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The 2017 Michigan State Spartans football team represented Michigan State University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FBS football season. The Spartans played their home games at the Spartan Stadium in East Lansing, Michigan, and competed in the East Division of the Big Ten Conference. They were led by 11th-year head coach Mark Dantonio. The Spartans finished the season 10–3, 7–2 in Big Ten play to finish in a tie for second place in the East Division. The Spartans received an invitation to the Holiday Bowl where they defeated Washington State.

Previous season
The Spartans finished the 2016 season 3–9, 1–8 in Big Ten play to finish in sixth place in the East Division. The season marked the first losing season for the Spartans since 2009.

Offseason

2017 NFL Draft

Undrafted NFL free agents

Dismissals due to sexual assault incidents
The Spartans dismissed three players, Donnie Corley, Josh King, and Demetric Vance, after they were charged with third-degree criminal sexual conduct in relation to a sexual assault investigation. In a separate incident, Auston Robertson, was charged with third-degree sexual misconduct in April and dismissed from the team.

Recruiting
The Spartans  signed a total of 23 recruits.

Roster
Position key

Coaching staff

Schedule and results
Michigan State announced its 2017 football schedule on December 8, 2016.

Source

Game summaries

Bowling Green

MSU opened the season at Spartan Stadium against Mid-American Conference opponent, Bowling Green looking to improve upon their poor performance in 2016. The Spartans started well, driving to the Falcon goalline before L. J. Scott fumbled the ball and Bowling Green returned it to their 31-yard line. The Falcons moved the ball down the field and took the lead shortly thereafter on a Jake Suder 36-yard field goal. After this ominous beginning, neither team managed any further points in the first quarter, but the Spartans took the lead for good less than four minutes into the second quarter on a Madre London seven-yard touchdown run. As time ran out in the first half, Brian Lewerke hit Felton Davis for a four-yard touchdown pass to give the Spartans a 14–3 lead at halftime. MSU's offense took control in the third period, scoring touchdowns on back-to-back possessions, both touchdown passes from Brian Lewerke, to give the Spartans a commanding 28–3 lead. Tyson Smith, playing in his first game since suffering a stroke in November 2016, intercepted a Falcon pass and returned it 38 yards for a touchdown and a 35–3 lead. LJ Scott would lose another fumble early in the fourth quarter, this time the Falcons returned it 46 yards for a touchdown to reduce the Spartan lead to 35–10. Neither team scored again as the Spartans moved to 1–0 on the season with a convincing win.

Brian Lewerke played well, completing 22 of this 33 attempts and throwing three touchdowns. He also rushed for 70 yards on the day. L. J. Scott had a poor day, rushing 15 times and gaining only 39 yards and fumbling the ball twice with the Falcons recovering both. The Spartan defense limited the Falcons to three points and 212 total yards on the day.

Western Michigan

In the second week of the season, the Spartans hosted another MAC opponent, the previous year's MAC champion, Western Michigan. The Michigan State defense would hold steady on the opening drive by the Broncos, with Josiah Scott recording his first career interception. The Spartan offense was able to drive into WMU territory following the interception, but was unable to score. Several possessions later, Brian Lewerke finally opened the scoring in the first quarter on a read option play, scoring on a 61-yard run, giving Michigan State a 7–0 lead. Michigan State would add another score late in the second quarter on a 15-yard pass from Lewerke to L. J. Scott. As a result, MSU led 14–0 at halftime. For the second week in a row, an opponent scored on a fumble recovery when true-freshman receiver Hunter Rison had the ball stripped by WMU cornerback Darius Phillips and returned it 67 yards for a touchdown, to pull the Broncos within 14–7. The Spartan offense immediately answered the score, taking less than three minutes on their following drive to score, which included a Darrell Stewart Jr. run of 41 yards to the WMU one-yard line. Lewerke would punch it in from one-yard out, restoring MSU's two touchdown lead, 21–7. The Spartans increased the lead in the fourth quarter when L. J. Scott broke a 44-yard run on fourth and one from the Spartan 45-yard line. Scott would eventually score on a two-yard touchdown run, giving MSU a 28–7 lead. However, Darius Phillips answered the Spartan touchdown on the ensuing kickoff with a 100-yard return for touchdown, making it 28–14. The Bronco offense would finally put a drive together late in the fourth quarter, driving all the way to the MSU 15-yard line before failing to convert on fourth and one. The Spartan offense would then run out the clock to secure the 28–14 victory. The win moved the Spartans to 2–0 on the season with a bye week to follow.

The Michigan State defense played extremely well, tallying four sacks (they had 11 total sacks all of last year) and surrendering only 195 yards and, for the second week in a row, did not give up a touchdown. Brian Lewerke totaled 242 all purpose yards (161 yards passing, 81 yards rushing), with two rushing TDs and a passing TD. LJ Scott led all rushers with 86 yards rushing with a couple of TDs (one receiving and one rushing). Felton Davis led all receivers with four receptions and 69 yards. Michigan State rushed for 296 yards, the most yards rushing the Spartans have had in a game since rushing for 330 yards against Indiana in 2014.

Notre Dame

Following a bye week, the Spartans welcomed rival Notre Dame to Spartan Stadium for their third consecutive home game. Notre Dame jumped up early on the Spartans, taking the opening drive 78 yards on seven plays as Notre Dame QB Brandon Wimbush ran for 16 yards to put the Irish up 7–0. On the next possession, things got even worse for the Spartans as Brian Lewerke's pass was intercepted by Julian Love and returned 59 yards for a touchdown. Trailing 14–0, the Spartans would answer, going 75 yards and scoring on a Darrell Stewart Jr. four-yard touchdown catch to cut the lead to 14–7. Neither team managed any more points in the first quarter, but Lewerke again committed a mistake early in the second quarter as he fumbled the ball at the MSU 24-yard line. Six plays later Wimbush hit Dexter Williams for an eight-yard touchdown to put the Irish up 21–7. Looking to avoid the rout, the Spartans took their next drive deep into Notre Dame territory. L. J. Scott scored an apparent touchdown from 14 yards out, but he was stripped of the ball before he crossed the goalline and Notre Dame recovered the fumble. Instead of the lead being reduced to 21–14, Notre Dame moved down the field on five plays as Williams again scored for the Irish, putting the score at 28–7. MSU was unable to answer and trailed by 21 at the half.

In the second half, MSU attempted to prevent the blowout, but only managed a field goal on their opening possession. The Irish put the game out of reach on their next possession, going 62 yards on eight plays to balloon the lead to 35–10. Notre Dame added a field goal with five minutes remaining in the game as the MSU offense continued to struggle. The Spartans did get another touchdown as Gerald Holmes caught a 25-yard pass from Brian Lewerke to cut the lead to 38–18 with the two point conversion. However, with just 1:36 remaining the game, it was too little too late and the Spartans fell 38–18. As a result of the win, the Irish received the Megaphone Trophy. The Spartans fell to 2–1 on the season.

MSU outgained the Irish 496–355, but the three turnovers cost the Spartans. Lewerke completed 31 of 51 passes for 340 yards and the Spartans gained 151 yards on the ground. Despite the yardage discrepancy, it was a complete and utter blowout.

Iowa

In their fourth consecutive home game to begin the season, the Spartans hosted the Hawkeyes in East Lansing in the teams' first matchup since the 2015 Big Ten Championship. MSU started off hot as Brian Lewerke hit his first five passes including a 22-yard catch by Felton Davis for a touchdown and an early 7–0 lead over Iowa. After exchanging punts on their next possessions, the Spartans again got hot through the air as Lewerke again hit Davis, this time from six yards out to move the MSU lead to 14–0. Iowa would answer as they went 72 yards on 10 plays before Akrum Wadley scored on a 9-yard run that cut the lead in half at 14–7. Michigan State managed a 38-yard field goal from Matt Coghlin with 43 seconds left in the half to push the halftime lead to 17–7.

In the second half, both defenses controlled the game. However, Iowa, on the first possession of the half moved to the Spartan five-yard line before Iowa quarterback Nate Stanley fumbled the ball without being touched and MSU recovered at their own three yard line. The first scoring of the half came with a little over nine minutes left in the game as Iowa converted on a Miguel Recinos 43-yard field goal to narrow the lead to 17–10. After exchanging punts, the Spartans punted to Iowa with just over three minutes remaining in the game. The Spartan defense, however, limited the Hawkeyes to three plays before the clock ran out and the Spartans left with the victory 17–10.

Iowa managed only 231 yards in the game while the Spartans put up 300 yard. The difference in the game were the turnovers as the Spartans, who entered the game with eight turnovers on the season, did not turn the ball over while the Hawkeyes lost two fumbles. The win moved MSU to 3–1 on the season and 1–0 in the Big Ten with a trip to Ann Arbor looming.

