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GHOST-WRITING FOR THEODORE DREISER
MARCIA LEE MASTERSCHICAGO TRIBUNE
It was a cold, dark winter`s day in Hollywood, Calif., the year of 1943, and I was standing in front of the white stucco house of Theodore Dreiser. I was waiting for somebody to answer the door. The house appeared to be both withdrawn and preoccupied.
I had not seen Dreiser since I was 7, when my parents took me to a party for him at Chicago Cliffdwellers` Club, whose members formed an enclave of architects, musicians, artists, writers and other people with a cultural interest.
I had never forgotten Dreiser`s tall, imposing figure, almost prehistoric-looking, in front of the club`s giant fireplace. Nor had I forgotten Dreiser`s deep voice, which seemed to come from caves where only he had lived. He was thinking, appraising, considering. Even I, at age 7, knew that.
I had arrived in California only a few weeks before with my mother and my 11-year-old daughter, Marcia, and we were just getting settled in a majestic setting up in the foothills of Pasadena that had been ''lent'' to us. And then my father, Edgar Lee Masters, the author of ''Spoon River Anthology,'' started to beseige me with letters urging me to see his dear friend, Dreiser, who was not well. Father, who had left home when I was 12, was coming closer and closer and had been writing me daily for about 10 years.
He was concerned not only about Dreiser but very upset about me, for I had become engaged to a prolific and dynamic young Wisconsin author, whose passion for life and for me and whose Thoreau way of living had fascinated me and torn me like a small boat from all my moorings. He expected me to be a farm woman, have more children and be a housekeeper who would wash, among other things, 20 pairs of his trousers a week and iron them. Under his tutelage, he wanted me to write ''the great American novel'' and stories for Redbook. How could I live up to his expectations?
Consequently, I had to have space to think things over, to sort out myself and my life, for aside from wanting love and a home for my talented daughter and myself, I wanted to be a poet.
All of this was on my mind as I waited in front of Dreiser`s house. My own literary career, though hanging by fragile threads, was nevertheless getting exciting. I had just had a selection of poems accepted by Poetry magazine, and others by the Saturday Review and Voices. I had been society editor for the Chicago Sun, reporter and feature writer. I had also held jobs writing copy, such as composing all the mail-order copy, for I. Miller`s Michigan Avenue shoe store. And I had saved up just enough money to take my daughter and myself to California on the three-day sit-up train.
To my romantic mind, California would clear my brain and enable me to see the best thing to do. I longed to go back to Wisconsin but was fearful of being trapped.
Certainly, though, I had never dreamed that my life would be as magic and as difficult as it was in Pasadena with World War II raging. There was nothing to rent, for the military had discovered California.
Our house, the replica of a palace in Tuscany, had been ''lent'' to us by a close friend, who was prominent politically, artistically and academically. I paid only $25 a month for it, and in return for this, had to replace the gardener, who had taken a wartime job in a factory. So, I had seven acres of neglected roses and also citrus orchards to water. I had to mop the marble floors with milk-when I could get the milk, for it was World War II and provisions were hard to get. We had very little money and no car.
Suddenly, as I reflected on all of this, the door to Dreiser`s house opened. A blond, pastel-dressed woman greeted me. Her name turned out to be Helen, and later, I heard, she and Dreiser got married. She led me into the small living room.
Dreiser was hunched by a little gas fire, the kind that used to burn so much in those days. He was so tall that the chair hardly accommodated him, and he had a small blanket thrown over his legs. His large face was both harsh and compassionate, and his eyes dredged me as if I were a new character he might want to sift. He was very glad to see me, but I don`t remember that he rose or shook hands or anything like that. I sat down, and we started to visit.
Why was I in California? Why had I left Chicago? Where was I living? Was I alone? Was I a writer? Questions like that, some of which were hard to answer. Most of my life seems hard to find answers for anyway. But an instantaneous friendship sprang up between us, and Helen just sat there, unworried, yet not wanting, I know, to miss anything.
''You came out here hoping to be a scriptwriter, your father tells me. Any luck?'' he asked.
''No. I need a name, apparently, to get into that field. I`ll have a good job in a few months. I`m going to teach Chaucer, poetry, English and composition at the Anoakia-Flintridge School for Girls. I`ve been very frank with them. I have told them I haven`t taught Chaucer, but they don`t care. I guess teachers are hard to get right now.''
''So what are you doing in the meantime?'' he asked.
''I`m selling advertising space for a new magazine in Pasadena. It`s rather interesting but entails too much walking. I have to walk five miles just to get to Pasadena, and then I go up and down Colorado Boulevard all day, calling on the shops. And I am living in a palace with a lot to maintain.''
That, of course, piqued him.
''Why? What do you have to do?''
''I`m the gardener, for one thing. The gardener quit and took a job in a war plant. My responsibility is not too bad, really. But it seems to me I`m always picking water hyacinths and putting them in bowls in the guest rooms and living room or laying big fires for guests. And at night I am working on a novel.''
''I`d like to see it.'' Dreiser`s eyes sharpened. ''Has anybody seen it?''
''Yes, a literary agent in Hollywood. His name is Harvey Taylor, and he has already sent a part of it to Houghton Mifflin.''
''What is their reaction?''
''Very exciting. The problem is that they don`t feel I can keep it up.''
''Don`t let that worry you,'' Dreiser advised. ''Have they given you an advance?''
''No,'' I admitted.
''Quite a story,'' Dreiser remarked. ''You`re not exactly a small-town woman coming to the big city in search of love and a husband. I understand from your father you have a great love back there in Wisconsin. I think I`ve heard of him. Isn`t he the one whose house is called `The house that books built`?''
''Yes, and it`s a wonderful, big, panelled house, Dutch Pennsylvania, next to a cornfield, and just down the road from the graveyard where we have danced sometimes in the moonlight. Not in any flippant way, but just in a dreamlike atmosphere that we liked.''
''And you have been a newspaperwoman in Chicago?''
''Yes, I`ve been a society editor, feature writer, reporter. The paper didn`t want me to be a reporter. They said I was too much of a lady, but they finally relented. I`ve had some amazing experiences.''
''Such as what?''
Well, I spent every day for three weeks in the slums going into those pitiful old tenements, running to escape the rats and burying my nose in my grandmother`s old muff sprayed with perfume. My photographer couldn`t stand the smells, and he fainted once . . . no, twice. Then, one day I had to take the part of the only woman clown in the world in the Clyde Beatty circus. I was even offered a job with the circus.''
Dreiser smiled.
''I`ve read a little of your poetry. I liked `The Iowa Boy.` Your father is proud of that. I`d like to see some more. Why don`t you try for another newspaper job out here?'' Dreiser inquired.
''I have,'' I confessed. ''But women aren`t in demand by the newspapers.''
