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David Fricke on Nuggets: "It's now its own genre"
Nuggets is now its own genre, old and rugged enough to have sired a long line of '60s-comp children and puns, writes Rolling Stone senior editor DAVID FRICKE in the liner notes for a new compilation, Nuggets: Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era.
Meanwhile, the compilation's producer, OWEN PENGLIS, talks about capturing the spirit of the original series nearly 50 years on. Out now through Warner it features interpretations of Nuggets' classics by Straight Arrows, Eagle & the Worm, The Frowning Clouds, The Laurels and Pond.
David Fricke (senior editor, Rolling Stone)
Nuggets was one of the most important albums in my rock'n'roll life long before it arrived in the fall of 1972, bearing that distinctive Elektra logo and propelled by Lenny Kaye's impeccable scholar-fan stewardship. I am old enough – and grateful for it – to have heard the LA-Stones drone of the Seeds' 'Pushin' Too Hard' and the Electric Prunes' echo-soaked nightmare 'I Had Too Much to Dream (Last Night)' when they were new and rudely exotic, busting through the pocket sonics of my AM transistor radio. I still have my original Double Shot-label 45 of 'Psychotic Reaction', bought right as Count Five's California-Yardbirds raveup hit the Top 40 in late 1966. And since I'm from Philadelphia, I knew by heart every pop-technicolor atom of 'Open My Eyes' – the '68 debut of Nazz, our local Who – way before the rest of creation discovered the genius-imp at the center of the ruckus, Todd Rundgren.
But it took Nuggets to give all of that fuzz, bark and attitude a name – the perfect one, since everything on the original double LP was gold – and Kaye to set me straight, in his programming and annotation, on the historical worth and revolutionary depth of the extremes in those 27 tracks, from the neo-Beatlemania of New Jersey's Knickerbockers to the Detroit KO of the Amboy Dukes' 'Baby Please Don't Go'. Nuggets is now its own genre, old and rugged enough to have sired a long line of '60s-comp children and puns (Boulders, Pebbles, Rubble). In Australia, the groundbreaking Ugy Things eventually ran to four volumes, introducing my hemisphere to the R&B-droog and acid-blues mayhem of the Missing Links, the Creatures and the Pink Finks.
Nuggets defined a time and spirit much bigger than its usual synonym, "garage rock": wide open in dynamic possibility yet true to the mutinous impulse and amateur enthusiasm that Kaye, one of the main reasons I first set a typewriter next to my turntable, caught in his '72 liner notes. I especially loved his line about "the relentless middle-finger drive and determination offered only by rock & roll at its finest" – so much, in fact, that I quoted it not long after Nuggets came out, in a college term-paper project inspired by that anthology. The course was American music – from Shaker hymns and chain-gang work songs to the 20th Century composer Aaron Copeland. But I stretched the syllabus, creating a radio documentary about the twisted roots and suburban-pioneer spirit in the Standells' 'Dirty Water' and the Blues Magoos' freak-out treatment of the country blues 'Tobacco Road'. I got an A, probably for originality. The professor's main comment was about the guitar hook in 'I' by the Knight Riders, pulled from another compilation: "Nice use of ostinato."
Since then, Nuggets has been somewhere in my work and life almost every day. I use it as a reference and standard in my writing. "Nuggets-like" is sometimes the fastest and most accurate way to sum up a song, scene or gig I dig – or wish was better. And Nuggets has come up in a lot of my interviews over the years, as a touchstone for always-curious and passionate listeners like Peter Buck of R.E.M. and Wilco's Jeff Tweedy and an enduring learning tool for the newly psychedelized. I remember talking with the Undertones, the great Northern Ireland punk band, during their first US tour in 1979. When I told them how much I liked their recent B-side cover of the Chocolate Watch Band's 'Lets Talk About Girls', singer Feargal Sharkey confessed they had never heard of the song until a friend played it for them – off of Nuggets.
"'Nuggets', in 1972, was designed as a celebration of a not-so-distant but largely forgotten, misunderstood past."
Nuggets – Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era comes to you in that spirit and renewing tradition, with an extra twist in the tale: These bands, representing the best of young, electric Australia, honor the rough euphoria and often-naive adventure in the '65-'68 recordings by kicking 'em forward, with a fresh coat of strange. Some of these combos I already count as personal favorites, such as Pond and Step-Panther. Others I want to know better like Pearls, who reimagine 'Dirty Water' as iridescent post-rock; Montero, whose luscious monument to Sagittarius' 'My World Fell Down' suddenly veers into Gothic-Beach Boys frenzy; and Baptism of Uzi, who turn 'Baby Please Don't Go' into Seventies-Krautrock hypnosis, Nuggets-goes-Neu!.
Nuggets, in 1972, was designed as a celebration of a not-so-distant but largely forgotten, misunderstood past. The quality and love in the execution ensured that the music would be with us for a lot longer than the Shadows of Knight or the Magic Mushrooms ever imagined. This album is now part of that story. And I have a spot ready for it in my collection – within arm's reach, just like the original.
Owen Penglis (Straight Arrows/producer)
I was 17, living in the suburbs, and an older friend (seemingly heaps older, as in probably 20, thanks Sam!) lent me the four-disc boxset. It completely blew my mind and made making pizzas in the back of a shitty corporate pizza chain store a little more bearable. Until it got to the point where I was ignoring customers, blasting the album, and sitting out the back reading the booklet that came with it; discovering all this information about a whole bunch of bands and weird sub-genres I was hearing for the first time. Thanks to me they banned the CD player from the shop. Dicks.
At the time I was starting to come around to early British beat music off the back off your standard teen Beatles and Rolling Stones fascinations, but this stuff was actually weird, and showed that there were literally thousands of excellent bands from the mid-1960s that I'd never ever heard mention of that all had at least one amazing song. Otherworldly psych stuff like the Electric Prunes, pre-punk attitude stuff like the Del-Vetts and the Vagrants, and wild inept frat rockers like 'Louie Louie' by the Kingsmen and 'Double Shot of My Baby's Love' by the Swingin' Medallions. Plus the fuzz pedal, like with Richard and the Young Lions. Along with completely weird stuff like 'Liar Liar' by the Castaways, and the Magic Mushrooms. And every time I switched it on and changed discs I'd hear something I'd missed before. Hell, I still find stuff in that boxset I'd never properly paid attention to. And even better, a whole heap of these original singles could be found in the two dollar bins at local record stores and junk shops, even way out in Asquith and Hornsby.
On top of all these revelations, a whole heap of these tracks stripped away all the complications of ultra-modern songwriting. You can literally hear how these were thrown together and recorded with equipment that was probably only a little better than the four-track cassette recorder my friend lent me, and even better, these guys were mostly just a little older than me too. From there I went on to discover even more primitive stuff like the "Back From The Grave" series, which is another story for another time.
"Most covers records are fucking garbage."
I guess when I was seeing bands I started to figure out that if they weren't down with Nuggets, no matter what the genre, they probably weren't worth watching. After getting inspired by all this wild US music I went and spent all my 18th birthday money on the Nuggets 2 boxset, which features bands from around the world plus Australia, which had its own '60s scene of absolutely amazing, creative, and weird groups breaking ground and only being recognised years after the fact.
So when producing this compilation the last thing I wanted to do was screw up something I liked so much and ensure that I'd never be able to listen to it again. Mostly it was about getting these goddamn bands to play the songs right, with their own interpretations on top. And make sure it didn't have some shitty, slick modern production values that would absolutely destroy the spirit of these songs. Most covers records are fucking garbage, and I wanted to ensure this didn't happen here. This is a modern Australian companion and a celebration of a record that all of these bands love and hold dear, recorded partly in a friend's studio full of really old equipment, and partly in the loungeroom and kitchen at my place.
Nuggets – Antipodean Interpolations of the First Psychedelic Era will come to life at Sydney Town Hall as part of Sydney Festival this Friday, January 25. Acts performing include The Laurels, Straight Arrows, King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard, The Murlocs, The Gooch Palms, Step-Panther and Bloods. Click here for more details.


