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Engenharia Industrial
Integrated engineering, procurement, construction, electromechanical assembly, pre-operation, maintenance, and management services for major industrial projects in various sectors of basic industry, such as oil & gas, chemicals & petrochemicals, mining, steel, pulp & paper, thermal power, fertilizers, and bioenergy in Brazil and other countries.
In the United States, where it has been acting since 1992, the company also undertakes civil infrastructure work, for clients both private and public. Based in Miami, Florida, it operates through its subsidiary, Odebrecht USA.
Petroquímica Suape's PTA, POY, PET Plant, PE.
Highlights in 2012
The company has consolidated its international presence through the completion of major projects in Argentina, Chile, the United States, Mexico, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela.
Projects Delivered
- Two units in Brazil, Butadiene II in Rio Grande do Sul and PVC/MVC in Alagoas, for Braskem.
- Two refineries, Revap in São José dos Campos, SP, and Repar in Araucária, PR, and construction of jackup platform P-59 in Bahia, for Petrobras.
- In Argentina, five compression plants for the gas pipelines project in Buchanan, Rio Colorado, San Antonio Oeste, Pico Truncado and Manantiales Behr.
- In the United States, delivered the MIA Mover, in Florida, and LPV 4.2 West Return Floodwall, in Louisiana.
Contracts Awarded
- Section II of the Logun Ethanol Pipeline in Uberaba, MG.
- In Argentina, the Rosetti Gas Pipeline.
- In Venezuela, CADCA Marco II for construction of new units for the farm complex to produce sugar and ethanol.
- In Houston, USA, Grand Parkway.
Creation of Odebrecht Engenharia de Projetos (OEP), an engineering design company focused on bolstering in-house expertise and providing Clients in Brazil and other countries with integrated engineering solutions through the development of conceptual and basic designs and detailed engineering.
Awards and recognition
- Great Place to Work Award as one of the Best Employers in Argentina for the third year running.
- Argentina's Largest Construction Company for the fourth consecutive year, according to Revista Mercado.
- Miami Inernational Airport's North terminal was voted one of the 10 Best Engineering Projects in Florida (USA) according to Florida Trend magazine.


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Nikos Tsianos, Zacharias Lekkas, Panagiotis Germanakos, Costas Mourlas, George Samaras, "An Experimental Assessment of the Use of Cognitive and Affective Factors in Adaptive Educational Hypermedia," IEEE Transactions on Learning Technologies, vol. 2, no. 3, pp. 249-258, July-September, 2009.
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The Alabama Bureau of Investigation is reviewing the shooting death of a man at a Tallassee gas station at the request of the Alabama Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, or ABC.
Authorities taped off the Marathon gas station parking lot and placed a tarp over a red Honda Civic where the man's body remained during Wednesday evening's investigation.
According to the Associated Press, Tallassee Police Chief Jimmy Rodgers identified the man as 38-year-old Bobby Jay Coats IV of Eclectic/Tallassee.
ABI says it won't release any details pending its inquiry. Once the investigation is complete, the agency says it will turn its findings over to the Elmore County District Attorney's office.
District Attorney Randall Houston says the shooting involved law enforcement but did not know if any officers fired shots at the man. Houston says initial reports indicate that the man shot himself and that an ABC agent was involved.
Members of Coats' family contacted WSFA 12 News late Wednesday evening to dispute the claim that their loved one shot himself.
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text: Of course, D.J. LeMahieu was promoted to Chicago today, but there were also plenty of other moves. Junior Lake moves up from Daytona to take LeMahieu's spot at Tennessee, hopefully this is a permanent move and not just until LeMahieu gets back. Lake was batting .315 with 11 doubles, 4 triples, and 6 HRs. He's 19/23 in SB attempts. He has however only walked 6 times and struck out 49 times. Brett Jackson was finally activated from the DL, but this sent Jae Hoon Ha back to Daytona. Not sure why he was sent down, he wasn't doing bad, and could have played the corner with Jackson in center. And finally, Whitenack was sent to the DL with Struck coming up from Daytona to take his spot. Discuss.


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Since 09 The Eagles Have Hosted The Eventual Super Bowl Winner.
Prior to this season the trend was the Eagles lost their home opener to the eventual Super Bowl winners. It started with the Saints, then to the Packers, and then the Giants. This season the Eagles were the team that finally got the win, but the same result applies as once again the team the Eagles played in their home opener has won the Super Bowl. It's like our own personal Madden Curse. Whoever will be playing the Eagles next season in our first home game is going to get real excited. Their fans might as well book the tickets once the game is announced.
Speaking of Super Bowl winners, I sincerely hope when Juan gets his ring he puts it on his middle finger, takes a picture, and sends it to Jim Washburn with the following caption:
"Sit on it and twist, dickweed!!" - Signed Juanita
He ought to CC one to Andy Reid, since Reid lacked the testicular fortitude to fire Washburn when he was causing all the trouble to begin with,.
Funny. I was actually going to make that recommendation too.
I'm just glad Reid has taken his stubbornness to KC. He may think Eagles fans were rough, but those winners in KC cheered their own player getting hurt. Despite how much people may hate Vick, nobody has ever cheered for it in Philly and we have had lots of opportunities to do so considering how often Mike gets injured.
I'm not so sure we have much room to criticize. We did cheer Irvin getting hurt. I know we may have hated his guts and still do, but that was just wrong and a dick move.
First he wasn't an Eagle. Second prior to that injury he riled up the fans with al of his pushing off, and ridiculous antics after every first down. He was an enemy. Nothing like them cheering their own going down. The guy was active in their community for crying out loud.
That's true ganggreen, it was a tasteless act...anyone on here knows I don't like the eagles, but I would NEVER cheer if one of yours was lying injured on the turf. Having played the game I know how quickly you can get injured and it's all over. Anyone who would cheer for a player getting injured is a real dirtbag. And as far as the hosting eventual Super Bowl winners the last 4 seasons....If you can't win one....may as well host the ones that do.
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I was at the Redskin game in DC when Westbrook got the concussion. Those scumbags cheered and were happy about it. Westbrook is from the VA area! He never once was a showboat, never rubbed anything in their face, and they cheered his injury. It was probably karma that brought their fav Cris Cooley down in the same game. I did not cheer for his injury. Besides we beat them soundly that game. That and seeing all of those sad quiet faces was satisfying enough.
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cute cheered their own injured player CUTE....
yes sir sportmanship out the old winder>??? oop I forgot this is a business screw everyone except us....
ohh cute lets start the WAVE when one of our own limps off the field...lets really show the young fans the meaning of SPORTSMANSHIP!!!!
Eagles fans get a bad rap for the actions of a few, meanwhile the Chiefs entire stadium roars in excitement one of their own was hurt, and they have the nerve to say they aren't Philly? They are right. They are far more classless.
Good point easy
chiefs fans should get ushered out for that sort of behavior!!! but Im sure with the help from alkeyhaul????
I see that kind of crap used in college ball.
classless ?? I call it more idiotic
I wouldnt call them FANS...id call them a bunch, in house to make trouble
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The 4-H Gardening Club will meet 10 a.m. May 22 at Lee's Garden Center. Members learn gardening tips and receive plants to grow in their gardens at home. The club is open to LaRue County youth of all ages.
