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Matt Vensel is in his first year at the Star Tribune after covering the Ravens for the Baltimore Sun for six years. He is a Pittsburgh native and a Penn State grad. Follow him at @mattvensel.
Mark Craig has covered the NFL for 23 years, and the Vikings since 2003 for the Star Tribune. He is one of 44 Pro Football Hall of Fame selectors. Follow him at @markcraignfl.
Master Tesfatsion is the Star Tribune's digital Vikings writer. He is a 2013 graduate of Arizona State and worked for mlb.com before arriving in Minneapolis. Follow him at @masterstrib.
The NFL scouting combine is over, and the GMs, coaches, scouts, agents and pesky reporters have vacated Lucas Oil Field, the fancy hotels and expensive steakhouses where their business is done.
So what did we learn? Who helped themselves? Who hurt themselves?
Here is a quick wrap-up of the week in Indianapolis, with a Vikings slant:
1. The relationship between the Vikings and Adrian Peterson is rockier than they had been making it seem. The team embarked on a media campaign to voice its support for the suspended running back and GM Rick Spielman said Wednesday that he expected Peterson to be back. A day later, Peterson pumped the breaks in an interview with ESPN, saying that he feels "uneasy" about a return. And then there was that reported dust-up between Peterson's agent and a key Vikings exec. While I'm sure Peterson means what he said about feeling betrayed by the team's decision to get him placed on the commissioner's exempt list, this conflict will probably come down to money. Both sides will dig in their heels and it's too soon to say how this saga will end up playing out.
2. There is a 99 percent chance that the Vikings are going to take a running back in this draft. Head coach Mike Zimmer said Thursday that the team won't have much interest in free-agent backs, so Peterson being suspended until April 15 won't really impact their offseason plan at the position. Spielman likes the top-end talent and depth of this running back class, and while I don't think he will like Melvin Gordon or Todd Gurley enough to use the 11th overall pick on one of them, I do think the Vikings will come away with a running back they like. Yes, even if Peterson does return.
3. The Vikings are doing their due diligence on some of the top linebackers. We shouldn't obsess too much over who the Vikings did and didn't speak with at the combine. After all, they get 60 formal interviews there and had informal talks with other prospects. But still, it was noteworthy that they chatted with a number of linebackers who could go in the first round. That list included Washington outside linebacker Shaq Thompson, two of the top middle linebackers in Miami's Denzel Perryman and Mississippi State's Benardrick McKinney, and a pair of edge rushers in Clemson's Vic Beasley and Florida's Dante Fowler. Which prospects they bring in for workouts will be more significant, but it seems the Vikings are open to drafting a linebacker early for a second straight year.
4. If the Vikings were hoping Alabama's Amari Cooper or West Virginia's Kevin White would drop to them at No. 11, they left Indianapolis disappointed. Both of those wide receivers likely solidified themselves as top-10 selections with strong workouts. Cooper ran well and, as expected, looked good in receiver drills. White showed off 4.35 speed and athleticism to go with his 6-foot-3 frame, and now draft analysts are saying he has more upside than Cooper, the more polished player right now. If the Vikings want one of those guys, Trader Rick will probably have to do his thing again.
5. The Vikings probably aren't going to go crazy in free agency. Zimmer admitted as much last week, saying the team isn't likely to sign a top-tier free agent and stating his preference to sign lower-level free-agents and coach them up as best as he can. Organizationally, that makes sense, not just because few, if any, teams that "win the offseason" ended up winning the Super Bowl. Remember how the Vikings have gotten praise for drafting Harrison Smith, Xavier Rhodes, Teddy Bridgewater and four other young guys in the first round the past three years? Well, those guys aren't going to be young for much longer, meaning they will be up for contract extensions soon. The Vikings, who prefer to give big bucks to their own players, will be conscious of that as they enter free agency.
1. Jameis Winston. The Florida State quarterback did his thing in throwing drills and reportedly fared well in team interviews, too. He is the clear favorite to go first overall to the Buccaneers.
2. Top-12 teams that don't need a quarterback. With Winston and Oregon's Marcus Mariota both answering the bell in Indy, they will go early, pushing two talented non-passers down in the draft.
3. Trae Waynes. The Michigan State cornerback might have locked himself in as the top corner in this class with a 4.31 in the 40-yard dash. Could he be of interest to the Vikings at No. 11 overall?
4. Cooper and White. See above. Louisville's DeVante Parker did well, too. They're all top-20 picks.
5. Edge rushers. Prospects such as Fowler, Beasley, Kentucky's Bud Dupree and UCLA's Owa Odighizuwa had strong workouts. This looks like a good year for teams in need of an impact rusher.
1. Running backs. While this is a deep class, their times, outside of a few exceptions, weren't exactly eye-popping. But will that prompt teams to maybe check out some tape again? Maybe. Maybe not.
2. Tight ends. Maxx Williams fared OK with a 4.77 in the 40-yard dash, but beyond him, this looks to be an underwhelming tight end class, which actually makes Williams a winner. He seems likely to go in the top 30 picks at this point, and he could even sneak up into the teens with a strong pro day.
3. Devin Funchess and Shaq Thompson. These two guys entered the combine as two of the most versatile players in the draft. But they might have left as prospects without a position. Funchess, the Michigan wide receiver, ran like a tight end. And Thompson did not run as well as hoped.
4. My offseason diet. I had been doing so well, but scouts left town disappointed with my physique.
5. The Vikings and Adrian Peterson. With Peterson sounding off on the Vikings and his agent and a team exec getting into a public spat, this week was not a good one for either side as the extent of their frayed relationship became public. This does not mean this relationship cannot be repaired. But as my colleague Mark Craig wrote a couple hours ago, it is going to take some compromise.
