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Adrian, Dear - she was only 64. Sure, she was at one time part of a huge religious pyramid scheme, but she paid her dues, and then some, here on Earth. She was one of the few Evangelicals who actually gave a rat's ass about gays and people with HIV/AIDS.
In her own goofy sort of way, she did a lot of good. I'm not going to get all sappy over her death, but at least I think we should acknowledge her good works.
Oh calm down Adrian. She was a good person with a terribly positive outlook on life just one day before her death.
Yeah, if you ever find yourself not in love with Tammy Faye, just watch The Eyes of Tammy Faye and see her for the amazing person she was. You and I certainly wouldn't agree with her religion, but I also think you'd agree that she was a great person who loved everyone (everyone) and never judged anyone for anything they did. I know she married a douchebag and was involved in a huge cult (Christianity) but she still seems like one of the truly great people in this world.
The photos of her weighing 65 pounds in her last days were truly sad and pathetic. I used to watch the PTL show just to watch Tammy Faye - Jim Bakker was truly a sleazy character but Tammy Faye was just plain entertaining - irrespective of the cult involvement. It's nice to know she left the world with no regrets.
"Dubious and depressing duty" indicates that someone forced this onerous responsbility upon you. A Latin phrase applies here: "De mortuis nihil nisi bonum" (of the dead, say nothing but good). Try a little BBC custom: "The news as read by Adrian........."
That clip should be part of a horror movie.
She was one of the horrible people who have done such good work undermining christianity. Her combination of free market capitalism and emotionalism presaged the rise of the bushites who have used these tools to get us into Iraq. Every time Bush opens his mouth I can see the mascara dripping down his face.
What a prissy little fag you are. So stupid as to be disrespectfull to the only religious person on this earth to ever stand up for your rights. I am glad she was a bigger and better person than you are, dear Adrian. You shame all people, gay or straight, with your bitchy and pious attitude.
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I am a recording artist in the Miami area, and I am also a singer and songwriter. I have composed a song in memory of Tammy Faye Messner and have posted it on my website http://rjstarr.info.
I am writing you because I am one of millions of people who have been inspired by her life and saddened by her lost battle to cancer. I am hoping that this song will somehow reach her family and that it will help them to heal. In the words of someone who recently heard my song:
You have changed my whole perspective on Tammy Faye. As you may know, I'm very very new to the Spiritual world as you guys understand it, so all these preachers are totally unfamiliar to me... moreover, I've always held kind of a distrust for many of them, including Tammy. These last days I've been watching the Larry King interviews with her and her family and had been mellowed by the sincerity and simplicity that came through but still held my resistance and distrust. The simple fact that you would have composed such a beautiful song for her makes me question my prejudices to the core and as we speak I am revaluating my standpoint totally. For a person as tender but mature as you to express so much love and gratitude in such a beautiful melody and poetical words means that you have been deeply touched by this woman. And for that to happen she must have been so much of an extraordinary human being than I imagined. I really hope that her family and friends understand how deeply moving your song is and how much love and admiration it really conveys. You have opened my eyes and I will see her differently from now on.... I'm sure there is enough taped material around left for all those of us who missed her message in life... maybe that might be her greatest legacy in the future
I guess I would like that realization to somehow reach others. Maybe you could help me?
the people who made that documentary decided to frame her life in an unexpecting fashion in order to bring more attention to their product. tammy faye was no saint. all of you inspired from her must reflect upon the power of television and capitalist whores upon your lives.
Tammy Faye was a financial predator preying on the elderly, the gullible, the vulnerable, seeking their assets to support her own lavish lifestyle.
Another thought: All the support that she may have had for the gay community only made her a fag-hag, not a saint. It is stupid to wash away all of a person's evil doings just because they happen to be gay supporters. She was disgusting and I'm embarrassed that she tried to be a spokesperson for the gay community!
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|For salad
|Green beans
|1 Pound, stringed and washed
|Tarragon wine vinegar
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Lemon juice
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|Olive oil
|1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)
|Dried tarragon leaves
|1⁄4 Teaspoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1⁄2 Teaspoon
|1 Clove (5 gm), pressed
|1⁄4 Pound, washed and sliced thinly (Of Medium Size)
|Black olives
|1⁄4 Cup (4 tbs)
|1 , sliced into 4 thin slices and quartered
|1⁄4 Pound
|Swiss cheese
|1⁄2 Pound
|Boston lettuce head
|1 , washed and crisped
|Radicchio head
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|For strawberry short cakes
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|1 Cup (16 tbs)
|Granulated sugar
|6 Tablespoon (1/4 Cup Plus 2 Tablespoons)
|Vanilla extract
|1 Teaspoon
|1⁄3 Cup (5.33 tbs)
|Fresh strawberries
|1 Pint, washed, 4 whole unhulled and reserved and remaining hulled and sliced
|Heavy cream
|1⁄2 Pint, whipped
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|12 Ounce (Italian Style, Pre Baked)
|1⁄4 Pound (1 Stick, For Serving)
|Espresso coffee
|1 Cup (16 tbs) (Instant Or Brewed)
1. Preheat the oven to 375 degree F.
2. Grease 4 large muffin cups and dust with flour.
3. In a medium bowl, combine biscuit mix, 1/4 cup sugar, vanilla and milk and stir quickly just until moistened.
4. Divide equally among the muffin cups.
5. Place in hot oven and bake for 15 to 20 minutes until springy to touch.
6. In the meantime, boil 1 cup water in a medium saucepan.
7. Add beans, cover pan and steam for 8 to 10 minutes.
8. To make the dressing, in a large bowl, combine tarragon wine vinegar, lemon juice, olive oil, tarragon and seasonings. Whisk with a fork until amalgamated.
9. Add mushroom slices, black olives, lemon slice quarters to the dressing and toss.
10. When beans are cooked drain thoroughly in a colander.
11. Add beans and cheese cubes to dressing and toss well. Keep warm.
12. Add 2 tablespoons sugar to sliced strawberries and toss well. Let stand.
13. Remove cakes when done and turn off oven heat. Place rolls ob baking sheet in oven to warm.
14. Remove shortcakes from muffin cups and slit 3/4 way through centers. Place on dessert plates.
15. Line sides of a large salad bowl with large Boston lettuce and radicchio leaves.
16. Tear remaining and add to bottom of bowl.
17. Toss salad again and heap over salad greens.
18. Accompany with warm rolls and butter.
19. Fill centers of slit muffin cakes with strawberries. Serve with whipped cream on the top or side.
20. End meal with wine or coffee.


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Released: Jun 01st, 2002
Running Time: 172
Director: Pierre Woodman
Company: Hustler Platinum
Cast: Sylvia (I), Barbarella (I) (Hungarian), Sunny Blue, Judith Fox, Sebastien Barrio, Coreena, Anita Too, Alain Deloin, Adrianna, Angelina Sweet, Asian Shan, Lauren Kiss, Pascal St. James, Yasmyne, Petra Short, Ian Scott, James Brossman, Monica Sweet, Titof, Alma Dragon, Bambie
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As this video starts, serial murderer The Brazilian Snake is still on the loose in Rio. The mystery guy from part one is hitting on the green-eyed bartender, also from part one (don't worry if you're coming to the party late, there was a recap at the top of the show) and two cops, one male, one female, are on his tail. When Miss Green Eyes goes to the guy's flat, he's got two girls there already, but she doesn't care to make it a four-way, preferring instead to please herself nearby. She succumbs eventually to some female attention. As the sun rises, we see the male cop in an early-morning fuck with a hooker before he heads off to bust the mystery guy. At the station, the mystery guy is unmasked as an impostor who may have murdered his brother and assumed his identity.
