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Spring Stuff: Defense
The spring game-type-substance maintained its downward importance trajectory, but as it's the last glimpse of one of the big three sports we'll have until fall we'll talk about it all the same. This year's edition further expanded the punting-drills-and-standing-around section of the practice, so observations are necessarily light on the ground.
It's bad when Doug Karsch can't keep the sarcasm out of his voice.
This video is in Michigan's traditional zoom-o-vision, so you can't actually tell what Lewis did to get in the position he's in for the first interception.
The tone. Last year's "I like this team" has been replaced.
"We're doing a lot of good things, but we're not near good enough as a team to win games in the fourth quarter, which we didn't do (last season), and play on the road," said Hoke, entering his fourth season. "We're a long way from being any good."
That reflects the reality of the program.
Depth chart grain of salt reminder. Spring is a season for motivational devices and experiments and therefore places on the depth chart should be regarded as vague indicators more than anything else. Case in point: Graham Glasgow was your second-team right tackle.
Lewis is in your grill yo [Bryan Fuller]
Very aggressive /teddyKGB. Every offseason for a team without an elite defense features coaches promising increased aggression, whereupon most of them quietly drop that promise when the season rolls around and it turns out that for Defense X being super aggressive is a good way to give up quick touchdowns. The cycle repeats the next offseason.
Michigan is promising aggression, and Mattison is putting his cornerbacks where his mouth is. Lewis:
"It's huge, just getting hands on guys and trying to intimidate them," Lewis said. "That's our key point right there -- being physical. That's what (defensive coordinator Greg) Mattison is always talking about, being a physical defense."
They spent most of the scrimmage session in the grills of Michigan wide receivers, playing MSU-style bump and clutch and grab and run. Word from the coaching clinic is that Michigan is adjusting to the way the game has been called of late. Lewis again:
"He said 'be physical'," Lewis said. "But he doesn't care if it's great defense and we get a penalty."
This was highly effective when not drawing two flags on Lewis—the second a dubious one—or that one time the offense got Freddy Canteen lost on a deep corner route. Everything else was contested, and when the ball got to the receiver the corners were making a play on it.
Lewis looked terrific after a spring in which inside practice buzz has heralded him as a major comer; hell, he looked terrific most of last year except for the bit where the opposing quarterback regularly put the ball in the six-inch window perfect coverage provides. In this game he had two interceptions and two flags along with other instances where his presence forced drops or tough catches. The first interception came on the first play of the scrimmage (0:45 above).
The video doesn't do it justice since it kind of looks like Lewis is coming over from a zone. That was pure press man coverage on which he did the one thing the gypsy promised him he'd never do: make a play on the ball after achieving his position.
Is he supplanting? I don't know, man. Usually two returning starters who had the number of excellent interceptions Taylor and Countess did have impregnable positions on the depth chart. This situation is not usual, though, as those guys didn't have impregnable positions even as they were doing that—Taylor was yanked from the starting lineup briefly, even. And the last impression Michigan's coaches have is both guys getting smoked by Tyler Lockett, an impression that Countess might have reinforced when Canteen beat him over the top Manningham-style. (Gardner left the throw short and Countess recovered.)
At the very least the competition here is a real one, unlike, say, quarterback. And corner is a position at which a lot of players will see the field. Lewis has at least claimed a spot in Michigan's nickel package, which is half your snaps these days. Even when not in nickel, Michigan rotated last year and they'll rotate this year. It's likely that Lewis gets as many snaps as the starters whether he is one on paper or not, and then you've got Stribling and Peppers. Delonte Hollowell is hanging around, delivering the occasional hard shot on the unsuspecting.
If the spring game indicates one thing, it's that cornerback is better-stocked than it's been in a long-time. Michigan doesn't have a Woodson (at least until fall, anyway), but I can say without hesitation that I'm more comfortable with Michigan's fifth corner than I usually am with their third. Remember Football Armageddon, when Michigan decided covering a first-round NFL draft pick with Chris Graham was their best option? Yeah. Not so much this year.
Wilson got over the top on a late throw [Bryan Fuller]
Aaaand safety. Much less clarity there, and very little to go on from the game-type section. Michigan spent much of the day rolling whoever wasn't Jarrod Wilson to the line of scrimmage to further their aggression goals, whereupon he would cover a fullback or something or watch as a run play did not get to him.
Wilson did have one nice PBU on a looping ball over the top. The ball was late thanks to some pressure that forced Gardner to roll around in the pocket, but that's the kind of ball a safety can make a play on and the play was made.
As far as depth chart stuff goes there was zero clarity. If you put a gun to my head I'd say Delano Hill was slightly preferred. And then I would say "but…" and you would shoot me. Let's not do this gun to the head thing when talking about Michigan's safeties.
The Jake Ryan experiment. First off, the admittedly not-particularly-meaningful spring depth chart gives me the willies. Ryan at MLB, Morgan second-string behind him, Bolden starting, Ross running on the second team at new tinySAM. I am full of the willies.
It's hard to tell much about linebackers in spring, harder yet when the offensive line they're up against is barely releasing to the second level*. On plays where I watched Jake Ryan he looked okay. He's kind of a long, upright guy, so when blockers get into him he tends to let them under him. On the edge he would just juke a guy and explode past him; in the middle you have to take the block on because picking the wrong side of the guy means you just blew your run fit.
I'm not sure where he fits in an over defense, though, so if you're going to make a shift he has to go somewhere.