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The Hodgenville Woman's Club will award a $500 scholarship to a graduating high school senior attending school in LaRue County or an adult residing in LaRue County who plans to enroll or is enrolled in college or technical school for fall semester 2010. Applications are available at the LaRue County High School guidance counselor's office, the Lincoln Museum in Hodgenville or by contacting Faye Puyear, Woman's Club scholarship chairman, at 358-4749. Deadline is April 15.
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Second graders at Abraham Lincoln Elementary School recently experienced a week-long residency constructing their own pop-up book with Kentucky Arts Council artist Jane McTeigue.
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Turkey, Nov. 10, 2009 Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew referred to the great progress made by the Greek Diaspora in statements he made upon his return from a two-week visit to the United States. Addressing the faithful in the Church of the Taxiarchs in Bosporus, the Ecumenical Patriarch stated that the progress achieved by the Greek Community, its dedication to the Mother Church and the Ecumenical Patriarchate were evident everywhere he went, adding that the Greek-Americans enjoy the respect of the US authorities. Bartholomew stated that he was received with great honors by the US leadership, the academic world and major institutions. The Ecumenical Patriarch emphasized the comments made by US Vice President Joe Biden who underlined that the Ecumenical Patriarchate has been brave despite the insecurity surrounding it and the adverse conditions under which it performs its ecumenical mission and service, thus winning great respect and appreciation. In a formal dinner … [Read more...]
Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew sums up visit with Greek 'diaspora' in America
Remarks by Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew to V.P. Biden
Remarks and Toast of His All Holiness Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew at the Dinner in his Honor Hosted by Vice President Joseph R. Biden at the Residence of the Vice President, Number One Observatory Circle, Direct Archdiocesan District, Washington, November 4, 2009 ----- Mr. Vice President and Dr. Biden, Your Eminence Archbishop Demetrios and Brother Hierarchs, Honored guests and friends, Beloved spiritual children in the Lord, We return to the Naval Observatory and to this historic residence after twelve years, to be among friends of the Ecumenical Patriarchate, and yet, more than friends. Mr. Vice President, you are a person who has sought justice and fought for liberty throughout a lifetime of public service. Through tragedy and triumph, you have persevered with a constant awareness of those most in need, of those who are powerless, and those who live without hope. Your life story is truly an American story, filled with peaks of exemplary achievement, and valleys of loss … [Read more...]
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Political candidates follow a time-honored campaign strategy of reaching out to ethnic groups and religious communities, and Orthodox Christians have been courted this way for years. It works both ways, of course. Now, little more than a week after the election, we're getting a good look at how politicians and political operatives of Greek descent -- many of them prominent in the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese -- have been working for years to promote President-elect Barack Obama and running mate Sen. Joseph Biden. The Greeks for Obama group, for example, developed this catchy slogan: "If you are Greek and love Obama, clap your hands." On Nov. 5, the National Coordinated Effort of Hellenes told supporters that it had raised $500,000 for Obama's campaign just weeks before the election. (full message appended at bottom of post). Andy Manatos, a public relations executive who also chaired last summer's GOA Clergy-Laity Congress, led the effort for this group. "Moving the huge American … [Read more...]


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If a shadow set is already mounted on one or more
nodes in an OpenVMS Cluster system, the /SHADOW qualifier is not required
when you mount the same shadow set on other nodes in the cluster.
For example, if DSA42 is already mounted in the cluster when a new
node is brought into the cluster, you can use the following command
to mount DSA42 on the new node:
$ MOUNT/SYS DSA42: volume-label logical-name
Upon receiving this command, the volume shadowing
software creates the shadow set on the new node with the same members
that currently exist on other nodes in the cluster.
Example 4-7 shows how to reconstruct a shadow set. The volume shadowing software
determines which disk volumes are former members of the shadow set.
Example 4-7 Reconstructing Shadow Sets With /INCLUDE
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, NEWDISK mounted on _DSA4:
%MOUNT-I-SHDWMEMSUCC, _$4$DIA1: (DISK01) is now a valid member
of the shadow set
%MOUNT-I-SHDWMEMCOPY, _$4$DIA2: (DISK02) added to the shadow set
with a copy operation
%MOUNT-I-SHDWMEMCOPY, _$4$DIA3: (DISK03) added to the shadow set
with a copy operation
%MOUNT-I-MOUNTED, NEWDISK mounted on _DSA4:
%MOUNT-I-SHDWMEMSUCC, _$4$DIA1: (DISK01) is now a valid member of the shadow set
%MOUNT-I-AUTOMEMCOPY, _$4$DIA2: (DISK02) automatically added to the shadow set
%MOUNT-I-AUTOMEMCOPY, _$4$DIA3: (DISK03) automatically addedto the shadow set
The first command in this example creates the
shadow set represented by DSA4. The shadow set consists of three shadow
set members: $4$DIA1, $4$DIA2, and $4$DIA3.
After all copy operations have completed, the
DISMOUNT command dissolves the shadow set.
The /INCLUDE qualifier shown in the second MOUNT
command triggers the MOUNT command to reconstruct the shadow set back
to the way it was before the shadow set was dissolved. The MOUNT command
must specify the original virtual unit name (DSA4) and at least one
of the original shadow set members ($4$DIA1). The Mount utility reads
the membership list on $4$DIA1 (specified in the first MOUNT command)
to determine that $4$DIA2 and $4$DIA3 are also members of the shadow
Because the shadow set was properly dismounted,
the shadow set members are in a consistent state. The MOUNT status
messages indicate that the shadow set devices are added back into
the shadow set without the need for copy operations.
Occasionally, you have to mount a physical shadow
set member as a nonshadowed disk. By default, when a shadow set member
is mounted outside a shadow set, the Mount utility automatically write-locks
the disk. This provides a safeguard against accidental modification,
thereby allowing the disk to be remounted into a shadow set at a later
To override this default behavior, include the
/OVERRIDE=SHADOW_MEMBERSHIP qualifier on the MOUNT command. For example:
This command ignores shadow set membership status
and mounts a former shadow set member on $4$DUA20 as a nonshadowed
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When one hears the phrase "first-responders," the first thing that comes to mind is the local police or fire department and EMT service. It seems odd to think of a place like the Action Center as a "first-responder," but it is. The Action center was and has been an ongoing first-responder to the economic crisis. Facing eviction and homelessness, or hunger and mounting bills are traumatic, just as a fire or need for an ambulance can be. It presents extreme anxiety and fear of the unknown for The Action Center's clients.
Over the past year, the Action Center has responded to the ever-growing suburbanization of poverty and homelessness by helping 28,000 people with food, clothing, shelter and much more. This year, the need continued to increase as it has done so since 2008. In fact, since then, about 38,000 clients have come to the Action Center for the first time, never having needed assistance before. Many of these clients face homelessness.
Ours is a county that boasts a population greater than the state of Wyoming and is the 4th largest in Colorado. The Metro Denver Homeless Initiative released the 2011 Homeless Point-In-Tim study in the spring of 2011, reporting that there are 1,200 homeless individuals in Jefferson County on any given night. With 1,200 homeless, there are only 40 beds available in the entire county – 22 of which are at the Action Center's shelter.
More than half of all homelessness, reported by the study, is in the suburbs where housing costs are high and shelters are sparse. A shocking 73 percent of individuals who are homeless in Jefferson County are with children. These children also represent the one in three that are on the free and reduced lunch program.
The Action Center responded to these 28,000 individuals with not only an immediate response to their need for food, clothing and shelter, but also by providing the pathways that will lead clients out of homelessness and poverty toward their own self-sufficiency.


