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Andersen and Alvarez word for word
Madison - Just returned from football practice and I see Wisconsin officials have the transcript posted from Gary Andersen's introductory news conference.
For your reading pleasure:
Alvarez: Appreciate all of you coming out tonight under this bad weather. This is an exciting day for the Badger football program. I'm pleased to announce Gary Andersen as our head football coach. First would like to welcome his family, his wife Stacey, who's here, sons Keegan and Hagen, and his son Chasen. Chasen is also here. Welcome. Welcome to our family.
I want to thank the Board of Regents and the athletic board, who assisted in this process. I said all along that we would take our time so that we could find the right fit. I feel very confident that we did our due diligence and we have the right fit.
Gary has impressed me as the person, the right person who believes in the things that we have done to be successful in this program. During the interview process, Walter Dickey and Sean Frazier were with me, and as we left, Walter Dickey made the comment, if I would have had a blindfold on, I would have thought that was you that was answering the questions. That's how our philosophies and our beliefs have meshed.
They're very similar. He believes in first supporting the kids, supporting the players, both on the field academically, and socially. The first questions he asked me were about academic support for the athletes. In visiting with him and also doing my research I had Joe Panos, former captain, contact some of the players in the NFL who played for coach Andersen and get their feedback into the guy, and it was very consistent from what I had heard. Demanding, he's fair, he's consistent, he cares about his players. He'll hug you. He'll get after you if you need it, and we all love him. That was the consistent theme throughout.
He has a passion for the game of football, and that explains to people, he's a ball coach. Dedicated to helping his student athletes, as I mentioned before, and he's done a tremendous job in turning around the Utah State football program. He turned it around in a hurry.
The thing that first time that I noticed him a year ago, as I watched Utah State play defending champ Auburn, really didn't know much about Utah State at that time, but I was impressed by his demeanor on the sidelines, how his players played. It was quite obvious they were not intimidated to go on the road and play in a very difficult environment. They were tough. They were fundamentally sound. They had Auburn on the ropes.
And then at that point, I started following him, what he was doing, how they were doing, and then saw up close and personal when they showed up at Camp Randall, and I told Gary that before the game, how impressed I was with him, how he ran his program, and we all saw how well they played here at Camp Randall.
I really look forward to working with him, and I'm going to help him make this transition as smooth as possible. Now I would like to formally introduce the next head football coach at the University of Wisconsin, Gary Andersen.
Andersen: First of all, I'd just like to say thank you to coach Alvarez. It's been an unbelievable three days. You get to learn a lot at a very fast pace the support, the belief, the care factor from everybody at the University of Wisconsin that I've come across is unbelievable. Thank you, coach, for giving me this opportunity.
When you are given the opportunity to sit down with coach Alvarez in an interview, it's a special experience. Everybody knows this program is where it is today because coach Alvarez built this football program from the ground up. A great opportunity to watch from afar for a number of years as a young coach, and I have tremendous respect for what's happened here and the way the kids play.
When I had the opportunity to start looking into this job, it didn't take me long. When coach offered me the job, I just said yes. I think it shocked him a little bit. I didn't ask any questions, just held my hand in the air and was ready to go.
A couple more thank you's before. It's a transition for a family at any time. I'd like to thank my wife Stacey and my three boys for hanging in there with this situation and being so supportive. It's been a big part of it. I have one son that's on the team at Utah State, and it's a position for him, a little bit to go through with dad as a head coach and all of a sudden, he up and leaves. It's a controversy whenever you leave a program without question.
I'd also like to thank the kids at Utah State for handling it the way they did. I was able to reach out to every one of them, and that was important to me to be able to do that. Didn't get to talk to every one of them, but they're so supportive, happy, grateful. And I am too. Very grateful for them and for the time we had together, and they know I'll always be there for them.
And then the young men that I've had an opportunity to talk with here on the football team is exactly what I thought, is exactly why I took this job because they're tough minded kids. They care about growing academically. They care about growing socially. Football is important to them, and they play with a toughness and a chip on their shoulder.
As I told coach Alvarez during the interview process, I'm a big believer as you watch a team and I had the opportunity to watch Wisconsin all summer, 12 games, evaluations of trying to find a way to be able to stay on the field with Wisconsin. You can see how a team plays, their commitment, their toughness. They like the game of football, and it's very easy to see on the game film that they love the game of football.
So my mindset is a few different areas. What the priorities are for me right now is, number one, the kids in the program. When I say that, it's important for me to let them know one thing really now and one thing only, here's my phone number. If you have questions, please call me. If I can help you in any way, shape, or form, I will be there for you. I'd love to sit down and talk to you when the times appropriate, but these kids need to go win the Rose Bowl.
The last thing they need from me is to hang around them. Coach Alvarez, the staff, and the young men will go put themselves in a position to go win the Rose Bowl. I'm going to be a fly on the wall and evaluate and watch the practices as best I can. I just want to be there for the young men and start to get a relationship with them.
And number two is to reach out and secure our commits. That's so important for us to be able to there's been a lot of hard work, a lot of hours, countless hours put into having these young men commit to the University of Wisconsin and to play football here. It's my job now to reach out to those young men, to those families, and let them understand the direction that we're headed and that they're in great hands. So that's obviously a high priority.
And number three is to reach out and start recruiting. When I say that I want to recruit the state, the easiest way for me to tell you, show you that I want to recruit the state is I went to Utah State four years ago, there was 18 young men from the state of Utah on that team. There are now 55. There are 50 plus young men from the state of Wisconsin that are on the roster at this point. I believe the number is 53 is what I've been told.
We will secure our own state. We'll wrap our arms around the coaches. We'll wrap our arms around every player, and we'll have a strong walk on program because there are terrific coaches, there are terrific players in the state of Wisconsin. And that's another reason why I sat back and looked at this job.
That's how I grew up in coaching, coaches like coach Alvarez, coach (Ron) McBride, who coached here is you reach out to young men that care about football, and when you're recruiting them, they look you in the eye and say, coach, I love football. If they can say that, they've got a chance to be something special. And there's also something special about playing in your own state. You can't underestimate that. We'll do a tremendous job in reaching out to those young men.
Wisconsin, the football program's recruiting, in my opinion, is obviously very well respected throughout the country, and as a staff and as a football program, we should be able to get into any recruiting fight that we want to get ourselves into. There's nowhere you can go in the country when you're a football player that you can't understand the logo of the University of Wisconsin. That's very important for everybody to understand.
Other than that, I'm extremely grateful. I'm humbled. I can't wait to get started. Again, my intent with the kids is to watch them go win a Rose Bowl and do everything I can to put them first. That's my goal.
Assistant coaches. When I look for an assistant coach, the number one priority is to find a coach that can guarantee me that he's going to put the young men first because that's what matters. Last time I looked, there's nobody coming out on Saturday afternoon or Saturday evening and watching nine coaches walk up and down the sidelines.
This game is about players. It always will be. Players make plays. Players win games. Coaches need to support players. They need to hug them hard when they need to be hugged. They need to hold up their discipline plan if they need to hold up their discipline plan.
The coaches need to be involved in the young men's lives in three areas. Academics are very important. The academics at University of Wisconsin and the athletic program as a whole are unbelievable. To say you have a football team that is a 3.0 GPA or very close to a 3.0 GPA is unbelievably impressive. That's a credit to the young men. It's a credit to the support and everybody that's around them at a quality university. A degree from the University of Wisconsin goes a long ways.
But we need to help them academically and put the young men in a position of support for us as coaches. They will be held accountable, as assistant coaches, to care for the young men and understand it's their job to help them academically.
Social world that we all live in, it's important to me that young men very simply, he walks in here as a young man, and he turns himself into a man. That matters to me. And you'll hear me refer to the kids as kids a lot. Sometimes I take some grief for that for calling football players kids, but they are my kids. Every single one of them are my kids. I look at them the same as I look at Chasen and Hagen and Keegan.
Socially, I'm looking at a mom, a grandma, a father, a coach, a mentor, and I'm going to look them in the eye and say, I'm going to take care of this young man, and I'm going to put them in a position to be successful. That's my responsibility, and that being said, that's why I consider them my kids. They'll understand that as we move forward.
The football side of it, obviously, that's why we're here. Unbelievable tradition, the belief, the want to, the care factor of the university, of coach Alvarez, all his staff, and the young men in the program to not be good, but to be great is there, and that's fun to be part of. I can just tell you that, and I wrap my arms around that.
I do believe this, if the young men take care of themselves academically with the support of coaches, the young men take care of themselves socially with the support of coaches, and we recruit the right way, that's when you win championships.
I'm excited to be a part of this. We'll get the staff moving forward here quickly. Hopefully, we can deflect this back to the young men and let them go win a Rose Bowl. Very grateful, humble to be here, and happy to answer any questions that you have.
Question: Gary, a lot was made about you running the spread at Utah State or a variation of such. What offense do you think you'll run here at Wisconsin?