Safe at last, Miss Green Eyes pays her rent and says goodbye to her blonde co-worker, who takes a Polaroid for a keepsake. Then a guy catches the co-worker breaking into his safe. The co-worker gets his mind off it. Meanwhile, the mystery guy, somewhat bruised and bleeding after his interrogation, tells the cops what really happened to his brother and his sister-in-law. They were both murdered, probably by the Snake, and the mystery guy mistakenly gave his brother's passport to the cops to ID himself.
Miss Green Eyes meets up with the co-worker for a good-bye drink, and gets knocked cold, gets trussed naked to a table, and the co-worker pulls out this big knife. The cops arrive, the co-worker is subdued, it's all over, but not before the male cop succumbs to the co-worker's charms, even though she's a psycho murderer, and Miss Green Eyes invites the female cop to join her in the tub. And Miss Green Eyes finally does the mystery guy as a coda, in a hot tub surrounded by candles.
The two-vid Brazilian Snake set is the tape to beat for Best Video right now. Production values to burn, beautiful people, and a combination of plot and sex that keeps it interesting for over five hours of running time, with seven sizzling sex scenes (six with anal) in this volume alone. The dubbing adds another layer of enjoyment, with the voice actors having fun as well.


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Honda CR-V review
New Honda CR-V is impressively practical, and comfortable, too, but it lacks the driving sparkle of some class-leading crossovers
The Honda CR-V is known for its practicality. This was one of the original compact SUVs when it was launched back in 1995, and the recent facelift of the latest fourth-generation model has given the CR-V more of a premium feel than ever, without sacrificing anything in the way of usability.
On-paper economy is impressive, as is the car's refinement on the move, but the most appealing thing remains the Honda's big boot. The crossover sector is crowded and the CR-V has many rivals, but the likes of the Mazda CX-5, Hyundai Tucson, Ford Kuga and Kia Sportage can't hold a candle to the spacious load bay, versatile rear seats and roomy interior.
Many of its competitors are more fun to drive, but the Honda is a relaxed motorway cruiser – although we'd suggest sticking to one of the diesel engines for the best balance of performance and efficiency. The bigger issue is going to be price, as a decent-specification Honda CR-V costs at least £25,000 – and there are some seriously talented alternatives that are considerably cheaper than that.
The Honda CR-V is sold only as a five-door, five-seat SUV. At more than 4.5 metres long, it's probably too big to be considered a crossover, hence the SUV tag.
Not all CR-Vs are equipped with four-wheel drive, though, as front-wheel-drive models make up nearly half the 11-strong range. There are two engines in three power trims: a 1.6-litre turbodiesel with either 118bhp or 158bhp, and a 2.0-litre normally aspirated petrol unit with 153bhp.
The i-DTEC 120 diesel (the number relates to the CR-V's output in PS) can only be had with two-wheel drive and a six-speed manual gearbox, while the i-DTEC 160 is four-wheel drive only, with a choice of the manual transmission or a new nine-speed automatic; indeed, the auto can only be selected on 4WD CR-Vs. The petrol version, badged i-VTEC, can be specified with two or four-wheel drive, and hooked up to either a manual or automatic.
Honda also applies the 'Earth Dreams Technology' tag to its latest powerplants, which aim to serve up a blend of driving pleasure and strong economy. Trim lines are simple and run S, SE, SR and EX.
The CR-V sits above the HR-V in the UK line-up, and is the largest model Honda offers here. It competes in a hugely congested and competitive marketplace, covering vehicles as diverse as the Nissan Qashqai, Skoda Yeti, Kia Sportage, Ford Kuga, Volkswagen Tiguan, Mazda CX-5 and Toyota RAV4.
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The first-generation model was made from 1995 to 2001 and was petrol-powered only. A 2.2-litre diesel was introduced for the Mk2 car, made from 2001 to 2006, while Honda gave the third-generation CR-V (2006-2011) a curvier look as part of a radical makeover. The latest Mk4 CR-V debuted in late 2011 and was revised in 2015, incorporating the company's 'wing grille' corporate face in the process.
By the time the fourth-generation car arrived in the UK in 2012, Honda had already sold more than five million CR-Vs around the globe in less than 20 years in production, proving what an important model it is for the company.
Engines, performance and drive
Honda has a strong history in building great engines, and the newest 1.6 i-DTEC diesel is one of its most impressive recent additions. The latest technology has been used to ensure this engine maximises efficiency in the CR-V, and considering its small capacity, it also serves up strong pace in a car of this size. This engine is available with six-speed manual or nine-speed automatic transmissions, although the auto doesn't deliver on its promise. While gearchanges are smooth, it's sluggish to respond and dulls the engine's performance.
The 1.6 i-DTEC engine is relatively quiet on start-up, with only a hint of diesel rattle. It remains a smooth and refined performer up to its 5,000rpm limiter. Opt for the six-speed manual instead of the new automatic box, and you'll find it a pleasure to use thanks to precise changes. However, despite its impact on acceleration, the auto suits the car's laid back, relaxed nature.
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The rest of the CR-V's driving experience can't quite match the engine, though. This compact SUV has been designed with practicality and comfort in mind, so there's not much fun to be had. The plus side of this set-up is that bumps and potholes are soaked up well.
Grip and traction are also decent, especially on four-wheel-drive models, but the slow steering means you have to turn the wheel more than you might expect to navigate a corner, which doesn't inspire confidence. If you want a more engaging Honda to drive with similar carrying capacity, it might be worth looking at the Volkswagen Golf rival, the Honda Civic.
Just two engines are offered, although the 1.6-litre i-DTEC diesel comes in two states of tune. The lower-powered version, with 118bhp and 300Nm of torque, has been available since 2013, but cannot be specified with four-wheel drive or an automatic gearbox. The plus side to this is that the 118bhp 1.6 is 116kg lighter than the old 2.2 CR-V, which meant Honda had to specially recalibrate the suspension to compensate.
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A more powerful version of the 1.6 i-DTEC engine superseded the previous range-topping 148bhp 2.2-litre diesel. This delivers the same 350Nm of torque as the old 2.2, but adds another 10bhp to the mix – and is 40bhp more powerful than the entry-level 1.6 – with 158bhp. Both 1.6s make their peak power at 4,000rpm and deliver maximum torque from 2,000rpm.
Honda also offers the CR-V with a 2.0-litre i-VTEC petrol engine. This offers 153bhp at 6,500rpm, but when compared to the diesels it looks short on torque; it musters just 192Nm at a peaky 4,300rpm. The petrol engine isn't really worth considering over either of the excellent 1.6 i-DTEC motors. While all the engines provide decent refinement, the diesels make more sense, with lower CO2 emissions and greater efficiency to help keep a lid on running costs.
MPG, CO2 and running costs
What the CR-V lacks in driver involvement and excitement, the 1.6 i-DTEC engine more than makes up for with impressive fuel economy and CO2 figures. The lower-powered 118bhp CR-V claims 64.2mpg, as well as 115g/km emissions.
The more powerful 158bhp i-DTEC diesel is still impressive, with 57.7mpg and 125g/km in SE manual guise, according to Honda. Fit the automatic gearbox, and the official economy figures will plummet by around 2mpg, while emissions will rise by 5-6g/km. Plus, higher trim levels with bigger alloy wheels mildly dent efficiency.
Not surprisingly, the 2.0-litre i-VTEC petrol CR-V is less frugal. Manual front-wheel-drive versions claim 39.2mpg economy and 168g/km emissions, while cars specified with an automatic gearbox and all-wheel drive have official figures as low as 36.7mpg and as high as 179g/km. So while the diesels sit in road tax bands C to E, which means a year's VED will set you back £30 to £130, the petrol CR-Vs fall into band H or I, and will cost you at least £225 a year in road tax.
