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Susan manages the Federation Handbells lending program.
8 and 9 February will be remembered as a grand weekend for the Federation Handbells with their participation in two very important events in Melbourne. The Federation Handbells and Museum Victoria have an exciting partnership with the Melbourne Recital Centre this year. The first part of this project took place last week with two composition workshops leading to a performance that opened the Melbourne Recital Centre's 5th Birthday Celebrations on Saturday 8 February. The performance was called Birthday Bells.
The Federation Handbells, after a procession down St Kilda Road to launch the festivities at the Melbourne Recital Centre, lead the way to the Elizabeth Murdoch Hall.Source: Melbourne Recital Centre
The workshops were led by composer Steve Falk and me, with participation from percussionists Eugene Ughetti and Leah Scholes. Those enrolled in the workshops had responded to a general call-out and included people ranging widely in age and background. Over the days that we spent together, playing and creating with the Federation Handbells, a genuine sense of group identity was created, so much so that the participants have asked if we can form a Federation Handbells Players group and suggested that we call it Clang!
The excitement and enthusiasm of the participants and the connection that developed with each other and with the bells was a perfect example of the Federation Handbells fulfilling their commission. Wonderful!
We very much appreciated the generous assistance and support of Kirsten and the Melbourne Recital Centre staff and can't wait to get back there for the second part of our joint project, the Federation Handbells Residency (April to September, 2014).
The other very significant event at which the Federation Handbells appeared that weekend was the 2009 Victorian Bushfires Fifth Anniversary Remembrance Event on Sunday 9 February. The handbells were played in a performance of Risen From The Flame by The Blacksmith's Tree Youth Choir, a choir consisting of children from fire-affected communities. The children sang and played their composition led by Bridget Muir, a youth worker from Nillumbik Council. The piece was originally written by Bridget and the children for the launch of the Blacksmith's Tree in Whittlesea in November, 2013. You can view the performance in this YouTube video:
The Federation Handbells have contributed strongly to community involvement in a number of commemorations for the 2009 bushfires over the last five years and it highlights their importance as significant ceremonial instruments for Victorians. We are looking forward to more big weekends with the Federation Handbells as they continue their important role in Victoria and beyond.
Writer/Director Jerry Grayson is a helicopter pilot-turned-filmmaker. He spent eight years flying for the Royal Navy's Fleet Air Arm, a role that culminated in him being awarded the Air Force Cross by Her Majesty the Queen for outstanding gallantry in Search and Rescue. He talks about flying back over the scorched land he filmed for THE EARTH WINS, a unique Australian-made documentary which opens at IMAX Melbourne Museum on 29 August.
A core premise of our film THE EARTH WINS is that if you view any given subject from a different perspective (in this case from the air) then there is the potential to form entirely new opinions.
Flying over the forests between Kinglake and Marysville was a sobering experience in the week following Black Saturday. However high we flew, the lifeless brown woodlands still stretched to the horizon. There was still a form of beauty to be found in the way that the hillsides resembled the rough hide of an elephant head, and we still refer to this shot as the "hairy hill".
'The hairy hill' - a view from the air of the forest between Marysville and Kinglake in the week after the Black Saturday fires.Source: Helifilms
But if there was ever a scene that justified the phrase "a dreadful and terrifying beauty", this was it.
Four years later, almost to the day, I couldn't resist the opportunity to fly over the same hills once more and to record the way that the landscape had changed in the interim. As we crested the ridge at Kinglake I was horrified to see that the only change had been a change in colour. Vast forests of dead brown trunks were now vast forests of dead grey trunks. The hamlet of Kinglake West was almost unrecognizable to me in the way that new roads had been carved and new buildings erected. I gave up trying to find the remains of the house from which the chimney had been so lovingly preserved and transported to Melbourne Museum.
But for tens of kilometres beyond the human footprint the forests were as dead as they had been when we were shooting for our film in February 2009. Only an odd stand of trees here and there gave any clue as to what had once been.
The forests between Kinglake and Marysville four years after Black Saturday.Source: Helifilms
But then a wonderful thing happened as we simply altered our perspective from the oblique to the vertical. Almost hidden at the base of the towering grey trunks was a carpet of new green life; huge and luxuriant ferns providing shade and water catchment for the young trees that would soon overtake their deceased parents.
Tree ferns springing back to life after bushfire.Source: Helifilms
The experience gave me pause to consider the very essence of what THE EARTH WINS was always designed to convey, that just a tiny variation in one's perspective or viewpoint can result in an overwhelmingly different conclusion.
If our film succeeds in illustrating how different some things can seem when viewed from a different angle then I will be very happy. See the film, share your thoughts with me at www.theearthwins.com. Did it move you, your partner, your mate, your parents or your offspring to view anything from a slightly altered perspective? Go on, make my day!
This guest post is by Catherine McLennan. As part of her Master of Public History, Catherine completed a student internship with Museum Victoria, working with Senior Curator Liza Dale-Hallett on a special object that was acquired for the Victorian Bushfires Collection. This collection recently won the 2010 Arts Portfolio Leadership Award in the Community Leadership category.
This year I was given the opportunity to work on the Victorian Bushfires Collection. In my role as student intern, I was assigned to research a tree-shaped sculpture, interview its makers and create some stories for publication on Museum Victoria's Collections Online. When I first laid eyes on this beautiful piece of art, I had no idea who made it, why they made it, or what it represented. It was time for some research…
The Thank You GiftSource: Museum Victoria
After a few phone calls, I learnt that the sculpture was created in the Kinglake Ranges by local woodworker Glenn Barlow and local blacksmith Ray Brasser, using wood and metal that had been salvaged from their properties following the 2009 Victorian bushfires. Glenn and Ray presented this sculpture to the ex-Premier of Victoria John Brumby at a concert that was held at Federation Square, Melbourne, on 10 April 2010 – the Thank You Melbourne and Victoria concert. The purpose of this concert was to thank the people of Victoria for their generosity in the wake of Black Saturday and the sculpture was made as a physical token of this 'thank you' message.