Andersen: How did I know that question was coming? Well, I think, if you looked at what we had done at Utah State, we wanted to be a physical run team.
This is the University of Wisconsin. I've seen the young men walk around the hallways. I had an opportunity to sit down with a couple of the offensive linemen. I've seen the tight ends. I know the tradition of the running backs. And the biggest thing I can tell you is I had to work again all summer long to try to find a way to hang in there against this offensive line and the running backs, let alone their tradition of running the football.
So we will be a power run team. We will use tight ends and use multiple sets and multiple formations, absolutely. I believe we'll be a football team that will be run first, and our goal and our mindset and our want to will be to wear you downs as the game goes on and to out tough you and out physical you. Easy to things to sit up on the podium and say, but that will be the mindset, and that's the way it's always been whenever I've had an opportunity to coach a football team.
On the flip side of that, on defense we want to stop the run first. But when you talk about an offense in those ways, there is ways to use the best players on your football team, and we'll always do that. We'll always get the best 11 to 18 kids out there on the field, depending on the subgroups and the packages we play with. I don't want to be predictable. I want to keep people on edge.
I do want to have a touch of option within the game, the game plan every week to force defenses to deal with it. But we're going to line up and let those big kids work. That's what they like to do, and we should be able to recruit and get in any recruiting battle in the country with a quality running back.
The one thing I would like to say on top of that might be a little bit of a recruiting pitch or whatever you want to say but I've been around three NFL backs the last two years at Utah State, and that's because we run the football, and I expect to be able to do the exact same thing here with tremendous athletes on the offensive line tight ends, fullbacks, and wide receivers that will block you. Physical, tough minded kids that will block you downfield, and I've seen that in the game we played against Wisconsin.
Question: You alluded to it earlier, contacting all of your players at Utah State. Can you elaborate on that? How many phone calls are we talking about? How long did that take you? And most importantly, why that was an emphasis for you in the transition?
Andersen: Well, there's been a lot said about it was a three week process that I was leaving, I was going here. I did interview for a couple other jobs weeks ago now. The bowl game was less than a week ago, and that seems like it was about four years ago now.
But that process came to a close, and I announced it to the team, and I got with my kids, and I told them that I was not leaving for any of those jobs, and I did make that statement. Wisconsin was nowhere to be seen at that point for me.
But the second that coach Alvarez had contacted me and gave me the opportunity, I knew that that was a job I was going to take. So the kids had left, the bowl game was over, kids were scattered all over the country. It was important for me to not shoot a text message.
Zach Nyborg, my director of football operations, and I agonized for hours, how are we going to get this done to reach out to each one of these kids, yet somehow, some way protect coach Alvarez's wishes, which was to get to Wisconsin without everybody in the world knowing what's going on.
So I called every kid, started about 7:30 at night, told them the situation, and I guess we went till 2:30 or 3:00 in the morning, waking kids up. Tried to start on the East Coast kids we have and work our way back to the Pacific time zone and woke up in the morning at 6:30 and started again with the time zone and started on the East Coast and worked back to Pacific time and got on the airplane and came out here.
Why was it important to me? Because the kids deserve that. If they're frustrated, they deserve to tell me they're frustrated, which not one of them was. I'm not going to tell you they were doing back flips, but they understood the situation. They understand the University of Wisconsin.
They understand because a lot of them were here and it helped them. They were able to be on that field. They were able to see the stands, the crowd, the city, so that made it much easier for every one of those young men.
One of the probably the most difficult thing for me to do that I've ever had to do in my coaching career was to call each one of them, and it was emotional 106 times. It would be easier to let them be in a team meeting and get emotional one time. It's hard for me. I'm an emotional guy, and you'll find that about me, that I do care about the kids. So it was just to let them know that I love them, I'm going to be there for them.
And just because I leave, I never say good bye, and they know that. I won't say good bye. I'm here if they need me, and they'll continue to reach out to me, and they have since I've accepted the job.
Question: Gary, your predecessor, Bret Bielema, had an interesting relationship with Urban Meyer at Ohio State, and obviously you know Urban from playing under him. What can you tell us from your experiences with him, and what can you tell us what that rivalry might be like moving forward?
Andersen: Well, I reached out to coach Meyer during this process, just ask him his thoughts because I have great respect for him and had the opportunity to work for him for a year. His first thoughts were obviously it's a tremendous job, great opportunity. Coach Alvarez is there. That was all a positive.
And then the next text he shot back was but you've got to come and play us. I said, yeah, we do, so away we go.
But I have an unbelievable respect for coach Meyer, his family, the way he has moved himself through this profession, and there's a lot of care factor with coach Meyer. I'm glad he's back in it. I'm excited about having the opportunity to compete against Ohio State and his team. Again, that game is not about Gary Andersen and Urban Meyer, it's about the University of Wisconsin and Ohio State.
Question: Coach, different things have been said by players, past coaches about whether this program is one that can compete for a national championship on a yearly basis. Do you feel that this program is that, and to what extent did that attract you to that job?
Andersen: Would not have entertained the thought in any way, shape, or form of taking a job at this point in my career if I didn't think we could come in and compete and play for championships.
I'm not a prediction guy. I'm not going to reach out there and say we're going to do this or we're going to do that. I just let the results speak for themselves when we get out on the field. I think this football program I don't think. I know this football program has everything it needs to compete at the highest level. In everybody's mind, I'm sure the national championship is at the highest level. Again, that's all talk.
The table's been set for these young men to have everything they need, academically, socially, and athletically, to succeed at a high level. How high that level is, only time will tell.
Question: Can you tell us about your meeting with the players. Which guys did you meet with, and what were your initial impressions?
Andersen: Well, I'm not good with names yet. I've been able to meet with a couple sets, a few sets of young men. I sat down with the linebacker corps. I wanted to sit with those guys. It's an interesting story, and I'll say it quick. Chasen, my son, is here with us. He watched those kids this summer as I again was preparing. I said, Chasen, watch these three kids play linebacker. They're unbelievable, the way they play. They're just so well taught.
And credit goes with the coaches. They did a nice job with them. So we were able to have a little bit of a relationship, and Chasen was very excited to meet those kids.
But sitting down with them so I met with the corps of those young men. I met with the corps of offensive linemen, and I want to continue to reach out and talk to those kids. I have five or six different meetings set up today with different young men.
I just want to let them know, not to bother them, not to talk about the future, but let them know I'm here, and I have a major care factor for them, and I'm very interested, as quickly as I can, to let them understand that they can trust me, but that takes time. Just because I say I want them to trust me means nothing. I have to show it through the way I carry myself and the way our staff carries themselves.
I have a team meeting with them today. Coach Alvarez gave me an opportunity to meet with them for a few minutes today, and I'll tell them exactly the same thing that I said here. So just want to be there for them.
Question: Gary, you did an interview yesterday in which you talked about this place being special. You had one experience here as a coach. What makes it so?
Andersen: Well, I just think well, coach Alvarez, for one. If there's one thing that jumps out to me, it's where it came from. If you were asked and take every head coach and every position coach in America and every level of college football and ask them to draw up the top 20 best college football programs in the country, I guarantee Wisconsin is on 99.9 percent of those ballots that you gather. That makes it a special place from a football standpoint.
What's special to me is I have a very genuine interest in being able to reach out and coach the kids, the young men that I have something in common with. And I know, now that I've been here, I get to coach those type of young men, that, again, high character, care about academics, their want to is unbelievable to succeed in life.
But then you walk in here, and you see all of this. If I go up on the third level of the stadium and everybody leaves, I'm going to be there for a minute because I can't get outside. I don't know where I'm going. The facilities, everything that's there, the setup is unbelievable.
Again, it is the people in the buildings. At the end of the day, it's not the buildings. It's the people in the buildings that I believe makes this place special. I believe that when I walk in here, and I have a tremendous, much better understanding of why I believe this place is special.
Question: Gary, obviously, coach Alvarez brought in a coach who he thought would ccould perpetuate the program that's been built here. But ultimately, what do you think your stamp will be? Will you be able to take this program to different places than it's been?
Andersen: I think the biggest thing is, as you look at a program rich in tradition, rich in winning, three Rose Bowls in a row, where are you going to take it next? To be a consistent winner, again, they've been a consistent winner, but I think the thing is to have kids that are going to be able to compete at a national level and hold consistency to be a college football powerhouse year in and year out.
What's my stamp going to be on it? I sure hope my stamp at the end of the day is to be on a football field that's physical, tough minded, plays aggressive, plays the game the right way, is respected by their opponents, solid in all three phases, has one of the best graduation rates in the country. That's what I expect. And socially young men that turn themselves from young men into men as they go through the program.
Again, we'll never be perfect. I'll never say that. But sure will try to be every single day and fight to get that position.
Question: Coach, do you realize that Wisconsin football games have five quarters, and just are you familiar with all the traditions that happen at Camp Randall?