Meanwhile, Joe Bolden's ample playing time has been mysterious to me. Linebacker remains the hardest position for me to have a Serious Opinion about because there's just so much that goes into it, but the things that Bolden seemed to be screwing up were really obvious things like not being anywhere near your pass drop. Meanwhile when it comes to hitting people in the face and making them stop going forward there is no comparison between Bolden, who has been a drag-you-down tackler to date, and Desmond Morgan, who thumps you and then you stop moving. Michigan's head coach says "toughness" every other word, and Morgan is much closer to that on the field than Bolden.
As a result I've promised to eat a lemon on the internet if Bolden starts the opener over Morgan. The rules: Morgan has to be healthy, Bolden has to start, and Morgan cannot start.
*[Michigan had a great deal of uninspiring runs of 1-3 yards but few TFLs except that one time they put Henry in against the third team OL. This was in large part because the offensive line was doing its damndest to not repeat the mistakes of last year. Instead of popping off opposing DL immediately, they were maintaining doubles longer than you really should. This made life at LB relatively easy and thus many plays where a tailback crosses the line of scrimmage and encounters a pile of men.]
Poggi SDE, Hurst 3-tech, Henry nose on a second or third unit
Line ups and downs. Here the limitations of spring practice overwhelm. Michigan's first-team offensive line read Cole-Bosch-Miller-Kalis-Braden; the second team featured a left tackle with an enormous cast on his hand. Grain of salt, grain of salt, grain of salt.
Anyway, Michigan had a few guys that looked impressive: Bryan Mone entered the backfield with regularity and Maurice Hurst Jr flashed the first step that was the bulk of his recruiting profile. That they've pushed Henry down the depth chart is an excellent sign even if that particular arrangement is clearly motivational after Henry established himself a legit Big Ten player a year ago. Brennen Beyer displayed an excellent ability to discard… uh… true freshman Mason Cole on a number of snaps. Beyer has always been an active hands guy; the question with him is his ability to hold up against 330 pound trucks. A matchup with Cole is not going to answer that.
Michigan got push up the middle of the pocket for large chunks of the scrimmages and while they weren't penetrating on run plays with regularity, see the aside above. When Michigan's options were limited in the half-line drills, they ended up in the backfield more often than not. It seemed like 80% of those runs cut back behind the center, which is a win for the DL in that drill.
As for guys who had bad snaps we will extrapolate much more from than is reasonable: at 2:55 in the video above Derrick Green gets one of Michigan's better runs on the day by bouncing outside; that is there because Glasgow locked up with and drove Henry Poggi well off the ball. Tom Strobel got easily handled on a successful Hayes power play at 2:25; a linebacker wearing a number in the 40s also picked the wrong hole. Also… does anyone know where Chris Wormley was? I don't recall seeing him; I googled to see if anyone had mentioned anything was up with him and came up empty, so I assume he was there but rather anonymous.
I have to punt on other defensive end observations, as I was focusing on the linebackers and secondary for much of the day.
Tentative Takeaways
- They're trying to make good on the promise to be aggressive.
- The cornerback depth is terrific and the top end should be quite good.
- Michigan has a solid young core at DT; DE is more uncertain.
- Linebackers… ask again later.
Upon Further Review 2013: Defense vs Nebraska
FORMATION NOTES: Michigan abandoned the two-high look for most of this game in favor of seven or seven and a half man fronts depending on whether Nebraska was in standard or three-wide personnel. Against 2TEs and a back:
Against three wide they would often go with a straight up 4-3 under on plausible run downs. This is a four-wide formation on which Michigan has 4-3 personnel on the field (that's Cam Gordon over the slot) and only gets out of their 4-3 under because Nebraska splits a TE.
This is a wide shot of a fairly typical one-high setup:
All of this was great for jamming up Nebraska's inside run game and very bad for option pitches.
SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Avery and Furman started at safety, with Wilson frequently subbing in. He was in the same role Bolden was, essentially a third starter. Thomas Gordon did not play. Countess went out in the first quarter, which put Dymonte Thomas on the field in the nickel and Stribling on the field on all downs. Lewis played only a little early and then was out.
Linebackers were the usual. Ryan/Gordon at SAM, Ross/Bolden/Morgan three guys for two spots at ILB. On the line, Jibreel Black(!) was your starting nose tackle with Washington rotating in. Henry and Glasgow were at the three tech, Clark went almost the whole way at WDE with Ojemudia in a clear backup role, and the same thing happened at SDE with Beyer and Wormley. On nickel packages, Taco Charlton came in as a DT. This was probably not a good move.
[After THE JUMP: 17 points should be good enough.]
One Frame At A Time: Nebraska
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[GIFs of Michigan players doing actual good things after THE JUMP because gallows humor only goes so far. Also: Jabrill Peppers!]
Upon Further Review 2013: Defense vs MSU
FORMATION NOTES: On passing downs Michigan sometimes went with this 3-3-5-ish look with the line in a wide three-man front and the SAM hanging out next to one of the ends;
They also went with a weird wide even line against Ace, once:
M rolled down Gordon in their under early:
And occasionally split their nickel package, leaving just one LB. I called this 5-1.
Oh and on the final drive MSU pulled out an unbalanced formation with two inline TEs to the same side of the line.
Deliberately trolling Borges's unbalanced lines? Probably not, but I hope so.
SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Taylor, Countess, and Gordon went the whole way. When Michigan went to a nickel it was always Jourdan Lewis; Michigan also brought in Avery from time to time to spot Wilson, with iffy success.
Linebacker was the usual, except Brennen Beyer was moved to SDE, leaving SAM mostly Ryan with Cam Gordon backing; the three-man ILB rotation was still in place. Gedeon was sent to the bench again.