A guide to surviving the Adrian Peterson saga that might be helpful for fans, media, front office personnel, emotional agents and a certain former NFL MVP …
Step 1: Breathe.
Decisions, conclusions and reactions are so much better when made with a calm brain, not a hyper heart. It's why Teddy Bridgewater seems to have a future and Christian Ponder does not.
Just when everyone appeared to be thinking that Peterson will definitely be returning to the Vikings, Peterson told ESPN.com that he was "uneasy" about returning to the Vikings. Then CBSSports.com reported that Peterson's agent got into a spat with Rob Brzezinski, the Vikings' lead contract negotiator and salary cap wizard, and concluded said spat by saying Peterson will never play for the Vikings again.
That reported statement seems to be all that was needed for everybody to now assume that Peterson will definitely never, ever return to the Vikings.
I'd caution people against assuming that a decision of this magnitude became final in the heat of an argument at the scouting combine. I've been through enough of these kinds of things to know that there is always an out for the team and the agent when a definitive statement like this is made or, in this case, reportedly made: BLAME THE MEDIA.
If the two sides patch things up, the media will be blamed for blowing things out of proportion. Unfortunately, that's become an all-too easy sell.
So don't get stuck on statements or reported statements during a situation as fluid as this one. How many times have we seen one side say one thing and then the opposite happens.
I remember the Vikings telling us that reports of Randy Moss being traded in 2004 were ludicrous. I also seem to remember that they told us that about a month before they traded Randy Moss.
2, Pay the man
If the Vikings want Peterson, they should just pay him what his contract states. Give him his $12 million. Take the $15 million cap hit. If Jared Allen was worth $17 million at the end of his contract, Peterson is worth at least $15 million.
If the Vikings didn't want to pay Peterson that much, they should have released him last year. Why pay the down payment and then not move into the house?
And let's all stop trying to shoehorn Peterson into the box where all the other 30-year-old running backs reside. The last time we jammed him in a box built for the typical human being, he ran for 2,097 yards the year after his left leg essentially fell off at the knee.
He's not normal. Yes, he'd be the highest paid running back in the league. Well, why shouldn't he be? He's the best running back in the league and he'd be running "angry," as Vikings GM Rick Spielman has said.
Yeah, the running back position has been de-valued. But greatness hasn't been. Peterson came into the league in 2007. There have been eight MVPs awarded since then. Only one time did a quarterback not win the award. That was in 2012 when Peterson won it. When healthy, he's as valuable as any non-QB in the league and more valuable than a lot of the QBs.
Pay the man.
3, Stay humble, Adrian
When Peterson says he's "uneasy" about returning to the Vikings, he should try to view the situation from the other side as well. The Vikings were uneasy with him last year. Heck, even his staunchest supporters were uneasy with what he did. Even the people who believe in corporal punishment as a way to raise children were uneasy with Peterson going too far with his 4-year-old son.
To say it was uneasy all the way around would be an understatement. The Vikings had every right to sit down as an organization and talk this thing through before taking a public stance. And if you've ever been in a meeting at work, you know there are differing views before the ultimate direction is chosen.
And, frankly, in the team's defense, it tried to bring him back a week after his indictment, but all heck broke loose. If you think the NFL didn't play a major role in putting Peterson on the commissioner's exempt list, you're wrong.
The bottom line all these months later should be:
1, The Vikings want Peterson back, so pay him. 2, Fans, sponsors, governors and critics of what Peterson did should stand down because the man admitted his mistake and has now paid dearly for it. And, finally, 3, Peterson should stay humble, be thankful that he'll get the second chance he deserves and, most of all, remember that he is responsible for all of this, including his own unease.
CBS Sports is reporting that Ben Dogra, the agent for suspended and disgruntled Vikings running back Adrian Peterson, and Rob Brzezinski, Vikings vice president of football operations, got into a "heated verbal altercation" about Peterson at the scouting combine and had to be separated.
According to the CBS report, Dogra also "made it clear that Peterson would never play there again."
If the report has merit, it would be the latest twist in the Peterson saga, which has quickly turned ugly. The Vikings have praised Peterson in the media in recent weeks, saying they would like him to play for the team this season. But on Thursday, Peterson told ESPN he is uneasy about a return.
NFL teams routinely use the scouting combine to touch base with agents about their players, whether they are soon-to-be free agents, players with tricky contract situations or just players they want to check in on. While the Vikings are allowed only limited communication with Peterson through their legal team while he is suspended, they are allowed to speak with his agent. Brzezinski is the team's lead contract negotiator.
The report did not say what specifically led to Brzezinski's blow-up with Dogra.
The Vikings are declining comment.
The Vikings were checking out running backs at the combine over the weekend in the event that they will be without Peterson's services going forward. He is eligible to be reinstated on April 15.
If Peterson isn't reinstated until then, more than a month after the start of free agency, most of the NFL's free-agent money will have been spent, giving more leverage to the Vikings if they do request that he take a pay cut to reduce his restrictive $12.75 million base salary and $15.4 million cap hit for 2015.
Given his age, contract and recent legal woes, Peterson might not have much trade value if he is requesting one, though it is expected that teams would show interest were he to become available.
Some see mock drafts as pure entertainment. Others see them as completely pointless. But while even some of the best draft analysts are throwing darts when it comes to projecting how the first round of the NFL draft will play out, these mock drafts can serve a purpose, even to NFL teams.
In the days leading up to the draft, after their draft boards have pretty much been set in stone, most teams, including the Vikings, do their own mock draft exercises to make sure they are prepared for the twists and turns of the draft, especially the first round, which is the best show on television.
So in the spirt of that, between now and April's draft we will participate in an exercise I've dubbed "Off the Board," in which we theorize about how the Vikings might proceed with their 11th overall pick based on the draft-night drama that unfolds in front of them. I'll come up with a new scenario every couple of weeks. Remember, this is more about the draft process than the actual picks.
