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Long-time Adobe customer and video aficionado Jacob Rosenberg recently made his directorial debut with Waiting for Lightning, an inspiring documentary about one of the world's most visionary skateboarders, Danny Way. Highlights of Way's 20+ year career as a professional skater include jumping the Great Wall of China and winning numerous Gold Medals at the X Games. Rosenberg and his team at Bandito Brothers used video technology from Adobe in the making of the film, including Premiere Pro, After Effects, Photoshop and Illustrator.
The movie, dedicated to Way's amazing life journey, is currently available in select theaters and can be downloaded via iTunes. To learn more about the film and Rosenberg's experience check out the Waiting for Lightning movie website, or read the behind-the scenes story told by Jacob to ProVideoCoalition and Creative Cow.


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A grand jury in Riverhead indicted Jason Lee, a Goldman Sachs financial advisor, for rape in the first degree this afternoon.
Mr. Lee has been free on $20,000 bail since Aug. 21, when a 20-year-old foreign student told detectives he had assaulted her following a pool party at a rented East Hampton house. He is additionally charged with assault in the third degree and sexual misconduct, both misdemeanors. The assault charge means that the grand jury believed that Mr. Lee used a weapon, reportedly his forearm, to injure the young woman, who is said to have returned to her native country.
East Hampton Town police say he put his forearm to her throat, pressing her to the floor of the house on Clover Leaf Lane that he and his wife had rented for the month of August. Alicia Lee, his wife, was in the city at the time of the alleged attack. Mr. Lee, whose was arrested on Aug. 20, his 37th birthday, will be arraigned in Suffolk County Criminal Court, Riverhead, on Sept. 20, before Justice Barbara Kahn, who may decide to raise the bail amount based on the indictment. He faces a mandatory 5-to-25 year sentence if convicted.

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No, I don't think I would. My 9 year old son is reading and doing math at least one grade level (sometimes two) above of where he is at and has been all through elementary. While the academic level is high, the emotional/social level is age-level appropriate. I think pushing him ahead of his peers would have been a horrible mistake for him and could have damaged him, socially and emotionally. I think the schools have a responsibility to the kids like this and need to do more to challenge them so they don't get bored, nurture their minds.
That is true in theory. But in reality, most schools and teachers don't have the desire, energy or resources to challenge and nurture kids who are ahead. My philosophy is that if they're ahead in every way, instead of making everyone else adjust, my child can adjust by moving up a grade. Now, of course, if he's not ready in every way, then the issue shouldn't even be discussed. I jumped both of my kids and haven't looked back. They would have died had they stayed in the lower grade. We get a glimpse of what life would have been like had we not jumped every summer when we try age-defined summer camps and programs. They never work out and my children have a terrible time. Some kids are just more mature and need to be with older kids. Adults aren't required to make their friend list based on their birthday, so why should children. So, we've learned. Their summer programs are always jumped up too--based on grade, rather than age.


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|6 years ago :: Apr 14, 2012 - 12:42PM #1
What is the Apocalypse? It is the Greek word for "Revelation," Strong's Concordance Greek Dictionary word # 602 Apokalupsis, from word #601; disclosure:-appearing, coming, lighten, manifestation, be revealed, REVELATION.
We are in the time of Revelation, which was prophesied by Jesus Christ through John the Revelator.
Therefore, the Book of Revelation, is the Topic of discussion.
Jesus Christ, took John in the spirit to the time, before during and after the LORD's DAY.
Revelation is all encompassing, from: Religion, Economics, Politics, and Education, the 4 hidden dynasties that CONTROL the masses of People,= or as Revelation calls them: the waters, or sea.
First of all, these are things I have studied, through my church, and on my own, take it or leave it. This is a subject that will cover END TIMES and the prophesies that are being fulfilled DAILY!
I am NOT proselyzing, just relaying the message!
Those who know how I write, know it will be from a Biblical point of view, therefore, if you don't want to read it, then DON'T! Turn the page to another thread!
Before we go further into this subject, will address "Apostasy," because it is the MAIN INGREDIENT concerning the Apocalypse!
Apostasy, Strong's Concordance Greek Dictionary word #646 "apostasia," deflection from the truth, falling away, forsake.
In the English, King James Version, the words are "falling away," which comes from "2 Thessalonians 2:3," concerning the LORD's DAY, being that big part of Revelation or Apocalypse!
2 Thessalonians 2:1 Now we beseech you, brethern, by the coming of our LORD Jesus Christ, and by our gathering together unto Him.
*Directly concerning the LORD's Day!
2:2 That ye be not soon shaken in mind, or be troubled, neither by spirit, nor by word, nor by letter, as from us, as that day of Christ is at hand.
2:3 Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall NOT COME, except there come a FALLING AWAY first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition,
2:4 Who opposeth and exalteth himself above all that is called God, or that is worshipped; so that he as God sitteth in the Temple of God shewing himself that he is God.
The Falling Away is Apostasy, meaning to deflect from one's own faith, by falling away from it, and into another.
Where does it take place, from the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem!
Antichrist will cause the apostasy, for the whole world will fall away from their faith in Jesus, Buddha, Caliphate, Mishra, etc., etc. and into the arms of the false messiah which is none other than Satan, called the Devil, great dragon and that old serpent, all names and titles, that fallen cherub goes by.
Hollywood portrays total chaos, and the earth blowing up, and horrid doomsday scenerio.
Which is a lie, for the most part, and an overwhelming portrayal of deception!
When Antichrist is here, it will seem like 'heaven on earth," if you worship the Antichrist, as he looks like, one thinks Jesus does, and he'll imposter Christ with great detail. None of this killing and maming; but instead by flatteries, love, peace and prosperty for all.
The world will be tested. Who will pass the test and who will fail?
To be continued:
Watch Jerusalem!
In Christ,
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|6 years ago :: Apr 14, 2012 - 3:52PM #2
Now stop preaching. You are not a competent theologian and you have no authority to do so.
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|6 years ago :: Apr 14, 2012 - 6:56PM #3
Again, I have a very good life, a lovely family, good health, job, friends, enough money, a loving pet who is entertaining (he is trying to get me to play tug)...
So far all I see that Nancy offers is crazy on the half shell. No, thanks!
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius
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|6 years ago :: Apr 14, 2012 - 7:35PM #4
AWWW puppy. So sweet.
And Yes to everything else you stated, Gilly. I have a good life. I have wonderful companion animals. I am in good shape. Regardless. Nancy would still have nothing I am interested in.
I do not need or desire anything Nancy is selling.
And yes Nancy you are proselytising. With every post.
A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler whom they consider god-fearing and pious. On the other hand, they do less easily move against him, believing that he has the gods on his side. Aristotle
Never discourage anyone...who continually makes progress, no matter how slow. Plato..
"A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives" Jackie Robinson
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|6 years ago :: Apr 14, 2012 - 9:04PM #5
I just got my new blender/mixer and it's awesome!!!! : ))) Life is indeed very very good.
OK, so I 'had' to go help the spawn file his 3 sets of taxes yesterday - and that's only 3 of 4, 'cause my old home town charges wage tax and I haven't located the filing address for the refund for that yet.... But he's getting a 'Summa Cum Laude' award from his department at graduation, and I guess I don't mind missing one evening with our friends to help him. I can tell he hasn't just been goofing off, LOL!
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|6 years ago :: Apr 15, 2012 - 8:57AM #6
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|6 years ago :: Apr 15, 2012 - 10:22AM #7
I think that if Nancy was happy, did feel that her god was giving her enough, had warm and loving friends and family and pets and laughed every day with the sheer pleasure of being alive then she wouldn't be here trying to spread her brand of poo.
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius
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|6 years ago :: Apr 15, 2012 - 10:56AM #8
Earl Doherty wrote --- Despite the apologetic efforts of those seeking to rehabilitate this document for the modern mind, it is difficult to see Revelation as anything more than a paroxysm of hate created by a mind bordering on the psychotic. The early church long resisted placing it in the developing canon of inspired writings. John the prophet has cast his spiritual Christ in his own joyless and vengeful image. The voice of this Messiah is his own, ready to punish for every slight, every rejection the prophet has suffered in his missionary work.
the floggings will continue until morale improves
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|6 years ago :: Apr 15, 2012 - 11:42AM #9
What is the name of your church?
Live a good life. If there are gods and they are just, then they will not care how devout you have been, but will welcome you based on the virtues you have lived by. If there are gods, but unjust, then you should not want to worship them. If there are no gods, then you will be gone, but will have lived a noble life that will live on in the memories of your loved ones. Marcus Aurelius
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|6 years ago :: Apr 15, 2012 - 12:38PM #10
LOL, I see, my Nemisi are alive and well....good for them!
This love/hate thing is so .......well, you guess!
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, in the promise and prophesy, and the one great Subject of the Word of God, being the Promised Seed of the woman (Genesis 3:15). He is the Master Key to the Divine Revelation of the Word, being He is the Word. John 1:1 & 1:14. The whole Bible is about Him directly or indirectly, without this understanding that Jesus Christ is the center of the Word of God; it could not be understood.
This is set forth in structure, from which it is written, for us to see that Genesis and Revelation, being the first and the last books of the Bible are inseparably linked together.
Genesis 1-2 corresponses to Revelation 21-22, these books bind up or girt one up, as a belt, from clasp to clasp, the Divine Word, which link together and enclosed between them in perfection of beauty and harmony the whole Scriptures in which God has been pleased to reveal His eternal purpose.
