#nicol x frey

[divinefqces]

⭑ 1980’s names!

name master list ☀️ this list consists of (fem) names that were majorly popular during the 1980s. i will most likely be making a similar post to this eventually including sur names, if you have any suggestions you think would fit well in this list please lmk!

feminine

A ; amanda, ashley, amber, amy, angela, april, alicia, allison, alexandra, alexis, alyssa, anne, annie, angelica, angel, angeline, ana, audrey, aubrey, autumn

B ; brittany, britney, brittney, britanny, brandy, brandi, bianca, brooke, beth, brenda, barbara, bridget, bonnie, bonnabel

C ; christina, cristina, crystina, cristinna, christine, courtney, crystal, cindy, cyndi, cassandra, chelsea, catherine, cynthia, carrie, caitlin, caitlyn, cait, casey, candace, christy, colleen, carolyn, caroline, cassie, carla, claudia

D ; diana, dana, dawn, desiree, divine, destini, destiny, deanna, dominique, deborah, danielle, debbie

E ; elizabeth, emily, erin, eren, erika, erica, ebony, evangeline, elsie

F ; fallon, felicia, fern, francine, franchesca, faye, farrah, felicity, fiona, fiora, flora, freya, frey, frida, fatima, florence, frances

G ; gemma, gwen, gwenny, gabrielle, gabriella, gen, genevieve, genette, genesis, gem, georgina, giana, ginny, giselle, gina

H ; hannah, hazel, harriet, heather, hallie, hayley, hailey, holly, hope

I ; isley, ivy, imogen, isla

J ; jess, jessica, jessy, jessie, jessyca, jen, jenny, jenni, jennifer, jacqueline, jackie, jill, joanna, jaclyn, jaime, jamie, jordan, jordy, jordyn, jass, jas, jasmine, jasmin, jazz, jazzmin, jazzmine, jenna, jade, jayde

K ; krystal, kim, kym, kimberly, kymberly, katherine, kathryn, kathy, kat, katheryne, krystina, krys, kryssie, krissie, kristen, krysten, kristyn, katie, kate, kaitlyn, kaitlin, kathleen, katrina, kelsey, kara, kendra, kelly, kelli, kari, kourtney

L ; lydia, lindsey, lindsay, laura, lauren, loren, lauryn, latoya, leslie, les, lesley, leah, linda, lynda, laury, laurie, laurey, lori, latasha, liv, leigh-anne, lacey, lacy, laci

M ; maria, mariah, moriah, melissa, melyssa, michelle, michele, mychelle, mary, marie, monica, monyca, megan, meghan, megyn, megin, melanie, misty, margaret, molly, morgan, monique, miranda, melinda, marissa, meredith, merida, meagan, mallory

N ; nicole, nichole, nycole, nicol, natalie, natalia, nat, natasha, nancy, nina

O ; octavia, odette, odessa, olivia

P ; perrie, priscilla, patricia, pamela, payton, paige, paisley

Q ; quinn, quinnie, quinni, quincy, queenie, quen

R ; rachel, rachael, rachyl, rebecca, rebecka, rebekah, renee, reneé, regina

S ; sara, sarah, steph, stef, stefanie, stephanie, stefani, stephani, samantha, sam, shannon, sharon, stacey, stacie, staci, stacy, susan, susanne, susanna, sandra, sabrina, sheena, shauna

T ; trina, tiff, tiffany, tifany, tifaney, tiffaney, tiffani, tara, tracey, tracy, traci, tina, teresa, theresa, tara, tonya, tamara, tabitha, tasha, tammy, tamika, taylor

U ; unqiue

V ; vera, veronica, vanessa, victoria, vic, vickey, valerie, val

W ; willow, whitney, whit

X ; xandra

Y ; yasmine, yessica, yazzmin, yazzmine, yasmin

Z ; zara, zarley, zarlee, zarli, zarhlee. zoey, zoe

[weekendposthouse]

BIRKENSTOCK X VALENTINO, 2020 Clients : @birkenstock @birkenstock1774 @maisonvalentino Film Director : Roe Ethridge (@roeethridge) Director of Photography, Editor And Sound Designer : Steven Rico (@stevenricostudio) Starrings : Lili Sumner (@lilisumner) Ryan McGinley (@ryanmcginleystudios) Creative Ditector : Pierpaolo Piccioli @pppiccioli Creative Direction : Carina Frey and Stefanie Barth (@carinafreystefaniebarth) Stylist: Haley Wollens(@haleywollens) Makeup: Susie Sobol@susiesobol_makeup Hair: Evanie Frausto(@evaniefrausto) Nails: Natalie Povloski(@nataliepnails) Sets: Robert Sumrell @robertsumrell Producer: Nicole Tondre Stanfill(@double_n_tondre) Production: Hen’s Tooth Productions (@henstoothproductions) #henstoothpro Agency : Artist Commissions(@artist.commissions) Location: #brooklyn #nyc Post Production : Weekend Post House (@weekendposthouse) . . . . . . #weekendposthouse #WPH #BirkenstockxValentinoGaravani #birkenstockxvalentino #Valentino #maisonvalentino #ValentinoGaravani #birkenstockarizona #postproduction #production #photoshooting #videographer #cinematography #cinematographer #videoproduction #videoediting #videography #colorgrading #editing #editor #director #directorofphotography #motiongraphics #vfx #digitalart (at Brooklyn, New York) https://www.instagram.com/p/Chk668mA8M_/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[sorasupremacy]

Fray and Nicol

I haven’t read the novels so this is just my self-indulgent head canon based of the anime

Nicol is the type of person to find comfort in the presence of Fray, happy to finally be able to talk to someone else freely about Catarina without it being one of his friends (and sister) who is also in life with her.

He sees her more and more, but in doing so, he learns more about Fray and her life, and without realising, starts to spend more time with her than Catarina.

Sophia confronts him.

“It seems you have given up, my dearest brother.” Sophia sighs, cornering him in their home. Confused, Nicol tilts his head, eyebrows furrowed.

“Given up on what exactly?” Sophia’s eyes widened at his question, the shock cascading through her body.

Nicol glances at his watch. “I’m sorry, Sophia, I have to go. I have a lunch appointment with Lady Fray.” He’s gone before Sophia can even utter another word. And he left with a small, smile on his face.

Without realising it, Nicol had seemingly moved on, so much so, he had forgotten what his friendship with Fray had even started about. Sophia smiled softly. She couldn’t wait to see her brother happy again.

(and also to have less competition)

[masterhandss]

Hamefura S2 EP8 and flowers

The episode is gorgeous, and its undeniable that the flowers in the episode also represent the feelings and emotions of the characters on screen. Too bad I don’t know anything about flowers so I can’t write an essay about what each means to each character (if someone out there can, i will love you forever hahaha jk)

[mrs-goldsmith]

You claim it's not in the cards

And fate is pulling you miles away

And out of a reach from me

So who can stop me if I decide that you're my destiny? 🎶

What if we rewrite the stars?

