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Despite a solid running-back group, could draft provide electric addition for Bolts?
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It goes without saying, Los Angeles Chargers running back Melvin Gordon showed vast improvement during his sophomore campaign in the NFL compared to the disappointment that was his rookie year.
The former Badger was unable to reach the endzone at all during his first season with the Bolts, but he made that seem like a figment of the fans' imagination during Year 2 of his young career, finding the endzone 10 times in 2016.
Returning for another season to rejoin Gordon in the backfield is third-year ball carrier Branden Oliver.
Despite a switch from No. 43 to No. 32 — long-time number of former Chargers and current Baltimore Ravens free safety Eric Weddle — fans should expect more of the same from the former collegiate stud from Buffalo, who led the team in rushing in 2014.
A new addition to the running-back stable is former Oregon Ducks ball carrier Kenjon Barner. The 27-year-old entered the NFL with the Carolina Panthers before spending time with the Philadelphia Eagles. He was signed by the Bolts this offseason after the team lost Danny Woodhead to the aforementioned Ravens.
A speedster as both a running back and returner, Barner brings an added element to the position in the form of his versatility and possible game-breaking ability. Though he has never started a game since joining the league in 2013, the underused talent has played in 32 NFL games.
With Gordon, Oliver and Barner figuring to fill the top three spots on the ball-carrier depth chart, the team also has the following running backs fighting to prove that they belong on the squad: Kenneth Farrow, Andre Williams, Ronnie Hillman and Dexter McCluster.
Chargers general manager Tom Telesco has already been on record this offseason stating that he would like to add an X-factor similar to that of Kansas City's dynamic Tyreek Hill. With speed to burn in bunches, Hill makes plays as a runner, receiver and a returner. He is a threat to score from anywhere on the field, every time he touches the ball
Do the Chargers and Telesco already have that answer on the roster? That X-factor that changes games in the blink of an eye?
I am not so sure that they do.
Though I believe the organization has more than enough options to fulfill their running-back needs for the 2017 campaign, I also wouldn't be surprised if they took a look at the rising draft prospect out of Ohio State University, Curtis Samuel.
Samuel seems to provide the most comparable playmaking ability in this year's draft class to what Hill does for the Chiefs, also seeing time at running back, wide receiver and as a return-threat.
Telesco and company may believe that drafting Samuel or a player of the similar ilk as of higher importance in comparison to other pressing needs on the roster that can or should be available in the draft. Or he may go ahead and ignore the position altogether due to enough capable bodies already being on the club.
The good news for fans?
You won't have to wait much longer to find out, as the draft begins in 10 days on April 27 in the City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia. And, per usual, the BoltBlitz.com staff will be represented by myself and Greg Williams at this year's selection show at its new venue for '17.
My take: I don't necessarily see the need to add a back as the reason the team should or will. But if it comes around to any of their picks following the first round, and they have one rated as the best player available, then pull the trigger and go out and get said player — especially if that BPA is that fast guy from the Buckeye State.
Another name to keep an eye on is running back Joe Mixon of Oklahoma. Should he slip to Day 2 or Day 3 of the draft, that is a name you could see the team take a HUGE chance on by drafting. A player with off-the-field issues like Mixon may watch his draft position plummet, allowing teams in later rounds to snag the man who is possibly the best ball carrier available. Though that doesn't sound like a Telesco-type selection, pressure is mounting on the entire organization now that there's an exponentially more powerful microscope in their new home in Los Angeles, as opposed to their former laid-back confines of America's finest city, San Diego.
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Report: Chargers bring back RB Branden Oliver
Published March 23, 2017 | By Booga Peters
In a report by NFL Media Insider Adam Caplan, the team formerly known as the San Diego Chargers has re-signed running back Branden Oliver.
**As of the publishing of this article, the terms of the contract had yet to be disclosed.
#Chargers re-signed RB Branden Oliver.
— Adam Caplan (@caplannfl) March 23, 2017
The former University of Buffalo product has struggled in the stat column recently due to injury and, in my opinion, not being properly utilized by the offensive decision-makers.
After the loss of fan-favorite Danny Woodhead, the Chargers, perhaps, were in a position to strongly consider adding a ball carrier in the draft. With the re-signing of Oliver, the team's leading rusher from only two season ago, the Chargers' offense has retained a viable option in both the running and passing games — it is worth noting that despite his short stature, Oliver is more than adequate as a pass-blocker out of the backfield, something he worked on with the coaching staff and Woodhead a lot during their time in San Diego.
I can speak with the utmost confidence on behalf of the entire BoltBlitz.com staff that we are beyond happy for this young man.
My only issue is that he was re-signed by a team that no longer plays its home games in San Diego… but that's a story for another day.
Thanks a lot for reading.
Booga
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Bolts poised for "goodbyes" to fan favorites, former high draft picks and impact players
Published December 2, 2016 | By Will McCafferty
The best piece of advice I can give a sports fan is this: cheer for the name on the front of the jersey, not the name on the back.
No matter how wonderful a player is on or off the field, someday either the team or the player will make the difficult decision to go a different direction. The team remains, but the players go through the never ending revolving doors known as free agency and retirement. Remember the aforementioned advise when you look at the following list of fan favorites and impact players who are on the last year of their contracts with the Chargers. Here is the list of the players who may leave at seasons end. The departure of some will leave a hole in the team. The departure of others will leave a hole in fans hearts. So as I crank up The Clash in the background, let's take a look at who should stay and who should go, as well as what they are making for the 2016 season.
Melvin Ingram (OLB) $7.751 million: Staying: Although Ingram has had to deal with injuries and has under achieved in a statistical way, the future of Ingram seems bright. The addition of Joey Bosa has made this pair of pass-rushers quite a handful for offensive lines. The sack totals are not as impressive as their AFC West rivals, but the fact that the Chargers lead the league in interceptions is a sure sign that these guys are putting pressure on quarterbacks and forcing errant throws. For a defensive front seven to be effective in today's NFL, there must be two dominant pass rushers and a strong Nose Tackle. Ingram, Bosa and Mebane fit the bill for now. Ingram will be pursued by other teams, but expect the Chargers to overpay a little to keep their former first round draft pick around for the next three to four years.
Danny Woodhead (RB) $5.5 million: Going: I want to be clear about something here. Danny Woodhead is a wonderful player who can be a spark-plug for an offense, and a true leader. But along with his greatness is a serious problem. Since joining the Chargers, Woodhead has only played in 37 of the 64 games he was eligible to participate in. He has had two full seasons and two cut seriously short by injury, including the 2016 campaign. Not only does Woodhead have a hard time staying healthy, he is 31 years old. Not many running backs maintain their effectiveness for long after age 30. I'm sorry to say, the Chargers will move on from Woodhead. He will either sign somewhere as a free agent for the 2017 season, or hang up the cleats. Of course, there is the possibility that the Chargers would try to sign him at a discounted price on the chance that he will stay healthy. Unfortunately, he will most likely find a better offer somewhere else.
Mantai Te'o (MLB) $5.172 million: Going: Te'o is another player who has been plagued by injuries during his time in San Diego. By seasons end, he will have played in just 38 of a possible 64 games, over his four season tenure with the Bolts. He has been improving every year, and the improvement of the defensive line has helped him scrape down the line and get to ball carriers. But, it hasn't helped his foot-speed, or ability to cover backs in the flat. Look for opposing quarterbacks to pick on Te'o on third and long. The fact is, Te'o will go down in Chargers history as a borderline bust. Nice enough guy, just not a great football player.
Jahleel Addae (SS) $2.553 million: Going: Chargers fans seem to have a great deal of respect and admiration for SS Jahleel Addae. Why? Because he is a hitter! Fans love players who come in and lay some hat on opposing teams. Addae certainly does just that. He has been a Charger for four years and has quite the reputation for having no fear. The problem is that all those hits have really taken a toll on Addae's body. In fact, he has had several injuries, including concussions. Having only played 43 of his possible 54 games so far as a Charger, there must be concern that he will spend more and more time on the injured list. He is fairly inexpensive, but you do not want to pay anyone to ride out injuries. I believe that if Addae fails to get through the remaining five games of the 2016 schedule without incident, the Chargers will have no choice but to let him go.
Branden Oliver (RB) $1.53 million: Staying: Normally I would have said that a player who really hasn't done very much, and has missed an entire season to injury, would not be returning. In Oliver's case, I think the Chargers may take one more chance. He is the epitome of a fan favorite. Bolt fans just love watching Oliver run/return the ball and bang into those large defenders. Yes, Oliver plays larger than his 5'8″, 208 lb frame. He is such a fan favorite, some fans wanted Melvin Gordon either cut, or dropped to second string, so that Oliver could get his chance. The fact of the matter is that despite a few impressive games, Oliver does not have the stats to explain the love he receives. That being said, the Bolts may just bring him back because he will be cheap and the fans love him.
Korey Toomer (OLB) $600,000: Staying: It could be a little premature to add Toomer to this list, but he has been an impact player since joining the team in week four. With his playing time increasing, Toomer has racked up 33 tackles in the last three weeks! He is an aggressive player who likes to hit. The Seahawks and the Raiders are going to regret letting this guy go. Look for Toomer to get another two the three years added to his already very affordable contract.
Dontrelle Inman (WR) $600,000: Staying: Without a whole lot of playing time, Inman has managed to have some big games. He is a sure-handed receiver that was plucked from the Canadian Football League to fill in for injured receivers. Although much of the success of the young Chargers receivers can be credited to Philip Rivers, there is no denying that Inman has the ability to get open and catch the ball. He just may be part of a talented youth movement at wide receiver in San Diego.
