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Monday Recruitin' Prefers Queazy
Today's recruiting roundup covers the latest on David Dawson and Gareon Conley, new candidates to round out the 2013 class, the latest wave of 2014 offers, and more.
Guess Who's Back
Talk to me man
Yes, Brian stole my thunder on Friday, but here it is again: David Dawson was re-offered last week after having a "heart to heart"($) with Brady Hoke and will take an official visit to Ann Arbor on December 14th. This is, unequivocally, a good thing; Michigan needs one more offensive lineman in the class and Dawson is easily the best among the available options.
It's also a strike against critics of Hoke's nebulous "Policy"—one that's never been explicitly stated, mind you—as it's clear he deals with these matters on a case-by-case basis, as he should. A commitment taking visits doesn't necessarily mean he's gone from the class forever; it does mean he hold a spot while looking around. This ensures, as much as one can ensure with these things, that members of the class show the same level of commitment given to them by the school.
On that note: Gareon Conley will also take an official visit to Michigan on December 14th, according to ESPN's Brad Bournival ($). He'll also visit Ohio State this Thursday, and all indications are this is a two-horse race between the Wolverines and Buckeyes—Conley wanted an Oregon offer before he took a visit to Eugene and one has yet to materialize.
It seems very possible that both Dawson and Conley could end up back in the class when all is said and done. Dawson seems to regret parting ways with Michigan—there were rumors he tried to talk his way back into the fold shortly after the coaches dropped him—and I'd be surprised if Hoke would re-offer without a pretty good idea of where Dawson is headed. Conley looks to be more of a toss-up, but Michigan has his father in their corner.
[Hit THE JUMP for new 2013 and 2014 offers, the updated 2013 Rivals100, and BAYLE WOLF.]
Monday Recruitin' Hits The Road
Today's recruiting roundup surveys the landscape as several coaches are fired and the rest prepare for in-home visits, recaps Michigan commits in their state playoffs, and more.
One Final Note From The Game
Massillon Washington DB/WR Gareon Conley was in Columbus for #THEGAME today, we are being told
— 11W Recruiting (@11WRecruiting) November 25, 2012
There's no official word on Conley's status, but don't expect him to be considered a commit for much longer. The question of whether or not he could find himself back in the class eventually is more difficult to answer; his situation isn't the same as David Dawson's or Pharaoh Brown's—Conley was up-front with the coaches about his desire to take visits. We'll have to wait and see if the coaches decide to treat his case differently.
And Now Let's Never Talk About The Game Again
Good? Good.
In-home visits with recruits begin this week, and some very interesting names have emerged as players who will host Michigan coaches, including one we haven't seen in a while:
How bout this for blast from the past? Hearing #Michigan will drop in on Joliet (IL) RB Ty Isaac this week
— Sam Webb (@SamWebb77) November 26, 2012
Yes, that Ty Isaac, one-time top running back target and current USC commit. While there's no indication that he's wavering on his commitment, Lane Kiffin's job security has come under fire—especially in the wake of a derp-tacular finish to the Notre Dame game—and it's worth noting that recruits must approve of a visit before a coach can drop by; Isaac is at least willing to listen to Michigan's latest pitch.
Does that mean anything in regards to VA RB Derrick Green? I doubt it. Green's other presumed top choices, Auburn and Tennessee, have now both fired their head coaches—in Auburn's case, they just cleaned out the entire staff. That leaves Oregon, Miami, and Ole Miss as Michigan's top competition. Oregon doesn't fit Green's stated desire to play in a pro-style offense and Miami has the Nevin Shapiro cloud looming over their program. It's possible Green chooses Ole Miss out of a desire to play in the South, but that's a major step down in program quality compared to Michigan.
[For more planned in-home visits, a wrapup of last weekend's playoff action, and more, hit THE JUMP.]
Future Blue Originals 2012: Out-Of-State Primer
Previously: In-State Primer
Yesterday, I went over the schedules of Michigan's in-state commits, highlighting certain matchups for this fall's Future Blue Originals. Today's out-of-state primer is going to look a little different, mostly because I didn't want to embed 20-something tables into this post. Last year we got some great reader submissions of scouting reports, photos, and even video of Michigan commits for games I could not attend. We'd love to get even more of those this year, so I've compiled a couple of handy resources that should make this easy to organize.
Handy Map
View Future Blue Originals Commit/Target Map in a larger map
Say you live in—to take a completely random example—eastern Ohio, and you're wondering how you could help the blog. Well, wonder no more. The map above features the high school locations for each of Michigan's 23 senior commits, as well as Detroit Loyola (Malik McDowell) and St. Clairsville (Michael Ferns). If you live close to any of the above locations and think you could contribute a passable scouting report, mark it down on the...
Handy Master Schedule
...master schedule for each of Michigan's commits and select targets. It's a Google Doc that I've made editable by the public (please use this privilege wisely); as you can see, games I'll be attending are in bold, followed by my name. If you plan to attend a game and submit a report, photos, or video, mark it down in the same fashion. If you're willing, please also include your email; if you (understandably) don't want it on a public document, just shoot me an email, but please make sure to still mark the game you're attending so others know what's covered as well.
If you're one of those people who watches a lot of football but you aren't sure you've got the chops to do a detailed report, please contact me anyway; I'm happy to give a few pointers about what to watch for a particular position or prospect. If we get enough user-submitted reports, I'll either include them in each week's FBO post or compile them in a weekly feature.
Now, on to the primer itself, broken down by region.
Eastern Ohio/Western Pennsylvania
CB Ross Douglas (2013 Commit), Avon High School, Avon (OH): Avon is coming off a 13-2 season that ended at the hands of Mike McCray, Cam Burrows, and their Trotwood-Madison squad in the Division II state title game. Douglas plays running back as well as corner for the Eagles, so there will be plenty to scout if you check him out.
LB Ben Gedeon (2013 Commit), Hudson High School, Hudson (OH): Hudson finished 10-2 in 2011, bowing out in the second round of the OHSAA playoffs. Gedeon does a little bit of everything, playing tight end, H-back, wide receiver, kick returner, and even quarterback. He might be the recruit I most wish lived three hours closer to Ann Arbor.
CB Gareon Conley (2013 Commit), Washington High School, Massillon (OH): Perennial powerhouse Massillon Washington had a down year by their standards in 2011, going 7-3 and missing the state playoffs. Conley managed to record four interceptions and nine PBUs last year despite playing much of the season in a cast; there's a good chance he'll be making big plays if you decide to head to a game.
RB DeVeon Smith (2013 Commit), Howland High School, Warren (OH): Howland's perfect 9-0 regular season in 2011 was spoiled with a first-round exit from the Division II playoffs. Smith has combined for just under 4,000 rushing yards over the last two seasons; if you're looking for a prospect that's easy to scout and will have plenty of opportunities to show his stuff, it's probably Smith.
S Dymonte Thomas (2013 Commit), Marlington High School, Alliance (OH): Marlington posted an 8-2 record in 2011, which wasn't quite good enough to earn them a spot in the state playoffs. Thomas rushed for 875 yards and 13 TDs as a running back while tallying 102 tackles and an interception on defense. In fact, I'd say he's the best guy to scout over Smith, but safety play is a little tougher to evaluate than a running back.
LB Michael Ferns (2014 Commit), St. Clairsville High School, St. Clairsville (OH): St. Clairsville finished 10-2 last season, going down in the second round of the Division IV playoffs. Ferns tallied 136 tackles at linebacker and also was a very dangerous weapon at both running back and tight end.
OL Patrick Kugler (2013 Commit), North Allegheny High School, Wexford (PA): North Allegheny advanced all the way to the state semifinals before suffering their first loss of the season in 2011.
Columbus Area
TE Jake Butt (2013 Commit), Pickerington North High School, Pickerington (OH): Despite an 8-2 record, Pickerington North failed to make the playoffs last season. Butt starred at both tight end and defensive end, tallying 427 yards and seven TDs on offense and ten sacks on defense. I'm planning to watch North take on their cross-town rivals, who feature...
