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Spring Football Preview
MIke Montoro
March 28, 2011 11:10 AM
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. - In 2010, West Virginia finished 9-4 for the third straight year and went 5-2 in BIG EAST Conference play, good enough for a share of the championship. That marked the sixth league title for WVU, most of any school in the conference.
As the Mountaineers enter spring football, there are a lot of unknowns. The entire offensive coaching staff is new, and their top priorities are to learn the faces and abilities of the players and to install a different offensive scheme. Defensively, seven starters are gone from last year's unit, one that went down as the best not only in the BIG EAST Conference but one of the top in the nation. On special teams, a punter and return personnel have to be established.
However, fourth-year coach Bill Stewart remains steadfast and constant with his goals – win the BIG EAST and earn a berth in a BCS bowl game. Two areas in which he believes are of utmost importance for championship football are chemistry and leadership.
"This spring, our No. 1 objective is chemistry," Stewart said. "I have a great staff, and I am very blessed with tremendous players, coaches and administration. Our chemistry has to be one of high value. Every football team has to have great chemistry. If you don't have that, then nothing you do is going to matter.
"Second, we need to have leadership. We are blessed with tremendous leadership. Leadership is important in any institution, specifically here. We have great football coaches. You know that from our defensive coaches, and you will learn that as you meet our new offensive guys.
"Our players have been working hard during the offseason and want to improve and be a good football team. The seniors have been good leaders and the others seem to be following their direction. We lifted and ran in January and February and just completed what we term "another level" (mat drills) in March. We now are ready for spring practice."
Heading into the spring, the offense returns eight starters, 18 lettermen and five other players with at least one game of starting experience.
Dana Holgorsen, one of top offensive minds in college football, takes over the offensive reins this spring. He will install his version of the spread offense, one in which has been very successful at three different schools, including the most recent as the top offense in the nation in 2010 at Oklahoma State.
"Offensively, we have a pretty good idea of where we are going to place people, but that is going to change," Holgorsen said.
"The depth chart right now is a good place to start. Where we are at with the offense is pretty much the same thing as far as getting to know the kids right now. From an Xs and Os standpoint, we are trying to get everyone on the same page.
"We don't put a number on yards or being ranked in certain areas - all of that will take care of itself. Basically, we are trying to install the mentality and philosophy of what we want to do."
Leading the offense will be all-BIG EAST second team quarterback Geno Smith (6-3, 214, Jr.), second team all-BIG EAST receiver Tavon Austin (5-9, 174, Jr.), receiver Stedman Bailey (5-10, 192, r-So.) and receiver Brad Starks (6-3, 193, r-Sr.) and offensive linemen second team all-BIG EAST Don Barclay (6-4, 305, r-Sr.) and Josh Jenkins (6-3, 305, Sr.) and Joe Madsen (6-4, 300, r-Jr.).
"Our offensive goals are real simple," Stewart said. "Number one, we need to play with a fast tempo. That is what we want to do and who we want to become. We are going to get on the field and play fast.
"Number two, we need to play hard. The Mountaineers always play hard, and we are going to continue to play hard and play with pride. We are known for being a physical football team, and we don't want that to change. There is also a great effort the players have to emulate on the field and the coaches have to coach with. If you don't play with a hard edge
and a physical demeanor, then it will show.
"We want to play smart and eliminate any kind of turnovers and penalties – anything of that nature."
Running Backs
With the loss of all-time all-purpose yardage leader Noel Devine, different runners will have a chance to make their mark and build the needed depth to complete the Mountaineer stable. After coaching the running backs at Oklahoma State, Robert Gillespie takes over the coaching duties this year at WVU.
"A" Back
Ryan Clarke (6-0, 232, r-Jr.) could be used at either one of the running back positions, as he is a good runner and has solid blocking skills. He was second on the team in rushing with 80 carries for 291 yards, an average of 3.6 yards per carry and a team-leading eight rushing touchdowns. He had multiple touchdowns at Pitt (2) and against Rutgers (3) and ran for a season-high 65 yards against Maryland and 42 yards at UConn.
Shawne Alston (5-11, 219, Jr.) is a big back who is a good between the tackles runner. He saw his playing time increase in 2010 after Devine went down with the toe injury at LSU and ankle injury against Louisville. He was the team's third leading rusher with 56 carries for 248 yards, an average of 4.4 yards per rush and had a long run of 23 yards. He finished with a season-high 75 yards against Cincinnati and had 71 yards at Pitt.
Trey Johnson (5-10, 180, So.), Daquan Hargrett (5-6, 187, r-So.) and Vernard Roberts (5-9, 182, Fr.), are smaller backs with speed and quickness.
Johnson saw action in five games last year, Hargrett played in 10 games but mostly used on special teams and Roberts enrolled in school in January. Roberts finished the 2009 season with 1,004 yards on 100 carries with nine touchdowns and had 13 receptions for 165 yards and three touchdowns. He finished three-year career with 238 carries for 1,728 yards rushing and 14 rushing touchdowns. Because he played a game in eighth grade, he was unable to play in 2010 because his eligibility was completed.
"B" Back
Clarke could also see time at the "B" back position, as well as Matt Lindamood (6-0, 236, r-Jr.) and Ricky Kovatch (6-1, 234, Sr.), who are bigger backs and excellent blockers. Lindamood finished with 15 carries for 49 yards and a touchdown and had one reception for six yards in 2010.
Offensive Line
Four starters from last year's offensive line return for the second year in a row. In 2011, the offensive line will be under the direction of a new coach as Bill Bedenbaugh is in his first year at WVU after serving in the same position
at Arizona.
The offensive line returns 82 percent of the snaps and 80 percent of the starts from last season. Out of a total of 908 offensive plays in 2010, senior tackle Barclay played on 875 plays, junior tackle Jeff Braun (6-4, 320, r-Jr.) on 846, junior center Madsen on 846 plays and senior guard Jenkins on 709 plays. Sophomore guard Cole Bowers (6-5, 296, r-So.) was used on 316 plays, senior guard Chad Snodgrass (6-4, 295, r-Sr.) on 78 plays and junior center John Bassler (6-4, 306, r-Jr.) and senior tackle Tyler Rader (6-3, 296, r-So.) on 35 plays each.
Barclay has played in 39 career games and started 27, Jenkins in 29 games and started 24, Madsen has started in all 25 games in which he has played and Braun in 24 games and started 13.