Michigan

Leaving Spartan Stadium for the first time on the season, the Spartans traveled to take on rival Michigan in a matchup for the Paul Bunyon Trophy. No. 7-ranked Michigan looked like the better team to start the game as they went 64 yards on 16 plays, but stalled on the MSU 11-yard line and settled for a 30-yard field goal to take an early 3–0 lead. The unranked Spartans were forced to punt on their first possession and, after a first down for Michigan, MSU took control of the game. Joe Bachie stripped Michigan's Ty Isaac and Chris Frey recovered the fumble at the Michigan 46-yard line. The Spartans drove straight down the field and Brian Lewerke scrambled in from 14 yards out to give the Spartans a 7–3 lead. The MSU defense forced Michigan to punt and the Spartan offense stalled at the Michigan 47. Following another punt by the Wolverines, the Spartans capped off an 83-yard drive with a Madre London 16-yard run to put the Spartans up 14–3. Another forced fumble by the Spartan defense ended a Michigan drive at the Spartan 29-yard line with just over a minute remaining in the half. The Spartans happily went to the locker room with a 14–3 lead.

In the second half, the weather became a major factor. With the wind kicking up and a storm approaching, Michigan scored on their second possession after a short punt gave the Wolverines the ball as the Spartan 33. The one-yard touchdown run narrowed the MSU lead to 14–10. MSU's offense, facing a strong wind and a storm, went conservative for the remainder of the game. MSU's defense did not, intercepting Michigan quarterback John O'Korn on the next three possessions. Though MSU did not convert any of the interceptions into points, each stopped a Wolverine drive at crucial junctures. The Spartan defense kept up its good play, forcing Michigan to punt on their next two possessions and the Spartans took over with 3:58 remaining in the game. A pair of MSU first downs, their first first downs of the half, appeared to seal the win for MSU, but penalties set the Wolverines up with the ball at their own 20 with 34 seconds to go. Another personal foul penalty on the Spartans following 15-yard gain gave Michigan the ball at midfield. Finally, as time expired, the Wolverines' Hail Mary-pass was deflected to the ground at the goal line to give the Spartans the win and the Paul Bunyon trophy.

The win gave the Spartans their eighth win over Michigan in the last ten years, all under head coach Mark Dantonio. The Spartans rushed for 158 yards, but were limited to only 94 yards through the air. The MSU defense held the Wolverines to 300 yards. MSU also did not turn the ball over, while forcing five Wolverine turnovers.

Minnesota

Going on the road for the second straight week but leaving the state of Michigan for the first time on the season, the newly ranked Spartans traveled to Minnesota. The start of the game was delayed for approximately 45 minutes due to thunderstorms in the area. The weather made for a very sloppy start for both offenses, with Minnesota going three-and-out on their first drive. Michigan State took over, but a fumbled snap set the Spartans back and they had to punt as well. Disaster struck on the punt, as the snap was high and slipped through punter Jake Hartbarger's hands, with Minnesota recovering at the Spartan three yard line. The MSU defense stood tall and drove the Gophers back, leading to an Emmit Carpenter 25-yard field goal to open the scoring. Michigan State responded with a field goal drive of their own, with Matt Coghlin hitting from 42 yards out to even the score at 3–3. On the ensuing Gopher possession, a fumbled hand-off was recovered by Spartan defensive end Kenny Willekes at the Gopher eight yard line. Madre London scored the game's first touchdown two plays later from three yards out to make the score 10–3. After a Gopher punt, Brian Lewerke threw his first interception in three games and the Gophers took over at the MSU 34 yard-line. This led to a 47-yard field goal from Carpenter to make the score 10–6. Michigan State responded with a touchdown drive, with L. J. Scott scoring from 24 yards out to extend the lead to 17–6 at the half.

Michigan State received the opening kickoff of the second half and drove down into the red zone, but were forced to settle for another field goal, with Coghlin hitting from 35 yards out to move the score to 20–6. The Gophers punted on their next possession and the Spartans put together another long drive. However, a false start penalty forced MSU to settle for another Coghlin field goal to increase the lead to 23–6. Following yet another fumble by L. J. Scott, Minnesota recovered scored their first touchdown of the game on a 28-yard pass from Demry Croft to Tyler Johnson to cut the lead to 23–13. After a good kickoff return from Connor Heyward, MSU quickly responded to the Gopher touchdown with Scott scoring from six yards out, making it 30–13 Spartans. Minnesota was not done as Croft found Johnson again for a touchdown from 17 yards out to cut it to 30–20 with under eight minutes remaining in the game. The next Spartan drive led to a missed field goal from 45 yards out and Minnesota took over with under five minutes remaining in the game. Croft found Johnson in the end zone for the third time in the second half to reduce MSU's lead to three. However, Minnesota's onside kick was recovered by MSU as the Spartans pulled out a hard-fought 30–27 victory on the road at Minnesota.

Scott ran for a career-high 194 yards on 25 carries with two touchdowns. London added 74 yards and a touchdown as the Spartans ran for 245 yards in the game while limiting the Gophers to 74 yards on the ground. The win moved the Spartans 5–1 overall and 3–0 in the Big Ten.

Indiana

The Spartans returned home to face rival Indiana on Homecoming in East Lansing in a matchup for the Old Brass Spittoon. Michigan State had its seven-game winning streak in the series snapped last season as the Hoosiers defeated the Spartans in overtime. Prior to the game, it was announced that MSU running back L. J. Scott would play after being arrested for driving without a license during the week.

Both offenses struggled throughout the first half. Following a Madre London fumble that was recovered at the MSU 15-yard line by the IU defense, Indiana notched their only points of the half on a Griffin Oakes 33-yard field goal with 1:14 remaining in the first quarter. The teams exchanged punts before Michigan State hit a Matt Coghlin 22-yard field goal, capping off a 10 play, 68-yard drive with 6:46 remaining in the first half. Punts ruled the remainder of the half as the score remained 3–3 at halftime.

The defenses continued to assert themselves in the second half, as neither offense could sustain drives to begin the third quarter. Indiana finally put a lengthy drive together with just under 10 minutes left in the third quarter, driving all the way to the Michigan State 26-yard line before being forced to settle for a 44-yard field goal to give the Hoosiers a 6–3 lead. On the ensuing possession, MSU's offense also came alive on a nine-play, 40 yard drive, but the Spartans would turn the ball over on downs at the Indiana 35-yard line. Indiana took over and drove to the MSU two-yard line before being stymied again by the Spartan defense and being forced to settle for another field goal that gave Indiana a 9–3 lead with 12:29 remaining in the game. The teams exchanged punts as MSU quarterback Brian Lewerke repeatedly missed open receivers with inaccurate throws. Taking over at their own 45 with 9:07 remaining in the game, the Spartans moved the ball down the field converting on a fourth and three with a Lewerke pass to Hunter Rison for a first down. Two plays later, Felton Davis caught the go-ahead touchdown pass from Lewerke to give MSU a 10–9 lead. The Spartan defense again forced a three-and-out, handing the offense an opportunity to run out the clock with 4:39 remaining. On third down and eight, Lewerke again hit Hunter Rison for a first down. Indiana, using their timeouts, forced the Spartans into another third and long situation. Lewerke again converted on a pass to Cody White for a gain of 34 yards. Indiana, in an effort to preserve their final timeout and to ensure that they got the ball back with enough time to score and tie the game, purposely allowed LJ Scott to score on from 18 yards out on the following play. The score gave Michigan State a 17–9 lead with 1:49 remaining. the MSU defense held stout, forcing Indian to turn the ball over on downs, allowing MSU to run out the clock for the win.

Cody White led all receivers with seven receptions for 99 yards and L. J. Scott rushed for 87 yards and a touchdown. Joe Bachie recorded a career high 13 tackles, including a forced fumble. For the third time on the season, the defense did not allow an offensive touchdown. With the win, Michigan State reclaimed the Old Brass Spittoon and became bowl eligible. The win moved MSU to 6–1 on the season and 4–0 in the Big Ten.

Northwestern

MSU's third road game on the season was a trip to face Northwestern. MSU started well, driving 92 yards on their opening possession as Brian Lewerke hit Cody White from six yards out to give MSU the 7–0 lead. Northwestern moved into MSU territory on their first possession, but Andrew Dowell forced a fumble which was recovered by his brother David Dowell to end the Wildcat threat. MSU's offense again moved deep into Northwestern territory looking to increase their lead, but Cody White fumbled at the NU 7-yard line to end the MSU drive. The teams exchanged punts into the second quarter before MSU again moved into NU territory. This time the Wildcat defense forced a field goal by Matt Coghlin which moved the Spartan lead to 10–0. Northwestern answered on their next drive, scoring from one yard out to narrow the lead to 10–7. Following a punt, NU took over with 1:49 remaining in the half and drove into MSU territory. The MSU defense finally stiffened and forced Northwestern to settle for a 35-yard field goal to tie the game at the half.

In the third quarter, both offenses started well, but had drives stall as NU punted from MSU territory and the Spartans' Matt Coghlan hit the right upright on a 51-yard field goal attempt. The teams exchanged punts into the fourth quarter before Northwestern moved to the Spartan 12-yard line. On a halfback pass play, Justin Jackson hit Ben Skowronek to give the Wildcats a 17–10 lead with just over 10 minutes remaining in the game. MSU attempted to answer, moving into NU territory again, but Matt Coghlin again hit the right upright, this time from 32 yards out as the score remained 17–10. Following a Wildcats put, MSU, needing a touchdown to tie, took over at their own 12 with 3:14 left in the game. The offense moved down to the NU 30-yard line with 53 seconds remaining. On fourth down, Brian Lewerke scrambled for the first down to keep MSU alive. Two plays later, Lewerke hit Felton Davis in the corner of the end zone to tie the game at 17 with 25 seconds remaining. The Wildcats simply knelt out the clock to force overtime.

