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|Endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy (EERPE): a new approach for treatment of localized prostate cancer.
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|Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy is usually performed by transperitoneal approach. Patients may encounter; intraperitoneal organs injury, and prolonged ileus during recovery period. The authors firstly performed endoscopic extraperitoneal radical prostatectomy (EERPE) in Thailand, which is mimicking open radical prostatectomy, the gold standard for treatment of localized prostate cancer. OBJECTIVE: Assess and evaluate the feasibility and early outcomes of the authors' experience in endoscopic extraperitoneal laparoscopic radical prostatectomy (EERPE). MATERIAL AND METHOD: From December 2005 to May 2006, 27 cases of EERPE were performed at the authors' institute for clinically localized prostate cancer by one surgeon (group I). Operative data was compared to those 55 patients who underwent open radical prostatectomy from February 2001 to August 2005 for early prostate cancer by the same surgeon (group II). Early postoperative results, clinical outcomes and complication were analyzed between the two groups using Chi-Square, student unpaired t-test and Mann-Whitney U tests. RESULTS: Patients' age and clinical staging were not different between the two groups. Mean operative time was longer in the EERPE group (268 minutes vs 157 minutes; p < 0.01). Median blood loss was 500 mls and 1000 mls in the EERPE and open groups, respectively (p < 0.001). The likelihood of transfusion rate in the open group was higher than the EERPE group, with odd ratio of 8.75 (95%CI = 2.09-39.86), p = 0.001. Hospitalization time and pathological stage were not different between the two groups. In the EERPE group, there were two rectal complications, including rectal injury and rectal necrosis, which were treated laparoscopically and conservatively without long-term problems. CONCLUSION: The authors' early experience has shown that EERPE is feasible. Although operative time was longer; the patients may gain benefit of minimally invasive surgery and decreased operative blood loss. In EERPE group, oncological outcomes are equal to open surgery, however more cases and long-term follow up are required to evaluate the efficacy of such an approach.
|Sittiporn Srinualnad; Chaiyong Nualyong; Suthipol Udompunturak; Wanvimol Kongsuwan
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SAN JACINTO ORDNANCE DEPOT. San Jacinto Ordnance Depot was a World War II facility located on a 4,954-acre reservation on the Houston Ship Channel fifteen miles south of Houston. Its functions were to receive, store, and inspect all classes of ammunition (other than smoke) destined for shipment through its docks or through the New Orleans port and to receive, inspect, recondition, and store ammunition received from posts, camps, stations, and overseas theaters of operations. Captains of the ports of Houston and Galveston objected to the location of an ammunition depot so close to manufacturing plants, shipyards, and an oil refinery, but the United States Coast Guard approved the project. The first commanding officer arrived at the installation on November 21, 1941; on June 1, 1942, the depot received its first shipment of four cars of propellant charges. The first commercial vessel was loaded at San Jacinto on September 7, 1944. The depot supplied both the army and the navy; by December 31, 1945, it had received over 329,000,000 pounds of ammunition and had shipped over 208,000,000 pounds. The San Jacinto Ordnance Depot continued to ship army and navy supplies between 1945 and 1950, but plans had been made for phasing out activities as soon as the decreasing need for war materials would allow. With the involvement of the United States in the Korean conflict, the need for the depot and its services again arose, and phasing out was postponed. In 1959 the depot was declared surplus, and the United States Army Corps of Engineers took custody. In October 1964 all facilities of the San Jacinto Ordnance Depot were sold to the Houston Channel Industrial Corporation for somewhat more than ten million dollars.
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TWINSBURG, Ohio - An apparent Grinch has been pulling the plug on holiday light displays in at least two northeast Ohio communities.
"We flicked the lights out and we were all excited about the children looking at the lights. And then we happened to look out and notice one of our bushes was not lit," said Lisa Stewart, of Twinsburg.
Twinsburg is one of at least two communities where vandals cut the wire on outside Christmas lights. Police in Sagamore Hills are investigating similar reports.
"We don't know who it could be, but it's got to be somebody that just really doesn't appreciate Christmas, Christmas lights and the Christmas spirit," Twinsburg Police Sgt. Raymond Bobick said.
Police in Sagamore Hills are advising neighbors to keep an eye out for each other. In addition to snipping lights, the vandals are also stealing inflated Christmas lawn decorations in Sagamore Hills.
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Substitute teacher Eric Farmer, a Knoch High School graduate, suspected a surprise when coworkers insisted that he attend a teachers' luncheon on May 9 — Farmer's birthday — at Richland Elementary School.
"I thought they were going to sing 'Happy Birthday' to me," said Farmer, 24, of Youngwood in Westmoreland County.
Instead, Farmer got $100 as the Kelly Educational Staffing Substitute Teacher of the Year for Pennsylvania.
Farmer became a substitute teacher through Kelly Educational Services within weeks of his college graduation in 2012 and quickly got assignments.
Kelly Educational Staffing employs nearly 1,500 substitute teachers in 20 Pennsylvania school districts, said Karen Houseman, manager for the Pittsburgh office that is part of Kelly Services, the temporary staffing agency.
"This award is Kelly Educational Staffing's highest employee honor," said Houseman.
Farmer is the son of William Farmer of Saxonburg and Kimberly Strobel of Penn, Butler County.
Farmer graduated from Seton Hill University in 2012 with a bachelor's degree in psychology and teaching certifications in special education, elementary education and middle school math.
"I just knew that I liked working with kids," said Farmer, who went to college on a partial football scholarship.
He met his wife, Victoria Lombardo, at Seton Hill, where she is pursuing a master's degree with plans to become a physician's assistant.
They married in December and lead a youth ministry at Victorious Life Church in Greensburg.
During the past 12 months, Farmer filled in for elementary, middle and high school teachers in Pine-Richland School District.
"I've subbed at every school in the district and the kids all over the district are just wonderful," he said.
"Every time I tried something new, I loved it."
Farmer is filling in for Stacey Carulli, a special education teacher at Richland, who is on maternity leave.
"Mr. Farmer handles himself professionally, is flexible, and adjusts to the needs of our building and has taken the time to get to know students," said Mary Catherine Reljac, principal at Eden Hall Elementary School in Richland. Reljac nominated Farmer for his award.
Kelly Educational Staffing honored Farmer for his "outstanding performance and exemplary service" to Plum Borough and Pine-Richland School Districts, according to Houseman.
"Additionally, Mr. Farmer worked 120 days during the school year, filling 99 assignments, 17 of which were same-day requests," Houseman said.
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Strange Love: Musical Weirdness From Daniel Johnston And Co.
A documentary entitled The Devil and Daniel Johnston was released in 2005 and chronicled the singer's rise to prominence as well as his battle with mental illness. The film demonstrated how a confluence of factors can converge during the career of the most unlikely artists to produce something unique and remarkable. People have different names for this phenomenon. Some call it outsider art, others call it novelty.
