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Thursday Recruitin' Needs Rec Specs
War. War against Notre Dame never changes.
A couple of impending linebacker commitments are part of this cycle's frankly bizarre quantity of straight-up Michigan-ND battles. Notre Dame, which went 4-8 last year, has a coach on the hot seat but is managing to split these about down the middle. That appears to be the case here, as well.
The good news is for IN LB Cameron McGrone, an Opening standout out of Indianapolis. Steve Wiltfong reports that McGrone's only remaining summer trip will be to Michigan's BBQ in little over a week, which is a change from a week ago when Notre Dame was potentially on the docket. Wiltfong hints that a commitment might be on the horizon:
McGrone doesn't have a commitment timetable. He does want to take officials before deciding but we'll see if the BBQ changes that line of thinking.
Tom Loy has flipped his CB to Michigan. That's usually the last thing that happens before an ND-M battle goes the right way.
McGrone flew all the way up to 40th at 24/7 after a dominant performance as a spacebacker at the Opening, and while the other site weren't quite as gonzo the reviews were universally positive. Allen Trieu discussed him in one of those horrible two-people-talking Scout videos, saying that he would be moving up from low four-star territory:
"Faster and more explosive … one of if not the most impressive guy. Very explosive, downhill kind of kid … blitzer, come-forward kind of guy. He's shown at these events that he can move backwards, he can drop into coverage, he can change directions. I think he's a complete linebacker. … He can play a couple of different linebacker spots; he's about 6'2", 220 pounds."
McGrone moved up… a bit. He's the first OLB outside of their top 300 now. ESPN and Rivals haven't reacted yet. ESPN only has an underclass eval for him so McGrone has a shot to move up from generic four star territory when they scout him again; Rivals has stopped attending the Opening for Reasons.
The possibly bad news is for NJ LB/S Shayne Simon, who told the ND 24/7 site that he would be announcing "this week or next week." Simon has been trending to ND recently and one of our heuristics is "who you talk to matters"; an ND site getting the news of an impending announcement is a bad sign.
FWIW, Loy is hedging a little:
The 247Sports Crystal Ball favors Notre Dame over Michigan by a margin of 89-percent to 11-percent, but this is a much closer race than the numbers reflect.
Simon took a sneaky visit to Michigan a few weeks ago, and there is a story here where ND optimism is largely because of his rabidly pro-ND coach and not reflective of reality. When you take a visit to one of your top schools and conceal it from your coach that says somethin' about somethin'.
Simon's mom and aunt are Michigan alums, and Michigan did not go 4-8 last year, so they've got those things going for them. As of about a week ago Lorenz was being told to "keep his crystal ball on Michigan regardless of where his initial commitment is," probably in case ND goes 4-8 again.
Still feels like ND, but this is a shotgun wedding maybe? With elopement possible?
Defensive tackle acquisition program
DT with rec specs: hell yes
Michigan has been rising on NC DT Rick Sandidge's list for a few weeks now after a June unofficial; he talked to Rivals about his recent visit schedule, which includes stops at M, OSU, Georgia, and Florida:
"The Michigan and Georgia visits both stood out to me."
South Carolina, his mom's alma mater and crystal ball favorite, is up next, and then he's shutting it down until he takes his officials. Oddly, the 24/7 South Carolina site asserts that Sandidge has a loose top five of the Gamecocks, M, FSU, UF, and UNC. Scout adds UGA and LSU into a top seven.
This does not qualify as clarity
Rivals's rankings of instate OL Ryan Hayes and Jalen Mayfield are two of the biggest outliers of the cycle so far. Both are composite four stars despite Rivals ranking them 16th and 19th in the state, behind a 5'8" King DB headed to Iowa State amongst others. That's… aggressive. Brandon Brown hits up regional analyst Josh Helmholdt to talk about both guys. The results are unenlightening. Helmholdt says Hayes is a tight end who projects to tackle and that he's somewhat raw because of it. This is the only other scouting-ish item in the piece:
"With guys like both Mayfield and Hayes, they have what it takes at that spot. Playing offensive tackle takes a certain kind of player. You can't be heavy footed at that position and you have to be able to play with length and foot quickness and both of those guys have it."
Rivals currently ranks both instate Michigan OL commitments behind OL headed to Wake Forest, Duke, BC, and Kansas. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Crootin quote of the week
STRENGTHS: hair, enormousness
AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT: commitment to Michigan
From CA ATH Bryan Addison:
"Michigan has a real chance with me but at the same time maybe not."
Distance is the potential issue. He does plan a visit after picking up an offer, but an entirely West Coast (and Nebraska for some reason) top seven before that offer makes it seem like distance does matter quite a bit.
Addison knows David Long and is planning a BBQ visit; Michigan will know a lot more about their shot in the aftermath. Hopefully that shot is a good one because Addison is a 6'5" WR/S who showed out at the Opening. Scout's Eugene Hankerson on Addison:
Addison worked out strictly at safety at this event, looking extremely comfortable roaming the secondary and causing havoc for opposing quarterbacks … upside is through the roof. … Addison make play after play on the final day of competition, showing range and great closing speed to prevent pass completions.
He's moved into the top 50 at Scout.
Checking in with MSU
The tires are still aflame:
Randy Charlton and James Head, senior three-star defensive ends from Miami (Fla.) Southridge, planned to visit Michigan State today. Per Charlton's father Demetrius Charlton, his son Randy Charlton and Head aren't visiting the Spartans.
"He only visited Indiana," Demetrius Charlton said.
5* 2019 NC RB Quavaris Crouch will be at the BBQ on the 29th. It's early but Crouch and IMG RB Noah Cain are the top two bcks in the 2019 class, and both are looking at Michigan.
GA WR Kearis Jackson has set August 19th as his commitment day. Michigan's in his top eight but the Crystal Ball is 100% UGA. Jackson has said he wants to visit Michigan, which he hasn't yet. Odds are he never makes it up.
Michigan offers 2019 TX WR Jordan Whittington.
2019 CO ATH Luke McCaffrey is coming out to visit, but says it's just to hang out with Dylan.
Kentucky is good and normal at recruiting.
Report: Michigan Hiring Tom Gamble As Something Or Other
Via Licensed Twitter Troll Tim Kawakami:
Word out of Ann Arbor is that former 49ers personnel exec Tom Gamble is joining Jim Harbaugh's Michigan staff...
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) July 20, 2017
This is considerably more interesting than your average noncoaching hire. Gamble's spent the last three decades as a player personnel type guy in the NFL, almost all of it with the 49ers. He overlapped with Harbaugh for a couple years, leaving after the 2012-13 season for a similar job with the Eagles. That move may have been the beginning of the end for Harbaugh's San Francisco tenure: respected, longtime personnel guy leaves, Baalke consolidates control, starts whisper campaign about Harbaugh, etc., etc., etc.
Gamble returned to the 49ers a couple years later* and was pushed out in February after John Lynch made a couple hires to replace him… including former Lions exec Martin Mayhew. BREAKING: 49ers still owned by Jed York. Kawakami is more or less the only person to have said anything useful about Gamble that I can find:
Of all the 49ers' Baalke guys, no question Tom Gamble was the most connected, experienced and normal. But regime-changes happen.
— Tim Kawakami (@timkawakami) February 23, 2017
"Most normal" is not often a descriptor applied to Harbaugh hires but given the context that might not mean a whole lot.
Another thing in the podcast...
After several ugly 49ers divorces, Tom Gamble's departure was straightforward & uneventful. That's progress pic.twitter.com/o2Ja1L6iRd
— Guy Haberman (@GuyHaberman) February 24, 2017
Gamble is almost certainly going to be a quasi-GM in Ann Arbor, organizing recruiting boards and talent acquisition attempts. It'll be a shift for him, and for Michigan, but if anything the guy seems overqualified to be a recruiting coordinator.
*[He got fired from the Eagles as part of an ugly power struggle between Chip Kelly and his GM, and arrived in San Francisco just before they hired… Chip Kelly. Kelly was pro-Gamble, at least.]