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Lower Benefit in Kind ratings will make the diesels more tempting as company cars; they range from 21 to 25 per cent, whereas the petrol models range from 28 to 30 per cent. That means the cheapest diesel will have an annual tax liability of £82 for 20 per cent rate taxpayers and £164 for those earning at the 40 per cent rate; the most expensive diesel has comparable Benefit in Kind bills of £148 and £296. For the petrol versions, the respective figures are £103 and £206, or £166 and £331.
Insurance groups
The petrol models are cheaper to insure than the diesels, with the S and SE-spec CR-Vs sitting in group 22, and the SR and EX range-toppers in group 23. For the diesels, opting for four-wheel drive has a negative impact on the cost of insurance. All the two-wheel-drive variants are in groups 22 and 23, like the petrols, but specifying 4WD sees the CR-V placed in groups 26 and 27.
Strong residual values should help to offset the Honda's high purchase price. Diesel CR-Vs are predicted to hold on to as much as 40 per cent of their original purchase price over three years and 60,000 miles, which is an impressive second-hand performance.
Interior, design and technology
The previous-generation Honda CR-V looked a little awkward from some angles, but the latest version has a cohesive, no-nonsense shape. Even so, compared to rivals such as the Nissan Qashqai and Mazda CX-5, the car can appear a little slab-sided and bland.
Wraparound headlights and a grille featuring three prominent chrome bars contribute to a more aggressive front end than before. Slight changes were made in early 2015, when the car received a light update to the front and rear, as well as tweaked suspension, steering and gearbox components. The overall design alterations add up to a more attractive car, even if we wouldn't exactly call it striking.
The colour palette for the CR-V is heavy on the monochrome, with nine shades offered. Of those, four are 'colours', with two blues, a deep brown and red all available for the more daring buyer. Customers also have one 17-inch, one 18-inch and four 19-inch alloy wheel designs to choose from, while a cost option Aero Pack is available to beef up the car's appearance.
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Inside, the dash in the CR-V is less button-heavy than in other models in the Honda range, and the plastics used feel solid and robust. However, the trade-off for this button-free design is that you get a cheap-looking touchscreen infotainment system slotted into the dash.
While it isn't the most exciting interior layout, you get a sense that it will cope easily with the demands of family life. The only other major niggle is that the computer displays – housed above the sat-nav and in the speedometer – look a bit blocky compared to more recent rivals.
Basic S cars get climate control, alloy wheels, cruise control and electrically adjustable and heated door mirrors. The drivetrain choice is limited to just the two-wheel-drive transmission, with either the 118bhp i-DTEC or 153bhp i-VTEC engines.
Stepping up to SE will cost you more than £2,000, but it does bring a reversing camera and a leather-wrapped steering wheel, among other items, as well as Honda Connect. All engines and drivetrains are available here. SR is nearly £3,000 on top of SE, bringing half-leather/half-Alcantara trim with heated seats, HID headlights with cornering function and larger, 18-inch alloys.
EX tops the range and commands another premium of around £2,000 over SR. That buys a panoramic roof, powered tailgate and seats, full leather trim and keyless entry and go. At this level, only the 158bhp i-DTEC and 2.0 i-VTEC engines, both with four-wheel drive, can be specified.
Where it's an option, four-wheel drive will add over £1,000 to the bill, while the automatic gearbox will set you back around £1,800 over the standard six-speed manual.
Sat-nav, stereo and infotainment
While Honda Connect, with its seven-inch touchscreen, features on the SE trim level, you have to step up to an SR to get the Garmin sat-nav included as standard. Adding navigation to an SE model will cost over £1,100.
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All cars come with DAB, a CD player, USB ports with MP3 connectivity and Bluetooth as standard, but there are varying levels of sound system. The S makes do with four speakers, while the SE is uprated to six speakers. Fitted as standard to the SR is an eight-speaker, 320-watt high-power audio system, and this is also carried over to the EX model.
Practicality, comfort and boot space
The Honda CR-V is one of the most practical cars in the compact SUV class, with a versatile cabin and plenty of luggage capacity. Storage space inside the car is impressive and the interior is well designed to cater for the demands of family life. A large armrest cubbyhole and big glovebox feature to help maximise space, while there are also big door bins for stowing items like mobile phones.
Be aware that the CR-V's braked trailer towing limits change according to the drivetrain and engine you specify. All the two-wheel drive models can manage 1,700kg, but this increases to 2,000kg when you go for the four-wheel-drive 158bhp i-DTEC – as long as it's a manual version. Opt for an automatic i-DTEC and the towing limit drops to 1,500kg. The petrol CR-V, by the way, has a towing capacity of only 1,700kg in two or four-wheel-drive guise, and the automatic version is similarly limited to 1,500kg.
The CR-V has quite large dimensions: it's more than two metres wide with the door mirrors folded out and easily over 4.5 metres long. However, it's 30mm lower than the third-generation car and 5mm shorter overall. From behind the wheel, it also feels compact and agile, and is easy to place on the road.
Leg room, head room & passenger space
There's loads of space in the CR-V, with enough room on board to comfortably take five average-sized adults. Legroom in the back is particularly good, although there are still cars in the class that can offer more rear passenger space.
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Headroom is excellent throughout, thanks to the CR-V measuring nearly 1.7 metres in height, and generally there's a lot of elbow room to play with as well. The main issue with the Honda is that there's no seven-seat option; unlike many of its class rivals, it's only available as a five-seat car throughout the range.
The CR-V offers a massive 589 litres of boot space with the rear seats in place. Once they're folded down, luggage capacity grows to a cavernous 1,669 litres, if you load to the roof; it's still a useful 1,146 litres when measured to the window line.
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Honda's Magic Seats help here – the rear seatbases fold upwards and the seatbacks drop down to create a flat load bay and masses of practicality. Handles in the boot allow you to complete this manoeuvre in one easy motion. The wide tailgate opens lower than on the previous generation, making loading larger items an easy process, too.
Reliability and Safety
As with most Japanese manufacturers, Honda has a strong reputation for building solid, reliable cars. The CR-V finished in a strong 21st position out of 200 cars in the Auto Express Driver Power 2015 satisfaction survey, with an overall ranking of 91.06 per cent. Owners praised its reliability, practicality, build quality and comfort, and Honda's dealers are well regarded, too.
The CR-V is one of the safest compact SUVs you can buy thanks to its five-star Euro NCAP rating. Honda also provides six airbags, tyre pressure monitors, stability control with trailer assist and three Isofix child seat mounting points as standard.
Equipment like Xenon headlights and front and rear parking sensors is reserved for higher-spec models, though, while the company's autonomous braking and collision warning systems are also on offer to further improve safety.
The standard manufacturer's warranty is three years or 90,000 miles, whichever comes sooner. On top of this, Honda provides five years' worth of exhaust corrosion cover, 10 years for chassis corrosion and 12 years for structural corrosion. An extended warranty for years four and five can be purchased, costing £460 and £850 respectively.
Like many car companies, Honda offers fixed-price maintenance packages. For cars up to three years old, the service interval is every 12,500 miles or 12 months. Prices vary across the country, but you can expect to pay between £200 and £300 for each of the first three check-ups on petrol and diesel models.
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The first annual service is an 18-point check, in year two a 22-point inspection is carried out and year three sees 21 items serviced. Be aware that replacing a diesel fuel filter adds £100 to the price of any service.
For cars over three years old, buyers can choose from the Honda 12 or Honda 12+ packages. Honda 12 involves a 35-point inspection, and costs between £150 and £200, depending on the model. For around another £100, Honda 12+ also sees the air and pollen filters replaced, as well as the brake fluids.