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Packers fans, I am a broadcast journalist with Mid-Utah Radio of Manti and Richfield, Utah and am going about the SB Nation stratosphere with writing NFL predictions on an alphabetical basis. The lot fell on you guys this time around, so feel free to comment if you'd like. All criticisms (if any) will be assessed carefully so say whatever you want, lest our society should become a tyrannous monarchy. Enjoy!
In numerous media circles, the Green Bay Packers have emerged as a darkhorse to represent the NFC in the Super Bowl and perhaps I can be counted among those who believe in Green Bay.
For starters, Aaron Rodgers (350 of 541, 4,434 yards, 30 TD's 7 INT's) continues to blossom when given the opportunity to play and in Donald Driver (70 receptions, 1,061 yards, 6 TD's) and speedster Greg Jennings (68 rec, 1,113 yards, 5 TD's) he has a pair of solid wideouts. I am also a fan of Jordy Nelson (a healthy 14.5 yards per reception in 2009 if you need him)
Of course, the emergence of Jermichael Finley (55 rec, 676 yards, 5 TD's) gives Rodgers an embarrassment of riches that few teams can compare with.
When tailback Ryan Grant (282 car, 1,253 yards, 11 TD's) is added to the mix, I can picture the Packers creating nightmares for opposing defenses all season.
Additionally, with a defense featuring the likes of Clay Matthews, Charles Woodson ( nine INT's last season), Nick Barnett, and Nick Collins, Green Bay has the makings of a special season.
Of course, expectations are high for rookie tackle Bryan Bulaga as he will likely be called upon right away to contribute to the Packers' potentially explosive offense.
With all of this said, I tip my hat to Green Bay for acquiring such solid talent in a small market (the NFL Record & Fact Book lists Green Bay-Appleton, Wis. as the nation's 70th largest market) without many of the luxuries larger markets, such as New York and Baltimore, have access to.
A great chance still exists that Brett Favre may jilt the Vikings so I extol Ted Thompson for not giving into #4's demands and continuing to build his franchise the way he deemed was best.
Finally, because of the Packers' solid talent base which Thompson and president/CEO Mark Murphy have built, I can see this team winning perhaps 12 or 13 games while averaging around 25-26 points per game.
Good luck to the Packers as they epitomize everything good about old-fashioned American values, pure integrity and doing the right thing. Thus, to the only NFL team where all fans at the stadium are owners of the franchise, I salute you.
In closing, I also enjoyed your open forum sessions with NFL commissioner Roger Goodell. You guys are class acts and give the rest of we NFL fans a template of how we should behave. Raiders fans, obviously need the most lessons on that point.


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Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creature; the old things passed away; behold, new things have come. Now all these things are from God, who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation, namely, that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, not counting their trespasses against them, and He has committed to us the word of reconciliation. Therefore, we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making an appeal through us; we beg you on behalf of Christ, be reconciled to God. (2 Corinthians 5:17-20)
Here's a comment that is Godly and will strengthen our faith. I've promoted it from beneath the very lengthy discussion of race that's developed under the post, "The World Cup, racism, and the reprobate." But first, a few words.
As in the time of the New Testament, race is one of the most difficult questions facing the Church today, both in the U.S. and around the world. The public policy debates of the past several months show its incendiary nature within our nation as we work through border control, immigration, and our balance of trade. And personally, my daughter, Michal, and I disagreed by E-mail in front of our family, recently, over whether or not our nation should have a single official language.
After fifty-six sermons, I'm finally coming to the sixth chapter of Galatians this Lord's Day, and although I'm not prepared to engage the entire New Perspective on Paul debate, it's inconceivable to me how any shepherd of God's flock could read of the Judaizing conflict in the New Testament church without recognizing the classic newbies vs. old-timers, people of God vs. goyim, citizens vs. wetbacks, imports vs. native-born, blacks vs. whites group conflicts that have divided us from the time we were expelled from the Garden of Eden. My mother-in-law jokingly hung a plaque in the bathroom recognizing her as a member of SNOB--the Society of Native Oregonian Born. And here we see within one state the same attitude toward outsiders being expressed against illegal aliens across our nation just now.
What is the Christian response to all the group-hatreds that entice us?
Always, the Christian starts with the personal and local. Jesus started with the story of the Good Samaritan, teaching us to ask ourselves, personally, "Who is my neighbor?" This is the question the Holy Spirit is asking us still today, and the answer each of us and our families give is one of the principal barometers of our heart faith. Do we pass on the other side of the road or do we stop and help?
For instance, every form of education chosen by Christian parents for their children has its own strengths and weaknesses...
Mary Lee and I have used four different methods to educate our own five: we've had them in public schools, we've homeschooled them, we've had them in several Christian schools in Wisconsin and Indiana; and two of our high-schoolers got part of their high school education on the campus of Indiana University. So we're anything but naive about the mixed motives Christians have when we put our children in private Christian schools or teach them at home.
Much of the discussion this past week under the aforementioned blog post has mentioned the choices we all make about where we're going to live and raise our families. An under-discussed aspect of this same issue is the parallel question of where and how we're going to educate our children. Without entering that debate here, I can say with firmness that when we Christians make choices concerning where we live and where our children are taught in such a way that we are able to maintain our pristine lives without threat from the outside, we are going directly against the command of our Lord Jesus Who warned that the loveless would always protest, "Lord, when did we see You hungry or thirsty or sick or naked?"
Whitebread schools and neighborhoods and churches are, after all, quite dangerous for Christians because they rob us of our Lord Jesus. The loveless aren't lying when they say, "Lord, we never saw you!" They didn't see Him because they made a choice not to see Him.
Well, Nick Raia has made a different choice. With Joshua, he has said, "As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." And so, one believer and his family at a time, we are carrying out the ministry of reconciliation that God gave His Son, Jesus Christ, and that He's also given us. May God bless Nick Raia and all his neighbors.
I feel deflated by reading your comments, and a sense of utter defeat fills me when I listen to the justification of your negative feelings towards other races and cultures.
I grew up in a rich white suburban area in Minnesota, went to school in Chicago and now have lived in the multi-ethnic urban setting for about 3 years now. My wife and I just bought a house on a street where almost every night we play the game "fireworks or bullets". I have felt what you refer to - the desire to move to someplace safer and more comfortable, especially when it comes to deciding where my kids will go to school. I have yet to be mugged but am planning on it happening any day. I work in the one of the worst public high schools in the state. I feel it, I know what you're talking about (even though Minneapolis isn't the same as Atlanta or Philly).
But when we give up and let these feelings prevail, we are denying that God's grace is sufficient for us and that HE is greater than all the things that we face day to day. When we give up, we also show that we haven't set ourselves up with the necessary support to help us through the rough times (with neighbors, church members, and friends).
I grew up with nave eyes, hoping that white Christians had improved. I've argued for you with my African-American friends and colleagues. But hearing you talk on this blog makes me feel that they are right; racism, especially in the suburban church, is as strong as it's ever been - it just looks different now.
Weisbrot, you said, "Now that I've had time to experience the reality of living near both blacks and Hispanics, though, I have come to the conclusion that I do not want to continue living near them, moving among them, or experiencing their "culture"." In your time living there, did you have any meaningful friendships with any African-Americans or Hispanics? Did you discuss any of your experiences with them? Did you show love to any person that you lived by? (Matt. 22) Have you ever prayed, laughed, cried with any of them? You talk about self-preservation; the Bible talks about putting self to death.
