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2003 minnesota
Dear Diary, Two-Man QB Depth Charts are Really Spooky!
Can you guess what was wrong with Herb? Also the copyright to this at the end says "U.M.&M."
Of all the things to despise about the new divisions—like the MSU game being technically more important every year than Ohio State—at least let's admit there's one wonderful benefit: Michigan-Minnesota is back to every year.
The historians like this one because there were some major powers with some major players who went on or ended some major streaks back in the day. But with more than enough annual powers on the schedule these days, I kind of like having this one historically poignant yet presently non-stressful mid-year contest with the people who invented cooking the cheese inside the actual hamburger.
After yet another Hallow's Eve scare, a nice jug of hot cider and Minnesota's safeties are just the thing. Alas, it is not Jug Saturday yet, and there's some things from last week that we need to over again. Like what happens when you lose your 5-star quarterback?
You Get This One Chance. Why is it every time we've got like THE MAN under center, the minute he goes out it's terror central? Not just Denard against Nebraska but the crater when Mallett departed, or the black hole that formed when Henne's arm was removed from its socket against Oregon in 2007, or the feeling in the pit of your stomach when that Buckeye Steinbrenner bought off Drew Henson (right). Enter oakapple, who goes back through recent history to show how the uber recruit tends to both work out and scare off competition. Whyfore wast thou oppos'd to class, bygone son of Forcier?
He hits on some good questions—like the handling of Gardner. But if he looked back further, to the deep recruiting of the time after Bo, he might have seen a different magic.
Gameboy went back over Michigan's 2012 opponents past to pull up percentages for how much better our defense fared against them than their average opponents. Michigan got blown out by Alabama about exactly the same way everyone else did, and we beat UMass the same way everyone else beat on UMass. As for the rest, the defensive performances have one other outlier in Air Force (we did marginally better than Mountain West teams) and otherwise stand as "omigod that was a tough defense" in the memories of everyone else. I fixed his charts to make them more legible so the descriptions may be a bit off.
[After the jump, more spooky things]
2003: An Advanced Stats Year in Review
Images archived from MGoBlue.com
This is the first in a series of posts going back through the years to pull out some of the highlights from an advanced stats perspective of years prior. Glossary at bottom for further detail on specific metrics. @The_Mathlete
The Basics
Record: 10-3
Big Ten: 7-1, Big Ten Champs
Bowl: Rose Bowl loss to USC
Final AP Rank: 6th
Advanced Team Stats
Talent rank: 13th in nation (Texas), 2nd in Big Ten (Ohio)
Offense: +7 EV+ (10th-Minnesota, 2nd)
Defense: +6 EV+ (17th-LSU, 4th-Iowa)
Special Teams: +1 EV+ (33rd-MSU, 5th)
Advanced Player Stats
John Navarre, 1st Team Big Ten, +2 EV+ (27th-Roethlisberger, 3rd-Abdul-Khaliq), 0.13 WPA/G (39th-Frye, 4th-Sorgi)
Top Games
Ohio: 278 yards, +8 EV+ and 0.23 WPA
Minnesota: 369 yards, +5 EV+ and 0.37 WPA (legendary receiving TD not included)
Northwestern: 284 yards, +7 EV+ and 0.18 WPA
Chris Perry, all everything, +2 EV+ (9th-Barber, 3rd), 0.09 WPA/G (6th-Barber, 3rd)
Top Games
Central Michigan: 17 carries for 232 yards, +8 EV+ and 0.25 WPA
Michigan St: 52 carries for 220 yards, +8 EV+ and 0.30 WPA
Houston: 18 carries for 184 yards, +7 EV+ and 0.14 WPA
Braylon Edwards, 1st team Big Ten, +4 EV (51st-Fitzgerald, 2nd-Evans), 0.07 WPA/G (97th-Hackett, 8th-Evans)
Top Games
Ohio: 7 targets, 132 yards, +12 EV and 0.21 WPA
Michigan St: 7 targets, 103 yards, +11 EV and 0.23 WPA
Northwestern: 6 targets, 110 yards, +7 EV and 0.10 WPA
WPA Charts
Michigan takes their first loss of the season in a wild one in Eugene. Three special teams touchdowns, Michigan recovering the onside kick with a chance for a dramatic comeback from an 18 point second half deficit that wasn't to be.
Michigan takes control early with a 14 point first quarter lead, only to see Iowa reverse course to go up 30-20 midway through the fourth. Braylon Edwards goes for a 41 yard touchdown and the Wolverine D forces a three and out. But Michigan's final drive stalls on Iowa's half of the field.
Michigan's third game with big swings finally goes their way. Michigan trailed 28-7 at the end of the third quarter with their only touchdown coming on the famed Breaston to Navarre connection. Four fourth quarter touchdowns would tie the game and Garrett Rivas hit from 33 yards out with less than a minute to go to give Michigan it's final margin.
Tressel's only loss to Michigan in ten tries saw Michigan in control until the fourth quarter. A John Navarre interception gave the Buckeyes the ball back down seven with 13 minutes to play, but a three and out, a scare on a fumbled punt return and an 87 yard touchdown drive would push the lead back to 14 and Ohio wouldn't threaten again.
Season Summary
In terms of contribution to success, the 2003 Michigan team was highly balanced. Chris Perry would be the player that took home the hardware, those of you have followed my articles are familiar with the lack of love EV+ and WPA have for running backs. Perry certainly had an outstanding season but benefited from a lot of carries and the famed position as lead back at Michigan. In all, Perry and the ground game, a solid Navarre and a pretty good defense would give Michigan its last outright Big Ten title and only victory over a Jim Tressell-led Buckeye team.
For being BIG TEN FOOTBALL, the season featured several wild comeback games. Michigan pulled out a win over Minnesota but dropped games to a solid Iowa team and an unranked Oregon team. The Rose Bowl saw Michigan take on the first USC juggernaut that went on to win the AP crown despite missing out on the BSC title game.
Heisman Re-Vote
2003 was a tough vote for the Heisman. Jason White, Larry Fitzgerald, Eli Manning and Chris Perry were the finalists. My four finalists would have been Ben Roethlisberger, Larry Fitzgerald, Philip Rivers and Matt Leinart (sorry Chris).
Ben Roethlisberger +11 EV+ and Larry Fitzgerald +9 have the best claims to the most valuable season. Fitzgerald's EV+ was the best wideout rating in the 9 years of data I have accumulated.
If you don't like mid-majors or wideouts, Philip Rivers was the best BCS QB or RB at +8 for NC State. If you think the winner needs to be a "winner" and have a team in title contention, then Leinart's your man. At +7 he is well ahead of the other title contenders, eventual winner Jason White from OU (+4) and Matt Mauck from LSU (+0).