2017 Recruiting: Cesar Ruiz
Previously: Last year's profiles. S J'Marick Woods, S Jaylen Kelly-Powell, S Brad Hawkins, CB Ambry Thomas, CB Benjamin St-Juste, LB Drew Singleton, LB Jordan Anthony, LB Josh Ross, DE Kwity Paye, DE Luiji Vilain,
DE Corey Malone-Hatcher, DE Deron Irving-Bey, DT Donovan Jeter, DT Phil Paea, DT James Hudson, DT Aubrey Solomon.
|Camden, NJ – 6'3", 315
[Eric Upchurch]
|4*, #98 overall
|4*, #41 overall
|4*, #28 overall
|4*, #55 overall
|Other Suitors
|UF, Bama, UNC, Auburn, OU
|David Baas
|Previously On MGoBlog
|Hello post from Ace. Adam scouted him (remotely) against Centennial.
|Twitter. Former teammate of Ron Johnson and Brad Hawkins. IMG, thus the state/rankings split.
No senior highlights. Here's an every snap video by Adam:
And some Rivals bits:
Cesar Ruiz is a rare gent: a plug-and-play high school center. High schools generally shove any D-I OL prospect they get their mitts on out to left tackle for obvious reasons, but Ruiz's transfer to IMG allowed him to spend the last two years actually playing the position he projects to in college.
This was doubly important for Ruiz because he's not just a center prospect. He is The Ultimate Center, per his coach:
There was never a doubt, from day one, that he was going to be a center. … he's made to play center. I don't remember the kid ever having a bad snap. … He's got the right mentality and the perfect personality for the position. … He's a real student of the game and then he has the physical skills to go with it. … He's been making line calls and he can really step and snap. … Most guys we bring in we try to cross train them as guard-centers but we didn't really do it much with him because he was just the ultimate center and we knew he'd be there.
Squat, intelligent, and immensely powerful, Ruiz would have been wasting whatever snaps he took at tackle. Instead he focused entirely on center at IMG, which paid off in a big way. Ruiz hit the camp scene hard, showing at both the Rivals Five-Star Challenge and the Opening, and followed that up with an appearance at the UA game. After each he climbed the rankings until he was the composite #1 center and the top interior OL in the country. When ESPN moved him to #1 after the UA game they specifically noted his growth at his chosen position:
Cesar Ruiz not only solidified himself as the No. 1 center, but is also one of the most improved players over the past three seasons. Ruiz has become not just a big, tough lineman, but one who also incorporates better technique and exhibits football smarts and leadership skills.
This is an opinion with a lot of data behind it. Every time Ruiz hit a camp he crushed it:
- Brian Perroni at the Opening: "a force in the middle. With big defensive tackles trying to bullrush him after the snap, he set his base quickly and stood his ground."
- Sam Webb at the Opening: one of the top five linemen in attendance … After witnessing him nullify the quickness possessed by Jay Tufele in a one-on-one match up Saturday, we watched him stand up to the power of Marvin Wilson. Scout.com's #1 defensive tackle was stopped cold in two of three reps. The third and final rep could have gone either way. By the end of the event Ruiz had shown that he is arguably the top center prospect in the country."
- Scout at the Opening: "…stoning defensive lineman after defensive lineman … great lower body strength … rarely pushed backwards" Also: "true center with a great base and balanced strength." Also: "When he locked his hands in, it was over. He showed great punch and the ability to uncoil coming out of his stance."
- 247 at the Opening: ""just couldn't be moved … such good leverage, such good hand placement, and such tenacity that he won almost every rep. Even massive bodies … weren't able to overpower Ruiz. More active defenders couldn't out-quick him either." Also: "looked like a total star… dominant … only lost a couple reps the entire weekend … in complete control with his hands, his feet, and the way he plays with strength and technique."
- Rivals at the UA game: "shined … displayed impressive extension and solid power."
- 247 at the UA game: "…stuffed five-star defensive tackle Marvin Wilson during one-on-ones to highlight his standout performance on Friday. … showed his power and his ability to play with leverage. …also showed good mobility when getting to the second level."
- Scout at the UA game: "good hand placement and a solid base during one-on-ones, and came out on the winning side nearly every time …flashed that pop at the point of attack by getting a good jump off the football. Intelligent and self-assured." Also: "a force throughout one-on-ones, and provides a solid base with his ability to sink the hips and get his hands inside to play with leverage. … intelligent kid that has no problem taking on that quarterback role in the trenches."
Ruiz repeatedly took on the best the country has to offer at DT and stoned them all.
Camps are camps and catch the eye. Sometimes they can be misleading, and that is especially true at intellectually demanding spots like center. That doesn't appear to be the case for Ruiz, who has two years of high level national competition under his belt thanks to his high school team. Adam broke down a full game against Centennial:
…blocks are powerful and driven by a very strong lower body … punch is usually well timed and effective when he does use it. … light on his feet … does an excellent job quickly sliding one gap over; his power step and slide steps are efficient, and he seemingly always keeps a solid base. … great at quickly getting to the second level. … his football IQ seems very high. He picked up twists and knew his assignment.… sometimes has an issue identifying the blitzer in pass pro. …technically-sound road grader … could see him coping with Big Ten linemen in year one before developing into a big plus.
ESPN's eval hits a lot of those same points:
Thickly built center… excellent playing strength and good initial quickness. …good awareness and looks to communicate well and do a good job of recognizing and picking up line stunts and blitzes…. strong punch … good base and balance with enough lateral mobility to stay in front of rushers … size and strength to anchor against power. … Can use angles and with size and strength to control and steer defenders … Can work to improve hand placement and keep feet moving, as can go dead on contact. … Tough and hard-working player … can be a guy who anchors a line for several seasons.
And Scout, despite being the only service to have Ruiz outside their top 50 (he was 98th) has what might be the most positive take of all:
He has a great frame. He is very strong. His punch is a real asset. He has shown the ability to get to the second level. He is very smart. He has great awareness. He likes to compete and finish. Michigan is getting one of the top offensive linemen in the country and Ruiz will give the Wolverines an anchor in the middle in the years to come. He, like most linemen, can improve his pad level, continue to works his hand placement better and improve his lateral movement against the quick defensive tackles.
For its part Rivals praised his "incredibly strong upper body with massive legs and great base" and described him as a "natural" when Mike Farrell picked him over top-rated 2016 center Baveon Johnson when asked to compare the two.
Ruiz enrolled early, furthering his chances at playing this year. Mentions from the coaches have been uniformly positive, with the occasional marvel about his readiness. Pep Hamilton said he's "really ahead of what you'd expect"; Harbaugh praised him as an "old soul" after talking up his maturity, talent, effort, and classroom performance; Drevno said he has a special variety of "football awareness," like he has a "videotape machine in his head, almost, where he can play back what just happened to him."
Elsewhere Dreno is equally pumped, telling MGoBlue "I love him" before launching into a description of his many assets. He went into detail about Ruiz's experience with Sam Webb:
"He's done it since he was probably in Pop Warner. Most the time in college football you're getting a guy that has never played the center spot and you're training the guy to play the center spot. This guy has done it. It is like riding a bike to him. He's always had a ball in his hand and a guy breathing down his neck. He is able to do that absolutely."
Practice observers have been hardly less effusive. Your author received a report that "the Ruiz hype is real" and that "people expect him to push his way into the starting lineup sooner or later." Webb singled out Ruiz and DPJ when asked about early enrollees standing out; Lorenz reported back that Ruiz is "college ready" a potential four-year starter.
The one potential hitch is Ruiz's conditioning. He arrived in Ann Arbor at 345 pounds and immediately set upon changing that. So far, so good. As of mid-June he was telling reporters that he was down to 317 and within spitting distance of his goal:
"I feel a lot faster, I wake up in the morning with more energy, they've really helped me get my body right," he said. "My goal weight is 315. Coach wants me to play wherever I'm comfortable. I think that's around 315 or 310.
"I can look back on my first conditioning workout here. We ran 12 gassers, I almost couldn't finish the workout. ... I was dying. The other day we did 16 gassers and I felt fine, I could've done more. I can tell my body's changing."
You'd rather have a guy who's settled into a weight and is changing it by a few pounds at a time. Minor nit. It might have kept Ruiz behind Kugler this spring, though.
Ruiz is a center long term but with Michigan's OL still a year or two away from true depth Michigan has been playing some guard. That's just in case he's the best option in case of an injury, I'd imagine.
