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Herold Bohemian Black Lager - Pivovar Herold Březnice A.s.
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Ratings: 93 | Reviews: 83 | Display Reviews Only:
3.89/5 rDev -2.8%
Pours almost pitch black, a few dark brown tinges, one finger tan head and then a rich sticky lacing.
Smell of dark malts, low cocoa, some raisin and other dry fruit, burnt sugar, faint nuts.
Taste starts with rich roasted malts (faintly smoked) and some dark chocolate, livened by some juicy raisin and plum, sweetened with rich caramel. Gets a bit darker, with light coffee (some cream in there too), faint charcoal and dark bread crust. Decent Saaz hop presence in the finish, with a nice bitterness that separates itself from the roast.
Medium body, mildly carbonated, smooth, on the easier to drink side of dark lagers.
Lots of local tradition involved here, great ingredients, a very good beer.
06-27-2014 16:32:36 | More by dcmchew
United Kingdom (England)
4/5 rDev 0%
06-06-2014 15:48:14 | More by endless1408
New Jersey
4/5 rDev 0%
05-25-2014 01:55:37 | More by Latarnik
4/5 rDev 0%
03-06-2014 21:31:09 | More by harpus
4.75/5 rDev +18.8%
01-09-2014 20:46:43 | More by Peter_L
4/5 rDev 0%
08-04-2013 00:35:22 | More by Hopheadjeffery
South Carolina
4/5 rDev 0%
05-28-2013 13:01:43 | More by herrburgess
4.25/5 rDev +6.3%
01-28-2013 10:29:06 | More by matjack85
4/5 rDev 0%
01-12-2013 00:53:14 | More by uturn
North Carolina
5/5 rDev +25%
12-12-2011 00:22:22 | More by jak
4.25/5 rDev +6.3%
11-30-2011 19:26:10 | More by brandoman63
3.5/5 rDev -12.5%
The beer is black, black and slightly red, a tan head leaving some lacing.
The smell is sweet, dried fruits, syrup, nuts and soy sauce.
Tasting of nut fudge, syrup with vanilla, waffles and red dried fruits.
Medium high carbonation, small bubbles, a medium small body and a dry finish.
A light, fruity and sweet black beer.
07-04-2011 18:13:24 | More by rarbring
3.48/5 rDev -13%
Served on draught into a Staropramen pint glass at the Czech Inn, Dublin.
A: One finger head of fair cream but poor retention. Hazy dark copper cola.
Sm: Very light nut-hoppy scent.
T: Nutty hops, vanilla, slight caramel body. Finish complements the body, which is well-balanced.
Mf: Adequately coarse and nicely wet.
Dr: Not badly priced for Dublin, and worthy for fans of the style.
03-11-2011 00:18:19 | More by kojevergas
New York
4.1/5 rDev +2.5%
A: The beer is very dark amber (near black) in color and poured with a finger high tan head.
S: There is a lot of sweetness in the nose, which has aromas of dark malts and some hints of cherries.
T: The taste is very similar to the smell and has flavors of dark toasted malts and cherries.
M: It feels light-bodied and smooth on the palate and has a light amount of carbonation.
D: The beer goes down very smoothly and is quite sessionable.
12-10-2010 13:07:18 | More by metter98
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
The colour is pitch-dark. The finger thick head is yellowish. Some lacing occurs.
The smell is creamy and fruity. Some roasted notes and chemical hints of paraffin and diacetyl.
The taste is Creamy with mild roasted flavours. Fruity flavours of apples, cherry jam and fruit drops. Chemical hints of candlegrease. The creamy aftertaste is rather mild with mild neutral bitter flavours and just a touch of smoke.
The carbonation is medium strong; the bubbles are very fresh. The liquid is smooth.
A very pleasant and smooth schwarzbier, although I could live without the candlegrease flavours. It might go well with mild delicatessen like Italian mortadella. Or perhaps a Brie?
07-06-2010 10:38:23 | More by bark
3.73/5 rDev -6.8%
Poured into dimpled stein. Taken from notes. Reviewed in 18 - 05 - 2010.
Appearance: Pours a jetblack brew with a one finger tan head with a creamy light brown rim that slowly recedes. Head retention is acceptable and lacing is minimal.
Aroma: Intense aroma of sweet chocolate with assertive notes of cacao and coffee with underlying notes of hop greeness.
Taste: Cacao upfront, with roasty and smoky undertones. On the back there is cedar and hops. There seems to be a metallic off-taste aswell.
Palate: Herold is a bit heavy on the palate, with spritzy light carbonation and low to medium bitterness. The alcohol is very well hidden.
Drinkability: Surprisingly unremarkable. Very drinkable but uninteresting. As far as style guidelines go, i wouldn't call it a straight forward Schwarzbier.
05-19-2010 11:44:17 | More by endovelico
3.95/5 rDev -1.3%
Poured from a 12oz bottle into my Dogfish shaped pint glass. Pours dark brown, not that far off from black. It started out with a one finger dense tan head covering the top of the beer, and it lasted pretty well into drinking the beer.
The aroma has roasted malt with some caramel and cocoa to it. The taste shows a lot of the cocoa and caramel that the nose had but not a lot of roastedness. It has a very smooth not very bitter, not very sweet quality to it.
The mouthfeel is medium bodied with average carbonation. It has a nice appropriate mouthfeel to it, not too thick or heavy and a decent amount of carbonation.
Drinkability is pretty good, it has some good roasted malt flavors but is also pretty smooth and drinkable. It was a nice enjoyable and flavorful beer.
04-08-2010 23:41:55 | More by billab914
New York
4/5 rDev 0%
Pours black with a tawny head - identical to stout at a distance. No lacing. Nose is mulch and Marmite. Pine sap, woodsmoke in the middle and spicy Saaz to finish. Lively, oily with a light to medium body.
Dark, wintery flavors. May be too much to have more than a couple, but still close to the perfect example of the style.
Edit: Drinkability to Overall.
11-01-2009 22:43:41 | More by StJamesGate
3.35/5 rDev -16.3%
A: Dark black color. With a one finger brown head.
S: Smell of roasted malt and chocolate.
T: Toasted malt with some coffee undertones. Slightly sweet.
M: Medium body and nice carbonation.
D: Very drinkable. Good representation of the style..
10-27-2009 00:58:23 | More by thesyko56
New York
4/5 rDev 0%
A - Poured a black color with a brown head that leaves lacing behind
S - Is of roasted malt with chocolate scents
T - Roasted malt and bitter chocolate at first then a slight coffee finish
M - This beer has a medium body with medium carbonation to it
D - This is a style that I'm starting to like more these days and I think this is one of my favorites so far it has a better stronger taste and is easier to drink then the others I've had its worth a try sometime
09-15-2009 19:19:13 | More by armock
United Kingdom (England)
4.13/5 rDev +3.3%
I get at least one of these each time I go to the supermarket. Poured into a pint glass from the GBBF.
A - Almost black with a slight red tint on the bottom of the glass. The head is perfect tan and lasts well into the beer and leaves a decent lacing.
S - Burnt/roasted malts, dry fruits, chocolate, a whiff of an open field.
T - toasty, malty, cocoa powder, bit of coffee, and a little sweetness.
M&D - great carbonation, easy to drink, very quaffable (not sure if that's a word but you know what I mean). Nice body, could drink it all night.
08-16-2009 11:33:25 | More by thepeter
4.03/5 rDev +0.8%
This was poured from the bottle into a pilsner flute.
A - deep, dark, nearly opaque amber color with a thick tan head that settles a bit - great lacing
S - roasted malt
T - rich roasted bitter-sweet malt character with a touch of hops on the finish
M - medium body, moderate carbonation
D - This is a nice Schwarzbier - certainly fits the bill for the style. It might use a touch more hops though.
