a sixth-rounder this year for McNabb. That's why they still have a sixth-rounder. (The other, they sent to Arizona for Hightower). I think the Patriots' pick isn't until next year.
I think that just about everyone who is a Redskins fan, is psyched about the Redskins trading up to get a new star QB, but what is he lacking that he might have to learn quickly so that he could become an elite QB in the NFL?
The biggest thing will be decision-making and learning to read defenses. There also is an adjustment to the speed of the game. Griffin is as fast as they come, but everyone around him will be moving faster than what they did in college.
It actually helps the Redskins more to wait until later this summer to cut Jammal Brown. The bulk of the salary cap hit would be deferred to next year. They're still working with him, though, to try to see how healthy he can get. Cooley and the Redskins both hope he can fully regain his health and remain in the mix this year.
I know that the Redskins had Garcon circled as a target all the way back in January. They believed he could be a legit No.1, and they have paid him like it. The salary cap penalty didn't have anything to do with that.
I'll try my best haha. Basically, a guy can sign a contract that says five years, 26 million. BUT, that doesn't mean every year he will make an equal total. Take Atogwe last year. His deal was for about that five year, $26 million, but he made a total of $8 million last year, would've made around $4 million this, $4 million next, almost $5 million after that, and almost $5.5 the next year. They worked it so he got the most of his contract in the first year (front loaded), and then made it easy to get out of the contract in year 2 (which they did). Get it? Hope that makes sense.
They have a big target in Hankerson (6-2-1/2, 220), and Garcon is around 6-1 I believe. Don't rule out the draft, where there are several big target WRs expected to be around in the 3rd and 4th rounds.
Do you think Chris Cooley will be on the Redskins roster in September?
If he's healthy, then definitely. Fred Davis is said to have learned his lesson, but it's still a shaky situation, so if Cooley is healthy, then definitely. And, the Redskins really liked using both of them together.
Grossman is a free agent. He signed a one-year deal to keep his options open last season. Just losing out on Kyle Orton, who just signed with Dallas, could put Rex back in play for the Skins. Beck and Jonathan Crompton (who spent all of last year on the practice squad) are the only QBs under contract.
Considering Hankerson is already here, I think he'd probably hang onto it. But, you never know, if he wants to make a little cash, maybe he works out a deal with Garcon for #85 haha
Could the Redskins use the franchise-tagged Fred Davis as a tool to get additional pics, and then come back to relying on Cooley?
I don't see another team wanting to give up TWO first round picks to get Davis. And the Redskins view him as their top playmaker, so they don't want to part with him. Cooley has to get healthy. If he can, then the team will use him along with Davis often.
I think it was a good signing. One thing the Redskins really lacked on offense was a big YAC (yards after the catch) guy. Receivers would catch the ball, and go down shortly after, and some times immediately. That's why only twice all year did a pass-catcher grab the ball, and run downfield for a touchdown. That's pretty bad. Garcon averaged 5.1 yards after the catch last year. He's got great speed, and that will help take the lid off of the defense for guys like Hankerson, Gaffney and Moss to work underneath. Only thing I didn't get was why Anthony Armstrong wasn't used more. Yes, he struggled to beat press coverage at times, but given that there was no other speedster on the unit, you'd think he should've gotten more playing time.
Hi Mike, thanks for doing the chat at what must be a pretty busy time for you. My question is about the strange world of player preparation... All the recent Laron Landry stuff has me wondering if is it totally up to the players themselves to prepare (and repair) themselves in the offseason and in between games? Can the team help, or is that against the rules?
It just seems so strange to me to see these players and teams do such a horrible job of taking care a of such a huge investment. For example, Landry can't run and is seemingly being foolish in not getting surgery and is instead weightlifting like he's a body builder.
Are teams and players still acting like it's the dark ages of sports nutrition/physiology/training?
