Speaker Series: John Urschel
John Urschel graduated from Penn State with Bachelors and Masters degrees in Mathematics. Upon graduating in 2014, he was drafted in the 5th round by the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens. In 2016, he began a Doctoral program at MIT studying Applied Mathematics. He’s published several peer-reviewed articles and is an Advanced Stats Columnist for The Player’s Tribune. John was recently highlighted in Forbes’ 2017 “30 under 30” article highlighting his academic and athletic achievements.

John will be sharing his pro football perspective on the use of data and analysis in the NFL.

I don't profess to have the answer to our current drug war, but this should be a life sentence.
3 mg of the synthetic opioid is a lethal dose for one adult.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jun/20/feds-seize-nearly-100-pounds-of-fentanyl-deadly-sy/

Hello everyone. We are starting family style dinners at the kitchen table in Myrtle beach and I need your help. Can you tell me the food that your mom used to make at the dinner table. Entrees and sides or dishes. Casseroles etc. We will be rotating dishes throughout the year and we love to put guest recipes on the Table! Thanks for your help and I look forward to the conversation.

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I honestly didn't know acting was that tough. Kidding, hope it isn't health related. Dude was pretty darn good.

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I essentially believe that it is healthier (in general) and safer than processed and non-organic equivalents. My skepticism is in the vein, "How do I know it really is?" My children purchase mostly only organic for the dozen grandchildren. The only thing I've ever purchased organic is the chickens in my Amish neighbors front yards and my archery license! So is it really organic because the label says so? Thank you!

"And it's pretty good"

http://www.pennlive.com/pennstatefo...ont_wade_drops.html#incart_river_mobile_index

I'm a huge DT fan and hope to see him win an Olympic gold some day. That being said, I've never been disappointed in him on a particular match. I've been disappointed for him on the Dake matches and Bubba match but never disappointed in him. This one is different.

Now, I know he (nor anyone) gives two shits of what I think, but I think he quit during that 3rd match. The sweat/grease on the mat was absolutely ridiculous, Cox is an extremely tough nut to crack, Cox should have been on the clock, etc., but I think DT gave up on all his offensive arsenal during the last half of match.....after Cox was hurt.

I think DT will recover fine and eventually have an Olympic spot but that was very disappointing for me to watch.

So we moved to a new house about 2 years ago and got rid of the big yard. Our current home has about 1/3 of an acre....so I no longer have my riding mower....just a self propelled Toro with Briggs & Stratton engine. I am sick of having to tinker with it and repair every couple of months.

Does anyone have any experience with the Ryobi electric mower or the Ego? A neighbor said I could try out his Ego electric but I wanted to see if anyone else had any feedback for use of electric mower on small, flat yard.

I like the idea of no longer having to full with gas and oil etc.

Thanks in advance.

Sorry if this was already posted. An incredible accomplishment. Buckle up and congrats! http://www.centredaily.com/news/local/education/penn-state/article154905909.html

Does anyone have access to this article? Appears that one of the victims is unhappy with his settlement.

https://www.law360.com/whitecollar/articles/931641

Sandusky Accuser's Atty Faces $3M Abuse Settlement Suit
By Matt Fair

Law360, Philadelphia (June 6, 2017, 2:44 PM EDT) -- One of ex-Penn State University assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky’s purported sex abuse victims filed a $2.8 million lawsuit against his former attorney on Monday, alleging that he was plied with alcohol and coerced into signing a settlement that significantly undervalued his molestation claims.

A malpractice complaint lodged in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas accuses Albert Torrence, an attorney from Beaver County in western Pennsylvania, of taking then-client Stephen Milbourne to a bar where, instead of being walked thoroughly through the settlement offer, he...

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Literally that's the title of this article...