08-06-2009 00:03:39 | More by scoobybrew
3.98/5 rDev -0.5%
Received in July shipment of my Beer of the Month club.
Serving glass: Poured from bottle into Summit pint glass.
Appearance: Near black with ruby highlights. Tan foamy head that leaves active lacing.
Smell: Chocolate, roasted and caramel malts, and coffee. Somewhat subdued overall.
Taste: Major chocolate with coffee and roasted malt notes. Somewhat bitter at the end, which seems to be mostly due to the roasted character, but the Saaz hops seem to add a slight spicy bitterness as well.
Feel: Moderate carbonation, somewhat thick full body (not nearly as light as other Schwarzbiers). Finishes dry. Becomes quite creamy as it warms.
Drinkability: Seems slightly off-style for a Schwarzbier; of course Herold never claimed it was one, calling it a Bohemian Black Lager instead. Regardless, great lager overall, but not as refreshing as some due to the heavy character.
08-02-2009 00:40:20 | More by bsp77
3.63/5 rDev -9.3%
Dark color, with dark red edges. Beige head, one finger, quite compact.
Lightsmell, a lightly toasted malt, chicory, some burnt note.
At the taste again toasted, burnt, burnt coffee, chicory. Good, intense and pleasant.
In the aftertaste again toasted and burnt notes, and then a long bitterness of chicory and bitter herbs.
07-30-2009 12:45:30 | More by stcules
New Jersey
4.13/5 rDev +3.3%
Bottle from a BOTM Club...
A - Rich, deeo dark mahogany bordering on black. Rich, thich khaki head wich lasts a few minutes. Good lacing
S - Dark roasted malts, chocolate and dark fruit notes
T - Roasted malts with a decent amount of bitter dark chocolate. Some coffee notes thrown in with a touch of sweetness.
M - Medium bodied, decent carbonation (dont let the huge head fool ya). Nice coating of the palate without being sticky or lingering.
D - Very, Very nice dark lager. Drank along with a Sam Adams Black Lager and this blew it away.
07-29-2009 15:34:33 | More by rfgetz
Herold Bohemian Black Lager from Pivovar Herold Březnice A.s.
89 out of 100 based on 93 ratings.


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Tens of thousands of people descended on Weston-Super-Mare today for the town's annual "T4 on the beach" party.
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It's now 10 years since T4 held their 1st beach party in Weston.
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Tony Parker sez the Spurs can no longer compete for a championship. There's no reason to think that means the Spurs will turn around and trade him to the Knicks, but I'll blame years of abuse from the NY media for putting that very thought into my head. And so without further ado, what about a trade with the Spurs which more or less goes like
The Spurs get out from under Parker's contract which extends beyond the competitiveness of their current core and swap it for Chauncey's shorter contract. Splitter didn't play a ton for the Spurs in the playoffs, or the regular season. He's paid a reasonable salary for a short number of years. The Spurs need youth everywhere on the floor and Fields seems like a player who would be attractive to San Antonio. Both he and Chauncey would probably be better fits in San Antonio. Am I crazy, is this something that could happen?


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Future model guidance has upped the rainfall totals expected between FridayŌĆÖs nuisance showers with freezing rain and SaturdayŌĆÖs thunderstorms with heavy rain.
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South Jersey residents may not like the type of summer-like weather headed for our area on Saturday, Jan. 11, just days after many people endured -15 wind chills and wondered when winter would ever end. ItŌĆÖs another mailmanŌĆÖs challenge weather forecast for South Jersey, Middle Atlantic, and New England states, according to the National Weather Service.
Rainy, rumbling, soaking South Jersey Saturday
Gusty winds, lightning, thunderstorms and 2-3 inches of heavy rain are in the forecast for a soaking Saturday in South Jersey, according to the National Weather Service.
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A strong low pressure system is going to cross over the Great Lakes region beginning later today, Friday, Jan. 10. ItŌĆÖs going to reach out and use its might counter-clockwise flow to pull warm and moist air mass up the I-95 corridor, the National Weather Service says.
Rain showers that begin on Friday will turn steadier overnight and into Saturday. Expect pockets of heavy rain on Saturday with rumbles of thunder and flashes of lightning after noon, according to the National Weather Service.
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Cabaret in the House
programmed by Tim McArthur
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Previous performers have included Stephen Ashfield, Kit & the Widow, Rebecca Caine, Dianne Pilkington, Daniel Koek, Hadley Fraser, Tiffany Graves and Ramin Karimloo.
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There is reason to be bearish on HSBC today, but another reason to be bullish on the world's third largest company by market cap. The bank has been accused of extreme earnings overstatement, with a black hole sitting on its balance sheet. Meanwhile Google may have given investors and diabetes sufferers alike reason to cry for joy.
And before we get started here is an interesting comparison for you. HSBC's market cap is $136 billion. Google's is $386 billion. Who would have predicted that a few years ago?
The tale of HSBC's challenge and Google's new opportunity probably sums up the twin issues of 2014. HSBC's challenges relate, at least partially, to the era of tighter monetary policy which we may be entering. Google's new opportunity relates to what may well prove to be the single most exciting story of 2014: the beginning of the era of wearable technology.
HSBC's glaring problems: the background
Cast your mind back to the early days of 2008. It may seem hard to believe now, but this was a time when Alan Greenspan made headlines by saying the US may experience a mild recession. To many, it just seemed unthinkable. But the writing was on the wall. In the first three months of 2008, HSBC wrote off $3.2 billion worth of assets. That was bad, but actually, to start at the beginning you need to go back further.
HSBC also announced major write downs in 2007. It was in fact the first major bank to announce write-downs relating to US sub-prime. See this article for a trip down memory lane: HSBC in new sub-prime write-down, BBC
First in first out, they say. HSBC may have made the headlines for its sub-prime related woes, but a few months later, when RBS, HBOS, and Barclays seemed on the verge of collapse, HSBC was okay. Who knows whether it would have survived if there had been no banking bail-out, but one thing is for sure, it didn't need bailing out directly. (Barclays avoided a UK government bail-out, but it still needed rescuing.) Back then, HSBC's strength seemed to lie with its roots in China. Hong Kong & Shanghai Banking Corp stood out among the banking dross.
Now cast your mind back further still, this time to the mid-1990s, when the US Federal Reserve began upping interest rates. A chain of events was sparked off which ultimately led to the Asian crisis of 1997. As interest rates rose, money flowed out of Asia. In 1997 the world suffered a kind of dry rehearsal of the 2008 crisis, except that is for those in the so-called Tiger economies in Asia; for them there was nothing of the dry rehearsal about it – rather it was the real thing.
It appears, although it is far from proven, that we are set to enter an era of gradually tightening monetary policy. And once again the spotlight is falling on emerging markets. Economists have even come up with the nomenclature 'fragile five', referring to Brazil, India, Indonesia, Turkey and South Africa. Why China is not in that list is a puzzle.
HSBC's strength in 2008 was its exposure to Asia. Is that about to be its weakness?
The report
Forensic Asia has published a report on HSBC, which was damning to say the least.
Let's start the analysis by peering towards the end of the Forensic Asia report. It took a look at the Hong Kong bank, a rather important subsidiary of HSBC, and said: "Hong Kong Bank crown jewel losing lustre." To which many might respond: "Know the feeling". But on this occasion the crown jewel relates to the rather exalted position Hong Kong Bank has within the HSBC empire. The report said: "The disposal of its Ping An Insurance stake and the accounting reclassification of Industrial Bank have likely reduced Hong Kong Bank's 2014 operating results by 13 per cent."
So much for the crown jewel: what about the rest?
