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LISLE – The thrill of winning a state title was just the start for Lisle High School's baseball team.
After winning the Class 2A state title at Dozer Park in Peoria, home of the minor league Peoria Chiefs, the Lions will step up to the big leagues on July 29. That's when they will be honored at Wrigley Field prior to the Chicago Cubs game against the Milwaukee Brewers.
"I think this is going to be a whole new level," incoming senior Kevin Coppin said. "We thought Peoria was a big deal. That was a really nice field, but once we get on to Wrigley Field, it's going to be an eye-opener. Everybody is going to be looking at us."
"I think it's going to be awesome," said Ryan Van Volkenburg, who has graduated from LHS and is preparing to continue his career at Maryville University. "Getting the team back together again and being in front of all those fans, it's going to be a great experience to soak it all in. I'm looking forward to it."
Prior to the 7:05 p.m. game, Van Volkenburg, his teammates, Lisle head coach Pete Meyer and assistant coach Jason Wiertel will be recognized at home plate in the Cubs' first home game after the All-Star break. Then Meyer will throw out the ceremonial first pitch. That moment could be the highlight for the players, in more ways than one.
"I think it would be funny to see him bounce it up around the plate," Van Volkenburg said.
"Everybody thinks he's going to bounce it in," Coppin said. "We'll see what happens. We're already thinking of stuff to say to him if that happens."
Meyer himself wouldn't be all that surprised if his pitch doesn't find its way to the traditional strike zone.
"I need 10 minutes just to get a little loose, but they said I'm going in there cold," Meyer said. "My arm's not so good. I might throw it three-quarters of the way up the backstop."
The Cubs game will be just the second time the members of the Lisle team will be together since winning the state title. The first came July 2 at a pool party at the home of 2012 senior team member Kazim Khan.
In addition to the Cubs game, the Village of Lisle has declared July 29, 2013 to be "Lisle High School Baseball Day" in the Village. It's another honor for the team that had the best season in program history.
"It's going to be so cool," Coppin said. "I'm looking forward to it."
State champ Lisle baseball will be honored at Chicago Cubs game
Entire team will take field, head coach Pete Meyer will throw out first pitch at Wrigley Field
LISLE – The thrill of winning a state title was just the start for Lisle High School's baseball team.


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Where Are Summer Farmers Markets In Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor and Greeley?
Farmers Markets can be a great place to find local produce. People that go to them seem to always know when and where they happen, but if you're new to the Farmers Market world and you'd like an easier way to find one than driving around looking for a sign-holder, here you go.
Read on to see where the 2013 Farmers Markets are in Northern Colorado (Fort Collins, Loveland, Windsor and Greeley).The Colorado Farmers Market Association has this handy tool for finding markets across Colorado, but here are ones in our neck of the woods (Including some that are NOT on the CFMA's list). If there are any I missed, shoot me an email or leave them int the comments below.
Fort Collins:
- Drake Road Farmers Market
802 W. Drake Road
Sat 10am – 1pm
April 13-September 28
- Larimer County Farmers' Market
200 W Oak Street (Larimer County Courthouse parking lot)
Sat 8am – 12pm
May 18 to October 26
- Fort Collins Farmers Market
Harmony and Lemay in Front of Ace Hardware
Sundays 11am-3pm May - November
Wednesdays 11am-3pm June - October
- Greeley's Farmers' Market at the Depot
902 7th Ave
Sat 7:30am-12pm (May 18 - October 26)
Wed 3pm – 6pm (July 10 - September 25)
- City of Loveland Farmers Market
700 S. Railroad Avenue
Sunday 9am-1:30pm
June 30 - Sep. 29
- Loveland Farmers Market
Corner of West Loveland Avenue and Lebanon Road
Tuesdays 3pm-7pm
- Loveland Farmers Market
Tuesdays 11am-3pm
3133 N. Garfield (HWY 287 in front of Hobby Lobby)
- Windsor Farmers Market
5th & Main Street
Saturdays 9am-12:30pm
June 29-September 21

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|Thursday, 20 November 2008 13:01
Tamil Heritage Foundation is formed as a non-profit, non-political, non-governmental organization to serve Tamils around the world. We engage in the digital preservation of Indian Heritage Materials. We evolved over the years the technical know-how for preserving heritage materials such as ancient palm leaf manuscripts and old books in electronic forms that are easily readable in CD ROM and in the web. This provides not only the freedom of information but assures democracy as well. By web enabling our ancient scripts that were mostly read and understood by particular section of Tamil Society, we make it available to all sections of Tamil society, International students of Tamil language and culture and to scholars in general.
We aim to digitize millions of palm leaf manuscripts still unpublished from various Governmental and private libraries, museums and private collections. This includes manuscripts dealing with indigenous medicine, mathematics, astronomy, chemistry, engineering (ship building etc.,) architecture, literature, music and arts. We plan to bring forth the forgotten scientific, medical traditions, evaluate them in the light of modern science and encourage new discoveries and patents. In the long run we plan to bring in a paradigm shift in the Indian (Tamil) psyche from a heavily conditioned colonial mindset to a self confident, vibrant Indian mindset.
We plan to undertake several projects in the coming years. Among them are:
1) Digital cataloguing of various manuscript catalogues that are currently available in print form and bring-in new entries as well,
THF acquires state-of-the-art technologies from Germany and India and engage Tamil IT professionals, Technical College/University students for developing the IT skills that are needed for this task.
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MARLBOROUGH — For parents in the Marlboro School District, the latest news is that the district is now thinking about eliminating 74 positions instead of just 31.
MARLBOROUGH — For parents in the Marlboro School District, the latest news is that the district is now thinking about eliminating 74 positions instead of just 31.
The cuts are part of the district's game plan, known as "Phase One," aimed at reducing its budget by $5 million. The school board will vote on the plan at 6:30 p.m. Thursday, at the Marlboro Elementary School.
District residents also face the closure of the Milton and Middle Hope elementary schools. Those students will merge into Marlboro Elementary. About 130 parents protested the moves Monday night.
Superintendent Ray Castellani told parents the cuts "would be across the board," including central administration, teachers, as well as building and clerical workers. Closing the Milton and Middle Hope elementary schools and merging them with Marlboro Elementary would also save the district $2 million, he said.
Parents were visibly upset by the news that class sizes in the enlarged elementary school are expected to climb from about 20 to 30. They're also worried about rising taxes.
I think "both sides understand that taxes will go up," said Rene Morrissey, who has two kids attending Middle Hope.
"If everyone's taking a hit, then we'll take a hit with them," said John Noto, whose child attends Milton.
Castellani assured parents that art, music, library and physical education programs for the 2,000 students enrolled in Marlboro will remain intact. But the district is considering eliminating field trips, sports programs and extra-curricular activities.
It could get worse.
Castellani said he hopes the district won't need to implement "Phase Two," which calls for an additional $2.5 million in cuts totaling $7.5 million, but the school board expects to make that decision next month.
The cuts, along with plans to close two of the district's three elementary schools, are in response to Dynegy's bankruptcy. The utility company provided 40 percent of the district's property tax revenue. It recently sold its two plants in Marlboro for a fraction of their original cost.
Castellani said the district is now looking at a $17 million budget gap. That gap will be closed after the newly formed company, Louis Dreyfus Highbridge Energy, pays the taxes it owes on the Roseton plant, which it recently bought for $19.5 million.
But the assessment on Roseton plant is expected to drop by 50 percent over the next three years.
"When you take $6-to-$7 million off the tax levy that's a severe blow," he said.


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Comparing the Effect of Blogging as well as Pen-and-Paper on the Essay Writing Performance of Iranian Graduate Students
In today's world, there are lots of methods in language teaching in general and teaching writing in particular. Using two different tools in writing essays and conducting a study to compare the effectiveness of these two tools namely blog and pen-and-paper was the basis of this study. This study used a quantitative true experimental design aimed at comparing the students' writing performance scores by using pen-and-paper essay writing and blogging among Iranian graduate students of University Putra Malaysia (UPM). The result of this study showed that the tools by themselves could not effect on the quality of writing essays and improvement in the students' writing performance. However, using technology and in this study, Internet can motivate the EFL learners to write more eagerly since they may like innovation in learning in contrast with traditional old methods of learning writing and practicing it. Yet it does not necessarily improve their writing performance only because of using computer and Internet. The Iranian graduate students of UPM found blog more interesting and motivating tool for writing, but it was not as easy using as pen-and-paper for them with which everyone is familiar. This research could find answers to the research questions posed at the beginning of the study and investigated the hypotheses presented then.
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Deep Silver is calling its new Saints Row 4 special edition the Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition, but its only dangerous to one gamer's wallet.
Saints Row 4's Super Dangerous Wad Wad Edition puts the special in special edition. It seems like this thing could be legit, but maybe Deep Silver isn't expecting anyone to actually buy this thing. Regardless, here's what you'll get if you buy this limited edition:
Our TakeGame Informer editor Joe Juba recently did an opinion on why special editions are dumb (I happen to agree). He probably didn't know about this stunt, but Wad Wad Edition almost seems like a social commentary on the state of special editions; though I doubt Deep Silver was thinking about that when it put this package together. In fact, this smells more like a publicity stunt rather than a real special edition – publicity it just got. You win this round Deep Silver!