On the line Michigan did some weird stuff. Black(!) played nose tackle to open the game and would end up there periodically. Henry flipped between nose and three-tech; when it was Washington and Henry Michigan seemed to regard them as interchangeable. Clark went almost the whole way at WDE; very little Ojemudia. At SDE it was Beyer and some Wormley; no or very little Heitzman. Glasgow made a cameo or two.
[After THE JUMP: I mean, what did you expect?]
Upon Further Review 2013: Defense vs Indiana
FORMATION NOTES: Michigan spent every snap in their nickel. This was fairly typical.
That also shows what I called "shotgun triangle" for IU. Wynn is lined up in the backfield behind the QB, but it's shotgun depth, not pistol. Wynn would always motion out after a hand-wave from the QB; this was always a decoy.
Michigan did show a few okie packages. This is Okie two; I designate them by the number of safeties.
SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Boatloads. Avery went back to safety and spotted Gordon and Wilson from time to time. This led to a lot of Stribling and Lewis, as Michigan played every snap in their nickel. Countess and Taylor did not leave the field, IIRC.
At linebacker the usual Ross/Morgan/Bolden rotation saw Ben Gedeon join. The line was the usual profusion of bodies. Clark or Ojemudia was usually one end with one of Beyer/Ryan/CGordon the other. On the interior, Washington, Black, Wormley, Henry and Heitzman seemed to split snaps almost evenly. Glasgow also got in some.
[After THE JUMP: go go go go go go go go go go]
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Taylor on an island [Upchurch]
Brian forwarded me a mailbag question regarding where Michigan's defense is getting attacked through the air, i.e. are there certain coverage areas that have been particularly weak? It took me most of a day to chart every passing play; the resulting post is rather straightforward. Consider this your bye week from my logorrhea.
Data are here.
What I tracked:
1) Where the ball starts (hash or center). If the tackles lined up inside the hash it was "center"
2) Which zone it was thrown to, on a telephone keypad grid. 1, 4, and 7 are around the numbers to the sideline; 2, 5, and 8 are the area around the opposite hash to the wide side only, and 3, 6, and 9 are down the middle.
If a ball was on the line I always erred to the zone closest to the quarterback. This makes sense if you imagine a player covering Zone 6 will be responsible for carrying a player through that zone, and would be in better position to defend that pass than a guy over him.
3) Which side (strong or weak) of the defense. I noted "Strong" as wherever the SAM lined up in 4-3 sets and where Countess lined up in nickel sets. Once or twice this conflicted with the offense but it's better this way for identifying which players are being targeted.
Weakside/boundary players, usually: R.Taylor, Wilson, Ross/Bolden, Beyer (as WDE) on nickel, Clark on 4-3.
Strongside/field players, usually: Countess, C.Gordon, Beyer (as SAM) on 4-3, Clark on nickel, T.Gordon, Morgan/Bolden, Stribling/Hollowell/Lewis/Avery.
Sacks, throwaways, scrambles, and other such events that took the emphasis on coverage were excised. I couldn't reward those things which occurred because coverage was good enough to make them happen so keep that in mind as you read.


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Got to thinking about Cheat Meals/Cheat Days and figured I'd pose this question to some of the more nutrition suave people on these forums. Now I know calories in and out are going to determine weight gained, but this isn't what the question is about. What different effects with regards to the body do you see in taking Cheat Meals as opposed to a Cheat Day? I guess I should define the two a little better. When I say Cheat Day, I'm referring to the Cheat Days some people have where they cram 7000 calories of sweets and what not into one day. When I talk about Cheat Meals, I mean eating say a semi bad dinner on Friday night, and then eating clean throughout the weekend except for one meal on Saturday and one on Sunday. For comparison's sake, lets say you ate the exact same amount of bad **** during both the Cheat Meal and Cheat Day scenarios. Which do you think would have the most adverse reaction within the body? I probably worded this really bad, but I'm tired and don't feel like thinking my way through all this.
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Just usage of the word gained makes me want to ask:Originally Posted by Chubrock
Are you bulking?
If you are cutting I would do a cheat day VS a cheat meal Fri,Sat,Sun. The cheat day would give the benefits of a refeed with roughly the same in cals.
I consider a cheat day and day I go over my Maintanance calories by 500 or more. SO if you are having some crappy meal 3 times a week and completely blowing your daily needs to ****e then I would say its a cheat DAY. Now if your bulkig then I guess theres really no reason to worry.
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If i can get my head round what your saying weight wise i think its all going to be the same. the more i read up on this and the more i see on here my opinion is its all based on weekly outgoings and incomings as much as anything else so wether you have it all in one day or spread over 3 meals over 3 days the total cals for the week will be the same.
Advantages from spreading it out over 3 days is obviously depending on what you eat you will have the nebefits especially while cutting of extra energy for workouts the bad thing is you going to be bloated and taking in empty cals for 3 days effecting protein.
Advantages of having it in one day is itsa more controlable and is not effecting you diet for the rest of the week however i always feel like **** after having a complete cheat day but thats just me.
Their is however far to many factors to be able to give astraight answere. Such as are you bulking or cutting/ what will your cheat meals contain etc etc etc
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Oh the Super Midget, I mean Moderator coming up with supreme judgement haha. The question was just a more in general type thing, though I should have said it was geared more to those cutting. I was just wondering that if a single day as a refeed is used to affect different hormones, compounds and what not in the body, what would be the effect if instead of one day, you spread the refeed over 2 or three days. Of course if you spread it over the 2 or 3 days, you'd feel the empty spaces with good, clean food, but overall, would it have the same effect as if you just did a single day of refeeding? BTW this is nothing I'm looking at really doing for myself persay, just was interested in the whole idea.