In the first overtime, NU took three plays to shred the MSU defense for a touchdown as Clayton Thorson found Cameron Green open for a 14-yard touchdown and an NU lead 24–17. MSU answered in their possession as Lewerke again hit Davis for a six-yard touchdown to force a second overtime. In the second overtime, MSU took the lead as Lewerke hit White for another touchdown from 11 yards out. MSU's defense could not hold the lead however, allowing an NU touchdown in four plays to tie the game again. In the third overtime, the MSU defense continued its struggles giving up a 22-yard touchdown pass on third down and allowing the two-point conversion as NU took a 39–31 lead. Following an incomplete pass, Lewerke fumbled on the second play of overtime, but was able to recover and scramble out of the pocket. However, a poor decision by Lewerke to thrown the ball over the middle of the field resulted in the ball being intercepted by the Wildcats and giving MSU its second loss on the season.

Lewerke set an MSU single-game record, throwing for 445 yards in the loss. MSU's defense struggled for one of the first times in the season, allowing 432 yards to Northwestern's offense.

Penn State

Coming off their first Big Ten loss, MSU welcomed rival and reigning Big Ten Champion Penn State to Spartan Stadium, marking the first time since 2013 the teams did not conclude the regular season playing each other. The Nittany Lions were also coming off their first Big Ten loss, having blown a lead against Ohio State the prior week.

MSU forced a Penn State turnover on the opening possession of the game as Joe Bachie intercepted a Trace McSorley pass to give the ball to MSU for their first possession. MSU moved into Penn State territory, but stalled and were forced to punt. Starting at their own eight yard line, PSU moved quickly down the field and opened the scoring as McSorley connected on a 31-yard touchdown pass to DaeSean Hamilton to give the Nittany Lions a 7–0 lead. A personal foul penalty on the Lions on the ensuing kickoff gave MSU the ball at their own 48-yard line. Four plays later, Brian Lewerke found Darrell Stewart Jr. on a seven-yard touchdown pass to tie the game at seven. However, PSU answered, moving 75 yards on nine plays as McSorley hit Saeed Blacknall on fourth down to take a 14–7 lead. After each team exchanged punts, MSU moved into Penn State territory before a weather delay stopped play with 7:58 remaining in the second quarter. Due to lightning and storms in the area, the game was delayed for three hours and 23 minutes. The teams began play again around 3:30 EDT and MSU turned the ball over on downs. After a Penn State punt, the Spartans moved quickly down the field and Lewerke hit Felton Davis on a 33-yard touchdown pass to tie the game with 3:50 left in the half. Neither team could manage anything further as the half ended with the score tied at 14.

To begin the second half, each team punted the ball before MSU moved 91 yards on a 10-play drive capped off by an L. J. Scott three-yard touchdown pass to give the Spartans a 21–14 lead. Penn State, looking to answer, stalled on their next drive at the MSU eight yard line and settled for a field goal to reduce the lead to 21–17. Following a Spartan punt, McSorley hit a wide-open DeAndre Thompkins on a 70-yard touchdown pass to take a 24–21 lead as the third quarter expired. The Spartans, again given good field position due to a PSU personal foul on the kickoff, answered on their next possession. The drive sputtered at the PSU 14, and Matt Coghlin kicked a 32-yard field goal to tie the game at 24. McSorley was intercepted on the next PSU possession, but the Spartans were forced to punt. Looking to take the lead, the Lions moved to the Spartan 31 yard line, but McSorley's pass fell incomplete on fourth down with 4:05 remaining in regulation. MSU moved methodically down the field and on third down from the Lion 27 yard line, Lewerke's pass to Cody White fell incomplete appearing to end the drive. However, PSU was called for roughing Lewerke on the play to give the Spartans a first down at the PSU 22. With time running out, MSU maneuvered to the Lion 16 yard line to set up Coghlin for the game-winning field goal as time expired, giving MSU the 27–24 win.

Brian Lewerke threw for 400 yards for the second consecutive game, the first Spartan ever to do that and only the third Big Ten quarterback to accomplish that feat in the last 20 years. The game completed at 7:03 EDT, some seven hours and three minutes after the start. The win left MSU in the driver's seat in the Big Ten East with only loss and facing Ohio State, also with one loss, the next week.

Ohio State

MSU traveled to Columbus to take on Ohio State with a chance to move into sole possession of first place in the Big Ten East division. However, Ohio State would have none of that, blowing out the Spartans 48–3, the worst lost by MSU under head coach Mark Dantonio. The Buckeyes scored touchdowns on five of their first six possessions to take a commanding 35–0 lead before halftime. OSU rushed for 335 yards against MSU's defense, the most allowed by a defense at MSU under Dantonio. Meanwhile, the Spartan offense struggled mightily as well, rushing for only 64 yards while amassing only 195 yards of total offense. A Matt Coghlin field goal as the first half expired marked the Spartans only points of the game. The Buckeyes would add a touchdown and two field goals in the second half to end any realistic shot the Spartans had at the Big Ten Championship. The loss left the Spartans at 7–3 on the season and 5–2 in Big Ten play with two games remaining.

Maryland

Following the worst loss under head coach Mark Dantonio, the Spartans returned home for Senior Day against Maryland. On a rainy day that often turned to snow, both offenses struggled. However, on MSU's first possession of the game, the Spartans moved 69 yards on 11 plays as L.J. Scott capped the drive with a two-yard touchdown run to give the Spartans the early 7–0 lead. MSU added to the lead early in the second quarter as Brian Lewerke scored on a 25-yard run to increase the lead to 14–0. MSU continued to dominate the game moving inside the Terrapin 10 yard line on their next possession, but a Gerald Holmes fumble was recovered by Maryland at their own one-yard line to end the drive. As MSU's defense dominated Maryland in the first half, the Spartans took a 14–0 lead at the half.

Late in the third quarter, MSU added to the lead again on a Matt Coghlin field goal to move the lead to 17–0. Rain and snow continued to hamper both offenses as neither team could manage much offense. Maryland finally got on the board in the fourth quarter, scoring on a four-yard run by Lorenzo Harrison to reduce the lead to 17–7. A missed field goal on the next Maryland possession gave the Spartans the ball as they were able to run out the clock for a 17–7 win.

The win moved the Spartans to 8–3 on the season and 6–2 in the Big Ten. However, a win by Ohio State that day eliminated MSU from the Big Ten Championship. MSU outgained Maryland 291–204 while MSU's offense rushed for 271 yards in the game with L. J. Scott accounting for 147 of the MSU rushing yards. Brian Lewerke struggled on the day, completing only two of 14 attempts for 20 yards.

Rutgers

On the final day of the regular season, the Spartans travelled to New Jersey to take on Rutgers, the team against which MSU tallied its lone conference win from the prior year. MSU started fast scoring on their first possession as Brian Lewerke hit Connor Heyward from seven yards out for the early 7–0 lead. On the ensuing Rutgers possession, MSU forced a fumble on the first play which was recovered by Andrew Dowell at the Rutgers eight yard line. The Spartans were unable to get into the end zone, however, and settled for a Matt Coghlin 26-yard field goal. Following a Scarlet Knight punt, MSU again moved deep into Rutgers territory, but again could not punch the ball in and settled for another 26-yard field goal and a 13–0 lead. Rutgers answered on their next possession early in the second quarter on a 42-yard touchdown pass to pull within 13–7. The Spartans were able to add another Coghlin field goal to take a 16–7 lead at the half.

Another field goal led off the third quarter for the Spartans as they took a 19–7 lead with five minutes remaining in the third. On MSU's next drive, the Spartans went 60 yards and 12 plays in six minutes and finally scored another touchdown early in the fourth quarter as Gerald Holmes ran in from two yards out to increase the lead to 26–7. Following a Spartan interception, Brian Lewerke scored from three yards out on the next Spartan possession to push the lead to 33–7. Another interception preceded another touchdown, this a Madre London three-yard run as the Spartans pushed the score to 40–7 and ran away with the win.

The Spartan defense performed well, limiting Rutgers to 112 total yards, only five first downs, and forcing three turnovers. Meanwhile, MSU ran for 209 yards and threw for 222 in the rout. The win capped a turnaround season as the Spartans went from a 3–9 record in 2016 to 9–3 record with the win. The Spartans finished at 7–2 in the Big Ten in a tie for second place in the East division.

Holiday Bowl

Michigan State received an invitation to play Washington State in the 2017 Holiday Bowl. The appearance marked the Spartans first bowl appearance since playing in the College Football Playoffs during the 2015 season. Washington State was without its starting quarterback Luke Falk (injury) and its top two wide receivers (dismissed from team) for the game.