For the debut installment of "Off the Board," let's explore the scenario of what might happen if each of the top three wide receivers go in the top 10 picks, a very real possibility after Kevin White and Amari Cooper blew up the combine and DeVante Parker did nothing to drop his stock with a solid showing himself. Barring an unexpected off-the-field incident or a fluke injury before draft, I think it's safe to say that White and Cooper will be long gone by the 11th pick, and Parker could, too.
I'm not saying the Vikings definitely want to get Teddy Bridgewater a receiver, but it's a definite need. So what might they do if the top three guys are all gone? Let's start mocking and take a guess.
1. Buccaneers: Jameis Winston, QB, Florida State. Winston came off as a little cocky during his Q&A with media on Friday, but I personally had no problem with that. His interviews with teams were infinitely more important due to his off-the-field issues, and Winston reportedly made favorable impressions there. As for his on-field performance, Winston opted to throw and did not disappoint.
2. Titans: Marcus Mariota, QB, Oregon. Mariota also gets points for throwing at the combine instead of waiting until his pro day. He, too, was sharp and also showed off his speed in testing. I could see the Titans taking a front-seven defender as they continue to switch to a 3-4, but in the end, I think they will end up taking whichever quarterback the Buccaneers don't pick or auction this pick off.
3. Jaguars: Kevin White, WR, West Virginia. The Jaguars have some good young wide-outs in Allen Robinson, Allen Hurns and Marquise Lee, but none of them profile as a true No. 1. White, who ran a 4.35 40-yard dash at 6-foot-3, would give strong-armed quarterback Blake Bortles a big-play threat.
4. Raiders: Amari Cooper, WR, Alabama. Welp, there goes another wide receiver. Cooper fared well in the 40-yard dash, but his performance in receiver drills impressed more. A smooth route-runner, Cooper has been compared to Reggie Wayne. Raiders quarterback Derek Carr would like this pick.
5. Redskins: Dante Fowler, DE/OLB, Florida. Fowler backed up his explosive game tape with a nice week in Indy. The Redskins will need another edge defender if/when they let Brian Orakpo walk.
6. Jets: Randy Gregory, DE/OLB, Nebraska. Gregory is a tweener type being projected to go in the top 10 or so picks. Maybe the Jets prefer a different edge defender, but we'll drop Gregory here.
7. Bears: Leonard Williams, DE, USC. This big end could very well end up being the first defender selected. The Bears, who are switching to a 3-4 defense under John Fox, could get a perfect fit.
8. Falcons: Shane Ray, DE, Missouri. I can see new Falcons coach Dan Quinn, a defensive guy, drafting an impact defender with his first pick, like Mike Zimmer did with Anthony Barr a year ago.
9. Giants: Erik Armstead, DE, Oregon. A tricky projection. The Giants may select another offensive lineman here. But they often target defensive linemen early, and Jason Pierre-Paul is a free agent.
10. Rams: DeVante Parker, WR, Louisville. There goes the third receiver. They claim they're keeping Sam Bradford, so let's give him another target. Somewhere Teddy Bridgewater frowns.
11. Vikings: Brandon Scherff, OL, Iowa. In this scenario, the top-tier receivers are gone, and taking, say, Dorial Green-Beckham, might be a reach. It might also be too early to select a cornerback or an outside linebacker like Shaq Thompson, so a trade-down might be an option. But if the Vikings stay put in this scenario, they would be able to get their hands on their favorite offensive lineman. I don't know right now if that's Scherff or someone else. But his ability to play either guard or tackle should appeal to the Vikings, who need reinforcements at both positions after the line struggled in 2014.
OK, your turn. Leave a comment to tell me who you would want the Vikings to pick in this scenario.
The Vikings signed linebacker Brian Peters from the Canadian Football League on Monday. Peters spent the last two seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders, leading the team with 78 tackles last year. The 26-year-old also had three sacks, two interceptions and one defensive touchdown.
Peters is listed at 6-foot-3 and 218 pounds and played safety while at Northwestern. He's the 11th linebacker on the Vikings roster, though Jasper Brinkley and Dom DeCicco are slated to become free agents in March. It's a position that head coach Mike Zimmer said is thin in the draft and free agency.
Peters is the second player the Vikings have signed from the CFL this offseason. The team signed cornerback Jalil Carter to a reserve/future deal on Jan. 15. The Vikings also added defensive end Leon Mackey from the Arena Football League last month on a reserve/future deal.