In September I travelled to Kinglake to meet and interview Ray, Glenn and three other people that were involved in organising the Thank You Melbourne and Victoria concert. It was an honour to meet these people. All of them had been through some terrible experiences during and after the fires, but despite this, they were so welcoming and had a great sense of humour. Organising the Thank You concert was, for them, a way of channelling their grief and getting local musicians, artists and poets involved in the recovery process whilst simultaneously saying 'thank you'.
Researching the Thank You Gift was an incredible experience that I will never forget. I would like to thank those who were so generous in sharing their stories with me (they know who they are), and to Museum Victoria for hosting my student internship.
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Stat Pack: One-Dimensional Green Bay Packers in Big Trouble
Maybe the Mainstream Media needs to wake up and realize that there's still more to football than the offensive aerial assault. Sure, the Green Bay Packers went 15-1 last year by primarily attacking through the air, but this year sees the Packers facing a 2-3 start with the dominant Houston Texans on tap for Sunday night's game.
In the Week 6 edition of "Stat Pack," Adam Dobrowolski explains why this should be no surprise involving the Packers' decline. After all, Green Bay set a league record for Offensive Passer Rating last year, and that wasn't going to happen in 2012 by the laws of Mathletics. Now that Aaron Rodgers came back down to Earth, suddenly this team is scrambling to find the balance it had during the run to win Super Bowl XLV. The cheese may get a bit more bitter in Wisconsin soon.
Also of note, Dobrowolski discusses which two coaches deserve heavy scrutiny for costing their respective teams some ball games, while he looks at the silver lining to the Kansas City Chiefs' horrid start. What about regression says things will look up for the Turbo Lover (Jamaal Charles) and the Chiefs offense?
As for a look ahead to Week 6, find out which game could make season-changing implications in what was expected to be one of the league's closest divisional races.
For those who are interested in checking out bits and pieces of this week's podcasts, every edition will include a "playlist" of sorts breaking down every segment from the podcast.
0:00 to 23:40 -- Six Pack of Statements
- 1:10 -- The Cardinals will finish last in the NFC West
- 6:00 -- Green Bay's one-dimensional offense foreshadowed their struggles
- 10:05 -- The Tebow effect for the Jets offense cost them a MNF win
- 13:10 -- Kansas City still has hope with Brady Quinn
- 17:15 -- Ron Rivera again cost his team a chance to win on fourth down
- 20:00 -- Andy Reid deserves more blame than Michael Vick for the Eagles' struggles
23:40 to 28:45 -- Six Pack of Top Players from Week 5 (the Peanut-Briggs duo, the 49ers O-hogs, Reggie Wayne, Drew Brees, the Giants O-hogs, the Rams D-hogs)
28:45 to 31:20 -- Six Pack of the NFL's Best Teams (Houston Texans, Atlanta Falcons, Chicago Bears, San Francisco 49ers, Baltimore Ravens, Arizona Cardinals)
31:20 to 36:50 -- Six Pack of Great Games in Week 6 (Cowboys at Ravens, Rams at Dolphins, Giants at 49ers, Patriots at Seahawks, Packers at Texans, Broncos at Chargers)
- Quality Stats Super Bowl Breakdown: Patriots vs Seahawks
- Super Bowl XLIX Prop Bets: Full List
- Super Bowl 49 Game Capsule: Patriots @ Seahawks
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- 2014 NFL Divisional Playoffs Most-Watched Evah!
- CHFF's Pat Imig Talks Stan Kroenke & The Rams on Sportsnet 590 Toronto
- NFL 2014 Playoff Seeds and Schedule
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Terror Targeting: The Morale of the Story
Ash, Eric, Air & Space Power Journal
One might say that the physical seem little more than the wooden hilt, while the moral factors are the precious metal, the real weapon, the finely-honed blade.
-Carl von Clausewitz
CLAUSEWITZ NOTED CORRECTLY that war is foggy. One of its foggiest elements is morale, a subject clearly less glamorous than high-technology precision weapons and information systems but no less important. There has been no "revolution in morale affairs" to make the gray shades of morale more black and white. Instead, because morale keeps us flying on instruments "in the soup," it serves as a governor to check the hyper pace of modern warfare. Morale inertia also carries an imperative that the will to win the fight is something the victor must maintain and the vanquished must lose.1 United States Air Force leaders know this because they continue to face challenges worldwide having to do with people's willing@ ness or lack of will to keep the peace. Morale played a major part during aerial bombing campaigns in Southwest Asia and more recently in Eastern Europe, where it again remained an elusive but critical factor. In addition, despite the Air Force's airpower and space power preeminence in the world, its people are suffering declining morale due to high operations tempo and unpredictable deployments. Fundamental to the Air Force's current scheduling transformation-using on-call expeditionary wings-is a desire to improve the current morale slump and its consequent impact on retention.