Neither team's offense started the game well with only the Cougars managing a field goal in the first quarter. In the second quarter, the game turned around for the Spartans. MSU scored the first touchdown of the game following a 16-play, 81 yard, 9:24 second drive that was capped off by a Brian Lewerke touchdown pass to Cody White. The touchdown gave the Spartans the lead 7–3, a lead they would never relinquish. Following a punt by WSU, the Spartans scored quickly on Lewerke's 49-yard touchdown pass to Felton Davis to increase the lead to 14–3. The Spartan defense again forced WSU to punt and MSU took over with 3:12 remaining in the half. The Spartans scored another touchdown, their third straight touchdown, on an L. J. Scott three-yard run to increase the lead to 21–3 at the half.

MSU kept the great play up in the second half, scoring their fourth touchdown on their fourth straight possession as Lewerke hit White again for a 10-yard touchdown as the lead ballooned to 28–3. WSU fumbled the ball on the ensuing possession and MSU capitalized as Lewerke moved MSU to the one yard line. However, Lewerke was forced to leave the game after being hit in the head on a rush. Senior quarterback Damian Terry replaced Lewerke and bowled his way in from six yards out to put the game out of reach at 35–3. WSU scored their first touchdown on their next possession, however, to draw within 25 at 35–10. Terry, still in the game for Lewerke was intercepted on the ensuing possession and WSU scored again narrowing the lead to 35–17 with 8:25 left in the game. Following a failed onside kick by the Cougars, Lewerke returned to the game to hand the ball off to L. J. Scott on four straight downs and Scott rushed for 46 yards, scoring from 28 yards out to push the lead to 42–17. A Spartan interception on the next WSU possession ensured the game would end with an MSU victory. Terry returned to the game on the final MSU possession, but the Spartans were forced to punt. The Cougars had one last gasp, but ran out of time as the Spartans cruised to the 42–17 victory.

The Spartans dominated the Cougars in the game, out-gaining them 440–296. MSU out-rushed WSU 227–24 in the game and controlled the ball for nearly 37 minutes. The win was the largest bowl victory in MSU history.

The win marked the 100th win at MSU for head coach Mark Dantonio, placing him second all-time in MSU history. The win was also the 10th on the season for the Spartans, their eighth 10-win season, sixth under Dantonio, in school history. Following the game, MSU running back L. J. Scott, who rushed the ball 18 times for 110 yards and two touchdowns, announced he would return to MSU for his senior season.

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A Brief Treatise on the Rules of Thrones 3.05: Kissed by Fire
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"That's not a fucking kiss!"
The choir goes off. The board is laid out thusly:
Lions of King's Landing: Tyrion Lannister, Cersei Lannister, Tywin Lannister
Lions of Harrenhal: Jaime Lannister
Dragons of Yunkai: Daenerys Targaryen
Direwolves of the Wall: Jon Snow
Direwolves of Riverrun: Robb Stark, Catelyn Stark
Bears of Yunkai: Jorah Mormont
Mockingbirds of King's Landing: Petyr Baelish
The Boat, Davos Seaworth
The Burning Heart, King Stannis Baratheon
Roses of King's Landing: Margery Tyrell
Tigers of Riverrun: Talia Stark
Direwolves of King's Landing: Sansa Stark
The Direwolf, Arya Stark
The Stag, Gendry
Bows of the Wall: Ygritte
The Dogs, Sandor Clegane
Winterfell is abandoned and in ruins.
The episode is in parts. The first runs four minutes and is set in the Riverlands. The opening image is of Thoros of Myr stepping into frame as he calls upon the Lord of Light. It features the death of Berric Dondarion, his head cut in half by the Hound. It doesn't take.
The second runs six minutes and is set north of the Wall. The transition is by family, from Arya Stark to Jon Snow.
The third runs one minute and is set in the Riverlands. The transition is by family, from Jon Snow to Arya Stark.
The fourth runs three minutes and is set in Harrenhal. The transition is by region, remaining in the Riverlands.
The fifth runs three minutes and is in two sections; it is set in King's Landing. The first section is one minute long; the transition is by family, from Jaime to Cersei Lannister, and also from Harrenhal to its lord. The second section is twominutes long; the transition is by family, from Cersei to Tyrion Lannister, and from talking about the Tyrells to Olenna.
The sixth part runs two minutes and is set in the Riverlands. The transition is by hard cut, from Tyrion eating sheepishly to Gendry smithing.
The seventh runs five minutes and is set in Riverrun. The transition is by region.
The eighth runs three minutes and is set in the Riverlands. The transition is by family, from Robb to Arya Stark, region, the image of fire, and dialogue, with Arya and Thoros discussing Robb.
The ninth runs five minutes and is set on Dragonstone. The transition is by dialogue, from Thoros and Berric discussing the Lord of Light to Selyse praying.
The tenth runs six minutes and is set in Harrenhal. The transition is by hard cut, from Selyse holding the ship Davos made her to Brienne in the bath.
The eleventh runs two minutes and is set in Dragonstone. The transition is by hard cut, from a spasming Jaime to Davos asleep.
The twelfth runs five minutes and is set outside Yunkai. The transition is by dialogue, from Shireen talking about the Targaryens to Daenerys's camp.
The thirteenth runs two minutes and is set in Riverrun. The transition is by hard cut, from Barristan to Robb's battle plans.
The fourteenth runs seven minutes and is in two sections; it is set in King's Landing. The first section runs four minutes; the transition is by family, from Robb to Sansa Stark. The second section runs three minutes; the transition is by dialogue, from Petyr talking to Sansa to Tywin, Cersei, and Tyrion reacting to the news that Sansa is to wed Loras. The final image is of Tyrion and Cersei sulking around a table as they realize they have not completed a Full Web.
Inasmuch as individual episode quality matters at this deep a point in the game – and the transition to where it must be judged almost entirely on the level of individual scenes is nearly complete – this is a disjointed filler episode capped by what may well be the single most pointless cliffhanger in the entire history of play. What is most notable, then, is the level of thematic focus demonstrated; fully eight of the fourteen scenes can be credibly argued to be about the notion of fire This is not, of course, some strenuous task of theming any more than managing to talk about ice in eight scenes would be. If anything it's easier, since there's not an ice-based counterpart to R'hllor, who's ultimately responsible for the lion's share of the fire here between Dragonstone and the Brotherhood Without Banners. But it's still a remarkable level of thematic unity conjured up almost out of nowhere for teh episode.
Two things stand out, then. The first is that the actual title drop comes not from any of the R'hllor scenes, nor from the next most obvious source of fire discussions, Daenerys, but from Ygritte, who notes that the phrase is used to describe red-haired wildlings. It would be tempting to call this the bawdiest title in series history, given that, except the most emphasized kissing is not so much by fire as to fire. But even without that, it sits awkwardly as a choice of titles. It's not that Jon and Ygritte's relationship is unimportant to the narrative. Far from it, it constitutes the extent of Jon's plot this season, although this fact can fairly be called its own problem. Rather, it's the way in which Ygritte is presented here. Her most interesting moment – her assertion that having sex is something they should do – is a minor throwaway. Instead the scene focuses on things like the utterly cringeworthy transition from "you know nothing Jon Snow" to Jon going down on her, or the awkward and more than slightly slut-shaming joke scene of her recounting her partners after.
Whats more troubling, however, is the underlying parallel between Ygritte and the character most conspicuously and tangibly absent from an episode about fire, Melisandre. As is often the case when characters sit out an episode she is involved indirectly, with essentially everything that happens at Dragonstone being about her. And this is effective – her absence and the lack of much of anything for Stannis to do at this moment in the plot allows things to breathe, finally giving a place for Selyse and Shireen to enter the narrative. Shireen, in particular, is a revelation in terms of Stannis, finally giving Stephen Dillane his first opportunity to be funny as he awkwardly tells her to forget about Davos. (Also, Selyse's dead baby shrine is astonishingly delicately poised between horror and bathos.) The problem is ultimately one of comparison – the realization that Melisandre, like Ygritte, is in many ways a character who exists purely to add complications to a male character's plot by giving him awkward boners. (The obvious point of comparison here is of course Margery, who is just as sexual a character as Ygritte or Melisandre, if not moreso, but who is in no way most interesting because of the boners she gives.)
As for the other main source of fire, the Brotherhood Without Banners, Arya gets what is basically her best material of the season here in her haunted and brooding reaction to Berric's resurrection and its implications. Thoros's heartbreakingly sad "I don't think it works that way, child" is magnificent, not least for the humility and lack of knowledge on Thoros's part. The low-magic nature of Westeros has always been a key part of the story, but this is the first time that we've really seen its strangeness emphasized; it's something that even the people practicing it don't entirely understand. Also brilliant: Arya's angry, contemptuous glare at the fact that magic is just as unjust as everything else.
Elsewhere is Jaime finally telling his side of the whole "Kingslayer" thing in full, in a bravura performance from both Coster-Waldau and Christie. The former gets the obvious bits, mixing swagger and helpless frustration fascinatingly, but it is in many ways the latter who is most impressive, her eyes widening in astonished horror at the magnitude of the tale. (Unrelated to fire, but also charming, Roose Bolton's relish in leaving Jaime in suspense over the events of the Blackwater, doubly funny when you realize that he's already allied with the Lannisters and is just fucking with Jaime for the fun of it.)
Indeed, and perhaps fittingly, it's only when things get away from the title theme that things get dubious. Rickard Karstark, who hasn't appeared in the last two episodes, suddenly bursts in to murder the two random Lannister cousins. Then Robb executes him in a fit of pique. Obviously this is part and parcel of a larger story about Robb's failures and how they catch up to him, and in that regard Robb, for really the first time, actually looks and feels like the young boy playing king of the novels, but in terms of the show it's utterly unmotivated, feeling more as though all sense of competence has simply vanished from the character. Worse, it's not entirely clear anyone has decided on what Robb's flaw is here. Is he meant to be reckless and disregarding of advice, as when he rejects the unanimous council not to execute Karstark? Hotheaded and emotional, as when he screams angrily afterwards? Or just the vindictive jerk who gives the order to execute the watchman last "so he can watch?" Perhaps the answer is all of the above, but if so it's a level of utter incompetence we've not seen the character display before.
The larger problem, though, is that this is simply something that happens to characters periodically: they abruptly lose their "being good at stuff" abilities so as to avoid allowing the plot to inadvertently advance. By and large it happens to Tyrion this season as well, with his setback following the Blackwater quietly coinciding with the apparent end of his ability to actually do things. As Master of Coin it feels like he really ought to be capable of doing more than getting kicked around by Olenna, and yet it's hard to honestly say he's had a plot in these first five episodes. And by any measure the decision to end with a cliffhanger of Tyrion and Cersei sitting awkwardly in the small council chamber is, forgive me, a complete misfire.
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"She 'ad red 'air."
I don't really recognise that description of Melisandre. Even considering her solely in terms of her significance to Stannis, sex seems a pretty small part of what's going on there. And overall, wouldn't it be truer to say that Stannis exists purely to supply a dummy protagonist for Melisandre's mythology?
February 8, 2016 @ 1:46 pm
Also, in as much as boner-giving is a major aspect of Melisandre's character, surely it's less about her interaction with Stannis in particular than about her toolbox for dealing with the male world in general, and about her impact on the male (or otherwise lady-fancying) audience. There's a distinct repertoire of unsettlingness and psychological connotation pertaining to sexy witches that doesn't apply with unsexy ones.
February 8, 2016 @ 12:46 pm
On Robb, I don't see this as such an incongruous breakdown of character consistency, given that it fits into such a long sequence of comparable cock-ups from the start of season 2 onwards (i.e. since very shortly after he took on a leadership role in the first place). Trusting Theon, breaking his marriage contract, failing to brief Edmure, imagining for one moment that he can get Walder Frey genuinely back onside – they're all about failing to accommodate the predictable responses of his putative allies/followers, because he fails to anticipate them and/or knowingly prioritises emotion over calculation. (He has related difficulties with Cat (releasing Jaime), and with the snake-faced UXB that is Roose Bolton, but he really had no means of averting what happened with Cat, while I'm not sure there was a good answer to the Bolton question.)
The running theme throughout is that he never really puts a foot wrong in playing the war-game against his acknowledged enemies, but is chronically accident-prone when it comes to managing those actually, notionally or potentially on his side. All he really has going for him there is charisma (yes, I know, but in theory), and the point is that the combination of that with a gift for abstract generalship are enough to give you a good run, but not enough to win. He differs from his father, but neither is a politician.
Which doesn't mean that this is not a clumsy, and pointless addition to the gallery of failures, or even that the overall scheme is all that clearly thought through. But it's not a great departure from how he has been presented previously, nor from what he signifies.
Oh, and answers on a postcard please to my Jaime plot-hole conundrum: what happened to all the sodding wildfire?
I mean, even if we accept it as psychologically credible that he would refuse to tell anyone why he killed Aerys out of some kind of bizarre self-lacerating petulance (which I don't), how could he avoid it? The whole object of the exercise was to protect the city from the multiple caches of potent and volatile incendiaries stashed all over it – wouldn't he need to make sure the stuff got cleared away, rather than leaving it sitting there to get accidentally ignited next time someone's cooking-fire got out of control in the wrong part of town? Which would surely involve telling people they were there, and hence how they got there. (If merely keeping his mouth shut seems unlikely, making elaborate arrangements for their laborious and covert removal and disposal through some secret conspiracy of helpers somehow sworn to silence, just so that he can avoid admitting to saving the city, would be entirely beyond the bounds of credibility.) And if he was inclined to keep silent because he didn't think anyone would believe his story, wouldn't all the wildfire caches constitute rather compelling material evidence?
Also, given that he didn't tell anyone, is all the wildfire in fact still there?
liminal fruitbat
In the books it is: during the preparations for the Battle of the Blackwater Hallyne tells Tyrion they found a large cache of wildfire they had no idea existed.
As I recall, the alchemists also state in the book that production of wild fire had gotten easier recently, and it's strongly implied that this is due to the existence of living dragons in the world, even as far away as they are.
Dadalama
I think I've proven myself to be dreadfully immature.
All the talk of boners, and I read the first line of the fourth paragraph as "As for the other main source of fire, the Brotherhood Without Boners,". I giggled like a child.
Speaking of boners:
I've been thinking about what Ygritte said to Jon Snow about how she knew he was still holding to his vows after their special time in the cave, and it's got me wondering… did he know where to put it after all? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