There are many more players to make decisions on at the end of this season. Very few are notable. None are tremendous impact players or former high draft picks. Even though these names seem less important, some of them will return because they are affordable and they add much needed depth. The following is a list of players who will most likely be brought back to fill various roles: Mike Windt (LS), Tenny Palepoi (NT), Sean McGrath (TE), Damion Square (NT), and Isaiah Burse (WR/KR), Kenny Wiggens (G).
Finally, the list of potential free agents who are either doomed to be shown the door, or will fight hard and get back on the team: Sean Lissemore (NT), Tourek Williams (OLB), Trevor Williams (CB), Asante Cleveland (TE), Adrian Phillips (FS), Kellen Clemens (QB), Javontee Herndon (WR), Codero Law (OLB), Jeff Cumberland (TE), Dexter McCluster (RB/KR), Ronnie Hillman (RB), Jeremy Butler (WR), Geremy Davis (WR), Tyreek Burwell (T), Chris Landrum (OLB). Some of these guys have a real shot at making the team next year, they just will not be high priorities for Chargers GM Tom Telesco.
So, what do you think? Which of these guys will be sporting lightning bolts next season? Leave your comments below.
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NSFW: A look at the Chargers' injured-reserve list
Published November 30, 2016 | By Laura Leech
Going into Week 13, the San Diego Chargers practically have a full team on injured reserve, placing 18 players on the season-ending list!
I am sure the Chargers can say there is not enough room on the airplane for the players on IR this season and actually mean it.
Here are the players on IR and the date they were placed on it.
May 16th: Brock Hekking (OLB): Charger fans have yet to see what talent this second-year linebacker has to offer. He missed all of 2015 with a foot injury and was placed on IR in 2016 with an undisclosed injury suffered early in training camp.
August 15th: Stevie Johnson (WR) Johnson suffered a torn MCL during practice on July 31st. The nine-year veteran signed with the Chargers in 2015 and had 497 yards with three touchdowns.
August 15th: Sean Lissemore (NT) Lissemore was hoping to come back in 2016 after hurting his shoulder at the end of the 2015 season. Unfortunately, he was not able to recover from the injury and was placed on IR.
August 22nd: Jeff Cumberland (TE) Cumberland had signed a one-year deal with the Chargers after playing six years with the Jets. The tight end suffered an ACL injury in the preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals.
August 30th: Zamir Carlis (DT) The 6-foot-4, 275-pound rookie out of Stillman College suffered an ankle injury during practice. The severity of the injury is undisclosed.
August 30th: Donavon Clark (G) The 2016 seventh-round pick from Michigan State suffered a torn ACL injury against the Arizona Cardinals in the preseason.
August 30th: Tyler Johnstone (T) The rookie from Oregon suffered an undisclosed injury during training camp.
August 30th: Branden Oliver (RB) Most of us watched Oliver tear his Achilles tendon in the preseason game against the Minnesota Vikings. Chargers were hoping to have the hard-hitting Oliver back after he missed half of 2015 with a toe injury.
August 31st: Javontee Herndon (WR/KR) The wide receiver suffered a knee injury on July 30th. He played eight games in 2015 and had 195 yards receiving. Herndon also was used in return duties.
September 12th: Keenan Allen (WR) After missing most of the 2015 season, the Chargers were excited to get top-ranked receiver KA13 back on the field. Then, much to the chagrin of Chargers fans and fantasy football players, he suffered a torn ACL in the first game of the regular season. Six offensive plays into the 2016 season and your No. 1 target is gone for the entire year.
September 19th: Danny Woodhead (RB) After Chargers fans saw Keenan Allen go down in Week 1, they saw Woodhead go down in Week 2. The mighty back also suffered a torn ACL.
September 28th: Manti Te'o (ILB) Hoping to finally play a full season after suffering injuries in his first three years, Te'o only made it to the third game of the regular season. The team captain suffered a torn Achilles in the loss against the Indianapolis Colts.
October 7th: Jason Verrett (CB): Verrett suffered a partially torn ACL injury and was placed on IR after the fourth game against the Saints. Verrett was not able to pinpoint when the actual injury happened and therefore most likely continued to play despite the injury.
October 10th: Nick Dzubnar (ILB) The second-year undrafted linebacker from Cal Poly SLO also tore his ACL in week six against the New Orleans Saints. He had six tackles before his season-ending injury.
October 25th: Caraun Reid (DT) Reid tore his ACL in Week 7 against Atlanta. Reid was signed this year after his first two years with the Detroit Lions.
November 5th: Dexter McCluster (RB) If it wasn't bad enough that so many players were going down on the field of play, McCluster got injured off the field. The running back, signed due to injuries, broke his arm at his home carrying furniture.
November 22nd: Brandon Mebane (NT) The veteran nose tackle, who played nine years with the Seattle Seahawks, made a huge impact on the defense. Sadly, he tore his biceps muscle in the hard-fought loss to the Miami Dolphins in Week 10.
November 29th: Jerry Attaochu (OLB): Attaochu broke his foot against the Houston Texans in Week 12. The third-year linebacker had six sacks last year and two this year.
Here is a very scary thought: Nine out of the 18 players on the injured-reserve list have knee injuries, while six of them suffered ACL tears.
Injuries should never be used as an excuse for losing in the NFL but having 18 players out for the year is excessive, to say the least.
Let's look on the bright side: despite a 5-6 record, the team has been in every contest this year. Each of their six losses have been by eight points or less. That says a lot about a team with so many key players on IR.
It will not be easy, but the playoffs are not out of reach for the Bolts… yet. I just hope they can stay healthy for the last five games, giving them a shot to earn an invite to the postseason.
Laura Leech
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Gordon looking better in sophomore year
Published November 12, 2016 | By Cheryl White
Melvin Gordon's 47-yd run vs Titans, 11/6/16
Photo by Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images
Hopefully all those people – those would be the voices of last season which were scathing at times – are eating their words this season with regard to Melvin Gordon. Bust, you say? Maybe that was a bit premature.
Why? First a little bit of Gordon's background.
There was speculation aplenty when Chargers' GM Tom Telesco and the San Francisco 49ers swapped spots in the 2015 NFL Draft. Telesco moved from 17th position to 15th and took Gordon. Many fans were disconcerted, some even loudly outraged, that the running back pick was Gordon and not Todd Gurley. Personally, I felt that with the Bolts needing a better running back than Ryan Mathews had been, plus the fact that Gurley was still rehabbing his surgically repaired knee, it was a good choice.
What wasn't there to like? Gordon finished his career at University of Wisconsin-Madison having played in 45 games where he had 631 carries for 4,915 yards and 45 TDs. As a receiver out of the backfield there were 22 catches for 228 yards and four TDs. In his senior year, the former Badger hauled in 19 receptions for 153 yards and three TDs while also accumulating 343 carries and 29 TDs for 2,587 yards (second most in the FBS). He also had six games of 200+ yards, a school record.
Being chosen as a first rounder is a huge responsibility coupled with as much, if not more, expectation. Not just the expectation of teammates and coaches, but also what the individual places on themselves. As a rookie the playbook is just one part of the whole; the speed of the game is vastly quicker and the majority of guys you suit up with are playing at a level considerably higher than your own.
Contributing factors to Gordon's lower-than-anticipated numbers were the woes of the offensive line play of the Chargers. The team went through 24 O-line combinations. Play-calling was WAY too predictable. The line could not create holes on a consistent basis for the rookie to run through. Perhaps the biggest disservice to Gordon was the fact that his entire career at Wisconsin he had a fullback in front of him, yet there was no such position on his new team.
It was like trying to fit a square peg into a round hole.
This year saw a change at offensive coordinator as Frank Reich exited San Diego for Philadelphia. Ken Whisenhunt returned and brought with him the hope for a more productive running game. At the end of his 2013-14 stint as OC, San Diego had the No. 5 offense overall and was 13th in rushing. In 2015, the team was ranked ninth in total offense and they were 31st in rushing. Gordon was ranked 37th amongst all running backs.
With Whisenhunt, Gordon seems to have flourished. Through eight games (no update to include week nine yet), NFL.com has him ranked twelfth amongst running backs with 572 rushing yards (161 carries) and 219 receiving yards (24 catches). Including week nine stats, Footballdb.com has Gordon listed in the No. 3 slot behind Dallas' Ezekiel Elliott (891 yds) and Tennessee's DeMarco Murray (807 yds). Gordon has logged four games with over 100 combined rushing and receiving yards: Jacksonville 120 yards, Atlanta 121 yards, Denver 155 yards and last week at home against Tennessee he racked up a whopping 261 yards.
Even better is the fact that after nine games, Gordon is leading the league with 11 touchdowns. After not crossing the goal line once last year, the guy that many called a "bust" is number one in touchdowns scored!
The early season loss of Danny Woodhead, one of the best pass-catchers out of the backfield, is part of the reason for the uptick in Gordon's numbers. When Woodhead went down, and Branden Oliver out for the year since pre-season, it meant that Gordon had to step up his own game. It had been stated several times from OTA's through training camp that he appeared more confident and sure of himself. Now, HE is the one taking the hand-off from Rivers in those 3rd down conversion scenarios when the call is for a run. HE catches some of those 3rd and long passes, and HE is the guy scampering in when they are in the red zone. Except of course for the Broncos game when he should have been given at least ONE shot from the 2-yard line to tie the game and Whisenhunt called for four straight pass plays.
Gordon has the vision this year that he was lacking throughout his rookie campaign. Having Derek Watt, his fullback from Wisconsin, blocking in front of him in games has helped. Less turnover along the offensive line has also made it easier to get off the line of scrimmage. He has fumbled twice this year versus the six from a year ago. The frenzy of 2015 has slowed a bit in his second year.
Gordon has been running so well that after last week's Titans game in which he accumulated 196 rushing yards, 65 receiving yards and darted in for another rushing TD, the second-year back was nominated for, and won, both the AFC Offensive Player of the Week and the Castrol Clutch Performer of the Week!! Take that, all those Melvin Gordon haters of 2015! Not so much of a bust, after all, is he?!
My prediction is that Gordon will be the first 1,000-yard rusher for the Chargers since LaDainian Tomlinson ran for 1,110 in 2008; LT had 11 TDs that year and 154 receiving yards. Gordon needs only 232 yards to hit the 1,000 mark in rushing. If he continues at the pace he is on now, he will exceed that number. As of this writing he has already reached 1,032 yards combined. I anticipate he will score a total of 18 touchdowns and amass 1,300 rushing yards by season's end. Bold? Perhaps. But I think he is up to the task.
Now if only he can continue to get the ball put in his hands in those short red zone TD situations!
#2ndyearbetteryear
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Bolts lose another one: DE Caraun Reid goes to IR