Etc.: Gross story alert:
IMG Academy coach Kevin Wright saw Cesar Ruiz's finger as he ran to the sideline and it was bent sideways.
For the first time in two years, Wright thought the nation's No. 1 center recruit per 247Sports would have to sit for a snap or two.
Ruiz had other plans.
A trainer popped Ruiz's finger back into place in the 2016 season finale, and the blue-chip recruit hustled back on the field to finish out IMG's 16-6 victory over Bishop Sullivan Catholic.
Why David Baas? I'm not going to pretend that there are a lot of terribly memorable centers in Michigan's recent history. There's David Molk, who is the platonic opposite of Ruiz, Graham Glasgow, and… Mark Bihl?
Baas is the pick here because he was highly touted for an interior OL and hit the ground ready to go, getting one start at guard as a freshman and moving into the lineup for a three-year starting career that saw him named All Big Ten all three years. He only moved to center four games into his senior year, whereupon he won the Rimington. He was scooped up in the early second round by the 49ers and had an 8-year NFL career. He's also a 6'3"-6'4" guy who topped out around 315.
Ruiz should have a career shaped a lot like that, except mostly at center instead of guard.
Guru Reliability: Exacting. Yeah, Scout is a bit of an outlier but their take is in line with everyone else's take. Incessantly scouted at IMG and camps, zero projection.
Variance: Low. Hate hate hate using "low" for OL, but here we are.
Ceiling: Vast. Ruiz clearly has the ability to be the top center in whichever NFL draft he ends up in.
General Excitement Level: Vast. The Rashan Gary of centers? Can I say that? I mean, he's not Rashan Gary, but he whooped up on everyone at the Opening like he was. I probably shouldn't say it anyway.
Projection: 50/50 to be the starting center this year. Kugler left spring practice with a tentative hold on the job but Ruiz is no doubt closing fast as he gets more familiar with the playbook. Even if he does not win the job he's going to play since he appears to be a holy lock to start in 2018.
In 2018, appears to be a holy lock to be a starter, kicking off a three-year tenure.
The Top 21-28 Returning Big Ten Players
Draftageddon 2017: Stop Taking Buckeyes Edition
Draftageddon is pre-season All-Big Ten #content given the ol' MGo-Really-Do-A-Job treatment. We hold a snake draft (1-2-3-4/4-3-2-1 etc.) of Big Ten players and try to build the best teams. You come out of it with a four-deep preseason All-Big Ten. We come out of it primed to cover the upcoming football season and angry at each other.
Previously: The first 10 picks (Hurst, Speight), the next 10 picks (Gary, Peters)
Where things stand after 20 picks:
- Ohio State (
8[edit: 7] players): DE Nick Bosa (3rd, Seth), QB JT Barrett (6th, Seth), DE Tyquan Lewis (8th, BiSB), CB Denzel Ward (11th, Seth), DT Dre'Mont Jones (13th, Ace), OC Billy Price (17th, BiSB), DE Sam Hubbard (20th, Ace)
- Michigan (4 players): DT Maurice Hurst (2nd, Brian), DE Rashan Gary (5th, Ace), QB Wilton Speight (a reluctant 7th, Brian), QB Brandon Peters (an obligatory 16th, BiSB)
- Penn State (2 players): RB Saquon Barkley (1st, BiSB), QB Trace McSorley (4th, Ace)
- Indiana (2 players): LB Tegray Scales (9th, BiSB), WR Simmie Cobbs (12th, Ace)
- Wisconsin (2 players): LB Jack Cichy (14th, Seth), TE Troy Fumagalli (15th, Brian)
- Minnesota (1 player): DT Stephen Richardson (10th, Brian)
- Iowa (1 player): RB Akrum Wadley (18th, Brian)
- Maryland (1 player): DT Kingsley Opara (19th, Seth)
As hinted Ace is about to make that 9 Buckeroos.
Ace: ROUND 6, PICK 1: Jerome Baker, LB, Ohio State
Off: QB Trace McSorley (PSU), WR Simmie Cobbs (IU)
Def: DE Rashan Gary (M), DE Sam Hubbard (OSU), DT Dre'Mont Jones (OSU), LB Jerome Baker (OSU)
Uh, somehow PFF's #6 returning player in the Big Ten made it to the sixth round:
Raekwon McMillan was the name brand of the Buckeye linebacker corps in 2016, but sophomore first-year starter Jerome Baker was every bit as strong a player in Columbus. Look no further than his performance in The Game, as he terrorized the Wolverines by posting a sack, two hurries and five total stops. His 84.0 run-defense grade is one of the highest among returning Big Ten linebackers this year, and he also gave up just three receptions of over 10 yards on the season.
Baker grades out well in run defense, coverage, and pass-rushing; OSU lines him up all over the place to utilize his versatility and athleticism. He was the best Buckeye defender against Michigan by a significant margin:
There are plenty of impressive MIKE-types in the Big Ten, but none who can play inside and in space like Baker—just watch him at the 3:23 mark above playing man coverage in the slot on Amara Darboh and forcing Wilton Speight to squeeze a low-upside pass into a tight window. I guess he's worth a sixth-rounder.
[After the jump: a delightful nit to pick]
Unverified Voracity Is Just Trolling Me Now
AFC wins! Congratulations to AFC Ann Arbor, the NPSL Great Lakes conference champions. Also a cow!
This is actually the Milk Cup, a trophy for the best Michigan team in the NPSL that is somehow not sponsored by Jim Harbaugh. AFC went 12-1-1 to capture the top seed in the Midwest playoffs and will attempt to make the NPSL Final Four next weekend.
Crootin, 1980. Via Dr. Sap:
Spielman sues! Chris Spielman saw this banner and was like aw hell no:
He's suing and trying to get a class of OSU athletes certified to take this wider. The mindblowing thing is that this only comes after eight months of negotiations broke down:
Spielman told Dispatch reporter Bill Rabinowitz that it pains him to sue Ohio State, but "players have a right. If somebody wanted to endorse you, don't you think you have a right to say yes or no, or to negotiate?"
Yes, I do. Apparently, so does Griffin, the two-time Heisman Trophy winner and former president and CEO of the OSU Alumni Association who supports Spielman's efforts to gain recompense from universities and corporations that benefit from the use of players' names and likenesses.
Ohio State takes a different tack, which explains why negotiations between Spielman's attorney, Brian K. Duncan, and the university dragged over the past eight months without any compensatory agreement being reached.
Never forget that Gene Smith is the dim bulb who chose to go to the Gator Bowl instead of not taking a bowl ban for Urban Meyer's first year. OSU's athletic department sounds like a very Brandon place:
"It's not the money part of it so much, but (Ohio State's) attitude toward how they run their operation — with an iron fist, and they smash anyone they can," Stillwagon said. "But then when you come at them, they say it's all about giving scholarships. I've had dealings with that (OSU) marketing group and they're abusive."
Stillwagon loves Ohio State. He and his Buckeyes brethren simply want OSU to love them back by spreading the wealth.
"This (licensing compensation) is just a correction that needs to be done. This is the way it is now," Stillwagon said. "Coaching is about money. Where you get to sit in the stadium is all about money. But they don't want to talk about that. Funny, it's against the mother nation, you know?"
You'd think this should be a slam dunk given the outcome of the Ed O'Bannon case. SI legal guy Michael McCann points out that this is in a different circuit—6th instead of 9th—and that an outcome that conflicts with the O'Bannon precedent would give the Supreme Court a much better chance of reviewing the case.
What Michigan should do. Michigan Licensing, Inc. Avoid these lawsuits and give everyone graduating from the program a healthy chunk of change. It's like bagmen, except explicitly endorsed by the US government?
Rutger can be good. Not that Rutger, Rutger Reitmaier. Michigan pursued Reitmaier pretty hard late in last year's recruiting cycle but he decided to stick it out with Oregon despite a coaching change. That did not last:
BREAKING: 4-Star DL Rutger Reitmaier has decided to transfer from #Oregon (FREE) https://t.co/6OnWTX4XW6 pic.twitter.com/d27ZHiGqNT
— Justin Hopkins (@JHopkinsSD) July 16, 2017
Michigan was expected to be his pick for a minute there because his family was gung-ho about Harbaugh; Sam Webb says Michigan will kick the tires but a longstanding relationship with Brady Hoke will probably point him to Tennessee. Michigan does have the room after Corey Malone-Hatcher's retirement, and the DL they brought in are flexible enough to make it work.
