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FaltyDL Announces New Album 'In The Wild', Shares "Do Me"
FaltyDL will release his fourth album In The Wild on 11 August 2014 via Ninja Tune - order your copy on 2LP, CD & digitally from the Ninjashop & iTunes.
He has collaborated with British artist Chris Shen to explore the phrase "In The Wild" as a catalyst for the spatial and technological reproduction of sound and video. You can experience tracks from the record out "in the wild" and see and hear the spatial effects of a video as it is reproduced over at faltydl.com/inthewild.
FaltyDL's Poem "In The Wild"
Upon a mountaintop in Port Lligat I found my true love.
We wrapped each other Uptight,
never will I forget so much regret.
Never apologize.
Do Me is truth is progress is death is pain is boredom is sex is dance is silence is void.
Nine is eternal stream is people is family is anger is fight is father is not all.
Heart & Soul is female is more anger is ignorance is blisters on sun soaked lips.
Greater Antilles is two parts masculine one part crystalline structures.
Ahead the Ship Sleeps in Danger is Grief resolved through Rolling in New Haven.
Dos Gardenias para ti.
Never apologize.
Post-stroke vernacular, insult to salt intake fake injury to resume sideline spectatorship.
Strained precision, illegal decision and fat masterbatorial visions.
Vapid vaper-what never signed up, tell a lie, till the day I die.
Never apologize.
Ghost written by Shanghai Den,
Very best, Falty PS. Sorry


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TCU: Just who is the 'little guy'?
This is why they call them "student-athletes" …
TCU quarterback Andy Dalton, not only studied enough film to know every seam in Wisconsin's vaunted defense, he also knew his political terminology. That's more than can be said for the veteran ESPN crew announcing the game.
During all the Rose Bowl interviews, the big redhead spoke of TCU and all the "non-AQ" schools excluded from automatic qualifying conferences.
To the Rose Bowl announcing crew of Brent Musburger and Kirk Herbstreit, they were just "little guys." I didn't count but it sure seemed there were more mention of "little guys" than crediting the Mountain West Conference. It set back political correctness decades to before the dreaded "non-BCS" tag.
A few updated Mountain West stats, courtesy of associate commissioner Javan Hedlund who e-mailed "Yes, we are all annoyed with the little guys chatter."
First, it's not as if TCU is the first non-AQ team to win a BCS Bowl. Utah beating Alabama two years ago in the Sugar Bowl might have been a bigger deal, considering the game was in SEC country and 'Bama had been ranked higher.
For many (except Oklahoma alums) Boise State's classic Fiesta Bowl win over Oklahoma was a bowl favorite of all time.
Some other numbers: The MWC is 3-1 in BCS games, the Big Ten 10-12, ACC 2-10. The MWC is 11-3 vs. schools from AQ conference since 2004. The MWC is the only conference to win the Bowl Challenge Cup (best record in all bowl games) three times and will capture a fourth if Miami (O) of the MAC spoils the Sun Belt's 2-0 record in the GoDaddy.com bowl.
The only sporting event more enjoyable to fans of the non-AQ conferences than the Rose Bowl was the sight of Big Ten bombastic commissioner Jim Delaney. He had to extricate his shoes from his mouth simultaneously with eating a super-sized portion of humble pie.
It was Delaney who railed against non-AQ conferences take the big stage from AQ schools. He was quoted in an ESPN.com blog as saying "It was a very long day for the first day of 2011" and said TCU earned its way to the Rose bowl and the win.

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LAS VEGAS -- Wes Eikmeier scored 18 points and second-seeded Colorado State held off Fresno State 67-61 Wednesday in the Mountain West Conference tournament quarterfinals.
The Rams (25-7), who next play UNLV in Friday night's semifinals, got contributions from Greg Smith with 11 points and Gerson Santo, who scored 10 in 11 minutes of play. Pierce Hornung grabbed a game-high nine rebounds.
Eikmeier's 3-pointer with just over a minute remaining gave Colorado State a 61-55 lead, and the Rams sealed the win at the free-throw line. They were 25 of 37 in a game that saw 46 fouls called.
Tyler Johnson led Fresno State (11-19) with 14 points. Jerry Brown and Marvelle Harris scored 12 and Allen Huddleston had 10 points for the Bulldogs, who were 13 of 23 at the foul line.
Neither team led by more than nine points in a game that featured eight ties and 12 lead changes.