My vote: Larry Fitzgerald, a once in a decade receiving season and no dominant BCS QBs makes this my clear choice
My Post-Season Top 25
Rank | Team | EV+ | AP Rank |
3 | Miami (OH) | 14 | 10 |
4 | Oklahoma | 14 | 3 |
5 | Michigan | 14 | 6 |
6 | Kansas St | 14 | 14 |
7 | Georgia | 13 | 7 |
8 | Texas | 12 | 12 |
9 | Oregon St | 10 | NR |
10 | Miami (FL) | 10 | 5 |
11 | Minnesota | 9 | 20 |
12 | Washington St | 9 | 9 |
13 | Maryland | 9 | 17 |
14 | Tennessee | 9 | 15 |
15 | Florida St | 9 | 11 |
16 | Utah | 9 | 21 |
17 | Arkansas | 8 | NR |
18 | Auburn | 8 | NR |
19 | Iowa | 7 | 8 |
20 | Nebraska | 7 | 19 |
21 | Ohio St | 7 | 4 |
22 | NC St | 6 | NR |
23 | Clemson | 6 | 22 |
24 | New Mexico | 6 | NR |
25 | Texas Tech | 6 | NR |
26 | Boise St | 6 | 16 |
27 | Bowling Green | 6 | 23 |
31 | Purdue | 5 | 18 |
37 | Mississippi | 3 | 13 |
38 | Florida | 3 | 24 |
The top five compared pretty closely between the two. The notable exceptions were the two teams from Ohio. Roethlisberger's Red Hawks check at #3 in my final rankings where that other team from Ohio was highly overrated based on a number of close wins. Michigan gets a slight bump up to #5.
EV+: Opponent adjusted expected value. How many points a player/team/unit was worth relative to average performance against the same opponent. Excludes all garbage time plays and fumbles (considered random).
WPA: Win Percent Added. How much each player/unit contributed to winning games. Each team starts a game with a 50% chance. For the first three quarters in a competitive game this will track directly alongside EV. In games with larger margins almost all plays have zero value. Plays in the fourth quarter/OT of tight games will have a higher leverage based on the situation. This is largely were WPA deviates from EV+. WPA for offensive players will be higher if the teams defense is bad and vice versa. If your defense is giving you good field position and stopping the opponent, there is less opportunity for the offense to "win" the game. If your defense is terrible your WPA numbers will be higher because there is constant pressure for the offense to succeed. Includes all plays.
Ranks: The ()'d numbers after ratings are the national rank first followed by the conference rank. If there is a team/name after the rank, that is the leader of the category.
Talent Rank: Total team talent estimate based on recruiting rankings of all players on that year's roster based on all available major scouting services. Only counts plays currently on the roster and weights players with more years on the team higher than new recruits.
Denard After Dentist
- 100% pure colombian awesome
- 2003 minnesota
- 2004 michigan state
- 2011 notre dame
- al borges denard fusion cuisine
- brandin hawthorne
- craig roh
- denard robinson
- denard robinson makes rainbows
- desmond howard
- facepalm guy
- game columns
- i am a spread zealot no foolies
- junior hemingway
- matt wile
- michigan legends
- piped in music is the devil
- stadium experience
- vincent smith
9/10/2011 – Michigan 35, Notre Dame 31 – 2-0
is this real life?
Not only can Denard Robinson redefine All-America teams, average nearly 500 yards per game against Notre Dame, and pilot the most insane fourth quarter Michigan Stadium has ever seen, but he can sum up what happened on Saturday in a single word:
If you still need evidence that Denard can do things other people can't, there you go. Because I've got nothing. I can gape, slack-jawed and twitching, if you'd like. Oh, and I can put my finger between my lips and go "brrrrrrrrrbbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbrrbb" with crazy googly eyes. Also I can spin in a circle going "yip yip yip yip yip."
These are my capabilities. All other functions are currently offline. Attempt to access higher cognition and you will receive 503 Gateway Not Found.
That's fine. There's nothing to say that "brrrrrrbrbrbrbrbrrbrbrb" doesn't cover anyway. I am so high, you guys. I don't even know what I'm saying.
Seriously. I'm really struggling here to put words in the computer. I guess… okay.
The thing I really really hated about the first three quarters (other than everything) was the way the offense made Denard mortal. This extended beyond the usual reasons 90 yards of offense in a half make you homicidal. Not only were we lost and hopeless in our first serious game after returning nine starters from one of the nation's most explosive offenses, but the guy who didn't transfer when his offense got fired out from under him was busy playing out everyone's worst-case scenarios.
I don't think I can take football games in which I'd rather have Alex Carder than Denard Robinson. A return of freshman Denard looking like a sad panda is too depressing for a multitude of reasons but mostly because just look at him:
Shoehorning him into an offense that doesn't fit him is a crime against man and panda and manpanda. He had to be dying in the first half as he flung balls to Tacopants and ran waggles the entire stadium could predict. People twittered me about moving him to RB so Gardner can get on the field. I couldn't block them from my phone. The tweets sat there, whispering evil things into my ear.
As I projected Denard's state of mind my own got inky black. The road ahead seemed like another two years of painful rebuilding towards a goal Denard will never see, his career relegated to that of Brandon Graham when Desmond Howard seemed in reach. It's going to kill me if Denard ends up a really good player on a mediocre team for the duration of his career and Michigan doesn't end up making anyone who wants 16 in the future wear a patch with dreads on it. It's going to be worse if he's not even a really good player. Someone is at fault for this travesty.
I was running advanced equations of blame assignment amongst Bill Martin, Rich Rodriguez, Al Borges, Dave Brandon, and bloody fate when Denard rolled out. Corralled by a Notre Dame defender, he stood perfectly still but still delivered a game-changing dart to Junior Hemingway before two more ND players could close in.
From there the delirium took over.
That game was delirious because of the many improbable events stacked on each other. Jeremy Gallon jump-ball touchdowns. Tommy Rees's aiming device locked on Michael Floyd. Tommy Rees throwing a ball backwards for no reason. More jump balls to Junior Hemingway and Roy Roundtree and Jeremy Gallon turning invisible with 23 seconds left. All the reasons it left you with your finger between your teeth are reasons to wonder about the smoothness of this transition (not very), the repeatability of such miracles (even less).
This isn't to blame anyone—it seems that coaches are who they are and as much as I want to, you can't hire a guy based on the two years left you've got with Denard. But I hope I'm not the only one who felt a sense of foreboding in the midst of the joy and relief. We've seen this script the last two years, and never has it been as rickety.
Michigan has to fix some stuff—lots of stuff—by the Big Ten season. The stakes are only Denard's career, everyone's faith in the Ethical Les Miles theory of Hoke's success, and the very survival of pandas in the wild. I'll take the escape. I wonder what happens when the drugs wear off and real life reasserts itself.
For now, though:
The game is ova!
Non-Bullets Of WHAT?
Pantheon placement. I think this is below Braylonfest—but only just—in the competition for Best Comeback Ever (that people 32 or under remember). For Michigan to pull Braylonfest out they had to recover an onside kick and survive not just triple overtime by an oft-forgotten 50-yard field goal attempt at the end of regulation that was set up by a horrible pass interference call.
A good proxy for the level of kickass in your comeback is how many people left the stadium early. While there were some people who took off when ND made it 24-7, they don't compare to the legions who left early during that MSU game. And winning that eventually got Michigan a Rose Bowl appearance. The season-long significance of this ND game is going to be lower.
It easily beats out the Buffalo Stampede game, since it's not against Minnesota or in the Metrodome, and then it's a long way to fourth place.
As far as best game ever… it depends on what you're rating it on. I like my defining victories to be well-played and not hinge on the opposing quarterback throwing the ball backwards for no reason. In terms of pure drama it's up there but with both teams unranked and not looking likely to defy that I'd say most Ohio State games before we stopped being competitive had more salt to them. We lost all the ones that came down to the last play, though.