Email the author Ben Reeves, or follow on Twitter, Google+, Facebook, and Game Informer.
*clears throat* Who should I write the check out to?
Oh God I hope someone actually buys this.
Hilarious. I can only imagine the people trying to pre-order this edition on-line anyway.
BTW I love the tags on this. Poverty line!
The plastic surgery part makes this seem like a publicity stunt more then anything.
Buy it, Dan!
So finally, the plan of what Tom Schafer is going to do with his extra kickstarter is revealed!!!!
everything u get in the deal is worth more than 1 million$ si if i had the cash, i would have buy the game just for the lambo and the trip to space.
I say we start a fundraiser.
I hope this is real just so I can laugh that much harder at this! xD
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February 25, 2010
Judge Posner says maybe it wouldn't have been so bad if FDR's Court-packing plan had passed.
That's snazzily put, but it's really saying the same old thing about judicial restraint. Deference to legislatures in FDR's day served a liberal goal, and the activists were the conservatives. In later decades, judicial activism was mobilized for liberal ends. Over time, conservatives and liberals have used both judicial restraint and judicial activism to suit their ends.
The more fundamental question is whether we'd be better off if the judicial branch were subordinated to the political branches. I would think that conservatives and liberals alike — the full range across the political spectrum — benefit from a system of separated powers with 3 branches that are well-balanced and strong within their own spheres.
We can fight forever about exactly what the 3 spheres of power really are and what constitutesproper balance — when courts should act and when they should defer to the democratic branches — but I balk at the invitation to be wistful about the missed opportunity to weaken and subordinate the courts.
20 comments:
- jag said...
Judge Posner is slipping. Sad.
- Elliott A said...
Without independent and strong courts with effective veto power over the administrative and legislative branches, there is no protection from the two branches in cahoots becoming dictatorial. The court provides a powerful check on legislation and administrative fiat. Without the courts as they are, we might not be a republic today.
- Mark O said...
Snazzy? My mom said "snazzy."
- David said...
Judge Posner is wrong about a bigger Supreme Court having a lower average age. The average age would be lower at the time when the Court was increased, but over time the same average age would reappear. In general, the long-term average age is
(average age at appointment)+.5*(Number of years lived after appointment)
This formula gives the same answer regardless of how large the SC is.
- Sixty Grit said...
No one said there would be math!
WV - coubeat - FDR's packed court coubeat up your original 9.
- Salamandyr said...
That seems to be a different kind of activism or restraint than what modern conservatives are arguing for. It seems to me, what conservatives want is for the court to be vigorous in opposing government overreach, and restrained in redefining our understanding of the Constitution.
Thomas Sowell pointed out a decade ago that a Court showing judicial restraint might actually look very activist, as it turned over the activist policies of its predecessors.
- TMink said...
The three branches do rather well when they stick to their constitutional mandates. You know, back before President Wilson.
- Cedarford said...
David said...
Judge Posner is wrong about a bigger Supreme Court having a lower average age. The average age would be lower at the time when the Court was increased, but over time the same average age would reappear. In general, the long-term average age is
(average age at appointment)+.5*(Number of years lived after appointment)
This formula gives the same answer regardless of how large the SC is.
Wrong, because David completely misses the point that FDR's "packing proposal" had a mandatory retirement/non-voting status provision. I think FDRs proposal was 70 or when a SCOTUS judge was so physically or mentally unfit as to be removed from voting status (like Reinquist, Thurgood, and Douglas were). And this would comport with other Fed employee policy. But - to ensure independent, judges could elect to stay on in Emitrius status.
This "Emetrius" status has been emplaced a long time and passed court review when it comes to lifetime tenured professors in state and Fed univeristies (inc. service academies) and lower court justices. They keep full pay, but are out of voting, hiring decisions, etc.
Ultimately, though "judiciary worshippers" cast it as a huge victory for the Mighty Judges Above all the rabble and their elected officials - FDR had his own victory.
For the proposal and its consequences sent a shock wave through Justices that hated FDR and thought they were so powerful and unaccountable they could mount a rear guard action to sabotage any change from the "good old days". Once they realized how threatened they were by the fed-up FDR and Congress - they immediately backed off the destruction of their anti - New Deal rulings. And hastily came out with decisions that accepted that the voters did have a right to have the officials they elected guiding the country.
The "Come to Jesus Moment the reactionaries on SCOTUS had" ?It was called "The Switch in Time That Saved 9".
Bush could have named 4 Justices to replace Stevens, Ginsburg, Souter, and Scalia. He could have stopped Reinquist from his year away from the bench but still voting and named a 5th replacement.
Scalia would have been a loss, but Scalia has said he would be even more happy if he could write, do lectures, and be free to talk...and Emeritius status wouldn't bother him.
- flenser said...
I balk at the invitation to be wistful about the missed opportunity to weaken and subordinate the courts
You're a law professor. You would say that. But if the Founders words are anything to go by, they expected the courts to be weak and the Congress, strong. The modern strong court telling eveyone else what to do is, well, modern.
- flenser said...
Without independent and strong courts with effective veto power over the administrative and legislative branches, there is no protection from the two branches in cahoots becoming dictatorial.
There is no such protection now.
For one thing, the courts are creatures of the executive (which appoints them) and legislature (which confirms and funds them). The federal courts can be relied on not to undermine their fellow members of the Federal government.
Even if they did possess any independence, Congress can impeach them or the President and Congress can ignore them. The independence of the courts is am illusion.
The role of the court is to allow the political class to enact unpopular laws (e.g. Roe v wade) or repeal popular ones without too much backlash at elected politicians from the public. "I don't like it either, but this is what the courts said!".
Power hates accountability.
- rcocean said...
I agree with Posner. Had FDR packed the court you'd have seen less court worship in the 50s and 60s. You still have phony conservatives like George Will mooning about the Court being the "bulwark of the Republic." but its BS.
BTW, 2/3 of the Senate allied with 2/3 of the House can do pretty much anything. One reason why the SCOTUS was a non-factor in the Civil war and Reconstruction. When the power elite wants something done, the SCOTUS never stands in their way, since the Congress can cut their pay and perks and appoint new members anytime they wish.
And of course, the SCOTUS is usually made up of the same Power Elite Types so the Constitution is usually is read the "right" way - the original or plain meaning be damned.
- David said...
I view the court packing dispute under FDR as a constitutional fight over which branches of government have responsibility to interpret and define the meaning of the Constitution. The power of the Supreme Court to rule on constitutionality was long established in the 1930's, but it was still not clear whether the Court had exclusive power in this area, or penultimate power.
Roosevelt was asking the legislative branch to take a greater role in constitutional interpretation: to say, in effect, if we elected representatives feel that the Court is making important mistakes in constitutional interpretation, we have a legislative remedy. The legislature can appoint more Justices and tip the balance.
Since we are now so accustomed to assuming that the Supreme Court gets the last word, this seems like a horrible idea. But it really isn't. Members of Congress also take an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution. If they conclude that the Court is completely off base in its decisions, must they sit powerless with no remedy until some Justices die?
I think Posner has it right. We can not conceive of a rogue Court because we have not had one. Even the Court's most controversial (and in my opinion destructive and wrongheaded) opinion, Roe v. Wade, enjoys a substantial popular and legislative support. But in a real constitutional crisis, why not let the people's elected representatives have final say on what the Constitution means? They are ultimately more accountable to the people than judges.
Expansion of the Court should be undertaken only in very difficult circumstances--a highly unusual remedy for highly unusual circumstances. Roosevelt thought 1937 was such a time. The popular reaction to his proposal showed that the people did not agree. But the time could come when the legislature, and the people, justly take another view and expand the court. (This happens all the time, with lesser consequence, in the lesser federal courts.)
I think Posner is undoubtedly right that had Roosevelt been successful in 1937, we would see a more restrained judiciary now. Would our society be less fractured if that were the case? I think it might. While I favor abortion rights for women, the Roe decision has poisoned politics in the country. I believe that we would have come to a similar but less absolutist conclusion through legislative action, and that abortion would be easier to accept for its opponents if they had lost a series of fair legislative fights.
It's all speculation. We have what we have. But the imperial Court, as controversial as it is to many now, has not done near the mischief that it is now institutionally capable of.
- David said...
We have two Davids at work here. The later post is by David from South Carolina.
- Skyler said...
There already is away to correct a rogue court making extra legal decisions and that is impeachment. Court packing is a disastrous alternative. Our court would soon be like the calendar before Juius Caeser reformed it. Whenever politicians wanted to restrict some political action they would use their power to make adjustments to the calendar to move holidays around. Soon there was no sense to the calendar at all. Likewise, had Roosevelt's court packing plan worked in the 1930's every president would find a reason to pack the court. E eventually we would have 35 justices and then it would eventually rival the House of Representatives in size.