I am sorry for your experiences, I know they are real and I know what kind of effect they can have. I simply wish I could walk you around and introduce you to the amazing people I know. You would be changed forever (like I have been).
As for the role of the suburban church in loving our urban brothers and sisters; it must be by supporting the churches that are in the city and not through well-intentioned but actually harmful short term projects. Paul built churches then worked to build up the Christians in those churches.
Nick Raia
>Whitebread schools and neighborhoods and churches are, after all, quite dangerous for Christians because they rob us of our Lord Jesus.
Depending on how you want to define "whitebread" the second and third above are likely true. The first is in a different category. I don't recall anywhere in scripture where we are encouraged to use our children as Christian shock troops to fight the enemy (which is not racial but is very real). We are told to exercise great care in their instruction. People who say Christians aren't having a good witness unless their children are in public schools don't seem to grasp that. I'm much more willing to expose myself to situations than I am my child, particularly in their early years.
I feel I must disagree with my brother Nick in the comments he posted above. I have a covenental duty to my children to raise them in the "nurture & admonition of the Lord". My baptismal vows demand that I "pray with & for them".
I must say that, with all due respect, if I knowingly leave my children in a dangerous situation I am failing in my duty to them.
By Nicks own account his neighborhood is unsafe both for him & (more so)for his family. Remember the example of our early fathers who fled Jerusalem ahead of Gods judgement by the hand of the Romans. They did not stay put and expose themselves along with their families to danger so they could "show love" to their neighbors.
I can not imagine that my prayers for my children should include the petition "Lord, keep the kids you gave me save from the gun-toting thugs who hate them & target them because of their white skin."
Brother Nick, in all sincerity I beg you to think of you duty--and move, now.
Perhaps it would be instructive to move beyond the setting and simply consider our attitudes. Are we living Genesis 1:27 in our lives with all descended from Adam? Are we doing it at school, church, work, at the doctor's office, in the park, while shopping, etc..?
And keeping safe? Yup, that's what Jesus did. He certainly wouldn't have risked crucifixion by going to Jerusalem. Nope, not ever. It's recorded too that all of the apostles left the Roman empire to avoid being executed by the Romans. Right? And those prophets would never have risked physical danger by going to, say, King Ahab and Queen Jezebel, and warning them of the consequences of their sins.
Never, no way, couldn't happen. Safety is the Christian way, you betcha. That's why the Sudan Inland Mission was never formed, because those who wanted to go rightly feared being buried on African soil. That's why no one jokes about missionaries being eaten by cannibals. Just doesn't happen. Christianity is a safe religion, after all. We keep our own kids safe, yup.
Having just moved my five children from a quiet suburb to a multi-racial neighborhood in a smaller city (Peoria is no Chicago) I have to differ with your attitude there.
Should we decide that we can no longer evangelize in nations like Uganda, Sudan, Pakistan? Does the Gospel not belong there because it isn't safe?
I do not fault those who choose to live in "safe" upper-class neighborhoods but I believe my family has been called to procalim the gospel in the *city* and that means that we live close to shootings, drug dealers and prostitutes.
I will do my best to protect my children in this environemnt but I will also provide them with the education necessary to in that "go ye into all the world" includes the "unwashed" in our back yard.
That being said, my children also won't be going to the government school up the road.
I find myself agreeing with Robert wholeheartedly (without the sarcasm - although it does get the point across very well and I love well placed sarcasm.) You are correct that we are called to raise our children in the nurture and admonition of the Lord. However, note that nowhere does it say safety. In fact, I could easily argue that the spiritual dangers for children in America are much more than the physical - even in the hood. It is a cowardly man who puts his children on the front lines while not engaging the enemy of poverty and racism himself. But, what a great gift would be teaching your children by example of a radical love for Christ that denies itself and its own comfort and seeks to serve the least of these by living and ministering among them.
I was talking with a friend the other day about why we do not live in the county directly to the South of Nashville (Franklin, TN - the 13th highest per capita income for a county in the nation) and why he is moving to the inner city crack houses side of Nashville. I loved his comment: "I don't want my kids growing up thinking that this (wealthy white America) is how the world lives; that this is normal; that the needy are only in pictures in Africa."
Yes, raising children in a tough area of town IS dangerous. It smacks to me of a lack of faith, however, when the reason for avoiding this is safety. I will freely admit that the Lord does not call all of us to move to the hood. My wife and I considered it a couple years ago and decided that we were not being led there at that time.
I don't have time to unpack this as I should right now. Sorry. I hope that someone else will pick up where I left off.
I remember listening to a Piper sermon a few years back where Piper was talking about how his family lives in downtown minnesotta, a very violent and crime filled place. I wonder if the above commenters would have the same response to John Piper that they do to Nick.
I think it would be interesting to see how much money Christians in America puts towards their segregated private schools vs. investing in the inner city and helping out their neighbor. Is it all about me or all about the less fortunate? Is it all about trusting God or doing what I can to give myself a better position on this earth so I don't have to trust God.
18I consider that our present sufferings are not worth comparing with the glory that will be revealed in us. (Romans 8:18) I wonder what it looks to like to prepare for suffering with a greater hope for Heaven then avoiding suffering at all cost.
"How, then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone preaching to them?" (Rom. 10)
The safety of my family is not in my hands, it is in God's. As I said in one of my responses, I do not yet have children - I apologize for any misunderstanding - but plan on raising them here with my wife. And if the Lord should lift his hand of protection from us in his sovereign will, it would be my job to praise Him for it.
"I have been crucified with Christ and I no longer live, but Christ lives in me. The life I life in the body, I life by faith in the Son of God, who loved me and gave himself for me" (Gal. 2)
The real danger for children is not safety, but that they will be corrupted by their classmates. That is a big danger, and it is by no means special to inner cities-- perhaps it is not even higher there, on average. Public school quality is probably lower in the inner cities, though. That means one good option is for a family to live in a poor neighborhood, but home-school their children or send them to a Christian school. Indeed, since poor neighborhoods have cheaper houses, it may be that it is only by living there that a family can afford good education.
Since when is the desire to live in a safe neighborhood mean you are a racist? Being interested in a peaceful neighborhood does not mean you are against any particular color of skin.
I'm all in favor of Christians devoting more resources to helping those in poverty. I used to devote 75% of my giving (like 99% of institutionalized believers) to church buildings and hired staffing so I could meet other believers in a big group in a special building with a professionalized Bible lecture. I found I could fulfill ALL of Christ's commands and apostolic instructions and examples for church life by meeting in a small group of believers in a home where business men teach for free. Now 100% of my giving can go to those who are in need, rather than buy services for other rich believers. This was a SYSTEM shift due to the impact of truth.
Jesus said, "Where your treasure is, there will your heart be also." When 75% or more of your giving is for inside the church building, that is where your heart will be. When 100% of giving goes out to those in need, that is where your heart will be. It's an axiom of where your heart will be. Jesus said it, not me.
Don't be afraid to recognize that some of your favorite traditions "nullify the commands of God", even today. It's all correctable if we will "re-research" it.
>I found I could fulfill ALL of Christ's commands and apostolic instructions and examples for church life by meeting in a small group of believers in a home where business men teach for free.
Word, sacrament and church discipline?
The desire to live with your own family does not undermine love. Does the desire to live with your own nation?