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ATLANTA - JULY 3: Manager Buck Showalter #26 of the Baltimore Orioles watches the action against the Atlanta Braves at Turner Field on July 3, 2011 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)(Photo by Scott Cunningham/Getty Images)

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For the love of god..can the freaking phillies please win. I can't hear these freaking yankee fans anymore. i'm gonna go postal
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I'm not even really a baseball fan, but I do hate the Yankees
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i hate the yankees more then anything.....mets fan till i die
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ok so could they play any worse.
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I used to be a diehard yankee hater but I think they've had their ****s in the dirt long enough to actually appreciate this win. Yeah they're mostly still a bunch of over-paid egotistical prix but they beat a really REALLY good team and had to work for it for the most part.
I have a friend from upstate who is a life-long yankee fan...not some hat tilting knuckle dragging spouting off at the mawth bronx till death type, but a real fan born in pinstripes, and she helped me see the Yanks in a more positive light. Especially Jeter, I used to think he was the biggest prick but she laid down all his community work and stuff for me and kind of turned me around on him, they don't just hand out the Palmero award for nothing you know?
A-Rod is still a jackass though, someday I'd like to see him cry like that for having had his ass kicked.
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About time this baseball crap is over...
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Well, the highest paid team is expected to win... just wish my phillies could have pulled it out. Until next year.
There's a reason why there has only been 1 team to repeat in the last 87 years and that reason has been validated, I love the Phillies, I've been a die hard Philly fan since I was little and it was heartbreaking to see them lose a series that I know they had every chance of winning, but you have to hit and bring home baserunners to win the game and have a strength in you bullpen, it's too bad Romero's season turned out the way it did, I think he could have had an impact in the bullpen this series. And don't get me started on Lidge and Hamels, maybe if he wasn't so involved in making Comcast commercials, he could have trained a little harder and pitched like the pitcher he has the potential to be. Congratulations to the New York Yankees, although I don't particularly like their team, they did what needed to be done to win the World Series and that's why they are 2009 World Champions of baseball and my team is the first loser.
I love baseball and Im a die hard orioles fan.....nough said
The biggest market teams are able to pick players off a shelf and throw them in a lineup. Its more about individuals and seems as though there is no team identity anymore. Really pisses me off I hate the yankees as well...Mark Texiera is such a cock gobbler saying his dad took him to O's games and he rooted for the pin stipes...what a crock of S*IT