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Recent Comments
|2 years 38 weeks ago
|Vincimus Utah quia Deus vult.
Vincimus Utah quia Deus vult.
|2 years 47 weeks ago
|I personally agree, for what
I personally agree, for what it's worth. I think my point is that even if the program is utterly blameless in reality, this will not play well outside the fan base, which is a problem unto itself.
|2 years 47 weeks ago
|I think we can all concede
I think we can all concede that's a possibility. The problem is, that's not what Pipkins believes, and the best case scenario is this creates an unjustified black mark on public perception. Maybe Pipkins does have legitimate health problems, or maybe he can't take the pressure and pace Harbaugh demands of student athletes. Or maybe it is as he believes, a conspiracy to force him out. The truth behind the curtain doesn't change the problem this kind of PR problem this creates.
|2 years 47 weeks ago
|Seems, from a journalistic
Seems, from a journalistic perspective, they could at least have TRIED to get Michigan's side of the story on this...
|2 years 47 weeks ago
|Interesting point, I hadn't
Interesting point, I hadn't thought of that. There isn't much in the way of a benefit to not letting him finish his last year, if he is indeed healthy enough.
|2 years 47 weeks ago
|We need a witch doctor to
We need a witch doctor to clear up the bad juujuu following us around. My god, I need a drink...
|2 years 48 weeks ago
|2 years 48 weeks ago
|(No subject)
|2 years 49 weeks ago
|Given that Ferentz makes so
Given that Ferentz makes so much money Iowa can't even afford to fire him, Ferentz has no incentive to do anything more than is absolutely required of him. If the NCAA bans sattelite campuses, he has an excuse to do less work for the same amount of money.
|3 years 27 weeks ago
|3 years 29 weeks ago
|This is a very good point,
This is a very good point, but I think it also gets at the basis of the problem here. The Athletic Department did Yeoman service for the Mealer family, which is fine, and if that's why Elliot Mealer feels obliged to carry their water, that's understandable.
|3 years 29 weeks ago
|The Day Has Come
There's no bread, let them eat cake
|3 years 31 weeks ago
|Negatory, sir. Pitt's OLine
Negatory, sir. Pitt's OLine was also stripped of talent and experience when Chryst took over, and its last two recruiting classes were decimated by no less than three coaching changes. Chryst essentially inherited a program on the brink and cobbled together some success. I wrote a longer post about this further below.
|3 years 31 weeks ago
|Some Context on Chryst
I talked about Todd Graham to add a "boots on the ground" context, so I might as well chime in on the subject of Chryst.
Chryst is a first time HC, and the warts are there. Particularly, his cloack management has been poor, and some rushed decisions at critical times are noted; that could be the result of inexperience, but it alsio seems to be a running theme with pro-style coaches.
That said, Chryst has shown some real upside, and I've often used it to highlight Hoke's flaws. He recruits well, he's been getting some big name kids to stay home, and whateeeever else you want to say, Chryst can identify and develop talent. He saw Tyler Boyd, whose third to choice after Pitt and WVU was Michigan State pretty much by default, and saw talent; Michigan can't offer everyone, obviously, but Pitt fans were aware of what a talent this kid was supposed to be and what a big target he was for them, and he wasn't on Michigan's radar. Sure enough, he'll probably be in the pros after next year.
More notable, I think, is James Connor. Connor was a non-descript, 3* DE in his last year of HS. He committed to Pitt, and suddenly it was declared they wanted him to be a running back. Pitt fans shrugged. Yet Connor became, from his first year, a better RB than Michigan has had since Mike Hart, and with an equally talent and experience-denuded OL. I look at him with some whimsy as he does all the things I know RBs are supposed to do, like break tackles, burst through holes and drag piles, make yards after contact. Michigan wouldn't have recruited Connor anyway, because the kid had grade problems in HS, but that's not really the issue. Chryst looked at a no-name DE and saw potential, and then quickly realized that potential into performance, which are skills Hoke has lacked.
He can develop QB talent too, for what it's worth. He got Savage drafted, and that was not seen as a likely feat when he took over. People in Pittsburgh see his work with Savage as a continuation of what he did with Russell Wilson.
Boyd, Savage and Connor are anecodtal examples, I know, but I hold them out as examples of what Chryst does right. He took a program that was worse off than I think anyone unfamiliar with the program realizes, and has largely stabalized it. I tend to think given two more years the Panthers will be doing well enough that Chryst will be a much hotter commodity, which is, all-in-all, not a bad trajectory for a first HC job.
At Michigan? Well, he's obviously a gamble, but I think there are riskier gambles out there that are being talked about. I think more highly of the job he's done at Pitt in three years than the job Hoke has done here in four, especially given the disparity of experience, resources and prestige.
|3 years 32 weeks ago
|I don't disagree in any
I don't disagree in any particular. I think, though, that the difference between Graham and the other coaches you listed is slightly more than an issue of bad etiquette in the manner of his departure. That is to say, nobody blames a coach for moving up the ladder as a buisness decision (or at least, not too loud or for too long). I think the difference is, it's expected a coach on the rise leaves the program in better condition than when he inherited it.
Most of the coaches you listed remained for multiple years, or in Brian Kelly's case, which is illuminating, for three, which is ample time to make your bones and to improve the school's situation for the next guy. The difference between one year and three can be dramatic, but I'm not trying to make that case, per se. Obviously Rice was better off, in a sense, than when he first came there.
Pitt, on the other hand, actually suffered from his year-long tenure. And that, I think, is more the issue. I think I made the comparison to Chryst, somewhere in all this, who had the opportunity to leave and did not. At a minimu, whether it was the focus of his decision or not, he had to be aware that if HE left after a year, he would be the fourth Panthers coach to depart (willingly or not) in a three year span, and a program already on the brink would probably have collapsed in a fairly definitive manner. I think the fact that he remained reflects well on him, and he has done a great deal to restore the Panthers roster and on-the-field product to, if not exactly the heights of football, then at least out of the gutter.
|3 years 32 weeks ago
|I believe he was at Tulsa
I believe he was at Tulsa longer, but he was certainly one-and-done at Rice and Pitt. His departure from Pitt was used against him in recruiting with some success at ASU, at least initially, although I assume his extending tenure and winning ways will have silenced most of that. Of course, the more he moves around, the more some of that negativity will resurface.
|3 years 32 weeks ago
|I wouldn't contest that, but
I wouldn't contest that, but as a counter argument, it is believed (at least by the locals) that Paul Chryst received inquiries about the Wisconsin job after his first year and had the opportunity to take it. With that in mind, Pitt fans were resigned, and couldn't really fault him (being a Madison local/lifer). The story has it he stayed because he understood Pitt would completely unravel if he lleft, and he felt an obligation to build up the program before he moved on and upwards.
Not groundbreaking stuff, again, just context. I do think most coaches feel an obligation to stay in a program for longer than a year. I don't even think Graham was much of a cultural fit, so perhaps it was for the best. I would draw a distinction between Hoke taking a job he was clear from the onset that he always wanted and would take and Graham, though, largely for the other, oh, we'll call them flourishes.
|3 years 32 weeks ago
|I'll add this too, but just
I'll add this too, but just for context: he did face some of the same problems Rich Rod did trying to take the Panthers from a pro team to a spread team, including the tempo-fatigue we became familiar with. The pro-style linemen he inherited would wear down under the fast tempo, and their play would unravel in the latter stages of the game. Much the same with the defense, if the the offense couldn't remain on the field.
|3 years 32 weeks ago
|He's a Texas native, who
He's a Texas native, who seems most at home coaching and recruiting in that region, so you may be right. On the other hand, never underestimate a freebooting mentality. He might come to Michigan if the price is right, and to climb the ladder of school prestige. In that regard, though, he would be a flight risk as soon as a better, or perhaps even equitable, job opened down south.
|3 years 32 weeks ago
|I was in Pittsburgh the year
I was in Pittsburgh the year Todd Graham (now known in the Steel City as "Fraud Graham") coached the Panthers and fled. There are plenty of legitimate reasons to reject the guy without delving into stereotypes of accent and religion.
|3 years 34 weeks ago
|Cue gifs of animals that look
Cue gifs of animals that look shocked....now!
|3 years 34 weeks ago
|It's fun how you can be
It's fun how you can be anyone on the internet, isn't it? Except, as you noted, someone who can spell.
|3 years 34 weeks ago
|My first thought as well.
My first thought as well.
|3 years 34 weeks ago
|The eastern world, it is
The eastern world, it is exploding
But you tell me
|4 years 31 weeks ago
|Sugar Bowl and the '99-'00
Sugar Bowl and the '99-'00 Orange Bowl (Hail Brady!). So there's two off the top of my head...
|4 years 33 weeks ago
|Being a true freshman QB is a
Being a true freshman QB is a lot less of aproblem when you are A.) An elite talent, B.) throwing to an elite WR, and C.) Facing a team with no pass rush. Right now that's check, check and check. Which in not to say that we WILL need him at PSU, but on the road, in a very hostile environment, we may. But your statement was broader than that, and if you don't think we'll need him against MSU, or maybe even to generate some pass rush against pass-happy Indiana, I don't know what to say.
|4 years 33 weeks ago
|That's, like, your opinion,
That's, like, your opinion, man.
|4 years 33 weeks ago
|It's purely anecdotal, so
It's purely anecdotal, so take it for what it's worth, but in a similar situation I've seen a similar move produce positive results. In Wannestedt's last year, the O-Line was thin, the center an undersized JUCO. The Panther's got off to a woeful start, couldn't move the ball against lowly New Hampshire, got trampled and embarassed on national TV by Miami. They reshufled the O-Line and had a substantial increase in tehri play. They wound up with a respectable(ish) 8-5 record, which they likely would not have had if they stuck to the original configuration for consistency sake. As I said, it's anecdotal, but it impressed upon me that O-Line, like everything else, must be subject to change, and that change may potentially yield positive results.
|4 years 34 weeks ago
|Welcome to the family. You
Welcome to the family. You will not regret your choice.
|4 years 44 weeks ago
|It's actually a surprisingly
It's actually a surprisingly well written story. Now, the key is it may not be a very entertaining story. But the underlying metaphor is very well crafted. In an age of movies without any form of plot or structure, I appreciate the competence of the storytelling as much as the homesickness inducing tour of A2.
|4 years 45 weeks ago
|Surely you can't be serious?
Surely you can't be serious?
|4 years 46 weeks ago
|That's what I figure. Depth
That's what I figure. Depth chart going forward has to look mighty appetizing to players who want playing time, on top of the usual assets PSU has. Silver linings.
I'd also say, it's reasonably encouraging to see so many NJ and MD athletes scatering across the Big Ten. To the degree that we expanded to improve our footprint in recruiting areas, that seems to be paying off some returns.
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|Also forgot G: "Bunk"
Also forgot G: "Bunk" Westmoreland: Built low to the ground, good with leverage. His motto is "to protect and serve" his QB. Possible drinking problem.
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|I've always thought of
I've always thought of Barksdale as a Pro-style QB: real gunslinger, prefers to stay in pocket. But I hear he might have a real challenge this season holding of unheralded recruit, Marlow Stanfield.
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|Please believe me when I tell
Please believe me when I tell you, just because an academic institution is accredited, that doesn't make it a fully functional academic institution. LOTS of schools in LOTS of fields have been accredited contrary to the common good of all mankind.
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|You know, to the downvoters:
You know, to the downvoters: that was a legitimate comment. If his offer holds true, with Watson's committment, this could be his last chance to commit, if he's worried about another DB taking his place. So...in the same manner as O-Linemen dropping earlier than they expected because their potential places started filling up: maybe it's Westphal.
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|Maybe Westphal?
Maybe Westphal?
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|It is indeed great to be a
It is indeed great to be a Michigan Wolverine.
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|Spurs. Liked them since David
Spurs. Liked them since David Robinson. And they're not the Pistons.
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|Oregon and Nike have had a
Oregon and Nike have had a quid-pro-quo relationship for years. Orgegon gets all the trashy uniforms they want, and Nike gets a professional football team.
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|Is that....is the bear?...is
Is that....is the bear?...is the guy?...seems like more of a game warden thing, to me...
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|Well then I hope you have a
Well then I hope you have a flexible definition of "soon."
|4 years 47 weeks ago
|Grimm committed to Pitt about
Grimm committed to Pitt about aweek ago.
|4 years 48 weeks ago
|Largely well said. This is
Largely well said. This is essentially the same schedule that got us to the Sugar Bowl, but with what seems to be a more talented team. To me, 8-4 would be a pretty substantial let down. I would imagine we split the ND and OSU games, and likely a split on the MSU and Northwestern road games. The possibility of a loss to one of Nebraska or Penn State is real enough as well. But generally, I think the firepower is there to win 9 or 10 games, barring unforseen exigency.
|4 years 48 weeks ago
|4 years 48 weeks ago
|You snooze, you lose Runyan!
You snooze, you lose Runyan!
|4 years 48 weeks ago
|It's not really fair to cast
It's not really fair to cast it as "underperforming." He's only going to be a true sophmore, and the common assumption going in was that he would need a redshirt year to work on technique, if not size (which as it turned out, he needed as well). I think the fact that you hear so much about Bolden and Ross is because of their talent (especially with Ross) and depth issues.
|4 years 48 weeks ago
|I think we could well use
I think we could well use another WILL. Some think Gedeon will wind up at MIKE, which, if true, doesn't really leave that much behind Ross, who may well be a three year man based on his potential. RJS is his backup now, and Gedeon could be a WILL, but if you remove Gedeon it gets thin fast.
|4 years 48 weeks ago
|We're also keeping a close
We're also keeping a close eye on Dru Tranquill, for what it's worth. Hasn't been offered yet, but has exploded in camps and may well get one.
|4 years 48 weeks ago
|I truly am weary beyond
I truly am weary beyond imagining of the "They Have Hotter Women" meme that seems to come up whenever we're talking about schools from the SEC. Honestly, I suppose now that Mizzou is part of the SEC, their women have been promoted to goddess status as well. In my years at Michigan, I never once thought to myself "Why, why oh Lord, why did I go to a school populated by a race of savage turtle-women?" You know what I remember? Attractive women. And I wasn't even a football star. Then someone will bring up parkas, as if UofM girls walk around completely obscured like Kenny from South Park; as if they wore parkas in class and in the bedroom; as if it doesn't get cold in Lexington KY (it does). Honestly. Women don't become more attractive because they live south of the Mason Dixon Line.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|I don't mind that the players
I don't mind that the players are, in essence, not Scott and Westphal...I refuse to second guess the coaches on talent. The nature of the school worries me more than a little...normally I assume the coaches would be on top o ofttha sort of thing, but IO have no idea how it works when the offer comes abruptly at camp like this.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|Well, that sounds unsavory...
Well, that sounds unsavory...
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|Justim HILard yesterday, 2014
Justim HILard yesterday, 2014 WR Freddy Canteen today, along with a CB teammate of Canteen (also today).
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|Oh, no doubt! (Actually- a
Oh, no doubt! (Actually- a fop. Dandyism was a later fashion wave created by Beau Brummel which was meant to get the effeminiate nature of fop-ism at a distance that men could still be fashionable). BUT- either way, I wouldn't care how much many pinches snuff my QB wanted to snort, how perfumed his handkerchief was, or how high pitched his laugh is....if he could summarily murder a guy with a few whispy waves of his sword. At least, I wouldn't laugh too loud.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|To be fair, that guy was
To be fair, that guy was pretty lethal. That was the point. He was a "crouching tiger hidden badass" trope.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|Uhhhh.uhhhhhhhh...g.! Oh,
Uhhhh.uhhhhhhhh...g.! Oh, dammit, I'm so bad at this!
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|To be fair, last year we were
To be fair, last year we were crowing about how OSU was going to be locked out on LBs because they waited too long/couldn't flip Gedeon and McCRay, and whiffed on all of their top targets. And that ended pretty well for them. Urby closes late, can usually flip late-risers who committed early to lesser programs and work his mojo on top recruits who wait forever. That's just how he does it. I grant you, I don't know how that will play with QB recruiting, given the nature of that particular beast- QBs, elite or otherwise, don't tend to be hanging around late in the process, or as likely to flip as any other position.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|I mean, statistics don't
I mean, statistics don't always tell the tale. The idea of UConn's defensive quality, based on points per game, really should be filtered through a quality of opposition caveat. Playing in the Big East with a soft non-conference schedule is going to skew things wildly. I mean, that takes into account a shutout of UMass, which is still functionally an FCS team, and the normal squad of hapless Big East punching bags like South Florida and Temple.And I'll give you the fact that they held Louisville to an abusrdly low score (maybe Bridgewater was injured that day?) and did well against Rutgers (who were very up and down with Nova), but they also gave up 40 points to Nassib and Syracuse and 34 to Cinnci, and even 30 to Western Michigan....and after losing five starters, including several NFL draft picks, you think Gardner and Co. can't put up gaudier numbers than 14 points? I just don't see it.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|...I really can't see the
...I really can't see the logic behind the 14-6 projection. Truthfully, one does notice that Borges is more conservative on the road. Part of that might be because he didn't trust Denard's arm. Factually, Borges let Gardner air it out against Minny and South Carolina. If you want to say Minny was just that bad...well...UConn isn't THAT much better. It's not really enough to say their linemen are big and their Mike is elite. BC had Luke Kuechly, after all, that was never enough.Really, a 14-6 prediction for an away game is almost projecting a tossup. All it would take is one careless pick-6 or the like, and the game is in the air.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|You really think Oklahoma is
You really think Oklahoma is so much more distant than Virginia?
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|Maybe for your birthday,
Maybe for your birthday, Champ.
|4 years 49 weeks ago
|Agreed. Thomas, if he's as
Agreed. Thomas, if he's as advertised, you want on the field for every down. Nickel is supposed to be an easy to ease-into position, perfect for athletic, talented freshmen to get their feet wet. Let Thomas hand it off to Peppers, and so on down the line.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|For the record, I'm aware of
For the record, I'm aware of that: I'm not saying he's wrong, I'm not saying the sky is falling, I'm not saying he's going to Bama. I simply thought this was of note. It simply seemed like an anomoly, six predictions that way in the last hour. It WAS the sort of strange, en masse shift that preceded Chase to Michigan. People can take it entirely for what it's worth.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|And on that note, though not
And on that note, though not on the same topic, DeShone Kizer (2014 QB from Toledo) just committed to ND.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|I like those five picks as a
I like those five picks as a starting point for 2015. Now if only they'd stop dithering and drop the hammer! HOKE CAN'T CLOSE! RABBLERABBLERABBLE!
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|Any real program would want
Any real program would want to bring in a talented QB every year, but PSU has even more reason to want to do so. They've been wobbly at QB for what seems forever now, with Mat McGloin, a walk on, being their best option (an gone). Not only is the QB situation totally unsettled now, but they're thin there as well. If Hackenberg goes bust (always a possibility) or gets injured, they're in a world of hurt. Which is not to say that I disagree with you about the lack of line recruiting. Then again, the Pats have been neglecting their OLine for a while, and Brady has been paying the price for that, do maybe O'Brien has a little of the spread nd shred fever, where you think of offense in terms of skill position players and not the guys up front.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|As has often been pointed
As has often been pointed out, he is not a Florida kid, he just moved there (by way of TN, even) to get requalified. He is from the great frozen north. And it may be the kid just isn't that good, obviously the staff wanted Speight more than they wanted him. It IS possible, I imagine, that his reclassifying for 2014 instead of 2015 may have had something to do with it. Maybe coaches wanted to watch him throughout a year against better opposition than he faced up in Canada, and that prevented him from giving them that chance? That's pure speculation, so take it for what it's worth.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|Mmmmm, point of parlimentary
Mmmmm, point of parlimentary procedure, sir, your complaint concerning complaints is invalid unless seconded from the floor, and supported by a quorum of MPs no less than 2/3's in number, and not containing any Welshmen (save those who fought under Chelmsford East of Suez, of course). Mmm, yes, bully.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|Nobody's guaranteed playing
Nobody's guaranteed playing time. He's not transferring anywhere just because he won't be a three year starter, guaranteed.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|Carlisle isn't worth
Carlisle isn't worth mentioning.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|Vlad Emilien, in particular,
Vlad Emilien, in particular, suffered a debilitating injury which he never fully recovered from. He said one of the reasons Michigan got him was the fact that they persisted when other schools were backing away from their offers. But it didn't pan out. Also: insert list of kids with elite offer sheets who have worked out HERE. Longer list, isn't it?
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|HEY! We don't recruit like
HEY! We don't recruit like that at Michigan. That's SEC stuff!!! ...especilly in TN....mmmmm...dry rub...
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|My problem with #2 is that
My problem with #2 is that people are flipping the script. Their talking about the propriety )class) of the actions of a teenage kid, who is simply recounting an anecdote he found amusing from his life, about a grown man pursuing him against his wishes. It's his story, it's his to tell. There was actually no judgment about Meyer or his wuality as a human being, just that he had a funny look on his head. But here you have people weighing in on the quality of his actions, criticizing (and disparaging) someone for his perceived criticism of someone else. THAT would, by the definition of the criticism, be classless in and of itself. It was classy of Hand to hide the identity of the coach who made the weird Michael Jackson gaffe. But that reflects well on him, he's under no obligation to do so. Telling an anecdote about a pushy coach, or judging a kid's actions from a distant remove: which is more classless?
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|Why should McDermott care if
Why should McDermott care if Meyer's reputation suffers? He doesn't owe him anything. In fact, if a rival power house program's coach's reputation suffers, in a way that's a good thing. If it happened, he can say whatever he wants. These coaches are flying all over the country trying to attract recruits to their programs. I think it behooves recruits to remember they are but mortal, but all he did here was recount the events of an anecdote as he saw them. He didn't slander the man in any way.He doesn't owe Meyer any more, especially not while the man tries to tempt him into his gingerbread house.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|Come on now, brother. It's
Come on now, brother. It's been a long night and my English has gone a little south of Wuthering Heights. I'm still above Fifty Shades of Grey, that's all that should be asked of me.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|There's at least six
There's at least six Michigan commits from Ohio who've talked about Urban showing up to recruit them, after they've made it clear they're solid. So you really think he wouldn't put in the effort in THIS case?
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|It's also totally in keeping
It's also totally in keeping with Meyer's track record. Since year one, he's poached recruits from others, shown up to recruit kids already committed to Michigan. To him, no means maybe. Now, you can say that's good recruiting, because some time it pays off. But if someone I told not to bothered showed up face to face? I feel I'd have the right to tell him a firm no. In any other context, Meyer's conduct would be stalking.
|4 years 50 weeks ago
|Campbell would be a
Campbell would be a problem for Ways, not the other way around, and as noted, Scott projects more to the slot position.
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|That's all true, top to
That's all true, top to bottom. I think playing at Heinz Field is a double edged sword. It does keep the fan numbers low, especially in the bad times. Pain in the ass to get there. BUT, more so than other college teams playing in pro-stadiums, I think there is an upshot for Pitt. Unlike most teams, which are just leasing the field, Pitt has a strong working relationship with the Rooney family. The Panthers don't just play in the stadium, they use the same facilities on the South Side of the city. They LITERALLY spend their college careers under the noses of the Steelers staff. That gets some extra pro attention, and since what one pro staff knows generally becomes common knowledge to scouts, that's led to a lot of extra attention to Pitt players. Not a far stretch to imagine that's why so many of them have placed so well. The Big East, I think, is what's held them back more than anything. Their downturn really was tied to the creation of that poor doomed conference.