Morale's interface with high operations tempo and aerial bombing is nothing new to the Air Force, and sometimes a review of the past can help illuminate present situations. Clausewitz once again has appropriate words: "History provides the strongest proof of the importance of moral factors and their often incredible effect: this is the noblest and most solid nourishment that the mind of a general may draw from a study of the past."2
For this article, the study of the past involves primarily World War II, when US Army Air Forces leaders also faced tough choices as high aircrew morale corresponded to perceptions of success against the enemy, but low morale reflected excessive operations tempo and losses. The article explores morale theoretically as well as historically, linking it to leadership by analyzing how various military leaders approached morale and made it integral to operations. It presents a typology of positive and negative morale and analyzes the role of morale in past wars-in particular, World War II area ("terror")3 bombing-to suggest that morale was, and still is, fundamentally one of the most difficult issues with which aerial strategists and aviators have had to deal. Finally, it argues that although morale is a fuzzy subject, it requires both pinpoint accuracy and understanding when it comes to targeting.
This is a high-pitched theoretical study about some complex issues, but it is written for the Air Force flyer, who needs to consider what his or her predecessors were doing and thinking in the past when they launched into the wild blue. Operators need to be thinkers. Especially when one is under the increasing stress of combat and operations tempo, it is important to be morally committed to the mission, knowing that it is the right thing to do.
Morale is an age-old challenge. During World War Il's Combined Bomber Offensive (CBO), morale bombing was costly and its success unproven. Likewise, morale bombing still appears to be a major challenge today for "effects-based targeting," particularly for a quick win during the so-called halt phase of war. Another challenge is unit morale, the commander's constant concern. In a way, morale is like a trump card of war, and Air Force decision makers today must appreciate it as one of the major organizational and operational issues facing the Expeditionary Air Force.
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Village of Miami Shores Multimodal Mobility Study
The Village of Miami Shores conducted a multimodal mobility study with the primary goal to increase bicycle and pedestrian mobility and safety through identifying projects and recommendations that the village can consider for programming and implementation. This study is part of the Municipal Grant Program (MGP).
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Call for Ideas
We are seeking creative ideas for transportation planning studies that will provide effective solutions to alleviate traffic congestion in the areas of highways, transit, freight, air, sea, non-motorized, and safety. Submissions will be considered for inclusion in the Unified Planning Work Program (UPWP). Ideas selected will then be recommended for adoption by the MPO Governing Board.
This is your opportunity to get involved and make a difference!
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Village of Pinecrest US-1 Corridor Bicycle/Pedestrian Mobility Plan
The purpose of this study was to identify specific pedestrian improvements, identify means of connectivity with the Village Bicycling Plan and area bicycle trails, recommend the best use and locations for transitional spaces, identify solutions that would enhance and continue the Pinecrest brand, improve safety for pedestrians and bicyclists from cars moving along US-1 and the commercial properties.
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2040 Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) Rollout Event
Conveniently located at a Tri-Rail Station near you, we are looking forward to showing you the region's 2040 transportation vision. Hear from key speakers to learn more about your transportation agencies and investments in the region. Light refreshments will be served at the events. Enter the FREE EVENT RAFFLE on the SEFTC website or call 1-800-234-7433.
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Every four years the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) and the Federal Transit Administration (FTA) conduct a review of the Miami-Dade MPO's transportation planning process, as required by law. The Federal Team conducted a site visit with MPO staff from April 22nd to April 23rd, which commenced with a comprehensive, interactive presentation provided by MPO staff explaining the multitude of work products completed and best practices achieved over the last four years. This presentation became the fabric of the meeting as both MPO staff and the Federal Team were able to communicate to one another what the required regulations were and how each one was successfully accomplished.
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Soul Calibur on the 360, thats my dream.
Devil May Cry 4 Comes to Xbox360
Started by Xbox-Scene , Mar 20 2007 04:10 AM
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Posted 22 March 2007 - 11:31 AM
Posted 26 March 2007 - 06:58 AM
Well I know I WILL eventually purchase a PS3 to play GOD OF WAR III - GOWII was friggin sweet. Well... unless Sony goes belly-up and only does 3rd party much like the way of the Dreamcast... *sniffle* ... like that will happen... but it would be fitting... PS2 kills ubercool Dreamcast, ubercool Xbox360 kills PS2s brother (PS3)... sweet revenge...
Dreams, dreams...
Dreams, dreams...
Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:22 PM
Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:35 PM
Wow, those must be the most retarded people ever
They are bitching cause they know that PoS console they bought is failing more by the day. With no exclusives for the PS3 and plenty of games on the 360 there is no reason to buy one (unless you want a cheap blu ray player).
Who can blame Capcom, keeping it exclusive for $ony will only give it less potential sales and with plenty more 360s in consumers hands why would they want to make it exclusive for a losing console?
Posted 26 March 2007 - 08:38 PM
any bets on how long 'till we (360 owners) get MGS:4 and Final Fantasy?
and how long 'till $ony starts paying M$ game studios to make games for the ps3
and how long 'till $ony starts paying M$ game studios to make games for the ps3
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By Joel H. Fish
The Steroid Era in baseball is supposedly over, but in the past year 18 professional baseball players failed drug tests. Meanwhile, 21 professional football players have missed time because of taking banned supplements. The Lance Armstrong story continues to shed light on the intricate way that drugs have been used in the sport of cycling in recent years.
As a follow up to the 2012 London Olympics, 21 athletes have been provisionally suspended for failed drug tests. Various studies of American high school athletes estimate that 5.9 percent of boys and 4.6 percent of girls have used anabolic steroids to help them build muscle.
What's going on here? Sport psychology looks at the motivation of why athletes take performance enhancing drugs and supplements. Even with the consequences that athletes face these days, why do a percentage of athletes still take the risk of breaking the rules? Why is it that both male and female athletes of all ages continue to be willing to risk the physical damage that can result to their bodies long-term for the possible short-term gain of improved performance?


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El Yunque Rainforest Hiking from San Juan
Read what other Viator.com travelers think about the El Yunque Rainforest Hiking from San Juan. What they loved, what they liked and what they think could be improved, it's all here to help you make the most of your next trip.