The Forensic Asia report stated: "HSBC has not made the necessary adjustments during the quantitative easing reprieve. Rather, it has allowed legacy problems to linger as new ones in emerging markets gather pace. The result has been extreme earnings overstatement, causing HSBC to become one of the largest practitioners of capital forbearance globally." It suggested that the bank has overstated assets by between $63.6 and $92.3 billion and will need to raise $58 billion and $100 billion in new capital, the equivalent of five to seven years' worth of results. It warned that the bank may cut its dividend as a result.
The report's authors, Thomas J Monaco and Andrew Haskins, said: "It is a wonder how Group management can say to shareholders with a straight face that HSBC will achieve perennial operating ROEs of 12-15 per cent."
They actually highlighted five specific problems at the bank:
- Numerous franchise disposals and accounting changes should cause the Group's 2012 mainland Chinese to decline by 39 per cent.
- Emerging market franchises are not faring well.
- The Group may need to raise substantial capital and/or hive off parts of its core franchise.
- Up to US $10 billion of additional legal and regulatory penalties may be incurred.
- The bank may become reliant on low-quality and volatile trading.
And just to finish on a cheery note, they said that there is a black hole in HSBC's balance sheet.
If this is right, then that is scary. But is this true? Maybe we need to bring Stephen Hawking in on this one. There is good news; he does not seem think there is a black hole within a few million light years of here, which means HSBC may be safe in that respect at least. Mr Hawking did once say, however that: "In the Universe it may be that primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth."
Google's answer
If tightening monetary policy and fears of reaction in emerging markets is the bogeyman of 2014, then technology may be the Santa Claus– ignoring issues relating to privacy, big brother watching us, and possible unemployment that is.
The problem with writing about technology is that it is hard to say which one is the best to watch. There is so much going on. But it does seem that the internet of things and wearable technology are the most immediate.
This week Google has announced the purchase of a thermostat company. Well, not just any thermostat company actually. Next Labs – the company for which Google paid $3.2 billion – produces thermostats and smoke alarms that can link to your smart phone or PC.
So, the beginning of this week saw Google tick one box: the one marked internet of things.
The end of the week has now seen the company tick another box: that marked wearable technology.
The company has announced that it is testing a new form of contact lense that measures glucose levels in tears using a tiny wireless chip and miniaturized glucose sensor that are embedded between two layers of soft contact lens material.
Brian Otis and Babak Parviz, project co-founders, said: "We're testing prototypes that can generate a reading once per second. We're also investigating the potential for this to serve as an early warning for the wearer, so we're exploring integrating tiny LED lights that could light up to indicate that glucose levels have crossed above or below certain thresholds. It's still early days for this technology, but we've completed multiple clinical research studies which are helping to refine our prototype. We hope this could someday lead to a new way for people with diabetes to manage their disease."
They explained as follows: "Many people I've talked to say managing their diabetes is like having a part-time job. Glucose levels change frequently with normal activity like exercising or eating or even sweating. Sudden spikes or precipitous drops are dangerous and not uncommon, requiring round-the-clock monitoring. Although some people wear glucose monitors with a glucose sensor embedded under their skin, all people with diabetes must still prick their finger and test drops of blood throughout the day. It's disruptive, and it's painful. And, as a result, many people with diabetes check their blood glucose less often than they should."
This is good example of why wearable technology matters. It is easy to be cynical but it provides very real benefits. Sure, parallels with the late 1990s tech bubble are emerging, but we are not in bubble territory yet.
Intel reveals zero projections
Nothing is not usually news, but it is when Intel says it expects revenue growth to be nothing, or zero, in 2014.
You don't need a degree in rocket science to know why. You don't even need a CSE in lighting rockets on bonfire night to know why: Intel's woes relate to something called the death of the PC.
Of course the PC is not really dying, but like HSBC, the PC does have glaring problems. In 2013, Intel's PC division saw revenues fall 4 per cent.
Bull: Intel says that there are signs that PC sales have stabilised.
But Intel is not a one horse company, along with ARM, it may be set to benefit in a quite spectacular way from wearable technology and the internet of things. It has revealed a 3D camera for example, and Intel's chief executive Brian Krzanich said: "At the CES, we demonstrated multiple devices that weren't on our roadmap six months ago."
Intel's hope lies with the internet of things. Google has lots of reasons to hope, and helping diabetes sufferers is just one example. HSBC, however, has black holes to wrestle with.
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All I ever thought about was drinking. I became an expert at budgeting my money so that I always had enough to get through the month without going without alcohol. It was at this point that I realized I was out of control and alcohol was ruling my life every minute, wheather I was drinking then or planning my next drink. I made a decision to take control and stop. It has been a year now and everyone I know has told me how much I have grown, and become more pleasant to be around.
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Press release from the East Baker Historical Society
Newton, GA - The former East Baker Elementary School on Roosevelt Avenue in Newton, is now the headqurters of a community service organization called the East Baker Historical Society and 21st Century Community Corporation, Inc.
Thursday afternoon and Friday of this week, were fantastic days for the organization.
The Farmers Legal Aid Group, attorneys from across the country, visited the center and toured the facility while witnessing several presentations connected with the commercial kitchen.
The organization also held its museum Open House while simultaneously hosting sewing companies from southwest Georgia and all over Alabama. Safe food handling classes were taking place as well.
The East Baker Historical Society is a non-profit organization whose mission is to provide services, opportunities, resources and facilities to low income residents of Baker and surrounding counties that will result in an improved quality of life.
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Albany, GA 31706
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Well now. Raise your hand if that tasted better than a Baby's strawberry milkshake. It's nice to remember how fun classic Big Ten Football can be. Equal parts nailbiting, preposterous luckiness, tough physical play by both teams on both sides of the ball, coaching sometimes way outside historical comfort zones--by both staffs, low-scoring with the end in doubt until a final, uber-manly fourth-quarter scoring drive by the winning team. Kudos to the lads followed by our Gold-Pants-ed friends for fighting hard throughout. On this day and contrary to recent history between these two teams, it turned out that they were the ones just slightly overmatched in the end, and they were unable to continue the awful win streak against our Nittany Lions.
Browsing through the stat sheet is really fun this morning. Iowa came in with a brand new passing attack, a new strong-armed QB and one of their better WR trios in some time. Meanwhile, and unnervingly familiarly, Penn State came in with a clusterfuck and a track record of red zone chokes. And yet, our QBs completed 15 passes (on 26 attempts, for 58%) and theirs completed 17 (on 34, for 50%). The two offenses differed in other important categories (Iowa 2 INTs, 0 TDs; PSU 1 INT, 1 TD), but the running stats provided the starkest difference. The Penn State O-line was finally able to assert some willpower against a vulnerable run defense and rang up 231 rushing yards on 46 carries, while the defense remained stalwart in holding Iowa's Marcus Coker to a net 74 yards on 18 carries. What the defense did to Iowa's QB, tho, is what prompted me to post today. I'm having trouble deciding what my favorite part of the stat sheet is and I thought my BSD brethren & sistren might have a little fun helping me out.
Candidate One
At the start of the fourth quarter and after exchanging multiple possessions, very few of which affected the scoreboard, Penn State led Iowa 6-3. At this point on Twitter, Zach Mills had already weighed in and Jacobi was reminding us that a 6-5 final score was still in play. Iowa was driving into Penn State territory, when Tom Bradley dialed-up (/cliched!) a perfectly-timed blitz on 3rd & 7 and LB Gerald Hodges executed it to perfection, sacking The Dawson and forcing a fumble which was recovered by Nate Stupar. And then things got pretty. Let us bask in its glory:
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|Redd, Silas rush for 5 yards to the IOWA44 (Kirksey, C.).
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|Redd, Silas rush for 8 yards to the IOWA36, 1ST DOWN PSU (Binns, B.).