Andersen: Well, I know the band. I heard the band. I know the jump around. I took my team at Utah State into the auditorium. I cranked the volume up on the jump around and said, pretend that's not happening. That was our whole mindset is to completely block it out.
I had one receiver that just couldn't do it. He just couldn't do it. Everybody did their best, but he dances at practice all day long. We listen to music at practice. So we're a little different on some things we do practice wise.
Yeah, there are a lot of traditions I may not know about yet. I'm looking forward to understanding those. There are 750 people, I was told this morning, going to the Rose Bowl. That's unbelievable to me.
I mean, we loaded up four buses and rolled down the road four hours to go play in a bowl game. That's a special experience. But it's just this there's a lot of things I'm excited to learn, a lot of things I don't know, but there's a lot of things I'm excited to wrap my arms around and figure out, I promise you that much.
Question: Gary, could you address a couple things with your staff specifically. Do you have a short list for offensive coordinator? Do you have any idea how many of your guys from Utah State will be coming with you? And have you interviewed any of the current Wisconsin assistants?
Andersen: I'm just going to be real brief on this as I hope in the next couple of days we can get a lot more stability to where the coaching staff is.
I'm highly interested in retaining coaches on this staff. Why wouldn't I be? I'd be crazy not to be. Again, if you're going to secure the state of Wisconsin, you'd better have young men who understand how to recruit and reach out to high school coaches in the state of Wisconsin, which I'll call every one of those high school coaches in the state of Wisconsin in the next week or so, but I've got to retain some young men who understand how and why and who's important in the state of Wisconsin.
Secondly, offensive coordinator is up in the air. The offensive coordinator at Utah State is now the head coach at Utah State, which is a tremendous opportunity for Matt Wells. And I will look out, reach out to find a quality coach. I will say this about the offensive coordinator. When you're at the University of Wisconsin, it's a great job. It's not a good job, it's a great job for an offensive coordinator, and offensive coordinators will understand that. They'll line up a thousand deep if you want them to.
The key is to find the right guy that can run this offense and build it the way that we want it to be built and carry over and use the best kids use the kids the best way as far as their abilities. So that will be a little bit of a work in progress as we move forward.
My coaches that I had with me at Utah State, I will bring three or four of them, and then I will reach out to a couple other coaches that are currently in other programs. So it will be a great mix. There are some coaches with tremendous opportunities that were here at Wisconsin that will make some decisions and see what they want to do in the future.
Question: Coach, when you were at Utah State, you talked about competing on a national level. You obviously weren't afraid to go into the SECs and into the Wisconsins. How much value do you put into a difficult nonconference schedule? Is that something you look forward to continue to do here at Wisconsin?
Andersen: I think it's always going to be difficult. The schedule you play in the Big Ten is difficult. It's a little bit different. You have to have that mindset at different places to be able to say, hey, we're going to walk in here as an extreme underdog, and that was kind of our chip on our shoulder that we had. You don't need that chip on your shoulder here. You expect to walk into any environment and play at a high level, and our kids will be excited about doing that, and they are excited about doing that.
So non-conference games, I think to reach out to another conference next year it's Arizona State. That's a great game. That's going to be fun to go there. I've been there. It's a tremendous setting. Our kids will be excited to go play there.
How the rest of the schedule falls has been set by coach Alvarez for years. He has his arms wrapped around that. He understands. I'll be included in that, but we're also going to make decisions that are best for the school as we move forward. I think you'll see the same plan that you've seen here for a number of years as far as seven home games is important. It gets sometimes hard to get seven home games the right way when you're a good team. Not a lot of people are jumping up and down to say, hey, we can't wait to come and watch you play.
They are jumping up and down, but that's our guys that are doing that, not the other team.
Question: Gary, you mentioned the importance of securing commits. When does that process start for you?
Andersen: Securing what?
Question: Commits, commitments. When does that process start for you if it hasn't already?
Andersen: As soon as I can get cleared through the NCAA. It hasn't happened yet. It's a little bit of a complicated process. I will get in contact with each one of those young men, the important family members or mentors that I need to reach out to, their coaches. I believe it's important that I do that personally.
There are coaches on the staff -- Ben Strickland is -- he's going to stay. I want him here in the worst way, and it's important for me to have him on the staff. Ben has shown me how important he is, and he is Wisconsin, if you will. I understand that because that's where I started my coaching career is where I grew up and where I played. There's something special to be a coach. So he'll be involved in that process.
But he and I will get that handled, and we'll move forward quickly.
Question: Can you give us some insight on the initial phone call from Barry? Were you shocked how Barry made the initial pitch? And then the second part, will you be on the sideline in Pasadena?
Andersen: Coach Alvarez didn't have to make any pitch to this guy, I'll tell you that. The pitch was made here when I spent three hours out on that field a long time ago. But was I I wouldn't say I was shocked. I guess, if I felt like I was shocked, I wouldn't have felt I was ready to take this job. So shocked is not the right word.
Excited, grateful for the opportunity to even have the interview, be a part and be involved in that process, absolutely. Not shocked, but grateful.
Sidelines, you know, I don't -- if I'm on the sidelines, I'm not going to be in the sideline, sidelines. I'll be a fan on the side watching the kids. The whole key for me is I want to get to Pasadena. This is not anything to do in any way, shape, or form does this Rose Bowl have anything to do with me other than I and my coaches need to evaluate the young men in the program so that we can get a head start on building for the next year.
That's so important for me to let everybody understand that I want to be there to help the program in the future, not to go be part of the benefits of a tremendous team and what they've accomplished and experienced in the Rose Bowl. That's the way my coaches will be there with me as a fly on the wall at practice. We'll move along, and I'll do whatever coach Alvarez wants me to do as far as being involved with speaking or whatever I need to get done.
But we need to evaluate the kids so we can give us all the best opportunity to prepare for spring ball and recruit the right way.
Question: Barry, there's obviously lots of speculation about how many people you reached out to. Did you offer the job to anyone else? Is there one or two factors that put Gary over the top in your mind?
Alvarez: I did not offer the job to anyone else. I talked to a number of people. I talked to a number by phone during preliminary interview. I actually met face to face with three.
What was the other question, Tom?
Question: The factors to choose Gary.
Alvarez: The whole package, just his entire philosophy and how it fit here. I think the things that I mentioned, as I started the process, what I was looking for, I heard, I saw.
Having watched his teams play, studied his background, having turned around a program, what his the important things for him in how he coaches, how he manages a team, how he manages his staff, all those things came out. The longer we talked, the more I could see that.
It was such a great fit. It was like he was in my head. And as I said Walter Dickey has heard me enough as I interviewed other coaches and been around me enough, he said, I thought that was you talking. So it was all the things he believes in, I believe in. His caring for the kids, his importance of recruiting in the state and controlling your state, how you play the game, how you embrace your fans, just the whole package was there.
I just thought he would be the perfect fit for our fans, for our players, and everybody associated with our program.
Question: You've indicated that that game here in Madison a few months ago really left an impression on you. Beyond that game, what were your experiences in the Big Ten, and what do you think the identity of this conference is?
Andersen: You're right, the experience here is tremendous. Before I go into the identity of Big Ten and my experience here I haven't said this yet, but when we walked off that field and we left the stadium -- we lost the football game, which is obviously a tough loss when you're at Utah State at that time.
But the class as we left this city to go get to the airport was unbelievable. If you don't think that left a lasting impression on our kids, because we left places with great victories, we left places with very difficult defeats, and it's never like that. The support, the thanks -- and it wasn't a, hey, thanks for coming, we beat you. There was definitely a class act, and that left a lasting impression in my mind of those are fans, and they're in love with their team, they love Wisconsin, but they're also classy. That was pretty impressive to me.
As far as my experience, my identity, what you think of the Big Ten, physical, tough, very good football players, the highest level of Division I football that there is, well coached those are some things that come to my head there. I don't have a bunch of experience in playing in those venues, but I'm excited about it. I'm excited about the opportunity to recruit at this level.
Some people said, you're not from here. How are you going to be able to recruit back here? It's the West Coast and all this stuff. I completely disagree with that. Good coaches, good recruiters can walk into any living room and show what a university is.
A lot of coaches like to talk about, oh, when you're a recruiter, you've got to sell your university. No, you don't, not here. You have to show what you have. You have to get young men on campus. You have to get the mentor or the parents or the coach or whoever it may be on campus, and there's just you just have to show who you are and what you have. There's no selling.
There may be some programs out there in the country that have to do that. They have to go sell their program. But that's not what we are and what we're doing. I'm excited to get in those fights in the Big Ten and show people why they should come here.
Question: Gary, you've talked about how eager you are to come here and jump and taking the opportunity to coach here. There has to be some culture shock. You were born and raised in Utah. You're leaving, taking some pretty deep roots out of the ground. Could you speak to the challenges of moving from there to here and some of the adjustments you and your family have to take.
