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Week 12 Game Discussion II

This thread is for discussion of action on the field before, during, and after this week's games. You can talk about who you think will win or lose before the games start and last-minute news on Sunday morning. Then during the games, discuss strange plays, great performances, and stupid announcers (of which there are plenty). After the day is done, we'll discuss the results of the week Sunday night and Monday before our weekly commentary articles appear.

by Fnor (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:42am

This is kind of pathetic. The Steelers's O is (was) good. They were pretty good running and very good passing, and now they're terrible at BOTH. I just don't get it.

by Trogdor (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:42am

I'm sorry. It's more properly the Tampa 2, which is a slight variation of a standard cover 2. But the deep middle is still not the hole between the safety and the corner, as Madden identified it. It is normally (and clearly was on that play) the hole between the safeties, and behind the linebackers. The corner was very clearly playing sideline/flats coverage on that play.

Re: 593 - It's illegal to go low to take out someone blocking for the return man on a change of possession. On that play, the Steeler dove, took out a blocker by hitting him below the knees, and got just enough of Doss to bring him down. It was a penalty because he hit the other Colts player first, and hit him low.

by MAW (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:43am

I'm wondering if the Steelers are doing what I am: looking ahead to next week's game.

That should be a hell of a game. I hope it's shown here in LA.

by Fnor (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:43am

Feel stupid burning a post for this, but:

Aaron: Agreed.

I can't watch this anymore. It's Fire Emblem time.

by Trogdor (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:44am

When Jason David is picking off passes, you know you're in trouble.

by Fnor (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:46am

Trogdor: It's stupid to penalize someone for getting the ball carrier when he manages to do it EVEN THOUGH THERE'S A GUY IN THE WAY. There are low tackles and blocks all over the place. Is this situation somehow special because the guy is powerful enough to go through a man to make the hit? And why is that so heinous that he's penalized for it, instead of being rewarded for making a great play?

by RowdyRoddyPiper (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:47am

Are they going to let edge rush for 10 yards on every first down? This is pathetic. I am in a state of shock that the Steelers were out hit by the freaking Colts.

by Chris (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:47am

Agree with you Aaron.

Last weeks game, the Colts looked like the same one-dimensional offensive team with a defense that became "good" by feasting on a weak schedule.

This Colts team can do no wrong. They're running over the Steelers, the Steelers can't even run on them. Ben Roethlisberger has looked confused and inaccurate for the entire game.

With Denver's close game, this might bump Indy over Denver. Maybe over Cincy but Cincy REALLY steamrolled the Ravens.

by Trogdor (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:47am

It must be a lot easier to just run clock when your clock-killer plays are getting 10 yards.

by Paul (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:48am

This is why I wanted Roethlisberger to play last week. He is definitely rusty. Even with a bum knee and rust he could have beat the Ravens last week. But against the Colts, he needed the rust gone. It'd also help to have decent play calling and a running game.

by Sid (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:49am

This game had to have set a record for personal fouls.

by The Phil (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:51am

RE: 601

The play calling has not been good tonight. I know that everyone said we should be able to run on this D, but guess what? If it's not working early and they're run blitzing and what have you, you must adjust. The passing game has to be used to open up the defense a little bit. By the time they threw the ball with any consistency, it was too late.

I'm usually not one to blame coaches for anything and everything, but this was not Whisenhunt's best game.

Also, the offensive line? Merely good now, as opposed to really good, especially when Smith isn't healthy. Hartings has declined, and even Faneca may be declining slightly. Don't be surprised if Kemoeatu is the starting RG next year...Kendall Simmons has been disappointing.

Not to mention all the penalties...

But overall I think the defense played quite well when considering the caliber of this offense. There's my one positive from tonight.

by TWD (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:54am

Thanks, MDS. Classy move by FOX, as always.

On a related note, is it true that ESPN Monday Night Football next year will be Michaels and Theismann?

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:56am

Well that will make it a 19-point game.

Reed makes the field goal and gets the onside kick right, and it's at most 16, probably closer to 6-10.

by RowdyRoddyPiper (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:56am

The playcalling was fish left behind the radiator stinky. The boneheaded onsides kick started it and it snowballed from there. Down by 16 with a pretty decen defense, that had started to get some stops together. You have 25 minutes to make up two scores and you go into two minute drill. Idiots!!! Also the runs weren't necessarily effective right off the bat, but the screens were doing the trick...try it, it works, stay with it!

by Trogdor (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:56am

I'm not saying it's a good rule, just giving the explanation why it was called.

I think the rule might be in there to prevent cheap shots, so after an INT a few non-involved offensive players can't just turn around and chop the defenders' legs. Maybe they saw this happening a lot after turnovers, or for some reason it's more dangerous than a normal cut block. It's possibly a variation of the Sapp/Clifton rule about blocking people not involved in the play on change of possession.

On that particular play, I do think it is rather silly that he was penalized for making the tackle, because he went through a blocker to do it. He looked like he was going for the ballcarrier, and actually got a piece of him, so I'm not a big fan of the call. There may not be much wiggle room for the officials there, to determine if it was cheap/unnecessary or whatever.

by TWD (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:58am

And the leading rusher for Pittsburgh is... Ben Rothlisberger (21 yards).

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:00am

One loss can be invigorating, but two straight is just demoralizing.

The Steelers have one game to get back on track. Cincy is a must-win. They win, the division is theirs. They lose, the division is gone, and the wild card is a long shot with a game against the Bears coming off a three-game skid.

If the Steelers get back on track next week, I like them to blast through the playoffs. If they lose, I don't see them making the playoffs.

by Tom (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:01am

why bring big ben back in to hand the ball off? either take him out for tommy or let him make some passes and get back in synch.

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:04am

Next week, it's all on the offensive line, really. They're what's broken about the Steelers lately, and if they don't fix it, Pittsburgh is toasted.

by Androo (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:07am

So, in summary, Edge thinks they should "take it one game at a time."

by stan (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:08am

Steelers pass game was always dependent on the great running game. No run -- no pass game.

by Sid (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:15am

RE: 601

Time to start buying into the Indy D. :D

RE: 602

by Sid (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:19am

it was amazing how indy steamrolled pitt even with the constant shooting themselves in the foot (penalties).