After listening to music for years, some of us become bored when even cutting-edge stuff begins to sound stale and predictable. Ultimately like degenerate sex-addicts, some are compelled to assuage this affliction and seek fullfilment in stranger and stranger places. Here is a short list of some artists who don't always adhere to the standards of the rock and roll field manual. Perhaps, they all go for an easy thrill utilizing musical stunt work. Yet they all manage to wow an audience, if not for their commercial prowess, at least as a result of the inherent "WTF" factor in their songs.
1) Daniel Johnston
2) Kate Miller-Heidke
Currently on tour with Ben-Folds, this girl can wail. And wail she does-- at times like a torch songstress, and at others like an operatic virtuoso. Here she is doing her version of Britney Spears' "Toxic."
Currently on tour with Ben-Folds, this girl can wail. And wail she does-- at times like a torch songstress, and at others like an operatic virtuoso. Here she is doing her version of Britney Spears' "Toxic."
3) Ben Folds
I know misogyny is a sin, but Ben Fold's reimagining of the Dr. Dre classic "Bitches 'Aint Shit," is sonic wizardry. Dig the "guitarmy." Who wants to see this guy produce the rock opera he's supposedly been mulling over for years?
4) Ween
These guys are so strange, yet they've managed to cull a sizeable and dedicated following. Rumor had it that they produced the album The Pod while under the influence of the inhalant Scotchgard. While the story appears to be apocryphal, one can see how the myth is easily perpetuated by listening to the single "Push th' Little Daisies."
5) The Boredoms
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What a shock to hear that Ludwick Mamabolo has tested positive for the banned performance enhancing substance with the tongue-twisting name of methylhexaneamine.
Mamabolo broke a seven-year drought of a male SA Comrades Marathon winner, and must have sacrificed many painful hours of his time and energy in training to achieve that feat.
As he anxiously awaits the results of a second sample test, I think I speak for many South Africans hoping that he is exonerated of cheating and that there is a satisfactory excuse for testing positive.
Hopefully all his hard work will not have been in vain. I believe that he took three months' unpaid leave to prepare for the race.
The sports terrain seems to be a minefield for top athletes with a far-from-perfect solution to the testing and deterrence of using banned substances.
Some athletes, such as Canadian sprinter Ben Johnson, were clear cheats who were proved to be using powerful stimulants, and after being stripped of their titles and records, they will live the rest of their lives with the shame of their cheating hanging over their heads.
But when one interrogates some recent substance abuse accusations, I find that a great many adverse test results were far from clear-cut.
Many sports people were exonerated, but not before enduring lengthy periods of great anxiety and public opprobrium.
Springbok rugby players Chiliboy Ralepelle and Bjorn Basson suffered weeks of worry after their samples tested positive of the same methylhexaneamine substance, but were later absolved from culpability when the testing committee accepted the explanation that the drug was innocently ingested, possibly by the use of a general patented flu remedy.
Indeed, this is one of the fatal flaws in the system. Many of the drugs on the banned list can be found in such innocent everyday items as cough medication.
Renowned sports physician Dr Jon Patricios was quoted last week as saying that methylhexaneamine had such mild performance-enhancing properties that it would have had a negligible effect on the overall performance of an athlete like Mamabolo running a gruelling ultramarathon.
So why would Mamabolo knowingly take a chance that could ruin his career?
The testing regimen needs a radical overhaul to negate any wrongful shaming of innocent athletes.
Given the exoneration of Basson and Ralepelle, is it possible to prove without any doubt that a drug used in innocent everyday items has not been taken in error?
Legendary ultradistance cyclist Lance Armstrong is still being victimised and hounded about accusations of illegal substance abuse by the International Cycling Federation, but after a decade of trying it has yet to make any accusation stick.
If the testing system is so imperfect, surely the inquiries should be held in secret until an athlete's guilt can be conclusively proved?
Mamabolo is set to remain in agonising limbo for possibly another three months until the process is wholly concluded.
The doping committee shouldn't have subjected him to public scrutiny without a definitive finding of guilt.
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The Siberian Husky was originally bred as a sled dog and this animal has incredible endurance. These pups have a thicker coat than many other breeds, with a soft fluffy undercoat and a dense, coarse top coat. With this thick coat, Huskies thrive in sub-zero temperatures, allowing them to make long treks through the winter snow. The Siberian Husky loves to run and is an active breed that often has a happy-go-lucky temperament. Huskies are long famous for participating in the grueling long-distance Iditarod race.


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Kabul files protest withPakistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — The Afghan government summoned Pakistan's charge d'affaires in Kabul to the Foreign Ministry on Monday to file a "strong protest" over another clash along the countries' troubled border.
The skirmish, which broke out in the morning and lasted a couple of hours, underscored the deteriorating relations between the two countries at a time when U.S. officials are pressing them to step up efforts to reach a settlement with Taliban militants.
The Afghan Foreign Ministry accused Pakistan of an "unprovoked attack" against its troops in the Goshta district of Nangarhar province that involved both heavy and light weapons.
No Afghan casualties were reported in the firefight, which occurred in the same area where a clash last week killed an Afghan policeman.
A spokesman for the Pakistani Foreign Ministry, Aizaz Ahmad Chaudhry, told The Associated Press that a Pakistani military post near the border came under fire from Afghanistan on Monday morning, injuring one of the Pakistani troops.
"That post has been under attack for some time now," he was quoted as saying.
U.S. deaths
Meanwhile, the Department of Defense announced that five soldiers were killed by an IED on Saturday in Maiwand, Afghanistan:
• 1st Lt. Brandon J. Landrum, 26, of Oklahoma;
• Staff Sgt. Francis G. Phillips IV, 28, of New York;
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• Spc. Thomas P. Murach, 22, of Idaho;
• Spc. Brandon J. Prescott, 24, of Bend, Ore.
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February 23, 2009
Other than whacking on little brown and green fish, one of my favorite aspects of my semi-chosen bass fishing obsession is that I get to experience a lot of regional oddities, sights, cuisine and sayings. Whether it's calling a fish a gasper goo (freshwater drum) or traveling to Louisiana where they'll fry anything from Twinkies to shoe leather and put it on the menu, I revel in those little bits of Americana.
When it comes down to it, I think the folks in Alabama have the rest of us beat on the regional quirk scale, and here's a perfect example: After the first day of fishing this past week at Falcon, my Birmingham-based friend Lee Byrd got a call from one of his bass club friends.
The first word (words?) out of the dude's mouth was "Cantycant."
Even Lee, a product of the south, had no idea what he meant, so he asked his friend to explain.
