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SOUTH BRISTOL - Twenty minutes a day.
Painter Sally Loughridge describes the machines used in her radiation treatments and how they affected her.
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"My Terrain," from the second day of treatment, an image of Loughridge on the treatment table.
SALLY LOUGHRIDGE will present her story at the Community Cancer Center in South Portland at 5:30 p.m. Jan. 22. The event is free and open to the public. Registration is required; call 774-2200.
SHE ALSO will present a workshop at a Living with Cancer conference at the Augusta Civic Center on May 1. Call 800-227-2345 for more information.
Sally Loughridge disciplined herself to stand at her easel for 20 minutes each day that she received radiation treatment following surgery for breast cancer.
For 33 days over the bleary late-winter of March and the hopeful early-spring of April 2010, she traveled from her home in South Bristol to the Coastal Cancer Treatment Center in Bath for focused doses of radiation. She returned home exhausted and filled with unsettled emotions.
Maybe she would have a quick bite or a brief rest. But always and with unwavering discipline, Loughridge mustered whatever strength and resolve was necessary, and engaged in a vigorous, spirited painting session.
"It gave me some sense of control of a situation that felt scary and out of control to me," says Loughridge, one of Maine's most popular painters, who is best known for her soft-hued seascapes in watercolor, oil and pastel. "It wasn't about painting pictures that would be hanging up anywhere. It was a way to express myself and to understand myself better."
Her 20-minute painting sessions became a coping strategy, allowing her an unfiltered means of expressing the fears, sadness, vulnerability, uncertainty and anger that many cancer patients experience. The resulting series is a record of her private experience.
The American Cancer Society has published Loughridge's paintings in a new book, "Rad Art: A Journey Through Radiation Treatment." Each painting includes a few sentences from Loughridge that explain her feelings each day.
Tony Award-winning playwright Eve Ensler wrote the introduction.
"Rad Art," which takes its name from the computer file that Loughridge used to store digital images of her paintings, will help others facing similar life-changing crises navigate their emotions, says Susan Clifford, state director of communications for the American Cancer Society in Maine.
"Her powerful images and short messages convey her feelings and emotions in a simple but powerful way," Clifford says. "After being diagnosed with cancer or any other life-changing event, people may feel like their life is out of their control. Expressing emotions instead of keeping them inside lowers stress and promotes mental and physical health. Sally's book helps people discover the power of expressing their feelings through art, music or another creative outlet."
When she made these paintings, Loughridge had no intention of sharing them. At first, she wasn't comfortable "going public" with breast cancer at all. She did not want cancer to define her.
A retired clinical psychologist, Loughridge wanted her painting exercise to be something that would help her feel better, to purge negative feelings and anxieties from her system.
She was adamant about restricting her time in the studio to 20 minutes a day. Had she allowed herself more time, or if she went back later to work on something, she would defeat the purpose of her exercise.
It was a form of therapy, and it worked.
The process helped steady her emotions and gave her something to look forward to each day, she says. "Usually, I was eager to paint," she says.
Loughridge, who is 67 now, was diagnosed with breast cancer in January 2010. She had surgery almost immediately and began radiation soon after.
She remembers feeling overwhelmed with confusion, anger and fear. Everything happened so fast, she barely had time to process one piece of information before another came along. She needed ballast.
Painting made the most sense. Loughridge and her husband, Stephen Busch, moved to Maine in 1999, and Loughridge has painted full-time since.
During a trip to Portland before beginning her radiation regimen, Loughridge stopped at her favorite art-supply store and loaded up on 5-by-7-inch panels. This was the perfect size for her exercise, because it allowed her to fill the surface quickly.
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In her book, "Rad Art," Loughridge shares painted and written expressions of her experiences as a cancer patient undergoing radiation.
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"Beyond the Woods," a painting by Sally Loughridge of South Bristol, who turned a series of small oil paintings into a book, "Rad Art: A Journey Through Radiation Treatment."


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On December 20, 2007 the Boston Globe published a Q&A they had done with then Presidential candidate Barrack Hussein Obama. Oh, I forgot that mentioning his middle name was taboo, but since he insisted that his middle name be used for his swearing in as the New President of the United States of America, I guess it is not longer an issue. I am sure I will get a lot of negatives from that small group of my readers that hate whatever I say.
It is important that my readers understand, that I am not against the Libya operation. However, I am against the President's justification for the action. I believe that the President should have taken action much sooner given the fact that Libya's own government members, who recently defected, admitted that Qaddafi had personally ordered the bombing of Pan Am flight 103. The bomb placed on the 747 flight, exploded on December 21, 1988 while it was flying over Lockerbie, Scotland, killing 243 passengers and 16 crew members , plus 11 people on the ground. Most of those killed on the plane were Americans.
So, let's see where Obama has been on the issue of attacking a country that does not present an immediate threat to American citizens and/or the US as a whole.
Barack Obama's Q&A
By Charlie Savage
Globe Staff / December 20, 2007
For a complete transcript of this Q&A you can go to: http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/specials/CandidateQA/ObamaQA/
Question: In what circumstances, if any, would the president have constitutional authority to bomb Iran without seeking a use-of-force authorization from Congress? (Specifically, what about the strategic bombing of suspected nuclear sites -- a situation that does not involve stopping an IMMINENT threat?)
"The President does not have power under the Constitution to unilaterally authorize a military attack in a situation that does not involve stopping an actual or imminent threat to the nation.
As Commander-in-Chief, the President does have a duty to protect and defend the United States. In instances of self-defense, the President would be within his constitutional authority to act before advising Congress or seeking its consent. History has shown us time and again, however, that military action is most successful when it is authorized and supported by the Legislative branch. It is always preferable to have the informed consent of Congress prior to any military action".
Now, let's compare what Obama said then vs. his actions now.
At the time, Obama felt that the President could only authorize military action against a country if that country presented an imminent threat to the American people and/or the US, and also that the President should inform and have the consent of Congress. However, Libya, has not presented an imminent threat to the US for several years. As a matter of fact, right after the March 2003 start of the war against Saddam Hussein in Iraq, it was Qaddafi, the Leader and ruler of Libya who "voluntarily" admitted having a nuclear weapons program and then agreed also to its dismantling. He also agreed to scrapping other WMD development programs. He just wanted assurances that, at the time, he would not suffer the same fate as Iraq's Saddam Hussein.
Obama did not inform or received the consent of Congress for this action, again contrary to his own position when Bush was president.
It is also disconcerting that Obama has called Libyan leader Muammar al-Qaddafi a threat to his own people, but just a few weeks before attacking Libya the president asked Congress to increase U.S. aid for Qaddafi's military to $1.7 million. This money, according to the US State Department led by none other than Hillary Clinton, was earmarked to train Libyan military officers, improve its air force, secure its borders and to counter terrorism. While this is not a lot of money it is another one of those "doubletalk" actions from Obama. On one hand he denounces Qaddafi while on the other he props the same military that now our brave men and women in uniform have to fight in order to "protect" Libyans from genocide.
As I said before, I am all for getting this thug and murderer of Americans out of Libya, because he plotted and killed Americans, but going to war, using as an excuse that we are doing it to protect civilians is not only unconstitutional, but against what President Obama himself said before, as per his Q&A with the Globe in December 2007.
Here is the same President Obama who in 2009, while the Iranian regime was murdering civilian protestors, stated that he would not say much, because he did not want to "meddle" in internal Iranian affairs. Here is the same President who has ignored the genocide in Sudan, Yemen, Syria, and many other countries, where civilians are been murdered on the streets just for expressing their opposition to these repressive regimes. How are these human beings any different than the Libyan civilians?
