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This year the Houston Texans begin NFL play, helmets adorned with lovely cow-inspired logos. But it's a globalized world. When will the NFL go international? TMQ has already looked into possible international expansion opportunities. Here are some:
- The Kiev Chickens. Name alone would justify an international NFL.
- The Jerusalem Wailers. Uniform colors would be Orthodox all black, and jersey backs would say, "For You, I'm No. 38."
- The Kandahar Fanatics. Signs at the stadium gate would proclaim, No One Is Allowed To Enjoy the Game!
- The European Union Euros. (Regional franchise.) Team symbol would be an imaginary bridge.
- The Copenhagen Tall Blondes. Fabulous cheerleaders, plus sauna boxes instead of luxury boxes.
- The New Delhi Wandering Cattle. Opponents would not be allowed to hit them.
- The Beijing Gang of 11.
- The Riyadh Corrupt Inbred Royal Parasites. No Saudi would actually play on the team; they'd hire Yemenis and Pakistanis for that.
- The Dar es Salaam Sheblows. It has nothing to do with what you're thinking. After scores, fans would holler, "Dar Sheblows!"
- The Johannesburg Tutus. For this club at the racial vanguard, all kickers would be black and all cornerbacks white.
- The Kuala Lumpur Geckos. Team owners have notified the league that although playing in Malaysia, they wish officially to be known as the "New York Geckos." After all, the "New York" Giants and Jets already get away with the same basic swindle.
In other NFL news, the defending champion Ravens are out, taking their hubris with them. TMQ has repeatedly compared Baltimore to Sparta—great defense, humorless, guilty of crimes against civilization.
When Baltimore beat the upright and law-abiding Giants in the Super Bowl last year, TMQ likened it to Sparta's victory over upright Athens in the Peloponnesian War. When the champs fell to Cincinnati early this season, TMQ compared it to Sparta's surprise defeat by previously unranked Thebes at Leuctra in 371 BC. Pretty obviously, the termination of the Ravens' dynasty by Pittsburgh equates to the retreat of Sparta at the hands of Macedon under Alexander the Great. And pretty obviously, that leaves this question—next season will a cap-depleted Ravens be sacked and dismembered, as Sparta was by the Goths? Carolina, Cincinnati, Jax, Houston: Football's equivalent of the Goths are on your schedule next year, Baltimore, and are circling your camp. The football gods grind the clock slow, but they grind exceeding small.
Historiography note: The never-published afterward to Gibbon's Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire attributes the final dissolution of Rome to the salary cap, which forced the empire to waive veteran legionaries and replace them with rookies from outlying provinces.
Game-by-Game Analysis
Philadelphia at Chicago
TMQ dubs this the Sideways Bowl. Chicago, with the most timid offense in the league, called more sideways action than TMQ has seen since the last time he tried to squeeze over to the best-looking babe at a college party. Down the field, Bears, you are supposed to go down the field. Instead hitch screen, bubble screen, quick out, pitch out, sideways, sideways. The Bears threw deep exactly twice. Now, it's true both deep throws were intercepted, but this tells you more about Chicago QBs than tactics. Which brings us to an important lesson about offense—the value of the incomplete deep pass.
Drip-drip-drip passing has take over the NFL partly because offensive coordinators reason that since short throws are easier to complete, why not endlessly throw short? About a third of deep throws, on average, are complete, versus about two-thirds for short attempts. (Dallas, with the worst pass completion figure in the league this year, still connected on 51 percent by mainly throwing short.) Overlooked in all this is that the incomplete deep throw forces defenses to respect the long pass, which in turn opens things up for other plays.
While the Bears were throwing deep just twice, the Eagles went deep six times. Result? A 43-yard gain, three incompletions, and two drops, one of which would have been a touchdown. Not much, you say. But these deep shots forced the Bears defenders to back off the short routes, prevented Chicago from choking up against the run, and created an intermediate zone for Donovan McNabb's scrambles. Philadelphia compiled a 336-186 yardage edge, partly because it kept throwing deep whether completing them or not. Lots of NFL snaps end up wasted. A deep incompletion at least sets up other plays while a short incompletion sets up—nothing.
For their part the Eagles dominated the Bears by blitzing, right? It's true Philadelphia is the one NFL team to come out ahead this year by frequent blitzing (see below). But against Chicago, the Eagles blitzed seven times on 47 Bears snaps, less than the league average of about 20 percent blitzing. The Eagles may blitz against the Rams—we'll see. But because Chicago was playing such a dinky sideways game, Philadelphia knew it would be better off dropping LBs into short coverage and leaving the Bears nowhere to throw. Result? For Chicago, 73 yards passing at home.
The Bears did blitz a lot. Two weeks ago, TMQ cautioned that Chicago ran up its league-lowest 12.7 points allowed mainly by blitzing the dickens out of second-echelon opponents. If the Bears "go blitz-wacky against first-rate teams in the playoffs, woe may betide," spoke the column. Chicago went blitz-wacky and surrendered 33 points.
And Bears fans, you wuz not robbed by the hit on Jim Miller—it was hard but clean. When there is a turnover, the QB becomes a safety, and safeties may be blocked. There are rules granting the quarterback special protection after he releases and when he hook-slides, but no special rule for when the QB becomes a defender. And there is certainly no rule against hard blocks, though several NFL offensive lines seem to believe there is. Quarterbacks are coached for this situation—on turnovers they are supposed to make the tackle if needed, or if not needed, get out of Dodge because they are fair game. Had Miller either run forward to join the action or backward away from it, he could not have been hit so hard. Instead he just stood there, exposing himself to being legally clocked.
Cautionary note: The Eagles have great defense, the great McNabb, pretty good OL, and receivers enhanced by McNabb's talent field. Oh, if they had a back! Considering Duce Staley's deteriorating body, the mystery of the offseason was why Philadelphia, poised for a Super Bowl run and with plenty of cap space, did not make a move for a back in free agency or the draft. It didn't even have to be an expensive move; imagine everything exactly the same except the Eagles now have Priest Holmes or Antowain Smith, both of whom they considered, then sent away. There will be rending of garments and gnashing of teeth by the Rocky statue if Philadelphia falls to St. Louis for want of a power back.
Best Offensive/Worst Defensive Simultaneously: Trailing 14-13, Philadelphia had second and goal at the Bears'$2 6. The Eagles split Duce Staley far right. Trick formations with runners split wide can be ignored if the runners can't catch. But Staley is an excellent receiver, having scored from this very formation a few weeks ago. The Bears seemed not to know that—don't they watch film?—and put no one out to cover Staley. Then, realizing the mistake, Chicago defenders began to mill around and point at each other, but no one thought to form his hands into a T and shout, "Timeout!" Touchdown to Staley, and the Eagles take the lead for good.
Philadelphia then wisely followed TMQ's immutable law, Take One Till the Fourth, by kicking to make it 20-14 rather than gambling for 21-14 and ending up 19-14.
Best Mind-Read: Leading 13-7, Philadelphia faced third and two on its 36. Everyone expects a run. Yet Chicago took out the rush line, pulling its two Ticonderoga-class DTs, Ted Washington and Keith Traylor, to the sidelines and inserting a nickel defense. Sure enough, the Eagles passed, and McNabb looked so surprised by a nickel in a running situation that he was picked off by a Bear corner who returned it for six. Bears coaches must at least have watched film of what Philadelphia does on third and two.
Buck-Buck-Brawckkkkkkk No. 1.Trailing 26-17 with 5:24 remaining, Chicago faced fourth and seven on its 36. The Bears punted. There's no tomorrow, and no BCS rating on margin of defeat. You need two scores. Why are you punting? Why are you punting?
