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3.31/5 rDev -10.1%
look: 3 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3 | overall: 3.25
Magic Hat's Ravell is brewed in the style of an American Porter with vanilla. Previously available during the fall/winter season, this beer last appeared in the Winterland 2011 Variety pack. I missed the pack but was fortunate to find a single bottle of this in an Athens Bottle Shop.
Poured from a 12 oz. bottle to a pint glass. Served upwards of 55º Fahrenheit.
(Appearance) Pours a frothy light creamy brown head. Retention is below average as the head settles out rather quickly to a light surface cover. Body color is a dark brown with deep ruby highlights. Less than pleasing head quality and a lack of lacing doesn't make for an impressive appearance. 3
(Smell) Chocolate cake, very roasty, sweet and robust in delivery. Light icing profile, a touch of cream with faint vanilla bean profile. Touches of alcohol are here and there. Very low hop profile and faint bitterness. Overall, its a simple, chocolate heavy scent but with a warming aroma. Balance is heavily sweet but may tone down by the flavor. 3.75
(Taste) Thinner texture, much less emphasis on chocolate than in the aroma. Tart, mildly bitter black patent malt, dry cocoa powder, and heavily roasted malts with a faint vanilla note in the midsection and increasingly prevalent smoke presence growing on the finish. Sweetness is not as intense as in the nose, but the finish is notably burnt wood and even a touch of cardboard, perhaps a bit strikingly intense. Overall I found that the vanilla didn't have as much of a presence as I had hoped and that the flavor was notably more bitter and even a touch out of balance. The finish, while unique, dominated the majority of this beer and was lasting on the finish. 3.25
(Mouthfeel) Low carbonation presence with a mild creaminess. Finishes dry and chalky. Body is medium amongst porters and heavy amongst all beers. alcohol presence is mild. The creamy carbonation would have better worked with a heavier body and a sweeter flavor. 3
(Overall) I hoped that the beer would have tasted similar to the way it smelled; a chocolate cake with vanilla cream icing would have made for a enjoyable dessert beer. The flavor was significantly different, with possible oxidation, a dry flavor profile and a pretty intense lack of balance, less malt than anticipated. While I don't mind a good puff of smoke on the finish, it seemed overly intense when compared to the pale malt profile of the beer. Vanilla was also faint but added a bit of welcome complexity, complimenting the smoked finish. I'd recommend getting a small quantity of this beer at a younger age, but many of the flavor characteristics, minus some oxidation should still be present. 3.25
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3.43/5 rDev -6.8%
look: 4 | smell: 3 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.5
Appearance: black coffee body with a two finger tan head that leaves plenty of lacing on the glass
Aroma: light bouquet; roasted coffee, light chocolate and vanilla
Flavors: uhm … taste like a porter with vanilla; light dark chocolate 50% like; wow … fairly simple; when it warmed up the flavors were more distinct
Mouthfeel: smooth, ultra-light carbonation, builds a creamy feel as it warmed up, linger roasted notes on the palate
To the Point: an okay to good porter, might be a good one for my wife to try … see says she does not like porters or stouts … I think it is a perception thing; anyways with Magic Hat I always remember Wacko, that ale made with beet juice so I always think they will have something crazy in their beer (perception thing). Just a regular Porter here with a nice touch of vanilla. I liked it more as it warmed up. Drink this around 50 degrees F.
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12-17-2012 04:35:52 | More by hackmann
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The contrast illustrates how differing standards and approaches can complicate efforts to determine which factories in Bangladesh are safe, even as calls for change grow louder. Separate from last month's building collapse at the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, scores of workers have died in a spate of Bangladesh factory accidents in recent months.
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But U.S. retailers including Wal-Mart and Gap Inc. GPS +1.96% Gap Inc. U.S.: NYSE $42.08 +0.81 +1.96% March 14, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 6.41M AFTER HOURS $42.08 0.00 0.00% March 14, 2014 4:10 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 4,834 P/E Ratio 15.08 Market Cap $18.77 Billion Dividend Yield 2.09% Rev. per Employee $118,735 03/06/14 Harsh Weather Weighs on Retail... 03/01/14 Gap to Open 30 to 35 Stores in... 02/28/14 J. Crew in Talks to be Sold to... More quote details and news » broke from the group, saying that they didn't want to be held liable in U.S. courts if they were found to violate the agreement.