Say you were made to be mine? 🎶

[Kimi No Nawa feels]

Nicol Ascart x Frey Randall

[tabloidtoc]

People, May 3

Cover: Prince William and Prince Harry: Brothers United in Grief

Page 3: Chatter -- Steven Yeun on being asked about the Oscars never having had an Asian American Best Actor nominee before, Jessica Biel on her and Justin Timberlake's kids Silas and Phineas bonding, Viola Davis on finding success later in life, Justin Bieber on growing from previous drug use and other mistakes, John Stamos on understanding why the Olsen twins Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen didn't return to Fuller House, Catherine Zeta-Jones on her and husband Michael Douglas discouraging their kids from pursuing acting

Page 4: 5 Things We're Talking About -- Courteney Cox puts her inner Monica on display, there's a bubble tea shortage, Downton Abbey returns, Indiana Jones chooses wisely, Serena Williams aces a TV deal

Page 6: Contents

Page 8: The Academy of Country Music Awards -- Carrie Underwood, CeCe Winans

Page 9: Mickey Guyton, Thomas Rhett, Maren Morris and her husband Ryan Hurd, Elle King showed off her growing baby bump on the red carpet with pal Miranda Lambert

Page 10: Stars on Set -- Adam Driver sported a pair of statement glasses as he biked around Rome while filming the fashion biopic House of Gucci, Patrick Dempsey stayed in character while filming the thriller series Devils in Rome, Gabrielle Union flashed a peace sign as she left the L.A. set of the upcoming reimagined Cheaper by the Dozen

Page 11: Nicole Kidman embodied Lucille Ball while shooting the new Aaron Sorkin film Being the Ricardos, Reese Witherspoon brought her dog Minnie Pearl to work while filming the next season of The Morning Show in L.A., Anya Taylor-Joy wore a black jumpsuit to film a Tiffany & Co. commercial under NYC's Manhattan Bridge, Niall Horan and British pop star Anne Marie goofed off in a vintage convertible while shooting a music video in Essex, England

Page 12: StarTracks -- Pretty Little Liars star Brant Daugherty and actress wife Kim welcomed their first child together -- a son named Wilder David, Saweetie performed at the Triller Fight Club: Jake Paul vs. Ben Askren boxing match in Atlanta, Christian Bale showed off his newly shaved head during a run on the beach in Sydney where he's filming Thor: Love and Thunder, The X-Files stars Gillian Anderson and David Duchovny reunited in a selfie shared on Instagram with her dog Stella who photobombed the longtime friends

Page 14: Jennifer Lawrence and her husband Cooke Maroney made a rare public appearance together to grab an early dinner in NYC, Ricky Martin performed at the Latin American Music Awards in Sunrise, Florida, Julia Roberts as the new ambassadress for luxury brand Chopard

Page 17: Scoop -- Controversy after Colton Underwood comes out

Page 18: Pete Davidson's romance with Bridgerton's Phoebe Dynevor

Page 19: Heart Monitor -- Ashley Benson and G-Eazy back on?, Christian Siriano and Brad Walsh divorcing, Harry Connick Jr. and Jill Goodacre happy anniversary, Travis Barker and Kourtney Kardashian heating up

Page 23: Scarlett Johansson on life and love in lockdown

* Baby Boom -- J Balvin and Valentina Ferrer are expecting a baby together, Tan and Rob France on the way to being parents through a surrogate

Page 25: Ken Jeong fighting the pandemic and Asian hate

* Scott Foley on his big new moves

Page 26: Open House -- Jimmy Fallon's quirky and colorful NYC penthouse

Page 29: Wedding -- Raven Gates and Adam Gottschalk -- after postponing their wedding three times, the Bachelor in Paradise couple tie the knot in an intimate ceremony

Page 30: Passages, a Harry Potter star dies at 52 -- acclaimed British actress Helen McCrory, who played Narcissa Malfoy, died of cancer at her home, surrounded by a wave of love from friends and family, said her husband Damian Lewis

Page 31: Anguish and renewed pleas for change after a fatal traffic stop -- yet another unarmed Black man, Daunte Wright, is killed by a police officer in Minneapolis, sparking more protests nationwide

* Why I Care -- as chairman of the Motion Picture Television Fund (MPTF), award-winning producer Jeffrey Katzenberg helps raise millions to support colleagues in the entertainment industry

Page 32: Stories to make you smile -- a baby girl and her puppy double up on cuteness, a 12-year-old raises money to buy laptops for kids in need

Page 35: People Picks -- Shadow and Bone

Page 36: Home Economics, One to Watch -- Kung Fu's Olivia Liang

Page 37: Things Heard & Seen, Life in Color with David Attenborough

Page 38: The Mitchells vs. the Machines, Couples Therapy

Page 39: A Black Lady Sketch Show, Eric Church -- Heart & Soul, Q&A with Chelsea Frei

Page 41: Books

Page 42: Cover Story -- Prince William and Prince Harry united in grief -- after a difficult year apart, the brothers come together to honor their grandfather Prince Philip

Page 50: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez -- why they couldn't make it work -- after four years together, the power couple are officially split. What went wrong, and what's next for the stars

Page 52: Vanished: Help Us Find These Kids -- the families of these missing children desperately hope to find them, and authorities could be just one clue away from bringing them home

Page 59: Tom Jones -- life is more precious every day -- the music legend opens up about healing after losing his wife of 59 years to cancer, and why he never wants to slow down

Page 62: Julianna Margulies -- what I know now -- from a tumultuous childhood to fame and fortune (and crushing on George Clooney along the way), the wife, mom and Emmy winner, now out with a memoir, reflects on her lucky life

Page 66: Cindy McCain -- love, loss and life after John -- three years after John McCain's death, his widow shares the ups and downs of life at his side, and how she's finally coming into her own

Page 70: Michael B. Jordan -- I'm in a great place -- halfway into his reign, the Sexiest Man Alive is living his action-movie dream, and he's in love

Page 75: Why I'm Grateful for the Vaccine -- a double dose of destiny -- their 1955 polio vaccinations made the local news. Now they're married, and celebrating their COVID-19 vaccines

Page 77: Mother's Day Gift Guide -- celebrity moms choose perfect presents to give (and get) -- Kate Hudson

Page 78: Ayesha Curry

Page 80: Amanda Kloots

Page 83: Spring's Big Jewelry Trend -- beaded pieces are everywhere right now

Page 88: One Last Thing -- Elizabeth Perkins

[danbenzvi]

Just listened to: “The Music Of Fosse/Verdon (Original Series Soundtrack)”

[A little contextualizing is necessary here.  As this is a series about the lives and careers of two individuals with significant careers on Broadway and in film (Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon), there are a lot of well known Broadway numbers on this soundtrack.  As the show is meant to be documenting the numbers as performed (as opposed to within the context of the work), these numbers are not just “Actor X performs song A” but “Actor X as Actor Y performs Song A.”  I’ll spell it out more explicitly below.]

Featuring the following tracks:

Bianca Marroquin (as Chita Rivera), Rema Webb (as Paula Kelley) and The Fandango Girls - “Hey Big Spender” (from “Sweet Charity”)

PJ Benjamin (as Russ Brown), Nick Blaemire (as James Komack) and Brian Cali (as Nathaniel Frey) - “Heart” (from “Damn Yankees”)

Kelli Barrett (as Liza Minnelli) and The Kit Kat Girls - “Mein Herr” (from “Cabaret”)

Ethan Slater (as Joel Grey), Alysha Umphress and Morgan Weed - “Two Ladies” (from “Cabaret”) [Umphress and Weed’s characters are not given names in the episode.]