Published October 26, 2016 | By Cheryl White
September 25, 2016: San Diego Chargers defensive tackle Caraun Reid (91) returns a fumble for a touchdown during the NFL game between the San Diego Chargers and Indianapolis Colts at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, IN. (Photo by Zach Bolinger/Icon Sportswire)
News out of Chargers Park is that ANOTHER player is lost for the year due to injury.
Monday we learned it is defensive end Caraun Reid. And as has been the sickening norm for this team, it was an ACL tear to the big end's left knee.
Reid sustained his injury in the first quarter of the Atlanta game after being hit in his lower leg as he planted his foot. Linebacker Denzel Perryman was heading for the pile and just caught Reid's knee.
Claimed off waivers from the Detroit Lions roster, the 6'2, 302-pounder (Princeton, round five of 2014 draft) has been with the Chargers for about six weeks. Filling in while Joey Bosa (2016 draft first round #3) nursed his sore hamstring, Reid has been a contributor on the defense. In 103 snaps he collected five combined tackles, a sack and a fumble recovery for a touchdown.
That notable highlight occurred in the week three game at Indianapolis. Rookie linebacker Jatavis Brown strip-sacked Andrew Luck and Reid scooped up the ball, taking it to the house 61 yards and tying the game at 13 all.
While announcing Reid's situation, McCoy said "Caraun came in on the very first day and did an outstanding job. He's a smart player that picked our system up in a hurry and made some big plays for us."
If anyone is counting, including Reid, that makes TEN – yes, I said TEN – players lost to season-ending injuries. Five of those ten are to the knee and have occurred in the last seven weeks. Here's the long and incomprehensible list:
Keenan Allen – torn right ACL, week one vs the Chiefs
Danny Woodhead – torn right ACL, week two vs the Jaguars
Jason Verrett – torn left ACL possibly sustained in the Jaguars game
Nick Dzubnar – torn right ACL, week four vs the Saints
And of course, Caraun Reid from yesterday.
Though it was not his ACL, the Bolts lost Manti Te'o to a torn left Achilles' tendon early in the Colts game.
On top of those, what about the non-contact injuries that besieged the team before the 2016 campaign even began:
wide-out Stevie Johnson tore his meniscus in training camp
tight end Jeff Cumberland was lost to a torn Achilles' during the pre-season game against Arizona
rookie guard Donavon Clark tore his right ACL in the Arizona contest
change of pace back Branden Oliver had his right Achilles' snap during the Minnesota game
It is ONLY Week 7 and that list is scary!! I don't know if there is any other NFL team playing right now that has had the upheaval to their roster that San Diego has endured. There are still nine weeks to go to the end of the season.
I shudder to think what the "football gods" have in store for this group of men and the accursed injury phenomena as time rolls by. Every time a man goes down, I cringe and pray it is just a minor hiccup and they'll be back quickly.
Time for the CBA to be re-evaluated. Some teams don't lose any players, some one or two. But to have TEN is like looking at an emergency room full of wheelchairs!
Sorry to see your name added to that list, Caraun Reid. Your presence on defense will be sorely missed.
#IRclaimsAnother
#VoteYesonCandD
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Chargers' running game grounded the last two weeks
Published October 4, 2016 | By Booga Peters
After another embarrassing loss in which the Chargers floundered in the final minutes of the game, one statistic stood out to me among the others: 38 yards rushing.
That means that the Bolts averaged less than 10 yards rushing per quarter, or the equivalent of one first down on the ground per quarter.
Needless to say, in the name of a balanced offense, that is absolutely pathetic.
It is one thing to be a pass-heavy offense, but to only be able to muster less than 40 yards in an entire NFL game is unacceptable.
When breaking down the rushing totals from the first four weeks of the season, the Chargers started off hot on the ground in Week 1 and Week 2, gaining 155 and 150 yards on the ground, respectively.
The last two weeks have been quite the opposite, as the Bolts have only gained 37 and 38 yards in the last two weeks.
@Kansas City 155 yards
vs. Jacksonville 150 yards
@Indianapolis 37 yards
vs. New Orleans 38 yards
When adding the rushing totals from the prior two weeks, you get exactly half of their total output in ground-accumulated yards as they achieved in Week 2.
Again, that is not exactly a recipe for success.
The initial 2016 backfield depth chart of Melvin Gordon, Danny Woodhead, Branden Oliver and Kenneth Farrow has morphed into Gordon, the newly acquired Dexter McCluster and Farrow, due to season-ending injuries to Woody and BO.
Though second-year ball carrier Gordon has found the endzone six times thus far in his sophomore campaign, the young running back seems to be forgotten in the gameplan once the Chargers reach the second half of games in 2016.
The team must find a way to reestablish its running game, getting Gordon more of that much-needed confidence.
It goes without saying, San Diego must alleviate some of the pressure that is riding on the right arm of quarterback Philip Rivers.
Injuries, something we as Chargers fans are far too familiar with, along the offensive line have certainly not helped provide continuity in the rushing attack.
The Bolts dressed eight offensive lineman on Sunday, and all eight of them saw playing time, including three different players manning the left tackle spot.
As much as we'd all like to see Gordon become the bell-cow back who justifies the team moving up in the first round of the 2015 draft to select, he may not be that guy in the NFL like he was in college at Wisconsin. That being said, the team should sit down and reevaluate what they want to do with the former Badger.
The Chargers will travel to Oakland in Week 5 to take on the Raiders. Oakland currently ranks 31st against the run, giving up 134.5 yards per game.
It would be a mistake to not try to take advantage of a rushing defense that is next to last in the league, but it all depends which Chargers' defense shows up come the opening whistle.
Though the Raiders had — on paper — what many would consider to be a strong offseason, their defense has struggled mightily, allowing 460 total yards per game.
Although I would love to see Rivers sling it all over O.Co Coliseum, establishing a formidable ground attack should be at the top of the docket for the Chargers as they prepare for Week 5.
Dave Booga Peters
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Andre Williams clears waivers, re-signs to Bolts' PS
Photo Credit: Chargers.com (Official team website of the San Diego Chargers)
Andre Williams wasn't left out in the cold too long, thankfully. Even better, no one tried to pick him up!
Williams re-joined the Bolts Tuesday. He was waived this past Saturday when the team had to promote tight end Asante Cleveland from the practice squad. The roster moves were necessary because Antonio Gates was not going to see the field against the Colts and there had to be another body out there in addition to Hunter Henry and Sean McGrath.
The third-year back was initially claimed off waivers by the Chargers earlier this month after being released by the New York Giants. That signing occurred after change-of-pace back Branden Oliver was lost for the season after tearing his Achilles' tendon in the preseason game in Minnesota.
Williams (6-foot, 220 lbs) was a fourth-round pick of the Giants in the 2014 draft. With the Giants having the likes of Rashad Jennings, Shane Vereen, Bobby Rainey and a couple other guys on hand, Williams just didn't make the final roster cut. This preseason he managed to gain only 91 yards on 25 carries in three games. He was one of 11 running backs on the depth chart in 2015, managing only 257 yards on 88 carries with a lone TD.
Since entering the league, Williams has played in 32 games. He has rushed for 978 yards on 305 carries and scored eight touchdowns — 41 of those carries went for first downs while five were over 20 yards and two were over 40. He also hauled in 19 passes for 137 yards.
Williams is a former Boston College standout. He set a BC school record in 2010 when he made 42 rushing attempts in a single game when the Eagles played Syracuse in that season's final game. Williams was one of six finalists for the Heisman Trophy in 2013, finishing fourth. That same year he was named the recipient of the Doak Walker Award, an honor given to the nation's best running back.
Since being in San Diego, Williams hasn't been in the mix. Things may change this week.
We'll all just have to play the wait-and-see game.
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Manti Te'o out for season with torn Achilles
In what appears to be an unfortunate yet ongoing theme, the Chargers lost yet another player for the season.
The team announced on its official website on Monday that Manti Te'o suffered a torn Achilles and that he will miss the remainder of the 2016 campaign
The few snaps that Te'o saw Sunday before being hurt may very well have been his last in lightning bolts. The inside linebacker is in the final year of his rookie contract which has yet to be extended.
Te'o exited Sunday's nail-biter against the Colts with an obvious injury to his lower leg. No contact was made as he was clearly in the middle of the field and suddenly went down, grabbing at his calf. Initial reports shortly after were that it was his Achilles and he would not be returning to the game.
This is the third non-contact injury to a Bolts' player in as many weeks. First to be lost in the regular season was Keenan Allen, who tore his ACL in the Week 1 game against Kansas City. Last week the team saw all-around back Danny Woodhead go out with an ACL injury, as well. Sunday it was Te'o. This trend brings up many questions but I'm not going to discuss them right now.
What is disconcerting is that this is the third player on the team to be lost for the year due to an Achilles' tear. First up was tight end Jeff Cumberland, an offseason pickup. He had gone up to catch a deep ball from Kellen Clemens in the Week 2 preseason game against the Arizona Cardinals. The following week it was Branden Oliver. Everyone can recall with utmost clarity when BO's Achilles' snapped and rippled up his calf. Now Manti Te'o, the defensive captain and signal caller, has had the same thing happen to him.
Three players lost to an Achilles' tendon tear in what, six weeks?! Each one coming in a situation where the individual is not being contacted by another player.
The Chargers may not be the only team to have the "injury curse" hit them this early in the 2016 campaign, but it's damn freaky to have the SAME type of trauma effect three different players in the course of a season.
Let us all hope that this does not continue to be the theme over the course of the remaining games.
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Report: Chargers to sign RB Dexter McCluster
Published September 20, 2016 | By Booga Peters
In order to help fill the void in the San Diego running back group due to the season-ending injuries of Danny Woodhead and Branden Oliver, the Chargers are set to sign former Tennessee Titans running back Dexter McCluster, according to ESPN NFL Insider Adam Schefter.
To help replace Danny Woodhead, Chargers plan to sign former Titans and Chiefs RB Dexter McCluster, per source. https://t.co/zihxSgd4zt
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 20, 2016
McCluster, 28, has experience playing with Chargers offensive coordinator Ken Whisenhunt, who coached him in Tennessee. Due to his time with Whiz, he shouldn't have a hard time getting the playbook and his duties on track very quickly.