Unlocking the meaning and the scope of the book, is found in Revelation 1:10....
John speaking:
Rev. 1:10 I was in the Spirit on the LORD's Day, and heard behind me a great voice, as of a trumpet,
1:11 Saying, "I am Alpha and Omega, the first and the last: and what thou seest, write in a book, and send it unto the seven churches in Asia:.....
....unto Ephesus, and unto Smyrna, and unto Pergamos, and unto Thyatira, and unto Sardis, and unto Philadelphia and unto Laodicea.
The LORD Jesus Christ having John in the Spirit, to see and hear and write those things that the LORD Jesus would have him, make known to the churches. This fits in today, as well as, during John's time, even more prevalent today.
When John turned and looked this is what he saw:
Rev.1:12 And I turned to see the voice that spake with me. And being turned, I saw seven golden candlesticks (i.e. a menorah);
1:13 And in the midst of the seven candlesticks one like unto the Son of Man (i.e. Jesus Christ), clothed with a garment down to the foot, and girt about the paps with a golden girdle.
1:14 His head and His hairs were white like wool, and as white as snow; and His eyes were as a flame of fire;
1:15 And His feet like unto fine brass, as if they burned in a furnace; and His voice as the sound of many waters.
1:16 And He had in His right hand seven stars: and out of His mouth went a sharp two-edged sword: and His countenance was as the sun shineth in his strength.
*This is the bright shining Shekinah Glory, of the LORD, and the two-edged sword is His tongue, which cuts through lies both ways. The LORD destroys lies instantly with His Word.
1:17 And when I saw Him, I fell at His feet as dead. And He laid His right hand upon me, saying unto me , Fear not; I am the First and the Last(=Alpha and Omega)
1:18 I am He That liveth, and was dead; and behold, I am ALIVE for evermore, Amen; and have the keys of hell and of death.
1:19 Write the things which thou hast seen, and the things which are, and the things which shall be hereafter;
Here comes the interpretation from the LORD Jesus:
1:20 The mystery of the seven stars which thou sawest in My right hand, and the seven golden candlesticks. The seven stars are the angels of the seven churches: and the seven candlesticks which thou sawest are the seven churches.
When God and His angels interpret that which is symbolic, there is no need to go further, they are what they are.
It is established in my belief, that John was taken in the Spirit to the LORD's Day, time travel is possible in the Spirit, only by the LORD's hand.
The Revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave unto Him, to shew unto His servants things which must shortly come to pass; and He sent and signified it by His angel unto His servant John.
The visions in which John saw, were those things he had a front row seat to view, being the messager by the Word, for the Apocalyse of the endtimes.
Only 2 churches, God is pleased with, those two churches are established today, and still teach the TRUTH of God's Word, the others have failed.
Will continue later....
In Christ,
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I supervise the operations of the electron microprobe laboratory,
which houses a Cameca MBX microprobe. My research interests focus upon
petrologic problems ranging from terrestrial igneous rocks to meteorites. I am
collaborating with Richard Holm on ultra-alkaline volcanics and hypabyssal
rocks in central Arizona, and with Ted Bunch on meteorite classifications and
the petrology of impactites from Meteor Crater, Arizona and Argentina. These
form when molten material ejected during meteorite impacts. I have just started
a comprehensive study of the petrology of a new lunar meteorite regolith breccia.
These breccias are complex and contain a wide variety of lunar rock types. I am
also working on a summary of mineral chemistry of the
howardite-eucrite-diogenite (HED) clan. The NAU Meteoritics Lab has accumulated
one of the most extensive collections of this clan, which is believed to
originate from the asteroid 4 Vesta, as part of our classification efforts.
Among the other meteorites we've studied previously are two lunar samples (NWA
032, NWA 773) and one from Mars (NWA 2046). NWA 773 is a rare lunar cumulate
olivine norite; NWA 2046 is the most primitive (magnesian) shergottite yet
recovered. See "Meteorite Classification Services" at the link above for more
details. I have also collaborated with archaeologist Kim Spurr of Navajo Nation
Archaeology Department, studying volcanic-ash tempered ceramics.
A.J. Irving, T.E. Bunch, S.M. Kuehner,
& J.H. Wittke, 2004, Petrology of Primitive Olivine-Orthopyroxene-Phyric
Shergottites NWA 2046 and NWA 1195: Analogies with Terrestrial Boninites and
Implications for Partial Melting of Hydrous Martian Mantle: 35th Lunar and
Planetary Science Conference Abstracts, no. 1444.T.J. Fagan, G. J. Taylor, K. Keil, T.L.
Hicks, M. Killgore, T. E. Bunch, J. H. Wittke, D.W. Mittlefehldt, R. N.
Clayton, T. K. Mayeda, O. Eugster & S. Lorenzetti, 2003, Northwest Africa
773: Lunar Origin, Iron-Enrichment Trend, and Brecciation: Meteoritics and
Planetary Science 38:529-554.T. J. Fagan, G. J. Taylor, K. Keil, T. E.
Bunch, J. H. Wittke, R. L. Korotev, B. L. Jolliff, J. J. Gillis, L.A. Haskin,
E. Jarosewich, R.N. Clayton, T. Mayeda, V. A. Fernandes, R. Burgess, G. Turner,
O. Eugster & S. Lorenzetti, 2002, Northwest Africa 032: Product of Lunar
Volcanism: Meteoritics and Planetary Science 37:371-394. J. H. Wittke & R. F. Holm, 1996, The
association basanitic nephelinite-feldspar ijolite-nepheline monzosyenite at
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"Be humble; be bold," said David Browning of TechnoServe, offering his advice on developing partnerships at the 2014 Shared Value Leadership Summit. By that, he explained, your goals should be aspirational, but that you should "ground-truth" your strategies before getting too far ahead of yourself.
As a manager in new project development with EDF's corporate partnerships team, I was drawn to the Summit to learn from other organizations working to harness the power of markets to drive societal and environmental progress, creating "shared value" for all involved. Browning's talk was just one of the highlights of the Summit, where an inspiring combination of expertise, experimentation and uncommon alliances was on display.
Redefining shared value
Shared value is a still-evolving idea, first defined in 2011 as "a management strategy focused on companies creating measurable business value by identifying and addressing social problems that intersect with their business." While the terminology is new, the concept of creating it through corporate-NGO partnerships thankfully isn't.
What is new, as noted in the opening plenary, is the rapid shift of companies from launching many small-scale pilot projects to "developing the playbook"–codifying and scaling best practices across business units and entire sectors.
Honing the playbook
The term playbook itself captures the diversity of efforts that companies at the Summit described as necessary to drive real results. "You have to take a variety of approaches to do something big," said Beth Keck of Walmart in summing up the company's wide-ranging efforts with international NGO TechnoServe to incorporate one million smallholder farmers into its supply chains. JPMorgan Chase & Co and the Nature Conservancy announced the launch of NatureVest, an innovative new platform drawn from both organizations' strengths to drive impact investment in conservation.
Partnerships that require both expertise and experimentation to scale up impacts are never easy and speakers offered their hard-won insights. According to Zia Khan of Rockefeller Foundation, partners need to not only care about the problem to be solved, but see it as important to their organization. Our partnership with AT&T came quickly to mind; water scarcity represents a critical operational issue for the company and an important issue for EDF, which has driven us to work together to help AT&T and other companies in five water-stressed areas reduce their water use.
Applying lessons learned
At EDF, I work with colleagues to develop new models to engage business in addressing critical environmental issues, including efforts to reduce pollution from fertilizer and emissions from deforestation, and EDF's playbook's getting richer and more diverse with each new project. At the moment we're ramping up a competition to identify innovative technologies to make it easier for the oil and gas industry to find and quickly fix methane leaks, as well as working with Walmart to phase out toxic chemicals from their supply chain.
With exciting challenges ahead, I look forward to applying lessons learned from the Summit: to be bold in seeking transformational change; be humble in learning from the expertise around me; and to seek alliances, however uncommon, with those willing to work together.


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Second half comeback gives Eagles win over New Haven
COLUMBIA CITY – It may have taken a second half comeback and an overtime to take the lead, but the Columbia City Eagle boys' soccer team used increased second half pressure to accomplish both to take a 2-1 Northeast Hoosier Conference win over the visiting New Haven Bulldogs Monday night at Max Gandy Athletic Field.For a great deal of the first half, the ball was played in the Eagle end of the field with the Bulldogs notching the first goal of the contest when the Eagles misplayed a ball that left it in front of the Columbia City net. ——To read the rest of this story, please order an e-subscription, found under the e-edition subscription link, or call The Post & Mail at 244-5153, ext. 207 and ask for a subscription.


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Thousands of travelers the world over use home swaps as a way to afford a terrific vacation that might otherwise be out of reach.
But how do you know you're not walking into a scam, 3,500 miles from home?
| Choose the right site. To pick a reliable home exchange site, go to KnowYourTrade.com, a global directory, advises Nancy Wartik, an home swapping veteran and journalist.
Not only do you get an overview of the countless home-swapping networks out there, you can find those that attract homeowners from, say, Norway versus France.
Try HomeExchange for its international networks, Geenee for swap options in the world's coolest cities, Homeforexchange for its ease of use, and Homelink because it's one of the largest.
| Pay the fee. Many networks charge a modest membership fee to use their services, and it's worth it. By using a paid service, you're likely to get more qualified, serious swappers.