The desire to live in your own state does not undermine love. Does the desire to live with your own nation?
States and family are not built on the hatred of other states and families. This is not to say that the hatred of others cannot emerge from this love. But we would not reject these institutions because hate can emerge from them. Similarly, nations are not built on the hatred of other nations. Where hate emerges, it should be condemned -- but not the nation per se nor the cultivation of it.
It seems obvious to me that we live in an age where a once appropriate reaction to excessive love of nation and hatred of other nations has led to an equally unrighteous rejection of the nation. Who honestly believes that African-Americans would not be better off with greater national self-control? They don't need more Europeans moving into their neighborhoods; they need a reinvigoration of their national life.
Why did we fight wars for the principle of national self-determination if the nation is not a principled instrument of human life? Why do we regard genocidal mass-murder as more wicked than mass-murder simpliciter? Because 25,000,000 people from a mix of nations, murdered because of their beliefs are 25,000,000 individuals murdered. But, the murder of 25,000,000 from the same nations kills not only the individuals but the life of the nation, that incredibly powerful pre-political force that sustains cultures and individuals.
In Christ, there is no Jew or Greek and no man or woman. But to argue on that basis that we must ignore all national difference in housing as silly as arguing that we must ignore all sexual differences.
I agree, Pensans. People are starting to wake up. May God grant that it's not to late for our people.
Tim Bayly says-
"Whitebread schools and neighborhoods and churches are, after all, quite dangerous for Christians because they rob us of our Lord Jesus. The loveless aren't lying when they say, "Lord, we never saw you!" They didn't see Him because they made a choice not to see Him."
Perhaps Mr. Bayly could now expound on the lack
of whitebread contamination found in the area
where he lives and works- Bloomington, IN. It
would seem that given Bayly's standards, Christ
has been stolen right from in front of his
sanctimonious eyes.
While Mr. Bayly may well be a hypocrite, or at
least lack any strength of conviction, Mr. Raia
is a well-intentioned fool. I speak this way
from experience, and wish him the best- before
his family experiences the grief he is placing
in its path.
Bloomington is the perfect example of how a city can be as white as porcelain and yet be completely evil. Anyone who thinks it's some puritanical city of morality and virtue has obviously never lived there. In reality it's more like the San Francisco of the Midwest.
"I have yet to be mugged but am planning on it happening any day."
Well, it's not really what happens to *him* that's the issue. I personally am glad that my husband makes keeping street criminals away from me and my daughter a higher priority than his own feelings of spiritual authenticity. Incidentally, he is not white.
The same Tim Bayly who wrote that awesome PCA paper about the duty to keep women out of combat is endorsing this? Huh?
That's right, Elizabeth.
There's a reason that the PCA is refered to by kinists as the lowest common denomination.
To claim that only a few ethnic groups constitute the poor or needy is untrue at best and racist to its core at worst. What about the poor in Appalachia? The widow (who happens to be white) struggling on a fixed income in our own church? The sick within our own congregations who happen to live in the wrong neighborhood (a white neighborhood) to elicit enough sympathy to inspire others to help? The Serbian Christians whose churches were burned by Muslims? Roumanian children starving for food and attention in cold, rigid orphanages? Surely we see Christ in them as well as in any of the dark peoples.
On another note, it is indicative of a white supremacist attitude to state that only white families should or could minister to the dark peoples of the earth. I believe there are godly people within the ranks of each race who could and should lead them in the way in which they should walk!
To be insulted by a "kinist" is, well, not that insulting. Kind of a compliment, really.
Right on, Laurel.
Uh, no, Laurel.
It's indicative of white supremicism that we should consider the color of one's skin at all before ministering to another person.
I have German, English, Irish and Danish blood in me. Why is that somehow less opposed by kinists than somone who has German, English and Afriacn blood? Or African and Asian blood? Or just various African?
Jesus came to unite the nations in one holy race of priests. Babel is reversed at Pentecost.
God called me to the inner city. There are caucasians, african-americans and those of asian decent in my general neighborhood. And I don't look at their skin before telling them about Jesus. According to the kinists, it seems, I should. But then there is enough darkness in my own heart that I know that Jesus conquers in his death that I could care less about the skin of my neighbor.
How much darkness did Jesus conquer in the kinist heart? Or is that all white too?
Elizabeth, the wellbeing of my wife is the number one most important thing in my life. I have the responsibility to love and cherish her, protect her, provide for her.
She laughed when I told her how all this debate is about her (I'm sure she'll comment eventually if I ever get off the computer). I think the reason she laughed is that it was *her* that brought *me* into the city. I show love by protecting her, figuring out how to live as safely as possible. But I would be denying God's calling on her if I were to say "no, it's too dangerous here, we need to hightail it to the suburbs".
And if we want to talk about spiritual authenticity, it is my beautiful wife that keeps my train on track most of the time. We are here. Together. We support the African-American leadership of our church and actively take part in the ministry headed up there, doing the best we can to stay faithful to the calling God has laid on our hearts. (Laurel, I heartily agree with your sentiments - leadership should come from within and we should support it)
I hope in your reading of this you do not find any argumentativeness or contentiousness; I am trying my hardest to stay positive and continue the dialogue. I fear that the conversation will wrap up soon, as it appears that the attacks are slowly starting to outnumber the peaceful, respectful discussion of ideas. If anyone would like to continue discussing these matters with me, feel free to email me (firstname.lastname@example.com). I will attempt to listen and respect you as best I can.
>God called me to the inner city.
Presumably you recognize that your calling, if it exists, is not universal.
Correct, not all Christians must live in the city. But it is a commandment to love one another, seek out justice, and protect the fatherless and the widow. Does paying our taxes fulfill these commandments? What is the best way to fulfill them?
Here's how racial reconciliation is attempted in
the metro area where I live:
Uproar as new black sheriff sacks white staff
January 12, 2005
Jonesboro, Georgia: An influx of black professionals has seen Clayton County, a suburb steeped in US Civil War history and legend, elect its black-majority government and a new black sheriff.
But any celebration in the land of Tara where Margaret Mitchell set her 1936 novel, Gone With the Wind, has been eclipsed by the uproar over the new sheriff's mass firing of 27 supervisors, deputies and corrections officers, many of them white. They had been summoned by their new boss, Sheriff Victor Hill, to the Clayton County jail on Monday under the pretext of being sworn in. Instead they were relieved of their weapons, badges and official cars by armed colleagues and offered rides home in prisoner vans under the eyes of snipers posted on the roof.
Lieutenant Garland Watkins, a 19-year department veteran and head of internal affairs, said he thought he was going to die. He said he imagined "Holocaust stuff - Jews being taken to the showers."
An appalled county commission quickly won a judge's order to void the dismissals pending a January 14 court hearing into whether the 345 department employees were covered by civil service protection. Those dismissed were ordered returned to the payroll, but Mr Hill put them on administrative leave, citing a hostile atmosphere.
The new commission chairman, Eldrin Bell, who headed the Atlanta police from 1990 to 1994, "wanted a seamless transition of white to black here", said the panel's chief-of-staff, Clark Talmage Stevens. "And here comes the sheriff firing everybody in sight." Mr Stevens, a former adviser to presidents Jimmy Carter and Ronald Reagan, called it "an embarrassment". "This is all over the country, like we're a bunch of goofballs," he said.