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Beautiful hike...much fun...had a very nice tour guide...food at end a little rough.. Had a great time.
Pick up was on time, and our guide was very knowledgeable and funny! Plenty of time allowed at the water fall.
Great tour guide, very knowledgeable. Very well coordinated and planned. Comfortable ride, great sights!
A great, friendly and knowledgeable guide.
Celeste G
This tour was amazing. We loved every single minute of it. The tour guide was extremely generous and very knowledgeable. He helped make this experience an unforgettable one. Thank you!
Richard R
Very enjoyable 6 hour trip. We had an excellent, knowledgable, informed, personable and funny guide. Just about the right amount of hiking in the rainforest, with opportunities for breaks. Well planned itinerary with opportunity for lunch at the end at a local restaurant. If we get to return to Puerto Rico, we all hope to take other tours from Viator.
Nikki B
Everything about this tour was perfect! Our guide, was absolutely wonderful! He was not only knowledgeable, but extremely courteous. He offered to take pictures for us and really made this tour worth every cent. I could have easily rented a car, grabbed a map and seen everything on my own, but the experience of someone who knows the area and the history is invaluable. Additionally, everything was exactly on time!
Jessie S
This was an experience of a lifetime. It rained twice on our hike but that just added to the experience. Our guide was wonderful and knowledgeable! I'd do it again!!!
Jeffrey T
Highly recommended. The rainforest was great and tour guide was very informative.
The rainforest was beautiful, including the 2 waterfalls and the view from an observation tower. The included transportation was a nice break from the rental car and the crazy San Juan traffic. The hike was somewhat strenuous. We would give the guide 5 stars- he was very knowledgeable and personable, we actually had coffee with him before and after our trip!
My mom and I had a great time! Wonderful experience with Tony as our guide. Just wish we could have stayed at the falls longer.
It was nice and information
A nice tour, although I felt "hiking" was a bit overstated - there are some steep parts, but it's 0.7 miles along a paved path so not at all difficult. The falls were nice, although quite crowded.
The tour was well organized and we loved our tour guide! A few words of advice to future visitors....... ask your driver to go straight to the big waterfall first - this is what our guide did, and helped to avoid the mass o people who come but who stop at other sights on the way, at least reducing the number of people in the falls at a time and on the trails. Bring water shoes to wear - it is a rocky entry and slippery. It is a beautiful hike, but we were just a bit disappointed to find that the "trail" is mostly paved and not natural. Our guide took us outside the rainforest for lunch, and did not recommend the two restaurants inside the rainforest. It was a pleasant way to spend the day!
Our guide was on time, friendly, knowledgeable, fun. The tour was interesting and well-planned. Recommended highly.
Guide seemed very knowledgeable about forest, but he did not accompany us on our hike. I would have liked to learn more about life in the forest. Also, we were too rushed. I wanted to spend more time absorbing the beauty of the place, but everyone else was way ahead of me in order to meet guide's timeline.
The rainforest was so pretty and Tony was very knowledgeable. Had a great time. :D
The el yunque rainforest was beautiful
Tony was a wonderful guide and was very flexible when we chose to stay longer in one spot and less time in another.
Definitely request to be on the tour with Robert G (unfortunately we cannot remember his last name). He is extremely knowledgeable about PR political and geographical history. The hike is very easy until the very last 5 minutes or so and the falls are beautiful! We enjoyed it so much.
The tour was fun and well guided. It was definitely a hike especially on the way out. The downside was the recommendation that every stopped to eat on the way back together. This puts the people who don't wish to in a difficult position.
It was a great experience; Tony the guide was extremely knowledgeable, accomodating, courteous, and made the trip a lot of fun. It would be nice if the trip had more hiking in it, but overall, it was a great way to see and experience El Yunque.
The rainforest hike was nice but the waterfall was great. I'd recommend water shoes since walking on the rocks hurt your feet.
It's about on hour trip in the van from the Ritz, but Tony tried to fill the void with area facts.
The big thing I didn't like, we paid for a full day trip but was back at the hotel by 1pm? We had 30 minutes at the falls, which could of been longer, since what's the rush?
Overall the trip was good. Our guide Cruze was very knowledgeable about the area and plant life. The only negative is that we stopped at a restaurant outside the park and the food was good but the prices were really high for rice beans and chicken. We also had to wait on our guide to stop socializing so we could leave the restaurant.
So, so good! Our only wish would have been to explore more of the forest and trails! The trip is a great introductory to the rain forest weather.


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Election 2008
Found on Twitter: Clinton, Obama Respond
I checked the major Democratic rivals Twitter feeds this morning for signs of life after yesterday's primary in Pennsylvania.
From Hillary Clinton's Twitter account, about 10 p.m. Eastern on Tuesday:
"Thank you Pennsylvania!!"
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"The University of Illinois is also in turmoil. The university sports an Interim Chancellor, an Interim Athletic Director, and an Interim Football Coach; the game will be played at Soldier Field, making this an Illini Interim Home Game."
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Upon Further Review 2015: Defense vs PSU
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Happy Thanksgiving. Merry Thanksgiving? I'm trying not to accidentally have a war on Christmas here. Whichever Thanksgiving greeting you feel is appropriate appears in this space along with a reminder that Matt's good at making mortgages happen and a solid all-around dude, so if you're in the market you could do a lot worse.
Matt's got a ticket offer going for a Michigan football or basketball game. If you're buying a home or refinancing, he's the right guy to call.
FORMATION NOTES: Standard stuff from Michigan to the point where I forgot to take a screenshot. Here is a picture of Hackenberg getting swarmed instead.