... The Bears now owe at least $18 million per year in interest-only payments on the stadium debt, and that number will balloon to at least $26 million per year in 2032 when Berkeley starts paying off the principal stadium cost. Payments will increase until they peak at $37 million per year in 2039, then subside again in 2051 before Berkeley will owe $81 million in 2053. After that, the school is on the hook for $75 million more and will have six decades to pay it off. The stadium might not get paid off until 2113, by which time, who knows, an earthquake could send the stadium back into the earth or football as we know it might be dead......


Let's hope we avoid this fiasco with our upcoming reno of the Beav coming up.

Digging into the new Twin Peaks show (which I love) and revisiting the original gave me a new appreciation for how badass Agent Cooper is. And since I know a lot of folks here love good TV, and especially good law enforcement/detective TV, I thought maybe we should have a poll of our favorites. Of course, there have been a TON of great TV cops/detectives - I listed ones I sort of have a bias towards. Of course, feel free to write in a favorite. I also didn't include cops or detectives from shows that were specials or mini-series (Cole from True Detective, etc.), or ones that would be funny but would take away from someone maybe more deserving (Barney Fife), or ones from more than one show (so, no Dana Scully, Phillip Jeffries, Tubbs, etc.).

You get three votes - get to it!!

1. Kate Beckett, Castle



2. James Crockett, Miami Vice



3. Special Agent Dale Cooper, Twin Peaks



4. U.S. Marshall Raylan Givens, Justified



5. Texas Ranger Cordell Walker, Walker Texas Ranger



6. Jack Bauer, 24



7. Special Agent Fox Mulder, X-Files



8. Detective Jimmy McNulty, The Wire



9. Agent Carrie Mathison, Homeland



10. Magnum, Magnum PI

Barkley gets some more love...

http://www.sportsonearth.com/article/233090604/college-football-running-back-player-rankings

Name one person, and why.

http://www.flowrestling.org/article...rview-for-pitt-head-coaching-job#.WNmwJDsrKME

#gamechanger

Just found out im going to be the father of twins. Any advice would be much appreciated!

I built this chart out of curiosity, and I make no claims other than to say that I was interested in how Penn State performed against various opponent categories at various intervals. Everyone is entitled to draw whatever conclusions they choose. I share this because I thought it was interesting.


NOTES:

PSU RECORD VS ALL B1G TEAMS ALL-TIME: Includes all games against current members of the B1G whether or not those teams were members of the Conference at the time, and whether or not PSU was a member of the B1G at the time.

PSU RECORD VS B1G TEAMS ALL-TIME w/o MD, RUT: Same as above without the MD and RUT games.

PSU RECORD VS THE B1G POWER TEAMS ALL-TIME: Power Teams used here are PSU, UM, MSU, OSU, and UW as many consider those teams Power Teams in the current football environment.

PSU RECORD VS THE B1G POWER TEAMS SINCE 1993: Since PSU joined the Conference.

PSU RECORD VS ALL B1G TEAMS SINCE 1993: Since PSU joined the Conference.

PSU RECORD VS MAJOR OPPONENTS ALL-TIME: “Major Opponent” is defined by sports-reference as follows - "In general, if a school was part of an FBS-equivalent conference, or if a school played a majority of their games against other rated schools, then I included them. If the number of games was 50%, then I made a judgment call (usually based on the year before and after). Sometimes, a school played fewer games against other rated schools, but I included them to avoid 'holes' in the data. At times there were just plain subjective decisions. In the very early years it was a little more esoteric. In deciding who to include it was as much art as science."

PSU RECORD VS ALL OPPONENTS ALL-TIME: Self-explanatory; includes the likes of Susquehanna, Duquesne A.C., Mansfield, Gettysburg, Homestead A.C., Washington & Jefferson, and so on… and interestingly Pitt was considered a non-major in the early years.

PSU RECORD VS ALL OPPONENTS SINCE 1945: Self-explanatory.

Does anyone know?

I wish I'd found this piece before. It directly addresses a number of the questions from the thread the other day.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/how-bad-is-the-opioid-epidemic/

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I actually read the book along with the airing of the miniseries back in 2001. Every time I watch this I am just awestruck by the epic undertaking of this series.