RE: 613

it'll be thiesmann and michaels on mnf next season.

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:22am

I still don't think the Indy D is all it's cracked up to be. The Pittsburgh offensive line has been ugly the last few games. Poor O-line play makes any defense look great.

by Sid (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:35am

The 5 years Matt Millen has been in charge has been the worst 5-year stretch in the history of the franchise. Which is more puzzling: The fact that he got hired in the first place, or the fact that he has hung onto his job while firing and hiring HCs left and right?

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:37am

Game stats without the 80-yard touchdown pass:
Roethlisberger 17-26-111-1TD-2INT-3 sacks
Manning 14-24-159-1TD-1INT-2 sacks

Pittsburgh 25-86 (3.4 ypr)
Indianapolis 32-127 (4.0 ypr)

Total yards PIT 197 IND 286
First downs PIT 10 IND 16
3rd down PIT 4-13 IND 5-13
Punts PIT 6-46.0 IND 5-45.8
Penalties PIT 10-62 IND 12-106
TOP PIT 29:13 IND 30:47

Really not that different. Take out that one play, the Steelers don't get behind, and it's a game.

by admin :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:52am

Our long national nightmare is over. I'm not going to make you all wait, the new top 5s will be up before I go to sleep.

by Becephalus (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:01am

Vash if that name is from Trigun, well cool...that was a groovy series.

But I always always hate that "take out one play logic". It is meaningless and 99% of the time unprincipled. Take out the Manning INT (which never would have happened if that had been Wayne instead of Harrison) and PIT gets shutout. 26-0 isn't really a cause for much confidence.

Harrison really gave up on that play from what I saw watching the replay slo-mo.
Just kind of stopped running hard then fell down.

Anyway IND made PIT look real bad IMO and the Harrison TD was just a symptom not a cause.

by Todd S. (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:03am

#625 It isn't. You just keep thinking that...

by Brian (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:06am

Man, the Colts D came out and tackled well today. When they tackle and get to the quarterback they look unstoppable, when neither of those things happen they look very average (which is still much better than last year when they looked terrible when things weren't going right). I liked what they were doing with rotating Freeney out more, I hope they keep it up (assuming they're not up against the no-huddle).

Having Harrison come out and return punts (ended up being just the one) when Walters went down was interesting. To be honest, I wouldn't have a problem if they brought out Harrison or Wayne or Stokely or someone to just fair-catch all punts and kickoffs. Turnovers and penalties on returns have far out-weighed any positive runbacks this year IMO.

by Brian (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:10am

BTW, I realize the reason why Freeney has been playing 90% of the snaps this year is probably because Josh Thomas has been injured most of the season. But it was still nice to see!

by Brian (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:11am

Wow, Indy ends up WAY on top in estimated wins.

by Ben (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:23am

Harrison has returned punts before when the regular returner has been injured in the game. He usually does just fair catch them...

As for the Colts D, it's all about getting pressure on the QB. Give the QB time (like Palmer had last week) and they'll eat up the poor covering secondary.

by Brian (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:37am

Sure, I didn't mean interesting in the "oh wow, I'm mind-boggled" way like Madden did. I just meant interesting in a possible ST gameplan way.

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:40am

How did both the Indy offensive DVOA and the Pittsburgh defensive DVOA go down? Did opponent adjustments from previous weeks go down?

by bobman (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:41am

Not sure how you call those numbers minus the big play "not that different." In terms of rushing, passing, and overall yardage, it's roughly 3:2 (or the Colts have a 50% edge on the Steelers.) So let's see, I'm six feet tall and you're 50% taller, so you're nine feet tall. The difference is really just three feet--add a midget to my shoulders. We're really "about the same." Let's shoot some hoops.
And as Becephalus notes, you can take out "just one play" on either side and things get MUCH worse (if you remove Troy's INT) or slightly better for Pitt (removing Marvin's TD). And after 91 TDs, you can't say the 80 yarder was a freak or something--two defenders bit hard on the play fake--something Manning has never really tried before, so it's understandable that they'd bite--and he and Marvin were on the same page.
You take out that one play, and it's still a pretty good beating.

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:53am

I won't deny we got beat pretty badly, but that one play was worth a lot of statistics and a lot of momentum.

More reasonable adjustment: Adjust the yardage of the play to 40. We still got routed in basically every part of the game, but it makes things a bit more even. I hate it when long plays blow stats out of proportion in either direction.

And the height analogy is horrible, because the standard in height is far smaller than the standard deviation in football yardage.

In other news, shit, we need to either get back on track against Cincy or win out coming off a three-game losing streak to make the playoffs. Not really liking that.

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:55am

Anyone else agree they should train Troy Polamalu to catch punts? Because he's a hell of a returner on interceptions.

by Brian (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 4:02am

Definitely. Polamalu is quite elusive.

Who's most likely to beat IND now? SD or SEA? Losing Leftwich moved down the likelihood of JAX beating them on my list. I've got their chance of 16-0 at 22.7% now, BTW.

by putnamp (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 4:24am

#636, where are you seeing the #s? I'm a neophyte to navigating the FO site still, I see :(

by Comrade Jason (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 4:28am

#640. It seems like SD has the offense to keep up, but after the last few weeks I'm not sure if anyone does. As for SEA, who knows? I'd say no, but the Football Gods seem to be on the Seahawks' side, so anything's possible.