[Eric Upchurch]
SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Charlton moved to buck/WDE. With him there it's WDE. RJS backed him up an got a healthy number of snaps. Hurst, Henry, and Wormley got the vast bulk of the remaining DL snaps. Strobel got in for a few. Godin had a little bit more playing time than Strobel but maybe a dozen snaps total.
Gedeon rotated in for both Morgan and Bolden periodically. Bolden seemed to get more rest than Morgan. Gedeon might have been in there a quarter of the time. Ross played a reasonable amount as a SAM in 4-3 sets.
Secondary was as per usual now, with Hill the dime back behind Thomas. Stribling got scattered snaps. In the 4-3 Peppers and Lewis were the corners.
[After THE JUMP: diatribe! Three plays that went poorly! And then good stuff!]
Monday Presser 11-23-15: Players
Joe Bolden, Kyle Kalis,and Willie Henry
When Michigan State won on Saturday, how did that change your feelings toward The Game and what this matchup might mean?
WH: "Personally for me it didn't because this is the biggest rivalry in college football, in my opinion. They're going to go out there and give it their all. We're going to control what we can control, so we're going to go out there and play Michigan football Saturday."
KK: "Yeah, I have to agree. You know, the whole year it's really just been us controlling our own destiny. It's going to be up to us having a great week of practice preparing for the game. They're going to come out hard like they always do. Yeah, doesn't affect anything for me."
Joe, you're a senior. You're from Ohio. Is there really anything else to say this week?
"Not really, no."
Is this a game you've been waiting for?
"Yeah, [for] four years, you could say. Since I committed."
Considering you're all from Ohio, what does this mean for your family and your friends having to deal with both sides of the rivalry?
KK: "There's definitely some conflict, but it's all good. This is the best rivalry game in college football. No doubt in my mind, and I know I'm not the only one who thinks that. It's going to be fun. We've all been waiting for it. Team's been waiting for it. Both teams are going to come out hard, guns blazing, not holding anything back, and it's going to be a good one."
Willie, you guys made a slight schematic change going into the game with Penn State on Saturday: you put four traditional down linemen in the game. When did you make that decision, and how do you think that approach worked this weekend?
"That was all coach Durkin and the coaching staff. They come in every week and they're scheming up something different to help the defense and the team to put us in a better situation to win games. They thought going down to a traditional 4-3 look was better for the team; I'm all for it. It was more what was best for the team and a schematic advantage for Penn State."
How do you think you guys did with it?
"I think we did well. I congratulate the D-line. I felt like we put a lot of pressure on Hackenberg during the game and tried to keep pressure and get to him with a four-man rush."
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Upon Further Review 2015: Defense vs Indiana
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Hey man you never know when something that looks good is going to suddenly disintegrate into a pile of sawdust or like the Fed is going to say "rates are now a billion percent" so get a mortgage with Matt. I may be overreacting to the content of this post. It's probably going to be fine if you don't refinance or whatever. But it could also not be fine and you could get stuck on the field for ninety mortgages or something.
Matt's got a ticket offer going for a Michigan football or basketball game. If you're buying a home or refinancing, he's the right guy to call.
FORMATION NOTES: When I say "nickel under" I do mean a 4-3 under with nickel personnel.
Bolden is standing up on the LOS as the SAM with Hill filling in as a second ILB. Wilson is off the screen as a very deep S as per usual.
M occasionally tucked a linebacker inside one of their DEs, which is a "bear" front:
Nickel buck denotes the buck LB right behind the nose. This was rare.
Ross got in as a buck and stood up and I'm just pretending he's a DE, okay? That's what I'm pretending.
PERSONNEL NOTES: Michigan spent almost the entire game in a nickel aside from some goal line sets and a few dime packages. With Glasgow out, Hurst started. Strobel was his backup at first. He got two or three stretches of playing time and did poorly. Late Michigan started playing Henry at nose a lot. There was palpable frustration with Hurst on stretch plays. Godin also returned, though he had a very bad day.
Bolden/Morgan at LB except for two drives with Gedeon replacing Bolden and one with Gedeon replacing Morgan.
The secondary saw Thomas start over Hill again. When Thomas was hurt in the first quarter Hill got the bulk of the game. Clark and Stribling are still splitting time but it is increasingly clear that Clark has won the job.
[After THE JUMP: seriously, Kevin Wilson, I hate you]
One Frame At A Time: Indiana
A deep ball! In the wild! This is a very exciting development.
[Hit THE JUMP for much more of that, as well as plenty of Harbaugh and a surprise battle for #1.]
Unverified Voracity Brainwashes Child
Bo with children. Bo passed away nine years ago today. Spurred by a classic old-timey photo posted by Steve Lorenz, a couple of readers passed along adorable pictures of Bo not yelling at them about their pad level despite his constant desire to do so:
@TremendousUM @mgoblog Here's a pic of Bo telepathically ingraining lifelong Michigan loyalty into my 6-Yr-O soul. pic.twitter.com/8lONTfNLZj
— LTA2891 (@LTA2891) November 17, 2015
@TremendousUM @mgoblog One of my favorite pics as a kid...when it was still fun to go to media day. pic.twitter.com/v5pQXZBQj4
— Ryan Schreiber (@Ryan_Schreiber) November 17, 2015
Meanwhile, the legend lives on.
Wow. Feel like we've seen this live... https://t.co/qJJBRKVMFZ
— Wilton Speight (@WiltonSpeight) November 17, 2015
If any school can do it, it's Michigan. PFF lists Jourdan Lewis as one of their alternate-universe-where-everyone-pays-close-attention-to-tape Heisman candidates:
Jourdan Lewis, CB, Michigan: +21.7
Key stat: Only three cornerbacks have been targeted more, and he has still only allowed 274 yards in his coverage.