Kelli Barrett (as Liza Minnelli) - “Cabaret” (from “Cabaret”)

Nathan Barr - “Pas De Deux”

Tim Young (as John Rubinstein) - “Corner Of The Sky” (from “Pippin”)

Blake Baumgartner (as Nicole Fosse) - “I Guess I’ll Miss The Man” (from “Pippin”) [Yes, this is sung by Bob Fosse’s daughter.  And yes, in context, that is as weird as you might imagine.]

Bianca Marroquin (as Chita Rivera) - “All That Jazz” (from “Chicago”)

Tyler Hanes (as Jerry Orbach) and Sean Patrick Doyle (as Michael O’Haughey) - “We Both Reached For The Gun” (from “Chicago”)

Michelle Williams (as Gwen Verdon) - “Razzle Dazzle” (from “Chicago”)

Lin-Manuel Miranda (as Roy Scheider) - “Mr. Bojangles”

Alex Lacamoire - “Fosse/Verdon Theme”

[stempelnmitliebe]

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[laquimeradegupta]

EL GLIFOSATO Y LA CONSERVACIÓN DE ESPECIES: El caso de los peces

En anteriores entradas hemos estudiado lo ubicuo que se ha vuelto el uso y la presencia del glifosato en todos los ecosistemas de la tierra, pese a su vida media baja. Por ejemplo, en los ecosistemas acuáticos, tanto ríos, como lagos o pequeñas lagunas temporales, como mares y océanos, encontramos entre 0,04 µg/L-370 µg/L de glifosato, siendo las concentraciones más bajas las más habituales y siendo las elevadas puntuales (1-2). También sabemos que el glifosato sigue la misma dinámica que el fosfato en la columna de agua, acumulándose durante el invierno y consumiéndose a finales del verano (3). Hemos también hablado de cómo afecta este herbicida a la biología de las bacterias, hongos, fitoplancton, zooplancton y buena parte de la fauna edáfica. Pero todavía no nos hemos ocupado de los organismos más conocidos por la mayor parte de la población: peces, anfibios, aves y mamíferos. Empezaremos por los peces.

Si en genética el animal fetiche para la experimentación es la mosca de la fruta (Drosophila melanogaster) y en investigación biomédica es el ratón, en fisiología animal se ha utilizado tradicionalmente el llamado pez cebra (Danio rerio). Shuhui Zhang, y sus colegas del laboratorio de bioquímica médica de la Faculta de ciencias de la vida de la Universidad de Nankai (China), utilizaron este pececillo para estudiar los efectos del herbicida glifosato sobre el desarrollo embrionario, sobre la actividad locomotora de las larvas y sobre el tejido neural en formación en el embrión del pez (usaron glifosato molecular, sin los aditivos como el POEA  que se añaden en los preparados comerciales). Estos investigadores detectaron que, a concentraciones relativamente bajas (1000µg/L y más elevadas), se producía una ralentización del desarrollo, viéndose interrumpido a las concentraciones más altas. A partir de los 100µg/L también se ven afectados el tamaño del ojo, la longitud del cuerpo y el área de la cabeza. Analizaron también la movilidad de las larvas, y esta se vio afectada desde las dosis más bajas (10µg/L). El daño neuronal asociado a la exposición de los embriones al glifosato resultó observable, también (Fig. 1), desde las dosis más bajas (4).

Figura 1. figura-resumen del trabajo de Shuhui Zhang y su equipo de la Universidad de Nankai. El glifosato a concentraciones relativamente altas produce retardo en el desarrollo embrionario, alteraciones en el patrón de expresión génica del embrión y otras alteraciones embriológicas. A concrentaciones bajas, por su parte, produce cambios etológicos y daño neuronal.

Nicole M. Roy y sus colegas del Departamento de biología de la Universidad sagrado corazón (Fairfield, EE.UU) también trabajaron con embriones de pez cebra. En concreto, estudiaron los efectos de bajas concentraciones del herbicida sobre el desarrollo embrionario del corazón del pez. A una concentración tan baja como 50 nµ/L, presente en muchos ambientes acuáticos, y una exposición de 48h, se observó: I) que el corazón de los embriones latía más lentamente en aquellos tratados con glifosato, II) que aumentaba la incidencia del situs inversus (condición por la cual la mayor parte de las vísceras de un organismos están invertidas con respecto a la disposición habitual; en este caso, el corazón invertía su posición), de las anomalias estructurales de la aurícula y del ventrículo y, además, III) se producían más giros anormales durante el desarrollo embrionario del corazón. Todos estos síntomas anatomopatológicos iban acompañados de expresiones anómalas de receptores de membrana típicos de las células precursoras de los cardiomiocitos, las células constituyentes del corazón (5).

Por su parte Ming-Hui Li y su equipo del centro de metabolismo molecular, de la Universidad de Ciencia y tecnología de Nanjing (China) investigaron otros daños tisulares provocados por el glifosato en otra especie de pez: la carpa dorada (Carassius auratis). Analizaron la sangre y los tejidos de adultos de esta especie sometidos a 90 días de tratamiento a una concentración muy elevada de 33,61 mg/L. La exposición a semejante concentración produjo todo tipo de efectos sobre los peces: índices bioquímicos completamente fuera de lo normal, lesiones tisulares en los riñones, estrés oxidativo en los tejidos, daños evidentes en el metabolismo energético y en el metabolismo de aminoácidos y nucleósidos y daños visibles a nivel tisular en cerebro e hígado (6)

Simeon O. Ayoola, del Departamento de ciencias marinas de la Universidad de los Lagos (Nigeria), ha estudiado los efectos del glifosato sobre la Tilapia del Nilo (Oreochromis niloticus). Ha determinado que, para este cíclido, la concentración a la cual muere el 50% de los individuos en una población sometida a un tratamiento de 96h con glifosato es de 1,05 mg/L. Es de suponer que concentraciones ⅓ de esta o ½ también ejerzan efectos deletéreos. Se observaron daños tisulares en las branquias (que incluyen efectos tisulares compatibles con la inflamación), en el hígado (esteatosis hepática o hígado graso, y necrosis), en los riñones y en el cerebro (degeneración neuronal generalizada). Todo ello se manifestó externamente con un incremento de la frecuencia respiratoria (estrés respiratorio), natación errática y muerte (7). También es cierto que parece haber una gran variabilidad en cuanto a la resistencia al glifosato en peces. Por ejemplo Vivian do Carmo Langiano y Cláudia B. R. Martinez, del departamento de ciencias fisiológicas de la Universidad estatal de Londrina (Brasil), encontraron que la concent,ración a la que muere el 50% de los individuos, en este caso del pez tropical Prochilodus lineatus o sábalo, era de 13,69 mg/L a las 96h de exposición (8). Esta diversidad quizá debería centrar la atención en aquellos organismos más sensibles al glifosato: las bacterias. Es conocido que muchas también forman simbiosis con peces así que, al menos como conjetura útil, es de suponer que si esta relación biológica entre bacterias y pez es importante para la vida del pez, la especie sea más sensible al efecto del glifosato.