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|Redd, Silas rush for 7 yards to the IOWA29 (Morris, James;Bernstine, J.).
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|Suhey, Joe rush for 6 yards to the IOWA23, 1ST DOWN PSU (Morris, James).
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|Dukes, Curtis rush for 5 yards to the IOWA18 (Nielsen, Tyler).
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|PENALTY PSU holding 10 yards to the IOWA28.
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|Dukes, Curtis rush for 11 yards to the IOWA17 (Miller, Tanner).
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|Dukes, Curtis rush for 4 yards to the IOWA13, 1ST DOWN PSU (Daniel, Lebron).
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|Suhey, Joe rush for 1 yard to the IOWA12 (Binns, B.).
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|Redd, Silas rush for 4 yards to the IOWA8 (Daniel, Lebron).
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|Redd, Silas rush for 6 yards to the IOWA2, 1ST DOWN PSU (Morris, James).
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|McGloin, Matt pass complete to Haplea, Kevin for 2 yards to the IOWA0, TOUCHDOWN, clock 08:08.
If you're counting at home, that's ten straight rushing plays, a PSU penalty, and four first downs to get to the Iowa 2, followed by a just beautifully called and executed play action touchdown pass to the tight end (the tight end!). Now, if you've been paying attention to the coverage at our favorite Hawkeye blog, you'll know this year's Iowa defense is a little less talented than the past few years, and far less deep. Throw in some injuries to their best linebacker and lineman and you've got a recipe for vulnerability. Still, the Penn State offense. They hadn't yet provided any even brief suggestion that they had this kind of drive in them. We knew they had talented tailbacks. But even with a traditional upperclassman-heavy offensive line, they hadn't demonstrated that this was possible. On this drive they did. And, oh my, was it glorious.
Candidate Two
Now, as manly as the touchdown that gave Penn State the two-possession lead was, the offense was subsequently unable to put the proverbial nail in the coffin after Malcolm Willis and then Nick Sukay gave them two more chances. Each resulted in 3 and outs, and Iowa again had the ball with 3:18 to play. Down two scores, it was desperation time for The Dawson and Penn State's defense and crowd knew it. After allowing a first-down QB scramble, the pressure really came. Solid downfield coverage by the secondary (including true freshman Adrian Amos, who played superbly against Iowa's talented receivers), allowed first Sean Stanley and then Devon Still and then Khairi Fortt to record back-to-back-to-back sacks. Iowa helped out with an (exhausted? crowd-induced?) illegal procedure penalty and the drive which began at the Iowa 20 was now at the Iowa two. On 4th and 39, they completed a 25-yard pass and the game was finally over.
We've known the Penn State defense is championship-caliber, and they showed it again today. But we had no idea if the offense was capable of putting together a Manball touchdown drive with the game on the line, and today they showed it. When surprise jumps up and fills you with joy, it's somehow doubly sweet, so for this reason, I'm going with the winning touchdown drive as my favorite part of this morning's stat sheet. What's yours?


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Ten families in Jackson County were evacuated from their homes overnight. Bridgeport Police said the families were evacuated because of flooding.
Residents awoke early Thursday morning to find more than a dozen storage sheds that had shifted from one side of Seventh Avenue to the other. Heavy rains had converted them to makeshift boats, floating 20 or more yards away. A mobile home was struck by a couple of sheds as they floated by.
Meanwhile, families from ten homes scattered across the city were forced to evacuate due to the rising floodwaters. Half of those were rescued by Fire Department personnel when they waited too late to get out.
Mayor Bubby Hughes said he hasn't seen rain like this in thirty years. "My buddy's gauge here at home says it had 7 3/4 inches. It was just like rivers."
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Taylor Lautner to Play Jacob Black in New Moon, Twilight Poll
Twilight Fans: Are You Glad Taylor Lautner Will Play Jacob Again?
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It's official! Summit Entertainment has confirmed that Taylor Lautner will reprise his role in the Twilight sequel, New Moon. This news arrives after rumors swirled that he might be replaced.
As fans of the books know, Jacob becomes a central figure in New Moon as Edward's romantic rival. Given that, it's no wonder the folks in charge of the sequel took a long look at Taylor to ensure he has what it takes to spend more time onscreen.
So what do you think? Are you glad Taylor will take on Jacob again?
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4 years
uhmmm. Jake is the perfect Jake. meaning he could be dat frend that everyone has the one we look to wen our lives are playing the role of the villian. lol. hes the perfect and best frend. hed be dere for bells weneva she needs him so ofcourse hs the best jake. XOXO
5 years
I believe that this young actor is more then adequate for the part of Jacob Black,he has the charm but also the dynamic outdoorsy sex appeal needed,remember Jacob is first and foremost Indian,and this young man has that look! He is amazing and will be able to show off his talents as an actor ,yet he is still humble ,I look forward to seeing him shine in this next film. As for the muscle,oh he has it,you dont have to be huge or fat to show strength,just look at his chest and his cheek structure ,the strength is there! I would adopt him LOL I have five daughters, and they all love him! Hugs for Taylor!
5 years
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5 years
I am happy that they are keeping the regular Jacob..he is so cute..a lot of people said that they dont care for twilight well is very stupid to be in here if u dont like the books..go do something more interesting for yourself it just dont make any sense if u dont like Twilight why the hell r ya here!!!
5 years
i think the best actor to play jacop in the new moon would be Steven Strait…he is just right ..the smile,,the pain on his face,,,that's exactly what bella is talking about in the story..even the angry face will suit him..so i think he is the best
nicklover 5 years
yay so happy. awesome. he may not be 7 ft but he is a good actor and can do the part very well. if they change anybody in the upciming twilight movies i dont think ill watch them. so hopefully everyone will stay the same.
chancleta 5 years
n8ivegirl: I ADORE "Into the West"
chancleta 5 years
I think he'll do an amazing job. Jacob is always smiling just like Taylor. I have the utmost faith that's he's completely committed to bringing the Jacob Black I know and love to life.
thirteen 5 years
i think STEVEN STRAIT is appropriate enough to play JACOB BLACK in new moon.. watya think??
Smellie 5 years
Steven Strait Next I admit Taylor Is Slightly Hot I Just dont Like Him ...Sorry Taylor Fans STEVEN STRAIT woo
n8ivegirl4 5 years
when i read the book New Moon i always pictured Jacob to be Simon Baker from Into the West
DCStar 5 years
I think it would have been appropriate to replace him. He had a very small part in the first one, and in NEW MOON he is supposed to be about 6'5" and very big and bulky. He's supposed to basically look like a whole new guy anyway. Taylor is cute, but like a child. He is not the 25-year-old man that New Moon describes him to be.
makiwacky 5 years
i was really looking forward to new moon coz i thought they were gonna replace him, now i'm not so hot about it anymore. i meant taylor was fine for the first one (ok, fine might be a slight exaggeration) but honestly, i don't think he can handle the jacob in new moon. that character is almost the complete opposite of the previous one, it's going to require some serious acting chops on the part of the actor and i just don't think taylor has it.
n8ivegirl4 5 years
if you watched the movie before you read the books, you'll have a better understanding.
bellacullen14 5 years
He was weird in Twilight, but I do see him as Jacob... I am glad that they kept him cuz I hate it when the change the character in in the middle of movies, it bugs the crap out of me. So, ummm... ya that is my opinion.
king2x 5 years
i'll probably be disappointed..
king2x 5 years
ugh. i didn't like him playing jacob...
Phorrest99 5 years
I'm on the fence, I really feel like Taylor is too young looking to play what I picture Jacob Black to look like.. so I dunno :|
bento-barista 5 years
I don't think he is the best choice to play Jacob, but since he was already in the first film, it would be weird if they replaced him for the second -- especially if they kept all of the other actors the same.