Andersen: When we left Logan, we shoveled seven inches of snow. When we got here 24 hours later, there was 20 inches of snow. Snow is snow. Cold is cold. That stuff doesn't matter. What a beautiful day it is here and sunshine. No issues there in any way, shape, or form.
To pick up -- there's just so many similarities. The people that I've been able to meet and reach out to really it's been people in the athletic department and people in the hotel, that's about all I've been around. But I don't think the transition is going to be difficult at all. It's not like I'm coming from Mars and moving to Madison. I've been surrounded with quality people, and I know again I'm going to be surrounded by quality people here.
That being said, I don't maybe there's more of a transition to it than I think, but not to me. It's away we go. It's football. It's life. The transition that could be hard is when you don't get to coach the type of young men that you like to coach, and that's not the case here.
What the coaches have brought in here, what coach Alvarez demands as an athletic director and the type of people you bring into a program is right down my alley.
So I'm very comfortable. I can't think of a negative response in any way, shape, or form to the question or anything negative about being here.
Question: A lot has been made about how well you rebuilt Utah State basically, and that's safe to say that won't be the case here. Coach (Bret) Bielema said next year's roster could be the most talented he's had. First of all, does your mindset change when you come into a program that you're not rebuilding. And how exciting is it that you're inheriting quite the team?
Andersen: It's very different. It's often said in coaching, when you get a job, you're either getting a team that wasn't very good or a team that's really good. That's the facts.
It's a little different dynamic, but the hardest thing to break down and build in my opinion is the belief to win. There's something to be said about that. It's not in a bottle. It's not magic dust that you sprinkle on top of their heads. It's an expectation that they work all year long to do, and these young men expect to win.
Because of that, everything is a challenge, and every year is a different set of challenges. I hope it's as quality and as good of players as Bret thought there was coming back. Did he say that before he left or after he left? Okay, good. That makes me feel better.
I know the young men that are here, and we're excited to continue a winning tradition. It's a little different than when we took over the last one for sure.
Question: Barry has mentioned the total package you brought to this job. I'm just curious. Can you describe the people who helped mold you and your experiences along the way and your journey to this point that have made you the type of coach and person you are.
Andersen: Absolutely. For me, coaching wise, it all started with coach (Ron) McBride. He was my position coach. As I grew into coaching, he gave me my first Division I job. Coach McBride spent some years here. He cried, by the way, when I told him I had this job. He couldn't believe it, how fortunate I was.
He's an unbelievable mentor for me and will continue to be. He spent a ton of time at practices and camps. He taught me a lot what coach Alvarez is all about the toughness of the game, the care factor for the kids. If there's one thing I learned from Mac (Rob McBride), and I probably say it too much I only say it because I mean it -- you have to put the kids first. That's number one with coach McBride. And then his toughness.
Past that, Kyle Whittingham and I spent a lot of time together. We started way back when at Idaho State. He was a first time coordinator, and I was an offensive line coach because I was an offensive lineman when I played, so I coached offensive line for my first years. Coached defensive line with Kyle at Idaho State at the beginning, and that went all the way through the Utah years.
From him being a coordinator to me turning around and being a head coach and coming back and being a D line coach and him being a head coach and me being a coordinator with him. We share so many lessons, some good days, some bad days, some mistakes that we've made. He's definitely a mentor of mine, and he always will be.
I learned a ton from Urban Meyer in a year. It's easy -- my experience with Urban was a little bit different because we never lost. So Urban Meyer was always a great guy to meet because, oh, we won again. That's all good. We had a tremendous relationship, and I have a lot of respect for him as I've watched him go through it.
And another guy is LaVell Edwards. When I took the job at Utah State, I'll never forget LaVell Edwards spent time. Obviously, he was at BYU for a number of years, but I had coach Edwards come and talk to the team. He grabbed them the first day of spring practice, and I had them out there at the stadium. He looked at the kids, and he told them one thing. He said, you have to win at home first.
Again, we were trying to build a program at that point. I learned so much from coach Edwards also as I've gone through this process.
There are many mentors, but those are some guys that jump out at me.
Question: What were your conversations with Barry about as far as resources, and how do you feel about the resources that you'll have, especially as far as bringing in a staff and keeping them here?
Andersen: Well, coach Alvarez has given us everything we could possibly need. If you talk about facilities, some of them are still being built, and it's a constant move, but there's a facilities race that goes on out there with kids. Facilities are very important, the way they present themselves to recruits, but most importantly, the functionality of the building and the way it's built, the new facilities is unbelievable.
It's functional. The kids are in one place, their academic world. They can eat. They can get treatment. They can move to the weight room. They can move to the coaches' offices, and that's important to me because that does build a family environment. The kids are in your building. If we need to know something about a kid academically, boom, we can find out something real quick. We can get to the training room quickly.
The resources here from a facilities standpoint are as good as any in the country. You'll have to show me better, and I'll tell you you're crazy if you try to show me better because I disagree with you.
The second thing is the people that are in place that understand in a very short period of time, we're talking 2 1/2 days -- but people that know their role and understand what their job title is. The importance of moving along, whether it's in the football offices or in the academic offices, the training room, and the biggest thing is people have a smile on their face.
Another thing you can really tell by the special places and I ask people I always like to ask people, how long have you been at a place? Everywhere I go, I've been here 13 years. I've been here 19 years. I've been here 20 years. I've been here 10 years. It's not like that everywhere.
So to me you asked the question earlier about what's a special place? It's got to be pretty special if people are staying here for that period of time. I believe that's all we need in those areas.
Question: Gary, do you anticipate any Utah State players or recruits joining you here?
Andersen: No. No, absolutely not. There are some tremendous young men there, and my belief is they're where they need to be. There was one, I have personally a tight end that plays there that I would love to see come and walk on, but he's told me that that's where he wants to be. When we went to the press conference yesterday, he feels great about being there. And he's going to be a junior.
Other than that, I don't I do not. I don't think we need to go down that road. So I don't anticipate that.
Question: Barry, you appreciate a good defense as a former defensive coordinator. What did you like about his defensive background and what you saw here this fall?
Alvarez: Well, he's a little different structure than we use, but the fundamentals are the same. The fact that we have a pretty good offensive line, the best running back in the country. We had 230 yards total offense, and you see that consistently throughout his program, very, very fundamentally sound, very physical, and they have fun. They're having a lot of fun when they play.
They're coached very well, and that's what you look for. As a defensive coach, I look for I don't care what the front is. I don't care the structure, as long as it's sound, and it was very sound and very physical.
Question: Gary, you talked about good recruiters being able to recruit anywhere. I'm just curious, how much do you rely on the ties you developed where you recruited previously, and how hard is it going to be to find a balance recruiting that area and traditional areas of Wisconsin as recruited in the past?
Andersen: We'll major in the traditional areas that Wisconsin has recruited in the past without question. But you also -- some people deem themselves and the word out there that people always we nationally recruit. I don't quite know what that means, but I know that we have the ability to reach out to any young man in the country and again let them understand who we are as a program, and they'll be interested.
So we'll recruit a lot of different areas, but we will focus where the University of Wisconsin has been successful. We'll continue to do that, and there might be a little tweak here or a tweak there, and that's a big part of wanting coaches to stay that have been here because they understand where those ties are in recruiting.
I think everybody will add their little flavor to what they want and what they expect, as you move on as a staff, but it's been pretty successful, and I look forward to wrapping my arms around it again and understanding it.
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How To Install a Yard Hydrant
A yard hydrant is a type of outside faucet that you typically install in a location remote from the home or outbuilding. It can, however, be installed adjacent to a structure, if you use proper installation techniques. This fixture minimizes the amount of garden hose you must have. It is convenient for filling watering troughs for animals, providing water for greenhouses, gardens,
flowerbeds, washing vehicles and equipment, hosing off cement slabs, and even hand watering lawns, golf courses, etc.
Choose the correct yard hydrant for your area by determining the frost line. In most parts of the United States a two-foot bury yard hydrant is sufficient. In Alaska, you might want to use a three or even four foot bury yard hydrant depending on where the frost line is. A two foot bury yard hydrant means you must bury the yard hydrant a minimum of two feet under ground.
Next, determine the location for your yard hydrant. Make sure the location you choose is out of all traffic areas and close enough to your water use that a minimum of hose is needed.
Now, dig a suitable hole with posthole diggers about four feet deep. This will be for the post support for the hydrant. Widen that hole to about two feet six inches down for the yard hydrant itself. The hole must be at least two feet six inches deep and wide enough to work in. Place a four by four or four by six post, cut to about six and a half or not more than seven feet long and treated for ground contact in the post hole, orient the post correctly according to where you want the outlet of the hydrant to point and backfill the hole with dirt, tamping the dirt firmly after every couple of shovels full. Stop when you backfill to the level of the two foot six inch hole's bottom. Then place about six inches of drain rock or pea gravel in the bottom of that hole. The yard hydrant will sit on this base.