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Whenever we move to c'something new' we forget how much the new thing started off doing things the old thing never thought of. Desktop systems spawned spreadsheets and desktop publishing, smart phones ignited new forms of social/comercial engagement. It's not that the old system never did this, but the new form encouraged, or at least heavily tweaked the old model.
It doesn't feel like the right question to say what will replace a phone. The more interesting question to me at least is what new values will ear/car/eye/wrist devices explore/expand/create?
For example, google now + voice recognition + siri are pointing to a fascinating world where you will interact with your cloud data as well as the web to ask questions and accomplish simple tasks while on the go. The ability to be on a call, ask for information about a restaurant (from google), and share that location with your caller is about merging information you need and tasks with your nexus of contacts.
My vote is on cloud+voice but just like my other examples, once the 'ear computer' establishes this new model, it will quickly back port to phones and even laptops.
Research In Motion has a lock on this, you will be in a better position to draw conclusions at the end of this month. QNX is everywhere, no one else comes close.
I made the switch from Apple products to the Nokia line, loving the Nokia 920, because Apple just has gotten boring. Nokia has shown with its pureview cameras, video stabilization, beautiful product design ,great Nokia apps like Drive and maps that it really is the leader, not the follower. Cars companies are adding Nokia mapping services, like king Mercedes and Nokia mapping services lead the way in getting data input per day for their leading service. As far as glasses and wearable devices, just YouTube Nokia glasses and bendable smartphone, all done as others follow. I do not understand why no comment in this article points out that fact but is more of a commercial for just, of course, Apple and Google. Forbes, could you please just put a Bilderberg banner outside and cut the scam. A scam is not a scam when everyone knows. Next lunch with Rockefeller and Bloomberg could you guys get out of the City? I think you are a living in a sheltered life.
I guess the end of the era of smart phones and tablets PCs is coming soon. Previously peoples used to have computer on their desk, then they have on their lap and then on their palm. Now they will have computers on wearable forms.
The last thing we need is another distraction in our vehicles. A computer will be worse than a cell phone to compete with attention we need to drive safely. I can't imagine trying to read something as small as a wrist computer and combine it with another activity even walking could result in an accident.


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Several ramps along I-43 will close beginning Monday and will remain closed until at least July, according to officials with the Wisconsin Department of Transportation.
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NORMAN — Meacham Auditorium on the University of Oklahoma campus erupted in applause and excited chatter at the end of Naomi Shihab Nye's keynote address Friday morning.
Norman Public Schools students from Longfellow Middle School quickly got in line to have copies of Nye's books signed by the author herself. Nye was the 2013 NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature winner for her collections of poems, novel and books of essays for both young adults and adults.
The NSK Neustadt Prize for Children's Literature is a new award intended to enhance the quality of children's literature. The Prize was established by Nancy Barcelo, Susan Neustadt Schwartz and Kathy Neustadt. The essential criterion for this prize is that the winner's work has a positive impact on children's literature. The prize is intended to include all of literature written for children and could be given for work that is illustrated, juvenile, young adult, etc. There is no limitation to a particular age group or type of children's literature.
Nye has written and edited 33 books and was nominated for the NSK Prize by fellow writer Ibtisam Barakat. Nye was born in Missouri and grew up in San Antonio, Texas. Nye's father is Palestinian and her roots have guided some of her writing including, "Habibi," which has been translated into five languages.
"It was a really inspiring talk. Especially when she said she writes everything down and that she lived a lot of what she writes," Kristen Mcjunkins, an eighth-grader at Longfellow, said.
Longfellow students Meghan Bell and Rachel Farmer said they were really looking forward to reading more of Nye's work and other students said they were ready to put pen to paper and come up with poems and stories of their own.
"She (Nye) made me feel like I could write about anything from my life," Kristen Ngyen, an eighth-grader who is working on a greek mythology story, said.
Nye said, quoting Woody Guthrie, "I'd like to be known as the man that told you something you already knew," and went on to explain that with her writing she seeks universal connectivity through common understanding from her readers.
OU students who participated in the Neustadt class, Danielle Sasser and Danielle Nagel, said reading cultural literature like Nye's really opened their minds. And Trevian Smith, Longfellow eighth-grader, said he felt a connection to Nye.
"Thanks to her, I want to try and write again," Smith said.
Nye said with her writing she hopes for a sense of meaningful contact and that she felt touched because she thought she had made that connection with Norman students and the whole city of Norman.
"The students were so enthusiastic and attentive. I'm quite proud of them," Nye said. "...There really is a great spirit here in Norman. I want to thank the Neustadt family for such a wonderful experience."
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CLARKSVILLE — Clarksville police were dispatched to LongHorn Steakhouse on Veterans Parkway about 9 p.m. Monday to respond to a report of an extremely intoxicated 42-year-old New Albany man who refused to leave the establishment, police reported.
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"I stood there for a few moments and the subject, later identified as Jonathan Jones, turned around and began staring at me. I began walking toward him and he made some type of negative remark," the officer noted in the report.
Jones, of 7625 Scottsville Road, was not able to provide identification to the officer upon request.
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"I asked him to spell his name and he became very belligerent and asked me if I had a middle name and wanted to know how to spell it," the officer wrote in the report. "I advised him that my patience had been worn thin and that I was trying to help him, but if he did not want to cooperate, I would lock him up for the theft."