Basketball scheduling items. Michigan draws LSU in the first round of the Maui Invitational. LSU was horrendous last year, going 10-21 and finishing 172nd in Kenpom. They should be better since they'll return everyone they don't run off and add a decent recruiting class featuring top-50 PG Tremont Waters; Michigan should still expect to beat them easily. LSU was 327th in eFG defense a year ago. Beilein will carve them up.
It would greatly behoove Michigan not to lose that game because Chaminade almost certainly awaits the LSU-Michigan loser. Notre Dame, a 26-10 ACC team that got a 5 seed last year and potential good win, is the alternative. Other than Maui, games against UNC, UCLA, and Texas round out the meaningful bits of the schedule.
The rest of the nonconference schedule is the usual:
- North Florida (#255 Kenpom, #221 RPI last year), CMU (#229/218), and Southern Miss (#325/331) are the first three games after the D-II exhibition against Grant Valley.
- No similar excuses for UC Riverside (#311/330), Alabama A&M (#351/351), and Jacksonville (#275/305). Alabama A&M was 2-27 last year and dead last in Kenpom.
- A game against Detroit (#302/289) at New Joe Louis that is vaguely more acceptable than the other six because it's a local thing.
When you're looking at some other Big Ten team's resume and wondering how in the hell they got a better seed than Michigan, those seven games against awful, awful competition are going to be why. This nonconference schedule has a lot of games that are going to be very hard to win and zero easy wins against decent lower level teams except maybe CMU, which is losing their entire O. I give up.
Meanwhile in Big Ten scheduling, this is one of those years when Michigan plays MSU and Wisconsin just once because Rutgers exists. Thanks, Jim Delany.
Okay then. Andrew Dakich is transferring to Ohio State because they have nine scholarship players, just three of them guards. I do not think this one is likely to lead to a Big Ten championship, as the Max Bielfeldt and Spike Albrecht transfers did for Indiana and Purdue.
Etc.: NCAA basketball to emphasize road wins more. Gary and Hurst show up on NFL.com's list of DL to watch this season. Everything's coming up Milhouse! Toys R Us is struggling. Man says thing. Man soccers with Soccer Stars. Basketball gets a PWO.
Jim Harbaugh AS Roma Event Presser 7/17/17
[Isaiah Hole/247 Sports]
How badly did you want to get out there with them?
"I wanted to but I pulled a muscle. Hip flexor that I acquired playing softball at Camp MIchigania a couple weeks ago. Still with me. Played softball with—it was the dads versus the camp staff members."
Double the pain? Hurt then and hurts not to get out there?
[Inaudible because of the construction at Oosterbaan, which looks like it's coming along nicely.] "Had a nice meeting with the AS Roma staff: their CEO, their general manager, their coach. Had a good talk. There's some similarities for sure. It was good to see them."
Are you guys going to the game?
"I don't know. I'm going but I don't know if the whole team is going. I think they'd consider that an impermissible benefit, so…they can watch it on TV."
One of your players suggested the Oklahoma drill. How do you think the soccer players would have done?
"Uh, they would have done good. They were very competitive. You could see it. Especially Kevin [Strootman]. Really enjoyed watching him go through the drills. He's a guy that's overcome some real adversity: two ACL injuries. To make it back to the level that he's playing at right now is very impressive."
Are there any skills that soccer players possess that you'd like to see your football team pick up?
"I don't think there's a better game for running. In terms of running and eye-foot coordination, there's really no other game like it. I always encourage youngsters in America to play soccer. I think every American boy should play soccer until the eighth grade and then they should play football."
You learn any preparation tips when you were out there in Italy watching AS Roma, from the team?
"Just the conversations. We never did actually get to watch Roma practice, and then they played their game the day after we left. Very interesting, some of the tips I have gotten from them, is in the way they practice. High intensity, hour-and-a-half to two-hour practices. No breaks. There's just something about their preparation style. Fergus Connelly, who's been doing a great job here, came from the football leagues in England and Scotland, so I know for a fact there's a couple of crossovers and things that we are learning, have learned, and will continue to learn."
[After THE JUMP: "All deep breaths have been taken now. It's time to train and get ready for the season."]


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Here's an original way to manage lawyer numbers: If you're too scared to fire people, maybe you could murder them instead.
I don't know if this is what Allen & Overy is trying to do by bringing in increased targets of 2,200 hours for associates, but by the end of the year there's going to be some pretty knackered lawyers at the firm.
It's not that the actual billable hours component is too high – a number of City firms work on the basis that associates should be billing around 1,600 to 1,700 hours a year.
But this extra 500 or so hours that should be spent on this, that and the other? It seems a bit much to me.
This works out that lawyers should be notching up 10 office hours a day on the new schedule. Magnanimously A&O acknowledges that lawyers probably won't spend this amount of time in the office.
But don't worry, it has thought about that too. In a memo, A&O says: "A lot of the reading needed to keep on top of know-how can be done on your journey to/from work."
What if you drive or walk to work? Maybe this is what trainees are for, to run alongside associates while reading aloud from big law books.
This all appears to be a very American approach to time management. After all, US lawyers are legendary for their ability to bill. Thought about a client while on the toilet? That'll be $150, please. Mind wandered to a case while taking a shower? Let's make it an even $200.
Comparing transatlantic billing targets, US firms will expect to see associates bill around 2,000-2,200, compared with the UK's 1,600-1,700 figure.
But US firms have bigger billing units – 15 minutes, compared with a UK average of around six minutes – so the targets more or less equate.
And, possibly a little more peculiar, is that A&O is stating that lawyers do at least five hours of pro bono a year. It's not clear if this is mandatory, but if it is, it's a bit off.
I thought the whole point of pro bono was that lawyers helped people out of the goodness of their hearts (honestly), not that they have to be forced into it.
I would be shocked if associates put up with this. It's all very well for A&O to go on about its values, such as "respecting and including every individual", but what about respecting their personal life? Doesn't a happy lawyer make a better lawyer?
Here's an original way to manage lawyer numbers: If you're too scared to fire people, maybe you could murder them instead.

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Shabwa officials scramble to increase security after Friday attacks
Nasser Al-Sakkaf (author)
SHABWA, Sept. 23—The marine brigade assigned to protect Bilhaf liquefied natural gas fields in Shabwa, located almost 500 km. east of Sana'a, has redistributed its forces in order to protect the national revenue source against future potential attacks.
Bilhaf fields is the nation's largest gas export outlet. It's destruction could deliver a huge blow to the nation's economy.
Deputy Security Manager of Shabwa governorate Mubarak Lazlam said the twin attacks on Friday in which 22 soldiers died and 18 soldiers were injured, has forced security officials to come up with new strategies to combat Al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), the extremist militant group believed to be behind the violence.
"We have stationed soldiers along the coastal line and surrounding the oil field since Saturday," Lazlam said. "We did not cover these areas before this intensely, but the terrorist attacks have made us extremely alert."
The security official emphasized that his forces are still having problems covering the governorate's entry points as well as rural and remote areas, leaving the area vulnerable to future attacks.
Friday's attackers are believed not to be from Shabwa but from the Al-Mahfad district, in Abyan governorate.
"They received help and intelligence from elements inside Shabwa, but they weren't locals," said Nasser Al-Malesh, Shabwa's deputy governor.
The nation's security forces have expressed concern that the attackers were able to return to Abyan after the assault.
"Controlling Shabwa's border with Abyan is a priorty, and we hope to get it done in the coming days," said Lazlam.
In an effort to increase security, there are currently three stationed state military brigades in Shabwa, including a marine brigade specifically assigned to protect the Bilhaf oil fields. Moreover, another two army brigades are based in the governorate's capital Ataq and are responsible for maintaining overall security in the governorate.
On Friday morning, in the first of the two attacks, soldiers came under fire and a car bomb exploded in the Maifa'a district in a security zone where 70 soldiers should have been stationed but only a reported 30 were on duty because of the weekend, according to Al-Milesh.
There have been no reports on the number of suspected AQAP affiliates involved in the incident, but officials have said eight soldiers were killed.