To add insult to injury, while the US has carried the brunt of the actions against Qaddafi, Obama has, after tremendous infighting within the so-called allies, and in particular Germany, France, Italy and Turkey, put American fighting men and women under the command of NATO, without any real definition of what is the plan, what is the exit strategy, how much is it going to cost? Remember those questions made by the Elite Media and the Democrat Party Leadership, amongst many other factions of the Left wing in our country, from then President George W Bush as the Iraq war was going on. Where are this people now? With a few exceptions, from the likes of Ralph Nader, Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio, and a few others, Democrats and the Elite media remain silent.
On December 4, 2007, then Senator and presidential hopeful Joe Biden (now VP of the US) during an interview with Christ Matthews on the MSNBC Hardball show, emphatically said that he would personally work to impeach Bush if he bombed Iran without first gaining congressional approval.
Biden: If the President attacks a Country "I Would Move to Impeach"
Well, Obama has attacked a country that did not present an "imminent" threat to the US, but Biden has not lifted a finger to impeach Obama. Seems to me like more Doubletalk and also a double set of standards. By the way, at the time of the Biden speech there was significant concerns about Iran nuclear program, which, as we all know, continues unabated.
Here is the web link where you see the videos of Biden's speeches on the matter in 2007.
The key question, if we buy Obama's justification for attacking Libya to stop the genocide, then why did the Elite Media, and Obama himself, strongly oppose George W Bush when he attacked Iraq and stopped the continued murdering of thousands of civilians by Saddam Hussein who even used chemical weapons against his own people? Also, contrary to what the Elite Media and many Democrats say today, George W. Bush had Congressional authority for the actions in Afghanistan and Iraq, while Obama does not. I Am not saying this to defend the Bush administration, but to make it clear that we need our Media and politicians to be consistent, and in particular the media has a responsibility to tell the American people the truth of the events and no play politics
While I hope and pray that we stop the genocide in Libya, Obama is sending American men and women in harm's way and promising that in a couple of days he will turn over the operation to "others", meaning as of today, a still undefined NATO Command. He is putting our troops under the command of someone else, yet, the US has the dominant role in terms of men and women, military equipment and treasury, which by the way has to be borrowed (money we do not have). Obama is the same person who criticized Bush about Iraq for not having an exit strategy or well defined mission. Well do you know what is the exit strategy from Libya or what is the end game? I do not think Obama knows that himself. He also does not know who the opposition really is and we may be fighting to depose a tyrant and bring another one to power. Al-Qaeda looms strongly as part of the Libyan opposition.
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Make yourself at home in one of the 467 air-conditioned rooms featuring LCD televisions. Your room comes with a pillowtop bed. Complimentary wired and wireless Internet access keeps you connected, and cable programming provides entertainment. Bathrooms feature shower/tub combinations, complimentary toiletries, and hair dryers.
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Satisfy your appetite at the hotel's restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Dining is also available at a coffee shop/café, and room service (during limited hours) is provided.
Featured amenities include complimentary high-speed (wired) Internet access, an Internet point, and a computer station. Planning an event in Anaheim? This hotel has facilities measuring 1368 square feet (127 square meters), including a meeting/conference room. Parking (subject to charges) is available onsite.Information missing or incorrect? Tell us!
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Anaheim Fairfield Inn by Marriott is directly across the street from Disneyland® Park and Disney's California Adventure® Park, and a mile from the Anaheim Convention Center.
The third floor features a Seattle's Best Coffee, Pizza Hut Express, and a game room.
Guests can take advantage of complimentary computer stations in the hotel lobby or the complimentary wireless Internet access. Luggage storage is available. Recreation options include a year-round heated outdoor pool and spa tub. Limited parking is available. Guests can purchase Disneyland® Resort Park Hopper passes at the hotel.
Self and valet parking is available on site for a surcharge. Fines apply for smoking outside of designated areas.
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- Number of floors - 9
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- Total number of rooms - 467
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- Access via exterior corridors
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Millie's Restaurant and Bakery - Open for breakfast, lunch, and dinner, Millie's is a friendly family style Anaheim restaurant that provides room service to the Fairfield Inn Anaheim Hotel.
Seattle's Best Coffee - Located on the third floor.
Pizza Hut Express - Located on the third floor.
Please note that this property does not offer a complimentary continental breakfast.
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The hotel has a heated year-round outdoor pool and spa tub located in a landscaped courtyard, as well as a game room located on the third floor. Two public golf courses are within 9.5 miles.
The recreational activities listed below are available either on site or near the hotel; fees may apply.
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Check-in time starts at 4 PM
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Check-out time is noon
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Accepted at this hotel: Diners Club, American Express, Discover, MasterCard, Visa
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Extra-person charges may apply and vary depending on hotel policy.
Government-issued photo identification and a credit card or cash deposit are required at check-in for incidental charges.
Special requests are subject to availability upon check-in and may incur additional charges. Special requests cannot be guaranteed.
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- Self parking fee: USD 13 per night (in/out privileges)
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Picturesque mountains, deep fiords and icy glaciers - this is New Zealand's South Island. See for yourself on a four-day independent tour highlighting this scenic region. Travel by coach from Christchurch to Queenstown and up the West Coast to Greymouth before a return to Christchurch. View Franz Josef glacier and experience Milford Sound.
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Travel through the Canterbury Plains to the Southern Alps. Cross Burkes Pass to Lake Tekapo and visit the Church of the Good Shepherd. Travel up Lake Pukaki to Mt Cook, New Zealand's highest mountain. Stop for lunch (not inclued) before crossing Lindis Pass. Travel along Kawerau Gorge to Queenstown. Accommodation: Heartland Hotel Queenstown or similar
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Travel along Lake Wakatipu beneath Remarkables to Te Anau. See the Mirror Lakes and continue past Christie Falls. Enter the Homer Tunnel, drilled through the solid rock of a mountain. Cruise along Milford Sound where you'll see Mitre Peak and rock walls rising 1200m vertically from the sea. Re-board your coach for a Queenstown return. Optional lunch on cruise available. Accommodation: Heartland Hotel Queenstown or similar
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Travel along Lake Wanaka to Haast Pass. Pass through Central Otago and the majestic peaks of the Southern Alps with its rivers and rainforests. Continue up the West Coast past mountain ranges, native forests and lakes to Fox and Franz Josef Glaciers. Franz Josef Glacier is a 'living river of ice', 11 kilometers long and over 7,000 years old. Accommodation: Scenic Hotel Franz Josef Glacier or similar
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Mount Pleasant, Mich.- Central Michigan swept day two of the Hoosier Classic with victories over Michigan State and Wright State.
Central Michigan (12-10) took an early lead against the Spartans (14-13), scoring two runs in the bottom of the first. Senior Macy Merchant opened the inning with a triple to right field, her fourth extra base hit of the season. Senior Summer Knoop reach on an error, and then stole second base to put runners on second and third with one out. Sophomore Carol Ann Sexauer hit her seventh double of the year to score Merchant and Knoop, giving the Chippewas a 2-0 advantage.
After junior Karly Hansen struck out, freshman Taylor Waters reached first base on a walk in the fifth inning, and was advanced to second by a bunt laid down by Merchant. With two outs, Knoop singled up the middle to score Waters, extending Central Michigan's lead to 3-0.
Senior Kara Dornbos pitched a complete game, earning her second shut out of the season, and 17th of her career, tying her for eighth in program history with Heidi McLane (1985-88). Dornbos gave up six hits and struck out six batters.
Sexauer finished with a game-high two RBIs. Knoop added one RBI and a run, going 1-2 at the plate. Merchant went 2-3, and scored one run.