Behind the blocking of the line, the Mountaineer offense accumulated 400 or more yards of total offense in seven games in 2010. WVU finished No. 2 in the BIG EAST in passing, total offense and total first downs. WVU had the top passer in the league in passing yards per game, pass efficiency and second in total yards per game.
Braun led the offensive line with 48 knockdowns and five thunderbolt blocks, Barclay had 45 knockdowns and five thunderbolt blocks, Jenkins finished with 42 knockdowns and six thunderbolt blocks and Madsen collected 38 knockdowns and five thunderbolt blocks.
Adding depth and competing for a spot in the line rotation will be Quinton Spain (6-5, 348, r-Fr.), Nick Kindler (6-6, 292, r-So.) and Curtis Feigt (6-6, 300, r-So.), who moved over from defense, at left tackle, Snodgrass at left guard, Bassler at center, Rader at right guard and Pat Eger (6-6, 296, r-So.) at right tackle.
Shannon Dawson takes over as the receivers coach after serving as the offensive coordinator at Stephen F. Austin the past three seasons. Austin, Bailey, Starks and J.D. Woods (6-0, 190, r-Jr.) are the leading receivers returning this spring. All showed signs of being dependable offensive weapons for WVU in 2010 and will have a chance to be featured receivers in the new offensive scheme.
Starks, Ivan McCartney (6-3, 176, So.), Woods and Ryan Nehlen (6-2, 204, r-Jr.) look to compete this spring at the outside receiver positions, and Austin, Bailey, Tyler Urban (6-5, 251, Sr.) and Coley White (6-0, 176) will battle for the inside positions.
Austin returns for his second year as one of the team's starting wide receivers and one of the team's top offensive playmakers. This spring, he is being moved to an inside receiver position and will be able to showcase his ability in the new offensive scheme.
In 2010, Austin finished No. 4 in the BIG EAST, and No. 85 in the NCAA, in receptions-per-game (4.5), and fifth in the conference, No. 85 in the nation, in receiving yards-per-game (63.2). He led the team in scoring with nine touchdowns, tying for eighth in the conference.
With 58 catches for 787 yards and eight touchdowns last season, Austin tied with Jock Sanders for No. 2 on the all-time WVU sophomore receptions list; the total was also the eighth best single-season mark in WVU history. Austin's top performances were against Rutgers, as he registered six catches for 121 yards and a touchdown, a career-high nine catches at
Marshall and seven catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns against Maryland. He finished with multiple touchdowns against Maryland (2), Cincinnati (2) and Pitt (2).
Bailey was WVU's fourth leading receiver as a redshirt freshman, finishing with 24 receptions for 317 yards and four touchdowns. His top performances were five catches for 72 yards at Marshall, four catches for 61 yards and a touchdown against NC State, four catches for 60 yards and two touchdowns against Maryland and four catches for 36 yards at UConn.
Starks, who battled injuries through the early part of the season, was the fifth leading receiver as a junior, finishing with 19 catches for 317 yards and four touchdowns. His top performance was four catches for 100 yards and three touchdowns against UNLV. Woods was the sixth leading receiver as a redshirt sophomore, having 18 catches for 205 yards and a touchdown. His best day was four catches for 52 yards against Syracuse.
The defense had an outstanding year in 2010 as it ranked No. 2 nationally in sacks, rushing defense and third-down defense, No. 3 in scoring and total defense, No. 6 in most three and outs, No. 11 in pass defense and No. 13 in pass efficiency defense.
Jeff Casteel, now in his 11th year at WVU and 10th year as the defensive coordinator at WVU, was recently named the defensive coordinator on rivals.com's "Football Assistant Dream Team."
Seven starters are lost from that unit, including four who were named to All-American teams and four who were invited to the NFL Combine. Three of the top four and eight of the top 12 tacklers also are gone.
"This is going to be a big spring for us defensively," Casteel said. "Losing the caliber kids that we lost this year is big.
When you look at who we lost and where at, it is spread throughout the defense. Our challenge is trying to plug guys into those spots. We are excited to get a chance to get the guys on the field to see what they can do."
Leading the defense into the spring will be defensive linemen Julian Miller (6-4, 259, r-Sr.) and Bruce Irvin (6-3, 236, Sr.), linebacker Najee Goode (6-1, 239, r-Sr.) and defensive backs Terence Garvin (6-3, 216, Jr.), Eain Smith (5-11, 198, r-Sr.) and Keith Tandy (5-10, 200, r-Sr.).
"We still have to find some ways to see what our kids do best and put them in a position where we can play to their strengths," Casteel said. "We had great leadership last year. They were very competitive, and as the year went on they got more and more confidence. That is what we need to stress this spring."
Defensive Line
The defensive line took a big hit as All-American Chris Neild and all-BIG EAST performer Scooter Berry are gone. Miller, the third starter on the line and Irvin, an honorable-mention All-American as a pass rush specialist return to bolster this year's line.
"One of the reasons for our success last year was that we had seniors who played their best football," Casteel said. "Chris Neild had been a solid guy throughout his career, but played his best last year. Scooter Berry had a great career here, but played his best football as a senior.
"You get guys like Julian Miller back from up front. He is a good football player and has to play his best football for us this year. We have Bruce Irvin, who was everyone's hero, back. He was my hero, too, and probably the reason why we were second in the country in third-down defense. Our challenge there is to try to develop him into a kid who can play more snaps for us and not just be a third-down specialist. Bruce is willing to do what he has to do to help the football team."
Miller, who was a two-year starter at defensive end is being moved this spring to defensive tackle. He was the sixth leading tackler last season with 54 total tackles, including 28 solo tackles and tied Irvin with a team leading 14 tackles for loss.
Miller was second to Irvin on the squad with nine sacks and also forced a fumble and had three pass breakups. He collected five or more tackles in six games, had at least one tackle for loss in nine games and had at least one sack in six games. He had a season-high nine tackles at Connecticut and season-high three sacks against Rutgers.
Irvin will be the starter at defensive end. He had an outstanding first year at WVU, finishing as the BIG EAST sack leader (14) and was No. 2 in the nation. His season totals include 21 tackles, including 18 unassisted stops, 14 sacks, two pass breakups and two forced fumbles. He also was tied for No. 4 in the BIG EAST in tackles for loss. He registered multiple sacks in five games last year, including a season high three against Maryland. He also finished with at least one sack in eight games and two sacks against Connecticut, Louisville, Rutgers and NC State.