- Sheepman said...
I think term limits should be considered for the Supreme Court, or at least a reasonable mandatory retirement age.
I'd suggest 12 years as a term limit or 75 as a mandatory retirement age.
- From Inwood said...
You beat me to it.
But, without addressing Prof A's "fundamental question" term limitations, say 20 years, would really solve the problem of getting new blood, new ideas in, without an age limitation since most justices are in their mid-50s when appointed.
Fat chance of getting term limits on SCOTUS justices or Congressmen.
Who knows if Clarence Thomas lives to be 93 & is still sitting in his 50th year (don't make me do the math) whether he will be still a good justice.
Right now we have two justices who are old & grey & full of sleep & nodding by the fire &, we have Scalia, tho he's my kind of guy, who's >75 years of age.
- Alan said...
Prof. Althouse, I agree with you about the overriding importance of an independent judiciary, contra Judge Posner.
I do respectfully dissent from your characterization that "[d]eference to the legislatures in FDR's day served a liberal goal, and the activists were the conservatives." This statement suggests a dichotomy between deference to the legislature on the one hand and activism on the other. But sometimes it's activist to defer to the legislature, and sometimes it's not activist to strike down a law.
For example, it would not be activist to strike down a law that allowed the FBI to search the homes of U.S. citizens without a warrant.
Conversely, it is activist to uphold a congressional act that exceeds the scope of Congress's enumerated powers simply because the reviewing court thinks that the act makes good policy.
A classic example of this, arguably, is Wickard v. Filburn, the 1942 case that held that the regulation of a farmer's wheat production for his own consumption (so, intra-state, non-commercial activity) fell within the purview of Congress's interstate commerce power.
The merits of Wickard's holding, and its reasoning that cumulatively such activity would have an effect on interstate commerce even if it did not qualify as interstate commerce itself, are debatable; I'm not saying that the decision was per se incorrect. But I think that Wickard, which upheld a congressional act, was more of an "activist" decision than a decision that declined to so extend the Commerce Clause would have been.
- Alan said...
I should add that Lochner-ish conservative activism was both activist and not deferential to legislatures. Substantive due process decisions are activist no matter which side of the political spectrum likes the results. But FDR's legislation generally raised Commerce Clause questions, and often required expansive readings of the Commerce Clause in order to uphold laws.
- raf said...
One unintended consequence of the primacy of court review is the loss of responsibiity of the elected officials. Who knows? Maybe if the court had lost some of its prestige, congress would have had a harder time ducking rewponsibility by deferring to the court. The drift of congress away from controlling spending by the executive toward being the source of endless increase in spending has been facilitated by their ability to plead helplessness.
- Kyle said...
I can't blame you, Ann, for desiring a strong judiciary, but I also can't blame Posner for wanting some real pressure for judicial restraint. I challenge you: how else can you really constrain judges in any meaningful way?
Marshall's answer - essentially that judges have only their pens/minds/logic - seems lacking in an age where the other branches just won't pull an Andrew Jackson ("They have made their decision, now let them enforce it.)"


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Microsoft Canada Inc recognizes achievements of leading Canadian technology partners.
MISSISSAUGA, ON, Nov. 6, 2012 /CNW/ - Microsoft Canada Inc. has announced that 52 Partner organizations have been chosen as finalists for the 2012 Microsoft Partner Network IMPACT Awards. Partners across Canada submitted over 230 entries into 25 award categories designed to recognize excellence across Emerging Technologies & Innovation, Microsoft Partner Network Competencies, and Marketing, Relationships & Partnering Excellence. Since Microsoft is truly invested into Applications this year, 3 new awards were introduced to the program: Windows 8 Application - Partner of the Year, Windows Phone Application - Partner of the Year, and Windows Azure Application - Partner of the Year.
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Tottenham keeper Hugo Lloris will be welcomed back by old club Lyon
Lyon coach Remi Garde says 'fate' drew the French side against former keeper Hugo Lloris' Spurs in the Europa League.
By Tim Oscroft
Last Updated: 21/12/12 5:34pm
The French international stopper moved to White Hart Lane in the summer, but has vied with the veteran Brad Friedel to be first-choice in Andre Villas-Boas' side.
Five of Lloris' 13 appearances so far have come in Spurs' successful bid to make the knock-out stages of the Europa League.
"Drawing Tottenham, it made us all think about Hugo," admitted former Arsenal defender Garde.
"That is fate. It will probably be quite moving for him here. I hope he will not want to shine against us, but I fear he will."
The draw also made Garde recall his three-year stint with Spurs' North London rivals Arsenal in the latter half of the 1990s.
"White Hart Lane? It won't be too difficult to remember. Of course there are memories that come back," he said.
"I am not sure if the Spurs' fans will remember my period with Gunners, but maybe that night they will make an effort."


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Neon Bulb wrote:The only things missing was a tool box and Tina and her shoes and jacket. The kidnappers had the where with all to decide to take Tina alive while in the midst of killing three others and return to gather her shoes and jacket and steal the tool box. This version appears more logical? Makes more sense? Perhaps, just not to me by a long shot.
the celt wrote:I dont believe that Tina was taken first( i did at one time). If Tina was taken before the boys where home one perp left in the cabin with sue and the other with Tina. Where would they have taken her? She would of had to been tied up or incapacitated some how and what, put in a car , another building. Was someone else there to watch her? And if one child came out of a bedroom what would make the perps not search the other bedroom? That is why i feel Tina was taken last and the perps didnt have time to check the other bedroom. I dont think those boys would be alive today if they did. Maybe Tina coming out when she did , startled the perps and they had to get her and get the hell out of there . The other bedroom wasnt checked.
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Crabapples, those sour little apples, used to fill our front yard every fall. It meant three things for our family: a visit from Grandma for a crabapple jelly making session, picking up crabapples, and a tummy ache from eating too many (I'm not sure why we ate them because they really make you pucker!). Lots of fun. Well, mostly fun.
The crabapple tree is still producing plenty of fruit. Here I am picking an imaginary crabapple just before The Family Home sold this past summer.
|Michelle & the crabapple tree in front of The Family Home. June 2011.
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. - For the second straight night, the AHL's top-ranked defense got buried in an avalanche of goals.
Longtime Penguins nemesis Chris Bourque had a goal and an assist as the Providence Bruins scored three times in the final nine minutes of the first period and beat Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, 4-2, in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference semifinals Saturday night at the Dunkin' Donuts Center.
The Penguins, who trail 2-0 in the best-of-7 series, will host Game 3 on Wednesday.
"They're obviously very dangerous offensively, especially when you give them that many power plays," defenseman Alex Grant said. "You can see they move it around very well. That's not what you want in the first period, especially right out of the gate."
The Penguins took a 1-0 lead when Warren Peters banked a shorthanded shot from below the goal line in off wandering Providence goalie Niklas Svedberg at 4:40. The P-Bruins tied the score on a Jamie Tardif goal on a 5-on-3 power play about a minute later.
That was normal enough. Special teams often play a significant role in playoff games.
Shortly thereafter, though, things got abnormal. For the second straight night, the P-Bruins scored a boatload of goals in a short amount of time.
In Game 1, it was four in a seven-minute stretch of the second period. In Game 2, it was three in the final nine minutes of the first.
Ryan Spooner finished off a long cross-crease pass from Bourque at 11:24. Tardif banged in a power-play shot at the left post at 17:25. Bourque tipped in a Tommy Cross shot from the right half-wall 28.3 seconds before intermission.
The Penguins were down 4-1 and Jeff Zatkoff was done for the evening having stopped 9-of-13 shots.
"I thought 5-on-5 we were doing a lot of good things and then the referees got involved," coach John Hynes said. "When that happened, the game became a power play-penalty kill scrimmage. In the first period of a playoff game. That's what happened."
The Penguins got the better of play the rest of the game. For one thing, Brad Thiessen came on to start the second period and stopped all 15 shots he faced.
"I thought Brad came in and did a good job," Hynes said. "I wouldn't say the reason we were down was Jeff's fault, but in general, our overall game was better after we made the goalie change. I thought it played a part in it, but it wasn't the full reason. It was a team effort. Brad came in and did a good job. It was just a point where Jeff didn't need to be under siege again."
For another thing, the Penguins outscored Providence 1-0 the rest of the way. Brian Gibbons netted a power-play goal with 5:13 left in the second to make it 4-2.
"Let's not kid ourselves. They were sitting on a lead," Peters said. "It may not have been their best and they've played a lot of hockey of late. It may have been indicative of that, but at the same time, we felt good about the fact that we got to the way we're used to playing."
In a play that will surely be scrutinized by the league office, Peters knocked defenseman Zach Trotman unconscious with a hit behind the Providence net early in the third period.
"Unfortunately, I don't think he saw me coming at all and wasn't able to brace himself," Peters said. "As far as my posture, I felt like I was low. I felt I stayed on the ice. It was a hard hit. I'm not out there to hurt anybody. I'm not trying to hurt anybody. Unfortunately, that was the result, but as far as the rules go, it's definitely unfortunate but I thought I stayed below his shoulders for sure."