Apply pipe joint compound or Teflon tape to the threads of a ¾" red brass street elbow and screw it into the base of the yard hydrant. Orient the elbow to the outlet of the yard hydrant so the outlet points in the direction you desire.
Obtain a three foot long section of ¾" galvanized pipe threaded on both ends. You can buy this at most hardware stores that sell plumbing supplies and at most home centers. Apply joint compound to the external threads on both ends of the pipe and screw it into the open end of the red brass elbow. On the opposite end of the ¾" galvanize pipe, install a ¾" red brass ground key stop and waste valve and an adapter for polybutylene, plastic, or copper pipe. Make sure you examine the valve and install it in the correct direction or it will act like a check valve and stop water from flowing to the hydrant. I like to install a wooden or metal stake on each side of the galvanized pipe close to the stop and waste valve to support it from any possible sideways movement. When backfilling the trench, install a shutoff box for the stop and waste valve so you have access to it.
You must support the yard hydrant solidly in order to prevent damage to the under ground connections and the yard hydrant itself. Using two or more galvanized two hole pipe clamps, attach the body of the yard hydrant to the post turning the hydrant to face the correct direction then tighten the clamp screws. Put enough gravel in the hole to cover the hydrant about six inches above the base. This will allow the hydrant to drain properly whenever it is shut off, keeping it from freezing.
Backfill the remaining hole with dirt tamping it firmly as you backfill.
Dig a trench to your existing underground water line. A utilities locator can help find it if you don't know where it is. Shut off the water that feeds that line and, using proper adapter fittings, cut into the water line and connect the polybutylene, copper, or plastic line from the yard hydrant into it. Turn the water back on, test your installation, and completely backfill the trenchwork.
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"Parents will love to hear this," Professor John Ochsendorf grinned. "I have always studied problems that would never, ever lead to a job. They were just things that fascinated me."
In listening to him describe just a few of those "problems" in detail – from Inca bridges woven entirely of grass to domed cathedrals sturdily constructed without steel – it was easy to understand how these structures could capture his imagination and lead to the creative, scientific career he so clearly enjoys. As an associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and architecture at MIT, Professor Ochsendorf researches the mechanics and behavior of historical structures around the world with the twin goals of preserving them and learning how construction techniques from the past might be applied to sustainable design projects today.
Speaking at Middlesex on October 1, 2012, as the second Hub Lecturer this year, Professor Ochsendorf recounted his own academic journey, in which he started as an engineering major at Cornell and was encouraged by his advisor to combine that discipline with his newfound passion for archeology, rather than choosing between the two subjects. After studying the intricacies of the Inca suspension bridge, he earned his M.Sc. at Princeton University and his Ph.D. at Cambridge University, focusing in his thesis on fan vaults, such as the exquisite example in Kings College Chapel. Marveling at its strength and stability despite its delicate, eggshell-like thickness that "no building code would allow today," he stated, "This was an incredible work of technology, and I wanted to understand it."
This kind of knowledge, Professor Ochsendorf proposed, may help engineers, architects, and art historians with the problem of determining repair techniques before disaster strikes, as it did when a 1997 earthquake aftershock caused the collapse of the vault inside the Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi, destroying irreplaceable frescoes by Giotto.
"How do we make appropriate interventions and understand the construction of these historic monuments better?" he queried. "Part of what we are doing is sharpening our tools for when someone says a historic building isn't safe and needs to be wrapped in chains. We are creating new tools of analysis to understand these older structures. We can use computer models to show that they are stable and safe, and we can take laser scans of cathedrals and turn them into stability models." Using such tools, he added, "We hope to be able to push back, so that we don't have to do interventions," for that is often when "repairs" are done that actually make things worse.
To the students in the audience, Professor Ochsendorf recommended, "It is incredibly important that you be multidisciplinary and invent your own major. I want you to embrace your own interests and make your own field because that's when magic happens. You are more likely to have an impact with what you do. Stay curious – look for your own Inca bridges."
This was excellent advice from someone who has already been awarded the Rome Prize and a MacArthur Fellowship. He is also the author of Guastavino Vaulting: the Art of Structural Tile, a signed copy of which he gave to the Warburg Library after his presentation.


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Washington D.C., Jun 20, 2014 / 05:13 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Marriage, an institution between one man and one woman for the rearing of children, is designed by God and is the backbone of society, clergy proclaimed at Thursday's national Mass for Marriage. "Society didn't create it: society cannot re-create it"said Msgr. Edward Filardi, pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church in Bethesda, Md., of marriage in a June 19 homily for the Mass for Marriage. The Mass, … [Read more...]
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On World Refugee Day, bishops implore U.S. to address Syria
Seattle, Wash., Jun 20, 2014 / 05:02 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- The chairman of the U.S. Bishops' Committee on Migration declared the refugee situation in Syria a "humanitarian disaster" and called on the U.S. to increase resettlement in a statement for World Refugee Day. "The Syrian refugee crisis in the Middle East has reached a point of humanitarian disaster," stated Bishop Eusebio Elizondo, the auxiliary bishop of Seattle, on June 20. "Although the United … [Read more...]
Euthanasia case heads to French high court
Paris, France, Jun 20, 2014 / 03:24 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- An official with France's highest court has said that a minimally conscious, severely injured man should be denied food and hydration, countering prior rulings that doing so would violate his right to life. Remi Keller, public rapporteur with France's Council of State, issued a recommendation that Vincent Lambert, 39, had no hope of recovery or enjoying a positive effect from the food or hydration that is keeping him … [Read more...]
Pope Francis decries persecution of Christians
Vatican City, Jun 20, 2014 / 02:03 pm (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis on Friday lamented continued persecution against Christians and other religious believers, encouraging scholars and governments to defend religious liberty. "Nowadays, persecution against Christians is stronger than it was in the first centuries of the Church, and there are more Christian martyrs than in that time," the Pope said June 20 in the Vatican's consistory hall will participants of the conference … [Read more...]
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Pope warns against false securities of wealth, vanity, power
Vatican City, Jun 20, 2014 / 11:32 am (CNA/EWTN News).- In his homily at Friday's Mass, Pope Francis cautioned attendees not to place their security in false treasures which enslave and weigh us down, but rather in the treasures of heaven that lead to freedom. "Here is the message of Jesus: 'if your treasure is in wealth, in vanity, in power, in pride, your heart will be chained there! Your heart will be enslaved by wealth, vanity, pride," the Pope explained in his June … [Read more...]
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I have a mint condition 1998 green Dana Designs Terraplane, which has been used on two trips. It makes me sad to see it never being used, so I am looking to give it to a good home for the cost of shipping from New Zealand (USD 75). There are, however, a couple of catches:
1. You need to be going to use it or give it to someone who will.
2. It is a medium torso length, with a medium hipblet BUT WITH SMALL SHOULDER STRAPS. How this happened is along and slightly sorry story.
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Nice gesture!
I am going to wait and few days and see what PMs I get and then decide who to send it to. Will try and post some photos tonight.
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I used an earlier version for 15+ years, took me that long to destroy it. Not ultralight but a great pack. Go for it somebody!
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ROY HODGSON is poised to bring in Chris Smalling and Phil Jones following England's feeble World Cup washout in Poland.
The Three Lions struggled to a 1-1 draw in Warsaw and boss Hodgson wants to inject some youth into his squad for next month's trip to Sweden with the Manchester United pair in the frame.
Hodgson said: "I will use the friendly to look at new players and give others a chance to perform.
"I hope Chris Smalling and Phil Jones will be available to join the squad and we could also take a look at Raheem Sterling.
"When Alex Ferguson bought Jones and Smalling he signed them with a view to them being an important part of Manchester United's future.
"And if you are English and playing for Manchester United, then you also have a big part to play in the future of the England national team.
"I've been unfortunate that I've not been able to pick Jones or Smalling yet due to injuries but those two and Steven Caulker at Tottenham can all start to ask a few questions and put people under pressure."


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The mysterious death of Israel Jack in Rotorua and an unrestrained toddler who fell out of a car into traffic are just two of the stories making headlines around the regions today.
Rotorua police have enlisted the help of Police Ten 7 to help solve the death of Israel Jack.
An unrestrained 3-year-old boy has fallen out of a car in Tauranga.
A man who crashed his quad bike managed to walk over a kilometre with suspected neck and spinal injuries.
Emergency services took almost 90 minutes to reach the scene of a fatal crash near Turangi on Sunday.
A Whangarei man will fight to clear the name of his dog, which is still in the dog pound.
Marine Parade residents have been accused of "bullying" the Tauranga City Council.
Former Wanganui Collegiate boarder Chris McAsey could be about to lift the America's Cup.
Prescription medicines dating back three months are piling up at Northland pharmacies
A Tauranga man who robbed a pizza delivery driver has been sentenced
A documentary about a major whale stranding on the Northland coast that never made it to air has been posted on YouTube.