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Amzed Hossein (M. A., Ph. D.) is currently Professor of English and Dean of Students' Welfare at Aliah University. He completed his PhD on the poetry of Ted Hughes at IIT, Kharagpur, in 1993. He had an opportunity to meet Ted Hughes in 1989, and his interview with Ted Hughes is available at http://ann.skea.com/AsiaFestivalInterview.html. He has participated in national and international seminars in India and abroad. His areas of interest are contemporary British poetry, Utopian Literature, Indian Writing in English, and the process of emergence of cultural modernity among the Muslims in Bengal. His publications include The Poetry of Ted Hughes: History Myth Identity (2014), The Mohsin Endowment and the Progress of Education in Colonial Bengal (2015), and a collection of Bengali essays entitled Nirikshan: Sahitya o Sanskriti (2011). He has edited Sultana's Dream by Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain (2011), Bijnan Rachana Sankalan, an anthology of essays (in Bengali) on Popular Science by Qudrat-i-Khuda (2012), Colonial Discourse, Islam and Cultural Reform: The Essays of Delawarr Hosaen Ahmed Meerza (2016), and another bilingual anthology of works on Hazi Muhammad Mohsin (2015). He has also translated into English short stories of Bangla Dalit and Muslim women authors.


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Home Office will 'make changes' to gay asylum process
Nick Duffy October 26, 2014
Theresa May (Matt Cardy/Getty Images)
The Home Office has agreed to make a number of changes to the way that asylum claims from gay people are handled, after a report exposed several shortcomings.
Sir John Vine, the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration, released a report this week recommending reform, after a thorough review of the handling of asylum seekers who claim to be gay, lesbian or bisexual.
Home Secretary Theresa May ordered the review in March, after The Observer published a leaked report claiming that asylum seekers continue to face degrading "interrogations" about their sex lives by Home Office staff, who often asked questions sterotyping gay people.
The Chief Inspector found a fifth of interviews conducted by caseworkers stereotyped gay people, and a tenth contained questions of an unsatisfactory nature.
He also raised concern about treatment of sexual identity cases in the Detained Fast Track (DFT) process, with graphic photographs of sexual acts accepted as evidence of sexuality.
The Home Office has since responded to the report, accepting seven of his eight recommendations.
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The response said: We are grateful to the Chief Inspector for highlighting shortcomings in some of the questioning at screening and the substantive asylum interview.
"We are also grateful to the Chief Inspector for highlighting some inconsistency in the handling of explicit material submitted by claimants and issues related to the quality of management information in sexual orientation cases.
"We agree with all of these points and are putting measures in place to address them.
"The Home Office accepts all eight of the Chief Inspector's recommendations, seven in full and one in part.
"We are committed to treating all asylum claimants with respect and dignity and we will continue to improve on current practice in this area.
"The revised asylum instruction, currently in draft, makes it clear that stereotyping is inappropriate.
"[It makes] it absolutely clear that there are no circumstances in which it will be appropriate to initiate questions of a sexually explicit nature, and attempts to guide decision makers on responding to claimants who volunteer sexually explicit information."
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It's been almost 23 years since the first BON JOVI album saw the light of the day and reached the US Top 40. From that point every album composed by the Jon Bon Jovi/Ritchie Sambora collaboration climbed the first places of the major Top selling charts. It is also known that Slippery When Wet became the biggest selling album in 1987, selling 9 million copies. In the late 80s the band embarked on a huge tour lasting almost 16 months eventually exhausting BON JOVI and leading them to silence. 1992 was marked the return of the New Jersey band that released Keep The Faith presenting a very different look away from hairspray, long hairs and tight jeans. The year is 2007 and BON JOVI return with the successor to the quite successful Have A Nice Day released in 2005.
There has been a small argue throughout the music media regarding the country influences found in Lost Highway. The album opener is far for being the up-tempo and uplifting song like Have A Nice Day or Bounce. The clean guitar arpeggios, the bottleneck guitar and some banjo tunes create a driving melody while Jon sings having a lower pitch than usual. The first signs of distortion come with the second track Summertime. It is rather a mediocre song with a happy main melody, a pretty groovy rhythm and a disappointing guitar solo taking into account Sambora's rich past.
The first video out of the new album is the ballad Make A Memory where Jon delivers his warm and powerful vocals while Sambora presents some nice leads and fills. Whole Lot Of Leaving brings the country influences in front with a lot of sliding and a clean rhythm guitar. We Got It Going On is a more of a classic BON JOVI song with groovy uplifting rhythm, the classic voicebox during the solo and a catchy sing-along chorus. Any Other Day is nothing really special apart from the good old recipe with Sambora's solo and Jon's vocals. Seat Next To You is a mellow ballad that in some strange way reminds me of QUEENSRYCHE's Silent Lucidity which is the only good thing I could say about this track. Everybody's Broken is nothing special while Stranger features the strongest country influences of the album; to top things off there is a guest appearance of Mrs. Le Ann Rimes with the classic female country voice. Last Night comprises nothing more than a catchy chorus while One Step Closer and I Love The Town continue on the new BON JOVI path through the country territory.
If you're looking for another classic BON JOVI album then take a step back! This is merely a rock album with a country atmosphere all over it that makes too difficult to get used to (at least for me). I'd prefer this album would be under the JON BON JOVI moniker as a solo release because it would abate my disappointment. This album is so non rock that it makes questionable its presence in the Metal Temple site.