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 4:37am

641: They're on the left side of the main page. Click the headers on them to see the full lists (note that the full lists aren't updated to Week 12 yet).

by Brian (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 4:42am

SD's offense matches up well, but their defense has questions. SEA's defense matches up well, but is overall questionable and their offense doesn't match up as well. JAX matches up very well on defense, but I'm not sure they can score enough, especially with Garrard under center.

by Brian (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 4:45am

Vash, those are weighted stats, so lowering the importance of earlier games will also affect the total #.

by Vash (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 5:48am

645: Aha, forgot about the system that devalues less recent games.

by Michael David Smith :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 10:27am

It's certainly still a longshot, but the Colts' chances of going 16-0 are looking better every week. My percentage chance that they'll win each of the remaining five games:

TEN: 95
JAX: 65
SDG: 60
SEA: 55
ARZ: 95

That works out to a 19 percent chance that they'll go 16-0, or, if you prefer, an 81 percent chance that they'll lose a game.

Of course, even if they get there, I'd give them maybe an 80 percent chance of beating the Jaguars in the playoffs, a 65 percent chance of beating the Broncos (my hypothetical of how the AFC playoffs would go), and a 65 percent chance of beating whoever comes out of the NFC in the Super Bowl. So even if they go 16-0, I'd take the field if you gave me even money.

by Mikey (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 11:20am

Is there any site that runs simulations of the rest of the season ala Baseball Prospectus?

I'm buying the hype. Sorry. Resistence is futile. I was floored by last night's game. That's still a pretty good Steeler team and they were absolutely destroyed and embarrassed in every aspect of football (longtime Steeler fan here, btw). This is, I think, the best team we've seen since the 99 Rams, at least.

The Colts will score at will on their remaining opponents. The only thing standing between them and 16-0 is a career day from LT or Alexander, and I'm talking like a 40 for 200+ and 5 TDs day. I'd put their chances of winning each remaining game thusly, assuming the starters play every game:

TEN: 98
JAX: 90
SDG: 80
SEA: 80
ARZ: 99

That's a little better than 50-50 to get to 16-0 and right now I think that's reasonable.

by stereochemistry (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 12:07pm

Re: 627

But if you do take out that 80 yard play, you're also completely removing an entire drive by the Colts. What if instead of one 80 yard TD play, they run 3 times, throw 5, and have an 8 play, 80-yard TD drive? What if Pitt intercepts the very first play and has possession on the Colt's 30 yard line? Then their raw yardage stats would be less because they didn't start their second drive off of the kickoff.

by MAW (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 1:13pm

Huh, the impression I got from the Steelers last night, as well as the few other times I've seen them (with both Ben and Tommy at QB) is that they're really not that good. Wild-Card good, yes, but not Super-Bowl good.

The Colts last night seemed to not want to put the game away, as they kept running in passing situations (3rd and goal from the 15 or 20 was one such situation; they seemed to just give away 4 points by running and then taking the field goal).

by Brian (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:23pm

They seemed to be taking it a little bit safe. The first INT gave the Steelers life, they didn't want that happening again.

by james (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 2:58pm

They seemed to be trusting their defense. If the other team isn't going to score, you don't have to pass.

by Mikey (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 3:00pm

I actually agree with you that the Steelers are Wildcard good and not Super Bowl good. For the Colts to take-apart what I consider a solid B+ team that thoroughly was very, very impressive.

by Brian (not verified) :: Tue, 11/29/2005 - 5:48pm

Did anyone else notice that Freeney wasn't running himself out of plays last night? He needs to do that more often. Many times he just flies upfield to never-never land, putting himself way out of position for a run and not even absorbing the double team. He's got to trust that the other guys on the line will make some noise if they have to use a double on him. Great job IMO.

by Sid (not verified) :: Wed, 11/30/2005 - 8:55am

RE: 648

I still think they will not go undefeated. I think the most likely loss is at Seattle.

by Sid (not verified) :: Wed, 11/30/2005 - 8:59am

RE: 647

Itâ€™s certainly still a longshot, but the Coltsâ€™ chances of going 16-0 are looking better every week.

Naturally. Each week they win means they're closer to 16-0. ;)
I really thought they'd lose to Jacksonville, but if Leftwich doesn't play, and with Taylor's status up in the air, I'm not so sure.

by Mark (not verified) :: Wed, 11/30/2005 - 11:04am

Aaron, you must be from N.Y. on your power rankings. Did you not even consider the Broncos were a much better team than the Seahawks, and the Cowboys could have easily won that game, without referees giving them 2 TDs.

by J Martin (not verified) :: Sun, 12/04/2005 - 4:42pm

Giants DT Clancy blows up "replacement" Center Andre Gurode, snatches football...walks in for TD.

That's the game. The Giants are possessed today. Yes, I'm a Cowboys fan.

If the Cowboys didn't find some motivation at halftime, I don't know what to say.

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First Lady Politics

When Michelle Obama traveled to Europe with husband President Barack Obama on March 31, the mood globally was glum. While stories poured out about the president’s handling of the financial crisis and Afghan troop levels, other reports covered the first lady’s own itinerary in breathless detail. Her meetings with other important women, as well as regular folks, were a welcome break from the gloom for many media consumers.

She was also endlessly dissected–for her fashion choices, her behavior with Queen Elizabeth, even her rapport with French first lady Carla Bruni. But behind this chatter was a sense of intimacy, almost an identification, with Michelle that could be unprecedented among Americans. It wasn’t difficult to imagine Internet surfers and magazine readers asking themselves what they would have done in the first lady’s shoes. Would the small-businesswoman in Tulsa have draped an arm around the British monarch? Would the media-relations executive from Miami have shared hugs with inner-city female students in London?

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“It’s like the [movie] The Princess Diaries,” says Catherine Allgor, a communications professor at University of California-Riverside. Before she came to the White House, “[Obama] was an ordinary person–she had to get to her kids to ballet lessons and get dinner on the table. We can see our own reflection in that.”

The truth is that Michelle Obama is anything but ordinary. Her rise from working-class Chicago to Harvard, Princeton and, later, a high-paying job at the University of Chicago hospital system places her in a small club of high-achieving African-American women. Before moving to Washington, she and the president circulated in an elite group of political and business leaders.

Yet her ability to project ordinariness may prove to be her strength.