The entire Denard interview. If you missed this, you should fix that:
Commence the bitching about the offense. Watching Michigan run a play-action bomb from the I-formation after averaging exactly two yards per carry out of the I on previous attempts was exactly what I was beating into the ground over the offseason. No one is scared of Michigan's crappy backs running power out of the I-form so no one has to cheat to it. Thus instead of Worst Waldo plays featuring Roy Roundtree and twenty yards of grass we got a lot of hopeful downfield jump balls into excellent coverage.
Michigan was lucky as hell to get most of those. That was a Jeff Bowden special right there. I'm not alone in this. There has to be some adaptation now that we know the relative success rates of manball and Denardball. When Denard's averaging 7.5 YPC (sack excluded) and the rest of the backs under are 2, power is a lost cause.
Denard has to be the focal point of the offense, fragile or no. And the new offense seemed to remove Denard's legs as the primary threat without actually reducing his carries: he had 15 carries* in just 50 snaps. Project that to last year's 72 offensive snaps per game and Denard would have carried 22(!) times. What's the point of throwing away snaps on two-yard runs from the I?
*[sack removed.]
Primary thing that may just work. "Chuck it up to Hemingway" may be the world's most primitive passing game but dang if it doesn't work. Hemingway not only has great leaping ability, he's enormous and therefore capable of boxing out opponents. Add in an uncanny knack for being able to high-point the ball and he's a hell of a lot like Marquise Walker before Walker got the dropsies as a senior.
Primary thing that did work from under center. Vincent Smith's throwback screen touchdown was a great call since it used Denard's legs. He rolls, defense freaks, he throws back, Smith should have an easy touchdown if any of the offensive linemen block that one linebacker, Smith makes it happen anyway. Contrast with the earlier screen where a short Denard has to float a ball over a guy leaping in his face and ends up throwing it eight yards too far and getting it picked off.
And introducing… Facepalm Guy. The facepalm guy from the sad fugee face picture in the "So I Was Like" post: the the new Lloyd Brady? He's already won an award for "Media Criticism" from Doctor Saturday.
1) He caught ESPN's camera's capturing his facepalm moment and gave them an oh-no-you-di'in't:
2) After the game he… well, he did this:
Can a brother get a Facepalm Guy touchdown Jesus photoshop?
(HT to MGoUser Haterade.)
Defensive events. Brandon Herron and Mike Jones were supposedly out with injury but if I had to guess they were not so badly hurt they couldn't play and Michigan was trying out their other options at WLB. Desmond Morgan started, played poorly—he got trucked like he was in a BTN practice highlight-type substance—and was yanked. Then Brandin Hawthorne came in and may have been plausible. He knifed into the backfield for one key TFL on third and short. I'm guessing he was at least partially responsible for a number of Cierre Wood runs that went for big yardage, but we'll see. WLB remains a sore spot.
The other sore spot is an alarming, unexpected one: WDE. Craig Roh had zero tackles for the second straight week and while he did get a QB hurry or two he seems less impactful from that spot than he did last year. I mean, last year he split two ND linemen and picked up a huge TFL en route to a +11 day. This year he'll be lucky to break even. Hopefully he's still sick. I wonder if we see more Black in the short term.
How did Jordan Kovacs only have eight tackles?
BONUS: Will Campbell got held! By an offensive lineman!
Special teams. Matt Wile has been at least average spelling Hagerup, and with only one more real-ish game left before the latter returns it looks like Michigan will escape that suspension without much real damage. I still hate the regular punt. If ND's John Goodman hadn't made inexplicable fair catches he had tons of room on two of Wile's five punts despite Wile's excellent hangtime.
The patch thing. It's pretty cool. Some potential tweaks and additions:
- Should we un-retire numbers? I could get behind a 98 if it meant someone was going to be sitting in front of a locker that said Tom Harmon. You'd have to ask whoever the nearest relative is.
Further locker room additions. Everyone who's been an All-American should have their name engraved in a fashion more understated than this legends designation…
...but still be there. Having Chappius and Oosterbaan and Friedman and McKenzie and Dierdorf and Long's names up in the locker room would be a nice way to recognize All-Americans past. - Next up. AC and Woodson. If they don't put the retired numbers back in circulation. Jake Long would probably be next up way down the road.
- The patch is too big. That's just, like, my opinion, man.
So there's this. Exploit your children for fun and profit:
Profit not applicable.
Pom-poms and RAWK and crowd noise. Is it just me or was the stadium not actually very loud when it would help out the most? The pom-poms encouraged people to use their hands shaking pom-poms instead of making noise and while the piped-in music was indeed loud, when it cut out the people in the stadium making noise were largely going "OH oh oh oh oh, OH oh oh oh oh" instead of "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA." The latter is louder.
Putting aside the insults to the Great Tradition they represent, is the noise level created by the frippery mostly cosmetic? It has seemed much louder in Michigan Stadium—I was frustrated as I was screaming myself hoarse on the last drive while people around me shook their little plastic thingies. Plastic thingy shaking is not that intimidating, people.
And then there's the guy two rows in front of you who's shaking the thing constantly so you can't see the game. In the South they have a protocol about these things: raise that thing above your shoulder during a play and you're not getting that arm back. Here we get them every five years or so and there's always someone who thinks row 14 is the last one.
Ace took a video of the final kickoff. I'm going to point you to "so I was like" again because dammit I can. Chunkums took some killer photos, but hasn't animated them yet:
ST3 goes inside the box score. Michael Scarn says trying to describe that game was like taking a picture of Bigfoot. Post-ND MonuMental riff by ppToilet. (You can't choose your username, man, it chooses you.) MonuMental himself shows up to modify his Denard action figure for the occasion.
Pretty much the best. An obviously drunk Jeff at Maize Pages digs up the fantastically entertaining Roundtree-Shaw Newlywed game BTN video in response to the delerium.
Photo galleries and assorted media. Pregame shots from MNB Nation. Other shots from MNBN. The Shredder took a zillion shots. Tailgating from AnnArbor.com. Also the game. Here's a great stadium shot from Melanie Maxwell:
Also here's this dude:
The whole gallery is worth checking out.
The Desmond Howard emospective has also been youtubed. Try not to get dusty. Ryan Terpstra is making a habit of filming the hell out of ridiculous ND victories:
Wolverine Historian put together a 28 minute highlight reel.
Column-type events. Wojo. More Wojo. MVictors also fills you in on the techno viking behind Hoke: yes, it's Steve Everitt, and no, you do not want to get between him and his cubs. Kyle Meinke says Denard was a big part of the offense and the running backs weren't and that's not so cool. Florek in the Daily.
UGA/M dual-fan Michael at Braves & Birds wonders whether it's better to play poorly and win (as Michigan did) or play well and lose (as Georgia did).
Entertaining serieseses of bullets. MVictors:
On the sunny side, they pulled out all the stops in the press box for the media on hand. Witness the butter dish of victory:
This might have been Brandon's special bonus.