Houston | 2 | FINAL |
St. Louis | 5 |
Washington | 9 | FINAL |
Atlanta | 8 |
Miami | 5 | FINAL |
Boston | 3 |
Minnesota | 1 | FINAL |
Tampa Bay | 2 |
NY Yankees | 4 | FINAL |
Philadelphia | 1 |
Baltimore | 4 | FINAL |
Toronto | 5 |
Detroit - LP: J. Mantiply | 4 | FINAL |
NY Mets - WP: C. Torres | 5 |
Cincinnati | 5 | FINAL |
Chicago Cubs | 2 |
Los Angeles | 10 | FINAL |
Milwaukee | 1 |
San Francisco | 12 | FINAL |
Texas | 3 |
Chicago WSox | 0 | FINAL |
San Diego | 5 |
Kansas City | 11 | FINAL |
Cleveland | 9 |
Seattle | 4 | FINAL |
Los Angeles | 7 |
Colorado | 0 | FINAL |
LA Angels | 3 |
Oakland | 7 | FINAL |
Arizona | 2 |
Pittsburgh | 3 | FINAL |
NY Yankees | 1 |
Chicago | 84 | FINAL |
Indiana | 98 |
Sacramento | 114 | FINAL |
Orlando | 119 |
Utah | 89 | FINAL |
Philadelphia | 83 |
Miami | 97 | FINAL |
Washington | 99 |
Toronto | 94 | FINAL |
Charlotte | 103 |
Cleveland | 97 | FINAL |
Atlanta | 106 |
Boston | 104 | FINAL |
New Orleans | 98 |
Detroit | 93 | FINAL |
Houston | 103 |
LA Lakers | 90 | FINAL |
Memphis | 97 |
Phoenix | 108 | FINAL |
Brooklyn | 100 |
Denver | 111 | FINAL |
San Antonio | 120 |
Dallas | 24 | 1st Qtr 0:00 |
Golden State | 29 |
Columbus | 3 | FINAL |
New Jersey | 2 |
Minnesota | 3 | FINAL |
Carolina | 1 |
Buffalo | 2 | FINAL |
Ottawa | 3 |
Calgary | 5 | FINAL |
Detroit | 2 |
Edmonton | 1 | 1st OT 1:21 |
Chicago | 1 |
Pittsburgh | 0 | 2nd Prd 16:16 |
Anaheim | 0 |
Longwood | 68 | FINAL |
Char Southern | 60 |
Ark-Pine Bluff | 94 | FINAL |
Miss Valley St | 75 |
Southern Ill | 45 | FINAL |
Wichita State | 56 |
Winthrop | 67 | FINAL |
Radford | 66 |
Evansville | 67 | FINAL |
Illinois State | 71 |
Towson | 69 | FINAL |
Elon | 74 |
Gardner-Webb | 72 | FINAL |
High Point | 71 |
Samford | 76 | FINAL |
UNC Greensboro | 81 |
Northern Ill | 71 | FINAL |
Ball State | 67 |
Bowling Green | 75 | FINAL |
Buffalo | 77 |
Brown | 69 | FINAL |
Dartmouth | 75 |
Toledo | 59 | FINAL |
Eastern Mich | 85 |
Akron | 77 | FINAL |
Kent State | 79 |
Ill-Chicago | 72 | FINAL |
Oakland | 69 |
Miami-Ohio | 65 | FINAL |
Ohio | 95 |
Columbia | 46 | FINAL |
Penn | 54 |
Cornell | 53 | FINAL |
Princeton | 66 |
Central Mich | 62 | FINAL |
Western Mich | 74 |
Bradley | 46 | FINAL |
Northern Iowa | 71 |
Morehead State | 77 | FINAL |
Murray State | 80 |
Yale | 62 | FINAL |
Harvard | 52 |
Furman | 73 | FINAL |
Citadel | 56 |
Coll of Charleston | 56 | FINAL |
Drexel | 48 |
UNC-Asheville | 57 | FINAL |
Coastal Carolina | 74 |
Texas Tech | 74 | FINAL |
Baylor | 77 |
Pacific | 58 | FINAL |
San Francisco | 62 |
Loyola-Chicago | 55 | 2nd Half 13:22 |
Indiana State | 24 |
Detroit | 29 | 2nd Half 12:55 |
Cleveland State | 48 |
Belmont | 26 | 2nd Half |
Eastern Ky | 33 |
Loyola Marymount | 10:30 PM |
Santa Clara |
Chicago | 0 | 2nd Half |
Los Angeles | 0 |
Saint Louis | 63 | FINAL |
(21) George Washington | 77 |
Wake Forest | 68 | FINAL |
(16) Duke | 77 |
Furman | 55 | FINAL |
(17) Chattanooga | 68 |
Monmouth | 61 | FINAL |
Quinnipiac | 82 |
Michigan State | 60 | FINAL |
(4) Maryland | 70 |
Belmont | 65 | FINAL |
UT Martin | 71 |
Arkansas | 36 | FINAL |
(3) South Carolina | 58 |
Mercer | 56 | FINAL |
East Tenn St | 66 |
Richmond | 45 | FINAL |
Fordham | 46 |
Miami-Florida | 61 | FINAL |
(2) Notre Dame | 77 |
Siena | 61 | FINAL |
Iona | 71 |
Washington St | 48 | FINAL |
(9) Arizona State | 67 |
Ark-Pine Bluff | 63 | FINAL |
Miss Valley St | 51 |
(23) Rutgers | 57 | FINAL |
(24) Northwestern | 62 |
Tennessee St | 71 | FINAL |
SIU-Edwardsville | 59 |
Loyola Marymount | 50 | FINAL |
Gonzaga | 70 |
(18) Texas A&M | 65 | FINAL |
Cincinnati | 76 | FINAL |
Saint Josephs | 61 | FINAL |
Dayton | 80 |
(19) Stanford | 67 |
Santa Clara | 42 | FINAL |
San Diego | 51 |
Virginia Tech | 43 | FINAL |
(7) Florida State | 82 |
Memphis | 71 |
Lehigh | 75 | FINAL |
Holy Cross | 62 |
Rhode Island | 53 | FINAL |
Duquesne | 66 |
North Florida | 35 | FINAL |
(20) Fla Gulf Coast | 74 |
Kennesaw St | 54 | FINAL |
Jacksonville | 55 |
USC Upstate | 45 | FINAL |
Northern Ky | 64 |
Lipscomb | 69 | FINAL |
Stetson | 92 |
Nebraska | 65 | FINAL |
(14) Iowa | 74 |
Saint Peters | 57 | FINAL |
Marist | 62 |
Navy | 60 | FINAL |
Bucknell | 49 |
Lafayette | 56 | FINAL |
American Univ | 79 |
Colgate | 45 | FINAL |
Army | 48 |
Georgia | 41 | FINAL |
(5) Tennessee | 75 |
Dartmouth | 71 | FINAL |
Brown | 53 |
Penn | 50 | FINAL |
Columbia | 36 |
(13) Princeton | 70 | FINAL |
Cornell | 37 |
Kansas | 49 | FINAL |
Kansas State | 57 |
Harvard | 68 | FINAL |
Yale | 63 |
(15) North Carolina | 75 | FINAL |
(10) Louisville | 77 |
San Jose St | 99 | FINAL |
Houston | 39 | FINAL |
Tulane | 64 |
Utah State | 58 | FINAL |
Colorado State | 76 |
Colorado | 68 | FINAL |
(8) Oregon State | 65 |
New Mexico | 66 | FINAL |
Wyoming | 55 |
Minnesota | 49 | 2nd Half 5:10 |
Ohio State | 64 |
(12) Kentucky | 61 | 2nd Half 7:15 |
(11) Miss State | 58 |
San Diego State | 29 | 2nd Half 9:14 |
Nevada | 38 |
Niagara | 53 | 2nd Half 2:00 |
Fairfield | 58 |
Texas Tech | 34 | 2nd Half 6:25 |
West Virginia | 52 |
Boise State | 30 | 2nd Half |
Fresno State | 21 |
Washington | 10:30 PM |
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India rupee falls to 2-mth low, erases post-reform rally
* Rupee trading at 55.07/09 vs 54.75/76 close on Fri
* USD/INR breaks major 100-day moving average resistance
* Trade deficit widens to $21 bln in Oct
By Subhadip Sircar
MUMBAI, Nov 12 (Reuters) - The Indian rupee fell to its lowest in nearly two months after data showing the a record trade deficit and a contraction in factory output stoked fears about economic growth at a time of continued high inflation.
