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Post subject: Nataraj's Simple World of Strong and Weak Links
Nataraj's Simple World of Strong and Weak Links
Simple? At least I hope so. No mathematics, no algebra.
Find some very basic relationships. Put them together.
Arrive at useful eliminations (hopefully).
Not magic at all. As simple as breathe in, breathe out.
Part 1: links, shorthand, and chains.
(plus: a different look at box/line interaction and naked pairs)
Of strong-men and weak-lings
A "link" connects two statements about candidates in cells.
(Statements can be true or false. Most of the time, we don't know which)
Such a statement might be: r2c4 is "5", in shorthand notation: (5)r2c4
Another statement could be: r2c6 is "5", or in shorthand: (5)r2c6
Let us connect two such statements.
A "strong" link means, that at least one of the two statements is true.
In shorthand notation: statement_1 = statement_2 (the "=" symbol in this case has NOTHING to do with EQUAL)
A "weak" link means, that at most one of the two statements is true.
In shorthand: statement_1 - statement_2 (the "-" symbol has NOTHING to do with MINUS)
No, I did not invent the symbols.
An example:
| 13 12 23 | 689 27 18 | 679 4 5 |
| 45 45 6 | 479 17 . | . . . |
| 7 8 9 | . . . | . . . |
Consider the two statements: "r2c1 is 4" and "r2c4 is 4".
Is it possible that they can both be true?
Nope. At most one of them can be true. There cannot be two "4"s in row 2.
This is what a
link means.
Let's write it down in shorthand: (4)r2c1
How about "r1c4 is 6" and "r1c4 is 8" ?
Again, they cannot be both true. Another weak link: (6)r1c4-(8)r1c4
What about "1" in r1c1 and r1c2?
Clearly, they cannot both be true. Definitely a weak link (1)r1c1-(1)r1c2
But, since in box 1 there are no other cells with "1", one of them must be "1".
There is also a
link between the two statements: (1)r1c1=(1)r1c2.
Another one:
"r2c1 is 4" and "r2c1 is 5". Clearly, again a weak link, they cannot both be true.
shorthand: (4)r2c1-(5)r2c1
But there are only two candidates in cell r2c1. So, at least one of the two statements must be true:
There is also a strong link: (4)r2c1=(5)r2c1.
Many times, in real sudokus, a strong link also is a weak link.
Like, for example, a cell with only two candidates, like r2c5 above,
or two occurences of one candidate in a house like the "7"s in row 1.
Nifty things one can do with strong and weak links
A) direct elimination:
Every candidate that "sees" both ends of a strong link can be removed.
Wow, nice. But, what does "see" mean ?
For like candidates, it means: share a house (row, column, box)
For different candidates, it means: share a cell
In our example, "1" in r1c6 sees "1" in r1c1 and "1" in r1c2.
We have already found out that (1)r1c1=(1)r1c2.
Therefore, we can remove "1" from r1c6 (this box/line interaction is very common)
B) daisy chaining
Links that have one end in common can be chained together.
It is only useful to chain links of alternating type. Like this:
strong link,weak link, strong link, .... (like: breathe in, breathe out, breathe in ...)
If both ends of such a chain are of the same type, the two ends of the chain form a new link of exactly that type.
Again, it is only useful to look at chains with strong links at both ends.
(BTW, it is rather common to call the end statements "pincers")
Whoa, wait a minute ... run that by me again !
Let's look at our example again
| 13 12 23 | 689 27 18 | 679 4 5 |
| 45 45 6 | 479 17 . | . . . |
| 7 8 9 | . . . | . . . |
Look at cell r2c1. We already know that there is a strong link (4)r2c1=(5)r2c1
By the same argument as before, we can verify that there is also a strong link in the neighbouring cell (4)r2c2=(5)r2c2
(Why? Since there are only two candidates, at least one of them must be true)
What about the "4"s in r2c1 and r2c2 ? Certainly, at most one of them can be true.
So, we have a weak link: (4)r2c1-(4)r2c2.
Let's daisy chain those links, and remember, links have no inherent direction, they can be reversed !