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Boatyard at Center Harbor, BrooklinItem 12755 info
Sedgwick-Brooklin Historical Society
Originally this site was the setting for the Ramsdell Fish Packing Plant.
The decline of the canning industry began in the mid-1930s; fish became scarcer and transportation more of a problem. The factory sites began to be used for various boat yards.
This site was sold to Frank Sylvester and Frank Day in 1938 to become a boat yard. Later it was sold to Herrick and Allen. The land was leased to Arno Day as a boat yard in 1952, and he in turn sold the business to Joel White, who started Brooklin Boat Yard in 1960.
These are the first buildings of the Brooklin Boat Yard, shown nearly new in 1962. Now operated by his son, Steve White, the Brooklin Boat Yard has grown into a famous building and restoration center for wooden boats. See www.lymanmorse.com/builders/brooklin_boatyard.htm industry began in the late 1930s.
Hooper, Jane and Toulmin, Sunny. Memories of Haven Colony, Brooklin, Maine. Haven Publishing Co. 1995.
Lawson, Darlene. "A Fish Canning Industry Once Thrived in Brooklin." Maine Life, September 1978, pg. 53-54.
---Centennial Celebration of Brooklin, ME. Brooklin Centennial Committee. 1949.
Interview. Edmund Williams. 7/20/95, Brooklin.
Interview. Byrle Carter. 7/15/95, Brooklin.


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LATHRUP VILLAGE, Mich. (AP) - Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh (ehn-DAHM'-uh-kehn SOO) was issued a traffic citation by a police officer who said he saw Suh driving fast and passing cars from the right lane of a suburban Detroit roadway.
The Lathrup Village officer gave Suh a ticket on Nov. 15 for driving without due care and caution.
Police Chief William Armstrong tells The Associated Press on Tuesday he's not sure the citation will hold up. Armstrong says he watched video footage of Suh's driving that day and thinks "the charge doesn't fit."
When Suh played at Nebraska he pleaded guilty to negligent driving and paid a $60 fine after crashing into three parked cars. He has been sued for $1 million by a woman who claims she was injured when Suh was in a car crash last December in Portland, Ore., and he was accused of sideswiping another driver in suburban Dearborn earlier this year.


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Basehor resident Charlie Mathies makes his choices during the Basehor recall election at Holy Angels Catholic Church on Tuesday morning. Mathies said he had lived in Basehor for more than three years, and Tuesday was the first time he'd voted in a city election.
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Hockey has always been the greatest sport.
And the NHL has almost always been the strangest professional league run by some of the strangest people in the strangest of ways.
Which brings us to Friday's announcements and the award winners.
Much-deserved and long overdue, the Blackhawks' Jonathan Toews won the Selke Trophy for best defensive forward. Toews could have easily won it the last two years, and this time he edged Boston's Patrice Bergeron in a very close vote.
Patrick Kane was a finalist for the Lady Byng -- sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with excellence -- but he finished second to Tampa's Marty St. Louis in a tight election.
Yet another Hawks finalist was head coach Joel Quenneville, but he also finished second for the Jack Adams Award to Ottawa's Paul MacLean.
All deserving nominees who represented the Presidents' Trophy winners in fine fashion after the Hawks ran away with the regular-season title.
So what's wrong with this picture? Stan Bowman was not even a finalist for the GM of the Year Award.
See, the Selke and Byng awards are voted on by the Professional Hockey Writers' Association, and the Coach of the Year is elected by the by the NHL Broadcasters' Association.
The GM of the Year? Well, that award is voted on by the league's 30 general managers plus five NHL execs and five members of the media. Most of those GMs and press members are buddies with -- and in a couple of cases, former teammates of -- Dale Tallon, and many will never vote for Bowman based on that alone.
Some hold it against the Hawks for firing Tallon, and some just don't like the Bowman name because it reminds them that Scotty Bowman has been NHL royalty for a very long time, and his track record for winning titles sticks in their craw.
The NHL has these kinds of clubs, and Stan Bowman just isn't going to be included in them.
As it turns out, Bowman finished a distant fourth, getting about a third of the points of winner Ray Shero (Pittsburgh) and second-place finisher Bob Murray (Anaheim), and not even half the points of former Bowman assistant Marc Bergevin (Montreal), who wound up third.
This is hardly a knock on any of them. Bergevin did a fabulous job and Murray had every right to win it, rebuilding on the fly and getting his club near the top of the league, when many expected Murray to tear apart the Ducks.
There's no one in the game better at finding role players and spare parts than Murray, who was the man behind the Ducks' Cup-winning team in 2007.
But Bowman, whose team took apart the league in 2013, deserved to at least be in that fight and he was never allowed in the ring, which is a joke and a message to Gary Bettman that this election needs a new voting body.
By now you know the story well. Tallon did a great job scouting and finding much of the talent that won the Cup, but he left in place a massive budget deficit that Bowman had to clean up without destroying the future.
Bowman was forced to flush half a Stanley Cup winner in the months after the 2010 parade. Even with teams knowing he had to deal some crucial pieces of the puzzle, Bowman managed to trade for some serviceable players who developed into vital contributors.
Now, three years later, the Hawks are in the Final again with a chance to win another Cup.
Among his moves, Bowman traded Cam Barker -- a former No. 3 pick once billed as the next Denis Potvin -- for Nick Leddy, and he traded Jack Skille -- a former No. 7 pick once billed as the next Cam Neely -- for Michael Frolik.
He traded second- and third-round picks for Johnny Oduya, moved Kris Versteeg for Viktor Stalberg and got Michal Handzus for a fourth-round pick.
He drafted Brandon Saad (second round) and Andrew Shaw (fifth round) in 2011, and signed free agents Michal Rozsival, Brandon Bollig and Ray Emery to cap-friendly deals.
He chose keeping Niklas Hjalmarsson over Antti Niemi, believed in Corey Crawford and got his young core locked up while planning for a reduced cap number next season.
Bowman has not been perfect, naturally, but he has rebuilt around the big names without mortgaging the future, and he has never asked for any credit -- while getting almost none.
"It really is a team effort," Bowman said a couple of days ago. "It's not just one man. It wasn't one man back then (building the 2010 team), and it's not one man now."
In particular, Bowman praised the amateur and pro scouting staffs for locating Leddy, Shaw and Saad.
"Once we get the players, we turn them over to the coaches and they have to find a way to utilize them and make them better players. They've done that," Bowman said. "It's certainly not one person that got us to this point. It's not going to be one person that continues it.
"For that reason, it's rewarding to see that the whole organization contributed to the success that we've had here."
That's all true, but someone gets the GM of the Year Award.
Maybe someday if there's a legitimate voting process, Stan Bowman will get a legitimate shot at it.
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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Mike Davis ran 75 yards for a touchdown, Connor Shaw and Dylan Thompson each threw long scoring passes and All-American Jadeveon Clowney helped No. 6 South Carolina's defense hold North Carolina to its lowest point total under coach Larry Fedora in a 27-10 victory Thursday night.
The game was delayed nearly two hours in the fourth quarter by rain. The Gamecocks were already in control by that then.
Clowney did not have a sack and finished with three first-half tackles. The Tar Heels' fast-paced offense wore him down and forced him to the sideline for several pit stops, yet he and defense mostly hemmed in the Tar Heels' fast-paced attack. Shaw and Thompson ended things early as South Carolina led 17-0 in the opening quarter.
Shaw found Shaq Roland for a 65-yard touchdown on the game's third play. Thompson threw a 29-yard TD to Kane Whitehurst later in the quarter.


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How long an oleh is going to do military service depends on the following factors:
Age on arrival (according to army regulations), Family status, Physical profile.
Remember that the information below is general and the final decision rests EXLUSIVELY with with the IDF. NOTE: The amount of time you must serve in the army has been changed and depends on when you arrived in Israel. If you arrived after January 1, 2001 then chart one applies. If before that date then chart two applies. Since there may be complications as to the meaning of "arrived in Israel ", you should check directly with your local Israeli consulate or with the Lishkat Hagiyus to get a definitive answer.
Chart One
Age upon Arrival
Profile *
Family Status at Time of Draft
Married +1
30 months
18 months
39 days
24 months
12 months
6 months
3 months
2 months
No service
Married +2 all profiles Maagar
Chart Two
Married +2
100 days
Married + 4 no service
* for profiles under 64 see your local Lishkat Hagiyus
What is a ma'agar and why do I care?
As you can see in the above chart, the service that many of the categories does is labelled "ma'agar." A ma'agar literally means a data-pool, but for our purposes, we will call it a "reserve." This is not to be confused with reserve duty (miluim). If you fall under the "ma'agar" category, your name is added to this reserve of names which the IDF has the right to use according to its needs. If the needs dictate, then you can be called for an initial training period plus annual miluim. In practice, a person whose name is in the ma'agar may not serve at all.
Who does not serve at all and is not even put into the ma'agar?