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|Sure. Pitt had a ranked team
Sure. Pitt had a ranked team and a ranked recruiting class going into RichRod's last year, when Michigan was buried in problems. SO things never change in this game. Of course the geography, quality of education and pro potential arguments concerning Pitt haven't changed either. So I suppose most football recuits don't make decisions based on your expectations of the future. Strange...
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|Yes. Yes he has.
Yes. Yes he has.
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|On the stability logic, no
On the stability logic, no one would have committed to Brady Hoke before his first season. A lot depends on the faith a coach can instill in recruits with regards to bis vision of the future. Hoke did it. Chryst has had considerable success in recruiting Western PA already: Off the top of my head, Orndoff and Holtz both had Michigan offers but chose to stay home and play for Pitt, as did Dorian Johnson. I add, parenthetically, that Pitt's profile as a university is essentially the same as those of Big Ten schools...in fact, it would rank ahead of most Big Ten universities in school rankings (or it did as of a year or two ago). Moreover, as to the stability, if Chryst didn't leave Pitt for Wisconsin, he can make a strong argument that he intends to make good his committment to Pitt.
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|Pitt insiders have implied
Pitt insiders have implied that his heart is with Pitt, but his mind tells him the train wreck of their program isn't going to get any better. Given his own inclinations (it is said) he'd wait and see how the next season develops, but he's afraid he'll lose his spot at Michigan or Ohio if he waits. The implication was that even he was wavering back and forth on it. That's a take it for what it's worth thing, I have no special insight beyond what Pitt people say on the matter.
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|Beeeecause...you're from
Beeeecause...you're from Western Pennsylvania? Because Pitt has lots of players in the pros? Because you get to play/practice/train in the same stadium and facilities as the Steelers? Because you like the city of Pittsburgh? Because they also offer a good education?
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|That's not really true. There
That's not really true. There are plenty of programs that make hay without much star power- in the Big Ten, Wisconsin and Iowa being prime examples. ANd some coaches can squander all the talent in the world because they don't know what the hell they're doing. Look at all the NFL talent Zook recruited, then see how he did on the field.
|4 years 51 weeks ago
|Well, Brady is 2-0 against
Well, Brady is 2-0 against Fitzgerald...so there's that...
|4 years 52 weeks ago
|Ryan is RichRod holdover.
Ryan is RichRod holdover. Kind of early to weigh in on any of the actual Hoke recruits, as most of them have yet to see much real action. Those that have and stand out are Funchess, Ross and Morgan.
|5 years 1 day ago
|"The sneezeguard is broken!
"The sneezeguard is broken! THERE IS NO LAW!!!"
|5 years 2 days ago
|"Oh Danny Boy"?
"Oh Danny Boy"?
|5 years 2 days ago
|Golson made his first start
Golson made his first start against us. Reese's relative success against us, I posit, had more to do with the relative talent gaps between our teams, which is evening out quickly.
|5 years 2 days ago
|And Marshall to MSU, lest we
And Marshall to MSU, lest we forget. I think we can stop thinkingof the crystal balls as reliable predictors of the natural order and think of them as what crystal bars really are...shiny props to distract people for entertainment value.
|5 years 3 days ago
|Denard. Unique athlete,
Denard. Unique athlete, superb human being and true Michigan Man. Carried us through some dark times, gave jaw-dropping performances and he did it all with class.
|5 years 6 days ago
|No offer for Jayru yet. Nor
No offer for Jayru yet. Nor from Ohio. He was told he should come to Michigan's camp to see how he's developed. So I guess you'd sy they're keeping an eye on him/ I think it's also safe to say he isn't their top choice by any means.
|5 years 6 days ago
|Actually, I would think the
Actually, I would think the most famous writer of minstrel show tunes was Stephen Foster, who was from Pittsburgh and only went to the south once, for his honeymoon in Louisiana. That means the writer of "My Old Kentucky Home" never spent any real time in Kentucky.
Foster is so controversil for his happy slave songs Greenfield Village in Dearborn, contrary to their normal practice, doesn't use his name to label his house.
Actually, if you are ever on the University of Pittsburgh's campus, just nect to the Carnegie Museum you will see an utterly shameful statue of Foster composing, or something, sitting in an elevated position over a bald, smiling, and, I kid you not, shoeless african american playing the banjo.
|5 years 6 days ago
|I have to say, that does not
I have to say, that does not in any way endear the tune to me more.
|5 years 6 days ago
|There are hot women
There are hot women everywhere. And we all know we'll be fine without him. None of that changes the fallacious reasoning of your original post. Painting Ole Miss as some kind of valiant underdog who seems to be doing things on the up and up is incredulous at best. So sure. They have hot women. I'm sure that reasonably overrides the pictures of money he tweeted. Nothing to see here, move along.
|5 years 6 days ago
|Pull up a chair and I'll tell
Pull up a chair and I'll tell you the story of a lad named Treadwell and his tweeted pictures of piles of cash, my friend...
|5 years 1 week ago
|Go get 'em, girls.
Go get 'em, girls.
|5 years 1 week ago
|Where's the fish coming from?
Where's the fish coming from? Kyle Trout committed to OSU.
|5 years 1 week ago
|Peppers- It does make me feel
Peppers- It does make me feel nervous that he suddenly has a Rutgers crystal ball prediction on 247.
|5 years 1 week ago
|It is a "product," it's what
It is a "product," it's what we're paying for. And you CAN pay to go them all, you just have to pay for transit. I come from Pennsylvania to do just that. Is it worth it? For you, apparently not. Maybe that's because it's so expensive.
Parenthetically, some of us may equally be worried about the fact that the team has to wade through a killers row of a shcedule every other year rather than simply having a balanced schedule every year, which would probably be better for the team, aside from being more enjoyable to the fans.
|5 years 1 week ago
|Sure. Because we get them for
Sure. Because we get them for free. So the quality of the product doesn't matter.
|5 years 1 week ago
|How does Brandon keep letting
How does Brandon keep letting this happen? Does he get payoffs for setting up butcher seasons every other year? WTF?
|5 years 1 week ago
|Just becaue Rutgers is (going
Just becaue Rutgers is (going to be) in the Big Ten does not make it part of the Big Ten footprint for recruiting purposes. We do not have deep roots there, we have not had much success recruiting there. It is an eastern state, He is referring to the Midwest, which is where most of our recruiting traditionally happens, and where Hoke's predominant success has occurred. Getting top talent from Utah, Florida and New Jersey are firsts for Hoke here.
|5 years 1 week ago
|At minimum, I'd say there's
At minimum, I'd say there's nothing "cautious" about that optimism.
|5 years 1 week ago
|Sensory deprivation chamber.
Sensory deprivation chamber. Only safe course.
|5 years 2 weeks ago
|You make us proud, Mr. Smith.
You make us proud, Mr. Smith.
|5 years 2 weeks ago
|A good and worthy man, and a
A good and worthy man, and a credit to his Alma Mater.
|5 years 2 weeks ago
|I see a distinction. OL
I see a distinction. OL requires both numbers and time to cultivate, along with the highest rate of error in determining talent. QBs also generally need time to develope, and that situation has been admittedly mishandled, but the policy of taking no more than one a year, to make it obvious who the leader is, is a part of that.
We can, and have, taken more than one RB most years. RBs are also the position most likely to walk on to the field and have an immediate impact. It is logical to take one every year, but in our situation- lots of numbers, small incoming class, many talented recruits at other positions interested- I don't see it without the talent. We don't need bodies at RB, we need skill. Because if some combination of Rawls/Johnson/Norfleet/Hayes/Shallman can't carry some of the load for the Green and Smith, adding more comprable huys isn't going to help. That's simply the outlook for the immediate future.
|5 years 2 weeks ago
|Without arguing the logic of
Without arguing the logic of your conclusion, you're looking three years into the future (after Green leaves) while assuming NO addition of RBs after this year. I don't think th lack of a RB in this class will lead to an apocalyptic "obly Smith, Johnson and Noefleet" scenario, especially with two very probable (and seemingly talented) RB options that could be called Michigan leans in the 2015 class.
|5 years 3 weeks ago
|Typically, they do not. Not
Typically, they do not. Not anymore, that is, they used to. Their physical and academic standards rule out a great many players, especially linemen. They usually look at a class of players who fit into their triple option system, which allows them to get a different breed of athlete, often overlooked by other schools, who are interested in serving their country. That's why the Armed Forces Academies allrun the same system: Navy proved they could make hay with it in their unique situation.
|5 years 3 weeks ago
|Good for the lassies/ Go
Good for the lassies/ Go Blue!
|5 years 4 weeks ago
|Roh following in RVB's
Roh following in RVB's footsteps, I suppose.
|5 years 4 weeks ago
|Yes, but when? WHEN? My
Yes, but when? WHEN? My refresh button can't last through July.
|5 years 4 weeks ago
|GOOD NEWS, everyone!
GOOD NEWS, everyone!
|5 years 4 weeks ago
|It's not bad news.
It's not bad news.
|5 years 4 weeks ago
|Heavy is the flag that flaps
Heavy is the flag that flaps in the tsunami breeze.
|5 years 4 weeks ago
|Well, it's kind of relevant,
Well, it's kind of relevant, since he was competing for the QB position of a team we're playing next year, and every year hereafter. Moreover, it means Hackenberg (aka PSU's Shane Morrison) is almost guaranteed not to get a redshirt now.
|5 years 4 weeks ago
|That came out of left
That came out of left field...
|5 years 5 weeks ago
|Wow. What a year for Michigan
Wow. What a year for Michigan athletics.
|5 years 5 weeks ago
|5 years 6 weeks ago
|...who...committed to a
...who...committed to a different coach, running a different system, and left when it became clear that coach was about to be shown the door.
|5 years 6 weeks ago
|Real Classy
Classy, classy, classy.
|5 years 6 weeks ago
|Real Classy
Classy, classy, classy.
|5 years 6 weeks ago
|Buy your own helemt, and
Buy your own helemt, and you're hired.
|5 years 7 weeks ago
|This is based on a false
This is based on a false premise anyway. Whatever else, he wound up at PItt because he pulled a Touchdown Tony and knocked up his local girlfriend. He's abandonibg her and his newborn twin daughters to transfer, BTW, quite against her and his family's wishes.
|5 years 7 weeks ago
|Ray Grahme was supposed to
Ray Grahme was supposed to leave that year before he tore up his leg. Even then, he was 1. Recovering from an injury, 2. A different type of RB (smaller, shiftier) and better suited for division of roles, and 3. At worst leaving after one year instead of lining up almost exactly with your remaining eligibility.
|5 years 7 weeks ago
|That's not how systems work.
That's not how systems work. There are such a thing as squre pegs for round holes. And Pitt's style of play is hardly for all.
|5 years 7 weeks ago
|great googamoogum!
great googamoogum!
|5 years 7 weeks ago
|He wouldn't want to come to a
He wouldn't want to come to a place where he has to compete with Derrick Green. Nor would we want someone who ahd personality disputes with Chryst over exercise and training (which is the word from the Pitt fansite grapevine).
|5 years 7 weeks ago
|Mmm...it's a pretty sweeping
Mmm...it's a pretty sweeping assumption. He left CMU, where he was a star and the focus of the team, because they fired his father. He's leaving Pitt because he's a role player who doesn't really fit the system, and who won't make it to the next level, even in Europe, if he doesn't go somewhere he can be the focus of play again.
|5 years 7 weeks ago
Well, it is ON TV, just shifted to primetime. Look at the bright side.
|5 years 7 weeks ago
|Based on picks for Nerlen
Based on picks for Nerlens Noel and Cody Zellers? Yes. Top-5 isn't really the middle of anything.
|5 years 7 weeks ago
|If he has the numbers he's
If he has the numbers he's putting up now, he will, or near them, for a year he will, without a doubt, wind up in the top of the first round. Many big men have been highly selected for less.
|5 years 8 weeks ago
|Unless you're against
Unless you're against retiring numbers in general, I don't see how you can argue against retiring Burke's number. He WILL be national POY, and at a minimum he led this team to the Final Four. I don't even care about leaving after two years, and I'm someone who believes adamantly in players staying and finishing their degrees. Burke has already done everything he can for his draft stock, it will never rise higher. If he comes back, it will only decline (if only slightly) with the possibility of being hurt.
|5 years 8 weeks ago
|Hoke has a big "I told you
Hoke has a big "I told you so" coming from Magnus's direction. Damn.
|5 years 8 weeks ago
|Strange how bad decisions end
Strange how bad decisions end badly. Huh...
|5 years 8 weeks ago
|In point of fact, RJS was the
In point of fact, RJS was the ONLY commit at that particular game. Of course, many more followed shortly thereafter.
|5 years 9 weeks ago
|They have a lot more to lose
They have a lot more to lose than to gain with this. There's a reason Pitt extended Dixon, because they realized he might not be one of the best, but the odds of getting someone better were worse than of them getting someone worse. Indeed, Gken Mason'ed.
|5 years 9 weeks ago
In the words of Willy Wonka: "You get NOTHING! You LOSE! GOOD DAY, sir!"
|5 years 10 weeks ago
|Uhhhhh....I'm not going to an
Uhhhhh....I'm not going to an event in a place that frowns on...feel good juice. Yeah, that should be SFW...
|5 years 10 weeks ago
|Or Kick Ass, the super hero
Or Kick Ass, the super hero from the movie of the sam name.
|5 years 10 weeks ago
|You can take that farther.
You can take that farther. The Lions need safties, special teams players, and players who won't make headlines for all the wrong reasons. Kovacs has the hat trick.
|5 years 10 weeks ago
|If those numbers for Kovacs
If those numbers for Kovacs are considered legit, I can't believe he wouldn't be drafted. His instincts aside, those are fantastic numbers, easily worth a late round pick. You could do much worse than get a high-character, never say die special team's ace in the 7th round, and those numbers say capable backup at the very least.
|5 years 10 weeks ago
|That 2010 class deserves a
That 2010 class deserves a "Never Forget" banner of its own. That list truly reaches Charge of the Light Brigade levels of martial tragedy.
|5 years 10 weeks ago
|For the proper perspective,
For the proper perspective, it seems that the RT-LG switch has solid reasoning behind it, although I couldn't say what it is. The Pros do, though. It seems to happen a lot in the NFL. As an example, Willie Colon, (fomerly) of the Steelers moved between RT and LG.
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|I know, right???
I know, right???
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|Well...this isn't BAD
Well...this isn't BAD news...so I refuse to comment on it!!!
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|We all salute one of the
We all salute one of the greats! Surely he will dine in the halls of Valhalla, where the legends of yore shall live forever! In death it is a warrior's best and only bulwark!
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|I'd feel a little iffy about
I'd feel a little iffy about it if one of them was Doles. And I hope that's not seen as a knock on Doles, but given how stacked our interior is, I would think we would need at least two tackles. Doles seems like more of a quality depth guy at a position where we have all the dept in the world.
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|Plus infinity for the
Plus infinity for the Serpentor reference.
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|Michigan is one of the finest
Michigan is one of the finest centers of learning in the world...and we're getting out scienced by A&M???
|5 years 11 weeks ago
|Then I call shenanigans! That
Then I call shenanigans! That would mean they got more than a thousand votes in the last hour.
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|It's getting pretty hard to
It's getting pretty hard to come up with a permutation of events where Burke doesn't end the year as an All-American. If you don't want to go too deep into hypo. pound-for-pound comparisons, that puts him in pretty august company.
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|Same with me. I was texting
Same with me. I was texting my sister, who'd been groaning about the officiating all night, after the McGary TO. Then I looked up: glory.
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|I think the point is that one
I think the point is that one without the other is an equally invalid argument. You have to take the good with the bad and visa versa.
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|GRIII is not, and never was,
GRIII is not, and never was, a one and done kid. He came out strong in mock drafts because he has a high-profile name, played for a high-profile team, and had a massive surplus of highlight reel plays. That's all a lot of these people making mock drafts see: stat lines and highlights. But any judge of horseflesh could tell you he didn't have the skill set yet. He doesn't generate offense on his own, doesn't play defense, doesn't rebound the ball...
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|That's not going to happen.
That's not going to happen.
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|For whatever reason, I've
For whatever reason, I've been pretty at peace with this. Usually a loss would send me into a funk, but not this time.
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|I would agree with that.
I would agree with that.
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|....has been careful to not
....has been careful to not say we "lead," though he's made multiple comments on us setting the standard. High on us? yes. Likely to commit? Yes. Said we lead? Not unless that happened in the last day or two.
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|Coles was the prediction
Cole was the prediction everyone was making before the weekend. Doles is another safe money bet. We're filled to the brim with talented interior linemen, we can't possibly take that many more in this class, so if he wants to come, he'll drop sooner than later. He's also the last guy left on the board for 2014 who's said Michigan is his out and out leader.
I don't know, maybe he is the next Lorenz. It seems to me he's trying to be by getting ahead of the curve for 2015. But as it is, he's never said anything to make me trust any cryptic tweets of his.
|5 years 12 weeks ago
|C'Mon MGoPeople!!! Denard
C'Mon MGoPeople!!! Denard gave us years of glory, the least we can do is give him the cover over some WR NOBODY outside of Dixieland has ever heard of. MUST....WIIIINNNN....
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|Clearly he'd like to close
Clearly he'd like to close out his career on the same team he started with, which is to be admired. It's not like he needs the money, and it helps to get a better team around him. If I were him, I'd take the cut conditional on the front office spending it on O-Linemen.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|If Doles is coming at all,
If Doles is coming at all, expect him to drop soon. I would not expect more than two interior O-Lmen for this class, given our surplus.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|He has the football skills
He has the football skills and dedication to Michigan which make him a viable recruit. However! What puts him over the top is his glorious coif. Between him, Ryan and Bolden we have enough musketeers to make for a novel.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|I heard he made them from a
I heard he made them from a yeti he killed with a trident. Also, he takes showers in grain alcohol and he lassoed a tornado and rode it to the west cpast, just to offer Joe Mixon in person.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|Do you burn your bridges
Do you burn your bridges behind you?
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|We know you are.
We know you are.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|Your first sentence is
Your first sentence is correct, your second sentence, more arguably, as well. Notably, though, neither has anything to do with either of the things I said.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|I guess that will hurt us
I guess that will hurt us with Mone; and McDowell; and Marshall. And who knows how many othe recruits he was in on, recruits he's going to try and steer towards Oklahoma now.
Most of all, though? It's just embarassing.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|I'm sure Hoke apologizes for
I'm sure Hoke apologizes for not doing better than 19-7 and a BCS Bowl championship with players recruited by someone else for another system.
|5 years 13 weeks ago
|I never understood why Brian
I never understood why Brian was so worked up about this. There was never anything suggesting the move was permanant, and it seemed to me pretty clear this was about CB depth, with Countess and Floyd both down and out.
|5 years 14 weeks ago
|Ok then, lets hear them
Ok then, lets hear them out...
|5 years 14 weeks ago
|...In fact...forget the
...In fact...forget the recruiting!
|5 years 14 weeks ago
|You forget Michigan vs.
You forget Michigan vs. Indiana in 1937, when most of the stadium was destroyed by invading martians in the second half. The only surviving player, a Hoosier, when on to score 58 unanswered points before the game was called by an injured referee who escaped the alien slave-crafts.
|5 years 14 weeks ago
|To be fair, we're no longer a
To be fair, we're no longer a top 5 team.
|5 years 14 weeks ago
|Pretty good summation at top.
Pretty good summation at top. Somewhere along the line this turned from a team of athletic young dynamos to a team of jump shooters. That's really all you can say about us anymore. The defense is flimsy, the physicality is non-existant and the offense has no Plan B if the jump shots don't fall. We don't even look like we're playing smart anumre, which is never something I thought I'd say about a Beilein team.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|I like the way you think.
I like the way you think.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|You think there's that much
You think there's that much difference between the MAC and the WAC?
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|Fate: tempted.
Fate: tempted.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|I suppose, as other people
I suppose, as other people are now pointing out, we could add Adoree Jackson tothe list. CB from CA with good offers, who's been making noise about being the next Charles Woodson, so maybe that's something.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|Yep, forgot about Bars, but
Yep, forgot about Bars, but that's kind of unspoken. I mean, I don't recall ever hearing a quote where he said Michigan leads, and while his brother is here, he has two other brothers in other programs. It's just that he's visited here so often.
Westphal made the comment that Michigan is the standard he measures other schools by, and people seem to think we have a good chance with him. Peppers, they say, is more of a lonshot (kind of like Hand- in his top group, mentioned, but behind other schools, so the legends say)
IThe names I put up top (except for Holmes) were there because they've said Michigan leads. If you want people Michigan has a good chance with, Westphal and Bars are good additions, but you could add Scott and Cole as a package,.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|The only two recruits who we
The only two recruits who we seem to be way ahead on as a matter of record are Brian Mone, the Utah DT (who would seem to be a 250 type) and Doles, who probably isn't a 250 type guy (yet?) because of size. Maybe you add Corey Holmes to that list, because he grew up a Michigan fan, but then again, so did Marshall.
Of course, nobody knows who's really ahead for a lot of these kids. I don't think we were ahead for Bosh or Kugler (especially Kugler) before they dropped and dropped early.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|Conley went to a school he
Conley went to a school he didn't have an offer from when he first committed. Lawrence had his choice and made it. So there's that difference.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|McDowell is also a different
McDowell is also a different position than Marshall. So...
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|We can but hope.
We can but hope.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|I'm...sure they would like
I'm...sure they would like to. That's not the kind of thing that's easily replicated, especially since, by all accounts, that wasn't a stage managed event. Especially since we aren't in on a lot of Michigan and Ohio kids, who formed the bulk of that event, I doubt we'll see the like of it again this year, if ever.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|Bad news bears, no way to
Bad news bears, no way to whitewash it. Can't keep on top if we can't even stay afloat in recruiting our own state. I give Meyer credit. He's targetting kids that aren't just good players, but the high-percentage targets we need. It's like a scorched earth campaign, burning the ground out from under us.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|Treason! Call out the
Treason! Call out the guards!!!
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|Well, as to the latter point,
Well, as to the latter point, that's why I observed they diod well for themselves "at college." In as much as this is a UofM board and not a Detroit Lions fansite, I would think that;s the primary concern. As it is, when Keenum and Moore needed to rise to the occasion, they usually did, so while their success was predicated on weaker opposition, it's not as if it was a boondoggle at the NCAA level. And while the defenses will be better than they were accustomed to facing, the offensive line and supporting cast Speight will have around him will be improved as well.
As to the level of competition, I see that. My big fear was what would happen when he meets up with the CBs Ohio has been hauling in. It won't matter how on target the ball is, if it takes a week to get there, those guys will hawk it. On the other hand, having a big arm and no questionable accuracy would be just as much of a problem. I think the truth is, anybody is going to have a tough time with that kind of an elite secondary.
|5 years 15 weeks ago
|He does not, in fact, have
He does not, in fact, have great arm strength in relation to velocity. I will observe, though, that Kellon Moore and Case Keenum didn't have elite arm strength either, and they did well for themselves at college. That's all that should matter to us.
|5 years 16 weeks ago
|May you strike mighty blows
May you strike mighty blows for Michigan and bring honor to your clan, young samurai.
|5 years 16 weeks ago
|That was like watching a rap
That was like watching a rap in a spaghetti western.
|5 years 16 weeks ago
|Speechless. This clearly a
Speechless. This is clearly a bridge too far. This would eradicate any sense of the players being "amateur" athletes. Why not ust make a minor league for the NFL and have done with it?
Not that I think the NCAA deserves all the money it makes, mind you.
|5 years 17 weeks ago
|There will be no "After
There will be no "After Beilein." We're going to live forever.
|5 years 17 weeks ago
|5 years 17 weeks ago
|Oh? Is Green playing defense
Oh? Is Green playing defense now?