Why? We never talked about "first" or "second", but only about "one of them"
We have:
Together: (5)r2c1=(4)r2c1-(4)r2c2=(5)r2c2
strong, weak, strong.
Both end links are of the same type (strong), so we can make a new link (of type "strong") out of the end statements:
And, as with all strong links, we can remove all "5"s from those cells that see both ends
(this "naked pair" pattern is also very common)
One more example
Again, in this grid:
| 13 12 23 | 689 27 18 | 679 4 5 |
| 45 45 6 | 479 17 . | . . . |
| 7 8 9 | . . . | . . . |
Look at row 1, more specifically: the sixes and nines.
There are only two "6"s in row 1, that means we have a strong link:
And, there are only two "9"s:
Within one cell, only one candidate can be true, therefore two weak links:
(6)r1c4-(9)r1c4 and
Shall we daisy-chain them? Remember to start with a strong link.
We can take out the middle and leave only the end statements. This gives
And all candidates that see both ends are toast. Is there such a candidate?
Sure: candidate "8" in r1c4.
We have found out, that r1c4 cannot be 8.
Very similar result, if we start with a different strong link:
(6)r1c7=(6)r1c4-(9)r1c4=(9)r1c7, shortened to:
(6)r1c7=(9)r1c7 and this means r1c7 cannot be "7".
This "hiddden pair" pattern is very common.
That's it for today.
My simple world, part 1.
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Post subject: Part 2: Connect the Dots - The Magic Appearing Act
Part 2: Connect the Dots - The Magic Appearing Act
So far, the concept of links, be they strong or weak, has not helped us a lot.
"Hey, come on, the so called 'sorthand' is confusing as hell, '=' is not equal, gimme a break!
We know how to use naked pairs and hidden pairs, we know all about box/line interactions.
And, looking at the grid with pencilmarks and all, I cannot see any links or chains, let alone daisy chains..."
Right. Neither can I.
And when I solve sudokus, I never use the notation at all.
Bear with me for another 5 minutes, OK?
A picture is worth a thousand words.
This is the stage in the June 27, 2009 DB puzzle (from the "other puzzles" section), where there are no more basic moves.
| 6 249 7 | 5 3 89 | 248 1 28 |
| 58 259 1 | 6 7 4 | 3 259 258 |
| 458 3459 38 | 1 2 89 | 7 459 6 |
| 2 8 5 | 7 1 3 | 9 6 4 |
| 3 7 6 | 9 4 5 | 12 8 12 |
| 9 1 4 | 8 6 2 | 5 7 3 |
| 1457 345 9 | 24 8 6 | 124 2345 1257 |
| 78 45 2 | 3 9 1 | 6 45 78 |
| 148 6 38 | 24 5 7 | 1248 234 9 |
For the magic appearing act, draw a simple grid on a piece of paper, like this one (leftmost diagram:)
Then, concentrate on one candidate. Let's say "4".
In your grid, make a dot wherever there is a "4" in the pencil marks (middle diagram)
Then, try to spot those houses that contain exactly two such dots.
In this case, row 1, box 3, row 8 and column 4/box 8
Connect the two dots by a line. (rightmost diagram)
Somehow, almost effortlessly, the strong links have appeared on the paper.
What we have just created, is a plot of all strong links that contain only statements about candidate "4":
(4)r1c2=(4)r1c7 (which reads: in row 1, "4" must be in column 2 or column 7)
(4)r8c2=(4)r8c8 (in row 8, "4" must be in column 2 or column 8 )
What about the "weak" links ?
Remember, we said that weak links connect statements that cannot both be true ?
In the diagram, this applies to all dots that "see" each other.
There are too many of them, so we will not draw lines for each weak link.
But, ...
since we need a chain of strong link, weak link, strong link, ... anyway,
lets look at the ends of our strong link lines in the diagram and find those that see each other.
In the first row, the left end of the line (col 2) "sees" the left end of the line in row 8.