The rupee's fall to as low as 55.12 to the dollar has erased a rally sparked by the government's announcements of a slew of fiscal and economic reforms in mid-September that took the local currency to as high as 51.32 to a dollar on Oct 5.
However, the rupee has steadily slipped since that peak, as investors resumed their focus on an economy set to grow at its slowest pace in a decade and on little prospects of immediate rate cuts as Reserve Bank of India retains its focus on inflation.
The trade deficit "is negative on the rupee. The uptrend in headline WPI into 8 percent has come into radar now. The rupee will need strong support from the euro to prevent extended weakness beyond 55.10," said Moses Harding, head of asset liability management at IndusInd Bank.
The partially convertible rupee was at 55.07/09 per dollar, after it fell to 55.12, a level last seen Sept 13. It had closed at 54.75/76 on Friday.
The rupee now remains at near the levels when the government raised diesel prices and said it would ease foreign investment rules into the aviation and multi-brand retail sectors, sparking a rally in domestic markets.
Still, it remains well above the record low of 57.32 hit in late June.
Traders warn more losses could be in the store, after the rupee fell past the 100-day moving average, which had acted as major support in recent sessions.
Data on Monday showed the trade deficit widened to $20.9 billion, marking a record, according to a Credit Suisse e-mail to clients sent after the data.
Other reports also proved worrisome for investors, with industrial output unexpectedly contracting 0.4 percent in September, while consumer price inflation remained elevated.
India is due to post October wholesale price index data on Wednesday, with analysts expecting headline inflation to have accelerated 7.96 percent, marking an 11-month high.
High inflation will likely deter the central bank from cutting interest rates this calendar year. The RBI signalled after its policy review on Oct. 30 any easing in monetary policy would not come until the January-March quarter. (Editing by Rafael Nam)
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Original post made by Concerned Citizen, Foothill High School, on Aug 10, 2009
I was told the accident happened when a driver swerved to avoid a deer.
Anyone know anything else?
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a resident of Birdland
on Aug 10, 2009 at 4:48 pm
what else is there to know exactly? Sounds like the police already told you a lot. Thankfully,every minor car accident without major injuries is not enough to report here.
a resident of Mohr Park
on Aug 10, 2009 at 4:51 pm
Virtual rubber-necking.
a resident of Foothill High School
on Aug 12, 2009 at 6:41 pm
Obviously sounds like street racing to me. Let's see... two cars involved, with one crashing into a tree on a pitch black curvy road. A deer may have jumped out, but how could two cars be involved with only one of them crashing?
a resident of Foothill High School
on Aug 12, 2009 at 8:25 pm
Oops, Sorry, my mistake. The police said there were two cars involved but a passerby said the accident happened when the driver tried to avoid a deer. Just trying to get clarification. Police report wasn't completed when I called. Thought I might get more details this way, obviously not.
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For my 50th birthday in 2005, Don Giussani presented me with The Religious Sense, and in doing so with a new version of my own life. Of course, at that moment, he had been dead for some time, but this seems to have made it easier for him to reach me.
As I have told many times, I was on a trip to Rome to celebrate my birthday when I met Mauro Biondi at Dublin Airport and from there a series of events was initiated which led me to read The Religious Sense and to become drawn into a friendship with Communion and Liberation.
I have described The Religious Sense as the most radical book I have ever read. It sounds like a calculated hyperbole, but it is not. I think that anyone who reads it with an open mind and heart will come to the same conclusion. It is a book that brings together all those dissociated thoughts and disconnected questions and non-integrated experiences that populate all our heads, and present them to us in a new way, with a coherence that we had not imagined possible.
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Gite | 2 bedrooms | sleeps 4
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Riverside Barn is a 16th century stone building situated in the village of La Trimouille on the banks of the River Benaize in the Place de la Liberte near the mini supermarket and bar/restaurant which serves lunch and dinner. Across the bridge is a further bar/restaurant. Local amenities include a boulangerie, pharmacy, bank, hairdresser, tourist office, cinema and tennis courts.
The property was restored in 2013 to a modern standard retaining its 16th century original beams and foor levels. One of the latter day uses of the building was as a wheelwright workshop and cow shed. The accommodation provides an excellent base for tourism and relaxation.