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After Jones was told he was being placed under arrest, officers reported that he became very belligerent and called them offensive names.
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July 31, 2014
Demonstrators take to the streets tonight marching and talking in an effort to take back the night.
People gathered at the Capitol square this evening for the 21st Dane County rally against sexual violence. The event provides a safe and empowering environment for survivors to speak about sexual assaults and let their voices be heard.
Dane County Take Back the Night Coalition says one out of three women and one out of every seven men will fall victim to sexual assault. Statistics show the number of sexual assault reports are on the rise, but experts aren't sure if that means more occurrences or more people reporting occurrences. Charity Schmidt, Co-chair of the event says they like to believe people are feeling more comfortable talking about the assaults.
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---- — CENTERVILLE — Yvonne Paxston, 57, of Centerville, passed away Jan. 23, 2014, at her home.
She was born on Jan. 8, 1957, in Davenport, the daughter of Howard and Linda (Cornett) Paxston.
She was an amazing mother and grandmother and shared a special bond with them. Her favorite place to take her grandkids was the park. Friends and family will always remember her home as being spotless and welcoming. She never knew a stranger and would do anything she could to help others. Yvonne was not only a beautiful person on the outside but especially on the inside. She will be missed by so many more than she could ever know.
Her last employment was at the Drake Library in the children's department, which she loved. It brought her great joy to work with children. She also loved reading.
She is survived by her daughter, Amber (Clay) Winn of Ottumwa; grandchildren Carley and Chale Winn of Ottumwa; her mother, Linda Van Dike of Centerville; two brothers, Kenneth and Wayne Paxston, both of Centerville.
Yvonne was preceded in death by her father, Howard Paxston; and grandparents, Kenneth and Virginia Cornett.
Memorial services will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday at Lange Funeral Home and Crematory in Centerville; Pastor Tony Angran officiating. Burial will follow in the Mt. Ararat Cemetery east of Centerville on Highway 2.
In lieu of flowers, a memorial has been established to the family of Yvonne Paxston and may be given to Lange Funeral Home and Crematory, 1900 S. 18th St., Centerville, Iowa, 52544.
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Springfield, Mass. -- April 10, 2012 -- Ashley Marino of the Springfield College softball team hurled her second no-hitter in a 17-day span as she led the Pride to a 7-0 victory in game #1 of a doubleheader versus MCLA this afternoon at SC's Potter Field. In game #2, an 8-run fifth led SC to a 9-1 victory.
In the first game, Marino was dominant in facing the minimum 21 batters in the contest. The only Trailblazer to reach first got there on Marino's overthrow of first base on a ground ball back to the pitcher. The MCLA runner was picked off a short time later when catcher Allison Clott threw behind the runner at first to second baseman Kasey Kelly, who easily tagged the runner out. Kelly is the reigning NEWMAC Softball Player of the Week.
Marino struck out 11 and walked none. The remaining 10 outs were all of the routine variety. She struck out seven of the first 11 batters she faced.
SC scored its first two runs in the second inning on a bunt single by Christina Leader. Tess Gagliano scored the first run on the ball that traveled no more than eight feet. Then when the throw was late to first, Kelsey Dunn kept motoring around third to score the second run on the play. Those were the game-winners.
Dunn then had the big hit in the four-run third, a two-RBI single. She later scored on a stolen base, wild pitch, and error.
Kelly Blake then lined a long one-out blast to left field in the fourth for a home run to finish the scoring in game one. Dunn and Breann Joyce had two hits apiece for the Pride.
Ainsley MacDonald took the loss for the Trailblazers, giving up 10 hits. Only five of the seven runs were earned for SC..
In the second game, sophomore right-hander Jen Joseph raised her record to 7-2 by pitching a complete-game five-inning 9-1 victory. Joseph gave up just two hits, one run (earned), struck out five, and walked one.
It was a 1-0 lead, however, for the Trailblazers through three innings. But in the fourh, Blake blasted a home run to tie matters at 1-apiece. SC then added eight big runs in the fifth.
In that inning, Rivelli hit a two-run double. That was immediately followed up by a three-run shot by Kasey Kelly. Later in the inning, SC scored twice when Allison Clott and Tess Gagliano were hit by consecutive pitches. That then set up a fielder's choice by Kelsey Dunn to score the ninth run to win it.


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Grade President Obama's handling of the Libyan crisis.
Democrats (29 votes)
Average grade: B-
2/19/11*: 56%
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*The Egyptian crisis. Average grade: B+
"Obama is playing cleanup for a mess created by 40 years of U.S. presidents who perpetuated this mess by propping up Qaddafi for oil purposes."
"I give him an 'A' because there is little he can do without getting us into a war."
"We're already fighting wars in two other Muslim countries. Let's not rush headlong into a third one."
"He kept us out of another war, but we still have a crazy guy in power."
"Too little, too late; and it may result in Qaddafi staying in power."
"The president hasn't hurt our position, but wish the White House had been more assertive from the start."
"All talk; no walk."
"Unfortunately, failure has become an option!"
Grade President Obama's handling of the Libyan crisis.
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Average grade: D
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"To be fair, there is real disagreement on the best path forward. But if you're looking for even the smallest hint of leadership from the White House, it ain't there."
"No runs, no hits, no errors."
"Obama is rightfully listening to [Defense] Secretary Gates. Gates is the guy behind the scenes in all these Middle East uprisings—he is great."
"By continuing to delay his response, President Obama has emboldened the Libyan regime and potentially sealed the fate of the democratic protesters."
"Too timid."