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Broadcast return from the depths of their Birmingham studio three years after the release of their first full length "The Noise Made By People". An album that was critically acclaimed and went on to sell 50,000 copies worldwide and confirmed Broadcast as a major cult band who have a massive potential to cross over to a wider audience. "HaHa Sound" is a stunning, beautiful album mixing Broadcast's pop sensibilities, through iconic singer Trish Keenan's unforgettable vocals with unique production and idiosyncratic instrumentation.
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A gently dischordant opener kicks off the entrancing, quirky "Colour Me In." Following it up is the slightly staticky rockers like "Pendulum" and the vaguely spooky "Man is Not A Bird," sparkly pop like "Lunch Hour Pops" and "Ominous Cloud," and offbeat ballads like "Before We Begin" and the ethereal "Valerie." Not to mention stately soundscapes like the shimmering "Minim" and experimental spazzing in "Distorsion."
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1st : this is the most violent bass drop I ever heard and I LOVE IT (my sound was so loud that when the drop come it kick me off my chair)
2nd: this is the second week am listening your song, and its the second pair of headphone am buying too.
3th: my neighboor come knock at my door to see what happening.
Really nice song. I feel like there something missing between 2:20 and 3:00 (maybe because its a calm part) but the other drop at 3:00 is great. Nothing more to say.
Keep up the good work and come back with more hardsound like this song.
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YOUNGSTOWN — A man who police said had a loaded .40-caliber handgun in his vehicle Friday evening was filming officers on his cellphone before he was arrested, reports said.
Police working a special detail on the North Side about 9:05 p.m. noticed a car that had its front plate improperly displayed pulling out of a Logan Avenue gas station.
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When the car was searched, the gun was found underneath the driver's-side seat. Also found were two bags of suspected crack cocaine and a digital scale.
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"Also found were two bags of suspected crack cocaine and a digital scale." Where is the charge for selling crack or do they have to positively identify the stuff first? I take it that no matter what he will only do about 30 days since this IS youngstown.
Apparently Scott is not the brightest individual...a loaded gun under the seat and filming the police?
It seems that those in the drug trade are not very bright and yet they make a very healthy income. My question is...how long does the average career last? And, how often do they get to spend time living in secured housing? Apparently, they feel the risks are not that bad.
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Does bodkins in odd's bodkins mean the same as bare bodkin, which appears in Hamlet?
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The Oxford English Dictionary defines (God's, ods) bodkins as 'God's dear body!: an oath' and shows bodikin and bodikie as alternate spellings. The Oxford English Reference, on the other hand, defines a bodkin as 'a blunt thick needle with a large eye used esp. for drawing thick tape, etc. through a hem' and various similar things. I believe that the previous poster's definition of this as 'a dagger (or its blade)' would be reasonable in the poetic context of Hamlet.
The Maven's Word of the Day gives the following:
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The bodkin, as referenced in Hamlet's soliloquy, is a thin sharp blade, designed to pierce armor, especially chain mail.
The idea that bodikin was another name for body, and that this is where the oath odd bodkin comes from, strikes me as probably wrong. The OED says, about bodkin.
So bodkin and bodikin were two possible pronunciations of the same word, originally meaning dagger, in Middle English.
And while the oath Godes bodykins is attested by the OED from 1577, the first citation the OED has for bodikin meaning body (as opposed to boddikie from 1668, which I am assuming is a different word) is from 1721-1800, in the Universal Etymol. Eng. Dict. by Bailey:
I would guess that Bailey's definition is inspired solely from the oath God's bodykin.
And where did the oath God's bodkin come from? Before this oath, there was an oath God's body, attested by the OED from 1520:
I suspect that God's bodykin was a minced oath for God's body, since swearing by God's dagger was presumably less blasphemous than swearing by God's body (I assume the body of Jesus Christ on the cross). And swearing by Od's dagger would be even less so.
Um I believe that in Hamlet Shakespeare could have also been referencing the body definition. As I have heard knives described as naked blades in the case they are not covered. So Shakespeare could be saying that the body/blade of the dagger is not covered or is unsheathed.
The question is confusing since both the odd's bodkins and bare bodkin appear in Shakespeare's Hamlet.
They do not mean the same (to finally answer the original question).
Piecing together the information from other answers (some answering for one meaning, some accounting for the other) it is clear that in odd's bodkins, bodkin means body, whereas in bare bodkin (in the soliloquy) it means dagger.
It refers to God's bodkins (nails) that were used to nail Christ to the cross. Gadzook's or God's hooks is the same.
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This pronunciation phenomenon appears to be more widespread than I'd thought. I've always pronounced lawyer as it's spelled (law-yer), but I've often heard people say loy-er instead. It's not dialectical as far as I can tell, since so many different people say it that way (plus, it's in the dictionary). Why is lawyer so often pronounced loyer?
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The OED has both /ˈlɔːjə(r)/ and /ˈlɔɪə(r)/. In my British accent, I tend towards the second. The reason it's so widespread, if indeed it is, may be because the transition to the vowel /ə/ (schwa) is more readily made from the diphthong /ɔɪ/ than it is from the sequence of /ɔː/, /j/, but I readily yield on the point to any phoneticians among us.
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Picture Pages: you see, Rudy, sometimes you just need to break down a play that's representative of a larger trend. This series picks out a play or two per game that seem significant in the grand scheme of things, Theo, and attempts to explain why. Vanessa.
I brought this up in UFR and wanted to make it clearer so here goes. This is a first and 15 on Michigan's first drive of the day.
Michigan lines up in one of their common sets, a three-wide shotgun look. Here the tight end is lined up as an H-back. Michigan often used the h-back as a pass blocker for Forcier rollouts, but this time he's going to go with the play. Western aligns in a 4-3 look with the nickel back shaded inside of the slot receiver. Michigan will run a zone read, and Western will do a version of a scrape exchange. In brief: in a scrape, the backside defensive end will take off after the tailback instead of maintaining contain. A weakside linebacker or corner will provide QB contain, thus hopefully minimizing or eliminating the quarterback's athleticism edge over the defender he's dealing with.
Below is the handoff point. As Western did basically the whole game, the unblocked backside end takes off after the tailback. Since this is the guy Forcier is reading, he pulls the ball out. A couple points: Michigan has six blockers against six defenders here and should be content to hand the ball off. As we'll see, Brown's going to end up with a lot of room.
A few moments later we see the scraper coming in: he's the corner/LB who was lined up over Grady. He comes flying in and threatens to tackle Forcier in the backfield. The scrape exchange Michigan saw a lot last year saw the WLB head outside; this one is less vulnerable to the veer or other quick-hitting backside plays that exploit the fact that your WLB is flying around the edge. But there's an obvious cost: HOLY GOD LOOK AT THE SLOT RECEIVER.
Forcier is, in fact, looking at a spectacularly open guy on a bubble route. One of the Western safeties is coming up but he's inside of and ten yards away from a guy who's quicker than him. At best he squares up and holds the gain down. If he misses a tackle Grady is born to run.
Also note the line moving to the second level and sealing those defensive tackles. Michigan had three or four plays like this where the tailback shot up to cavernous gaps in the line of scrimmage without the ball. And this isn't a reaction to Forcier's decision to pull the ball yet; only the WLB has seen that. The frames above make it pretty clear that if Michigan had handed the ball off Schilling was going to cut this guy off.
Forcier, unfortunately, decides against the bubble and cuts directly upfield:
Molk has finished burying the playside DT and if Brown had the ball he'd be cruising, as the WLB who peeled off to Forcier was about to get his clock cleaned by Schilling. But Forcier pulled the ball and then made a poor read, so he's got one option:
Four yards.