That said, the swaps themselves should be free. If you stumble onto a site that seems to offer amazing homes, but charges a fee for each swap, that's a red flag that it could be a scam. (Airbnb is an excellent site where people list their homes for rent, but they aren't swaps.)
| Trust, but verify. "Swapping can be a leap of faith," says Wartik, but there are plenty of ways to vet potential swap buddies: If the site offers user reviews, read those; and have several email, phone and/or Skype calls.
You can ask for references, but be prepared to provide your own reference in return.
In the end, home-swapping success comes down to mutual respect—and being practical, adds Kayt Sukel of TravelSavvyMom. If you're worried about certain precious or private belongings, store them in the basement, in a locked closet, or at a friend's house.
Mi casa es su casa. Tell us about your home-swapping experiences—the good, the bad, the funny.
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Farmhouse Chicken Chowder is packed full of all the delicious and nutritious things you can pick up at a farm market.
There's a colorful mélange of vegetables including onion, garlic, carrots, celery, parsnips, sweet and white potatoes, corn, spinach and herbs like rosemary, thyme, bay and parsley.
Swimming throughout the herby broth among all those vegetables are tender bites of juicy chicken. You can use leftover roasted chicken, a rotisserie chicken or start with raw chicken breasts. I've included the directions for both as well as a crockpot version.
Heavy cream adds a touch of indulgence and helps thicken the chowder up, making it rich and creamy.
There's many a farmer come in from the field or barnyard, the lovely aroma beckoning from a mile away, to find a stick-to-your-ribs soup exactly like this one simmering away on the stove.
Don'tcha wish you were a farmer right now. . . I do.
Farmhouse Chicken Chowder is packed with a colorful mélange of vegetables, herbs and tender chicken.
- If using raw chicken (for cooked chicken, skip this and go right to step 2) heat a few tablespoons of olive oil in a large soup or stock pot over medium heat. Cut the chicken into bite-size pieces; season well with salt and pepper and dust lightly with flour. Cook, turning often to brown on all sides. Remove from pan and set aside.
- Add a few tablespoons of oil to the pan and over medium-low heat saute onion until tender and translucent; add garlic and ginger; saute until fragrant 2-3 minutes.
- Add the carrots, celery and all the seasonings. Toss well and cook 5 minutes, stirring often.
- Add parsnips, potatoes, corn, chicken broth, chicken and parsley. Bring to a simmer and cook 30 minutes, tasting often and seasoning as needed.
- Add the heavy cream to a medium bowl and stir in 3 ladles of broth, one at at time. Stir into the soup along with the spinach; bring to a simmer 10 more minutes. Remove bay leaves before serving.
- To a 5 or 6 quart stockpot combine everything but the heavy cream and spinach. If using raw chicken cut them in half rather than in bite-size pieces, season them well with salt and pepper and dust lightly with flour.
- Cook 5-6 hours on high or 8 on low adding the heavy cream and spinach during the last hour or two. Mix the heavy cream with a few ladles of hot soup before adding to the pot. Remove chicken at the same time and shred or cut into bite-size pieces; add back to pot. Taste and season as needed. Remove bay leaves before serving.
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"They're back!"
This has nothing to do with Poltergeist. Or ghosts or television sets that show nothing but static and snow.
It is all about the resurrection of Stevenson High School football. It is about the Titans populating the win column again.
It is about former Stevenson star Steve Goralski becoming the head coach after the legendary Rick Bye stepped down.
It is about perseverance, dedication and commitment that all applies to both the players and the coaches.
"This is all really a reflection on our seniors and the other players," said Goralski. "From the very beginning, they were determined not to have another bad year. The kids started busting their butts pretty much as soon as the 2011 season ended.
"We had at least 30 kids during off-season workouts, and that is more than half of the guys on our roster. We knew when the players were showing up and working that hard that they had bought into the system."
Stevenson finished the 2011 season with a 1-8 record. The Titans take a 5-1 mark into Friday night's game against Chippewa Valley. The Big Reds are also 5-1.
"It's going to be a great game. Scott (Merchant) has done a great job at Chippewa Valley. Really, we are two similar stories. Both programs are making their way back. I was meeting with one of our coaches last night and we were talking about what a great scenario it is for Friday night's game. The winner will get an automatic bid to the playoffs. We are both still in the hunt for the MAC Red championship. I am just grateful it is a meaningful game; certainly not like it has been the last couple of years."
Chippewa Valley finished 3-6 in 2011. The Big Reds were 2-7 in 2010.
This is Goralski's third year as the head coach at Stevenson. It's his 23rd overall in coaching. In 2011, the Titans finished 1-9. In his first season, they were 2-7. In Bye's final season as head coach, Stevenson went all the way to the Division 1 state championship game where the Titans fell 31-21 to Detroit Catholic Central.
The cupboards were pretty much bare following Bye's outstanding final season.
"These players believe in the coaches. There is a good trust between the players and the coaches. At Stevenson, we've tried to create a real family atmosphere. A lot of it is how the coaching staff acts toward the kids. I can honestly say that we treat the kids on the team like they are our own kids."
Goralski and assistant Dave Cutlip, who played at Sterling Heights, are both 42 years old. That makes them the oldest members of the coaching staff.
"When I'm interviewing a coach, we rarely talk about football first. I want coaches who are good people. I ask them about their family lives, about what they like to do away from football. The X's and O's stuff comes later," said Goralski.
"The biggest thing, coaching-wise, and Kenny Fiott said this, is that you coach as hard as you can and you try to get the kids to play the best they can. We are all in it for Stevenson and not for anything else," said Goralski.
Fiott was the offensive coordinator at Stevenson for years.
Goralski and his staff could sense a turnaround on the opening weekend of the 2012 season. The Titans came out and put a 34-14 licking on a good Howell team.
"The score was 14-7 and a year ago, the team might have folded and said here we go again, but this is a different group. We got another score and you could tell there was a big difference in attitude," said Goralski.
It will be a different sort of game Friday night at Chippewa Valley. Both teams have plenty of stake this year. That's a testament to a lot of hard work and dedication at both schools.


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Royce "Booger" Pruit, 75, of Garden City died Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in a Sterling City nursing home. Graveside funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013, at the Garden City Cemetery in Garden City, Texas.He was born Sept. 13, 1937, in Lovington, N.M., and married Beverly Cox on June 8, 1956, in Lovington, N.M.Royce came to Garden City from Penwell and graduated from Garden City High School. He started working as a deputy sheriff for Glasscock County in 1958 and was appointed sheriff in 1962.He retired in 2008 after 47 years and was the longest serving sheriff in Texas and the United States. He also served as the Glasscock County Tax Assessor Collector. He was a member of the Sheriff's Association of Texas and was a Baptist.Survivors include his wife, Beverly Pruit of Garden City; one son, Van Pruit and wife Delores of Stanton; eight grandchildren, Coty Pruit, Becky Pruit and Lindy Pruit, all of San Angelo, Shawn German of Stanton, Staci Kunkle of Greenwood and Cassie Paranuk, Melissa Meador and Troy Deiterman, all of Waco; 10 great-grandchildren; two sisters, Donna Kay Lawton of Greenwood, Ark., and Iretta Pruit of Odessa; and two brothers, Dick Pruit of Spencerville, Okla., and Donald Pruit of Fort Worth.He was preceded in death by his parents, Anne and Chester Pruit; one son, Lonnie Pruit; three sisters, Eunice Rowe, Ollie Harwell and Joyce McFarland; and three brothers, Roy Pruit, Bob Pruit and Tommy Pruit.The family suggests memorials be made to Sterling County Nursing Home, P.O. Box 46, Sterling City, Texas 76951.Arrangements are under the direction of Nalley-Pickle & Welch Funeral Home & Crematory of Big Spring. Online condolences can be made at: www.npwelch.comPaid obituary


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METRO VANCOUVER - Richmond Mounties are investigating after a black car smashed into a convenience store in Richmond this morning, injuring one employee.
Boyce Towing Company confirmed that police called at around 10 a.m. to say that a car had smashed through a 7-Eleven at No. 3 Road and Blundell and that the company towed it away.
There are no reports of injuries. Photos released by the RCMP show the whole front end of the car inside the store.
RCMP say the crash has closed the business and left a gaping hole in the brick wall. The driver, who was the lone occupant of the vehicle, allegedly lost control entering the parking lot of the store and hit a rubber curb which launched the vehicle into the building.
Three employees were inside; one has been taken to Richmond General Hospital with non-life threatening injuries.
Meantime, Vancouver police continue to investigate another incident where a car smashed through a fast-food restaurant on Denman Street on Nov. 4.
Const. Brian Montague, a spokesman for the VPD, said Tuesday that police had no new information about what caused the crash that sent four police officers to hospital with injuries.
The four male officers suffered varying injuries, from broken bones to complaints of chest pains. Montague said some of the officers will be returning to work next Monday, but the officer with the broken ankle will be off work for a while yet.
The 30-year-old woman driving the car was quite shaken up, police said following the incident, and was taken to hospital as a precaution. Police have said they do not believe alcohol was a factor in that crash.


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FOXBOROUGH — As Lee Nguyen's shot from just outside the box whistled well over the crossbar in the waning seconds of the Revolution's 1-0 loss to FC Dallas, a collective groan rose from the crowd of 10,284 at Gillette Stadium.