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Edmond (Okla.) Santa Fe safety Khari Harding has been a busy man the last few weeks. The three-star standout committed to Arkansas in June, but recently he has been doing some traveling.
On September 29, Harding took an unofficial to Oklahoma State, to check out the Cowboys as they hosted the Texas Longhorns.
"I've been there before. I already know what it's like down there," Harding said. "They want me at a star position. It's an outside linebacker/safety spot. That's mainly what they were talking to me about."
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Last weekend, he was in Lubbock to visit Texas Tech as the Red Raiders took on the Oklahoma Sooners.
"They want me at linebacker too," Harding said. "They said they want some more speed at linebacker and they know I come downhill and go full speed."
Following the visit the Red Raiders offered a scholarship, and he was honored. However, there was one thing about the visit that stuck with the standout defender.
"The main thing that caught me was me talking to coach (Art) Kaufman," Harding said. "He was straight up with me about everything."
Harding is intrigued by the interest as a linebacker but since he has never played the position he is a little bit surprised. Whether it is safety or linebacker though, Harding is keeping an opening mind.
"I would love to play safety, but anywhere I can help the team will be fine with me," Harding said.
Harding does not have a visit scheduled for this weekend, but he does have another unofficial visit coming soon.
"I'm supposed to be going on a trip to Memphis in two weeks with Phillip Sumpter and Trevan Smith," Harding said. "It's their homecoming game."
Following his visit to Memphis, he does not have any visits scheduled, but there are plenty of schools who have talked to him about taking trips to their campuses. Oregon State, Washington State, Kansas State and Arizona State have each been in communication with Harding.
Harding knows he would like to take official visits to both Oregon State and Arizona State. Of course the Razorbacks are still very much in the mix and have talked to him setting up a visit.
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Google, YouTube's parent company, announced Monday that the video sharing site has opened YouTube video captions to 300 different languages, a vast expansion from the 50 that were previously available on site.
The full list of supported languages is robust: It includes Khasi, Rajasthani, Estonian, Rundi, and Nynaja, among others.
The list also includes more widely-used languages like Spanish, French, Russian, and Dutch, but the 50 most common languages fall into a different file. Google Translator will automatically convert text or words from English to Spanish.
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Cardinals wrap up division title
ST. LOUIS, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- In a season marked by tragedy, the St. Louis Cardinals finally have something to celebrate.
The Cardinals captured the National League Central Division title for the second time in the last three seasons Friday night with a 9-3 victory over the Houston Astros.
The road to the division title came in a year with plenty of heartache for the Cardinals, who endured the untimely death of popular pitcher Darryl Kile in June. Legendary Cardinals announcer Jack Buck died just days before Kile.
After the bottom of the eighth inning Friday, the scoreboard at Busch Stadium paid a tribute to Kile, Buck and the entire Cards' season.
When third baseman Scott Rolen made an acrobatic diving catch on Brian Hunter's line drive to end the game, the Cards paid further tribute to Kile, with Albert Pujols carrying Kile's No. 57 jersey onto the field.
Eli Marrero, Jim Edmonds and Rolen helped make it a special night as they all hit solo homers in the sixth inning, giving St. Louis an 8-3 lead.
Other National League results: Pittsburgh 5, Chicago 4; Montreal 6, New York 1; Florida 6, Atlanta 2; San Francisco 5, Milwaukee 1. Philadelphia's game at Cincinnati was rained out and will be made up Saturday as part of a day-night doubleheader.
Yankees clinch a share of AL East crown
DETROIT, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Roger Clemens allowed one run over six innings Friday night and helped the New York Yankees clinch at least a tie for the AL East title with a 5-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers.
Another win during the final week of the season by New York or a loss by the Boston Red Sox will make the Yankees division champions for the 11th time.
Alfonso Soriano had two hits drove in a run and scored twice for the Yankees.
Other American League results: Boston 4, Baltimore 2; Tampa Bay 11, Toronto 7; Chicago 10, Minnesota 2; Cleveland 6, Kansas City 2.
Woods shoots second straight 65
THOMASTOWN, Ireland, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Seeking the $1 million top prize at a tournament boasting an elite field, Tiger Woods carded his second straight 7-under-par 65 Friday at Mount Juliet Estate to take a two-stroke lead after the second round of the American Express Championship.
The performance of golf's best player at the World Golf Championships event bodes well for an American team trying to reclaim the Ryder Cup next week at The Belfry in England.
But Woods is not ready to talk about next week's activities.
"I enjoy playing," he said. "I don't enjoy the other stuff leading up to it."
Woods is enjoying his stay in Ireland, shooting a course record for the second straight day and taking a two-shot lead over Jerry Kelly into the weekend with a 36-hole total of 14-under 130.
Kelly birdied four of his first five holes and three of the final four en route to a 65 and a two-round total of 12-under 132.
At last year's Players Championship, Kelly was the surprise 54-hole leader and Woods' playing partner on Sunday, but he tied for fourth with a final-round 73. Woods won by a stroke.
David Toms and Steve Lowery both shot 67s and were tied for third at 11-under 133. Retief Goosen of South Africa was at 134, with countryman Ernie Els, Stuart Appleby of Australia and England's Gary Evans at 136.
David Duval matched the course record with a 65 and was in a group of eight players tied for ninth at 136.
Americans rally top deadlock Solheim Cup
EDINA, Minn., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Meg Mallon made eight birdies in her afternoon match and rookie Laura Diaz made six Friday to help rally the United States and bring about a 4-4 tie with Europe after the opening day of the Solheim Cup.
The Europeans, trying to win on American soil for the first time, took a 3-1 advantage after the morning foursomes. But the United States won three of the four afternoon fourball matches to set up the prospect of a thrilling duel on the weekend.
Europe is also trying to win back-to-back competitions for the first time after capturing the cup two years ago in Scotland.
Mallon teamed with Michele Redman in the afternoon to defeat Annika Sorenstam, the world's best player, and Maria Hjorth, 3 & 1. In the key match of the afternoon, things were all square going to the par-3 15th before the Americans won three holes in a row.
Diaz paired with fellow Solheim Cup rookie Emilee Klein to defeat Sophie Gustafson and Karine Icher, 4 & 3. And Rosie Jones rolled in a five-foot birdie putt at the 18th as she teamed with Christie Kerr for a 1-up win over Laura Davies and Paula Marti. The Jones-Kerr team owned a 4-up lead at the turn and then had to hold on.
The lone European victory of the afternoon came with Mhari McKay and Carin Koch defeated Juli Inkster and Kelli Kuehne, 3 & 2.
It marked the first time in the history of the Solheim Cup that the teams have been tied after the opening day.
France wins opening day matches at Davis Cup
PARIS, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Americans Andy Roddick and James Blake both lost their singles matches to defending champion France Friday to put the United States on the brink of elimination from the Davis Cup semifinals.
Playing on the famed clay courts of Roland Garros, Roddick fell to Arnaud Clement, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6), 7-6 (7-5), 6-1. Blake then lost to Sebastien Grosjean, 6-4, 6-1, 6-7 (7-9), 7-5.
The 20-year-old Roddick is considered the United States' best prospect after Pete Sampras and Andre Agassi retire. A two-time winner on the ATP tour this season, Roddick has been particularly tough in Davis Cup action, going 7-0 before Friday.
Sampras and Agassi, who squared off in the final of the U.S. Open two weeks ago, did not make themselves available for Davis Cup.
Clement defeated Roddick for the second time in as many meetings and improved to 6-5 lifetime in Davis Cup.
Blake suffered his first Davis Cup defeat in six singles matches and his second to Grosjean at Roland Garros this year. He lost their previous meeting in the second round of the French Open in May.
In the other semifinal tie, Russia took a 2-0 lead over Argentina at Moscow's Luzhniki Sports Palace.
After Marat Safin recorded a 6-7 (1-7), 7-5, 7-5, 6-1 triumph over Juan Ignacio Chela, Yevgeny Kafelnikov saved two match points against Gaston Gaudio, rallying for a 3-6, 7-5, 6-3, 2-6, 8-6 win.
Investigation launched into on-field attack
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The chief of security for Major League Baseball said Friday a thorough investigation will be held to determine how to prevent a repeat of Thursday night's frightening episode in Chicago, when two men ran onto the field and attacked Kansas City first base coach Tom Gamboa.
"We have a number of people who we need to talk to," said Kevin Hallinan. "But there will be changes. The pattern we see is that in the latter stages of our games, we have to be more attentive."
Gamboa escaped serious injury thanks chiefly to the fact that Kansas City players rushed from the first base dugout to seize the attackers. The incident occurred in the ninth inning.
"They were two hoodlums," Gamboa said Friday. "They certainly do not reflect the average fan.
"We have security in the dugout and in the stands, but it seems to me that security tends to be more focused at the beginning of the game than at the end."
Mets deny drug use
NEW YORK, Sept. 21 (UPI) -- New York Mets General Manager Steve Phillips has denied a newspaper report that there is widespread drug use in the organization and that the team would warn star prospects in advance of random testing.
New York Newsday reported Friday that at least seven Mets smoked marijuana this season and that manager Bobby Valentine acknowledged that he worried about drug use on his team as far back as spring training.
"We have no indication that there is widespread drug use at any level of our organization," Phillips said in a statement released by the team. "The Newsday report is based solely on anonymous sources. We urge these sources to come to us with proof of their accusations so that we can investigate them."
One unnamed source said that star prospects are sometimes warned in advance about drug tests or are let off the hook after failing tests. While major league players are not subject to random testing as stipulated in the collective bargaining agreement, minor leaguers are tested, although results are not released to the public.
"The charge that we warn star prospects in advance of random testing is ridiculous, since we feel that drug use of any kind impairs a player's performance," Phillips said.
Two minor leaguers -- outfielder Rob Stratton and pitcher Erik Hiljus -- were identified as players who failed drug tests.
Newsday reported that former Mets reliever Mark Corey, who was traded to the Colorado Rockies in July, used marijuana before having a seizure outside a hotel near Shea Stadium in June.
Outfielder Tony Tarasco, also traded earlier this summer, was identified as having used marijuana with Corey.
Sabonis returns to Portland
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Arvydas Sabonis, who will turn 38 in December, Friday signed a multi-year contract with the Portland Trail Blazers.
After six years with the Trail Blazers, he spent last year with his family in Spain, where he played prior to entering the NBA in 1995.
A native of Lithuania, the 7-3 Sabonis was the starting center on the Portland teams that reached the Western Conference finals in 1999 and 2000. He gave the Blazers a legitimate body to match up with center Shaquille O'Neal of the Pacific Division rival Los Angeles Lakers.
Sabonis averaged 10.1 points and 5.4 rebounds in 61 games in the 2000-01 season, when Portland was eliminated in the first round. During that season, temperamental teammate Rasheed Wallace threw a towel in Sabonis' face during a nationally televised game.
Sabonis was not with the team last season, Maurice Cheeks' first as coach. Portland won 49 games, but without a true center was no match for O'Neal and Los Angeles in the first round of the playoffs.
Florida faces must-win game
KNOXVILLE, Tenn., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- The Florida Gators, who already have dropped a key encounter this year, face a must-win situation Saturday when they take on the Tennessee Volunteers.
If 10th-ranked Florida (2-1) is to keep alive any realistic chance at a national title, the Gators must find a way to win at fourth-ranked Tennessee (2-0) in a key Southeastern Conference battle.
Saturday's schedule also features a pair of notable non-conference games. No. 7 Virginia Tech (3-0), led by the potent rushing duo of Lee Suggs and Kevin Jones, visits No. 21 Texas A&M (2-0) while No. 11 Southern California (2-0) is at No. 23 Kansas State (3-0).
Former Florida coach Steve Spurrier had his way with Tennessee for the majority of his tenure in Gainesville, defeating the Volunteers seven times in an eight-game span before a 34-32 setback last season. Spurrier never hesitated to poke fun at the Volunteers, which made life even more miserable for Vols coach Phillip Fulmer.
Fulmer is just 3-7 against the Gators, but last year's win made up for some of the past failures. Now the pressure is on Zook, whose team was soundly beaten by defending national champion Miami two weeks ago and faces another stern test Saturday.
To make matters worse, the Gators were not overly impressive in a 34-6 win over Ohio last week. Florida gave up 178 yards in the ground to Ohio and is allowing an average of 211.3 in three games.
Rusty Wallace wins NASCAR pole
DOVER, Del., Sept. 21 (UPI) -- Rusty Wallace ended his 65-race pole drought Friday at Dover International Speedway for the NASCAR Winston Cup MBNA All-American Heroes 400.
Wallace claimed his fifth career pole on the circuit, but first since notching his ninth pole of the 2000 season at Phoenix International Raceway. He piloted his Ford Taurus around the one-mile oval in 22.956 seconds, averaging 156.822 miles per hour.
Wallace's five poles at Dover put him ahead of Ricky Rudd, Alan Kulwicki and Mark Martin and one behind all-time leader David Pearson.
Wallace still is looking for his first victory of the year. He finished second to Jeff Gordon last month at Bristol.