I stayed there a while longer, studying him, noting the surroundings. They didn`t reflect him at all, any more than my palatial ones reflected me. The room had a prosaic, cowed, rented look. But the gas fire had charm, and Dreiser`s eyes were watching me with increasing interest. I knew it would be time to go, for I had a difficult trip back and no car, no way to get up the foothills except on my own two feet. However, I knew that I would meet him again.
A week or so passed, and I had almost forgotten the encounter with Dreiser. I was busy writing a novel at night and by day working in Pasadena. Then, the long walks home.
But one night when the mountains were drawing closer and closer, bringing the mist, Dreiser telephoned. He said that he and Helen would like to come and call, and see our ''palace'' and visit. Mother, with her beautiful manners, made them feel at home, and Marcia played the piano for us. Dreiser was spellbound by the magnificent and eerie quality of the living room, and he kept roaming around. Then he strode over to the vast cathedral window at the end of the room. Miles below lay Pasadena.
Then he sat down again and twiddled his big hands, as if he never quite knew what to do with them. He asked to see some of my published poems and also the novel that I was working on. He lingered over them. Later, we both strolled around, and I showed him the handsome library with all of its leather books, some by him. That was especially nice and helpful as it turned out later.
Finally, they left, and a great warmth went with them. Day by day, letters were arriving from Wisconsin begging me to come back. Day by day, when I had time, I was lugging a huge hose up and down those mountainous slopes watering flowers or hanging laundry out among the citrus trees.
In the midst of all this activity, Dreiser telephoned and invited me to luncheon at the exclusive Players Club in Hollywood. The day arrived, and I walked up the little slope where the Players Club sat, luxurious and aloof as a swan resting on her wings. Dreiser was there alone, and we sat down to luncheon.
Suddenly, he said: ''How would you like to write some short stories for me? They would appear in Esquire under the name of Theodore Dreiser, and I would pay you $75 a story. I shall give you all the plots and define the characters. But the last, and sixth story, is to be totally of your own invention and is to be about the meanest man you have ever known.''
That was easy, for I had had a neighbor on the South Side of Chicago who raised fierce, monstrous dogs in a kennel in his back yard. His frail, tiny mother-in-law, who lived with him and his wife, was terrified of those dogs and begged him to get rid of them. She feared that some day one of the dogs would break loose from his chains, come inside and kill her. The man paid no heed. And her fears were realized, for one day, one of the dogs did escape, came through the porch door and attacked her. She died almost immediately.
I can`t remember all the plots that Dreiser gave me. It was all done over the telephone, crisply and quickly. He was working on two big novels and apparently didn`t want to waste time on short stories. One that he assigned to me was about a dentist who fell madly in love with an obscenely fat woman. Dreiser was immensely pleased with all my stories, and they were sent off to Esquire. The dentist story, ''Clarence,'' appeared in February 1945.
One day he called to say that the meanest man story had created a furor at Esquire. Apparently, they knew of Dreiser`s deal with me, for they forwarded a form to me to sign in which I was to swear that the story was not true, and that if there were any lawsuits over it, I would assume responsibility for them. I couldn`t, of course, sign.
However, Esquire published it anyway.
So there were the six stories, and that was the end of my
''ghostwriting'' for Dreiser, for one day he telephoned me to say that he couldn`t, in all conscience, use my stories any more, that I was too gifted a writer to be buried under his name. Consequently, he urged me to send some work to his agent in New York, a rather celebrated man named Chambrun. So I did, but the answer was heartbreaking.
Chambrun said that I was a talented writer, but much too young and he asked me to try him again in a couple of years. This whole experience turned me from my course. I returned immediately to poetry, in which I had already had some success, having published in Poetry, Saturday Review, Voices and other magazines. To date I have published three books of poems, the last,
''Looking Across,'' in June 1990. Until recently, I have never attempted another short story.
I never saw Theodore Dreiser again, and one day after my writing for him was terminated, I was standing on a busy corner in Los Angeles, glancing down at the evening newspaper.
''Dreiser Is Dead,'' the headlines read.
And not much later, my father was found unconscious in his suite at the Chelsea Hotel in New York City and was taken to a hospital and, later, to a rest home.
A great friendship had ended, and two great authors were silenced. Father lingered on for several years, but his life as a writer had run its course.
And I am back in Illinois, publishing short stories for the first time in decades-and under my own name. I had almost forgotten the Dreiser incident until I read his new biography by Richard Lingeman. I checked with Esquire magazine recently and heard that my stories for Dreiser are labeled ''The Black Sheep Group.''
Yes, I was a ghostwriter for Theodore Dreiser in my young and fascinating years when I was trying to escape from milking cows, and dancing in graveyards; at a time when women were supposed to leave the painting unfinished, the poem unwritten; when women in the arts almost had to be subsidized.
But what I have not mentioned so far is the fact that I did the writing for Dreiser while living in a ''haunted palace,'' where eerie footsteps were heard all night, going up and down the marble stairway that led to our rooms. Furthermore, Mother and I, when in the kitchen at dusk, heard heavy, determined footsteps climbing the stone stairs that led up the cliff from the sunken pool where the water hyacinths were.
To make matters more frightening, the doorbell would ring often by the huge wrought-iron front door. The three of us would all converge there to see who was calling. But nobody was there. It was baffling, intimidating, yet part of the magic of the experience.
But I have to add that I never saw the ghost. I merely was a ghostwriter. Having discovered recently in Richard Lingeman`s book ''Theodore Dreiser...An American Journey'' that there were several women who
''collaborated'' with Dreiser, I want to point out that I never
''collaborated.''
I was a ghostwriter. Furthermore, the special-collections department at the Van Pelt Library in Philadelphia, headed by Daniel Treister, informs me that my name is still there in the original copies in some of ''The Black Sheep Group,'' which was published under the name of Dreiser.
There are also another six stories there, and my name is on some of those. I also wrote a collection of stories called ''I Remember, I Remember,'' which Dreiser asked me to write but never used. It is about my childhood life in Spring Lake, Mich., where we had a bewitching home for many summers. The enchantment was slapped down by reality when we returned to Chicago in the fall. It is also at the Van Pelt Library.
So, perhaps, this is the final ghost, not the eerie creature roaming around the haunted palace, but the secrecy, the mystery concerning the stories in Esquire and floating around like little nameless ships in the misty sea of literature.