[Robinson's] total of 446 yards and 5 touchdowns was excellent, but how he got there was strange. Through three quarters of football, he was 4-for-14 passing (if that accuracy rate sounds familiarly horrible, that's because it's the same as Michigan's kickers circa 2010) for 136 yards, 1 touchdown, and 2 interceptions. In the fourth stanza, Robinson went 8-for-11 for 217 yards, 3 touchdowns, and 1 interception, plus a recovered Stephen Hopkins fumble that he turned into a touchdown.
That graph is intended as a baseline estimator for a team's real-time win probability and is independent of situation, but the site also offers a crude win probability calculator, which, while it's calibrated to an NFL scale, can at least give us a decent estimate of how unlikely Michigan's victory was: four percent, Michigan's win probability after Notre Dame's slot receiver scampered into the endzone without a defender in site. Denard Robinson laughs at your probabilities and says, "Really? Oh man, that's crazy," and throws the ball to Jeremy Gallon standing alone in the Notre Dame secondary.
Maize and Blue Nation wins best headline: "The Denard. The Denard. The Denard."
National takes: Adam Jacobi marvels and notes that Robinson couldn't throw the ball even when he was completing passes; he also points out that uh… the Big Ten is not so much this year. Doctor Saturday:
Here, instead of merely covering poorly, Notre Dame subsequently failed to cover Wolverine receiver Jeremy Gallon at all, incredibly freeing him for a 64-yard sprint to the Irish 16-yard line with eight seconds left for a) A couple shots at the winning touchdown; b) A shot at a field goal to tie; or c) A confused catastrophe that left 110,000 people contemplated mass hara-kiri. With all of every one of those people secretly fearing c), Robinson delivered the dagger.
Robinson was, again, heroic for Michigan. He has brutalized the Irish the past two seasons, rolling up a mind-boggling 948 yards of total offense to go with eight TDs. His performance in the fourth quarter Saturday night was downright epic: 7 of 9, 202 yards, three passing touchdowns to go with six carries for 24 yards and another TD. In all, he accounted for a staggering 226 of his team's 229 yards.
In Case You Live Under A Rock
Of The Decade: Best Plays Part II
Previously in this series: ESPN Images, Michigan's offense, Michigan's defense, Worst Plays of The Decade 7-11, Worst Plays 1-6, Best Plays Part I.
6. Buffalo Stampede
2003 Minnesota: trailing 14-0, Michigan has driven to around midfield. John Navarre chucks a WR screen to Steve Breaston, who throws it back to Navarre. Forty yards later, we all have beards and Michigan is within seven points.
At some point in the 2003 Minnesota game I needed to get off the couch after something enraging had happened. I was on it with my girlfriend at the time and she sort of ended up on the ground as I executed my plan. The couch was low to the ground, she was unharmed, and in the aftermath the incident seemed funny. At the time all I could do was clench and unclench my fists.
Michigan would eventually deploy an all-shotgun offense in the fourth quarter that shredded Minnesota for 24 points and win the game on a Garrett Rivas 33-yarder, but at the time it was grim. It would have been more grim but for the trick play of the decade:
In the aftermath a friend immediately called me screaming "WHAT." It wasn't a question. It was just "WHAT." That. From seven year's distance it appears to be the slowest, most awkward touchdown convoy in school history.
Eventually it was key in Michigan's comeback win and Rose Bowl berth but really it's just here for its sheer improbability. It was one thing to run the transcontinental with Drew Henson; doing it with John Navarre—and getting a touchdown out of it—is pure audacity. This, by the way, is why Minnesota bloggers will never do a Worst Plays of the Decade list.
5. In ur base killin ur d00dz
MGoRetro: Pit Bull.
Penn State, 2006: it's second or third and long or something again, can't remember, doesn't matter, and I'm back in the pocket and I know I'm going to die. My offensive line has proven itself entirely hypothetical at this point. So I'm going to die, and it's not going to have any purpose. But this time I actually get a faint semblance of protection and I manage to find an open receiver—I'd forgotten those even existed—and I hurl it out there. And if Alan Branch hadn't driven his facemask into my shoulder and run through my tiny hoo-man body and left me in a concussed heap on the ground I would have gotten to see a first down. Which would have been nice.
But then I might have had to play the rest of the game instead of getting an emergency cup of pudding repurposed from JoePa's stash. So, yeah. I could go either direction, as long as it's 180 degrees from wherever Branch is going.
When Michigan fans are (unwisely, these days) attempting to tweak their Penn State coworkers this play, and the iconic image from its aftermath, is their go-to option. That's a meaningful statement when you've got most of a decade's worth of gloating to choose from, including another play on this list.
As for the significance of the play, Penn State had bounced back from its early decade malaise in a big way in 2005, going 11-1 with the only loss featured a bit higher on this list. By the time the PSU game rolled around in '06 it was obviously the only thing standing between Michigan and a 1-vs-2 matchup against Ohio State at the end of the season. Michigan's last four opponents would all finish with losing records; the only road game was against Indiana. When Anthony Morelli got blasted out of the game the decks were clear.
More than that, though, Alan Branch being in ur base is emblematic of the first ten games of 2006, when the Michigan defense was 1997 all over again and things were, briefly, back on course.
4. "Oh, wide open"
MGoRetro: Quod Erat Demonstrandum
Notre Dame, 2006: Late in the first quarter, Michigan and Notre Dame are tied 7-7 after exchanging terrible interceptions when Chad Henne drops back to pass and launches one deep. Pat Haden breaks the suspense before the cameraman can catch up to a streaking Manningham by declaring "oh, wide open." When Manningham finally appears he is running under a perfectly thrown ball, all alone.
Michigan entered the 2006 game uncertain of its place in the college football universe after a frustrating 7-5 season this blog nicknamed the "Year of Infinite Pain," if only to highlight how sheltered the Michigan fanbase has been in the aftermath of the last couple years. And if Alan Branch sending Anthony Morelli to his happy place was emblematic of Michigan's run to Football Armageddon, Mario Manningham getting ten yards clear of the nearest Notre Dame cornerback was the moment the Year of Infinite Pain became part of the past:
Manningham would score twice more on deep balls as Michigan leapt out to a commanding lead. They didn't look back until the second quarter of the Ohio State game.
3. Braylonfest Part III
Michigan State, 2004: Braylon Edwards skies over yet another Michigan State defensive back, tying a game in which Michigan trailed by 17 with under nine minutes to go.
Braylon Edwards was the most frustrating great player in Michigan history, prone to terrible drops on easy throws and legendarily not "on the same page" as Lloyd Carr. But he was great, and never greater than the last eight minutes of regulation in the 2004 Michigan State game. If they gave out Heismans for a single game, they would have had to give Edwards two for this one.
It almost wasn't anything, though. In this game Michigan was driving in the third quarter, down 17-10, when Edwards fumbled around the 20. He was creeping towards the goat side of the ledger when DeAndra Cobb ran That Goddamned Counter Draw again and outran Ernest Shazor to the sideline and the endzone. But when you're down 17 with under eight minutes left, what is there to do other than chuck it up and tell the onside kick team that they should try really hard?