Jayme O'Bryant led Michigan State with two hits on the afternoon. Kelly Smith pitched a complete game, surrendering three earned runs and striking out four Chippewas.
Central Michigan edged out the Raiders (3-14) in game two of the day, 3-2. Wright State led 2-1 entering the sixth inning, but its lead was short lived, thanks to a two-run double by freshman Katelyn Renstchler.
Knoop got the sixth inning started with a double to left, her fourth double on the season. Sexauer knocked a single to center, and moving to second on the throw, advancing the runner to third. With one out, Rentschler hit a double to right center to put the Chippewas up 3-2.
After three scoreless innings, the Chippewas struck first in the top of the fourth inning with a Sexauer homerun to left field, her third of the season.
Wright State answered in the fifth though with two runs, taking a 2-1 advantage. Kortney Tackett opened the inning with a single to left field. Later in the inning with two outs, Angie Clark walked to load the bases for the Raiders. Jess Gorman followed with a single to right to score two runs.
Rentschler led Central Michigan with two RBIs, bring her season total to 13. Sexauer finished 2-3 at the plate with a homerun. She is batting .353 on the year, and leads the Chippewas with 17 RBIs. Junior Morgan Yunkcer started in the circle, pitching 6.1 innings and giving up two earned runs. Junior Chelsea Sundberg earned her second save on the season, giving up no hits and striking out one batter in 0.2 innings of work.
Gorman finished with two RBIs and one hit for Wright State. Tackett, Kaitlyn Kite, Kristi Boreing and Taylor Knore each added one hit to the cause. Montana Wear pitched 6.0 innings for the Raiders, striking out three batters and giving up three earned runs. Krystian DeWitt gave up two hits and no runs in 1.0 inning.
Central Michigan's final game of the Hoosier Classic against Wright State, scheduled for March 17, has been cancelled due to cold temps and snow. The Chippewas will be back in action on March 27 for a double header at IPFW. Central Michigan will be looking for redemption after dropping an extra innings contest to the Mastodons earlier this season at the USF Under Armour Tournament, 10-6.


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Dudley Mooreactor, comedian, composer
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Composer, cabaret comedian and film and stage actor who was at his best when performing with Peter Cook in the comedy revue Beyond the Fringe. His films include 10 (1979), Arthur (1981) and Micki and Maude (1984). In 1999 he announced that he was suffering from a rare brain disorder, progressive supranuclear palsy, that is related to Parkinson's disease.
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At only 53 calories a piece, these soft cookies are sure to please!
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Carbs: 10.9g | Fat: 1.4g | Fiber: 0.3g | Protein: 0.7g | Calories: 53.4
Move over, gingerbread. There's a new favorite treat on the holiday cookie tray!
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Carbs: 5.9g | Fat: 3.1g | Fiber: 0.6g | Protein: 0.6g | Calories: 55.3
Serve these holiday cookies with a cup of tea or lowfat vanilla ice cream.
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Banana and oatmeal are a perfect pair in these not-too-sweet treats.
Carbs: 12.2g | Fat: 2.5g | Fiber: 0.5g | Protein: 1.1g | Calories: 66.8
Pumpkin is subbed for butter in this lowfat treat! Cranberries and almonds add flavor and nutrition!
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Some 25,000 business executives visited with 15,000 exhibitors in the incentive travel and premium industries.
"I go to make contacts," says Mary Bell, director, travel and meetings, for AmerUs Life in Des Moines, IA, who attended the show for the second time. "I can see people with whom I have an upcoming program and talk to them about details; if I have a site in mind, I can go and meet those people; or if I want to do follow-up about a meeting I've already had, I can do that, too. Everybody's in one place."
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Alyssa Milano has a babysitter to thank for her celebrity because that's who took the then 8 year old to an Annie audition without her parents' consent. Cast as one of the orphans, she spent 18 months on the road. In 1984, she booked Who's The Boss? Milano played Tony Danza's outspoken daughter Samantha for eight seasons. She put out several pop albums, played Arnold Schwarzenneger's kid in Commando and then tried to shake her teen –queen vibe by taking more risqué roles in Poison Ivy II and Melrose Place. She returned to TV all grown up from 1998 to 2006 as a Charmed sister witch. She had a recurring role on My Name Is Earl and will next be see in ABC's summer soap Mistresses. She avoided many of the common child-star pitfalls although it took a few tries to find wedded bliss. An engagement to Scott Wolf ended after a year in 1994 and her 1999 marriage to Remy Zero frontman Cinjun Tate fell apart after a year. It appears the third time is a charm as she wed her longtime friend David Bugliari in 2009 and gave birth to son Milo in 2011. She has also kept idle hands busy as a UNICEF national ambassador and as the head of a clothing and jewelry line called TOUCH, which sated the baseball junkie's hunger to design stylish merch for female sports fans. She has deals with MLB, NFL, NBA, NHL and the NCAA.
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WINNIPEG, Jan. 30, 2014 /CNW/ - The Telecommunications Employees Association of Manitoba (TEAM-IFPTE Local 161) is pleased that the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in favour of the retirees and the unions (TEAM, IBEW and Unifor).
The lawsuit arose from the 1997 privatization of Manitoba Telecom Services (MTS) when plan member pension funds were transferred from the Government plan to the new MTS plan. Plan members contributed $43.364 million more than the employer, resulting in an Initial Surplus which plan members believed would be used to improve plan benefits and would not be used to reduce MTS's costs of, or contributions to, the pension plan. Executive Director, Bob Linsdell, said "this decision is affirmation that the surplus did indeed always belonged to the plan members."
In today's ruling the Supreme Court reinstated the trial judge's order "requiring MTS to make the $43.364 million in Initial Surplus plus interest at the New Plan rate of return from January 1, 1997 to the date of payment (plan rate interest) available to plan members to be used to pay for enhancements to their pension benefits."
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Well, my iphone is unlocked by ZiPhone, but today i 'bricked' it lol so its restore time so figured now's the time to play with pwnage.
My question is tho, how do i go about creating an image that has all the apps pre-installed? is this possible? i know there is an ipsw builder but im not sure i quite understand how i can get apps from installer into the ispw?
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Harvest Necklace
Material List
- Artistic Wire, 20 ga. – Non-tarnish Silver
- Beadalon® Lobster Clasp, Medium – Silver
- Beadalon® Ball Head Pin, Medium – Silver
- Bead Gallery® Semiprecious Rounds, 14mm – Fire Agate (7)
- Semiprecious, 6mm – Yellow Quartzite (16)
- Bead Gallery® Rounds
- Bead Gallery® Beads, 10mm – Antiqued-silver Melons (3)
- Bead Gallery® Flat Beads, 16mm – Antiqued-silver Diamond
- Bead Gallery® Square Spacers (15)
- Create Your Style with Swarovski Elements™ Crystal Bicones, 4mm – Indian Sapphire (13)
- Round Nose Pliers
- Chain Nose Pliers
- Wire Cutters
Project Instructions
See the "making wrapped loops and bead links" instructions below to connect the following beads with wrapped loops: silver melon; crystal/spacer/fire agate/spacer/crystal; quartzite; crystal/spacer/fire agate/spacer/crystal; quartzite; crystal/spacer/fire agate/spacer/crystal; five individual quartzite.
Step 2 Repeat Step 1 to make an identical beaded chain for the other side of the necklace.
Step 3 Cut a piece of wire that's 4" long; make a wrapped loop on one end to connect the beaded chains together. Pass the wire through: quartzite, spacer, diamond, spacer, quartzite and make another wrapped loop.
Step 4 Pass a head pin through: spacer, fire agate, melon, crystal and make a wrapped loop to attach it to the lower link from Step 3.