Like Bosa, Lewis is hurt by playing on defense, particularly when he doesn't have any game breaking returns to catch your attention. That being said, you won't find a better cover corner in all of college football, and he is right up there with the other four players listed as one of the best players in the country. Lewis has been targeted 72 times in coverage, which seems foolish for opposing quarterbacks, especially when you consider he has given up just 26 receptions for 274 yards and one touchdown over the course of the year. He's allowed more than 40 receiving yards in a single game just once all year, and has come away with two interceptions and 14 pass breakups. There was a three-game span against UNLV, BYU and Maryland where he allowed just three receptions for six yards while picking off one pass and breaking up five more.
Those numbers are bonkers. Michigan's inability to generate turnovers has got to be mostly luck when they're getting so many hands on opposition passes. Those translate to INTs at a fairly consistent rate and Michigan is way below par there; meanwhile they've recovered one opposition fumble all year. I can't imagine what their numbers would be like if they had the same level of fortune that Hoke's first team did.
In other grading things. PFF did the Indiana game, giving Jake Rudock a monster +9.2. Certain defenders didn't do so hot:
Michigan's run defense was exposed for the first time this season, but it wasn't because they were overpowered on the line. No, the Wolverine's defense looked completely lost trying to maintain gap control against the Hoosier's stretch plays. Michigan's defensive line likes to fire off straight upfield at the snap. This works great against downhill runs like inside zone where they had great success Saturday. But versus outside zone firing upfield creates very wide running lanes when one defensive tackle flows down the line of scrimmage and another one doesn't. The poor discipline made the job extremely difficult on Michigan's linebackers. Matthew Godin (-5.3) and Joe Bolden (-3.6) were the two that struggled the most.
I'm through the first half-zillion Indiana plays and that is very much on point. Michigan is slanting with a backside blitz a ton and still not getting their guys to the correct gaps way way too often. Michigan quickly adapted to all the stretch plays tactically but the backup DTs were unable to execute, and Hurst suffered quite a bit as well.
Bolden… Bolden is not getting a good UFR number. I do not understand why Ben Gedeon isn't getting way more time.
New basketball rules impact. Kenpom with the 1000 foot view:
Scoring is up 7% over the first weekend last season. Pace is up 5% and efficiency is up 2%. It's not 1975-style basketball, but for at least one weekend we turned the clock back to 1995 when it wasn't unusual to see a team crack 100 on the daily scoreboard.
Fouls are up slightly, as are threes (with no decrease in shooting percentage). Twos are more accurate. The main caveat I would suggest is that years with rules changes that include "call the game like the rulebook says" often start out with a bunch more fouls and then refs swallow their whistles as the stakes rise. The last attempt to crack down on obstruction of movement petered out by midseason. Hopefully this one sticks, but I'm not getting out my victory epaulettes just yet.
FWIW, the NCAA put out a video about what the rules entail:
It's nice that the official voice of the NCAA is decrying MSU's brand of footsketball, at least. John Gasaway on the new regime:
One paradox or spiritual kinship shared by basketball and baseball alike is that invariably many of the sports' most consequential "reforms" consist of nothing more than a renewed commitment to enforcing the rules as already written. Screens really do have to be stationary, and bumping a cutter or displacing a player off the block really is a violation. So it is that in the coming days it will be said that it's precisely this newfound strict constructionist attitude that's resulted in all these darn fouls that are suddenly being called. Indeed the NCAA itself is already sounding this alarm. In its video the organization channels its inner Clubber Lang and says its prediction is pain: "At times the fans and media will not like the number of fouls being called, but we must stay the course and call the rules as written in the rule book."
I don't doubt for a moment that officials will signal their seriousness in November by minting free throws left and right, but it bears repeating that justice can be furthered by a no-call just as it can be by a whistle. Enlarging the charge circle could, one hopes, increase the prevalence of swallowed whistles, while the NCAA's professed wish to stop rewarding "offense-initiated contact" will be nothing less than a no-call godsend if it comes to pass. I don't want to see a foul called on Melo Trimble (just to pick a name purely at random), but a no-call the next time he flings himself like a horizontal missile into the chest of the nearest vertical-cylinder-inhabiting defender would most definitely be a just result.
One note from the Elon game: the refs appeared to blow one egregious example of offense-initiated contact when a Fightin' Christian jumped unnaturally into Walton to draw a foul.Otherwise I thought that game was well officiated aside from the usual slate of block/charge calls that nobody can ever figure out.
Is this how you do it? "Not quite." How about now? "Still not really there." Surely now? "For chrissakes can you stop looking like a serial killer experiencing afterglow for like 30 seconds?"
You're the one who wanted me to smile, Lynn.
Henson. Via WH:
Etc.: Holdin' The Rope on Indiana and the Elon game. Elon highlights. Maize and Blue Nation.
Willie Taggart has had a nice turnaround year at USF. If he were to be let go at any point, Taggart would be very much on Harbaugh's radar to fill hypothetical holes on his staff, but better to see him succeed.
Charlie Strong to Miami rumors get their first credible support as Bruce Feldman says he's heard it is a possibility. Michigan is competing with Texas for a number of recruits including Jordan Elliott and Jean Delance.
The remarkable laziness of the Baylor offense. Steve Smith storytime from Sap. IU fans are sick of being #CHAOSTEAM, but what choice do they have? Five Factors from Punt John Punt. Grandson of Gerald Ford coming to play lacrosse. CFB is slightly slower than it was last year. Vincent Smith gardening in Flint. "I think it's the bear, and I think Houma comes in second with tattoos."