I remember many things about that game. I remember being cold as hell as the game dragged on and the heat fled from the stadium. I remember going over to a friend's house afterward and being told by his roommates that they had actually left immediately after the DeAndra Cobb TD. I remember another friend telling me that a State friend of his had turned the game off as soon as Michigan hit the field goal to get within 14—he didn't even wait for the onside kick. I remember turning around and jovially telling the State fans behind me that it was good that MSU missed their last-second 52-yard field goal attempt to win after a terrible PI call, because if it had gone in there was no way they were getting out of the stadium alive. But mostly I remember the shadows that gave the whole enterprise an otherworldly feel. It's without question the best game I've ever been to.
The pick here is the game-tying touchdown, as at that point victory seemed inevitable and the comeback was complete. Without it, the others are just coulda-been plays like the Mike Hart touchdown in the Horror.
2. Phil Brabbs is absolutely not going to make this field goal
Washington, 2002: Phil Brabbs hits a 44 yard field goal as time expires to beat Washington.
I've interacted with Phil Brabbs a little bit since he came down with cancer and I've read his blog and am wearing his bracelet, so I have a little insight here. The bracelet says DOMINATE and his blog has pictures of him DOMINATING various things from hospital ice cream to IVs to chemo drugs. Sometimes he makes his adorable children DOMINATE things. He's kind of like anthropomorphized Brawndo. So I'm betting that when Brabbs strolled onto the field after a preposterous sequence of events set him up with a potential game-winning field goal in the 2002 season opener, he was totally psyched to dominate himself some 44-yard field goal.
In this, he was utterly alone.
I'm sure his parents and wife tell him that they just knew he'd hit it, but after a career debut in which he missed 36 and 42 yard field goals badly enough for Michigan to send out Troy Neinberg on a 27-yarder that he shanked, no one in Michigan Stadium thought a 44-yard field goal with no time left on the clock was going in. This includes those nearest and dearest to him. I was just hoping it went forward.
Naturally, Brabbs did this:
Though Washington would end up one of the country's biggest disappointments at 7-6, they entered Michigan Stadium a top ten opponent. The moment the kick actually went through the actual uprights and everyone looked at the guy under the crossbar to make sure they hadn't hallucinated it, then looked at the other guy under the crossbar to make sure the first guy hadn't been hallucinating too, promised grand things. (That would fall apart in a ridiculous loss at Notre Dame in two weeks.)
1. The New Math
MGoRetro: The New Math.
Penn State, 2005: With one second on the clock, Mario Manningham catches a deep slant to beat Penn State 27-25. 86 = 1, as Michigan State would learn in 2007.
Why is this number one? It didn't end up mattering, and it was already clear it wouldn't since Michigan was already 3-3 and headed nowhere in 2005. It was the end of a classic game that swung dramatically from one side to the other, but other games were better and meant more.
I think it's that :01 on the clock, the knowledge that that second was precarious, fought for by Lloyd Carr after the clock ran after a Michigan timeout, preserved by Steve Breaston's best Tyrone Butterfield impression, and ironically Joe Paterno's fault for getting his team an extra two seconds on what they thought was their game-winning drive. Michigan was living on borrowed time. It seemed like they'd been given a chance to go back and right wrongs. Scott Bakula was at quarterback.
Meanwhile, Michigan was locked in an existential crisis unknown for decades. The 1984 season could be written off as a fluke since Jim Harbaugh's broken leg threw everything into disarray and Michigan bounced right back afterwards; 2005 was entirely different. Michigan had never been 3-3 in my recollection. My brother and I spent a large chunk of the game being bitterly cynical about everything. We felt justified about it after the killer Henne fumble/botched extra point for two combination. We'd collectively decided to dull the pain by withdrawing emotionally. This was working for a while, and then the team decided to give the middle finger to the cosmic middle finger, getting off the mat twice. The culmination:
In the end, the game served as a reminder that bitterness is no fun, faith is rewarded, the kids on the field are more resilient than we are, and sometimes they can let us borrow some of that. A lot of the plays on this list were diminished by subsequent events in which Michigan failed to live up to the promise they had in that one moment, but this one has been magnified by the awful last couple of years. It promises a light at the end of the tunnel.
Honorable Mention
Drew Henson bootlegs his way into the OSU endzone to seal the win (2000) … Chris Perry puts the OSU game beyond doubt with a slashing bounceout TD to make it 35-21 (2003) … Breaston returns a punt for a touchdown against Indiana … Northwestern … Illinois … etc … Manningham's worm after the ND game (2006) … Chris Perry punches it against Penn State in to seal a win in Michigan Stadium's first OT game (2002) … Ron Zook seals the Outback Bowl by calling a reverse pass that Victor Hobson intercepts (2002) … Alain Kashama beats the Sex Cannon to a fumbled ball in the endzone, finally fulfilling four years of Canadian Reggie White hype (2002 Outback) … Jacob Stewart picks off Asad Abdul-Kaliq in the Buffalo Stampede game and returns it for a touchdown (2002) … Garrett Rivas finishes the Buffalo Stampede game with a field goal (2002) … Chad Henne hits Tyler Ecker for a game-winning touchdown against Minnesota and executes nailcoeds.exe (2004) … Braylonfest Part I … Braylonfest Part II … Braylonfest Part IV … Brian Thompson recovers an onside kick, greatly aiding Braylonfest parts II through IV … Jason Avant's catch against Northwestern (2003) … Marquise Walker's catch against Iowa (2001) … Jerome Jackson pops through a nonexistent hole against Iowa to establish himself useful, then scores the game-winning TD (2005) … the snap sails over Jimmy Clausen's head on the first play of the game (2007) … Michigan cracks open the Battle of Who Could Care Less against Illinois with a reverse pass (2007) … Manningham outruns Justin King to tie Penn State (2005) … Mike Hart drags Penn State tacklers for five of the most impressive eight yards of his career (2005) … Lamarr Woodley kicks off Yakety Sax (2006) … Prescott Burgess returns a Brady Quinn interception for a TD(2006) … Mike Hart levels Sean Lee on a blitz pickup (2007) … Arrington's catch against Florida (2007) … A ludicrous Ryan Mallett decision—pitch it backwards to Carson Butler as he's being sacked—works out (2007) … Steven Threet takes off on a 60-yard jaunt against Wisconsin (2008) … Denard Robinson fumbles the first snap as Michigan's quarterback and WOOPs his way for a touchdown (2009) … Darryl Stonum returns a kickoff for a touchdown against Notre Dame (2009) … Forcier hits Greg Mathews on a circle route to win against Notre Dame (2009) … Tate Forcier hits Martavious Odoms on a perfect seam for the game-winning points against Indiana (2009) … Forcier's mansome final drive in the rain to tie Michigan State (2009) … Brandon Graham demolishes Glenn Winston (2009) … Brandon Graham demolishes Everybody (2009).
A major reason this series came together is the tireless effort of Wolverine Historian, who put together video for almost everything on the list. Also a hat tip to parkinggod, who had HD of last year's ND game, and akarpo, who helped out with some of the clipping last year.


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TOER, P.A. (1925-2006), In de fuik. Roman. [Transl. fr. the Indonesian by A. van der Helm & A. Rookmaaker. First dutch edn.]. Breda-Amsterdam, De Geus/Manus Amici, 1994 thick 8°., orig. boards, title in gilt on spine, dustjacket designed by Robert Nix. 585pp. Concise glossary, publ. list on last two unnembered lvs., ex-libris pasted inside front boards. Novel with as theme the dutch-indonesian [armed] dispute, 1945-1950, describing the fate of indonesian P.O.W. and their dutch guards. Very good copy, WITH dustjacket.