- Just because the backside DE is crashing down doesn't mean you have to pull the ball. This would have been a big gainer if Forcier handed it off.
- Scrape exchanges are not a magic pill. They pull defenders out of position and the right play call—or read—can exploit them.
- Forcier is, yes, a freshman. He made a number of mistakes against Western of this variety.
- But even so it's nice to have a guy like Forcier who can turn his mistake into positive yards. Michigan had a lot of screwups in game one but most of them still went forward. That's a huge difference from last year.
Preview: Notre Dame
The Essentials
|Michigan vs #18 Notre Dame
|Michigan Stadium, Ann Arbor, MI
|3:30 EST, September 12th, 2008
|Notre Dame -3
|Nationwide on ABC
That's from Chesterton Lep, by the way, who is far more insane than even our recent influx of MS Paint Van Goghs. Insane doesn't actually do it justice.
Run Offense vs. Notre Dame
This has to be crushing victory for Michigan, for now, and for the season. Irish beatwriter Brian Hamilton:
"The defensive line just has question marks all over, whether it's because of youth or that they're generally unproven as performers. And since the Irish haven't been particularly stellar at stopping the run the past couple seasons as it is, it's a concern."
Though Brian Stouffer suggested that Ethan Johnson was a hybrid DE/OLB, that's apparently a matter of some debate. What isn't up for debate is that the Notre Dame front four is way smaller than even Michigan's, and probably about as young. This is from the Irish Eyes publisher:
Junior Ian Williams and sophomore Ethan Johnson are a talented pair, but both struggled vs. the Wolf Pack's veteran front line. Irish defensive ends Kerry Neal and John Ryan are undersized on the right side (quality pass rushers that can struggle at the point of attack) and Notre Dame features a redshirt freshman at left defensive end who played in his first collegiate game last Saturday.
So that's a guy largely responsible for McGuffie mania, a guy I saw on skates against Nevada, and then small, production-free defensive ends. So maybe it's not a surprise that Notre Dame's tackle distribution is extremely encouraging for a team that seeks to pound the ball. It mirrors what happened last year, and last year the Michigan ground game had perhaps the easiest time they'd had against any opponent in South Bend:
After week 1, just as in 2008, the leading tacklers for the Notre Dame fighting Irish are both safeties: Kyle McCarthy with 7 and Harrison Smith with 5. DE Kerry Neal isn't even on the stat sheet, Brian Smith, while making 2 very big plays, didn't make a single other tackle, and Ethan Johnson had 1 tackle all game. Convince me that Michigan (sucks!) wont just run a "9 yards and a cloud of dust" offense against ND all freaking game.
Sorry to link to the short-bus section of the Notre Dame blogosphere, but the tackle distribution is a point of interest.
Notre Dame folk are pointing to Nevada's raw rushing numbers and avoiding the big flashing item of concern: in the limited attempts offered Nevada's clunky tailback he averaged 6.3 YPC. Wolfpack QB Colin Kaepernick averaged 7.5 yards per carry (sacks removed). Total YPC: 6.4. #2 rushing offense of last year, sure, but also a WAC team. In three games against BCS opposition (Texas Tech, Maryland, and Missouri, last year's #61, #71, and #31 rushing defenses) the 2008 Wolfpack averaged 5 YPC (again, sacks removed). Notre Dame's defense was way, way worse than a motley collection of basically meh BCS run defenses. And this was not an artifact of a big lead. Nevada gashed Notre Dame time and again in the first half.
Couple that with last year's Michigan game, which featured virtually the same lines on both sides of the ball and one tailback that proved considerably less effective than the guy Michigan will deploy with gusto on Saturday, and you have a strong argument for Michigan to crush Notre Dame on the ground. This, by all appearances, is not a good run defense.
On the other side of the ball it's mildly concerning that against Western Michigan, a team replacing almost the entirety of its defense and three-quarters of its defensive line, Michigan bogged down a bit. There were numerous holding calls and they could not break any long runs aside from Denard Robinson's moment of magic—not exactly something the coaches drew up. Michigan's offensive line was missing the form they had late in 2008, but that may be an artifact of Western's aggressive scraping. If Notre Dame tries the same thing Michigan will be more likely to take the obvious countermeasures that were wide open against the Broncos.
The mostly healthy return of Brandon Minor will help, and Notre Dame doesn't have anyone as fast as Denard Robinson. This should be a huge advantage for Michigan; if it's not it's hard to see a Michigan win.
Key Matchup: Molk and guards versus Ian Williams and Ethan Johnson. Molk cannot have another game where he struggles and ends up with a couple holding calls. Ethan Johnson was on skates against Nevada and Ian Williams spent last year's Michigan game watching McGuffie run by him from the ground. Michigan needs to dominate this matchup.
Pass Offense vs. Notre Dame
There appears to be one, which is a nice change from last season. Tate Forcier was deadly accurate in his first game as a Michigan quarterback, and that should prove no fluke going forward. The downside of the freshman was entirely in missed reads against both run and pass and a couple of runs that were not as first-down oriented as they should have been.
So it sort of sucks that TAH-NOO-TAH has bumped aside Judas/mole Corwin Brown. Brown spent the last two games against Michigan in a cover-two umbrella and hardly ever blitzed or even put a seventh guy in the box. If Michigan hadn't fumbled six times in last year's game, boy howdy, we might have come within 18 points thanks to Brown's never-ending ability to sit back and calmly consider a situation for three or even four quarters. Tenuta just blitzes from everywhere.
This could go either way. Nevada took a couple of huge sacks and suffered a lot of QB pressure when they went to play action. Play action is an awkward thing in the pistol that requires the quarterback to turn his back away from the line of scrimmage and then end up sucking linebacker if they blitz right. Michigan won't let that happen; their offense never has the quarterback turn away from the line of scrimmage and bases its play action on the zone read, which necessarily occupies one of the defensive ends. But Nevada's passing game had a lot of experience. Michigan has little, and the guy who made the big plays last week is probably on the shelf. One way it could go is Forcier getting buried.
The other way mostly relies on excellent pickups from the backs—Carlos Brown had a couple crushing pickups last week and Brandon Minor is a fine blocker in his own right—and the idea that Forcier is, yes, Drew Tate, a guy extremely comfortable moving around and finding people downfield when the play breaks down. It's dangerous to blitz Pat White and it might be dangerous to blitz Forcier, albeit in a totally different way. If he evades the wave of defenders and breaks out to one side, we've already seen he can direct traffic to good effect.
Notre Dame's secondary is supposed to be pretty good. Safety Kyle McCarthy was the perfect idea of consistency in last year's Michigan game and returns; David Bruton, who was even better, is gone. He's replaced by Harrison Smith. (Notre Dame's version of "Robinson" is "Smith".) Darrin Walls returns from "personal issues" (read: academic issues) and Notre Dame has a stable of highly rated recruits with good experience plus senior Raeshon MacNeil. Unless Darryl Stonum—who was ranked one spot behind Mike Floyd by Rivals—suddenly lives up to the hype, Michigan's not going to get deep much unless it's Kevin Koger or one of the slots on a wheel route.
Those guys will be the key, IME: with Notre Dame blitzing its ass off Michigan will have opportunities underneath and down the seam. A couple of deep Koger completions can turn drives into points.
Key Matchup: Forcier versus his Self-Conception. Tenuta is going to send the kitchen sink and several times Forcier will be forced to scramble out or take a hot read or just do something smart. He did a lot of smart against Western; in high school, though, he responded with a bunch of picks when his offensive line fell off the map.
Run Defense vs. Notre Dame
The Notre Dame run offense exists as a sidelight to the passing game. Against Nevada, Notre Dame had two sorts of plays on the ground:
- Successful runs that exploited Nevada's "explosive" (read: irresponsible) defensive ends and got Allen or Gray in vacated space.