The ground floor comprises a spacious open-plan sitting and dining area for 4 people with a window opening on to the river bank. There is a separate well equipped kitchen and cloakroom with laundry facility. Upstairs the master bedroom is light and roomy with river views from a Juliet balcony plus an en-suite shower room. The second bedroom has twin beds with an en-suite shower room. Outside there is a riverside terrace with raised flower beds and access to the river.
There is a public car park outside the property but secure parking can be provided if required.
Size | Sleeps up to 4, 2 bedrooms |
Nearest beach | Chaillac 23 km |
Will consider | Long term lets (over 1 month) |
Access | Car essential |
Nearest travel links | Nearest airport: Poitiers or Limoges 75 km |
Family friendly | Suitable for children over 5 |
Notes | No pets allowed, No smoking at this property |
Features and Facilities
Luxuries | Internet access, DVD player |
General | Central heating, TV, CD player, Satellite TV, Wi-Fi available |
Standard | Kettle, Toaster, Iron |
Utilities | Clothes dryer, Dishwasher, Cooker, Microwave, Fridge, Washing machine |
Rooms | 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms of which 2 En suites |
Furniture | Single beds (2), Double beds (1), Dining seats for 4, Lounge seats for 4 |
Other | Linen provided, Towels provided |
Outdoors | Balcony or terrace, Private garden, BBQ |
Access | Secure parking |
About this location
The Poitou-Charentes region
The Vienne region of Poitou-Charentes is still one of France's best kept secrets, remaining unspoilt and with numerous attractions in the area. It is one of the sunniest regions in France with hot summers. The gite is perfectly placed to enjoy walking or cycling and the village is on the edge of the Brenne National Park which is full of natural beauty and wild life.
La Trimouille
Montmorillon - is just 15 minutes away with the Cite de l'Ecrit in the old town dedicated to shops selling books, both antique and new, and writing materials. Discover many of the listed buildings or enjoy a meal in one of the many restaurants or cafes. Market on Wednesday.
St Savin - the Abbey is a Unesco World Heritage site with a unique collection of 12th century frescoes.
Angles-sur-Anglin - one of France's charming medieval towns with a watermill and castle.
Chauvigny - a medieval town with a castle where a spectacular bird of prey show takes place around the castle walls. Large market on Saturday morning.
La Foire des Herolles - one of the biggest markets in France which takes place on the 29th of each month.
There are a number of outdoor activities in the area - swimming, canoeing, kayaking, horse riding, golf and many more available at various centres.
The nearest swimming lake and sandy beach is at Chaillac (23km).
Get up close to the monkeys at the Vallee des Singes (Monkey Valley) with 350 uncaged residents or visit the lush and tropical setting of the Planete des Crocodiles.
The Reserve de la Haute Touche is the largest zoo in France with over 1000 animals.
Visit Futuroscope near Poitiers, just an hour away. A unique experience in technology with breathtaking shows.
Saint Cyr Park - a swimming lake with a sandy beach and water sports, amongst one of the best 18 hole golf courses in France. Bar/restaurant.
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Dough nuts: There's a new breed of amateur foodie - men who bake their own bread
Christopher Hirst reports on a rising trend.
Saturday 05 May 2012
The traditional male pastimes of blathering endlessly about footy and pointless tinkering in the shed have recently been joined by a more sustaining hobby. In the past couple of years, several of my cronies have taken to making bread. Men who hitherto wouldn't have known a fork from a focaccia are now baking tasty, characterful loaves on a weekly or even daily basis. In some cases (including, I must admit, mine), the results are more idiosyncratic than magnificent, though they are still about a thousand times more interesting than any loaf you can buy in the supermarket.
A few individuals are, however, producing loaves that are close to perfection. In this category I would include my friend Malcolm Southward, who works as a graphic designer when he is not bustling around the kitchen under a light dusting of flour. Applying his design aesthetic to sourdough – the loaf of preference among hardcore baking converts – he produces golden domes of such immaculate elevation that they would be envied by Sir Christopher Wren. Within the crunchy crust ("You should aim for an explosive quality," says Malcolm), the interior has a lovely springiness on the palate. It also tastes sublime.
Breadmaking has taken such deep root in some chaps that they want to turn pro. Ben Mackinnon started baking in a Neff domestic oven before starting a bakery under a railway arch in Hackney. Now the E5 Bakehouse produces 350 organic sourdough loaves a day. In Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, DanMcTiernan's obsession with baking – first in his Ikea oven then in an Italian restaurant – led to him setting up the Handmade Bakery, a workers' co-operative that makes 1,400 loaves a week. So many people are fired with the ambition to set up bakeries that the Real Bread Campaign has published a guide, inevitably entitled Knead to Know.
Malcolm used to say that he had no interest in turning pro – "Doing something for a living usually takes all the joy out of it" – but I notice that he is weakening in this resolve. "I baked eight loaves the other day and it was really enjoyable. Maybe I don't want to go back to two loaves a week. I've started to fantasise about it becoming a business. I've already got the logo designed in my head."
"Breadmaking resets your gastronomic barometer," Malcolm says. "Everything benefits from being accompanied by good bread, whether it's cheese, ham or just butter. I'd never go back to buying bread." Many others feel the same. Waitrose says sales of Allinson's strong white bread flour have increased by 45 per cent in the past year, while Shipton Mill reports a tenfold increase in retail sales of organic flour over the past three years.
BakeryBits, a Devon-based mail-order company for home-baking equipment, has doubled its turnover every year since it was established in 2008. Almost 20,000 customers have purchased items ranging from wood-fired ovens to grignettes (scalpel-sharp blades for slashing the skin of risen dough). "People like the creativity of breadmaking," explains founder Patrick Thornberry. "You're nurturing something that you're going to wowpeople with. People who get stuck in want all the equipment to reach some utopian level of breadmaking."