"Cantycant?" he said again, this time with an inflection that suggested it was a question.
"What the $#@% are you talking about?" Lee asked.
"Cantycant?" came the reply. "Did you fish today from when you can until when you can't?"
Just another way of asking if we'd started early and stayed late. Gotta incorporate that one into my repertoire.
String Stretchers
February 20, 2009
There's not much going on in Zapata, Texas, except big mean bass and breakfast tacos. But if you love to fish and don't make a trip there in your lifetime, you've let yourself down. My friend Lee Byrd tells me that pound for pound an Alabama River spotted bass is stronger, but these Falcon fish just flat out pull.
The proof is in the picture (and by local standards this ain't even considered a grown one).
When it comes to accomodations, I'm something of a wuss. I like my creature comforts, eight billion cable channels, all that -- but I'm being 100% honest when I say that if I could retire tomorrow, I'd get a motor home or trailer, park it in the immediate vicinity of Falcon, and live there from October to April, possibly even longer.
Choice Quote
February 16, 2009
"What do you mean 'the fishing offseason'?"
--Clark Reehm
Drain Bamage
February 12, 2009
This is a short story worthy of a Jeff Foxworthy joke: "You might be a fisherman if…."
I was going through one of the popular bass fishing message boards today when I saw a post entitled "Blackberry Pearl." I figured someone was inquiring about a new soft plastic custom color, which immediately got my interest revved up. I opened the post only to be disappointed to find it was a question about the Blackberry mobile communication device.
A lot less interesting, if you ask me.
Choice Quote
February 10, 2009
"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft."
--President Theodore Roosevelt
The Turd in the Punchbowl
February 6, 2009
I don't expect every professional angler to be interested in being my friend. I know that most of them will want to talk to me, or at least agree to talk to me, simply because I can get them good press at Wired2Fish, Bass Zone, Inside Line or one of the various print publications I write for.
Over ninety percent of them, most of whom have no idea who I am, are more than cordial. They're helpful, giving of their time and truly work hard to help me produce a quality product. Again, I don't kid myself – if I couldn't give them media exposure, I don't expect they'd welcome my calls so readily. That's not a knock on them. It's just that they tend to be busy people, trying to make mortgage payments and pay for their kids to go to college just like everybody else. It's a business transaction, and while many of us have some co-workers who we socialize with outside of the workplace, there are typically more people who we just tolerate or coexist with.
So of that large proportion of pros who are friendly, I can think of a handful with whom I'd probably still have a friendship with even if I couldn't help them get some ink. At the other end of that bell curve, there's the handful who are just nasty, spiteful people.
There's one pro in particular who I'm fed up with (No, I won't name him. Don't ask.). He's a very competent angler, with a long list of accomplishments and he's generally regarded as a nice guy, but he has been nothing but a pain in the ass the three or four times I've worked with him. Long before I ever approached him for an interview, Terry Battisti warned me about his antics. Terry had to call him for a BassFan article the evening after "Joe the Pro" had had a terrible tournament day. Terry barely got an introduction out before the guy just ripped into him. While I trust Terry's assessments completely, I figured that perhaps the bad experience was an anomaly, completely the result of "Joe's" missed opportunity on the water.
So when I had an assignment that required me to call him, I went into it with an open mind. We played phone tag for a while, mostly owing to the fact that every time I got through to him he'd say that he'd call me back or that I should call him again at a particular time. He was never available at those given times. When he finally called me back over a week later, he prefaced the conversation with, "We've gotta keep this short. I can't talk much today." When we completed the interview in record time, due largely to his terse, one and two-word answers, I asked if he would offer some information for another article and he replied, "I think I've given you enough."
Again, I consider myself the type of person who keeps and open mind and tries to give people the benefit of the doubt, so when I had to call him again this past December, I figured I'd go in with a clean slate. Left him a message, never heard back. In January, I had some free time one Monday evening so I tried him again, got the voicemail, decided not to leave a message.
Then on Tuesday, my phone rang and his number showed up on the caller ID. "Aha! Finally a chance to ask some questions," I thought. When I picked up the phone, I could barely answer before he blurted out, "I have a missed call from this number from yesterday." I explained the situation and with venom in his voice he asked, "How long is this going to take?" I told him 10 minutes. "I'm just about to go into the post office. I'll call you when I get out," he said, clearly never intending to call me back. It's three weeks later, no call. I guess I'm on his personal do-not-call list.
There are several things that strike me as curious about this situation:
The one time I met him in person, through his road roommate, he was very friendly (maybe he just hates the media?);
There's another pro who has an equally bad track record on callbacks, but he's super-friendly, so I don't hold it against him nearly as much, just sort of grin and bear it;
My sense is that the fishing public regards "Joe" as an easygoing good old boy, the type of guy you'd love to share a day in the boat with;
Why wouldn't he want the media coverage, especially when the economy is tough and sponsor support is dwindling (I'm sure he does OK, but he's not a top, top earner)?
I'm not inclined to call him or write about him whenever my article topic is elective (except for this blog post). I suppose at some point I'll be covering a tournament where he does well and I'll be forced to work with him again. Stay tuned . . .
Choice Quote
February 4, 2009
"Three generations of imbeciles are enough."
--Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes
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February 2, 2009
"He's luckier than a dog with two tongues."
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January 31, 2009
The first time we fished Toledo Bend, my friend and I called longtime pro David Wharton to find out where to stay. David was an east Texas native who had also spent some time living in Louisiana, so we figured he'd be able to recommend the best place in terms of access, affordability and lack of scary critters in the rooms.
We read David the list of the accommodations BASS had recommended in the registration packet – a list that included fish camps, cabins and other places that sounded like the anti-Four Seasons. He hadn't heard of any of them -- not a good sign. My goal was to leave the state of Louisiana when the tournament was over, not end up as part of a Natchitoches meat pie. David's last words of advice were – "Be careful where you stay. Around that lake, some of the places can be a bit rustic."
Somehow I have a feeling that rustic near Many, Louisiana and Hemphill, Texas means something stronger than it does around my neck of the woods. For the record, we ended up staying at the Super 8 on the Texas side by the Pendleton Bridge, which was great, but like anyone who has fished tournaments in multiple states for well over a decade, I've experienced my share of filth, squalor and – to use a euphemism – rustic conditions.
There was the hotel in Ahoskie, NC, where some of the local females were kind enough to knock on our doors to see if we wanted dates – at a price. There have been more than a few buggy encounters, none yet with bedbugs, knock wood, but I assume that day is coming. There was the place near Lake Gaston where I couldn't enter the lobby because of the overpowering smell of curry. At the James River, friends and I went to gas up at 4am on tournament day at the station next to our hotel and broke up a hold-up in progress.