The team CAN help a player, but he has to want the team to help him. Take Leonard Hankerson. He had the hip injury, and has spent all of the offseason rehabbing at Redskins Park. Jammal Brown is another example. Mike Shanahan said, 'You've got to get healthy, or you won't be on this team. So work with our staff this offseason' So Brown has been doing that. The Redskins doctors (as well as the top foot specialist, who doesn't work for the team) thought Landry should've had foot surgery. But, he didn't like the idea of getting cut open, having his Achilles' tendon cut, and repaired, and then going through a full year of rehab. So he tried alternative medicine (away from the team) because he wanted to go a different route. We'll see if it pays off.
Willie Smith is an option if Jammal Brown can't recover fully. But I think the Redskins would like to get a veteran in place as well.
The Redskins had hoped for Kyle Orton, but he signed with Dallas. The pickings seem rather thin as far as quality QBs. Rex Grossman might be the best bet believe it or not.
The Skins seem to be constructing a passing attack similar to that of the 49ers this past year. An interchangeable trio of receivers with a tight end in Fred Davis who does the heavily lifting. Does this comparison work?
That could be a good comparison, although Garcon is probably the lead guy on the edges, and Fred will be used in a variety of ways.
I think the RGIII trade will be different than McNabb for the fact that he's young, full of potential and the Redskins are working to put the right parts around him. With McNabb, they basically took a has-been and tried to put him right in, and he really had nothing left. Now that the Redskins are adding playmakers, and Griffin, maybe we can see what Kyle Shanahan really has. This offense needs a couple more moves the bulk up the offensive line, and then could be good to go and grow together.
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Scientists in the United States and Japan have just announced a stunning breakthrough in stem-cell research. It promises to greatly alleviate, if not cure, such maladies as Parkinson's Disease, cancer, damaged heart tissue and spinal-cord injuries.
The report -- published in the scientific journals Science and Stem Cell – vindicates President Bush's stand against experimentation with human embryo cells "cloned" from women.
Now it is possible to grow "patient-matched pluri-potent (grow any type)" stem cells from a simple, skin biopsy -- without complicated, human cloning and moral objections.
The critical revelation came last year. Shinya Yamanaka, of Kyoto, reported success in re-programming skin cells from rat tails -- for rat disorders – by adding four key genes.
Two more teams of researchers duplicated his work and set out to extend it to humans. They confirmed that "re-programmed" cells would be genetically matched to a patient-donor and capable of producing any tissue type in that person's body.
In other words, the new cells perform the same function as cells from a personal embryo.
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This development surely will end the acrimonious debate between Bush and liberal Democrats over funding for stem-cell research.
The President, and many conservatives, objected to a process that would destroy a human embryo in order to extract growth cells. "Life begins at conception."
Congressional liberals contend that destruction of embryonic stem cells in the search for medical cures is justified. Twice, they passed legislation to overturn Bush's policy against embryonic stem cell research. Twice, the President vetoed it.
Frustrated Democrats accused him of "placing limits" on federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research. In fact, Bush authorized the National Institute of Health to put $150 million into such work. Hundreds of millions have been allocated by several states to embryonic research.
The Rockefeller Institute says $1.7 billion from philanthropic sources in recent years has been spent on human cloning research.
Nonetheless, some frustrated Dems are down-playing the new process.
Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-Mass.) told the Washington Post: "These new reports are an extraordinary scientific break through, but embryonic stem-cell research must continue. Instead of aiding that fight, the Bush administration is hampering it through needless restriction on stem cell research."
Rep. Diana DeGrette (D-Colo.) – a leader in the House debate – insists: "I don't think this changes the debate. We still need to encourage all types of research, and we need to put ethical oversight in place."
Thus, she reminds us of the real issue underlying debate about matters pertaining to human reproduction: abortion right vs. right to life.
When does life begin? Can an embryo be sacrificed to save a sick/injured person? Is an abortion justified for any reason?
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These questions, and many other similar ones, may be headed for the U.S. Supreme Court.
