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Minister A .J. Watkins M.Div.
In my many years as a US Marine, I have had the pleasure of experiencing an incalculable amount of ceremonies that has dealt with dignitaries, princes, princesses, dukes, ambassadors, queens, kings, sultans, and presidents all over the world. I have had to show honor to our own President of the United States while serving on the security forces. In the military we even have a general order that states to "Salute all officers, colors, and standards not cased." That means that we are to salute the high-ranking military official, the Flag of this country, and other high-ranking dignitaries that represent this country. Now in doing all of this, there is one thing that we must do before we render that salute. That one thing is to "rise" to our feet for the occasion. The occasion could be an all night gala or it may be for a fleeting moment in which royalty, presidency, or superiority is passing by on their way into an event.
When you are in the courtroom, the bailiff will state, "All rise, court is now in session. The Honorable Judge Joe Brown is presiding." When you are at a wedding you will "rise" as the bride makes her way down the aisle. When you are at funeral you will "rise" as the coffin is wheeled out. When you find yourself at a meeting for the local community you will "rise" and receive your council representative. When you are at a black tie affair you will stop what you are doing and if you are sitting, you will "rise" to receive the dignitary that is throwing the gala. When you have guests in your home for one of those holiday dinners at the dining table that you never use, you will call everyone together and "rise" when a senior member of the family takes the head of the table. When you have a guest revivalist or evangelist in your church and they walk into the pulpit after the service starts, you "rise" to your feet to show respect to the man or woman that will bring the message. When a guest minister is brought into town by a church, it is customary that the host pastor asks the congregation to "rise" to their feet as the speaker stands and takes his or her place behind the lectern to read the scripture.
Now you may ask yourself why do we rise? It is because you are rising to the occasion. These aforementioned scenarios are occasions that warrant such respect. With the exception of having arthritis and can't stand, people will look at you strange if you do not rise to the occasion.
In our text we have the very familiar passage of scripture that includes a dialogue between someone that is trapped in the world of redundancy and complacency and the one that can change your life so that you can work and move freely. Our text is a biblical story told over and over again with different lessons in mind. However today we will talk about rising to the occasion. We notice that Jesus was passing by this particular day and, as always, he was handing out blessings and miracles. When Jesus asked him if he wanted to be made whole, he began to come up reasons as to why he hasn't been made whole.
Thirty-eight years is a long time to be in a predicament that you cannot control. It is a long time to be in the mindset of a commitment to do something and never get it done. Notice in the text he states he has no one to put him in the pool. Yet with the same breath he states "but while I am coming." Now which one is it? Is it because no one will put you in the pool or is it while you are coming? Many miss what he stated here. There is no one to put me in, but while I am coming others step down before me. As we study this, you will see that he was obviously able to move. He could move faster with assistance, but he was too weak in the legs to get in there before another person would get in front of him.
We see that the first thing missing is humility and faith. He had been there thirty-eight years; this would tell me that he was highly familiar with the time and date that the angel would appear. In his heart I can see with my spiritual eye that he thought to himself year after year that he would prevail. However, God held him in place for thirty-eight years and would allow him to make progress toward his goal, but not achieve his goal. Humility is not depreciation of us, but appreciation of God. Thirty-eight years tells me that he had gained a lot of reasons but not answers. When you state that you are humble and you have faith, you will perform acts as God's Spirit tells you to do so. You see his time had come after all of that suffering and he still was not truly ready to receive his blessing and this miracle. He did not humble himself and say yes, he began to give reasons why he should not rise to the occasion. He did not even try to rise before the Lord gave the command. He was looking for the good (troubling of the water) and had the best right in front of him (Jesus). He wasn't even trying to hear Jesus at first.
People come in and out of your life daily, monthly, and yearly. They come in the form of girlfriends and boyfriends, business associates, and acquaintances. Most of the time, they start out meaning you well. Yet as time goes by, you will find that they really want to see where you are going and either get with your program to gain experience for themselves or thwart your program. That is why most people fail. Their faith is placed in the wrong location. We place people between our circumstances and ourselves. However, Faith puts God between our circumstances and ourselves. Placing faith in mankind to help you achieve your program is a dangerous game to play. I am not saying not to seek help to achieve your goal. God places those people in there as you travel to assist you along the way. However most programs fail because we allow people that sound as if they are committed to our program to come in and go to work. They will say all of the right things, make all the proper appearances, but when it comes right down to it, they're looking for reasons for your success instead of answers and therefore they will begin to mess you up because they are looking at where you came from and how you got there instead of now that I am on board, what is it that you want me to do with the talents and skills that I possess? That is another problem that our friend at the pool had in his possession. He placed his faith in the wrong people to help him get in the pool.
Notice that Jesus did not say anything here. He just waited for the man to finish his reasons as to why he was not whole yet. Then he commanded him to "Rise to the Occasion." Take up your bed and walk and he immediately walked like he was supposed to walk. He rose to the occasion. Many times in our lives we hear and see people day in and day out telling us things about ourselves that we know are not true. However, every now and then, the Lord will dispatch someone into our lives to add us, subtract us, multiply us, and divide us and sum us up to nothing. That is the person you want around you. That is the type of person that will tell you like it is and doesn't mind receiving constructive criticism himself or herself. However when we are read by total strangers, we get offended. Total strangers only pass through your life for a short time, because they have other goals to accomplish as they pass over. It is imperative that we listen to those that God dispatches into our lives to assist us in getting our heads on straight and pointed in the proper direction. You will notice that these people are humble but powerful when they speak and even more powerful when they're walking in their calling, into their season, and when you see their accomplishments. I believe the first test of a truly great man or woman is their humility. I do not mean by humility, not speaking their mind, or doubting their own abilities. But really great men and women have a curious under-sense of powerlessness, feeling that the greatness is not in them but through them; that they could not do or be anything else than who God made them to be. When God commands them, they move. That is the difference in Saints that rise to the occasion and those of us that just lay by the pool waiting.
Competing with those that God has anointed and appointed is a losing battle. In the text he competed with Jesus' will with his own will. However, Jesus could see the greatness in him when he couldn't see the greatness in himself and he commanded him and he did. When the spirit of God really moves on you, you have to move. You must rise to the occasion. People always state what they are going to do and never do it. I have noticed in churches all over this city and nation, that many people have something to say and no one has anything to do.
People offend you and you won't rise to the occasion to let them know it. People lie on you and you won't rise to the occasion and them know it. People get rumors started about you and another individual and you won't rise to the occasion and let them know it. People will use you and you will not rise to the occasion and let them know it. People assassinate your character and you won't rise to the occasion and let them know it. People mess with your wife and children and you will not rise to the occasion and let them know it. People say what they are going to do to help the church grow, but they won't rise to the occasion and do anything. People state we need, and God sends and they still won't rise to the occasion and realize the need has been met. Just like our friend in the text.