The reaction to Nguyen's shot had little to do with the midfielder and plenty to do with the Revolution's inability to score this season. It's now been 298 minutes of play since New England (1-2-1) scored its lone goal of the season.
"It's disappointing," said Revolution coach Jay Heaps. "[Finishing is] something we do a lot of [work on] in practice. Maybe we do it too much, but we work on those things and you want to get yourself in a place to finish. I thought tonight we had chances to score and we didn't.
"Right now our play is a little bit out of synch with where our runs are and we've just got to continue to get better every week."
In an effort to ramp up the attack, the Revolution switched from a 4-5-1 to 4-4-2 to begin the game, inserting 18-year-old Diego Fagundez at forward, alongside Jerry Bengtson. They also started midfielder Ryan Guy for the first time this season.
Fagundez and Bengtson had quality scoring chances, but both walked away empty-handed and frustrated.
"I think we're all trying so hard to get 3 points and to get goals," said Fagundez, who was on the field for 85 minutes after not playing in last weekend's 0-0 tie with Sporting Kansas City in the home opener. "We're trying everything we can. We're crossing. We're trying to get it in the box. We just can't [score].
"Someone needs to step up and try scoring a goal and I think once we get it, we'll be all set."
For the second time in five days, Bengtson had to watch as Blas Perez netted a heartbreaking goal against his team. It was Perez who netted an insurance goal for Panama against Bengtson's Honduran national team on Tuesday in World Cup qualifying play, and it was Perez on Saturday scoring in the 87th minute with a well-placed header.
Perez, who came in for Kenny Cooper in the 64th minute, was set up by David Ferreira for the Western Conference leaders (4-1-0).
"Perez got up and headed it across and put it in a good spot," said Revolution goalie Bobby Shuttleworth, "probably the only spot where I couldn't have saved it.
"I thought we had a lot of good chances in the second half and had the better of the play,'' continued Shuttleworth, "but it's not a good enough effort from all of us at home."
The Revolution left Heaps frustrated with their play in the first half, registering just one shot (by Fagundez). They caught a huge break in the 15th minute when Cooper sent a bouncing cross to the back post that went right between the legs of Jackson, who had nothing but wide-open net in front of him.
New England turned in a much stronger performance in the second half, registering eight shots (four of which were on target), but couldn't get a ball past Raul Fernandez (five saves).
The Revolution's best chance came in the 57th minute after a handball led to a free kick from just outside the box for Juan Toja. The midfielder's attempt found Dallas's wall, but Toja followed his shot and found Bengtson with a looping pass. Bengtson got his head on it, and it took a last-second swipe by Fernandez to deflect the ball over the net.
"I think that in the first half there wasn't enough movement, there wasn't enough playing the ball quickly," said Heaps. "A lot of what we had worked on all week [in practice] just seemed to go away.
"In the second half, that was more our group, but unfortunately you need 90 minutes to unlock a team and we only came to play for 45 minutes [Saturday]."
The Revolution will have time to stew before traveling to Seattle to take on the Sounders on April 13.


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Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini has no concerns about the form of influential striker Carlos Tevez.
After the problems of last season, the Argentinian has been restored to prominence at the forefront of City's attack this term. He began the campaign with four goals in as many games but then hit a barren spell and has scored just three since.
Mancini said: "No, I'm not disappointed about this form recently."
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Don't count on MSU beating themselves. They might, but don't count on it. I think that if we are going to win WE will have to beat them.
Say What? Defensive Optimism
Our defense...
Is hard to look at.
Our offense…
...however, happens to be so good-looking as to compensate for her ugly friend.
Now, this is not just a bad analogy or an excuse to look at a picture of Melissa Theuriau [Ed: Who needs an excuse?]; this is relevant to football.
In a previous post immediately post-UMass, I said:
3. It can't get any worse. Now, many of you may laugh at the implication that Wisconsin and OSU can't outperform UMass on Offense, but they pretty much can't. UMass dominated TOP - which will be the number one anti-Denard potion going forward...They employed the perfect beat-Michigan formula...
…and this came to pass on Saturday. Those who want to split hairs might argue that our defense against Indiana was worse than it was against UMass, and I am guessing some might argue the other way around. I would suggest we are debating insignificant differences in horribleness.
Where is the optimism in a defense that has twice in the last three weeks performed at or near its worst? They are called victories. Our offense has been sufficient to score more points than our defense at its worst has given up.
Why do I keep suggesting that this defense can't get any worse? I, myself, was in a state of near gibbering panic at the thought of what Wisconsin and Michigan State might do against our defense. Then I laughed (I swear alcohol had nothing to do with it). This fear is grounded in the nightmarish unreality of a game without a clock. As of last check, we still have one of these at every game:
Quite simply, UMass and Indiana have both plumbed the depths of the worst case scenario that Wisconsin and MSU can hardly outdo, but may duplicate. They pretty much squeezed in as much offense as the 120th ranked Bend-Don't-Break pass defense is going to allow in a sixty minute game.
Both UMass and Indiana:
Dominated TOP as a mechanism to keep Denard and the Michigan Offense off the field (edit: AND limit the number of possesions). This is relevant in that it accentuates the horrid stats that our defense puts up.
Opponent TOP Michigan TOP UMass 36:67 22:22 Indiana 41:47 18:13
Specialized in long, clock-consuming, play-engorged series at the most damn inopportune time.
UMass 11 plays 53 yards 9 plays 67 yards 9 plays 79 yards 15 plays 70 yards Indiana 11 plays 77 yards 13 plays 99 yards 10 plays 72 yards 12 plays 50 yards 13 plays 80 yards
- (I cannot recall as many long drives as Indiana had in all my years of watching college football. They relentlessly attacked the fundamental weakness of the Bend-Don't-Break philosophy: take what is given. These opponents, as gracious guests, ate from the buffet set out by our caterer, GERG Special Events.)
Had superb success in drive scoring percentage. I don't know what the national average is here, but I am willing to bet that those batting averages are all-star worthy. A little help from the Mathlete here would be nice.
Score/Poss Scoring % UMass 6/11 55% Indiana 5/12 42%
So, in order for better teams to do more damage to Michigan than UMass and Indiana, one of the following things must happen:
- Better drive scoring percentage.
- Better defense against our offense.
- Intangible success (turnovers, special teams, injuries, etc.)
…all the while Michigan does not have an appreciable improvement in defensive performance or tactics.
Now, it is possible that a couple teams will score more frequently than did the two teams above, and it is probable that Denard and company will be defended better. And we know that the intangibles, our enemy in past years, will bite us sometime soon. But the prospects are not as grim as you might believe for a couple reasons:
- Chappell's passes were surgical. I was astounded at his gutsy and precise activity over the middle. I would suggest, based upon propensity for interceptions, that NONE of the remaining QBs possess that level of precision. In other words, our zone passing defense that invites 65 attempts will likely extract more errors out of Cousins, Stanzi, Bolden, Tolzien and Pryor.
- Last year demonstrated that RR's offense could be defended effectively without the "Pat White" prototype QB that stresses defenses. I have finally seen, like a child slowly realizing the truth about Santa, the RR offensive philosophy embodied in that magical, wide-open slant after Denard fakes a QB iso. Does any defense so ridiculously abandon their zone responsibilities to cope with Sheridan, Threet or even Tate? Of course not. I don't think any defense that we will face will more calmly react to Denard than the first five have. Oh, most will do better, but marginally so. That includes Norm Parker and Iowa (I predict we shred them).
In the end, I am not predicting that we will finish 12-0 or even 11-1. What I am suggesting is that there is a point where defensive ineffectiveness reaches a saturation point in a Bend-Don't Break strategy that debunks a dark fear in all our hearts that teams will score more and more and more. Teams will score, but the scoring will look pretty much like what UMass and Indiana scoring looked like. As long as Denard stays healthy, we will be in every game.
The proof will be coming shortly - I will return to mgoboard to take my beating these next seven weeks if this prediction doesn't come true: no Big Ten offense will score more than 40 points on Michigan (OK, maybe one in a perfect storm game).
And the final consolation I take is in the offensive line. Last year, our OLine was horrifying. This year it is a source of strength. Assuming (a big assumption) that RR knows both sides of the football, I see a parallel in our secondary that should possess real depth next year and show similar improvement.
From 2008 bleacher:
Out of that, I calculated the percentage of drives a team scored on using offensive touchdowns and field goals made. The top ten are as follows:
118. Army - 20.37%
117. Notre Dame - 20.65%
116. Duke - 20.78%
115. Baylor - 20.96%
114. Syracuse - 22.82%
113. Temple - 23.53%
112. Iowa - 23.97%
111. Iowa State - 24.83%
110. Louisiana Tech - 25.44%
We're moving in the right direction.
Nice numbers, thanks. So we were allowing top ten-ish efficiency.
We're 3 Hagerup punts from being 2-3 instead of 5-0 by your logic. One less possession against ND, UMass, and Indiana would have been losses. At some point the D will need to be responsible for not losing a game instead of dilithium powered offense.
I'm still enjoying the ride 100% better than the last two seasons. Go Blue!
Twice the offense has struggled in the second half of games (ND and Indiana). Both times the defense rose to the occasion (four stops in a row against ND to preserve a 4-point lead and four stops against Indiana compared with only two touchdown drives).