DDIBUONO 5 years
i think everyone needs to calm down! look at benjamin button brad pitt looked 16!!!! It makes sense to have someone bigger, but if taylor can do it we need to give it a chance....and everyone needs to remember this book and this movie will not be exact bc all movies are BASED off books! i think there a different things but thats good, it adds character to the people that take the time and read the book to really understand the characters. Jacob has a big role from now on, and we need to remember he WONT be smiling once he is werewolf until bella knows and then he wont smile bc she hangs out with bloodsuckers....so jacob character is A LOT MORE indepth then the preview that we got in twilight... all in all i trust stephanie meyers and her goal to keep her books and movies similiar!
chokoreo 5 years
Chris Weitz give his word to the audience that -- " I think that fans of Twilight the book and the movie will be surprised by the Jacob Black that Taylor will bring to the screen in New Moon; and I'm looking forward to working with him and the rest of the cast in realizing the film." _____________________________________________________________________ I will be looking forward to see Jacob Black in New Moon. I know Taylor can live up to his fans expectations. Its not easy to protray himself as a werewolf including all those emotional scenes when he realised he is a werewolf. I guess, no one can 'love' Bella better than Taylor Lautner did in Twilight. Its not all about physicality, what we have to see if Taylor can really make Edward pissed off in New Moon by trying to 'snatch' her away from Edward. I want to see that kind of angst! Because those are the details in the book 'New Moon' which sums up the whole complexities between Edward and Bella! Plus other complications and so forth... Only Taylor Lautner can do that (hahahah) As Stephenie quoted in her website under the FACTS column for (Eclipse) -- '.....Bella does not fall in love with Jacob in Eclipse. Bella falls in love with Jacob in New Moon' So ,....now...i'm looking forward to see how and what Taylor will do to show that essence on screen, for the audience, in New Moon :) Go Taylor! You can do it!
scullylam 5 years
nope. sorry he isn't jacob to me. he does not look a bit native american to me and that part when telling bella about a "sca-ry st-o-ry" totally made me cringe. he needs to work on diction and they still should use someone else for the role. i think the next film is going to be a flop because they won't be pulling off the werewolf version very well. and anyway, i am probably not going to give the film a chance anyway. *sarcastic* thanks summit entertainment for letting a bunch of teens help in your cast decision. */sarcastic*
Squeaks26 5 years
I would have rather they picked the other guy. I'm a huge fan of these books and I just didn't see Taylor as a big, tough, ripped, werewolf. I know the fans protested so much and that's probably why they kept him, but the other guy looked older and didn't have such a baby face. Book 2 was my least favorite. I'm interested to see what happens. With a new director, rushed deadline, not casting properly, and them changing the plot to add more of Rob just to get more money isn't going to work out the best. Instead of making a great movie to match a great book they are just out to get money.
aanyanka 5 years
I have mixed feelings on this. I am glad they are not replacing him but he obviously is not physically perfect for the progression his character will go through. I just hope they can use their "Hollywood Magick" to make it work.
Miss-Madness 5 years
To be honest the plain and simple truth is this: Taylor MIGHT have been good in Twilight because Jacob was a kid, Taylor is a kid! But in New Moon Jacob is a Man! A Wolf nonetheless and Taylor is STILL a kid!! He's tiny and he smiles too much.. he's always happy! Its unnatural! He's younger than my brother =| I DON'T Think he can bulk up and become BIG enough to really pull Jacob off correctly. And Tbh Actor or No I dont beleive he has the emotional maturity to play the more complex role! Hes SIXTEEN ffs!
morinchan 5 years
are u nuts -_- he doesn't match anything to the new jacob. actually i think, copon was better, though his face was ugly,his body and expressions fits jacob. but,taylor was a stupid little kiddo. and the new jacob was not. im very upset about this news. -_- shit. this will ruining everything. what was in summit's brain when they decided?? all blind because of taylor's stubborn fans?? hello...open your eyes... ok, he's cute. but he's not jacob!!! o my god. i'm sick of this. TT,TT new moon will be an unworthed drama. trash. it'll destroy everything!! taylor doesn't have any skill to be a main character!!!! he's just a little boy!! O.O HATE U TAYLOR!!! FUCK OFF!!! U'LL MAKE THAT PRECIOUS 90MINUTES BECOME A NIGHTMARE!! GIVE BACK OUR EDWARD!!! JUST CUT OUT ALL JACOB'S PART FROM NEW MOON!!! REALLY HATE IT!!! STUPID WEITZ!! STUBBORN!! MORON!! I HATE U!!! WE HATE U!!
morinchan 5 years
are u nuts -_- he doesn't match anything to the new jacob. actually i think, copon was better, though his face was ugly,his body and expressions fits jacob. but,taylor was a stupid little kiddo. and the new jacob was not. im very upset about this news. -_- shit. this will ruining everything. what was in summit's brain when they decided?? all blind because of taylor's stubborn fans?? hello...open your eyes... ok, he's cute. but he's not jacob!!! o my god. i'm sick of this. TT,TT new moon will be an unworthed drama. trash. it'll destroy everything!! taylor doesn't have any skill to be a main character!!!! he's just a little boy!! O.O HATE U TAYLOR!!! FUCK OFF!!! U'LL MAKE THAT PRECIOUS 90MINUTES BECOME A NIGHTMARE!! GIVE BACK OUR EDWARD!!! JUST CUT OUT ALL JACOB'S PART FROM NEW MOON!!! REALLY HATE IT!!! STUPID WEITZ!! STUBBORN!! MORON!! I HATE U!!! WE HATE U!!
leeluvfashion 5 years
:woohoo: In my mind, Jacob had the same look Taylor has; so I am glad to hear the studio is keeping Taylor for New Moon.
Wicked 5 years
He's adorable! We really embodies Jacob, imo, and pulled off Jacob really well. I'm excited to see how he does in New Moon.
LOVErickii 5 years
i am partial to michael copon but im glad they stuck to the original, i'd like to see how he does in new moon where he is more central in the story than just the odd line or two
untitled1 5 years
I'm not just glad I'm ECSTATIC! The height isn't an issue. Robbie Coltrane isn't nearly as tall as Hagrid is supposed to be but does he look it on camera? Yes.
taylorbath 5 years
Yeah, I hate recasts too, so on that front I think it's a good move. But physically, I'm not sure he's the right person for the role. Even if he bulks up as everyone is saying he's doing, I don't think that's enough to make "Jacob's" transition to super alpha male/werewolf believable. He's still a teenager who is growing. Maybe in a few years he'd fill out enough for the role, but right now, I'm skeptical but wish him the best because I want the movie to be great.
estella241 5 years
I'm glad they kept Taylor because I hate recasts. Also, Michael Copon's lack of discretion on whether he was offered the part or not was off-putting. His announcement on Facebook put me on Team Taylor.
Cris1192 5 years
I hate it when they change people too but here I think they really should!
angelinemarie 5 years
im so happy they stayed with him i hate when they change people like that hes great for the character : )
angelinemarie 5 years
im so happy they stayed with himi hate when they change people like thathes great for the character : )
reesiecup 5 years
He's got that sweet Jacob look to him. I think he'll do fine. Although I have no high hopes for the sequel, I'll be going to watch it. If it's half as good as the book, it will be well worth my $8 :)
californiagirlx7 5 years
I'm glad. I hate when people switch actors in the middle of a film franchise and pretend like people won't notice. It's really distracting.briggs - Oooh Steven Strait would have been a good Jacob...but he's a bit older, isn't he?
californiagirlx7 5 years
I'm glad. I hate when people switch actors in the middle of a film franchise and pretend like people won't notice. It's really distracting. briggs - Oooh Steven Strait would have been a good Jacob...but he's a bit older, isn't he?
genesisrocks 5 years
im glad. i would feel so bad for him if he got the part in twilight thinking hed get a bigger part in new moon and then they fired him...that would suck!
briggs313 5 years
Well if they had recast to say Stephen Strait, I may have changed to team Jacob ... but for now I'm team Edward so I guess that's one way to look at it!
fakeplanettelex 5 years
since what's her face isn't directing new moon (THANK GOODNESS), i think whoever will be directing new moon can get jacob on point. i'd rather have someone else, but i'm curious to see if they will make new moon any better.
fakeplanettelex 5 years
since what's her face isn't directing new moon (THANK GOODNESS), i think whoever will be directing new moon can get jacob on point. i'd rather have someone else, but i'm curious to see if they will make new moon any better.