Oakland at New England
Yes, the Raiders wuz robbed. Yet seldom has a team petitioned the football gods for defeat more openly than the Raiders in the fourth quarter on Saturday night. When you leave the keys in the ignition and the car running, don't come cryin' that you got robbed.
Oakland had a three-point lead and possession on the Patriots'$2 45 with 3:55 remaining, second and 11. The Raiders were pushing back a tired New England front seven; they had rushed six times for 25 yards on the previous snaps and seemed to be mounting a classic clock-killer drive. Then, it's a pass! And not a gamble for a long gain to ice the game—a dinky, dunky short swing to lead-handed reserve FB Jon Ritchie, who rarely plays. Incompletion. I looked up and thought, I can't believe the clock is not moving. Third down? Incompletion.
There followed an exchanged of punts. New England ended up with the ball near midfield, 2:06 left and no timeouts, for the drive that included the unpleasant call and ended on the long tying field goal that barely cleared the crossbar with 35 seconds to play. If on the possession described above, the Raiders had simply plowed the ball into the line for no gain on second and third down, the Patriots would have run out of clock. Ye gods.
Why did Tom Brady catch fire late? In December 2000, New England played at Buffalo in similar driving-snow conditions. For the first three quarters, the P-Individuals ran their normal offense and scored only three points, same as Saturday night. When the fourth quarter arrived, they tossed out the game plan and began throwing on every snap—especially short crosses and short "drags," plays on which DBs had trouble keeping their footing. New England became unstoppable and won by a figgie in overtime.
Something finally clicked in Patriots play-caller Charlie Weis' mind late Saturday because as the fourth quarter began, he made the same adjustment he'd made in his previous snow game. The Raiders did not adjust. The counter to what Weis did is "cover one," having DBs right up on the line to jam receivers, with the safeties back in case someone slips through. Oakland stayed in a soft zone, conceding the short crossing pass, and the Patriots took it play after play.
Raiders fans, TMQ agrees that it was unfair your club never got a possession in OT. The NFL needs to change its overtime system; playoff games should not be decided by only allowing one team a try. But as your car that you left the keys in disappears down the road, don't complain that it's unfair because you would have been out sooner if the Starbucks line hadn't been so long. Lock the car when you have the chance.
Worst Crowd Response: Receiving the unexpected gift of a playoff matchup for the last time ever with the lights on at Foxboro, the home crowd booed the Patriots repeatedly in the first half.
Stop Me Before I Blitz Again! Oakland faces third and seven; it's a blitz! Six gentlemen cross, easy completion for the first down, touchdown two plays later. Oakland faces third and nine; it's a blitz! Six gentlemen cross, easy completion for the first down, field goal on the drive. Oakland faces third and 10; it's a blitz! Six gentlemen cross, easy completion for the first down, field goal on the drive. AllRaider scores came on possessions when New England let Oakland off the hook by big-blitzing on third and long. Two other Patriot blitzes on third and long did work. But that's just two of five—when the odds favor the defense on third and long in the first place.
Buck-Buck-Brawckkkkkkk No. 2: Trailing 7-0 with 59 seconds left in the half, New England faced fourth and three on the Oakland 36. The Patriots punted.
Buck-Buck-Brawckkkkkkk No. 3: Game tied with 22 seconds left, Oakland took possession on its 35 with two time-outs. Remember when Oakland used to amaze the league by passing down the middle with the clock ticking? Two intermediate completions, two time outs, and you're in range for the league's highest-paid kicker and the win. Instead the Raiders knelt, and never had possession again.
Baltimore at Pittsburgh
What a show from Ketchup Field, but first let's get something straight: Pittsburgh only looks like "Blitzburgh." The Steelers line up 3-4, and a linebacker almost always shoots. But that is not a blitz; it is a four-gentleman rush, the convention throughout the known football universe. If four rushers coming from a 3-4 constitutes a "blitz," then the Steelers are blitzing on every down, in which case the term becomes meaningless.
To blitz from a 3-4, one must send at least five—same as to blitz from a 4-3. We need terminology for what happens when a 3-4 sends four men but you can't be sure where the fourth will come from. It's common to call this a "zone blitz." but it's not a blitz: maybe "zone rush."
At any rate, during the first half Sunday, as Pittsburgh was compiling a 20-3 lead, the Steelers true-blitzed just three times. That's it—three defensive snaps on which five or more gentlemen crossed the line. (Results: sack, incompletion, and Baltimore conversion of a fourth down.) The Steelers blitzed somewhat more in the second half, for a total of 10 true-blitzes on 51 Baltimore snaps. That's 20 percent, about the same fraction that all NFL teams true-blitz.
So enough, already, with "Blitzburgh." More please of Pittsburgh, a fine team having a fascinating season. One point of fascination: Twice against the Ravens, Kordell Stewart got away with intentional grounding. Purists cheered—because it meant he has learned to do the smart thing and get rid of the ball, rather than court disaster. This year it's been like there was a switch on Stewart's back that said OUT OF CONTROL/MATURE QUARTERBACK, and someone finally flipped it to the "mature" setting.
Best Line Blocking: Jerome Bettis was hurt, yet the Steelers ran for 154 yards against the supposedly impermeable Ravens. This vindicates the contention from last week's TMQ that offensive line play is the essence of the top-rated Pittsburgh ground game. TMQ Non-QB/RB MVP guard Alan Faneca of the Steelers did not have a good game, however, giving up a sack and looking lost on some pulls. It's the come-down effect of a week of glamour and nonstop mega-babes after announcement of the TMQ award.
Best Kick Blocking: Jermaine Lewis was swell on that 88-yard punt return, but watch the tape again—no Steeler touched him owing to great blocking. Special teams have return plays and formations, but they're hard to discern owing to kicking chaos. Watch the tape; this play forms just like it was drawn.
Best Dancin' With Them What Brung Ya: Pittsburgh had nine snaps from the Baltimore 10 or closer and ran on all nine against the supposedly impermeable Ravens. Result: 17 points. Running got the Steelers into the game, and they honored sports lore by dancin' with them what brung 'em.
In-Depth Media Analysis: At halftime, after Pittsburgh had true-blitzed just three times, Professional Oddity/Could-Not-Have-Been-a-Real-Coach Jerry Glanville shrieked, "Baltimore can't handle the blitz! Pittsburgh is killin' Baltimore by blitzing on every down!" Randy Cross somberly agreed that Baltimore's problem was the Steeler blitz.
Buck-Buck-Brawckkkkkkk No. 4: Trailing 20-0, defending champion Baltimore faced fourth and goal from the Steelers'$2 8 with a minute in the half. In came the kicking unit. Sure, fourth and goal is a long shot—but so is coming back from a 20-3 halftime deficit on the road against the league's top-rated defense. Ravens, you are defending champs.Sparta would not have shown fear.
Buck-Buck-Brawckkkkkkk No. 5: Trailing 27-10 with 8:43 to play, Baltimore faced fourth and three on its 27. In came the punting unit. There's no tomorrow and no BCS rating on margin of defeat. You need three scores. Why are you punting? Why are you punting?
Green Bay at St. Louis
Phaser burns on the fuselage of the Packers' charter plane. Photon torpedo damage reported at Lambeau Field. Did anybody get the license number of the starcruiser that hit us? Ye gods, the space aliens of St. Louis toyed with the Packers—and they were toying with a 13-4 team! Let's hope Green Bay survivors were beamed directly to sick bay.