"sees" can be written as a weak link: (4)r1c2-(4)r8c2
and the chain can be written like this (from now on, since we are looking only at candidate "4", we write the "4" in front of the chain)
4: r1c7=r1c2-r8c2=r8c8
which can be shortened to: (4)r1c7=(4)r8c8
This strong link means that at least one of r1c7 and r8c8 is "4", and therefore
all cells that see both r1c7 and r8c8 cannot contain "4".
We can remove "4" from r7c7, r9c7 and r3c8. Not bad at all ....
The pattern (two parallel lines that "see" each other) is so common that is has a name: "
We are not done yet. Just for completeness' sake, notice that the right end of the line in row 8 sees the lower end of the line in box 3.
The chain looks like this
4: r1c7=r3c8-r8c8=r8c2
which can be shortened to: (4)r1c7=(4)r8c2
this means that cell r2c2 cannot contain "4", since it sees both ends of the strong link
What if we had selected candidate "5" instead of "4" ?
Let's prepare our diagram again. A dot for every "5" in the pencil marks:
Again, look for those houses that have exactly two fives.
These are: row 8 and column 9. Connect the dots.
Two strong links:
Look at the ends of the lines. Do they "see" each other?
Yes, the lower end of the line in column 9 sees the right end of the line in row 8. There is a weak link:
Daisy chain (remember, always start with a strong link)
5: r8c2=r8c8-r7c9=r2c9
shortened to:
Is there a cell that sees both ends of this strong link?
Yes. we can remove "5" from cell r2c2
This pattern - one horizontal line and one vertical line connected by a box - is common enough to have a name: "
There is one more interesting candidate.
Look at "8" and prepare the grid.
A dot for every "8".
Look at those houses that have exactly two eights.
Connect the dots.
This is how it should look like:
Two of those many strong links stand out:
they are parallel (like in a skyscraper) and of the same length, one exactly above the other:
rows 2 and 8. The strong links are:
(8)r2c1=(8)r2c9 (read: in row 2, "8" must be in col 1 or in col 9)
(8)r8c1=(8)r8c9 (read: in row 8, ....)
since both ends see each other, there are two weak links we can use:
There are two possibilities to chain the strong links, either by connecting the left ends or by connecting the right ends.
8: r2c9=r2c1-r8c1=r8c9, shortened to (8)r2c9=(8)r8c9
8: r2c1=r2c9-r8c9=r8c1, shortened to (8)r2c1=(8)r8c1
Those two newly created strong links eliminate all "8"s from cells r3c1,r9c1 and r1c9
This pattern - two parallel lines of equal length, perfectly aligned - is common enough to have a name: "
Enough for now, next time we will look at longer chains.
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When I got back from the expedition to Amchitka and sat down to write a book about it, I was convinced we had lost, and I was angry. The best chance ever to actually interfere with nuclear testing, and we had blown it through sheer stupidity – and a failure of nerve, to put it kindly. Cop-out on the Way to Amchitka was the title that loomed in my mind. And my personal failure of will was a big factor in that cop-out. Worse, I was afraid that I'd subconsciously thrown the fight to carry on with the voyage. I'd have to live with that until I died or the world blew up, whichever happened first.
I was also facing the most serious writing dilemma of my life. Since childhood, when I had started writing science fiction in my school scribblers, I had been looking for "experience". Like all intense young writers, I had plenty to say, but rather little context in which to present my thoughts. I'd read a bit, but there had been no plagues or crusades or recent wars on home ground. Even when the Great Red River Flood hit in 1950, my family was evacuated before the dikes broke. Real-life adventure had been hard to come by in working-class south Winnipeg after the war, a period during which Canada was at its dullest, if you can imagine. Such adventures as I'd managed to experience when I was growing up had been of the ordinary romantic or travel or childhood close-call variety. I had done some solo camping in the boreal forest and some hitchhiking in the western Canada and Europe, had got married and fathered two children, had embarked on an interesting career in journalism and published three books, but until that fateful voyage in the fall of 1971, nothing had happened to me that leaped out as being absolutely essential to write about, if only for my own understanding of life. And now that it had, I was obliged not to write about it – for the sake of the cause.