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Will a Reconfigured Supreme Court Help Obama's Clean-Power Plan Survive?
A sudden vacancy scrambles the prospects for the administration's climate-change rules.
By Robinson Meyer
A worker clears snow from the Supreme Court after the blizzard this January. (Joshua Roberts / Reuters)
The death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia on Saturday sets up a battle between the White House and the Senate over who will nominate a new associate justice—a dispute over governing norms and constitutional imperatives, played out in the most powerful republic in the world.
The outcome of that fight could also exert unusual influence over the health of the planet and the survival of its natural systems. For although Scalia's death has already changed the outlook for a number of cases now in front of the Supreme Court, it will also alter the shape of one that will soon arrive: the legal battle over the Clean Power Plan.
The Clean Power Plan is the new set of Environmental Protection Agency regulations that anchors the Obama administration's climate-change policy. It seeks to guide local utilities away from coal-fired electricity generation, and toward renewable energy and natural gas, a change that the Department of Energy says will forestall hundreds of millions of tons of greenhouse-gas emissions. The plan's survival—and its entry into law—could decide the fate of the Paris Agreement, the first international treaty to mitigate climate change. For a case that will ultimately turn on administrative law, it's hard to imagine the stakes being much higher.
It had already been a busy week for the Clean Power Plan. On Tuesday, the Supreme Court ruled 5-4 that the rules should neither be implemented nor enforced until the high court itself heard their opponents' case. This was itself unprecedented: Never before had the Supreme Court stayed a set of regulations before a federal court even heard the initial case about them.
This was an ominous sign for the regulations. "One has to conclude that five justices have decided that the rule must go," said Seth Jaffe, the former president of the American College of Environmental Lawyers.
But Scalia's death could change all that. Now there are only four justices who have telegraphed their opposition to the rules. Could the Clean Power Plan now survive, after all?
There are two questions to ask when gaming out the future of this particular case. First, would the Court revisit its stay on the rule, allowing the EPA to proceed to implement the regulations? And second, if the Court does hear the case about the Clean Power Plan, could its new membership change its decision?
As to the first, no legal expert I talked to thought the now-smaller Court was likely to annul its stay.
"There is currently no reason to assume the Court will revisit the stay order," said Richard Lazarus, an environmental-law professor at Harvard University and a veteran of oral arguments at the Court, in an email. "It is final as voted on by the full Court at the time and is not subject to revisiting any more than any other ruling by the Court before the Justice's passing."
The second question is more complicated. The terms of the Court's stay were broad: It ordered that the Clean Power Plan could only enter into force after the Court itself ruled; or if the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals heard its case (as it is scheduled to do this summer) and the Supreme Court declined to hear the inevitable appeal.
In the language of the Court, taking up a case is "granting a writ of certiorari," often shortened to "granting cert." Unlike in a decision on a case, in which five justices determine how the court rules, only four justices need to vote to grant cert in a case. Most experts thought it was likely that the Court—whatever its makeup—would eventually hear the case.
Then things get more complicated.
"The Senate Republicans have already made it clear that they will not confirm anyone President Obama nominates. So it could fall to the next President to name the next justice. And that makes even higher the stakes in the next presidential election," said Michael Gerrard, a law professor at Columbia University and the director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, in an email.
"If no Obama appointee is confirmed, and if Hillary Clinton or Bernie Sanders is the next President, the next Justice will presumably join the liberal wing of the court, and there is a good chance that he or she would vote to uphold the Clean Power Plan," he told me. "That of course assumes that nominee gets confirmed before the case is decided; this could well be a massive and protracted confirmation battle, given the high stakes for so many areas of law."
If a Republican wins the White House, their Supreme Court nominee would almost certainly join the Supreme Court's conservative wing. That justice would be unlikely to vote to support the Clean Power Plan—but it wouldn't matter, because no remaining Republican candidate supports Obama's climate policies, anyway, so they'd likely be reversed administratively.
There's some possibility that the Supreme Court could hear the Clean Power Plan case before a ninth justice is appointed. If it then split 4-4, the D.C. circuit's ruling would stand. But sources cautioned this was less likely.
"The earliest the Supreme Court could possibly hear it for oral argument would likely be next February or March, and it could possibly not be until the following October depending on how long the [D.C. circuit] decision takes," said Lazarus. He added that if there is still no ninth justice at that time, the Court might opt to delay certain arguments and rulings until there is a full bench.
There's one more wrinkle to all this, Gerrard added. "Several states that litigated against the Clean Power Plan are now considering whether to undertake planning under the plan despite the stay, and it will be interesting to see whether this development influences the thinking of some of these states," he said. If it does, that means many of the rule's effects could enter force as prudent local utilities engage in cost-benefit analysis, even if the rule itself does not.
Ultimately, the opening of a new slot on the Supreme Court makes the Clean Power Plan's survival much likelier—if a Democrat wins the White House in November. The Plan might also enter force if a Court with a vacant seat hears its case. But then the country will have other problems.


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Q: Django output html time is 8 hours ahead of database time I'm very new to Django and I've been learning the framework from the book "Practical django Projects" (the book teaches us to write a cms).  My code runs fine, but I have time problem with the get_absolute_url function below.  It's actually outputting the link 8 hours ahead of the time saved in my database. I used python shell to look at the saved time in the database and the time saved in the admin interface, they are all correct.  But when I use the get_absolute_url func below to generate the link in browser, it becomes 8 hours ahead and throws the day off.  I set the correct zone in my Django setting file.  I cannot figure out what's wrong.
How I can fix this (I'm using sqlite3 for my database, Django 1.4.1)?
Here is my code for the Entry class:
import datetime

from django.db import models
from django.contrib.auth.models import User

from tagging.fields import TagField
from markdown import markdown
from django.conf import settings
from django.utils.encoding import smart_str

class Entry(models.Model):

live = LiveEntryManager()
objects = models.Manager()
#define constant options
LIVE_STATUS = 1
DRAFT_STATUS = 2
HIDDEN_STATUS = 3
STATUS_CHOICES = (
    (LIVE_STATUS, 'Live'),
    (DRAFT_STATUS,'Draft'),
    (HIDDEN_STATUS, 'Hidden'),
    )
#adding features to admin interface
class Meta:
    ordering = ['-pub_date']
    verbose_name_plural = "Entries"
#define model fields:
title = models.CharField(max_length=250)
excerpt = models.TextField(blank=True) #It's ok to not add anything for this field
body = models.TextField()
pub_date = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now())
slug = models.SlugField(unique_for_date='pub_date')

enable_comments = models.BooleanField(default=True)
featured = models.BooleanField(default=False)
status = models.IntegerField(choices=STATUS_CHOICES, default=LIVE_STATUS)
#HTML
excerpt_html = models.TextField(editable=False, blank=True)
body_html = models.TextField(editable=False, blank=True)
#third party:
tag = TagField()
#relationship fields:
categories = models.ManyToManyField(Category)
author = models.ForeignKey(User)
#define methods:
def save(self, force_insert=False, force_update=False):#modify the model.save() method
    self.body_html = markdown(self.body)
    if self.excerpt:
        self.excerpt_html = markdown(self.excerpt)#from excerpt field to excerpt_html
    super(Entry, self).save(force_insert, force_update)
def get_absolute_url(self):
    return "%s" % self.pub_date.strftime("year:%Y/day:%d/hour:%H/minute:%M/second:%S")
#@models.permalink
#def get_absolute_url(self):
    #return ('coltrane_entry_detail', (), {'year': self.pub_date.strftime("%Y"),
                                          'month': self.pub_date.strftime("%b").lower(),
                                          'day': self.pub_date.strftime("%d"),
                                          'slug': self.slug})
def __unicode__(self):
    return self.title

This is my entry_archive.html:
{% extends "base_entries.html"%}

{%block title%}{{block.super}} | Latest entries{% endblock %}

{% block content %}
{% for entry in latest %}

{{entry.title}}

Published on {{ entry.pub_date|date:"F j P s, Y" }}

{% if entry.excerpt_html%}
    {{entry.excerpt_html|safe}}
{% else %}
    {{entry.body_html|truncatewords_html:"50"|safe}}
{% endif%}

Read full entry ...