Those are all bad, but the worst accommodation I may have ever paid hard-earned money for was in Wrangell-St. Elias National Park in Alaska. After we took the bar exam in the summer of 1995, two friends and I spent a month traveling around the big state, camping out in a tent in campgrounds, on the side of the road or in people's back yards all but a handful of nights. Those nights included: the final night in Anchorage, when we decided to get a hotel room so they wouldn't have to evacuate our flights due to stank; a night in Fairbanks when an Athabascan dude allowed us to crash on his living room floor; a night in Chicken, Alaska (the sign greeting you into town says "Welcome to Chicken: Home of 37 people and one old grump") when it was pouring when we left the bar so rather than set up a tent in a mud puddle we elected to stay in our rented Chrysler Concorde; and the night in Wrangell.
According to Wikipedia, Wrangell is the largest designated wilderness area in the United States (and the largest national park by area), but there ain't much to it in terms of civilization. By the time we got there, we'd been to Anchorage, Denali, Fairbanks, Tok, Chicken and Dawson City (in the Yukon) – more towns than showers, so we were pretty ripe, and my friend Matt had developed some sort of nasty cold. About 30 miles into the park, our rental car met up with a railroad spike and got a flat. We put on the donut spare and limped forward, hoping to find a place to set up camp and get our lives in order. Fortunately, we found a small hunting lodge run by an elderly couple. We bought some hamburgers and tried to assess our next steps. As we chatted with them, we learned that: (1) the woman had not been out of the park in over 20 years; (2) the man had a tire repair kit (he helped us repair it and we rode it another 1,000-plus miles, through Homer, Seward and various other stops, until we returned the rental); and (3) they'd rent us a portion of a trailer for $25 a night. So we ponied up $8.33 apiece and rented a third of their trailer for the evening – shelter and heat that probably saved Matt's life, or at least our vacation – a week later he was content living in a tent, drinking cheap beer and eating silver salmon cooked on the open fire (we'd run out of money, but not Pixy spooks) like the rest of us.
The point of this all is that I think that I, like most traveling fishermen, don't take my hotel accommodations for granted. I don't need something particularly fancy, just a clean and safe place to rest my head, with good boat parking and electrical hookups – barely over the prison standard of "three hots and a cot." I'm there for the activity, not room service. The Weather Channel is more important than the availability of a fitness center. But I do take great pleasure when I go on a non-fishing vacation in staying somewhere that's a cut above that lowly standard. That's why I was so pleased on the recent Mexico vacation I took with the redheaded wife that we stayed someplace really nice – a hotel room with an in-room Jacuzzi, 42" flat-screen TV, shower for two, fully-stocked (and included in the price) mini-bar.
The TV had 54 channels, about half of them in Spanish, a few devoted to soccer (non-American futbol), one to golf, and a couple for CNN, Fox News, etc. Being an adults-only hotel, two of the uppermost channels were 24/7 "adult-entertainment." I swear honey, I just passed through them on the way to National Geographic, didn't stop for a second.
The room had an open structure – and by that I mean that there was a ledge behind the bed's headboard that passed through to the sinks and vanities. Behind that was the toilet, in a small room of it's own, behind a frosted glass door, ringed in clear glass. Some people might not like that so much – it exposed your partner to the sounds and smells of your daily rituals (fortunately, we did not suffer from Montezuma's revenge, so they didn't become unnecessarily frequent), but I liked it, because it meant that if you craned your head just right, you could watch TV through the clear border glass while taking care of business. How's that for decadence? You could also watch the tube from the Jacuzzi. So whether you wanted to watch "My Dog Skip" in Spanish or something by Jenna Jameson (in English, although to be honest it wouldn't really matter), the room gave you full 360 degree access.
I'm headed to Falcon Lake next Friday for five days of fishing right before the Bassmaster Classic, staying at a clean place with decent boat parking that we discovered last year. Fortunately, there's no Jacuzzi and the toilet is behind a solid door. That's a good thing – if you transported our Cancun room out there, I might never make it out on the lake.
A Choice Quote
January 29, 2009
"You've got to find some way of saying it without saying it."
--Duke Ellington
Follow Up
January 28, 2009
I have to give credit where credit is due to the folks at Biosonix.
Shortly after my blog went up yesterday, I heard from one company rep with a "state of the company" explanation. Then this morning I got another email from the company's Wes Higgins which provided me with more information and some recent examples of press the company has received, along with endorsements from their sponsored anglers. So I may have missed the boat when I all but implied that the device has fallen off the radar in the past couple of years.
I don't know that they answered all of my questions, but I appreciate their quick response and their willingness to open a dialogue. In my responses, I emphasized that I wasn't picking on the product (I have no idea whether it works or not), I just queried why the endorsements had faded. Wes pointed out that the past three AOYs (KVD, Skeet and Ike) have all credited Biosonix for contributing to those titles. I would submit that those guys, all of whom could catch fish in a parking lot mud puddle, probably don't need the help, but the fact is that at the Elite level of competition, any additional advantage, even if it's just additional confidence, is necessary to separate yourself from the hundred-plus other anglers who want to drain your livewell, slit your throat and steal your girlfriend.
Again, Biosonix is just an apparent example of a more general phenomenon – anglers touting a product one day and seemingly forgetting about it the next. The question in my mind is who really believes in their sponsors' products? When I see guys who jump from one company to the competition and back, it undermines any hope that I'll perceive them as sincere. In that light, I was pretty impressed when Jay Yelas described the reasons he moved to Ranger from Skeeter after two decades: pure business – and his open letter of thanks to Skeeter for their longstanding support. Same with Mark Davis when he made the jump from BassCat to Skeeter a few years back – handled it with class.
And while I understand that some of the pros who have been with three or more boat companies over the course of their career have done it to feed their families and pay their mortgages, each time they say that their new sponsor has the ultimate ride it makes their past statements seem like a lie. It reminds me of George Carlin's line: "If every new product is new and improved, does that mean the previous ones were old and crappy?"
Sometimes I'm too quick to judge. On the other hand, my early impressions are often right – time will tell which endorsements mean anything and which are snake oil.
Can You Hear Me Now?
January 27, 2009
What happened to Biosonix?
Just two years ago, the pros were declaring it the most important fishing innovation since the plastic worm and Vienna sausages. Now you don't hear squat about it.
The same guys who lauded it then are still winning the big derbies, which leads me to believe one of several things:
They never believed in it, but they were getting paid to endorse it so they talked it up, and now the pay has been cut off;
They did believe in it, but the pay got cut off and they aren't gonna pimp anything for free;
They wanted to believe in it, but now don't believe it works.
It's so freaking good they don't want anyone else to use it.
Decide for yourself which is most likely.