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Matt says the Fed may raise rates pretty soon here, and a cursory googling confirms that some dude says there is a "very strong case" to do so. Lifehacker says this will make the "notoriously low rates" of recent years less notoriously low. If you're on the fence and hate pants, Matt can help. I need one more sentence to get past the logo.
He's got a ticket offer going for a Michigan football or basketball game. If you're buying a home or refinancing, he's the right guy to call.
FORMATION NOTES: A few new things. I'm using "heavy" to denote lineups on which Michigan plays four true DL. Without Godin those are almost always both NTs with Henry and Wormley. This was 6-2 heavy:
For a period late in the first half Michigan ran a dime package on which the NT split out. This was a pass rush package without much pass rush and didn't return; I called it "3-2-6 dime split":
And Michigan has been running this one-high nickel package with eight guys in the box enough that I thought I should note it. This is "nickel even 8":
It is frequent on passing downs that feature some run threat.
SUBSTITUTION NOTES: Injuries biting into the DL a bit now. Michigan was rotating Hurst and Glasgow until Glasgow went out, at which point Hurst had to go the rest of the way himself. I do think they bought him a little rest by inserting Henry at the nose. Wormley and Henry played most of the game as well; Godin got one snap shortly after Glasgow exited. He must be close, but not close enough.
RJS returned to buck. Ross spotted him in passing downs. I called those dime packages; YMMV. With Gedeon out Morgan and Bolden got all the ILB snaps.
Secondary saw a shift as Dymonte Thomas got significantly more time than he has before; I would say he displaced Delano Hill as the starter. Hill played a fair share as well, both in nickel and dime. Second corner rotation was as per usual with an edge to Clark in snaps. Brandon Watson saw maybe a half dozen snaps at nickelback as Michigan tried to save Peppers a bit.
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|The Evolution of Intraventricular Vortex during Ejection Studied by Using Vector Flow Mapping.
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|Aims: The purpose of this study was to assess the evolution of intraventricular vortex during left ventricular (LV) ejection. Methods: Vector flow mapping was performed in 51 patients with coronary artery disease and LV ejection fraction (EF) >50%, 70 patients with EF <50% (13 with coronary artery disease and 57 with dilated cardiomyopathy), and 62 healthy volunteers. Results: In normals and patients with EF >50%, the intraventricular vortex dissipated quickly during early ejection. In patients with EF <50%, the vortex stayed mainly at apex and persisted for a significantly longer time. The evolution of vortex during ejection was significantly correlated with QRS width, EF, fractional shortening, LV outflow velocity time integral, wall motion score index (WMSI), LV dimensions, left atrial diameter, and diastolic mitral annular velocities. LV end-diastolic short diameter and WMSI were the independent determinants of the duration of vortex (R(2) = 0.482, P < 0.001). End-systolic short diameter and apical WMSI were the independent determinants of duration of vortex corrected for ejection time (R(2) = 0.565, P < 0.001). End-systolic short diameter was the independent determinant of percentage change in vortex area during early ejection (R(2) = 0.355, P < 0.001). End-systolic short diameter and ejection time were the independent determinants of percentage change in vortex flow volume (R(2) = 0.415, P < 0.001). Conclusions: In patients with LV systolic dysfunction, the vortex persists during ejection and stays mainly at apex. The vortex evolution during ejection is closely associated with LV dimensions and functions.
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Hurghada - Haus direkt am Meer
House, Entire place - Hurghada, Egypt
Exactly between the city center of Hurghada and a few years ago recently built El Gouna, this facility stands with Villa. Due to the location, you can reach in a few minutes from the lively center or the golf course.
Especially long-term tourists can escape the not always favorable European climate conditions.
The 2-storey villa has a total of 3 bedrooms, each with 2 beds, 1 room with a double bed, 2 bathrooms with shower and bath, a powder room, kitchen and a large living area with dining area. The covered terrace with nearly 100m2 has a built in grill and sink. In front of the living area, there is an additional ground-level terrace, the guests can sit in the mornings for breakfast by the sea.
The satellite TV allows especially the reception of programs via Astra. The 30 meters away, the beach drops off very flat and is therefore particularly suitable for children. Despite the sandy beach slippers are recommended.
On request, private guided tours and sightseeing tours are organizes. Likewise, employment of domestic workers and a chef is possible.
By the wind conditions, the object is particularly suitable for kitesurfers.
Final cleaning (75.00 €) is mandatory.
Energy and water are billed based on usage.
As a deposit for an amount of 250 euros is required.
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Ronald Coase, 1910-2013.
Sep 30, 2013, Vol. 19, No. 04 • By ANDREW B. WILSON
Though I never met the man, I feel a debt of gratitude to Ronald Coase, the Nobel Prize-winning economist who died on Labor Day at age 102. Reading his "Nature of the Firm," one of the most cited essays in all of economics literature, encouraged me to start my own business.
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Two decades ago, I persuaded John McDonnell, the CEO of McDonnell Douglas, then the nation's twenty-third-largest industrial company, to outsource the biggest part of my job—writing his speeches—back to me as an independ-ent writer. I left the company with an annual contract that paid me no less money than I had been making before and that allowed me to pursue other clients. But as I told McDonnell, I knew that I had to perform at a high level, being painfully aware that the company could cancel my contract at any time if I did less well as an independent contractor than I had as a "salary-man" (to use the Japanese expression), or employee.
Anyone familiar with Ronald Coase's work will recognize that I had struck a classic "Coasian" bargain—finding an efficient free-market solution to a problem (my unhappiness with the corporate environment and desire for independence) that worked for both parties: The CEO accepted the notion that I would be a hyper-motivated non-employee, and I became my own boss.