A new bronze statue to Opo the Dolphin was unveiled on the Opononi waterfront.
Featherston's wind sculpture has lost some of its parts.
And finally a limited-release rimu chopping board from the ruins of Carisbrook will be used for fundraising.
Other stories making headlines around the regions today include:
Rotorua wins major international award.
Restoration plan helps boost native species.
U-turn over rest home closure.


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So all I need to do to get some stickers is send a self abused stomped envelope to ya?Originally Posted by BlazinWRX
This is a discussion on ClubWRX.net T-Shirts NOW AVAILBLE! within the News and Announcements forums, part of the Community - Meet other Enthusiasts category; Originally Posted by BlazinWRX Hey guys, the stickers are coming in tomorrow so they'll go out by wednesday as well. ...
So all I need to do to get some stickers is send a self abused stomped envelope to ya?Originally Posted by BlazinWRX
"Its only illegal if you get caught"
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my envelope is on its way! looking forward to em. the effects of my cool a$$ stickaz!
bugeye mafia FOOLS!Originally Posted by blarg
Bad news... sigh... my buddy messed up on the sticker order and ended up making the wrong stickers. He dropped him off last night and this morning I feel terrible because I know how upset some of you already are regarding the delay in stickers. I'm going to push him to get the ClubWRX.net stickers made asap and if not I'll go through another supplier. Since I'm ordering them in high volumes it will take a while to produce, I'll do my best to get them ASAP. I'll keep you guys posted on the status of the stickers, meanwhile keep sending in the SASEs and I'll keep them aside until the stickers come in.
I would love to see this design for the stickers.
What do yall' think? Is it possible TIm?
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any way i can get some t shirts still?
what do the stickers look like that they messed up? could you post up pics of those? the effects of a massed produced mistake!
bugeye mafia FOOLS!Originally Posted by blarg
My teenagers now think that the clubwrx shirt is something worth having...but only if they can get in black. I looked under the merchandise section here and do not see black shirts. Any way to get a couple of these? thanks
any way i can get my hands on a shirt as well?
Hey guys,
Instead of ClubWRX.net stickers some Importhookup.com stickers were made, that's how they messed up the order. Anyways, here's the currnet inventory of shirts. You can still buy them if you see the size/color that you want:
2 L in Red
2 L in White
1 L in Gray
Let me know if you would like to pick up any of the sizes/colors. Thanks!
Tim, Whats your plan(s) on doing another batch of shirts in various sizes and colors?
I too would be interested in some shirts
You know what that's hard to say... the last time I dd the production batch it was very time consuming. Even though I am more familiar with the process we would have to get a lot of members on board again to get the shirts ordered. I think we'll need at least 150-200 shirts made before we can do another batch of shirts or else its' just way too much work. We can probably see how many people would be interested in another shirt, perhaps a different design?
I like the whole "generations" theme, but am open to anything. I myself would be interested in three to four shirts.
i'm in for a shirt...
I'll ask our design guru to come up with a design and then run a poll, as soon as we can get an order of 200 shirts we'll go ahead and produce them.


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She could hear the footsteps behind her as she ran down the alley. She
was afraid to look back; afraid he was getting closer. She slid on the wet
pavement, but never let up. She jumped up and continued running. Her shoes
making what to her sounded like loud clomping on the ground. Her breathing
was labored. She could feel sweat running down her forehead, feel it burning
her eyes.
"Sofia," he cried from the distance. "You know you can't hide from me."
She didn't slow down. She could see a streetlight in the distance in front
of her. She picked up her pace, hoping she could get around people before he
reached her. Just as she turned the corner to a well-lit parking lot, someone
grabbed her from behind and covered her mouth to stifle her scream.
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Brooklyn psych-pop group Yeasayer has released a new song through an old method: the postal service. According to We All Want Someone To Shout For the band sent out physical CD copies of the bubbling dance track "Henrietta" to fans on the band's mailing list, but thankfully the song has made its way to the internet for those of us who don't get mail from Yeasayer. Listen, below.
This is some of the first material to emerge since the group released its sneaky good 2010 album, Odd Blood, and it shows the band still finding ways to craft joyful noise out of seemingly disparate elements. Starting with a wobbly beat and a pulsing synth, the song takes a trance-like pause halfway through before building toward a hypnotic conclusion. Still odd. Still good.
Yeasayer will hit the road for a series of dates toward the end of June and will also be playing the Osheaga Festival in Montreal. Check out the tour dates, below.
Tour Dates For Yeasayer:
06/19 – Richmond, VA – The National
06/20 – Asheville, NC – The Orange Peel
06/21 – Knoxville, TN – Bijou Theatre
06/22 – Nashville, TN – The Cannery Ballroom
06/23 – Louisville, KY – Headliners Music Hall
06/24 – Cincinnati, OH – 20th Century Theatre
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Columbia University Medical Center researchers have for the first time directly converted human skin cells into functional forebrain neurons, without the need for stem cells of any kind. The findings offer a new and potentially more direct way to produce replacement cell therapies for Alzheimer's and other neurodegenerative diseases. Such cells may prove especially useful for testing new therapeutic leads. The study was published in the August 4 online issue of the journal Cell.
In another first, the researchers used this method -- called direct reprogramming -- to generate neurons from skin cells of patients with familial (early-onset) Alzheimer's disease. The induced neurons were found to differ significantly from those made from healthy individuals, providing new insights into the development of the disease, reports study leader Asa Abeliovich, MD, PhD, associate professor of pathology & cell biology and neurology in the Taub Institute for Research on Alzheimer's Disease and the Aging Brain at Columbia University Medical Center (CUMC).
In the 1980s and 90s, scientists realized that embryonic stem cells, because of their pluripotency (ability to develop into any kind of cell) and capacity for self-renewal, might be useful in regenerating or replacing tissue after injury or disease. However, the use of cells from human embryos raised ethical issues, triggering a search for alternatives.
A breakthrough came in 2007, when researchers determined how to genetically reprogram human skin cells to become induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, which are similar to naturally pluripotent cells. Although this advance allowed researchers to avoid using embryonic stem cells, iPS technology remains complex, inefficient, and time-consuming. Moreover, the pluripotent stem cells by their nature are capable of forming tumors, leading to potential safety concerns.
In 2010, Stanford University researchers reported turning mouse skin cells directly into neurons using transcription regulators (proteins that switch genes on or off), bypassing the need to create iPS cells.
Building on that work, Dr. Abeliovich and his team used a different combination of transcription regulators, plus several neuronal support factors, to convert human skin cells into forebrain neurons. The induced neurons appear to be the same as ordinary neurons, judging from electrophysiological testing and gene expression profiling. The researchers also showed that the neurons are able to send and receive signals in laboratory culture and when transplanted into the central nervous system of mice. These findings indicate that the induced neurons are capable of neuronal activity.
"Direct reprogramming is fundamentally different from making neurons with iPS technologies," says Dr. Abeliovich. "Using direct reprogramming, you could, in theory, take someone's skin cells and in a couple of weeks have fully functional neurons ready for replacement cell therapy."
"Although the project is still at early stages and certainly not ready for clinical applications, therapies based on direct reprogramming seem more realistic than those based on iPS technology. "What is particularly exciting," says Dr. Abeliovich, "is that direct reprogramming is broadly applicable to the study and treatment of a host of neurological diseases."
In the second part of the study, Dr. Abeliovich compared neurons made from skin cells of healthy individuals with neurons made from patients with early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The latter cells exhibited altered processing and localization of amyloid precursor protein (APP) and increased concentration of amyloid beta, a component of APP (Alzheimer's is thought to develop when abnormal amounts of amyloid beta accumulate in the brain, eventually killing neurons.) APP was found to collect in the cells' endosomes, cellular compartments that sort molecules for degradation or recycling. These findings suggest that this form of Alzheimer's is caused, at least in part, by abnormal endosomal function, the researchers report.
Dr. Abeliovich's paper is entitled, "Directed Conversion Of Alzheimer's Disease Patient Skin Fibroblasts Into Functional Neurons." His coauthors are Liang Qiang, Ryousuke Fujita, Toru Yamashita, Herve Rhinn, David Rhee, Claudia Doege, Lily Chau, and William B. Vanti at CUMC and Sergio Angulo and Herman Moreno at the State University of New York Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, N.Y.
The New York State Stem Cell Science (NYSTEM), among others, provided funding for the study.
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Political locavores
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Matt Potter 6 p.m., May 24
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Bikram's Hatha yoga is an exercise of postures, "a demanding 26-pose (Asana) series," performed in the same order every time. It's not fun and it's not supposed to be. The belief is that by repeating this regimen of poses, you will learn to "work harder, deeper, yet calmer... applying yourself deeper into the pose and beyond the physical discipline." When entering the studio you'll notice the stifling heat -- about 105 degrees. The heat limbers the muscles, loosens the ligaments and tendons, and relaxes the flesh to ease the effort of the postures. Bikram's new locations in La Jolla and El Cajon offer an introductory special of two sessions (within one week) for $10. Drop-in single classes usually cost $12, but you can buy a 10-class card for $90 or a 35-class card for $265. Monthly unlimited memberships are $115 per month; yearly unlimited memberships are $1100.