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Do you wish your preteen came with an owner's manual? These years can be a confusing time for both children and their parents.
Your elementary school kid who always depended a lot on you begins transitioning to a sometimes moody and willful adolescent who faces more demanding academics and new social situations.
The changes are sometimes slow or they also can be sudden. You likely will have questions about your child's health along the way. Pediatrician Veronica Issac, MD, answers the five questions that parents most often ask during their early adolescent child's annual exam.
Q: What vaccines does my child need at this age?
Not only are these shots important to protect your child's health, but they're also mandatory for continued enrollment in 7th grade in many areas, Dr. Issac says.
Q: Should I be concerned about social anxieties?
A: Transitioning to middle school is tough for many kids. Talk to your child about anything that concerns them, whether it's making new friends, bullying, or other social issues . If you're uncomfortable with these topics or want to bring in another perspective, you can ask your pediatrician to address it.
Also, watch for signs of behavioral health problems: worsening academic performance, not wanting to go to school, sleeping too much or too little, or a change in appetite. These changes are somewhat normal during puberty, but if they're extreme, let your pediatrician know, Dr. Issac says.
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package org.dmfs.rfc5545;

import org.dmfs.rfc5545.calendarmetrics.CalendarMetrics;
import org.dmfs.rfc5545.calendarmetrics.CalendarMetrics.CalendarMetricsFactory;
import org.dmfs.rfc5545.calendarmetrics.GregorianCalendarMetrics;
import org.dmfs.rfc5545.calendarmetrics.IslamicCalendarMetrics;
import org.dmfs.rfc5545.calendarmetrics.IslamicCalendarMetrics.LeapYearPattern;
import org.dmfs.rfc5545.calendarmetrics.JulianCalendarMetrics;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

/**
 * Helper class to convert Unicode calendar names to {@link CalendarMetrics}.
 * <p>
 * See http://www.unicode.org/repos/cldr/tags/latest/common/bcp47/calendar.xml
 *
 * @author Marten Gajda
 */
public final class UnicodeCalendarScales
{

    private final static Map<String, CalendarMetricsFactory> CALENDAR_SCALES = new HashMap<String, CalendarMetricsFactory>(10);

    static
    {
        CALENDAR_SCALES.put(GregorianCalendarMetrics.CALENDAR_SCALE_ALIAS, GregorianCalendarMetrics.FACTORY);
        CALENDAR_SCALES.put(GregorianCalendarMetrics.CALENDAR_SCALE_NAME, GregorianCalendarMetrics.FACTORY);
        CALENDAR_SCALES.put(JulianCalendarMetrics.CALENDAR_SCALE_ALIAS, JulianCalendarMetrics.FACTORY);
        CALENDAR_SCALES.put(JulianCalendarMetrics.CALENDAR_SCALE_NAME, JulianCalendarMetrics.FACTORY);
        CALENDAR_SCALES.put(IslamicCalendarMetrics.CALENDAR_SCALE_TLBA, new IslamicCalendarMetrics.IslamicCalendarMetricsFactory(
                IslamicCalendarMetrics.CALENDAR_SCALE_TLBA, LeapYearPattern.II, false));
        CALENDAR_SCALES.put(IslamicCalendarMetrics.CALENDAR_SCALE_CIVIL, new IslamicCalendarMetrics.IslamicCalendarMetricsFactory(
                IslamicCalendarMetrics.CALENDAR_SCALE_CIVIL, LeapYearPattern.II, true));
        CALENDAR_SCALES.put("ISLAMICC", CALENDAR_SCALES.get(IslamicCalendarMetrics.CALENDAR_SCALE_CIVIL));
    }

    public static CalendarMetricsFactory getCalendarMetricsForName(String calendarScaleName)
    {
        return CALENDAR_SCALES.get(calendarScaleName);
    }
}

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in: 1980-1984, 1985-1989
Ironhorse began performing in 1981 and within four years they had won a reputation as one of Adelaide's most devoutly supported acts.
When the band released their first self financed album in 1986 it became an enduring chart hit. The band set attendance records at their live performances and also surprised the critics when their album "Lost Weekend" soared up the charts with a Number 5 album locally and number 54 on the National Charts. Through constant touring this band earned a reputation nationally and shared the stage as support to a variety of International musicians – BB King, Deep Purple, Joe Walsh, The Fabulous Thunderbirds, Johnny Winter & Canned Heat.
After a ten year span key member David Stone left for a spell and Ironhorse took a break. The rest of the members continued to tour under the name of "The Hurricanes" and eventually released an Album under the guise of "Cosmic Desert" with good friend James Burchell on main vocals. During the recording of the second album David Stone returned to contribute on the new album. Inevitably Ironhorse was reborn and the band has appeared under both the Cosmic Desert and Ironhorse banner since. More recently the band has reverted back to the Ironhorse flag.
Members[]
David Stone - Guitar & Vocals
Shaun Pilkinton - Guitar & Vocals
John Yacka - Drums
Bret Hann - Bass (1980 - 1983)
Kevin Perks - Bass & Vocals
Peter Beeby - Keyboards