However, I know what happens when you do rise to the occasion. You see on his way to Calvary, Jesus stopped and healed, listened, educated, changed ways, and left commands. Jesus rose to the occasion when he called the Sanhedrin hypocrites for criticizing the disciples for eating without washing their hands. Jesus rose to the occasion when he told them that they do things to be seen of man and not please God in their hearts. Jesus rose to the occasion when he told them that they could destroy the temple and in three days it would be raised again. Jesus rose to the occasion when he died for our sins and iniquities from the eternal past, to the eternal present, and into the eternal future. Jesus rose to the occasion when they went to the sepulcher and they remembered his words in Luke 24:5-7 that he would rise in three days. Jesus rose to the occasion when he left us a way to rise to any occasion from here until the future. According to John 20:22, 27-29 he told them to receive the Holy Ghost. After that he told Thomas in 27-29 put your hand here and touch my hand and then take your hand and place it in my side. He went on to tell Thomas you had to see to believe. He once again rose to the occasion. Then one more time in Acts, he operated from Heaven and rose to the occasion in the second chapter in verses two through twelve and sent the Holy Ghost to all nations. The Holy Ghost, which is the Spirit of God, is still here operating.
If you will allow the Spirit of God, the Holy Ghost, to dwell within your heart, mind, and soul, your body will be able to handle the mess and the stress and the fluff and stuff. You will rise to any occasion. Jesus rose to the occasion and then sent us help so that we may rise to the occasion like he did. What occasion? I am glad you asked me that question. If you are impregnated with an idea, and that idea has become a dream, and that dream has become a goal, and that goal has become a passion, and that passion has become a calling, then you will rise to the occasion.
If God has called you to be a doctor and that is your dream and passion, then rise to the occasion and go to med school, go to the internship, and receive your medical degree. If God called you to be a lawyer and that is your dream and passion; then go to law school, focus on the area you want to practice, rise to the occasion and receive your law degree. If God called you to be a teacher in the school system and that is your dream and passion, then go to college and get educated on the psyche of children on all grade levels and achieve that teaching degree.
Most of all, if God has endowed you with the Holy Ghost and he has called you to be a Christian this Sunday, and that is your goal and passion to be the best Christian you can be for God and that is your true calling, then rise to the occasion.
A TRUE Christian will rise to the occasion to: Give without griping. Serve without grumbling. Sacrifice without boasting. Endure without complaining. Help without "Bossing". Submit without resisting. Pray without ceasing. Why? It because you are walking in your calling.
A TRULY called Christian will rise to the occasion to: Be a good neighbor to their neighbors. Not a nosy one. Be a good doctor to their patients. Not a judgmental one. Be a good lawyer to their clients. Not an arrogant one. Be a good leader to their followers. Not a selfish one. Be a good businessman to their customers. Not a crooked one.
Being a TRULY called Christian is not an easy task because the enemy is out there. However, with the aid of God's spirit TRUE Christians already know: There is opposition to overcome. There are mountains to be moved. There are disappointments to be endured. There are hardships to be handled. There are talents to be developed.
Therefore a Called Christian will be: Consistent in their devotion. Honest in their efforts. Determined in their purpose. Ambitious in their opportunities. Positive in their attitude. Persuaded in their mind that God Is their foundation! Persistent in their enthusiasm and optimistic in their views about life.
All the best and God bless,
Eld. A. J. Watkins D.Min.
Simonton Genesis Global Ministries
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Disney's feature film success is one of the great business case studies of the 21st century. In addition to releasing the top grossing movie in 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (and 2019 is almost assured with The Avengers: Endgame and Star Wars: Episode IX both due). Disney also took home all of the top five slots in 2016 (the first time this has ever been achieved) and captured six of the top ten in 2017 (another record). In the last decade, only 29 films have crossed the $1B mark globally, 16 of which come from Disney – with half of those films released during the past two and half years. Nine of the ten largest opening weekends in US history now belong to the House of Mouse, as does roughly 25% of the box office (again, a record) – even though Disney releases only 10-12 of the 700+ films released each year. And thanks to this dominant performance, Disney now commands a substantially higher share of ticket revenues from theater owners than any other film distributor (as much as 65% for The Last Jedi compared to the traditional 50-57%). As a result, the company is believed to hold nearly 30% of the industry's net receipts. Few expect Disney's out-performance to change anytime soon.
These box office achievements are the product of virtually unending excellence. This includes M&A (Pixar, Marvel, Lucasfilm), creative (no Disney film has scored below an A- CinemaScore since 2015, even as other major studios struggle to have half their slate rate at such levels), narrative innovation (the cinematic universe model allowed Disney to release two to three "sequels" per year, rather than one every two to three years), and committment (Disney's willingness to spend more than $100MM each on reshoots for Rogue One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story to improve their creative is an industry rarity; other studios would have taken their chances with what they had).
Supporting all of this is Disney's film strategy, which was contrarian a decade ago but has since become the gold standard for the Big Six Studios. Under Disney's model, only eight to ten films would be released annually (versus the historical Bix Six average of 20+), each of which would have a massive budget but even larger audience appeal. This strategy puts more money on the line, but derisked this investment by focusing it only on content that could reliably persuade audiences to turn off Netflix, get in their cars, drive to a movie theater with convenient showtimes and available seats, park, buy $10 tickets, sit through commercials and trailers as the adjacent seats fill up with strangers, watch the film for 150 minutes while holding off the restroom, then return to their cars and drive home.
But the Walt Disney Company will soon be testing the gravitational limits of its incredibly successful strategy. Though it seems counterintuitive, theatrical attendance is largely zero sum. While the quality of films varies year to year, overall attendance doesn't substantially flex up or down to this quality – a ticket for film A essentially comes at the expense of films B through Z. And with American moviegoers now attending only 3.5 films per year – down from 5.1 films per year 15 years ago – there aren't many tickets to go around. With that in mind, consider Disney's 2018 schedule:
- Week 7 – Black Panther
- Week 10 – A Wrinkle in Time
- Week 17 – The Avengers: Infinity War
- Week 21 – Solo: A Star Wars Story
- Week 24 – The Incredibles 2
- Week 27 – Ant-Man and the Wasp
- Week 31 – Christopher Robin
- Week 44 – The Nutcracker and the Four Realms
- Week 47 – Wreck-It Ralph 2
- Week 52 – Mary Poppins Returns
This is a phenomenal slate – so phenomenal that it must scare not just Disney's competitors, but Disney itself. Traditionally, studios have feared three things: their competitors' release dates (which cannibalize audiences and marketing awareness); overestimating the appeal of a film (which leads to overinvestment in production and marketing budgets); and creative failure (which hurts reviews and ticket sales). This year, Disney's greatest competitor is Disney.