Wal-Mart, the world's largest retailer, maintains it can force change without the binding agreement. Part of its effort is being more transparent about its sourcing.
A Wal-Mart spokesman said publishing the list "encourages other retailers to adopt our standards and benefit from our in-depth inspection process."
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If Wal-Mart's audits find factories that have structural damage or life-threatening conditions, "we will immediately ask them to cease production, inform the factory buyers and the government, and insist the workers don't go back to facilities," said Rajan Kamalanathan, Wal-Mart's head of ethical sourcing, in an interview.
Wal-Mart doesn't specifically disclose why it puts a factory on its banned list.
Violations can range from child labor to human rights abuses, bribery, corporal punishment, or hazardous conditions. Factories can work themselves off the list.
Some workplace and outsourcing experts said that Wal-Mart's unilateral action only adds to an increasingly complicated process of trying to improve safety standards in Bangladesh.
"It is not helpful for a retailer or brand to simply publish a list of factories they no longer work with," said Richard Locke, a professor of political science and management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who is working on several projects related to globalization and labor standards. "The truth is that factories go in and out of compliance."
Retailers, factories, and worker-safety groups say retailers' different standards have stalled safety-improvement efforts, triggering confusion over matters as basic as where fire extinguishers are placed.
"Every time a different brand's audit team goes into a factory, the factory has to move the fire extinguishers to be in compliance," said Sandra Cho, corporate responsibility manager for Columbia Sportswear, which manufactures some clothing in Bangladesh. "It's time-consuming for the brands and creates audit fatigue for the factories."
Several of the sites banned by Wal-Mart appear on a list of approved factories that H&M made public two months ago, before the Rana Plaza factory collapse. One such factory is Hop Lun, the Bangladesh outpost of Hong Kong-based Hop Lun Ltd., a lingerie maker. Set in an industrial park on the outskirts of Dhaka, it has been supplying H&M with lingerie since 2006, according to the Swedish company.
H&M remains a client. It says the factory passed an audit two weeks ago, and adds that it also recently sent an engineer to inspect one of the buildings.
"We believe that we have comprehensive and thorough systems and routines in place," H&M said in response to questions Thursday.
H&M, which is the world's biggest purchaser in Bangladesh, inspects its factories about every six months, which some other retailers also said was standard.
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Earlier this month, production was halted in one of Hop Lun's buildings after cracks were observed. The discovery came two weeks after the Rana Plaza complex collapsed a day after large cracks were identified.
Hop Lun closed the building for renovations, said Walter Brennan, Hop Lun's Hong Kong-based director of compliance and communications, even though he said engineers found it to be structurally sound.
Wal-Mart's decision to ban the factory came as a surprise to Hop Lun this week. "We find it incredible. We knew nothing about it," says Mr. Brennan.
Target was already breaking off relations with Hop Lun before the cracks were found, according to a spokeswoman for the retailer. Target, which said all of its factories have been audited in the past 12 months, didn't disclose the reason it was breaking off relations. "Despite several months of working with this factory to address concerns, the factory was not able to meet our expectations," the Target spokeswoman said.
In the Gazipur district north of Dhaka, Garments Export Village Ltd. was surprised to find its name on Wal-Mart's list and feared it would hurt the company's reputation, said Emrul Kayes Sujan, manager of human resources and compliance for Amtranet Group, the factory owner.
He said the factory hadn't produced for Wal-Mart since he joined the factory in 2006. From the 10-story building where it manufactures shirts, pants and sweaters, Garments Export Village works for retailers including H&M, Inditex and Kmart, which is owned by Sears, according to all three companies.
Kmart has received more than 200 shipping containers full of twill pants and other clothes from Garment Exports Village as recently as the end of April, shipping records show.
A Sears spokesman confirmed the company's relationship with the factory and said that it audits factories to comply with its own requirements. Inditex, which confirmed that the factory has made sweaters for its Pull & Bear label, said the factory has passed all of its audits and visits in the past year.
