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1. Sometime late in the first quarter I was exchanging text messages with an old friend from Michigan who has spent most every Saturday this fall stuck in classes for his MBA while Michigan plays. With little to no knowledge of what was going on I was filling him in on the misery:
"The offense is going nowhere"
"The defense can't hold if every drive starts at midfield"
and finally...
"We are going to lose this game. It isn't going to be close."
Yeah, I'm a bit dramatic when it comes to Michigan football, and I definitely jumped to conclusions on that one, but it goes to show just how different the first quarter was from the the three that followed.
Devin Gardner spent that first quarter looking like a wide receiver thrown in at quarterback at the last second. However, starting with the long drive that tied the game in the second quarter you saw the game slow down for Gardner, saw him start handling the pressure with aplomb, and eventually it came together. Gardner was a quarterback. A pretty good one too.
I'll spare you the fawning praise (as well as the Minnesota disclaimers that most certainly apply) to just say that it was nice to see Gardner look like the quarterback we all thought he would be when he first pledged to be a Wolverine.
2. And for every bit of success that Gardner was able to wring from the game, there seemed to be an equal amount of floundering in the run game. While the final numbers look respectable -- 155 yards on 41 rushes for 3.8 ypc and three touchdowns -- that obscures just how bad the tailbacks once again performed.
Thomas Rawls got a lot of snaps three weeks after many thought he would start getting the greater share of backfield duties. For his trouble he finished the game with 43 yards on 16 carries for 2.7 yards and a touchdown. Fitz Toussaint didn't do much better. He tacked on a 41 yard touchdown run with four minutes left in the game, but before that he had 12 carries for 29 yards and 2.4 ypc.
Without the contributions of Devin Gardner (44 yards on seven carries for a touchdown) and Jeremy Gallon (two carries for 21 yards) Michigan would have been held to one of the lowest yardage totals of Minnesota's season. This was a defense that came into the game allowing an average of 178 yards and 4.8 ypc to opponents. Michigan didn't match either of those numbers.
At this point in the season it is time to quit hoping that the tailback portion of the running game starts to click and start to hope that Michigan can cobble together enough of a ground game with Gallon and the quarterbacks to keep up with Ohio State's offense at the end of the season.
3. Thankfully, the Michigan defense is continuing its stellar play up front. The Wolverines held Minnesota to a pedestrian day on the ground (132 yards on 37 carries for 3.5 ypc). It wasn't a shut down day, but all told Minnesota was held under 300 yards for the game while converting only four of its 14 third-down attempts.
The worrying part of all of this was that Michigan's corners once again looked suspect. JT Floyd continues to get picked on, and in this one he didn't always hold up well. Raymon Taylor, meanwhile, plays like a first year starter and true sophomore.
You better believe Urban Meyer is looking for ways to exploit the outside coverage.
4. Will Hagerup, where did you go? Two punts under 30 yards? Let's not do that again.
On to reactions from around the blogosphere:
Devin Gardner, receiver, shows he might be a quarterback after all - Ann Arbor.com
Playing receiver, you know what kinds of balls you don't like," he said. "It really helps in practice because when you throw a bad ball, you have to re-do it, and you get really tired re-running routes. A quarterback doesn't really get tired because he's only dropping back. "It just helps me appreciate what they do.
Michigan wide receivers bail out Devin Gardner on several occasions - Freep
As the Michigan offense struggled in recent weeks, the receivers accepted quite a bit of blame. They hadn't run precise routes and had their share of drops, especially against Nebraska, digging backup quarterback Russell Bellomy a hole. In Saturday's 35-13 win over Minnesota, they did the opposite, bailing out quarterback Devin Gardner a number of times -- ironic considering he was a part of their position group until a week ago.
Evanescent - The Hoover Street Rag
I think one of the hardest things college football fans have to reconcile is the ephemeral nature of players. When you consider depth charts, redshirting, and the like, we may get about three years with them at most, four if we're really lucky. We get to know them, we come to appreciate them for what they can do, and then, like that, as quickly as they came, they are gone, leaving only memories, and occasionally questions of what might have been.
We knew Denard was leaving us, just as in 2007, we knew that Mike Hart, Chad Henne, and Jake Long were leaving us. We had high hopes for these senior years, but we knew there would be challenges. 2007 went in a bizarre direction, obviously, but what makes me sad about it is not even "The Horror" or "Sucks Unlimited". No, it's seeing Mike Hart in a toque against Illinois, or Mallett playing against Wisconsin because Henne couldn't go. We lost out on a last great season of Henne and Hart because they were injured, and even the great ride off in to the Florida sunset of that Citrus Bowl win still left "what might have been."
Stretch run to Indy - Maize and Blue News
If Penn State does win, it gives Michigan a chance, but that would of course be predicated on the Wolverines winning out. While Devin Gardner played well against the Golden Gophers, the Maize and Blue need Robinson back to have the best shot in the stretch run. After the Penn State meeting, Nebraska gets much easier matchups against Minnesota and Iowa. The Wolverines have a tougher remaining schedule with Northwestern, Iowa and Ohio State.
Twelve is a Quarterback's Number (Michigan 35, The Gophers 13) - MVictors
So I'm following Brandin Hawthorne into the TCF Stadium tunnel after the game as he toted the jug back to the locker room. I got a light bump from someone passing by and it was enough to jar my iPhone out of my left hand. As I was turning to grab, a U-M player was already reaching down in stride and calmly scooping it up off the cement. Devin Gardner, who had just finished up an interview, handed me my phone and I thanked him and I mumbled something like, "Nice game." I'm not sure if there were any elderly ladies needing an escort on a crosswalk but I'm certain Gardner was there for them as well.
Dr. Sap's Decals - MVictors
DEVIN GARDNER – If you're like me, earlier this year you watched the UM Spring Game and paid close attention to DG. To me, he showed back in April that the game had slowed down for him and he was much more comfortable in the pocket making plays. Maybe all that film study paid off. He must have also been watching the tapes of Jim Harbaugh – especially his rainbow TD pass to Ken Higgins against Indiana in 1986. Gardner's TD pass to Dileo was much the same, except DG threw his on a ROPE – WOW!!! His performance evoked three words from me: Poise, Confidence and WOW!!
Michigan 35, Minnesota 13 - Touch the Banner
Here is where I grumble about cornerbacks. Teams have been picking on J.T. Floyd for the past few weeks, and once again he was beaten several times. Minnesota freshman quarterback Philip Nelson missed on several, but sometimes it didn't matter because Floyd bailed him out by getting called for pass interference two or three times. Raymon Taylor didn't have a great game, either, and picked up a pass interference call himself. I am looking forward to a time when Michigan can put two solid corners on the field at the same time. Taylor has a chance to be one, but it's been a while since the Wolverines had two.
Michigan - Minnesota Reaction - Tremendous
Devin got his chance, and delivered: Devin Gardner has been adamant for quite a while now about considering himself a quarterback. Yesterday, he showed that he is a quarterback and in the process, may have allowed fans to breathe a sigh of relief going into next season. It took a quarter, but the big play to Dileo, created in part by Devin's improvisation, was the turning point in the game. Not only because of the result, but because of the effect it seemed to have on Gardner. He calmed down and Michigan looked like it had its best passing attack of the season for the next two quarters of the game.
Michigan Keeps Little Brown Jug With 35-13 Win Over Minnesota - The Daily Gopher
A Gopher three-and-out was followed by a long Michigan drive of 13 plays for 90 yards resulting in a touchdown before halftime after a questionable pass interference call on Martez Shabazz. But again, the Gopher defense made Michigan work for that touchdown and it would have been just a field goal if it weren't for those damn refs. 14-7 at halftime isn't such a bad thing, right?