J.B. Lageman (6-3, 270, r-Jr.) and C.J. Huffman (6-1, 284, r-Jr.) saw limited action last year and look to add depth at the tackle position. Will Clarke (6-6, 260, r-So.) and walk-on Ted Rietschlin (6-5, 264, r-Fr.) look to add depth at the end position. Clarke showed promise early last season until a high ankle sprain slowed his progress.
Veterans Jorge Wright (6-2, 281, r-Jr.) and Josh Taylor (6-1, 285, r-Sr.), who hail from Miami will compete for the starting job at nose tackle. Wright played in 12 games and finished with 10 tackles and forced a fumble. Taylor played in 11 games and registered 13 tackles and forced a fumble. Redshirt freshman Trevor Demko (6-6, 251, r-Fr.) sat out last year and will look to add to the mix.
Three linebackers - J.T. Thomas, Pat Lazear and Anthony Leonard - made a lot of plays for the Mountaineers over the past four years and now have to be replaced.
Najee Goode is the only returning starter in the linebacker corps. He started 11 games last season on the strong side and will see action there once again, although he could be moved to the weak-side. Forced into the starting lineup due to injuries last season, Goode produced. He ranked third on the team in tackles for loss (8.5), and eighth in total tackles (47). He also had three sacks, one forced fumble and four pass breakups.
Also competing with Goode at strong side linebacker are sophomore Doug Rigg, redshirt sophomore Tyler Anderson and redshirt junior Donovan Miles.
Rigg saw action in all 13 games last season and finished with 14 tackles, including assisting on a tackle for loss. Anderson played in all 13 games, mostly on special teams, and Miles saw limited action before being sidelined after having ankle surgery.
Competing with Goode at weak side linebacker is senior Casey Vance (5-9, 222, r-Sr.), junior Josh Francis (6-1, 214, Jr.) and redshirt freshman Troy Gloster (6-0, 224, r-Fr.).
Vance played in 12 games and registered eight tackles, including five solo stops and a forced fumble. Francis, a 2010 NJCAA first team All-American finished a two-year career at Lackawanna College in Scranton, Pa., with 95 tackles, 13 sacks and 19 tackles for loss. Gloster redshirted last season.
Sophomore Branko Busick (6-0, 235, r-So.) and redshirt freshman Jewone Snow will battle for the playing time at middle linebacker. Busick showed a lot of potential in the early part of the season, but a hand injury slowed his progress. He saw action on 45 plays and finished with three tackles.
Snow redshirted last year but has good size and ability.
Defensive Secondary
Two starters, spur safety Terence Garvin and All-American cornerback Keith Tandy are the only returnees from last year.
"You look in the back," Casteel said. "We lose Robert Sands, who again was a big-play kid for us and we also lost Brandon Hogan, who was arguably our best player on defense last year. And we lost Sidney Glover who made a lot of plays for us."
Tandy who has been the starter at right cornerback for the past two years is moving to left cornerback this spring. He led the BIG EAST in interceptions (6) and tied for No. 10 nationally. He was tied for the lead in the BIG EAST in passes defended (17) and tied for No. 5 nationally.
He had at least one interception in five games and recorded two interceptions against UNLV, the first Mountaineer to have two picks in one game since Brandon Hogan recorded two at Connecticut in 2008.
Brantwon Bowser (5-11, 185, r-Sr.), Lawrence Smith (5-9, 181, r-Jr.) and newcomer Avery Williams (5-11, 176, Fr.) all will be in the mix for playing time this spring.
Bowser was brought in on passing downs last year and finished with 11 tackles, two pass breakups, an interception and a forced fumble.
Smith saw action in 13 games, mostly on special teams, finishing with six tackles, including four solo stops. Williams enrolled at WVU in January after having a standout career at Calvin Coolidge High in Washington, D.C.
Returnees Pat Miller (5-10, 185, Jr.) and Brodrick Jenkins (5-10, 184, r-So.) will battle for the starting job at right cornerback. Miller played in all 13 games last year, starting two. He was used on passing downs and finished with 20 tackles, including 14 unassisted stops, a tackle for loss and four pass breakups.
Jenkins also played in all 13 games last year and was used on passing downs. He registered 18 tackles, including 17 solo stops and two pass breakups.
Redshirt freshman Ishmael Banks (5-11, 182, r-Fr.) and true freshman Vance Roberts (5-8, 179, Fr.) will add to the mix. Banks redshirted last year and Roberts enrolled in January. Roberts, a Washington Post honorable-mention all-Metro selection, finished his last two seasons with 93 tackles, 12 pass breakups and five interceptions.
Garvin returns as the starter at spur safety. He led the team in tackles in 2010 with 76, including 41 solo stops, a sack, 4.5 tackles for loss, a forced fumble, two fumble recoveries and four pass breakups, registering five or more tackles in eight games last year.
Mike Dorsey (6-3, 214, So.) adds depth and will compete for playing time this spring. He played in 13 games as a true freshman in 2010 and finished with seven solo tackles, including two for loss. He saw limited action on defense but was used on special teams.
After adding quality depth at the free safety position, veteran Eain Smith (5-11, 198, r-Sr.) returns for his final season looking to take the starting position. He will be sitting out for most of the spring after having offseason shoulder surgery.
He was used a lot of passing downs last year and finished with 23 tackles, including 15 unassisted tackles, a sack, an interception and two pass breakups.
With Smith being out in the spring, Travis Bell (6-2, 197, So.) and Qudral Forte (6-1, 187, r-Fr.) will be getting most of the reps. Bell was used on more than 60 plays last season and saw action on special teams, while Forte was redshirted.
Darwin Cook (5-11, 201, r-So.) was the backup at bandit safety last year and looks to be in line for the starting job. He played in all 13 games and finished with nine tackles, including eight unassisted tackles and a forced fumble.
Battling for playing time will be Wes Tonkery (6-1, 201, r-Fr.) and Lucas Henn (6-0, 197, r-Fr.). Both redshirted last year and will look to show off their abilities this spring.
Several areas need to be addressed with the special teams this spring.
"On special teams, we need to develop a punter," said Stewart. "This is the fourth year in a row that we need a new punter. We are going to have to train a punter. Right now, it is going to be Corey Smith; he has the edge in punting.