What obsessive man-in-the-kitchen would not leap at the chance to buy specialist kit in order to show off? But Thornberry says that women are also involved (if less noisily). "When we started, I assumed that our customers would be mostly male but it's turned out to be 50:50." Nevertheless, this is a higher proportion of men than you would find in any other area of cookery except barbecuing (where many males incorrectly believe themselves to be innately gifted). I still contend that more men have been drawn to baking bread in recent years than women. As we shall see, many of the new wave of male bakers go for a technique that requires no specialist equipment.
The male association with breadmaking is a longstanding one. In Pompeii, there was an erect penis carved on the wall of the bakery, though this may just have been a visual pun on the rising of the dough. The term sourdough originated in medi-eval times, but its revival in America stems from the wild yeast bread baked by prospectors during the Californian Gold Rush. Ornery gold-panners were so addicted to their notably acidic bread (due to local bacteria Lactobacillus sanfrancisco) that they became known as sourdoughs. They used the trick of adding a bit of dough from each batch to act as a yeasty catalyst in their next baking. By feeding this starter regularly with flour and water, you can keep it going indefinitely. A commercial version called Gold Rush is available, though British artisan bakers tend to use starters (also known as "mothers") of venerable European origin. The E5 Bakehouse uses an ancient Finnish mother, while the Handmade Bakery utilises a mother that originated in Russia more than 40 years ago.
The exotic ancestry of these starters may add to the charm of sourdough bread, but it is equally effective to make your own like Malcolm. It takes some days for the wild bacteria, which in Malcolm's case float around the south-east London suburb of Brockley, to do their job and ferment a sloppy mix of flour and water into an effective starter. This has to be carefully tended, as one book points out, "very much like keeping a pet".
Making sourdough bread is a slightly complicated process lasting up to 24 hours. The 10-minute kneading is a highlight for Malcolm, who relishes "playing with this great, gooey blob". Performing the task, he looks happy as a stretching cat as he follows a protracted sequence in which the dough rises ("an angel's pillow" is the theological instruction in one book) and is knocked back to produce a gentle deflation. Finally the dough is left to prove (rise again) for three hours in proving baskets of bent cane, which produce the lovely rings on Malcolm's loaves. Depending on the temperature it can take longer. Sometimes much longer. "You end up watching old Walter Matthau films on late-night TV," says Malcolm. The domes of risen dough are slashed using the grignette to release surface tension and go into the oven or, rather, a preheated cast-iron casserole with a lid that acts as an oven within the oven. The steam from the water in the dough helps produce a crisp crust and a moist interior.
The result can be glorious, as Malcolm's output amply demonstrates, but it is a demanding procedure. In her book English Bread and Yeast Cookery, published in 1977, Elizabeth David dismissed sourdough: "The bread takes about five days. I find the whole process rather unrewarding." If sourdough sounds an unlikely technique to recruit an army of applause-hungry but essentially lazy men, you would be spot on. The loaf produced by most of the new wave of male bakers does not involve wild yeast or a folkloric starter. No-knead bread, invented a few years ago by New York baker Jim Lahey, requires a very small amount of commercial dried yeast and a large amount of time.
My friend Chris Grice, a retired cameraman, was an early devotee of no-knead. "I've tried lots of other methods but I've always gone back to no-knead. It's so incredibly easy for such tasty bread." He introduced me to a YouTube video in which Lahey demonstrates his easy-peasy method to New York Times food writer Mark Bittman. It involves measuring 400g flour, 300ml tepid water, a teaspoon of salt and a quarter-teaspoon of dried yeast into a large bowl. This is stirred by hand for a few seconds. The bowl is then covered in clingfilm and the gooey mix is left to rise for 18-24 hours (depending on ambient temperature) until it fills most of the bowl and the elastic gluten erupts in bubblegum-like globules.
At this stage, the sticky dough is removed from the bowl, folded a few times on a floured surface and loosely wrapped in a floured tea-towel (linen is best). The video omits to mention that the dough should then be left to rise a second time for another couple of hours. Half an hour before this time is up, turn on your oven to 250C and place an empty cast-iron casserole (with lid on) inside. When the two-hour rise is completed, remove the lid from the hot casserole (use oven gloves!) and flip in the floppy, floured dough. Replace the lid (don't forget oven gloves!) and bake for 30 minutes. Another 20 minutes with the lid off (be careful with hot lid!) produces a lovely round loaf that should be "dark chestnut" in colour.
The technique pushes all the right buttons for the average male cook. It is undemanding in the extreme, the result elicits an eruption of ego-boosting applause and there is a thrilling element of danger from the scorching heat of the casserole (you may recall that it was a male baker on Pudding Lane who started the Great Fire of London). Moreover, it is far cheaper than artisan bread. If you use Lidl's white bread flour at 59p for 1.5 kilos, a loaf costs around 17p (electricity aside). No wonder the video has enjoyed 1,441,721 hits at the time of writing.
Any chap tempted to have a bash at the no-knead method should be aware of another thing omitted from the video. If you happen to have borrowed a Le Creuset casserole from your wife for this exciting endeavour, you should unscrew the knob from the lid and block the resulting hole with a screwed-up bit of kitchen foil. The ferocious temperature required for no-knead bread is liable to destroy the knob and thereby cause ructions in the marital home. "Not long after my basic recipe was published," Jim Lahey reports in his book My Bread, "a spate of petty thefts at cookware shops involved these handles, presumably to replace ruined ones."
Lahey says that his technique was inspired by the "carbonised bread excavated at Pompeii". Pondering the round loaves baked under the symbolic phallus, he concluded, "It didn't seem likely to me that ancient Romans did any kneading at all." Though Elizabeth David's bread book came out three decades before Lahey devised no-knead, she anticipated several elements of the procedure, including the long wait ("One of the best loaves I ever achieved... was with a dough left overnight to rise") and the use of an oven within the oven: "The increase in volume of a loaf is quite dramatic, the quality of the crust is much improved, and the crumb moist and evenly baked."