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Ever since Stephanie Clifford stormed the headlines, Donald Trump has refused to hold any live press conferences. But he held one today with the leaders of the Baltic states so he can warn them publicly not to allow any caravans of refugees into their once Soviet-dominated nations.
Usually, if he's not holding a rally to fire up his base, he holes up either at Mar-a-Lago or in a deep, dark corner of his Oval Office and tweets his constant xenophobic and anti-mainstream media rants.
Yesterday, he railed against CNN et al. and in favor of Sinclair Broadcasting, which hired a Trumpite in its quest to win favors from the Justice Department and the Federal Communications Commission, which is chaired by Trump's ally Ajit Pai.
As Politico's ace reporter Louis Nelson tells us, The Donald is engaged in all-out war against CNN (https://www.politico.com/story/2018/04/03/trump-media-attacks-497975).
Sinclair Broadcasting owns 193 local TV stations in the United States. It is well known for its highly conservative bias. Recently, it forced most of them to deliver a rant against the same media outlets which Trump hates (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinclair_Broadcast_Group#2018_journalistic_responsibility_promos). Sinclair wants the FCC and the Justice Department to approve its purchase of 30 more stations. Pai is all too ready to comply.
As associate solitary reporter Johanna Jones dove deep into all this, she discovered, in an obscure corner of Trump Tower, volumes of legal papers which she immediately brought to the light of day.
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Worlds 2021 semifinals roundtable: Edward Gaming vs. Gen.G predictions
League of Legends News
The first ever league of legends world championship semifinal is in the books. DWG KIA is going to face either Edward Gaming or Gen.G in Worlds 2021 final on Nov. 6th.
The Sunday World Games match will determine whether EDG is making their first Worlds final appearance or whether we get our first all-South Korean team final since 2017, when the SK Telecom dynasty broke its name at the hands of Samsung Galaxy, who took over the rebranding as Gen.G. Since then, the South Korean squad has been strong domestically, but not internationally. They could win the fight against China's top team and then then go after a bit of revenge against their no. 1 team next week.
For now, even though, it is something like it happened Saturday morning: DWG KIA and T1 lost battle in what could become Worlds 2021 the best series. After breaking down the matchup, upputers picked Sunday's best-of-five and summed up the road ahead of DK and T1.
Whose person reuniting with the DWG KIA in final meeting: EDG or Gen.G?
Warren Younger: Edward Gaming entered the 2021 Worlds semifinals as heavy favorites. They have the upper hand on all sides of the road. As long as they take advantage of their potential, this series is free. But EDG haven't had the cleanest Worlds all the time, and Gen. G looked really clean against Cloud 9. Even if both teams play their best, Gen.Gs will not be bad enough.
The game for Gen. G is all in Gwak Bo-seongs hands. If he keeps his form in 2021 as far as Lee Scout Ye-chan is, he'll have a chance. But there is no way EDG doesn't start swinging, right? The first semifinals appearance for the EDG should become their first worlds final.
Goal 3-1 Gen.G.
Nick Ray: When we watched Gen.G's performance in the quarterfinals, we split over the series. On paper, EDG could handle Gen.G in a best-of-five manner, but if Bdd had fully leveled the pitch, and raised the bar on his already impressive play after quarters, it wouldn't be that simple.
Even though the UEB can rely very heavily on games like olympics, the results tend to be very optimistic. I expect them to win out especially because I believe their top side of Li Flandre Xuan-Jun, Zhao Jiejie Li-Jie and Scout will be significant difference-makers.
EDG 3.
Edward Gaming will face South Korean players Gen.G in the League of Legends World Championship final. The EDG would be the first final, and if Gen.G wins, it would be the first all-South Korean Worlds final since 2017 when Samsung Galaxy faced SK Telecom T1 |Photo by Colin Young-Wolff/Provided by Riot Games.
E.G. Kant: Is this a straight-knit series that are not the end of the road? The EDG broken the Worlds quarterfinal curse and they look very scary when they are in the point. I think China's first seed is the best to make the finals without just watching the series of their lives. All their players played big time, especially top laner Flandre and Jiejie, many questioned coming into Worlds 2021.
Can Gen. G win this series? Absolutely. Do I think they'll do this? Really not. I wouldn't be surprised if EDG dropped first game and then went 3-0 after a look at the World's 2021 world football history.
EDG 3, 1, Gen. G.
Tom Matthiesen: Gen.G didn't get any resistance in the quarterfinals against Cloud9. They show their clear flaws in the group stage, however. Edward Gamings series against Royal Never Give Up in the quarterfinals showed that the European Development Development Authority have several weaknesses. But it's not true. I don't think Gen.G is supposed to punish those groanings consistently. EDGs calm playstyle takes over in gold, Gen.Gs playstyle is in vision.
EDG 3-1 Gen.
Who was the VP of KIA and T1 in DWG?
Younger: Every player on the DK had bad games during the five-game series against T1 but jungler Kim Canyon Geon-bu shined the best in three DK wins. The series began with a tough matchup for T1 in the jungle. Sun Oner Yoeon-joon got the best of Canyon in Game 2, but in the other game, Canyon was recognized the most, especially on five games. In Game 5 was Canyons Talon who came through with the clutch picks and objective control.
It seemed like the best jungle, and even the rain storm was good enough to send DK to the third world championship.
From what I think, the mid-jungle duo in the world truly showed why they are now once again a 'knights'. The DWG KIA mid-laner Heo ShowMaker Su and Canyon really stepped up when they needed them even in the losses. Game 4 on LeBlanc was a masterclass, and Canyon was the only one that kept Oner at bay. The task wasn't easy. I was going to give it to Showmaker in my final bid. But after Canyons performance in game 5, particularly his crucial kill on Oner, I've got to give it to him. Any time we see Kim Clid Tae-min or Jiejie in the finals, it's a Worlds 2021 match to remember.
Ray: All of the DK players looked amazing this series, but teamwork prevailed today. I won't discourage answering, though, Kim Khan Dong-ha gets MVP for me, in the event of what was involved in this matchup.
The veteran top laner is retiring after Worlds 2021 if he can complete his military duty for Korea. He finished playing this show so far as it was impossible. Amid the pressure, Khans play did nothing else in or out of the way, particularly in lane, that could have impeded their teams ability to play the map or execute on their win conditions. Sometimes it's good enough that you just show up and do your job. The showmaking giant, who raked up impressive 20/6/29 KDA this series has definitely received an honorable mention.
It's too hard to choose. I'd like to make the award for his stellar play a winner for the series T1. At 18 years old, Oner drank the show often and engaged in the heart of a jungler with tenure. But I'm accepting that the MVP is someone whose efforts will end up losing their teams. I am a big fan of the DWG KIA bot Yong-jun, support Cho BeryL Geon-hee, and Khan returned, but DWG KIAs mid-jungle Duo are much more unique. My love for mighty junglers drives me to Canyon, so he takes my vote.
Did the 2D-3 series go as you thought it would be?
On Saturday, T1s Lee Faker Sang-hyeok played backstage after their 3-2 defeat to the DWG KIA at the League of Legends final on Saturday in Iceland. Photo by Lance Skundrich and Presented by Riot Games.
Younger: It went how I thought it would go, but it went how I wanted it to. DWG KIA came into the series looking unbeatable and showed that the world's top teams can bleed. This series went five games, and T1 gave DK hell. Even though DK showed confidence and held off the inexperienced T1 squad, what this series showed us is that the Worlds 2021 final wouldn't be an absolute stomp. In fact, in order to win the championship, EDG could be an end of a banger.