- Things that went about two yards.
That's something of an exaggeration, but… eh… not a huge one. Notre Dame's starting fullback is out and their backup is a converted tailback. As mentioned this morning, Notre Dame plans on rotating through the left side of its line, which is… um… bats, isn't it? Who does that?
As far as the rest of the line, realistic expectations are modest. Hamilton again:
I refuse to believe that offensive linemen who have been around for four or five years suddenly, all at once, in one offseason, go from mediocre to great. It just doesn't work that way. If the offensive line is consistently average, at least it's consistent. If it backslides to the way it's played at times last year and two years ago, it's going to cost Notre Dame a game it shouldn't lose.
It'll be up to Michigan's defensive line to actuate that backslide. That defensive line is not deep, but the first-line guys they run out are all seemingly competent, though Craig Roh remains a wiry true freshman and could find himself targeted when Notre Dame brings in more than one tight end. Which will probably be lots, more on that later.
Notre Dame had an even breakdown of draws, the inside zone, a counter, and an outside toss before they went zone nuts in garbage time. I know Weis will probably pull out 1,000 elephants and a dancing bear against Michigan, but Notre Dame's basic array of running plays won't be anything Michigan hasn't seen. You can put your practice time into one thing or the other and it's clear which phase Weis favors. With Aldridge out and Rudolph putting in a poor blocking display in the first game, Michigan should be able to handle Notre Dame's ground game without committing an extra man. Maybe.
Key Matchup: Obi Ezeh versus Armando Allen. Unless something funky's happened with Notre Dame's offensive line they aren't going to do a whole lot of crushing run blocks, but they will use a ton of misdirection, play action, and draws in an attempt to free up their bombs and exploit opponents set on stopping them. Ezeh displayed several instances of unnecessary hesitancy against Western and could be ripe for exploitation. In space, he must tackle.
Pass Defense vs. Notre Dame
Mmmmm. WAC snacks:
|Jimmy Clausen
|Dayne Crist
You've probably heard the obvious counterpunch to that re: Nevada, which finished 119th of 119 in I-A pass defense by a landslide last year and then lost two starters from the secondary. Clausen's day wasn't exactly unprecedented. Chase Daniel went 23 of 28 for 405 yards and four touchdowns. And, okay, Chase Daniel is pretty good. But when Louisiana Tech and UNLV combine to average 8.5 YPA and have five touchdowns to no interceptions… well… you're bad. Hawaii wasn't much competition, either. So the jury remains out for a guy whose four games before the WAC parade looked like this:
It is hereby stipulated that if Michigan gives up a 70-yard bubble screen and an awful underthrown bomb that features Purdue-level tackling, Michigan loses. Those things are in some doubt. I assume it's also stipulated that if Clausen throws two picks and half a touchdown, Notre Dame loses, and that's the average there in Notre Dame's last four games against plausible competition (and Syracuse).
If the Nevada game is an indication, Michigan's inability to go to a nickel package isn't likely to be much of the factor. The Notre Dame opener saw a severe reduction in three-wide sets:
In their place were a ton of standard I-form packages and 2TE ace sets. With Aldridge out, expect ace sets to be even more prevalent. Michigan should be able to match up pretty well against Notre Dame's big two receivers without dipping into the nonexistent corner depth. Not that they'd go to said nonexistent depth anyway: with Stevie Brown at strongside linebacker, the threat of a Robby Parris or Duval Kamara—both ponderous possession sorts—isn't the sort that demands a zippy cornerback. Any personnel grouping other than the base is unlikely.
Okay: base personnel versus base personnel. Advantage: hell if I know. Before the season I was seriously down on this matchup but after watching four different members of Michigan's defensive line tear through the Western offensive line—a veteran unit extremely well-versed in pass blocking—and Donovan Warren try to get a grip on his new super powers, I actually think this tilts more towards neutral.
The main concern is when Notre Dame does something like, oh, I don't know, keep nine guys in to block and run a one-man route with Golden Tate. Everything was going swimmingly in the Western game until they pulled a similar stunt and though the burned corner doesn't figure to play on Saturday unless disaster befalls the secondary, free safety Troy Woolfolk also picked up an ugly –3 in UFR for his part in the play.
Michigan need pressure from the front four against regular (non max-pro) sets, and eventual pressure against the max pro. All of Michigan's guys this year are high motor sorts who will get after the ball; no Terrance Taylors or Will Johnsons who aren't much use against the pass. When the starters are in, Michigan should get pressure, and Clausen still hasn't proven he can deal with pressure.
Key Matchup: God, I've waffled on this a thousand times. I'll settle with Corners Man Up Against Floyd And Tate, as Notre Dame will attempt to take the Michigan defensive line out of the game with max protect a lot and in those instances it will be up to Warren and Cissoko to not get burnt toasty.
Special Teams
This is a virtual unknown for both teams except when Zoltan rolls onto the field ready to shoot lightning bolts down the opponent's face. So… advantage Michigan there. Both kickers are almost totally untested. Jason Olesnavage does have a pretty 44-yard field goal to his credit, and it sounds like Michigan's kickoff guy is considerably better than Notre Dame's. Slight advantage here to Michigan.
Key Matchup: HOLD ON TO THE DAMN BALL.
Cheap Thrills
Worry if...
- Receivers are shaking free from the cornerbacks even a little.
- Rodriguez doesn't have a TAH-NOO-TAH counterpunch.
- Notre Dame's offensive line looks competently coached for a change.
Cackle with knowing glee if...
- Notre Dame's defensive line is just as prone to skate backwards as they were last year.
- Rodriguez has a package that neutralizes the blitz.
- They don't double Brandon Graham.
Fear/Paranoia Level: 5 out of 10. (Baseline 5, +1 Hey That Touchdown Last Week Looked Familiar, +1 for And Wow We Are Going Up A Team That Would Win The WAC, –1 for …But Is Still Coached By Charlie Weis, –1 for …And I Can't Emphasize This Enough, –1 for… Seriously, +1 for …Okay Maybe That One Was Excessive, +1 for Major Quarterback Experience Deficiency, –1 for But Our Defensive Line Should Consume Their Souls, –1 for And I Know We Worked Harder, Apparently, You Dolphin Puncher, +1 for It Takes Time To Dig Out From 3-9.).
Desperate need to win level: 7 out of 10. (Baseline 5, –1 Sort Of Playing With House Money, Right?, +1 for Yeah, Sort Of Not, +1 for Boy All That Hot Seat Talk Would Go From Frustrating To Entertaining, +1 for I Love Me Some This Week In Notredamenfreude Fodder, –1 for Home Dog And Close Loss Is Understandable, +1 for This Week Always Reminds Me That Internet Notre Dame Fans Should Be Shot Into Space.)
Loss will cause me to... probably curse Angry Michigan Safety-Hating God.
Win will cause me to... start thinking New Year's Day.
The strictures and conventions of sportswriting compel me to predict:
I think I changed my mind from earlier in the week, when I predicted Notre Dame victories a couple of times. The main reasons for this reversal:
observation of the ND DL against Nevada coupled with a closer look at the stats and the words out there.
minute UFR evaluations of Donovan Warren.
minute UFR evaluations of Michigan's starting DL and the pass rush that comes from everywhere.
Given the data the biggest mismatch in this game is not the Notre Dame passing offense against the Michigan secondary, but the Michigan ground game against Notre Dame's defensive line. I think Forcier can make the blitz backfire just enough and Michigan will pop more guys free than Notre Dame. Clausen's potential improvement is the wildcard. If he's actually as good as he's looked against the WAC, Michigan loses. I don't think he is.