This time it was the Rams defense—a 383-292 yardage edge for Green Bay, but meaningless in the face of eight turnovers, three returned for scores. New defensive coordinator Lovie Smith has not only transformed the Rams, but has done so without the services of the two first-round draft-pick DLs management gave him. (One hurt, the other nailed to the bench.) Smith spent the offseason preaching "hats" to Rams defenders—good things happen when you put lots of hats on the ball. Why some preachers move the flock and others don't, TMQ cannot say, but Smith's preachin' was taken to heart. On Sunday the Rams gang-tackled and gang-hit as well as any team ever has, multiple hats creating several turnovers and frustrating routine plays.
Sole cautionary note TMQ could think of: The Rams scored their first two offensive touchdowns on regular passes from regular sets at the goal line. This might have worked Sunday, but regular passes from regular sets at the goal line are normally a formula for woe.
Best by a Battery of Space Aliens: It was Rams 24, Packers 10 in the third when bioagent "Kurt Warner" of the Galactic Hegemony (Not Your Father's Interstellar Conspiracy™) bootlegged right from his 43. He stopped and threw back left across his "body"—at least his holographic manifestation of human form—60 yards in the air and hit fellow space alien "Torry Holt" exactly on the hands at the Packers'$2 7. Sixty yards back across his body. Most Homo sapien athletes can't puntthat far, let alone throw across their bodies. Holt caught it despite being double-covered, and the Rams scored on the next play to pull away. That Planck's harmonic wave-packet collapser Warner bought with him on the starcruiser from his homeworld sure is coming in handy.
Worst by a Battery of Homo Sapiens: Scoreless game, Bay of Green facing second and 10 on its 22. The Packers lined up with two double-wides; a Rams safety blitzed from the offensive right; Brett Favre threw a quick hook to Bill Schroeder on the far right; Schroeder ran a hook and up; that left Ram CB Aeneas Williams the only gentlemen present when the ball arrived, and he ran it back for six.
Obviously a missed communication or missed sight-adjustment between Favre and Schroeder; only someone who knows the Green Bay playbook and signal system could say which Packer was to blame. But here's what made the play so horrible: As Williams caught the pick, Schroeder did not give chase but stood stock-still, waving his hands in theatrical disgust toward Favre. It doesn't matter that the deep zone was clear because the safety blitzed and that had Favre thrown the up, it might have been a huge gain. What mattered was that Favre is a three-time NFL MVP, irreplaceable, bearer of Green Bay's hopes. Bill Schroeder is a dime-a-dozen nobody. Dime-a-dozen bodies do not make theatrical gestures of disgust at three-time MVP teammates in playoff games. It's the sort of thing that leads to blowout losses.
That ends the game-by-game review, except to pause for the Reader Senryu of the Week:
Oh brave Aeneas,
Favre's your stalwart Achates:
Throws you two TDs.
In Greek and Roman mythology, Achates was the devoted best friend of Aeneas. You knew that, right?
Stats of the Week: After New England took possession trailing by 13-3 with 12:29 remaining, for the balance of the game, the Patriots ran 38 plays for 166 yards while the Raiders ran 14 plays for 34 yards.
Stat No. 2: Baltimore had 226 yards rushing a week ago against Miami, then 22 yards against Pittsburgh. And honestly—can you name any Steeler defensive lineman?
Stat No. 3: Ravens long-snapper Dale Hellestrae has now played in more defeats, 161, than any gentleman in NFL history.
Stat No. 4: The Baltimore defense had given up 19 points in its previous five playoff games before surrendering 27 to Pittsburgh.
Stat No. 5: The St. Louis defense outscored the Green Bay offense. The Rams would have won had their offense not played.
You Can Trust Us Because We're Lying About Our Honesty: Nextel is saturating the airwaves with commercials featuring Dennis Franz, snarling tough-guy of NYPD Blue. The message of the commercials, in which Franz brags about himself and acts unpleasant to everyone he encounters, seems to be that nasty, self-centered people use Nextel. But what about each commercial's boast that Franz does not do ads? Should we be impressed that he has agreed to accept a large sum of money in return for lowering his standards?
Specifically, Franz snarls in one spot, "I don't do commercials. Because they are dishonest—they lie." Set aside the long-term wisdom of big companies and advertising agencies promoting the notion that big companies lie and commercials should not be believed. I don't do commercials. But obviously you do! You are snarling this in a commercial. Because they are dishonest—they lie. What's dishonest here? The claim that Franz doesn't do commercials. He is the one lying, and the purpose of his lie is to distract viewers from the evident fact that he will sell his reputation for personal profit. Let's hope the fee was hefty.
Cheerleader of the Week: TMQ was quite favorably impressed when, for the cold-weather Bucs at Eagles game, the Philadelphia cheer-babes wore skin-tight green unitards. Very classy fan-oriented move, plus the temperature had that frisky cold-weather effect on nipples. For this display of dedication and professionalism, Eagles pep squad members are cheerleaders of the week. Check out the abs-of-steel Julie, the priorities-in-order Wendy—whose favorite flick is Coyote Ugly,a movie about the zany, fun-filled lifestyle of bar maids—and getting-her-money's-worth fitness buff Sabrina. (Click here, then click Julie, Wendy, or Sabrina.) TMQ has walked the streets of Philadelphia and never seen the likes of these babes. They must fly them in.
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This Week's Star Trek Complaint: How come whenever something explodes in front of a Federation ship, bridge-crew characters are seen shielding their eyes from the glare? The bridge view screen isn't a window, after all, but a monitor. Presumably it would be set to filter any wavelength that harms the eye. It's not reassuring to think that 200 years from now, Homo sapiens will build ships that exceed light speed but will have forgotten how to make a dimmer switch.
Reader Haiku and Senryu: Submit yours via "The Fray." Note that two involve readers communicating in haiku, and they are haiku as beaches and tuna are nature. (Parcells is called the Tuna because he snarfs down tuna subs, which count as natural depending on the deli.)
Favre flops for Strahan.
Football gods dispense justice.
Rams—six picks, three scores.
—Steve PaquinTime was, Wisconsin
Was famous for its six packs
Now it's for six picks.
—"Mr. Senryu"'76 flag
sent Raiders to Super Bowl.
No tears for them now.
—Bob SaidiParcells in the sun?
Floridians, flee the beach!
Shark is circling.
—ScottyIs this a result
of devolution? I thought
he was a Tuna.
—Robert ShlantaSoon, very soon, will
Steve Spurrier wish he had
stayed put in Gainesville.
—Rich MahadyUniverse went splat?
Princeton, home of Institute
for "Advanced" Studies.
—"Yalie Dave"Jeri Ryan's bod
or football on satellite?
Thank God for TiVo.
—Eric AkawieTo blitz is to err?
Philly's points allowed: second-
best in NFL.
—"Gang Green"Jerry's a Raider.
TMQ cannot see why?
One king to a throne!
—"Cynical Pinnacle"
Wins Games, Not Friends: Marvin Lewis is a fabulous defensive mind, and now with the Ravens' defeat, free to negotiate for a head-coach slot. During the Baltimore-Pittsburgh game, CBS announcers expressed amazement that with all the head-coach openings, Lewis' name was not on any mentioner list, nor had any team contacted the Ravens for permission to speak with him.
This should not surprise anyone who knows recent history. Last year, as the Ravens drove toward the Super Bowl, Lewis was mentioned for several head-coaching posts. All teams with vacancies hired new coaches before the Super Bowl—when it was still verboten to negotiate with Lewis—except the Bills, where GM Tom Donahue, who loves Lewis, kept the job open specifically for him. Two days after the Super Bowl, Lewis was in Buffalo. There, he spent most of his interview complaining about the city, saying his wife didn't like the schools and expressing ambivalence about the job. Donahue thought it might be Super Bowl come-down, so he waited several days and flew to Baltimore himself to interview Lewis again. Again Lewis said he was ambivalent. Donahue moved on and hired the tastefully named Gregg Williams. Lewis' agent promptly accused Donahue of racism. And Donahue, whom Lewis' man denounced, was the only GM in all the league who had reached out to Lewis.