Al-Milesh said soldiers tried to call for backup but reinforcements were not sent in time.
A second car bomb also exploded Friday morning in a security zone in Radhoom district, about 40 km. from Bilhaf oil fields. Security forces were also came under heavy fire, killing 14 soldiers and injuring another 18.
Security analyst Mohammed Al-Khaled argues that these attacks are in retaliation for AQAP losing their strong hold in Abyan after a U.S.-backed military campaign in mid 2012 that drove the militants from the region.
"Since then, [AQAP] have been making regular threats to take revenge," said Al-Khaled. "However, the state does not take those threats seriously enough and hence the loose control over entry points."
Shabwa, Al-Khaled says, is an ideal place for AQAP affiliates to flourish because of its terrain that allows for hiding and its concentration of oil fields, that serve as government targets.


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Indiana Nonprofit Employment:
Trends in Social Assistance, 1995-2009
Nonprofit Employment Report #6
August 2012
Kirsten A. Grønbjerg, Project Director
Kellie L. McGiverin-Bohan, Alexandra Buck, Kristen Dmytryk,
Katherine Gagnon, Weston Merrick and Katherine Novakoski
A Joint Product of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University, the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University, the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business, and the Johns Hopkins Center for Civil Society Studies
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Nonprofit organizations make significant contributions to the quality of life for the residents of Indiana by offering social assistance, access to arts and culture, health care, education, and opportunities for civic engagement. They are also a major force in the state's economy and in the economic health of all regions of the state.
This report presents new information on the size, composition, and distribution of paid nonprofit employment in Indiana's social assistance industry. The sixth report in a series of statewide employment analyses, it focuses on trends in nonprofit social assistance employment from 1995 through 2009. Data over this time period give us insights into how recessions and economic growth periods impact private nonprofit employment in this industry.
Key Findings
Our report provides detailed analysis of major changes in nonprofit employment and wages in the social assistance industry from 1995 through 2009 with comparisons to corresponding trends in for-profit social assistance establishments (there are too few government employees to provide separate analyses for this group). Our analysis also includes trends in major social assistance sub-industries: vocational rehabilitation services; individual and family services; child day care services; and community housing, food and other relief services.
Overall Social Assistance Employment
- Nonprofit employment in social assistance increased faster than employment in most other major nonprofit industries. From 1995 to 2009, total nonprofit employment in social assistance grew by 44 percent. Only nonprofit employment in education grew faster (50 percent), while nonprofit employment in health care grew 35 percent.
- For-profit employment in social assistance grew much faster than nonprofit employment. From 1995 to 2009 for-profit employment more than doubled (from 8,200 to 16,600 employees) and increased its total share of the industry from 30 to 38 percent. This may reflect increasingly large contracts between the state and for-profit service providers during the latter part of the period.
- The number of social assistance establishments increased nearly 30 percent over the 1995-2009 period, but total employment in the industry grew even faster and the average size of establishments grew from 22 to 24.
- Over the 1995 to 2009 period, social assistance employment, establishments, and payroll grew steadily, even during recessions and in contrast to other similarly sized industries.
Vocational Rehabilitation Services
- Nonprofit employment in vocational rehabilitation services increased by 48 percent between 1995 and 2009, from about 7,700 to 11,400 employees. Employment in for-profit vocational rehabilitation services increased even more (by 120 percent), but from a much smaller base (about 900 in 1995 to 2,000 in 2009).
- Average wages of nonprofit vocational rehabilitation workers decreased 5 percent (adjusted for inflation) from $22,200 in 1995 to $21,100 in 2009. Over the same period, average annual for-profit wages increased over 26 percent from $18,900 to $24,000.
Individual and Family Services
- Nonprofit employment in individual and family services increased over 50 percent from 6,600 in 1995 to 10,100 in 2009. However, growth in the for-profit sector far outpaced nonprofit growth, increasing by 600 percent from just under 1,000 employees in 1995 to 6,900 by 2009.
- Average annual wages in nonprofit individual and family services organizations increased 25 percent from $20,500 in 1995 to over $25,300 in 2009 (in constant dollars). For-profit wages decreased steadily by 7 percent over the same period.
Child Day Care Services
- From 1995 through 2009, the nonprofit sector founded more child care service establishments (up 43 percent) than the for-profit sector (up 6 percent). Even so, the number of for-profit establishments outnumbered nonprofits roughly five to two.
- Child day care services had the lowest wages of all four sub-industries. Average annual wages were highest between 2001 and 2003 ($18,400). For-profit wages peaked in 2004 around $15,400. The low wages may reflect the presence of many part-time employees in this industry.
Community Housing, Food, and Other Relief Services
- Nonprofit employees accounted for 65 percent of private sector employment in relief services in 1995 and increased to 85 percent by 2009. The increasing dominance of nonprofit employment in this sub-industry runs contrary to the trend of increasing shares of for-profit employment in the overall social assistance industry during this period.
- Nonprofit relief service workers outnumbered their for-profit counterparts and received lower average annual wages than those in the for-profit sector. Nonprofit average annual wages peaked at $24,500 in 2002. For-profit wages averaged $28,000 and peaked at $31,200 in 2009.
The report draws on data generated by the Indiana Department of Workforce Development through surveys of Indiana workplaces carried out under the national Covered Employment and Wages (CEW) labor market information program administered by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics as part of the unemployment insurance program. These data, compiled from quarterly reports submitted by employers in compliance with U.S. and Indiana law, were prepared for us by the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business under a confidentiality agreement with the state.
For information about the methodology used in this report and for additional tables, please see the Appendices at the bottom of this page. Reports on nonprofit employment for other states are available at Center for Civil Society Studies at Johns Hopkins University.
Our report includes several appendices with supplementary information. They include:
- Appendix A: The ES-202 Unemployment Insurance Labor Market Information Program - Sources of data, scope of coverage, and data processing and cleaning.
- Appendix B: Data Tables - Nonprofit employment and wages in social assistance and social assistance subindustries.
- Appendix C: Project Publications and Reports
This report was prepared as part of an ongoing project from the Indiana Nonprofits: Scope and Community Dimensions project made possible by the Efroymson Fund at the Indianapolis Foundation (an affiliate of the Central Indiana Community Foundation) through its support for the Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy; the Indiana University Center on Philanthropy through its Indiana Research Fund (supported in part by Lilly Endowment Inc.) and its ongoing support for the Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy; and the School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University through its ongoing support for the Efroymson Chair in Philanthropy.
We are grateful to Carol O. Rogers, Victoria Nelson, and Jerry Conover at the Indiana Business Research Center at Indiana University's Kelley School of Business for making the data on which this report is based available to us and for very helpful comments on the draft. We also thank Kerry S. Brock for her help in preparing the basic framework for our analysis. Finally, we thank members of the Advisory Board for the Indiana Nonprofit Sector: Scope and Community Dimensions project for helpful comments and suggestions.


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Nine Dishes from Metro Phoenix Restaurants We'd Love to Make at Home (Recipes, Please -- Hint, Hint)
Succulent, flavorful Moroccan meatballs from St. Francis
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When it comes to some of our favorite restaurants, we wish the chefs would just buckle down and put together a cookbook already. Maybe an entire book of recipes is a bit much to ask for, but how about sharing a few? So we put together a wishlist of local restaurant dishes that we would give our right arm to learn how to make at home (on second thought, we might need that arm in the kitchen). A few are healthy; some are indulgent. Most are deceptively simple; others could take all day to
ruin succeed in making at home -- but we're certainly willing to try. If we're lucky, we'll be able to cross a few recipes off our list. And if we do, we'll be sure to share.
See also: - Six Favorite Places to Take Cooking Classes in Metro Phoenix - Gallo Blanco's Doug Robson to Open New (and Slightly Different) Mexican Restaurant in March
Moroccan Meatballs from St. Francis
Whether you're there for lunch, dinner, or happy hour, these Moroccan spiced meatballs are on the menu -- and we usually can't resist. Resting in olive oil and tomato sauce and topped with a fried egg and just enough cheese, this dish is a far cry from the Italian-style meatballs that grace mounds of spaghetti or are stuffed inside a sub sandwich. We'll wash dishes if it means we can learn the secret spice mix that makes these meatballs so special.