The defense hasn't been great, but they've been more than adequate when they've really had to be.
I agree. The Bend-Don't-Break D has worked at some key times. I expect it to on Saturday.
Great post.
I was thinking MSU's strategy this week will be to dominate TOP to keep the ball away from Michigan's offense... but as you point out, that scenario has already happened and Michigan still won.
If the defense can force just one (1) turnover, Michigan will win.
we need to be at least +1 in turnovers.
Is this the part where I have to jump on the grenade?
The touchdown percentage obviously varies based on starting field position. Drives starting the 30 yard line score 1.9 points per drive. If all of those points are on touchdowns, that equals a 27% chance of TD from a drive starting at the 30. Each yard on the offense's side of the field is worth about 0.5%.
Thanks. So, with an average starting field position, mid-30% might be typical? Interesting.
I know I'm old (50+ years of U of M football - how many watched that 1965 Rose Bowl ?) but I have been reading alot of posts referencing "bend don't break" defensive philosophy.
Not sure where this phrase began - but I am sure that it originally meant that the defense would not give up big plays (only 3 breakdowns so far this year) AND that the D would allow teams to drive between the 20's but no further ... that is the "don't break" part. Back in the day - holding a team to the 20 meant a 37yard FG (which ws 50/50 back then).
Unfortunately the 2010 version some are quoting is actually a "bend then break" which is totally different and gves all of us "chest pain" at various intensities. Our D just isn't getting off the field ... and this was also the problem in 2009. Yes we would be better if Warren didn't leave and injuries didn't happen - but we still have good (maybe not great) athletes on the D.
So what is the answer - that is not our job - its Gerg's. C'mon dude - wake up ! you had 10 years in the NFL as DC .... make a statement ! we are fucking last in the country in pass defense - LAST !! I can even accept a horrible pass defense if we were great at stopping the run ... but that's not true either. You don't have to have "studs" - everyone has heard of "no-name" defenses that play as a team.
But come Saturday - we better stop the run - b/c Cousins can' beat us with his arm and State will try to run it all day ... but those scrambles last year hurt us big time. Damn ... more chest pain .... think I'll make Melissa Theuriau, my desktop background !!!
Go Blue !
Indiana, I hear you. It should be named the Bend-Slowly-Break defense. And I am not an advocate of it. I have threads where I advocated insane blitzing to either die quickly and get Denard back on the field or blow up their offense - the rationale: why let them keep our offense off the field?
And I also agree that if we were to lay side-by-side our talent with the thirty pass defenses above us in the rankings, we'd find walk-ons and no-stars and scrubs performing at a higher level because of better tactics from the coaching staff.
I am not endorsing GERG or his strategy...but I am stuck with it. And every time I question GERG, the "what are we going to do, change DC yet again!?!" crowd negs me into oblivion. So, I decided to put a happy face on it this morning. GIVEN GERG as our DC, I still see us getting to 9-3.
USC is 116th in pass defense. They have a ton more blue-chip talent on that side of the ball, but they have no upperclassmen starting in the secondary and no seniors on the d-line. People also seem to think Monte Kiffin knows how to coach defense, but they suck because they are young and inexperienced. We are young, inexperienced, and not nearly as talented.
GERG is a quality coordinator with a long track record of success. Our roster on defense is not very good yet (it will be much better when the tons of freshmen getting PT get older). The reason people who criticize the DC get negged is because it is dumb to expect any coach to get significantly better results than what we are seeing from this unit. The facts across the country bear this out.
Perhaps. I don't know enough about scheme to judge whether 120th ranked pass defense is the best that can be had from our Defense. I suspect there are tactical fixes that could improve this defense as GERG is certainly not infallible. One, for example, would be to play tight man-to-man coverage from time to time. What's the downside? A quick touchdown? A fast death vs. a slow one, perhaps offset by an occasional pick or three and out?
It is safe to say that Chappell knew the cushion would always be there. Do you think we should make our opposing QB at least have to wonder about coverage? Even if he burned us, I'd rather he have to take an extra half-second to determine if it was tight press coverage or a soft zone.
This is why you are not the defensive coordinator. The guy actually doin that job is trying to make it harder for the other team to score, not easier. Is your actual recommendation that we put Floyd, Rogers, Kovacs, etc. in more one-on-one matchups with opposing receivers? Virtually every time we blitzed last season, we gave up a touchdown. We blitzed plenty on Saturday early on as well. Every time we did it, Chapell turned away from the side the blitz came from and threw the ball to the guy going up against Talbott or some other freshman corner in "tight man-to-man coverage." Each time it resulted in a TD or an easy first down.
The strategy we used almost exclusively in the second half (rush three and drop eight) resulted in four stops and two TD drives (not exactly the defensive abortion it is being made out to be). A defensive coordinator getting those results out of a secondary that consists of sophomore, choice of two freshmen, freshman position switch, sophomore student-body walk-on, and senior who has switched positions a billion times and never been remotely close to seeing the field (all backed up by true freshmen) while going up against a quality senior QB means that the defensive coordinator did a damn good job.
Yes, I am not a DC and happy about it! I did not see that tight coverage, but I will take your word for it and look at the UFR.
For what it's worth, this is a quote from Ron Simpkins after the game (via Rivals):
I think the thing that bothered me the most is the lack of adjustments. If you want to run the three-down-lineman look and drop eight, that's fine, but when they've thrown for 250 yards at the half it's pretty clear you need to try something different. Now, the three-man front was actually somewhat effective, but there's another reason to rush four and that's to give Indiana a different look. We gave Indiana the same look all game and we just sort of hoped their quarterback would make a mistake. How many mistakes did he make? Not many and yet we didn't change it up at all and make him adjust what he was doing.
What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That's what it was like watching our defense last weekend. They presented Indiana the same look, three up, eight back, the occasional blitz, but they should have gone into the half and come out with a four-man look if for no other reason than their quarterback might have dropped back to pass and thought, 'Hmm, something's different.'
It seems to support my notion that we did little to mix it up and force Chappel to worry about a different look.
We mixed it up much more in the first half and got worse results than we did in the second half when we did basically the same thing on every play. You and Ron Simpkins might not like the looks of it, but the "doing the same thing over and over again" strategy worked better than the let's mix it up plan. The only reason we are talking about this as anything other than a positive halftime adjustment is because the offense repeatedly failed to put IU away (unlike say Stanford against ND who got praised for playing a "confusing" three-man-rush look that they basically copied from us and that totally shut down ND's attack) and because the overall numbers look bad (which is going to happen every week because the defense just isn't very good).
You make a good point here:
The strategy we used almost exclusively in the second half (rush three and drop eight) resulted in four stops and two TD drives (not exactly the defensive abortion it is being made out to be).
I'd also like to point out that there were multiple opportunities for Michigan to take a 2-score lead in the second half because of defensive stops. The closest Michigan came to a 2-score lead was in the 1st half when they fumbled the snap on the 1 yard line. The offense just wasn't as efficient in the second half. (Michigan punted 5 times total, and 4 times in the 2nd half.)
I also wonder how much the lack of Shaw and Toussaint affected our D. We punted on a couple of 4th-and-1 situations, where our more explosive backs might have gotten the extra yard and kept the drives alive, giving us a chance to get up by 2 or 3 scores. Hopefully they are 100% for MSU and can give our running game a little extra punch.
That's all I said. I think Gerg can do it - like I said 10 years NFL experience looks extremely good on his resume (throw out the Syracuse years). I agree negs abound when you question Gerg at all - but have you seen the negs RR gives Gerg during the games (stares) ??? Now those are real negs !!!
IMO - RR has already earned his contract extension. We have the most electrifying ofense in college football and no words can describe Denard. Michigan is talked about on sports talk radio and TV every single day ... and this is going to help recruiting BIG TIME.
However - they also talk about our D and they are not using RR's name, they use Gerg's. The pressure is on him (whether we get negged or not) - if we had a top 50 defense right now ... there is no telling where the hype would stop.
Maybe the '10 ND game made our D more conservative because the big plays killed us in '09. A conservative defense give us a soft zone, fewer TFL and less 3 & outs. I do think Gerg's got the knowledge .. but this D needs him to step up ... for it won't be RR taking the fall if the D fails in 2010.
Go Blue !
All this talk of how we don't blitz enough is driving me nuts. We would all love to see a lock down defence where they blitz like mad and get tonnes of pressure on the QB, a la the Rex and Jets. But those are personnel driven defences. Those mad multiple blitz schemes require that you play a lot of man coverage in the secondary. For that you need competent DBs like Revis. We are in a state of perpetual zone prevent to cover up for a gaping lack of players and experience. Our defence is only a small step above a very good high school defence. Until we get the players, this is our life. Score on every drive and hold the ball last. If we can manage one stop a game, we have even odds on winning against pretty much anyone. This is our season. And likely next year's too.
No one advocating blitzing with press man coverage is under the illusion that we would be good at it. We are advocating it for three reasons:
- Give the offense a different look; force the QB to think about variations in coverage.
- See how our slowly maturing young seconday performs when occassionally called upon to provide tight coverage. They are cornerbacks. I assume they will, on occassion, be able to provide tight coverage with a cover 1 over top to bail out at least one side of the field if they get burned. Let's see what happens.