DE Taco Charlton (2013 Commit), Pickerington Central High School, Pickerington (OH): Central not only defeated North last season, they made it all the way to the Division I title game before falling to St. Ignatius. Charlton had 60 tackles and seven TFL as a situational player last year and should see his role expand this season.
WR Jaron Dukes (2013 Commit), Marion-Franklin High School, Columbus (OH): The Red Devils went 13-1 in 2011, losing only to Trotwood-Madison in the Division I state semifinals. Dukes contribted 36 catches for 673 yards and seven touchdowns last season. Marion-Franklin faces off against Pickerington Central on August 31st at 7:30 pm; I'll be in Dallas, so if someone could cover that game it would be a huge help.
Definitely Not The Columbus Area*
LB Mike McCray (2013 Commit), Trotwood-Madison High School, Trotwood (OH): Trotwood-Madison captured the Division II state title last season over Douglas's Avon squad to cap off a perfect 15-0 season. McCray had a big year statistically at linebacker—88 tackles, two forced fumbles, five interceptions, and three defensive touchdowns—and also contributed heavily at tight end. They open on August 26th with a televised game against Ft. Lauderdale University School.
*Apologies, Trotwood natives.
OL Kyle Bosch (2013 Commit), St. Francis High School, Wheaton (IL): St. Francis went 8-3 last season, falling in the second round of the Class 5A state playoffs. Bosch earned all-area and all-state honors and should do the same this season.
OL Logan Tuley-Tillman (2013 Commit), Manual High School, Peoria (IL): Manual struggled to a 3-6 record last season. Tuley-Tillman will once again start at left tackle; his development is one to watch closely given his raw talent.
LS Scott Sypniewski (2013 Commit), Marquette High School, Ottawa (IL): Marquette finished just 2-7 last fall. Scouting the long snapper is probably quite unnecessary, but if you'd like to, it's a free country.
OL Chris Fox (2013 Commit), Ponderosa High School, Parker (CO): Ponderosa finished just 4-6 last season. Fox starred on both the offensive and defensive lines.
DT Maurice Hurst Jr. (2013 Commit), Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood (MA): Xaverian Brothers went 6-5 in 2011. Hurst was a first-team all-state defensive tackle, and perhaps more impressively also toted the rock as a massive running back. Fat guy touchdowns, ahoy!
DT Henry Poggi (2013 Commit), Gilman School, Baltimore (MD): Gilman, coached by Poggi's father Biff, finished 10-1 in 2011 against an impressive schedule, with Henry posting ten sacks. This year Gilman opens against three powerhouse programs: Cincinnati Archbishop Moeller (8/26), Our Lady of Good Counsel (8/31), and Don Bosco Prep (9/8). Any one of those games would be great to attend and scout.
CB Channing Stribling (2013 Commit), Butler High School, Matthews (NC): Butler capped off an 11-2 season with a run to the Class 4AA state quarterfinals in 2011. Stribling excelled on both sides of the ball, catching eight touchdowns as a receiver and intercepting six passes at corner. As one of Michigan's least-scouted prospects, I'd love to hear reports on him, as well.
If you're able to attend any games for the above players—or the in-state recruits, as well—update the Google doc and send me an email. I'll be in contact with those who express interest in scouting as the season approaches.
Friday Recruitin' Gets Bored, Watches Highlights, Fisks
Today's recruiting roundup takes a look at full junior film for four 2013 commits, addresses an interesting theory on offensive line recruiting, and details a couple of recent offers.
Butt Taco D-Train MANBALL*
It's been a slow week for recruiting news, so luckily ScoutingOhio's Mark Porter unleashed full-length junior highlight videos for four Michigan commits. Here they are, with some brief analysis; first up is TE Jake Butt:
Once you get past the first half of the video, which is comprised of defensive highlights, you get to see some impressive play from Butt at tight end. He catches the ball away from his body, displays sure hands, and does a really nice job of turning back to the quarterback and giving him a target on just about every route. These are just highlights, but he also looks solid as a blocker. Butt doesn't have off-the-charts athleticism and he could be a little sharper on his route-running; he still looks like a player who could come in and have a quick impact if he can add the necessary size and strength before he hits campus.
DE Taco Charlton:
Charlton mostly played as a situational pass-rusher last fall, so his highlights aren't as lengthy as the others. That said, the outstanding athleticism that makes him such an intriguing prospect is on full display, as he's often able to just blow by opposing blockers without facing much resistance. There are issues with technique, especially when it comes to shedding blocks; those should improve with proper coaching, a summer on the camp circuit, and starter's experience in the fall. Given Michigan's depth at defensive end, Charlton likely won't have to play right away, but he looks like he could make a big impact down the road, at the very least in the same role he played last year.
S Dymonte Thomas:
Before you start calling for Thomas to play running back, check out the next tape (and also remember that Michigan is seriously in the mix for Ty Isaac). We don't get to see Thomas playing much safety in the above clip—he spends a lot of his time in the box—but we do get to see his sideline-to-sideline speed, quick diagnosis against the run, and ability to come up and lay a lick. I don't see a whole lot not to like here, though I'll be interested to see if he plays more deep half as a senior and we get some more film of him in coverage; there's not a lot to go on above.
RB DeVeon Smith:
Hello, MANBALL. Smith may not have breakaway speed, but he displays everything else you'd like to see when running the football: great initial burst, good vision through the hole, legs that don't stop moving upon contact, and the power to punish defenders for attempts to arm-tackle. The one caveat to this video is that Smith didn't play the highest level of competition last year; he comes from the same league at Fitzgerald Toussaint, however, and that worked out just fine. We don't get to see him block much, and passes are limited to swings and screens, but there's little doubt that Smith should have an impact carrying the football.
Former All-Pro offensive lineman Kyle Turley evaluated four of Michigan's five offensive line commits in a free article at 247Sports; he's apparently over his OUTRAGE from Brady Hoke leaving San Diego State (his alma mater) to coach at Michigan, because the reviews are quite positive. Unfortunately for us, they're also pretty much identical for each of the four players (Logan Tuley-Tillman, Chris Fox, Kyle Bosch, and Patrick Kugler). In short:
Strengths—Mean streak, size
Can Work On—Pad level, footwork
Part of this is because leverage and technique can always be improved upon, especially in making the transition to the college game. Also, Michigan has assembled an impressive collection of big linemen who finish blocks with authority. There is a little more insight in the full article, including the fact that Bosch appears to be the most college-ready of the four.
*That's gotta provide an SEO boost, right?
Pro-Sized Offensive Linemen: Good
I was pleased to see that SBNation recently unveiled Land-Grant Holy Land, a new Ohio State blog spearheaded by 11W and EDSBS contributor Luke Zimmerman. This recruiting-related article for the site by DJ Byrnes, however, should probably be addressed. I won't give "Brady Hoke's Blind Spot" the full FJM-style fisking, but here's the setup after a brief discussion of how good former OSU OL Alex Boone looked as a high school prospect [emphasis mine]:
Two years later, I watched Alex Boone get eviscerated by Urban Meyer's Florida Gators. Play after play, there was another rabid jackal clad in orange and blue, running down a previously elusive Troy Smith. There was no mercy and no quarter given. There was no pity. It was just unrelenting pressure, and Alex Boone succumbed to it.
The next year, Alex Boone got eaten alive by LSU's defensive line in a game where I'm surprised Todd Boeckman wasn't killed. Again, it was a straight up mauling for which Boone and his compatriots had little defense. The Buckeyes didn't get beat like a drum against LSU as they did against Florida, but it was another poor showing for the offensive line. (SEC coaches understand: a deep, versatile defensive line will give bigger, slower offensive lines nightmares over the course of a game.)
So, this is why I laugh at Michigan and their recruitment of Boone-like clones to stock their offensive line. It's also why I get super giddy when I compare those efforts against Urban's.