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One Metstastic Word: OFFENSE
Wow. WOW, Mets! But we'll get there.
So…pitching. Foofy. What happened to El Duque? Is it age? Just having an inconsistent season? Lowering our expectations so when he comes back with an arm of steel we'll all coo and go ahhh? Lordy, we went through the bullpen last night. Oliver, Feliciano, Bradford, Bell, and Sanchez. One more than we'd need for a barbershop quartet. It's a little worrying.
EXCEPT for the fact that the Mets work so darn well as a team. When one guy's struggling, the rest of the boys are there to pick up the ball and, well, hit the **** out of it. (Oh look! We can say **** now! Helly **** ****!)
Can you believe I went this long without mentioning Cliff Floyd? Aw, my man. My man. In a recent postshow, Cliff said, and I paraphrase, "You could get three home runs in a game, but if you don't win, it doesn't mean jack." Cliff? I think I speak for all of us: Jack pot. You keep saying all you want is to help your team? Well, you're working it, baby. And when they talk to you about your record against left handed pitchers? You may respond: booyakasha!
Kudos to Woodward and Cliff for early home runs, but let's relive that delicious 6th inning now, shall we? According to the ESPN commentators (who, I'm sorry, just bore me to tears–a ten minute treatise on sunglasses? And a screen squiggly pen? That's all you've got, ESPN?), it was the "biggest inning in Mets history."
- Beltran reaches first on an error and ESPN comments "This is the wrong time in the lineup to be making a mistake on defense." Okay, boring, but prescient these men are. Delgado and Wright proceed to single with two uncaught pop flies.
- Bases loaded for Cliff's at bat, and it's just like last year when our guy seemed to always come through in a pinch. With an arm like a cannon, he rips one far enough to get caught in the net. D-Wright pats him on the tush, Delgado pats him on the head, and Reyes happily towels him down. Two home runs and 5 RBIs for Cliff in his hometown. Does it get any sweeter? Mets are up 6-2.
- Um, yeah. It gets sweeter. Nady walks, then the Cubs' second baseman drops the ball to flub a double play, allowing Nady to reach second with Castro on first. ESPN remarks "The Mets lead 6-5. They want more." Hmmm. Fortune tellers, are you?
- Endy Chavez singles, allowing Nady to score. It's 7-5. Lovely Endy steals second with one out.
- Valentin gets an infield hit, then the Cubs give up what could have been another double play opportunity, stopping Castro at the plate but allowing Woodward to reach first. Valentin's at second, Chavez at third.
- Beltran at bat. Just for drama, he loads the count to 3-2 before knocking out another Mets GRAND SLAM to bring the score to 11-5. Willie beams as he slaps Beltran's hand.
- Ho, ho! Delgado doubles! David Wright's up, the 13th batter of the inning! (Looks like David's keeping that goatee neatly trimmed. Scroll down the link and let me know which look you like best!) Oh, and by the way!? ANOTHER home run! 2 more RBIs for Davey, bringing the run count to 11 for the 6th inning. Eleven!
- Cubs fans respond by throwing all their trash onto Wrigley field.
- Cliff's up again and WALKS. Nady WALKS. Perhaps it's the setting sun, but I swear I saw a glint off Dusty Baker's cheek that literally looked like tears.
- Ramon Castro, our 17th at bat of the inning, pops up for the last out.
Yes, I know we should never have been down 5-2 to begin with, and granted, the Cubs are having a **** year, but this victory was a good one.
Especially since the Braves and Philies won Sunday as well. Atlanta's starting to wake up. But let's hope we keep up their bad dream.