During his six years spent with the Titans and Kansas City Chiefs, McCluster has rushed for 1,040 yards and two touchdowns. As a receiver out of the backfield or in the slot on some occasions, the seven-year veteran has tallied 229 receptions for 1,957 yards and seven touchdowns. He also has solid experience as a returner, returning three punts for touchdowns over his career.
Though he is not Danny Woodhead, McCluster provides a decent fill-in for the 2016 campaign.
This signing would give the Bolts this depth chart at running back: Melvin Gordon, Andre Williams, Kenneth Farrow and McCluster (I must admit that it really hurts not typing in Woodhead and Oliver there).
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If you ask a group of supercar fanatics what is their favorite car of all time, more times than not, the answer will be Lamborghini Diablo. There is just something special about this ride that made it an instant classic. Perhaps it's the looks and speed, but many claim that this car has the best exhaust system ever made. In the video, we can see it on the track, matched up against some younger supercars. Could it hold its own? Click on the video and find out. One thing is for sure, it is the coolest ride of them all.
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Freestyle Love Supreme co-creator Anthony Veneziale has a very specific goal in mind as he steps out on stage each night to perform the improv-driven show. "I'm looking for those 'oxygen deprivation' moments — where the audience has a gasp of air," he says. "The more audience has those, 'A-ha! moments,' the more I know this is the direction that we need to go."
A recent visit to the latest production, which is currently in preview on Broadway (it runs through January 5th, 2020), illustrated just how good he and the show's other architects have become at eliciting that effect.
After being ushered through the front doors of the Booth Theatre, you're asked to put your phone in a Yondr pouch, where you won't be able to fiddle with it for the next 85 minutes. That's so you can listen closely to the performers and not be tempted to record the production, no matter how much you may wish to have proof of all the musical and verbal virtuosity on display.
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Then, rather than remaining quiet and polite in a dark room with hundreds of other strangers, you'll be urged to shout out things you dislike, things you love, even potentially share personal stories about regrets and what hijinks you got up to that day. For example, in a segment that offers a "Second Chance," Veneziale tossed a soft "Catch Box" mic to an audience member, she then detailed a traumatic teenage flub (calling the cops on herself during a 10-day party at her parents' home in Long Island). The team then reconstructed that moment in their own antic-filled way. Then they flipped it and reversed, recreating the scene again, but not making a crucial mistake, thus offering the audience member a new future.
In this way, the show is improv theater that manages to feel sophisticated and haphazard, hilarious and serious. And it's something no one ever imagined would end up on Broadway when it was first conceived more than 15 years ago.
Freestyle Love Supreme was created by Veneziale with Lin-Manuel Miranda and director Thomas Kail and debuted in 2003. I first saw it a few years later in New York City at creative incubator Ars Nova, before Miranda and Kail would go on to work together on In the Heights and Hamilton. And it's the success of that other hip-hop musical a block away that has obviously allowed them to bring Freestyle to this theater.
After years of touring and one-off performances, much of the crew remains the same, along with the addition of two women, all of whom have their own handles: Chris Sullivan (Shockwave), Andrew Bancroft (Jelly Donut), Utkarsh Ambudkar (UTK the Inc), Aneesa Folds (Young Nees), and Kaily Mullady (Kaiser Rözé). They're backed up by the multi-talented keyboardists Arthur ("the Geniuses") Lewis and Ian Weinberger.
A hit Off-Broadway production earlier this year proved that fans were willing to show up night after night to participate in what used to be relegated to theater-dork basement games. Much of that success can be attributed to Veneziale's ability to whip the audience into a frenzy and have them participate in the alchemical process of transforming their words into mini-musical moments that will never exist again.
"I think of them like the Harlem Globetrotters," says Kail of the crew of performers, likening directing Freestyle to coaching a basketball or soccer team. "They can take anything that comes at them. But it's Anthony's gift as an interlocutor; he's a true master of ceremonies. I've never seen anybody better at engaging an audience."
As the MC, Veneziale (Two-Touch) functions as the "cog" between the audience and the rest of the rotating cast of core members. He starts by letting everyone "see all the strings," explaining how it will function, with the first sequences designed to let people participate at a slower pace — about 80 BPMs — before it ramps up. "People still don't believe all this is being made up on the spot," he says. "Afterward, I'll still have people ask which parts were improvised and which were scripted. It's the biggest compliment."
Veneziale cites the Roots as a huge influence on the Freestyle crew as they take audiences through the history of hip-hop, but he says jazz plays just as big a role. (The show and group's name is an homage to John Coltrane's 1965 album, A Love Supreme.)
"It's this concept of jazz and the concept of riffing," he explains. "In some ways, we are using the English language as our instruments and we just happen to be playing that instrument with our voices opposed to the trumpet or the saxophone. But sometimes you may think, 'Hey that was an R&B song — or an emo-pop song.'"
But it's the later segment called "True," after the crowd is warmed up, when things can get truly deep. Christopher Jackson (C-Jack) — one of the founding members, who will also be joining many of the performances as a special guest, along with Miranda (Lin-Man) , Daveed Diggs (Mr. Diggs), and James Monroe Igleheart (J-Soul) — says it's his favorite part of each performance.
"Because even now I'm still learning things about the guys — every single time that we do it," he explains. "You basically have 15 seconds to build a narrative around a word or phrase. And suddenly I'm having a memory of something that happened from my childhood that I had thought about in 25 years and I'm always learning about the others' journeys, even after knowing some of them for so long."
During the first preview performance on Friday, September 13th, Veneziale elicits a series of potential prompts from the audience but settles on "Equality for All" as the inspiration for the four performers to riff during "True."
Arthur the Geniuses began crooning in his wonderful falsetto, setting up a moving R&B tune, while Shockwave tapped out a beat on an African drum. Young Nees rapped about growing up in Queens and searching for fairness and respect as a black woman. When it moved on to J-Soul (Igleheart), he surprised everyone by steering it away from a tale of misfortune, instead sharing a childhood story about playing with a friend's Transformers and his own (inferior) GoBots and then feeling judged. "Equality for all … toys!" he proclaimed. Although the comic bit seemed to undermine the seriousness of the topic, it also reinforced how versatile the show's format is, able to incorporate a story that many in the crowd could relate to and those microagressions that can inevitably scar a young person.
That left Jelly Donut as the last to take up the challenge by acknowledging the elephant in the room: what it means for a white boy to rap like this onstage. He challenged the perception that he's appropriating a "black art" by giving a rapid-fire history lesson of the origins of hip-hop and its birth in the Bronx, citing Grandmaster Flash and DJ Kool Herc and many others. The audience erupted with supportive cheers. His rap felt honest and vulnerable, and he kept the crowd on the edge of their seats to see how he'd thread this difficult needle — acknowledging his debt to generations of African Americans for what their creativity and sacrifice gifted him — in an improvised moment that would have left others floundering.
This is the reason why people come back for Freestyle Love Supreme: to witness a fleeting moment of authenticity, to experience an ephemeral glimpse of honesty that can feel dangerous and nearly take your breath away.
"Each night it takes us to places that we didn't know we were going to go," Veneziale says. "These moments could be absolutely serious or profound or gut wrenchingly tearful or hilarious or embarrassing. The thing that's most important is that we all say to each other: 'Go for it. We've got your back. I can't wait to hear how you attack this word this time.'"
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EXCLUSIVE: It was something out of a horror movie, but it was true and it happened in this country, in a small town in Florida. In a small, wooded area in Marianna, FL, 96 boys died who were attending the Arthur G. Dozier School for Boys — a reformatory in Florida opened in 1900 and shut down in 2011 amid allegations of torture, beatings, rapes and even murder at the hand of some of those on staff. It is now the center of a crime scene in the state of Florida as bodies of 55 young boys were exhumed for examination, 24 more than the official school records indicated.
Now Bee Holder Productions, the company who secured the rights to Dr. Jack Kevorkian for the Emmy and Golden Globe-winning HBO biopic You Don't Know Jack, is developing a feature based on the ripped-from-the-headlines story after acquiring rights to some of the most outspoken survivors of the school who sued the State of Florida. On board to consult will be investigative journalist Jeffrey Scott Shapiro, an author and legal correspondent for The Washington Times, who has been investigating the story for the last year as children's bodies were exhumed. The film is titled The Reformatory.
"When you read this stuff, you can't believe this happened in our country. It's unbelievable and so horrific," said Steve Lee Jones, president and producer at Bee Holder, which hired scribe Keir Pearson to draft an original screenplay. Pearson is no stranger to stories based on real people and events. He earned an Oscar nomination with Terry George for original screenplay for Hotel Rwanda in 2005, brilliantly bringing to the big screen the heroism of hotel manager Paul Rusesabagina, a savior to over a thousand Tutsi refugees during their struggle against the Hutu militia. He also co-scripted (with Timothy Sexton) the upcoming biopic Chavez about civil rights hero Cesar Chavez starring Michael Pena as the dogged yet passionate champion for immigrant farm workers. The film also stars Rosario Dawson, John Malkovich and America Ferrera.
Last week, the former Governor of Florida Bob Martinez stepped forward to champion the cause, asking for reparations for the victims.
The Reformatory will be told from the viewpoint of the victims when the school was privately run in the mid-1950s. It was taken over by the state in 1969, but still the abuse continued, said Jones. "The abuses took place well into the 1980s. It was really horrific in the 1950s and 1960s. It was segregated at that time. It was like a freakin' gulag." The school, which had changed its names three times, was closed in 2011 by the Florida Dept of Juvenile Justice.
Last year, Bee Holder optioned the rights of bodybuilding legend Joe Weider and his brother Ben and signed Brad Furman (The Lincoln Lawyer) to write and directBigger, a rags-to-riches story about the brothers who established the fitness industry and created the Mr. Olympia competition. It was Weider who mentored Arnold Schwarzenegger.
The Reformatory deal was closed for Bee Holder by Shannon Hensley with AGMB in Los Angeles. Pearson was repped by manager Adesuwa McCalla via Metamorphic Entertainment.
Hollywood is about to get BIGGER!