I'm not casting doubt on the product's effectiveness. I haven't been around one enough to know whether it improves catches or not, but why the sudden silence from its biggest supporters? If indeed the reason for the blackout is the sudden stoppage of payment, why should I buy anything they tout?
It never struck me as a particularly marketable item, at least not at six hundred bucks retail, for something with an indeterminate value on the water – something like a Power Pole or a side-imaging sonar has more immediately apparent benefits -- but then again five years ago I would've laughed at anyone who paid six bucks for a tungsten worm weight. Now I have a box of 'em so what do I know?
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We all want government to be fair and open, right? I know we all recoil at the special interest politics and "pork" that flourishes in Washington. But what should we do when it comes to our doorstep?
The recent 11th-hour Wausau budget vote to raise taxes and donate the money to the Boys & Girls Club of the Wausau Area has conjured images of a city government that will descend into a cycle of special-interest lobbying for gifts from the public treasury. Yes, it's here.
Fortunately, Wisconsinites have a defense against the dysfunction that grips Washington. It is the Wisconsin Open Meetings Law.
The law has two key provisions. The first requires all deliberations to be conducted at open public meetings (with exceptions for formulating negotiating positions and certain personnel reviews). The second requires that the public receive advanced notice of all topics to be discussed. Here, the public gets to see and hear everything their elected officials do.
This means that there cannot be a private meeting to pre-determine votes. This "private meeting" need not be an actual meeting; the law forbids virtual meetings that could result from a series of emails, a daisy chain of phone calls or a lobbyist who counts noses. The law prohibits a "walking quorum" where votes are lined up outside of the public view.
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? 1. Require all City Council members to use a city email address for city business. That way council members would know that their words could be easily retrieved by any open records request. Right now, many council members use personal email accounts. In this case, it might take a court order and a special technician to get at their emails, making the chance that they would ever see public scrutiny remote.
? 2. Require all council members to report lobbying contacts to the city attorney's office. A simple log or diary of contacts could be created by cutting and pasting the emailed reports. This is an easy way to create a public record of who is asking for what.
? 3. Require all council members to form campaign committees and report both cash and in-kind donations as well as how their money is spent. At present, most council members claim an exemption from the campaign finance laws by signing a pledge not to take more than $100 from any individual and not to spend more than $1,000. But, since there is no reporting required, who knows what really happens?
Here is one more essential detail. Exempt candidates have no separate campaign account. Contributors make the checks out to the council member personally, and the council member co-mingles the money with his or her own in their personal checking account. There is too much money at play in a city like Wausau to permit such an untraceable flow of cash.
? 4. Amend the council rules to prohibit unpublished, 11th-hour amendments to the city budget. Once the public hearing on the budget has been held, the public's expectations and understanding of the budget are set. The rules should prohibit any unpublished floor amendments to the budget. If we are going to add something new to the budget, the public deserves a published notice in advance.
In addition, the council rules should be changed to require a two-thirds vote for any amendment proposed after the public hearing. Budgets are invariably a compromise among priorities, forged through many months. To allow that work product to be easily turned on its head by a last-minute majority undermines the importance of the budget planning process.
Forget for a moment how you feel about the city's gift to the Boys & Girls Club. The question now is this: Do you want open and fair government?
If so, it is going to take more than wishful thinking. We will need more than an "honor system." We should have sensible rules that insure all deliberations and all lobbying efforts occur in the public view.


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Amit Varma is a writer based in Mumbai. He worked in journalism for over a decade, and won the Bastiat Prize for Journalism in 2007. His bestselling novel, My Friend Sancho, was published in 2009. He is best known for his blog, India Uncut. His current project is a non-fiction book about the lack of personal and economic freedoms in post-Independence India.
My first book, My Friend Sancho, was published in May 2009, and went on to become the biggest selling debut novel released that year in India. It is a contemporary love story set in Mumbai, and had earlier been longlisted for the Man Asian Literary Prize 2008. To learn more about the book, click here.
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Click here for more about my publisher, Hachette India.
My posts on India Uncut about My Friend Sancho can be found here.
I just finished reading Team of Rivals by Doris Kearns Goodwin, and was struck by the last line of the book:
She was sixty-three in 1882 when her oft-stated longing for death was fulfilled at last.
It is an unlikely last line, given that Mary Lincoln plays a side role in the book—and yet, it is perfectly apt, and wraps up the book with just the right tone. We get a sense of Mary's fatigue, and her relief, emotions we can perfectly empathize with at the end of a 754-page book. I loved it, by the way.
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This character's creator described him as "insufferable", and called him a "detestable, bombastic, tiresome, ego-centric little creep". On August 6 1975, the New York Times carried his obituary, the only time it has thus honoured a fictional character. Who?


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It takes two to field the new 1-pound burger at the Rangers stadium
Strangers stopped to gawk and take pictures, but Hurst residents Kelsye and Austin Jones
were ready to take it on. Here's the new Beltre Buster that the Rangers debuted for the postseason game. Here's a video of the massive burger.


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Heartbeat: Season 2, Episode 10
Gestalt and Battery (16 Mar. 1989)
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Hospital administrator is accused of abusing his pregnant wife, but is there any proof? The staff's love life and family relationships are developed further.
Director:Gwen Arner
Writers:Sara Davidson (creator), Julie Sayres
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Seth Rogen and Barbra Streisand clicked on the set of "The Guilt Trip." "We went, 'Oh my God, this is going to be fun,' " she says.
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Barbra Streisand is sharing her thoughts about mothers and sons, a relationship that's explored in her new movie, "The Guilt Trip," which opens Wednesday.
"I always wanted a son first. And I wanted a daughter, but I never had a daughter," she says. "I have a daughter now, she's hairy, furry. Her name is Samantha. She's my dog."
The 70-year-old entertainment icon has the same mix of honesty and snappy comic timing in "The Guilt Trip," her first big-screen appearance since 2010's "Little Fockers," and her first real leading role since 1996's "The Mirror Has Two Faces." ...


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The Mayfield Trojans boys basketball team fell in the championship round of the El Paso High Tournament to Andress High School, 72-69.
Isaac Rivera scored 22 points for the Trojans, who also got 15 points from Orlando Perches and 12 from Jay Arnold.
Friday night saw Mayfield knock off El Paso Hanks 73-69 in overtime. The Trojans found themselves down 12 points in the contest, but went on a 19-0 run to take the lead in the second half. The score was knotted at 61-61 going into overtime.
Rivera led the way with 22 points, while Arnold added 20 and Perches scored 15.
Rivera was named to the All-Tournament team.
At 2-2 on the season, Mayfield will play at Chaparral on Tuesday at 7 p.m.