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Nearly 60% of soldier suicide attempts can be traced to pre-enlistment mental disorders, which are much more common among nondeployed U.S. Army soldiers than demographically similar populations of civilians (25.1% vs. 11.6%), according to a major new study. The vast majority (76.6%) of soldiers with mental disorders say their conditions started before enlistment, researchers found.
These are among the initial results published online today in JAMA Psychiatry based on a survey carried out as part of the Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS), the largest study of mental health risk and resilience ever conducted among U.S. Army personnel.
Although the suicide death rate in the U.S. Army has historically been below the civilian rate, the Army rate began climbing at the beginning of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts, and by 2008, it exceeded the demographically matched civilian rate (20.2 suicide deaths per 100,000 vs. 19.2). Concerns about this increase led to Army STARRS, a partnership between the Army and the NIMH designed to help understand and address this issue. The initial findings published today include three papers that use different strategies to evaluate suicide risk and protective factors among service people, including an analysis comparing the prevalence of mental disorders among Army and civilian populations.
"Some of the differences in disorder rates are truly remarkable," said Ronald Kessler, McNeil Family Professor of Health Care Policy at Harvard Medical School and senior author of the paper on mental disorder prevalence. "The rate of major depression is 5 times as high among soldiers as civilians, intermittent explosive disorder 6 times as high, and PTSD nearly 15 times as high."
The most common disorders in the Army STARRS survey were attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and intermittent explosive disorder (IED), or recurrent and uncontrollable anger attacks, Kessler said.
The findings suggest that soldiers did not have higher rates of most "internalizing disorders" (anxiety disorders and depression) than civilians before enlistment, but rather developed high rates of these disorders only after they enlisted in the Army. The situation was different, though, for "behavioral disorders" (ADHD, IED and substance abuse), which were much more common among young people who subsequently enlisted in the Army than those who did not. Rates for these disorders increased even more after enlistment. Nearly half of current soldier internalizing disorders and 80% of behavioral disorders started before enlistment.
"These results are a wake-up call highlighting the importance of outreach and intervention for new soldiers who enter the Army with pre-existing mental disorders," said Robert Ursano, Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences and co-principal investigator of Army STARRS.
A second Army STARRS paper appearing today in JAMA Psychiatry revealed that 13.9% of soldiers considered suicide at some point in their lifetime, 5.3% had made a suicide plan, and 2.4% had attempted suicide, with between 47% to 60% of these outcomes first occurring prior to enlistment. Pre-existing mental disorders were found to be by far the strongest predictors of these suicidal behaviors.
"It is striking that nearly 50% of the soldiers who attempted suicide made their first attempt before joining the Army, as applicants are asked about any history of suicide attempts in recruitment interviews and those who report such a history typically are excluded from service," said Matthew Nock, professor of psychology at Harvard University and lead author of this report on soldier suicidality.
Nock noted that the most practical implication of this finding might be that the Army should develop outreach and intervention programs for new soldiers based on the realization that a nontrivial proportion of new soldiers come into the Army with a history of mental disorder and suicidality, and that applicants are not always forthcoming about these concerns during the recruitment process.
The researchers added that intermittent explosive disorder is of special importance because it was the only disorder found to predict suicide attempts after developing suicidal thoughts, which has important implications for screening and prevention. This important finding shows that it is not only depression and PTSD that predict suicide attempts.
A third JAMA Psychiatry article by lead author Michael Schoenbaum of NIMH examined the suicide and accident death rates in relation to basic sociodemographic and Army experience factors in the 975,057 regular Army soldiers who served between Jan. 1, 2004, and Dec. 31, 2009, charting variations in the rates based on a variety of factors including sex, race, education level and rank.
The Army Study to Assess Risk and Resilience in Servicemembers (Army STARRS) is funded by the U.S. Army and the National Institute of Mental Health. The study is led by co-principal investigators Robert J. Ursano (Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences) and Murray B. Stein (University of California, San Diego), with site investigators Steven G. Heeringa (University of Michigan) and Ronald C. Kessler (Harvard Medical School), and with collaborating scientists Lisa J. Colpe (NIMH), and Michael Schoenbaum (NIMH). More information at: http://www.armystarrs.org/media_room
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Here we have the sophomore album by the viking/black metal outfit known as Wolfchant. It's a solid block of heathenism in its entirety and has everything you'd expect from a release like this. It's apparently a concept album about the Clan of Cross but a quick search on Wikipedia gave me nothing. It's probably a real story since Ruhn is a place in Germany but I haven't heard the story, so meh. You don't need to know the concept anyway since this album offers everything within that context. Killing Christians, praising the Gods of Old, ascending in to Valhalla and drinking, what more could you want?
It's full of mid to fast tempo riffs with some melodious keyboards paving the way setting the atmosphere. The drumming isn't full of blast beats and double bass, which is always a good thing on albums like these. The vocals are the typical black metal shriek. They're fitting to the music and aren't too harsh. The vocals all sound a bit different on every song so expect a bit of variance in them. On one they're lower than on the other or vice versa. This is best heard on "Visions of Death" which despite being a filler track is not a song I'd recommend you skip. The songs themselves are nice and have plenty of melodic moments, rising tempos and epic moments. Beautiful stuff but that's where it falls short.
The album delivers everything you could want; unfortunately, on the way there the box fell and broke some of the finer pieces. What I mean is the production is bad. In a black metal album that's probably nothing to concern yourself with but on a viking/black release you need some extra edge. Everything sounds fuzzy and mashed together. Everything is dull and you can't seem to feel the music as well as you should. I found myself constantly thinking that this part could have sounded better or maybe this could have has more of an impact. They attempt to bring about mood changes and epic passages but when everything is on the same level and crumpled you can't achieve it. All that's left is an empty feeling of what it should have been.
To be fair it's still has some good tracks that fans of viking metal shouldn't miss. If you enjoy this style of metal or get chill bumps at a well-executed mention of Valhalla (like I do) then you'll love it. It isn't spectacular otherwise, though.
Standout tracks: Of Honour and Pride, Revenge, Visions of Death, Praise to All.