- The downside of potentially getting burned - seven points and our potent offense with the ball in what probably amounts to an extra possession - is more than offset by the upside of perhaps blowing up a possession and forcing the QB to slow down and read variable defenses, resulting in other errors as the game progresses.
This is not the fantasy of a coach potato football fan. Ron Simpkins said as much yesterday in an interview:
What's the definition of insanity? Doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result. That's what it was like watching our defense last weekend. They presented Indiana the same look, three up, eight back, the occasional blitz, but they should have gone into the half and come out with a four-man look if for no other reason than their quarterback might have dropped back to pass and thought, 'Hmm, something's different.
And he also observed, as did the rest of the world, that when we blitzed, we offered soft coverage. Again, no one believes Woodson is running around in our secondary, but many believe that allowing 45 completions and 41 minutes of clock control is evidence that the Indiana OC was in an unacceptable comfort zone.
Not a big fan of the constant turnover of the Defensive Coordinators......or the defenese backs for that matter.....But I'm not sold that Greg R. is the answer.......Even in his super bowl days with the broncos his pass defense was 28 of 30 teams..........Sorry boys the future isnt bright for the defensive secondary.......That being said RR had the number seven D in the nation when he left WV in 2007.......SO maybe the 3-3-5 can work.....But the biggest concern is Greg R. the answer???... look at his history against the pass....I predict RR keeps his job...but again we see a new DC.......To much invested and its a ton easier to rebuild a defense to average that over haul an offense.....and with an average defense with this offense a national championship is not out of the question.....GO BLUE
It makes no sense to me how we are using Craig Roh in the last 3 games. He has great games in our first two games mostly playing on the d-line. Was leading our team in TFL's and scored +11 on UFR at Notre Dame. Then we decide to put him in retreat, mostly in pass coverage. The kid is a born DE, not a LB. Look at all the NFL draft sites and he is pegged as a 2nd or 3rd rounder but he is being severly misused. It is hurting our team and hurting his future. We are not using one of our best assets!
Another quote from Ron Simpkins:
When the year began, they were really excited about this kid and the fact they could use him a variety of ways, but I think what we've seen five weeks into the season is that he's most comfortable with his hand on the ground as a pass rusher, and I think you have to let him do what he does well, because if you're asking him to drop into coverage, he doesn't look confident out there.
There's much more behind a paywall, so I'd better stop quoting, but he echoes your sentiments.
I have to agree that GERG can do more with the dynamic Craig Roh. Roh playing in space is not as instinctive when playing near at the line. Roh and Black should both be rushing the QB on most passing downs (hand on the ground or not). You're taking your best pass rusher away from rushing the passer.
Another curious use of personnel was the blitzing of JT Floyd, meaning you ask a freshman DB to cover. You're taking your best DB out of coverage. The Indiana TD at the end of the first half was the result of a misplayed zone by Talbott. Does JT Floyd play that correctly? Maybe. Hopefully yes.
With only so many capable defenders, you have to maximize their abilities. Roh consistently in zone coverage and Floyd in a blitz does not utilize your defensive playmakers. Showing different looks is important, but so is putting your players in the best position to succeed.
Lastly, when we bring delayed blitzes it would be good to see our DBs press up on the WRs a bit. Chappell threw into the blitz, as a good QB will do, and the WRs were open on short routes. When we dial-up a blitz the coverage has to be tighter, knowing the WRs will shorten routes. JT Floyd, at least, has the ability to re-direct the WR off the line and still get into his zone drop.
GERG is working with an inherently flawed unit, but it would be good to see Roh and Floyd schemed to their strengths, like he has been able to do with Martin and Mouton.
Most defensive ends weigh in the 270-280 range. Roh is listed at 251. He's too light to not be a liability against the run. If we had better defensive depth, he'd have redshirted last year and then seen spot duty as a situational pass rusher now. Instead, he's a two-year starter.
- Better drive scoring percentage.
- Better defense against our offense.
- Intangible success (turnovers, special teams, injuries, etc.)
1) More balanced Os/ Os with better players should be able to improve on the drive scoring percentage of UMass/ Indiana. Even if not, #2 & #3 are not on Michigan's side.
2) Indiana's D is flat out terrible, and UMass is and FCS school. Additionally, teams now have more film on Denard and Michigan's O to scheme against. I don't think people will stop Michigan at all, but our drive scoring percentage may decline, even slightly as time goes on.
3) We can't catch the Damn Ball on punts, and Stonum hasn't been great on KOs. Additionally, we can't kick a FG, but out punting is decent. Special teams have the ability to change games in a hurry (MSU had a punt return TD that changed the Wisky game).
No matter how bad the defense is, we can win still win every game. I don't think we will because eventually we will commit a few turnovers on offense or special teams and give the other team more possesions. But the basic idea is that when an opposing team scores, they have to give us the ball back. They can't keep Denard off the field if they score. I wouldn't be shocked to see a couple teams try to suprise onside kick us this year to avoid giving us the ball back. And we have already seen teams have more willingness to go for it on fourth down because of our offensive prowess.
Since the other team has to give us the ball back if they score, and if the don't score who gives a shit how much time they take off the clock, we have a chance in any game. If we score touchdowns on 60% of our possesions, we will win a lot of games, and I don't see why that is impossible.
Basically, I don't think even with our bad defense that another team is definetely going to score more touchdowns per possesion than we do because our offense is so good and will get better as the year and Denard get better.
I don't think even with our bad defense that another team is definetely going to score more touchdowns per possesion than we do...
Last year, our OLine was horrifying.
That had more to do with Molk's injury than anything else. The center is always the most important position on the O-line.
I think if we can win or break even in the turnover battle we have a good shot at winning most games. Last season, we shot ourselves in the foot with turnovers. So far this year, we broke even in a few games and still came away with the win.
One thing I was thinking about: for all the million yards we gave up, the fact is, with two minutes to go in the game, IU had 28 points. Giving up 28 points in 58 minutes is not that bad, especially given our offense this year. If we had stopped them on one of those last two 4th downs, we might even be hailing this game as a classic example of bend-but-don't-break.
If we had not fumbled on the goal line we would have had a two touchdown adbantage and the defense did it's job by getting one or two stops during the game....just proving RR's quote over and over...."we are not good enough to play poorly and win". We are getting closer though!
Denard and Company are going to have a huge impact on the opposition's offensive game plan, and/or in-game adjustments. It will be interesting to see how the Big 10 teams adjust to getting behind 14-7 or 21-7 by the end of the 1Q (with little to no sign of slowing down UM's Off). So far Indiana and Notre Dame have been able to "keep up" with our scoring due to their ability to pass the ball. The question that I am most interested in seeing answered over the next two games is what do the "old school" thinking HC do when Denard and Company shred the Def gameplans and the offenses HAVE to keep up. Being able to pass the ball as a compliment to a good running game is much different than having the pressure of needing to pass and score to stay in the game. That decision will be made by the opposing coaching staffs and executed by QBs not necessarily suited for it...think Iowa's Offense against AZ. The next two games, win or lose, will tell us a lot about what to expect for the rest of the season. Because of Denard and the offensive scheme, I am less worried about Wisconsin and MSU running games. UI was perfectly suited to take advantage of this situation, but no one else in the Big 10 seems to be.
Usually the task is simple...stop them.
Are you saying that it has become, "Stop them one more time then they stop us."?
Does this also assume that the offense can't turn it over (or have the turnover margin be 0 or better)? (And just to prove that I can speak in paragraphs longer than one sentence...) Isn't this a replica of the "outscore them" idea that we have heard before. I guess football, like life is all relative.
Is that wolfman from the McBean days laying wood to me for trying to put make-up on a pig?
Our opponents seem to be starting every drive at their 35-yard line or better I know starting field position isn't the sole explanation for our poor scoring defense (as evidenced by Indiana's relatively effortless 99-yard drive), but we'd probably make it a lot easier on the defense if we were kicking the ball into the end zone on kickoffs. Sooner or later, it's going to come back to bite us.
(Side rant on kickoffs: Are you telling me that there is not a single 18-22 year-old in the country with the academic credentials to get into U-M who can kick a football 70 yards in the air off of a tee? Do we need to host an American Idol-like reality show? Prize is a four-year scholarship to U-M.)
So right! Here, Gibbons came in as a highly rated recruit (at K) with this description (from mgoblog summary):
Gibbons's got a bigger leg than Michigan kickers of the recent past, having hit a 52-yarder in high school. Rivals says he possesses the third-strongest leg in the class. And though kicking guru Chris Sailer has a vested interest in pumping up one of his proteges, he echoes the big leg stuff:
He has a huge leg and gets the ball up well. Kicks off the ground for FG's and off the 1" for kickoffs. One of the strongest legs in the nation.
ESPN says… well… you see… he's a kicker:
He gets into his field goals quickly and has smooth tempo. Powerful leg and has kicked several field goals over 40 yards including a 52 yarder. Kickoffs average about 5 yards deep with good hang of about 4.0 seconds.
Does this shit just go away? Once you have the ability to boom monster kick-offs, does this somehow evaporate like my ability to hit a straight drive?
Second prize's a set of steak knives.
Why do people seem to think that the only people watching film are the other teams' coordinators? If MSU can watch film on the UM offense, can't UM's offensive staff watch film on MSU? Which group do you think will do better with that, not even counting possible speed/talent advantages at several positions?