Ten states this year have considered laws that impinge tangentially on the Roe vs. Wade decision of 1973. It established a woman's right to abortion. Challenges aim at outlawing "partial birth" abortions.
Right To Life proponents contend the procedure amounts to murder. With so many state laws upholding this view, the state laws certainly will be contested by the Supremes.
The Court, last Spring, upheld the federal Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act – declaring "governments have a legitimate and substantial interest in preserving fetal life."
That was a clear win for State Rights advocates. It appears that Roe vs. Wade can be nibbled down by state legislatures representing popular sentiment.
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Thank you India. If England's players uttered it once after winning the Test series, they uttered it a thousand times. They took to Twitter to praise the boundless enthusiasm of the fans, they smiled at the crowds that came to greet them, they even faced the traffic jams with good grace.
But they might have been thanking them for something completely different because India's perceived strengths - a thrusting economy and overwhelming cricketing muscle - has triggered widespread changes that have made its team more vulnerable on the cricket field.
England did not just make it look as if they wanted to be in India, they knew they needed to be there. These days no international CV is complete without a successful tour of India. It is a must-have accessory for the fashionable and ambitious cricketer, a passport to potential riches, proof that they have performed in the centre of the cricketing world.
It is precisely this growing power and prestige that has now become as much of a weakness for India (as contradictory as it sounds) as the simple fact that the team is in transition. It is off the pitch as much as on it that the historical context of England's victory can be found.
India's economic growth is envied by many at a time of global stagnation. In the rarified world of the international cricketer, it has made it a more easeful place to be, a world of luxurious hotels, possessing a service culture second to none. Debilitating stomach ailments for the foreign tourist still occur, but they are not remotely as prevalent as they once were, and when they did strike, England had an army of doctors and nutritionists on hand to ensure recovery in the quickest possible time.
When there is the suggestion of a throwback to the old days - as Australia have proved this week by objecting to Kanpur as a venue for their forthcoming Test series because of the perceived quality of the dressing rooms and neighbouring hotels - India is now expected to deliver something better.
Alongside India's economic development - in fact, to a large extent, a direct result of it - comes India's financial domination of cricket. Does it produce 70% of cricket income? For all we know, it might be even more now. If those England thank-yous filter through to the owners of IPL franchises, they are not about to complain. Incentives to come to terms with India have never been stronger.
England has been largely ignored by the most lucrative domestic tournament in cricket. Only Kevin Pietersen and Eoin Morgan are contracted to IPL clubs, and one whose career was heading that way, Stuart Broad, withdrew twice because of injury, and in his failure to prosper on Asian pitches he has done himself no favours. Others would love to follow, surmounting the fact that their involvement must be limited because of a clash with the English season.
This England victory, yes, has been a simple cricketing story about the composure and discipline of an impressive young captain, Alastair Cook; the flamboyance of Pietersen; the pugnacious team ethic of Matt Prior, a wicketkeeper-batsman at the height of his powers; the craft and tenacity of James Anderson in unhelpful conditions; and that rare thing in English cricket history, two world-class spin bowlers operating in tandem in Monty Panesar and Graeme Swann.
But it is also about Indian hubris, a decline in its standards of Test cricket borne of a pride in its gathering power. India's pride was once drawn from its rich history as one of the oldest civilisations in the world. Now it is just as likely to be drawn from its delight in its own modernity, which places emphasis on the financial appeal of the one-day game. In some hands at least this pride reveals itself in a more aggressive fashion. It is not an attitude that encourages faults to be found and lessons to be learned from others, but one that can bring a complacent belief in India's superiority.
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How else other than in terms of Indian presumption can you explain that England have just beaten a side with an inferior attitude to fitness and practice, or an Indian side with a coach, in Duncan Fletcher, whose authority is so compromised and who believes he should have no need to explain himself, via the media, to the public at large? India's fanatical cricket following deserves better.