Given this, if you were an NFL GM needing a head coach, would you want to have anything to do with Marvin Lewis?
Sir Paul Update: OK, "She loves you/ yeah, yeah, yeah" wasn't exactly Coleridge, but on a topic of such moment, it would be nice if McCartney could do slightly better than, "Freedom, talkin' 'bout freedom."
Parcells in True Form: Last Tuesday when Bill Parcells was considered a lock for the Buccaneers job, TMQ listed the many incidences when this gentleman screwed various teams for his own ego's sake and warned Tampa fans, "Do not lament to the football gods if Parcells turns against you as well." Who would have thought it would only take a week! Now, led on by Parcells, Tampa is screwed out of Tony Dungy—the only winning coach in franchise history—and screwed out of this year's playoffs, as the Bucs lost in dispirit in Philadelphia knowing their owner was negotiating with the Tuna.
Parcells may have jilted Tampa partly for the sheer ego gratification of feeling important enough to get a playoff coach fired, and then walk away. But Hall of Fame politics is the key. First Parcells negotiated with Tampa owner Malcolm Glazer and began contacting other coaches to form his staff. Then the Hall nominations finalists list came out, with Parcells the sole coaching candidate. But active wearers of headsets can't be selected; if Parcells took the Tampa job, his name would be withdrawn. Parcells wants in to Canton fast, for ego reasons. It would also raise his speaking fee.
Right after the Hall list came out, Parcells turned Tampa down and made another ridiculously insincere statement about how he would never return to coaching. His hope is that the Canton electors, meeting Super Bowl week, will choose him, and then he can take another coaching job and be lauded as the first Hall of Fame coach ever to walk the sidelines. Don't be shocked if he ends up in the Tampa job anyway. Swearing he would never coach again in order to get voted into Canton, then taking a job—"I had a change of heart," blah blah—would be classic Parcells since this would allow him to screw the Hall of Fame for his own ego's sake, too.
Now With More Sugar! Domino's, whose pizzas are already one of the highest-fat foods in existence, is now giving away with each delivery an order of "CinnaStix," pizza dough dipped in sugar and then slathered with oil-and-sugar sauce. A dinner consisting of fats and sugar—isn't it in Domino's interest that its customers have long lives?
TMQ Insider Exclusive:Tuesday Morning Quarterback has learned on an exclusive basis that Bill Parcells is considering becoming secretary of state. Remember, this is a Tuesday Morning Quarterback insider exclusive.
Running Items Department
New York Times Final-Score Score: The Paper of Guesses goes 0-4 in its quixotic attempt to predict an exact NFL final score, bringing the New York Times Final-Score Score to 0-256 this season and 0-516 since TMQ began tracking. Just three chances left to avoid a second consecutive shutout year.
Ever chasing the Times, the Wall Street Journal decided it must even chase what's wrong with the Times and jumped into the quixotic quest business last week, making its own attempt to predict the exact final score of the weekend's playoffs. The Wall Street Journal went 0-4. At least it doesn't try to pick stocks.
Reader Animadversion: Many readers noted that Indiana University, not University of Indiana, is correct. Quarterback of Tuesday Morning regrets the error.
Regarding the item on scientists asserting that the universe is turquoise, and TMQ noting that to his eye the night sky looks kind of black, Melissa Gray reminds that astronomers haven't even figured out why the night sky is dark. With billions of trillions of stars in the universe, why isn't there one in every possible direction, causing the night sky to be light? Yet space is dark even when you're up in space, astronauts assure us. Read the latest speculation here.
Reader "JRazor" protests that although TMQ blitzes the blitz, the Eagles were blitz-happy this season and compiled great defensive stats. Last season the Giants were the only team that came out ahead by blitzing consistently; this year the Eagles hold that distinction. But that's the point. They're the only team that came out ahead by big-blitzing.
Reader "PenelopeS" notes, "How interesting it was to hear the inimitable Keyshawn Johnson being interviewed after the Tampa Bay loss, emphasizing that coach Dungy needed fewer players with big mouths."
Reader Robin Goodfellow calls the hiring of Steve Spurrier "a stroke of PR genius, for the Persons now have a coach who is capable of making the owner look likable and sympathetic by comparison."
Reader Chuck looked up TMQ's bio on the NewRepublic Web site and found it made no mention of this column or sports. He senryuizes,
Gregg's guilty pleasure,
Hidden from brainiac pals?
TMQ, come out.
Hmmm, maybe I should have George O'Leary update my resume. The NewRepublic does seem to be engaged in a sinister cover-up. "Be proud of what you are, a regular guy," Chuck advises. My Brookings bio does list me as an expert on "American football"—nice internationalist touch. Close textual analysis shows I am the sole football expert on the Brookings rolodex. Brookings also lists my incredibly cleverly titled new book Tuesday Morning Quarterback, which is new stuff, not a collection of past columns, and is in stores, or you can buy it here.
Reader "Hungry Like a Wolf" offers a late entry for the Hal Rothman Award for devising serious-sounding reasons to gawk at cheesecake. (See last week's column.) Wolf nominates Houston's House of Pies, where he recommends the actual cheesecake.
Finally reader Kris Singho asks why TMQ complains about high-school kids jumping into the NBA—all thus far having done so being African-American—while not complaining about white high-school kids turning pro for tennis or figure skating. True, but I didn't complain about black teens in tennis, either—Venus Williams went pro at 14, for example. My analysis was confined to football and basketball, team sports in which gifted novices traditionally fair poorly, as opposed to highly individualistic tennis and skating, where teen athletes traditionally excel.
Singho suspects TMQ opposes high-school NBA jumps because this converts young black men into instant millionaires. But all the black high-school kids taken in the last NBA draft were fated to become instant millionaires anyway, barring collegiate injury. Having them cash in at 18 rather than 21 or 22 does not increase net income transfers to blacks since when NBA salary cap space is shifted toward teen African-American players, money must be subtracted from the amounts offered to older black athletes.
My objections are three. First, this will harm basketball by driving down the quality of pro play while depriving the college ranks of stars, thus killing the goose that laid the golden eggs. Second, though net payments to blacks will be unchanged, letting high-school kids into the NBA will harm most of those who do this by reducing their lifetime earnings. (A few will thrive ala Kobe Bryant, but most will never become as good as they might have been and never achieve that midcareer monster contract.) Third, it sets a bad example to African-American youth by suggesting college should be skipped. Skipping college is fine for the rare gifted person like Kobe who is fated to become a millionaire anyway, but lack of seriousness about college keeps blacks disadvantaged as a group.
Singho further contends that blacks who play college basketball without pay are being exploited: They should jump to the pros and earn income. Maybe blacks who could make the NBA are being taken advantage of by college no-pay. But the small minority who could make the NBA are usually the same ones for whom future millions are certain anyway. The vast majority of NCAA basketball players, including the vast majority of African-American players, will never make the pros. To them college athletics offers a free higher education. This is exploitation?
Most colleges deserve to be condemned for enabling in athletes the illusion of going pro, rather than insisting players attend class, study, and graduate. Not insisting that college athletes study may represent a form of exploitation since blacks are disproportionately impacted. But this is a form of exploitation African-Americans could end of their own accord, by embracing education and rejecting the young-stud-instant-riches fantasy model.
Sometimes whites get where they are by favoritism or a rigged system; overall, education is the first explaining factor in contemporary economic outcomes. Thus Shane Battier, who walked out of Duke with a diploma and a 3.4 GPA, makes a better role model than a dazed-and-confused high-school kid with a million bucks in his pocket. Battier may be button-down, but young blacks as a group would do more to alter the status quo by emulating him than by emulating Tracy McGrady. TMQ thinks star black basketball players should keep this role-model effect in mind and stay in school. It's true this creates a pressure for black stars that does not exist for their white counterparts.