Wrong, the second quarter was when Michigan regained their confidence and they continued to move the ball and score points in the third and fourth quarters. But even with their 389 total yards and 35 points, the Gophers had chances to score points of their own and blew a few key opportunities.
Big Ten helmet stickers: Week 10 - Big Ten Blog
Michigan QB Devin Gardner: After playing wide receiver for most of the season, Gardner moved back to his original position to replace the injured Denard Robinson at Minnesota. He had a rough first quarter that included an interception, but settled down nicely after keeping a play alive and firing a 45-yard touchdown strike to Drew Dileo. Michigan had failed to score a touchdown in nine quarters, but Gardner led consecutive touchdown drives of 91 and 90 yards in the first half. He finished the game 12-for-18 passing for 234 yards and two touchdowns, adding 21 rush yards and a touchdown in the 35-13 victory. Gardner showed that Michigan can win -- and score points -- without Robinson on the field. He also got a lot of help from receivers like Dileo, Jeremy Gallon and Roy Roundtree.
Michigan Wolverines' future offense on display in victory over Minnesota - Wolverinenation
"It didn't surprise us," Michigan coach Brady Hoke said of Devin Gardner's performance. "His ability, getting a lot of snaps, obviously -- he has been in the offense enough, he knows most of it. & I think he did a nice job of managing the team."
Devin Gardner threw for 234 yards and two touchdowns as he filled in for injured starter Denard Robinson. But Gardner's success on the field against the Golden Gophers only makes Michigan's quarterback situation blurrier -- this season and next. Hoke said if Denard Robinson's ulnar nerve injury is sufficiently healed, the senior will start and that there's no competition, which is understandable given Robinson's skill set and experience. But Gardner played one of the more comprehensive and solid games at quarterback that Michigan has seen this season.
TDG Gameday Pics - Michigan Brings The Little Brown Jug to Minnesota Then Takes it Home - The Daily Gopher


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Yours Truly stopped by Crispelli's Bakery & Pizzeria in Berkley last week to try out the restaurant's new breakfast offerings and left with a full belly and happy taste buds.
Crispelli's puts an interesting twist on morning fare, serving three types of calzones (feta, spinach and tomato; three-meat and egg; corned beef and potatoes), eggs gratin and a smoked salmon plate, among other offerings.
[Have you had breakfast at Crispelli's? What did you have and how did you like it? Leave a comment!]
Yours Truly ordered the Prosciutto & Egg Gratin, Belgian Waffles and a cafe au lait made with brew from The Great Lakes Coffee Brewing Company, all for less than $15.
The Prosciutto & Egg Gratin was made with the title ingredients, as well as mozzarella cheese, in a perfectly portioned savory pastry cup. A surprising hint of lemon nicely cut the salty flavor of the prosciutto.
The Belgian Waffles were dusted with powdered sugar and came with warm syrup. The serving size was less intimidating than suggested by the menu, which promises four waffles. Each waffle was approximately three inches in diameter, making for a reasonable portion. Diners can add fresh berries or warm berry compote for $2.
Both dishes were served with grapes and an orange wedge on the side.
Yours Truly received friendly and prompt service and enjoyed the restaurant's music choices, which included folksy tunes by The Avett Brothers and Wilco.
Crispelli's was nearly empty early Friday morning, save for Royal Oak residents Amanda and Brian McNeff, the latter whose uncles Joe and Kenny Morelli are co-owners of the restaurant.
"We ended up splitting a three-meat calzone and the French toast," Amanda McNeff said. "The calzones were great because you can take them to go and they make it fresh, so it's not sitting around.
"The French toast is almost like a treat," she said. "They put in nutmeg and it's soaked overnight. It's full of flavor, moist."
She said the couple's tab came to approximately $12.
Crispelli's – known for its gourmet pizzas and popular patios – also serves lunch and dinner. Breakfast is available from 7-11 a.m. seven days a week, with offerings that range from $2 to $7.

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A Northern Michigan favorite will be back in Traverse City in 2014, and local businesses and the National Cherry Festival are especially excited.
Federal budget cuts put the the Blue Angels' future in question this year... But they will return to the skies for the next Cherry Festival.
They haven't been here since 2010, so organizers of the festival are very excited to welcome them back.
9&10's Vanessa Fayz and photojournalist Jared Barraco spoke to local businesses and festival organizers, and has more details.


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I woke up different
- I woke up one morning and had lost my vision in my right eye. The next day I noticed my right foot was very cold feeling and numb. The next day my whole right side of my body including my face was numb and my right foot was so painful, cold, and numb all at the same time (it was unbearable) I would put a heating pad on my foot to try to warm it up, but I would be so numb it would burn me and I could not feel it and burn my skin. After a few days I could only lay around and had no energy. I went to my PCP who right away sent me to a neurologist and told me I had MS. After an MRI and spinal tap this was confirmed. It took about a month for my vision to return and the numbness to improve. My right side is still affected and never returned to normal. I feel like I have electrical shocks going down my right leg, extreme fatigue, foggy brain, and pain. A lot of the time I feel like I am walking against the current in the water. The heat really gets to me and makes me feel horrible
- —Guest Tracydl
Ms or cancer
- Please try oxygen, add tumeric daily to your diet, no sugar. Look into montel williams, on internet
- —Guest Pam
Lyme light
- Just about everything I am reading here says Lyme. Or rather long term untreated Lyme. Visit Lyme forums and do a bit of research before accepting any diagnosis of MS.
- —Guest Lyme Light
- I have read all of the posts here, and as someone who has had ms for over 30 years, I know the symptoms pretty well. I have had four angioplasties for Chronic Cerebrospinal Vascular Insufficiency (CCSVI), and am aware of the symptoms leading up to it, and the feeling after. CCSVI is lack of oxygen in the brain, causing hypoxia. I classically get very short of breath, as blood is not getting to the lungs to deliver oxygen to them. Dizziness, clumsiness, distorted vision, coldness, discolouration of fingers, vertigo, numbness, headaches, incontinence, sore lower back, numb lips, headaches, stiffness, impaired memory, gross fatigue, gagging on food & drink, speech problems etc etc, are ALL signs of CCSVI, and GO away after the blockages from your jugular & azygous veins are ballooned to clear them. It is sheer relief, and like a whole new life. If stents were available for jugular veins, the procedure would not have to be repeated.
- —Guest Tracker
- i have had 7 months of complete melt down. i went from a normal working 35 year old to a complete mess of a 36 year old. my symptons include back spasms that feel like i am being shock, numb and tingly hands and feet, fatigue, tmj severely, jolts that happen when i walk that go from head to toe and most recently muscle aches from hell. also have eye twitches. tremors, weekness. have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia but i am thinking it is ms. going through my second round on bloodtest. have having week to two week flare ups every month...depression is starting to sink in. i understand all the pain you are all feeling, but we can fight and find the best remedy for ourselves. if one dr is helping get another one. you have to find one who cares or else you will never have good days.