LaurenFSU 5 years
I am glad they kept him for the role. I thought he did a great job in the first film. I think it would have been disappointing to change the character! Can't wait to see New Moon!
nessa17 5 years
i'm glad they kept him. he seemed to really like doing the movie and would have been crushed. i wouldn't have minded micheal copon either, he's hot!
CaterpillarGirl 5 years
he looks like the love child of AC Slater and Fabio.
krae85 5 years
I'm glad. It would have been weird switching him out, and he really seemed to want the role.
CYL 5 years
I don't fucking care about Twilight..can't wait for these movies and books just go away...such horrid writing and crappy plot line..
CYL 5 years
I don't fucking care about Twilight..can't wait for these movies and books just go away...such horrid writing and crappy plot line..
vcastellanos16 5 years
You can't mess with the original. That is when people start getting upset.
SaRaH-22 5 years
I like him and i saw the movie before I started reading all the books so as i was reading all of them it is him that I imagined as I read...but on that note New Moon was my least fav. book so who knows about the movie!
lovely2190 5 years
yes i am so happy that they kept him for jacob!!!! i think with make-up and with him working out that he will look older!
chow 5 years
im glad they didnt replace him. im not positive that he is perfect for the role, but im sure he will do his best not to disappoint fans.
KiwiLu 5 years
amloveaffair, i was thinking the same thing lolI am glad they kept him. I know a few teenyboppers that were ready to bring out the pitchforks if they replaced Taylor. And as was said before is just not the same when they replace someone.
KiwiLu 5 years
amloveaffair, i was thinking the same thing lol I am glad they kept him. I know a few teenyboppers that were ready to bring out the pitchforks if they replaced Taylor. And as was said before is just not the same when they replace someone.
asarwan 5 years
I really was Praying Michael Copon got it. He's HOT! This kid had like two lines in Twilight. I didn't care for the movie. the Acting was atrocious. But if Michael was is in it... I'd have watched it for that alone! UGH! Friggin disappointment.
bowwowza 5 years
no he's so ugly and i wanted a cuter guy!!!!
amloveaffair 5 years
I don't know. I hate when there's a series of movies and they replace people. It's not the same. I think he's really cute without all that hair.p.s. why do people who hate Twilight bother commenting?
amloveaffair 5 years
I don't know. I hate when there's a series of movies and they replace people. It's not the same. I think he's really cute without all that hair. p.s. why do people who hate Twilight bother commenting?
wren1 5 years
I wish they would have found someone else :(
kiwitwist 5 years
I am neither happy nor unhappy. I will let you know after New Moon.... but I sense I will be disappointed.
billyart101 5 years
I haven't seen the movie yet, and I have no interest in the sequel.
flowergirl 5 years
Looking forward to seeing his "transformation" in the second movie!
Zivanod 5 years
I'm glad he will play the role again. Make-up and scruff can age him. Hollywood can make anyone seem tall onscreen (ask Tom Cruise! hehe) and apparently he is putting on muscle so I look forward to the next movie.
ilanac13 5 years
yes, not only am i happy that he was able to convince everyone that he CAN do it - if you read the book, in keeping with the integrity of the character, he starts out smaller and then gets bigger as he transitions into what he becomes - so i think that it's a good thing that they are trusting that he'll do a good job. i hope so!
Red77 5 years
The emotional connection the audience has to each character is obviously palpable. I understand why they did it, but hope they do not fail miserably in the physical connection that must be made to maintain the integrity of the storyline. I am almost done with Eclipse, and as Jacob is the second in command alpha male described in extraordinary physical realms, I wonder if they are putting pressure on Taylor to bulk up tremendously?? Hollywood is notorious for having that effect on its subjects. I hope this does not adversely effect Taylor in any way. And perhaps, if this is not the case, the world of cinematography can create the nearly 7 foot boy with Jacob's very detailed physique. lets see what Hollywood's bag of tricks reveals. Until next year . . .
crystalm07 5 years
I do not think he will make a good werewolf Jacob. He always smiles and it drove me crazy in the first one. His voice also just doesn't fit the part and was another thing that bothered me and I hated when he was talking onscreen. Obviously everybody is questioning the obvious that he is too small and although he may be able to put on muscle he can't grow 2 feet for a role.
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American history is flying and floating in Dubuque this weekend.
World War II-era planes will be in the skies through Saturday, and replicas of two of Christopher Columbus' ships will be in the Port of Dubuque through Tuesday.
"If you're a history buff, it's wonderful stuff," Terry Adams said. He's a senior pilot with the North American Trainer Association, which is at the Dubuque Regional Airport this weekend, celebrating the 7th anniversary of the AT-6 airplane, also know as an SN-J, Texan, Harvard or pilot trainer.
"They were World War II airplanes," SN-J pilot Don Stamp said. "Everybody that flew in World War II flew one of these airplanes, and so what is very special is to bring these airplanes to air shows and the veterans come up and they stand beside the airplane."
He took to the skies over Dubuque County Thursday to train another pilot on formation flying.
"Formation flying was started in World War I," Adams said. "It was done that way so that the pilots could protect each other from the enemy."
To commemorate these planes' 75th anniversary, 22 of them will fly in a formation as the number "75" Friday and Saturday over the Dubuque Regional Airport at 1 p.m.
Over in the Port of Dubuque, an even older piece of history sits in the Ice Harbor.
As most people learn in grade school, "In 14-hundred and 92, Columbus sailed the ocean blue," and he did so with a fleet of three ships: the Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria. Replicas of the former two are in Dubuque through Tuesday.
"Think of the ships as floating museums," captain of the Nina replica Vic Bickel said. "You step on board and you step back in time, really. You see the 15th Century while you're here. You can touch it, it's right in front on you. You can handle the line, the chains, the lumber and so on, so it's a really unique experience."
The Nina and Pinta replicas will be open to the public Friday through Tuesday, from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. It costs $8 for adults, $7 for seniors and $6 for students, and Bickel said visitors can stay as long as they like.
"Usually the first thing we'll hear when people come aboard is a comment about the size of the ship, how small they actually are," Bickel said. "Vessels are going to go across an ocean, people expect to see much larger vessels, but 65 feet on the deck, that's Nina."
13-year-old Tyler Grall and his grandpa Dave Grall were jet skiing on the Mississippi River Thursday afternoon and decided to pass by the old ships to take a look.
"With the museum and the Port of Dubuque, the Ice Harbor, you know, there's so much history in Dubuque," Dave Grall said, adding he wanted to give his grandson a look at even earlier American history.
"It's just cool how they made these hand-built with no machine tools," Tyler Grall said. "Built it all by hand."
Indeed, Bickel said, "this ship was built with the same tools that were used in the 15th century. Nothing else. That's one of the things that makes her so remarkable is that just axes, hammers, chisel, handsaws, wooden pegs and dowels holding her together."
For 11 months out of the year, the two replica ships stop for several days at a time at ports all throughout North America, giving people a taste of the 15th Century.