Any oleh arriving over the age of 35 or any oleh arriving over the age of 18 who, by the time he is drafted, is married and has 4 or more children.
What if I want to do active service and miluim. Can I volunteer?
The IDF usually makes its decisions on who to take based on its manpower needs. You have the right to request to volunteer for the IDF as well as to serve a longer period than your official requirement. Succeeding in having the army let you volunteer depends on your physical profile, age, and family status. Remember that if you want to volunteer, you have to push them (gently) - they will not come to you.
If I don't serve or if I am in the ma'agar, do I need permission to leave the country?
An oleh chadash, just like a veteran Israeli citizen, needs to have permission to leave the country. By law, up to the age of 45, the citizen needs to provide the authorities at the airport or border with an "ishur yetziah" (document stating such permission). If you are in a position where you will not have to serve, whether or not you are in the ma'agar, you will need to visit your local draft board ("lishkat hagiyus") to retrieve such a document. In these cases, the "ishur" will most likely be a permanent one and you will not have to visit lishkat hagiyus again.
What is meant by shlav bet service?
Shlav bet is the term given to those who serve in the 120 days-or-less categories. Based on the chart, if you serve for 39 or 100 days, that means that you are in "shlav bet." Remember that this number of days is yourinitial service, after which you will be put into a miluim unit in which you can be called yearly for up to 30 days. If and when you do miluim, it will most likely be in something low-key such as guard-duty at an army base.
Note that Shlav Bet also applies automatically to anyone who did a minimum of 18 months in a foreign military.
See separate FAQ sheet for details of Shlav Bet service.
Calculation of the Age of Arrival
The IDF's calculation of the age of arrival stands on its own and has nothing to do with tourist status vs oleh or temporary resident status. It is also very complicated, and we will try to present the general guidelines:
If you arrived for any extensive stay (more than 4 months maximum in one calendar year), your age at the original date of entry becomes the official one as far as the IDF is concerned, even with small trips abroad. In order to erase that date as your original entry, you must be out of Israel for at least two calendar years with no visitsthe first year, and a visit no longer than 2 months in the second year.
If you come to Israel on a recongnized one-year program of any sort, and you are here for under one calendar year, you may erase your original date of entry by being outside of Israel for one calendar year with no visits.Even if you were on a program, once you have been in the country for over one calendar year (366+ days), even with small trips abroad during the year, your date of arrival is the day you entered for that first year of study. In order to erase that date, you have to be out of Israel for at least two calendar years with no visits the first year, and a visit no longer than 2 months in the second year.
Service for Women
Married women and women who arrive at age 17 or older are exempt from army service. Single women who arrive below age 17 serve for 21 months.
Service for Medical Professionals
Note that in most cases, there are different regulations that apply to oleh doctors and dentists, both men and women. Here are some current guidelines:
A dentist (male) entering up to age 29 (inclusive) will serve 18 months and then do regular reserve duty.
A Medical Doctor (male) entering up to age 32 will serve 18 months and then do regular reserve duty.
In each case, during the intitial time, the doctor/dentist will be paid a regular "keva" salary by the IDF.
Any doctor/dentist older than that will serve an initial 21 days and then do regular reserve duty.
Any female doctor or dentist arriving up to the age of 26 will serve 18 months.
For more information, especially pertaining to your individual situation, contact your local draft board (lishkat giyus):
Jerusalem103 Rehov RashiTel: 02-500-7000
Tel AvivTel HaShomerTel: 03-530-6810
Haifa12 Rehov Omar KayamTel: 04-869-2594
Beersheva22 Rehov Yad VaShemTel: 07-990-4783
TiberiasRechov NazarethTel: 06-651-3427/91


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As part of President Obama's commitment to empowering American Indian tribal nations and strengthening their economies, today Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar and Assistant Secretary of Indian Affairs Kevin K. Washburn joined Pueblo of Sandia Governor Victor Montoya to approve one of the first tribal regulations in the nation issued under the newly enacted Helping Expedite and Advance Responsible Tribal Homeownership Act (HEARTH Act).
The Act, originally introduced by then-Representative Martin Heinrich (NM-1st District), restores the authority of federally recognized Indian tribes to control the leasing of tribal lands, thereby promoting tribal self-determination and spurring economic development.
"Today's action is an historic step forward, not only for the Pueblo of Sandia, but for all of Indian Country," said Salazar. "With these approved leasing regulations, the Pueblo will have the authority to decide how they want to do business on their lands -- which is as it should be. I applaud the Pueblo of Sandia for their early leadership and look forward to working with tribes across the nation to approve leasing regulations and to encourage economic development on Indian lands, generating investment, new jobs and revenues."
The signing ceremony took place at the Pueblo of Sandia's tribal council offices in the foothills of the Sandia Mountains, just north of the City of Albuquerque. The reservation consists of approximately 40 square miles.
"Today's adoption of these tribal leasing regulations under the HEARTH Act will allow the Pueblo to be more responsive to leasing proposals and opportunities, and to directly regulate the leasing of our lands, furthering the fundamental goals of maintaining tribal sovereignty and achieving tribal self-determination and self-sufficiency," said Governor Montoya on behalf of the Pueblo of Sandia. "Under the direction of our Tribal Council, we have established a successful record of business management and economic development, and are able to assess opportunities and proposals for the leasing of our lands. We also have developed strong environmental regulatory and land management capabilities. The Pueblo is ready, willing and able to relieve the federal government of some of its regulatory burden over the leasing of tribal lands, and to assume direct regulatory authority and responsibility over the leasing of our lands."
President Obama signed the HEARTH Act into law in July 2012. Under the law, federally recognized tribal governments can develop and implement their own regulations authorizing long-term leasing of Indian lands for residential, business and other purposes. Upon one-time approval of these tribal regulations by the Secretary of the Interior, tribes will have the authority to process land leases without Bureau of Indian Affairs approval. This authority will greatly expedite the time it takes to approve leases for homes and small businesses in Indian Country.
"A hallmark of self-determination is that it should be the tribe that decides how its lands may be used for the good of its members, and that is what the HEARTH Act means to accomplish," said Assistant Secretary Washburn. "I congratulate Governor Montoya and council members on the successful development of their tribe's surface leasing regulations. It is an action that will help Sandia secure the well-being of its future generations and support the self-reliance for which the Pueblo people always have been known."
The Pueblo of Sandia's regulations are only the second in the nation to be approved, after the Federated Indians of Graton Rancheria, located in California, whose regulations were approved last month. The Sandia Pueblo expects to use the regulations to promote leasing on Pueblo Indian Land for economic development and other purposes.
"One of my proudest moments in Congress was when the HEARTH Act was signed into law," said Senator Martin Heinrich (D-NM). "We've opened doors to homeownership for tribal families in New Mexico and across the country. The HEARTH Act will help jumpstart economic development in Indian Country by making it easier for Native families to buy and build houses and open businesses in the communities where their families have lived for generations. I join Secretary Salazar in applauding the Pueblo of Sandia for their early leadership and look forward to continue working with our Indian tribes to make New Mexico a great place to raise a family."
The HEARTH Act complements a parallel effort at Interior to overhaul the BIA regulations governing its process for approving the surface leases on lands the federal government holds in trust for Indian tribes and individuals. As trustee, Interior manages about 56 million surface acres in Indian Country. The regulations were finalized in December 2012, and represent the most comprehensive reform of the leasing regulations in more than half a century. The final regulations streamline the leasing approval process on federal Indian lands, thereby spurring increased homeownership, and expediting business and commercial development, including renewable energy projects.
Source: http://www.doi.gov/news/pressreleases/secretary-salazar-signs-historic-agreement-in-new-mexico-to-help-spur-economic-development-in-indian-country.cfm


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Fans of "American Idol" are as obsessed as ever after eight seasons of the TV talent show, but life without judge Simon Cowell could be a turn-off, according to a poll released on Monday.
New judge Kara DioGuardi gets a lukewarm rating in the AOL Television poll with 44 percent of the 233,795 votes cast judging her "awful" and 30 percent rating her "just ok."
And in a season that has seen speculation over the sexual orientation of finalist Adam Lambert, 59 percent of those polled said they would vote for an openly gay contestant.
Lambert, 27, a musical theater performer with a penchant for black nail polish, will face-off against guitar and piano playing college student Kris Allen, 23, on Tuesday in the race to be crowned "American Idol" and win a recording contract.
Lambert goes into the finale as the judges' clear favorite. But it's the votes of millions of viewers that will determine the winner and fans in the AOL poll had mixed feelings.
Lambert's performance of "Mad World" was rated the best this season. But 20 percent of those polled thought he was the most over-rated contestant this season, although the top votes in that category went to Lil Rounds.
Despite slipping audience ratings this year, "Idol" remains America's most-watched TV show with more than 26 million viewers on average per episode.
Some 70 percent of those polled said they found "Idol" as exciting as ever, with just 12 percent saying the show, which began in 2002, was getting old and 18 percent judging this season "boring".