In a game where both teams figure to get to the quarterback a lot, it's about coping with that. Michigan's run game is better prepared to do that than Notre Dame's, and Tate Forcier might not be too far off Clausen with his "scrambling" and "playing for a high school that did something other than win 63-7."
I reserve the right to change my opinion ten minutes into tomorrow's game. I've already waffled once this week, and I have almost no faith in the predictions I'm about to put on the line. But I do have a little.
Finally, opportunities for me to look stupid Sunday:
- Michigan does some crazy trick play stuff.
- Michigan tailbacks crack into the secondary lots, with Minor, Shaw, and Brown getting a near-equal distribution of the carries. Quarterback runs are down considerably.
- Notre Dame gets a bomb to Tate; Floyd is contained by Warren.
- Brandon Graham gets two sacks.
- Michigan, 27-23.
Vicious Electronic Questioning: Notre Dame
Hello once again. When Michigan plays the sort of opponent that actually has opposition bloggers this here blog tends to flag one of them down and relentlessly grill them until they are convinced their team will meet ignominious defeat. The best and creepiest of these are always with Brian Stouffer of the House Rock Built, who was also this week's featured podcast guest and has contributed the Notre Dame season preview to Hail To The Victors since it was conceived.
So… here we go. If you treasure your sanity you will stop here. I'm in bold. Update: Second half posted.
Shall we do this?
Yesum. IIRC we trade off asking each other questions about the other guy's team and then post 80 pics of Tom Hammond.
It's not football without nightmare fuel.
he's just so… eager
In this, Notre Dame and Michigan fans are united. In fact, I have specific requests for Tom Hammond this year.
For a second, I thought you wrote "from Tom Hammond" I don't want to know what disgusting things Tom Hammond has specifically requested of you.
If he promised me last year would never happen again I would do anything. ...but I won't do that [/meatloaf]
All right. To the questionings. Jimmy Clausen has thrown for ten zillion yards on 85% completions against WAC snacks the last two games. Before that he was good but interception-happy. What happens when, or if, Michigan covers people and stuff. Still a force-it gunslinger or more polished?
It's probably fair to say that the third year in a program is when the lights usually come on for a quarterback and he reaches his potential. Most quarterbacks are spared the indignity of having to take snaps as a starter those first two years and swiftly proceed to get crunched into lunchmeat and heave up wobbling ducks into hungry secondaries.
As such, I think Jimmy has finally developed a level of confidence and understanding of the college game so that he can actually perform like the spiky-haired wünderkid second-coming of Sir Jesus Christ that he is instead of the last few years of frightened-gazelle ineptitude. He's got a good, accurate arm, a gaggle of talented receivers, and a line in front of him that gives me great hopes of him surviving well past puberty.
Aw, man, but I read that Weis is actually rotating his LT and LG. That seems suicidal. If 2 QB = 0 QB how many LTs does 2 LTs equal?
Well, the fact of the matter is that this line doesn't have a prototypical genetic freak to lock down the LT position. Sometimes there's no shame in two guys banding together to do the work of one man. It's kind of like how me and my buddy teamed up to date this supermodel. I had the hot body and the dashing good looks, and he could write like totally beautiful sonnets and shit. It worked out pretty well, I think.
So Duncan is the Brian Stouffer of the offensive line and Romine is the Cyrano de Bergerac.
This reminds me of a story about Padma Lakshimi and Salman Rushdie.
Exactly. There's always something going on behind the scenes.
All right, so while we're on the subject of quarterbacks. Your more or less starting quarterback is named Tate. Now, I know it's only one game into his career, but do you think there's any chance that, over the course of his lifetime, he will equal or surpass the achievements of child-star-turned-minor-TV-personality and world's-most-famous-Tate Tate Donovan? Keep in mind that Tate Donovan bagged Sandra Bullock and Jennifer Aniston. In their primes!
Never underestimate the potential of Michigan quarterbacks to bag Victoria's Secret models or be erroneously named one of People's 50 Most Beautiful People. Hell, even NFL non-entity and non-quarterback Chris Howard bagged Gabrielle Union. It is his destiny to sleep with many beautiful women.
obvs, lolwut
You could say it's part of the... Forcier.
I will go shoot myself now. Oh, right, all out of bullets after last year.
Football-wise and keeping with the Tate theme: I compared him to Drew Tate before I ever saw him and I still think that's the right comparison. His first touchdown was pure Tate, scrambling out of the pocket and moxie-ing up a touchdown. It's always very confusing to talk about this. Certain "Who's on First" qualities.
What if he married Notre Dame's #2 receiver? Then his name would be Tate Tate.
That would be the bloodiest wedding ever. After the vows everyone's head would explode and there would just be pools of blood around spurting corpses and, in the back, Quentin Tarantino furiously… well… you know. Enjoying it.
first hit on google images for "Quentin Tarantino [enjoying it]". srsly.
Wow. I think I just topped the Tom Hammond picture.
I'm impressed on our ability to up the creepy ante every year.
We have been following our teams' leads.
Heh. I think your somewhat starting quarterback has a bad football name. I always think "Tate Forcier: Licensed Aquatherapist" when I hear his name. Now Denard Robinson, that's a name you can set your watch to.
Yes, but it's too bad Robinson has the accuracy of a tommy-gunner on speed. On the other hand: he's also got the generalized mayhem of one.
I've heard him compared to Usain Bolt without the passing ability.
I'm trying to pick out which electron orbital he goes in, actually. Usain Bolt is old news. Wake me up when that guy starts moving fast enough to slow his own time.
Best not to even try to observe him... you'll alter the result by doing so.
I would recommend that course of action for your linebackers. Not that they'll need that advice since they'll just be running upfield as fast as they can on every snap.
Tenuta thirsts for blood.
But seriously, going back to the 2QB=0QB theorem, wouldn't that make 4 QB's the equivalent of, like, Euler's Constant QB's?
I don't think the QB constant exists in the realm of accepted mathematics.
Is this QB carousel distressing for Michigan fans?
no reason except perpetual awesome
When it stops on #8--Sheridan--yes. But I think most people are envisioning a version of Tebow-Leak, albeit a way suckier one, and are fine with the rotation. If they bring Robinson in and just run unsuccessfully people will be irritated, I think.
Are you concerned about all the interior running Nevada did? I think I saw Ethan Johnson get dumped ten yards downfield once. He seems pretty light and thin for a DT.
I think a bit of that was schematic... playing a team that runs a gimmicky über-spread offense makes it important to really spread out sideline to sideline at the expense of lightening up the pressure in the middle and relying on your second level to keep anything big from happening.
Johnson is a curiosity... he's shown himself to be a very gifted pass rusher and interior presence despite his size, and with the defensive scheme modified around to make him kind of a hybrid OLB thing, hopefully he won't be put into any huge physical mismatches.
Michigan would qualify as gimmick über-spread.
Well... über is a term I would apply to a team who finished #2 last year in rushing yards
Not for a spread team that finished number...
59! Above average!
There you go. Let's not hand out umlauts like they're candy.
So... Johnson is a DE/OLB? Are you running a 3-4 still?
Not really but kind of but not really. With Tenuta's blitz patterns, the hard and fast rules of personnel groupings get a bit nebulous
It seems like Michigan's general source of horror in these matchups is giving up the long pass. I'm not sure if you noticed, but the Irish had a receiver that averaged 50 yards a catch last week. Has anything been done about this, or should I expect to sing the Benny Hill theme song a few times on Saturday?