- —Guest jodie
Still Waiting after a year
- A year ago I started having numbness and pain on the lt side of my face. When the pain got so bad I was taken off work. Shortly after that my lt eye stopped working all the time, my lt arm and leg went numb and heavey. I have had 2 MRI's already and still nothing. Now on good days I can use my hands but most days I have a lot of trouble with that, I walk with a cane, suffer from my head wanting to excplode, forget more than I remember and everyday I have new things happening. 3 days ago I was standing outside in the sun with my gf's and ended up in one of thier arms while the other 2 asked what the #$@ was going on. There was a pain on the rt side of my neck that felt like electric shock, it ran all the way down the rt side of my body into my arm, hand, leg and foot. I was told my eyes rolled back into my head and I started to fall. I am very frustrated, I have seen at least 10 Dr's already and just want to know how to live with what I have. Thanks maybe this will help someone else
- —Guest Michelle
Please help Me
- My name is AnaMarie and 3 years ago i had a scan on my back and was diagnosed with degenarating bones. I have had two M.R.I scans which the first one a full body showed lesions on my brain which the Doctors said was okay for my age I was 38 then, I am now 41 and suffering really bad with numbness,tingling,loss of the use of my left leg and i have multiple spasms in both legs, left arm numb and muscle spasms that hurt like hell. I see my GP every couple of weeks and when I last saw him I was sent for a MRI scan on my neck. The scan showed that I had six vertebra out of place that was twisted and compressing a nerve. I have a lot of the simptums that are MS like i have severe head acks,blurred vison my skin is very itchy and i see bright lights like dots. I think that there maybe more going on then just the degeneration of my bones and I am now sleeping down stairs as im unable to get up stairs because my legs are so weak and left leg not working at all Do I have MS plz help me
- —AnaMarie1
I can't stop itching
- The last couple of days I have been itching constantly. I saw this and have a history of ms in my family. My grandfather had and my uncle has it (his son). Should I be worried?
- —Guest Brett Robinson
positive mri, negative nuerologist
- Four years ago I my Dr ordered a mri because I had symptoms of immune problems. The test showed lesions so he referred me to a neurologist. The neurologist ran a few tests including a spinal tab. Each one came out neg. Since then I have had an increase in intensity and occurrence as well as new symptoms. The old symptoms include severe headaches, fatigue, eye pain, blurry vision, weakness in arms and legs, dipping things, loosing my balance, inability to get a good breath with the feeling of breathing through cotton, tightness in chest, numbness on right side of face, tingling and somtimes numbness in fingers, inability to put into words what I am thinking or trying to say, baaaadd memory, hard to swallow food, liquids, and meds easily, elastic bladder that takes forever to start and empty and I can't tell if I begun to urinate unless I hear it or look,muffled hearing,stabbing pain in ears, nauseatting dizziness,and very restless arms & legs. Whew!Help!I still suspect ms.
- —Guest kathy
started with work accident
- I was working at a coal refining plant. One day I was squirted in the eye with an unknown water substance. Next I woke up with blurry vision in that eye. After tests it was found to be optic neuritis. I got a 2nd opinion from a optic neurologist and same dx. They both told me I was at risk of developing MS but I was skeptical because of the accident. 5 years later I was under a lot of stress renovating a house, work and having a sinus infection. I woke up with a partially numb tongue and mouth, foggy head, and heavy feeling legs. After an MRI they found 10 lesions. The numbness went away but my legs still feel wonky. So far, it is a mild case of MS but that could change. I am a 49 yr old electrician but have to retrain. I am afraid the heat from work or an accident trauma could cause permanent flare ups. Funny how life can change completely one day from another.
- —birdie70509
Just wondering....
- I had a worse than massive migraine after feeling nauseas and throwing up my head was in pain all over throbbing painfully I couldnt stand the pain :( After this episode I have now began losing control it begins in my head then my right knee loses feeling, begings to twich and I fall to the ground. This lasts for only a minute tghen I stand and am ok till the next unknown bout hits me :( Any ideas as to what this is???? Thanks for reading
- —aneexer
Awaiting Dr appointment
- I am 25 year old female and my Aunt had very aggressive MS and passed away after only 10 years after diagnosis. Im worried now because from what I am reading I believe I might have MS. I have had a tingly, falling asleep feeling in my left arm for the past couple of days and I never connected the symptoms before but bad headaches, restless leg syndrome and heart palpatations. My vision has been getting alittle blurry but I thought it this was all because of my desk job and me being sedatary an looking at a computer all day. Im really scared I have it and am so nervous for my appointment this Monday. I havent been able to stop crying. I just needed to tell someone because my family thinks im just being overly dramatic.
- —Mandlynn
I am in complete misery
- I don't how to begin telling anyone what I have been through. I have been living in some kind of pure hell for the last 6 years now and still do not have any idea from my Doctors on what has happened to me. I now am on a feeding tube because I can no longer swallow on my own at all. I have just in this last year being 2011 (5th year) of no swallowing, and I have been suffering horrible bouts of dreaded like depression, and I am not even depressed. I just now have began to notice I have tremors in my right hand last 3 fingers move on there own, and for 4-5 days I have my legs and arms feeling completely weak and heavy. My eye site has gotten worse and I keep getting this severe stabbing pain in my left eye only and now it twitches almost all the time. On severe days I have my legs and feet feel like there being bent inwards or my toes upwards. The pain is so bad I just cry for hours and hug my pillow screaming into it. My god this is horrible pain and dreaded depression like I have
- —Carm1964
dont give up
- 3.5 Years of not knowing.. pain numbness depression lesions on brian and spine. cant hold my baby girl, cant put thoughts together... still no diagnosis... Someone on here said fight the fight.. do it.. we all have too much to lose..
- —Guest Mom of two angels
sick of bing sick
- one of the hardest things is those who us to care are sick of hearing it anymore. My family has just went on without me.and I don't have any friends left. Some will come out of nowhere and say hey lets go dancing. well I can't get to the bath room without falling into something I have been stuck upstairs in our house for almost 6 months.I have begged my spouse for someone to come in and help me get on my feet and to move to a one story home. He just says he is tired of hearing it. I have been suffering with the most horrible facial nerve pain, you just want to scream but it's to painful. I started getting autoimmune problems at 16.1st interstitial cystitis, then graves, sjoegrens,lupus to ms. more than anything the ms has taken a toll on me. I wish this facial pain would stop .I can;t take much more ,I just shake from pain ,any Idea's would be helpfull.
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New York State Police officials from the and Stormville barracks recently charged the following individual.
Edgar Y. Samaniego, 28, of Danbury, was stopped at about 2 a.m. Saturday. Police stopped Samaniego, who was operating a 1998 Honda Civic, on I-84 westbound in Southeast for speeding. Troopers charged him with misdemeanor driving while intoxicated and released the defendant after he posted $250 station bail. Authorities say his blood-alcohol content was 0.11. The legal limit is 0.08. Samaniego is due in Southeast Justice Court May 3.


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OAK RIDGE (WATE) - An Oak Ridge shopping mall that has been largely dormant for several years appears to be on the verge of gaining new life.
A purchase agreement has been signed by Crosland Southeast to take ownership of Oak Ridge City Center, with plans to tear down the main structure and redevelop the property.
The agreement to purchase the mall from Oak Ridge City Center, LLC was announced by the Oak Ridge Chamber of Commerce Wednesday.
Local officials have tried for years to get the property redeveloped after many retailers moved out. By 2010 the mall was 90 percent vacant.
Details of Crosland Southeast's plans for the property were not provided, but the developer is said to be conducting due diligence with possible demolition of the current mall by early 2014.
A mix of retail, restaurants and offices is expected, which is the kind of project Crosland Southeast typically develops.
The company has previously developed several projects in North Carolina, including Biltmore Park Town Square in Asheville. It also developed Providence Marketplace near Nashville.
"The lack of retail and sales tax leakage have been huge issues to everyone who lives in Oak Ridge for a number of years," Oak Ridge Mayor Tom Beehan is quoted in the release issued by the Chamber of Commerce. "Crosland Southeast has a solid reputation for taking shopping centers like the Oak Ridge Mall and turning them into thriving, quality developments. This is a great day for Oak Ridge!"
According to the Chamber of Commerce, discussions with Crosland Southeast about the project began last fall. At least four other prospective buyers were considered since Oak Ridge City Center, LLC announced last summer it was seeking a buyer for the nearly vacant mall.