"Our kickoff coverage got better, and we want to continue to improve on that. Our punt and kickoff return needs to have more productivity. Field goal production also needs to get better."
Tyler Bitancurt (6-1, 197, r-Jr.) returns as the team's kicker. As a sophomorer, he had an inconsistent season, hitting 10-of-17 field goal attempts but was perfect on all 41 extra point attempts. He hit five of his first six field goal attempts, including the game winner in overtime at Marshall. He then missed two at LSU before hitting five straight against USF, at UConn, and at Louisville. He finished the season by missing his final four attempts.
Bitancurt currently sits at No. 8 on WVU's all-time field goals made list and all-time PAT chart and No. 7 on the all-time kick scoring list. For his career, he is 23-of-32 on field goal attempts and 77-of-78 on extra points and has 151 total points scored.
Smith (5-11, 212, r-Jr.) handled the team's kickoff duties last year and will look to take on the punting responsibilities this year. He finished with 64 kickoffs for 3,984 yards, an average of 62.2 yards per kick and had eight touchbacks, twice the amount from the year before.
Walk-on Mike Molinari (6-2, 196, r-Fr.) will handle the holding duties and be the backup at kicker and punter. Cody Nutter (6-3, 238, r-Sr.) will be the team's snapper for punts, extra points and field goals. Trent Lusk (5-9, 210, r-Jr.) and Jerry Cooper (5-11, 206, r-Fr.) will add depth.
At the beginning of spring practice, Brodrick Jenkins will look to take on the punt return duties, and Austin and Starks will handle the kickoff return duties.
Austin has been one of the team's kickoff return specialist for the past two years. Last year, he finished with 12 returns for 230 yards, an average of 19.2 yards per return with a long return of 50 yards at Marshall. He returned a kickoff 98 yards for a touchdown against Connecticut as a freshman in 2009.
The 2011 schedule will be a competitive slate with non-conference contests against LSU, Maryland, Bowling Green, Norfolk State and Marshall.
Connecticut, Louisville and Pitt visit Milan Puskar Stadium in league action, and the Mountaineers travel to Cincinnati, Rutgers, Syracuse and USF. WVU will play five of the first six games at home, before hitting the road for four of the final five contests. The season ends with a nationally televised Thursday night game at USF on Dec. 1.
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DEAR MISS LONELYHEARTS: My boyfriend has asked me several times if he can peep into my bedroom from the outdoor landing of my apartment block while I'm undressing provocatively in front of my full-length mirror. The first time I said yes, because it seemed like a fun fantasy to act out and I knew the neighbours on the landing were away on holidays, but since then he's asked again and again and I've refused. I realized people from across the way in the next block could probably see him, and they might report him to the police. They wouldn't know I let him do it. He says, "Come on, it's dark outside. Who's going to know?" Last night he was so frustrated with my refusal, he muttered "at least I'm asking you." That got the wind up. Do you think he is a Peeping Tom for real? I asked him about this, and he swore he only wants to play it as a private game with me. -- Getting Nervous, Wolseley
Dear Nervous: If it's all about you two and just as fantasy, as he says, he doesn't really need to do the outdoor peeping. He could do it indoors and peep through a crack in the door or a keyhole. Or, he could hop into your bedroom closet and slip out for a big finish. The thing is, this is not about you two. For him, it's a fetish that requires doing something that would be shocking to the woman inside. Peeping Toms will go to great lengths. He got mad about it, so this is a serious fetish and a problem -- that's your big red flag. Since this is giving you the creeps, trust your instincts and back off this relationship.
Dear Miss Lonelyhearts: I suspect my girlfriend is an alcoholic. She tells me she doesn't have a drinking problem and that her body type is capable of handling more alcohol than most. She even produced medical reports from the Internet as backup. For the life of me, I can't find anything to sustain that belief myself, but stranger things have happened. Does it really matter? Could I make her take me to the doctor so she can prove it? She also tells me she will stop drinking for me if I really need her to, but she won't go to meetings because they don't work. I've never dated an alcoholic before so I don't know what to believe or what to expect. Am I getting in too deep? I'm crazy about her, and I can handle a lot. -- Gullible? North End
Dear Gullible: If you went to a shipyard to buy a ship to sail you around the world, would you pick one that had broken sails? It doesn't matter if you are a good sailor and love the feel of this little ship, or if you're strong and can stand a lot, that ship is broken and can't weather any storms. And the worst part? It won't be getting repairs soon. Alcoholics will tell you themselves that they are the best yarn-spinners in the world, so who knows where your girlfriend got her research. And who cares? That research is not the point. The happiness of you and your children down the road is the real point.
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Gravity isn't just a film. It's a phenomenon.
The movie is being acclaimed by critics, some of whom are filled with such urgent cinematic excitement that they say things like, "Don't Even Read This Review: Just Go See Gravity." One gobsmacked reviewer admits wanting to grab strangers in the street and drag them into the theatre.
The movie, directed by Mexican-born Alfonso Cuaròn, is also drawing big audiences. It has already broken box office records for October openings and set personal bests for stars George Clooney and Sandra Bullock.
And it has been endorsed by Buzz Aldrin, a man who walked on the moon.
What's going on? Most of the talk -- from critics, crowds and astronauts alike -- is about Gravity as a feat of revolutionary movie-making. But many aspects of the film are recognizable, even retro. Maybe that's why it works. Gravity is packed with whizz-bang technical stuff but battened with humble little human details. It sets new 21st-century levels for 3D-Imax visual achievement, but something about the story is familiar and old-fashioned, with a surge of gee-whiz innocence and excitement that I remember from being a kid. These aren't so much contradictions as opposing poles being held together by, well, gravitational force.
I grew up at a time when space was super-cool. I remember being allowed to stay up and watch the moon landing, and let me tell you, this was an era when children weren't allowed to stay up for anything.
I'm not sure when the idea of people exploring space became ho-hum, but the movies soon reflected this general indifference by deciding that space travel needed monsters or malevolent aliens or massive asteroids or zero-gravity sex to make it interesting.
Gravity reminds us that space travel -- just space travel, all by itself -- is awesome. And it is awesome in the strict, old-school sense of that term, meaning that it inspires awe, a wondering, reverential feeling for something immeasurably greater than ourselves.