Well... I don't think Michigan is going to give up a 70-yard bubble screen or be quite as comically inept as the Nevada DB was on that underthrown ball. If either of these things happen, it's losin' time. And actually the top two corners are both hyped recruits who looked pretty good against Western. Donovan Warren was running ahead of WMU's big play guy on three separate deep balls. That guy isn't terrifying like Floyd, but I do think Warren has a shot at shutting him down and ramping up his own hype train. FS Troy Woolfolk is fast but got caught flat-footed on that long touchdown; hopefully Michigan spends the week telling him to ignore the run and get back. I think you'll see at least one bomb connect, and I think Michigan can win despite that. If a second lands, which is totally possible... well... nuts.
The remainder! At House Rock Built! Woo!
but first!
Hemingway "Questionable"
No this isn't about a Farewell To Arms. Michigan's first official injury report ever (EVER!):
For the Notre Dame game on Saturday, Sept. 12:
Nader Furrha (shoulder)
Tim McAvoy (knee)
Fitzgerald Toussaint (shoulder)
Questionable (50 % chance of playing):
Junior Hemingway (ankle)
Probable (75% chance of playing):
Brandon Minor (ankle)
In addition, head coach Rich Rodriguez announced the game captains for the 3:30 p.m. game against Irish: linebacker Stevie Brown, superback Kevin Grady, right guard David Moosman and defensive end Tim North.
But on Rodriguez's radio show they used a different, worse word:
Michigan coach Rich Rodriguez said on his radio show Thursday that receiver Junior Hemingway is "doubtful" for Saturday's showdown with No 18 because of a sprained ankle. …
"He's a big big-play guy for us, so we're hoping he can come back," Rodriguez said. "I don't know if he'll be ready this game. If not, hopefully the next game."
Bler! Stupid Angry Michigan Receiver-Hating Czarist Nobles. Minor, at least, seems likely to go.
MGoPodcast 1.3: Western Recap And Notre Dame Preview
It's podcast time once again. This week it's a bit longer and in two sections. Actually, three sections: Tim and I talk about the Western game, I yell at Tim for playing a flash game with like anime farmers or some crazy thing, and then we talk to Brian Stouffer of the House Rock Built (and Vicious Electronic Questionings past) about Notre Dame. Conversation is civil, and I promise not to post a Yakety Sax after a tight, well-played game. The other person who identifies himself as Brian, I note retroactively, makes no such promise. Dastardly.
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MGoPodcast 1.3: Notre Dame Preview


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2nd & 5th Thursdays at Studio 200, we crank up the low end with Bass focused music spanning multiple genres. This month LDP has partnered up with Propaganda Zilla Inc. to bring you one MAJOR show, and to Celebrate Gary Thurner JR's Birthday!! : D A V E O W E N : Indianapolis, IN (GoodLooking - Liquid V - Rubik - Creative Source) https://soundcloud.com/dave-owen https://www.facebook.com/Dave0wen https://twitter.com/Dave0wen : P R O P P A B E A R : New Orleans, LA (Bassbin Safari - M.I.A.) https://www.facebook.com/djproppa.bear http://www.miadnb.com/member/proppabear : F R E S H C U T C O L L E C T I V E : Milwaukee (Live Hip-Hop Collective) https://www.facebook.com/freshcutcollective http://freshcutcollective.bandcamp.com/ http://www.reverbnation.com/freshcutcollective https://www.youtube.com/user/FreshCutCollectiveTV : M A N N Y F R E S H : Milwaukee (Milwaukee Noise Collective) http://www.facebook.com/hserfynnam http://soundcloud.com/djmannyfresh : 3 WAY MC FREESTYLE : SPADE 1 * KERSE 1 * SPECIAL GUEST https://www.facebook.com/tahrim.tatum https://www.facebook.com/antonie.davis.3 : K R U S E R : Milwaukee (Locked Down Productions) https://soundcloud.com/kruser https://www.facebook.com/kruserboh https://twitter.com/kruserboh : K I L L A K U T Z : Milwaukee https://www.facebook.com/michael.knueppel.5 : D J S E R K U S : Milwaukee https://www.youtube.com/user/djserkus https://www.facebook.com/djserkus https://soundcloud.com/user830582619 : M O S E S & M A D S T A T I C : Milwaukee (Higher Education Records) https://www.facebook.com/highereducationrecords : B K 2 0 1 : Milwaukee https://www.facebook.com/hiram.willis : Hookah Bar Sponsored by 414 Glass & Grooves https://www.facebook.com/414GlassAndGrooves : Poems by the Fire with Local Linguist & Poets!! : Thai Buffet presented by One of the East Sides Best! : Live Artist & Art Raffle with proceeds going to True Skool. https://www.facebook.com/trueskoolmil : Event Photography by Joey Garcia & DeWook Photography https://www.facebook.com/dewookphotos : Lighting inside & outside by Nightcloud https://www.facebook.com/NightcloudIndependent * Raffle tickets for art sold separately for $5, or 5 for $20 * Advanced tickets $5 General Admission only, upgrade to VIP includes Thai Food for only $5 more. * At the door $10 before 10pm / $15 after. This includes VIP Admission, 1 Art raffle ticket & Thai Food Buffet. SHOW @ 8PM | 21+ w/I.D. | 2 Stages ARRIVE EARLY and enjoy 2-4-1 rails cocktails & $1 off all taps including Angry Orchard, Spotted Cow, Lagunitas IPA from 8pm-11pm. Enjoy $3 shot specials 11pm-close! DAVE OWENS - BIOGRAPHY: Raised on both sides of the Atlantic and coming straight out of Indianapolis, USA with a wealth of knowledge and love for Soul, Jazz R&B and HipHop, DAVE OWEN's own Drum & Bass creations embody the pure essence of the word 'funk.' With regular airplay on BBC RADIO 1xTRA shows and support from a growing list of the scene's heavyweights, such as LTJ Bukem, Fabio & Grooverider, Bailey, A-Sides, Makoto, Crissy Criss, John B, DAVE is on track to make even larger strides as we head into the future.
Apr 27
grass roots open mic jam..every weds night
Jan 23
hiphop show feat doc soos,Que, and RO ..its goona be a banga
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Bio: BORN OCT 5 1980 started making music at the young age of 5 competeing in piano compitions and local events.Was taught to play many instruments just about everything i touch i can play (SERKUS)started dj at the age of 14 purchased his first decks out of the trunk of a car from some dude name brusk...See Full Bio


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Definition of landing in English:
1An instance of coming or bringing something to land, either from the air or from water: we made a perfect landing at the airstrip the landing of men on the moon
More example sentences
- My sigh of relief when the pilot executed a perfect landing and brought the vessel to a safe stop was as deep as anyone's I reckon.
- Tailwind landings have you flying down final at an excess groundspeed, but at a given angle of descent.
- Over the next several years, I remember it experienced two wheels-up landings from hard landing practice with students.
alighting, landfall;
touchdown, splashdown, reentry;
1.1 (also landing place) A place where people and goods can be landed from a boat or ship: the ferry landing
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- They made their way down the pier to the boat landings.
- Her crew also took part in rapid-roping from her Sea King helicopter to ward off 'suspicious' boats threatening the landings.
- The ABC bridge instead recalls the decks of ferry landings on the harbour.
2A level area at the top of a staircase or between one flight of stairs and another.
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- The man still continued down another flight of stairs from the landing of the second floor.
- He stepped across the threshold of the tunnel and onto a landing of a flight stairs.
- Stairs rise from the landing to the attic room, which is floored and panelled in wood and features two velux windows and a good amount of eaves storage.
Words that rhyme with landingfreestanding, hardstanding, misunderstanding, notwithstanding, outstanding, standing, stranding, understanding, upstanding
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I loathe people who keep dogs. They are cowards who have not got the guts to bite people themselves.
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I love her and she loves me, and we hate each other with a wild hatred born of love.
People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.
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