Pero no todo es glifosato en este mundo. De hecho, su principal producto de degradación natural del glifosato, el AMPA (ácido aminometilfosfónico), tiene un tiempo de permanencia en el medio mucho mayor que el glifosato y es tanto o más tóxico que el propio herbicida. Las concentraciones que se observan en la naturaleza son similares a las del glifosato (del orden de decenas de µg/L). S. Guilherme y su equipo del departamento de biología de la Universidad de Aveiro (Portugal) estudiaron la genotoxicidad del AMPA en la anguila europea (Anguilla anguilla), especie catalogada por la IUCN como en peligro crítico de extinción (9). Estudiaron los efectos del AMPA a 11.8 y 23.6 μg/L y observaron que los daños cromosómicos y los daños en el DNA se incrementaban espectacularmente (Fig. 2). Esto puede ser esencial a la hora de conservar adecuadamente esta especie, dado su hábito migratorio de crecimiento como adultos en las masas acuáticas costeras y ríos de Europa (10). El principal resultado de la degradación del glifosato es genotóxico para una especie en peligro de extinción.

Figura 2. En la figura inferior se representan el indicador de daño genético (GDI) medido a través de una metodología estándar en este tipo de ensayos. Los resultados para los tratamientos se representan mediante el código A1 (11,8 µg/L) y A2 (23,6 µg/L). La letra C representa los resultados para el control (la representación es idéntica para la figura de la derecha). En la figura superior se representa la porcentaje de anomalías nucleares en los núcleos de los eritrocitos de la anguila europea.  Para ambos casos se realizaron dos tiempos de exposición: 1 y 3 días.

CONCLUSIONES

Uniendo los datos sobre concentraciones ambientales de glifosato en los cuerpos de agua con estos resultados, es razonable suponer que el desarrollo embrionario de los peces se está viendo afectado. Los daños neurológicos, vasculares, hepáticos y renales han quedado acreditados. Además, los productos de degradación del glifosato (AMPA) son genotóxicos para especies declaradas en riesgo extremo de extinción.

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Horth, H., & Blackmore, K. (2009). Survey of glyphosate and AMPA in groundwaters and surface waters in Europe. WRC report no. UC8073, 2.

Huntscha, S., Stravs, M. A., Bühlmann, A., Ahrens, C. H., Frey, J. E., Pomati, F., … & Poiger, T. (2018). Seasonal Dynamics of Glyphosate and AMPA in Lake Greifensee: Rapid Microbial Degradation in the Epilimnion During Summer. Environmental science & technology, 52(8), 4641-4649.

Zhang, S., Xu, J., Kuang, X., Li, S., Li, X., Chen, D., ... & Feng, X. (2017). Biological impacts of glyphosate on morphology, embryo biomechanics and larval behavior in zebrafish (Danio rerio). Chemosphere, 181, 270-280.

Roy, N. M., Ochs, J., Zambrzycka, E., & Anderson, A. (2016). Glyphosate induces cardiovascular toxicity in Danio rerio. Environmental toxicology and pharmacology, 46, 292-300.

Li, M. H., Ruan, L. Y., Zhou, J. W., Fu, Y. H., Jiang, L., Zhao, H., & Wang, J. S. (2017). Metabolic profiling of goldfish (Carassius auratis) after long-term glyphosate-based herbicide exposure. Aquatic Toxicology, 188, 159-169.

Ayoola, S. O. (2008). Toxicity of glyphosate herbicide on Nile tilapia (Oreochromis niloticus) juvenile. African Journal of Agricultural Research, 3(12), 825-834.

do Carmo Langiano, V., & Martinez, C. B. (2008). Toxicity and effects of a glyphosate-based herbicide on the Neotropical fish Prochilodus lineatus. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part C: Toxicology & Pharmacology, 147(2), 222-231.

Jacoby, D. & Gollock, M. 2014. Anguilla anguilla. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2014:e.T60344A45833138.http://dx.doi.org/10.2305/IUCN.UK.2014-1.RLTS.T60344A45833138.en. Downloaded on 26 June 2019.

Guilherme, S., Santos, M. A., Gaivão, I., & Pacheco, M. (2014). DNA and chromosomal damage induced in fish (Anguilla anguilla L.) by aminomethylphosphonic acid (AMPA)—the major environmental breakdown product of glyphosate. Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 21(14), 8730-8739.

[diegotustep]

5 mejores series de 2017

En este año hubieron muchas series que me decepcionaron, otras que solo gustaron y pocas que sorprendieron. Este “Top 5″ no es en base a la calidad de la serie en general, solo las nuevas temporadas que salieron en este año, tampoco define si la serie es buena o mala, solo es lo que a mi me gusto en 2017. - Por cierto es solo sobre lo que pude ver, supongo hay cosas que no vi y podrían estar en este “topsin” - #5 BETTER CALL SAUL - AMC

Se dice mucho que los Spin-off, que son solo para seguir comercializando cierta historia o cierto personaje y que jamas van a ser igual a la serie madre. Pues esto definitivamente no es lo que Vince Gilligan de la manita de AMC hacen con Better Call Saul. La historia en la tercera temporada (2017) no esta contada de la forma mas fluida pero si lo suficiente para poder “maratonearla” y esperar mas de BCS para un futuro. La temporada esta llena de lo que nos gusta: El conflicto Jimmy-Chuck, las estrategias silenciosas de Mike y sobre todo las inseguras pero al final acertadas decisiones de Kim (admitamos que todos estamos esperando el momento en el que deje a Jimmy forever alone) que son lo que terminan salvándole el culo a Jimmy. Episodio favorito CHICANERY (SE03 x EP05) #4 BIG LITTLE LIES - HBO

Esta mini serie (7 EPs) que pareciera es la historia de tu mejor amiga rica de vida perfecta, pero a diferencia de tu amiga, estas tres madres si tienen problemas, problemas de ricos, pero al final de todo son problemas. Esta bastante bien posicionada en los rankings de 2017 por los críticos que a diferencia mía si viven de dar su opinion de PRO. Lo que mas me gusta de la series es la forma en la que cuentan todos esos problemillas de amor, aventuras, hijos acosados o acosadores, adolescentes con ideas tontas, violencia en el hogar y lo mejor la sorpresa del final que involucra la policía, forenses y la prensa local. Todo eso contado con puntos de vista varios, entre personajes principales, secundarios, terciarios y una linea de tiempo paralela creada para sembrar duda durante toda la serie que pareciera no tienen nada que ver con lo que llevamos viendo.