Last Week's Challenge …was to name absurd euphemisms, such as "remediate" for "clean up."
Tim Lowell suggests "mistake" as euphemism for an outrage or incredible blunder. Everything that goes wrong from the White House to Enron is, "mistakes were made." After Stephen Ambrose was caught plagiarizing, he called the copied passages "a mistake," which sounds like spilling coffee, rather than something he should be ashamed of. Similarly, Tony Probst suggests the euphemism "inappropriate" to avoid using words like bad or wrong. ("It was inappropriate that Ambrose made a mistake by stealing someone else's work.")
"DLM" suggests the "pre-owned" as a euphemism for used.
Reader "Statute Man" reports that Ohio agencies have begun to refer to prison staff as "providers of correction services." This carries, he notes, the inference that prisoners are consumers of correction services.
Tuesday Morning Quarterback nominates "detainee." We are not taking you prisoner; we are merely detainee-izing you. However, you may not become a leavee. TMQ is perfectly happy to have the al-Qaida thugs become consumers of correction services, but they should be called what they are: prisoners.
"Brett V" nominates "experimented," as in, "Prince Henry experimented with drugs," suggesting some objective, dispassionate exercise. So Prince, when will you publish the results of your experiment?
"Joe Baby" proposes that the Commission on Decommissioning, the organization charged with collecting weapons from Irish fanatics, has a lovely euphemism name.
Dave Curley nominates "involuntary attrition," the euphemism Cisco uses in lieu of "layoffs." When Neil Easterbrook, Official Brother of TMQ and a professor at Texas Christian University, was laid off from a job teaching in a public high school, he was handed a letter informing him that he had been "excessed."
The stylish TMQ cap is awarded to Nora Greer of Scottsdale, Ariz., for the euphemism "going over the rim." This is not something the Shadows and Vorlons did at the end of the Babylon 5 serial. Greer once worked in the Fred Harvey hotels on the Grand Canyon south rim. She reports that tourists who plummeted to their deaths from scenic edges of the Canyon were casually referred to by hotel staff as "going over the rim." The fate is more common than local promoters care to mention: Five tourists fell to their deaths from the south rim in 1998, for example. Presumably the hotels' main concern was whether the estates would still pay the room charges.
Sci-fi Note: TMQ always loved the alien name Vorlons in Babylon 5. It sounds like the secret ingredient in laundry detergent. These creatures' starcruisers should have brightly painted messages on the sides: "Now! With added Vorlon!"
This Week's Challenge … Pittsburgh ran another touch-football-style play in which Kordell Stewart walked away from center as if upset and about to call time, then as Baltimore relaxed, the ball was direct-snapped to Troy Edwards for a 23-yard run. Since Pittsburgh and St. Louis both run these plays, which may require Actor's Equity cards, a Super Bowl meeting might be fun.
But should quarterback acting plays be legal? Tuesday Morning Quarterback can't decide. So submit your arguments pro and con to The Fray. The best, determined on a completely arbitrary basis, may receive a stylish TMQ cap. Be sure to include your e-mail in the unlikely event your submission is honored.


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House of Este, princely family of Lombard origin who played a great part in the history of medieval and Renaissance Italy. The family first came to the front in the wars between the Guelfs and Ghibellines during the 13th century. As leaders of the Guelfs, Estensi princes received at different times Ferrara, Modena, Reggio, and other fiefs and territories. Members of the family ruled in Ferrara from the 13th through the 16th century and in Modena and Reggio from the later Middle Ages to the end of the 18th century.
The Estensi were a branch of the great 10th-century dynasty of the Obertenghi, which held power and wealth in Lunigiana, Genoa, and Milan and which also gave rise to the feudal houses of the Malaspina, the Pallavicini, and the margraves of Massa and Parodi. Subsequently, after various vicissitudes, the members of the Obertenghi dynasty removed to the lands of the Venetians, where they had estates at Este, Monselice, Rovigo, and Friuli. The Estensi took their name from the township and castle of Este, 17 miles (27 km) southwest of Padua, and the true founder of the family was the margrave Alberto Azzo II (died 1097). From his son Welf IV, duke of Bavaria, there began a related branch that gave origin to the dukes of Bavaria, Brunswick, and Lüneburg, as well as the electors of Hanover. Another son, Ugo, tried without success to establish in France, while a third son, Folco I (died c. 1136), became second in line in the house of Este. Neither he nor his successor, Obizzo I (died 1193), however, achieved any great distinction, beyond the offices and titles that fell naturally to the upper feudal families, but it was during the lifetime of Obizzo I that the Estensi first acquired political importance in Ferrara, through the marriage of his son (Azzo V, who predeceased him) to the heiress of one of the two great and rival families of Ferrara. Obizzo was succeeded by his grandson, Azzo VI, who acquired considerable authority in the city, though his premature death in 1212 left the family temporarily weakened. Not until 1240 did a descendant, Azzo VII, return to power in the city, in alliance with the Guelf league formed by Pope Gregory IX. This marked the true beginning of Este rule in Ferrara.
Lords of Ferrara
In 1264 Azzo's heir, Obizzo II (1264–93), was created perpetual lord by the people of Ferrara under the pressure of Guelf strength. The pope, lawful lord of the Ferrarese territory, at first did not oppose this action but afterward began to contest the Estensi government. Obizzo II's power was growing, however, and he had himself chosen lord of Modena in 1288 and of Reggio in 1289. In the 14th century the house of Este went through difficult, stormy periods, not only because of its controversies with the papacy but also because of domestic dissensions, sometimes very hazardous. The house succeeded, nevertheless, in strengthening its position, and, under Nicolò II (reigned 1361–88), called the Lame, there was built the famous Este Castle, the work of the architect Bartolino da Novara, which became a symbol of the power of the city of Ferrara and a sure defense against external dangers. To the brother and successor of Nicolò II, Alberto V (reigned 1388–93), is due the erection of the University of Ferrara, destined for lasting fame; it was obtained by Pope Boniface IX as a concession in 1391.
The reign of Nicolò III (1393–1441), son of Alberto, marked the strengthening of Estensi domination in Ferrara and the introduction of Estensi influence generally in Italian politics. After having defeated an attempt by the Paduans to achieve hegemony in Ferrara, the Estensi duke became intermediary in the political and military contests in the Italian states and extended his dominions. Personally, Nicolò was known for his sensuality; a Ferrarese saying runs, "On both sides of the River Po they all are Nicolò's sons." He had his son Ugo and his young second wife, Parisina Malatesta, beheaded because they were found guilty of adultery together. But he devoted himself to the exterior manifestations of a religious faith—going on a pilgrimage to the Holy Sepulchre and to Vienna's Saint Anthony and playing host to the ecumenical council in 1438 that represented a fruitless attempt to bring together again the Western and Eastern churches. (This council was afterward transferred to Florence.) He even seems to have come close to obtaining the succession of an Estensi heir to the Milanese states, but he died suddenly, perhaps poisoned, on December 26, 1441.
Whereas Nicolò III raised the Estensi state to a high position in Italian politics in spite of its territorial and financial limits, his natural son and chosen successor, Leonello (reigned 1441–50), gave Ferrara considerable distinction in the fields of art and culture. Leonello had been educated by the humanist Guarino Veronese, called to Ferrara by his father, and the period of his reign was one in which Ferrara represented a lively centre of culture and humanism, filled with painters (Pisanello, Jacopo Bellini, Rogier van der Weyden, Andrea Mantegna), architects (Leon Battista Alberti), and scholars (centring on Guarino Veronese).