Kant: My predictions were shit-on for DK 3-2, so I assume this, more or less, reached my expectations. I think regional familiarity played a huge role in the series, as well as the quarterfinals of EDG/RNG. That isn't just that, I didn't think that T1 looked as far as I thought it was. It was a superb series with a lot of complex setups and teamfights and proved that DK has the mental resuscitation of the champions. ShowMaker looks like he can sit for an entire series, and yet, T1s demon queen needs to wait in line again.
Ray: I predict DWG KIA winning, so no, but when I finally got ready for T1, I had to get better. Honestly, I simply wanted to see Faker won another trophy. Is it too much to ask me? It's been three years since his final World Cup triumph. But sometimes it's hard to get rid of his dominant reputation.
In general, as it was, we're really happy for DWG KIA, and especially for Showmaker. I really hope she wins the whole thing.
Matthiesen: Never doubt not. I thought that DWG KIA would be much more dominant in the series and had predicted their 3-0 victory for them. Instead, T1 ran over and put reigning world champions back on the wall. I can only say that this series has a great deal of success with the other four fantastic players in the play, and Faker is their captain. The new generation showed no fear in the most important tournament of the past – and hardly reached the final. The NZA had almost lost to its rivals and it was up to them to pull out every trick to take advantage of the win.
Which is your favourite piece of DWG KIA vs. T1?
The Oner Baron steals in Game 2 to the team fight after being the most memorable play of the whole series. The fight that led to a two-game win for T1 proved that the then undefeated DK squad was dead.
Against the DWGKIA, @T1 take Game 2 to even advance #Worlds2021 semi-final series. pic.twitter.com/51idKT5nRU.
What will you call yourself? (@Mom) October 30, 2021!
While T1 couldn't win the series, they pushed DK to Game 5. It wasn't just that time that was the series and Worlds 2021 defining moment. DK wasn't on hand to Worlds contested.
Kant: Call me lazy. But I found the whole sequence that led to the winning of game 5 by DK. After T1 got the Baron, DK used Ziggs ultimate to block T1s Baron empowered recalls, and almost won the match through that play if not for bot laner Gumayusi Min-hyeongs Aphelios. The feeling of tenseness led me to think I should have forgotten to get me off the breath. As for the past, the ancient dragon fight swung towards DK, but as for the real turning point of Game 5, the Nexus battle was, on my mind, the reverse of the fighting.
Ray: I don't think that E.G. is lazy at all with his pick, as it isn't only mine. Most importantly, when I'm referring to small moments of the series as an individual moments, the big moments in a series of moments that most accurately don't matter. Without mid priority and lack of reset timing, T1 became forced into a position where they felt they must continue force Baron. The remaining treasure was history after the battle between Ghosts Ziggs and Oner took off.
Matthiesen: There were so many memorable plays in this series. I'm having an accident in the baron, but after that, I think the two wolfes have a weapon. On Lee Sin, Canyon helped the driver and pedestrian out of his bot lane. After deleting Gumayusi, the river canyon walked to the bottom of the T1s turret and drew back the nonchalant Q, hitting Keria. While he was on, Canyon used Ghost as a makeshift ward, while he was on the other side, and put back into range, and activated his Resonating Strike, and ran against the Keria.
Keria will have nightmares from this play.
Can we call this play the canyon? #Worlds2021 pic.twitter.com/sKq1l3uR0b?
Tom #Worlds2021 (@TomMatthiesen) October 30, 2021.
It wasn't a game-deciding play, but it was very elegant, so precise that it captured what Canyons greatness has been celebrated for. Choi inSec In-seok got his name attached to the kick aft-hope on Lee Sin. Since he was great, the movie was named the "Zentrum".
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Review: I am an emotional train wreck right now. Seriously, Pivot Point is brilliant. I don't even know how to cope with it right now, let alone really review it, but I finished it moments ago and I want to get my thoughts down while they're still fresh.
My very first impression of the book was a mix of "Wow, this is kind of a terrifying world" and "This book is obnoxiously cliche." However, neither of those original impressions really lingered for very long (well the first one did a bit). Addison is a girl with mental powers who lives in a secret city called the Compound. Beyond the fact that everyone who lives there has mental abilities, it's a fairly average place. Addie has the ability to Search, or view the consequences of each side of a choice placed before her. When her parents get a divorce, she Searches to decide whether or not to stay with her mother or go with her father into the normal world with the "Norms".
This is where the book evolves from average-ness into awesome-ness. Each subsequent chapter alternates between the story line of the two choices- but the choices play out as if Addie had actually made that decision. There's the story line where she stays with her mother and gets involved with the star quarterback and then there's the story line where she goes into the normal world, makes new friends and meets a normal guy who was mysteriously injured in a football game against Addie's old paranormal school.
The stories remain separate, but the same key plot points happen in both, and you get to see how Addie's choices play out in either story, from different viewpoints. I found it especially delightful as the reader because when a protagonist makes an important choice in a novel, I tend to spend the rest of the book wondering in the back of my mind about what would have happened if they had made a different choice. I got to see two completely different dimensions intertwined with a sinister and interesting plot and I loved it. I found myself comparing the different choices and really getting involved in the book.
I do have one small critique though, which was that there was some minor confusion in the middle chapters of the book when the plot events in the stories coincide really closely. It was vaguely tricky to remember which chapter I was in and which life Addie was living. I blame this partially on the speed at which I read, which is terribly fast (I started and finished this book today in between class and work). Sometimes I read so fast, I don't have the time to properly record the events that I'm reading in their right order and it gets a little tangled. So if you're a fast reader, keep in mind that you might have to pause for a moment to straighten things out, but it's definitely not a reason for you to avoid this book.
I could semi-predict what was going to happen before it happened, but I was just barely ahead of the book and it kept me on my toes. I wanted to know which choice Addie would pick when she was done searching, because I just couldn't decide ahead of time. And in the end, when she made her choice, I was amazed. Not because it was some huge break from what I expected or from the rest of the novel, but because it wasn't conventional and it was just...heartbreaking to me. The way the choices played out...it just...UGH. I really wish I could pick the plot events apart here, but I don't want to give anything anyway. I want you guys to read the book and be as surprised as I was, as engrossed as I was, and as impressed by this novel as I was.
YES!! So glad you enjoyed it. We just read and really liked it too. (Blog post here: http://www.weheartya.com/2013/03/2-for-price-of-1-dual-narratives.html.) And sadly, yes, it's not longer, BUT there is going to be a sequel or a companion novel or something!!!
Line we can't forget: "You don't choose this."
I really liked this book too and also had a bit of trouble keeping track as a fast reader-glad someone else has that problem!