Back in the day, India was regarded by many England cricketers as a tour to be endured before "normal life" could be resumed. This cultural challenge used to be one of India's strengths - automatically putting them one-up in the series before a ball had been bowled.
Many touring sides faltered for cricketing reasons, exposed on slow, dusty pitches, against great Indian batsmen and spin bowlers, but they also failed because they were debilitated by illness, fractious over travel delays, worn down by the bedlam of the cities and the absence of home comforts. Too many England players have regarded an India tour as an imposition. Too many England players failed to see the endless attractions. That way brings disaster.
To win in India used to be to rise above the malcontents. Woe betide the team that kicks against the culture, because as the weeks turn into months it will become weakened and ultimately defeated. Surrender to India's charms, and to flatter it in return, has always been one of the secrets of winning here. Tony Greig, tall, blond and extrovert, was immensely popular when he skippered England to victory in the mid-'70s, and when he needed a sidekick he won over the crowds (huge crowds, unimaginable by Cook and his victorious team-mates) by asking his resident clown, Derek Randall, to do a cartwheel on the outfield.
But you do not endure a tour to a country that is now the powerhouse of the game. You go with a happy heart because as an ambitious cricketer there is nowhere more important to your career, nowhere where your stature is so high, your achievements worshipped by so many. It was not for nothing that Cook, an England captain not given to excess, ranked the victory alongside the Ashes success in Australia.
England's players occasionally complained of boredom because they could not stroll around the cities in the same manner as they might do in Australia (although they would do well to try), but such grumbles should be kept in perspective. In their few leisure hours, they have their gymnasiums and swimming pools, their Xboxes and Premier League football on satellite TV, their Facebook and Twitter, their Skype calls home, their multi-cuisine restaurants. Homesickness was a more accurate description.
At least if they are reduced to a good book, they no longer have to read it by the light of a 40-watt bulb. A decent lightbulb was the first thing this correspondent was advised to pack in 1993 before watching Graham Gooch's England side hopelessly outplayed on a tour where chaos was a daily occurrence (an Indian Airlines strike caused such disruption that it would have been no surprise to see England travel by bullock cart), and where Gooch's choice of prawns in a Chinese restaurant on the eve of a Test became the most infamous meal in cricket history.Pitfalls lay everywhere.
Those days are history now. India has modernised - and England have just thanked them for it.
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Zimbabwe's official election body said Wednesday it will not back down on its ban preventing a leading human rights group from monitoring a referendum Saturday on a new constitution.
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Zimbabwe's official election body said Wednesday it will not back down on its ban preventing a leading human rights group from monitoring a referendum Saturday on a new constitution.
Zimbabwe Human Rights Association is facing charges related to alleged electoral offenses and will not be cleared to observe the referendum, said the election commission's acting head Joyce Kazembe. Officials with the group, also known as ZimRights, have been accused of the illegal possession of voter registration forms and fraud in obtaining them. The group denies any wrongdoing.
Most independent civic groups say they will boycott vote monitoring Saturday if any activists are barred access to observe polling.
Police loyal to President Robert Mugabe have intensified raids and arrests targeting activist groups in recent weeks and have seized from offices documents and equipment, including cheap radio receivers that can tune in to stations not controlled by Mugabe's local broadcasting monopoly.
Mugabe's spokesman George Charamba said the government was investigating what he called the recent illegal importation of the cheap radio receivers, according to Wednesday reports from the state Herald newspaper, run by Mugabe loyalists. Charamba said the devices were imported with the assistance of diplomats he did not identify. The hand-cranked radios, also capable of sending data on 3G mobile phone networks, are British made.
Charamba said the foreign ministry in Harare planned to summon the head of the embassy concerned but did not elaborate.
"We are also investigating whether it has such a mandate within its terms of reference to engage in such work," Charamba said, according to The Herald.
British officials said Ambassador Deborah Bronnert was not summoned to Foreign Minister Simbarashe Mumbengwegwi's office by late Wednesday.