La serie es muy humana y toca situaciones que en algún momento nosotros mismo hemos hemos vivido y pueda que por eso nos termina identificando tanto. Todo eso es gracias a las actuaciones que tienen mucho merito, liderados por Nicole Kidman el cast de BLL es uno de los mas naturales que he visto, algo así como pasa en “The girlfriend experience” y “The Affair” por mencionar un par.   Episodio favorito YOU GET WHAT YOU NEED - (SE01 x EP07) #3 GAME OF THRONES - HBO

De GOT no hay que decir mucho, ya que todo lo dice por si sola, es una serie que todo el mundo ha visto, ve y seguirá viendo hasta que... Bueno no se hasta cuando, solo espero no le pase el “Efecto LOST”. GOT tiene mejores efectos visuales que cualquier otra serie de TV (Los muchachos de TWD podría  aprender un poco), acompañados de una historia que nos va sorprendiendo con forme se va desarrollando con la ventaja que es muy poco predecible desde mi punto de vista. En la temporada 7 vemos la caída y levantamiento de uno de los tres dragones de Daenerys, las ya tradicionales muertes por venganza que esta vez se llevan al Rey Frey y Olenna Tyrell y los romances que nunca faltan. Ya ustedes saben de que par estoy hablando. Lo de arriba se puede considerar SPOILER pero no creo que haya alguien que este leyendo esto y no lo haya visto. Episodio favorito EASTEATCH - SE07 x EP05 #2 VIKINGS - HISTORY

Hay que agradecerle a Vikings por darnos dos temporadas en un mismo año y con eso hacernos muy felices (a mi si), no importando que una sea la continuación de la 4ta. Para mi, contenido es contenido. Después de la muerte de... Creo que esto si seria spoiler, prefiero no arruinarles la fiesta jaja. Mas que hablar de la trama o historia de Vikings prefiero decirles que si no la han visto se hagan un favor y véanla, estoy seguro que no van a quedar decepcionados y de paso van a desmentirse por si mismo de todas esas comparaciones absurdas de “Vikings es la misma mierda que GOT”. Efectos especiales bastante buenos, cambio de protagonistas en la historia y demencia pagana en su máximo esplendor es lo que Vikings les tiene preparado para la 5ta temporada que esta al aire ahora y termina el 24 de febrero del 2018.  Episodio favorito CROSSINGS - SE4 x EP16 MENCIONES HONORIFICAS Solo agregadas porque también tiene sus méritos y seria parte si esto fuera un TOP 10. HOUSE OF CARDS - NETFLIX

OZARK - NETFLIX

STRANGER THINGS - NETFLIX

#1 MR ROBOT - USA NETWORK

Ni siquiera he terminado de ver la temporada 3 que apenas y esta salidita en la TV, pero no se necesita debatir mucho con el ganador a pesar de eso. Si sos de los que les gusta ver series con historias bizarras, personajes tratados con mucho detalle, comedia oscura y encima una producción que se sale de lo convencional (Tiros de cámara, Banda sonora, fotografía) Mr. R. te la ponen en bandeja de plata.  La serie es de 2015 y vienen con una temporada anual que no decepciona, en lo personal yo vi las temporadas 1 y 2 este año porque no es muy fácil de ver o conseguir de manera licita, pero de cualquiera que sea la forma que la vean estoy seguro que es un deleite. La historia vas mas o menos así: En un universo de hackers Elliot es un programador que trabaja de día en Seguridad Virtual y como Hacker de noche (No, tranquilos, no es Dexter), poco a poco nos presenta la lucha de Elliot junto a un grupo de hackers underground que intentan destruir la corporación que el mismo protege, pero que a su vez ese dilema no es nada al lado de los tormentos internos que Elliot tiene desde su infancia. La historia es muy buena, no para todos los públicos eso si, es un poco confusa pero al entenderla te deja solo con ganas de mas, los que ya la han visto no me dejaran mentir en eso. En fin MR Robot es la serie que para mi lo une todo, hasta tiene una parodia brillante de los típicos SITCOMS 90teros, el cual pase viendo asombrado de inicio a fin por lo bien hecho que estaba y lo que esa parodia significa en la mente trastornada de Elliot. Pueda que como dije arriba tiene una historia que envuelve un montón, pero la narrativa con la que se cuenta del punto de vista técnico como por ejemplo los encuadres, los escenarios  y el trato de la iluminación, hace que para mi sea perfecta MR ROBOT. Episodio favorito 2.4_M4STER-S1AVE.AES - SE02 x EP06 -- No me importa que sea 2016 y el top sea 2017, es mi episodio favorito para siempre  =) -- Se acabo! Gracias por leer y espero poder seguir escribiendo mas cosas como estas, que no son mas que la opinion de un amante de los Tv shows. PD: No soy escritor, no me vayan a destruir por intente escribir todo esto =P

[dokulturblog-blog]