For some retailers, Wal-Mart's black list could become a useful resource. In October of last year, John Forsyth Shirt Co., a Canadian menswear company whose clothing is sold at stores such as Stein Mart, SMRT +2.78% Stein Mart Inc. U.S.: Nasdaq $14.07 +0.38 +2.78% March 14, 2014 4:00 pm Volume (Delayed 15m) : 168,476 AFTER HOURS $14.07 0.00 0.00% March 14, 2014 4:26 pm Volume (Delayed 15m): 6 P/E Ratio 23.82 Market Cap $626.85 Million Dividend Yield 1.42% Rev. per Employee $115,924 03/06/14 Harsh Weather Weighs on Retail... More quote details and news » said it got four boxes of men's shirts from E.H. Fabrics Ltd., one of the factories on Wal-Mart's banned list. The company is no longer receiving shipments from that factory, as it wasn't a regular supplier. The company said its safety audits are normally done annually, and there is also a locally based quality-control team that visits weekly during production runs.
Oliver Morante, John Forsyth's executive vice president, said Wal-Mart's list of banned factories is "another piece of information" to consider in deciding where to source future products. He said he would refuse to work with any factory that is "found to be in violation of any sort—structural or otherwise."
—Ann Zimmerman in Dallas, Tripti Lahiri in Dhaka, Karen Johnson in Toronto and Suzanne Kapner in New York contributed to this article.
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Missouri is among five additional states being granted waivers from the Bush-era No Child Left Behind law. A total of twenty-four states now have been approved for waivers, allowing flexibility in implementing the controversial law.
Democrats and Republicans in Congress agree the law needs to be fixed but can't agree on how. The law requires all students be proficient in math and reading by 2014, a goal the nation remains far from reaching. As that deadline approaches, an increasing number of schools have been labeled "failing."
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Area WATCH DOGS organizations put a leash on school violence. The WATCH Dads of Great Students (DOGS) organization is comprised of volunteer father figures, like dads, grandfathers, uncles and older brothers, who commit time in area schools to be positive role models for students.
When Lorrie Dean was raising her children as a single parent, the backpack program could have helped her out immensely. Now that Dean's children are adults, she wants to help families who are struggling to put food on the table, just as she did. Dean is one of many Catawba County BB&T employees who started volunteering Wednesday for the county's backpack program, which provides free meals for underprivileged children during weekends.
The bill is in for repairing a water line break that affected most Newton city water customers last month, and city leaders were surprised by the cost estimates. Newton Public Works Director Wilce Martin said a water line break along U.S. 70 early in the morning on Aug. 24 will cost the city about $59,000. "I would have thought it would be five times that," said Newton Mayor Robert Mullinax, who previously called the water line break a "budget buster."
A Newton home was damaged Wednesday after a fire broke out in the kitchen. Homeowner Casey Wilfong was outside her residence at 4464 Hickory Lincolnton Highway shortly before 11 a.m. when she heard the smoke detector beeping inside her house. She went back into the single-story home, saw flames in the kitchen near the sink and called 9-1-1. "You don't want to know what I was thinking (when I saw the fire)," she said. "You really don't want to know."
The former PTO treasurer accused of stealing thousands of dollars from Webb A. Murray Elementary School had her case continued.
Holly LaFone Specht, of Hickory, was scheduled to appear Tuesday in Catawba County Superior Criminal Court. Her case was continued to Nov. 1.
The defense made a motion for continuance for time needed to obtain financial documents relevant to the case.
Specht was indicted in April on charges of embezzlement by a public official, obtaining property by false pretenses and four counts of forging endorsement.
A Conover man was convicted Tuesday of three felony sex offenses. A jury in Catawba County Superior Criminal Court convicted David Gene Carle, 49, with felony first-degree statutory sexual offense and two counts of felony indecent liberties with a child. Carle was sentenced to at least 192 months and no more than 240 months in the North Carolina Department of Corrections, according to the District Attorney's Office. Jury selection for Carle's trial started Aug. 31, and the jury returned their verdict Tuesday after 20 minutes of deliberation.
Conover's $1.7-million sewer project is complete. During Tuesday's city council meeting, W.K. Dickson project manager Ryan Hager presented council members with details regarding the sewer project, which was funded through American Recovery Reinvestment Act. Hager said 45,000 feet of sewer pipe was cleaned and repaired. The repairs include 112 point repairs, 1,325 feet of new sewer pipes, installed manholes and 5,964 feet of new cure-in-place pipe liner, to name a few upgrades.