A multiplex movie theatre, Belks and JC Penney department stores and a Walmart are currently the only major retailers remaining on the property.
Sears departed from Oak Ridge in early 2012.
In the last few months, however, Oak Ridge has seen a bump in the retail economy. Site development has begun for the construction of a new Kroger Marketplace, which was announced in September.
Aubrey's recently opened a restaurant and construction is underway for McAllisters, Pizza Inn and Zaxby's restaurants.
"We feel the Oak Ridge market is under-served in terms of retail and feel very positive about the retailers we believe we can bring to this new center," Tim Sittema, a Crosland Southeast partner, said in the Chamber's release. "We look forward to being part of the retail market in Oak Ridge."
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Welcome to this week's Devil's Take! The Colts won yesterday by a score of 19-13, over the Tennessee Titans. This was a good overall game, with some shaky aspects along the way. Still, the Colts buttoned down and got the win when the game was on the line. It's nice to be sitting here at 4-3.
Now, in last weeks article, I pretty much blasted the Colts defense for lack of effort and hustle. Some of you felt I was way off base, while others were in agreement with my view point. Bottom line for me was that I was not happy with how the defense played. Part of that to be fair, was directed at the defensive coordinator. Multiple times the defense lined up in obvious blitz packages and they were routinely picked up. So another week, against another average team, how would the Colts defense play? We'll get to that in a minute.
- Andrew Luck - Broke away from his form over the past two games and returned to the guy we saw in much of the other games this season. He's currently just shy of 2000 yards through 7 games, and made the kind of veteran decisions you wouldn't expect from a rookie QB on multiple plays through out the game. Still, he needs to work more on getting his head on a swivel a bit sooner, as he's leaving himself open to unnecessary hits and drive changing sacks.
- Ground game - Two games in a row against bad rushing defenses equals two weeks of high rushing output by the Colts ground game. While I'm not going to go overboard and say the Colts rushing attack is back, it's good to see them finally making bad defenses pay. The last few years, it didn't matter who we played, we rarely had a 100 yards on the ground ever. To have it in 2 games back to back, and 4 of the last 5, is a good thing for the Colts.
- Pass Rush - I get that Mathis is out, Redding and Teveasu have been out, and Freeney is hobbled, but the problem for the Colts right now is merely getting a hand on a QB. Since bulldozing Aaron Rodgers for 5 sacks in the 2nd of the Green Bay game, the Colts have managed just 3 sacks in 3 games. The irony of course is that Jerry Hughes accounts for 2 of those sacks. At the end of the day, the Colts need to get more production out of both their D-Line and their LB's for more pressure on the QB.
- Pass Interference - One of the first times I've seen that many calls for Offensive Pass Interference on a single team in a single game. Still, while one of them may have been a great flop job by Powers, all 3 of them were correctly called. You cannot push off a player to get position. Bottom line, the refs are paying attention to this kind of thing.
So about that defense... yeah, still needs some serious work. You can say well we held them to 13 points. We held the Browns to 13 points last week too. The fact that we held them to 13 points is irrelevant. They ran the ball just well enough while they routinely found holes in the middle of the defense due to almost no pressure on the QB. Here's what I see:
- Browns generated 264 yards passing, gaining 14 first downs through the air, and averaging almost 6 and a half yards per throw. Titans generated 227 yards passing, gaining 11 first downs through the air, and averaging a little over 7 yards per throw.
- Browns and Titans both failed to really get the run game going in terms of consistency, but in the passing game, were able to move up and down the field.
Now sure, you'll say well they only scored 13 points. We played two of the bottom 12 worst offenses in the NFL. Ironically, we beat both those teams while losing to the absolute worst offense in the league. If that doesn't tell you there's something wrong with the defense, then I don't know what to tell you.
There is however, light on the horizon. Part of the bad play has come from injuries, injuries that are now starting to heal up (Mathis, Redding). Some is coming from obvious position changes (Nevis starting over Moala anyone?) as well as possible sightings of Chapman on the practice field. Angerer has returned and looks great through 2 games. All of this is one positive aspect to take into consideration. The other? Fire the DC already. I mean seriously, I am seeing almost no effort on the play calling for the defense. I'm constantly seeing blatant blitz calls and soft disguises on the defensive front.
What's worse, is the lack of pressure from the line is leaving the DB's on islands that you can't expect them to cover for 5-8 seconds. The lack of real pressure, in the form of hits, hurries, and sacks, is making our DB's look really bad. Some of it is bad play, but more of it is the lack of pressure.
I'm sorry, but I really lay the issues on defense at Manusky's feet. This is his responsibility, and I just don't see how this defense should be this bad. Injuries have played a role to some extent, but not all of it is the players.
It was very refreshing to see the Colts able to run the ball for a second week of solid running. While I'm not sold on the running game resurgence, I'm glad to see the Colts finally taking advantage of other team's weaknesses. In the past few years, even when the Colts faced bad run defenses, those defenses would somehow come up with a Herculean effort to keep the Colts from running the ball. To see the Colts gash the Jags, Packers, Browns, and Titans like they did, it was a very big deal. The Colts have not produced this kind of run game effort in several years. In fact, the Colts are on pace to produce their best rushing totals since 2007, besting even last year's efforts.
Back during the offseason, I mentioned that Donald Brown had the chance to run behind what is arguably the best O-Line the Colts have had running the ball since back when Edge was here. While it's taken some time, both due to Arian's play calling and some injuries, it looks like that comment is slowly but surely starting to bear fruit. The big thing is going to be the continued development of Luck, and how much he can force the opposing defenses to honor him in the passing game. If the Colts can do that, this rushing attack could be legit.
Before I go, I do want to say that while I am a homer for my team, I felt that the fumble by Allen should have been ruled a fumble. The Colts caught a break, and unfortunately for the Titans, it's one that can't be reviewed. I've seen nothing that shows or can prove that they whistled him down due to forward progress. Still, sometimes we get screwed, and sometimes we are the lucky ones....
Thanks for the read and hope to hear your comments! Follow me on Twitter @DevilsReject97


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Newly single Hough steps out solo in L.A. Plus: Jennifer Hudson, Drew Barrymore, Jen & Ben and more
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Thyme was called thymos by the Greeks, which meant "fumigate" or "smoke". They associated thyme with valor in battle, and the restoration of physical power. Roman soldiers were known to bathe in a decoction of thyme before going into combat, to boost strength and courage. The Sumerians used it as an antiseptic, and in Egypt, thyme was one of the herbs which was used in the mummification process. Herbalist Nicolas Culpepper recommends using thyme as a treatment for whooping cough.
In The Good Herb, Judith Benn Hurley says that the oil found in thyme, called thymol, has "antiseptic and antibacterial properties." She also points out that thyme is popular with aromatherapists because of its ability to heal respiratory ailments and coughs.
Thyme can be used in healing rituals, or to bring about restful sleep. Women who wear thyme on their person are irresistible to men, and carrying sprigs in your pocket aids in developing your psychic abilities. You can create a magical broom using thyme, to banish negativity, or burn some in a bowl to help boost your courage before confrontations.
In some cultures, thyme is associated with the land of the fae -- supposedly the wee folk like to hide in the plant's leafy branches.
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O'Neill set to unveil 'inclusive' PNG ministryPUBLISHED: 07 Aug 2012 17:05:48 | UPDATED: 07 Aug 2012 17:05:48PRINT EDITION: 07 Aug 2012
There will be at least one woman among 33 ministers in Papua New Guinea Prime Minister Peter O'Neill's government when it is unveiled on Wednesday, government insiders say.