Dukes of Ferrara, Modena, and Reggio
Leonello's brother and successor, Borso (reigned 1450–71), notwithstanding some military failures, not only maintained his state and increased its aesthetic and cultural prestige but also received from the Holy Roman emperor Frederick III the title of duke of Modena and Reggio (1452) and from Pope Paul II the title of duke of Ferrara (1471).
Ercole I
The long rule of Leonello's and Borso's half-brother Ercole I (1471–1505) marked one of the most important periods for the history of the house of Este and of Ferrara. He succeeded in obtaining considerable political support with his marriage to Leonora, the daughter of the king of Naples. These were troubled times, however. Ercole had to defeat the attempt of a nephew, Nicolò, son of Leonello, to usurp the throne; and then he had to face the hostile coalition of Venice and Pope Sixtus IV, which brought war nearly to the walls of the city of Ferrara (1482–84). The subsequent Peace of Bagnolo, however, though not entirely satisfactory, did free Ferrara from immediate dangers.
Ercole's crucial problem became one of consolidating his own political position by means of marriages that would bind him to the principal Italian powers: of his three daughters, Lucrezia was married to Annibale Bentivoglio (of Bologna), Isabella to Francesco Gonzaga (of Mantua), and Beatrice to Ludovico Sforza (of Milan). Ercole's eldest son, Alfonso, was married first to Anna Sforza (of Milan) and then to the famous Lucrezia Borgia, the daughter of Pope Alexander VI. In spite of these difficult affairs of state, Ercole was able to continue his dynasty's patronage of the arts, taking the poet Matteo Boiardo as his minister, extending his favour to the poet Ludovico Ariosto, espousing the theatre and musical arts, and enlarging and beautifying Ferrara to such an extent as to make it one of the first cities of Europe.
Alfonso I
Ercole's son Alfonso I (reigned 1505–34), rough and rude when he was young, proved wise and sure of himself once he had taken the reins of government. First he foiled a plot of a stepbrother, Giulio, and another brother, Ferrante, against him and sentenced them to perpetual imprisonment. Then his attention was completely attracted by the war against Venice (1509), in which his skill in mechanics and artillery design was proved. He was victorious in the naval battle of Polesella and won back the Polesine of Rovigo (which had been lost by Ercole I). At the same time, however, papal ambitions of territorial expansion became threatening. By consistent adherence to the French interest in Italy, Alfonso came into collision with Pope Julius II and was deprived of Modena (1510) and Reggio (1512) and was excommunicated. The Medici popes, Leo X and Clement VII, were both determined on the destruction of the Estensi, but the first-mentioned pope was frustrated by death, the second by political weakness, and Alfonso was able to recover Reggio in 1523 and Modena in 1527. He died in 1534. His succession was assured not only by his legitimate children but also by the issue of his lover Laura Eustochia Dianti, from whom derived the future dukes of Modena and Reggio.
Ercole II and Alfonso II
During the reign of Alfonso's son and successor Ercole II (1534–59), the military events proved less interesting (though the wars of 1557–58 were difficult) than the personal ones. Ercole married Renée, daughter of King Louis XII of France, and in Ferrara she came to embrace the Lutheran religion, becoming its ardent defender and establishing at her court a meeting place for the most famous heretics and liberal thinkers of the day. Ercole, who was the pope's vicar in Ferrara, tried restraining her, even to the point of temporary imprisonment, but to no avail. Next to rule was his first-born, Alfonso II (reigned 1559–97), the fifth and last duke of Ferrara. He also tried, vainly, to be elected king of Poland and to organize a crusade against the Turks. More important for the dynasty, however; was the fact that, though Alfonso II had three marriages, he had no children, and Pope Pius V in 1567 expressly forbade having illegitimate children rule in ecclesiastical lands. Alfonso was so disappointed and discouraged that he let the conditions of his state decay. At his death he bequeathed the duchy to his cousin Cesare, but Pope Clement VII refused to recognize the settlement, declaring Cesare illegitimate; in 1598 direct papal rule was established in Ferrara. The main branch of the Este family had come to an end.
Decline of power
Cesare kept Modena and Reggio, but with him the Estensi ceased to play so important a part in Italian politics, and the court was culturally inferior to its brilliant predecessors. Among the several Modenese dukes who followed in the 17th century, Francesco I (reigned 1629–58), who came to the throne during the stormy period of the Thirty Years' War, was perhaps the most important. His people were able to survive the famous plague of 1630. In the wars he was first allied to Spain, then to France, whose alliance he thought would best sustain his claims to Ferrara. Later on, he attempted reconciliation with Spain, but ironically it was on the field of battle, fighting the Spaniards, that he died of malaria. He was a man with enormous aspirations, and, though inclined toward treachery in politics, he gave art his patronage, favouring men of letters and collecting works of art (there is an extraordinary portrait of him by Diego Velázquez and a beautiful bust by Gian Lorenzo Bernini).
Among his successors, the one most deserving to be remembered is Rinaldo I (1694–1737), whose marriage to Charlotte Felicitas of Brunswick-Lüneburg reunited the long-separated branches of the house of Este. Throughout his reign he engaged in imperial politics. His son Francesco III (1737–80), known as a libertine, received the governorship of Lombardy from Empress Maria Theresa of Austria. Ercole III (1780–96), gentle and affable, abandoned Modena in 1796 when the Revolutionary French army invaded it.
After the Napoleonic Wars, Duke Francesco IV (1814–46), son of Maria Beatrice d'Este (the only surviving daughter of Ercole III) and of Archduke Ferdinand of Habsburg-Lorraine, son of Maria Theresa, came back to Modena. He founded the Austro-Este line in Modena, which, however, ended with his son Francesco V (1846–59) when Modena revolted in order to join Sardinia-Piedmont and then Italy.
Childless, Francesco V selected as his universal heir Franz Ferdinand, heir to the Austrian throne, who was murdered at Sarajevo in 1914. He was succeeded by Charles I of Austria. Archduke Robert, his second son, succeeded him. Prince Lorenz of Belgium became the rightful holder of the surname and heraldic bearings of the Estensi in 1996, upon Robert's death.Luciano Chiappini


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Self-Learning Fuel Injection - Holley Avenger TBI EFI KitPosted in How To on January 1, 2012
My '72 Chevy project started way back in 1994. I've cut, chopped, fabricated, bolted, screwed, wired, and plumbed most everything myself while restoring and re-engineering my 4x4 pickup. One thing that has always stayed the same was some form of a naturally-aspirated carburetor on all of my engines.
In fact, I took the factory fuel-injection system off of the Vortec big-block Chevy I am currently running and bolted an intake manifold and 750-cfm carb on before throwing it in my truck. But, as most of you know, wheelin' with a carburetor has its challenges. Some people have it worse than others, but in my case, I don't think it could have been much worse. Not only did my motor sputter out or just not run on off-camber angles, but it would simply shut itself down if I went over any quick bumps off-road. I couldn't even pop over a speed bump at the grocery store faster than 2 mph or I'd find myself cranking the thing over with my foot to the floor trying to start my flooded-out motor! After years of the same old BS, I finally decided to make the change.
I knew that fuel injection was the answer that would solve all of the issues I was having. My major hang up with retrofitting fuel injection, aside from the additional cost, has always been my fear of dealing with all of the electrical and computer hassles I thought would be associated with the swap. And I didn't have a dyno to tune the truck on so I'd have to find a shop that could program the fuel injection as well. As it turns out, I was pleasantly surprised to find out that new self-learning EFI kits took a lot of the headches out of a retrofit.