Every U.S. first lady has projected her own specific image to the American public and the world. Nancy Reagan was patrician and aloof. Barbara Bush was no-nonsense. Hillary Clinton and Laura Bush had the job at a time when Americans were asking what role women should play in society. Clinton’s unabashed career ambitions were off-putting to some women, explains Allgor, while Bush’s reticence turned off a younger, more confident generation.

Approachable and sought-after–her popularity ratings exceed those of her husband, according to a Gallup poll released in early April–Michelle has charted her own path. Asked after the inauguration if she would model herself after Hillary Clinton or Laura Bush, Obama replied, “I’m Michelle.”

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She went on to describe the similarity between herself and the girls, who between them speak 60 languages. “There was nothing in my story to land me here,” said the first lady. “I wasn’t raised in wealth or standing. I was the product of a working-class community. Neither of [my parents] attended university. If you want to know the reason why I’m standing here, it’s because of my education.”

After her speech (which could be viewed as her policy agenda for the next four years), the girls gestured in disbelief as Michelle gave hugs to the students. Some students wiped away tears, while others rushed the stage for a chance to touch the first lady.

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When the Obamas moved into the White House, nobody was really sure what to expect from the first lady, nor which of her many interests she would focus on. Some, like Politico’s Nia-Malika Henderson, even said she was trying to embrace too many issues. Her trip to Europe turned out to be a useful road map. And considering the path she has taken to get here, it’s not surprising her goals would be ambitious.

“[The Obamas] are young, energetic people who are used to working hard,” says Allgor. “If [Michelle] is planning on eight years, that’s not too much.”

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Calvary Baptist School of Service Day

Posted on 4/23/2012 by Rebecca Woodcock

Calvary Baptist School of Service Day

On April 5, 2012, ten Calvary Baptist School students spent their School of Service Day helping out around Tanglewood Park.

SOS DayThe students and chaperones came prepared to work with tennis shoes and t-shirts on, and dove right in providing a helping hand to Tanglewood staff. The Calvary Baptist crew first started off the afternoon spreading mulch at Shelter 3, located by Skilpot Lake, and then moved on to spreading mulch at Shelter 4, by the large playground. Ryan Kearns, Tanglewood Landscape Operations Unit Leader, explained the purpose and correct method for spreading mulch around plants to the volunteers. Mulch helps cool the ground, reduce water loss, lessen erosion, and prevent weeds and other competing plants from taking over the same soil. Mulching around plants is a very important seasonal maintenance routine for the Tanglewood staff.

The school’s Director of Development, Jen Tozier, shared that this year marked their 3rd annual School of Service Day, and twenty-five outside organizations were chosen for outreach.

A huge thank you from Forsyth County Parks and Recreation to the Calvary Baptist School students, staff, and chaperones!

To learn more about the School of Service day, please visit Calvary Baptist’s SOS Day page.

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The ISO graples with the politics of scarity.
Fortnightly Magazine - July 15 2003

The ISO graples with the politics of scarity.

In regions that have embraced electric industry restructuring, such as New York, New England, and the mid-Atlantic states, where independent system operators (ISOs) have taken over and the standard market design (SMD) has grabbed a foothold over bulk power transactions, one fascinating question still dogs theorists and policymakers alike:

Is a power supply shortage really all that bad?

For more than a century now, the typical power industry engineer has dedicated his life's work to guaranteeing freedom from blackouts for every man, woman, and child, to a certainty that approaches five "nines" to the east of the decimal point. And the engineers have largely succeeded.

But the SMD puts little faith in such efforts. It relishes abundance and scarcity in equal measure, as it weighs the contrasting forces of supply and demand to reveal the energy price and clear markets. During those brief intervals of greatest demand, it relies on gas-fired turbines to supply power to serve the peak. But those turbines seldom run except during periods of extremely high prices. In fact, they cannot recover their fixed costs and high operating costs without the sort of price spikes that scarcity can produce.

The SMD won't work without scarcity, but regulators and politicians cannot survive in a world where they cannot protect ratepayers and voters from high power prices.

Nevertheless, there's no verdict yet on whether regulators will tolerate scarcity or seek to banish it entirely. In fact, it's a good bet that they'll try to have it both ways. If you want evidence, just look to New England, where the ISO has recently proposed three new radical pricing schemes that on first glance might seem to run at cross-purposes. These proposals would:

(1) reduce high prices when a supplier with a dominant market share (a "pivotal" supplier) starts submitting unusual or suspicious bids;

(2) guarantee that high-cost, gas-fired peaking turbines that aren't very profitable most of the time can raise bids and prices as high as necessary to recover all their costs, including fixed costs and capital investment, by setting a "peaking unit safe harbor" (PUSH) threshold; and

(3) ensure that prices will climb to the moon during a period of extreme scarcity by permitting the real-time energy price to rise to the absolute highest allowed level (the region's $1,000 bid cap) and perhaps a bit more, depending on line losses and congestion uplift.

If this policy package seems a little hard to believe, turn to our "Commission Watch" article ("When a Cap Becomes a Floor," p. 14), where I lay out a few more details.

Figuring out how this came about requires a look at rules governing reserve margins, plus an understanding of how certain shortcomings in computer software have literally backed the ISO into a corner.

NEW ENGLAND'S MOVE TO BOOST PRICES AS HIGH AS POSSIBLE DURING A SHORTAGE OWES A DEBT TO ECONOMIST DAVID PATTON, the independent market advisor for ISO New England and the New York ISO. Patton's theories turn the familiar "duty to serve" upside-down. If you read


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    O'Neill's case was bound over to Rockingham Superior Court, where a grand jury will consider whether there is sufficient evidence to warrant a trial. He is currently being held at the Rockingham County House of Corrections on $250,000 cash bail.
    O'Neill's bail orders remain unchanged following Wednesday's hearing, where O'Neill was represented by public defenders Kristen Guilmette and Christine List.
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Last month also saw them lift the Coupe de la Ligue trophy with a 2-1 win over Lyon, while Blanc also steered the club to a UEFA Champions League quarter-final.

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"We are satisfied with the work done by the players and the staff," he said.