Apple Boxty from Vovomeena and Astor House
A mash-up between traditional potato pancakes and baked cinnamon apples, the apple boxty is both a comforting and very tasty breakfast. Grated apples and potatoes are formed into a patty and lightly fried. Each small stack is topped with a generous dollop of creamy honey mascarpone and strips of crispy green apple. This recipe could liven up our morning at home, replacing our regular pancake and waffle weekend rotation.
Vegetables Tacos from Gallo Blanco
Yelp: Amber W.
It sounds so simple: chop then marinate some fresh veggies, toss them on the grill, and wrap them up in a tortilla. But there's so much more to these tacos than that. Whatever they do to the vegetables might as well involve a magic wand because the result is so far beyond the taste of any vegetables we make at home. Of course, it doesn't hurt that they're topped with Gallo Blanco's signature guacamole. While we're at it, we'll take that recipe too.
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News @ Noon: Book Features Some 'Lost Towns' In Minnesota [AUDIO]
UNDATED – Minnesota towns that no longer exist is the subject of a new book. "Minnesota's Lost Towns: Northern Edition" is a book by author Rhonda Fochs that features about 135 former towns.
She says a lot of them are old logging and railroad towns.
Fochs says she went to about half of the lost towns she featured in her book. She says her book has a lot of then-and-now pictures.
Fochs describes a lost town as "a town that was once thriving, but is now no longer", she says it could still have a few buildings, but just isn't what it used to be.
She says she's already working on her next lost towns book, which will focus on former towns here in Central Minnesota – like Georgeville.
You can still find Georgeville on most maps – it was once found on Highway 55 about halfway between Paynesville and Belgrade.
The central Minnesota edition is due out early next summer.
She's looking for information from area residents about other lost towns here in Central Minnesota.
Fuchs is speaking in town this (Wednesday) morning at the Stearns History Museum.


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Talk about Catch-22. The two major left-wing causes going head-to-head - global warming and whales. Call it Save the Whales vs. Save Al Gore's Career.
According to the August 14 Washington Post, there's a sea storm brewing over proposed new regulations that would require "ships reduce speed to avoid collisions with the endangered North Atlantic right whale."
Liberals are outraged that the government hasn't instituted the new rules. But the rules won't just cost business $100 million to $150 million a year. Part of that cost is due to "increased fuel consumption."
That's correct. In the left-ward quest to save our right whales, liberals want to burn more fuel. The new rules would actually slow ships down enough that it would take longer to port, cost more money and burn more fuel. All because two whales per year (that's the Post's number, not mine) die in collisions.
As a result, one business owner told regulators it would put them out of business. "I would hate to think we have spent our lives working hard on the water with long hours day after day, generation after generation, to have a speed limit rule be the end of our business," said Leslie M. Davis Sr. who owns a charter fishing service in North Carolina.
I think there's plenty of reason to blubber here, but about the businessmen who lose their livelihoods and the workers who can't pay the bills, not about the ones who didn't get away.


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Florida Panthers call up Upper St. Clair's Trocheck
SAN JOSE, Calif. — All four Pittsburgh players drafted in 2011 have reached the NHL.
Upper St. Clair's Vince Trocheck was recalled by the Panthers and will make his debut Friday. Brandon Saad (Chicago), J.T. Miller (New York Rangers) and John Gibson (Anaheim) also have reached the NHL.
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Takedown of an Anarcho-Misogynist: Religion
Here's the introduction to this series. I followed up with a post on marriage, monogamy and violence and another on abortion. The time has come to dismantle Jay Batman's spectacularly indefensible argument that women control religious institutions. Don't laugh–okay you can laugh. Here's what he says:
Consider the following from the article The Feminization of Christianity by Leon Podles, which finds church membership ratios overwhelming dominated by women: Roman Catholics, 1.09 to one; Lutherans, 1.04-1.23 to one; Mennonites, 1.44-1.16 to one; Friends, 1.40 to one; Methodists, 1.33-1.47 to one; Baptists, 1.35 to one; Assembly of God, 1.71 to one; Pentecostals, 1.71-2.09 to one; and Christian Scientists, 3.19 to one. Podles notes that when men do attend church, it is usually only because they are pressured into doing so by women.
Ah, so the members of the world's religions–at least the western ones–are mostly females. They've used their dominant position in the church to take leadership positions and direct the police and military apparatus to enforce their will on manly men. Led by the heads of the catholic church Pope Clementine VII (successor of long-time Pope Johanna Pauline II) they . . . what's that you say? All the Popes are male? All the clergy are male? The leaders and priest class of virtually every world religion are all males? And no army? No police? Well how do they force men to marry and inseminate women?
To be fair Jay and Podles do cover the clergy:
Podles goes on to critique the clergy, and what he notes is informative: "Because Christianity is now seen as a part of the sphere of life proper to women rather than to men, it sometimes attracts men whose own masculinity is somewhat doubtful. By this I do not mean homosexuals, although a certain type of homosexual is included. Rather, religion is seen as a safe field, a refuge from the challenges of life, and therefore attracts men who are fearful of making the break with the secure world of childhood dominated by women.
Lewis M. Terman and Catherine Cox Miles measured masculinity among men involved in religion, and their findings were even more striking: "Most masculine of all are still the men who have little or no interest in religion. Very masculine men showed little interest in religion, very feminine men great interest. Women who have highly feminine scores were also especially religious, while women who had more masculine scores were neutral or adverse to religion. The difference was clearly not physical sex, but attitude, or gender, as the term is now used."
Let's try to decode this. People of all genders with masculine traits tend not to be religious. Let's assume Podles is also a misogynist. I wonder what he considers masculine traits . . . I'll bet independently minded is on the list. Free thinking, willing to challenge authority, probably strong willed make the roll. Proud, self-interested, assertive–I think we've got a good picture here.
What do these things have in common . . . hmmmm. Well, for one thing, they'll get a slave killed. Sure as shit if you can be legitimately aggressed against by a physical superior with the law on his side, you will radically shorten your life–or at least make it alot less bearable–by exhibiting Podles' masculine traits.
Oh, something else in common, they are anti-virtues in almost all world religions. Some of them are even deadly sins! In religious "teachings," the virtues are humility, obedience, submission, forgiveness, and an annihilation of free thinking, reason and evidence in favor of faith in that which cannot be demonstrated.
I'm not a expert in things Nietzsche–I need spell check to get his name right–but he seemed to have pretty much nailed the purpose of religion, which is to create virtues out of being small, passive and doormat-like–the survival strategies for people who are owned. It really reduces the incidents of rebellion and escape when you are not only physically dominated, but also convinced that submitting to domination is "the right thing to do."
We live in a society based on violence, domination and physical superiority–that's a basic analysis of anarchism. Religion provides shelter, validation and comfort (of a sort) to people who are physically and socially dominated. It also provides a very inexpensive and historically reliable method of control for people who own or control the people who go to church. Again, this isn't a strange, new or radical claim, it's sort of an axiom of revolutionary thought. Of course, this doesn't mean that it shouldn't stand scrutiny, but pointing out that churches are attended by women and staffed by "non-masculine" men sort of reinforces the argument.


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It's probably pretty obvious that I don't like squirrels. I categorize them as level 2 Domestic Enemies. As a species, I guess they're fine. They're sort of cute, even though you can't pet them and I'm pretty sure they'd bite you if they could.
In the town where I grew up (Princeton, NJ) there were a million squirrels and they were all very different. Brown, red, grey, black, big, small… Like an 80's era Bennetton ad but for tree rodents. The story behind this was that a very old professor had been an expert, a squirrel scholar if you will, and when he died – they just opened the door to his lab. Then all the crazy varieties of squirrels just ran out onto campus and into town and began their slow and deliberate take-over. (At least, this is what my parents always told me, so read with a few grains of salt.) They were obviously experimented on and are now all fluffy-tailed evil geniuses. There's no other explanation for what's happened to the real estate prices in my town since the early 90's. It has to be the squirrels…
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Riverside CA (SPX) Jan 25, 2016
Two University of California, Riverside assistant professors of physics are among a team of researchers that have developed a new way of seeing electrons cool off in an extremely short time period. The development could have applications in numerous places where heat management is important, including visual displays, next-generation solar cells and photodetectors for optical communications.