The YMCA of Catawba Valley Board of Directors unanimously ratified the hiring of Bob Conklin as the association's president and chief executive officer, succeeding Phil DiCasolo who is retiring after serving 38 years of YMCA professional service.
A Catawba woman is charged with felony hit and run following a collision that injured a 4-year-old boy. Newton Police charged Paula Schronce Finney, 40, on Friday after she allegedly rear-ended a vehicle on Northwest Boulevard and left the scene before police arrived. Kelvin Stacy Perkins, 39, of Conover, told police he was stopped at a red light near the intersection of Northwest Boulevard and West 15th Street when a vehicle struck him from behind, said Newton Police Chief Don Brown.
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Nemo and other winter storms can make travel treacherous. The key to safe driving is to simply wait out the storm. And remember, even after the snow falls, the roads can still be slippery. When the sun breaks through, and it is time to hit the road, the following tips may help keep you safe.
Where drivers often run into trouble is waiting too long to return home as a storm approaches, leaving them caught in a storm's clutches. While there may always be the desire for just one more errand, it is better to wait out the storm from the safety of home.
The risk is that traction problems can lead to spending a long, cold wait on the side of a road, as well as cause issues for other motorists and even the road crews trying to plow roads.
Being mid-winter, we'll assume the car is properly shod with good all-season or snow tires. (If not, see our tire buying advice and ratings.) So, let's get into some key driving tips:
- Clear off the snow and ice before driving. If snow has fallen since your car was parked, take the time to thoroughly brush it off the vehicle—including the roof—and scrape any ice from the windows. "Peephole driving" through a small, cleared spot on your windshield reduces your visibility and is quite dangerous.
- Refill with winter-grade windshield cleaner. To improve safety, roads are treated with a salty solution, salt crystals, and/or sand to provide traction during a storm and help clear the roads afterwards. This unpleasant "wintry mix" can hinder visibility when splashed onto the car's glass, especially when driving toward the sun. Routine use of the windshield cleaning fluid may be necessary—just be sure the car is filled with winter-grade fluid that will not freeze.
- Accelerate slowly to reduce wheel spin. If starting from a standstill on slick snow or ice, start in second gear if you have a manual transmission or gear-selectable automatic so the vehicle is less likely to spin the tires.
- Reduce your speed and drive smoothly. In slippery conditions, tires lose their grip more easily, affecting all aspects of your driving: braking, turning, and accelerating. Keeping the speeds down will give you more time to react to slippage or a possible collision, and it will lessen the damage should things go wrong.
- Allow longer braking distances. Plan on starting your braking sooner than you normally would in dry conditions to give yourself extra room, and use more gentle pressure on the brake pedal.
- Don't lock your wheels when braking. Locked wheels can make the vehicle slide or skid. If you have an older vehicle without an antilock braking system (ABS), you may need to gently apply the brakes repeatedly in a pulsing motion to avoid having them lock up the wheels. If your vehicle has ABS, simply depress the brake pedal firmly and hold it down. The shuddering sounds and pedal feeling is expected (don't lift off the brake); the system is doing its job.
- Perform one action at a time when accelerating, braking, and turning. Asking a vehicle to do two things at once--such as braking and turning, or accelerating and turning--can reduce your control. When taking a turn on a slippery surface, for instance, slowly apply the brakes while the vehicle is going straight.
- Avoid sudden actions when cornering. A sudden maneuver--such as hard braking, a quick turn of the steering wheel, sudden acceleration, or shifting a manual transmission --can upset a vehicle's dynamics when it's taking a turn. Rapidly transferring the weight from one end or corner to another can throw a car off balance. In slick conditions, this can cause it to more easily go out of control.
- Be ready to correct for a slide. Should the rear end of the vehicle begin to slide during a turn, gently let off on the accelerator and turn the steering wheel in the direction of the slide. This will help straighten it out. Electronic stability control will also help keep control in a slide situation. But remember, safety systems may bend the laws of physics, but they can't overcome stupid.
