SU head football coach Ed Orgeron today announced the hiring of Matt Canada as the new offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach for the Tigers, another step in the process Orgeron and vice chancellor and director of athletics Joe Alleva have stated is crucial to their plans for the program.
Canada, who was the only offensive finalist for the Broyles Award this year as the nation’s top assistant coach, joins the LSU staff after spending the 2016 season at Pittsburgh, where as offensive coordinator and quarterback coach, he guided a Panther offense that ranked No. 10 in the nation in scoring (42.3) and averaged 447.5 total yards per game. The Panthers also led the nation in redzone touchdown percentage at 82 percent.
Orgeron and Alleva have spoken openly and at length about their plan and process for making LSU football a championship-caliber program year after year. Alleva said the two looked far and wide at candidates for the job. Both say the search led them to Canada, who fits their plans exactly.
Alleva and Orgeron said the decision wasn’t only about bringing serious firepower to the LSU offense and reiterated their goal is excellence in all things related to student athletes.
Canada comes to LSU with 25-years of coaching experience with stops at North Carolina State (2013-15), Wisconsin (2012), North Illinois (1998-2003; 2011) and Indiana (2004-10).
At Pitt, Canada’s 2016 offense scored 76 points in a win over Syracuse to cap the regular season and the Panthers also beat Big 10 champion Penn State, 42-39, and topped second-ranked Clemson, 43-42. Pitt is the only Power 5 team in the nation to score at least 28 points in every game this year.
The Panthers recorded an 8-4 mark in 2016 and will play in the Pinstripe Bowl on Dec. 28 against Northwestern in Yankee Stadium.
While at North Carolina State, Canada helped develop quarterback Jacoby Brissett into a third round NFL Draft pick and helped the Wolfpack to back-to-back bowl games in 2014 and 2015. In 2015, the NC State finished third in the ACC in scoring with 33.5 points a game.
Prior to joining the NC State staff, Canada served an integral role in leading Wisconsin to the 2012 Big Ten championship and earning a trip to the Rose Bowl. The Badgers won the conference championship by defeating Nebraska 70-31 at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
During that season, the Badgers finished No. 12 nationally in rushing offense and running back Montee Ball won the Doak Walker Award as the nation’s top running back. Ball also earned first team AP All-American honors while wide receivers Jared Abbrederis and left tackle Rick Wagner earned consensus first team All-Big Ten honors. Tight end Jacob Pedersen was name the Big Ten tight end of the year while center Travis Frederick also earned first team All-Big Ten.
At Northern Illinois, Canada helped lead the Huskies to the 2011 MAC title and a berth in the GoDaddy.com Bowl. Starting quarterback Chandler Harnish earned Mid-America Conference MVP honors and was picked in the seventh round of the NFL Draft.
Canada broke into coaching as a student-assistant at Indiana. He later served as a graduate assistant at Indiana from 1994-1995 and coached at Butler University from 1996-1997.
Canada earned his B.A. in Business (1993) and M.A. in Sports Administration (1995) at Indiana University.
Canada is from New Palestine, Indiana. He has one daughter, Tori, and a son, Chris.
Canada’s deal is pending approval from the LSU Board of Supervisors.
I agree about the word needed not being needed; weird sentence, lol.  Auto-aim doesn't make her overpowered, but it wouldn't be so bad if it were taken away.  I wouldn't mind Valor being a skill shot and Grace being a strict movement ability.  However, they would have to rework her talents and change a few base kit numbers.

* Valor damage increased from 400--&gt;500; becomes a skill shot hitscan that hits one target
* Grace does no more damage, but increases the distance traveled from 30--&gt;35 units
* Alacrity: Valor's damage is increased by 200 and hits with Valor resets Grace.
* Swift Jade card changed to reduce the cooldown of Valor for each enemy hit with it.