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Sie wurde 1988 von Karlheinz Kaske und seiner Frau Christiane im Gedenken an deren Söhne Christoph und Stephan – im Bestreben, deren Liebe zur Musik zu erhalten – ins Leben gerufen. Seit 2008 wurde sie von Joachim und Dagmar Kaske und ihren Kindern Katharina, Johannes und Fabian unterstützt und weiterentwickelt.

Die Vergabe von Stipendien und Preisen an hochbegabte Musiker sowie die Unterstützung von künstlerischen Projekten ist der Zweck dieser Stiftung. Sie wird von einem Stiftungsrat und einem Stiftungsvorstand geführt und von einem Stiftungsbeirat beraten.

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Industrial Engineer and founder of General Electric Company.
Born near Munich, Hugo Hirsch became a naturalized British subject in 1883 and changed his surname to Hirst.
He was co-founder of the General Electric Company plc, and in 1910 became its chairman.
He was created a baronet, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 2nd July 1925 and elevated to the peerage as Baron Hirst, of Witton in the County of Warwick, on 28th June 1934. Hirst's eldest daughter Muriel married Leslie Gamage, the elder son of Arthur Walter Gamage, the founder of Gamage's department store. Leslie joined GEC and became Chairman and Managing Director after Hirst's death.
As both his son and his grandson died before Hirst, his baronetcy and peerage both became extinct on his death in 1943.
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Looks much better! I do believe the round things on the bottom are for displaying decorative plates.
I love this and I definitely like the round thingys on the bottom! I just posted on my blog about a mirror I don't know what to do with!! Maybe you can help me since you always have great upcycling ideas!!