Yes, this is an argument against recruiting pro-sized offensive linemen, and the crux of the argument is based on the failings of Alex Boone. There are many flaws to this, but the most notable is that Alex Boone didn't fall short of expectations at Ohio State because he was 6'8", 310+ pounds. He fell short because, through most of his college career, he was a raging alcoholic, at one point admitting to drinking up to 40 beers a night during the weekend. That will slow down just about anybody.
Byrnes then notes the rather massive human beings Michigan is bringing in for both the 2012 and 2013 classes, as well as the extremely high level of talent the Buckeyes are assembling along the defensive line. I have no argument here—there should be some epic trench clashes in the future of this rivalry. I think Michigan has a good chance of coming out on top in those clashes, however, because this simply isn't true:
Brady Hoke will be good for Michigan. He may even beat Ohio State once or twice during his tenure, but he doesn't seem to realize that college football has shifted away from massive, clattering offensive lines. By the time he does, it might already be too late.
First, it's worth noting that massive =/= unathletic. Taylor Lewan is 6'8", but he's also got remarkably quick feet. Anyone who watched 6'9", 345-pound tackle Jonathan Ogden play as a pro remembers him for somehow resembling the world's most devastating ballerina. As for the college football world moving away from large offensive lines, here are your spring depth charts for the two teams to play for the 2011 national title:
1) If college football is moving away from behemoth offensive lines, we forgot to inform the SEC, which has somehow managed to make do.
2) *Looks at Alabama's depth chart, shudders*
So, in short, you probably shouldn't worry about Michigan reeling in large classes of man-sized linemen being a bad thing. This argument could probably have been accomplished with one word—Wisconsin—but it's a slow week.
Okay, one last thing. Urban Meyer was hired on November 28th, 2011. After that date, the Buckeyes added three offensive linemen to their 2012 class: Taylor Decker (6'8", 315), Joey O'Connor (6'4", 295), and Kyle Dodson (6'6", 315). Yep, Meyer isn't stupid, either.
[So, um, MnB's Zach Travis did this too, and his take is worth a read as well. I swear I wrote this yesterday. So it goes.]
New Offers, Ojemudia Enrolls Early, Etc.
Michigan isn't slowing down on the hunt for wide receivers, as Tim Sullivan reports that their latest 2013 offer was extended to three-star MD WR Paul Harris ($, info in header). Harris stands at 6'3", 185 lbs., and he plans to attend Michigan's one-day camp on June 21st. The Wolverines are a mortal lock to add two more receivers to the class, and I wouldn't be surprised if they take three given the lack of proven depth and the scholarship no longer being held for E.J. Levenberry.
Tremendous got the scoop that the Wolverines also threw their hat in the ring for one of the top defensive prospects of 2014, NJ CB Jabrill Peppers. Peppers already holds offers from Florida, LSU, Miami (FL), Notre Dame, Rutgers, and South Carolina, and that list will likely include a laundry-list of national powers before all is said and done. Peppers told Aquaman that he grew up watching Michigan—favorite players: Mike Hart and Mario Manningham—and has interest in a visit, either in the summer or fall.
11W's Alex Gleitman spoke to four-star MA DL Maurice Hurst Jr. after a recent visit to Columbus, and Hurst stated that he'll visit Michigan and Michigan State in the near future, and then he'll be "done with visits." He'd like to make his decision in the next month and a half, and currently lists Ohio State, Michigan, and Virginia as the schools sticking out to him. Buckeye coaches apparently told him that they'll take another defensive tackle; we'll see if the loaded D-line class there affects his decision, especially if things go well on his trip to Ann Arbor.
The Wolverine's Andy Reid reports that 2012 DE Mario Ojemudia will enroll for spring term on Monday, giving the man with the laser death-stare a leg up on strength and conditioning, not to mention a head start in the classroom. Ojemudia needs to add a fair amount of weight before he'll be able to line up with his hand in the dirt, so this is welcome news.
You can probably rule out Michigan for a couple of California prospects. CA RB Justin Davis has "pretty much" narrowed down to a final three of USC, Cal, and Washington, and he expects to make his decision soon ($, info in header). With the Wolverines focused in on Ty Isaac and Derrick Green, that doesn't come as much of a surprise. If Michigan was back in the market for linebackers after losing out on Levenberry—very unlikely, considering the prospects they've turned away—they seems out of the race for CA LB Michael Hutchings, who's aiming for a summer decision and is only mentioning Pac-12 schools as possible visit destinations ($).
Quickly: Free Rivals article on CA WR Demorea Stringfellow, who Mike Farrell describes as a "tough matchup for cornerbacks" because of his size (6'2", 185) and ability to go up and get the football.
Friday Recruitin' Smashes Heads
- 2013 recruiting
- adam breneman
- ben gedeon
- cole luke
- darius latham
- dorian o'daniel
- dymonte thomas
- evan lisle
- gareon conley
- henry poggi
- jake butt
- joey bosa
- jonathan allen
- logan tuley-tillman
- matt miller
- michael hill
- patrick kugler
- rod crayton
- scott orndoff
- standish dobard
- su'a cravens
- tashawn bower
- vernon hargreaves
- wyatt shallman
Today's recruiting roundup takes a look at Patrick Kugler's newly-released junior highlights, breaks down 2013 Ohio rankings, discusses visitors and new offers, and more.
Commits: Prepared For MANBALL
Patrick Kugler's junior highlights were uploaded to YouTube today, and as you can see above, Michigan's latest commit has no problem playing through the whistle. Offensive line highlights start at the 2:32 mark (though his D-line clips are well worth a watch) and largely consist of Kugler planting a defender into the turf, often several yards downfield. Speaking of Kugler, GBW chatted with him recently, and it turns out he didn't even need to meet Brady Hoke before being sold on Michigan (free article!):
Patrick Kugler committed to Michigan football program this past weekend without even talking to his future head coach Brady Hoke. That has since changed as the four-star offensive linemen finally caught up with the head man last night.
"He is really exactly how I pictured him," Kugler said to GoBlueWolverine about his phone conversation with Hoke. "He has very high energy. He is serious and very straight to the point. I like everything about him on the phone. I can't wait to go meet him actually."
You can't say enough about the recruiting job Hoke has done in a little over a year at the helm in Ann Arbor, but don't undersell what his assistants have accomplished; if Darrell Funk isn't on multiple end-of-year best recruiter lists, it'll be criminal. The fact that Michigan has its line class sealed up in February is largely his doing.
Bucknuts is counting down the top players in the state of Ohio, and Dymonte Thomas comes in at #4 while Jake Butt
cracks makes the list at #10. (I typed "Butt cracks" without thinking and then started laughing my ass off. Yes, I'm 12 years old.) Here is ScoutingOhio's Mark Porter on Thomas ($):
"He is outstanding on both sides of the ball. He is a no-brainer at safety. He could play tailback because he is so explosive. On offense, he will deliver a blow. But I think Michigan really does see him as a defensive back."
And Porter compares Butt to a guy who would live in Michigan's nightmares if not for Denard Robinson:
"Jake reminds me a bit of Kyle Rudolph, who went to Notre Dame out of Cincinnati Elder. He's long. He's fast. He just needs to get into a college weight room and get bigger and stronger. He has the potential to be a great college tight end."
Scout, meanwhile, has released their top 50 for Ohio. Thomas is #2—behind only OSU commit Jalin Marshall (ahead of Rivals 5-star DB Cameron Burrows)—Butt is #10, Jaron Dukes is #20, and Taco Charlton is #29. Other recruits of interest include RB DeVeon Smith (#3), LB Ben Gedeon (#11), LB Mike McCray (#13), CB Gareon Conley (#16), CB Darian Hicks (#19), TE Jake Matuska (#22), and WR Kevin Gladney (#23).
Chantel Jennings profiled Wyatt Shallman today, and a big reason why the big athlete from Catholic Central committed to Michigan was because they gave him the chance to play tailback. Expect him to bring quite the physical attitude to the position ($):
"[My grandpa] always talked about how power football and power running, downhill, four yards a carry, that sort of thing, that has always been Michigan's M.O.," Shallman said. "That's really what Michigan football is about. That's really what football is about, smashing heads."