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Hey everybody! Lolli here! And this is the first contest where I am the judge! Exciting, right? Well, anyways, you're probably wondering, "Lolli, why the name 'Golden Picture?'" or "'Golden Picture?' That doesn't make any sense!" Well, let me tell you, it will all become clear in a few moments!
Many of us have heard of the saying "As good as gold." It means that whatever the person is talking about, whether it be an object, (This novel is as good as gold!) a person (Adele is as good as gold!) or a joke (That 'Yo mamma' joke was as good as gold!), that thing is so good it's compared to one of the well known (and expensive) metals: gold. By now, you must be trying to piece together how this simple phrase has any connection to anything I've just said. (It does.) People often say "A picture worth a thousand words." Well, why go with the norm? I didn't! So I changed it up! "Golden Picture!" What a glorious idea! Now you must be wondering what exactly that means for this contest. Well, here it is; the contest part!
This is a contest of pure IMAGINATION. Yup. That stuff that a lot of people loose after they turn eleven. That adventurous, crazy, fearless, joyful stuff that for some reason never left a writer. This contest will be triggering that dusty, old part of your brain that you thought didn't exist anymore. IMAGINATION ! defe! I'll be giving you pictures to choose from. You write a whole story off that one picture. But don't worry, you won't have to come up with the whole thing by yourself. I've also supplied the first paragraph or two; just in case you need help cleaning out the old IMAGINATION box!*
The Rules Are As Follows:
1. Short stories only. No poems, novels, or songs. No exceptions.
2. No erotica, gay/lesbian, or non-fiction.**
3. Have a creative title.***
4. Have fun and enjoy the writing!
The Deadline:
September 25
How Will My Story Be Judged?
Good question! Your story will be judged by the following criteria in a point-based system:
1. Little to no grammar mistakes. I am the dreaded grammar police. I cannot stand poor grammar. (That's one of the reasons I loathe texting!)
2. Little to no spelling mistakes. I get it. We all screw up. We're human. I bet you at least once in this whole she-bang I spelt something wrong. But please, please, please... DO A SPELL CHECK! It takes all but a few seconds to check, and a few minutes to correct.
3. Creativity. I am a creative monster who cannot stand lack of originality or desire to create a new reality. Just don't be boring, really!
4. Promptness. I will accept all stories five days after the deadline. No later. You lose one point each day it is late. So my advice? Have it ready a day or two before to be safe. I'm aware that sometimes Booksie acts up and there are technical difficulties, but if you have it in a few days ahead of time, it can be corrected before the deadline.
5. Overall story. You can be creative and not have a plot. There must be a solution to the story, even if it is a 'cliff hanger.' Make sure your story has a plot.
6. Characters. In order for a story to be good (in my opinion) there should be more than one character. Not only the number of characters is important, though. Make sure the characters are developed and important to the story. Otherwise you leave the reader with a hollow feeling inside that doesn't allow them to connect to your story.
What's The Best Score I Can Get?
Here is how the point system works (lower number = worse score):
Grammar. 1-5. 1 being the worst; more than five mistakes. 5 being the best; one/no mistake(s).
Spelling. 1-5. 1 being the worst; more than five errors. 5 being the best; no errors.****
Creativity. 1-15. 1 being the worst; not creative, boring, not interesting. 15 being the best; outstandly creative, exciting, captivating.
Promptness. You get an automatic 5 for being on time with the deadline. As each day passes, you lose a point. Once your story is six days late, you are disqualified. I cannot stress this enough to you: be. on. time.
Overall Story. 1-20. 1 being the worst; no plot, too much or little actions/dialog or details. 20 being the best; well thought out plot, correct amount of action/dialog and detailed.
Characters. 1-10. 1 being the worst; one character, undeveloped character(s), or unimportant characters. 10 being the best; more than one character, well developed characters, and each character has a specific role in moving along the story.
And now, for the moment you've been waiting for...
There will be three winners!
Grand Prize Winner. I will fan you! (I know, it's not much of a prize, but O WELL!) Obviously, if you won, I really do like your writing. You will also inform me of two pieces of work you would like me to read/comment on. Two. No more. And you will be the main character in one of my upcoming short stories. A new page will be created, the link given to you in your fan request from me, in order to get the details on what the story will be about. DO NOT ABUSE THIS. PLEASE DON'T GIVE AWAY THE LINK. IT'S A PRIZE SO KINDLY GIVEN TO YOU. DO. NOT. RUIN. THIS. FOR. OTHERS.
First Runner-Up. I will fan you, read one piece of your writing, and make you a minor character in an upcoming short story. I repeat, a new page will be created, the link given to you in your fan request from me, in order to get the details on what the story will be about. DO NOT ABUSE THIS. PLEASE DON'T GIVE AWAY THE LINK. IT'S A PRIZE SO KINDLY GIVEN TO YOU. DO. NOT. RUIN. THIS. FOR. OTHERS.
Second Runner-Up. I will fan you and read one piece of your writing!
*Yes, you must use the supplied first paragraphs.
**You must be asking, "Non-fiction? How unusual!" I'm one of those people who cannot stand the drear of non-fiction. Look, if I wanted to read it, I'd go through my history textbook.
***You're probably also asking "Creative title? Is she serious?" Yes. I'm dead serious. I absolutely loathe when people put "My Contest Entry for so-and-so's contest" or "Title-of-the-contest" as their stories title. Urg! Be creative! Please!
****Yes, no errors are accepted to get a five in the spelling category. Not one, not one half, zero.
Okay, for the actual stuff you've been waiting for! The pictures/ paragraphs!
The hardest thing to remember always seems like the simplest. My name. It flashes across my mind, and then it's gone. I always assure myself that it's only because I'm sleeping. Dreaming my life away. No matter what happens, though, I want to wake up. No, scratch that. I need to wake up. The funniest part about it all is that I know I'm sleeping. Sometimes, I'll be so close to waking up I can see the darkness behind my eyelids, but then the deep slumber overtakes me. I don't remember how long I've been like this, but I know it's been a while. And I know the slumber is close to ending when I hear loud, echoing footsteps making their way across the floor, to me.
Silence. I hate it. It's the worst when it's so quiet, a ringing can be heard in my ears. It's like a constant reminder that I'm alone, and I always will be. Like the people around me used to say, "Who could love a mute girl?"
Buzz. Buzz. Buzz. My eyes flash open, and I grab my phone off my dresser, peering at the bright screen through my tired eyes. I yawn, then proceed to see who texted me. My girlfriend. I look at the small, digital numbers in the upper right-hand side of the screen. Two thirty? In the morning? She better have something important to say to me. I look at the text.
sorry to wake u up. just miss u. wish u could sweep me away like romeo did to juliet.