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Tuesday, September 7, 2010
A historical look at OC Transpo ridership
5 comments:
- WJM said...
Where'd y'all get your raw data?
Can you share? :)
- September 8, 2010 at 8:32 PM
- Peter Raaymakers said...
Well, a lot of it was from the Ottawa Room at the main library, manually pulling data from OC Transpo's annual reports (it made for a fun afternoon, let me tell ya).
1999-present, though, is available on the OC Transpo website: http://www.octranspo1.com/about-octranspo/reports
- September 8, 2010 at 8:39 PM
Are you sure that OC Transpo is a corporation? Does it really have a corporate identity separate from the City? If it is incorporated, are OC Transpo detailed financial statements available?
- September 12, 2010 at 10:05 PM
OC Transpo was definitely a corporation when it was established in 1972 (it was a commission, which is just another name for a corporation). However, sometime in the late 1990s or when the cities amalgamated the commission was dissolved into a city department (I'm pretty sure the process had started before amalgamation, with various arms of the RMOC providing services to OC Transpo that OC Transpo had formerly done in-house).
So financial statements will be those of the city.
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The following correction was printed in the Guardian's Corrections and clarifications column, Wednesday May 21 2008
Contrary to what is suggested in a letter below, George Clooney played Fred Friendly in Good Night, and Good Luck, not Ed Murrow.
Screen idles
I enjoyed Stephen Armstrong's piece on the portrayal of journalism in film and TV (From hero to zero, May 12), but must disagree with his view that while the great majority of such portrayals have showed hacks as "hardworking forces for good", the recent trend is towards images of sleaze and venality (as evidenced by James Nesbitt's character in Midnight Man). In fact, there have been both positive and negative images of journalists in film ever since the medium first took an interest in the subject. Stephen mentions Ace In the Hole, surely the most savage portrayal of how news manufactures reality ever made, and nearly 60 years old. McKendrick's Sweet Smell of Success, made half a century ago, has Burt Lancaster as the sinister king-maker JJ Hunsecker, surely a model for rottweiler journalists down the years.
On the positive side, Michael Winterbottom recently made a poignant film about Daniel Pearl, while George Clooney portrayed Ed Murrow as near saintly in Good Night, and Good Luck.
As an academic working on a book about journalism in the movies, I find that there are plenty of lazy stereotypes to be found on our screens, past and present. The best movies about journalists, the ones that have survived the test of time, are those, like Oliver Stone's Salvador or Winterbottom's A Mighty Heart, which avoid stereotypes and engage with the complexity of the profession in an increasingly uncertain world.
Brian McNair, professor of Journalism & Communication, University of Strathclyde
The fear factor
Nigel Green appears to discount the public's fear of crime as a reason for police to withhold information but this may be a real consideration (Hidden crimes, May 12). Three years ago, when I commissioned market research for a new arts organisation in outer London, fear of town centre crime (largely because of the presence of several, occasionally rowdy, local nightclubs) showed up as a major disincentive to potential attenders, even though the area as a whole had practically the lowest rate of actual recorded crime in Greater London.
While some police forces may be criticised for being unhelpful to reporters, others have allegedly been responsible for leaking disinformation in cases where officers have made serious mistakes, their party line unquestioned by journalists more concerned about making a splash than finding the truth.
With public concern fuelled by salacious and often speculative press coverage of the details of crime, perhaps a little restraint on the part of police press bureaux wouldn't go amiss?
Don Keller, Don Keller Arts Marketing, London
FT story 'spot on'
I am writing in response to the article written by Peter Wilby in Monday's Guardian (Where are the female high-flyers?, May 12)
First of all, I thought it was a very well-written and "spot on" article concerning the lack of senior female journalists at a national newspaper level.
I worked at the Financial Times for over three years, largely on FT.com as an assistant web page producer. During that time, I "floated" across both publications, working long irregular hours.
I agree with the statement made by several women who work at the FT: "It's an empire built on toiling, low-paid females."
Throughout the article Peter Wilby also reports on various unsubstantiated comments made by news editors to female staff or within a news meeting. I also experienced some of these comments which I chose to ignore on a regular basis.
Sabuhi Mir, London


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What a week. On Friday I gave a keynote talk at the 16th Annual Technology and Learning Conference at Montgomery County Community College in Pennsylvania. What a great time I had. The conference organizers were absolutely wonderful hosts and the talk itself seemed to be well received. I think they recorded it and if they post it on the Internet I will send out a link here and on Twitter. Of course I spent a lot of time preparing the talk which kept me busy along with the usual stuff. I like being busy though so it's all good. And now some links to share.
Remember that Computer Science Education Week is coming this December 5-11, 2010. Are you planning something special? Why not? Every other department in your school probably has a special week. And CS is really special. See ACM Hails Second Computer Science Education Week to Raise Awareness of Computing and Its Role in Society or the http://www.csedweek.org web site for more information.
At the Technology and Learning Conference I met Kristen Swanson from the School District of Springfield Township. Springfield HS requires a computer sconce course for graduation. Does your high school? Here is a news article about their computer science graduation requirement. The course itself is described on their curriculum guide for computer science. For a district that graduates less than 200 students each year, that's a very impressive set of offerings!
Have you seen the new Dot Diva website for girls in technology? They announced their opening at Microsoft in Cambridge (MA) last week. I missed the opening event but have enjoyed looking at the site, the information there and the web show about a couple of women programmers. Episode one. It's from WGBH, one of the top PBS TV stations in the nation, with funding from the National Science Foundation. Check it out and ask the girls you know to visit as well.
The Microsoft Tech student Twitter account (@MSTechStudent) and Facebook page ask "Have you heard about the Imagine Cup Digital Media competition?"
The digital media competition challenges students around the world to use their imagination to create a web video using multiple types of media, like photos, music, video, & voiceover. Your video must be about the Imagine Cup theme to "Imagine a world where technology helps solve the toughest problems
There is a new "Make Education Great" contest from Microsoft's Office team Learn how you can win $25,000 to help make a difference in kids' education in your community:
Windows Phone 7 – First experiences with a real device is a blog post by Dennis Delimarsky (@DennisCode) a Microsoft Student Insider and gives a student's eye view of Windows Phone 7 development.
Looking at learning how to use XNA to create games and liking the idea of Windows Phone 7 games? @XNACommunity announced that there are ten brand-new pieces of XNA educational content for Windows Phone 7 available now for free.


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The Growth Effects of Openness to Trade and the Role of Institutions: New Evidence from African Countries
In this paper, we explore the argument that one of the causes for the limited growth effects of trade openness in Africa may be the weakness of institutions. We also control for several major factors and, in particular, for export diversification, using a newly developed dataset on Africa. Results from Arellano-Bond GMM estimations on panel data from African countries show that institutions play an important role in enhancing the growth effects of trade. Moreover, we find that the joint effect of institutions and trade has a U-shape, suggesting that as openness to trade reaches high levels, institutions play a critical role in harnessing the trade-led engine of growth. The results from this paper are informative about the missing link between trade liberalization and growth in the case of African countries. JEL Categories:
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- Guillaumont, Patrick & Jeanneney, Sylviane Guillaumont & Brun, Jean-Francois, 1999.
"How Instability Lowers African Growth,"
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- A. K. Fosu, 2001. "Economic Fluctuations and Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Importance of Import Instability," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 37(3), pages 71-85.
- Dani Rodrik & Arvind Subramanian & Francesco Trebbi, 2004. "Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development," Journal of Economic Growth, Springer, vol. 9(2), pages 131-165, 06.
- Dani Rodrik & Arvind Subramanian & Francesco Trebbi, 2002. "Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development," NBER Working Papers 9305, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
- Rodrik, Dani & Subramanian, Arvind & Trebbi, Francesco, 2002. "Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions Over Geography and Integration in Economic Development," CEPR Discussion Papers 3643, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
- Dani Rodrik & Arvind Subramanian & Francesco Trebbi, 2002. "Institutions Rule: The Primacy of Institutions over Geography and Integration in Economic Development," CID Working Papers 97, Center for International Development at Harvard University.
- Yanikkaya, Halit, 2003. "Trade openness and economic growth: a cross-country empirical investigation," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 72(1), pages 57-89, October.
- Acemoglu, Daron & Johnson, Simon & Robinson, James & Thaicharoen, Yunyong, 2003. "Institutional causes, macroeconomic symptoms: volatility, crises and growth," Journal of Monetary Economics, Elsevier, vol. 50(1), pages 49-123, January.
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The hunt itself was a bloody affair, with several men being killed before anyone could even wound the boar. Finally, Atalanta injured the beast with an arrow, and then Meleager killed it with his spear. Afterwards, Meleager tried to award the boar's pelt to Atalanta, since he was in love with her and since she had been the first to draw blood in the hunt. However, Meleager's uncles, Plexippus and Toxeus, objected to awarding the prize to a woman, and in the ensuing argument Meleager killed them. Meleager's mother, Althaea, then arranged Meleager's own death in revenge for the deaths of her brothers.
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The hunting of the Calydonian boar was one of the most famous episodes of Greek heroic legend. Oeneus, the king of Calydon, failed to honor Artemis when he was sacrificing the first-fruits of the harvest, and in revenge Artemis sent a savage boar which laid waste to the countryside. Oeneus called together a great host of Greek heroes to rid his country of the boar. It was a distinguished company: the hunting party included a sizeable portion of the crew of the Argo, and many of the hunters also had separate legendary exploits of their own. Although accounts of the hunt vary, some of the more famous names mentioned include Jason, Theseus, Telamon, Peleus, the Dioscuri, Laertes, Nestor, Meleager and Atalanta.