Shallman is training with Mike Barwis on top of his regular workouts with CC; heads will be smashed.
Quickly: The Wolverine breaks down film of Logan Tuley-Tillman ($), and the evaluation goes along the lines of everything else you've read on him: great athleticism and drive, needs work on technique. TomVH on the reinvigorated recruiting rivalry between Michigan and Ohio State ($).
Weekend Visitors, The Linebacker Crunch, and More
As far as I've seen, Michigan has just two visitors lined up for this weekend: Hudson (OH) LB Ben Gedeon (possible, not set in stone) and Indianapolis (IN) North Central OT/DT Darius Latham (both links $). Latham is an interesting prospect—he's adept on either side of the ball, though at this point the Wolverines would only take him at defensive tackle.
Gedeon, meanwhile, is one of the top linebackers in the Midwest, but there's going to be a serious crunch at the position. Michigan leads for Good Counsel LB Dorian O'Daniel, who's higher-ranked than Gedeon, and also for top-50 overall prospect E.J. Levenberry, and they could secure the commitment of Trotwood-Madison LB Mike McCray on March 8th when he announces. After last year's bumper crop, the only spot along the linebacking corps that really needs reinforcements is at SLB, where both Levenberry and McCray project. O'Daniel and Gedeon seem more like MIKE/WLB types; right now it looks like Michigan will only take two LBs, though it's possible that they grab a third if the numbers work out and a guy like Levenberry is looking to commit. All four are high-quality prospects, so this could become a first-come, first-served situation.
O'Daniel wasn't the only player to name Michigan as his leader this week, as he was joined by Massillon (OH) Washington CB Gareon Conley, a four-star prospect ($, info in header). Conley plans to visit Ann Arbor on March 10th, and he wants to make his decision before his senior season; we'll see if things move quickly on that front, as he'd be the big (6'1", 170 lbs.) corner Michigan wants.
Quickly running through other players who named Michigan among their top x lists: Dadeville (AL) DT Rod Crayton now has the Wolverines in his top five with Tennessee, Mississippi State, Penn State, and LSU ($, info in header). Ashburn (VA) Stone Bridge DE Jonathan Allen named a top six of Michigan, Alabama, Oklahoma, Penn State, Florida and NC State ($, info in header). Five-star S/RB/LB Su'a Cravens hasn't narrowed down his list, but says that "USC, UCLA, Michigan and Washington are recruiting me the hardest right now," though he maintains that every school recruiting him is equal at the moment ($, info in header).
New Offers, Future Potential Visitors, and Happy Trails
A couple new offers surfaced for the Wolverines in the last few days. New Orleans (LA) Edna Carr TE Standish Dobard now lists a Michigan offer; he's a three-star recruit to 247, but is being pursued by most of the heavy hitters in the SEC. The Wolverines also recently offered Pendleton (SC) four-star DT Michael Hill, who's considering a summer visit to Ann Arbor ($, info in header).
Several players are planning future visits to Ann Arbor. Here's the most recent list:
- Pittsburgh (PA) Seton-La Salle TE Scott Orndoff just decommitted from Wisconsin and will be on campus March 17th ($). He says if he likes the visit, Michigan will shoot to the top of his list.
- Tampa (FL) Wharton five-star CB Vernon Hargreaves III might be a tough pull from the state of Florida, but he's considering a summer visit ($, info in header).
- 247's #37 overall player, Ft. Lauderdale (FL) St. Thomas Aquinas DE Joey Bosa, is in regular contact with Greg Mattison and will likely visit Michigan and Ohio State in an upcoming weekend ($).
- Perhaps the top priority among DT recruits, Baltimore (MD) Gilman's Henry Poggi, has already visited Michigan twice but wants to see Ann Arbor again ($, info in header).
- Chandler (AZ) Hamilton CB Cole Luke, a four-star prospect, is thinking about swinging by Michigan and Notre Dame after planned spring trips to Texas and Oklahoma ($).
- Somerville (NJ) Immaculata DE Tashawn Bower is talking with Curt Mallory about setting up a spring or summer visit ($, info in header).
There are a couple happy trails to report. Camp Hill (PA) Cedar Cliff's Adam Breneman, the top-ranked TE in the country, will announce his decision on March 9th at 7 pm. He has not visited Michigan, so you can rule the Wolverines out; this will likely be a choice between Ohio State and childhood favorite Penn State, and I expect he'll end up with the Nittany Lions. Meanwhile, Centerville (OH) OT Evan Lisle, who held a Michigan offer prior to the O-line spots filling up, committed to Ohio State after receiving his Buckeye offer last week.
Quickly: Sam Webb profiles lineman Matt Miller, brother of Michigan center Jack, in the Detroit News; he could end up as a Spartan unless Michigan decides he's a good option at DT. Black Shoe Diaries recruiting analyst Jeff Junstrom notes an interesting lack of overlap between Michigan and Penn State recruits—only one of M's 13 commits held a PSU offer. Magnus released his initial TTB rankings for the 2013 commits.
Tuesday Recruitin' Ends Vision Quest
- 2012 recruiting
- 2013 recruiting
- alex kozan
- alquadin muhammad
- cameron walker
- chris fox
- chris hawkins
- damore'ea stringfellow
- darrell daniels
- eddie vanderdoes
- jacob matuska
- jake butt
- joe mathis
- khalid hill
- lowell lotulelei
- marcus mcwilson
- matt rolin
- michael hutchings
- mike mccray
- patrick kugler
- rod crayton
- ryan white
- tim harris
- ty isaac
- zach bradshaw
Today's recruiting roundup takes a look at two potential commits (yes, it never ends, and this is good), gets more insight on Patrick Kugler, and finally puts the whole Alex Kozan thing to rest. Finally.
And The Coyote Said, "War Eagle"
Alex Kozan has eaten the Merciless Peppers of Quetzaltenango, spoken with his coyote spiritual guide, and emerged from his vision quest with newfound clarity about his
soulmate college destination: Kozan will be an Auburn Tiger. There's no word on whether he mulled over his decision in a lighthouse, but I'm going to presume this as fact until proven otherwise.
Also, amen to this: "It's been a crazy ride," Kozan said, "but I'm real glad it's over."
We can officially close the book on the class of 2012. We can also discuss guys who will actually play center for Michigan, as more evaluations of new commit Patrick Kugler have come out since his commitment post. Here's Allen Trieu on Kugler's junior film, which is unfortunately stuck behind a Scout paywall ($):
The kid has great feet and gets into the second level very well. He's a technician and a smart player, which you would expect from his dad being an NFL coach. Now, you take all of those strengths and project him to center, and Michigan fans should be excited. He's bigger and more athletic than most center prospects. You essentially have a kid that could easily play tackle or guard for most schools at center. That is also a position where smarts and knowledge of the game come into play and this kid certainly has it. His upside was good to begin with, but as a center, it's excellent.
Excellent, indeed. I'd always rather have a recruit who plays tackle in high school—where high school teams usually stick their best linemen—then learns center in the offseason than a guy who's limited in where he projects. Take a good, but slightly undersized, high school tackle and their ceiling immediately raises when shifted to center if they've got the technique and versatility, which shouldn't be a problem with Kugler. Here's his high school head coach on just that ($):
"I think his ability to play low is one of his strengths," [North Allegheny coach Art] Walker said of Kugler. "He's a great run blocker, and we like to consider him a finisher. He's also a strong pass blocker as well. He runs well, he pulls well, and he has great feet and hands. He's still maturing physically, and he's having his best offseason to date. He can play any position you ask him to, wherever the team needs him most."
I really like the addition of Kugler to the class. Michigan is set along the offensive line unless a guy like Ethan Pocic wants to join the party.
Quickly: Jared Shanker on Jake Butt and his ties to Ohio State and Notre Dame. Tremendous interviews Chris Fox, who's hopefully given up on his dirtbiking hobby. Chantel Jennings on Khalid Hill and #Team134 ($).