In visual displays, such as those used in cell phones and computer monitors, and photodetectors, which have a wide variety of applications including solar energy harvesting and fiber optic telecommunications, much of the energy of the electrons is wasted by heating the material. Controlling the flow of heat in the electrons, rather than wasting this energy by heating the material, could potentially increase the efficiency of such devices by converting excess energy into useful power.
The research is outlined in a paper, "Tuning ultrafast electron thermalization pathways in a van der Waals heterostructure," published online in the journal Nature Physics. Nathan Gabor and Joshua C.H. Lui, assistant professors of physics at UC Riverside, are among the co-authors. In electronic materials, such as those used in semiconductors, electrons can be rapidly heated by pulses of light. The time it takes for electrons to cool each other off is extremely short, typically less than 1 trillionth of a second.
To understand this behavior, researchers use highly specialized tools that utilize ultra-fast laser techniques. In the two-dimensional material graphene cooling excited electrons occurs even faster, taking only 30 quadrillionths of a second. Previous studies struggled to capture this remarkably fast behavior.
To solve that, the researchers used a completely different approach. They combined single layers of graphene with thin layers of insulating boron nitride to form a sandwich structure, known as a van der Waals heterostructure, which gives electrons two paths to choose from when cooling begins. Either the electrons stay in graphene and cool by bouncing off one another, or they get sucked out of graphene and move through the surrounding layer.
By tuning standard experimental knobs, such as voltage and optical pulse energy, the researchers found they can precisely control where the electrons travel and how long they take to cool off. The work provides new ways of seeing electrons cool off at extremely short time scales, and demonstrates novel devices for nanoscale optoelectronics.
This structure is one of the first in a new class of devices that are synthesized by mechanically stacking atomically thin membranes. By carefully choosing the materials that make up the device, the researchers developed a new type of optoelectronic photodetector that is only 10 nanometers thick. Such devices address the technological drive for ultra-dense, low-power, and ultra-efficient devices for integrated circuits.
The research follows advances made in 2011 Science article, in which the research team discovered the fundamental importance of hot electrons in the optoelectronic response of devices based on graphene.
Other co-authors of the Nature Physics paper are: Qiong Ma, Trond I. Andersen, Nityan L. Nair, Andrea F. Young, Wenjing Fang, Jing Kong, Nuh Gedik and Pablo Jarillo-Herrero, all of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Mathieu Massicotte and Frank H. L. Koppens, both of The Institute of Photonic Sciences in Spain; and Kenji Watanabe and Takashi Taniguchi, both of the National Institute for Materials Science in Japan.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- The Kansas City Chiefs know that they're going to get the opposing team's best shot every time they step on the field.
That comes with being the NFL's lone unbeaten team.
They wouldn't want it any other way.
"We love it," Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith said. "You want the stages to get bigger. That's why you put all the work in. You want this opportunity. You want that honour."
The Chiefs got another stiff test from the Cleveland Browns on Sunday, racing out to a big first-half lead and then holding on through a harrowing second half.
The result was a tenuous 23-17 victory and just the second 8-0 start in franchise history.
"I mean, not that anybody sneaks up on anybody in this league, but yeah, we're the only undefeated team," said Smith, who threw for 225 yards and two touchdowns.
"I think that teams have recognized how we're playing and no question, they're coming prepared."
Jason Campbell, starting in place of the ineffective Brandon Weeden, threw for 293 yards and two touchdowns for the Browns.
His second scoring pass, a 17-yarder to Fozzy Whittaker out of the backfield, got Cleveland within a field goal early in the third quarter.
The Chiefs kept making stops down the stretch, though. They punted with 3:55 left, but forced Campbell out of the pocket on fourth down, and his pass bounced off wide receiver Davone Bess for an incompletion. It was one of several drops for Bess, who also fumbled on a punt return.
Ryan Succop tacked on his third field goal of the game with 17 seconds left, and the Browns were unable to do anything with their final possession before time expired.
"We weren't able to make the plays at the end there to win the game," Browns coach Rob Chudzinski said. "Kansas City started fast and we weren't able to get anything going early in the game. I thought our guys did a great job of fighting and getting back in the game.
"We were in position a couple of times," he said, "one break or one play."
Josh Gordon had five catches for 132 yards and a touchdown in what could be his final game for the Browns. They've been fielding offers for him ahead of Tuesday's trade deadline.
"I know just as much as you all know," Gordon said. "When it happens, if it doesn't happen, we'll know at the same time."
"The best you can be right now is 8-0 and that's where we're at," Chiefs linebacker Derrick Johnson said. "Everybody's going to give us their best. We know that. If we can take that punch and keep rolling, that's what we did today. It wasn't pretty, but a 'W' sure does look good."
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Date : 04.09.11
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In the summer of 2011, Stasisfield founder John Kannenberg undertook a major drawing project resulting in a body of work entitled One Hundred Hours of Infinity, an exploration of the beautiful imperfection inherent within the human experience of the infinite. The repetitive, meditative, silent process led to more than fifty hours of documentary sound recordings, three of which are presented here. For more information on this project, read the liner notes for this release, and view images from the making of these drawings.


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'Wasser, red,' says Sebastian, pointing out of the boat. We stare at each other in friendly bafflement while my mind contorts. Red Sea? We're not in Egypt; we're on a lake in Poland. Sebastian is showing us the ropes, and like most Poles in this region, his second language is German, as are the charts and instructions.
I browse the pilot book, spotting the occasional 'Achtung!', and wonder how we are going to navigate this motorboat through Masuria's canals and lakes. I turn to my friend Frederica, who shakes her head; none of her German phrases are useful here. (It transpires that they are not useful anywhere - 'Mein gummibaum is wacklig', she tells me later, means 'my rubber plant is wobbly'.)
Sebastian persists until we understand - follow the green and red channel markers. In the morning, he assures us, 'the chief' will explain in English. But the chief is not needed. After a trial with much gesturing, we feel confident - the boat is as easy to drive as a Vespa.
I do prefer the charm of a sailing boat, but can see the benefits of this vessel: comfortable wide saloon, clever, functional galley, bright cabins with en suite showers, and an alfresco fridge and hot shower on deck. With its curvy lines and teak decking, the Penichette is as elegant a gin palace as you'll find.
Soon we're heading under bridges and down narrow gully lakes. Yachts surround us, powered by a biting north wind straight from Russia. I channel my inner motorboat captain, overtaking with ease; I've embraced this role with surprising enthusiasm. The radio blares power ballads as I steer, the wind pumping my hair to an equally shocking volume. In this region, 1980s British music is interrupted only by the ubiquitous keyboard beat of 'disco polo', a horrific music genre abandoned by most of Poland in the 1990s, but still popular in the countryside.
Sitting in the north east of the country, near the Russian border, Masuria is dubbed the 'land of a thousand lakes'. It actually has around 4,000, formed by great glaciers in their progress toward the sea, and now linked by canals and natural channels. The area has another moniker, 'Poland's green lung', due to primeval forests and meadows sheltering wolves, lynx, bison and - apparently - bears. So far Masuria's wildlife benefits from numerous nature reserves, a lack of development and a small population; tourists are mainly Poles mad on sailing. We cruise round gentle bends and past tiny coves lapped by cold, sparkly water, taking in crisp, clean air, enjoying the green wilderness and wondering how long it will remain untamed.
Mikolajki, where the boat is based, is a bustling little harbour with a stylish square at its centre. Much of the town's architecture survived Russian artillery bombardment in the First World War, while its citizens preserved Polish traditions and language despite intensive policies of Germanisation. We find a cosy tawerna off the square and enjoy fresh trout from the lake before being surprised by a scene of unadulterated 1980s joy on an outdoor dance floor. Youngsters bounce with gusto, and without a trace of irony, to a live band belting out Eurythmics numbers. It is all fantastic. A few Zywiec beers later, I'm up for dancing, but a cold drizzle drives Frederica and Phil, my partner, back to the heated boat and I follow, knowing I will lack the spirit and energy of the insouciant Polish teens.