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The British pound spent yesterday's trading in a narrow sideways range against the dollar and closed at opening prices. The strong employment data in Britain noted the unemployment rate decrease in June to 6.5% from 6.6%, with the significant applications number reduction for unemployment benefits - 36 thousand instead of the expected -27 thousand after 33 thousand in May did not provok the directed activity growth in favor of sterling.
The price consolidation happened at around 1.7140 in the middle of two important levels of 1.7170 and 1.7100
The price is finding the first support at 1.7115, the next one is at 1.7050.
The price is finding the first resistance at 1.7160, the next one is at 1.7220. There is a non-confirmed and weak sell signal. The price is under the Cloud and it is under the Chinkou Span. The Tenkan-sen shows a downward movement, and the Kijun-sen shows a horizontal movement and form a "Dead cross". The downward movement will be until the price is under the Cloud.
The MACD histogram is in a neutral territory.
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We believe the falls can be continued now. The first target is the level 1.7050. We do not exclude the growth to 1.7220.


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The January 2011 Jobs Report was released on Friday indicating that the unemployment rate dropped down to 9 percent, which is four-tenths of a percent less than last month and the lowest level since April 2009. In addition, the economy added 36,000 private sector jobs.
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Carney: U.S. concerned by N. Korea words
WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- North Korea's "bellicose rhetoric" is causing concern at the White House, spokesman Jay Carney said Monday.
"Well, we are certainly concerned by North Korea's bellicose rhetoric," Carney said during his media briefing. "And the threats that they have been making follow a pattern designed to raise tension and intimidate others."
North Korea "will achieve nothing by threats or provocations, which will only further isolate North Korea and undermine international efforts to ensure peace and stability in Northeast Asia," Carney said.
North Korea has taken a more strident position on the U.N. Security Council adoption of a new round of sanctions in response to the reclusive country's third nuclear test last month. North Korea also said it nullified the 1953 cease-fire to the Korean War and threatened a pre-emptive nuclear strike against South Korea and the United States.
The pitched rhetoric began in advance of joint U.S.-South Korea military drills Monday.
In Seoul, new South Korean Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se said tensions between North and South Korea are creating a "very grave" security situation.
U.S. expels two Venezuelan diplomats
WASHINGTON, March 11 (UPI) -- The United States has expelled two Venezuelan diplomats in response to the expulsion of two U.S. officials, a U.S. official said Monday.
Orlando Jose Montanez Olivares and Victor Camacaro Mata were ordered to leave the country during the weekend, CNN reported. The expulsions were issued after Venezuelan officials last week expelled two U.S. Embassy officials and accused them of plotting against the government.
The U.S. State Department has denied the Venezuelan accusations.
A State Department official said the expulsion of the Venezuelan diplomats was a commensurate response to Venezuela's action, The Washington Post reported.
Pakistani schools close to protest arson
LAHORE, Pakistan, March 11 (UPI) -- Christian schools in Lahore, Pakistan, closed Monday to protest the arson burnings of more than 100 homes following blasphemy allegations.
More than 3,000 angry Muslims rampaged Saturday through Joseph Colony, a Christian area of Lahore following allegations a Christian made derogatory comments about the Prophet Muhammad three days earlier. About 150 people were arrested on riot and arson charges, the Indo-Asian News Service reported Monday.
There were no deaths reported but the incident triggered protest around the country from Christians, a small minority in overwhelmingly Muslim Pakistan, seeking better protection, the news service said.
"Missionary schools of Lahore will remain closed on Monday on account of the massacre in Joseph Colony," said Bishop Sebastian Shaw, chairman of the Catholic Board.
The schools are regarded as among the best in Pakistan, and attract the children in wealthy Muslim families, the news service noted.
Qatada deportation hearing begins
LONDON, March 11 (UPI) -- Lawyers for Britain's Home Secretary began another attempt Monday to expel radical cleric Abu Qatada, who has fought deportation to Jordan for a decade.
Theresa May's lawyers are attempting to overturn a ban on deporting Qatada, once referred to by a judge as Osama bin Laden's right-hand man in Europe, after an immigration judge concluded in November Qatada would not receive a fair trial on terrorist charges if returned to Jordan, the British newspaper The Daily Telegraph said.
In the latest legal battle, the Home Office is appealing a decision by the Special Immigration Appeals Commission that he cannot be returned to Jordan because there was a "real risk" evidence obtained under torture could be used against him, a violation of his human rights.
The one-day hearing, before three judges, comes after Qatada was rearrested in London Friday for allegedly breaching bail conditions governing access to mobile phones, The Guardian reported Monday.
Navy jet crash apparently kills three
HARRINGTON, Wash., March 11 (UPI) -- A U.S. Navy jet based at Whidbey Island Naval Air Station crashed in Harrington, Wash., Monday, officials said. Three people were believed to be dead.
Lincoln County deputies combed the crash site but found no survivors.
KOMO-TV, Seattle, reported three people were aboard the EA-6B Prowler.
A Whidbey spokesman confirmed the plane was from the base but had no further information.
"There's a pretty deep depression, a hole in the ground, and a lot of debris scattered around," Stan Dammel, who lives in the area and took his own plane over the crash site, told KOMO.
The EA-6B is an electronic warfare jet, an aircraft often used to provide support on combat missions.


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Former Carbon man gets long jail term for series of break-ins
A former Carbon County man was sentenced to a long state prison term on Monday for a series of burglaries.
Edward Cesanek, 29, of Hunlock Creek, Luzerne County, and formerly of Nesquehoning, was sentenced by Senior Judge Richard W. Webb to serve a total of 30 to 60 months in a state prison followed by three years of state probation.
Webb also rejected a request from defense Atty. Matthew Rapa to run the sentence concurrent with a state prison term Cesanek is currently serving for criminal acts in other counties, including Schuylkill. Webb said the Carbon term would begin when Cesanek completes his present prison sentence.
Cesanek was named part of a multiple-county burglary and drug ring. He was one of 12 arrested as part of the ring.
Rapa told Webb that his client stole to feed a drug habit that began when he was 12 years old. He began with marijuana and ended up a heroin addict, Rapa said.
Cesanek admitted entering the property of Greg and Jodi-Lee Duschak in Parryville in February 2009 and that of Stephen and Cecelia Hydro, in Jim Thorpe, in December 2009. In the break-ins Cesanek took cash and guns.
Jodi-Lee Duschak told Webb that Cesanek took items from her home that are irreplaceable. She said some of the items were given to her by her mother.
In addition to the jail term Webb ordered Cesanek to supply a DNA sample, get both drug and alcohol and mental health evaluations, zero tolerance on D&A use, have not contact with any of the victims and make total restitution of $39,332.80.
Cesanek was sentenced on two counts of burglary and one of altering of forging registration. It was noted his wife, Kira Ann Cesanek, took part in some of the criminal acts and is facing or has already been sentenced.


