Kerry J.ByrneCold Hard Football Facts Jared Allen-heroics aside, this is no golden year for sackmasters. Nov 6, 2009
The 1976 and 1977 seasons, meanwhile, marked the absolute depths of the , the seasons so dominated by defenses that the NFL was forced to institute wholesale rules changes before the 1978 season to save the sport from returning to its Stone Age 1930s scoring levels. But in the effort to open up offenses, the NFL started to close the door on defenses. (SportsIllustrated.CNN -- NFL)
Cisco computer game lets you play CEO Nov 5, 2009
You manage your business as it evolves from the stone age of dial-up, through the broadband and mobile connected eras, and into the dawning of the medianet age. That means you get to pick and choose everything from routers to networked-applications to help your company grow. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Technology)
The Greco Roman City of Apamea, Syr... Nov 2, 2009
The area around Apamea was occupied from the Stone Age. The first city on the site was known as was Pharnake until it was conquered by Alexander the Great and renamed Pella. (Suite101.com)
Celebrity birthdays for Oct. 18-24 Oct 15, 2009
Singer-bassist Nick Oliveri (Queens of the Stone Age) is 38. Keyboardist Charlie Lowell of Jars of Clay is 36. (San Francisco Chronicle -- Entertainment)
What Your Car Says About You Oct 14, 2009
" Your car implies more about your life than you might think. While 13% of Chevy owners don't use the Web, by contrast, less than 3% of Honda owners remain in the technological Stone Age. The antithesis of flashy, Honda owners are usually pragmatic and well educated; 70% boast a college degree or higher, compared with 35% of Chevy owners and 45% of Ford owners. The data was released in the spring as part of this year's New Vehicle Experience Study by San Diego-based market research outfit... (Channelnewsasia.com)
Archaeologists Discover 'Blue Stonehenge' Oct 9, 2009
8km) processional route constructed at the end of the Stone Age - or the Neolithic period ... Yet this was not a place where anyone lived: the pottery, animal bones, food residues and flint tools used in domestic life during the Stone Age were absent. (Science Daily)
• 'The Skin of Our Teeth' provokes laughter, contemplation Sep 18, 2009
I remained engrossed in the Antrobus family's saga from their Stone Age beginning, complete with pets wooly mammoth and dinosaur, through fires and floods to wartime, at which point the family pets are long gone. As a whole, the production is well planned and well conducted. (Juneau Empire)
Crop Circles Go Worldwide Overnight Sep 16, 2009
Wiltshire generally acknowledged as crop circle central is littered with Stone Age monuments, including. (See ). (National Geographic)
‘The Art of Nothing' Aug 23, 2009
Pony man hones survival skills with Stone Age techniques ... But the Renaissance is about 20,000 years too late for Elpel he prefers the Stone Age ... Elpel and eight other people will exist for a month, limiting themselves to possessions that would have been available to Stone Age man. (Montana Standard, MT)
Ghana's unmissables ... 9 things to try, visit and see Aug 1, 2009
National Museum This museum located in Accra, the countys capital, is filled with the countrys history and traditional art coming from the Stone Age to the present day. A small gift shop offers not only the same local crafts that can be found anywhere, but one of a kind paintings from local artists ranging from ten to a few hundred dollars depending on size. (Ghana Web, Ghana)
SIGGRAPH 2009 Adds New Focus on Music & Audio Jul 25, 2009
Like every advancement since the Stone Age, their work enlists the help of machines to improve upon what humans once made by themselves - fundamentally modern, but also timeless. Moderator: Georg Essl, University of Michigan. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Our irrepressible impulse to be creative Jul 11, 2009
Stone Age life was hard, all the more so in the overlapping ice age. Survival was a daily uncertainty. (Albany Times Union)
Pioneer Of Dance Jul 2, 2009
I personally disliked her increasingly formulaic whimsy and her trite view of the battle of the sexes, in which gender roles were fixed somewhere in the Stone Age. At her best though, Bausch connected the human body to the elements, particularly water and earth, in a visceral way. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
3 generations of artists connect Stone Age to Internet Age Jun 28, 2009
He grew up spending winters on the Alaska Peninsula in one that was not terribly different from those used by his Stone Age ancestors ... Three generations connect the Stone Age to the Internet Age. (Anchorage Daily News)
Infotainment Jun 25, 2009
Stone Age humans may have ripped raw meat from the bone with their teeth but they also played music, according to a study reporting the discovery of a 35,000-year-old flute, the oldest instrument known. Found in the Ach Valley of southern Germany, the nearly intact five-hole flute was meticulously carved. (Daily Times, Pakistan)
The Humans Review Jun 21, 2009
Platforming in the Stone Age. Anyway, the goal in each puzzle is to basically get your caveman to a hut, or retrieve some crucial bit of technology (like a rope), or to free a squarish caveman lass from the hostile tribe. (IGN PC Games)
'Guitar Hero 5' promises expanded options May 29, 2009
Others on the 82-band roster include the usual suspects (Bon Jovi, Iron Maiden, Queens of the Stone Age), some fresh faces (Band of Horses, Arctic Monkeys, Vampire Weekend) and a few classic rockers who are new to the franchise (Tom Petty, John Mellencamp, Elton John). "Guitar Hero 5" will reach stores Sept. 1, a week before "The Beatles: Rock Band" from rival MTV Games. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Twitter has millions tweeting in public communication service May 27, 2009