- Don't let four- or all-wheel drive give you a false sense of security. 4WD and AWD systems only provide extra traction when accelerating. They provide no advantage when braking or cornering.
- Be extra wary of other motorists. They may not be driving as cautiously as you, so leave extra space, avoid distractions, and be predictable, signaling clearly ahead of any turns or lane changes.
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Cooper on H.S. football: Paramus QB steals the show
PARAMUS – Kevin Olsen returned for Wayne Hills, but the quarterback who made the decisive plays wore Paramus blue.
Spartans quarterback Tyler Smith scrambled for a key late first down and connected with Darius House on a perfectly timed hitch-and-go with 2:50 left to lead Paramus to a 24-17 victory over Wayne Hills on Friday.
"You can't coach heart and you can't coach guts," Paramus coach Dan Sabella said.
"And both of those for Tyler are off the charts. There are a lot of doubters out there, [because] he's a sophomore and his size and all that stuff. He just works. He doesn't buy into any of that."
The Spartans didn't have a first down in the second half when their offense took the field trailing 17-16 with 6:22 left. Smith, all 5 feet 6 of him, broke containment in the pocket and picked up 9 1/2 yards on fourth-and-9, then, two plays later, hit House on a 35-yard pass down the sideline.
"They were smothering us," said Sabella about the final play call. "We needed to get behind them, because they weren't going to let us catch it front of them."
Olsen, Wayne Hills' 6-foot-3 highly-touted senior quarterback, made a surprise return to the field Friday night, playing for the first time since suffering a foot injury in the season opener against Northern Highlands.
He turned in an uneven performance, finishing 8-for-19 for 87 yards, one touchdown and three interceptions. He also was called for three penalties, one intentional grounding in the end zone and two personal fouls.
The Patriots got the ball back with 2:50 to play and had a chance to tie, but Olsen was harassed by the Spartans defense and his deep pass was intercepted by Steven Regalbuto with 1:42 left.
Two hours before the game Olsen had tweeted a picture of himself wrapping his wrists with the letters "TJ" on the wrap, in reference to his baby nephew in North Carolina.
That was the first sign all week that he was going to play. Patriots coaches had said earlier in the week that he was 50-50 to play even next week in the first round of the playoffs.
Olsen showed no ill effects of the injury, warmed up before the game and took the field to a big cheer from the Patriots crowd.
"You know, when we looked at the timeframe, we weren't sure who was going to play," Sabella said. "The kid [Justin DeGroat] is a good quarterback too. We were ready for him. We knew looking back and the week off would only give him an extra week. We told our kids all week, we will show up in pregame and see, and the rest spoke for itself."
Olsen's first pass went for an 11-yard gain, but was called back because of a Patriots penalty.
That was a microcosm of Wayne Hills' first-half performance, a little good mixed with some bad.
Olsen, who verbally has committed to Miami, connected on a brilliant post pattern to Erik Moskal for a touchdown, but the offense struggled with penalties and timing.
Both teams played secure in the knowledge that they already had made the North 1, Group 4 playoffs, but Paramus had a lot more to play for, knowing it could improve its seed from eight to perhaps five depending on other games.
"We are thinking six [seed]," Sabella said. "But we don't know for sure, but if it's five, we will go where they tell us to go."
Wayne Hills, the two-time defending sectional champion, already is locked in as the fourth seed. It is possible these teams could meet again in Wayne next week.
"Listen, it's Wayne Hills, we have taken our lumps against them the past couple of years – twice last year," Sabella said. "They are the program."


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Michigan QB Devin Gardner is pressured by Akron's Albert Presley during the second quarter today in Ann Arbor. / Kirthmon F. Dozier/DFP
Inside the Big Ten
Illinois | 2-0 |
Ohio State | 2-0 |
Penn State | 2-0 |
Wisconsin | 2-0 |
Indiana | 2-1 |
Purdue | 1-1 |
Michigan | 3-0 |
Michigan St. | 3-0 |
Minnesota | 3-0 |
Northwestern | 2-0 |
Nebraska | 2-1 |
Iowa | 1-1 |
UCLA 41, Nebraska 21Indiana 42, Bowling Green 10Minnesota 29, W. Illinois 12Iowa at Iowa St., inc. UCF at Penn St., inc.Washington vs. Illinois, inc. Ohio St. at California, inc.Notre Dame at Purdue, inc.W. Michigan at Northwestern, inc.Wisconsin at Arizona St., inc.