"The Council of Christians and Jews stands alongside the people of Manchester in their moment of unbearable suffering and tragedy. We remember in our prayers all those who have been affected by last night's cruel and inhumane attack: the lives lost, the injured, the emergency services, and individuals who rushed to help strangers in need in acts of 'defiant kindness' as described on BBC Radio 4.
Manchester is a city of immense strength, boundless creativity, and inspirational diversity. In the face of terror, we offer a small prayer for hope, knowing that each act of kindness demonstrated by individuals last night is a much-needed reminder that selfless community and resilient love between peoples will preside in the face of such great adversity."


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Q: Identifying a group without 2-torsion Suppose we have a finitely presented group $G$ with solvable word problem. (For instance, the command RWSGroup in Magma terminates giving us a finite [but possibly gigantic] rewrite system.)  Is there then an algorithm to determine whether $G$ has an element of order 2?
If so, where is the best place to find such an implementation?
If not, what more needs to assumed?  What standard methods exist to disprove the existence of 2-torsion?

Edited to add:  Here is a specific example with three generators and four relations.  Take
$$
G=\langle x,y,z\ :\ xy^{-1}x^{-1}y^{-1}z^{-2}=1,\ x^{-1}z^{-2}xz^{-2}=1,\\ xyx^{-1}yz^{-2}=1,\ y^{2}xzx^{-1}z^{-1}=1\rangle.
$$
I can prove that this group is not a unique product group, but I wish to show it is torsion-free.  I can show it has no odd torsion.  Any advice?

A: For your given group presentation, I think one may reduce
the problem of finding torsion elements a bit.
We may rewrite the relators as:
$xyx^{-1}= y^{-1}z^{-2}, xyx^{-1} = z^2 y^{-1}, xz^2x^{-1}=z^{-2}, xzx^{-1}=y^{-2}z$.
We get the resulting relations $xyx^{-1}=y^{-1}z^{-2}=z^2y^{-1}, xz^2x^{-1}=z^{-2}=(y^{-2}z)^2=(xzx^{-1})^2$.
Thus, the subgroup generated by $y,z$ has the relations $y=z^2yz^2, z^3=y^2z^{-1}y^2$. Moreover, the generator $x$ conjugates this subgroup into itself, by the homomorphism $\varphi(y)=z^2y^{-1}, \varphi(z)=y^{-2}z$. After a laborious computation, I think I can show that $\varphi$ is an automorphism of the two-generator group $\langle y,z | y=z^2yz^2, z^3=y^2z^{-1}y^2\rangle$, with inverse $\varphi^{-1}(y)=y^{-1}z^{-2}, \varphi^{-1}(z)=y^{-2}z$. Hence your group is an HNN extension of this group by the automorphism $\varphi$. Thus, any torsion must lie in the subgroup $\langle y,z | y=z^2yz^2, z^3=y^2z^{-1}y^2\rangle$.
I'm not sure how to show this subgroup is torsion-free (how do you show there is no odd torsion?). One may show that $y^2$ commutes with $z^2$ as a consequence of the first relator. The abelianization of this group is $(\mathbb{Z}/4)^2$. It might be worth looking at a presentation of the kernel to the abelianization.

A: Using a mixture of computation and thought I believe that I have established that this group is indeed torsion-free. I don't know of any general approach to solving that particular problem. Even if the group is hyperbolic (which this example is not, because it has free abelian subgroups of rank $2$), I am not aware of any practical implementable algorithm for deciding torsion-freeness.
Here is some Magma code for this problem. Following Pace Nielsen's suggestion that there might be an easily identifiable subgroup of index $32$, I found such a subgroup $K$ of index $4$, and we can compute a presentation of it on its four defining generators.
> G<x,y,z>:=Group<x,y,z|x*y^-1*x^-1=z^2*y, x*z^-2=z^2*x, x*y*x^-1*y=z^2,
>                       y^2*x*z=z*x >;
> K<a,b,c,d> := sub<G | x^2, z^2, x*z*y^-1, y^2>;
> Index(G,K);
4
> Rewrite(G,~K);
> K;
Finitely presented group K on 4 generators
Index in group G is 4 = 2^2
Generators as words in group G
    a = x^2
    b = z^2
    c = x * z * y^-1
    d = y^2
Relations
    (c^-1, a) = Id(K)
    (a^-1, b) = Id(K)
    (a^-1, d^-1) = Id(K)
    (d^-1, b^-1) = Id(K)
    (b, c) = Id(K)
    d * c * b^-1 * d^-1 * c^-1 * b^-1 = Id(K)
    b^-1 * a * c^-1 * a^-1 * b * c = Id(K)

We see that all pairs of generators of $K$ commute except for $c$ and $d$. The final relation collapses completely, and the preceding one is equivalent to $dcd^{-1}c^{-1} =b^2$, so $K$ is a direct product of $\langle a \rangle$ and a torsion-free nilpotent group of class $2$ generated by $b,c,d$. So $K$ is torsion-free.
> Transversal(G,K);
{@ Id(G), x, y, z @}

So a nontrivial torsion-element would have to have order $2$ and be of the form $xk$, $yk$ or $zk$ for some $k \in K$. I spent some time trying to prove that this does not happen, but eventually found an easy way to do it by calculating in a finite quotient. We let $K_2$ be the kernel of the map of $K$ on the to the largest elementary abelian quotient of $K$, which has order $16$, and then check for corresponding elements of order $2$ in $G/K_2$. We see that there are none, so $G$ is torsion-free.
> PK, phi := ElementaryAbelianQuotient(K,2);
> Order(PK);
16
> K2 := Kernel(phi);
> Index(K,K2);
16
> T2 := Transversal(K,K2);
> exists{k : k in T2 | (x*k)^2 in K2 };
false
> exists{k : k in T2 | (y*k)^2 in K2 };
false
> exists{k : k in T2 | (z*k)^2 in K2 };
false

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It'll also be able to work in a variety of spaces, from crowded rooms to huge open environments.
Amimon's wireless #VR moduleAs you'd expect, the company's tech is currently compatible with all of the major #VR headsets: Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and PlayStation #VR.
It can output 2K video at 90FPS for the two PC-powered headsets, as well as 1080p at 120 FPS for the PS #VR.
Amimon describes it as a complete solution for wireless #VR — it's able to both transmit lag-free video, as well as all the necessary sensor data.
Similarly, pricing is still up in the air, but it expects the first generation of wireless accessories to cost around $100.


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Q: Concurrency violation while trying to update database (Only on specific table) This issue is driving me crazy.
I am trying to update a dataset with a MySQL dataAdapter. This method works on other tables in my database, its just happening with this table. Here is an example of the code:
    String query = "select * from accounts";
    DataSet dataSet = new DataSet();
    connection.Open();
    MySqlDataAdapter dataAdapter = new MySqlDataAdapter(query, (MySqlConnection)connection);
    MySqlCommandBuilder commandBuilder = new MySqlCommandBuilder(dataAdapter);
    dataAdapter.FillSchema(dataSet, SchemaType.Source);
    commandBuilder.RefreshSchema();
    dataAdapter.Fill(dataSet);

    dataSet.Tables[0].Rows[0]["balance"] = 1M;
    dataAdapter.Update(dataSet);

Once it tries to update it throws the exception. And keep in mind this is a simplified example of my code, but it gets the same result.
I've researched the error and all I could find is:
1) If this data has changed by another user since the Fill
2) If the row doesn't exist.
But there is no possible way the data is being changed by another user because this happens on my development machine. And the row obviously exists since it doesn't throw an exception at Rows[0].
And as I said this only happens on this one table. The table has an int as the primary key and the column I'm trying to update is a Decimal so I have no clue what the problem is.
Thank you for any advice.