Of the three women elected to PNG's parliament, two – Loujaya Toni and Delilah Gore – are being considered for the ministry.
A third, Julie Soso, was elected as governor of the Eastern Highlands on Tuesday but the former journalist is not currently being considered.
"O'Neill wants to be inclusive," one government insider said on condition he wouldn't be named.
"Ms Soso is a governor and will be busy enough.
"Loujaya and Gore, one of them will be in cabinet and one will have an executive position within government."
Both Ms Gore and governor-elect Soso are part of likely treasurer Don Polye's Triumph Heritage Empowerment (THE) Party.
Ms Soso's election on Tuesday was unexpected and marks the first time three women will occupy PNG's single house of parliament at the same time.
On Monday afternoon Ms Soso took the lead against incumbent Malcolm Smith Kela and former political heavyweight Sir Barry Holloway, who was PNG's first speaker of parliament when it gained independence from Australia in 1975.
Until the 2012 poll there was just one female member of the national parliament, 15-year political veteran and now retired opposition leader Dame Carol Kidu.
Dame Carol said the election of three women was "brilliant", and she urged the community to get behind them.
She refused to speculate if one or all three of the women would be promoted to portfolios.
"That's up to the prime minister," she said.
"It is very important they establish themselves in their electorate. We don't want them there for five years, we want them there for 15.
"The honeymoon will be over in a year or so and people will attack you."
Mr O'Neill has already announced a 10-person caretaker cabinet of familiar faces.
Mr Polye, who brings 12 MPs to the 75-strong coalition table, takes the treasury and finance portfolios, while William Duma remains in charge of Petroleum and Energy.
Puka Temu is currently foreign minister while Patrick Pruaitch has been handed the forestry portfolio.
Mr O'Neill took over the law and order and national planning portfolios during the caretaker phase.
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"He will find out when they lock us in the cage together. I'm nobody to overlook or take lightly. I need this win bad and I will fight like I do. He is a kid. He'll have a lot more opportunities after I KO him.... I think I'm going to be too much for him to deal with and I'll break him down and KO him. It all depends how long he wants to stick around for. I'm going to try my best to really bust him up and hurt him. It should not go three."
Phil Baroni shares his pre-fight prediction on his upcoming slugfest against former UFC welterweight contender Joe Riggs at the next Strikeforce show, which is scheduled for the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Mo., on June 6. "The New York Badass" warns "Diesel" -- who is apparently still miffed that he had to settle for a fight against Baroni when Jake Shields opted to fight Robbie Lawler instead -- not to overlook him. It may be sound advice -- Baroni bounced back from a serious case of losses (five of seven) to close out 2008 with three straight wins over Scott Jansen (knockout), Ron Verdadero (technical knockout), and Olaf Alfonso (decision) since dropping down to compete as a welterweight in the 170 pound division. Will he make it four in a row against Riggs in a few weeks or will he struggle once again in the spotlight?


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If you are looking for some remodel ideas for your home then you don't want to miss this event kicking off this weekend in and around Sioux Falls.
The 11th Annual Showcase of Remodeled Homes will showcase a variety of impressive remodel jobs throughout the Sioux Empire. This event is organized and coordinated by the Showcase of Remodeled Homes Committee within the Home Builders Association of the Sioux Empire.
This event runs Saturday October 6th and Sunday October 7th from noon until 5:00p.m. both days. The event features 8 homes in Sioux Falls, two homes in rural Sioux Falls, and 1 home in rural Hartford. Admission is $5 for adults to view all of the homes. Kids 2 and under are free. Tickets can be purchased at each home on the event and must be shown at each home. A portion of the proceeds will benefit the Sioux Empire Home Builders Care Foundation.
When you purchase your event ticket you can fill out a survey at the bottom of the ticket. Then tear off the stub and drop it in the box at any of the homes. Organizers ask that you only enter the contest once. After the event, one winner will be randomly drawn to win a $250 gift certificate to be used at any business who's a member of the Remodeling Council.
The map and descriptions of the remodeled homes will be in the October issue of Home Ideas Magazine. The last week in September, the magazines can be found at Hy-Vee, Gas Stop and Lewis Drug. Also use the link on the left side of your screen for more information.


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By ERIC RUEB
WEST GREENWICH – As his players joked heading into the postgame handshake, Exeter-West Greenwich boys soccer coach Matt Savoie shouted out a quick reminder that regardless of the result in Monday, it's not going to matter for long.
"Guys, it's only Round 2. There's one more to go," he said after the Knights' 4-1 drubbing of rival Tiverton Monday. "This one means nothing."
Monday's win over the Tiverton – the same school that beat them 1-0 in last year's Division III semifinals and again 1-0 earlier this season – didn't exactly mean nothing.
By JAMES BESSETTE
LINCOLN — With close to 20 minutes left in the match on Monday night at Chet Nichols Field, a few rain drops began to fall and a couple of "uh ohs" were uttered by a few soccer players from both the Chariho and Lincoln girls squads.
But the deluge on the scoreboard occurred very early in the match and the Chargers' mindset of hoping to start anew and get back on the winning track was flooded with the thoughts of "here we go again."
By BRANDEN MELLO
NARRAGANSETT — The Coventry boys soccer team had the first and last goal-scoring chance in Friday's Division II-South contest with Narragansett.
Every chance in between those Oaker efforts belonged to the Mariners and the home side made the most of its opportunities.
Narragansett, needing a win to stay in the hunt for a Division II playoff spot, received two goals apiece from sophomore forward Tod Wright and senior midfielder Pat Stone in a 7-0 victory over the struggling Oakers.
NORTH KINGSTOWN — Headed to the bench after a dramatic comeback in Game 2 of Monday night's battle with North Kingstown, the South Kingstown girls volleyball didn't huddle up and start talking about how they could finish off the Skippers and avoid a collapse that's been synonymous with the Rebels this season.
With a 13-7 win over East Providence Friday night, the Bishop Hendricken Hawks continued their recent stretch of dominance at the top of the Rhode Island Sports Media High School Football Poll, garnering all 11 first-place votes to finish 13 points ahead of Portsmouth for first place.
Below, see the full Top 20 from this week. Check out this week's SRIN Sports Sections for full High School Football coverage.
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1. Hendricken (11) -- 220 -- 1
2. Portsmouth-- 207 -- 2
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The University of Rhode Island football team was inches, literally, away from a monumental win over Maine Saturday afternoon but a fumble by quarterback Steve Probst on a third-and-goal play from the one-yard line with one second to go ultimately put the final nail in the Rams' coffin as URI fell to 2-5 on the season with a heartbreaking 28-23 loss on Homecoming Day.
For full coverage of this game, pick up a copy of this Wednesday's Narragansett Times newspaper.
The Al Georgio show continued to chug right through the heart of Division IV Saturday afternoon as the Exeter-West Greenwich senior runner back racked up an impressive 285 yards … on just eight carries as the Scarlet Knights improved to 6-0 in D-IV with a 42-13 win over Smithfield.
Exeter's Matt Ricard also scored his first career touchdown in the victory.
For more on this game, pick up a copy of this Thursday's Standard Times newspaper.
The Narragansett football team needed a win over Lincoln Saturday afternoon to keep pace for the fourth and final playoff spot in Division III and, thanks to a 90-yard touchdown run by Keirnan Kenny, the Mariners did just that, upending the Lions 23-7 to improve to 2-3 in D-III.
For full coverage of this game, pick up a copy of this Wednesday's Narragansett Times newspaper.
All the South Kingstown and North Kingstown football teams want at this point in the season is a victory in Division I but, sadly, you can't always get what you want.
South Kingstown fell to 0-4 on the season Friday night with a 33-7 loss to Portsmouth. The Rebels were led by Nicholas Neill, who ran for 90 yards on 27 carried.