Mr Hill, a 39-year-old former Clayton County police officer and one-term member of the Georgia House of Representatives, said the firings were being wildly exaggerated. He said that by his reading of the law, his staff was not civil service and he was merely exercising the right of a new boss to clean house.
He said he needed the stringent security measures because a sheriff-elect in neighbouring DeKalb County, Derwin Brown, was assassinated in 2000 after announcing intended dismissals.
But many of those fired said their only crime was having supported Mr Hill's white opponent, the incumbent, Stanley Tuggle, for the $US86,000 ($113,000)-a-year post, and in retaliation lost their livelihoods and were humiliated.
Mr Hill denied any political motives, saying his decision "wasn't made on the basis they supported the other guy or black or white".
Sure, this is just a case of whites overreacting
to a reforming black. Perhaps we can ignore the
fact that the black county commissioner mentioned
above, Eldrin Bell, was repeatedly linked to drug
use and trafficking while he was Atlanta Police
Chief and left that office under a cloud of
suspicion and federal investigation. He's never
been fully investigated, and is now a member in
good standing of the black syndicate controlling
most of the urban areas in metro Atlanta. Oh, the
misunderstood black reformer sheriff, still in
office after having numerous cronies revealed as
white-hating thugs in secretly taped meetings,
was recently back in the news. His reforms are
apparently working:
Deputy Caught In Prostitution Sting
Clayton Sheriff: Officer To Be "Treated Like Any Ordinary Criminal"
UPDATED: 3:39 pm EDT June 10, 2006
JONESBORO -- A Clayton County Sheriff's deputy was among 15 to 16 men caught up in a prostitution sting in Jonesboro Friday night, Sheriff Victor Hill said.
The deputy, Christopher Morris Johnson, 41, "will be treated like any ordinary criminal," Hill said. Johnson has been a jailer for three and a half weeks, Hill said.
Officers arrested the men Friday night at the Woods Motel on North Main Street in Jonesboro.
"We've had numerous complaints about prostitution in this area," Hill said. "The sheriff's office and the police department are very serious about cleaning this area up."
"What is the Christian response to all the group-hatreds that entice us?
Always, the Christian starts with the personal and local."
Gosh, Mr. Bayly, the stories above are about as
personal and local as you can get, especially to
the fired white deputies and to the fearful
white population still remaining in Jonesboro
and in other areas around south Atlanta. And
this is just one non-whitebread urban
environment. A quick look at US DOJ statistics
tells a thinking person all he needs to know
about the "where" and "who" of violent crime
in the US. Bloomington being 85% white, of
course, has nothing to do with its relative
safety compared to someplace like downtown
Atlanta or Jonesboro.
Of course, those not called to immoral areas
aka white communities simply find their work
cut out for them- the more ministry opportunities
the better, right? I wonder how Nick Raia and
other crusaders of racial harmony will feel about
their outreach when they hold their wife after
she's raped by one of the noble savages whose
Big Momma claimed to be said crusaders "new
Momma." How will they explain to the parents
they've turned their back on that a grandchild
was killed in one of the daily drive-by
shootings in the hood? Will their crusade be of
any comfort when their widows have to support
children after Dad's been killed by get-whitey
Vietnamese gangs? These incidents happen
constantly and are consistently ignored by most
of the national media, while Rodney King-style
incidents are hyped and misconstrued by the good
Christian racial crusaders in the media.
I urge Mr. Bayly and others to move away from
their Christ-robbing whitebread communities and
into the areas easily found by perusing DOJ stats
on high crime and murder rate areas (although I
would hope they would leave innocent children
behind). Send us a report back if you're still
there in three years, or if you survive. Best
of luck.
One more thing: while Mr. Bayly and Mr. Raia are
gathering their thoughts on how to clearly define
"racism", how to prove racism is a sin, and how
to support that proof with scripture, I'll post
the location of the US DOJ statistics on just one
category of violent crime, murder:
Blacks are listed as seven times more likely to
commit murder than whites, a statistic which is
complicated by Justice's policy of listing
Hispanics as "white" in in this category-while
other statistics prove a higher Hispanic rate of
violent crime. Extrapolations of these rates
across entire populations show an astronomically
high prediliction-almost a calling-for black
males to commit murder. So one has to wonder at
how any writer in 85% white Bloomington, IN can
cast aspersions on any individual wanting to
avoid the dangers exposed by these statistics.
please explain how those stories are examples of racial reconciliation. It didn't sound like that was the goal of any of the people involved. Those stories seemed more like examples of people being stupid. Just the opinion of a well-intentioned fool. I also wanted to inform you that your email address doesn't seem to be working. Posting comments on these blogs has become tiresome and I had hoped to continue our dialogue through email. If that is ok with you, please email me (email@example.com) a better address.
>Correct, not all Christians must live in the city.
(sigh of relief)
>But it is a commandment to love one another, seek out justice, and protect the fatherless and the widow.
>Does paying our taxes fulfill these commandments?
Absolutely not although lowering taxes may allow these commandments to be fulfilled more liberally.
> What is the best way to fulfill them?
I would think this to be based on the context of the individual. Which might mean that while perhaps one may honor God by living in the inner city, another may by living in the suburbs (poor soul) or yet another by living in a town with less than 100 population. Each should apply the same principle but the application will vary.
>Send us a report back if you're still
there in three years, or if you survive. Best
of luck.
Why am I skeptical that your last statement may not be heartfelt?
you also asked me to report back in 3 years. I am 2 and a half years in right now, and I'm pretty sure I'll survive til Christmas. If you are interested in hearing from some people in my church that moved into the city and have stayed there for more than three years, please tell me and I will make sure they get in contact with you.
I was listening to a reformed pastor recently who said that it was a father and husband's responsibility to make sure his family lives in a safe area. And he's not a kinist at all! So, if a pastor who is not a kinist believes that it's a man's duty to move his family to a place that's as crime free as possible, should it really be that far-fetched an idea to other pastors and non kinist men? Isn't it just common sense? No one's saying we can't evangelize others, or that we can't travel to other areas as the Lord guides us in certain ministries. However, not everyone has a Black or Hispanic ministry, just like not everyone is called to a clothing, food, furniture building, or music ministry. What if a White person or couple senses a call by the Lord to evangelize their kinsmen according to the flesh and teach them reformed doctrine and how that doctrine applies to other areas of life? Don't White people need the gospel and to be educated to? I'm White, and I sure do know a lot of ignorant White folks who need ministry. Was Paul wrong to feel such a strong connection to his kinsmen according to the flesh that he was willing to go to hell for them rather than see them perish without the gospel? Was that sinful?
I can't speak for all kinists, but my basic philosophy is this: I want nothing for the white race that I don't want for other races of people that the Lord has sovereignly placed on the planet. However, the problem is, our multiculturalist, pluralistic society does not afford our kinsmen according to the flesh the same courtesy. That's the problem. And White people tolerate it. You want sin? That's a sin. We're not whitebread - nasty nutritionless, puffy shallow crap, and I resent the hell out of that term to describe a beautiful people God has made. It's just as dispicable as calling blacks mud people or Jews snakes. You'd never think of applying those name to blacks and Jews and rightly so. So why is it okay to call us and yourselves whitebread?
>the problem is, our multiculturalist, pluralistic society does not afford our kinsmen according to the flesh the same courtesy.
Morasoom, would you mind explaining a little further what you view the problem as? I'm sorry, I didn't quite understand what you said. Thank you.