Whether by water or by air, both attractions in Dubuque this weekend have the same mission.
"Someone's got to keep history alive," Adams said.
People can observe the World War II planes, including a few P-51 Mustangs, for free at the Dubuque Regional Airport through Saturday. There's an observation area to the left, right as people drive up.


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The anticipation for "First Chain" has been building for months now and you can finally hear it in full today. Kid Cudi and Nas join Big Sean on the new track off "Hall of Fame" (due out Aug. 27). Cudi contributes to the hook and outro of the song, along with a verse.
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In principle, the 49ers run a 3-4 defense, however, teams without a strong running attack rarely see it. In the absence of a serious running threat it morphs pretty quickly into a 4-2-5, 3-2-6 or 4-1-6 defense.
The 4-2-5 is the nickel, with Ahmad Brooks and Aldon Smith as the edge rushers and Ray McDonald and Justin Smith as the interior lineman. Bowman and Willis, the fearsome and well-known interior linebackers are the 2, and the 5 DBs include safeties Whitner and Goldson, and cornerbacks Carlos Rogers, Tarell Brown and Chris Culliver (2nd year). In the dime defenses add Perrish Cox, who is new to the niners this year and seem to be a real upgrade in the 6 DB formations.
Personally I think Stafford is one heck of a quarterback and with a target like Calvin Johnson, well that is a tough challenge for any defense. I am not really sure how the niner secondary "contained" them last year, if holding a receiver to 120 yds or so counts as containment, but presumably it involved a lot of double coverage with right corner T Brown getting help from Goldson, Whitner or Willis.
The thing that has impressed (and surprised) me is that a bunch of guys who are mostly around 5'11" (on a good day) can defend a guy who is 6'5", fast (and strong). My guess is that we will see mostly pass defenses with both Willis and Bowman on the field due to the size/height challenge that CJ presents.
GB saw 7 snaps of base 4-3 last week. I am thinking that you (Detroit) will see a lot of the same defenses Green Bay saw from the niners last week and very little base. Does that seem reasonable? I would roughly put the over/under at 10 snaps in base, with the rest nickel or dime pass defenses. (Feel free to pick under or over and explain/defend your pick if you like.)
I think the 49ers win this because it is not that easy to pass into their 5 and 6 DB defenses.


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The 16th Annual Rural Health Conference will be held on April 17, 2015
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The conference is attended by health care professionals, community leaders, researchers, government officials and policymakers interested in making an impact on our communities.
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Our focus this year is early childhood health and how we can address it locally. Sessions will be approached from a variety of disciplines including clinical, community, and population.
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Alright this weeks has been horrible first Tony Woods is reconsidering options, Kevin Ware picks UCF, then Negus Webster-Chan leaves Louisville, and to top it all of the crazy weather. So this isn't the best week to be a local cardinal fan, but don't panic just yet here are some positives. 1 Rodney Purvis is still a card for now if he stays I think we will be fine. 2nd Pitino going after Gary Harris, Alex Poythress, and Devauntes River-Smith, if Rick can just get 1 one of those guys to go along with Purvis we will be stacked. Finally 3rd with this year's team Louisville should be set for a few years. So don't worry just yet.
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Whether by a sense of obligation or the kindness of his heart, Red frequently visits Gord at his watchtower to check up on him. It is through these segments that much of Gord's bizarre personality is revealed. For example, in the many years he's spent alone there, Gord has been struck by lightning multiple times and has gone pretty much insane (though there's probably little connection between these two events). He is prone to unpredictable and extreme mood swings, often bursting into tears during Red's visits (making Red very uncomfortable), and he has an extreme need for attention and companionship in the watchtower, to the point that he has invented quite a few imaginary friends and attempts to hibernate during the winter. Gord also alternates between having a primal and somewhat unsettling interest in women and acting as though he has never seen one before. Despite all of this, he usually refuses to leave the tower when Red offers to let him stay at the Lodge for a little while.
Starting in the 1999 Season, Ranger Gord produces a series of educational safety cartoons, in which he portrays himself as a muscle-bound super-hero type and Red and Harold as a possum and beaver, respectively. Each film, which he produces, directs, animates and voices entirely on his own, further strokes his already enormous ego.
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- Addreses: Firetower #13 [early], Firetower #3 [later]. He had chewed two of the legs off of fire tower #13, then spent a season in Possum Lake then returned to a different tower (to the relief of the townsfolk).
- Weight: Forever
- Date of Birth: Arbor Day 1961
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In the first two seasons of the show, the watchtower segments were filmed in a simple set resembling a tree house. From 1993 to 1996, the segment was shot at a real fire watchtower in Port Carling, Ontario. In the 1997 and 1998 seasons, Ranger Gord appeared in Possum Lodge, saying that he had eaten the front two legs of his tower and caused it to collapse. From 1999 on, the watchtower segments were filmed in-studio with a live audience (previous segments had to be pre-recorded and the audience's reactions added later).


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Another Chargers offensive lineman is out for the remainder of the season.
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Urijah Faber has come up short in a few title shots lately, but he's still got a lot on his plate. He has a camp full of fighters to take care of, and he handled the announcing duties for the recent XFC 20 show in Tennessee. After the show he did an interview with MMA: Inside the Cage and covered a wide variety of subjects. He said that his rib is still displaced and his doctors wouldn't have let him fight at UFC 153 despite volunteering; he talked about the recent bad luck Strikeforce has had to endure lately; and even said Joseph Benavidez was injured going into his UFC 152 bout with Demetrious Johnson. But the most interesting part was definitely about Michael Bisping.
At the 4:38 mark of the video, the reporters asks Faber about Bisping and his amusing "feud" with Benavidez leading up to UFC 152. Faber says it's all just fun and games, but actually bags on Bisping thin skin a bit, then says he thinks he could do pretty well against him in a fight:
It's all in good fun. I actually spent some time with him in Afghanistan, and the true thing about Bisping is - he loves to joke around but he cannot take a joke. I was giving him some crap about that. I remember one of the military ladies came up and said something was about a foot long, and I said (holding up fingers about an inch apart) 'Well, Bisping said this is about six inches!', and he friggin lost it. His face got all red, he was spitting around for a comeback.
You know, the bottom line is that I've got respect for Bisping, I think he's a cool enough guy. But i'd get in there and scrap with him.
I think it'd go well. I think I'd have an advantage on the ground. I wouldn't wanna take a clean punch from the guy because he's so much bigger, but you know, for those that know martial arts, getting hit on the button is the scary thing and I think he'd have trouble hitting me. Although I have a great big chin here, I think he'd have trouble getting to it. So it'd be an interesting fight. I would do it. Let's do it Bisping, we can do it on the internet. We can do some sparring, or charge people and have an exhibition bout."
Faber was obviously pretty light about it and it's not like he was trying to disrespect the middleweight. But it'd still be a pretty interesting exhibition to watch. And you just know Bisping is going to have something to say about this soon enough.


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During Notre Dame's 33-17 win over Miami in the Sun Bowl on New Year's Eve junior wide receiver Michael Floyd broke the Notre Dame career record for receiving touchdowns with his 28th score. After announcing he would be returning for a senior season, Floyd will look to significantly add to that total in 2011.
As the clock ticked down to zero in El Pase, not many people felt Floyd would be returning for another season. After mulling his NFL options and talking with Brian Kelly, however, Floyd decided to come back for one more year.
Here's a video that was put together by @andy_grey showcasing all 28 of those touchdowns Floyd has racked up over the past three years.
Here's hoping another 15 or so scores can be added to the end of this video in January 2012.