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Gallery: The Most Bizarre And Beautiful Looks From Alexander McQueen Spring 2012
Yesterday, Sarah Burton presented yet another unsettling, hauntingly beautiful collection for the house of Alexander McQueen, and explored some of the label's favorites tropes–gothic romance and fetishism–in the process. The palette was identifiably McQueen as well: mostly black, with dramatic monochrome and shocks of startling color (like coral!). Finally, the headgear was particularly special: hoods and masks in a riot of intricate beading and feathers that were equal parts fairy tale and nightmare. A bunch of details and many of the collection's beautiful gowns ahead.
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Formula One team Force India says Adrian Sutil will be its second race driver this season.
The German rejoins pilot Paul Di Resta after both drove for Force India in 2011.
The 30-year-old Sutil competed with Jules Bianchi through the first two preseason tests for the right to take the place of Nico Hulkenberg, who moved to Sauber.
Sutil will continue preseason testing for Force India on Friday and Saturday at the Catalunya Circuit.
He says "I'm delighted to be back in Formula One, especially with a team I know so well."


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School superintendents across the state are employing a rare, unified message that has intensified the pressure on lawmakers to significantly bolster education funding this legislative session.
Superintendents from nearly all of the state's 178 districts, their school boards and other education groups are frustrated over increasing demands for education reform and dwindling state dollars. The groups are sending letters to parents and community members asking them to lean on their lawmakers to restore cuts to education, and they are paying weekly visits to the state Capitol asking for more money and local control.
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"Politicians and special-interest groups have really started to shape the K-12 agenda, and absent from any conversations regarding that have been superintendents, the people who have been hired by locally elected boards of education to run school districts," said Cherry Creek Schools Superintendent Harry Bull. "You get to a point where you say, 'Wait a minute. We're the people who are charged with running these districts. That's our job, and we ought to at least have a say.' "
A revenue forecast to be released Tuesday will set the tone for the last weeks of negotiations with lawmakers over education funding in the state. Lawmakers are warning that the forecast may not be as rosy as initially expected. They argue that while the state is rebounding economically, it cannot fully restore education cuts made over the past five years.
But superintendents and other education leaders, who have already scored a victory by getting lawmakers to include in a bill the restoration of $100 million in budget cuts, said they are not backing down.
"We found a common voice, and that common voice is far broader than school finance," Bull said. "It's just that the money issue, the school-finance issue this year, was something that we were better prepared to more quickly respond to. Rest assured that we are committed to continuing our work as a common voice in the interest of K-12 education."
State Rep. Millie Hamner, D-Dillon, a former superintendent who chairs the House Education Committee, said the unified and loud voice from education leaders is unprecedented and has caught the attention of lawmakers.
She said lawmakers are trying to be responsive but have to consider the long-term sustainability of any additional education funding.
"Their point is that they've been in five years of budget-cutting. And my response is that it took us five years to get into this situation, it's going to take us a period of years to get out of this situation as the economy continues to recover," Hamner said.
Hamner is one of the authors of the Student Success Act, a bipartisan bill that would use improving revenue forecasts, an education-fund balance of $1 billion and about $40 million from recreational marijuana taxes to infuse more money into education. The bill includes funding for English-language learners and young children who are struggling readers, as well as money for the construction of charter school and kindergarten facilities.
Superintendents and other school leaders said the bill provides a good start but does not do enough to restore education cuts from what is known as the "negative factor," a work-around used by lawmakers to slice education funding despite constitutionally required increases.
"All of us would like to see an increase in funding beyond what's proposed in the bill," said Denver Public Schools Superintendent Tom Boasberg. "We recognize that there are financial limits and constraints and that there are other important parts of our government, but at the same time education has seen the most significant cuts. Our investment in education is critical to the future of our state."
Boasberg and other education leaders said they plan to push until the final hours of the legislative session for more money that is not tied to state-mandated projects or programs.
"The big issue with the Student Success Act is that so much of the new funds come with guardrails," said Bruce Caughey, executive director of the Colorado Association of School Executives. "It's for this program or that purpose, and it doesn't help the school district that needs to replace the coils on its refrigerator. It doesn't help the school district that needs to pay its transportation workers more because the oil companies in Weld County are hiring them away. It doesn't help those school districts that have buses with 400,000 miles on them."
Hamner said negotiations will continue on the bill. She and Rep. Carole Murray, R-Castle Rock, co-author of the bill, will propose several amendments Wednesday.
Hamner said the measure already exceeds the amount of funding proposed in Gov. John Hickenlooper's budget, which could mean cuts in other areas. If the bill passes, the average total that school districts would get per student would rise to $7,055, an amount that Hamner said boosts funding close to a pre-recession level.
"If you asked someone in the governor's office, they would say that they think we are maybe overcommitting a little too much," Hamner said.
The bill draws down the balance of the state's education fund from $1 billion to $100 million in the 2016-17 school year, Hamner said. Henry Sobanet, the governor's budget director, said the figure is below the $400 million ending balance that Hickenlooper's office prefers and could have implications on the rest of the state's budget.
"Right now, there are several hundred million dollars of ideas out there above our budget requests," Sobanet said. "We are all waiting on the March forecast, which will give us the last guidance to negotiate where all the bills need to go."
Eagle County Schools Superintendent Jason Glass said lawmakers should be recognized for listening to the concerns of education leaders over the past few weeks, but more needs to be done.
"Given the way that the state's economy is recovering and given that we see some legislators trying to carve off money for pet projects and special purposes, we're sort of not buying that there is no money there," Glass said.
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The Learning Management System at the Defence University: Awareness and Application
This brief paper examines the issues of awareness and application of a Learning Management System (LMS) used at the National Defence University of Malaysia (NDUM), Kuala Lumpur Malaysia. The paper argues that due to the discouraging responses from academics at the university on using the LMS, proactive measures must be taken immediately in order to arrest the situation. While most academics at the defence university can be categorised as Digital Natives, the reality does not reflect the enthusiasm of them to utilise new technologies. The discussion in this paper revolves around the concerns that stop academics to include the LMS in their teaching and learning repertoire. Data were obtained from observations on the use of the LMS and the number of participants who enrolled for the training of the LMS. This paper argues that due to the lack of organisational and structural support, academics at the NDUM may have reservations about using the LMS.
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Apricot Wild Rice Salad Recipe
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Nutty, fruity and packed with flavor, this make-ahead dish is a wholesome side for all kinds of entrees." —Barbara Schulte, Payson, Arizona
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- 3 cups water
- 2 cups uncooked wild rice
- 2 cups finely chopped dried apricots
- 2 cups dried cherries
- 1 cup chopped walnuts
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/3 cup lemon juice
- 2 tablespoons maple syrup
- 1-1/2 teaspoons salt
- In a large saucepan, bring water and rice to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 45-50 minutes or until rice is tender. Drain if necessary. Transfer to a large bowl; cool completely.
- Meanwhile, place apricots in a small bowl; cover with boiling water. Let stand for 5 minutes; drain. Stir the apricots, cherries and walnuts into rice. In a small bowl, whisk the oil, lemon juice, maple syrup and salt. Pour over rice mixture and mix well. Refrigerate for at least 30 minutes. Yield: 15 servings (2/3 cup each).
Originally published as Wild Rice Salad in Healthy Cooking December/January 2011, p15
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"Both my husband & I love wild rice, but this stuff is nasty. Hopefully, the birds enjoyed it."