House of horrors?
Michigan�s four-point victory Saturday was one of several close calls against a MAC opponent in the Big House. Three others:
Nov. 4, 2006
U-M 34, Ball State 26
The Cardinals, led by coach Brady Hoke, fell short on a Hail Mary attempt from the U-M 45-yard line, keeping Michigan�s perfect record intact.
Sept. 6, 2008
U-M 16, Miami (Ohio) 6
The Wolverines surged to a 10-0 lead under new coach Rich Rodriguez, but didn�t put the RedHawks away until the fourth quarter.
Oct. 11, 2008
Toledo 13, U-M 10
Kicker K.C. Lopata missed a 26-yard field goal attempt with 4 seconds left as Michigan lost to a MAC school for the first time.
Technically, it was a win.
Michigan avoided one of the biggest upsets in school history Saturday by escaping with a 28-24 victory over Akron at Michigan Stadium.
But it felt like a loss.
It was a stunning, shocking, frustrating, dreadful embarrassment for the Wolverines.
This sleepy, lackluster effort raised countless red flags and worries, while exposing all kinds of problems and concerns. The Wolverines were outplayed. Outworked. And outcoached.
Michigan quarterback Devin Gardner had a horrible performance � perhaps, the worst of his life � throwing three interceptions and fumbling.
And remember, this came one week after he had a great performance against Notre Dame.
Does this mean Michigan is in serious trouble? Are we looking at the beginning of the end?
No, come down off that ledge. It means that Michigan is as good as Gardner plays. When Gardner is bad, the Wolverines are vulnerable. Even against a team like Akron.
When Gardner is good, the Wolverines look great.
�I wasn�t myself today,� Gardner said. �Pressure doesn�t bother me. And they got to me today. I made a lot of bad decisions. I probably played my worst game ever.�
Too many mistakes
Not to disrespect Akron, but seriously?
Akron? How could this happen? Michigan was a five-touchdown favorite.
Akron hasn�t beaten a team from the Big Ten since 1894. Which was, I believe, the same year Bob Ufer started doing radio for Michigan games.
But there are a lot of reasons Michigan almost lost.
Michigan missed tackles and gave up big plays and committed penalties and had some awful punts and couldn�t run the ball and couldn�t stop turning over the ball.
And other than that, how was the play, Mrs. Lincoln?
�From coaches first, me first, we have to do a better job,� coach Brady Hoke said. �You can�t win championships with those mistakes.�
Through most of the game, Michigan couldn�t generate much of a pass rush.
But the Wolverines finally got some pressure on the final play.
Akron had the ball on the Michigan 4-yard line. It was fourth down. A few seconds left. Akron quarterback Kyle Pohl dropped to pass, Michigan blitzed, and he threw an incomplete pass.
�It was cable zero train,� Hoke said. �And it was executed very well.�
Gardner is inconsistent
Here is the biggest question: Is Gardner learning from his mistakes?
Following a season-long trend, Gardner made another bad decision deep in Michigan territory.
He underthrew his receiver on a screen pass, and Akron turned it into a pick-six. Take away that one throw and the entire game might have been different.
Gardner did something similar against Central Michigan. On his second pass attempt of the season, he was intercepted near his own goal line to set up a score.
And he did the same thing against Notre Dame, throwing a pick-six in his own end zone when he should have simply taken a sack.
What happened? Why did Gardner play so bad?
�It�s a really good question, one that I�ll be thinking about all night,� Hoke said. �Why he made some of the decisions that he made.�
Hoke said that Gardner is beat up. �But nothing terrible,� Hoke said. �It�s football.�
Lewan shoulders the blame
After the game, senior captain Taylor Lewan fell on the sword. Over and over. Taking all the blame.
�It was embarrassing,� Lewan said. �Got to give it to Akron. � We didn�t prepare. This is on the seniors. This is on the leadership of the team.
�We aren�t making holes for the running back. Fitz (Toussaint) is an unbelievable running back.�
And then, Lewan blamed himself for the problems at quarterback.