The problem was that I'd joined. What exactly I'd joined was not yet clear – it was still being defined – but I had definitely stopped being on the outside looking in and was instead on the inside looking out. I'd started out as a newspaper columnist, the ultimate Ishmaelian outsider, accustomed to being responsible for nothing except the authenticity of my insights and words. "Tell it like it is" was the creed of the counterculture scribe, and my personal mantra. Suddenly I found myself in the inner circle of a nascent political organization, with a bit of potential power in my hand, which at the time seemed like the power to change the course of history. All that had to happen was for the MV Phyllis Cormack, aka Greenpeace, to make it to Amchitka Island and park there under the nose of a nuclear test bomb code-named Cannikin. How much simpler could it be?
Yet everything got fucked up. We never quite managed to go in the direction we wanted to go, or be in the place we wanted to be. And we fought bitterly among ourselves about it. Everything we did or said got sucked into an overwhelming power struggle. Here we were, supposedly saving the world through our moral example, emulating the Quakers, no less, when in reality we spent most of our time at each other's throats, egos clashing, the group fatally divided from start to finish. As every writer since Homer could tell you, this was the story: the conflict within. But having agreed, early in the game, to the Unity Rule – something like: I Pledge to Stay On-Side With the Group No Matter What, which had seemed like a bold leap into solidarity with The Movement at the time – I had effectively gagged myself as a reporter and historian. It was a trade-off: but I bought into it, so I couldn't complain. I'd get to be part of the consensus – my own skinny hand on the wheel of decision-making over the course of the Greenpeace, and therefore destiny – but like any other politician, I'd have to agree not to disagree in public. I disagreed, as it turned out, with just about everything that was done, but had to keep my mouth shut. How, therefore, to write a book? An authorized book, which followed the party line yet still told the awful truth – that we had screwed up.
Three decades later, his grey beard turned white, Jim Bohlen confided to me over a drink that he had been giving the sailing orders to our captain in secret throughout the voyage. As the guy signing the cheques and as the chairman of the Don't Make a Wave Committee, which had chartered the boat, Bohlen had the legal authority to do that, but rather than say that he was the boss, and that the Greenpeace and the protest action were therefore being run as an old-fashioned hierarchical power structure, he played games to keep us radical young crewmen under control. One of them was the promise that the ship would be run by consensus – each of us would have the power of veto. This was considered the ultimate hip form of sharing power at the time, and I, for one, respected it.
But it was all a sham. Decisions were indeed made – Bohlen made them. And he made them after the rest of us had gone back to our bunks. At the time I wrote my manuscript, immediately after the voyage, I had no idea what Bohlen had been up to behind the scenes. On any given day the actual movements of the boat, as opposed to the direction we'd agreed to at our meeting the night before, remained a mystery to me. Bohlen had us completely flummoxed. I salute him now for his cunning and maturity and prudence. We probably would have died if he hadn't assumed control. But back then, I plotted and connived to overthrow him as leader because he was "chickening out". Ben Metcalfe, Bohlen's co-conspirator in the plot to bring us home alive, the other mature war veteran on board, and the mastermind of the media campaign, saw no reason to put us at risk of committing mass suicide, and I sneered at him for having "lost it". But this guy had fought in the Desert War against Rommel, had resisted raf orders to bomb Gandhi's followers, and was so far ahead of me in terms of that elusive stuff called experience that there was never any doubt that in matters of life or death he would outmanoeuvre the mutinous but naïve youth faction. He was an old rogue survivor. A genius, I now realize. In the end, I studied at his feet.
The man who ultimately determined the fate of that first Greenpeace trip was John C. Cormack, the captain and owner, who had accepted the job of sailing his fishing boat into a nuclear test zone only out of economic desperation, a fact that never got talked about much. In hindsight it is interesting to remember what Cormack did and did not do at the critical moment. He saved his boat and us along with it. And we all saved face, at least enough to go home.