Nick, I see examples of the maltreatment of white students daily, and I see students take it as if they somehow deserve it, as if the color of their skin makes them worthy of public humiliation. I've seen it in the higher education system as well, white male students attacked by their professors to the point where they squirm in their seats with a guilt that is at its basis wholly artificial and based on nothing these individuals have done in their lifetimes. But they take it in as if they themselves have done something horrific, which is simply not true.
When a people and aculture becomes as suicidal as it appears mine has, it becomes important to me to speak out as best I can.
Kinism as I see it allows for all races to achieve to their highest abilities, to be ministered to by the godly of their own people and led to the Lord. It doesn't mean that missionaries must only be of the same race as the people ministered to, but suggests that people with a common cultural background may be more credible to their unsaved compatriots than missionaries who do not share that common understanding.
On another note:
To Mr. Lansberry, I am in total agreement that charity should not depend on the race of the needy one. That's exactly what I said in response to previous posts that focused exclusively on the race of the needy. If you or anyone else wish to deny that white people can be poor and needy as well as the darker peoples, well, that's your point of view, not mine.
God bless,
Mr. White Bread (weissbrot) would do well to consider that if one desire to pull statistical stunts to malign a people, high on the list of victims of that pathetic trick would be the people who live between the Rhein and the Oder.
And my neighbor Nick (I live in Chaska) will probably be OK, as Minneapolis' ~400,000 people have suffered only about 30 murders so far this year. Too many, yes, but let's put it in perspective; he faces far greater danger while driving, or if he dares to walk near the light rail boondoggle, or from the after-effects of too many trips to "Culver's."


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Medical experts say asthma is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the airways that is characterized clinically by recurrent episodes of wheezing, dyspnea, chest tightness, and coughing.
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New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski (hip) is active and set to start week 4 against the Buffalo Bills. Gronkowski was a late addition to the injury report this week but his injury shouldn't be a concern to fantasy owners. He hasn't been quite as incredible this season as he was in his record-breaking 2011 season, being primarily used as a blocker in pass situations but with Aaron Hernandez out, he could see increased targets today.
Fantasy Take: The Bills have shut down tight ends so far, but few in the league are as talented as Gronkowski even if he "only" has 156 yards in three games. Without many other options and Julian Edelman out as well, Tom Brady could target Gronkowski over ten times in the passing game today. He's a fine start in fantasy.
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Robert Downey Jr. brushed off the rumors with a "Not Really" to the MTV Splash Page. "As a matter of fact, I think that's probably best saved because it's such its own storyline. We're going for the interim space [between the origin and Demon] which is more a look behind the mask of someone who says he's Iron Man and what it really is to become a superhero."
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In the meantime, the man who was supposed to be War Machine is still upset. Terrence Howard sat down with Sci-Fi Wire to complain about Marvel, who he insists didn't honor the cast contracts, but that the cast should have stuck together. All those rumors of diva behavior sound a little more truthful now, even as he wishes the best for Cheadle. "Yeah, I'm definitely looking forward to it. I want to see what happens with that. I want to see Don Cheadle become me. I want him to do better than me. That's what I really want to see. I think he can."


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A member of the European parliament has accused airports in the UK of deliberately delaying the lifting of a ban on liquids because they are not prepared to pay for new scanners. Brian Simpson, chairman of the transport committee, claims that British airports have put pressure on the European Commission to keep restrictions in place until 2013.
The machines which are capable of detecting dangerous liquids cost up to £50,000 each and the Airport Operators Association is not convinced that they work. Mr Simpson said he did not believe that the problem was that the machines do not do an effective job, but rather the airports simply do not want to pay for them.
A ban on liquids, which includes pastes, gels, creams and syrups, was introduced by airports across Europe after a plot to blow up planes with explosives concealed in bottles was foiled by UK police at Heathrow in 2006. The ban means that passengers are not permitted to take more than 100ml of liquid onto a plane in their hand luggage.
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So I went into the Black and Gold game cautiously excited. Cautious, because I knew that many of the biggest changes will not be seen until the recruits start to show up and the coaching staff has a whole summer to work.
Watching the game I was pretty nonplussed, but as I think back, there were some good signs that the product on the field might just be able to keep up with the talk off the field.
While the improvements weren't mindblowing, the Black and Gold game gave plenty of reason to believe that the coaching staff will be at least solid and should be an improvement over the arrested development we've seen in the last couple years.
This was the first spring game I've watched for any college football team, so I'm not used to trying to adjust to the talent level of having no outgoing seniors, no incoming freshmen, and the remaining talent split in half.
The other really tough thing, and maybe the biggest (and worst) impression made, was that the offensive line was so thin and had to play both ways, that it was tough at times to really evaluate the rest of the team because the O-line was getting dominated a lot of the time.
In the end, the game was a reminder that this won't all happen over night, but you can see that improvements, however subtle, are being made.
I'll go position by position.
*Larry Smith at times looked like the same old Larry. When he loses the pocket, he's either scrambling or throwing a bad pass. I don't think any amount of coaching is going to teach him how to move the pocket, reset his feet and make a good throw. There were also several times where you saw some of the same poor accuracy that drove us nuts all the time. But when you see the stats, you realize he completed a lot of passes. He had a great deep pass to Krause just short of the goalline, and then on your typical Vanderbilt 3rd and goal from the 23, he made a great pass to Matthews. He also was much better on the screen passes than he's ever been before (more on the screen passes later).
As for his field vision, it's not clear whether it was better or if the playcalling helped. There were times that he did well looking off safeties and then going to what appeared to have been his #1 receiver all along. They were open so we didn't have a chance to see his progression, but Larry contributed to their openness.
He finished 16 for 26 for 233 yards, 1 TD and 1 INT.
*Charlie Goro was solid, but not much to believe he'll surpass Smith. Had a great TD run (though it was due in part to the fact that the defense didn't realize he wasn't off-limits for tackling). Didn't try really anything more than short passes, but he also didn't have many weapons and like Smith was constantly under pressure. Still, other than an AWFUL screen pass that got picked, he did OK, and while I doubt he'll be anyone's favorite to grab the spot, he could compete.
*John Townsley was an interesting addition. One of the six walk-ons to make the team. He's not going to be pushing to get on the field probably ever, but he looked like he belonged on the team, so that was cool for him. He also took a couple shots down field, and while the accuracy wasn't great, he did show a nice arm.
In general, the RBs didn't have much chance to succeed with the line like it was. And we didn't call a ton of runs anyway. There were several statue of liberty plays which were kind of fun, and both RBs completed a pass.
*Zac Stacy was pretty solid typical Zac. A grinder with an ability to get a few yards when he shouldn't. But with the line, there were few chances for him to show much more than that.
*Wesley Tate did show some of that dangerousness going 40 yards on 9 carries. He showed some good moves in the mess, and 9 for 40 is pretty solid given how poor the line was doing.
Additionally, we had fullbacks, didn't see a ton of them as you'd expect from a FB, Marc Panu had one catch, but we'll have to keep an eye out for who fills these roles and how they are used.
One of the best showings of the night came from the WRs. Jonathan Krause and Jordan Matthews were terrific and it looks like the new staff realizes that (where the old guard seemed to favor the veteran terrible WRs over the talented young ones).
*Matthews had 7 catches for 103 yards and a TD. He caught at least a couple passes going across the middle in the 15-25 yard range, the kind of 1st down passes that we rarely have seen the last 2 years, the kind you need to have any chance at converting the 3rd -and-longs we are so accustomed to.