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Frankenstein Cupcakes Recipe
- 1 to 2 cans (16 ounces each) chocolate frosting
- Cupcakes of your choice
- Large marshmallows
- Corn syrup
- Green and black sprinkles
- M&M's miniature baking bits
- Candy coated licorice
- 1. Spread frosting over cupcakes. Lightly coat marshmallows with corn syrup. Roll sides of marshmallows in green sprinkles; dip tops in black. Carefully place a marshmallow in the center of each cupcake.
- 2. For eyes, attach baking bits to the face of each marshmallow with a small amount of frosting; pipe pupils using frosting. Attach licorice candies to sides of head for bolts. Pipe frosting onto faces for mouths and stitches as desired. Yield: Varied.
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"So adorable! I really enjoyed making these. I used a kitchen basting brush to apply the corn syrup. I only made the top of the heads black and the whole body green. I let them dry and then put them on the frosted cupcake. (They don't fall off easily) I didn't use licorice or make bolts. But just used frosting to put the m&m's on and put smiley faces on them. My boyfriend/neighbors/co-workers thought they were cute and original. I can't wait to have kids so I can make these every halloween!! :)) (Warning - it does get a LITTLE sticky!)"
"These really did not turn out well at all. Decorative gel fell of the miniature baking bits and bled through the mouth. I had to really got the marshmallows in the corn syrup because it would not cover enough but then the sprinkles started to droop off. Putting them on toothpicks helped and spearing the side also helped to put in the licorice bolts. I would not make these again. Super messy and looked terrible when I was done. Not tasty either."
"takes a delicate hand, maybe a ton of experience, looks easy but didn't turn out picture perfect like you see"
"I made a similar one from a different web site, the only thing I did differnt was to add vanilla pudding in the cupcakes and I sprayed the marshmellos with green food coloring. It toke alot of work but they are so cute and creative, so worth it!! Kids love it!!"
"These are very labor intensive, it took me 2 and a half hours to decorate and assemble after baking and cooling the cupcakes. By the next morning when I needed them most had lost their eyes. I was not happy. Most people preferred my worms and dirt cupcakes to the Frankensteins' and I ended up bring half home."
"I have not made this particular recipe, but something very similar. For ease and less mess, do not use the corn syrup. Dip marshmallows in water, gently shake off excess, roll in colored sugars and place on wax paper or whatever to let set. Works great."
"Instead of using cupcakes we used giant marshmellows and used pretzel sticks for the bolt on Frankies neck. I will possitivly make these again. My grandchildren love them. So did thier parents."
"They are cute but a little too time consuming and messy for me to want to make again."
"I didn't like this recipe. Corn syrup isn't good for kids, especially if they are going to eat those marshmellows. Next time think of something healthier. This is a poor recipe and could be made better."