NK, meanwhile, fell to 0-5 in Division I with a 31-13 loss to La Salle. The Skippers struggled offensively all game long against the Rams, finishing play with -24 yards rushing.
CRANSTON — It was only a matter of time before the Narragansett girls soccer team finished one of its numerous goal-scoring chances Tuesday afternoon.
Time and Cranston East goalie Jesse Handler, however, won out.
After giving away a soft goal early in the first half, the Mariners tied the Thunderbolts on a beautiful goal by Jacyln Iannucci, The final 57 minutes of the top-of-the-table III-Central clash were spent in Cranston East's end of the field, but the Mariners simply couldn't solve Handler in a 1-1 draw.


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The City of Victoria, British Columbia has been awarded the 2013 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, it was confirmed today in a joint announcement by the World Curling Federation (WCF) and the Canadian Curling Association (CCA).
It was a long, tough, gruelling ride but Jeff Stoughton successfully reached the end of the championship trail on Sunday night at the Brandt Centre in Regina.
Enjoy post-draw interviews from the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, featuring Jonathan Mead, Jeff Stoughton and Tom Brewster.
They might have missed the odd cue this week, but Sunday afternoon was showtime for Niklas Edin and Co. Despite a disappointing week at the 2011 Ford World Men's Curling Championship, presented by Richardson, Sweden finished on a high note
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My wife Colleen and I were married in 2000. Her grandmother used to own Ma Cole's dinner for all you old timers. And yes we met on the the radio. She was my first winner with Movie trivia 15 years ago. We have helped to for a new Theatre Company that raises money for charity. The Valparaiso Theatrical Company give 60% of every ticket sold back to a 501C3 charity. We have two sons and 4 grand children.
2012 An edition of "CMT Crossroads" featuring Joe Walsh & Friends is shot at The Factory in Franklin, Tennessee. The friends include Hunter Hayes, Brad Paisley, Luke Bryan, Sara Evans and ZZ Top's Billy GibbonsÂ
2000 Mark Chesnutt picks up a platinum album for his "Greatest Hits"
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1991 "Anne Murray's Greatest Hits" is awarded a quadruple-platinum album, making her the first country female to reach that milestone
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Researchers tweet location, size of shark: Project started in Australia, similar could come to SoCal
SAN DIEGO - Protecting surfers and swimmers from sharks could be a tweet away. A research team tagged hundreds of sharks in Australia and is tweeting people when they come close to shore.
Biologists at UC San Diego say shark sightings are up worldwide and beachgoers admit knowing what is lurking underwater would help keep them safe.
"It would be cool to know if there was a shark near me," one beachgoer told 10News.
Researchers have tagged more than 300 sharks in western Australia with a transmitter. When the shark swims within a half mile of shore, an acoustic receiver picks up the shark's signal.
"Now they're being wired and reconfigured to a server where you can transmit this data in real time," said UCSD marine biologist Dr. Andy Nosal.
The data is now being sent out in tweets by Surf Life Saving Western Australia. The alert gives the location, size and breed of the shark.
Nosal is not part of the project but tracks sharks in San Diego. He says while informing the public is a good thing, the system could create a sense of false security for beachgoers.
"You don't want people to not receive a tweet and think that it's safe and there's not sharks there," he said.
Researchers at Cal State Long Beach say sending out tweets about marine life in Southern California could happen as early as this summer. They say the tweets will be used more for educational purposes and less as a warning system.


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Play The Chaos Reborn Prototype NowPlay the Chaos Reborn multiplayer prototype to get a small taste of what is to come. Check the Game Guide for instructions on installing a downloadable version of the game. Visit the forums to discuss the prototype and report bugs.
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Dramatic End to Chaos Kickstarter Campaign
24 Maj, 2014
It has been a rollercoaster ride, but an amazing surge in the last few days has seend the campagin burst through its goal to reach over $208000. Thank you to everybody who backed Chaos Reborn and made it possible for us to bring you a truly exciting and fun game.
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Law and Chaos
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The balance between Law and Chaos has a major effect on the game. If you cast Law spells, the balance shifts towards Law, making them easier to cast. If you cast Chaos spells, the balance shifts towards Chaos, making Chaos spells easier to cast. This can be an important part of your strategy, especially if you want to summon some dragons. This was a feature of the original Chaos, and is also an important part of Chaos Reborn. However, there is something new with Chaos Reborn. The environment and terrain will gradually transform based on the balance, eventually resulting in a significantly warped landscape. Chaos writhes with random energy, while Law terrain becomes ossified and chrystalline. The effect can be dramatic if the balance is shifted far in either direction. Does the terrain...
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Chaos Combat
03 February, 2014
So here are some new screenshots with some improved graphics. I also thought it would be a good opportunity to show the combat interface of Chaos Reborn. It is remarkably simple - on the surface. When you select a creature, every space you can move to is highlighted, and every enemy you can attack is highlighted. For each enemy there is a percentage number which tells you the chance of killing that enemy in combat. This number is derived from the ratio of the attacker's Combat Rating to the defenders defence rating. Combat always has two possible outcomes - either you kill the enemy or you don't. It may be obvious from this system that it is always possible to kill an enemy, no matter how unlikely. This is a major part of the Chaos experience - the uncertainty, the hope, the...
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The New Terrain System in Chaos Reborn
21 January, 2014
Since we have just created a nice new set of terrain it deserves some explanation of how it works in the game. Those of you who played the original Chaos will remember that the arena was just a black background, discretely divided into an unseen grid of 15 x 10 spaces. Chaos Reborn features a 3-level terrain system with various types of environments and different objects like trees and rocks. Creatures may normally move one level height difference from one tile to the next, but they cannot wallk up or down two levels. These 2 level drops create impassable hex sides. When attacking from a higher level, creatures get a combat bonus. You can see this in the screenshot below. The Giant is selected and the interface shows information about movement and combat. The orange circles show...
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Welcome to the new Chaos Reborn website. Here, you will be able to follow the latest game development news and participate in discussions on our forums. 2014 will be a very important year for Chaos Reborn because we will be launching our Kickstarter campaign and then stepping up a few gears on development to get the game to you as soon as we can. We already have a working, multiplayer prototype with 33 spells implemented. The team based 2 vs 2 mode is really excellent, and we have had many epic battles with it. But there is a lot more to come. I am particularly excited by the 'Realms of Chaos' single-player mode, because it will add a whole new dimension to the Chaos Reborn experience. Who would have thought a modest little ZX Spectrum game made 30 years ago would be brought to...
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text: Does anyone else agree or do you think i'm insane. I am about tired of the BS and drops and poorly ran routes leaving Carson out to dry. Chad never produces in big games. I may be way out there but a mid season trade of 85 sounds good to me. TO is a monster and Chad needs to take lessons from him. I know Chad draws coverage but I think we need less ego and more professionalism. I like the idea of a trade of Chad for Vincent Jackson. I'm dreaming but I can at least do that.


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Authorities in Polk County are asking for the public's help in tracking down a pair of burglary suspects.
According to a Polk County Sheriff's Office report a man and a woman broke into a residence at 5722 Cherry Tree Dr. in Lakeland just after 1 a.m. Saturday.
Investigators say they were discovered by occupants of the home and fled empty-handed. They did not get a good look at the male but gave deputies a detailed description of the female.
She is described as a white female in her 30s. The suspect has reddish-brown curly hair that extends below the shoulders. She stands between 5'5'' and 5'7'' tall and weighs between 120 and 130 pounds.
Her face is scarred from acne and she was last seen wearing a red/purple shirt with blue jeans.