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The 2011 Ames Straw Poll took place on August 13, 2011 at the Hilton Coliseum on the campus of Iowa State University.
Ron Paul came in a strong second. The Congressman gained 27.65% of the vote, closely missing Michele Bachmann's 28.56% by only 152 votes, but easily surpassing Tim Pawlenty, Rick Santorum, Herman Cain and other candidates.
Ames Straw Poll Results
- 28.56% (4,823 votes) – Michele Bachmann
- 27.65% (4,671 votes) – Ron Paul
- 13.57% (2,293 votes) – Tim Pawlenty
- 9.81% (1,657 votes) – Rick Santorum
- 8.62% (1,456 votes) – Herman Cain
- 4.25% (718 votes) – Rick Perry (write-in)
- 3.36% (567 votes) – Mitt Romney
- 2.28% (385 votes) – Newt Gingrich
- 0.41% (69 votes) – Jon Huntsman
- 0.21% (35 votes) – Thaddeus McCotter
- Of the remaining 218 votes, 162 were presumably cast for random minor write-in candidates, and 56 were presumably invalid.
16,892 total votes.
Ron Paul's campaign chairman Jesse Benton said:
"Dr. Paul is surging in this race, and today's results show the strength of his grassroots support and top notch organization. These straw poll results, our growing poll numbers and our strong fundraising shows that our message is resonating with Iowans and Americans everywhere.
Our message was the same in 2007 as it is in now in 2011, but this time we have quadrupled our support. That means our message is spreading, our support is surging, and people are taking notice. We are uniting a coalition of longtime supporters, fiscal conservatives, constitutional conservatives, independents, tea party and anti-big government activists to take on the Washington establishment.
Today, Ron Paul has emerged as a top tier candidate and is a serious contender to win the Republican nomination and the Presidency."
Ron Paul's Weekend in Ames, Iowa
Ron Paul gave several speeches and interviews during his visit to Ames, Iowa:
- Ron Paul's Pro-Life Speech in Ames, Iowa
- Ron Paul's Soapbox Speech: Uphold the Constitution and Defend Liberty
- Ron Paul Gaining Momentum in Iowa Straw Poll
- Ron Paul: Rick Perry Will Dilute the Establishment Vote
- Ron Paul Rockstar
- The Fed Is the Counterfeiter of Last Resort
Mainstream Media Ignores Ron Paul, Removes Him From "Top Tier" of GOP Candidates
Despite Ron Paul's near-victory at the Ames straw poll, the mainstream media completely ignored him on Sunday and Monday to an extent that the silence became a story of its own:
- Jon Stewart of The Daily Show did a segment to call out the media's disconnect from Ron Paul.
- Jack Cafferty of CNN risked his job by courageously making an unscheduled announcement about Ron Paul's strong performance.
- Finally, Piers Morgan and Judge Napolitano invited Ron Paul to their shows on Monday evening…
- …and on Tuesday, Ron Paul appeared on Fox News to explain his positions and talk about his plan to change the course of history.


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Donnie Walsh and I have been playing a little game for almost three decades. This is how it works: I call and leave a message, asking for verification on this, that or the third thing. No response means he can't tell me the truth and doesn't want to lie.
Thus, I'm on my own to figure out the answer.
Yesterday, I tried to contact Walsh via cell phone and email. Over the weekend, the Indianapolis Star reported the former Knicks' president, whose non-consultancy with the team ends June 30 — his extraordinary West Side apartment vacated a minute ago — is returning to the Pacers' front office, where he worked round-the-clock since before being entrapped in 2008 by James Dolan.
The report stated Walsh would be hired in "some capacity," either as a complement to team president Larry Bird or as his replacement.
Enthused by the Pacers' auspicious future he carved out, Larry Legend changed his mind about retiring to Florida — and now …
It's unfathomable to think owner Herb Simon has any problem with that decision. Still, his stalling and flip-flopping might be held against him.
Seemingly, it's done, though that could be deceiving. Kevin Pritchard, meanwhile, is making trade calls for the Pacers. Quietly, he was installed as GM, succeeding the universally mistrusted and iridescently dense David Morway.
Pritchard had the same title with the Blazers, who let him go two seasons ago. Briefly a Celtics' teammate of Bird, he has been on call as a much-utilized consultant for over a year.
When in Indy, Pritchard made a point to break bread as often as possible with Walsh, whom I've yet to hear back from.
Once again, Walsh has left me hanging.
So, I'm forced to take a very educated guess.
Sources say Bird is leaving but not entirely; he'll be retained as a distant consultant for a year. Meaning Walsh will be back in control, though that's not set stone.
Simon, who lives in Southern California, is back in Indy, which is why an announcement of the change is expected momentarily.
* Man, am I sorry for answering back Gregg Popovich a few years ago, telling him, "I'd be a registered genius, too, if I coached Tim Duncan."
Seems you almost can't get a GM job (long my aspiration) these days unless you have a connection in some way with the Spurs' certified Hall of Famer-to-be (I'm catching on) and he has affection for you.
Without Pop's papal seal of approval, it's tough out there.
In 2005, two years removed from (in)active duty with the Spurs, Danny Ferry advanced from their subterranean level of management to GM of the Cavaliers.
In 2007, Sam Presti, unrecognized at his family dinner table, took a quantum leap from Spurs' assistant something-or-other to GM of the Thunder (Sonics) franchise. Team owner Clay Bennett had been a San Antonio minority moneyman.
Last week, 30-year-old Rob Hennigan, one of three obscure assistant GMs under Presti, edged Spurs' VP Dennis Lindsey for the Magic GM position.
Pritchard had withdrawn from the competition a week earlier when he got the word from Bird he had (unofficially) supplanted Morway.
Did I mention Pritchard started his managerial career with the Spurs?
Keeping this matter incestuous, Pistons assistant GM Scott Perry is about to join Hennigan in Orlando, I'm informed, as his faithful working companion. This might be a good spot to note Perry was on Presti's payroll in Seattle before being hired by Detroit.
To neatly tie the knot on this, Ferry, who had returned to the University of Popovich for a graduate degree upon bolting Cleveland in protest over Mike Brown's firing, yesterday became the Hawks' new GM.
Just like Walsh declined to accept Dolan's (lowball) 2-year offer, desiring one-and-done, existing Hawks GM Rick Sund preferred to re-sign short-term. Ownership wanted someone for the long haul. Thus, Ferry got six years to take over a recurring playoff outfit that attained the Eastern Conference semis three seasons running before this year's first-round erasure by the Celtics.
Unless the 76ers are determined to fill the vacancy sooner than later, once Sund's month-more obligation to the Hawks is finished, it figures he'll try to hook up again with Doug Collins, his coach when he was Pistons GM.
Naturally, had Sund played his cards right, he would've studied under Popovich at some point during the last 20-odd years or been quoted exalting his virtuoso. Then filling the Sixers' opening would be a living lock.
* This just in: An arbitrator has reinstated Charles Barkley's Cuckoo Bird rights.
Why are the Knicks rejoicing the Jeremy Lin/ Steve Novak decision? It's not as if it'll impact next season. The lone thing that would've categorically helped is if the arbitrator voided the Carmelo Anthony trade.
James Dolan allowing that to happen? Not on Isiah Thomas' life!
"Little Jimmy needs to surround himself with fat heads, always has, always will," emails Hank Keiser, who had some non-shady (non-Slim Shady) dealings with Dolan back when. "The Melo trade had more to do with filling seats at JD's music venues than winning basketball games. That hasn't changed.
"It's not like Marbury Lite's agents won't let JD book their stable of entertainers if he dared trade Yellow Melo. No one in the music biz can avoid or snub NY; he just wouldn't be allowed to book them as often. This hurts him where he hurts the most, at the bottom line … and the photo op."