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FORT BRAGG, N.C. — Two female Army officers testified Wednesday they provided nude photos to a general now facing sex crime charges.
A married captain testified that Brigadier General Jeffrey Sinclair repeatedly asked her to send him nude photos of herself, which she said made her uncomfortable. Eventually, she said, she placated the married general by sending him downloaded pornographic photos of other women cropped so that their faces were not visible.
The testimony came during the third day of a hearing at Fort Bragg to determine whether Sinclair will go on trial for multiple criminal charges including forcible sodomy, wrongful sexual conduct, and adultery, which is a crime under the military justice system. The allegations involve relationships with five women other than his wife.
Sinclair served as a deputy commander of the 82d Airborne Division in Afghanistan until he was relieved of his duties in May amid a criminal investigation.
A female major also testified Wednesday that she sent photos of her breasts and a personal video to Sinclair.
Sinclair potentially faces penalties of up to life in prison if convicted at courts martial on the most serious charges.


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Chelsea are ready to turn their attentions to France star Loic Remy and Porto striker Jackson Martinez after cooling their interest in £46m-rated Atletico Madrid sensation Radamel Falcao, according to the Daily Mirror.
Roman Abramovich is reportedly ready to drop his pursuit of Falcao after Atletico made it clear the Colombian international will not be sold for less than £46m, and the Chelsea owner believes he can get better value for money elsewhere.
The Mirror reports a January swoop for Falcao has not been ruled out, but Chelsea are now thought to be actively considering alternatives.
Two of the names mentioned are Marseille striker Loic Remy and Porto star Jackson Martinez.
Abramovich is set to retain faith in under-fire forward Fernando Torres, and Remy and Martinez would be cheaper alternatives, with the Frenchman reportedly available for £15m, and Martinez valued between £15m and £20m.
Remy has struggled with injury troubles this season, but the striker is highly rated in France, and has 17 caps for his country. The France international is only just returning to the Marseille team after injury.
Chelsea's other target, Martinez, plays for Falcao's former club, Porto. Signed as a replacement after Falcao departed for Atletico, Martinez has quickly settled into life in Portugal, and has been in sparkling form this season, hitting 14 goals in all competitions since arriving for £8m.
With nine goals in nine league appearances so far this season, Martinez has beat Porto goalscoring records set by club icons Falcao and Hulk.
But Porto drive a hard bargain - Chelsea were forced to shell out £13m to sign Andre Villas-Boas last year - and the Portuguese club refused to let Joao Moutinho leave on the cheap this summer.
But Chelsea are thought to see a double swoop for Martinez and Remy as better value than Falcao - a double swoop would likely cost less than a move for the Atletico Madrid striker.
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The Best Time To Make A Decision Is... When You Have To Pee Really Badly?
from the ah,-science dept
A full bladder, apparently, helps us take more rational, long-term decisions. At least that was the finding of a study carried out by Mirjam Tuk, a professor at the University of Twente in the Netherlands. In an experiment, Tuk tested two sets of participants. The first was told to drink five cups of water; the second to take just five sips. After 40 minutes, they were tested on their decision-making abilities. Tuk says that the group who were, by now, crossing their legs, were better able to exercise self-control and hold out for larger rewards.Honestly, it sounds like the study's applicability may be limited, but just to be safe, I think my new corporate management philosophy is going to involve forcing everyone to drink a lot, but keeping the bathrooms locked up for "cleaning" most of the time... It's foolproof.