�Devin didn�t have enough time to throw,� Lewan said. �Our running backs didn�t have enough holes. That�s my fault.�
Now, remember, Lewan passed up the NFL for this. To lead this team to a championship. And he took all the blame.
�It�s not fair to the fans,� Lewan said. �It�s not fair to the people associated with this program. It�s not fair to the freshmen on this team who aren�t playing. We didn�t prepare as a team.�
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The 4 Warpgate Rush, often referred to as "4 Gate" colloquially, is an aggressive opening in PvP, used also in PvZ and PvT, but much less common in those match-ups. Four Warpgates provide a burst of units very early, and by using a proxy Pylon the travel distance to the opponent's base is greatly shorten, thus making the attack even more powerful. This rush allows you to charge up your opponent's ramp and then warp in units directly into their base using a proxy Pylon that is built at the bottom of their main ramp. The build is an all-in as you cannot transition out of it without dealing heavy damage to the economy of the opponent. The reason for that is that the constant unit production out of 4 Warpgates allows no resources for Tech-ing or expanding, and that a proper execution will leave you with only nineteen workers mining, a relatively small amount.
Despite recent changes to the way the game is played (especially in PvP: see "References") that have made this strategy much weaker, a 4 Gate can still be used successfully against an unsuspecting or unprepared opponent. The 4 gate rush is still very strong when it is not scouted and can be used against a known greedy opponent in a BoX to force them out of their game, however on standard ladder matches this tactic is much less reliable. Take note that the 4 Gate is still a dominant PvP strategy on maps where Force Fields cannot be used to deflect or delay the rush (eg. Tal'Darim Altar).
The 4 Gate relies heavily on the use of a proxy Pylon to quickly reinforce unit as close to the opponent's base as possible, the proxy Pylon is the key to the attack and as such, if you are unable to place a proxy Pylon, it is highly likely that your rush will be deflected with ease, that is why often players choose to send two or three workers instead of one, in case it gets killed.
This build is very strong in PvP and can also be viable in the other match-ups, especially if the opponent is expanding/ Teching and is not expecting the attack. Using that fact, Protoss players sometimes fake a 4 Gate in order to force base defenses or more units than the opposing players wants to make while expanding or teching behind it. Faking an expand or tech into a 4 gate can also work, but its a risky build with coin flip nature, best used on BoX matches only.
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- After chronoboosting the initial Probe production twice, the rest should be spent on Warpgate research. This should be four Chronoboosts in total. With perfect Chrono Boost timings it is possible to get five boosts on the Warpgate research, thus only spending one boost on the probes, but doing so requires constant awareness of the research, as you can't have any delay time between the boosts.
- Start all three additional Gateways at ~50% Warpgate Research. If constantly Chronoboosted, the Gateways and Warpgate Research should finish at the same time. They must be finished on time or it is likely your rush will fail against a competent opponent.
- Although it is preferably to hide your attack, hiding a 4 Gate is usually a formality. This is as your Nexus' energy should signal to any observant opponent that you are doing a 4 Warpgate push. It is generally better to let the opponent scout the three gates going down than to put them up later than they should.
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- The Protoss has to target fire enemy Stalkers with his own at all times, as whoever has highest amount of Stalkers will have a significant advantage in battle due to the superior micro-management potential. However, the 4 Gate-ing Protoss may opt for a high number of Zealots if they are trying to charge up a ramp that their opponent is defending with ranged units. This is because the Zealots will force the opponent to move their ranged units back to prevent the Zealots from damaging them.
- If the opponent is holding their ramp with the use of Sentries and Forcefields, the Protoss should build their proxy Pylon close enough to the opponent's base in such a manner that Zealots warped in on the high ground (never warp anything but Zealots when there are enemy units on the high ground). You will want to set up one Pylon beneath the main ramp, preferably 2 to be sure he can't kill your Pylon and stop you from warping reinforcements. The Pylons should be planted as soon as possible, since if you are able to warp your initial 4 units on the high ground then you are in a fine position.
- The Protoss must use their initial Zealot and Stalker to protect the Probe that will build proxy Pylons, in case you see a 2 fast 2 gas opening you can try and pressure the opponent with the Zealot and Stalker since for them to be overwhelmed and it can force a premature Force Field, which will make the rush stronger. Certain builds designed to counter the 4 Gate, such as the 3 Stalker Rush, relies on sniping said Probe before a proxy Pylon is built. As such, the Protoss must take note to cradle the Probe and consider taking along two or even three Probes for safety.