{% endfor %}
{%endblock%}

{%block whatis%}

This is a list of the latest {{latest.count}} entries published in my blog.

{% endblock %}

I couldn't post screenshot because i'm a new user.  {{ entry.pub_date|date:"F j P s, Y" }} in my html give me correct time:  December 28 11:24 a.m. 45, 2012.  But {{entry.get_absolute_url}} gives me year:2012/day:28/hour:19/minute:24/seconds:45
I add the () to pub_date = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now()) as you guys suggested, but the result is still the same(the book actually suggests not to add () ).  The thing troubles me is that {{ entry.pub_date|date:"F j P s, Y" }} gives me the correct time on my html, but {{entry.get_absolute_url}} is 8 hours ahead.  I set my setting.py time zone to TIME_ZONE = 'America/Los_Angeles'.  Thanks for all the quick response, but this is killing me...

A: change the following:
pub_date = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)

to Either
pub_date = models.DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now())

or
pub_date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

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You hand the former back to Leon, and he concentrates again.
Leon: "Yeah, definitely. Have to be careful with the uh, bullets. Make sure they don't explode inside the gun.
Here. This has a spell attached."
He hands you another red bullet, and you confirm that it does have a fireball spell attached.
Frederic: "Wai-wai-wait. Throw it that way."
You were going to throw it at the nearby wall in the narrower direction, but Frederic points down the long way of the training field, far away from anyone. You nod, then turn and fire the bullet down the far way. It starts dropping by the time it hits the wall, but still has enough momentum to crack against the wall.
Immediately, the bullet bursts into a fierce fireball, billowing out and upwards, significantly larger than either of the two previous bullets. Even from the other end of the field, you feel the heat of the flames before the dissipate.
A couple cheers come from the adjacent training field.
Frederic: "Wow. That's pretty impressive for a bullet."
Leon: "Those bullets are packed with more mana than you'd normally use for that fireball spell. Normally it'd be stupid and unstable to put that much into a fireball, could blow up in your face. But it looks like the mana only gets charged into the spell when the bullet breaks, so it's fine."
"Neat. Wonder how I'm supposed to fire these out of a gun without blowing myself up."
Karina: "Maybe you could coat them with something so they don't break?"
"Hm. Maybe some sort of durable but highly flammable material. Gets ignited after firing, burns away in flight. I'll have to look into it.
Since wolves are a non-option for a while, what're we goin' after for hunting? Would probably be good to train for that, so we don't have any nasty surprises like with the wolfbeast."
Frederic: "Well there's that other island around Madosa, the one with the earth and water sprites. Not great money, but a good first experience with magic-based monsters."
Leon: "The guild probably has some requests for materials gathering, but we'd have to travel a ways for most of that. The islands are kind of plain in terms of resources and threats here in the center of the sky."
Karina: "I bet there's jobs back in Belus for adventurers. We could go home to the capital, stock up and find some work there. And papa would let us stay for a bit if there's nothing to do."
Leon: "Hm. I bet I could get something out of the professors at the Wizard academy, but uh, I'm kinda playing hookie from there right now. So, that's out."
Frederic: "Karina's idea isn't bad. It's planting season down in Melgard, that brings out all the unpleasant little beasts and monsters that need to be beaten back. We could almost certainly find work to clear out kobold dens or something if we go to some smaller towns away from the capital."
"Karina's the one that wanted to go adventuring, so I guess I'm fine with wherever she wants. Need to do some preparations beforehand, though."
Leon: "I'm good with that.
Er. It just occurred to me, how did you two get up here from Belus?"
Frederic: "Tagged along on our ship with some armed merchants heading north. I swatted some grumpy birds and helped with some heavy lifting, and they made sure we were safe.
We should look for something like that again if we want to go south again. What kind of preparations did you need, Gram?"
"Get my gear in order, and enough ammo for a long haul. Unlike you guys, I have to recharge my firepower at a shop, so gotta stock up and make sure everything's in working order."
Frederic: "Right. There're stores down there of course, and an adventurer's guild presence, but if you're gonna stock up then there's no better place than Madosa, is there?
I should go ask around for southbound travelers if that's our plan, you never know when a convoy will ship out. If there's one available, anyone object to leaving today?"
"There's a few stuff I want to look into before heading out, so leaving today is kinda rushing it."
Frederic: "Got it, tomorrow at the earliest."
The adventurer's academy probably has the best magic-focused library around here. Frederic and Karina take off for the docks, and as you make to head over to the academy, Leon stops you.
Leon: "Hey, Gram, were you going to go stock up on ammo now? Like special magic ammo?"
"I was going to look into autonomous spell generation and attachment and mana polarization first, see if there's some sort of system I can rig up to get a useful element on these bullets. Special magic ammo after that, yes, along with regular ammo."
Leon: "Oh, ok. Mind if I tag along then? I do have some formal education in magic. I'm interested in those magic bullets too, it's an interesting concept."


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Symphony of Light" – Soundtrack – AMNH 2012
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After a great dosis of inspiration courtesy of the Alexander McQueen exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, I started thinking about the role of music and its emotional effect on three-dimensional storytelling. I started to wonder how to create music to really immerse yourself on a story and on a place that is so obviously theatrical. How could we make our visitors feel this show, instead of think it?
Shaping the Symphony of Light
We had six sections in the show, each with a strong set of characters, immersive design and interactive dynamics. We needed six movements in our symphony, each one of which would tell you the story of our "Creatures of Light".
I sat in front of the show's floor-plan and started imagining what the space would tell us about the creatures. What were these creatures doing by lighting up? What was the mood set by the space? What types of interactives were we developing to tell these stories and what was the feeling each one of these conveyed? I started drawing the areas covered by each movement –specifying major/minor chords and the pace- depending on the emotions I wanted to convey and the dynamics created by the interactive pieces.
At this point I brought Sarah Galloway to collaborate on the project. Sarah is not only a great storyteller but a wonderful musician as well. We listened to our favorite classic pieces to look for inspiration and sat with our instruments to compare notes on moods and paces. Finally, once we knew what we wanted, we hired Tom Phillips, a talented composer that would finally be the real artist in this project. We discussed the piece for hours, listening to Prokofiev, Stravinski and the other russians to understand the level of passion we wanted to convey. Sarah, who has created soundscapes for videos for years, proposed some environmental sounds to it, so we would also convey more of the creature's real contexts. We analyzed every note of the music to avoid cuteness or sappiness, a great risk when you talk about mating or death, both important themes in the life of every bioluminescent creature.
The Sections
Fireflies –Enchanted Evening
The first section of the show was about how fireflies communicate to mate. A pattern of light serves both males and females to identify each other, flirt and pick. Fireflies live for two years, but it is not until the last two weeks of their lives that they light to mate. It is a summer-night fertile dialogue. Thinking about this made me want to hear happy music. Something cheerful and sweet, with major chords and an allegro pace. It needed to feel like a burst of life.
Glow Worms –Things may not be what they seem
Bioluminescense in this section occurs in remote caves, where some tiny glow-worms create strings of luminescent gel to trap their prey. These caves are dark and silent and have internal rivers going through them. They are scary and magical at the same time. Silence and water are the natural sounds of this environment, so we made a quiet movement for it. Something that evoked mystery.
Dinoflagelates –A Sparkling Sea
This was one of the most important sections of the show. We designed the space to represent an interactive "lagoon" surrounded by mangroves where luminescent dinoflagelates –microscopic algae- glow at night. The section was inspired by a trip I made to Puerto Rico. I knew the feeling of wonder, magic, amazement that one would feel when bathing with the dinoflagelates, so I envisioned an interactive that allowed you to "swim" with these projected creatures and as for the music, I thought about something happy but quiet, something that invited you to have a slow dance. I had originally thought about major chords, but Tom's minor chords worked much better. It is a walz, and it completely transforms the experience. People dance in this section. They get lost in the magic of the interactive dinoflagelates, who respond to their movements. Read more about this experience here.
Coral Reefs –Altered Light
This section's design presents a huge projected coral reef, where fluorescent creatures glow at night. The dynamic of the interactive is exploratory. Visitors can only find the creatures by shooting UV light to the coral reef, so the music had to convey the mystery of the dark, an exploratory tone and the underwater nature of the environment. Tom diverged from his traditional classical instruments here and went for an obscure instrument that makes undulating sounds.
Jelly Fish –A glowing ballet
Jellies are both bioluminescent and fluorescent. They emit their own light and that light makes the fluorescent parts shine. It is a fantastic and mysterious creature. For this I wanted an adagio, something ballet-like that conveyed their fragility and the peacefulness of their movement and rhythmic light.
Predator & Prey –The Deep Ocean
This last section was about the different relationships between the creatures that live in that limbo of darkness that you find where both the surface and the ocean floor are miles away. Here, all kinds of strange creatures talk to each other, hunt each other and disguised themselves by using light. It was a place full of fear and drama. Sarah was making a video for this section, so the music needed to match the story. Of the movements, this is the most narrative.
Finally, we installed the symphony to play every movement in a loop, all of them simultaneously in each section of the gallery, for which each movement had to have the same length. Also, each movement needed ups and downs, and these needed to happen at the same time, so the sound would not travel through the gallery, overwhelming the other movements. It was a complex piece to install. We brought Russell Baird to the team (AV engineer) to help us spec the system and the installation.
American Museum of Natural History, 2012
"Creatures of Light" Exhibition
Classic Symphony in six movements
Helene Alonso, Sarah Galloway, Tom Phillips, Russell Baird.
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Q: sshd_config file configuration # HostKey for protocol version 1
#HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_key
# HostKeys for protocol version 2
#HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
#HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
#HostKey /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key

Can anyone explain what happens if we comment all the above hostkeys.