"In terms of points, the game, the outcome is positive, but also as regards the operation.

"Next season we will try to be more efficient, we will try to do better and keep moving forward."

Blanc also took time to comment on speculation surrounding a potential return to the club for Leonardo, who spent two years at the club as director of football between 2011 and 2013.

"It's not my problem," he said. "When I arrived there was a sports director. I enjoyed working with him, he (was) called Mr Leonardo. After, he left.

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5 Step How to: Stop Cravings and Tame Temptation

Do you find temptation around every corner? Doing your best to confine your ice cream habit to cheat day but things are slipping? Temptation isn’t just for daytime soaps, but the good news is that it’s not as tough to beat as they’d have us think.

Why do we see people wrestling with being tempted on TV, sometimes for months at a time? Its because temptation is everywhere, right? And deep down inside we’re all on the verge of falling to it?

Not exactly.

Temptation makes for interesting plot lines because it allows tension to build and can smoothly lead to even more interesting plot lines like infidelity, crime and self-destruction through any number of TV soap methods like drugs.

So then, what about you, and me, eating our beans and thinking about chocolate? (sometimes I wish black beans weren’t so close in color to chocolate).

What about when we’re heading for our walk outside and the sofa is calling our name? Or, in summer weather those juicy burgers and ice cold beers?? What are your favorite temptations that come calling on you right when you don’t need them?

Now that we’re thinking about them, let’s get one thing straight – they’re healthy! Having the temptations that is, perhaps not the actual triple fudge banana sundae that’s floating through my mind right now. But having temptations is a sign the you’re alive! So don’t lock them away.

Where it’s easy to get a little lost is in thinking the actual object of the craving is to blame for feeling tempted. There’s usually an underlying reason such a temptation finds you.

Loving the looking of a juicy hamburger? Maybe you haven’t been keeping up with your beans and meat enough lately and your body is craving some protein. It’s common to crave foods, especially if your fat intake is suddenly incredibly low.

Thinking the sofa looks like a better option than the gym? Maybe you’re not giving your body all the rest it needs each night.

Think it’s hard to get to the bottom of those temptations? It’s not, but a bit of practice helps.

Let’s take a look at a very common example: Snacking. I could have used candy, pizza, but the process is the same.

Step 1: Identify if the craving is a one-time thing, or is recurring.

In the case of snacking, it is recurring – let’s assume it comes most days.

Step 2: Look behind the action, or what’s involved.

Snacking involves eating something in between meals, sometimes at a desk, or on the move. However, if we simply try to control what’s at our desk or around us, things could get tough. Snacking seems to have some part of boredom involved, as it’s less about the actual kind of food and more about just having some. It could also indicate stomach acid issues, as putting food in an acidic stomach calms it.

Step 3: Get to the bottom of it!

From step 2, we progress to finding what’s the real cause of our craving. In this case, if we rule out any medical issue, like high stomach acid (which could be stress related), then we look at the activity, and the fact that it ‘cures’ boredom. We need to consider why we might be bored in the first place, and if its a reason that could be changed. Is it because we’re working at an unchallenging job? Is it because there are worries that are carried through the day, and unconsciously they create nervous tension, which needs a release? It could be as simple as lack of food at mealtimes.

Step 4: Re-engineer, don’t replace

Now we have a chance to actually make a great positive change in our lives. Rather than simply replacing a cookie with a carrot, we’re on the edge of being able to do away with those snacks altogether! Looking at the source of the problem, rather than focusing on the craving, can help dig to the bottom of something, unravel it, and give us a chance to simply work with it and change it. If the cause in Step 3 was nervous tension, quite possibly the antidote to a habit of snacking on cookies is a walk at lunchtime, or some kind of workout before work, not a carrot.

Step 5: Give yourself the best chance to succeed

If the answer to Step 1 was ‘recurring’ then now is the time to help yourself out by approaching the situation with you new solution, but realize that changing a habit does take some time. 4-6 weeks is generally long enough for something to feel like ‘normal’, so work out a plan of action, and follow through by marking it out on a calendar. You will be amazed how quickly the time flies by, and how you’re able, after a short period of time, to look back and wonder how your craving used to get your attention so easily.

If your craving is a one-off, then by now you should have found the underlying reason for it, and if so, then take some action on it! A lot of food cravings have their roots in missed meals, lack of a certain kind of nutrient, or a habit of looking for life’s variety and interest in food.

When on slow carb, people might find the food repetitive or boring. This can be quite challenging for some people, especially if you’re the kind of person who enjoys getting a lot of variety and interest from your food. For anyone who feels like they’re just bored with beans, or sick of spinach, I recommend looking behind the cravings that come along – because they’re a sign that you’re looking for variety. This variety can be found in different ways other than food, and some examples of this include varying your workouts or activities, watching some different things on TV, finding some new things to read online, taking up a new hobby or learning something new. All of these will provide plenty of variety, so that food becomes functional, and practical, and life remains interesting. Remember cheat day meals can get as interesting as you like!

I know that you can beat those cravings, and a few minutes thinking about them before they attack can make it a lot easier!

Do you have a craving that drives you crazy? Or do you have some tips to share? Leave a comment below!

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15 Responses to 5 Step How to: Stop Cravings and Tame Temptation

  • Jason says:

    I struggle a LOT with cravings, and I’ve been able to pinpoint why: Breakfast.

    When I eat a really good, filling breakfast full of protein, beans, and veggies I never get hungry. It seems to even extend throughout the day.

    I try to eat less beans these days because I want to depend less on the carbohydrates, but they are definitely what keep me feeling full longer. I eat a bunch at breakfast and maybe half as much at lunch, and then I don’t need any at dinner.

    The best part is, I don’t get cravings!

    • Alexander says:

      Try eating more saturated fat. It releases the hormone Leptin which tells your body that it’s full.

  • Alexander says:

    I honestly kept failing on my diet until I stopped allowing myself a cheat day: That was the only major stopping block to my success.