- It is also important to note that on some maps, such as Bel'Shir Beach and Tal'Darim Altar, the 4 Gate is the dominant strategy because it is impossible to use Force Fields to prevent units being warped into the main base.
- In a 4 gate versus 4 gate situation that can happen on maps with flat entrances it is useful to have one or two Zealots in front of your mostly Stalker force, since this will force the opponent to spend micro potential on kiting while you can focus fire your Stalkers.
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- When using a one gas 4 Gate, prioritize Stalkers if you scouted Roaches or a heavy investment in Spine Crawlers. Prioritize Zealots to deal with high Zergling counts.
- Utilising a two gas 4 Gate allows you to use more Sentries in your composition at the cost of Stalkers. The advantage of this is that it will allow you to block Zerg reinforcements by Force Fielding their main ramp; it also allows you to use Forcefields to trap Roaches against Zealots so that they cannot kite and to create artificial chokes for your units versus high amounts of lings.
- Aim to do significant economic damage by killing Drones, Queens or the natural expansion. Accept losses to destroy a Hatchery, a units worth in Drones, or a Tech building but do not overcommit in the event that the Zerg has heavily defended their main base. Don't be afraid to get up a natural expansion when no being able to break the Zerg.
- No matter which variation that you use, be careful of Zerglings sniping your Pylon or counter-attacking into your main-base. It is often a good idea to fully wall-off your main base with an additional Pylon when you move out to place down proxy Pylons or to make a semi wall and leave a probe there, ready to lay down a Pylon in case the Zerg tries a run-by.
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- Modern builds take the 4 gate rush into account, so it is important that the Terran does not know that you are rushing him or they will make extra bunkers and thus beating the build with ease. Consider pretending to put up a nexus or taking a second gas when doing the 4 gate.
- In general, Zealots and Sentries are the units you want in the attack, since Stalkers just don't have enough firepower to justify their cost on this kind of attack. You want to use Force Fields to prevent the Bunker/s being repaired and have a Guardian Shield at all times, as it makes the Zealots much stronger. If your opponent however doesn't have any Bunker, Stalkers are generally the better choice.
- If you see 3 bunkers or more, or 2 bunkers that already have SCV's near them it means the Terran is up to you and you have no chance to break through, you need to either expand behind it or try to run past the bunkers, in such a situation Stalkers are better than Zealots, but you still want to have a mixed composition when you try to pass the bunkers.
- If the opponent is building Marauders then try to focus them down first; this is as the Concussive Shells upgrade prevents your Stalkers from cost-effectively kiting against Marines.
[edit] Maps
Since Warpgate Tech allows you to create units at any point of the map, rush distances are generally not an important factor for this build. The only case where this does not apply is when the opponent is rushing as well and there is a possibility that their units will reach your base before the 4 Gates have come into play.
Instead, this build more relies on how safe your opponent is playing and how well prepared they are for your attack.
[edit] Strong
This build benefits from a large main since you can try to hide Pylons there more easily and from a map with many places to hide the probe close to the base. Of course these are only small benefits and the main features that helps the 4 gate are a flat choke that can be used to warp units across the entrance, or a ramp that requires more than one Force Field to block off. Also a backdoor to the main helps a lot, if it does not require you to waste time killing destructible things.
[edit] Weak
- On ramps that can be walled-off (PvT) or blocked with a single Forcefield (PvP), you will have problems winning with this strategy against an opponent that scouts and knows how to defend this build.
[edit] Replays and VODs
Tester | Day9s King of the Beta Tournament. Tester uses multiple proxy Pylons inside HuK's base to warp his units directly into HuK's base. | ||
HuK | |||
Date: 2010-07-22 | |||
Patch: 17 (Beta) | VOD |
HuK | HuK vs Moon at DreamHack Summer 2011 | ||
Moon | |||
Date: 2011-06-21 | |||
Patch: 1.3.4 | VOD |
[edit] References
A list of builds designed to defend against a 4 Gate in PvP


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