Cuaròn achieves this awesomeness with cinematic spectacle and CGI tricks that are somehow eye-popping without being show-offy. These are the best kind of special effects, embedded into the movie so seamlessly that you don't even think about them as effects. You just see them as part of the universe that you've entered.
For much of the film, this is a universe of unimaginable immensity and silence. Gravity creates an unsettling, existential vision of the void, and it's that spooky emptiness that's showcased in its trailers. But if the movie starts on a cosmic scale, it also zooms down to space travel's nitty-gritty, nuts-and-bolts level. (Literally nuts and bolts -- one of the film's zingy 3D effects is a detached bolt that floats toward us, hovering in the theatre.) These parts of the film are crowded and cluttered and very human, reminding us that space travel is a marvel of human ingenuity but also prey to human error.
Cuaròn handles the human factor in an interesting way. The movie casts two of Hollywood's brightest stars and then sticks them in bulgy, beauty-obliterating spacesuits. Clooney plays Matt Kowalski, who wears his experience with typical Clooney-esque jauntiness, pretending to be the astro-version of a lunch-bucket guy. "I just drive the bus," he says. Of course, Matt is also an astronaut, so when deadly space debris from a Russian satellite hits the space station, he is quietly competent and courageous, his Right Stuff-ness immediately rising to the surface.
Clooney's unassuming heroism hits a nostalgic note. Gravity also reaches back to the tradition of Hollywood astronaut movies with the key casting of Ed Harris. In The Right Stuff, Harris played astronaut John Glenn, and in Apollo 13, he was unflappable NASA flight director Gene Kranz. In Gravity, Harris plays Mission Control, who could almost keep you tethered to Earth with the sound of his reassuring Midwestern voice.
Gravity might reference movies that call up lines of all-American alpha males walking in slow motion, but it also looks toward the future. It's no accident that the film is carried by a woman. Bullock plays Ryan Stone, a rookie who during training could barely operate the flight simulator without crashing but who is forced to summon up all her strength, will and intelligence to survive when her mission goes wrong. And this isn't just NASA's show anymore (probably just as well, what with the funding issues). Stone ends up relying on equipment from the Russians and the Chinese, in an outer-space environment that reflects the global realities of contemporary Earth.
Charting Clooney and Bullock's ordeal, Cuaròn captures moments of chilly, Kubrickian sci-fi sublime, but Gravity also works as an emotional space opera, occasionally threatening to become a bit of a weepie. (It turns out that when you cry in zero gravity, the tears just float away.) Ultimately, the story is about overcoming obstacles, not just the immutable laws of physics but the demons of personal despair.
In the end, Gravity is a film that's both spacey and grounded, wondrously strange and recognizably human. This is a space movie for the age of Chris Hadfield, that wonderfully friendly and accessible Canadian astronaut who invited us all up to the space station for a visit. Hadfield showed us that even when space exploration is demystified, it is still eye-openingly, mind-blowingly incredible. Gravity's ambitious, out-of-this-world reach may be getting most of the attention, but it's the film's down-to-earth realism that makes it truly astonishing.


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Mb8 Chinas - Gaining Favor With Artists
Anyone who works in Artist Relations for an instrument company, by default, becomes well versed in the company's products. You would have to be, or if not, then you would be doing something wrong.
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I sent Derek some Mb8's for a product video that I asked him to put together for me. He called me later and told me how much he had been digging the Mb8 chinas and how he had left them on his kit. This made me think twice about these cymbals. So when other artists were needing something different than the chinas that they had been using, I gave it a try and sent these to them. The feedback has been very positive.
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Hamas bears "principal responsibility" for the escalating crisis between Gaza and Israel, Downing Street has said.
Number 10 also called rocket attacks on Israel by Hamas "completely unacceptable". It said Prime Minister David Cameron was "extremely concerned" by the escalation in violence.
Downing Street said Mr Cameron spoke to Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu by telephone on Thursday night to discuss the situation following Israel's assassination of Ahmed Jabari, the Hamas military chief, in a drone strike on his car on Wednesday.
Referring to Mr Cameron's conversation with his Israeli counterpart, a Downing Street spokesman said: "The Prime Minister said that he was extremely concerned by the dangerous situation and deeply sorry for the loss of civilian life on both sides.
"He said the rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel by Hamas and other armed groups were completely unacceptable and that the increasing frequency of rocket attacks in recent days was the immediate cause of the situation. He made clear that Hamas bears the principal responsibility for crisis."
The spokesman added: "The Prime Minister said that the priority must be to de-escalate the crisis. He called on Mr Netanyahu to do all he could to avoid civilian casualties and emphasised that both sides needed to avoid a spiral of violence that would be in no-one's interest, particularly at a time of instability in the region."
Downing Street said the Prime Minister hopes to speak to the president of Egypt, Mohammed Morsi, on Friday on the same issue. Earlier, Foreign Secretary William Hague urged Tel Aviv to reduce tension and avoid civilian casualties but he stopped short of demanding an end to its air strikes.
The intervention came amid a fresh wave of bloodshed following an Israeli attack that killed the leader of Hamas's military wing. Mr Hague said: "I utterly condemn rocket attacks from Gaza into southern Israel by Hamas and other armed groups. This creates an intolerable situation for Israeli civilians in southern Israel, who have the right to live without fear of attack from Gaza. The rocket attacks also risk worsening the plight of Palestinian civilians in Gaza, which is already precarious.
Daniel Taub, the Israeli ambassador to the UK, said Hamas needed to accept "some basic ground rules", which meant acknowledging the right of Israel to exist and renouncing violence.
Speaking on ITV's Daybreak, he said: "It is hard to think of Israel as a thug because really what characterises Israel's behaviour over the last 10 years is astonishing restraint. Ideally what we want to see is a peace treaty. That's why we have been trying to deal with the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, where we have been saying 'come to the negotiating table'. Unfortunately in Hamas in the Gaza Strip we have a group that is hell-bent on the destruction of Israel."


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VALDOSTA Ga. (March 13, 2012) - Spencer Cole fired off three rounds of par or better and led Rollins to an eighth-place finish at the 2012 Southeastern Intercollegiate.
The Tars shot rounds of 297-292-289 in the star-studded event, finishing with 878 strokes. North Alabama was the runaway winner, totaling 841 strokes. Second place Barry shot 855 while Lynn was third with 861 strokes.