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An Abbeville man is behind bars in Laurens County after deputies said he broke into a car and resisted arrest on Monday.
Laurens County deputies charged 36-year-old Michael Alewine with breaking into a motor vehicle, public disorderly conduct, threatening the life of a public official, resisting arrest, third-degree assault and second-degree burglary.
They said Alewine had been sought by Abbeville County deputies for questioning in connection with a domestic dispute when he was located along Riverfork Road in the Waterloo area.
Deputies said as they were looking for him along Riverfork Road, they saw an open truck door in a driveway and stopped to investigate.
After the homeowner realized his vehicle had been broken into, deputies continued to search for Alewine until he was located.
Alewine is being held at the Johnson Detention Center.
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A motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night after an accident in Muhlenberg Township.
It happened a little after six o'clock at the intersection of the 5th Street Highway and Madison Avenue.
Police say the driver of a car turned left onto Madison and into the path of the motorcycle.
They say the rider is expected to be okay.
The southbound lanes of the 5th Street Highway were briefly shut down in the area.
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A motorcyclist was rushed to the hospital Tuesday night after an accident in Muhlenberg Township.
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May 9, 2013
Congratulations to my nephew Wilfred Batin, 9 years old, who was one of two honor roll students from Rosa Parks Elementary School honored this year at City Hall. Happy Mother's Day to all the women who deserve more than a day to honor them. Congratulations to all the college graduates!
March 8, 2013
Back when Mumia was a member of the Black Panther Party, he traveled west to work with the Oakland chapter – an important time in his evolution as a radical journalist. Now the story of his life and revolutionary times comes to The New Parkway Theater. Read about it and all of Wanda's Picks for March 2013.
June 12, 2012
San Francisco Bayview's own, the undefeated Welterweight Champion of the World, Karim "Hard Hitta" Mayfield (16-0-1), brings his knockout power to the San Francisco Black Film Festival. "In the Hive" director Robert Townsend is coming a day early, on Thursday, to promote his film, which opens the festival. It stars Michael Clarke Duncan, Loretta Devine, Vivica A. Fox and newcomer Jonathan McDaniel.
March 7, 2012
When the Occupy San Quentin rally ended, San Rafael police followed us to the Richmond Bridge. I don't know if it was Jabari Shaw's orange CDCR jumpsuit that kept them wondering – Is he an escapee, one of ours? – or if it was the sheer magnitude of fearlessness represented by women like Kelly, a former prisoner who would not let her traumatic experience silence her. One brother got so full looking at the guards on the other side of the gate watching that he looked like he was going to leap the gate and hurt someone as he recalled the violations of his person over and over again. Members of All of Us or None dropped everything to embrace him when he left the stage.
January 10, 2012
"Our Media Matters" Theater Night was presented by Wright Enterprises and LaHitz Media in honor of the San Francisco Bay View newspaper at the Lorraine Hansberry Theatre. More opportunities for Theater Nights are available with the upcoming production of "Blue/Orange" by Joe Penhall Feb. 5-March 18.


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We currently have a number of a number of fundraising programs available to help families meet their fundraising obligations. Below is a list and description of some of these programs and how you can use them.
Fundraising Agreement:
The Fundraising Agreement is available on our Membership Information Page.
Kroger Reloadable Gift Card Program
The Kroger Reloadable Gift Card program is the most popular method of raising money for our team and meeting your fundraising requirement. The process is simple.
Obtain a Kroger gift card from our Kroger program coordinator and use the Kroger gift card to make all your Kroger purchases including groceries, prescriptions, gas, and even Gift Cards to restaurants, movie theatres, and places you shop regularly. The initial balance on the card is $5, and whenever your balance is low, reload the gift card at any register or at the Customer Service counter. The team gets 5% of everything that you put on the card and this goes towards your fundraising obligations.
For more information about the Kroger program and how you can use it to support the team and save you money, read the Kroger Introduction Letter and the humorous but informative 'Confessions' articles below:
To obtain your own Kroger Gift Card, use the order form below:
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Sponsor Letters and Heat Sheet Sales
Selling Heat Sheet Ads is a great way to not only raise money for our team and meet your fundraising requirement, but also to spread the word about H2okie Aquatics to local community members and businesses. Use the letters and forms below to bring to local businesses and ask them if they would like to support H2okie Aquatics.
SCRIPS Program Information
The SCRIPS program allows you to purchase gift cards to hundreds of local restaurants, retailers, and shops and the team gets a percentage of everything you spend. This is a great way to raise money for our team while shopping and eating at places that you always have in the past. More information will be available on using the SCRIPS program soon, but in the meantime, contact the SCRIPS Coordinator for more information.
Poinsettia Sales
During the 2009-2010 Short Course season our team tried a poinsettia fundraiser for the first time and had enormous success. This season we hope to start it earlier and have even greater success. Information about the poinsettia fundraiser will be available a the Team Picnic in September.
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With Fortunes to Be Made or Lost, Will Natural Gas Find Its Footing?
The U.S. shale gas market is out of balance with production outstripping demand. But when the glut ends, how will the market shake out? All signs point to a rebalance by 2020, when the free market kicks in.
Despite all the talk about shale gas development—the potential environmental consequences of hydraulic fracturing, the potential to replace coal with gas for generating electricity, the potential for the United States to export liquefied natural gas (LNG)—none of it addresses the bigger picture: The market is structurally out of balance, and it can't stay this way. The technological triumph of shale gas has led to production that far outstrips demand, and if this were a normal market, price and demand shifts would have already delivered a quick rebalancing.
But shale gas is not a normal market and a rebalancing is not likely in this complex ecosystem where a wide array of players have diverging incentives and investment horizons. Over the past 20 years, gas prices have fluctuated between $2 and $15 per million BTU. At the low end, the producers are not viable, and at the high end, potential users of gas cannot afford to use it. Will we face more years of such fluctuations before achieving balance, especially since numerous decisions affecting that balance are still up in the air? And yet, bets must be placed now. Infrastructure must be built. With fortunes to be made or lost, these decisions must be as informed as possible.
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The hydrocarbon business is all about balance. Balance among production, refining and converting, and marketing has been a vaunted but elusive goal for more than a century, as Daniel Yergin chronicles in The Prize, a Pulitzer Prize-winning history of the global oil industry. An investment in one industry sector (for example, upstream exploration and production) may be useless unless paired with appropriate investments in other sectors (such as downstream selling and marketing). In the oil industry, factors encouraging balance include vertical integration—global companies that control everything from exploration to delivery—and regulation of production, either overtly through organizations such as OPEC or more naturally through high barriers to entry. In the gas industry, those factors are lacking.
So the relevant questions are not so much Is the shale gas boom real? Or Is it here to stay? (The short answer is yes.) The question companies should be asking is How will the natural gas glut rebalance in the long term? As an analogy, consider the U.S. deregulation of natural gas wellhead prices in 1989. Was it real? Was it here to stay? Yes, but after a brief period of sustained low prices in the 1990s, the industry has been plagued with volatility. Prices have bounced up and down, sometimes benefitting producers, sometimes end users. The problem has been balance. When prices were low, up went the infrastructure of gas-fired power plants and pipelines. After the investments were locked in, all that demand sent gas prices so high that much of it could not be used.
Will the same thing happen again? We can't say for sure because the factors are different and some of them are yet to be determined. But we can say this: The industry is still not structured to achieve win-win scenarios. It is not integrated, which means that big trends in one area can go almost unnoticed in another. Understanding what's going to happen requires first understanding who all the players are.