*Krause had the play of the night, a deep ball (yeah, that's right a completed deep ball) that Larry dropped in nicely and Krause fought for the ball all the way to the ground.
*Udom Umoh had 2 catches for 30 yards and caught everything that came to him, he was also wide open inside the 10 early in the 1st half, but Larry missed him.
We even had a Brady Brown sighting; he had 2 catches for 14 yards.
Both Krause and Matthews also had several screen passes go their way which they tended to get solid gains on.
The more I think about how good Krause and Matthews are (as everyone but the coaches noticed last season) the more excited I am knowing that the offense, with all those RBs, including a hopefully healthy Tate along with Norman, Stacy, and the new recruits, and can't help but be better than we've seen the last couple years if we actually have some threats at WR.
The one thing that concerns me a little is that we didn't see much of Brandon Barden. He had 1 catch for 6 yards. I understand if CJF's offense doesn't rely on the TE a lot, but he's one of our best weapons, a true SEC caliber TE, and he needs to get the ball. When you're trying to turn the ship around, and you know you have fewer weapons than most of your opponents, you can't squander one of the few good things you already had going.
Fitz Lassing had a couple targets at TE for the Gold team. I'm not sure if he'll be more at the TE or FB this season (or anywhere else for that matter).
I didn't notice Austin Monahan, who wasn't listed as injured, anywhere but the sideline.
Well this was rough, and I'm not at all good at telling who is or isn't doing well on the offensive line, but it wasn't good. It was depth more than anything that was the problem, but that's going to be the problem all year too. This position, more than any other, we will need to stay healthy and we may need some freshman to step in and contribute.
DT and DE
This might actually turn out to be a strength this season, but it's hard to tell just how good they are given the weakness of the o-line.
Colt Nichter had 2 sacks and 2 passes broken up, Tim Fugger, Taylor Loftley, Kyle Woestmann and Johnell Thomas had a sack each. Woestmann, who has apparently been impressive in practice this spring, also picked off Goro on a bad screen pass deep. Loftley had 4 tackles total.
Jared Morse had a somewhat quiet but effective day with 2 tackles, a QB hurry and a pass deflection.
In any case, we knew we had some talent at this position, but we didn't learn a whole lot more given how weak the line was.
As we all know, this is the biggest weakness on our defense, after Chris Marve anyway. Marve had a solid day, 3 tackles, one for loss and a forced fumble.
While none of the other candidates to join Marve in the starting 3 were epiphanies, several had good days and showed some potential.
*Chase Garnham probably had the best day of any linebacker, leading all players with 8 tackles, including 2 tackles for loss (9 yards total loss).
*Andrew East made a couple of big plays with 2 sacks and 4 total tackles.
*DeAndre Jones had 2 tackles (1 TFL), including maybe the biggest hit of the night early during the Black team's first drive. Smith scrambled for a nice gain before Jones, coming from the middle of the field, pasted him, and poor Larry didn't see it coming.
*Archibald Barnes had a really nice day, with 4 tackles, one for loss, plus a QB hurry and a pass broken up.
*Dexter Daniels had 3 tackles.
I don't know that any of these guys will be a really solid starting LB for us, but if we have several guys who can be effective it might be enough, at least for this year while we have Marve. And we'll all just agree not to talk about our LB situation for 2012.
But judging by today, Garnham and Barnes were probably the most impressive. But East made a couple big plays, so it will be interesting to see if he can stay in the mix.
This is clearly our deepest position defensively and they played pretty well.
*Eric Samuels who has moved to safety this spring led the Black team with 5 tackles (1 TFL). He may be a breakout star this season as I've heard lots of talk about his athleticism, and it seems that, given the depth at CB, they are trying to find a place for him to get on the field.
*Kenny Ladler also had 5 tackles and made a great play to pick off Smith, so their may be a tough battle between he and Samuels to get that spot next to Sean Richardson (who also had 3 tackles) in the fall (though Samuels could end up competing for the nickelback spot instead).
The CBs were, as you'd expect, very tough, though the Black team with the starting passing offense had a little more success than I expected against the Gold team with the starting secondary.
Special Teams
- Both Ryan Fowler and Casey Spear were perfect on FG and PATs. Spear had 2 FG, while Fowler had 1 FG and 1 PAT. As we've seen from the kickoffs, Spear has the stronger leg and if he can keep accurate, I think he's got a great shot to take the starting spot from Fowler.
- Neither the coverage, nor the return game made much noise with the exception of the coverage of one Richard Kent punt by the Black team: the gunners (didn't catch who they were) both reached the returner almost simultaneous with the ball and absolutely clobbered him. The returner didn't call the fair catch and it was really close as to whether he touched the ball before the hit or not. Unfortunately, the refs also decided to punt: Either they were early and it was kick-catch interference, or the PR touched the ball and it was a fumble, but when the Black team recovered the ball in the endzone, the refs called a touchback as though the hit just never happened.
It didn't take an expert to notice some big differences in the play calling.
First, and maybe most importantly, NO DAMN NO-HUDDLE. We also saw quite a bit of QBs under center.
We did see a lot of bubble screens, which may get a little tiresome if they aren't working, but they were solid today, and Larry was surprisingly accurate on them.
But as I said, what really was fun was seeing some moderately long passes completed and the one deep ball. It seemed like on those plays that the play calling (and capable WR) made it easy for Larry to find the open spots, and he hit them.
But as I said before, the offensive coaches MUST make sure to find ways to keep Barden in the game as well. He seems to be an especially good option if you are calling those bubble screens often (and maybe getting the safeties cheating to the sidelines) that there would be chances to get Barden into a seem. Likewise if we are running a lot, a play action could really open up the middle for him.
I'll be interested to see how they use the running game, but with Stacy and Tate both having only 9 carries, we didn't get a great picture. It seems like we saw a pretty fair number of delayed handoffs, and most of the stuff was up the middle, though with the line falling apart, there wasn't much time to develop much else.
They did run a few trick plays as you'd expect in a spring game. Two Statute of Liberty plays worked OK. A couple of reverses failed miserably. Each team ran a HB pass, with Tate connecting to Townsley who made a nice catch, and Larry Smith making a nice TD catch on a pass from Zac Stacy to end the game.
The offense did still stagnate for major portions of the game, which at first had me pretty depressed as it felt too much like last season. But I think gains have been made, even if they are subtle.
I think once, Warren Norman gets back and Jordan Rodgers gets a chance to join the QB battle the offense will be in pretty good shape if the line holds up.
All in all, I got from the Spring game that Franklin's coaching might not be as exciting as his recruiting and his desire to take the program forward.
But we also know that most important aspect will be getting the success on the field to keep the fans and the recruits believing we are headed the right direction. While we saw today that maybe the coaching won't be the most flashy, exciting part of the package, that strides are being made to get more out of the guys we knew should be providing more.
So, though it certainly at times reminded everyone that we aren't good yet, that we are still really thin, and that many of our guys have been lacking coaching for a long while, we saw reason to believe that the guys we already have might be able to make the improvements we've been waiting for for years. If that is the case, Dore fans have to be excited at the prospect of what this staff can do as the talent level rises, starting with the arrival of the freshmen this summer.
While it certainly won't be right away, and certainly isn't a sure thing, Dore fans have some solid reasons to believe that the new era at Vandy might be more than just talk.


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