A: So on a test system I removed all HostKey the lines from my sshd_config.  Then killed the current sshd process and started it manually in debug mode with sshd -d.
The sshd daemon on my distribution appears to be be smart enough to attempt to read the keys under /etc/ssh/ if they have standard file names.  Even if you don't reference them with a HostKey directive.
But if you remove those lines and delete all the existing host keys, then you will not be able to connect with a remote client.
HostKeys config removed, keys deleted from /etc/ssh.
debug1: sshd version OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2
debug1: could not open key file '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key': No such file or directory
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_rsa_key
debug1: could not open key file '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key': No such file or directory
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_dsa_key
debug1: could not open key file '/etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key': No such file or directory
Could not load host key: /etc/ssh/ssh_host_ecdsa_key
debug1: rexec_argv[0]='/usr/sbin/sshd'
debug1: rexec_argv[1]='-d'
Set /proc/self/oom_score_adj from 0 to -1000
debug1: Bind to port 22 on 0.0.0.0.
Server listening on 0.0.0.0 port 22.
debug1: Bind to port 22 on ::.
Server listening on :: port 22.
debug1: Server will not fork when running in debugging mode.
debug1: rexec start in 5 out 5 newsock 5 pipe -1 sock 8
debug1: inetd sockets after dupping: 3, 3
# incoming client connection
Connection from 127.0.0.1 port 44636
debug1: Client protocol version 2.0; client software version OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2
debug1: match: OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2 pat OpenSSH*
debug1: Enabling compatibility mode for protocol 2.0
debug1: Local version string SSH-2.0-OpenSSH_6.0p1 Debian-4+deb7u2
debug1: permanently_set_uid: 101/65534 [preauth]
debug1: list_hostkey_types:  [preauth]
No supported key exchange algorithms [preauth]
debug1: do_cleanup [preauth]
debug1: do_cleanup
debug1: Killing privsep child 45384

So to explain what is happening.  OpenSSH appears to have some hard coded defaults for Hostkeys.  If you don't provide any Hostkeys configuration, it will look for files at the standard location.  If it cannot find any, then it will still start, but no incoming connections will be possible.


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Ibeyi - Ash
Label: XL Recordings – XL870LP
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Genre: Rock, Pop
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Their first album, the eponymous Ibeyi, grappled with the past—the sister's relationship, origins, loss, and roots. It earned them fans and collaborators in some of the most iconic and crucial artists of today, Beyoncé and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre included. By contrast, Ash is a more visceral and potent political statement, and while firmly rooted in AfroCuban culture and history, finds itself entirely concerned with Ibeyi's present: Who Lisa-Kaindé and Naomi are, what's important to them, and how they live today, especially given that the spheres, both personally and politically, are entirely different from when Ibeyi was recorded. It's also a testament to their cathartic live performances, where they're able to transmute a vast array of emotions—sorrow, anger, sensuality, happiness—to and through their fans.
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Music » Local Music
Great Lakes Myth Society's Timothy Monger lights the way with long-awaited solo effort
The night time is the right time
by Daniel Siwka
Doug Coombe Timothy Monger.
Timothy Monger, co-founder of the beloved Great Lakes Myth Society, recently released his third solo album, Amber Lantern. The album bubbles over with delicately orchestrated pop songs and "harmony-forward" vocals, with folk instrumentation center stage. Monger, 40, made a conscious effort to differentiate these songs from past work, writing the lyrics more personally, with the sounds themselves following suit.
Metro Times spoke with Monger about the new album and why some things just take their own time, and why you should not miss his show. Monger is visibly stoked about his upcoming show at the Loving Touch, his first Detroit-area show in a while, and his first at the venue. (He still considers Great Lakes Myth Society to be together, with potential for eventually releasing their "long-dormant" third album.)
Metro Times: When you talked to Metro Times about your previous album in 2011, you mentioned that you hoped that it wouldn't take another seven years for your next album to come out.
Timothy Monger: It didn't, it took six! I was hoping to have it out in 2016 and get on like a five-year cycle. Oh God, I did say that at the end of the interview?
MT: You did.
Monger: I always marvel at people who can put them out every two years. It's funny right now, my album came out last month and I'm promoting it, doing shows but I'm already conscious of not wanting to wait another six years to release something.
MT: What was the first song you started working on for this album?
Monger: It was a song called "Plough King," the first track. I think it was about a year after I released the other album and I was just kind of playing around and I tried a bunch of different lyric sets for the song and it was just another acoustic thing that I'd had millions of and I just wanted to try to deconstruct something. So I pulled this song apart, removed the guitar, laid down organ, a fuzz bass track, I went out to this big pole barn, took a tape recorder, and sampled a snare hit that became the main hook of the song. That was the first thing I had pretty much and it was an isolated place we were living in and the lyrics reflected this snowy landscape and drifting, creating new roads. We live in this grid of roads out in farm country. It was easy to imagine taking a snowplow and designing your own set of streets.
MT: Do you think of this as an album that reflects nighttime?
Monger: It's a little more nocturnal than some of my stuff. Particularly, it might feel that way because it's such an inward-looking album. It's very personal. I was consciously trying to get away from some of the more nostalgic type of writing that I've done. I feel like there's always something midnight-ish and anxiety-ridden about the looking inward you do in the middle of the night. It probably got reflected in the music, particularly the song "Sleepless" is about waking up — I've had a lot of trouble sleeping — in the middle of the night and not being able to get back to sleep. Half the time I'm just working on a part thinking, "I have to stop, I have to get to sleep, I can't just keep writing this part." Every now and then I would get up and go record something if I couldn't sleep any more. I live in a small house with my girlfriend and there's only so much you can do at 4 in the morning recording-wise.
MT: There's a noticeable divide between the music scene in Washtenaw and Wayne counties and your music seems capable of appealing to both audiences. Is that fair to say?
Monger: I've felt that also and ever since I started playing music in this area, there's been a weariness between the Detroit scene and Ann Arbor scene and rightfully so, they've spawned different bands. In 2005 my old band, Great Lakes Myth Society, started getting bookings in Detroit and we met a bunch of people and the lines blurred. It seemed that odd divide disappeared for us and we were very fortunate.
Musically, I think I'm certainly not writing for a certain scene, city, or location and I'm very grateful to be accepted in the Detroit community, which is an ever-changing microcosm. It's been interesting seeing the new garage-pop, '90s influence, Burger Records-style, slacker stuff, the synth stuff. There was a time I was in a folk band trying to play Detroit and it was in the middle of the garage boom in the late 2000s and of course no one cared at all. It's a whole new influx of people who love the old rock stuff just as much as the new stuff and I'm glad it's opening up to a wider variety of influences and I'm excited to be a part of it.
MT: Is there anything else you'd like to say about Amber Lantern?
Monger: I worked really hard on it. I'm very, very proud of it, very proud of all of my albums. And if I'm not it's not worth putting out and I probably won't put it out. Anything that crosses the finish line is something I intended to be exactly the way it sounds.
Timothy Monger State Park plays the Loving Touch on Friday March 31; 22634 Woodward Ave., Ferndale; lovingtouchferndle.com; Tickets are $6.


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If there's one thing that we love about Kristen Bell, it's that she always keeps it real. Such was the case when the mother of two recently sat down for an interview on Off Camera with Sam Jones, where she discussed her struggles with both anxiety and depression from a young age.
"I'm extremely co-dependent," Bell says. "I shatter a little bit when I think people don't like me. That's part of why I lead with kindness and I compensate by being very bubbly all the time because it really hurts my feelings when I'm not liked. And I know that's not very healthy and I fight it all the time."
And although Bell reveals she was a popular girl, she was always nervous that someone would reject her. "I changed who I was often. I changed my interests based on what my friends liked, and I didn't really realize until I was in my 30s that I had sort of changed for everybody," she continues. "I also struggled a lot with anxiety and depression."
And despite the stigma associated with mental illness, the 35-year-old isn't ashamed to ask for help when she's feeling out of control and also takes medication to keep her anxiety and depression in check. Her nurse mother has also been extremely helpful in educating her, as Bell's family has a history of mental illness. "When I was 18 she said, 'If you start to feel like you are twisting things around you, and you feel like there is no sunlight around you, and you are paralyzed with fear, this is what it is and here's how you can help yourself,'" Bell shares of her mom. "I've always had a really open and honest dialogue about that especially with mom, which I'm so grateful for."