Okay, life officially sucks. I've got the best girlfriend in the world. She's a gorgeous blonde with a rockin' bod. Always funny. Always hot. Totally into me. What more could a guy ask for? A lot more, apparently. My girlfriend has a best friend. What girl doesn't? See, this best friend of hers has been hanging with us lately. And damn, is she perfect. She's always in a happy mood or cracking a joke. She's got this weird thing about her that drives me mad. It's like she's got a spell cast on me. A spell that makes me fall for her. I mean, God, she even has me thinking she's beautiful. Yup, I am officially screwed.
I was running. Like a maniac. As fast as I possibly could run, the words of the one I thought was my everything ringing in my ears. "Bud, I think that 'us' is a bad idea." That's what he always called me. Bud. I was nothing more to him than that. A friend. How had I been so careless? To follow him to the train? What did I think I was going to do, stop him? Convince him that he loved me? Tears streamed down my face, and I didn't stop to wipe them; I had to get away. From him. From me. From the train.
All my life I thought I was free. I was nobody's puppet. I could make my own decisions, choose my own actions, say my own words. I could decide when to be strong and when to be furious. I could do whatever I wanted to. I don't think I've ever been more wrong in my life.
Everybody has a bad boy in their town. The one who dates, dines, and dumps nearly every girl. A player, in other words. I always assumed that there was one side to our town's bad boy: the player side. I was proved wrong on the day I was dragged to the supermarket with my carefree mother. Very wrong.
The beach. Nothing better than the sun, sand, and tanning girls. Every guy's heaven: half naked girls just lying around. I'm that awesome kind of guy who so kindly helps the oh-so-clumsy ladies get their sunscreen on to their backs. I take it out of the kindness of my heart to help them out. But, apparently, not everybody appreciates it. For example, just now, I had so kindly asked if this redhead needed any assistance to keep her delicate skin safe from the harmful sun and its evil rays. She did some weird hand thing and I ended up on my back, sand ruining my perfect hair. Then, to kick me while I was down, she had the nerve to say, "You stay away from me. I can assure you, you'll never get me to fall for an ass like you." Oh, little redhead, it is so on.
I've finally got my nerve. I've run away. From home. From hatred. From the town. I was planning on doing it later this week, but the time was right. I grabbed my childhood companion, Mr. Bear, and my suitcase full of clothes, food and whatever money I could find, and just ran away. I'm about two hours away from home when I realize I've made a horrible mistake. I've been followed. By him.
"Dude. Did you see that?"
I glance up from my book at my younger brother, an eyebrow raised. The only similarity between us is our eyes. Other than that, we could pass off as two random guys. "See what?"
He's pointing out towards the coast. I can see the waves lapping gently against the shore, but apparently not what my brother saw. He grows impatient and says, "I swear to you, I saw a mermaid!"
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Michigan State running back Le'Veon Bell is one of the Big Ten's top returning running backs and is one of the reasons the Spartans are among the contenders in the Legends Division. / Getty Images
Legends Division breakout players
QB Kain Colter, Northwestern: With all due respect to Denard Robinson, Montee Ball, Braxton Miller and the rest of the Big Ten's top playmakers, Colter is as worthy of the price of admission as anyone in the Big Ten. He can run it (654 yards and nine touchdowns as a sophomore). He can throw it (673 yards and six touchdowns with one pick). And he can really run it.
TE C.J. Fiedorowicz, Iowa: Iowa likes to use its tight ends, and Fiedorowicz may have as much physical potential at 6-feet-7, 265 pounds as anyone Kirk Ferentz has coached at the position. He also had just 16 catches last season, but word around Iowa City is that his intangibles are starting to catch up with his tangibles. It should help that James Vandenberg will be throwing to him.
CB Troy Stoudermire, Minnesota: Stoudermire suffered a broken arm in the fourth game of last season and had to sit the rest of the way. He then pursued an NCAA waiver for another year of eligibility. Now that he has it, Stoudermire is vowing dominant corner play, comparing himself to Charles Woodson. Oh, and he'll likely set the NCAA record for career kickoff return yardage.
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Leaders Division breakout players
QB Braxton Miller, Ohio State: If his fall scrimmage total of 358 passing yards even reflects a bit of his passing progress, Miller could be electric playing for Urban Meyer. Last year, Miller finished with 1,159 passing yards and 13 passing TDs while leading OSU with 715 rushing yards and seven TDs. He was named Big Ten freshman of the year despite not holding the job for the whole season.
Jared Abbrederis, Wisconsin: He has the best kickoff return (25.8 yards per return) and punt return (14.1) average in school history and had 933 receiving yards and eight touchdowns in 2011. His 346 all-purpose yards in the Rose Bowl were one short of Ron Daynes school record.
TERRY HAWTHORNE, Illinois: He was honorable mention All-Big Ten in 2011 with 60 tackles, five for loss, three interceptions (one returned for a touchdown) and 11 pass breakups. He also will play receiver, return punts and possibly return kickoffs.
Mark Snyder
Michigan State
Returning starters: 14 (five offense, nine defense).
Key players: QB Andrew Maxwell, DE Will Gholston, RB Le'Veon Bell, LB Denicos Allen.
Ranking: No. 13 AP, No. 13 USA Today coaches.
Quick hits: The Spartans set the school record for wins with 11 in 2010, winning a share of the Big Ten, then matched it in 2011 with the first Legends Division crown. Still, the Rose Bowl has eluded them -- and this is the 25-year anniversary of their last visit to Pasadena. An overlooked key could be the return of specialists Dan Conroy and Mike Sadler. Biggest developments in camp were the health of receiver Bennie Fowler, emergence of defensive tackle Micajah Reynolds and injuries to offensive linemen Blake Treadwell and Skyler Burkland.
Returning starters: 14 (seven offense,
seven defense).
Key players: QB Taylor Martinez, DT Baker Steinkuhler, RB Rex Burkhead, LB Will Compton.
Ranking: No. 17 AP, No. 16 USA Today coaches.
Quick hits: This team loses star power on defense but still has a lot of material to work with. Martinez must improve as a passer to help Nebraska overcome a rough schedule and contend for the division title. The Cornhuskers enter the season with separation still needed at cornerback. Several players were vying for time as camp ended, including promising sophomore Josh Mitchell. Head coach Bo Pelini had to replace defensive coordinator and brother Carl Pelini, who took the head job at Florida Atlantic. Defensive line coach John Papuchis got the promotion.
Returning starters: 14 (seven offense,
seven defense).
Key players: QB Denard Robinson, LB Kenny Demens, OT Taylor Lewan, S Jordan Kovacs.
Ranking: No. 8 AP, No. 8 USA Today coaches
Quick hits: Coming off 11 wins in Brady Hoke's debut, including a Sugar Bowl triumph over Virginia Tech, the Wolverines will get an instant self-assessment with Saturday's opener against defending national champ Alabama in Arlington, Texas. Linebackers should be a strength on defense and the skill on both sides of the ball is potent, though some young players need to step up at receiver. An offensive line built around Lewan should be fine. The big question here is a defensive line that loses three starters, including anchor Mike Martin.