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Bogusław Linda
|Bogusław Linda
Bogusław Linda in 2013
27 June 1952
Toruń, Poland
|Alma mater
|Ludwik Solski Academy for the Dramatic Arts
|Years active
|1973 – present
|1. unknown (divorced)
2. Lidia Popiel
|3 (2 sons, 1 daughter)
|Musical career
|Sung poetry
|Universal Music Poland
|Associated acts
Bogusław Linda (Polish: [bɔˈɡuswaf ˈlinda]; born 1952) is a Polish actor known from films such as Psy and Tato. He appeared in Andrzej Wajda's Man of Iron and Danton and in Krzysztof Kieslowski's Blind Chance and the seventh episode of Kieslowski's Dekalog.
He is married to the Polish model and photographer Lidia Popiel. He and his friend Maciej Slesicki founded the Warsaw Film School, one of the first privately owned school for actors in Poland.
He graduated from the Secondary School in Toruń. A graduate of the Krakow Academy of Dramatic Arts, co-founder and lecturer at Warsaw Film School.
As a student made contact with Krakow's Stary Teatr, his debut was a Mikolka in crimes and punishment Dostojowskiego (directed by Maciej Prus, 1977). In the years 1978-1981 he played at the Contemporary Theatre in Wroclaw such plays as The Magic Mountain Mann and Kafka's America (1980). In the early 80s Twentieth century was an actor in Warsaw's Teatr Studio.
His first major role was in Fever, directed by Agnieszka Holland, where he portrayed an anarchist Gryziaka (1980). Then he played, among others, Woman in a single (1981), the same director, in The Man with the Iron Andrzej Wajda, Krzysztof Kieslowski in Case (1981 ) and Mother of Kings Janusz Zaorski (1982), playing characters marked by existential anxiety, forced to hopeless struggle against a hostile reality .
Theatrical emploi sensitive tried to break through in the film Jack Bromski Kill me cop (1987 ), where he played a dangerous criminal George Malik . In 1992, he starred as Franz Maurer, UBEK with the rules, in Psy ( cops ) by director of Wladyslaw Pasikowski . This role shaped the image of Linda as a cynical " tough " . Strengthened his roles in the films Cops II, Sara, Trap, Demons War by Goya. In the film Sara, the actor performed a cover of Leonard Cohen I'm Your Man.[1]
In the 90s Twentieth century brought him critical acclaim roles juggler Greater Stigma skills in Jańciu Aquarius Jan Jakub Kolski (1993 ), Michael Sulecki - father fighting for the right to educate their daughters in Dad Maciej Ślesicki (1995 ), Father Robak in Pan Tadeusz Andrzej Wajda (1999 ) . In 1996, during the Festival of Stars in Międzyzdroje has left hand on the Promenade of Stars.
In 2001 Polish cinema screens Reich entered the picture, directed by Wladyslaw Pasikowski . In the film, he played a gangster Alexa Boguslaw alongside Miroslaw Baka and Aleksandra Nieśpielak . It was the seventh production, in which the actor has worked with director Pasikowski . After the role of the artist began trying to escape from the image of a tough guy with a gun in his hand.
In the same year, he also starred in the role of arbiter . The role of the Roman governor appointed him to George Kawalerowicz . On the Polish cinema screens also entered his second season on the bream . The actor played the role of a cop whose wife left . It was also a road movie about a young offenders who attacked the bank . Main Roles played with him Anna Przybylska, Gabriel Fleszar, Edith Olszówka and Marian Dziędziel.
In 2005, he starred in the Polish - American production of Summer Love . In the same year he recorded with the band Fireflies album titled Las putas melancólicas . He played the role of comedy in the film Time surfers and starred in sitcoms and Wilds 2: Duel .
In 2006 Boguslaw Linda tried his hand as a director and made a film Skylights . The image is a story about two young girls whose lives are intertwined with the difficult economic situation of Polish after the fall of communism . Starring actor played himself, Joanna Toddlers and Beata Jackdaw .
Three years later, the actor proved themselves in the role of comedy in the film Blind Date, directed by Wojciech Wojcik . Linda played the role of seducer Cezary there .
5 October 2009 at the hands of the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Culture Piotr Zuchowski picked up a Silver Medal " Gloria Artis ".
1 April 2011 was released movie three minutes by Maciej Ślesicki, where he played the role of a painter.
19 April 2012 has entered into theaters in Warsaw Art director Merlin his Mongol . It was the directorial debut of Polish actor when it comes to theater, as well as return to work in the theater, because it does not show up in it for about 15 years .
He was honored in the Walk of Fame in his hometown of Torun (where he studied and lived ), where at the Old Town unveiled the second in a series of " katarzynek " - signatures of famous Toruń.[2]
His interests include horseback riding.
He is concerned about his privacy and rarely gives interviews or consents to articles about his private life .
Selected filmography[edit]
- Wodzirej (Top Dog) (1978)
- Fever (1981)
- Man of Iron (1981)
- Przypadek (Blind Chance) (1981)
- Dreszcze (1981)
- Danton (1983)
- Eskimo Woman Feels Cold (Eskimosce jest zimno) (1983; Hungarian film directed by János Xantus, original title: Eszkimó asszony fázik)
- Flowers of Reverie (1984)
- Magnat (1987) - won award
- The Mother of Kings (1987)
- Dekalog (The Decalogue) (1989)
- Psy (Dogs) (1992)
- All That Really Matters (1992)
- Jańcio Wodnik (Johnnie the Aquarius) (1993)
- Szamanka (The Shaman) (1996)
- A Trap (1997)
- Sara (1997)
- Zabić Sekala (Sekal Has to Die) (1998)
- Pan Tadeusz (1999)
- Quo Vadis (2001)
- I kto tu rządzi? (2007)
- Kajínek (2010)
- Battle of Warsaw 1920 (2011)
- Afterimage (2016)
|Album details
|Peak chart positions
|Las putas melancólicas
with Świetliki
|"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.
Music videos[edit]
|"Gdzie mam szukać cię" with Assia Akhat
|non-album single
|Las putas melancólicas
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bogusław Linda.
- ^ http://www.prezydent.pl/aktualnosci/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,1334,prezydent-to-dobre-lata-dla-polskiej-kultury.html
- ^ OLiS – sprzedaż w okresie
- ^ http://muzyka.onet.pl/plyty/katalog/swietliki-las-putas-melancolicas,105512,plyta.html
- ^ https://itunes.apple.com/pl/album/las-putas-melancolicas-y-exclusivas/id581514911
- ^ Gdzie mam szukać cię
- ^ Las putas melancólicas


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Happy Birthday, Gustave Caillebotte!
Born August 19, 1848, Caillebotte was a bit of a triple-threat: a leading Impressionist painter, a yachtsman as well as an accomplished gardener. Monsieur Caillebotte surely would have appreciated this perfect, breezy seaside day that we have here today in Salem.
We are particularly pleased to celebrate Caillebotte's birthday as a selection of his paintings and boat models will be on view at PEM this fall as part of Impressionists on the Water, an exciting new exhibition coming to us from the fine folks at the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
Caillebotte painted a number of river views with yachts at anchor or in motion at the Gennevilliers property he owned with his brother, Martial. The right foreground of the painting below shows Caillebotte at the helm of his own yacht, Roastbeef, which he designed in 1891. He depicts himself with only one finger on the tiller, highlighting the ease of steering his modern boat.
In 1860, Caillebotte's family bought an estate in Yerres and the famous Impressionist painted around 80 paintings there, until the sale of the estate in 1879. Yerres, a small, quiet tributary of the Seine, is also where Caillebotte discovered his great enthusiasm for boating. Canoes of the type shown below were propelled by two-bladed kayak paddles and were well suited to the shallow waters of the river though difficult to handle and prone to capsizing.
The sunflowers that fill the foreground of the work below exuberantly display Caillebotte's interest in gardening, a pursuit which preoccupied him during the 1880s following a dispute with fellow Impressionist, Edgar Degas. The blossoms frame the view of the public bathhouses on the shore of the Seine at Argenteuil, a view seen from Caillebotte's home across the river at Petit-Gennevillier where he had a studio and a large greenhouse.
Opening November 9, Impressionists on the Water illuminates the importance that access to the sea and France's extensive inland waterways played in the development of one of the world's most robust artistic movements. We look forward to welcoming you to our headlining fall exhibition…but, in the meanwhile, get out and enjoy this perfect Caillebotte day!


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Hey guys! It's been a while. I'm still here, moving, shaking, painting.
Just a reminder you can find my updates here on my new blog! I post paintings and drawings, as well as artist's work. There's also delicious food photos and recipes.