The Herald alleged the radios were distributed to Western-backed rights and pro-democracy groups plotting for "regime change" against Mugabe's party. Mugabe led the nation to independence from Britain in 1980 but was forced by regional leaders to join a coalition government with the former opposition leader, Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai, after the last violent and disputed elections in 2008.
Western nations have imposed banking, business and travel restrictions on Mugabe and his party leaders, alleging their involvement in a decade of human rights violations and political repression.
Charamba described the radios as a gadget designed to subvert electoral processes and its importers had "a sinister intention to suggest to the world that the government of Zimbabwe is so absurd as to stop the distribution of radios" at election time.
Outlining concerns about the device, The Herald said U.S. movie actor Tom Hanks was a goodwill ambassador for the British firm making it and attributed to him remarks that had the technology been available in the Cold War it could have ended Soviet repression and "brought the Soviet Union to its knees" long before its eventual collapse.
After independence in 1980, Mugabe and his ZANU-PF party maintained close ties with Soviet leaders.
The Herald claimed Hanks lent his name to supporting the radios without batteries, costing about $30, after he said he "immediately saw the impact it could have on the impoverished people in Africa and the world."
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Patricia Jacobsen, one of several volunteers whose been working to capture the wayward pup that escaped from a car parked at the Exit 5 bus terminal on Jan. 27, said Max was captured in a humane trap near the Kinder Care daycare center shortly after 10 p.m. Friday evening.
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Archives, Costume and Textiles, Decorative and Applied Art, Fine Art, Weapons and War, World Cultures
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This exhibition showcases ten exquisite dresses created for the 'Downton Abbey' television series. Glamorous gowns worn by characters including the Dowager Countess of Grantham, Lady Mary and Lady Grantham are among those on display.
Blurring the lines between fiction and reality, the exhibition compares costumes from the screen with historic garments of the 1912-1923 period. A number of pieces from National Museums Liverpool's collection also feature, including two never-before displayed costumes and one outfit that previously belonged to the Liverpool lady, Mrs Tinne.
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Remember when you used to make ink blots at school? Symmetrical butterflies and the like? Soundgarden's new video will make you feel nostalgic for those primary school art lessons - though their patterns are predictably darker. Spiders, sheep heads, creatures with rifles, thorns, that kind of thing. The video is for 'Storm', an unreleased track from the band's three-CD rarities collection, 'Echo Of Miles: Scattered Tracks Across The Path', out this week.
'Drum + Fife' is the fourth track from the band's forthcoming album 'Monuments To An Elegy', out December 8. The band's eighth album was recorded in Chicago and Tommy Lee plays drums on every track. Billy Corgan was surprised that 'Drum + Fife' became a single but by the sounds of it, it'll become an anthem for fans - and a live favourite. Here's Corgan with more info: [quote]'Drum + Fife' was originally a folk song. We really had a problem getting it off its almost dour Irish balladeer aspect. And I must give a lot of credit to Tommy Lee, because he's the one who turned the corner.
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39 years ago this week, Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' - a masterful, if ludicrous, six-minute suite of operatic cock-rock about a lad who's killed someone, sold his soul to Beelzebub and wants to know if Scaramouche can do the Fandango - hit number 1 in the UK singles chart, where it then stayed for nine weeks. Is it a rejigged myth? A metaphor for a failed Mercury relationship? Well, your guess is good as ours. It was a mammoth undertaking for a band about to become one of the biggest in the world – and these are the facts.
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WESLACO - A new intelligence report reveals more information about the recent wave of immigrants crossing illegally into the United States.
The report also sheds some light into the possible motive behind the illegal crossings.
Officials have said illegal immigrants from Central America are crossing the border to flee violence in their countries. The report, on the other hand, states that most of those people are here to reunite with their families and better themselves financially.
A federal agency interviewed 230 immigrants. Two hundred and nineteen of those said they came to the United States because of they were told they would get permits to stay in the country.