TOUWEN-BOUWSMA, E. & P. GROEN, Tussen Banzai en Bersiap. De afwikkeling van de Tweede Wereldoorlog in Nederlands-Indië. [Eerste druk; First edition]. Den Haag, SDU, 1996 8°. Original limp wrappers. Covertitle in yellow bold type with an illustration. 148pp. Captioned monochrome illustrations in text, some facsims. after archivalia, some comparative tables in text, notes/references, register, list of abbreviations, C.V. to contributors, table of contents. A collection of 6 dutch language scholarly contributions about the effects of the japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies and its immediate aftermath on Java and Sumatra : first aid to civilian internees and K.N.I.l. P.O.W. August 1945-August 1946, the Red Cross in Indonesia 1945-1946, Receipt and repatriation of "Romusha" after the Japanese surrender, the Japanese in the Dutch East Indies1946-1949, researching behaviour of Indonesian-dutch government employees in war and occupation 1945-1948. Contributions by Elly Touwen-Bouwsma, H. Hovinga, Ger Teitler, Petra Groen (et.al.). Very fine copy.
TUHUTERU, J.M.A., Riwajat singkat terdirinja negara Pasoendan. First edn. Djakarta, Djawatan Penerangan Pemerintah, 1948 sm. 8°. orig. lettered wrappers, 36pp. One full-p. portr., many other portraits in text of political party leaders/members in text, name-lists of 100 party-members, incl. race (chinese arab, negara Pasundan) and their birth-place and domecille. Supplies information on political parties, general politics, political development, in the State of Pasundan, Jawa Barat, during the dutch-indonesian dispute 1945-1950. The first issue to be published. Good copy. Scarce. (some light damage to head of spine).
UTRECHT, E[lien]., Twee zijden van een waterscheiding. Herinneringen aan Indonesië voor en na de onafhankelijkheid. [Eerste druk/first edn.]. Amsterdam, Sua, 1991 Orig. thin limp glossy wrappers, small illustration after a photography on front side. 250pp. Notes to text at end, list of abbreviations used, glossary indonesian-dutch, table of contents. Personal recollections of a young eurasian woman, growing-up in pre-war dutch colonial indonesia, the japanese occupation and the struggle for independence, 1945-1949. Paperback edn. (as orig.publ.). Fine copy.
UTRECHT, E. Papoeas in Opstand (De tweede kwestie Nieuw Guinea). Het verzet van de Papoeas tegen het Indonesische bewind in West Irian. Rotterdam, 1978. Small 8°, 96pp., 4 plates, some tables. Epilogue by the Organisasi Papua Merdeka. Left-wing publ. on the Organisasi Papua Mmerdeka-movement on Indonesian New Guinea, armed resistance. Pocket-edn.
VARENNE, J., Eer de haan kraait...Een Serdadoe Soesoe tussen de Peloppers op Java. [Eerste druk; First edition]. Amsterdam, H.J. Paris, 1959 Small 8°., original limp glossy wrappers designed by Alex Jagtenberg. 118pp. Dutch language authentic recollections by a dutch private serving on Java during the dutch-indonesian armed dispute 1945-1950, which includes, contrary to many other publications, i.a. notes on moral decay of soldiers due to psychological pressures of war experiences. Paperback edition (as orig. publ.). The term "Serdadoe Soesoeh" means a freshly arrived and unexperienced soldier. Very good copy.
VEEN, A.J. VAN, Militaire Politie in Nederlands-Indië 1945-1951. [Eerste druk/first edition]. Amsterdam, Bataafsche Leeuw, 1997 Small 4°., original cloth, title in gilt on spine. 414pp. Numerous black/white illustrations and portraits in text after original photographs, many facsim. illustrations reproducing archivalia (military orders and other documets), name-lists in text of which men killed in action, passenger-lists and names of transport-vessels, decorations and citations awarded, acknowledgements, list of sources consulted, list of abbreviations used, table of contents. Massive history of Royal Dutch Military Police in action in post-war colonial Indonesia during the dutch-indonesian dispute 1945-1951. Drilling and training, transport to Indonesia, actions, patrolling, chain of command, &c. Very well documented and lavishly illustrated. Good copy, NO dustjacket.
VELDE, J.J. VAN DE, Brieven uit Sumatra, 1928-1949. [Eerste druk/first edition]. Franeker, Wever, 1982 sm. 8°., orig. cloth, title in gilt on front boards and spine, dustjacket. 224pp. ills. & portrs. on 12 plates, with rather extensive captions. Correspondence of author, a high-ranking civil servant in dutch colonial Indonesia, with relatives & friends, both in Indonesia and the Netherlands, incl. his stay in the japanese internment-camp Si Rengo-rengo and Aek Pamienke (Smatra), including his role during political negotiations between the dutch and the Indonesian Republic, period 1945-1949. Fine copy, with dustjacket.
VEN, C.H.W. VAN DER (Chief editor), Naar ruimer Horizon; Officieël Orgaan van de Vereeniging "Indisch Jeugd-Centrum".Met medewerking van de Vereeniging "Koninklijk Indisch Instituut"[K.I.T.]. [Originele editio; First and only edition],. Amsterdam, Indisch Jeugd-Centru,m, 1945- 1951 Vol. 1 (1945)-6 (November 1950-December 1951. ALL PUBL., discontinued). 6 vols. Small 4°. Private qtr. clothbacked marbled boards. Original illustrated and coloured wrappers laid-down. Each vol. approx. 200pp. Original coloured/monochrome wrappers bound-up. Numerous captioned monochrome illustrations, including portraits of politicians and negotiators, indonesian ethnographica, some occasional full-page monochrome illustrations drawn by Albert Hahn Junior. Each volume with detailed personalia of dutch school-correspondents to the magazine, some comparative statistics in text, table of contents to each volume. This magazine NOT called-for in Library Royal Dutch Institute of Linguistics and Anthropology, KITLV. Complete set of this dutch language monthly magazine on behalf of elder dutch youths, propaganda with as objective the continuation of dutch rule in the Netherlands East Indies after the Second Worldwar, 1945-1951(period the the armed dutch-indonesian dispute) with as topics restoration of economic wealth, law and order on behalf of the indonesian people, political events, preservation of indonesian ethnographica, advance ment of industrial production, agriculture, negotiations tetween the provisional republican Indonesian Government, and future chances for dutch immigrants and settlers. Very good and complete set. Rare. Institutional stamp inside front covers, signature on recto of f.e.p.'s).
[VENNER, D., ] Westerling "De Eenling". Transl. fr. the orig. french ['Guérilla story']. Orig.dutch edn. Amsterdam, Spoor, 1982 Large 8°. orig.limp glossy pict.col. wraps. 399pp. Num. ills. on plates and in text, of which facsims. after orig. documents, foot-notes, chronology of events, bibliogr. Biography of the famous Raymond Paul Peter Westerling (1919-1987), nicknamed "De Turk" (after his turkish descent by his mother's side), for the greater part dealing with his service and actions in post-colonial Indonesia, during the dutch-indonesian dispute 1945-1950, as commander of a special counter-guerilla task-force "Korps Speciale Troepen", K.S.T. & APRA, esp. on Sulawesi, and his, failed, attempt to a coup at the end of the dispute. His methods caused much uproar both in the Netherlands and Overseas. This translated edn. has been enlarged by Venner with hitherto unknown documents. Very good copy.