The issue is, she would require a bit too much work and it really isn't worth it just to get rid of the auto-aim.  The work you put into rebalancing her so she's still anti-flank and all about snowballing, while getting rid of the auto-aim, is work that you could be put into reworking Moji and Torvald so they can be viable without being oppressive.  Lian may feel a bit cheap at times, but she isn't poorly designed overall.  Half are positive about their financial futures, up from 46% a year ago.
American women are feeling more optimistic about their financial futures and more confident about their money-related decisions, according the BlackRock’s latest Global Investor Pulse survey.
Just over half, 51%, feel positive about their financial futures, up from 46% a year ago. Forty-two percent are confident they are making the right savings and investment decisions, up from 34% a year ago.
Both women (43%) and men (41%) believe that saving for retirement should be a high priority, yet only 55% of women and 65% of men are actually saving for retirement. Perhaps as a result, 75% of women and 68% of men are concerned about their ability to meet their retirement goals.
As to how much annual income they would like to live on in retirement, the goals are similar for men ($45,956) and women ($45,018). The stark reality, however, is that women between the ages of 55 and 65 have accumulated an average $118,000 in savings, which would provide an average of $7,782 in annual retirement income, according to the BlackRock CoRI Index 2015. Men in that age group have an average $162,000 in savings, which would generate an average annual income of $10,807.
Not surprisingly, then, 36% of men and 52% of women said they were concerned that they might not achieve their desired retirement income goal.
Women tend to emphasize the day-to-day health of their household’s finances and paying off debt, while men are more focused on investments. Sixty-one percent of women follow a household budget and 55% are focused on paying off debt, but only 23% regularly review the performance of their savings and investments. On the other hand, 33% of men regularly review their investments, and 46% concentrate on paying down debt.
When women make growing wealth a priority, 63% have investments, versus 28% who do not have this as a priority, and they are twice as likely to regularly save and invest.
Women are more highly attuned to risk than men and are more cautious about the stock market. They are also more likely to ask for advice with regards to their investments (64% versus 55%) and to value professional advice (74% versus 64%).
Thirty percent of Millennial women, those between the ages of 25 and 34, enjoy managing investments, compared to 21% of Boomer women, those age 51 to 69. Thirty-seven percent of Millennial women have prioritized growing wealth, compared to 22% of Boomer women.
However, when it comes to saving for retirement, only 53% of Millennial women are doing so, compared to 71% of Millennial men. They are also considerably less likely than their male peers to feel knowledgeable about investing.
Only 35% of Millennial women use the Internet for information on long-term financial decisions, compared to 43% of Millennial men, and only 45% of Millennial women are interested in robo-advisers, compared to 72% of Millennial men. That said, a mere 23% of Boomer women are curious about robo-advisers.
BlackRock’s survey is based on the responses from 30,500 people in 20 nations, including 4,000 Americans.
Regional Human Rights and Democracy
PADF is implementing a five year, USAID-funded US$24.9 million cooperative agreement to strengthen human rights in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico. The project will help communities prevent and respond to human rights violations and establish sustainable Early Warning and Protection Systems for internally displaced persons and migrants. PADF and partners will focus on and raise awareness about highly vulnerable populations including women and girls, the LGBTI community, persons with disabilities and migrants. The project will work to build he capacity of existing organizations and foster a public policy environment that allows human rights defenders, local civil society groups, and individuals to carry out their vital work without fear of violence.
Activities
PADF’s strategy will support existing public policies, regional networks, government priorities, international cooperation, and the needs of civil society to strengthen human rights protection systems. The goals of the project are to: • Foster an Environment that Enables Human Rights • Strengthen Community Responses to Human Rights Violations • Establish Sustainable Early Warning and Protection Systems for Internally Displaced Persons and Migrants. PADF and its partners will work to achieve the following results: • Establish a regional human rights education curriculum for teachers • Reach 20,000 people with human rights campaigns • Create methodologies and best practices on translating research into public policy • Build a network of over 50 research entities in the region collaborating to advance