Step 5 Attach a lobster clasp to one end of the necklace.
Finished Necklace 24", including pendant.
Making Wrapped Loops and Bead Links
Step 1 Cut a piece of wire that is 2" longer than the bead(s) you're using.
Step 2 Make a right angle about 1" from the wire end, use round nose pliers to make a loop.
Step 3 Wrap the extra wire around the base of the loop 2-4 times.
Step 4 Pass the wire through the bead(s) and make another wrapped loop.
Step 5 For connected bead links, be sure to connect the loops before wrapping the extra wire around the base of the loop.
Note: If you're making a link for the end of the necklace, make the last loop larger than the others to make it easier to fasten the clasp to it.


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Children were lined up in the cafeteria of a Catholic school for lunch. At the head of the table was a large pile of apples. The nun made a note, "Take only one, God is watching."
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Consumer Electronics Association Chief Executive Gary Shapiro says that TV broadcasters need to give up some of their wireless spectrum to support growing demand for wireless broadband.
The winner of CEA's i-stage event is announced, plus the rest of the finalists.
CEA's semi-annual showcase of tech came to midtown NY, and we stopped by for a quick browse-and-shoot.
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I am remodeling a bathroom on the top story of my house, where the bathroom overhangs the first level by 18". The floor joists in house run east and west, but they installed 4 2x8s (east/west) to support the joists (running north and south) for a portion of the bathroom. I am wondering if I can drill a hole through the 4 2x8 for an 1.5" drain line? The hole would be within the first 1/3 of the overall span of the 2x8s.
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Goldfish Pond Gazing Ball
Material List
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Clear Satin Glaze
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Paint, Cantaloupe
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Paint, Cotton Candy Pink
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Paint, Fire Red
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Paint, Hunter Green
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Paint, Sea Foam Green
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Paint, Tangerine
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Paint, True Green
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Paint, Ultra White
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Retarder
- Air-Dry PermEnamel Surface Conditioner
- Gazing Ball with Copper Swirl Stand
- Graphite paper, white
- Paintbrush, angled shader, 3/8-inch
- Paintbrush, flat large
- Paintbrush, round, No. 4
- Stylus
- Tracing paper
- Water container
Project Instructions
Step: 1
Trace designs to tracing paper. Cut out each individual design to make it easier to transfer to the gazing ball.
Step: 2
Apply surface conditioner to gazing ball following manufacturer's directions. Allow to dry completely.
Step: 3
Place designs gazing ball, positioning as desired. Note: Dragonfly should be placed at top and fish towards the bottom with leaves and frog in the middle of the ball.
Step: 4
For best results, start painting at the top of the ball. Double load (dip brush into one color, then tip into second color) round brush with Hunter Green and Sea Foam Green. Paint dragonfly body, starting at head. Reload brush as necessary.
Step: 5
With angled shader, float wings with Ultra White. It may be necessary to allow the first coat to dry, then apply a second coat to top edges of wings. Detail lines on wings and antennae are done with Ultra White using liner brush.
Step: 6
Base leaves with True Green. Allow to dry and apply a second coat. Highlight leaves with Limeade and shade with Hunter Green. Vein lines are done with Hunter Green using the liner brush.
Step: 7
Base flowers with Cotton Candy Pink. When dry, load angle shader brush with Cotton Candy and tip into Fire Red - work back and forth on disposable plate to blend. Keeping the darker color to the center of the flower, shade petals to separate. Brush mix Cotton Candy and Fire Red and pull detail lines from center of flower using liner brush.
Step: 8
Paint centers with Cantaloupe. Add dots of Tangerine at the bottom and dots of Ultra White at the top of the centers. Using Ultra White with the liner brush, loosely outline the flower petals as shown in the detail picture.
Step: 9
Paint frog with Sea Foam Green. Apply a second coat of Sea Foam Green to frog. Shade with Hunter Green. Highlight frog with Ultra White. Eyes are Hunter Green, highlighted with Ultra White. Load angled shader with Retarder, then tip into Limeade to brighten back and tops of back legs of frog. Add dots of Hunter Green on back and upper legs.
Step: 10
All goldfish are painted in the same manner. Paint head of goldfish with Cantaloupe. Paint body with Tangerine. Apply a second coat of each color for opaque coverage. Shade face with Tangerine and highlight with Ultra White. Brush mix Tangerine with Fire Red to shade body.
Step: 11
Lightly apply Ultra White to fins and tails, these should remain transparent. Pull detail lines with Ultra White using liner brush. Shade fins and tail where they meet the body of the fish lightly with Tangerine. The eyes are a large dot of Hunter Green with Tangerine eyelids. Add a dot of Ultra White to highlight eyes. Scale details and lips are done with Fire Red using the liner brush.
Step: 12
When completely dry, brush 2 coats of Clear Glaze over the designs, avoiding unpainted areas of the gazing ball. Allow to cure for 7 days prior to placing in your garden.
TipsMake sure to use Surface Conditioner prior to painting.
Do not use water with paints, use Retarder if necessary to help blend paint.
Allow paint to cure for 7 days prior to placing outside for best results.
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Hokepoints: Law & Order in the Big Ten
REPAIR NOTICE: I originally posted this article earlier this morning but accidentally had some bad data from a dreaded bad sort on Excel. Things should be better now, and the conclusions were affected less than I thought they would be. Biggest change is Ohio State was credited with a few that belonged to Oregon State (an avoidable vlookup error), and the old home-road stats were all screwed up. They are fixed below.
I've been slowly building and picking through an all-plays database built from NCAA.org's play-by-play data. The easiest thing to pull out so far has been penalties, so let's play with those.
The benefit of the all-plays is you can tell the difference between penalties, since a personal foul says a different thing about a team and does a different thing to them than, say, a delay of game to set up a punt. I broke the various penalties up into "Violent" and "Non-Violent" behaviors.
- Acts of violence: Clipping, crackbacks, facemasks, illegal blocks, illegal use of hands, kick catch interference, pass interference (?), roughing the kicker (15), roughing the passer, tripping, and unnecessary roughness.
- Non-violent behaviors: Delay of game, encroachment, false starts, holding, ineligible receiver downfield, intentional grounding, kickoff out of bounds, offsides, running into the kicker (5), sideline interference, substitution infraction, too many men, unsportsmanlike conduct, and illegal fair catch, formation, forward pass, motion, participation, shifting, and touching.
- Michigan last year was remarkably good at avoiding the latter type (in yellow in the chart below), leading the study at 2.3 non-violent infractions per game:
That's the Big Ten and the other 2013 opponents. I don't know if I want to count PI since its application can get downright chintzy, so that's broken out. Either way Ohio State managed to lead the conference in infractions per game, and was second in the study only to Terry Bowden's one-win (Morgan State) first season at Akron. Reason why this is? Online poll says:
Fact: 4.5% of people who take any online fan poll are Buckeyes
Yea, and Urban did steal "60 minutes of unnecessary roughness," previously committed to MSU. I was surprised that Michigan State appeared to have their pugilistic streak in relative check, i.e. they were only among the leaders, not far ahead as I supposed from watching them. It takes a while to gather all the data but minus the regular season Wisconsin game (data wasn't available) their 2011 penalty numbers were high but their personal foul quotient wasn't: 31 violent (11 of those pass interference) to 60 non-violent. Wanna guess where a disproportionate of those came from? Offsides. #JerelWorthyJumpsEarly.
Michigan vs. Average
We're dealing with smallish sample sizes so conclusions are shaky. That said there are things to see when you look at which penalties Michigan was getting called against them versus a typical team on their schedule.