The enormous success of Black Panther (which is on track to comprise 6%+ of all tickets sold during 2018) likely contributed to the disappointing performance of Disney's A Wrinkle in Time, which released only three weeks later (tracking for 1% of tickets sold). Infinity War (another 6%+), which had the largest domestic opening of all time and essentially sent every Black Panther viewer back to the theater a second time in 10 weeks (with many going back for a second and third viewing), will likely affect Solo (which has seen opening weekend estimates plummet in the two weeks preceding its release, suggesting intent to view was high but has since moderated). And only three weeks after Solo, Disney will release the long-awaited sequel to The Incredibles (3%). Just as a strong Solo opening would harm The Incredibles 2, the latter film's success would undermine the former's (Star Wars films have historically had exceptional legs at the box office). Disney's need to push the live action adaptation of Mulan from Week 44 of this year until Week 13 2020 was a disappointment to fans of the animated classic, but will likely benefit The Nutcracker (also Week 44), Wreck-It Ralph 2 (47) and Marry Poppins Returns (52). Despite this, 2018 still looks claustrophobic – as does 2019, the year Mulan has skipped outright.
- Week 10 – Captain Marvel
- Week 13 – Dumbo
- Week 18 – Avengers: Endgame
- Week 21 – Aladdin
- Week 25 – Toy Story 4
- Week 27 – Spider-Man: Far From Home
- Week 29 – The Lion King
- Week 32 – Artemis Fowl
- Week 41 – Maleficient: Mistress of Evil
- Week 48 – Frozen 2
- Week 51 – Star Wars: Episode IX
Running into your own films is a new problem, and one unique to Disney today. Historically, a major studio slate was comprised of a variety of films targeting different genres and viewers. As such, overlapping release didn't necessarily mean audience cannibalization. But Disney's films all target the same audience: everyone. In decades past, studios were also expected to deliver a handful of winners and losers; casualties were accepted as an inevitability. However, Disney's benchmark for success is now based around consistent performance. Furthermore, the threshold for that success isn't just achieving profitability – it's hitting something close to $200MM+ domestic and $500MM abroad. This makes releasing a would-be blockbuster near another blockbuster far more dangerous than it was when films needed only $50MM to generate a profit.
Still, it could be argued that with only 25% market share, Disney can still steal tickets from its competitors rather than just itself – 25% may unprecedented in film, but it's far from the dominance achieved by market leaders in other industries. What's more, Disney is the first studio in the modern era to crack 20% in the first place, so what's to stop it from even greater heights? Yet, even if each of Disney's ten releases in 2018 went on to become the ten highest grossing movies of the year, domestic market share likely would max around 32% (Disney's share was 26.3% in 2016). And Disney must still contend with several major releases from other studios – a challenge exacerbated by their replication of Disney's tentpole strategy – each of which fight for market share and further crowd out release dates. Infinity War's box office haul, for example, was limited by the release of Deadpool 2 (21st Century Fox) three weeks later – which also launched one week before Solo (further explaining the latter film's declining estimates). 2018 will also see Jurassic World 2 (Week 25, Universal), Mission: Impossible – Fallout (Week 30, Paramount), Venom (Week 40, Sony), The Grinch (Week 45 , Universal), Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald (Week 46, Warner Bros.) and Aquaman (Week 51, Warner Bros.) And if Disney acquires Fox, the company will face even more intra-studio release date conflicts – even if the total number of films released by the two studios declines.
Disney's ability to create high-capacity, high-quality films likely has become too great for the market to safely absorb. The biggest constraint Disney faces isn't internal, but external. And this is what makes its over-the-top, direct-to-consumer play so significant. Unless the House of Mouse wants to restrain its creative output, it needs to release its content through a channel with different audience dynamics and where Disney is in total control of what works and doesn't (it doesn't help that theatrical ticket sales have been in decline for nearly 20 years, either). On SVOD, there's no volume of content that over-saturates the channel, no release date that's crowded out and, assuming creative execution, no title that will fail simply because it has a soft three-day opening weekend. Most important, each incremental release will drive subscriber additions, increase engagement and differentiation, and, more important, push up pricing power and derisk theatrical releases. No cannibalization required.
Which is to say, Disney's D2C play not only allows the company to capture more value from its existing business and products, it allows it to grow beyond the confines of its existing distribution channel. Disney is uniquely positioned to do this specifically because it has too many mass market films – no other studio has the IP, execution and volume today to launch a purely self-supplied subscription video offering.
At a more macro level, Disney's unprecedented content problem speaks to the company's unique positioning in 2018. Shifting from a B2B to B2C business model is incredibly tough and, at Disney's current scale, would represent one of the most significant business transformations in modern history. Still, the D2C SVOD vision is seen as a largely incremental shift for Disney – for all the change, it's mostly about moving content from one channel/screen to another. What's truly exciting is how it unlocks the ability to do new things, from economically scaling output beyond convention to offering a subscription service that could start with video, but come to include everything from comics to consumer products and theme parks. Disney, after all, loves to do what no one else can.
Matthew Ball is the founder of REDEF Originals and can be found at @ballmatthew or firstname.lastname@example.com.

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Exchange 2016 Journaling Explained
Journaling is a compliance feature that allows an organization to capture a copy of all messages that satisfies a criteria.
Journaling on Exchange 2016 is performed by a journaling agent which intercepts a copy of messages as they pass through the transport pipeline.
The journaling is divided to two types as following:
Standard journaling:
- Apply to mailbox database level.
- Capture all mail going to or from the mailboxes within database.
- Apply to mailbox database level.
Premium journaling:
- Apply according journal rules.
- Requires an Enterprise Client Access License.
- Apply according journal rules.
Journal rules have three components:
- Journal scope: which messages to be captured (Internal, External or All messages)
- Journal recipient: which mailbox that you want to journal.
- Journal mailbox: to which mailbox the journal reports will be sent.
To configure journaling that can be done as below steps:
Open EAC > Compliance management > Journal rules > add
Then you should specify the three component as below:
- Send journal reports to: Journal mailbox.
- If the message is sent to or received from: Journal recipient
Journal the following messages: Journal scope.
- Send journal reports to: Journal mailbox.
The journal rules can be defined using exchange management shell with command "New-JournalRule" as below:
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Tuesday, October 15, 2013 – Proper 24/Ordinary 29, Year C
Genesis 32:25-26 – When the man saw that he did not prevail against Jacob, he struck him on the hip socket; and Jacob's hip was put out of joint as he wrestled him. Then he said, "Let me go, for day is breaking." But Jacob said, "I will not let you go, unless you bless me."
"You missed your calling," is a phrase many of us have heard from well-meaning friends. No doubt some of us have missed our calling. Some of us have even wrestled with God to avoid living into God's plan for us.
Prayer: Loving God, we don't always understand your will for us, but we humbly ask you to bless our efforts made in your name today and every day. Amen.


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Ben was everything we'd dreamed of and more! He was friendly and easy to deal with and always prompt in his responses throughout the planning process.
Larissa & Glen
Benny's music brought tears to both of our eyes as I walked down the aisle. His playing is truly beautiful and we couldn't have asked for a better pianist
Benny was fantastic with a diverse and very appropriate repertoire. All the guests loved listening to him and he made the 80th birthday lunch extra special.