FARBE.LICHT.RAUM im Künstlerhaus

Bei der Ausstellung im Künstlerhaus zu sehen: float von Sybille Hassinger, 2015, Öl und Lack auf Leinwand, 170 x 130 cm, Foto: Jürgen Spiler FARBE.LICHT.RAUM erscheint wie eine untrennbare Trinität. Zumindest, wenn wir uns bezüglich der fünf Sinne, die uns zur Wahrnehmung der Welt zur Verfügung stehen, auf das Sehen konzentrieren. Die Ausstellung mit diesem Titel im Künstlerhaus am Sunderweg 1 - Eröffnung ist am 25. Januar um 20 Uhr - vereint Malerei nicht nur in Form des klassischen Tafelbildes. Sie tritt auch in strengem schwarz-weiß auf, und Farbe ist auch auf anderen Trägermaterialien zu finden. Flach, und auf den ersten Blick an das Tafelbild angelehnt, zeigt sich zum Beispiel eine besondere Materialität in der Verbindung des Trägers mit der Farbe. Auch installativ wird Farbe erlebbar sein. Im Raum schwebend, auf papierenem Träger oder als hoch glänzende, architekturbezogene Intervention. Das Licht, das uns diese sinnlichen Seherfahrungen ermöglicht, ist bildgebender Bestandteil raumbezogener Arbeiten. In diesen wiederum kann das Licht selbst auch zur Farbe werden. So vereint die Ausstellung künstlerische Positionen der Malerei, Skulptur und Installation, um visuelle und gedankliche Räume in und mit den Kunstwerken zu eröffnen. Beteiligte KünstlerInnen im Künstlerhaus Sybille Hassinger Farbe und Licht zählen bei Sybille Hassinger zu den wichtigen Katalysatoren der Bildfindung. Ihre Arbeiten zeigen ein subtiles Wechselspiel von opaker und luzider Malerei, die mit Farbe und Form, Farbe und Linie, Form und Antiform ihre Bildzeichen setzt. Im Dialog mit den pastellartigen Farben und kräftigen Farbflächen gehören skriptuale Liniengerüste ebenso wie filigrane Gitterfelder oder Kreisformen mit zellartigen Verbindungslinien zu den wesentlichen gestalterischen Formelementen ihrer All-over-Malerei. Manche ihrer zwischen transparenten, zart farbigen Lasurschichtungen und verdichteten, opaken Farbflächen oszillierenden Bilder imaginieren geradezu einen Schwebezustand. Die Werke faszinieren durch ein virtuoses Perspektiv-Spiel von Bildvorder- und Hintergrund, durch den stetigen Dialog von Farbe und linearer und organischer Form. Die Künstlerin selbst beschreibt die suggestive Raumwirkung ihrer großformatigen Bilder und sagt: „Den Bildern ist ein Atmen nach innen eigen“ – „es ist wie ein körperliches Eintauchen in das Bild“. (Marina Schuster, Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf) www.sybillehassinger.de     Nicole Jana Die Serie der Uneconomic Drawings - Zeichnungen auf Aluminiumfolie - sind sowohl Bindeglied zwischen Malerei und Plastik, als auch eigenständige Objekte. Den Anspruch, die Materialität dieses fragilen Metalls zu bewahren und zugleich dessen Verletzbarkeit zu nutzen, erfüllen diese lyrisch aufgeladenen Blätter auf ihre eigene Art. Die reliefartig angelegten, teils arg zerschrundenen Strukturen und Zeichnungen umkreisen fragend die Suche nach An- und Abwesenheit, nach Reflexion und Visualisierung gedachten Raumes. Durch seine Spiegelung wird der Betrachter Teil dieses Reflexionsraumes. www.nicolejana.de   Arjan Janssen www.arjanjanssen.nl   Paul Schwer Seit fast 20 Jahren arbeitet Paul Schwer im erweiterten Feld der zu Unrecht immer wieder totgesagten Königsdisziplin der Kunst: der Malerei. (...) Denn es geht bei Schwer in seinen malereibezogenen Konzepten stets um retinale Momente der Wahrnehmung. Und um Umwandlung dieser Wahrnehmungsmomente in bildnerische Konstellationen, in denen sich die Flüchtigkeit dieser Wahrnehmung manifestiert. Man könnte auch sagen: Paul Schwers malerischer Ansatz will festhalten, dass nichts festgehalten werden kann, dass alles vorbeifließt, alles einer momenthaften Flüchtigkeit und Zerbrechlichkeit unterworfen ist. (...) Weitgehend stammen die Materialien aus einem technischen, industriellen Zusammenhang (Stellagen, Leuchtstoffröhren, Plexiglas, Polystyrol-Hartschaum), dessen Inszenierung aber eine fast poetische Beschwingtheit und Weichheit atmet, und sich zudem immer zwischen den Polen konstruktiver Statik und rasanter Dynamik bewegt. Nur an wenigen Stellen spielt reale Malerei noch die Hauptrolle, und doch ist alles in diesem Universum in hohem Maße malerisch angelegt. Was sich uns zeigt, ist sozusagen die Erzeugung der Malerei aus dem Nichtgemalten. ... (Aus: Ruppige Schönheit von Stephan Berg) www.Paulschwer.de   Elisabeth Sonneck Mit materialbedingter Spannkraft bzw. Schwerkraft und dem Eigenverhalten von Papier beschäftigt sich Elisabeth Sonneck, wenn sie ihre einseitig mit Ölfarbe bemalten Bahnen spiralförmig ineinander verschlungen, säulenartig aufeinanderschichtet, als Schlaufe von der Wand herabhängend oder einem Mobile ähnlich inszeniert (unfix., Galerie Parterre Berlin, 2014). (…) das Kunstwerk ist für Sonneck kein zum Stillstand gebrachtes, kristallines, sondern ein von Prozesshaftigkeit geprägtes Gefüge – das Material schreibt die Form. (...) Diese dem Werkprozess inhärente Arbeitsweise und dynamisch-bewegte Aneignung des Materials, die einmalige Farbgebung, der lineare, gleichmäßig-repetitive Akt, dagegen das mehrfache Umformen in fragil ausbalancierte, variable Objekte formulieren eine rhythmische Kraft – den Worten Henri Maldineys entsprechend: „Der Rhythmus durchwebt den Raum (und die Zeit) mit einer existenziellen Bedeutung, das heißt mit einer bedeutsamen Gegenwart.“ Als latent vorhandene, raum-zeitliche Kategorie betont er das Jetztsein, die unwiderrufliche Präsenz des einzelnen Augenblicks, in dem Dauer und Moment identisch sind (...) www.elisabeth-sonneck.de   Rainer Splitt www.rainersplitt.de   Claudia Vogel Die Künstlerin arbeitet parallel an verschiedenen Bildlösungen, von denen sie Stichproben in der Ausstellung zeigt. Innerhalb einer Werkgruppe bespannt die Künstlerin hölzerne Rahmen mit feinmaschigen Textilien oder Netzen, die eine rasterartige Struktur als Bildgrund vorgeben. Durch diese feinmaschigen Gewebe reibt Claudia Vogel die Farbe von der Bildrückseite, welche an der Oberfläche die Bildstruktur hervorbringt. Sie benutzt in dieser Technik Ölfarben oder flüssige Kunstharze, welche während des zeitintensiven Gestaltungsprozesses aushärten. Der Ausstellungstitel „Stichproben“ lässt sich im eigentlichen Wortsinn auf die Entstehung dieser Arbeiten beziehen, denn der Begriff der Stichprobe bezeichnet eine beim Aufließen flüssigen Materials entnommene Probe. So sind die Werkstücke dieser Gruppe von Arbeiten charakterisiert durch die Verschiedenartigkeit der verwendeten Bildmittel: Abhängig von den Materialien, dem Grundraster des Trägermaterials und der stofflichen Konsistenz der Farben bzw. Kunstharze ergibt sich eine stark strukturierte Bildoberfläche. (Sandra Kraemer M.A.) www.institut-aktuelle-kunst.de/kuenstlerlexikon/vogel-claudia   Ulrich Vogl www.ulrich-vogl.de     Konzept und Organisation Anett Frontzek Freundlich unterstützt von Kulturbüro Dortmund, Sparkasse Dortmund, DEW 21   _____________________________________________ INFORMATION Künstlerhaus Dortmund Sunderweg 1, 44147 Dortmund Bürozeiten Mo + Fr 10-14 Uhr, Di-Do 10-16 Uhr Fon +49 (0)231 82 03 04 | Fax +49 (0)231 82 68 47 Geschäftsführung: buero@kh-do.de Pressekontakt: press@kh-do.de www.kh-do.de ÖFFNUNGSZEITEN DER AUSSTELLUNGEN IM KÜNSTERHAUS Do-So 16-19 Uhr Bei Interesse an Führungen für Gruppen oder Schulklassen wenden Sie sich bitte ans Büro. EINTRITT frei, wenn nicht anders angegeben ÖFFENTLICHE VERKEHRSMITTEL Bus 453, 460 und 475 zur Haltestelle Treibstrasse Fußweg vom HBF Nordausgang, 15 Minuten Fußweg vom Dortmunder U, 15 Minuten FREUNDLICH UNTERSTÜTZT VON Kulturbüro Dortmund, Sparkasse Dortmund, DEW 21 siehe auch hier und hier und hier Read the full article

[masterhandss]

YOU GUYS. I’M CRYING. 

YOU DON’T UNDERSTAND

—HOW LONG I’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS

legit have tears in my eyes. I’ve been thinking about Fray and Ginger for a year now, shoving speculations in people’s faces and writing stories of them in my head. Wondering if Fray really is the girl or if I’m just putting too much thought on a plot device character. Wondering if we’re ever gonna get Ginger’s relationship with Katarina animated since it’ll never be touched by the manga. 

I even shoved my theory in the hamefura wiki as a “what-if trivia”, but now I can edit Fray’s page and write it as a canon fact!!!! NicoFray real i’m not crazy. 

I’M JUST SO HAPPY TO FINALLY BE HERE YOU KNOW

[junker-town]

It feels like I pick Toledo to win the MAC every year. In 2017, am I finally right?

If the Rockets’ year isn’t this one, will it ever come?