Non-violent things per season:
|Avg Tm*
|False Start
|Illegal Offensive Stuff
|Delay of Game
|Coach Derps
|Intentional grounding
|Unsportsmanlike Conduct
|Special Teams Derps
* over13 games
Michigan's veteran offensive line was good for something last year: remarkably few false starts and none of those illegal formation/procedure things that plagued us in various offensive transitions. That's a feather in Al Borges's cap: the offense had their fundamentals down about as well as you can ask. Pre-snap penalty-avoidance may be correlated with offensive line experience, though I haven't proven this. Further study: is it experienced OL or just experienced tackles? Inquiring 2013 offensive lines want to know.
Violent crimes per season:
|Avg Tm*
|Personal Foul
|Pass Interference
|Various Illegal Blocks
|Roughing the Passer
|Kick Catching Interference
|Roughing the Kicker
|Unnecessary Roughness
* over13 games
Michigan's ability to avoid the peaceful infractions meant the Wolverines were the most pugilistic in the study by percentage of penalties that were violent. Cue the Urban Meyer chart:
Forgot to add the 15 yards for logo infraction
Really the Wolverines were average, the only thing standing out being chopblocks. There were a few of these called against Michigan last year that I thought were horsecrap (Mealer's v. UMass and Gallon's vs. Minnesota), and here's one that was legit (on Gordon):
If you don't spot it in 10 watches, watch it 10 more times.
I'm declaring Michigan a very average team at this.
Home Field Advantage?
There was one for Michigan, not the other guys. Michigan was relatively clean at home and in limited samples got kinda duked in the neutral games (Brian gave the refs a composite –5 for the Alabama game alone, which is about the difference between a typical day of Obi Ezeh as a senior versus Kenny Demens as a senior). Overall I noticed very little difference in any type of penalty with regards to how it was assessed against home versus road teams. False starts are a little more common for road teams (like one every 10 games) but that's about it. Things broke out a bit more among the small samples of a single team's season:
|Home Field Adv.
|Ohio State
|Michigan State
|Notre Dame
|Penn State
|Central Michigan
|Ohio State
|Michigan State
|Avg Team
|Ohio State
|Michigan State
|Avg Team
Either they let the Wolverines get away with murder at home, we turn into Michigan State on the road, or those calls just went against us more often than they should have.
Mailbag: Iowa Asia Catchup, Box Details
Hey kids: I am headed out to NYC today. That plus knee rehab equals no time (no time). Mathlete will hit you up later today. It's June, be chill. Posting should continue as normal after today.
From reader Will Gallagher comes this item:
Hi there. I'm watching a Japanese movie and halfway through, I was surprised to see the main character wearing a blue shirt with maize lettering that says "The Lord is my Shepherd, but Bo is my coach." Just in case you needed any more MGoShirt ideas. Screenshot included.
I've asked after what this movie actually is… but probably can't put it in the store since it's obviously someone else's idea. [ED: "Rainbow Song." From 2006, which makes that shirt even weirder.]
For now, the Asian pop culture reference scoreboard stands at Iowa two (a terrible indie video and Girls' Generation), Michigan one. Unless you want to count a dozen Korean pop stars snuggling with your helmet more than a shirt, which fair enough.
Dollin' up the boxes.
I have neither enough points to start a thread nor the requisite photoshop skills to make this look right, but see attached and tell me if that is or is not an improvement... I like the full "UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN" myself, but could be talked in to the block M. It needs something, with the stands full you can't even tell its Michigan Stadium.
I think the emailer is right: the boxes, while gorgeous on the outside, leave a little something to be desired once you're inside the stadium. They could use some maize trim and a simple, non-halo-esque logo or notification that this is a university. Professionally photoshopped, of course.
Another thing to do is to put the retired/legends numbers on one of the boxes like they do many other places. Before the boxes, Michigan never had anywhere to put said names. Now they do.
Also, when are we going to get the long-waited crazy person bleachers on top of those things? "See Michigan play football from the moon!" That's a freebie, Hunter S Lochmann. Call me. We'll push that envelope… to the moon. Call me, seriously. I have ideas for days.
Unverified Voracity Preps For Yukon Winter
Hatch. A very long ESPN article details Austin Hatch's situation, family, and dual plane crashes. Not blockquotable but recommended.
New tunnel. Via Maize on the MB, this is the new tunnel:
No longer will there be a hard edge, but the replacement is AOK.
Prepping for Mustaches for Michigan? Thought process: "I'm old. I'm old and bumpy and retired and don't have to impress anyone anymore… anyone except the bears I wrestle in the woods of the UP."
If a wizened old dude is punting for Troy this fall you know what went down.
I see you over there not caring. Discussion of the infamous, perpetually-closing "gap" between the basketball programs of Michigan and Michigan State descended into pure mockery of the Wolverines at some point during the Amaker era. Now it's popping up again what with the season sweep and Beilein snatching Derrick Walton before Izzo could even make a pitch, and this time it might actually have some merit.
The best way to check is through the actions of the rival. We've seen plenty of sarcastic congratulations for beating Michigan State's "worst team in a decade" (sounds familiar, that) and even more predictions of doom without Darius Morris, but have we reached the point where Michigan State fans might be protesting a bit too much about a lack of concern? Yes:
The upshot for Michigan State is that when you can hold off on offering a player like Derrick Walton only to lose him to a rival and still not have a major cause for concern, it's a testament to where your program and its recruiting have risen. So, again, great recruiting week for UM. "Boo-yah" to them, but, as Pete and others have suggested, there's more prospects like Jabari Parker, Drake Harris, Tyus Jones, Gary Harris, and James Young who should help to keep Michigan State's future recruiting success a likely proposition.
The upshot for Michigan is when you're causing the instate rival to reassure itself that everything is JUST FINE, THANK YOU, you are on the verge of having one of those… what do you call them… programs.
This hasn't actually impacted State much. Michigan's recent recruiting success has had little to do with MSU. Until Walton, no one in Michigan's 2011-2013 classes is a guy Michigan State had pursued. This was largely because it was MSU storming through the Midwest to pick up early commits from Costello/Kaminski/Valentine before Michigan could get a word in edgewise.
Now the pattern is reversed, but more importantly Michigan has put together a hell of a lot of talent over the next three years without having to overcome the Spartans. Both Michigan and Michigan State can be confident in their plan A recruiting by an established coach. Michigan is no longer under anyone's thumb.
Well, maybe. Early skepticism about Marell Evans's ability to contribute after not playing much at I-AA Hampton was muted by rumors he was injured, and via TTB Evans's coach confirms:
"That [lack of playing time] was definitely due to injury...he ended up re-injuring his foot. I think he actually first got injured up there [at Michigan] before he even came down [to Hampton], so he re-aggravated the injury...it was tough on him, as it would be for any young man."
Evans is even more important now without Kellen Jones. If he can be a capable backup for Demens that might give Desmond Morgan the luxury of a redshirt.
In case there was any question. Matt Godin is a defensive tackle, not a strongside DE:
Godin is listed at 6'6" and 270 lbs, but he said he would like to get up to 290 pounds by the time he gets to Michigan.
Pencil him in at three-tech. Also, Godin is looking to double his 28 TFLs from a year ago.
It could have been marginally worse. From Scott Dochterman's epic ten-part series on the Big Ten's divisional breakdown, there were actually worse options than "Legends" and "Leaders" on the table for the Big Ten division names:
"By the time we were done, we were really down to two categories: one that sort of described our geography, Midwestern roots and one that described our characteristics and mission."
The divisional names that centered on the Big Ten's mission included Scholar/Athlete, Academics/Athletics and Legends/Leaders. The 115-year-old conference has a storied history of on-field success with 18 Heisman Trophy winners and more than 50 College Hall of Fame players. It also boasts former President Gerald Ford as an alum as well as thousands of political, business and civic leaders.