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2012 Doomsday Theory Disputed by Scientists
The notion that Mayan calendars mark Dec. 21, 2012 as the end of the world has been disputed by scientists, astronomers and experts on Mesoamerican history.
A year from today should mark the end of days for mankind, according to a Maya Long Count calendar. Or does it? Scientists and experts have begun to question the validity of myths that could be more invalid doomsday theories.
The Maya Long Count calendar says that he winter solstice of 2012 (Dec. 21, 2012) is the end of a B'ak'tun, which is a 144,000-day cycle. The cycle has been repeated 12 times since the mythical Maya creation date, according to Livescience.com. The B'ak'tun that will end in 2012 is the 13th and should fulfill a 5,200-year cycle creation.
The Maya Long Count calendar spans about 5,200 years, beginning in 3114 B.C. and ending on Dec. 21, 2012. The calendar reportedly resets at the end of the 13th cycle. People have used these findings to predict the end of the world on Dec. 21, 2012, which scholars dispute.
William Saturno, an expert on Maya archaeology at Boston University, compared the B'ak'tun cycle to the speedometer on a 1960s vehicle that resets after 999,999 to 0.
"We, of course, know that really means a hundred thousand miles and not zero," Saturno explains. "Is the end of B'ak'tun 13 a large period ending? Yes. Did the Maya like period endings? Yes."
He added, "But was it predicted to be the end of the world? No. That's just us."
According to studies, the theory comes from a 1,300-year-old stone tablet that is partially illegible and open for interpretation. Scholars agree that the day represents the start of a new era, rather than the end of days.
Archaeologists say that it wasn't the Mayans who linked the end of the 13th B'ak'tun with the end of the world. It was Judeo-Christians that linked the Mayan calendar cycle with their notions of apocalypse, according to Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History.
John Hoops, a scholar of Maya history at the University of Kansas, said that most "end-of-the-world" mythologies were a result of Christian eschatology introduced by Franciscan missionaries. Hoops also said that Maya people would have seen the end of their calendar cycle as a new beginning, but it is unclear on how they would have otherwise interpreted it.
Erik Velasquez, an ethics specialist at the National Autonomous University of Mexico, said the Mayans never prophesied that 2012 was the end of days, he told Discovery News.
"We have to be clear about this. There is no prophecy for 2012," Velasquez said. "It's a marketing fallacy."
The "marketing fallacy" is being celebrated in Mexico, where Mexicans hope to profit from the ancient theory. Mexico's tourism agency expects to draw 52 million visitors over the next year, according to a BusinessWeek report.
President Felipe Calderon said there will be 500 Maya-themed events over the next year, according to The Global Post. Guatemala will also be destination for tourists who seek Mayan culture. Tourism agencies are promoting Guatemala as an "unmissable" destination in 2012.
Other doomsday theories involve a rogue planet, solar storms or a planetary alignment, which are all disputed by NASA scientists. There is the theory that "Planet X" or "Nibiru" will collide with Earth in 2012. But, according to Don Yeomans, manager of NASA's Near-Earth Object program office at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California, Nibiru is made up.
At a public discussion earlier this month, Yeomans theories that Nibiru is hiding behind the sun makes no sense.
"We would have seen it years ago," Yeomans said.
He says the same in regards to theories on planetary alignments and other astronomical anomalies.


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The 2013 NFL draft could be a historic one for running backs, and not in a good way.
At least one running back has been taken in the first round every year since the AFL and NFL drafts merged in 1967, but that streak appears to be in serious jeopardy.
It's still possible that a back could shoot up the board during the pre-draft evaluation process or a team could reach for a back in the draft, but it's not looking good based on the current situation.
South Carolina's Marcus Lattimore was squarely in the first-round mix before suffering a gruesome, season-ending knee injury, and the next two backs on the board are underclassmen who carry late-second-round grades. They could decide to stay in school with the hope of boosting their stock next season.
What exactly is keeping this year's top prospects out of the first-round discussion? Let's take a look, but let's remember that a back doesn't have to be a first-rounder to make an impact at the next level. Just ask Washington Redskins rookie Alfred Morris, a sixth-round pick who is tied for third in the league with 1,106 rushing yards through Week 13.
North Carolina's Giovani Bernard (Grade: 82)
The biggest concern with Bernard is his ability to handle a heavy workload and stay healthy over the course of a grueling NFL season. He has just average size (5-foot-10, 205 pounds) and tore an ACL in the fall of 2009. Bernard has some wear on his tires, averaging more than 18 carries per game the past two seasons and taking more hits as a receiver and punt returner.
However, he is atop our running back board because of his versatility. Bernard is quick, shifty and instinctive as a runner, making the most of his blocks and flashing the ability to create even when he doesn't get a defined seam. His size will hinder his ability to anchor in pass protection, but Bernard is an effective receiver who catches the ball well and produces after the catch. Finally, he has the burst and vision to make an impact on punt returns.
Michigan State's Le'veon Bell (Grade: 80)
Bell checks in at 6-2 and 242 pounds, and he has to prove to scouts he is quick enough to be productive at the NFL level. Backs his size can succeed in the NFL -- just look at Atlanta's 244-pound Michael Turner -- but Bell's burst will be closely monitored during pre-draft workouts.
Still, Bell's size means he is tough to bring down. He can bounce off or power through would-be tacklers, and there's a lot to like about Bell's ability to exploit cutback lanes and bounce runs outside when necessary. It's his third-down ability that makes him an intriguing Day 2 prospect, though.
His size allows him to hold up well in pass protection, and he is an above average route-runner for his size with 76 career catches and the ability to line up in the slot at times.
Wisconsin's Montee Ball (Grade: 77)
Experience is a valued asset in most job interviews, but not for running backs, who have short NFL shelf lives.
Ball has 900 career carries at Wisconsin, and his decision not to enter the 2012 draft will likely end up hurting his stock in 2013. He has stayed healthy for the most part, but that is a lot of pounding. Teams will also closely evaluate the concussion Ball sustained in an off-field incident.
Still, he is one of the most efficient runners in the country, with above average instincts, the discipline to follow blocks and the ability to get vertical as soon as he locates a seam. At 5-11 and 210 pounds, Ball doesn't have elite power, but he runs hard and picks up yards after contact. He is quicker than fast but has enough burst to rip off chunks of yardage when he gets a seam.
Clemson's Andre Ellington (Grade: 75)
Ellington is an undersized back (5-9⅜, 195) who has had problems staying healthy and doesn't have the power to push the pile in short-yardage situations. There are also concerns about his vision and anticipation.
However, after watching several tapes and seeing him play in person at Boston College this season, one word comes to mind: effort. Ellington may be small, but he has above average balance and is always fighting for yards after contact. He is fast enough to make defenses pay when he hits a seam out of the backfield, after the catch or returning kickoffs.
Oregon's Kenjon Barner (Grade: 74)
He is also on the smaller side (5-9⅛, 186) for a running back prospect, doesn't show great power between the tackles and has been nicked up at times. The reason Ellington grades slightly higher is that Barner is slightly smaller and has had ball-security issues.
Barner is at his best in space, and it's not just about his shiftiness or above average top-end speed. He shows above average instincts in terms of recognizing where pursuit is coming from and makes the most of his open-field blocks. He is never going to be a great pass-blocker who can anchor against blitzing linebackers, but Barner is an above average receiver for the position.


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