The largest town on our route, Gizycko, is also my favourite. Perched on an isthmus between lakes Niegocin and Kisajno, it has an urbane, friendly feel, is big on water sports and sits amid 250 sq km of forest. We spend hours cycling like maniacal children through damp, aromatic, sun-dappled pine woods. I manage to leap off in spectacular fashion, the bicycle cart-wheeling behind and landing on top of me. Without incident, I negotiate the hand-operated swing bridge (one of only two in Europe) on the Luczynski canal, as we cycle out to Boyen Fortress, built in the mid 19th century and named after the then Prussian war minister.
Gizycko played an essential role in the fight against the Russians in 1914, and the castle served as a military hospital between 1941 and 1944. It stands as a reminder of Poland's traumatic past; this country has endlessly struggled to retain its identity, with mighty neighbours fighting over it for centuries before the horrors of Nazism.
It is not beautiful everywhere in Gizycko; ugly concrete remnants from the Soviet era are dotted around, but sitting incongruously amid the tower blocks is a 19th-century water tower. After a slow ascent up the winding staircase, past chilling memorabilia - SS rings, swastikas, Nazi medals and documents - we emerge to a dazzlingly bright cafe encircled by French windows opening on to a stone balcony. We gaze over the grey concrete, past the Lutheran churches, the Prussian fortress, and beyond to countryside and lakes that have remained unchanged for centuries.
We find Tawerna Siwa Czapla by the water's edge, its tasteful photographs depicting an enchantingly white Gizycko in midwinter. The eatery offers traditional and contemporary Polish food. Nalesniki (pancakes) with spinach and wild mushrooms are subtle and tasty; less pleasing is Polish egg cake, with a texture reminiscent of dense cardboard. The lovely waitress made it herself, so I make Herculean efforts to eat mine. Sadly it defeats me. Outside, the place is buzzing with youngsters taking sailing instruction. Their excitement is infectious and an old man cycles past, ringing his bell at us and grinning.
Gizycko's hospitable feel is not evident everywhere. In the medieval village of Ryn, our smiles are met with blank stares. At a harbourside restaurant, a slight incline of the bartender's head indicates that our orders have been taken. I energetically demonstrate my desire for a large Coke; the waitress carefully drains the flat dregs of one bottle before emptying equally placid remains from another into a tiny glass. In front of the bar a gleaming pole stands at the centre of a tiny stage, framed by gaudy curtains and a mirror behind, hinting at a raunchier atmosphere in the evening.
Our inability to understand Polish adds a frisson of excitement to lunch - we order something to do with fish (ryby), but get pierogi (dumplings), kotlet schabowy (breaded pork chop) with lots of cabbage. The food is OK, but the service doesn't warm up, an unwavering avoidance of eye contact continues to the sullen acceptance of payment and tip. After cycling to Ryn castle, and a quaint pink 19th-century Dutch windmill, we try to relax back on board. Disco polo blares from the pole-dancing place until suddenly the three of us can stand it no longer and spring into action, pulling fenders and untying ropes.
An hour later, we pass fishermen, probably angling for powan or tench. Turning into a quiet canal flanked by reeds and thick woods, we find an idyllic inlet to moor and watch the sky flame in orange and copper as the sun drops. The only sound is the twittering of house martins diving before us. Elegant herons are statuesque by the canal's edge, cormorants pose with wings outstretched, and skittery deer peer from clearings.
Masuria's draw undoubtedly lies in its understated charm - miles and miles of unspoilt forests and lakes. Just don't expect Krakow cool. Things are different in the country.
Susan Smillie travelled with European Boating Holidays (00 33 3869 17991; europeanboatingholidays.co.uk) which offers self-skippered cruising trips in Poland's lake district. Prices start at £562 per couple for seven nights aboard a Locaboat Pénichette, from Mikolajki. The company is currently offering two weeks for the price of one for holidays taken by the end of this October.
British Airways, Lot, Easyjet, Centralwings and Wizzair fly to Warsaw. From there it is about a four-hour drive to Mikolajki.
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Lough Erne, in the Fermanagh Lakelands in Northern Ireland, is one of Europe's least-crowded waterways. Starting out from Belturbet on the shores of the River Erne, a week is ample time to explore the reed-fringed islands. Sights include Tully Castle, Boa Island and Castle Caldwell, and activities include angling in the lower lough. Corraquill Cruising Holidays (028677 48712; corraquill.co.uk) rents out Dutch barges from £760 a week.
Located between Berlin and the city of Schwerin, Mecklenburg is Germany's Lake District and the perfect place to experience the gentler side of the former East Germany. Starting at Furstenberg, a meander around the waterways reveals miles of rivers and canals as well as market towns and the city of Rheinsberg, famous for its castle, although many also visit the former concentration camp of Ravensbrück. Cardinal Boating (00 49 330 936 0260; cardinalboating.com) charges from €1,650 a week for a Europa 400, which sleeps four.
Great Saimaa lake lives up to its name, with more than 8,500 miles of shoreline to explore; it's the fourth-largest lake in Europe, with excellent salmon fishing, and an abundance of birds and mushroom-filled forests. Seals and bears can also be spotted. Saimaa Charter (00 35 815 273 101; saimaacharter.com) hires out a variety of craft, but those renting should be knowledgeable about boats. A week starts at €890 for a boat sleeping four.
For those who prefer their boating to be more structured, this week-long cruise starts in Nieuwpoort, before taking in the chocolate-box city of Bruges, the First World War battlegrounds and memorials at Ypres, before returning to base via the former Spanish garrison town of Veurne. A distance of 100 miles includes 14 locks and 40 bridges. Le Boat (023 9222 4252; leboat.co.uk) has a week in the Connoisseur 900 which sleeps two (plus a small child) from £490 a week.


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Verbascum thapsus (common mullein, woolly mullein)
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Verbascum thapsus (common mullein, woolly mullein) is a biennial or annual forb (family Scrophulariaceae) that occurs throughout California, but is particularly abundant in dry valleys on the eastern side of the Sierra Nevada. High population densities have been observed in moist meadows and creek drainages near Mono Lake and Owens Valley. Common mullein is a host for insects that are themselves economic pests. Common mullein seeds can survive for 35 years or more in the soil.
Cal-IPC Inventory rating: Limited
Cal-IPC Resources on Verbascum thapsus
- California Invasive Plant Inventory Plant Assessment Form - Information gathered by Cal-IPC on the impacts, rate of spread, and distribution of invasive plants in California. Does not include management information.
- CalWeedMapper - Statewide maps, climate models, and reports.
- Species account from Invasive Plants of California's Wildlands - Includes biology and management information.
- Cal-IPC News - Articles from our quarterly newsletter. (None for this species.)
- Cal-IPC Symposium Proceedings - Presentations and papers from our annual Symposium. (None for this species.)
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Other Resources on Verbascum thapsus
- USDA PLANTS database - Federal database with information on identification and distribution, and links to websites in individual states.
- Jepson Online Interchange for California Flora - Information on taxonomy, biology, and distribution from the UC Berkeley Jepson Herbarium.
- CalFlora - Distribution information by county based on submitted observations and herbarium specimens.
- The Nature Conservancy Management Summary - Information compiled by TNC land managers. Photos included for some species.
- CalPhotos - Images of plants taken mostly in California.
- Natural Resource Projects Inventory - State database with information on resource management projects throughout California. Query by the species of interest.
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Shares in Telecom surged after an announcement that the company's network arm Chorus would build nearly 70 per cent of New Zealand's ultra fast broadband initiative.
As part of the deal, Telecom must split off Chorus into a completely separate company. Telecom is aiming to do that by the end of the calendar year, and has withdrawn financial guidance for the 2012 financial year.
Soon after the NZ sharemarket opened on Tuesday, Telecom shares were up 14c at 242, their highest in 16 months.
That helped lift the benchmark NZX-50 index 8.15 points to 3,562.29 around 10.15am (0815 AEST), despite big falls on Wall Street. On Monday, the index lost 23.3 points after hitting its highest level in nearly three years above 3,578 points on Friday.
Telecom was one of few companies to make early gains. Among other key stocks Fletcher Building fell 6c to 907 early and Contact Energy dropped 4c to 592.
Cavalier Corp lost 5c to 378, Steel & Tube dropped 4c to 265, Auckland Airport lost 2.5c to 230, NZX dropped 2c to 250, Tower was down 2c to 181, and Vector lost 2c to 241.


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Each day I make my way
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Some days are painful others joyous.
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Memories sustain me, make me smile.
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