Cole posted his third-straight top-10 finish, taking sixth among the 75 golfers in the event. He opened with scores of 70 and 72 on Monday, then finished with a three-under par 69 Tuesday to hang 211 strokes.
Scott Lamb tied for 26th with 220 strokes. He shot a 76 in the first round, but ended with back-to-back rounds of 72.
Davis Hall and Hunter Stone both tied for 38th with scores of 225. Hall carded 77-75-73 while Stone shot 74-73-78. Tyler Sluman tied for 66th place, shootin g80-76-75 (231).
Rollins will be back on the links March 19-20 at the Georgia College Invitational.


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The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Arts (ELA)/Literacy provide clear, consistent expectations about what knowledge, skills, and practices students should have and learn at each grade level so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help students achieve them.
Rhode Island adopted the CCSS in ELA/Literacy in place of a planned update to our current Grade Level Expectations (GLEs) and Grade Span Expectations (GSEs) for reading, and written/oral communication.
For general information on the Common Core State Standards, as well as resources for families and the community, go to:
Transition to the CCSS and PARCC
David Coleman and Susan Pimentel, both authors of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), have published these Criteria documents intended to serve as a guide for publishers and curriculum developers in their work to align to the English Language Arts and Literacy Common Core State Standards.
Rhode Island believes that administrators and teachers are essential members of curriculum development therefore these documents offer much fodder for discussion as all educators transition to the Common Core State Standards.
(Addendum to Publishers' Criteria for the Common Core State Standards in English Language Arts and Literacy, Grades 3-12)
Common Core writing samples from classrooms around the country
The WIDA English Language Development Standards (ELDS) have recently been revised to integrate the CCSS for all educators who work with ELLs. Rhode Island is a member of the WIDA Consortium and the use of the WIDA ELDS by all educators working with ELLs is required by R.I.G.L. 16-54-2.
This module explores the Common Core State Standards' focus on General Academic Vocabulary as a way to provide greater access to complex texts. Educators will learn how to identify The Three Tiers of Vocabulary, become familiar with criteria for selecting Tier Two words for explicit instruction, and explore some instructional resources.
In this module, participants will gain additional experience selecting Tier Two words for instruction by using a set of criteria. Participants will have an opportunity to work with an instructional guide to begin planning for explicit vocabulary instruction.
Participants will have the opportunity to extend their understanding of planning explicit vocabulary instruction with Tier Two words by using their own classroom texts and sharing instructional approaches.
Recently, there has been some discussion around the topic of pre-reading and how it fits within the Common Core State Standards. The Common Core State Standards require students to read increasingly complex texts with growing independence. Because the standards articulate what students should know and be able to do, they, the standards do not tell us how we need to accomplish this expectation. Therefore, this module takes an in-depth look at pre-reading and asks participants to consider certain factors before determining whether a pre-reading lesson is warranted. Additionally, participants will use a guide to analyze their own practices so they may continue to be mindful of the goal, which is to allow students to work through these complex texts independently.
Text Dependent Questions are identified within the CCSS as a key skill for students: "rather than asking students questions about their prior knowledge or experience, the standards expect students to wrestle with text dependent questions: questions that can only be answered by referring explicitly back to the text in front of them." This document provides questions to help guide thinking on development of text dependent questions.
"These close reading exemplars intend to model how teachers can support their students as they undergo the kind of careful reading the Common Core State Standards require." The exemplars provided are for Grades 6-12.
Module designed for participants to understand the reasoning and importance of the Common Core State Standards' shift to increase the complexity of texts utilized in K-12 classrooms in order to prepare students for college and career readiness.
Module designed for participants to use a protocol to determine text complexity grade bands for a selection of common texts.
Module designed for participants to utilize a protocol to determine text complexity grade bands for texts that are currently used in their classrooms.
Chart identifies the Common Scale for Grade Level Bands highlighting six different Text Analyzer Tools.
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Research article that assesses the capabilities of six "text analyzers." The six metrics included within the study: Lexile®, ATOS®, Degrees of Reading Power: DRP Analyzer©, REAP, SourceRater©, and the Pearson Reading Maturity Metric©.
The RIDE sponsored Text Complexity PD session, which supports the Text Complexity Modules, included a PowerPoint that provided background information regarding the need for increasing text complexity within our classrooms. Participants of the session have requested that we share this background knowledge to help support Module implementation.
Dr. Timothy Shanahan, Douglas Fisher, and Nancy Frey's article, The Challenge of Challenging Text, addresses complex texts: "When teachers understand what makes texts complex, they can better support their students in reading them."
Dr. Timothy Shanahan discusses the ELA Common Core State Standards readability requirements and how an increase in complex texts may shift the way teachers think about teaching students to read a challenging text. (Video 1:42)
This part of the Writing an Argument Module enables participants to understand the definition, key terminology, and characteristics of argument writing in the ELA/Literacy Common Core State Standards. Participants learn why argument writing is given such prominence in the standards and are introduced to the distinction between persuasive writing and logical argumentation.
This module explores the rigor of the argument writing standard in the ELA Common Core State Standards by having participants deconstruct the standard at their own and other grade levels to identify what students are expected to know and be able to do. Participants think about the instructional implications of the expectations and begin to plan resources and strategies that they could use to teach argument writing.
In this module, participants gain a deeper understanding of the integration of the strands of the ELA/Literacy Common Core State Standards as it pertains to argumentation. They broaden their understanding of argumentation by reading and listening to Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Second Virginia Convention (1775)" and tracing the speaker's argument.
This module familiarizes participants with tools and resources to support the teaching of argument writing. Participants annotate a student sample of argument writing from Appendix C of the Common Core State Standards and also examine an argument writing rubric. Using a text set (a collection of resources on one topic), participants have an opportunity to practice argument writing.
Guides provide key points about the CCSS and the changes taking place over the next five years. Plus, how educators can support a smooth transition.
This guide provides information about implementing the Common Core, preparing your students for the PARCC assessment, and key points on helping to ensure a thoughtful transition.
PDF that outlines the transition plan for the Fall 2012 and Fall 2013 NECAP assessments. Please note that the NECAP Science Assessment is not affected by the transition to the Common Core State Standards.
The Tri-State Collaborative (comprised of educational leaders from Rhode Island, Massachusetts, and New York) has developed criterion-based rubrics and review processes to evaluate the quality of units and lessons intended to address the Common Core State Standards for ELA/Literacy and Mathematics. Educators may use the rubrics to evaluate units and lessons and to inform and guide current and future collaborative curriculum development efforts. These resources may also assist in understanding the critical areas of focus in the CCSS.