    Sugar is INCREDIBLY addictive, so it didn’t make sense to me to keep exposing myself to it. I’d get almost to the point getting over the withdrawal, then it was cheat day and I’d eat something sugary and have to start the process of quitting all over again. It’s like any addiction, really; If you’re trying to quit smoking you don’t quit for a week or two, then smoke for a day, then take a few weeks off then smoke again for a day. The same as for alcohol or heroin. You wouldn’t tell an alcoholic or a junky that it’s okay to drink or shoot up once and a while… as soon as they do, they’ll be addicts again.

    • Annie says:

      I’m totally agree with you, Sugar is quite an adiction and is really hard to get over it after the cheat day, i’ve been doing this diet for the last 4 months everythig was working ok but then i went on vacations and ate everything i could so I gain back 3 kilos now im trying to get back to healthy life but it is being so complicate bcz of my sugar adiction.

      Im going to try without cheat day and see if it makes it easier.

      Thanks I thought i was crazy thinking it was like an adiction hahaha its good to know someone have same problem than me :D

      • Luke says:

        Hey Annie,

        You’re right it’s hard to break that sugar fix. Try having a cheat day but use some different foods, that aren’t so sugar or carbohydrate dense. A lot of people really enjoy some things that have some carbs, but also have some more fat as well.

        All the best,

  • Matt & Lisa Ray says:

    My husband & I struggle with cravings quite a bit as we have two young children at home who love their treats!! When we are really tempted, we make a quick shake in the blender to include unsweetened almond milk, ice, protein powder (Trader Joe’s makes a whey powder that only has 2g’s of sugar), Stevia, unsweetened Hershey’s baking cocoa powder, cinnamon. Occasionally, we will drop a tablespoon of peanut butter in the blender too!

    • Luke says:

      Hey guys thanks for leaving your comment! That sounds delicious, and like a good option if the cravings are really driving you crazy. Have you found it affects your weekly results much?

      All the best,

  • Shoshana says:

    While I appreciate that some cravings can be worked through and solved for their underlying motivation, I’ve gotta say that I feel like that’s a very small percentage of my “temptations”! What about all those that we want just because… we want them? I can feel full and content, engaged and happy, and STILL have an overwhelming craving for a pint of Ben&Jerry’s! :)

    The only thing that works for me is creating an even more vivid picture of something else that I want — namely, a toned and healthy physique. I would love to hear what works for others!

    • Luke says:

      Thanks for your thoughts on this too. Cravings can be really tough. Another possibility is a deficiency of some kind, even at a cell level, can drive cravings that don’t seem to have a ‘rational’ reasoning behind them. The human body is a complex environment, and I suspect we know very little about it, compared to what there is to know and understand.

      I’d also like to hear from other people about their cravings! I find lemon juice in water can neutralize a sweet craving pretty well.

      All the best,

  • Sharon says:

    My cravings are associated with “Starbucks Vanilla Bottled Coffee Drinks”. The only alternative I have is going to Starbucks and buying the “White Mocha (iced or hot doesn’t matter). The reason I say it’s the only alternative is because it’s the only thing that works if I don’t have the other. I have tried to make coffee and milk drinks myself, replaced with coffee and something else, and nothing works. I always go back to the craving of this sugary, creamy treat (that’s not a treat anymore, it’s an obsession). I wake up in the morning and think about having my drink. If I decide not to have it and to follow the slow carb diet, like I’m supposed to, I think of the drink all day. It’s more than a wish or just having the drink, it’s a full-blown addiction, obsession, and craving that I can’t seem to do without. I have maybe gone 30 days in the past 5 years without having at least one of these drinks. It’s adding weight to me daily and keeping me from following the slow carb plan. Any suggestions? I know it’s a lot to take on.

    • Luke says:

      Hey Sharon, thanks for sharing your worries about the Starbucks drinks. I’m sure that you’re not alone.
      Drinks especially, that are packed with sugar, cream and caffeine are highly addictive, and that addiction can be as hard to break as smoking, because it’s beyond mind-control – it’s a physical addiction.
      For starters, it sounds like you need to get off the rollercoaster, before you can even start to live without the drinks. In these situations, generally speaking it’s best to go cold-turkey, and never look back. Having recently read some other diet books, the consensus is that ‘trigger foods’ or ‘addiction foods’ are best avoided 100%, for quite a long time, before you can even think about having one again.
      If I were, I would declare that having had these drinks for years and years now, you’ve had enough for a lifetime, and that you’re sick and tired of them controlling you. It’s time to be in charge again.
      It’s likely that it will be tough going, however most of these addictions will break in somewhere between 5 to 14 days. If you can last that long, you’ll find things a lot easier.
      Just remember, life is not better with them – it is worse. Any time you think about having the drink, remember – life is worse with that drink.
      Following slow carb while getting off these drinks is perfect, because slow carb is about stabilizing your blood sugar. The drinks you mentioned will be doing exactly the opposite, and that’s why you’ve learned to crave them.
      Follow slow carb totally, for a month, and don’t even include caffeine as part of your daily routine. Remember that milk is excluded too. Generally people could stay with coffee and cinnamon, however in this case I think you need to quickly ‘pull off the bandaid’ and get through the withdrawal phase fast, which will happen by following slow carb and going no where near caffeinated drinks. Avoid artificial sweeteners too, because they might trigger a memory of a sweet drink.
      All the very best with it, I know it’s not easy, but you can do it.

  • mark says:

    HEY GUYS..

    i know its only ment to be allowed on cheat days. (wich should only ast between lunch and youre dinner)

    but when i have a day were my mind “forks” me over… i go for a fruit… a big apple og hard pear and a big (450ml) water drink

    if going to the rest room at work and doing air squats and chest pulls doesnt shift my brain…

    we are all different but getting enough water seems to keep my belly and mind occupied.
    my go to is fizzy “minerel” water with lemon.. as it satisfies my brains lust for soft frinks as well

    • Luke says:

      Hey Mark, thanks for your comment.
      I know what you mean about keeping your mind occupied, and your stomach too. I like a splash of lemon juice in water or green tea. Sometimes your stomach reacts to emotion-triggering events in the day, and can start a process similar to digestion.. in which case it may well desire food. There’s other events that can affect our desire for food, too.
      Sounds like the mineral water is a winner. If your body can tolerate a piece of fruit in the week, and still give you the fat loss you desire, then consider it a good modification! For some people though, depending on how their body reacts to sugars, this might not be an option.
      All the best!