Meanwhile, in college football, waiting for the other team to screw up can yeild a lot of victories. (See, Volunteers, Tennesee.) The genius of the spread and shred is that if you execute on offense, and speed the game up, you put pressure on the other guys to execute. If they don't execute as well, they have more opportunities to fail, and they will. You may give up lots of points, but the idea is to score more.
This year the strategy is compensating for an inferior defense. If Michigan recruits and develops players as it should, in the future the defense will be more formidable, but I don't see this staff ever trying to pair a Rodriguez offense with a Saban defense. (But, holy Moloch, wouldn't that be fun?)
The point is simple: as bad as this defense has been, taken as a whole, Michigan has won games. There's every reason to suppose that won't continue indefinitely, but there's little reason to suppose that the disaster that was last year will reoccur.
May NOT be the problem you think he is. I hear that the 3-3-5 (or whatever you want to call it) is RichRod's scheme and he has directed GERG to run it. GERG is doing the best he can with the limited amount of depth he has to work with.
Granted we do not have the talent at defense that the other top 25 teams do, but to be ranked 120 in pass defense while running a 3-3-5 is simply horrible. It looks like we are in prevent constantly; any QB with a shred of talent will have plenty of time to find an open receiver. It is a poor scheme with bad execution. The buck stops with the coach, not the players.
My biggest problem with the defense is that they have so much potential, yet so much youth. I know they are better than they are showing they are. If we can win just a couple more, they will really bring in their confidence and they will be able to see that they can play with anybody.
You can't tell me that practicing against our offense will not make them that much stronger. They have it. They just need to do it.
They really made great strides in the Indiana game. They were more punishing than I have seen them since the first game.
Bill Lynch was shell shocked in the press conference when he mentioned that time of possession usually is a good barometer for your chances or winning. He was like "so wait, you're telling me that we just controlled the time of possession and still got housed?" Afraid so coach.
My feeling is that both Notre Dame and Indiana presented unique challenges for a defense that has so many newbies in the secondary. If Crist played the entire game we almost certainly lose that game in South Bend. With the Hoosiers, well their defense is so bad I'm not sure how they ever stopped Michigan. They left the Wolverines with a little over a minute of game clock before the game-winning drive and I was honestly concerned after we scored that we left them too much time. It turns out we were gone (with the W) in less than 60 seconds.
The offense is unlikely to be completely grounded as we've seen this Rich Rod directed movie before (Clemson, Tulane, West Virginia, now Michigan). If the youngins on defense can improve, coupled with facing teams that in their heart of hearts would prefer to run the ball, we could be in for a very exciting second half of the football season.


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The lofty goals of the national No Child Left Behind act launched a myriad of education reform initiatives at local, state and national levels.
Under the act, schools across the country are held accountable to ensure all students achieve academic proficiency. States are required to test students every year in grades three through eight in reading and math, and report the scores by race, income, disability and English proficiency. If a school continually fails, it could be closed.
As a result, school districts have changed curriculum (most recently to line up with Common Core standards), created tech-savvy classrooms, emphasized creativity and critical thinking on one hand while stressing classical Latin and basic skills on the other, and emphasized addressing the whole child with not only academics, but social services, health care, food programs and enrichment experiences.
Another outcome of the demand for reform is the plethora of charter schools and educational options that proponents say increases competition and thus creates better schools.
On top of that, academia is awash in entrepreneurs and consultants offering teaching tools and blueprints to feed districts hungry for success.
Reilly Pharo, vice president of education initiatives for the Denver-based Colorado Children's Campaign, calls the federal No Child Left Behind and the follow-up federal grant program Race to the Top "the carrot and stick" of education reform.
No Child Left Behind spelled out what states had to do and the penalties for not doing it. Race to the Top, created in 2010, was the carrot that offered millions of dollars in grant money to make changes.
Colorado is a microcosm of what is happening nationally. The state and some districts and charters embraced change early, but the Legislature has not funded reforms properly, critics say. They point out that Colorado ranks toward the bottom in education spending. Amendment 66, which is on the November ballot, would infuse almost $950 million into Colorado's education system.
Some of that money would go toward teacher development programs, a key part of Colorado reforms.
"Research is clear, teachers are the most important factor in school," says Katy Anthes, executive director of education effectiveness at the Colorado Department of Education. "We cherish them and districts cherish them. They have the hardest, most intense and most important work."
It takes a community
The state's required principal and teacher evaluation system begins this year. Teachers are being graded on their students' academic growth and their own professional abilities. There is no penalty for those who fall short this year, but in future years, low scores can result in probation.
The evaluations were created to identify where help is needed and give that support, whether it is mentoring, peer observation and feedback or professional development.
The scoring rubric is detailed. "Nothing on the rubric isn't hard. It's all challenging and demanding work. We unpacked what makes a high quality teacher and principal using research-based information. It took a year to do that," explains Anthes.
Nesting principal evaluations with those of teachers is an important component.
"If we expect teachers to do six things, we need to expect leaders to support them in that," Anthes says. "It takes the whole community at school to make it happen."
"All kids will learn"
Nationwide, some reform solutions have been extreme. After Hurricane Katrina in 2005, New Orleans addressed its failing schools by starting over. It fired most teachers, placed most schools under direct state control and created charter schools. Student achievement in math, reading, science and social studies increased to 58 percent proficiency in 2012 from 35 percent in 2005, according to news reports.
The schools are staffed in part by Teach for America, which itself is an outgrowth of the reform movement. It is a national teacher corps of college graduates and professionals who commit to teach for two years to help raise student achievement.
In Colorado there are 1,300 Teach for America teachers, including 270 in Denver, and another 110 in Colorado Springs at Harrison School District 2.
School choice and charter schools also are significant results of school reform - and two areas that Colorado has pushed for years.
In 2002, a KIPP (Knowledge is Power Program) school opened in Denver, one of 33 schools nationwide. KIPP is a free public charter system that chooses students by lottery. It was founded in the late 1990s. Some public schools have tried to mirror some of its programs.
A KIPP school in New York City became the focus of the 2010 documentary film "Waiting for Superman" that showed the hopelessness among minorities that the achievement gap wrought, and how it was being overcome.
The movie was shown in Colorado Springs to much fanfare and started a series of community conversations sponsored by dozens of groups debating and envisioning how to create better education systems nationally and locally.
At KIPP Colorado's Sunshine Peak Academy in Denver, fifth-graders sometimes arrive more than two years behind in achievement. But by the end of the year they are on or above grade level in math, reading, writing and science, says Principal Emily Yates.
The school received the highest possible "distinguished" rating on the comprehensive and rigorous Denver Public Schools Performance Framework.
One hundred percent of the 2013 senior class was accepted into college. The school is 98 percent minority and more than 95 percent of students come from poverty.
Change takes time
In Colorado Springs, Harrison School District 2, which has been in the national spotlight for its reforms, has a similar mindset. More than 70 percent of its students are impoverished.
D-2 got ahead of the curve because of a reform-minded superintendent and gritty school board that endured voracious picketing at meetings, name calling and threats when they dared to fire or push out teachers deemed ineffective, and adopted the first-of-its kind pay-for-performance system in Colorado that compensated based on student accomplishment. Now all districts are required to adopt similar evaluation systems.
The Colorado Department of Education placed Harrison on probation about seven years ago because of dismal test results. But last year, the district met or exceeded the state average in 22 out of 27 assessment measures. In 2005-2006, it met none of them, said spokeswoman Christine Lyle.
Many observers say such improvements aren't happening fast enough.
Policy implementation takes time, notes Pharo, of the Colorado Children's Campaign.
Some districts are ahead of the game.
"We had some early adopters of some of the changes and that helped some of the districts."
Colorado only recently adopted legislation to force the more rigorous academics.
"All these changes started in 2008, and it feels like a long time in normal time. But in policy implementation, we are just beginning. We are a ways out to see the impact of all the policy changes."
Finland as a model
National efforts to change tend to "focus heavily on solving only one dimension of the problem: better teachers or better books or more choice," said Michael Taber, chairman of Colorado College's education department.
However, he said, they "fail to look at the issue in a more complex fashion. We can learn from taking a 'system' approach."
Taber cites Finland as an example.
In the 1970s, the education roles were reversed for the United States and Finland. The U.S. was the global leader in education, while Finland struggled with a sizable student achievement gap, correlated to socio-economic status.
Reforms began in the 1980s and Finland now leads developed nations in education scores, based on the Program for International Student Assessments, an international test for 15-year-olds in language, math and science.
Finland achieved the gains in part by decentralizing its education system.
Advanced and extensive teacher education and training - three years of graduate-level preparation paid for by the state - along with an innovative "thinking curriculum" enabled Finland to give its schools broad autonomy.
Also unlike the U.S., Finland requires no external testing for students. The only exception is a voluntary 12th-grade college admissions essay exam.
Finland did not standardize curriculum, gauge curriculum by frequent external testing and narrow the majority of curriculum to the basic skills of English and math.
The Common Core Standards
Some educators, though, favor standardized curriculum.
Mary Snyder, dean of the College of Education at the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs, said the Common Core Standards, a multistate initiative to standardize education in the U.S., make sense.
"There are benefits to having a common, rigorous curriculum across states, so that a third-grader in Oregon is studying the same thing as one in Tennessee," Snyder said.
Forty-five states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity have adopted the Common Core State Standards for K-12 in mathematics and English language arts and literacy. A new set of assessments starting in spring will match the standards.