A: I know this was posted a while ago but I just found a solution to my issue:
It seems the problem was with the table structure or something like that. I did a mysqldump on the table, then just imported the dump (which essentially builds the table from scratch). After I did that everything works like a charm.
Hopefully I can help someone else having this strange issue.


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Horse Crime of the Year
I don't often dwell on morbid stories about animal abuse for fear of sensationalizing such horrid cases. The last thing I want to do is give a sick minded individual some form of notoriety. But this latest one about a misfortunate horse just really got to me.
Last week a man that lives at the far reaches of my county was arrested and charged with animal neglect and abuse. He resided on a windswept, barren plot of land far off the main paved road. A pack of his (barely) civilized dogs roamed the acreage, along with an assortment of other farm animals. Add a couple of ramshackle dwellings and you can probably envision the scene. Neighbors who had a view of the property had made several phone calls to animal control authorities and, apparently the sheriff, but not much had been done until this final incident.
According to reports, the man had beaten his horse to death by repeatedly whacking it in the head with a sledgehammer. He then cut off the horse's head with a chain saw, with the intent of feeding it to his pack of canines. No, I'm not kidding.
When investigators arrived on the scene, the man claimed that the horse had been attacked and mauled by his dogs and he took steps to euthanize the horse to prevent its suffering. That whole horse-head-in-the-dog-pen thing was just a misunderstanding. Fortunately, the authorities didn't buy it, especially when an inspection of the horse's carcass revealed that it had not been bitten by the dogs. Its only injuries were those that led to its death, caused by the effects of the sledge hammer.
Once this guy was hauled off to jail, animal welfare groups swooped onto the scene and confiscated the other animals. That led to a spanking of sorts from law enforcement, who said something along the lines that no one should just come on someone else's land and take their property. That "property" would be the animals who may or may not have been next in line for the sledge hammer.
I'm sharing this tale because it's just so incomprehensible to me, as I'm sure it is to horse lovers everywhere. Not a week goes by that I don't witness or hear about some misguided individual who is doing something questionable to or with their horse. But this saga wins the dubious honor of being the Heinous Horse Crime of the Year. And it's only the end of April.
When I went outside to feed Joey his breakfast—he was snuggled in his daysheet to keep him cozy during our chilly spring night—I gave him an extra pat on the nose. He so depends on me for everything: To keep him fed, to look after his welfare, to give him enough exercise yet not over-work him, to make sure he's kept up to date on his vet and hoof care. He trusts me. How could anyone betray such devotion?
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Gwen April 28, 2009 at 9:18 am
That brought tears to my eyes! I will never understand the type of human who would do something like that. I rescued my Percheron mare from a farmer who blatantly told me to my face that the reason why she was in such poor shape was because he chose to feed his cows instead of his horses because they were more important. The minute I left his farm with Emma, I called the sheriff and told him what happened and that I was not leaving until I saw them show up. They did, Thank the Lord, and arrested the gentleman. 4 years later she is a healthy mare who just gave birth 4 days ago to a precious Percheron/Tennessee Walker cross colt named Elijah Moon.
I apologize for the long comment, but this upsets me so much.
Katie April 29, 2009 at 5:53 am
That made me sick!!!!!!!I pity such horses.I want to save horses from things like that be training them well.
HorseLover April 29, 2009 at 12:20 pm
That is Horrible
James Darton May 2, 2009 at 3:21 pm
I read your blog and it just maked me sick,How could anyone be that cold hearted to do that to a horse or any animal? He needs a cold jail cell for 20 years or more!!
Horselover May 3, 2009 at 2:20 pm
Wow I've heard horror stories on animal abuse, but that's got to be the worst. That man is not just abusive to animals, he's sick in the head.
Chris May 6, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I agree with Horselover! You`d have to be sick in the head to do that. Poor horse.
Marion May 8, 2009 at 5:56 pm
Somebody should take a chain saw to this sick b_____ head and let him bleed to death. That's all I can say about it. He's dog food to me!!!!
What's worse if there IS anything WORSE than doing this to a horse and or other animals IS-these people are usually like this with people too-very horrible and sad for the undeserved suffering.
Lina May 19, 2009 at 5:44 pm
I can't stand people that torture animals!
ashleigh June 9, 2009 at 11:19 am
That guy is sick. i wish i could cut his head off and feed it to a pack of dogs so he can feel like that poor horse.
Brooke June 15, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I think that what that guy did to that horse is being cruel to animals and that someone should stop other people from treating animal badly.
kaitlyn July 23, 2009 at 5:11 pm
terible!!!!!that was case was actually put on animal planet
Karen Wallace October 3, 2009 at 11:14 am
That is such a terrible waste of a wonderful animal. In my community last week someone slit the throat of a horse and took the halter, maybe as a trophy. What's wrong with these people.
I love horses April 30, 2011 at 4:02 pm
I have a friend and her family has 5 horses. All were abuse victims. One of the horses, beleive it or not, had gotten shot in the neck. The horses are ok now, and that one horse now has an indent on where the shot was. I love horses, and I sure hope that someday soon, animal abuse will have a more severe punishment. They spend less time in jail than a person who killed another.


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Colère [3e mouvement de éclats de voix] Robert Normandeau
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Éclats de voix can be translated as Voice Fragments, and also has a second meaning translatable as Shouts. IThis title has two interpretations, the breakup of the voice into little pieces — very little pieces, even microscopic. The second meaning, suggests anger, like that is found in children, which suddenly appears and disappears like a tornado. The idea was to dwelve deeply into the energy of the voice of an eleven year old child, Marie-Hélène Blain, who provided the only sound material of the work. clats de voix was commissioned by the radio program Sons d'esprit of CKUT-FM in Montréal (Canada Council). The work was awarded the First Prize and the Public Prize ex-Êquo at the 2nd international Competition Noroit-Léonce Petitot (Arras, France, 91), and also received a Mention at the Stockholm Electronic Arts Award (Sweden, 92).
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Thomas Partey and Gabriel Martinelli are leading Arsenal final training as Mikel Arteta's men put through their paces at the club's London Colney training based on Wednesday.
The Gunners were back out on the grass at club's training based following their 2-0 win over Newcastle United in the third round of the FA Cup last weekend, with the focus now turning towards Thursday's Premier League clash with Crystal Palace at Emirates stadium.
Mikel Arteta & co. will be aiming to continues their momentum run form by extend their winning strike against Palace tonight to five win in a row after won their last four matches in all competitions, keeping three clean sheets on the bounce during that time.
The Gunners are just six points off the top four and it appears they have used new West Brom boss Sam Allardyce's comments that Arsenal were a relegation rival as an extra bit of motivation.
Next up for Mikel Arteta's men are home tie against Crystal Palace, who sitting 13 position with 22 points in league standings and ahead of game Mikel Arteta & co. are handed an huge boost with summer signing Gabriel Martinelli, who sustained an ankle injury last took major part during Wednesday's training at club training session.
The Brazilian forward sustained an ankle injury problem during warming up ahead of Arsenal's 2-0 victory over Newcastle United in the FA Cup. He was named in the starting lineup but was replaced by Reiss Nelson due to his injury.
Immediately after the game head coach Mikel Arteta confirmed that the 19-year-old would undergo a scan of his ankle after which the severity of his injury would be revealed.
It was initially feared that the Brazilian would be out for a significant period of time but results from the scan have indicated that the injury is not serious and that the player will be able to return to full training shortly.
However, Gabriel appear at London Colney on Wednesday morning, undertaking individual training in high spirits before involved in final preparations with the rest of Mikel Arteta's squad for Crystal Palace clash.
Thomas Partey, who are involved in training with the rest of the Mikel Arteta's squad in couple of weeks after returning from thighs injury sustained against Tottenham earlier of last month, took major part on Wednesday and is expected to be in contention for tonight clash.
Nicolas Pepe was also in high spirits and is hoping of taking his commitment in Wednesday's training to match against Roy Hodgson's men tonight while Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, who broken the deadlock against Newcastle United last weekend, hoping of taking that spirit into the front of goal.
The Gunners captain has been struggling a lot this season, scoring just three league goals, with a particular low point coming against Burnley last month when he scored the decisive goal at the wrong end.
But his goal against Newcastle United last weekend and particularly his side recent form, with four wins on the trot in all competitions, will helping Aubameyang back to his best in front of goal.
Alexandre Lacazette, Bukayo Saka, Emile Smith-Rowe, Granit Xhaka, Reiss Nelson, Willian, Maitland-Niles included Gabriel Magalheas also participate in Gunners final preparations for Crystal Palace clash on Wednesday.
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India plans to shut its doors to the world's public and private universities that operate for profit, thus blithely believing that the move would keep the education sector free of rampant commercialisation. So the University of Phoenix, of the US, or the aggressively expanding Monash University of Australia, or Britain's first private company-university BPP College of Professional Studies, would not be permitted to set foot in the country.
This fine-print is the third restrictive clause the Union Human Resources Development (HRD) ministry has introduced in the Foreign Education Providers' Bill, which aims to allow international universities to set up campuses in the country. The other two conditions include forbidding foreign universities from repatriating funds to their home country and setting up a minimum corpus of US $11 million.
Sources said the Bill, passed by the Cabinet, would be introduced in the monsoon session of Parliament. "We are not going to permit every foreign university to come in. For one, universities listed on any stock market as well as for-profit universities would not be allowed to set up campuses in India," said a senior official in the HRD ministry.
Ever since the Cabinet approved the bill with the financial curbs, sceptics have been asking why an Ivy League institution would come to India. Universities have often spoken of India as being an "interesting place", but have not committed to anything more than setting up a research centre or starting joint programmes with domestic institutes.
Optimists believe that international universities are merely waiting till the full picture on India's stand—together with its kickers—is out. "Not allowing for-profit colleges and universities would narrow the scope of institutes that can come in, but they are clearly in the education sector for financial gain and we are not very comfortable in allowing such players," added the HRD official.
There is no actual count of how many for-profit varsities there are. Experts around the world say it's difficult to separate the for-profit universities from the private ones in countries where government supervision is shoddy.
"How do you differentiate the not-for-profit from the under-the-table for-profit institutes? And India should know this is a tough zone," said Philip Altbach, director of the Center for International Higher Education, Boston College.
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At the most recent World Conference on Higher Education in Paris, the book 'Trends in Global Higher Education: Tracking an Academic Revolution' points out that though for-profit institutes constitute a small subsector in the higher education space, there is a notable growth among them as government spending is shrinking. "Moreover, the for-profits represent the fastest-growing sector within US higher education, already incorporating some 8 to 10% of private higher education total enrollment, or more than one-third of total private enrollment, though this is concentrated in programmes of just one to two years."