" By Jon Swartz ABOUT TWITTER'S FOUNDERSJack Dorsey Age: 32College: NYU (did not graduate)SingleOn Twitter: .Biz Stone Age: 35Colleges: Northeastern University and University of Massachusetts (did not graduate)Married.On Twitter: . Evan WilliamsAge: 37College: University of Nebraska (did not graduate)MarriedOn Twitter: .Company ownership: Founders, investors and employees all own varying percentagesIPO: Twitter has no commentCulture: All-hands-on-deck meetings; ban on bottled water By Jon... (USA Today -- Tech)
The Dead Weather and Tinted Windows join the supergroup ranks May 22, 2009
From left: The Raconteurs' ''Little'' Jack Lawrence and Jack White have joined guitarist Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and Kills vocalist Alison Mosshart to form the Dead Weather ... This time the Jacks' compatriots include guitarist Dean Fertita of Queens of the Stone Age and Alison Mosshart, vocalist for the Kills. (Boston Globe)
EDIT: Eros & Civilisation May 16, 2009
It also bears some resemblance to another sexually explicit figurine from the Stone Age, the Venus of Willendorf, discovered in Austria a century ago. That statuette is somewhat larger and was dated at about 24,000 years ago, but it was in a style that appeared to be prevalent for several thousand years. (India Times, India)
Copied Paintings Plague Vietnam's Museum of Fine Arts May 5, 2009
"The Americans said they were going to bomb Vietnam back to the stone age, to wipe out Vietnamese culture," says Nguyen Do Bao, chairman of the Hanoi Fine Arts Association, who was a young museum staffer in 1966 when the first B-52s appeared overhead. "It was a national imperative to keep the museum open." So the staff and in some cases, the artists themselves started to make copies. (Time.com)
Smash Hits Track Reveal Apr 17, 2009
Queens of the Stone Age - "No One Knows". Joan Jett lackhearts - "I Love Rock N' Roll". (IGN PS2)
3-D Printing Hits Rock-bottom Prices With Homemade Ceramics Mix Apr 11, 2009
10, 2009) This story is, literally, stone age meets digital age: University of Washington researchers are combining the ancient art of ceramics and the new technology of 3-D printing. Along the way, they are making 3-D printing dramatically cheaper. (Science Daily)
Toby Keith Irate Over Rolling Stone Story Apr 7, 2009
"In the story, Hawke claimed he witnessed the confrontation backstage at Nelson's tribute concert for his 70th birthday at the Beacon Theatre in New York. The article does not name Keith but says it was a country singer who "had a monster hit about bombing America's enemies back into the stone age. " In 2002, Keith had the song "Courtesy of the Red, White (The Angry American)" that threatened retribution for the 9/11 attacks. Hawke said the argument began with the "Star" telling Kristofferson:... (CBS News)
First Western tour group since 2003 visits Iraq Mar 21, 2009
Iraq's restored National Museum, which houses priceless artifacts from the Stone Age through the Babylonian, Assyrian and Islamic periods, reopened to the public on a limited basis last month but was closed Saturday. Today on IHT.com. (International Herald Tribune -- Health)
Hallelujah and pass me a cold one Mar 21, 2009
Senior executives on both sides of the Atlantic on Friday warned of an exodus of talent from some of the biggest names in US finance, saying the anti-American measures smacked of a McCarthy witch-hunt that would send the country back to the stone age. WAY TO GO CONGRESS. (Atlanta Journal-Constitution -- Opinion)
What the nose knows of an artist's hand Mar 18, 2009
He also became famous for his own stop-motion animation technique, which he calls "Stone Age animation." He makes a charcoal drawing, films it, alters it by adding or erasing marks, and then films the drawing again, repeating this procedure so that an entire scene can unfold, unscripted, on a single sheet of paper. In his new retrospective which will travel to Fort Worth, Texas; New York; West Palm Beach, Florida; Paris; Amsterdam; Vienna; and Jerusalem this work is contained to two peripheral... (International Herald Tribune)
NitroCream Gives the Competition the Deep Freeze with New N2-G4 Liquid Nitrogen Ice Cream Machine - Creating an Entirely New Category of Cool Mar 10, 2009
Seamlessly marrying innovative high-tech engineering with pioneering design, the new N2-G4 is the hot new frozen dessert machine in 2009 for any food service business that wants to leave the competition in the Stone Age. Wenatchee, WA (PRWEB) March 10, 2009 -- NitroCream LLC announced today they have debuted the finest quality, hand-crafted ice cream, gelato, frozen yogurt and sorbet machine ever made - the N2-G4. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
Mule deer win hearts around Wallowa Lake Mar 8, 2009
"They say people have been fascinated clear back to the Stone Age with antlers.". Mule deer shed antlers annually, one side at a time, and it's sometimes difficult to find both, says Walker, a former reserve deputy sheriff, National Guardsman, U.S. Forest Service helicopter firefighter and rodeo bull rider. (OregonLive, OR -- News)
Museum looted during fall of Baghdad opens Feb 24, 2009
The museum - which holds artifacts from the Stone Age through the Babylonian, Assyrian and Islamic periods - will be open to the public starting today but only for organized tours at first, officials said. "We have ended the black wind [of violence] and have started the reconstruction process," Maliki told hundreds of officials and guardians of Iraq's rich cultural heritage. (Boston Globe)
‘Never too early’ Feb 23, 2009
We ve gone from the stone age to the technology age. And the stone age didn t end because we ran out of stone. (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
'Darwinian aesthetics' and the origins of art Feb 8, 2009
It claims - in its crudest, popularized form - that some bit of human behavior is explained by the fact that we are genetically hard-wired to succeed and breed in a Stone Age environment ... If he was right to do so, the origins of some human psychology may be older than the Stone Age. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