The permits in reality are notices to appear. Illegal immigrants are being released at bus stations with notices to appear in immigration court. They also receive a permit to travel to cities where they will stay with relatives or sponsors until the court hearing.
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The number of Central Americans crossing illegally through the Rio Grande Valley decreased in July.
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Skype for iPhone gets a major overhaul
A new version of the Skype application for iPhone has been released and the big news is that it is up to 5 times faster than the previous version, including both the startup of the app and when its running.
The user-interface has also been tweaked enabling you to swipe between screens and all the animations have been changed. Everything is just that bit smoother, faster and easier with Skype 5.0.
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Skype 5.0 for iPhone is available download on iPhones and iPods running on iOS 5 or later. It's also available now for Android and Windows smartphone, while seperate versions are available for tablets, including Apple iPads, Android and Windows tablets.
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The effect of dietary patterns on risk factors for CHD : a comparative study of students residing at the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies in the Philippines
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The effect of dietary patterns on risk factors for CHD : a comparative study of students residing at the Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies in the Philippines
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OBJECTIVE: The primary aim of the study was to determine the nutritional status of vegetarian and non-vegetarian students in relation to their dietary preferences and risk factors (dietary, physical inactivity and obesity) for CHD. DESIGN: Cross-sectional analytical study. Setting: The Adventist International Institute of Advanced Studies (AIIAS) situated in the province of Cavite, Philippines. METHODS: The sampling frame was all graduate students at AIIAS (n=203). Of these students 153 returned the distributed dietary questionnaires which determined dietary practices, thus yielding a stratified random sample of 70 registered students (≥20y and ≤50y) who met the inclusion criteria of the study. Three 24-hour recalls and a self-administered food frequency questionnaire assessed dietary practices. Lifestyle was assessed by means of questionnaires, which also included the socio-demographic characteristics of the subjects. Anthropometric measurements included height, weight and waist circumferences. RESULTS: Seventy subjects participated in the study [non-vegetarian (n=38) and vegetarian (n=32)]. The mean age of subjects was 33.3 [(SD) 1.6] and 38.4 (1.9) years for non-vegetarian and vegetarian males respectively, with the respective means for females being 35.7 (2.0) and 33.2 (2.1) years. The majority of the vegetarians' income was insignificantly below $10.000 as compared with that of non-vegetarians', in whom annual income earned was within the $10.000- $50.000 range per year. Variations in level of education between the dietary groups were small and inconsistent, most of whom were characterized by a high education level. Within this cohort, mean BMI and WC were insignificantly lower in the vegetarians when compared with the non-vegetarians. For males, the prevalence of overweight, pre-obese and obese (p>0.05) for non-vegetarians was insignificantly higher than vegetarians. Insignificantly, female vegetarians were more pre-obese than non-vegetarians. As far as waist circumference was concerned, the prevalence of subjects observed in the alerting (≥94cm) and action zone (≥102cm) (p≤0.05) was 21% and 4% for non-vegetarian males, while 0% and 6% for vegetarian males. For females, more vegetarians were insignificantly prevalent in the alerting zone (≥80cm) as compared to the nonvegetarians. Both dietary cohorts illustrated no considerable differences that exemplified moderate to a high level of physical activity. All subjects, regardless of dietary preference, were non-smokers and consumed no alcohol (p>0.05). Overall, mean daily nutrient intake met current recommendations and there was no statistically significant difference between the two cohorts, except for fat and saturated fatty acids (SFA), which was higher among the non-vegetarians. Carbohydrate and fiber consumption was greater in the vegetarians. According to the DRIs, there were no intakes above the UL, however inadequate intakes of calcium and zinc posed possible risk of deficiency for both dietary groups. CONCLUSIONS: A small percentage of subjects in both cohorts were at risk of CHD morbidity. Both groups followed good lifestyle habits with dietary choices being of greater concern among non-vegetarians.
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