Ben and Paula's (Vocalist) music was fabulous. I would highly recommend them and cannot wait to watch the ceremony back again!
Ben and Margarita(Cellist) did an amazing job at Peppers Hotel. They were very accommodating & professional. I would highly recommend them.
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From the angel voice and the soothing sound of the Piano calmed my nerves walking into the chapel. Worth every penny.


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The caterpillars are big enough that there is no concern about them eating each other.
Last night, the average length was 1cm. The white thing on the right is wet tissue used to keep the milkweed leaf fresh.
Today, I put all 5 of them in the same container with lots of fresh milkweed. The container is an old ice container from a previous fridge.
You can easily see all 5 of them. From here on in, I'll need to provide fresh milkweed daily and clean out their poop - which gets bigger and bigger as they get bigger and bigger.
When I was picking the milkweed this morning, I found another egg! There are 4 eggs as of today that will be hatching this week. The back 3 jars on the left don't appear to have eggs.
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Taxation and the Structure of Labor Markets: The Case of Corporatism
, , Rodrigo Vergara
NBER Working Paper No. 4063
We propose an explanation for the wide variation in rates of taxation across developed economies, based on differences in labor market institutions. In "corporatist" economies, which feature centralized labor markets, taxes on labor input will be less distortionary than when labor supply is determined individually. Since the level of labor supply is set by a small group of decision-makers, these individuals will recognize the linkage between the taxes that workers pay and the benefits that they receive. Labor tax burdens are indeed higher in more corporatist nations, and non-labor taxes are lower, which is consistent with this theory. There is also some evidence that the distortionary effects of labor taxes are lower in more corporatist economies.
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Joey Wright, Head Coach of the Adelaide 36ers basketball team, entertained and inspired the audience with his coaching philosophies, his infectious enthusiasm for coaching and his commitment to truly understanding his athletes. A variety of sports attended the evening, held in regional Renmark on Monday 8 May.
Darren Burgess, Head of High Performance at Port Adelaide (AFL) Club engaged and entertained a crowd of almost 200 people on Monday 6 March.
His down to earth approach and honest discussion about his coaching journey and vast knowledge pertaining to many aspects of coaching, gave all in attendance many tips to take away and replicate at lower levels in their own clubs. A truly insightful and valuable evening!
Sunday 4 February saw the successful start to the ORS 2018 Coach Development Program (CDP). Twenty nine sub-elite coaches from sixteen different sports joined together to learn more about their own individual coaching styles, team dynamics, success factors required in elite sporting structures and how to build resilience in athletes. The CDP 2018 consists of 15 females, 14 males including 3 SASI, 3 regional, 2 Aboriginal and 4 coaches working in the disability space.
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The Vermont socialist Bernie Sanders has been drawing huge crowds wherever he goes – more than 100,000 people in recent weeks – and is tapping into Democrats' frustration with the Obama presidency and the corporate control of government. Sanders is campaigning on issues that actually affect most Americans, such as defending social security, ending student debt, and restoring regulations on bankers.
This is a much more important phenomenon than Donald Trump's standing in the Republican primaries, something that obsesses the mainstream media. Trump's success is due entirely to the fact that he knows how to speak directly to the Republican base that is cheering on his unabashedly xenophobic billionaire egotism. His open contempt for the broken political system resonates with their feelings of resentment.
What is more important than the personal attributes of either man is the social movements they are energizing. Sanders' supporters are in the main white liberals, and his presidential campaign has collided on a number of occasions with Black Lives Matter activists demanding recognition of the issue of police violence. After his speech at Networks Nation was interrupted, another speech of his was shut down at a rally in Seattle. While Sanders himself, to his credit, has taken on board many of the activists' criticisms, his Seattle audience was not as receptive to their message. They attempted to drown out the activists with chants of "All lives matter," "We stand together" and "Which side are you on?" As well as their discomfort at Sanders' speech being curtailed, their rejection embodies a long-held social-democratic view that economic issues are more essential than the fight against racism.
According to the Seattle Times: "Some in the largely white audience booed and chanted for protesters to let the senator talk. A few yelled for police to make arrests. Marissa Johnson, one of the protesters, shot back, 'I was going to tell Bernie how racist this city is, filled with its progressives, but you did it for me,' accusing the audience of 'white supremacist liberalism'." The Stranger blog continued the story: "More vocal members of the crowd began booing in response to Johnson. Johnson spoke through the heckling, welcoming Bernie to the town of Seattle, where 'white supremacist liberalism' prevails. She called for four-and-a-half minutes of silence in honor of Michael Brown. … After some more booing, the crowd again silenced itself. During the silence, people screamed 'Bernie matters,' and 'all lives matter'."
Gerald Hankerson, president of the Seattle NAACP, said he was surprised at how hostile some in the liberal crowd were to the protesters. "I know they were there to hear Bernie, but what was missed was the message of these two women," he said. "I would have loved to have seen Bernie respond to what they wanted."
After the event, Sanders said he was "disappointed" at the disruption, but at a later rally that day announced the hiring of a new press secretary, Symone Sanders, a Black Lives Matter supporter. She said they had discussed the issue of racial inequality and she suggested to him "racial inequality and economic inequality are parallel issues," a theme he took up in later press statements and a racial justice manifesto.
Brooklyn-based writer Syreeta McFadden commented in the Guardian: "Arguably, Sanders was less of the target of the message from the Netroots and Seattle Black Lives Matter protesters than were his supporters and their professed allyship. Those Seattle supporters, for instance, proceeded to prove the protesters' point when they produced a counter chant to drown out the message from possible and probable future BLM protests at Sanders rallies."
Jennifer Roesch, an activist with the International Socialist Organization, has made a serious attempt at a Marxist analysis of the way race and class intersect. She writes that the idea that racial inequality is a symptom of economic equality "fails to capture the dynamics by which capitalism was established in the United States and by which it is sustained. … Racism and capitalism grew up together in America [on the foundation of slavery] and cannot be separated from one another. Racism is not merely a product of economic inequality, but also part of how that inequality is produced and maintained."
"Fighting economic inequality is insufficient — any challenge to capital has to be coupled with race-specific demands for reform," she continues. "Mass incarceration, police violence, and resegregation have devastated black communities, and have to be understood as a corollary to a ruling-class program of austerity designed to permanently lower the standard of living in this country. But to analyze this relationship merely as cause (austerity) and symptom (racism and police violence) is to miss the ways in which racism and repression are indispensable parts of the ruling-class project."
White leftists have a clear responsibility to engage with the issues that black activists raise, rather than rejecting them as disrupters. At the same time, there is a danger of making the campaign for social and economic justice a black-white issue. Angelo Falcón, president of the National Institute for Latino Policy, told Al-Jazeera: "No matter how much people talk about how multicultural things are and how diverse they are, it seems to revert to black and white … How the hell do you break through that black-white way of looking at policy issues?"