Must Not Make Played-Out "That Ish [Mc]Cray" Joke
The #44 prospect in the Rivals100, Trotwood (OH) Madison linebacker Mike McCray, will announce his decision on March 8th between Michigan, Arizona, Illinois, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Tennessee. He has one more visit scheduled: to Michigan, on March 6th. That's a pretty positive sign, and the general feeling is that McCray will end up blue—Rivals.com's Mike Farrell has said as much in multiple twitter posts.
McCray is one of three blue-chip linebackers who Michigan appears to lead for, with E.J. Levenberry and Dorian O'Daniel being the other two. McCray seems like a MLB, while Levenberry and O'Daniel both project to the outside. It's possible Michigan takes all three if they want to commit; it'll come down to a numbers game, but that would be one heck of a linebacker haul. If the Wolverines are saving spots for the best players available, it'll be hard to turn down any of those guys.
Steve Wiltfong posted on the Wolverine247 board today that Michigan "may be the team to beat" for Columbus (OH) Bishop Hartley TE Jacob Matuska after a great visit last Monday ($). This one could be a Michigan/Notre Dame battle, and there's reason for optimism—other than general "Hoke poops magic" optimism—for the Wolverines; a post on BuckeyePlanet says Michigan is very much in the mix despite Matuska being a presumed ND lock ($).
Ty Isaac's Coach Goes Full Fred Jackson and More
TomVH caught up with Ty Isaac's head coach to talk about the Midwest's best running back, and BOOM GALE SAYERS'D ($, info in header):
"Anytime he touches the ball, everybody is on edge, because it could be a Gayle Sayers moment. Every time Sayers touched the ball, he could go, and Ty has that ability," [Joliet Catholic coach Dan] Sharp said. "[Isaac would fit] in any kind of pro-style offense. He's the type of back who can get tough yards, durable, and he's not fun to tackle for safeties and corners."
Sharp also said Isaac reminds him physically of Marcus Allen, NFL Hall of Fame member and Heisman Trophy winner. In relevant, non-hyperbolic news, Isaac has no timetable for a decision and will visit Ann Arbor on March 10th.
Michigan has shown up on several players's top [blank] lists recently. Dadeville (AL) DT Rod Crayton visited on Sunday of that mid-February weekend, and while he didn't catch the virulent strand of commitment fever, he now has Michigan in his top three with LSU and Mississippi State ($, info in header). Another player with U-M in his top three is Rancho Cucamonga (CA) CB Chris Hawkins, along with Stanford and Notre Dame ($, info in header); Hawkins said he grew up idolizing Charles Woodson, so he's obviously got good taste.
While Michigan hasn't yet offered, South Jordan (UT) Bingham DT Lowell Lotulelei likes the Wolverines, Oregon, Utah, and Washington ($). Concord (CA) De La Salle LB Michael Hutchings—yes, another blue-chip LB—hasn't narrowed his list yet, but says the Wolverines will "easily" make the cut when he trims his list to 8 or 10 in April ($, info in header).
And now, your semi-weekly bulleted list, this time of players who have expressed interest in taking visits to Ann Arbor:
- Don Bosco Prep DE Alquadin Muhammed, one of the top defensive prospects in the country, plans to visit Michigan, though he hasn't set a timetable ($, info in header).
- Asburn (VA) Briar Woods LB Matt Rolin will take a visit to Ann Arbor in the spring, along with planned trips to Tennessee, BC, Alabama, South Carolina, Georgia, Georgia Tech, and Virginia Tech ($, info in header).
- Auburn (CA) Placer DT Eddie Vanderdoes told Tremendous he will take one of his officials to Michigan, though he obviously hasn't set those in stone yet. His says his interest in the Wolverines is "very, very high."
- Moreno Valley (CA) Rancho Verde WR Damore'ea Stringfellow hopes to visit Michigan before the start of football season ($).
- Richmond (VA) Varina S Tim Harris recently named Virginia as his top school, but he says his next visit will be to Ann Arbor ($). Virginia Tech and Ohio State are also in the mix.
- Damascus (MD) WR Zach Bradshaw has a Michigan visit in the works ($, info in header).
- Upland (CA) DE Joe Mathis says he'll take one of his official visits to Ann Arbor ($, info in header).
- Los Angeles (CA) Loyola CB Cameron Walker hopes to swing by campus when visiting family in Michigan this April ($).
- Oakley (CA) Freedom WR Darrell Daniels says he'll take an official to Michigan if "[he's] really feeling them," and he may also try to head to the Wolverine camp as well ($).
Finally, there's one happy trails to report. One of the Trinity trio, CB Ryan White, committed to hometown Louisville yesterday over Illinois. Teammate DE Jason Hatcher also seems to be favoring the Cardinals early; we'll see how that affects WR James Quick.


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Dear All,
thank you for reading this.
I am have an engineering background (themodynamic) and do quite some natural ventilation study's. Recently we get larger and larger demands in the usage of cfd-scale. Now we have master planning projects that require airflow simulations (isothermal) on small neighborhoods to city scale. The small neighborhoods require up to 10 to 20 Million cells. the city analysis go up to 40 to 50 million cells.
Due to these two work scopes new investments are needed in our company.
Basically we cant afford to wait 4 to 5 days till a simulation is finished. Is there a good relationship in terms of nmbr of meshing cells , cpu+ram and computation time ( we use k-epsilon , Reynolds and Navier stokes equations mostly)
Advice on this field would be real valuable and insightful. If more info is needed for a good advice i will give so. Thank you for thinking with me on this.
The software you plan to use, and your licencing for how many cores you will be able to run will help us give you recommendations.
The software will be star ccm or fluent from ansys
We will license for a powerlicense probably which gives no restrictions on the amount of cores ( in the case of star ccm.) but only if we need it.
The goal is to get the simulation time done within 2 days or three days. Today's discussion we made clear we will focus on the 10 to 20 M cells max.
Again, some guidance on the specs needed to establish this would be a real help.
Would [ Nmbr of cells / cores] *42= hrs of simulation time be a good one?
assuming the we dont have a difficult solver and enough Ram on board?
example : (15 million cells / 16 cores) *42 = 39 hrs
16 cores is not a very good number, from a software license point of view. It is too small to make good use of a power session license, and Ansys HPC goes (I think) 8-32-128-512. From that point of view, you might as well have 32 cores, because software costs totally swamps the hardware expenses.
Thank you for the clarity.
Yes our work will be 90% steady state + the calcs will be wind driven without any heat solving in the RANS calcs. The goal is to get an understanding which type of pc is needed for our work. We want to invest in computing hardware that will do the projects that has 20M cells within 2 or three days.
Budget wise we can invest for computer + licensing till +/- 60,000 US Dollar.
But if really needed it is stretchable.
The next step will be (this week) to get familiar if we need to get a cluster (wich sounds a bit alien to me). It would be real helpful if people can pinpoint if there are plug/n/play pc's on the market, or if it's a real process to aquire such.
We have a contract with Dell, but if they don't have pc's in this range other producers have to be approached.
It would be great if a few words could be shared with me. This guides me in the correct direction. But allready thanks for the advice that is given.
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In your position I would look at a Dell workstation with dual Xeon E5-2650 CPU's and 16 X 4 GB 1600MHz memory modules. That will give you 16 cores, and will easily meet your time targets. If you buy Ansys HPC up to 32 cores, it will mean that you cannot fully utilise the license, but at least you can fully utilise the hardware. If you require more performance, there is the option of adding another similar workstation and networking them together. You could consider hooking them up point to point with Infiniband network cards, which will save the considerable expense of an Infiniband switch. Get a network professional to sort that connection out for you.
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The Dark Wave Fleet was a fleet of ships originally under the command of the Tainted Yoritomo Kitao and later commanded by Moshi Mogai. The fleet was responsible for instigating the War of Fire and Thunder.