Document articulates at each grade level, the critical areas of focus within the CCSS for Reading, Writing, Speaking/Listening, and Language.
Document provides additional information to help expand the readers' understanding of the Critical Areas of Focus for ELA/Literacy document.
This 1.5–4 hour module is designed to guide and support principals, content supervisors, central office leaders, and coaches in the work of planning and carrying out the implementation of the Common Core State Standards. The module addresses five aspects of effective leadership in implementation: knowing and understanding the shifts, setting a vision for college and career readiness, developing clear metrics to guide the work, building capacity in schools, and staying engaged.
Timeline articulates the expectations of RIDE and Local Education Agencies over the next several years with the implementation of the CCSS and the transition to the PARCC assessment.
Timeline illustrates a students' perspective (standards and assessment) through the CCSS and PARCC transition period. Timeline illustrates potential student experiences with instruction and assessment while transitioning from the GLE/GSEs and NECAP to the CCSS and PARCC.
This tool will help planning teams in local education agencies (LEAs) and schools assess their current capacity for CCSS implementation.
PowerPoint provides a structure for LEAs to guide thinking of the myriad components for transitioning and implementing the CCSS and PARCC within and across an LEA.
The National Association of Elementary School Principals has created a checklist, complete with resource links, intended to assist principals in their responsibilities for implementing the Common Core State Standards. While this may not be a complete list or applicable to all, the checklist provides a thoughtful framework for thinking through making the Common Core State Standards happen in schools.
Transition Planning document provides LEA benchmarks articulating the expectations for the SY 2012-2013 including actionable steps as LEAs GET SET! for the CCSS and PARCC.
Document provides a sample of how a school during the SY 2012-2013 can utilize Faculty Meetings and Common Planning Time to deepen educators understanding of the CCSS and PARCC. All content educators (English language arts, social studies/history, science and technical subject areas) engage with a year long, deep study of Writing an Argument.
This guide provides information about implementing the Common Core, preparing your LEA/school for the PARCC assessment, and key points on helping to ensure a thoughtful transition.
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These open resources are available to all educators to view and download to help implement CCSS and learn more about the PARCC assessments and resources.
Resources based on the Universal Design for Learning principles.
This paper makes recommendations for developing mathematics instruction for English Language Learners (ELLs) aligned with the Common Core State Standards. AUTHOR: Judit Moschkovich
This paper highlights challenges and opportunities as English Language Learners engage with the Next Generation Science Standards. These new standards represent a major shift in science instruction, toward an explicit focus on scientific sense-making, language use, and scientific practices. AUTHORS: Helen Quinn, Okhee Lee, Guadalupe Valdés
This paper points out three different ways that language is involved in the standards: language requirements in the content standards, English language arts standards, and language-convention-specific standards. It calls for a thoughtful integration of these three dimensions. AUTHORS: Leo van Lier, Aída Walqui
This paper highlights key findings of the socioculturally-focused "New Literacy studies" and argues that literacy practices derive their vitality from curricula and activities that connect to learners' backgrounds and cultures. AUTHORS: Glynda Hull, Elizabeth Birr Moje
This paper addresses the implications, for ELLs, of the new standards' requirement that students be able to read and understand complex, informationally-dense texts. AUTHORS: Lily Wong Fillmore, Charles J. Fillmore
The population of English language learners is enormously diverse. Teachers face the complex challenge of providing them with opportunities that allow them to attain the Common Core State Standards despite their various needs and abilities. AUTHORS: Aída Walqui, Margaret Heritage
This paper recommends strategies for cultivating—as opposed to centrally planning—an online community that supports the goals of Understanding Language, beginning with the assumption that technological development should serve the needs and shared goals of community members. AUTHORS: Rob Lucas, John Willinsky
This webinar focuses on the critical changes in methods and content of instruction in language arts in the CCSS for elementary grades.
This PowerPoint presentation underlines methods and strategies for educators to help English Language Learners meet the Common Core State Standards. ??This resource was produced by a respected researcher in the field of second language acquisition. Please note: it does not include references to WIDA support materials or the WIDA English Language Development Standards (ELDS), which have recently been revised to integrate the CCSS for all educators who work with ELLs. Educators are encouraged to access this information at www.wida.us. (Rhode Island is a member of the WIDA Consortium and the use of the WIDA ELDS by all educators working with ELLs is required by R.I.G.L. 16-54-2.)
This PowerPoint presentation outlines ways to develop effective educational practices for instructing English Language Learners in a Common Core standards-based curriculum. ??This resource was produced by a respected researcher in the field of second language acquisition. Please note: it does not include references to WIDA support materials or the WIDA English Language Development Standards (ELDS), which have recently been revised to integrate the CCSS for all educators who work with ELLs. Educators are encouraged to access this information at www.wida.us. (Rhode Island is a member of the WIDA Consortium and the use of the WIDA ELDS by all educators working with ELLs is required by R.I.G.L. 16-54-2.)
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WINGATE, N.C. (March 3, 2012) - The Rollins men's lacrosse team started out slow in the first half and could not recover, falling to Wingate 16-8. The Tars fall to 1-5 on the season and 1-4 in Deep South Conference play.
The first half saw the Bulldogs come out and control the opening 30 minutes of play. Rollins and Wingate struggled to find the touch early on, but the Bulldogs were able to garner two opening period tallies, while holding the Tars off the scoreboard.
Wingate again ramped up the scoring in the second period with four goals, while the Tars answered with one from Will Diamond, who collected his ninth marker of the season and brought Rollins within three goals, but Wingate responded and scored two goals before halftime to extend the lead back to five.
Coming out of the break the Tars came out re-energized and scored two goals within the first minute of play from Connor Galvin and Will Diamond. Once again the lead had been cut to three, but Wingate responded again, rattling off five straight goals en route to building up an eight goal lead, which would be the closest the Tars would come the rest of the game.
The third period had a bevy of action and saw each team make runs with the Tars making a final push to put up three unanswered goals on the board to draw within five goals heading into the final period.
Rollins would struggle in the fourth period only scoring two goals, while allowing Wingate to tally five to push the final score to 16-8.