Returning starters: 11 (six offense,
five defense).
Key players: LB James Morris, QB James Vandenberg, TE C.J. Fiedorowicz, CB Micah Hyde.
Ranking: N/A.
Quick hits: The Hawkeyes should be able to throw it around with Vandenberg back and receiver Keenan Davis emerging, though Marvin McNutt will be missed on the outside. Iowa's back seven on defense looks solid, but the defensive line is young and unproven. Iowa's incredible string of running back bad luck continues. Promising freshman Barkley Hill recently tore up his knee, making it 10 backs in three years to leave, be dismissed or suffer knee injuries. Sophomore Damon Bullock is charged with giving Vandenberg some kind of running game.
Returning starters: 11 (five offense,
six defense).
Key players: QB Kain Colter, S Ibraheim Campbell, WR Kyle Prater, DT Brian Arnfelt.
Ranking: N/A.
Quick hits: This looks like a potentially dazzling offensive team with a potentially porous defense. The Wildcats were worse than that last season -- other than in a stunning upset win at Nebraska -- and lost five key players from that defense. Northwestern is seeking ways to increase pressure on the quarterback. Quarterback Dan Persa is a big loss as well, but Colter showed major talent last season and kept progressing in the off-season. He is a true dual threat. Prater, a USC transfer, should stretch defenses vertically.
Returning starters: 13 (seven offense,
six defense).
Key players: RB James Gillum, CB Troy Stoudermire, QB MarQueis Gray, LB Keanon Cooper.
Ranking: N/A.
Quick hits: Gillum, a bruising junior college transfer, may be just what Minnesota needs to diversify its offense and make the gifted Gray even more of a threat. Coaches have raved about Gillum during camp. Gray has 1,581 career passing yards and 1,341 career rushing yards, but his command and accuracy made big strides in 2011. Stoudermire's return is big for the defense and special teams. But Minnesota has to get tougher up front after giving up 4.9 yards a carry and collecting just 19 sacks in 2011.
Returning starters: 11 (five offense,
six defense).
Key players: RB Montee Ball, LB Chris Borland, WR Jared Abbrederis, OT Rick Wagner.
Ranking: No. 12 AP, No. 12 USA Today coaches.
Quick hits: Gunning for a third consecutive Big Ten title, coach Bret Bielema understands his formula of pounding the ball and playing a safe but stingy defense has worked. With Ball returning and James White as a his backup, the Badgers have the backs, they have the offensive line -- even though some of last year's starters have moved on to the NFL -- and there is depth at receiver. Looks like there will be a freshman kicker. Having experienced quarterback Danny O'Brien, a transfer, gives stability in the passing game, and there's depth behind him as well.
Ohio State
Returning starters: 15 (seven offense, eight defense).
Key players: QB Braxton Miller, WR Jake Stoneburner, DT Johnathan Hankins, DL John Simon.
Ranking: No. 18 AP, ineligible USA Today coaches.
Quick hits: New coach Urban Meyer has injected optimism after last year's disappointing season from the mentality to the spread offense, keyed around Miller's run/pass talents. Miller's development will be key, but he might be running early in the season as the Buckeyes are replacing three starting offensive linemen. With eight defensive starters returning, including the whole defensive front, they should get good pressure, led by Simon.
Penn State
Returning starters: Six (two offense,
four defense).
Key players: QB Matt McGloin, C Matt Stankiewitch, DT Jordan Hill.
Ranking: None.
Quick hits: The mess left from the NCAA sanctions decimated the roster as many of the elite offensive players departed. But new coach Bill O'Brien brings an offensive background so, having an experienced quarterback in McGloin should help install the system at least. Allen Robinson will be a receiver who could lead the group. The defensive front seven should be the team's strength, with Hill on the line, along with returning starter Sean Stanley. The linebackers might be the most impactful position group with Michael Mauti, Gerald Hodges and Glenn Carson.
Returning starters: 18 (nine offense,
nine defense).
Key players: QB Caleb TerBush, P Cody Webster.
Ranking: None.
Quick hits: TerBush has the QB job but will be pushed by Robert Marve and Rob Henry, and there's enough creativity that more than one of them could be on the field simultaneously. Coach Danny Hope is encouraged by all the experience and is looking at the defensive front as a key, but few players on the team have proven talent as the only honorable mention All-Big Ten position players are gone. An offensive key will be tailback Akeem Shavers, who rushed for 149 yards in the Little Caesars Pizza Bowl.
Returning starters: 14 (seven offense,
seven defense).
Key players: QB Nathan Scheelhaase, CB Terry Hawthorne, DL Michael Buchanan, LB Jonathan Brown.
Ranking: None.
Quick hits: New coach Tim Beckman made his first sale keeping four key players: Buchanan, offensive lineman Graham Pocic, Hawthorne and defensive lineman Akeem Spence, three who are defensive keys. Beckman brings a creative offense he called dual threat at times with two tailbacks and other times with two quarterbacks in the game. Running the ball will be the offensive focus. Having Scheelhaase return provides an experienced quarterback.
Returning starters: 15 (seven offense, eight defense).
Key players: QB Tre Roberson, RB Stephen Houston, K Mitch Ewald, DB Mark Murphy.
Ranking: None.
Quick hits: The second season under coach Kevin Wilson should allow his spread offense to take more roots. The Hoosiers looked for some quick help, bringing in six junior college defensive players, among them a few linebackers, and help in the secondary and at defensive end. There are only five scholarship seniors, though three are at defensive tackle, which should help.
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Zimplats was confident that its mines were safe as it examined the cause of a collapsed shaft at one of its operations in Zimbabwe, general manager Simbarashe Goto said on Wednesday. The unit of JSE-listed Impala Platinum (Implats) announced last Friday that the collapse of an underground shaft had cut output by 50 percent from the company's Bimha mine, its largest operation, situated 150km south-east of the capital, Harare. No one was injured. "I am confident that the other mines are safe," Goto said. "We don't believe there is any reason to strengthen the other mines." Zimbabwe has the biggest platinum reserves after South Africa. The collapse was triggered by the "accelerated deterioration of ground conditions" initially detected in 2011, Zimplats said. Goto declined to comment on the value of lost production from Bimha. The study into the collapse is being led by a team of experts from South Africa. The incident would not affect a plan by platinum producers to build a refinery to meet government demands to process metal in Zimbabwe rather than abroad, he said. Zimplats closed unchanged at A$8.20 (R81.50) in Sydney yesterday. Implats fell 6c to R107.50 on the JSE. – Bloomberg
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