"He's failed—as sadly, we've come to expect—to provide us with leadership or guidance as we confront the consequences of upheaval in both Libya and the greater Arab world, particularly the implications for oil supply and prices. Now would be a great time to advance the cause of domestic carbon-energy production. Yet there's neither word nor action from the administration that would help to bring prices down and to begin to provide long-term relief."
"The president's entire team is just reacting at this point. There appears to be no coordination whatsoever."
"What response?"
"Did he take geography in high school?"
"The Libyan crisis is the latest in a string of examples of Obama abdicating leadership in favor of political posturing for reelection."
Do labor unions have too much, too little, or about the right amount of influence on American life and politics today?
Democrats (29 votes)
Too much: 0%
Too little: 59%
Right amount: 38%
Depends (volunteered): 3%
Too little
"The real question is this: Does America want to protect its working families?"
"Corporations appear to own both the Congress and the executive branch, while trying to direct attention from this by decrying labor unions."
"The decline of labor unions has coincided with the decline of the middle class."
"There has been a steady erosion of union influence in America, as union ranks have dwindled. But all that is about to change, and Wisconsin is ground zero."
Right amount
"Unions have just the right power: That is why they are under attack by Republicans."
"The Wisconsin debacle illustrated how little Republicans value American workers. However, labor unions are gaining strength and will make a big impact in next year's election."
"Too little in right-to-work states. About the right amount in most others."
Do labor unions have too much, too little, or about the right amount of influence on American life and politics today?
Republicans (34 votes)
Too much: 91%
Too little: 3%
Right amount: 6%
Too much
"On free trade, way too much in a union-intimidated Congress: They are impressive at shooting down new customers and sales for U.S. businesses and farmers."
"At least with respect to public-employee unions."
"They are so Democratic that they will never have GOP support. Why bother? They couldn't even get 'card check' with overwhelming Democratic majorities: politically inept."
"Major loss of focus by labor unions; union leaders are not listening to their members on the front lines of our economy."
"Too many unions are arguing for positions and policies which hurt America's ability to compete in the global economy."
"Our broken education system is Exhibit A."
"Particularly in government: Public-sector unions are malefactors to their fellow citizens in states facing budget crises."
"For many unions, the focus has shifted too much on centralizing power and increasing political influence for the benefit of the few
on top, rather than the workers paying the dues."
Democratic Congressional Insiders Sens. Sherrod Brown, Ben Cardin, Thomas Carper, Frank Lautenberg, Barbara Mikulski, Mark Pryor, Jon Tester, Tom Udall, Mark Warner; Reps. Jason Altmire, Robert Andrews, Tammy Baldwin, Karen Bass, Xavier Becerra, Howard Berman, Lois Capps, Michael Capuano, Dennis Cardoza, James Clyburn, Gerry Connolly , Jim Cooper, Joseph Crowley, Elijah Cummings, Diana DeGette, Rosa DeLauro, Eliot Engel, Anna Eshoo, Sam Farr, Chaka Fattah, Bob Filner, Alcee Hastings, Rush Holt, Mike Honda, Steve Israel, Marcy Kaptur, Jim Langevin, John Lewis, Zoe Lofgren, Nita Lowey, Carolyn Maloney, Ed Markey, Jim McDermott, Jim McGovern, Jim Moran, Gary Peters, Collin Peterson, David Price, Silvestre Reyes, Linda Sanchez, Jan Schakowsky, Allyson Schwartz, Jose Serrano, Adam Smith, Pete Stark, Bennie Thompson, Debbie Wasserman Schultz, Henry Waxman, Peter Welch, and Frederica Wilson.
GOP Congressional Insiders Sens. Lamar Alexander, John Cornyn, Jim DeMint, John Ensign, Lindsey Graham, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Johnny Isakson, Richard Lugar, Jeff Sessions, Olympia Snowe, John Thune, David Vitter; Reps. Michele Bachmann, Brian Bilbray, Marsha Blackburn, John Boehner, Charles Boustany, Kevin Brady, John Campbell, Eric Cantor, John Carter, Tom Cole, Mike Conaway, Jeff Denham, Charlie Dent, David Dreier, Sean Duffy, Jo Ann Emerson, Jeff Flake, Scott Garrett, Bob Goodlatte, Trey Gowdy, Kay Granger, Doc Hastings, Nan Hayworth, Darrell Issa, Mike Kelly, Peter King, Jack Kingston, Adam Kinzinger, John Kline, Dan Lungren, Kenny Marchant, Kevin McCarthy, Patrick McHenry, John Mica, Candice Miller, Sue Myrick, Devin Nunes, Mike Pence, Tom Price, Dave Reichert, Mike Rogers of Michigan, Phil Roe, Paul Ryan, Aaron Schock, Pete Sessions, Adrian Smith, Steve Stivers, Lee Terry, Pat Tiberi, Fred Upton, Daniel Webster, and Joe Wilson.
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JONESBOROUGH, Tenn. (AP) -- The founder of the Jonesborough Storytelling Festival says he is retiring, but will stay involved with the event he started 40 years ago.
Jimmy Neil Smith told the Johnson City Press (http://bit.ly/UIt798 ) that he is retiring from the International Storytelling Center, but he will still work part-time and remains committed to advancing the role of storytelling locally and around the world.
Smith says he first presented his idea for a storytelling festival to the Jonesborough Civic Trust in 1972, and they encouraged him to move forward with it.