Beginnings Edit
The fleet began operation shortly after the Rain of Blood in 1165. Kitao and many of the crew on her ship, the Bitter Flower were Tainted by the rain and fell to madness. Kitao immediately set sail for the Phoenix city of Toshi no Omoidoso, where she had just departed. Kitao and her men slaughtered everyone in the city, save Garen Hawthorne, who had befriended Kitao during her time in the city. Garen arranged a rendevous for Kitao's fleet and his ships and gave Kitao the Eternal one of his own ships for her to use. [1]
The War of Fire and Thunder Edit
Kitao's fleet and Bloodspeakers working for Asako Kinuye arranged an incident that made it seem as if the Mantis Clan was involved in Maho. The Mantis, of course took exception to the charges and waged war on the Phoenix Clan to protect their honor. During the war Kitao and her forces would attack Phoenix targets while using Maho, adding more evidence to the false charges against the Mantis. [2]
The Battle of Broken Waves Edit
The matter came to a head in 1167 at the Battle of Broken Waves. The Mantis launched an all-or-nothing attack on the Phoenix, commiting their entire fleet to one battle. [3] In the middle of the battle the Dark Wave Fleet emerged from hiding, firing on Mantis and Phoenix alike with tainted gaijin cannons that Kitao's beloved, Garen, had installed for the fleet. The cannons looked something like great insects, and used as ammunition living captives. [4]
Kitao was killed when she and Mantis Clan Champion Yoritomo Kumiko were incinerated by the living cannons. Shortly after, Isawa Sachi raised an island from the bottom of the sea, Kaigen's Island, and Yoritomo Kaigen created an enormous wave, destroying most of the fleet in a hammer-and-anvil attack. Mantis kobune and Orochi destroyed the greater part of the rest of the fleet. [4]
The Spider Edit
The fleet joined the Spider Clan sometime after the Battle of Broken Waves and command was taken up by Moshi Mogai. The fleet was used in the Spider's usual tactic of rescuing villages from bandit attacks, in this case saving island villagers from the Serpents of Sanada pirates. They were aided in this by Yoritomo Hotako, who then left the Mantis to become the Obsidian Champion. [5]
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Beyond The Sea
Beyond the sea, beyond the sea,
My heart is gone, far, far from me;
And ever on its track will flee
My thoughts, my dreams, beyond the sea.
Beyond the sea, beyond the sea,
The swallow wanders fast and free:
Oh, happy bird! were I like thee,
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In this article, we're taking a step back from SEO and diving into design. Specifically, how you can use animation on your site to improve your content, where you might have opportunity to use animation, the pros and cons of animations on your overall site experience, and some resources you can use to get animations up and running fast.
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Where to use animations in your content
There are plenty of opportunities to make your site better for your users and your bottom line when you use animations.
First, you can use animations to improve your user experience, particularly if you have a developer handy. Skeleton screens, loading sequences, and providing visual feedback are just some of the ways UX can be helped by a bit of movement. But like we said, most of these require a developer who may or may not have time to put them in place.
However, you CAN work animations into your content creation to improve engagement relatively quickly and painlessly in the following ways.
The Explainer Video
One of a company's most valuable content assets (if they make one) is an explainer video. If you don't know what an explainer video is, it's pretty much what it sounds like – a short, usually animated video that explains your service. Gradeleap has a superb one, that you can watch below.
For service (or SaaS) companies, the explainer video is one of the best ways to convey what you do and what value you add. Now, building an animated video is a little beyond the scope of most companies' capabilities. However, there are plenty of folks you can outsource this work to for as low as $500. Of course, you can also spend up to $50,000 according to Hubspot, but there is a middle ground to be had.
Animated infographics
The infographic is already a powerful tool in your content library. There are plenty of resources out there where you can get infographics quickly and easily, and with your professional research skills, you already have the words to make them engaging.
Animations can make your infographics stand out from the crowd though, compel users to keep reading, improve your web page statistics, SEO value, user experience, and ultimately, the value of your content.
Using either dedicated animated infographic tools of multipurpose animation tools (more on that in a minute) you can help take your research and design work further.
Of all the animations on the internet, the easiest ones to put in place are, without a doubt, gifs. Whether you're making a meme to make a point (a la Buzzfeed) or you're using a gif to demonstrate something in a how-to post, gifs can make your content easier and faster for your audience to understand, as well as making your posts more fun (and interesting!) to read.
What's more, because gifs function as an image file, they can be put anywhere that a picture can be. This means that if you want to use a gif in your hero image, to be shared on social media, or in your signature at the end of your post, you can.
Cons of animations
Of course, while there are a lot of benefits of animations, there are some downsides.
First and foremost, animations are heavy.
They bog down your server if you host them yourself, and they're heavy to go and get if you host them somewhere else and embed them. For example, according to Digital Inspiration, embedding a YouTube video can increase your website's weight by 500kB. And while there are other solutions, any embedding will increase the weight (and thus load time) of your site – which is bad.
Second, gifs can cause all sorts of problems, and disrupt an otherwise pleasant user experience. Because of how gifs load, they are often the last elements on the page to start working correctly, by which time your punchy meme might not be relevant anymore.
Finally, animation is — like many things — fine, so long as it's done in moderation. Too much animation creates a confusing and oftentimes distracting user experience, which usually means that your content doesn't get read at all.
But with a deft hand, animations can make your content sing.
4 Essential Animation Resources
Since most content managers don't have an enormous amount of animation experience, there's been a huge range of tools and resources developed to help them. Here are our four favourite tools to create incredible animations.
GIPHY is a free gif-making tool, letting you borrow, create, caption, and edit gifs all in one place.
With a truly enormous fully searchable database, you'll probably find what you're looking for without having to resort to actual creation. But if you do, GIPHY makes it easy, and then hosts the gifs for you. Then, you simply embed your gifs, and you're done!
2. GreenSock
Perhaps not the easiest tool to use, GreenSock makes animation plugins and software for creating HTML5-friendly animations.
If you have a little bit of coding experience (or are willing to spend a few hours watching instructional videos on YouTube) GreenSock can be indispensable to helping you create exactly the animation for your content that you need.
Plus, once you know the basics, you can take your news skills and tweak other parts of your site, improving your user experience with subtle animations.
3. Moovly
Moovly runs an animated library that you can take animations and, in a drag and drop editor, create movies.
With Moovly, you can create videos of up to 10 minutes for free, with paid plans progressing after that. Particularly useful for creating explainer videos, Moovly makes it easy. All you need to do is provide the script and you're away!
4. Biteable
Finally, Biteable is another online tool to help you create animated videos.
While it does cost $99 per year, you get access to a massive amount of stock videos, as well as templates you can quickly edit to create the exact content you need, for example, infographics. And while they're probably reaching when they say it can be done in minutes, it can be done pretty darn quickly.
Animations can help you get the most from your content, both with engagement but also as a fantastic medium to tell your brand story. It doesn't have to be the most complicated piece of animation ever produced. But even a timely gif or a quick 90-second explainer can help you hook your audience and reel them into your website and, ultimately, your business.
Have you got a favourite animation tool that we missed? Let us know in the comments!


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Retirement plan participants would like to believe that their financial advisor is working in their best interest, but a fiduciary definition, required under the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act, would make it official. That will have to wait until early 2012. After months of debate over its original proposal, the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration announced it will repropose its rule amending its fiduciary definition under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA).
At issue is the Labor Department's proposal to expand the scope of fiduciary responsibility to protect individuals saving for retirement plans from conflicts of interest. Under the rule, investment professionals who advise employers and workers in 401(k) retirement plans or IRAs to act in their clients' best interests. The department first proposed its rule change in October 2010 in order to "update" the fiduciary definition to more broadly define the term as a person who provides investment advice to plans for a fee or other compensation.
This sounds good on paper, but lawmakers, organizations such as the Insured Retirement Institute and the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors as well as private companies that manage retirement plans or investments in IRAs urged the Labor department to delay and re-propose its rule. They contend, according to The Hill blog, that the change to the 1975 regulation could lead to advisers who oversee investment retirement accounts falling under that status, potentially changing how they are compensated.