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July 2, 2013 > Diabetes Prevention Hits the Road This Summer
Washington on Wheels Mobile Health Clinic Makes Receiving Preventive Care Easy
This summer, Washington Hospital Healthcare System's mobile health clinic, Washington On Wheels, will once again make it easy for local residents to get screened for diabetes - for free.Washington On Wheels, or W.O.W., travels throughout the Tri-City area on a regular basis providing quality health care services to uninsured and underserved segments of the population and began providing free diabetes screenings in 2005."One of the most important goals of W.O.W. is to improve the overall health of people in our region by increasing and expanding the reach of preventive health services, such as screenings," explains Ruth Traylor, Washington Hospital's community outreach director. "We want to screen as many people as possible because there's an estimated 100,000 people in Alameda County that have diabetes and about one-third of them don't know they have it."Not Knowing Can HurtUndiagnosed, diabetes can be especially dangerous because the afflicted person isn't taking steps to manage the condition. This can lead to serious physical consequences affecting many parts of the body, including the eyes, kidneys, heart and limbs. People with diabetes face a dramatically higher risk of heart disease, stroke, nerve disease and dental disease."The American Diabetes Association (ADA) recommends that we screen people that are overweight and may have other health conditions that may put them at risk," says Sherrie Kneebone, (N.P.) the W.O.W. van's nurse practitioner. "After someone is found to have diabetes, the need for education is critical and this is something the W.O.W. staff provides."Washington Hospital Outpatient Diabetes Program If you have diabetes, The Washington Outpatient Diabetes Center can make a difference in your life. The diabetes program features a team of nurses and dietitians who are certified diabetes educators and are experts in helping each individual learn what will work to control diabetes. By focusing on the individual needs of each patient, the program has successfully guided people to better health. For more information about the program's services, visit www.whhs.com/diabetes or call (510) 745-6556.According to a study performed by the Alameda County Public Health Department for Washington Hospital and other hospitals of the Hospital Council of Northern and Central California, Union City had the highest rate of hospitalizations for diabetes-related illnesses in Alameda County and the city of Newark was number three on the list.Diabetes Screening Takes Just a Few MinutesThe free diabetes (blood glucose) screening tests are taken using a finger-pricking device that is used to get a drop of blood. The screening takes just a few seconds and the W.O.W. staff explains each person's results within a few minutes. To achieve more accurate results, the W.O.W. staff recommends that participants don't eat or drink anything for 12 hours before testing; however, this is not mandatory."If we test someone that is found to have diabetes, W.O.W. can provide the counseling and referrals for additional care," adds Traylor. "If a patient doesn't have a primary care physician, W.O.W. staff can work with them to set up care."Get Screened!Free diabetes and blood pressure screenings will be conducted at W.O.W.'s regularly scheduled stops:* Family Resource Center (39155 Liberty Street, Fremont)July 2, 9, 16, 23; August 6, 13 20 27 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.* Silliman Activity Center (6800 Mowry Avenue, Newark)July 11 and August 8 from 1 to 3 p.m.* Fremont Senior Center (40086 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont)August 28 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.* Ruggieri Senior Center (33997 Alvarado-Niles Road, Union City)July 22 and August 26 from 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.* New Haven Adult School (600 G Street, Union City)August 22 from 1 to 3 p.m.The Washington On Wheels Mobile Health Clinic provides a host of other services, including:* Physical exams* Health screenings for blood pressure, cholesterol and glucose levels for diabetes * Immunizations and Flu Shots* Nutritional counseling and health education* Occupational medicineThe Washington On Wheels Mobile Health Clinic accepts Medicare and Medi-Cal and some insurance plans and will provide services regardless of immigration status or ability to pay.Find out more about Washington On WheelsTo learn more about the services offered by the Washington On Wheels Mobile Health Clinic, call (510) 608-3203 or visit www.whhs.com/wow. If your company is interested in utilizing the Washington On Wheels Mobile Health Clinic for occupational medicine services for your employees, please call (510) 608-1320.


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A Tuscaloosa attorney has been charged with bribing a witness in a drug case.
Michael Langston Hughes, 34, was arrested Monday after a grand jury indicted him on the felony charge Feb. 7.
Hughes was booked into the Tuscaloosa County Jail just after 1 a.m. Monday and released about an hour later on $10,000 bond.
According to a grand jury indictment, Hughes offered to provide legal services to a witness "with intent to corruptly influence the testimony of that person, induce that person to avoid legal process summoning her to testify, or induce that person to absent herself from an official proceeding to which she was legally summoned."
Further information about the charges wasn't included in the court files and prosecutors couldn't be reached Monday. Chris Hargett, a retired senior associate district attorney for Tuscaloosa County, will prosecute the case because members of the District Attorney's Office staff will be witnesses.
The woman was listed as a witness in a 2007 case against one of Langston's clients who was accused of selling drugs within three miles of a school.
The case did not go to trial because the defendant pleaded guilty in 2010. A co-defendant who is not an attorney, Victoria McCaa, was indicted on the same charge in 2011.
The case against her is still pending.
Hughes earned his law degree in 2008 from Valparaiso University in Indiana, according to the Alabama State Bar.


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AT&T Denies Resetting P2P Connections 112
betaville points out comments AT&T filed with the FCC in which they denied throttling traffic by resetting P2P file-sharing connections. Earlier this week, a study published by the Vuze team found AT&T to have the 25th highest (13th highest if extra Comcast networks are excluded) median reset rate among the sampled networks. In the past, AT&T has defended Comcast's throttling practices, and said it wants to monitor its network traffic for IP violations. "AT&T vice president of Internet and network systems research Charles Kalmanek, in a letter addressed to Vuze CEO Gilles BianRosa, said that peer-to-peer resets can arise from numerous local network events, including outages, attacks, reconfigurations or overall trends in Internet usage. 'AT&T does not use "false reset messages" to manage its network,' Kalmanek said in the letter. Kalmanek noted that Vuze's analysis said the test 'cannot conclude definitively that any particular network operator is engaging in artificial or false [reset] packet behavior.'"


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THE SQL Server Blog Spot on the Web
The SSIS Expression Language is one of the steeper slopes on the SSIS learning curve. Many database professionals have never been exposed to the syntax. In this series, I provide examples that demonstrate common uses for the SSIS Expression Language.
The examples are built in SSIS 2005. Why? Not everyone has access to SSIS 2008 at this time, and the examples work in both platforms.
Books Online has some good information about the SSIS Expression Language. This is an excellent place to start.
For starters, the syntax shares similarities with what I call "curly-brace" languages: C++, C#, Java, etc. It's obvious (to me at least) from the "=" operators:
Literals often prove challenging for folks unfamiliar with the syntax. Of particular interest is escape characters. The two escape sequences I'm most often asked about are double quotes and the backslash. As in curly-brace languages, the backslash is the escape indicator. This makes Windows paths loads of fun in SSIS.
For example, you think you're storing the path C:\results\new\andysdata.csv, but what you're telling SSIS is C: [Carriage Return] esults [New line] ew [Alert] ndysdata.csv. Yeah. That's gonna make for some interesting error messages! So how to address it? C:\\results\\new\\andysdata.csv works, as two backslashes together are the escape sequence for a single backslash.
If you want to include double-quotes in an expression, the escape sequence is backslash + " - \".
Casting is also unintuitive to the uninitiated. SSIS implicit conversions throw me every time. SSIS has its own set of data types, and the different data providers have their set of data types. Some interesting things happen where these data types meet.
To cast to a string (or SQL Server varchar) data type, preface the value with (DT_STR, [len], [code page]). For example, if you want to cast the integer 42 to a 2-character, en-us string; the expression is (DT_STR, 2, 1252) 42.
There's more to come in this series. I hope you enjoy it!
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Andy, I'm glad to see this topic covered. I catch a lot of questions on forums about the SSIS expression language, and it took me a great deal of time (mostly trial and error) to get beyond the basics. This interesting syntax is still an enigma to many people, so I expect that you'll have a good deal of interest in this series.
"SSIS isn't the newest thing around, but as Andy Leonard writes, 'The SSIS Expression Language is one of the steeper slopes on the SSIS learning curve. Many database professionals have never been exposed to the syntax.' If you're one of those struggling your way up the curve, Andy's Introduction to the SSIS Expression Language is for you."
http://www.pythian.com/blogs/1474/log-buffer-134-a-carnival-of-the-vanities-for-dbas">Log Buffer #134
This is a nice tutorial about SSIS expressions. I moderate the MSDN SSIS forum and I often come across questions about or problems than can be solved with SSIS expressions. Despite its power, expressions are one of the least understood and least used conventions in SSIS. I'm confident that your tutorial on this subject could enlighten many more SSIS developers for years to come.
Thanks for sharing this with me.
The problem that I'm still having is that I can change the value of a User Variable with Package Scope and view the change it break mode.
However after I stop debugging the original value persist.
In DTS the value of the Global Variable would be set to value that it was changed to when the Package was run.
A backslash doesn't escape a double quote in SSIS 2008. That fact is much-complained around the web and it seems that custom import routines are the only solution. To me this seems like quite a shortcoming.
How would you execute the SQL expression built in your package?
Have you ever had a task not executing even though your precedence constraint is correct?
I had this problem and thought it was because I was comparing string variables to eachother (thanks to attunity oledb doesn't support returning count into anything but string variable). The real cause? I was trying to share an email task between 2 different sequence containers. SSIS apparently has a wonderful feature that if you do this you don't get an error - it just stops running as if it didn't meet the expression condition. Ouch - be nice if this was more widely advertised. btw...am running 2008r2
Hi Gary,
Are you sure the precedence constraints are configured properly?
Nice article Andy, not sure what you meant by "If you want to include double-quotes in an expression, the escape sequence is backslash + " - \"." however the double quote is presented by "\"" for clarification.


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75% of this board was wrong in thinking that Kearns and FeLo should command a high value once they became eligible for arbitration. I have to think WK shopped them and that deal was the best offer he got. That trade turned out to be the ultimate junk for junk deal.
I was wrong on that one in that I thought Bray and Thompson would prove to be more valuable than what they turned out to be.


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Chapter 3: The Brain Adjusts itself to any Body Plan
Faith the dog:
Dogs can learn to control the movement of skateboards:
[video of skateboarding bulldog here]
....and they can drive large body plans which include steering wheels and tires:
Chapter 4: The Brain Wraps Itself around New Inputs: Sensory Substitution and Addition
See this video of plasticity from WIRED Science: "Mixed Feelings"
Chapter 5:
Interview with Miguel Nicolelis on the Daily Show
The Walk Again Project, an international collaboration of researchers to allow the paralyzed to control robotic suits with their thoughts.
Video: Monkey and robotic arm
Why should the US invest in brain science? See David's opinion in the New York Times.
See David Eagleman's TED talk entitled "Can we create new senses for humans?"
David was honored to receive the 2014 John J. McGovern Award for Excellence in Biomedical Education from the American Medical Writers' Assocation. Noted past recipients include authors Oliver Sacks and Abraham Verghese.