We should just skip the preliminaries and rename the divisions "Dungeons" and "Dragons." We are the nerds of college football.
Even if the division names weren't going to be Bo or Woody as they obviously should have been I would have preferred Kinnick/Paterno or Stagg/Grange even if Michigan didn't feature because we would at least seem less likely to get our lunch money stolen.
(Dochterman HT: BHGP.)
All this and NBA bloodlines. Glenn Robinson III displays a variety of dunks:
Maybe he's Tim Hardaway's son, too. For a guy mostly known as a shooter Nick Stauskas can break an ankle or two:
Highlight video disclaimers apply but the sheer variety of drives there is encouraging. Stauskas can go left or right, deploys a crossover somewhere between effective and sick depending on its success rate outside highlights, and can spin his way to the bucket. He appears to favor his right hand to finish but there are a couple of nice baskets with his left in there, too. I even like the music.
Add 6'6" and three-point shooting and that's a nice pickup to go with Glenn Robinson III, who's been garnering steady praise of his own this AAU season. If Beilein can weather Darius Morris's exit the talent pipeline is in place to rip off a run of NCAA appearances… and maybe more. [ed: and then Beilein put together his 2013 class in about a month.]
King Eckstein. I made a joke about this Zack Novak article in the sidebar yesterday but managed to miss this spectacularly clichéd description of Chesterton's favorite son:
Novak, who helped establish a hustling, scrappy work ethic on a team that lacked grit and toughness, has played in 100 games, averaging 7.7 points and 4.5 rebounds.
That checks all the boxes, doesn't it? I guess he could have been described as "heady."
EVEN MORE NEWS FROM FOREVER AGO. If you missed it the first time around, a member of the Event Staff posted highlights from their annual meeting on the board about two seconds before I left for France. Items of interest to me:
The Stadium is no longer open to the public on non game days. This has been the during renovations but is now permanent policy. Tours can be arranged through the Athletic Dept.
Boo. I've been to the Stadium on non-gamedays a few times and it's always been fun, with kids and parents running around, trying to kick field goals, etc.
DB says night game is a test and it's for the fans and players. A bad experience would make this the only night game. Good experience = a night game per year.
If you hate night games you can do your part to never have them again by getting arrested.
DB confirms: design completed for filling out bleachers to top of scoreboard in south end. Capacity will raise to 120,000. Opponent tickets will be up at top next to scoreboard.
That latter bit is pure evil, or at least would be if the video board opposite you wasn't big enough to see. I'm a little skeptical they can sell 120k tickets consistently as long as the OSU/ND/Nebraska games are all home or away in the same season (and they refuse to schedule anyone interesting other than ND).
No number retirement due to large squads and number sharing issues.
Straws and lids are back
Etc.: Guess who's just so beyond awful in close games. Go ahead. You'll get it in three. MHN interviews new 2013 D commit Michael Downing, who "110%" disclaims the OHL.
Unverified Voracity: RIP, Jim Mandich
RIP Jim Mandich. Jim Mandich passed away last night. As with Vada Murray I don't have any of my own memories about Mandich, so I'll just offer condolences to all who do. MVictors republished a post containing a Sam and Ira interview of Mandich from a couple years ago.
An eagle-eyed poster on the board noted that TE Brandon Moore just tweeted he'll be switching from 88 to 89 this fall. While that's just because he's playing special teams with Roh, if they could get Mike Jones to switch away from 27 they might be able to do something with those jerseys this fall.
The resounding chorus. Everywhere you turn these days there's a guy flogging NBA draft analysis telling Darius Morris to GTFO of the draft. Mike Rothstein flags down anonymous scouts:
"If somebody is in good academic standing and still needs to improve his game, which I think he is in both of those categories, then it only makes sense to come out if you're going to be in the first round.
"And I don't think he would be."
So does Luke Winn:
"I can't see him getting picked in the first round," one scout said. "He has a good feel, especially in transition, but there are still some issues with shooting [25.0 percent on threes] and athleticism that leave a lot to be desired."
And Chad Ford($):
Morris is on the first-round bubble. Most scouts believe he should return to Michigan for at least one more year.
Despite that, the vibe out there is Morris will enter the draft anyway, thus thoroughly depressing everyone. Ford does say he's "very much on the fence," for what it's worth. The deadline to withdraw is May 8th.
The definition of gamut. Ohio State fans have spent the last few days reacting to the widespread reaction to the NCAA's Notice of Allegations. Responses include:
- Hey, wait a minute, nothing happened and everyone still talking about how terrible we are. Yes. This is something to get used to. It's going to happen at least twice more before anything is resolved. To be fair to the general alarm sent up earlier this week, the NOA came out at the same time the Dispatch's news side got FOIAs back that revealed a more extensive correspondence about the Cicero emails—we did learn some new stuff, and it was not new stuff helpful to Tressel or OSU.
- Everyone does it. "In Big-Time College Football Nobody Is Innocent." This may be true. Michigan fans certainly said it during the Jihad, but in that case we had a lot of anonymous and non-anonymous coaches saying the same thing. Here not so much. Certainly there are degrees of innocence and Tressel appears to have lost all of them.
- NA NA NA NA NA CAN'T HEAR YOU. "Jim Tressel Is Safe and Bruce Feldman Is Wrong" about Jim Tressel not being safe.
- Heads should roll. "Jim Tressel should resign or be fired." Self explanatory. Author does not get crucified in the comments.
Meanwhile, an Eleven Warriors poll showed OSU fans split right down the middle:
One of those ESPN polls that people drag out when Idaho stands alone shows only Ohio believes Tressel should be retained but it's close: 60-40 in favor. This is kind of like when Michigan fans were 33% fire RR, 33% keep RR, 33% don't know. It's not a fun spot. This is fine by me—OSU fans have had vastly more than their fair share of fun since Tressel showed up.
The comfy chair. MVictors has his season ticket renewals in hand and relates you can now rent your seat cushion if you are fed up with the onerous task of carrying it into the stadium:
Just 32 dollars. Greg frets about what this will do the aesthetics of the empty stadium. I'm not sure it's a big deal but it will be awkward if people in the seats painted yellow hit these up. Maybe they have an inverted version for those?
I won't be partaking because the last three OSU games have featured our section not just standing but standing on the benches for the first quarter or so. That may be comfy but it's probably not great to stand on.
Further adventures in eking out marginal revenue. The Big Ten is considering changing their game times to noon, 3:30, and 7. If those seem like the current game times, they are, but that's like this "central" time zone thing:
If you're one of those Big Ten football fans who despised the frequent 11 a.m. starting times for games, take heart. They might be a thing of the past.
Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany reportedly is lobbying hard in negotiations with the television networks to do away with them. If Delany has his way, all Big Ten games next season will start at either noon, 3:30 p.m. or 7 p.m.
Big Ten noon games are now mostly in the hands of the BTN but it's hard to imagine ABC/ESPN moving their traditional 3:30 afternoon game to 4:30 just because some Iowans want to get drunk. Also this only furthers the conspiracy against fans who would like to see something, anything other than their game before the night games start. Also also that makes 4:30/7 games freakin' cold.
If the BTN wants to show games in the central time zone at 1 the only thing stopping them is their contract with ESPN, so fine. These days the average number of CST Big Ten 11 AM starts that show up anywhere else seems very small. I'm not sure why they have to mess with everyone else's start times to do that.