First, here’s one passage from my 2016 Toledo preview:

Toledo has made somewhere between five and 10 good hires in a row. The program is built, the culture is in place, and the order of succession is clear.

It feels easy to assume Jason Candle will do well, win for a few years, then head off for a power conference job. And his replacement (offensive coordinator Brian Wright, perhaps?) will win, too.

There's still room for growth, however. As strong as the Rockets have been since Tim Beckman took over — the Rockets have finished in the S&P+ top 70 for six straight years and have twice finished in the top 25 (21st in 2015) — they haven't won a MAC West title since 2004. They have graded out better than NIU on paper for four of the last five years, but they have stumbled in the Huskies' presence. They've lost six in a row to NIU (four times by one possession), and NIU won the division every year in that span.

This has held the program back, both in perceptions and morale. Toledo is again projected ahead of NIU. But without a November 9 win in DeKalb, it might again feel like the season came up one step short.

The good news: the Toledo Rockets finally got the NIU monkey off their backs, 31-24.

The bad news: Two weeks later, Toledo lost in Kalamazoo, and WMU won the MAC West because of it.

Since 2010, Toledo has ranked either first or second in the MAC in the S&P+ ratings six of seven years. They have zero MAC title appearances to show for it. That is remarkable feat of both good and bad consistency, considering the Rockets have had three different head coaches.

Candle’s first season in charge was a success by any definition, except the one that matters the most. Toledo improved dramatically on offense, producing a 4,100-yard passer, a nearly 1,500-yard rusher, a nearly 1,300-yard receiver, and a No. 16 Off. S&P+ ranking. This allowed the Rockets to overcome defensive regression and rank 34th in overall S&P+, one spot ahead of the WMU that finished 13-1 and went to the Cotton Bowl.

While P.J. Fleck’s Broncos figured out how to make key plays in tight wins over Northwestern and Ohio and begin with 13 straight wins, however, Toledo mastered the art of coming up short.

The Rockets outgained the Broncos by 11 yards and 2.3 yards per play but lost by 20 thanks to turnovers that led to a touchdown return and touchdown drives of nine and 20 yards.

They outgained Ohio by 48 yards and lost by five.

They outgained BYU by 106 yards and lost by two in Provo.

And in a bowl loss to Appalachian State, they were dominant on a per-play basis (6.9 yards per play to 5.1) but gave up a kick return touchdown and allowed App State to play keep-away (total snaps: ASU 82, UT 54) in a three-point loss.

We all need constants, and more than almost anything in college football, we’ve been able to count on Toledo playing high-quality football and losing the one game it can’t afford to lose. It’s probably maddening for Toledo fans, though, huh?

All I can say about the Rockets in 2017 is, if fortune doesn’t change now, I don’t know when it will.

WMU should still be good, but more like top-70 good, not top-40 good. NIU might be solid again if it can find a quarterback and keep him healthy. Miami (Ohio) showed promise. But in projections and known quantities, Toledo begins 2017 far ahead.

The Rockets return one of the most prolific college passer-to-catcher combos, a solid running back, five offensive linemen with starting experience, four of six defensive linemen, their top two linebackers, and their top two cornerbacks. And with Fleck out of the picture, Candle landed the top recruiting class in the conference.

All the pieces are in place for a conference title run, and S&P+ projects Toledo as a reasonably healthy favorite in 11 of 12 games this fall. This is the year. Unless it’s not.

2016 in review

2016 Toledo statistical profile.

That Toledo lost while averaging 8.8 (BYU), 7.5 (Ohio), 8.4 (WMU), and 6.9 (App State) yards per play tells us which side of the ball was a problem.

Toledo in 9 wins — Avg. percentile performance: 69% (offense 70%, defense 64%) | Yards per play: UT 6.9, Opp 5.4 (plus-1.5) | Plays per game: UT 75, Opp 66

Toledo in 4 losses — Avg. percentile performance: 61% (offense 91%, defense 34%) | Yards per play: UT 7.9, Opp 6.7 (plus-1.2) | Plays per game: Opp 73, UT 66

In losses, Toledo’s defense struggled to get off the field, allowing more snaps and a few more big plays.

Of course, there was another factor.

Toledo in 9 wins — Turnover margin: plus-2 | plus-0.5 points per game

Toledo in 4 losses — Turnover margin: minus-6 | Turnovers luck: minus-6.4 points per game

In four losses, Toledo lost about 26 points to bad bounces. They lost those four games by a combined 30 points; three of the losses were by a combined 10.

Play 2016 all over again, and Toledo maybe goes 12-1. I’m sure that’s reassuring.

Offense

Full advanced stats glossary.

Brian Wright’s first Toledo offense was a damn-near masterpiece. The run grew more consistent, and the passing erupted.

Run game first:

Rushing S&P+: 57th in 2015, 47th in 2016

Adj. Line Yards: 91st in 2015, 28th in 2016

Power success rate: 95th in 2015, third in 2016

Stuff rate: 42nd in 2015, 10th in 2016

Line coach Mike Hallett earned his salary. The former Heidelberg and Thomas More head coach helped boosted the Rockets’ line stats, but he got at least a little bit of help from experience.

Tackle Storm Norton and guard Mike Ebert played at an all-conference level as seniors, and guard Paul Perschon was a senior as well. Still, there was some juggling up front; only Norton and Perschon started all 13 games, and five started between six and 10 games. In-season continuity is a huge issue for a line, and Toledo improved despite lacking it.

That allows for hope. Four of those six-to-10ers are back, and three are seniors. And while star rusher Kareem Hunt is gone, the returning backs are exciting. Terry Swanson has rushed for 2,238 yards and 17 touchdowns in three years and has caught 35 passes as well. He’s perhaps ready for a starring role.

Sophomore Art Thompkins was tantalizing; he rushed 20 times for 164 yards in mop-up duty against Maine and Fresno State, and with Toledo’s reputation for developing ball-carriers, one assumes he’ll thrive in a larger role.

The run was more efficient and less all-or-nothing in 2016, but it was a complement to an incredible passing game.

Passing S&P+: 56th in 2015, seventh in 2016

Passing success rate: 50th in 2015, sixth in 2016

Completion rate: 56.2 percent in 2015, 68.8 percent in 2016

Yards per completion: 13.1 in 2015, 14.4 in 2016

In his first full season, Logan Woodside producing a passer rating of 183.3 (second in FBS to only Oklahoma’s Baker Mayfield). He threw at least three touchdown passes in 12 of 13 games and threw more than one interception in just two (the losses to BYU and WMU).

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Logan Woodside

Woodside spread the ball around beautifully; about 26 percent of his passes went to Z-receivers, 24 percent to slot receivers, 17 percent to tight ends, 17 percent to X-receivers, and 16 percent to running backs. He loses his slot man (Corey Jones) and his tight end (Michael Roberts), plus Hunt, but this incredible variety, plus the return of star Z-man Cody Thompson (1,269 yards, 13.1 per target), suggests Toledo should handle those losses.

Thompson had at least 99 yards in seven games last year, and while his pace slowed down over the second half of the season, X-man Jon’Vea Johnson’s picked up. Over a late four-game span, he caught 20 passes for 373 yards. Swanson caught 10 of 14 balls, and backup slot man Danzel McKinley-Lewis caught seven of eight. Sophomore Diontae Johnson returns after missing 2016, and there are plenty of three-star youngsters in the wings, most namely redshirt Neru N’Shaka.