I'm also on twitter and flickr. So if you're there add me, and we can keep each other company. ;)
Lastly, here is my latest piece!
Pre-selection, 2011. 12x16 inches. Oil and graphite on wood.
If you haven't noticed yet, i'm gone. I'm not really going to post here all that often anymore. I've got a brand new blog. Please do check it out here: http://wishcandyart.blogspot.com/
It's re-vamped and has much more to offer than here. You can easily subscribe to it via RSS on the right side of the new blog. Or if you have a blogger account you can "Follow" it. There will be posts about: my art, where i find my inspiration, reviews of the tea i drink, reviews of the smell and content of books i read, aaaand even a few recipes. Of course i'll also add in snippets of my life and random roadtrips. There will also be a post about a super secret project i've been working on the side (slowly coming along!)
So what do you have to lose? Go and subscribe today.
Wow, I just realized I have been absent for three weeks. I whole heartedly apologize. I've been assisting with my family's move into a new house. It's been somewhat stressful because we're moving from a normal sized home to a townhouse.
I'm still working on things. I have a lot of projects in the background that I can't show you yet. I've also been reading endless piles of information on minimalism from Everett Bogue, Chris Guillebeau and Tyler Tervooren. I've become inspired to transform my life into one i'm completely passionate about. I was already on a path towards be being a full-time artist, but they've left me with more confidence and less guilt.
So, i'll be making lots of changes in the next few months. Starting with the launch of a brand new blog, late this month. I'll still be checking my friends page here on LJ, but i'll be posting over on blogger. More details later. Secondly, i'll be selling off most of my belongings online. I have some unused items as well as some quirky stuff i don't use all that often. That includes a lot of art i've created, which i'll post on eBay for sale soon. I'll be sure to link to the sales.
Lastly, i'll be finally moving out next year. I was reading a post by Tyler Tervooren about adults in cradles, and it confirmed my desire to move out. I have my reasons for moving back home at the end of college, but it's time to leave again. Which is partly why i'll be selling my stuff. For freedom.
Lately I've been pretty busy making for "The End" show over at Compound gallery next month. I've been trying to fit in sessions of painting around packing and preparing to move. I've been spending many a day waiting, in my family's new home, for delivery men and handy men.
So instead of getting hours of sleep as a doctors recommend, I've been running on 4 hours or much less this week. Thankfully, the paintings are done. There is a feeling of completeness, but I do wish I could have spent more time working on them. When the move is over I'll have more time to work, and the smile will return back to my face.
The originals are now up for viewing and for sale online from Monsterbation and The Dino Show. I've got three pieces for sale at each gallery, at reasonable prices. I've also put up some brand new prints and originals in my shop.
Here are the pieces i've been hiding until after the openings of both shows. (Monsterbation at the Pony Club gallery and The Dino Show at Double Punch).
Growing girls need their vitamins, oil and graphite on wood. 2010.
Dream a little dream of me, oil and graphite on wood. 2010.
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Remember, the Monsterbation show will be up until October 31st. The closing party will feature a Costume contest. And the pieces will be available for sale online until the end of November. The Dino show closes on November 7th. Be sure to check out these shows if you live near Portland or San Francisco!
It's the perfect time of year for baking. The leaves are changing color, falling off trees, and floating in the wind. The cold is inescapable, but comfort can be found in sweaters, scarves, and warm drinks. The air begins to smell a way I can't describe. But not like cinnamon or pumpkin like many would believe.
It's the smell of death and decomposition. Of the plants of course...
*Ahem* My friend Jess and I decided to bake in my family's new home before anyone even moved in. To break in the new stove. We made Lemon cupcakes with lemon icing and a raspberry filling.
And of course, while i was grating the lemon (for the zest), I grated my thumb. Blood, sweat, and tears! All for baking!
The idea of travel is exhilarating. Planning an adventure is a giant headache in reality.
I'm trying to figure out the logistics of it all. When to leave, how long to stay, the cost of everything. Plane tickets and train tickets. Can i teleport and stay on somebody's couch? Anybody in Portland and San Fran wanna house an artist for a few days? Seriously, will provide art for your kind hospitality. D:
Yes, I know i'm late to the bandwagon. I never knew what I was missing. But i've started watching Mad Men a few weeks ago. I started questioning my color palette until i fell in love with the 50s and 60s all over again.
I adore the coral pinks, lemonade yellow, mint green, powder blues, and vintage reds. It's quite lovely to see how cute Betty Draper is. Like a walking American Dream made of porcelain softly crying in dark corners. Or to see how sassy and bright Joan is, and how her jealousy of Peggy is a point of weakness.
I'll be exploring these two decades more alongside the 18th century.
Also: I hear Monsterbation was a hit! So thank you to anyone who went to the opening. I'm sorry I can't be there. The show is open until the 31st. And there will be a costume contest on the 31st!
If you live in or near Portland you should check out the Monsterbation show! It opens on October 7th at 6pm at the Pony Club Gallery. Tell all your friends (fit for mature viewing of course). I'll have three pieces at the show. And there are a lot of badass artists showing there: JFish, Ambird, Jess Fink and Jonny Negron!
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D-Link DGS-1210-28P WebSmart PoE 28-port Smart Switch
• 28-Port
• Websmart Switch
• Support for up to 4096 VLANs
• virtual stacking
• Stackable
• Two 10-Gigabit SFP+ ports
The D-Link DGS-1210 Series is the latest generation of D-Link Web Smart Switches featuring D-Link Green 3.0 technology. The series complies with the IEEE 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet standard. Support for IPv6 management and configurations ensure your network remains protected after the upgrade from IPv4 to IPv6*. By offering multiple management options, the DGS-1210 series allows quick deployment, infrastructure expansion, and seamless function upgrades. Targeting small and medium-sized businesses, the DGS-1210 Web Smart Switches provide functionality, security, and manageability for a fraction of the standard cost of ownership.
Secure your Network
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The DGS-1210 Series switches are equipped with a complete lineup of Layer 2 features including IGMP Snooping, Port Mirroring, Spanning Tree, and Link Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP). The IEEE 802.3x Flow Control function allows servers to directly connect to the switch for fast, reliable data transfer. At 2000 Mbps Full Duplex, the Gigabit ports provide high-speed data pipes to servers with minimum data transfer loss. Network maintenance features include Loopback Detection and Cable Diagnostics. Loopback Detection is used to detect loops created by a specific port or VLAN and automatically shut down the affected port or VLAN. The Cable Diagnostics feature, designed primarily for administrators and customer service representatives, can quickly discover the type of error on cables and determine the cable quality.
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Secure your Network
D-Link's innovative Safeguard Engine protects the switches against traffic flooding caused by virus attacks. The switches also support 802.1X port-based authentication, allowing the network to be authenticated through external RADIUS servers. In addition, the Access Control List (ACL) feature enhances network security and helps to protect the internal IT network by screening ingress traffic based on MAC or IP addresses. The DGS-1210 Series includes ARP Spoofing Prevention, which protects from attacks on the Ethernet network that may allow an intruder to sniff data frames, modify traffic, or bring traffic to a halt altogether by sending fake ARP messages to the network. To prevent ARP Spoofing attacks, the switch uses Packet Control ACLs to block invalid packets that contain fake ARP messages. For added security, the DHCP Server Screening feature screens rogue DHCP server packets from user ports to prevent unauthorized IP assignment.
IPv6 Ready
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Extensive Layer 2 Features
Equipped with a complete line-up of L2 features, these switches include IGMP Snooping, Port Mirroring, Spanning Tree, and Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP). The IEEE 802.3x Flow Control function allows servers to directly connect to the switch for fast, reliable data transfer. At 2000 Mbps Full Duplex, the Gigabit ports provide high-speed data pipes to servers with minimum data transfer loss. Network maintenance features include Loopback Detection and Cable Diagnostics. Loopback Detection is used to detect loops created by a specific port and automatically shut down the affected port. The Cable Diagnostic feature designed primarily for administrators and customer service representatives, can rapidly discover the type of error and determine the cable quality.
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DGS-1210 switches are capable of conserving power without sacrificing operational performance or functionality by using D-Link Green 3.0 technology. Using the 802.3az Energy Efficient Ethernet standard, the network will automatically decrease the power usage when traffic is low with no setup required. For environments not fully supporting the standard, DGS-1510 switches offer advanced power-saving settings including port shutoff, LED shutoff, and system hibernation based on custom scheduling profiles. The profiles can also be applied to the PoE switch so that there is no unnecessary power consumption during off hours.
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|D-Link DGS-1210-28P WebSmart PoE 28-port SFP+ Gigabit Smart Switch
Brand D-Link
Model DGS-1210-28P
Product Type Business Switch
|Hardware Specifications
|Port No 28-Port
VLAN Support for up to 4096
QOS Yes
POE Yes
SFP Yes
Layer 2 Yes