Coase was the first to ask, and provide a plausible answer to, the question of why companies exist, and why a critical part of their success comes from getting large numbers of people to submit to a form of voluntary servitude—punching a time clock and giving employers the right to direct their performance in exchange for predetermined wages or salaries and protection from sudden or arbitrary dismissal.
His answer was that companies exist for the purpose of reducing "transaction costs," meaning all the costs of trying to order economic activity through voluntary exchange. That includes the costs of searching out and evaluating other parties; negotiating contracts; maintaining communication; and policing and enforcing the terms of those contracts.
Imagine the extraordinary difficulty that a Henry Ford or a William Boeing would have faced in trying to contract out for every part and every task going into the manufacturing and assembly of a car or airplane. Hence the need for the visible hand of management in coordinating the allocation of resources.
At the same time, Coase fully appreciated the disciplines and rewards of free enterprise, and he was acutely aware of the tendency of corporate (and government) bureaucracies to stifle individual initiative and kill any sense of real ownership that people have over the quality of their own work. Within a large, publicly owned corporation, no one, including the CEO, is spending his own money.
Citing the picturesque words of another economist (D. H. Robertson), the British-born Coase, who spent most of his working life in the United States, described companies as "islands of conscious power"—or central planning—in an "ocean of unconscious (i.e., spontaneous free-market) cooperation . . . like lumps of butter in a pail of coagulating buttermilk."
The "lump of butter" of which I was a part in the early 1990s was a shrinking rather than a growing mass: In just three years, the company shed more than 50,000 jobs, or 42 percent of the workforce. In the midst of all the downsizing, people were angry and confused, not knowing where the axe would fall next and bitterly resenting a sudden loss of the personal security that they had gained (and felt entitled to) through years of fealty to the same company. What they didn't see was that a whole way of life was disappearing.
And now it is gone. Today, no one—not even someone graduating from a top business school—expects to spend his or her entire adult life with a single company. Everyone accepts that big companies really aren't built to last. More like lumps of butter than castles of perpetual growth and stability, they may dissolve at any moment and disappear into the surrounding liquid.
One may think of the quarter-century from 1955 (the first year of the Fortune 500) to 1980 as a golden age for big business in America. During that time, Fortune 500 companies ruled the roost, growing at about twice the rate of GDP growth and enjoying robust profitability from one year to the next, even during recessions. In 1975, the last year of the virulent recession touched off by the Arab oil embargo, only 15 Fortune 500 companies, or 3 percent of the total, reported losses, and all of the top 50 companies were solidly in the black.
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If you love gardens, why not visit Bourton House Garden in the beautiful village of Bourton-on-the-Hill? This award-winning three acre garden surrounds a fine 18th century Manor House and features magnificent herbaceous borders, imaginative topiary, a unique Shade House and many rare, unusual and exotic plants. Beautiful at any time of the year, Bourton House Garden is particularly recommended in the summer months. Complete your visit with delicious home-made cakes served in the superb Grade I listed 16th century Tithe Barn.
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I'm trying to put together some touring equipment, mainly a tent, bag (40+ or 32+) and cookware. I'm also trying to go lightweight here and thanks to REI's return policy and the membership thing I have like $170 in store credit and there's that 20% off thing going on. So Basically I can get a 210 dollar item for free, which makes me want to buy one nice thing; either a bag or a tent and go cheap on the others.
I'm a student, so optimizing the cash to goodness ratio is important here.
I may be interested in making a tarp tent, but remain undecided.
As far as their rack and pannier selection, I'd rather support a local shop which cuts me deals now and again.
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In his Feb. 8 letter, Keith Ammann of Bright Lights dismissed a study by the Archives of Adolescent Medicine showing that young adolescent African-American responded positively to an abstinence-only message. He claimed it was "different."
In his Feb. 8 letter, Keith Ammann of Bright Lights dismissed a study by the Archives of Adolescent Medicine showing that young adolescent African-American responded positively to an abstinence-only message. He claimed it was "different."
Here's how he described it: "Unlike most abstinence-only programs, it counseled children to delay sex 'until they are ready' rather than until marriage, it avoided a moralistic tone, it didn't disparage condom use and it rebutted misconceptions about contraceptives if the subject came up during discussion. This makes it more comparable to the 'abstinence-plus' programs some states and school districts are adopting."
Here's how Jacob Wingert explained the "difference": "The reason why this abstinence program is viewed as being different from mainstream abstinence courses is that this one did not take on a moralistic tone and also encouraged students to wait until they felt like they were ready, rather than wait until they were married. The course also did not vilify condoms and did not claim that sex outside of a monogamous and faithful marriage as inappropriate."
Here's the truth from an experienced and reliable columnist, Mona Charen: "Between 2001 and 2004, John B. Jemmott III (an African-American professor at the University of Pennsylvania) and his colleagues studied 662 African-American sixth- and seventh-graders (average age 12). The kids were randomly assigned to one of four programs. The first emphasized abstinence and included role-playing methods to avoid sex. The second combined an abstinence message with information about condoms. The third focused solely on condom use, and the fourth (the control group) was taught general health information.
"Over the course of the next two years, about half of the kids who received the condom instruction and half of the control group were having sex. Forty-two percent of those who got the combination class were sexually active, but only 33 percent of the abstinence-only group were having sex. Additionally, and this confounds one of the myths of the condom pushers, the study found no difference in condom use among the four groups of students who did engage in sex."
J-S readers can decide who did a more accurate job of explaining how the study was conducted and who was more objective in interpreting the results. As Jemmott said, "We've written off abstinence-only education without looking closely at the nature of the evidence."
Richard O'Connor
Pearl City
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