The IRI praised the DOL's decision, claiming in a statement that "as the rule was written, middle-income individuals likely would have been denied access to services for saving through IRAs because minimum account balances and annual service fees will make those services completely impractical and unaffordable to a substantial portion of Americans With this move, the Department of Labor now has the opportunity to work with all stakeholders to write a rule that will protect all Americans without placing unnecessary burdens on the professionals who are working to help Americans save for a secure retirement."
"We have said all along that we will take the time to get this right to ensure that we provide the strongest possible protections to business owners and retirement savers in plans and IRAS, EBSA Assistant Secretary Phyllis C. Borzi said in a statement. "Investment advisers shouldn't be able to steer retirees, workers, small businesses and others into investments that benefit the advisors at the expense of their clients. The consumer's retirement security should come first. The agency will carefully craft new or amended exemptions that can best preserve beneficial fee practices, while at the same time protecting plan participants and individual retirement account owners from abusive practices and conflicted advice."
More than half of investors surveyed last year by Millionaire Corner believe this type of fiduciary standard is necessary, but a large percentage don't believe it will make much of a difference. Nearly three-quarters of households with $100,000 to $1 million of net worth use a financial adviser to some extent. A Full Service Broker is most commonly consulted, followed by an Independent Financial Planner. Currently, Full Service Brokers, as well as Investment Managers, and Independent Investment Advisers (RIAs) are not held to a fiduciary standard when providing investment advice to individuals. Similarly, Certified Financial Planners are not fiduciaries but do have a Board of Standards and a rigorous certification process.
Most individuals believe their financial advisers currently acts in their best interests and in fact, trust is one of the key buying criteria and loyalty factors in the client-adviser relationship. In fact, 97% of the investors identified above rank Trust as the primary reason they use their existing financial adviser.
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France and Hungary
Political relations and latest visits
For a long time, the cold war pushed Hungary away from France and the rest of Western Europe. Only from the early 1990s therefore was it possible to turn a new page in our bilateral relations, which have gradually become more and more intense in the political, economic and cultural domains, including through France's support for Hungary's NATO and EU membership.
The visit of the French President to Budapest in September 2007 established the basis for a Strategic Partnership, signed in May 2008 during a visit to Paris by the Hungarian Prime Minister, Mr Gyurcsány. This partnership has helped strengthen our dialogue on the main EU issues, to initiate or increase cooperation in areas including competitiveness clusters, the agricultural sector and environmental issues. It also facilitated the preparation of the Hungarian EU Presidency in the first half of 2011. France maintains intense political dialogue with Hungary. In 2015, it received the Hungarian Minister of State for EU Affairs, Mr Szabolcs Takács, Justice Minister László Trócsányi and Parliamentary State Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade Mr László Szabó. Mr Takács returned to France on several occasions in 2016, and met with his counterpart, Mr Harlem Désir, in Budapest on 7 November that year.
Economic relations
Following a slight downturn from 2009 onwards, due to the economic crisis, the volume of our trade has begun to increase again and totalled €7.3 billion in 2015. This was mainly due to a marked increase in our exports to Hungary (+8.3% in 2015). Our trade balance therefore is tending towards a rebalancing: France now has only a slight deficit of €196 million (compared to €387 million in 2013), and is now Hungary's fourth-largest trading partner, representing 4.81% of its overall trade.
In 2014, France was the tenth largest supplier of Hungary, the top three being Germany, Austria and Russia. France was Hungary's sixth-largest customer (4.5% of Hungarian exports) – while Hungary was France's 28ᵗʰ-largest supplier. Our exports of mechanical, computer, electronic and electrical equipment made up the largest portion of our exports to Hungary (29%), followed by transport equipment (24%).
France is also the third-largest investor in Hungary (€2.7 billion) with more than 350 companies employing around 43 000 people there. Five French companies are amongst the leading 25 foreign investors in Hungary: Groupama, EDF, Sanofi, Auchan and Engie.
The attractiveness of the Hungarian market has deteriorated somewhat since 2010. Certain measures taken by the government through its two-thirds majority in Parliament have resulted in legal instability for foreign investors. After a period of crisis for some of our major groups, most economic disputes have now been settled. However, the introduction of sectoral taxes targeting foreign multinationals in particular, or favouring groups close to the government, has affected our companies. In the absence of real dialogue with the authorities, Auchan and its English, German and Austrian competitors have filed appeals at EU level against discriminatory measures.
Cultural, scientific and technical cooperation
Our cultural presence in Hungary is long-standing. France has attracted generations of Hungarian artists, poets (Endre Ady, Attila József, Gyula Illyes), novelists (Dezső Kosztolanyi), musicians (Franz Liszt, György Ligeti, György Kurtag, Péter Eötvös), painters (Mihály Munkácsy, József Rippl-Ronay) and photographers (Brassaï, André Kertesz). While ties were somewhat loose during the communist era, our cultural exchanges with Hungary have returned with renewed vigour.
Our presence is founded on several institutions: the Budapest French Institute (opened in 1992), the five Alliances françaises in the main regional cities (Debrecen, Györ, Miskolc, Pécs, Szeged); the Franco-Hungarian Youth Foundation; the Gustave Eiffel French lycée in Budapest; ten French-speaking bilingual sections with 1,239 pupils, 8 of which have received the LabelFrancÉducation label; and the French university centre at the University of Szeged, which coordinates various academic programmes in French and offers a dual master's degree between the University of Szeged and the Lille Institute of Political Studies (IEP).
In Europe, France receives the fifth most Hungarian students, behind Germany and Austria, and the second most for Erasmus exchanges. Incoming mobility is of a good level (60% at master's level and doctoral level), focused mainly on engineering and economic sciences. This commitment helps French remain the third-most-taught foreign language in Hungary (25,000 learners in the education system).
The French educational resources portal, co-financed since 2011 by 30 partner institutions, is well established and has been a success among teachers and learners. The multi-annual action plan for "French in diplomacy and public services", financed 25% by Hungarian partners and 75% by the International Organization of La Francophonie, trained 500 Hungarian officials between 2006 and 2009.
Hungary has been an observer member of the International Organization of La Francophonie (OIF) since 2004,
The Hubert Curien Partnership (PHC) "Balaton", launched in 1994, supports some 40 bilateral scientific projects per year, initiating cooperation between young researchers.
One of the major focuses of the Budapest Institut français (French Institute) is the sharing of ideas, aimed at promoting French thinking and closer ties between French and Hungarian researchers, journalists and civil society.
Decentralized cooperation
Thanks in part to the pioneering role of the association "Initiative France-Hongrie" (France-Hungary Initiative), aimed at facilitating the creation of joint projects between local and regional government bodies in the two countries), our decentralized cooperation has helped establish a dynamic relationship between various levels of local authorities. There are now 141 decentralized cooperation projects involving 5 regions, 12 sub-regional departments, 44 municipalities (including between Paris and Budapest, between the regions of Champagne-Ardenne and the Northern Great Plain in Hungary, and between Valenciennes and Miskolc).
- French Ambassador in Budapest: M Éric Fournier (since September 2015)
- Hungarian Ambassador in Paris: Mr György Károlyi (since January 2015)
- Chair of the France-Hungary Friendship Group of the French Senate: Mr Claude Kern
- Chair of the France-Hungary Friendship Group of the French National Assembly: Mr Rudy Salles
Updated: 3 November 2016
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The price of EUR/USD has overcome the level of 1.2700 and continues to grow within the local uptrend. In case of further growth the price will reach 1.2825. Overcoming this mark is unlikely. Today we expect a strong increase in volatility which also will continue tomorrow. We keep a medium-term negative outlook but do not exclude the strong price movements in either direction until the end of the week.
Nearest resistance levels: 1.2825, 1.2925, 1.3000, 1.3100, 1.3160, 1.3200, 1.3240
Nearest support levels: 1.2700, 1.2600, 1.2500, 1.2450, 1.2200
The price of GBP/USD could not overcome the angled line of resistance and continues to consolidate within the triangle. Moving beyond this figure will be a signal for opening positions. Thus, we should expect consolidation above 1.6200, for growth to the levels of 1.6450 and 1.6530, or below1.6000, with the targets near 1.5700 and 1.5560. We keep a positive outlook for the medium-term, but to wait for recommend the confirmation of the signal to the open positions.