Diamond led all Tars with two goals, while Jack Dever, Stephen DeFlumeri, James Libutti, Oliver Moore, Taylor White and Galvin all tallied goals. Diamond and White also tallied assists with Peter Harvey, Chuck Magid, Connor O'Leary collected helpers on the evening.
Harvey again was a force to be reckoned with in the faceoff circle, winning 18-25 of the faceoffs he was involved in.
Defensively, the Tars used a pair of goals to slow down the Bulldog attack, but Andrew Sheerin and Ethan Enriquez could not slow down the attackers enough. The duo combined for seven saves on the evening.
Rollins will continue its roadtrip when they travel to Charlotte to take on Queens University at 4 p.m. on Monday.Fans check RollinsSports.com for all the latest news and information on Rollins athletics.


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A sceptic's testimony reported in New Scientist 4 Feb 2006, p54. Physics professor Bob Park writes an Internet column named "What's New" where he criticises such topics as "cold fusion, intelligent design and alien abduction" and gives advice on how to tell real science from pseudoscience. In an interview for New Scientist he was asked, "When did you become a sceptic?" His reply was: "It was when I was about 12. I was going to a youth group within the Methodist church, which had hired a pastor to work with the teenagers. I had a couple of problems with biblical accounts, including Genesis, that clearly could not be taken as literal truth. I chatted to the pastor and explained my concerns. Instead of debating with me, he said: 'You can go to hell as quickly for doubting as you can for stealing.' That violated everything I felt."
Editorial Comment: What a tragedy that this pastor was not "ready always to give an answer to every man that asks you a reason of the hope that is in you" (I Peter 3:15) and prepared to defend the Scriptures and help this young man search for real answers. Over many years Creation Research has seen many young people reject Christ because they are convinced that the Bible is wrong about the past, and therefore cannot be trusted to give them a future hope. However, we have seen just as many who when we have shown them there are real answers in both God's Word and in His world, they are prepared to listen to the claims of the Creator Christ on their lives and trust him as Saviour. It shouldn't surprise us – Jesus said "If you don't believe what Moses wrote – how can you believe what I say!" John 5:46-47. (Ref. apologetics, atheism)
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Wimbledon returned to winning ways in London Division One South thanks to a 36-12 bonus point victory over Dover.
Tries from Dan Brown, debutant Charlie Horn, Peter Scott and James Hayes (two), plus 11 points off Neil Hallett's boot, made the difference.
With the packs evenly matched - and the visitor's rucking especially effective – the harsh dismissal for 10 minutes of Wimbledon lock Rich Stevens delayed Dons' first half domination until the 20th minute.
A pinpoint kick from number 10 Hallett gave centre Brown a clear run in for try number one, expertly converted by Hallett from the touchline.
Although Dover's three-quarters got plenty of ball from their forwards they were no match for Dons' backs and some great inter-play between fullback Myles Stringer and centre Kua Palakua soon produced a try well taken by hooker Horn to seal a most impressive 1st XV debut.
Hallett's conversion and a penalty moments later brought the half-time score to 17-0.
Soon after the restart, Hallett made it 24-0 by converting try number three from scrum-half Hayes, who profitted thanks to a perfectly timed pass by number eight Ollie Rupar off the base of a 5m scrum.
Try number four quickly followed from wing Scott, who had looked like scoring almost every time he got the ball - slick passing by Hayes and Hallett gave him the half-metre he needed to round his opposite number, out-pace the cross-covering defence and race in from half way to score beneath the posts. Hallett again converted.
With 15 minutes remaining, Dover staged their fightback and with both Wimbledon props injured (and the ref surprisingly not allowing uncontested scrums) the home team looked a bit edgy.
But Wimbledon deservedly had the last word when Hayes rounded off a sterling performance at scrum half by gathering the ball from a line-out and sprinting through unopposed to score Dons' final try and take the score to a convincing 36-12.
Wimbledon visitors next week are Old Colfeians. Although they have yet to record a win this season, Dons will be taking nothing for granted.


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A PETITION has been launched to protect a Darwen field from a potential development of 500 houses.
Bailey's Field has been included in the council's local plan, produced after the authority was told sites for more than 9,000 new homes were required in the borough.
But residents have hit out at the field's inclusion, which they say is littered with mine shafts and would lead to traffic problems due to the size of any potential development.
Although no planning applications have been submitted, Blackburn with Darwen Council has identified the sites for development to avoid building taking place in areas it does not want it to.
Darwen MP Jake Berry launched the petition after being contacted by worried constituents. He said: "A number of people in Darwen have been in touch to express their concern that Blackburn with Darwen Council have earmarked Bailey's Field for 500 new houses. Anyone who lives in Darwen will tell you that this site is not suitable for such a massive development."
Eileen Eastham, of Milton Close, a member of Darwen Townswomen's Guild, said: "The proposal is mind-boggling to say the least.
"What an horrendous impact such a development would have on the area which already suffers a high volume of traffic.
"The site is riddled with mine shafts which serve a useful purpose at present in allowing some drainage from the land. Where will that water go? It is a recipe for more flooding."
Darwen councillor Peter Hollings said the council had no choice but to include Bailey's Field in the plan.
He said: "This has been a costly and time-consuming exercise for the council and includes sites which will undoubtedly be unpopular with some members of the public.
"In generating this plan we can safeguard other parts of the borough.
"Bailey's Field would be ideal for the placement of new homes, adjoining other developments on Marsh House Lane and St James' Estate."
Sudell councillor Paul Browne said: "The only thing I have against it is there are a lot of mine shafts underneath so I do not think it will be safe enough."
To sign the petition, visit www.protectbaileysfield. tk or call 01254 701258 for a paper copy.


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Two women, one English and one German head off around America to complete a 4,600 mile roadtrip around the US in 11 days. 11 States were travelled through: Starting in Indianapolis, Indiana, heading south-east through Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas to bed down in Memphis Tennessee; then headed to Dallas, Texas with a short stop along the way in Hot Springs,Arkansas. Next stop was Roswell, New Mexico, complete with two encounters with locals and their alien stories. Next State was Arizona, with so much to see and do; complete with an accident that wrote our car off! We visited Tombstone, Casa Grande, Sedona, Flagstaff, Meteor Crater and Grand Canyon. Next was a drive north to just inside the Utah to Monument Valley and then a 26 hour drive to Indianapolis through Colorado, Kansas, Missouri and Illinois again and finally back to Indianpolis, Indiana.
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