The extension of police powers after 9/11 has empowered local forces to follow militaristic strategies of containing protest, encouraged by the open perversions of the rule of law perpetrated by the Bush administration. This is something that imperils all citizens. The Latino community in California, for example, also faces militarized policing. In Anaheim, "there were at least seven killings (by police) between 2011 and 2012," said Gabriel San Roman, a writer for OC Weekly. Five were Latinos. On the three-year anniversary of the riots following the police shootings of two young Latino men in the town, unlike the large protests in Ferguson on the anniversary of Michael Brown's death, politicians and protest groups have ignored the community.
Roesch argues: "For socialists, the rise of the Black Lives Matter movement is one of the most important developments in recent years. It has exposed the depths of racism in this country, has brought tens of thousands of people — mainly black, but also white — into the streets, and has politicized millions more."
She points out the challenges this poses for activists, stressing the need to find ways "to bring these struggles together with the social power of the working class." However, the working class's social power has been reduced considerably with the decline of the organized labor movement. What is needed today is the building of a pluralist and inclusive movement that confronts the reality of the racial hierarchy underpinning corporatized state power, while recognizing the right of minority groups to organize in their own way.
As I maintained in a previous post, "there is a connection between the fight for a living wage, the Black Lives Matter movement and the struggle for immigrant workers' rights: new coalitions of people and new forms of resistance are possible at their intersection."


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Discussion in 'Gaming Forum' started by finyank13, Mar 11, 2015.
Really, really sucks. Hopefully, early in the year. And hopefully to make it one of the most epic games ever. With Mass Effect not out till 2016 too, the rest of the year is looking kinda bleak.
Damn, well at least Metal Gear will be out this year. That will probably consume most if not all of my game time for a while.
dammit, I was looking forward to that one.
Sucks, but at least it will give me time to play the first 3.
Dang! Well getting MLB the show then....(i was any way)
Me too, but after the Show, and then after that probably nothing until Madden. And then....I guess we'll see.
Thinking maybe it doesn't want to compete with MGS.....
Uh, Arkham Knight???
The game's been delayed again, this time about a month (so far). April 26th is the new target. Throws my personal gaming schedule off now, unless AC: Syndicate takes me longer to play through than the series usually does.
No surprise, but the dialogue options in the game won't effect the story in any way. Just for fun and a little more immersion.
I hadn't seen this before, but the game will eventually get three seperate story mode DLC packs, which is the first for the series. I'm excited about it. The Uncharted series is, for me, unique in that you can replay it bit by bit, but jumping into an individual chapter, rather than replaying the whole game. With all three previous games, I've done this both to find objects I may have missed the first time through, and just to have fun. I'm not sure if I'll do that with the DLC packs, or whether I'll start new. We'll see how they make them and how it all fits together, I guess.
I'll have to pick up the ports of Uncharted 1-3. Never played the series, though I did get 3 bundled with my PS3.
Its an excellent series. Playing the games is like being in an interactive Hollywood action movie, with great writing and voice acting. Each of them has been absolutely top notch for the time that it was released. The climbing mechanics and physics of the first one were amazing to me when I got it. Also taught me how to play a cover based third person shooter.
It's not great writing to include wave after wave of enemies in areas that are at least one (but usually multiple) of the following: 1. Difficult to get to, 2. Difficult to find, or 3. Difficult to remain hidden in. One man army, Drake should not be.
then, you're not allowed to play. No Uncharted Four you!
The first uncharted was excellent. Top 10 game of all-time to me. The sequels were OK. still had great visuals, with mediocre stories, but still fun to play.
Well, when I say writing I mean the story and the dialogue, and stand by my comment that I feel that they are excellent in all three games.
The other stuff I would call level design. But hey, the game really is all about Drake being a one man army a lot of the time, sort of like some action movies are. It forces you to come up with a plan and a solution as to how to get through each section. For me, its a game that makes me think.
We're getting close...less than 2 months. I don't know if any of you played the MP beta, but it was ****ing awesome.
I love the series but the bullet sponge enemies and repetitive waves of enemies is probably my only gripe w the games.
I still think Naughty Dog's cinematic gameplay is among the best in the biz. And the characters are likable and the visuals are top notch (at least for consoles).
I played the 2nd one first because it coincided with me buying a PS3. Then went back and played 1... Uncharted 2 was the best game I've played on either a PS3 or PS4. And it probably has more to do with it being the first quality game I played at the time. There's certainly been some great ones since.
I don't play many games of its nature. GTA and Mass Effect, along with Falout 4, are the only real 3rd person shooters I've played (I don't do anything first person), and with those, you don't really need to strategize conserving ammo like in Uncharted, nor do you need to take extreme caution with cover, so for me its cool and special. Obviously with almost any video game, you have enemies you can take a lot more bullets than a real person can, but of course, Drake can take a huge amount as well and if you hide and wait, he gets better, so it all evens out
Interesting article about what went on behind the scenes of the game. Apparently almost a year's worth of work was completely scrapped when a new team took over the direction. That would certainly be a good reason as to why the release date was pushed back six months, and then again after that.
Delayed again, now to May 10th.
Damn. I guess that they need to do what they need to do to make it a good game, but still disapointing. I guess based on what I read in that article I linked, I shouldn't be shocked. I guess with very few big releases on the PS4 calandar in the second quarter, they can afford to push it back and not lose many sales. Though I'll likely now pick up the new Ratchet & Clank game on 4/12. Before, I was going to wait until I was done with Uncharted before I got that one.
It's a manufacturing issue.
Not having enough to meet demand would have been rough, so I get it.
The game has officially gone gold, so the May 10th release date should be solid now.
10X is a big deal. As much as I love the first three games, levels tend to be "hallways", where the player has little choice over where to go or how to get there. Giving multiple options not only makes it more fun, but leads to replay value as well.
Picked up my copy today. Walmart is pathetic and didn't even have the games out in the case yet, even though I waited until after noon to go. The girl working the electronics dept suggested I come back another time, lol. I asked politely if she could check and maybe ask someone who knew
Sadly... I ordered mine online last night, went for the free shipping route... see you in a week.
The game is great. It's far more narrative driven than past games, especially in the beginning. But the gameplay feels less floaty and more natural. And obviously the visuals and presentation are stunning. Naughty Dog is amazing.
I played through the first two real sections, and it took me about an hour and a half. The game is stunningly georgous and feels alive and real. Naughty Dog does such an amazing job of making it feel like the whole world is right there and you could in theory go anywhere and touch anything if you could make it. Its amazing. Thus far, its rivaling The Witcher 3 for the best looking game I've ever played. The controls are extremely responsive as always, and so far its been technically flawless, as I've come to expect from the series.
As BlameIt said, the early parts are heavily story driven, but these guys basiclally let you play through a great adventure movie, so its just the natural progression. I'm playing on the standard difficulty, and I've died A LOT. Watch your step, or down you go. Thankfully, you restart pretty close to where you were before each time. On this level at least, the game assumes that you know what you're doing, but gives a few hints here and there.