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The U.S. shale gas ecosystem comprises a set of players with different incentives and investment horizons that have grown up mostly independent of each other and are generally not inclined to understand the motivations of the other players. The shale gas family includes a variety of actors:
Independent producers focus on short-term plays and have an investment time horizon of just a few years. They are not afraid to take risks, have few barriers to entry, and can bring on capacity quickly and inexpensively. But if gas prices stay below $4 per million BTU, many players with predominantly dry gas portfolios will continue to struggle and possibly go out of business.
Super majors and global producers take a longer view on their investments and can afford to delay investment in certain parts of the world if local conditions are not favorable.
Midstream players have a longer view on investments, but they take advantage of geographic and capacity-based market differentials to invest in pipelines, gas processing, and fractionation.
Gas exporters are eyeing liquefaction facilities on the coasts that could competitively export LNG and take advantage of high prices abroad if the price spread between the United States and overseas markets stays above $5. Although 4.5 trillion cubic feet of capacity has been proposed, these facilities could cost up to $10 billion per trillion cubic foot and take a minimum of five years to permit and build.
Chemical companies are looking at natural gas liquids (NGL) as feedstock. Low-cost ethane (as a substitute for byproducts of crude oil refining), for example, makes polyethylene cheaper to produce in the United States than anywhere in the world except the Middle East. So the industry could build eight to 10 (or more) new gas crackers at approximately $2 billion apiece, including some downstream investments, but it would need confidence in ethane prices being competitive for 10 or more years.
Power generators want low-cost gas to generate electricity. Before the shale boom, existing gas plants were operating at less than 50 percent of capacity. However, they can ramp up quickly and squeeze out other forms of power generation, primarily coal. If power generators knew gas prices would stay below $6, they could begin replacing existing coal plants with gas plants that take just two to three years to build.
The advocates of new uses—such as T. Boone Pickens, Chesapeake, and GE—will look at compressed natural gas (CNG) to fuel cars and trucks if gas prices are low compared to oil. Such plans will require huge investments over long timeframes to build CNG infrastructure, fueling stations, and vehicle fleets.
Some of these players are already pairing up. Chemical companies are signing long-term ethane supply agreements with shale NGL producers and midstream companies. LNG companies are doing the same with their suppliers and their customers. Others are staying single for now, at least until there is more (or a narrower range) price certainty and fewer wildcards.
Five Possible Futures, One Likely Scenario
If supply and demand were stable and investment cycles were shorter, it would be easy for market forces to align them. But the U.S. market for natural gas and NGLs is driven by several diverse and unpredictable variables: the global economy, oil prices, energy and environmental policies, a rise in the global gas supply, or technological advances that are still unknown (see sidebar: Predicting the Unpredictable). Although these variables could interact in any number of permutations, our analysis finds five scenarios that could capture a range of potential outcomes.
The most likely scenario, which we call free markets, involves the least dramatic changes from current conditions. In this scenario, GDP growth is modest, oil prices remain within current trading ranges, LNG export becomes a reality, and no major global natural gas production or technological advance affects the balance of forces seen today.
We believe the price of natural gas in the free-markets scenario will find equilibrium by 2020 in the $6 to $7 range. Any lower than that and production from dry-gas wells would not be profitable and would not increase sufficiently to meet demand; any higher and demand from power plants will wane. But in this range, demand is high in all major sectors, leading to high margins for producers and strong capital investments.
Although the free-markets scenario is the most likely in our analysis, the outcome of global events and governmental actions could lead us down other paths. There are four other possible scenarios:
Troubled times. A geopolitical event triggers a disruption in oil supply, sending oil prices up and the global economy into a double-dip recession. Natural gas demand collapses to 20 percent below the free-market scenario level.
Limited export. The U.S. government decides to limit natural gas exports and provides support for other fuels in an effort to achieve energy independence, thus depressing natural gas demand.
Global gas competition. Other major economies are successful in developing wet shale plays. As a result, demand falls for both LNG exports and ethane-based chemicals from the United States, challenging the overall economics of shale gas plays in North America.
High output. Robust global GDP growth and lack of global shale developments lead to the highest level of U.S. natural gas demand.
These scenarios represent a combination of various, and sometimes drastic, supply and demand discontinuities. Nevertheless, the resulting gas prices are spread across a surprisingly narrow range of $5 to $8 per thousand cubic feet (mcf) (see figure). We believe market trends point to a strong future for natural gas and its ability to pull prices up structurally, with upstream production economics determining the floor price and competition between coal and gas defining the ceiling price.
Finding Balance
One of the biggest difficulties in looking forward is knowing when a current trend represents lasting change and when it is merely a bump in the road. Shale gas represents lasting change, but every change has many paths to balance. And on the road from here to long-term balance, there will undoubtedly be many short-term irritations—a mild winter, a Middle East crisis—that will send some analysts to wrong conclusions.
The regulatory certainty and more balanced pricing reflected in the free-market scenario could provide a foundation of stabilized demand on which to build investments. That's a likely path to long-term balance, but even it would be filled with both short-term bumps and more serious detours caused by players with different incentives.
Because of those bumps, prices during the transition will be volatile. When they are low, some producers may be forced out of the market. When they are high, capacity investments may be delayed. Disruptive events such as an oil-price collapse or a safety or environmental incident may dramatically reduce supply. Any one of these detours could be devastating to an individual player. If bigger than expected, one or more could transform the industry in unexpected ways, leading to a different path and a different result.
But the same could be said about any unexpected event. More fundamentally, we can say that in the long run, despite temporary blips, the natural gas industry will find balance. The path to get there will take advantage of the reduced costs and expanded supplies resulting from shale gas. It will also take advantage of the smart investments of well-informed players throughout the complex industry ecosystem.


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Taking on the eliteApril 17,2014When Ecuador struck oil in the 1970s, the tiny group of wealthy families who ran the place bought themselves mansions and
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So they borrowed more money from the United States and the International Monetary Fund. Once again, they stuffed their own pockets with cash. But this time, they gave almost nothing to the poor. The United States and the IMF wouldnt let them. The loans were conditioned on free-market reforms: reducing subsidies, selling off state-owned enterprises, and letting foreign oil companies have their way.
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He concluded that the Americans pushing those policies didnt understand the vast inequality in Latin America between the elite, who controlled everything, and the poor, who just got the scraps.
To listen to them talk about the free market where most people do not have access to good education, good health, good wages, it was crazy, Correa said in an interview during a recent visit to Boston. Its one thing to sell off state-owned enterprises in Britain, where ordinary people have money to buy stock. Its another thing to auction them in a country of peasant farmers who have no way to participate.
In Illinois, Correa learned that the United States doesnt always practice what it preaches. When it comes to protecting their own vulnerable industries, Americans push the free market aside.
Yes, I am skeptical about free trade, Correa said, flashing a movie-star grin. I learned that from Alexander Hamilton.
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After he got his degree, Correa returned to Ecuador to teach economics. He wrote memos for the Ministry of Finance, and swiftly got appointed minister. But he grew impatient with the ministrys submissiveness to the IMF. He quit with a big speech that made him famous. In 2006, he ran for president against Ecuadors richest man a banana magnate and won.
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Perhaps one of the reasons that Correa has been so successful is that he isnt really the reckless ideologue that he pretends to be.
He may have announced in fiery speeches that he refused to pay back those fraudulent international loans. But quietly, he cut a deal that bondholders were willing to accept. Unlike Venezuelas Hugo Chavez, Correa has been very pragmatic, says Hans Humes, a longtime investor in Ecuador.
So maybe, at the end of the day, Correa is not a man who rejects the power of the markets invisible hand, but rather someone who thinks the hand works best after inequality is addressed. Wealth and power are inextricable. When a tiny group of the elite control everything, it hijacks the invisible hand to serve its interests alone. Thats not just a lesson for Latin America. Its one we should learn here in the United States.
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