The Common Core Standards were developed by the National Governors Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers based on what teachers, parents, school administrators and education experts think graduating high school seniors need to know to be prepared for college and the workforce. However, Snyder said, "some groups have raised concerns that the end result will be yet more standardized testing and further narrowing of the curriculum."
Choice creates competition
Meanwhile, scores of charter schools have blossomed in Colorado as parents sought choice and more individualization of their students' needs.
Paul Lundeen, chairman of the Colorado State Board of Education, has some personal thoughts on that: "Give parents and students more choices. That will create competition and competition will lead to greater quality."
Charter schools emphasize the importance of parents in the education system, he said. "In a freer academic marketplace, where parents realize that they have authority and can change the school system for the better, they become more involved."
He believes even more parents would get involved with their children's schools if they were paying the schools directly - even via tax credits. "If you hand them a check and said 'Take this and go about it.' You bet they would be involved."
Every child in right school
Douglas County School District, in an affluent middle-class community north of Colorado Springs, created a voucher system in March 2011 to give parents the option of sending their children to private schools in the district, using a portion of the state's per-pupil funding.
The "choice scholarship program" has yet to be enacted though, as the Colorado Supreme Court is considering an ongoing lawsuit.
The Colorado Court of Appeals in February overturned the decision of a Denver District Court judge, who put the program on hold in August 2011. It went to the Supreme Court in April.
In a recent online panel discussion, Douglas County Superintendent Elizabeth Fagen said, "We don't fear other choices. Wealthy people already have school choice - they get to choose where they live. We believe every single child should have the right school for him or her. In our choice scholarship program, we partner with other schools, and it's a great option that we believe attracts families to our district."
Already, 13,000 of Douglas County's 65,000 students attend charter schools.
Accountability, collaboration
While many believe that replicating the formula for creating a great school is difficult, Pat Sanchez, superintendent of Adams County School District 14, says it's not.
"It's easy to replicate if you have the will and the skill to do it," he said. "It's hard if you've never had anyone do it before - that's a recipe for disaster. It takes talent to manage talent. The bigger question is: What does it take to retain talent?"
While education reform has largely focused on schools, Sanchez believes it's time to target the next level.
"The more the accountability goes outside the school building and up to the central offices - the school board, the education departments - the more it will force collaboration," Sanchez said. "Otherwise, we'll continue this game of blaming, which keeps things the same."


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Tales from the Gif got a UNC offer
Looking forward to a rewarding student athlete experience at the University of North Carolina.
OT - GIF Thread to get the mojo back
Okay. Stuff happens. We move on. Hopefully without bashing high schoolers on the twitter (seriously guys, do not contact recruits).
We've lost our mojo, baby.
Let's find our happy place.
let us all cheer up and watch puppies, and other stuff.
OT: The History of Tiger Woods Golf Swing in a GIF
For those who enjoyed the animated GIFs of Yu Darvish, Justin Verlander and Miguel Cabrera you might also enjoy this animated GIF of Tiger Wood's golf swing through the years. It is interesting to watch his swing take some significant changes as he changed swing coaches. Link? LINK
Request: The Floor Slapping Sequence
I was wondering if anyone had come across that in gif or video.
From Nix: "We did it a lot my freshman year, but we do it more this year than any year I've been here," Nix said. "We did it more this year because that's what we pride ourselves on. "Not saying that other (Spartans) teams didn't, but when it's time to sit down, that's what time it is. It's just a discipline thing. It's a feel that everybody else on the court does. Once it's time to slap the floor, they knew we're about to sit down."
GIF: Dancing Dennis Norfleet
I don't think there's going to be an OFAAT post for the Outback Bowl, but this obviously needs to be posted somewhere:
One of my offseason projects is putting together an MGoGifs page—eventually there will be a place on the blog where you can look all of these up.
Demens GIF!
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Using the fairly fail-safe produce industry conventional logic that a bad year is followed by a good one and visa versa, participants in this year's western winter vegetable deal are expecting a pretty good year with good movement and good demand.
Echoing the comments of many was Russell Widerburg, sales manager for Boskovich Farms, which is headquartered in Oxnard, CA. "We are expecting a great winter deal," he said. "As modest as last season was, this has to be better."
Mr. Widerburg's comments about 2010-11 were a bit understated. He said that almost across the board movement was poor. "We know growers are a lot more cautious this year (in terms of acreage planted) so that should stem the supply side and lead to tighter markets."
In mid-November, he said the situation was already beginning to play out as expected with the Brussels sprouts market showing very good life. It was in the mid-teens and he anticipated it would top $20 before the end of the month.
Doug Classen, sales manager for The Nunes Co. in Salinas, CA, had pretty similar comments to make about this year's upcoming winter vegetable deal. He said the 2011-12 season was marked by great yields, a mild winter and no real disruption in supplies. That led to a demand-exceeds-supply situation in many crops and poor markets on the f.o.b. side. He has heard rumblings that some growers cut acreage this season, and he said weather factors will probably play a role. All things being equal one would not expect back-to-back mild winters with no disruptions in production. "We are optimistic that it is going to be better this year," he said.
Jay Iverson, vice president of sales and marketing for Greengate Fresh, which has its main office in Salinas, CA, said the key to the winter deal is no mystery. "It's always about weather. If you get some weather (limiting supplies) you'll have a good deal; if you don't, you won't."
He has not heard of any significant reduction in acreage nor does he believe there will be any increases after last year's difficult deal. Proving his point, he said last year's abundant supplies and low prices were caused by a mild winter. "I sometimes think it doesn't matter how many acres are planted. You can have double the acres and if you get bad weather you'll have a good market, and you can have half the acres but if you have good weather you'll have too much supplies."
Mike Aiton, marketing manager for Prime Time International, based in Coachella, CA, is also expecting a good market for colored peppers, but he believes supplies should be plentiful for some great promotional prices throughout the winter. Speaking in early to mid-November, Mr. Aiton said the market was currently quite volatile because of erratic supplies but he expected that situation to smooth out as the month progressed. By December, he expected a good flow of supplies and promotional pricing. There is some belief that there are fewer tomatoes and more of other vegetables — including peppers — this winter because of uncertainty of the U.S. tomato suspension agreement.


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Linked by Kroc Camen on Tue 24th Feb 2009 14:55 UTC
Apple released the Safari 4 Beta today. Features: Tabs on top. "Top Sites" 'Speed Dial' feature. "Smart" address/search fields. HTML5 Canvas. HTML5 Audio/Video (though no Ogg). Acid 3. CSS Animation/Gradients/Masks/Reflection. CSS Web Fonts. New "Nitro" Javascript engine - "Up to 4 times faster than Firefox 3.1". 'Native' look and native font rendering on Windows Vista/XP. I can think of only one thing: "Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!"
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RE[5]: 150 features
by lemur2 on Wed 25th Feb 2009 00:48 UTC in reply to "RE[4]: 150 features"
"IE8 does not pass Acid 3!
Sorry, you're right about IE8. I don't run windows so couldn't test it though I was sure I read an article saying it had. Clearly I must have dreamt it :$ "
Not quite dreamt it perhaps ... IE8 passes Acid 2. Perhaps that is what the article you read was about.
AFAIK IE8 scores only about 20% on Acid 3 tests. Since IE does not implement DOM2 nor SVG nor SMIL nor CSS3 nor even CSS2 completely ... this is not all that surprising I suppose.
Amusingly ... there was a bug submitted to the IE development process about DOM2 way back when. The IE development team closed it with the comment "not implemented by design". Anyway, the fact that IE does not support DOM2 means that it cannot properly support HTML5, even though there is apparently a sham attempt at doing so in IE8.
AFAIK IE also lacks any kind of javascript JIT compiler.
Microsoft's sole "push" to compete in this area of rich web content is apparently Silverlight ... which is a totally non-standard (and proprietary) way of doing the type of things that these web standards facilitate (and do quite well). This is probably what Microsoft meant when they said about DOM2 - "not implemented by design". Typical.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 16th Jul 2013 16:09 UTC
"In its desire for authenticity, the Modern design movement curbed the ornamental excess of the 19th century, making design fit the age of mass production. Today, we're seeing the same desire for authenticity manifest itself in the 'flat' trend, which rejects skeuomorphism and excessive visuals for simpler, cleaner, content-focused design." Fascinating perspective on the whole digital vs. analog design debate by Dmitry Fadeyev.
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Movements are misguided
by kwan_e on Wed 17th Jul 2013 04:57 UTC
That it looks dumb when you visually depict something as a page, which it is then possible to scroll.
Except pages did use to scroll. We called them scrolls.
But more importantly, it is not genuine to visually depict that object as a page when the software defines it as something else.
Except the software defines whatever the it was written to define. If the software defines something as what it is in the physical world, then that's what it is in the software, making the argument moot.
If "design" is "how it works", then "flat design" is "representing how a computer actually works".
So it's not about how a computer works. It's about how we want the different file/media/concept to work in our minds and how to put that onto a screen.
In my mind, Wikipedia should look like a three dimensional network where I can see many linked pages and bring some closer and move some further away.
Flat design, or any other movement, doesn't bring that to the screen because the screen is fundamentally limited.
How do I best represent the metaphor that's actually been coded?
So the question itself isn't even right. It's going about it backwards. You find the most efficient way to do something, then you code that. And you should code with enough flexibility so that other people who don't find that way efficient for them can switch to another.