Malcolm has tried the no-knead method and describes the result as "absolutely stonking bread. If you're happy with that, there's no need to go further." Apart from making excellent toast, it isperfect for Italian dishes like ribollita and panzanella. My wife is so taken with it that she hasalmost come to terms with the dark scorch marks seared on the enamel of her Le Creuset casserole. A small price to pay for the bread of heaven.
Breadmaker's kit – the essentials you need to get started
1. Large bowl in which to mix ingredients plus clingfilm to cover.
2. Medium-sized cast-iron casserole with lid (remove handle to prevent disintegration in hot oven).
3. Flexible spatula to remove dough from bowl (there are special dough spatulas but an ordinary kitchen one works fine).
4. Cooling rack so that air can circulate around loaf for at least an hour after baking.
5. A scalpel (known as grignette or laine) or serrated knife to slash the skin of the formed dough so it can expand during the baking of sourdough loaves.
6. Proving basket of bent cane to keep shape of formed dough during proving stage
7. Dutch oven, cast-iron casserole or ceramic domed pot as made by La Cloche, which acts as an oven within the oven and retains the loaf's moisture.
8. Oven thermometer – oven thermostats are notoriously ineffective.
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Tomato Troubles
Hello everyone,
I am having trouble with one of my tomato plants and can't figure out what is causing it.
So here are the details:
-The plant is an organic yellow pear planted around around April 15th, problems began maybe about a month ago.
-It is one of five plants in a new raised bed (nothing planted there last year) and no other tomatoes are showing the same signs.
-All five plants are watered on an automatic drip.
-Drip had been set up for 1 hour and 15 minutes of watering every three days, but weather has been over 95 degrees F for the last week and so I bumped watering up to every other day.
-I have not treated the tomato plants nor the soil with anything except blood meal.
Hopefully that is everything that anyone would need to know to help.
Thanks in advance!!
Since this was my first time hearing about blood meal I had to look it up. The blood meal is suppose to be high in nitrogen. I was wondering could this be nitrogen burn? I am new to gardening, but thought I might give you my idea on the problem. Hope your plants makes it through this.
Interesting pictures. I hope that others more knowledgeable than me will weigh in on this problem. It is curious that only one of five plants in the raised bed has been affected so far...assuming you have treated all plants equally.
Over what time frame did this problem develop (the damage looks quite advanced)? Are the stems as well as leaves affected? From the first photo, it looks as though the lower main stem may be turning dark brown or black. Is this the case?
I also garden in Sonoma County. It was your (possibly) dark stem that caught my attention. I recently had one of my tomato plants develop dark brown stems. It began with the lower main stem, travelled upward, then began to spread to adjacent stems. However, leaves were not affected.
There is more to the story, but I don't want to divert the discussion from your own situation. I hope you get more responses! I will learn from them too.
For a plant that big to have leaf damage like that it almost seems like you are getting heavy root damage on the plant. Perhaps there is a critter running amok in the root system but it is isolated to that plant. I would think any blight or disease issues whould have wiped out or at least shown themselves on the rest of your plants since you haven't removed the leaves.
I'm no expert though, just an idea.
At this point in that poor plant's life it really makes little difference exactly what the condition or cause is. The plant isn't salvageable and it really should have been pulled some time ago. So it needs to be removed from the garden ASAP in case it can spread.
Given the limitations of the picture I can tell you that the odds favor a disease but I can't determine if it is V. Wilt or Bacterial Canker or a severe advanced case of Alternaria. There just isn't nearly enough info or photo detail to go on. Nutrient deficiency and soil toxicity can be ruled out as the other plants apparently aren't affected.
Given you say none of the other plants are showing any symptoms just getting rid of the plant may be enough but if it was my garden I would also start a regular fungicide spraying program. The link below is to a diagnostic site with photos and symptom lists that you can use to compare to your plant.
The issue of why you have provided these plants with only blood meal and the issues that can lead too is a whole other discussion.
Here is a link that might be useful: TAMU Tomato Problem Solver
Thanks everyone for the comments, I appreciate them all.
New B Gardener: I doubt it is Nitrogen burn as all the plants received about the same amount. I only did a second application when the leaves began to brown in an effort to promote new foliar growth to counteract the damage. Thanks for the comment.
Jane N.Cal: The problem began maybe four to six weeks ago. I think the dark stem you are seeing is the stake. Since my cage does a good job of supporting the plant I just use one of those wimpy green plastic coated stakes and I think that is what you are seeing behind the main stem, which is browning. Thanks!
Coconut Head: I think you are right on about it being root damage, however I doubt I have a critter since I have hardware cloth on the bottom of all my raised beds. My local nursery thought it was from overwatering, but that doesn't make any sense to me since all five plants are on the same drip line and are having no issues.
DigDirt: Thank you very much for the detailed response and the link to the great site. I have only kept the plant in the bed because none of the plants around it are showing even the slightest sign of damage and I had a few volunteers in another bed, so its replacement is ready to go. Since I never have had this problem before I wanted to see what would happen so I can learn as much about it as possible. What additional information would you need to be able to give me a better idea of what you think the issue is? Also, what kind of photos would you need? My wife took several photos with her iPad, but the quality isn't very good so I can take more this weekend. I'd also be interested to hear what additives you give your tomatoes. Last night I top-dressed all my other tomato plants with bone meal, but typically blood and bone meal, coupled with high quality organic compost, is all I give them.
Thanks again everyone!!!
Tomato Russet Mites cause wilt of green leaves and brown crunchy leaves like shown. You can't see tomato Russet Mites without strong magnification. I got them last year and found ample information for identification by googleing. Seems like some of your other plants would be showing some symptoms however.


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