  • What can i do outside of the home/kitchen when with friends? situations with gas stations, pizza parlors, and snack bars are hard for me. especially because its hard for me to tell my friends what i’m doing. I find myself in situations where I’m hungry and don’t have anything prepared and can’t find anything from my nearby resources. Also, eating out at friend’s houses seems impossible. I don’t want to impose on a pre-made meal, so do i make that day my cheat day? does messing up on the diet really not ever supposed to happen?

    • Luke says:

      Hey thanks for your question.

      It sounds like there’s a lot of environmental challenges for you. It’s important to consider if that same environment led you to being overweight. In general, we are the average of the 5 people we spend the most time with – the average of the income level, average of exercise level, average weight, etc. If your environment makes it hard to even discuss that you want to lose weight, you need to realize that it will be a very challenging journey. If you lose weight, people will notice, and I’m sure you realize this. That means you already have a big reason, potentially, not to lose any weight.
      The key to success with slow carb is having a strong reason to want to make a change – strong enough that it is a ‘must do’. This means that it outweighs other priorities – that it is more important to you – that it’s higher on the priority list than being comfortable and not ‘rocking the boat’ if other people will be uncomfortable about your attempts to change. You know inside what you want to do, but it could take some courage.
      As for situations where you’re out, and it’s hard to grab foods – this is true. There aren’t a lot of options because there’s so much carbohydrate-based meals available at restaurants and take-aways. That said, you can focus in on items that are salads, with meat, and leave the dressing on the side. If you can’t get to beans, you can double up the meat, and have some oil on the salad, or have some avocado for example. If you find yourself in snack bars, pizza parlors, etc, very often, then it may be a need to change your activities a little, to make the change to your weight. It’s those places that make it harder to not gain more weight, so people find it makes things easier to change habits and not go to those places so much.
      If you’re heading to a friend’s place for a meal, you could definitely make that day your cheat day. Just make sure you have 5 days of slow carb between cheat days.

      It can be challenging to make such lifestyle shifts, but if the goal you’re aiming for is some ways from where you are at now, it will likely take some decent-sized changes to get there. There’s no way to do things a little bit different, and get large results

      I have a couple of suggestions. Slow carb is just one way to lose weight. It is convenient for people who are able to make large changes to their meals, and stick with those changes. It’s then easy because the meals become a habit – there’s very little thinking involved day to day. As an alternative, you could learn more about Low GI diets, and understand the principles of them, and then apply those principles on a day to day basis, to your own lifestyle. This will require more thought and effort, however once you have the knowledge, you are able to make decisions each day and therefore be more flexible with your choices. The video course I created teaches not only the slow carb diet, but also the foundational principles of why it works, which gives people the ability to customize it to their preferences and lifestyle. You can check out the free one week Fat Loss Kickstarter intro course at http://www.completebodyfatcontrol.com

      I hope that helps you out. All the very best in health, fitness and happiness,

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Greece, Spain and the euro zone's slow progress toward debt reform took center stage at IMF meetings on Friday despite Europe's best effort to remove itself from the spotlight.

The International Monetary Fund recommended that some of Europe's debt-burdened countries take a bit more time to reduce budget deficits, arguing that moving too fast is counter-productive because it hurts the economy.

The shift was welcomed by some emerging market countries as well as long-time critics who say that the tough conditions attached to IMF loans inflict undue economic pain and make it harder for countries to grow their way out of debt.

"We have been arguing for some time that single-minded and draconian fiscal policies may be counterproductive and have a tendency to backfire," said Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega.

But Germany, Europe's largest creditor country and the key to any lasting fiscal reforms, pushed back against that advice and said reversing course on promised deficit reductions would only weaken credibility.

Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said Europe had made plenty of crisis-fighting progress, echoing comments from other European officials who said there should be greater attention paid to U.S. fiscal troubles too.

"Europe is not the source of all problems in the world," he told reporters at a briefing on Friday.

The primary focus is on Greece, which has missed a series of debt reduction targets, and Spain, which is under pressure to seek a bailout as it struggles to rein in central government spending, get a grip on regional debts and recapitalize banks.

IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said on Thursday that both countries should be given more time to make needed fiscal adjustments.

The IMF's change of tune on the speed of budget cuts stems from research it released this week showing that aggressive fiscal consolidation crimps economic growth more sharply than previously thought.

Nobel prize-winning economist Paul Krugman called the IMF's new research, contained in its latest World Economic Outlook, "an extensively documented exercise in hand-wringing."

"Kudos to the Fund for having the courage to say this, which means bucking some powerful players as well as admitting that its own analysis was flawed," Krugman wrote on his blog.

While the IMF has advocated a slower approach to debt reduction, it urged swifter policy action, both in Europe and the United States, to remove economic uncertainty and help lift anemic global economic growth.

The IMF meetings officially started on a regal note, with Japan's crown prince in attendance. Lagarde followed with some blunt warnings for the Fund's 188 member countries that they were losing momentum in reforming the global financial system, a running message from the IMF in the build up to the meeting.

She said it was not much safer than in 2008, when the collapse of Lehman Brothers triggered a global meltdown.

The IMF lowered its global growth forecast this week for the second time since April. Host Japan offered another reminder on Friday that its own economy was losing steam as the government downgraded its forecast for a third straight month.

In Europe, the IMF wants to see more progress toward promised reforms that would create a tighter fiscal and banking union. In the United States, the IMF has sounded the alarm over the "fiscal cliff" of automatic spending cuts and tax increases that take effect early next year unless Congress acts.

European officials insist they are on track to deliver reforms, and want to see closer scrutiny of the U.S. fiscal issues instead. U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said Washington has a window of opportunity to address the fiscal cliff after the November 6 presidential election.