I'm going to enjoy this for all its worth and I think it'll have replay value, as the games always have before. Sad that its the end, but maybe the studio will have other games in the future that don't involve zombies so that I can enjoy them
Good article about the graphics and the tech aspects of the game. I agree with the notion that at least on Sony consoles, Uncharted over and over is the title that pushes the envelope and takes things to the next level. So true with this one as well. This is what I've been dreaming gaming could be for years.
Just finished it. It was a very satisfying end to one of my favorite series. Definitely will miss all of the characters.
You work fast! I'm taking my time to savor it. I just finished chapter 8.
I don't want to spoil anything, but the chapters that involving driving the jeep are amazing. They have taken the driving mechanics and physics and ramped them up a notch, even over games where that's a much larger part of the experience, and the way that Drake then uses the Jeep with the enviormnent is awesome. Naughty Dog not only makes great games themselves, they move the needle for the industry.
finished this game on Sunday night. It was a bit short (about 25 hours for me) but really enjoyed it. The graphics were insanely good and the play and story was as good as the first Uncharted and >>> than either Uncharted 2 or 3 IMO.


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#8122 new Cleanup/optimization
Better way of testing for cookies
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|Joost Cassee
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|joost@…, Domen Kožar
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While trying to get the cookie test in the login form working again by default (see ticket #8061) I think I found a way to get rid of the
set_test_cookie() /
test_cookie_worked() dance.
The attached patch makes the session middleware set an empty cookie if the session does not yet have any variables set. This makes it possible to check whether the browser accepts cookies without poluting the session store. You can check for cookies using
accepts_cookies() method. The old methods are marked deprecated but still work.
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|Unreviewed → Design decision needed
The new patch 8122-r8277.diff renames the
session.accepts_cookies() method to the
session.cookie_received property to match the semantics of the check.
The patch also includes tests to show the procedure works. I'm setting triage to 'design decision needed' because I feel the patch is in good shape to be judged by the Django devs. If accepted an update to the session docs needs to be included.
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After applying patch 8122-r8277.diff, add an empty
__init__.py file in the
sessions_regress directory. I couldn't get
svn diff to include it.
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Why the change in behaviour to set an initial session cookie for an unmodified session (if it wasn't found)?
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The idea is that every session has a session cookie so that you avoid the need to call
set_test_cookie() (which sets the cookie by added to the session). The session cookie is empty if the session is not yet modified to avoid a call to the session backend.
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Ah, I understand now - I was just a bit worried that it would be picking up that the key wasn't
None and doing something with it. After a closer look at the session innards I see this isn't the case.
This ticket looks good - why don't you raise it on the django-dev group?
Of minor importance - the Django test client isn't really necessary here is it? (it's a lot slower than the testcase one) and wouldn't it be better to use the proper testcase assertions rather than just
assert (but I'm not sure if it really matters)?
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I agree that the difference between the session key being
None and being
"" is a subtle one, yet it is a useful distinction here. I wrote tests precisely to check whether I did the tests right!
The tests were written before I noticed how other middleware was tested. I agree that changing it to just calling the middleware directly would be nice.
I will post a message about this ticket on django-dev, as you suggested. Thanks for looking at it!
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comment:10 Changed 6 years ago by
|Patch needs improvement:
Patch no longer applies cleanly.
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Below is a list of Missouri Jobs with Justice's member organizations. JwJ is a coalition of over 100 faith, labor, community, and student organizations.
American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE) Local 1336
AFGE Local 3354
AFGE Local 96
AFL-CIO, Missouri
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), Kansas City
AFSC, St. Louis
American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) DC 72
AFSCME Illinois Council 31
AFSCME Local 500
American Federation of Teachers (AFT) Local 420
AFT Local 691
A Philip Randolph Institute (APRI), Kansas City
APRI, St. Louis
American Postal Workers Union (APWU) Local 67
APWU Gateway DAL
Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU) Local 1278
ATU Local 788
Bread and Roses, Missouri
Carpenters Local 978, Springfield
Coalition for Truth in Independence
Coalition of Black Trade Unionists (CBTU), St Louis
Coalition of Labor Union Women (CLUW), Kansas City
CLUW, St Louis
Cross Border Network
Communications Workers of America (CWA) Local 6300
CWA Local 6355/MSWU
CWA Local 6360
CWA Local 6450
CWA Dist. 6
CWA Greater St. Louis City Council
CWA Retirees
Eastern MO Laborers' District Council
Educators for Social Justice
Empower Missouri
Epiphany United Church of Christ
Feed My People
God's Will in Action
Graphic Communications Conference – International Brotherhood of Teamsters (GCC-IBT) Local 6-505
Greater Kansas City AFL-CIO
Greater St Mark Community Food, Community Organizing Project
Heavy Construction Laborers Local 663
International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) Local 42
International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IAMAW) Local Lodge 778
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 1
IBEW Local 124
IBEW Local 1439
IBEW Local 2
IBEW Local 53
Interfaith Legal Services for Immigrants
Jews United for Justice
Kansas City Worker Justice Center
Kansas University Nurses' Association
Laborers International Union of North America (LIUNA) Local 110
LIUNA Local 1290PE
LIUNA Local 264
Loretto – Kansas City
Midwest Center for Equality and Democracy
Missouri Alliance for Retired Americans Educational Fund
Missouri Budget Project
Missouri Faith Voices
Missouri Health Care for All
Missouri Immigrant and Refugee Advocates
Missouri National Education Association (NEA) Higher Education Project
Missouri Rural Crisis Center
Missourians Organizing for Reform and Empowerment
National Nurses United
North Kansas City NEA
Organization for Black Struggle
Painters District Council 3
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Peace Economy Project
People's World
Pipefitters Local 533
Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 178
Service Employees International Union (SEIU) Local 1 – Missouri Division
SEIU Healthcare – Missouri
Sheet Metal, Air, Rail and Transportation Workers Local 36
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Southeast Missouri Central Labor Council
Springfield Central Labor Council
St. John's Episcopal Church, Tower Grove
International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 245
Teamsters Local 688
United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) – Meatcutters Local 88
UFCW Local 2
UFCW Local 655
UNITE HERE Local 74
United Media Guild
United Steel Workers (USW) District 7, Subdistrict 2
Utility Workers of America (UWUA) Local 335
Veterans for Peace-St. Louis
Women's Voices Raised for Social Justice
Workers Education Society
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Amour (2012) – A spell-binding, unwavering look at the part of the happy love story we prefer not to see, when the promise of til-death-do-us-part is made real. Here we are at the inevitable parting inherent in any happy couple that has weathered life's storms and grown old together. It's the point at which most stories avert their gaze, and it's where Haneke's camera refuses to look away. We observe the old married couple, Georges and Anne, in their routines – in health and in its slow deterioration – and the patient camera forces us to see the pain and despair but also the deep love that binds and supports them both. Yes, it's the untidiness of approaching death played out in full, and an unfolding of the comforts and terrors of intimacy, and finally a glimpse of the dark and discomfitting places love may lead us – but it is also strangely touching and hopeful. This is not an easy movie, and it demands much of you, but it is well worth it. You might even call it romantic. Well, if you like quiet, extremely intense foreign art house movies. About love, commitment and death.