When I started looking into various ways of fuel injecting my big-block, I stumbled across Holley's self-learning Avenger EFI 4BBL TBI System. According to their instructions, this system included everything I would need to convert my carburetor over to a throttle body fuel injection system, and it claimed to be easy to install for anyone that could work their way around a tool box. They even offer it in three separate kits for engines ranging in horsepower from 400 hp to 600 hp. This sounded good to me. I am pretty decent at wrenching on just about anything on my rig, but wiring and computer stuff is definitely not my favorite subject.
My new Holley Avenger kit showed up and I couldn't wait to dig into the box. As I laid out all of the components and briefly read through the detailed instructions, I realized how simple this install was going to be.
01. The kit comes complete with everything you'll need except the tools and the fuel line you'll need to plumb the system. It includes two different sets of instructions to guide you through the entire process of installing the kit. The first of the two is the hardware installation instructions. This carefully explains what additional items you will need to install the system, how to properly remove your existing fuel system, the tools you will need to complete the install, and step by step guidelines on installing each component. The second set of instructions deals with the initial start up after everything is properly installed and tuning the system once you are up and running.
02. A couple things stood out to me, like the fact that I needed to address my existing fuel tank. The Holley Avenger kit comes complete with the fuel pump, filters and everything you need except the fuel line itself to plumb your fuel system. The pump supplies fuel to the throttle body at high pressure, and the built in regulator returns fuel through a separate line back to the fuel tank. This requires a fuel tank with a return in it or you have to modify your tank to add one. My old '72 did not have a return back to the tank so I decided to build my own tank and mount it behind the rear axle between the frame rails instead of modifying the existing one sitting behind my seat. Once I had it designed, I picked up aluminum plate from Industrial Metal Supply for my new 30-gallon tank and began to cut and tack-weld the shape together.
03. I also took the time to design a cage to hold the 30-gallon aluminum tank. It bolts in directly in back of the 14-Bolt axle, out of the way of any suspension components. It may seem like a lot more work to add onto an EFI system, but I plan on keeping this truck forever and it made sense to do the entire fuel system right the first time around.
04. Genright Offroad builds some of the best off-road gas tanks and helped me out with all the components I needed to complete my build. Bill Roncallo of BGR Welding was called upon to lay down some of his "sweet joy" (as we call it) and TIG-welded the whole tank together for me. As usual, the completed tank looked like jewelry when he was finished!
05. The EFI system is controlled by a computer, or ECU, that controls the fuel delivery through a throttle body that bolts directly to your manifold in place of your old carburetor. The ECU relies on a number of sensors that must be installed on the motor and exhaust system to help it maintain optimum fuel delivery to the motor. It constantly analyzes and adjusts fuel delivery at different RPM levels, elevation, ambient air temperature and pressure, vacuum, and engine temperature. At first, when reading about all these parameters in the instructions, I was a bit overwhelmed, but after reading through it a few more times, it became clear to me how simple it really was.
06. I noticed (when reading through the instructions in the ignition/engine speed input section) that there are several different ways that the ECU can be wired to pick up the engine speed signal. This is the most important signal for the ECU. It can easily be set up to work with any style ignition system, such as an older points style distributor or my standard GM large-cap HEI. But, if I run an MSD 8366 Pro Billet distributor or a newer '80s GM small-cap HEI distributor, the ECU would also be able to control the ignition timing advance in addition to the fuel delivery! I had to do it.
07. The supplied throttle body is a Holley four-barrel unit that would easily inject enough fuel to amply supply my big-block Chevy. It bolted onto my existing intake manifold just like the old carburetor did.
08. After carefully installing all of the hard components such as the throttle body, the manifold air pressure sensor (MAP), coolant temperature sensor (CTS), manifold air temperature sensor (MAT), and the wide band oxygen sensor (WBO2), it was time to run the electrical.
09. The wire harness provided with the kit literally laid out and plugged directly into the sensors. I drilled a hole through the firewall and routed the harness up to the ECU that I mounted under the dash. The most important thing they stress is ensuring "clean and uninterrupted" power and ground connections. When I was finished installing everything, I went back through and tidied up any loose wires and secured the harness. Then I checked and double checked everything before it was ready to fire up.
10. Now that everything was installed, it was time to transfer to the second set of instructions. These instructions deal with the ECU setup and tuning using the simple handheld control. Before the first start up of the engine, the handheld controller prompts you through the initial calibration steps needed to set up the ECU to best control your particular engine. It uses basic information such as engine displacement, camshaft specs, and type of distributor to create a basic calibration that will accurately run the motor.
11. I cranked it over and it fired up and idled flawlessly right away. The next thing I needed to do was sync the timing to the ECU. Using the handheld and revving the motor up to 2,000 rpm, I had a buddy with a timing light turn the distributor until the readout on the timing light matched what was showing on the handheld. Now all I needed to do was drive it to tune it!
12. One of the best features of the Holley Avenger TBI EFI Kit is its ability to self learn and self tune! And the best way for it to do this is to drive the truck under as many operating conditions as possible. The only time the system is not self learning is when the engine is below 160 degrees Fahrenheit, when the engine sees quick accelerator pedal movement, certain times when the accelerator pedal is lifted and the truck is coasting, or when the self-learn feature is manually disabled by the user. As I drove my truck with the new Avenger kit for the first time, I instantly felt a difference from my old carburetor. The motor ran very crisp and even more responsive and it seemed to have lost the hesitation it had right off the line and at low rpm through 2nd gear. These improvements were great, but I couldn't wait to get this thing in the dirt and see how it ran up and down some steep hills! The next day we headed up to the local off-road park and I couldn't get the motor to stall out on me in any position. With better throttle response, more power, better fuel economy, and reduced emissions, I really can't have any complaints about anything. I'd put this Holley self-learning system on any V-8.


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Zact Mobile Goes From Launch To Best Buy In Four Months
Just four months after launching the no-contract mobile phone service Zact, venture-backed ItsOn will start selling its phones and plans via electronics retailer Best Buy.
John O'Farrell, a partner at ItsOn investor Andreessen Horowitz, said it was "unprecedented" for a mobile tech startup to make it from the launch of its first product to distribution via a prominent retailer in just four months.
Investors didn't expect Zact to sell through Best Buy mobile stores or their ilk until the holiday season of 2014, he said.
The Zact mobile service–unlike other no-contract and prepaid options such as Tucows' Ting, or TracFone Wireless' Straight Talk–allows customers to pay only for the minutes, megabytes and messages that they use each month. Zact plans can be shared and controlled through a free mobile app that works as a dashboard, even on non-Zact phones.


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2. what possible benefit to accuracy could a sight add on a shotgun that short?
3. multiple sights would hinder accuracy more than they help it
4. you could re-fluff the revolver as a gauss weapon and than they would be electromagnetic coils. You could also say that the reinforcing bands (???) are shorter than the sights.


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Do we know if C/M keep their lead?
And this one to Barcelona sets the day of week as Tuesday or Friday. Since December 8th is a Friday, I think we are on regular 12 pit stop schedule here.
Probably Charla & Mirna asking Izad for help and Izad says "The Way You Look? Yeah!!"
Maybe this helps to set the time that is shown on the Krakow fight board. It shows that the Krakow to London flight is in the AM.
Peach!!! I'm being serious!!! If you meet D/K at tarcon could you get me their autograph! LOL!
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Wednesday, July 28, 2010
Turning Six
My grand-nephew, Jacob, is turning 6 today, July 28th.
It will be exciting times for him when he starts school this year.
Happy Birthday, Jacob!