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spiceyirish commented on January 13th, 2011 at 11:50 am
a highlight reel that doesn't have satanic music to go along with it. I hope Michael Floyd plays all 12 games + bowl game next season. Maybe those TD marks can get into the 40s
moemontana commented on January 13th, 2011 at 3:55 pm
This was cool. Thanks for posting it.
stanford-90 commented on January 13th, 2011 at 6:47 pm
Pass Interference on Floyd
Michael probably draws 3 to 4 pass intereference flags against him per game. Imagine his stats and the increased QB efficiency ratings if these penalties were considered. Whether it's his size and abilities that make interference a better calculated risk than the alternative, or his persuasiveness with our friendly officiating crews, he draws an inordinate number of fouls. Are there any number crunchers that can pull up Floyd's penalty stats?


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Olivia Munn Talks DELIVER US FROM EVIL, THE NEWSROOM Season 3, MORTDECAI, and Working with Jon Stewart and Johnny Depp
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Press junkets are weird. First, you walk into a room in a fancy hotel where you come upon a complete stranger whose face you know well, and on whom you have been given a dossier. Then, you sit down and for about four minutes this person is basically contractually obligated to answer your questions. You talk, but it's not really a conversation because both your questions and, generally speaking, his or her answers are scripted riffs. This situation is even more strange if you initially knew this stranger's face from a talk show where you saw her conducting interviews of her own.
This is the situation I found myself in when I sat down with actress Olivia Munn to discuss her role in director Scott Derrickson's new, semi-fact-based religious thriller Deliver Us From Evil. The Jerry Bruckheimer production, which also stars Eric Bana, Edgar Ramirez, and Joel McHale unfolds as a mix between Serpico and The Exorcist and is now playing in theaters nationwide. During our discussion, Munn was forthcoming and seemingly unscripted. We talked about Jon Stewart taking a chance on her for The Daily Show, the shocking twist ending of The Newsroom, how her geek knowledge could have helped out during the action scenes, working with Johnny Depp and mustache fetishes for the upcoming Mortdecai, and more. Hit the jump to watch the full interview, and be sure to check out our previous Deliver Us from Evil interviews with Derrickson, Bruckheimer, Ramirez, and real-life counterpart Ralph Sarchie.


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The Faculty History Project documents faculty members who have been associated with the University of Michigan since 1837, and the history of the University's schools and colleges. This project is part of a larger effort to prepare resources for the University's bicentennial in 2017. Find out more.
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Julius Chambers, director of the NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund, spent two days at the Law School last spring as the 1988 Helen L. DeRoy Fellow.
Chosen for his achievements as a lawyer and person, Chambers, litigator in numerous civil rights cases of national significance, joins a list of distinguished fellows, including former Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart and Judge Amalya L. Kearse, U.S. Court of Appeals, 2nd Circuit (J.D. '62).
During his visit, Chambers delivered three lectures (to classes on constitutional law, welfare law, and 14th Amendment) and met informally with various faculty and student groups. In talking to the constitutional law class, he began emphatically, "The Supreme Court's decision in McClesky v. Kemp was worse or as bad as its decision in Dred Scott."
He then explored the current difficulties of proving a violation under the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment. Chambers, who graduated first in his class and edited the Law Review at North Carolina Law School, began his education in a small racially segregated school in rural North Carolina that lacked both indoor plumbing and a library. He then attended an all-Black high school, to which he was bused 12 miles past a better equipped all-white high school less than a mile from his home.
Twenty-five years later he would be plaintiff's counsel in the landmark Supreme Court decision in Swan v. Charlotte-Mecklenberg Board of Education, where the Court upheld busing as a means of remedying segregation. In addition to Swan, Chambers has also litigated other civil rights cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.
In Griggs v. Duke Power Co., the Court held that an employer can not administer a test that operates to disqualify Blacks at a significantly higher rate than whites, when the test cannot be shown to be significantly related to job performance.
In Ablemarie Paper Co. v. Moody, the Court held that back pay may be awarded even though it could not be proven that the employer had acted in bad faith in violation of Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act. Chambers's law firm in Charlotte, North Carolina, established with the aid of the Legal Defense Fund, handles widely varying types of civil rights litigation, which comprises 60 percent of its total cases.
Beginning with the 1989-1990 academic year, Chambers will teach at the Law School on a regular basis. Graeme Sharpe, '90 and Tony Ettore, '90
-- From the University of Michigan Law School's Law Quadrangle Notes, V. 33, Iss. 01 (Fall 1988).
Chambers served as a Professor of Law at Michigan from Jan 1, 1989 until Dec 31, 1992. He then accepted the position of Chancellor of North Carolina Central University.


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Before Jaren Lockhart whose body parts washed ashore in South Mississippi and before Margaret Sanchez became a prime suspect, Sanchez did an interview with ABC about another woman she knew who met a similar fate.
Addie Hall, like Lockhart, was killed and dismembered. In 2006, Hall's body parts were found in pots sitting on a stove in an apartment she shared with her boyfriend, Zachary Bowen.
Police were led to the grisly scene after Bowen jumped to his death and investigators found a suicide note sending them to the apartment in the French Quarter.
Detective Tom Morovich Jr. with the New Orleans Police Department gives details of the case in the show.
"There was like a diary with some notes in it," Morovich recalled. "When the book was picked up, they realized there were notes in there from Zach with a first hand depiction of what he did."
Hall and Bowen were both bartenders who made national headlines in 2005 following Hurricane Katrina. The New York Times reported Hall would flash police officers to make sure they would patrol the couple's home.
The advanced clips we obtained from ABC do not reveal how Sanchez knew Hall or what she says.
Hancock County investigators will be watching the program to figure out if anything Sanchez says about Hall's murder and dismemberment provides any clues about Jaren Lockhart's death.
At this time, Margaret Sanchez has not been charged in Lockhart's murder, but investigators are calling her a "prime suspect."
Sanchez is currently being held at the Tangipahoa jail under a $35,000 bond for harboring a sex offender and minor traffic offenses.
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Green Energy
Energy prices only go up. They never, ever go down. However, you don't have to rely solely on the power grid to meet your home's energy needs. There are a number of green energy technologies that have, in recent years, become economically viable alternatives to grid power. One of the best aspects of producing electricity yourself is that those prices will never rise. You pay once to retrofit your home, and then you have that equipment forever. Today, individuals and organizations are taking advantage of alternative energy (solar power, wind power, etc.) more than ever before – and reaping numerous benefits.
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The government offers several federal tax credits for homeowners who install green energy appliances or equipment in their homes. These subsidies cover several types of upgrades: Energy Star branded appliances which reduce electricity consumption, solar panels and other electricity generating equipment, and other upgrades like high quality insulation and new windows which limit heating and cooling requirements.
New appliances aren't cheap, but you can save hundreds through local and federal rebates. A list of qualifying programs can be found on the Energy Star website at www.energystar.gov. New appliances also tend to be far more energy efficient because they're created with better insulation and materials.
Most equipment also tends to gradually break down over time, like a new car outperforming an older one simply because it's new. For example, a new fridge costs about $40 a year to operate. An older fridge can cost two or three times that depending on its age. Leaks and cracks can contribute to higher energy bills.
Insulation and windows will cost several thousand dollars for the whole house, but you can see immediate energy savings, especially during summer and winter.
The most expensive green energy option, at least initially, is to install solar panels for your house. Typical kits range from $15,000 to $30,000 and may still be unable to generate enough electricity to meet all your demands. A 5 kW system can be bought for around $25,000.
Installation will be several thousand more, but federal tax credits will cover up to $7,500 of that price. Also, check with your local power company. They may match the government's offer with another rebate up to $7,500, bringing your total down to the $10,000-$15,000 range. If you save just $150 per month on average, solar power will easily pay for itself within 10 years, making it the smartest green energy investment in the long run.