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#include "AggressiveMonster.h"

class cWither :
	public cAggressiveMonster
{
	typedef cAggressiveMonster super;

public:
	cWither(void);

	CLASS_PROTODEF(cWither);

	unsigned int GetNumInvulnerableTicks(void) const { return m_InvulnerableTicks; }

	void SetNumInvulnerableTicks(unsigned int a_Ticks) { m_InvulnerableTicks = a_Ticks; }

	/** Returns whether the wither is invulnerable to arrows. */
	bool IsArmored(void) const;

	// cEntity overrides
	virtual bool Initialize(cWorld * a_World) override;
	virtual void GetDrops(cItems & a_Drops, cEntity * a_Killer = NULL) override;
	virtual void DoTakeDamage(TakeDamageInfo & a_TDI) override;
	virtual void Tick(float a_Dt, cChunk & a_Chunk) override;

private:

	/** The number of ticks of invulnerability left after being initially created. Zero once invulnerability has expired. */
	unsigned int m_InvulnerableTicks;

} ;


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Federal Registers
Notice of renewal of the NACOSH charter.
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[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 199 (Monday, October 15, 2012)][Notices][Page 62536]
[Docket No. OSHA-2012-0019]
National Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health
(NACOSH)
AGENCY: Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), Labor.
ACTION: Notice of renewal of the NACOSH charter.
SUMMARY: The Secretary of Labor will renew the charter of the National
Advisory Committee on Occupational Safety and Health (NACOSH).
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Deborah Crawford, OSHA Directorate
of Evaluation and Analysis, Room N-3641, U.S. Department of Labor, 200
Constitution Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Labor (Secretary) will
renew the NACOSH charter. The Charter will expire two years from the
date it is filed.
NACOSH was established by Section 7(a) of the Occupational Safety
and Health Act of 1970 (OSH Act) (29 U.S.C. 651, 656) to advise,
consult with and make recommendations to the Secretary and the
Secretary of Health and Human Services on matters relating to the
administration of the OSH Act. Under the OSH Act, Congress intended
NACOSH to be a continuing advisory committee of indefinite duration.
NACOSH operates in accordance with the Federal Advisory Committee
Act (FACA) (5 U.S.C. App. 2) and OSHA's regulations on NACOSH (29 CFR
part 1912a). Pursuant to FACA and its implementing regulations (41 CFR
102-3), the NACOSH Charter must be renewed every two years. The Charter
expires two years from the date it is filed.
The new Charter includes minor updates and an increase in the staff
years for operating NACOSH from 1.5 to 2 staff years.
To read or download a copy of the new NACOSH Charter, go to Docket
No. OSHA-2012-0019 at http://www.regulations.gov, the Federal e-
Rulemaking Portal. The Charter also is available on the NACOSH page on
OSHA's Web page at http://www.osha.gov and at the OSHA Docket Office,
N-2625, U.S. Department of Labor, 200 Constitution Avenue NW.,
Washington, DC 20210; telephone (202) 693-2350. In addition, the
Charter may be viewed or downloaded at the Federal Advisory Committees
Database at http://www.fido.gov.
Authority and Signature
David Michaels, Ph.D., MPH, Assistant Secretary of Labor for
Occupational Safety and Health, directed the preparation of this notice
under the authority granted by Section 7 of the Occupational Safety and
Health Act of 1970 (U.S.C. 656), the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5
U.S.C. App. 2); 29 CFR Part 1912a; 41 CFR part 102-3; and Secretary of
Labor's Order No. 1-2012 (77 FR 3912, 1/25/2012).
Signed at Washington, DC, on October 3, 2012.
David Michaels,
Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health.


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Gerard Butler, Aaron Eckhart and Morgan Freeman return to Pro TV on Saturday, January 15, 2022, starting at 8:00 pm in the action film distributed by Prorom London Has Fallen.
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Dunkenhalgh Way in Accrington. Picture from Google Maps.
Two people had to be cut free from a car after a five-vehicle collision on Dunkenhalgh Way.
Police said three people suffered whiplash injuries after the incident in Accrington involving a Ford Fiesta, Ford Estate, BWM, Mercedes and a Renault van.
It happened at around 10.30am on Monday, April 11 and the road was closed until 12.10pm.
Two fire crews from Hyndburn were called the scene and used hydraulic rescue equipment to free the two trapped people.