Caveat: This is the first Haneke movie I've seen, so while I'm aware of his reputation for cruelty and manipulation, I have no history with it.
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EA announces trio of brand new XBLA, PSN, and PC games
EA's bread-and-butter may be triple-A unfathomable-budget titles, but the publisher's venturing outside the realm of dudes with guns, race cars, and Gears-of-War-but-with-boy-wizards with three very interesting-looking indie titles.


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The X-rays and ultrasound of the kidneys were also normal.
"Then why do I constantly have pain there, and why do I always have foam in my urine," I asked. He didn't know. He guessed that sometimes dietary supplements can cause the foam, but he shrugged his shoulders about the pain. He suggested that drinking more water might help. I already drink about 2.5 quarts per day, but I guess there's room from improvement.
After reviewing the lab report myself, I asked if I should be concerned that my eGFR score (the standard test of kidney function) was only 90. (The "normal range" is given as >60, but people my age are usually in the 120-130 range). In his ethnically ambiguous accent, he said, "forget about eGFR! You've now had the better test." He explained that the 24 hour creatinine clearance test is the gold standard test of kidney function. Apparently, eGFR scores can also drop when a person is consuming a diet high in meat (which I am).
So it seems the kidney-area pain will become another of my unsolved medical mysteries. But at least I have some level of reassurance now that I've pursued that issue as far as I reasonably could and everything appears normal.
Meanwhile, I'm in the middle of a crash. So I guess there's nothing left to do but kick back and listen to The Who, and then maybe catch a movie:


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TuneBugz! Music Together® was founded in 2009 by Amber Nichols, a Hollywood born, West Virginia bred transplant to 78704. Arriving in Austin in 1988 just before her junior year of high school gave this singer fertile ground to embark on a life of musical joy. Singing was a constant for Amber but paying the bills between gigs was also a long and well loved career in educational product development for a major textbook publisher. After marrying her love and best friend Daniel and starting their family, it became clear that work/life balance was not going to be sustainable if music was going to remain her primary bucket filler. Following a textbook publishing merger that rocked the education world Amber grabbed her guitar and left the corporate world behind.
Amber immersed herself in research, combing through every early childhood music and movement program, theory and curriculum out there. What she found was there was really no comparison to Music Together. Music Together was a clear choice out in front of the pack by a huge margin. Research based? YES! Child-led/initiated? YES! Learning through PLAY? YES! After being in educational product development for over 14 years Amber knew exactly where other programs fell short and where Music Together clearly shined not only in its approach to early childhood music development but in how Music Together serves the families and teachers who use the program.
Amber completed her training to become a registered Music Together teacher and licensed Center Director in June 2009 and has grown TuneBugz! in harmony with raising her family ever since.
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I'm not particularly enamoured of yesterday's effort but in the spirit of keeping going with the challenge and not missing any more days I am posting it regardless. Long story short, found myself downtown without ink (since I was going to a knitting class) and also without a pigma, so I was down to green ballpoint (crashing sound as art teachers everywhere faint!). So I just drew round my hand and put in a pattern of dots like mehndi.
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(Photo courtesy Ohio State Athletic Department, game information courtesy Ohio State Athletic Dept, Cleveland.com, ESPN)
This game was quite the contrast to the previous week's embarrassment against Iowa. The Buckeyes were sharp, focused and aggressive. The Spartans were the listless team and their play was further exacerbated by playing against a pissed-off Ohio State team. Unfortunate scheduling for Michigan State, there. The 48-3 beat-down by a more familiar-looking Ohio State team.
In contrast to the Iowa game land of confusion, the Buckeyes were fully prepared for this game. The secondary provided excellent coverage, all Spartan receivers were accounted for and the Ohio State front seven played 3-dimensional chess by taking away the running dimension of MSU's offense.
Another game, another +500 yard, +40 point output. It looked like the coaching staff got back to basics with called run plays for the running backs and a serviceable passing game to complement it.
The offensive line was more aggressive and sure of itself in executing the running game. They fired off the ball with more authority than they did last week and did a great job executing combination blocks; see Mike Weber's 2 TD runs.
If the offense's intent was to get J.K. Dobbins more 'touches', it certainly worked. Against Iowa, J.K. had 6 carries for 51 yards. Against MSU, he had 18 carries for 124 yards. He was also targeted 7 times as a receiver.
Mike Weber (5 carries, 27 yards vs Iowa) had 9 carries for 162 yards and two looonnng touchdowns. He was the beneficiary of aggressive, crisp offensive line play, but Mike also showed he has some impressive straightaway speed. He may not have the shake-n-bake of Dobbins, but he can put some speed on the field.
As I mention, below in the 'Other' section, the Buckeyes clearly lost the time-of-possession battle, 35:25. This can be explained. In their last two scoring drives in the 2nd quarter and their touchdown drive to open the 3rd quarter, Ohio State ran 7 plays for 179 yards in 2:01 and scored 3 touchdowns. It's a challenge to get your offense into any rhythm when you can't keep them on the field. 😉
Barrett's passing game was pretty 'meh', I thought. Of his 14 completions, 7 were for less than 10 yards and another 5 were between 1- 20 yards. When he did go downfield (3 times, IIRC) the resulted in 2 pass interference calls on Johnie Dixon's defender and a beautiful 48 yard strike to Binjimen Victor. So, good things can happen when you stretch the field.
Barrett was a bit off on his interceptions. On his 1st INT he threw behind the receiver. On his second, he threw "under" his receiver. It was a corner fade to Victor and JT threw it too low, allowing the defender to male a play on it. His corner fade to Victor that Binjimen failed to catch should also have been thrown higher.
This was a total defensive domination. After a half-assed effort against Iowa, they truly exerted their will over Michigan State. They held the Spartans to 64 yards rushing and a total offense of 195 yards. Going into the game, MSU averaged over 150 yards rushing and 390 yards total offense per game. Quite a difference.
The defense had its way with an overmatched MSU offensive line. The accounted for 6 sacks for 57 yards, constantly pressured whichever Spartan QB was in the game and held running back LJ Scott to 30 yards on 8 carries. Scott gained 20 yards on his initial game, then really struggled.
This was an excellent game by OSU's back seven defenders. Their coverage was tight and aggressive and just as importantly, they were very aware of where the ball was to break up passes. The secondary had 3 pass break-ups and 2 interceptions. A quick review of the match indicates that a lot of Lewerke's incompletions were high/wide due to Ohio State pass rush pressure.
In his previous two games, Spartan QB Brian Lewerke had totaled 845 yards passing. Against Ohio State, he managed 131 yards, 2 INTs and 2 sacks.