Both topics are on the agenda, along with the IMF's own internal reform efforts, which have stalled.

The Fund was supposed to have completed by the Tokyo meetings a set of voting reforms that would give fast-growing emerging markets greater say in the international lender and vault China to the No. 3 spot.

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In what will be a prelude to the Copa del Rey quarterfinals, Malaga will host league-leading Barcelona at La Rosaleda in La Liga action on Sunday.

The two sides emerged victorious from their midweek Copa del Rey ties as Malaga topped Eibar and Barcelona cruised past Cordoba.

Sunday's league encounter will mark the first match of three between the two sides in a span of 10 days.

It is the first time that Malaga and Barcelona will meet this season, and Manuel Pellegrini's men will be looking for a better outcome than last season when the Catalans took both league encounters by 4-1 scores.

To make Malaga's task even tougher, Barcelona, which occupies top spot in the league with a remarkable 52 points out of possible 55, is likely to be quite fresh ahead of the tilt.

Lionel Messi, who claimed his fourth straight FIFA Ballon d'Or on Monday, did not partake in Barcelona's 5-0 rout of Cordoba on Thursday. Sergio Busquets, Andres Iniesta, Xavi and Jordi Alba were rested as well, while Cesc Fabregas and Carles Puyol played just 45 minutes.

It appears as if Barcelona could be poised for a strong display at La Rosaleda, but Malaga will be out to pull a shock upset.

'Los Boquerones' have enjoyed a fine season thus far, despite being in a precarious financial position. Not only has the club made it to the Round of 16 in the Champions League, but it also enters the weekend in fourth place of Spain's top flight on 31 points.

Malaga can also look to its final match before the winter break for inspiration. The club hosted Real Madrid and earned a 3-2 victory, proving that it is capable of taking points off of a premier side in La Liga.

And with Malaga turning out a disappointing performance in a 1-0 loss to lowly Deportivo last time out, Sunday's match at La Rosaleda is likely to be a more closely-contested match than Barcelona is used to with the home side looking to bounce back into form.

Hopeful of keeping pace with Barcelona is Real Madrid, which will be without the suspended Sergio Ramos, Cristiano Ronaldo and Antonio Adan on Saturday, leaving the club with all to do for its trip to El Sadar against Osasuna.

Should Real Madrid drop points, Atletico Madrid, which comes into the weekend in second place, will hope distance itself from the title-holders on Sunday when it welcomes Real Zaragoza to the Vicente Calderon.

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Members of the Swedish supergroup marked 40 years since their international breakthrough hit "Waterloo" on Monday with a party for hundreds of guests at London's Tate Modern gallery.

Bjorn Ulvaeus said he felt "extremely proud and humbled" by decades of success that includes hit records, the musical "Mamma Mia" and a museum dedicated to the band in Sweden

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An attack presumably carried out by Boko Haram targeted viewers of a World Cup match Tuesday night in eastern Nigeria. Though the Islamic extremist group is against football, not all religious Muslims, or even jihadists, agree.

The bomb was hidden in a tricycle taxi parked just outside a World Cup viewing centre in the northeastern Nigerian city of Damaturu.

It exploded as dozens of locals watched the Brazil-Mexico match on Tuesday, June 17, killing 14 and injuring 26 others. The attack on civilians was the latest presumed to have been carried out by Boko Haram, a terrorist group that has been waging a deadly campaign to set up an Islamic state in Nigeria since 2009.

These days, football appears to be the target of the group’s violence. On June 1, more than 40 people died in the northeast of Nigeria when a bomb went off in a stadium filled with fans. Just over a week earlier, in the central city of Jos, a car bomb exploded right next to another football viewing centre.

Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau has said several times via Web videos that football is a Western perversion meant to drive a wedge between Muslims and their religion. But he has never pointed to any Muslim text to justify his position.

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Egyptian Salafist equates football with ‘intolerance’ and ‘wasting time’

The large majority of Muslim leaders, and most Islamist groups, have professed no hostility or opposition towards the sport. Indeed, only a few extremists say that “good Muslims” must not watch football matches, whether in a stadium or on television.

The known Egyptian Salafist Yasser Al Borhamy recently issued a “fatwa” forbidding Muslims from watching World Cup matches, reported news site Egypt Independent. Al Borhamy is quoted as saying: “World Cup matches distract Muslims from performing their [religious] duties. They include forbidden things that could break the fast in Ramadan as well as [other forbidden things] in Islam like intolerance and wasting time. Football lovers like disbelievers of foreign teams’ players and others, which is rejected.”

But Al Borhamy seems to be the only one who thinks so. Mohamed Raafat Othman, a distinguished professor at Al-Azhar University in Cairo, told Egypt Independent that Islam does not prevent people from watching whatever they like, as long as it does not feature anything explicitly forbidden by the religion. He added that the argument that watching a football match leads the viewer to admire disbelievers is invalid, since Muslims are supposed to be kind and open to non-Muslims as long as there is mutual respect.

Furthermore, online discussions and forums on this issue have found very few practising Muslims calling for other Muslims to avoid watching football. The one condition commonly articulated is that being a football fan, as with all other activities, must not lead a Muslim to neglect prayer.

Too popular a sport to oppose

In most Arab countries, football is in many ways like a second religion. In Nigeria, whose national team, the Super Eagles, won the 2013 African Cup of Nations, the population follows national and international football championships with a fervour that borders on fanaticism.

Other radical Islamist groups have grasped that it is strategically savvier for them to use the sport rather than oppose it. The Islamic State of Iraq or Greater Syria (ISIS or ISIL), for example, published photos of its members playing football with children in the street in Syria, international news site Vocativ reports – a way for the jihadist group to try to polish its image among local populations.

Vocativ also carried out an online poll of which football teams are favoured by jihadists on Facebook. The results show that many root for Algeria, but a significant number support Brazil, England and France, despite the fact that the latter two countries are among targets frequently cited by terrorist organisations.

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