Etc.: Herbstreit bombs OSU. Spielman is less mean but clearly thinks this is srs. Herbstreit has been excommunicated. DocSat assesses the potential damage. PSU fans wonder how OSU evaded a "lack of institutional control" charge when one of the examples is "The institution fails to make clear that any individual involved in its intercollegiate athletics program has a duty to report any perceived violations of NCAA rules and can do so without fear of reprisals of any kind." Sports By Brooks rounds up additional funny stuff.
Unverified Voracity Is Almost A Black Hole
Denser than a neutron star. SI's draft profile of Jonas Mouton:
That is a very dense 239-pound human, or it's Terrence Robinson. I'm just amazed someone took a picture of Robinson holding the ball—he's got one career catch.
Not so much. According to GBW's Bret Osburn, hockey forward Jacob Fallon won't return to the team next year($). We haven't seen confirmation anywhere else but the addition of Sinelli could be construed like a kind of a "whoah, we need a guy" thing. He'd be Michigan's 14th forward if Fallon does come back, and while you want a couple extra guys around forward #14 can probably come from the club team. (Krikor Arman say what.) More than next year it's the jam adding Sinelli creates in the next two years that make his addition seem kind of like an either/or with Fallon.
The most convincing possible argument against the BCS. Everyone likes Andy Staples. He writes interesting things, thinks advanced stats might have some merit, and is willing to get in twitter fights with SBN bloggers without being condescending to them. But there is no greater reason to like Andy Staples than his admittedly half-cocked BCS implosion scenario. Specifically, this bit:
The Fiesta, after missing out on Big Ten No. 2, takes Pac-10 No. 2 and matches it against Notre Dame. Every year. Because Notre Dame equals ratings and sellouts.
That's right, Notre Dame: "after missing out on Big Ten No. 2". /Degeneration X entrance in your face
The mouths of babes part XXI. In a Sam Webb article on OH LB Joe Bolden, Bolden drops some super secret future plans:
"They are definitely up there on the list," Bolden said of the Wolverines. "The facilities are impressive. Both indoor fields are as long as the outdoor grass and outdoor turf fields. Then you just walk into the Big House and look from side to side — 115,000 people are screaming for you on a Saturday. There is probably no feeling like it. They told me that they were going to add about 6,000 seats. That's definitely an impressive thing."
Those would presumably be more rows in the endzone, but how that works with new scoreboards is undetermined. Do they flank the scoreboards? Would they move their grand spanking new boards? Do they set one back or something? Someone interview another recruit so we can find out.
The past! Um… was anyone allowed at Wisconsin's spring game? This is a somewhat sincere question. They won the Big Ten, the weather was nice, and most of the shots in this video feature zero (0) spectators:
While you can see some people in the endzones they could be parents or something.
In other news, zero touchdowns were scored, all of Wisconsin's quarterbacks are terrible and they'll spend the next four years going 3-10,000 because they don't play Michigan. Sorry, Wisconsin. We don't make the schedule, we just doom everyone who doesn't play us. We don't like it either.
Tatgate warp. I guess the NCAA has been working on OSU's case since at least December but even so they've pounded out a Notice of Allegations against Tressel & co in record time. When Michigan got their version of that during the Jihad I did an email interview with the Bylaw Blog that tried to get a sense of how final all this was. The answer was "pretty final":
A major violation case, once it gets to this point, rarely is argued back down to a secondary infraction. To get to a Notice of Allegations, especially in this case, the enforcement staff and Committee on Infractions would have worked very closely to decide if there were major violations, ultimately the COI's decision.
Individual major violations are sometimes downgraded to secondary violations during the response and hearing. In the Kelvin Sampson case at IU, one of the original five major violations--that Sampson and assistant coach Jeff Meyer gave Derek Elston a backpack and t-shirt and recruited him during a camp--was found to be only a secondary violation. Of course, the COI can add too, like the failure to monitor charge that came after the committee hearing.
Expect all or almost all of the allegations in the NOA to stick. They are:
- Seven different players sold or exchanged memorabilia.
- Tressel "knew or should have known" two of these players were ineligible but played them anyway.
- Jim Tressel lied about this—the dread almost-certain-firing bylaw 10.1 violation.
…and that's it. So much for delicious rumors of point shaving/something much worse/Ohio nuclear apocalypse, at least for now.
Not that the above doesn't constitute something close to Ohio nuclear apocalypse. The Dispatch's article has some raw numbers that are alarming for OSU fans: 13,385, 500, and 6000. The former is the amount of money the seven players got. The latter are the amounts Troy Smith and a basketball recruit got in the recent past. The first is pretty big; the second two expose OSU to repeat violator status. While Michigan was technically a repeat violator when the Jihad started, their eventual infractions were major in name only and had nothing to do with Ed Martin; here this seems like the continuation of a pattern.
As far as Tressel himself goes, the email trail is even more damning than previously known. The Dispatch:
After Ohio State University football coach Jim Tressel was alerted that some of his players had traded memorabilia for free tattoos from a suspected drug dealer, he exchanged numerous emails, phone calls and text messages with the tipster, his star quarterback Terrelle Pryor and Pryor's mentors.
Documents obtained by The Dispatch also show Tressel called an FBI agent within days of getting the first email warning the coach of the potential NCAA rules violation and a federal drug investigation.
But OSU records don't show a single call or email from Tressel to the Ohio State compliance office in which he could have reported his players' apparent violations of NCAA regulations.
(Some OSU spokesman claims the dozen extra emails between Tressel and Sarniak were "inadvertently omitted" from previous document releases.) Michigan fan disclaimers and all that but I can't see how anyone can construe that as anything other than a deliberate decision to not suspend players known to be ineligible. The text of that email to Sarniak:
"This guy, Chris Cicero, is a criminal lawyer in town. He played here when I was an assistant coach in the early 1980s. He has always looked out for us. jt"
If anything justifies a we-have-to-fire-you show cause it's this case*. I mean, right? I'm betting OSU vacates last season, gets a bowl ban for this one, and gets a show-cause on Tressel. Scholarship penalties could be in the offing but I'm guessing they won't be severe unless the NCAA justifies it with that "repeat offender" status.
*[Um… other than trying to frame a murdered player of yours as a drug dealer.]
Spring extrapolations. Magnus picture-pages the Cox touchdown from the spring game and comes away with some conclusions: no Wilkins this year (he was obliterated by two walk-ons), not so much on Herron, Marvin Robinson is highly inconsistent.
Etc.: Rodriguez says going to Michigan wasn't the best decision he's ever made, which… yeah. Depressing headline. Pete Bigelow claims Cullen Christian's exit doesn't "make for another cornerback crisis," and he's right: it continues and deepens a secondary-wide crisis that has been raging at various levels for going on ten years. Soon pirates will start appearing off the coast of the Michigan secondary. UMHoops scouts a bunch of 2013 targets. Christian transfers to—surprise!—Pitt. Someone owes me ten million dollars. Penn State's first coach is Guy Gadowsky, previously of Princeton.
Unverified Voracity Exceeds Minimum Flair
Is this inane or brilliant? Like all the best newspaper headlines, I can't tell if this News editor is serious or making a terribly sly joke:
New names add flair to Big Ten for next season
Flair you say?
The awful periwinkle logo does look like it belongs on a button that says "my other car is the incorrect belief I have a sense of humor."
Oddly, multiple readers have emailed to inform that the agency who put together this debacle is "highly respected." I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around a marketing firm named "Pentagram," which seems deliberately mom-terrifying and reminds me of Dan Akroyd in goat leggings and generally seems like a thing you should avoid if you don't want to give off the wrong impression.
Meanwhile, the public loves it:
According to an unscientific poll on ChicagoTribune.com, 6 percent believe Legends and Leaders "represent what the Big Ten is all about," and 94 percent say, "You have to be kidding … is this the best they can do?"