Special Teams
The kickoff team had a pretty good afternoon. Freshman Blake Haubeil had a good afternoon of placement and his team mates did a great job in coverage. Of Blake's 9 kickoffs, 7 were in play, 1 was a touch-back and 1 was out of bounds. With the 7 in play and the touch-back, MSU was limited to starting their drives, on average, inside the 25 yard line. Blake's final kickoff went out of bounds. His leg may have been fatigued at that point.
Place kicker Sean Nuernberger was 2-2 on field goals and 6-6 on extra points. Another day of perfection for the placement unit.
Punter Drue Chrisman and his mates had an easy, productive day. He punted only twice, averaging 48.5 yards per punt. The Spartans returned no punts.
The sharpness of this team was reflected in penalties; there were only two penalties accepted for 27 yards.
Interestingly, Ohio State got "hammered" in 'time of possession'. Michigan State had the ball for almost 35 minutes, compared to Ohio State's 25 minutes. As I mention above in the Offense section, this probably isn't a big deal.
Up Next
Ohio State hosts Illinois (2-8, 0-7) this coming Saturday. The battle for the Illibuck kicks off at 3:30 pm ET. This is Ohio State's last home game of the season. If you still have leaves to rake, you'll have plenty of time. You can also watch the game on ABC (check local listings) and/or listen to it on 97.1.


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There are times when we need to look in rather then out. To do this we need tools and understanding. This website is dedicated to recapturing our personal truth and sharing the tools and path to that truth.
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Thousands of years ago, the Toltec were known throughout southern Mexico as women and men of knowledge. Anthropologists have spoken of the Toltec as a nation or a race. But the Toltec were scientists and artists who formed a society to explore and conserve the spiritual knowledge and practices of the ancient ones. It may seem peculiar that they combined the secular with the sacred, but the Toltec considered science and spirit to be the same since all energy, whether material or ethereal, is derived from the same source and governed by the same universal laws.
The Toltec came together as masters (Naguals) and students at Teotihuacan, the ancient city of pyramids outside Mexico City known as the place where "Man becomes God". Teotihuacan remained the Toltec center of spiritual knowledge and transformation for many thousands of years and still endures as a living repository of silent knowledge.
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A clean slate of Vikings quarterbacks is clearing the way for Kirk Cousins.
Case Keenum, Teddy Bridgewater and Sam Bradford agreed to terms Tuesday with new teams, marking the official end of their tenures in Minnesota, league sources told the Star Tribune.
Unrestricted free agents can't officially sign with other teams until 3 p.m. Wednesday afternoon when the new league year begins.
Early Tuesday morning, Keenum and the Broncos agreed to a deal. Contract terms were not immediately available. Bradford, 30, is expected to sign a one-year deal with the Cardinals. The deal is worth up to $20 million, including $15 million guaranteed and a one-year option for $20 million, according to ESPN.
Late Tuesday, Bridgewater was the last domino to fall when he agreed to a deal with the Jets. It's reportedly for one year, according to ESPN. Josh McCown also agreed to a one-year extension with the Jets, according to his agent Mike McCartney.
This all comes with Cousins visiting the Vikings on Wednesday and Thursday, with the possibility of a three-year, $84 million guaranteed contract on the table. The Vikings' pursuit of Cousins set the stage for a quarterback exodus.
Keenum moves on from the Vikings after he parlayed a one-year, $2 million deal into 13 victories as the starter after Bradford suffered a noncontact bone bruise in his left knee.
Denver, one of a few main contenders for Cousins, adds Keenum to a young and underperforming quarterback room led by Trevor Siemian and Paxton Lynch.
A main draw for Keenum to Denver was likely Gary Kubiak, the Broncos' senior personnel adviser who was the Houston Texans head coach when Keenum signed an undrafted deal in 2012. Keenum has said the Texans, led by Kubiak, were the only NFL team to offer him a deal after he went undrafted.
In Minnesota, Keenum's career-high marks in yards (3,547) and passing touchdowns (22) came with questions around whether he could repeat his 2017 season. His standout year ended with 271 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions during the Vikings' NFC Championship Game loss in Philadelphia.
Coach Mike Zimmer was vocal about those questions, most recently at the NFL scouting combine last month.
"It's just kind of guessing," Zimmer said. "Is he the guy when he was at Houston or the Rams or is he the guy who played for us? Is it because he had a good team around him?"
Zimmer had concerns about Bradford, too, who will sign on in Arizona, a league source confirmed with the Star Tribune.
It's a risky deal for the Cardinals, because Bradford is coming off his third surgery on a troublesome left knee. He threw for more than 4,250 yards in 17 starts for the Vikings, but only before missing nearly all of last season because of a knee injury that eventually required surgery. Zimmer was not confident in Bradford's ability to remain healthy.
"That's the million-dollar question," Zimmer said. "Is he going to be able to maintain for 15 weeks, 16 weeks, or is he going to get, really, almost a noncontact injury and be out for the year? All three of those guys have different things."
With the Vikings in position to sign a megadeal with Cousins, Bridgewater is also on the road out of Minnesota behind Bradford and Keenum.
The Vikings traded up to select Bridgewater with the 32nd overall pick in 2014. He started 29 games before suffering a catastrophic knee injury nearly two years ago.
He returned as Keenum's backup for eight regular season games before the Vikings deactivated Bridgewater for both playoff games.
"Each day I had to maintain the right mind-set, that it's not about me," Bridgewater told the Star Tribune last month. "It's about those other guys in the locker room, this team and this organization. I had to control the competitor in me. As a competitor, you want to be out there."
Bridgewater hasn't played extended action in an NFL game since the injury.
The Vikings might face Bradford or Bridgewater next season. Minnesota is scheduled to host the Cardinals and travel to the Jets in 2018.


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You may think of punch as a booze-laced communal drink from the proverbial flowing bowl, but there's a new product on the market that is challenging both these notions – Punchy, an RTD that comes in at 0% or 4% abv.
Punchy Drinks is the brain child of Paddy Cavanagh-Butler, a 24 year old entrepreneur who understands the future of the booze industry isn't as firmly entrenched in hard liquor as we might all think.
Playing into the increasingly health-conscious and diet-wary market, Punchy is still very much a traditional punch. It uses five flavours, including ginger and peach, and according to Cavanagh-Butler, consumers are struggling to tell the difference between the boozy and the boozeless versions, thanks to the natural rum flavouring in the 0% option.
'We're moving away from the sugary, heavy style of drinks normally associated with rum and the Caribbean, and instead moving towards healthier products,' he told Imbibe.
Punchy's website further backs this up, saying it's a product for 'vegans, non-drinkers, drinkers and only-drink-on-the-weekenders'.
The brand is soft launching this summer, but Cavanagh-Butler has his sights set on bigger things for the brand and is currently in negotiations with Selfridges and will be exhibiting the RTDs at Imbibe Live.