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Six is such a wonderful age. Happy Birthday, Jacob!ReplyDelete
Such great old photos. I would also like to jump back in time sometimes just to watch what wne ton. Thanks for visiting my recent post. You asked if my parents were married at the point of the photo. No not yet , I think they married when mom was 21. I believe dad was on leave and then spent the day at the shore, where his mom was living at the time.. Happy B day to jacob. he is a handsome youngster.ReplyDelete
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Tristan Israel and Nancy Jephcote will perform next Friday evening, Nov. 9, at the Katharine Cornell Theatre in Vineyard Haven. They will be performing original songs and will be joined by musicians Paul Thurlow and Brian Weiland.
Mr. Israel, aka the Singing Selectman, recently put out a new CD entitled The Sound After the Flash. His songwriting echoes the best of the 1960s folk revival. Ms. Jephcote's music is usually associated with her fiddle playing and country style. Her songwriting, however, lends itself to more of a modern folk/pop style. Her latest album is Garland of Rain.
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $10 at the door, and $5 for children.


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- 1 Interviews
- 2 Print interview
- 3 Frequently Asked Questions
- 3.1 What's the benefit of Ext4?
- 3.2 How long has Fedora supported Ext4?
- 3.3 Does GRUB support Ext4?
- 3.4 I heard about data loss issues with delayed allocation and patches for that. Does Fedora include them?
- 3.5 What about Fedora 10?
- 3.6 How do I migrate from Ext3 to Ext4?
- 3.7 Does Fedora still offer the choice of Ext3?
- 3.8 What about backward/forward compatibility?
- 3.9 Is there a Windows or Macintosh driver for Ext4?
- 3.10 Has Fedora changed the Ext3 default mount options ?
Print interview
An earlier interview with Eric Sandeen during Fedora 9 timeframe, when Ext4 experimental support was introduced in Fedora was published at
A newer one will be provided soon. Watch this space.
Frequently Asked Questions
What's the benefit of Ext4?
Improved performance (especially for filesystem checks and file deletions), higher storage capacity and more scalability.
How long has Fedora supported Ext4?
Fedora 9 originally included experimental support for Ext4, if the "ext4dev" anaconda installation-time option was given; in Fedora 10 as well, with the "ext4" option. After extensive feedback, testing, and a number of new Ext4 changes developed in coordination with the lead Red Hat filesystem developer, Eric Sandeen (who hacks on Ext4 as well as XFS), Ext4 is now enabled as the default filesystem in Fedora 11.
Does GRUB support Ext4?
There is a patch in Red Hat Bugzilla to handle this. It has not been merged into GRUB however for this release cycle due to lack of time for comprehensive testing and prioritization of other more important fixes. Since Fedora uses LVM by default and GRUB doesn't support it either, in practise, you will still need to continue using Ext3 filesystem for /boot partition. It is the recommended setup and that's how Anaconda sets it up by default. Anaconda will not let you format a /boot partition with Ext4 to prevent any issues.
Live CD/DVD installer sets up /boot as a seperate partition formatted as Ext3. If you do not prefer this behaviour, you can use the regular CD/DVD or network boot images.
I heard about data loss issues with delayed allocation and patches for that. Does Fedora include them?
Yes. They are headed upstream for 2.6.30 kernel and Fedora has backported those fixes to the 2.6.29 kernel in Fedora 11. They have been in the Rawhide development branch for the last few months now.
What about Fedora 10?
Fedora 10 already supports Ext4 (as a non default option) and the patches to improve the reliability of the filesystem have been backported to the 2.6.29 kernel in updates-testing repository for Fedora 10 as well.
How do I migrate from Ext3 to Ext4?
You can use the Anaconda boot option, "ext4migrate" to automatically migrate from Ext3 to the new Ext4 filesytem when upgrading from a previous release of Fedora. Passing this options, configures the system to mount all the Ext3 partitions as Ext4 and enables the extents feature so that all new files are written under the Ext4 format. If you do not use this option, Ext3 will be retained as your default filesystem in a upgrade.
Does Fedora still offer the choice of Ext3?
Yes. The regular CD/DVD install or network boot images still lets you choose either Ext4, Ext3 or XFS. The Live CD/DVD images however use Ext4 (except for /boot formatted as Ext3) and essentially transfer the entire image into the hard disk as part of the installation process and does not offer the ability to format the hard disk with any other filesystem. If you must choose a different filesystem, the regular DVD install or network boot images are the recommended alternatives.
What about backward/forward compatibility?
The on-disk format (extents) for Ext4 is new and incompatible with the Ext3 on-disk format. Ext4 provides a number of performance and scalability improvements that were not possible with the older format used by Ext3. If you want to migrate to Ext4, you can mount any Ext3 partition as a Ext4 one. The old files will be in Ext3 format and any new files written will use the Ext4 format (with associated additional performance improvements). If you want to get the other improvements from Ext4 but without changing the disk format, you can use the no extents mount option when mounting a Ext3 partition. You can also mount it as read only if you want to prevent accidental writes under the new format. You can also mount with the no journal option to be compatible with Ext2. Refer to the man page for more details.
If you want to immediately take advantage of all the improvements, you must backup your data and reformat your disk with the new filesystem and thereby changing the disk format. Once you migrate to Ext4, the disk format will change in a incompatible way to Ext3 and you cannot go back to Ext3 without a backup and restore procedure. This is unlike the change from Ext2 to Ext3.
Is there a Windows or Macintosh driver for Ext4?
No. Unlike Ext3 which merely extended the Ext2 on-disk format with journalling support, Ext4 is more of a fundamental change and drivers for other operating systems capable of reading the ext2/ext3 format have not been upgraded to recognize the new Ext4 format yet. If you want this ability, stick to the older ext3/ext2 format and do not upgrade to Ext4 yet or use Ext4 but with the no extends mount option.
Has Fedora changed the Ext3 default mount options ?
No. In 2.6.30 kernel, the default option has been switched from ordered to writeback. Since Fedora includes the 2.6.29 kernel, there is no change in the default option. There are no plans to change it in the future either.


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Pentium Processor
Representing the fifth generation of Intel microprocessors, the 64-bit Pentium, code-named the P5 during development, succeeded the widely renowned 80486 chip in 1993. With 3.1 million transistors and super-scalar architecture, the Pentium provided five times the performance of the 33 MHz clock speed 486DX in the initial 60 and 66 MHz versions. Even from the initial designs, the Pentium was geared towards a tremendous amount of memory capability with 4 Gbytes of addressable memory and 64 Tbytes of virtual memory. Using 0.8-micron photolithography techniques to fabricate the 262-square- millimeter processor, the Pentium rapidly gained momentum shortly after its initial release. Ultimately, the Pentium and its descendents have become the most scrutinized microprocessor group in history.
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With the ability to complete two instructions simultaneously in the dual 486-type integer pipelines with dependency checking and a single, onboard floating-point unit (FPU), the original Pentium featured separate 8-Kbyte instruction and data caches, and greatly enhanced 486-performance. Following the introduction of MMX (known as MultiMedia extensions or Matrix Math extensions) instruction set enhancements, the original Pentium was renamed the Pentium Classic. As the techniques improved in bipolar combined metal oxide semiconductor (BiCMOS) silicon fabrication, the chips' linewidths were rescaled down to 0.6 microns and then to 0.35 microns. Simultaneously, the microprocessors increased from 75 MHz (released 1994) to 200 MHz (released 1996) in clock speed, and their power consumption decreased from the original 5 volts down to 3.3 volts in the newer P54C chips. At the same time the number of transistors onboard escalated to 3.2 million. The Pentium Classics were largely used in desktop and laptop computers, but also were assigned to duties as servers. The great success of the Pentium chip in the worldwide personal computer market was marred by a floating-point division bug, revealed in October 1994 with an announcement that was heard around the world.
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