VENNER, D., Westerling. Guérilla story. Orig.french edn. Paris, 1977 orig.limp pict.col. wraps. 319pp. Foot-notes, chronology of events, bibliogr. ["Les Grands Aventuriers"]series. Biography of the famous Raymond Paul Peter Westerling (1919-1987), nicknamed "Turk" (after his turkish descent by his mother's side), for the greater part dealing with his service and actions in post-colonial Indonesia, during the dutch-indonesian dispute 1945-1950, as commander of a special counter-guerilla task-force "Korps Speciale Troepen", K.S.T., esp. on Sulawesi, and his, failed, attempt of a coup at the end of the dispute. His methods caused much uproar both in the Netherlands and Overseas.
VERDOORN, J.A. De zending en het Indonesisch Nationalisme. Preface by H. Kraemer. Amsterdam, 1945 Small 8°, boards, (xi), 104pp. ["Volkspaedagogische Bibliotheek No. 1."] An important and well underestimated essay on Indonesian Nationalism, during the post-war period and shortly after the declaration of independence of the Indonesian Republic, and the role of dutch missionary churches.
[VISMAN COMMITTEE EXCERPT] - Dit vroeg Indië. Indië's wenschen vastgelegd op het moment, waarop de Japanners kwamen. [Zeer korte Samenvatting van het in 1942 te Batavia gedrukte rapport van de Commissie Visman, subtitle on front cover]. [Eerste druk; first edition]. 's-Gravenhage, Stichting Indië in nood, geen Uur te Verliezen, [...], 1946 Original printed wrappers, stapled. 12pp. HARSKAMP, 993; KLOOSTER, 2880. Dutch language brochure, summarizing in a very concise way the main points of Constitutional reform in dutch Colonial Indonesia as proposed in a report by the so-called "Visman Committee", published Batavia 1942, just before the arrival of japanese troops. Good copy.
VOGEL, J.Ph., The Indonesian Question. [Leiden, 1948]. sm.8°. orig.wraps. 18pp. A reaction on the first so-called "Police-action"in postwar Indonesia during the dutch-indonesian dispute.
VRANDE, L.G.W. VAN DE (M.S.C., Army chaplain), Ons Groot Avontuur. Met 2-14 R.I. Bataljon "Zeeland"naar Indië. [Eerste druk; First edition]. Tilburg, Missiehuis [TYP], 1948 Small 8°., original cloth, gilded regimental coat-of-arms on front cover, repeated on ti.-p., gilded title on spine. 152pp. many captioned monochrome illustrations, incl. portraits on 40 plates,, original A-5 sized printed message by compiler announcing this publication addressed to veterans loosely inserted with Regimental Coat-of-Arms at top margin. HARSKAMP, 1104. Dutch language Diary by the Army Chaplain of Batallion Infantry 2-14 R.I. "Zeeland",posted on Malacca in 1945 (Port Dickson, Penang, Georgetown), commemmorating subsequent military actions on Sumatra and Java 1946, dutch-indonesian armed dispute 1945-1950. Fine copy.
VREDENBREGT, J., De opstand. Het relaas van een krijgsgevangene. Tweede, geheel herziene druk [Second completely revised edition]. Amsterdam, Nijgh & van Ditmar, 1990 Original coloured and illustrated limp wrappers. 141pp. Glossary indonesian-dutch, synopsis with author's portrait on lower outer cover, table of contents. ADDED a dutch language pressclipping, an interview with author with portrait. Author's experiences as a P.O.W. of the Republican Indonesian Army during the dutch-indonesian dispute 1945-1949, in which author's political change of opinion towards the republic is picturer. Paperback edition (as publ.). Very good copy.
VREEDE, M. DE, Selamat Merdeka. Orig. edn. Amsterdam/Antwerpen, Atlas/Contact, 1997 Orig. limp coloured glossy wrapper, illustration on front wrapper by author, design of wrappers by Marjo Starink. 320pp. Sketch-maps of Java and the Minahasa, Northern Sulawesi, on endpapers, concise bibliography, register, table of abbreviations used, table of contents. Author's stay in Indonesia at the time of the 50th. anniversary of independence, 17th. august 1945-17th august 1995, re-visiting places of her childhood on Java and the Minahasa, Northern Sulawesi, jotting down stories and experiences of local people pertaining to their feelings on the revolutionary period and Indonesia's independence, incl. her own recollections on the japanese occupation of Indonesia during the Pacific war, her stay in various internment-camps and the revolutionary period shortly after the japanese surrender and liberation of Indonesia. Paperback edn. (as orig. publ.). Good to very good copy. (name of previous owner on recte of hftitle).
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Visa Processing
Visa Arrangements
Passport Processing
Hotel Visa Processing
Business Travel Requirements
Immigration Regulations And Requirements
General Travel Management
Nature of Strategic Public Relations
Booking Arrangement
Hotel Reservation
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Events Planning and Protocol
Recovery Planning and Protocol
Exhibition Planning...
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Tourism and International Relations Module 1, United Nation Protocol, International Organizations - Dushanbe
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Explain the objectives and principles of the United Nations
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Computing and Information Technology Course - Dushanbe
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Information Systems Projects
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Advanced Budgeting For Business Enhancement, Planning and Budgetary Control Systems - Dushanbe
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On-Line ISO 9000 Quality Systems Course - Dushanbe
ISO 9000 Quality Systems Course
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Upstream Oil & Gas Accounting & Contracts - Dushanbe
Day 1 – UPSTREAM OIL and GAS OPERATIONS
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Comprehensive Real Estate Management - Conveyancing and Property Valuation, Deconstructing real estate management, Title as evidence of Property Ownership, Tenancy in Common - Dushanbe
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Introduction to Process Control
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Dynamics of Organisational Change Management, Change Management and Human Resource Implications, Internal and External Environmental Analysis - Dushanbe
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Internal Audit; incorporating Corporate Governance & Financial Risk Management, Internal audit structure and Corporate Governance, Financial Risk and Unpredictability: Uncontrollable Environmental Issues - Dushanbe
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International Trade Promotion and Marketing, The Different Approaches to Marketing, Trade and the Global Economy - Dushanbe
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List The Different Stages In The...
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Advanced Project Management - Dushanbe
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A wonderfully expanded version of this classic of funky funky female soul! Marva Whitney was one of the greatest singers in the James Brown stable of stars during the late 60s – and she sang with a hard raw style worth of The Godfather himself! Brother James produced and wrote a good part of this classic album – and the record is one of the greatest JB albums of all time! Nearly every cut's a winner – like the sample classic "Unwind Yourself", which has a crazy corkscrew sax line, or the massive two-part remake of the Isley's "It's Your Thing" (titled "It's My Thing"), or the slowly funky "Get Out Of My Life", or the massive duet with Bobby Byrd "You Got To Have A Job", or the classic instrumental "In The Middle". This reissue is an expanded version, and it features a very excellent batch of tracks that were previously only issued as funky 45s! Tracks include "Sunny", "I Made A Mistake Because It's Only You (parts 1 & 2)", "You Got To Have A Job", "Shades Of (inst)", "I'm Tired I'm Tired I'm Tired", "This Girl's In Love With You", "He's The One", "Unwind Yourself", "What Kind Of Man", "Things Got To Get Better", "It's My Thing (parts 1 & 2)", and "Get Out Of My Life". 18 cuts in all. © 1996-2013, Dusty Groove, Inc. |
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Guild weaves Uncommon Threads together at Greenbank
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"I just love walking into the Uncommon Threads event on the first day," said weaver Linda LaMay of Clinton.