Turnover on the line and in the receiving corps means last year’s levels will not be guaranteed. But the shuffling on the line and Woodside’s ball distribution minimize this concern. This should again be the best offense in the MAC, and I’m not sure it will be close.

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Terry Swanson

Defense

Toledo’s defense had plenty of strengths in 2016; the Rockets were efficient on standard downs and strong at creating third-and-longs. They were disruptive up front, and they didn’t allow a ton of big passes.

They were incredibly all-or-nothing in run defense, however, and if they weren’t creating second-and-long, they were getting gashed on first down. Plus, though they didn’t give up many explosive passes, the ones they allowed were poorly timed: in their first two losses (BYU, Ohio), they allowed 22.3 yards per completion.

Toledo’s defense was easily the most volatile in the MAC, allowing the lowest success rate and the biggest big plays.

There was another source of volatility: depth, or lack thereof. There wasn’t much of a rotation in the front six, and Toledo’s per-quarter rankings were ... telling: 45th in the first quarter, 17th in the second, 83rd in the third, 118th in the fourth.

And in the games in which Toledo’s offense was either particularly explosive or turnover-prone (or both), the defense had to face extra snaps and didn’t handle that well.

Will that change? It’s hard to guarantee it. Only six linemen and four linebackers made more than even six tackles, and three of those combined 10 players are gone. That’s not bad, but if defensive coordinator Brian George — the engineer of an awesome 2015 Kent State defense that ranked 19th in Def. S&P+ — is going to open up the rotation a bit, it might have to involve some youngsters.

Photo by George Frey/Getty Images

Olasunkanmi Adeniyi

The starting lineup in the front six could be full of seniors (tackles Marquise Moore and Daniel Davis, linebacker Ja’Wuan Woodley) and juniors (end Olasunkanmi Adeniyi, linebacker Tyler Taafe, maybe JUCO tackle Reggie Howard), but the second string won’t boast much experience. Of course, with the way Toledo has recruited, that could mean upside. Candle signed not only Howard, but also six three-star linemen. It was evidently an area of emphasis.

It’s not hard to see why. Though Toledo ranked 21st in rushing success rate, the Rockets’ breakdowns were immense. They allowed 89 rushes of 10-plus yards (114th in FBS) and 30 of 20-plus (116th). A solid set of safeties prevented these rushes from going 30 or 40 yards, but the top two safeties are gone. The glitches near the line must stop.

Safety could be a concern, but the rotation was a little larger in the back, and nickel backs Josh Teachey and DeDarallo Blue could be ready for big roles. And the Rockets are loaded at cornerback — not only do starters Trevon Mathis and Ka’dar Hollman return, backups (and former star recruits) Aaron Covington and Marcus Whitfield do, too.

Pass defense should again be solid, but Toledo’s fate in specific games could depend on how many glitches the Rockets are dealing with in the ground game.

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Ja'Wuan Woodley

Special Teams

Toledo’s special teams were less awful in 2016 than they were the previous year, but they still weren’t a strength. And the better aspects of special teams (punting, punt returns) were driven by seniors. Art Thompkins might end up being a pretty good return man, but “might” is the best we can muster at the moment. And Toledo really needs a few more touchbacks on kickoffs. In all, it’s hard to imagine this unit topping last year’s No. 95 Special Teams S&P+ rankings by too much.

2017 outlook

2017 Schedule & Projection Factors

Date Opponent Proj. S&P+ Rk Proj. Margin Win Probability 31-Aug Elon NR 45.3 100% 9-Sep at Nevada 117 13.7 79% 16-Sep Tulsa 77 8.3 69% 23-Sep at Miami 18 -12.7 23% 7-Oct Eastern Michigan 96 14.5 80% 14-Nov at Central Michigan 97 9.6 71% 21-Nov Akron 122 21.4 89% 26-Oct at Ball State 90 7.9 68% 2-Nov Northern Illinois 86 12.2 76% 8-Sep at Ohio 103 11.2 74% 15-Sep at Bowling Green 95 9.2 70% 24-Sep Western Michigan 74 7.9 68%

Projected S&P+ Rk 59 Proj. Off. / Def. Rk 20 / 101 Projected wins 8.7 Five-Year S&P+ Rk 7.3 (34) 2- and 5-Year Recruiting Rk 81 / 81 2016 TO Margin / Adj. TO Margin* -4 / 0.2 2016 TO Luck/Game -1.6 Returning Production (Off. / Def.) 58% (68%, 49%) 2016 Second-order wins (difference) 10.5 (-1.5)

As discussed on the MAC portion of this week’s Podcast Ain’t Played Nobody (beginning around ~14 minutes), it feels like I pick Toledo to top the MAC just about every year.

Man, if it’s not going to happen this year ...

Toledo does have some concerns. Neither line is particularly deep, and the defense lost just enough to make you wonder if last year’s depth problems will be any less problematic.

But from a projections standpoint, the Rockets are far and away the safest bet in the MAC.

The Rockets’ projected S&P+ rating is 5.4 points ahead of WMU’s and at least 9.7 points ahead of anybody else’s. Aside from the trip to Miami on September 23, they are given at least a 68 percent chance of winning each of their other 11 games. That doesn’t mean they’ll win them all, but they are projected to win 6.0 games in conference play and 8.7 overall; WMU is the only other MAC team over 4.9 conference or 6.9 overall, and the Broncos are dealing with a coaching change that might dampen those projections.

Toledo begins as the runaway favorite. But per S&P+, the Rockets finished as the best team in the conference in 2011, 2013, and 2016, too. That didn’t result in winning the conference. Luck and untimely mistakes always seem to conspire against them.

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[masterhandss]

CAN I JUST SAY.

THE WAY THAT THE ANIME ADAPTED THEIR CONVERSATION IS JUST BREATHTAKING. IT IS AMAZING AND IS BETTER THAN ANYTHING I COULD HAVE IMAGINED

ALL THE BUDGET FOR GEORDO’S CONFESSION WENT TO THIS EPISODE AND I AM NO LONGER COMPLAINING!

Side note, i’m also kinda embarrassed that its so over the top and gorgeous, considering that I just imagine their conversation happening over tea when I read Volume 5. You can kinda see it by the fact that every time I draw Fray and Nicol together before, they are always just sipping tea. 

so that’s kinda embarrassing ahaha...haha........

[masterhandss]

FRAY. YOUR LAUGH. YOU ARE SO BEAUTIFUL

CV MEGUMI HAN I AM NOT OKAY. NICOL IF YOU DON’T WANT HER I’LL THROW MY HAT IN THE RING.

[masterhandss]

I haven’t watched the new hamefura episode but I can imagine that it goes like this

Nicol: I need to hurry and force myself to get a fiancee for the good of my family

Dan: Don’t worry Nicol, what’s important is marrying someone you love

Raphael: Don’t lie to yourself, Nicol!

Sophia: You can’t give up before you even tried, brother!

Nicol: But what if I—

Fray: (a new challenger approaches with a bat on her hand) Don’t worry guys, I’ll beat it into him