But 49 percent said they would no longer watch if Cowell leaves the show, and 32 percent said it would depend who replaced him. The often scathing but influential British judge has recently expressed reservations about renewing his "Idol" contract when it ends in 2010.
"American Idol" has proved a successful launch pad for previous winners like Kelly Clarkson and Carrie Underwood.
But almost half of those questioned said winning barely mattered any more, pointing to the success of singers like Chris Daughtry and Jennifer Hudson who did not make the final but went on to make platinum-selling albums and in the case of Hudson, a Grammy award and an Oscar.
The two-part finale of "American Idol" will be broadcast on Fox television on Tuesday and Wednesday.


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The U.S. Forest Service is concentrating law enforcement efforts in the pole mountain area. Doug Randall reports. A 19 year old woman who was arrested in March for possession of psilosybin mushrooms was bound over to Albany County District Court Tuesday. Click past the jump to listen to Wyoming Radio News.


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Preview: Michigan State 2012
Previously here: Lanyard program. Ace FFFF! Colin breaks down MSU's cover 4. Monumental Wallpaper.
|Michigan vs Michigan Staee
|Michigan Stadium
Ann Arbor, MI
October 20th, 2012
|mid-40s, showers early, mostly cloudy but likely dry late
Run Offense vs Staee
I am unfamiliar with this concept
Here is the game. Michigan State has done an exceptional job of shutting down Michigan's rush offense the past few years, and in retrospect from there things have been academic. Winning this battle means winning the game for Michigan; losing it wipes out a double-digit (but steadily eroding) Vegas advantage and puts things in the tossup category.
So this is MGoBlog and you know the next words that are coming out of the mouth are about the snap count. You are right: JESUS H. KELLY, DON'T LET THEM JUMP THE SNAP. Whether it was super extra preparation or David Molk being an awful poker player or a transition cost born of the coaching switch arriving between Jerel Worthy, sophomore, and Jerel Worthy, junior, I do not know. Nor do I care. Michigan abso-goddamn-lutely has to reduce Michigan State snap-jump advantage levels to those of normal humans. For a lot of reasons, the rest of this preview assumes this—reasons like Elliott Mealer promising things are fixed…
"They did a good job at timing that up and keying us," Mealer said. "We got that under control. It was more a recognition thing -- being able to recognize the defense before you snap the ball -- and it's something that we've been doing ever since that game. I'm not too worried about that."
…—but we will come back to the thing in at the end because obviously.
Setting snap jumping and other MSU over-preparations aside, this is still going to be a slog. I may talk epic crap about Will Gholston but that's only in context: when he's the fourth or fifth best player on your defense—as he is—you're doing pretty all right. Max Bullough is probably the best inside linebacker in the conference; Marcus Rush is a playmaker at DE; Isaiah Lewis will come down and pop you; Denicos Allen is a menace blitzing.
But MSU does miss Worthy on the interior…
NT Anthony Rashad White doesn't get quite the same level of penetration as Worthy, but he's tough to move at 330 pounds and holds the point of attack well enough to allow the linebackers to come in and clean up. If single-blocked, he's a threat to find his way into the backfield for a TFL. Three-tech James Kittredge made a couple nice plays in the backfield, as well, though at 272 lbs. he also got pushed out of the hole on a few occasions.
… and the numbers seem to show it:
Braxton Miller neared six yards a carry against the Spartans with a long of 20—they can be had by a mobile quarterback. Iowa's numbers have to be taken in the context of last weekend's Michigan weather, as well. Four yards a carry is good defense in a sack-adjusted world; maybe less so in context.
Kittredge has just been inserted into the starting lineup, which is not a good sign for MSU this deep into the season, especially when we're talking about a converted OL listed at 272 who transferred from Vandy. Michigan should be able to get push here. When they're running inside, Gholston will not be a problem, and then it's mano-a-mano with second level guys against linebackers. This will be a test for Rawls and Kerridge, as their ability to blast Bullough out of the hole will go a long way towards determining how well Denard isos will work, and how much they can punish MSU over the top once they try to defend them.
As for the Wolverines, they've been pounding away since the interception explosion from the first half of the ND game. Borges has re-added RR's QB iso to the playbook, albeit with a twist, and it has created several long Denard runs the past few games. The veer and the regular old zone read are also a part of the playbook along with a frequently-deployed power sweep; the infamous double A gap blitz is in serious trouble against half of those plays.
Toussaint's had his struggles; Denard has not; Rawls will continue to siphon carries away as long as he's busting guys in the chops and getting YAC. If Michigan State can stop it again, well… they can stop it. Michigan still needs to be who they are.
- Don't try to rip an opponent's head off when they're defenseless on the ground in a pile of players
- Don't try to rip an opponent's arm out of its socket
It is in these ways you can not be regarded as a menace to society.
Key Matchup: Michigan's interior OL versus the State DTs. This has been a massive win for State the last three years; if that continues it's going to be a long day for the offense. Michigan has to get movement on Kittredge and seal off White, and from there things will flow in the rush offense.
[Hit THE JUMP for ROUSHAR LOL MORE LIKE ISHTAR]
Pass Offense vs Staee
rush is good at rushing lol
Michigan put this in the garage after the aforementioned ND interception-fest, at first because they had to and then because they could. Denard has 15 and 11 attempts in his past two games, with no interceptions or even balls that came particularly close to being intercepted. Michigan has forced defenses to play run first and mostly limited passes to third downs on which the line has pass-protected straight up, and well. Play action has been sparse.
Michigan should be able to follow parts of that script. Michigan State's pass rush has fallen off a cliff—they're 90th in sacks and worse when you adjust for the number of opportunities. I rolled my own sack percentage stat (sacks / passing attempts faced + sacks) and MSU drops from 90th to 114th. (Michigan rises to 69th—they've only faced 140 attempts to 235 for State.) Michigan State has not been able to generate pressure at all.
So if Michigan sits back in the pocket and doesn't do things like roll out into guys ready for rollouts, Denard should have time to survey and zip balls to his receivers, if they're open. That's an open question.
State's cornerbacks have been somewhat exposed thus far. They get beat over the top, they interfere too much, they got shredded by a series of Indiana and Ohio State screens. Also they are still the primary drivers behind a #12 pass efficiency D ranking that has a more credibility to it than Michigan's. Let's not get carried away. They've been a little disappointing; both would probably start at Michigan. The safeties are generally reliable, though Isaiah Lewis will occasionally enter irresponsible killshot mode.
What I am hoping for is not a surprise: QB Oh Noes. The iso is back but Michigan has not run play action off of it yet. With aggressive State linebackers and MSU in a cover-four system in which the safeties shoot down into the box if they read run and the #2 WRs are not going vertical, blocking feints or the lead iso back going straight upfield promise Worst Waldo throws. As long is Michigan is basing their pass game off their run game it's going to be very hard to stop.
Denard is going to have to up those attempts a bit, but significantly more than 20 means Michigan is either not being who they are or has gotten stuffed and things are higgeldy-piggeldy. Easy stuff, good protection, play action, and victory.
Key Matchup: Michigan's OL/RB picking up MSU blitzes. Looks like that's the only way MSU is going to generate the pressure that turns Denard into a haywire sprinkler system. Keep him clean, keep him playing well.
Run Defense vs Staee
Also here is the game. Michigan got scorched last year by a special tight-end-heavy package that exploited Michigan's youth and general suckiness on the edges. The departed Ed Baker rolled up 167 yards on 26 carries—6.4 per—as horrifying runbeast LeVeon Bell eked out under 3 YPC on seven attempts.
I don't know either. It happened, though.
This year, State's options are extremely limited. They're down two or three starters on the offensive line depending on Blake Treadwell's availability, the starting fullback, possibly (probably?) the starting tight end, and deploying a walk-on TE with a broken wrist. If they had a special package similar to last year's its probably not fieldable at this point. State spent big chunks of the Iowa game in a three-wide I-form, and given the state of the State receiving corps saying your fifth-best skill position guy is a wideout is saying something indeed.
That said, holy God LeVeon Bell. Bell hasn't done much against Michigan as State's backup in a couple games to date but don't let that fool you. Bell is a 250 pound Sam McGuffie, which doesn't even make any sense but is true.
He has shocking agility for his size, as he demonstrated on State's only touchdown against Iowa when he found a defensive back unblocked in a rather large cutback lane and simply stepped around him like he was 2011 Fitzgerald Toussaint. He is going to get his yards. It may take him a zillion carries to do so:
|Boise St.
|at Central Mich.
|Notre Dame
|Eastern Mich.
|Ohio St.
|at Indiana
You can see the impact of the offensive line injuries in the OSU and Indiana games before something of a bounce-back day last week.
Michigan's run fits have been good and the DL has been keeping the linebackers clean against questionable offensive lines for three games now; that projects to continue against another questionable offensive line. Breakdowns are rare and of the not-devastating variety; the linebackers understand what's going on, and Roh and Ryan threaten to slant past tackles at every opportunity.
Michigan should dominate. The Bell factor is a worry.