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Becky Noble
A History Worth Erasing?
posted by Becky Noble • 5/29/2017
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Like all nations, America has had her growing pains. Our history is full of amazing stories of patriotism, the fight for liberty, and of the people behind them. Even the proudest of Americans will tell you that not all American history is bright and sunny. America has dark moments in her history, but the genius of the Founding Fathers in their creation of the Constitution has ensured that the mistakes made during those dark periods of American history could be corrected through the political process.
Most Americans will agree that the Civil War, the period leading up to it, and certain events beyond it were not the most shining moments in the story of America. But now, liberals, those keepers of political correctness are calling for the removal of monuments commemorating Civil War battles and statues of Confederate generals all over the nation. Conservatives argue that it does not matter how many dusty old statues you remove, you cannot erase or change history. But when we talk about revising history, whose history are we really talking about, American history that liberals and Democrats don't like, or Democrat Party history?
You have to hand it to the Democrats. Because of their willing accomplices in the mainstream media, they have been fairly successful in covering up their own less than stellar history. It is a history that goes back almost 200 years. Here are a few tidbits:
Since its founding in 1829, the Democrat Party was a big fan of America's original sin of slavery, defending slavery and segregation at every turn. After the Civil War, while the first elected black members of the House of Representatives and the Senate were Republicans, chronic sore loser Democrats were busy founding the Ku Klux Klan. The KKK would go on to be the muscle, the enforcers of the Democrat Party. As Congress introduced post-war amendments to the Constitution, Abraham Lincoln's successor Andrew Johnson and the rest of the Democrat Party resisted efforts every step of the way. They opposed the 13th amendment to abolish slavery. They opposed the 14th amendment, which gave the newly freed slaves citizenship. They then opposed the 15th amendment that gave blacks the right to vote. Opposing blacks would continue to vote Republican for the next 100 years as Democrats came up with all sorts of schemes to keep blacks out of the voting, poll taxes and literacy tests among them.
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Beginning in the 1920's, far left socialist reproductive rights activist, Margaret Sanger began to hire numbers of black employees at the "clinics" she opened. Sanger claimed to want to assist black women, as well as immigrant women, become more knowledgeable about birth control and reproductive rights. What was not so widely known about Sanger was her rabid racism and disdain for American immigrants. Her goal was, in fact, to wipe out the African-American population through birth control methods. She considered blacks and immigrants inferior, calling them "human weeds," and would somehow dilute the American population.
The 1960s saw the rise of the Civil Rights movement. In 1964, the Civil Rights Act was introduced by Congress. While 80 percent of Republicans supported the bill, less than 70 percent of Democrats supported the bill. In fact, Democrat Senators filibustered the bill for 75 days. Former West Virginia Senator and one-time "Exalted Cyclops" of the Klan, Robert Byrd filibustered the bill for 14 hours. Other prominent Democrat Senators also voted against the bill, including Bill Clinton mentor William Fulbright and Al Gore Sr.
When the Democrat Party realized that the Federal Government was going to protect the voting rights of black Americans, the reasoning was that if the Democrats could not keep them from voting, it would just convince them that the Democrat Party was the place for them to be. Democrats expanded the welfare state, especially in places like inner cities, and kept the freebies coming. The soft bigotry of low expectations was the rule. The message to African Americans being, you can't do it by yourself, you need the Democrat Party to help you.
In 2016, record numbers of African-Americans voted for Donald Trump in the presidential election. They had been a reliable voting bloc for Democrats for as long as they have been able to sugar-coat their own questionable history. With roughly 1200 legislative seats lost during the Obama years at both the state and national levels, Democrats simply cannot afford more defections of black voters from the Party. Revisionist history seems to be their answer.
American history cannot be erased. If Democrats are attempting to erase their own past, they will need one giant pink eraser.
Written by Becky Noble
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Michigan State may have to embrace Rocky (Lombardi) mentality without QB Brian Lewerke
It is expected Michigan State will play without starting quarterback Brian Lewerke this weekend against Purdue. A week of leaving his status up in the air has apparently taken a turn for the worse as the Spartans prepare to take on the Boilermakers in Big Ten play.
One report from a radio show in Michigan reported Lewerke will not play this weekend due to a shoulder problem that was the reason Lewerke's status was unknown all week. The shoulder injury popped up a few weeks ago against Penn State and carried over to last week's game at home against Michigan.
Brian Lewerke won't start Saturday against Purdue and probably won't play at all, I'm told.
Matt Allen, Cody White and Josiah Scott are also out. Jalen Nailor will play.
We're talking about it right now.
— Couch and The Rube (@couchandtherube) October 26, 2018
Other reports have classified Lewerke's status as doubtful, which typically results in a player not playing. Either way, it doesn't look promising for Lewerke and Michigan State.
If Lewerke is indeed out of action this weekend, the Spartans will give the job to Rocky Lombardi for his first career start. Lombardi has appeared in three games, including last week in relief of Lewerke. He has attempted just two passes with one completion for nine yards.
The Spartans are clearly banged up at this point in the season. Michigan State is already without wide receiver Felton Davis III and a handful of other players. On top of all of those injuries, the Spartans have also reportedly lost backup punter Tyler Hunt to a season-ending injury suffered in practice this week.
This all comes as Michigan State is about to play one of the hottest teams in the Big Ten (a week after playing the hottest team in the Big Ten, Michigan). Purdue has won four straight games, highlighted by last week's runaway victory over Ohio State. The Boilermakers have scored at least 40 points in each of their last three games, all in conference play.
Michigan State hosts Purdue at noon eastern on Saturday.
Tags: Brian Lewerke, Rocky Lombardi, Tyler Hunt, Felton Davis III
No. 6 Michigan too strong for No. 24 Michigan State; Wolverines win first road game vs. ranked opponent since 2006