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There are many adults who, like me, bummed a lot of cigarettes once they were young and stressed or ingesting however, when they got older, either mostly or utterly stopped. Adding to Juul's woes, the e-cigarette trade has been underneath intense scrutiny since a mysterious vaping-associated illness, now known as EVALI, unfold across the US, sickening practically 1,500 folks and killing 33.
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Flavored e-cigarettes are especially dangerous, not solely as a result of they entice youth, but as a result of their young customers are prone to be misinformed concerning the harmfulness of the products.
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At the identical time, it stays at the mercy of the Food and Drug Administration, which has regulated tobacco products since 2009.
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Eliza Leslie: A Publishing Powerhouse
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This blog includes temporary free access to documents included in the new digital resource Children's Literature and Culture and Food & Drink in History. Click on the images to view the primary source documents for free until 25th October 2020.
This month we've been celebrating the release of two resources: Children's Literature and Culture, and the second module of Food & Drink in History. I was lucky enough to work on commissioning documents for both titles, and the last I saw many of these primary sources was in the archive. Many parts of my job are extremely rewarding, but one of the best is making connections between our resources – connections across history.
I made one such connection at the American Antiquarian Society, when I opened a children's book titled The American Girls' Book; Or, Occupation for Play Hours and emitted a yelp of excitement. The author was Eliza Leslie, a name I knew very well from Food & Drink in History; it was like stumbling into an old friend.
The American Girl's Book; Or, Occupation For Play ..., 1869, Content compilation (c) 2020, by the American Antiquarian Society. All rights reserved.
Eliza Leslie's cook books are legendary; users will find several of her successful and influential titles in the resource, such as Seventy Five Receipts for Pastry, Cakes and Sweet Meats, a book credited with the first printed mention of the phrase 'cupcake', and Miss Leslie's lady's new receipt book, containing the first printed recipe for chocolate cake printed in the USA, introducing Americans to a European favourite.
The resource also contains several editions of Directions for Cookery, in its various branches – most notably, a first edition sourced from Michigan State University. Getting hold of a first edition of this cookbook is no mean feat; Directions for Cookery was the bestselling American cookbook of the 19th century, shifting over 150,000 copies and going through over fifty reprintings. You can compare how the book changed over time using the Comparing Multi-Edition Cookbooks tool in the resource.
It's important to state that in most cases, Leslie's recipes aren't unique – she borrows heavily from other published works, from European cuisines, and appropriates from American Indian foodways with minimal acknowledgment of her inspiration, or stereotypical depictions of those communities. The key to Leslie's success was the simplicity in her presentation and the relevance of her recipes. Her mission statement is clear in her preface; the recipes were adapted to the domestic economy of America, avoided ingredients that couldn't be found "on our side of the Atlantic", recipes are to be useful to families in urban or rural locations, and the instructions are explicitly designed to assist "even inexperienced cooks".
Directions for cookery, in its various branches, 1..., 1837, © Content compilation © 2019, by the Michigan State University. All rights reserved.
Recipes are clearly laid out with simple, concise instructions, sprinkled with her top tips and advice about fresh ingredients and pantry staples. Leslie's recipes incorporated local ingredients, like corn and catfish, and she often suggests alternative ingredients, creating flexible recipes easily adaptable to what you have to hand. She wanted to write cookbooks for American housewives, subverting the complexity of highbrow European texts by providing more details on basic things like cooking equipment. So many cookbooks assume so much knowledge about cooking and food of the reader, but what happens if as a young, new housewife, and you don't have that knowledge? Leslie's cookbooks and later her domestic management and etiquette books bridge that gap, establishing her brand as a household go-to.
Leslie was also famously funny; in her later years she was said to hold court in her Philadelphia hotel home, shocking strangers with her sarcastic turn of phrase and acerbic observations. In her cookbooks, she infuses her prose with a directness that is often entertaining – Eliza Leslie brooks no nonsense, and does not accept second best:
It seems natural that a writer with a talent to write with such clarity and wit should also produce children's books designed to entertain and educate. Whilst not as commercially successful as her cookbooks, Leslie was able to leverage her authority as a household manager and flex her creative muscles to create a volume choc full of suggestions for fun pastimes for middle class girls, including sports, card games, needlework, plays and music, decorated with simple illustrations and beautiful engravings. There is even a section on jokes – though I'd wager few would even make it into a Christmas cracker these days!
Leslie incorporates more story telling elements into her children's book – even the introduction is a short story of a young girl discovering how entertaining and instructive the American Girls' Book is. It's also a fascinating example of the nineteenth century's shift in perception of children from being little adults to precious beings, who's time should be filled with carefree hours of play:
Perhaps what made Leslie so popular is that at heart, she wasn't an expert chef or teacher – she was an author. She wanted to write, and publish, and be read. And therein lies another fascinating connection between the two resources; cookbooks and children's books were spaces in nineteenth century publishing where women had a voice, where they had agency. They were approved spaces where they could be creative and successful. Leslie not only wrote books, but she also edited and contributed to magazines such as Godey's Lady's Book. Eliza Leslie was a publishing powerhouse we're privileged to remember in two of our newest resources, both available online now.
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Just a reminder that the Festival of Athletics Open competition is taking place this Saturday at SHUCAS Woodbourn Rd, Sheffield. This is a great event to start off the outdoor season and get some times and distances recorded at the beginning of the season.
A great story of how on the 90th anniversary of his father winning the Hallam Chase in 1926 his son (aged 70 years) decided to run it in his father's honour.


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In the third photo, the focus is on the lower, indented surface around the raised numbers.