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In 2000, PandEcats.com first published an article title, Born With A Twisted Leg . The article discussed a condition that can affect the front or hind legs/feet of newborn kittens, making them appear deformed at birth. The twisting of the legs can vary from paws that are slightly curled under, to hyper-extended stiff legs, to legs bent into a yoga position to the severest condition where it may actually appear like the back legs have been put on backwards. The condition was due to contracted tendons, most likely a result of positioning or crowding in the uterus.
Tendons run down the leg onto the foot. Usually there are opposing tendons and they contract or expand as needed. If the leg or foot is awkwardly placed while the kitten is confined in its amniotic sac, the tendon on one side of the leg may grow shorter than normally and its partner on the other side grows longer. This abnormal inequality leads to a twisting of the leg to various degrees.
When we first published the article about twisted legs the response was beyond our expectations. We began to receive reports and photos of kittens born with twisted legs from around the globe. Kittens were born this way in all breeds - from show cats to feral cats - and were born in small litters and huge litters. We were amazed.
We decided to follow the progress of individual cases. This led to several follow-up articles:
- Update On Kittens Born With Twisted Legs
- Bracing Twisted Hindlegs
- Contracted Tendons of the Front Legs
With a wide variety of individual cases observed and a broader perspective, I have some observations and suggestions to make regarding the general care of a kitten born with this affliction.
Care of the Newborn With Twisted Legs
- If you have a kitten born with twisted legs, don't panic.
- The first thing to do is make sure the kitten can push or pull itself into position to nurse. Occasionally the twisted legs prevent a kitten from competing with its littermates to reach and attach to the mother's nipple. If the kitten is having problems feeding, you may need to hold the kitten in position so it can nurse without being pushed aside by its littermates.
- Once you know the kitten is nursing well, you can turn your attention to helping the leg "untwist". You are going to give the kitten physiotherapy :-)
- Begin by warming the affected limb. Warming helps prepare the shortened tendon to be stretched, in the same way warmth helps sore muscles. There are several ways of warming the leg. You can apply a heating pad. You can use a warm compress by heating a moistened cloth in the microwave and wrapping it around the leg. This will lose heat fairly quickly so have a second cloth ready and keep replacing it with a warm one. You can even emerse the leg into water as hot as you can stand it. Or use your hair dryer to direct warm air on the leg.
- Heating the limb is in preparation to massage and stretch it into the normal position.
- Once the leg has been warmed, begin a gentle massage up and down its length. As you massage, you can also carefully begin to stretch it towards a normal position. The stretch is the most important part of the therapy.
- At first, you will probably not be able to bring the leg completely into the correct position. Try to stretch the contracted tendon a little bit at a time. At the same time as the shortened tendon stretches, the tendon on the other side which is too long will have the opportunity to contract back. Gradually as the tendons come back into a more equal relationship with one another, the leg should also come into a normal position.
- The more often you perform the warming-massage-stretch routine, the faster the kitten is likely to correct. Conduct the physiotherapy at least 3 times a day. Up to 10 times or more a day is preferred.
- Once the legs seem to be in a normal position, you can help build strength in them. If dealing with the hind legs, hold the kitten up under its front legs and try to get it to "stand" on its hind legs. Bounce it slightly so it tries to use the hind legs, strengthening them. If it is the front legs that need strengthening, reverse the technique so it is standing on its "hands". Do not use these strengthening exercises if the legs cannot support the weight without twisting again.
- You should be seeing weekly improvement following the warming-massaging-stretching routine.
- If you don't see improvement, you may need to consider bracing the legs.
Bracing Front Legs
Bracing front legs is usually necessary if the twisted leg tends to collapse when weight is put on it. If the leg collapses, the tendons never have the opportunity to recover. The contracted one remains too short. The long one remains too long.
Apply bracing as needed - usually from above to below where the twisting is occurring. Bracing forces the leg into the correct position and supports it in that position while the tendons have the opportunity to grow normally.
Bracing Hind Legs
Bracing hind legs is a bit more complicated than front legs, but thankfully is required less often.
Besides bracing the hind legs into position, they often have to be connected to one another or the kitten will either splay them out at an unnatural angle or drag them.
When bracing hind legs, be sure that the stifle (knee) is left free to move if possible.
General Observations
- Most kittens born with twisted legs self correct by the time they are starting to walk - about 5 weeks of age.
- If the kitten starts to stand and walk and the twisted leg is too weak to support the kitten properly, it will need to be braced . It cannot self correct if it cannot support the weight of the kitten.
- Twisted front legs need bracing more often than twisted hind legs.
- If the kitten needs to have the legs braced, do not delay. The longer you delay, the longer the leg will need to be braced and the less the chance of 100% success.
- Kittens grow VERY fast so bracing will need to be replaced almost daily or it will become too tight. A sign of being too tight is swelling in the toes meaning circulation is being cut off.
- The best bracing materials depend on your kitten and its problem. Tongue depressors, metal finger splints or Velcro vet wrap are a few good options.
Final Note
Most veterinarians are not familiar with a kitten being born with twisted legs. If the owner takes a kitten born this way to a veterinarian, it is not unusual for the veterinarian to assume the kitten will be permanently deformed and recommend euthanasia. Please tell your vet about this condition and that is usually corrects on its own. By simply informing your vet about this problem, you may be saving a kitten's life!


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NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Vanderbilt University has extended the contract of women's basketball coach Melanie Balcomb through 2017.
Terms were not announced. Balcomb is 238-94 in 10 seasons with the Commodores, and won at least 20 games each year. All her teams received an NCAA Tournament bid and four advanced to regional NCAA competition. Her teams also won three Southeastern Conference championships.
Vice Chancellor David Williams said Balcomb has made Vanderbilt a perennial leader in women's basketball.