A week after blowing away Wisconsin, No. 6 Michigan (7-1, 5-0 Big Ten) was ready for a defensive showdown against No. 24 Michigan State (4-3, 2-2 Big Ten). Behind a strong performance by the Michigan defense against a battered Michigan State offense, the Wolverines overpowered the Spartans in a lightning-delayed game by a score of 21-7.
Shea Patterson passed for 212 yards and two touchdowns in the win, and Karan Higdon led things on the ground with 137 rushing yards on 31 rushing attempts. A 79-yard touchdown pass to Donovan Peoples-Jones down the right sideline in the third quarter gave Michigan a 14-7 lead. It was the only catch of the day for Peoples-Jones, and it could not have come at a better time.
Michigan State was happy to have running back LJ Scott back on the field after the senior running back had missed the last four games, but Scott was unable to have much of an impact as Michigan's rushing defense was suffocating all afternoon. The Wolverines also made things difficult for Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke, who finished the day completing just 5-of-25 attempts for 66 yards. It did not help that Felton Davis III, who caught the game-winning pass at Penn State last week, went down with a reported torn Achilles in the second quarter. Lewerke was later replaced by Rocky Lombardi. Ironically, perhaps, Lewerke scored the only touchdown of the day for Michigan State by catching a pass on a trick play run by the Spartans that had Lewerke open for a pass from Darrell Stewart Jr. in the end zone.
The win snapped a 17-game losing streak for Michigan against ranked teams on the road that dated back to the final game of the 2006 regular season against Ohio State. Jim Harbaugh had been 0-4 against ranked teams when playing on the road, and this win also evens Harbaugh's record against Michigan State and head coach Mark Dantonio.
Michigan will now get a well-deserved off week before taking the field again. When they do, they will be at home for a revenge game against Penn State. A win over the Nittany Lions (who lost to Michigan State last week) would firmly trim the Big Ten East race into a two-horse race between the Wolverines and Ohio State, if it isn't one already. Penn State will be playing a home game against Iowa next week and Michigan State will host Purdue.
Tags: Brian Lewerke, Darrell Stewart Jr., Donovan Peoples-Jones, Felton Davis III, Jim Harbaugh, Karan Higdon, Mark Dantonio, Rocky Lombardi, Shea Patterson, Darrell Stewart, Donovan Peoples-Jones, Felton Davis III
Michigan defense allows just 50 yards to Michigan State in first half
You wanted defense? You sure have it this afternoon in East Lansing. Michigan leads Michigan State by a score of 7-0 at halftime. The Spartans have put together just 50 yards of total offense in the half against the Wolverines and have failed to convert a third down attempt on their home field.
Shea Patterson's touchdown pass to Nico Collins on the first play of the second quarter gave the Wolverines a 7-0 lead. It was the first passing touchdown by a Michigan player against the Spartans since Denard Robinson in 2011, and the first touchdown pass to give Michigan a lead on their in-state rivals since 2010.
Last passing TD thrown by Michigan against Michigan State before that Shea Patterson TD pass was by Denard Robinson, a 34-yard pass to Roy Roundtree on October 15, 2011.
— Kevin McGuire (@KevinOnCFB) October 20, 2018
Last Michigan TD pass to give Wolverines a lead against Michigan State was on October 9, 2010. Denard Robinson to Martell Webb.
The game was paused after about 10 minutes had been played during the first quarter due to lightning in the area. The weather delay lasted about 75 minutes as Michigan continued their drive to score the only touchdown of the half. Michigan had chances to add on to the lead multiple times, but the Wolverines were unable to put points on the board on three straight possessions that started in Michigan State territory. Quinn Nordin missed a 36-yard field goal and the other two possessions ended with punts to pin the Spartans in their end if not for a touchback.
Michigan State has simply not been able to figure anything out against the Michigan defense. The Spartans are 0-for-6 on third down.
Michigan State wide receiver Felton Davis III, who caught the game-winning catch last week at Penn State, was taken off the field sitting on a cart late in the first half.
Tags: Felton Davis III, Nico Collins, Quinn Nordin, Shea Patterson, Felton Davis III, Nico Collins
Over five hours later, Penn State and Michigan State finally reach halftime
By Kevin McGuireNov 4, 2017, 5:10 PM EDT
Over five hours later, we have reached halftime in East Lansing between Penn State and Michigan State, with the Nittany Lions and Spartans tied 14-14 at the second break of the game. A nearly three-and-a-half hour weather delay in the middle of the second quarter posed an extra challenge to both teams.
With 7:58 to play in the second quarter, the game had to be sent into a weather delay as lightning strikes moving through the area caused a threat to the safety of the teams and fans in Spartan Stadium. The weather delay was announced as officials were reviewing an incomplete pass from Michigan State quarterback Brian Lewerke to Trishton Jackson on the sideline. The incomplete pass was upheld. It would be a while until they played third down.
If the #PennState-Michigan State game resumes at 4:38, it will be a delay of 3 hours, 23 minutes.
— Richard Scarcella (@nittanyrich) November 4, 2017
Penn State was looking to get off to a nice quick start to move on from last week's loss at Ohio State, but an interception thrown by Trace McSorley after missing a couple of throws earlier on the drive brought the game's opening drive to an end. Unfortunately for the Spartans, Michigan State could not take advantage of the possession despite a promising looking drive that included a 3rd and 11 and 3rd and 19 pass completions to keep the ball moving. But on 4th and 2, Mark Dantonio opted to punt from the Penn State 43-yard line.
Penn State got the offense in gear on their second possession with McSorley dialing in and Saquon Barkley getting a chance to throw out of a direct snap for a 20-yard gain to tight end Mike Gesicki. McSorley then completed back-to-back passes to DeAndre Thompkins and then DaeSean Hamilton for a 31-yard score and a 7-0 lead. Michigan State answered after getting the ball near midfield on the ensuing kickoff, thanks in part to a good return and a late hit penalty on Penn State. Four plays later, Lewerke tied it up with a pass to Darrell Stewart Jr. Not to be outdone, Penn State had their own answer with Mcsorley completing a fourth-down pass to Saeed Blacknall, who then took advantage of horrendous tackling efforts by multiple Michigan State players on his way to the endzone for a go-ahead score.
Michigan State tied the game at 14-14 with a Lewerke touchdown pass to Felton Davis III from 33 yards.
Tags: Brian Lewerke, Saquon Barkley, Trace McSorley, DeAndre Thompkins, Felton Davis III, Mike Gesicki, Saeed Blacknall, Saquon Barkley, Trishton Jackson
Michigan State may have to embrace Rocky (Lombardi) mentality without QB Brian Lewerke October 26, 2018 6:00 pm No. 6 Michigan too strong for No. 24 Michigan State; Wolverines win first road game vs. ranked opponent since 2006 October 20, 2018 5:11 pm Michigan defense allows just 50 yards to Michigan State in first half October 20, 2018 2:52 pm Over five hours later, Penn State and Michigan State finally reach halftime November 4, 2017 5:10 pm