Uncommon Threads is the Whidbey Weavers Guild's annual event that will be held Friday and Saturday, Nov. 2-3, at Greenbank Farm.
According to guild organizers, this annual showcase of fiber artist talent represents "millions of hours of work."
"It's mind-boggling to see all these artists together and see all the incredible work they've done," said Whidbey Weavers Guild president Ann Smith of Coupeville.
"It's a labor of love for us all," said Guild member Lynn Sheffield, who owns Olympic Mist Alpaca Farm in Freeland.
The entire Whidbey Weavers Guild participates in staging the Uncommon Threads event, which attracts fiber art enthusiasts from all over Whidbey as well as off-Island. In addition to offering handmade items for sale, the guild also presents hands-on, interactive educational activities covering an array of fiber arts including Japanese Kumihimo braiding, loom weaving and spinning. Fiber artists will be available throughout the event to talk with customers about their designs and techniques.
The Weavers Guild embraces all fiber crafts that use "interlacement" techniques said Sheffield.
They're offering hand-spun yarns, dyed spinning fibers, rugs, braided or felted jewelry, baskets, clothing and housewares, said Smith. as well as silk painting and batik as examples of surface design, and woven Japanese temari balls.
The guild also offers numerous educational opportunities to the community throughout the year. Guild meetings, which are open to the public, are held from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. the first Thursday each month at Pacific NorthWest Art School at 15 N.W. Birch St. in Coupeville.
"We have incredible 'show and tell' at our meetings," said LaMay, who appreciates fellow weavers for sharing their skills.
"We represent a wealth of cumulative weaving knowledge and there are several gracious mentors among the membership," said LaMay.
"The guild is collaborative rather than competitive," said Sheffield. "Our purpose is to educate the public about fiber arts."
Guild members participated in several "Sheep to Shawl" demonstrations at the Tilth Sunday Markets over the summer, which started with sheep-shearing and ended with the creation of three shawls from the spun wool. A tri-fold educational board about the Sheep to Shawl project will be on display at the Uncommon Threads event.
Fiber artists will realize 75 percent of the sale price of their items sold. Twenty-five percent of sales will go to the nonprofit Weavers Guild to fund community outreach and demonstrations of fiber arts, such as Sheep to Shawl, the Whidbey Island Fair, classes at local libraries and Boys & Girls Clubs. Another big educational event is the annual "Spin-In" at Oak Harbor High School in early April.
Uncommon Threads will be open from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov. 2 to coincide with First Friday evening activities at Greenbank Farm. Saturday hours for the show are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. For more information, go to http://whidbeyweaversguild.org.
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September 28, 2009 | GSS COUNSELLOR | Mississauga | Competition #2009-083
Competition # | 2009-083 |
Date: | September 28, 2009 |
Position: | GSS COUNSELLOR |
Location: | Peel (Mississauga) |
Start Date: | Immediately |
Minimum Start Salary: | $49,669 per annum |
Position Status: | 6-Month Temporary Contract, |
Provide individual support services to adults (age 16+) who are culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened and hard of hearing or to their family and informal care givers which will enable them to live independently within their community and access services and supports (home, work, school, family and social). Promote and advocate for accessibility and sensitivity community-wide.
Direct Service:
- Accept referrals in person, by phone, fax, or email, and screen clients for eligibility for GSS services and schedule appointments for eligible clients
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- Provide information to clients about topics related to deafness and hearing loss in a manner that allows the client to make informed choices
- Assess social, psychological, emotional and physical needs of clients for case management
- Provide immediate and short-term intervention services for clients in crisis
- Develop short and long range service plans in relation to specific client needs
- Team work, liaise and consult with appropriate CHS staff and external service providers, as required.
- As determined, co-manage with CONNECT cases that require both a GSS and Connect Counsellor
- As determined, co-manage with Employment Services cases that require both a GSS and Employment Consultant
- Provide ongoing case management including co-ordinated long-term support to maximize the individual's level of functioning in the community
- Attend case conferences in relation to client requirements
- Provide confidential supportive counselling in relation to client needs as follows:
- Provide individual consumers with support to ensure that community services are accessible and that their individual rights are protected (consumer/systemic advocacy)
- Provide special assistance, e.g. reading/understanding letters, filling out applications, etc.
- Assist clients with the process of securing housing including contacting landlords, explaining financial requirements, etc. or making referrals to other related services
- Assess and advise on hearing aids and communication devices - demonstrate, install and train clients on using communication devices, as required.
- Assist client with understanding the process of immigration, legal proceedings, etc.
- Assist clients with the development of social skills, life skills
- Minimal assistance with employment related issues
- Initiate, facilitate and monitor support groups, facilitate financial assistance for clients in need and assist with income supports (e.g. ODSP, Ontario Works, LTD, pension, CPP, etc.)
- Refer clients to other community agencies or services as required
- Liaise and act as resource for CHS Staff and community and government agencies and services
- Other duties as assigned
- Maintain and update accurate client reports, files, assessment forms and other information as required by CHS and Ministry of Health policies and procedures
- Maintain waiting list as required
- Initiate and follow up on correspondence and phone calls from clients, general public and other referral sources including government and agency contacts
- Complete internal (CHS) statistics as required using the GSS database
- Maintain and provide summary of client services reports when required
- Respond to written requests for confidential client information in accordance with CHS Privacy Policy, relevant professional College and legal guidelines
- Update and maintain resource files on community resources, government programs etc.
- Provide office back up in the absence of other staff
- Other duties as assigned
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- Act as CHS representative and provide information about services, deafness, and hearing loss to the public
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- Coordinate information and facilitate and participate in specific programs such as community or consumer workshops as required
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- Acquire and maintain ASL proficiency requirement for the position (Advanced-Plus)
- Regional Program Manager, Peel
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- 2 – 3 years counselling and case management experience
- Fluency in American Sign Language (ASL) or willingness to learn
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- Demonstrated excellent interpersonal, organizational and communication skills
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- Demonstrated creativity and flexibility
- Demonstrated ability to handle multiple priorities
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and as a member of a team
- Proficiency in MS Office Suite and Internet
- Must have valid driver's license and access to a reliable vehicle
- Regular local travel in Mississauga, Peel and Halton Hills areas; occasional out of town travel e.g. ASL classes, retreats, etc.
CLOSING DATE: | Internal* - October 6, 2009 External - Until Filled *Please note that as per the terms of our Collective Agreement, qualifying internal candidates will be considered first. External candidates - you will be contacted if you are selected for an interview. |
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Forum for all Croatian fans of the best band in the whole universe-Bon Jovi =) Forum za sve hrvatske fanove najboljeg benda u svemiru-Bon Jovija =)
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