She previously coached at Ashland and Xavier. Her career record is 401-198.
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BREAKING - GM to Reduce Full-Size Truck Production
Written by Zane Merva
Monday, 28 April 2008
Move to bring production in line with market demand
Company to explore options to expand car production
DETROIT GM announced today that it is eliminating one shift of production at its full-size pickup truck assembly plants in Pontiac, Mich.; Flint, Mich.; and Oshawa, Ontario; and its full-size SUV assembly plant in Janesville, Wis. The decisions were made to bring production capacity more in line with market demand.
Under this plan, approximately 88,000 units of full-size pickup and 50,000 units of full-size SUV production will be removed from GMs North American production capacity for the remainder of the 2008 calendar year.
Based on current plans, the shift reductions will be effective on the following dates:
* Flint Assembly (Heavy Duty Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra) July 14
* Janesville (Chevrolet Tahoe and Suburban, GMC Yukon, Yukon XL) July 14
* Pontiac Assembly (Chevrolet Silverado, GMC Sierra) July 14
* Oshawa Truck (Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra) September 8
The full-size pickup truck and full-size SUV segments have softened for the entire industry down 15 and 26 percent, respectively, through the first quarter of 2008. Nonetheless, GM remains the segment leader in both instances, with nearly 40 percent share of full-size trucks and more than 63 percent share in the full-size SUV market.
With rising fuel prices, a softening economy, and a downward trend on current and future market demand for full-size trucks, a significant adjustment was needed to align our production with market realities, said Troy Clarke, president GM North America. This is a difficult move, but we remain committed to retaining and growing our leadership position in the full-size truck market.
Clarke noted that with the market shifting toward cars and crossovers, GM is seeing strong sales of the new Chevrolet Malibu, Cadillac CTS, Chevrolet Cobalt, Pontiac G6, Chevrolet Impala, Buick Enclave and GMC Acadia. He added that the company is continuing to explore options to increase car and crossover production, but there are no changes to car production at this time.
The full-size truck production cuts will result in lower staffing requirements at all four plants, and those details will be worked out over the next several weeks with the UAW and CAW.
General Motors Corp. (NYSE: GM), the world's largest automaker, has been the annual global industry sales leader for 77 years. Founded in 1908, GM today employs about 266,000 people around the world. With global headquarters in Detroit, GM manufactures its cars and trucks in 35 countries. In 2007, nearly 9.37 million GM cars and trucks were sold globally under the following brands: Buick, Cadillac, Chevrolet, GMC, GM Daewoo, Holden, HUMMER, Opel, Pontiac, Saab, Saturn, Vauxhall and Wuling. GM's OnStar subsidiary is the industry leader in vehicle safety, security and information services. More information on GM can be found at www.gm.com.
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Ever been in a meeting where one loudmouth's mediocre idea dominates? Then you know brainstorming needs an overhaul.
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I did not want to be a great teacher. I wanted to be a teacher.
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The National Archives offer a very interesting tool for students who study American history. They can create a poster or a movie based on thousands of files that can be found in the Digital Vaults. The final product can be shared digitally or printed.
Great for history projects or presentations.
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I can't help thinking how great of a resource this wIll be for my students to use to create a Glogster poster On the American Revolution.
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When we talk about how our education system is failing our students, there are a lot of different options presented on how to 'fix' it. Everyone has an answer, a promising new way of thinking, a potential magic bullet. Inevitably, we also examine school systems that are working as a part of investigating what to do …
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I rarely assigned homework. It seemed counter-productive and counter-intuitive. The exception, if can be called homework, were projects which engaged students and their parents at home. This provided an untapped resource, excited students and parents, and was highly successful. I always provided more time for these projects so they did not work against learning.
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Good piece, but need to consider also; this country is not really catering to multi-cultural group. But, we should learn from their examples - we in Australia definitely moving towards over-educating, with even prep losing its play-based approach. Also worth noting - the teacher in the classroom has the biggest impact on whether or not the students will learn - effective teachers=effective learners.
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ONEONTA — June E. Anderson, 75, of Oneonta, passed away on Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012, at her home.
She was born on May 26, 1937, in Oneonta, the daughter of the late Clayton and Bessy (Houck) Bullis. June married Charles Anderson on Dec. 4, 1954, in Oneonta.
June loved going to family get-togethers and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She also enjoyed attending summer softball league games. In her spare time, June kept busy putting together puzzles, reading, and word search puzzles. She also had a passion for WWE Wrestling.
June is survived by her companion of over 45 years, Fred Tyler; her two sons, Larry Anderson and Gene Anderson; her grandchildren, June Thayer, Shawn Anderson, Jennifer Anderson, Kyle Anderson, and Brandon Anderson; and nine great-grandchildren.
She is also survived by her sisters, Joyce Bullis, Penny Klinegardener, Caroline Finch, Ruth Anne Bullis-Martin and Shirley Oliver; her brothers, Barry Bullis and Randy Bullis; a special brother-in-law, Joe Anderson, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins.
June was predeceased by her husband, Charles Anderson, and her brother, Gene Bullis.
Friends and family may call from noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at the Bookhout Funeral Home, 357 Main St., Oneonta, at which time the family will be in attendance.
A funeral service will be held at 1 pm on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2012, at the funeral home, with the Rev. Mel Farmer officiating. Interment will be held at a later date at the convenience of the family.
To light a candle or to send an online condolence to the family, please visit our website: www.bookhoutfuneralhome.com
Arrangements are by the Bookhout Funeral Home, Oneonta.