Similarly, 93 percent of those responding to a midwestsportsfans.com poll voted for either "terrible" or "it makes me want to gouge my eyes out with a spoon." Others opted for "awesome" (2 percent) or "indifferent" (5 percent).
94%! You can't get 94% of people to condemn murdering six year olds these days. In two weeks all FAIL pictures on the internet will have been mysteriously replaced by images of Jim Delany.
The count. They announced 113,411 at the Big Chill by adding up every single person who was there and counting Red Berenson as six because obviously, but when Guinness sits down to actually put a number in the book it will be considerably smaller than that because they take a more restrictive view on what counts as a spectator:
The school counts players, media and others at the game to work. Guinness doesn't count any of those people.
"It's a combination of scans with the barcodes on tickets," Janela said, explaining how Guinness reaches its number. "It's not for tickets sold but for people who actually show up. People who weren't ticketed, marching band for instance, or people who were given special passes."
Media and players, he said, do not count in the numbers because they are not actually spectators of the game.
UPDATE: Wow. Guinness says the actual count was 85,451, which seems low.
Also from that article, a ref skated over to the Michigan bench after the Wohlberg extra-point celebration and said any more funny business would result in a penalty and Rick Comley said it was "uncalled for." The NFL infects all.
Speaking of. A reader emails that the XP is not lost to history:
I also broke a cardinal rule of game columns by not checking my feed before posting, so I missed an extensive WH highlight package:
Casteel Watch. Jeff Casteel remains the most plausible defensive coordinator candidate out there, having established a level of performance with the 3-3-5 that's become as impressive as Rodriguez's WVU offenses were. That level is "really impressive… for the Big East." Even with that BE caveat, WVU's defense is #1 in FEI this year and equally impressive in conventional metrics. The three years before this they were 33rd, 28th, and 8th. I'd be willing to roll with Rodriguez again if the band got back together.
Unfortunately, after two swings and misses the chances of that are miniscule unless Bill Stewart whittles on down that road. Fortunately, there are machinations afoot in Morgantown, with Oklahoma State OC Dana Holgorsen heavily rumored to be taking the job after Stewart coaches the bowl game*. Though a Smoking Musket rumor that Stewart was out was refuted on the twitters by multiple players, actual newspapers are saying that may be a matter of timing:
Sources confirmed today that a high-ranking official from West Virginia's athletic department has been in contact with Oklahoma State offensive coordinator Dana Holgorsen about the head coaching position at West Virginia, even as there is no vacancy. …
A source confirmed it is probable Stewart will be fired if West Virginia does not win that bowl game, and could happen regardless of the outcome. A win in the bowl game would give the Mountaineers a 10-win season.
It's possible Holgorsen would look at the defensive side of the ball and decide that he shouldn't fix what isn't broken but the chances of landing Casteel go from zero to non-zero if Stewart gets the boot. Let's hope NC State wins 3-0.
UDPATE: Newspaper type folk are reporting that Holgorsen is in as OC/coach in waiting and will replace Stewart after next year without touching the defensive coaching staff. Dangit.
*(Is it just me or are there an inordinate number of coaches in limbo this year? Usually it's fire and forget immediately after the regular season, but this year the coaching carousel has a number of schools half in, half out.)
Darius as mini-Denard part two. Way back on Friday Michigan dismantled Utah in an 11-point game that wasn't really as close as that, and people are beginning to pick up on Darius Morris's leap forward. Someone was asking about surprise teams on the most recent Big Ten conference call and both Tom Crean and Matt Painter cited Michigan, with Painter specficially mentioning Morris as the reason. Big Ten Geeks:
Darius Morris led the way with 19 points to go with 10 assists, and it's hard to ignore his play so far this season. A role player last year, Morris has become much more assertive in running the offense. This is actually somewhat of an exception--role players don't suddenly start consuming possessions over an offseason in general--but one should keep in mind that with Manny Harris and DeShawn Sims monopolizing the offense last season, there wasn't much of an opportunity for Morris. It's been a different story in his sophomore season, as Morris is quickly becoming one of the Big Ten's best floor generals. He's shooting an amazing (for a 6-4 guard) 61 percent from 2-point range, along with one of the best assist rates in the country.
At times in the Utah game the problem with the offense seemed to be Morris's lack of assertiveness—most of Michigan's worst possessions saw him with limited time on the ball.
If Morris is shooting 61% from two he's probably not shooting enough, which is an interesting problem to have. Last year Manny Harris was sucking up 30% of Michigan's possessions while shooting 48% inside the three-point line. The rest of the team shot at a higher clip, and while that was because Harris drew so much attention I often felt like the team would have been better if the shots were more evenly distributed.
This year Morris is killing people; the rest of the team is doing well but can't keep up. Major SOS caveats apply, but I think I'd like to see Morris try to get a few more shots off per game. A complicating factor is Morris's assist rate, which is fifth nationally—a major reason he's not getting off more shots is he's turning Jordan Morgan into a 61% shooter, too.
Speaking of Morgan, he bounced back from a couple of rough outings with solid, annoying post defense against Utah's bigs, who are very big indeed. UMHoops grabbed a sequence in which he took a couple offensive fouls:
I wish they'd also clipped the possession before that, in which Morgan went to war with Foster for the duration of the possession and eventually got an elbow to the head for his troubles. The ref let that go but was looking for any funny stuff on the next trip and got it when a pissed-off Foster barged into him. Foster's not any good offensively—his usage rate is an amazing 8.9%—but he also did a good job on Washburn, and this year I think all we're looking for out of Morgan is holding his own against the mediocre and beating the bad.
Morgan drew a third charge with help defense later, but since he was 1) moving and 2) directly underneath the basket in the pretend no-charge circle the NCAA instituted last year that was positive reinforcement of a negative play Michigan got lucky on.
OH SO TINGLY. I may not be a fan of Michigan Stadium hosting dancing curly fries but some of the things Dave Brandon is plotting are major compensations:
Q: You also have talked about new scoreboards for Michigan Stadium. Your vision is not Cowboys Stadium huge, but pretty huge?
A: Pretty huge. If you picture the size of those (current) scoreboards and maybe something that's 30 percent larger, 40 percent larger, but then the entire surface or at least the vast majority of the surface would be video screen. I think those scoreboards look wimpy now with this structure and then the fact the HD video portion is only about a third of the surface. We can't do what our fans want us to do in terms of showing them really high-resolution replays, game action and even a lot of the marketing stuff we're doing with videos and pre-game and halftime shows — these screens are just not acceptable. This is very old technology, and they don't look very good, either. Think 30 or 40 percent larger and think big-image area for high-definition resolution screens. I think our fans will love it.
If you have never been to a stadium with video boards that size, it's a massive difference. It is Brandon's "hope" they are in for 2011. Brandon also re-iterates that advertising for the Big Chill does not presage advertising during football games. That's part of an extensive interview with Angelique Chengelis, BTW, that you should check out.
Time to go. The Only Colors takes an unprecedented step for them and calls for the replacement of Rick Comley as Michigan State's head coach. Despite how much I've been enjoying this stretch in MSU hockey, I'm with them. This is the third straight year they'll miss the tourney and the second time in three years they're virtually indistinguishable from Bowling Green, a school that's considering dropping their program. This year is like Rich Rodriguez having another 3-9 year two years after his first, and while Comley does have a fluke national title that sort of thing shouldn't be survivable at a program like MSU.
Etc.: Doc Sat points out how weird it is that awards lists are featuring Denard Robinson as something other than a quarterback when they were fine with Eric Crouch, et al, as QBs. Robinson completed 60% of his passes… what more do you need? Basketball takes on North Carolina Central at 7 this evening.