Key Matchup: Demens, Morgan, Kovacs versus Bell. Tackle this man.
Pass Defense vs Staee
aint no brady hoke tho
I must tell you that you, Michigan fan, are expecting this to be better than it is actually going to be. Michigan is third in pass defense yardage; you know that is a garbage stat. But Michigan is also 14th in pass efficiency defense, which is considerably less of a garbage stat, and faith has been placed in that, maybe. Meanwhile the Spartans are 108th in passing efficiency. Epic win is the obvious conclusion.
Maybe so. I'm not so sure. A big chunk of MSU's lack of efficiency in the passing game has come due to their sucky WR corps: that's a deficiency Aaron Burbridge is rapidly erasing. Another chunk is the first starts of a new quarterback, which time will mitigate. Yet additional chunks are due to terrible weather. Other chunks are due to QB pressure; Michigan has no one on the line who is an intimidating pass-rusher and has acquired just eight sacks thus far. Jake Ryan and a lack of opponent passing attempts do argue in favor of Michigan, but only enough to get them to about average.
Meanwhile, Michigan's pass efficiency defense is built on the backs of Everett Golson, Caleb TerBush, and Riley O'Toole. Say what you want about Maxwell but the guy is on another level from those jokers. With an increasing number of targets going to Burbridge and Mumphery finding some consistency, the drops that have plagued Michigan State are not going to be as frequent, and things will fall apart here and there as Michigan goes after Bell with ferocity.
That said, Michigan does have some pass rush and will test a makeshift offensive line with massive Mattison zone blitzing when State finds itself in long yardage situations. That's not going to go well for the Spartans; Jake Ryan stunting past center Ethan Ruhland is going to happen a couple times. Maxwell is going to have to throw after moving, which is harder, and recognize when a defensive end is dropping into his hot route, which he's been pretty good at so far but remains hard.
JT Floyd and Raymon Taylor will be keys, as their ability to restrict separation on non-Burbridge receivers will allow Michigan to keep vertical routes covered and force dumpoffs to Bell—oh so many dumpoffs to Bell. Bell is State's third leading receiver behind Mumphery and tight end Dion Sims; like Illinois's tailbacks this is a sign of severe passing game deficiency since Bell is averaging just over five yards a catch.
MSU's offense isn't going to magically chuck it all over the field but they will get some big chunk plays when Michigan breaks down and special sauce is deployed by the MSU staff's special Michigan prep package. Third downs will feature a lot of unsuccessful Bell checkdowns; Maxwell will have an okay day overall.
Key Matchup: Clark/Beyer/Ojemudia and Roh versus Spartan OL. If they are getting pressure with four, game over. Ryan will provide some; the other guys are more in question.
Special Teams
Normally reliable MSU kicker Dan Conroy started off a little shaky; he has recovered and is now 14 of 19 on the season. (State offense tidbit: he attempted just 23 all of last year; only OHIO has attempted more field goals than MSU.) Punter Mike Sadler is booming punts 44 yards each; State has given up 14 returns on 37 non-touchback punts so far this year, so there may be a window for Gallon or Dileo or Norfleet to make something happen.
MSU return units are meh. Nick Hill is the main guy. He's had a couple of good punt returns; MSU is about average in FEI punt return efficiency and a bit below average at both kickoff phases.
Michigan's about the same minus Dan Conroy's range—Gibbons is not going to hit 50-yarders—and with even more punter SMASH. They've got more big play potential from their returners, though at the moment that's mostly hypothetical.
Key Matchup: COVER THE PUNTS FERGODSAKES
Yeah, so I think there actually is a thing that could be filed under here with reason: Michigan State's insane overpreparation for this game—Dantonio is 1-4 the week before the Michigan game, and 4-1 against Michigan due no small part to a bunch of coaching adjustments Michigan could not cope with.
That was one of the hidden transition costs last year: a coaching staff that did not fully understand the mania coming from East Lansing. They do now, and they have had a bye week followed by two laughers. MSU, meanwhile, is scrambling to field healthy, effective bodies at many positions—they've switched starters at two defensive positions in addition to all the injury-enforced offensive moves—and is coming off a three game slog in which concealing the playbook was not an option.
Michigan probably doesn't need to flip the script here; they just have to coach on level terms. The situation is set up for them to do so.
Key Matchup: Borges timing play action versus Narduzzi. There should be a big play or three lurking in Michigan's offense if they can control the line of scrimmage.
Also, here is a cat:
Cheap Thrills
Worry if...
- Oh holy balls they are jumping the snap again.
- Oh holy balls Michigan has no way to deal with the double A gap blitz again.
- Aaron Burbridge turns out to be more than the secondary can handle.
Cackle with knowing glee if...
- Omameh and Barnum are grinding MSU DTs.
- Michigan's DL is owning the Spartan OL like, uh, Indiana pretty much did.
- Michigan seems prepared to play the game! That will be a nice change.
Fear/Paranoia Level: 4 (Baseline 5; +1 for LeVeon The Destroyer, –1 for Roushar The Destroyer, -1 for Seriously This Is The Year When Michigan Does Not Get Destroyed In The Coaching Battle, +1 for Gotta See It To Believe It, -1 for Spartan OL Mash Unit Seriously This Time, +1 for Everyone Is Half Expecting Three Denard Turnovers, –1 for Almost Lost To Indiana, –1 for Had Competitive Game With Eastern Michigan, +1 for Stupid Rivalry Throw Out The Records Thing)
Desperate need to win level: 10 (Baseline 5; +1 for Win This Damn Conference, +1 for Shut Up Juggalo Nation, +1 for Go To The Rose Bowl, +1 for Think Of The Postgame Dantonio Presser, +1 for Send Sparty Back To The Salt Mines)
Loss will cause me to... headbutt the guy who unfurls the "LITTLE BROTHER BEAT YOUR ASS AGAIN AGAIN" sign over the edge of the stadium.
Win will cause me to... gaze at the recruiting rankings going forward and sigh in relief that all that business is over.
The strictures and conventions of sportswriting compel me to predict:
I do assume the coaching battle will be even; MSU will have stuff they have saved for this game but so will Michigan after last year and the easy lead-in. If that assumption doesn't prove to be true, mmmm mgofuming.
In a world without Saturday mgofuming, Michigan's advantage in the trenches should be sufficient to see them through. The MSU DL is still looking for the right combination of DTs and isn't getting much in the way of defeated blocks from anyone not named Rush. Michigan should be able to grind out reasonable gains and get some gashes when Michigan RPSes the opponent; Bullough and Allen will do much to hold that advantage down but it won't be enough.
On the other side of the ball, Michigan's surging run defense gets a stiff test in the form of LeVeon Bell; Bell is going to have to work for every yard. Multiple times the past two weeks slants have blown by MSU tackles. I watched Indiana defensive linemen deposit Ethan Ruhland into Maxwell's lap. I believe in the Heininger Certainty Principle, and against a team without a lot of options Michigan should have an OSU-vs-MSU type of run defense output.
Michigan's performance against Maxwell will disappoint some, but they will win because they can put the game on the legs of their star player more effectively.
Finally, three opportunities for me to look stupid Sunday:
- Spartan personal fouls extend two key Michigan drives.
- Denard goes over 100 yards, completes 66% of his passes, throws horrible INT
- Denard rushing yards + Toussaint rushing yards > Bell rushing yards
- Michigan, 25-15
Dantonio showed the pride. Tomorrow comes the fall
it's Sept. 20th that comes before the fall
I Can't Wait
to Sigh No More
I see what you did there.
3 TDs a 2 pt conversion and a Gibbons FG for the Good Guys and 5 FG for Sparty. I can live with that.
8 Michigan FGs (and an extra point for being well behaved) versus 5 State FGs
in 1995 Michigan lost to MSU 28-25. However, two short years prior, Michigan beat Purdue 25-10.
Obligatory score prediction comment as if I'm just now noticing the odd scores.
Good, now we got that out of the way...the key is to come in fired up and prepared. Hopefully the talent differential in a few years will mitigate Danionio's hyper-prep, but for now, this game is entirely on the game-planners and seniors. Hope we pull it out.
Fuck Sparty. If I had a little brother, I'd kick him in the nads.
That is all.
I have a little brother. I bought him a ticket to the game. We shall see which of us dealt more pain
So the little brother thing is really a good fit in our family.
Do little step-brothers who went to State count?
If so, I'm going to kick him in the nads, too.
I think they count more.
and where the occur on the field is the key to the game. If we hand Staee two or three short fields in this game all bets are off.
A punt, in this game, is not a terrible thing. It's likely coming back at Norfleet four plays later.
It's likely coming back at Norfleet four plays later.
I trust you mean he's fielding the punt for Gallon, and not returning a kickoff.
This is MSU's season, win or lose. Lose here and there is no remaining scenario available to them in which this year is not a crushing disappointment.
I hope that's the case.
MSU's mediocre offensive performances against everybody not in Mount Pleasant, and the fact that teams like Iowa and Boise are actually offensively inept, give me confidence. But seeing them throttle a Buckeye offense that has since gone to plaid suggests that Michigan will have real trouble moving the football here.