Nearest resistance levels: 1.6200, 1.6300, 1.6400, 1.6450
Nearest support levels: 1.6000, 1.5880, 1.5800, 1.5600
The price of USD/JPY continues to move upward along the lower border of the local rising channel. The nearest resistance level, which is needed to overcome for continued growth with the target near 110.00 is 108.50. Fall is limited by the strong level of 107.00. We keep a medium-term positive outlook and recommend holding long positions with the targets 110.00, 112.00 and 115.00.
Nearest resistance levels: 108.50, 110.00, 111.00, 115.00, 120.00
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The price of AUD/USD has broken through the upper limit of the corridor 0,8660-0,8800 and reached the nearest local maximum near 0.8860. Further growth is limited by the level of 0.8925 in case of overcoming of which we should close short positions. Fall is limited by the level of 0.8660. Today, we expect strong growth of volatility and maintain a medium-term negative outlook.
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Nearest support levels: 0.8800, 0.8660, 0.8600, 0.8550, 0.8500
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Craig Leipold, paid out vast sums of money in the off season to build this fancy ne edition of the Wild! Kind of like buying a fancy sports car for the track, but NO DRIVER! Watching the level of compete and the systems Yeo is attempting to utilize is complete and utter futility. Clearly, there is no system and the team appears lost.
Mr. Leipold it is time that you set up plan "B" and look south to the man who mentored Mike Yeo and who has developed into perhaps the premier head coach in the NHL-Dave Tippett. Tip, with nothing to work with in PHX has managed to compile the second best winning % amongst active coaches (second to Mike Babcock). PHX is likely to be relocating next season to Quebec City and Tippett is in the final year of his contract. Rumor has it that there are only a select few cities he would want to coach in and St. Paul is one of them. He has family in Minneapolis and owns a home in Northern Minnesota. Do whatever you have to do to get him, his cost is nothing compared to what you just paid Sutor and Parise and arguably his impact would be bigger! While you are at it, give Fletcher his walking papers, as he has done nothing, and bring in Don Maloney to compliment Tippett!
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The Queensland Parliament Health Committee, during its inquiry into a bill to decriminalise all abortions to 9 months, commissioned Australian National University to assess the reliability of seven Australian opinion polls on abortion undertaken since 2007, including the Galaxy poll commissioned by the Australian Family Association (Qld) in May this year.
ANU cannot be regarded as an independent reviewer given it had a clear conflict of interest, as its own researchers had conducted three of the seven opinion polls it assessed.
Showing its bias, ANU tried to discredit the Galaxy poll's findings, claiming that "it did not provide reliable information on community attitudes" due to the "leading nature of the questions, relatively small sample size and lack of information on how the sample was selected and response rates".
|An all-female panel spoke at a media conference today on abortion related issues including, law, medicine, counselling. The AFA released the results of its new independent opinion poll showing that more voters are opposed to decriminalisation of abortion in Queensland than are in favour. The results show Rob Pyne MP is completely out of touch in moving his private member's to allow abortion to birth in State Parliament this week. Read more.
|A new independent opinion poll shows that more voters are opposed to decriminalisation of abortion in Queensland than are in favour, showing Labor Independent Rob Pyne is completely out of touch in moving his private member's Bill in State Parliament this week. Conducted by independent market research firm Galaxy Research for the Australian Family Association (AFA), this randomised telephone opinion poll of 400 Queensland voters taken last weekend (6-8 May 2016) indicates there is no consensus for the abortion law to be changed...
....except to introduce safeguards for women such as independent counselling, cooling-off periods and parental consent – as well as conscientious objection provisions for doctors and nurses.
At election time, the research indicates an average swing of 6% would be generated against members of Parliament who had voted in favour of decriminalising abortion (24% swing against versus 18% swing towards).
Copies of the results are being issued formally to each Queensland MP for review.
Some key findings included:
- Voters of Queensland are quite cautious about abortion and worried about its negative effects:
· almost everyone (94%) believes that before having an abortion a woman should receive free independent counselling and information so that she can make a fully informed decision
· more than four out of five (84%) of Queensland voters believe that abortion can harm the mental and/or physical health of a woman.
- Almost half (49%) of Queensland voters oppose decriminalisation of abortion, with 43% in favour. This contrasts with recent claims by the pro-abortion lobby that there is 80% support for such a move.
- When asked "up to what stage of pregnancy would you allow abortion", 22% of Queensland voters said "not at all" and 50% said only in the first three months – meaning 72% of Queensland voters are opposed to abortion past the first trimester. An overwhelming majority (85%) of voters are opposed to abortion past 20 weeks, with only 6% in favour.
· It also should be noted that support for abortion even in the first three months is heavily qualified, with 45% of Queensland voters opposed to abortion for non-medical, that is financial or social, reasons, and only 38% in favour.
AFA spokesperson Angela Duff said: "With 13 specific, objectively-worded questions, this comprehensive research has avoided skimming the surface of the issue as most past polls have done and has drilled down to find out what the Queensland public really believes."
**The full research report will be released at the launch of the www.AbortionRethink.org campaign by a coalition of pro-life leaders tomorrow at a Media Conference in the Parliamentary Annexe.**
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The Palaszczuk government's Education Minister Kate Jones' school plan does nothing for kids while rewarding traditional Labor Party backers: education bureaucrats and the increasingly unpopular Queensland Teachers' Union.
"Yesterday's story by The Courier-Mail's education reporters concerning Minister Jones' post-OP System school assessment plans fails to report on widespread opposition by parents to the government's proposal," said Australian Family Association spokesperson, Mrs Tempe Harvey.
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The model's co-designer, Dr Gabrielle Matters of the Australian Council for Educational Research, claimed at a recent educators' forum that cheating occurs in 'every system' in response to a questioner who claimed her proposed assessment system irresponsibly failed to address the issue.
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Ignoring objections from parents and many other voters in marginal electorates, Queensland's Education Minister John-Paul Langbroek today pushed a highly experimental post-OP system model for Year 12 testing to the public consultation stage. http://statements.qld.gov.au/Statement/2014/12/29/a-new-era-for-senior-school-education
"Parent and teachers have been door-knocking for months across several Brisbane electorates, including Premier Campbell Newman's Ashgrove electorate, urging State MPs to reject this very model," said AFA spokesperson Mrs Tempe Harvey in reference to recommendations of Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER).


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The Arkansas Razorbacks made official what many had expected for months when they announced that interim head coach John L. Smith will not return to coach the team in 2013.
The school has been linked to high profile names like Jon Gruden, Gary Patterson, Tommy Tuberville and Charlie Strong among others in recent days and weeks, but one name that has gone under the radar is Baylor head coach Art Briles.
In his fifth season with the Baylor Bears, Briles has resurrected the program and delivered a bowl appearance in his third year at the school, and currently has the program bowl-eligible for the third straight season.
Briles has a reputation as an offensive wizard that was crafted on Mike Leach's staff at Texas Tech before a successful five-year run at Houston that culminated in a 10-win season and a Conference USA title.
At Baylor he recruited Robert Griffin III who would eventually win the Heisman trophy award in a season in which Baylor would win 10 games–tying a school record–and included wins over Texas, Texas Tech and the school's first win over Oklahoma.
At Arkansas, Briles would give fans a style of play that is growing in popularity across the country and with the success of Texas A&M running a near identical offense in the SEC with Kevin Sumlin, who succeeded Briles at Houston, that would only aid his case as being a potential hire.
Briles has this season's Bears team ranked fifth in the nation in scoring offense and third in passing offense, proving that he can have success without a Heisman in the backfield, and delivered one of the biggest upsets this season when his team took down No. 1 Kansas State.
Baylor has one more regular season game remaining, but after that game, Arkansas should contact Briles' agent to gauge his interest in coming to Fayetteville.
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