But if Michigan can just elevate its game, get a push at the point of attack, and execute early, they can control the game. And MSU will not be pulling miracle comebacks. Let's go.
Slight quibble with the statement about MSU throttling OSU's offense. OSU had 380 yards on offense in the game, it was Miller's 3 turnovers deep in Sparty territory that kept the game close. Unfortunately, I would not be the least bit surprised to see the same thing happen on Saturday with Denard killing good drives with boneheaded turnovers.
You make a good point. Remember too, though, the argument that colin made in his magnificent diary--much of the OSU offensive production was a consequence of unsustainable individual plays where guys like Miller made free tacklers miss. OSU was not cruising up and down the field as you would want with successful offense.
You don't have to make the free tacklers miss, you just have to step out of bounds before they get there. Worth 15 yards every time .
Ahh...I didn't read that diary and only watched bits and pieces of the game as it was played so I was merely going by box score stats.
Quibble withdrawn.
(EDIT: Upon further consideration....Miller making free tacklers miss is, unfortunately, entirely sustainable. He does it with frustrating regularity. Quibble reinstated...sort of.)
Okay, the 25-15 score must have been crafted personally for Seth. Honestly, I'd love to know how many college football games per year end 25-15.
From Seth's prediction post: MGoEmployees and Moderators--anyone else with moderator priveleges--are exempt from winning (because you could change your timestamp). If you choose the score that Brian published in the official preview and it actually ends up the final score, well, that would be pretty amazing because Brian picks scores like 29-11 all the time.
No. He always has weird scores. People are just now noticing. I think it goes back several years, cause when I was doing the grid of expectations in dear diary his scores were never any normal combination of 7s and 3s
I always thought he just took the output of some computer model. Does he? Or does he just pick weird scores?
I don't know about the scores themselves but the difference between the two is always the spread.
scores that the spread determined. i.e. 25-15 would be 10 pt spread
EDIT: too slow
- Played MSU last year when players still learning new systems...both O and D improved during the year after MSU
- Nothing too scary about MSU offense
- See #2 above, NO need to panic or press...okay to punt. Lowers TO risk.
- Maxwell is tackling dummy for Jake Ryan TFL machine
- Should be able to stop Bell given MSU's largely 1D offense
- Snap count issue may be turned against MSU
- 1st year starting QB in TBH (Make some noise!)
- Borges sleeves full of Nofleet, Gardner magic
- Denard WILL go over 100 rushing
- M pass protection has been very good
- Even WITH 6 TOs, better showing vs. ND in South Hole than MSU had at home
- Spanked Purdue on the road, who ND had trouble with (M > ND, just miscue'd)
- Mork coming unraveled
Michigan 27, MSU 16
"The Jake Ryan TFL Machine" is the name of my new band.
Better be a hair band.
I love these Brian "UM should win but not if everything goes wrong" types of posts. I know that we keep waiting for MSU's receivers to get better, for Maxwell to find accuracy, for Bell to beast out on a team that isn't trash, etc.
But we are 7 games into the season; the teams are not going to get that much better as the season progresses. UM was housed by Alabama but has otherwise looked good/competent against every other opponent. MSU needed some lucky breaks to beat IU and has lost to OSU, Iowa, and ND is close games that probably shouldn't have been. Sure, Burnbridge will be better than he was a few weeks ago, but he still isn't getting much separation and has some slick hands. Their best receivers, Simms, is out for the game. That defense is fine - it has some NFL talent but also a bunch of meh at key positions. Bell might have nice rushing stats, but it is more a byproduct of the 200 rushes against mediocre competition and not some amazing ability to rack up yards against good defenses (which UM does have). I mean, his YPA is 4.58, which is fine but nothing epic. He'll get his yards, but it will probably take 30 carries. Which if I'm UM, and it takes him 30+ carries to get 100+ yards, that seems like a win.
I expect MSU to keep it close, but this isn't a Spartan team with magic bullets in the chambers; it's a team that has a limited number of things they do well and one is drag the game through the mud and try to win close at the end. UM can move the ball, and even if those drives end in FGs it will put pressure on MSU to match it in a short timeframe, which is antithetical to their talents and style.
It's noteworthy that Maxwell has been sacked 10 times in 5 games - good enough for 4th highest in the Big Ten. Reilly O'Toole has been sacked 12 times. Braxton Miller and Taylor Martinez (more mobile?) share O'Toole's stat of 12.
I don't think Maxwell has a very good day at the office at all on Saturday. I'm thinking we may see Connor Cook at some point in this football game.
Also, I'm think Michigan DT's have a better than expected game, namely BWC and Q.
The happiness of the next week or so of my life will be determined in 30 hours. The magnitude of happiness or unhappiness is entirely predicated by how much we win by. Is this healthy?
Healthy? Gosh no.
Common among the blog readership? Epidemic.
No, but if I lived my life by what is and isn't healthy, I'd be quite the boring sad sack.
I hope Bell is running and our guy feints the low tackle to bait Bell into hurdling, whereupon our guy stands and flips him over to flop on his face. I bet he will stop doing it after that.
Time to break Sparty's heart, put them back in their place.
Go Blue!
A man named Igor asked Heiko point blank if we were going to beat Michigan State this year. At the time, I thought it was a silly question, but my maize and blue glasses were blinding me at the time.
Months later, nothing has convinced me that MSU will be a problem. Sure, pride may come into factor, but if Brady, Mattison and Borges understand what they're up against, who's going to stop us?
I'm not as sold on Maxwell as you are. Some of those drops are on him - he seems to have that underclassman Navarre habit of making late reads and then gunning it in 100 mph to compensate. Also, he has yet to make a start in a genuinely difficult road environment (his only career road games have been at CMU and IU). Whether he has the poise to hold it together in hostile conditions remains to be seen.
I am terrified and will be terrified until the game is over. I will be inconsolable if we lose this one
Perfect analogy.
Is it just me, or is the background on the site blue, making the text really hard to read?
Lol at +1 think of the Dantonio presser
Also, Hoke & Co. havent lost at home. Lets keep it going boys.
we will see some sort of meltdown on the part of Dantonio if/when we win this one. It may even involve smoke or sparks like those from that foul off Avila's mask last year. He was poised to take advantage of a remarkable confluence of unpredictable events: our late-Carr/RR trough, the demise of sweatervest, (to a lesser extent) the debacle that is PSU, and some fine identification/development of overseen talent. All this came together..... and they've established nothing. We win and all we can forsee is more winning. They lose and all their bounce from the past few years is...like a bowling ball landing in a giant Columbus cooler lined in scorched couch cushion foam.


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By now, you've surly seen Heather Clawson's debut book, Habitually Chic: Creativity at Work, in stylish boutiques about town (or better yet, you already own it!). If you haven't had a chance to flip through, I highly suggest doing so. Not only is the book beautiful, but the content is highly motivating. All of the individuals featured have found success doing what they love and it shows; their work spaces are more like shrines than offices.
Couture landscape designer Miranda Brooks' Manhattan studio, also known as my newest obsession, is a wonderful example. The easy English elegance typical of her work translates beautifully into a creative space... that Hugo Guiness poster casually taped onto a whitewashed brick wall? Those well-loved, oversized chintz throw pillows? The dime store jar filled with fresh tulips fresh? Stunning! When I grow up, I want this. Now do you see what I mean by motivating? :)
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At St. Mary Church in Hanover, Iowa, the "Pray Together" missal aid prints photographs of the church on the front cover and advertisements for area merchants on the back.
One ad says simply, "Quillin's In Waukon Featuring Huba-Huba." What could this be? A rare cousin of the tuba with two horns?
Being an enterprising journalist, I drove to Waukon to find out. (I was in Iowa as part of a reporting trip through the Midwest for a CNS series on rural America.)
Quillin's is Quillin's Food Ranch, a supermarket chain. I tracked down a manager to ask what Huba-Huba was. "It's out back," he said, "behind the supermarket."
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Wednesday 9th February, 2011
9:30am to 12:30pm
Facing an interview participant takes nerves of steel and iron self-confidence. Not many of us in this industry use such metallic adjectives about ourselves. Why do we need such armor when the goal is empathy? This workshop offers a few different approaches that will put you in the right frame of mind during an interview: relaxed. We will look into how thinking from a generative perspective will open up the interview. We'll find out how to set a reasonable scope perimeter inside of which we allow any sort of conversation to happen. We will practice the skill of listening without an internal dialogue. In-class practice will also help us slow down so we can sense the verbs indicating important information to pursue.
Excerpt from Radio Johnny podcast about interview styles with Jeff Parks:
"You want to have surprises to come out... that's why I say don't write any interview questions down. Just write what your perimeter is... Set up that fence and try and keep the conversation within that fence; but keep your antenna up!"
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The plates cost $20, plus the standard registration fee of $34.50 or the typical $16.25 in fees to replace existing plates. Part of the fee goes to the Siegel and Shuster Society, which commemorates the men's work.
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