The key moment of the trip came a day before we limped back into Vancouver. As we all sat slumped in the galley, burned out, Bohlen announced that he was going to shut down the Don't Make a Wave Committee as soon as he got the chance. It was an ad hoc group and it had done its thing. Don't do that, I told him. Why waste all this hard-earned media capital? Fold the committee, sure, but reconstitute it as the Greenpeace Foundation. That was my main contribution, yet the moment did not find its way into my manuscript. It was an element of hope for a future revolution, and I was not hopeful as I bobbed in the harbour at Steveston, heartsick and overmedicated, writing the story of our failure. In the end I told the truth as I saw it, supposedly as it was, never mind loyalty to the cause.
As it turned out, all my angst was unnecessary. Time has proven my post-trip despair to be utterly mistaken. The trip was a success beyond anybody's wildest dreams. That bomb went off, but the bombs planned for after that did not. The nuclear test program at Amchitka was cancelled five months after our mission, and some scholars argue that this was the beginning of the end of the Cold War. Whatever history decides about the big picture, the legacy of the voyage itself is not just a bunch of guys in a fishing boat, but the Greenpeace the entire world has come to love and hate.


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Tom Landry, the Dallas Cowboys coach who led America's Team to five Super Bowls and was famous for pacing the sidelines for three decades wearing a stone face, business suit and felt hat, died Saturday. He was 75.
Landry had been undergoing treatment since May for acute myelogenous leukemia.
Baylor University Medical Center called in Landry's family earlier in the day. At 7:45 p.m. CST, the hospital issued a release in behalf of Landry's family:
"Coach Tom Landry passed away today - at 6 p.m. He went peacefully surrounded by his loving family. He will also be missed by his many friends and fans, and he will never be forgotten by all of us whose lives he has touched so deeply."
Landry, who coached the Cowboys for their first 29 years, won two Super Bowls with star quarterback Roger Staubach. His 270 victories are more than any NFL coach except Don Shula and George Halas.
"Tom Landry's familiar presence on the Dallas Cowboys' sideline for three decades represented the NFL at its best," NFL commissioner Paul Tagliabue said in a statement. "He will always rank as one of the all-time great coaches and as an architect of one of the most successful teams in sports history. He will be remembered for many special reasons, including his record as a coach, the innovations he brought to our game, and the personal integrity he displayed."
Landry considered those innovations his greatest contribution to the game. His legacy continued through the coaches he produced, including Atlanta's Dan Reeves and former New Orleans coach Mike Ditka, who both went to the Super Bowl.
"He shaped my philosophy on everything," Reeves said Saturday night. "I followed his philosophy on football and how he handled himself on and off the field. He was a tremendous influence on me.
"He was something unique to the NFL. He was someone who had tremendous knowledge of the NFL, but he was also a man of such integrity. He had a strong Christian faith that was unusual at that time. And he didn't just talk it. He walked it, too."
In Landry's first season, 1960, the expansion Cowboys went 0-11-1. He didn't have a winning season until his seventh. But that began a streak of 20 consecutive winning seasons, 13 division titles and five Super Bowl appearances.
After three straight losing seasons, Landry was fired by Jerry Jones the day he bought the team in February 1989.
"We will never be able to measure the complete significance of coach Landry's contributions to the Dallas Cowboys. Simply stated, he is the single most important figure in the history of this franchise," Jones said.
Landry's final record as 270-178-6, a .601 winning percentage. And when he left, he was as much a symbol of the Cowboys as the star on their helmets.
"I think the whole Cowboys image came from him," said Staubach, who had the honor of introducing Landry at his Hall of Fame enshrinement in 1990, just as Landry had done for him in '85. "I think Tom will always make the Dallas Cowboys more than a football team."
Landry was a college star at the University of Texas, then a defensive back for the New York Giants in one of the innovative defenses of the early '50s "The Umbrella," the first to put four backs deep to counter the passing game.
At 29, he became a player-coach in charge of the defense, a job now known as the defensive coordinator. He changed the front seven of the Umbrella from a 5-2 to a 4-3, essentially creating the middle linebacker position for Sam Huff. The system became such a success that Landry later had to devise the multiple offense to counter it. Both alignments remain standards at all levels of football, from Pee Wee to pros.
General manager Tex Schramm was still trying to get the NFL to award Dallas a franchise when he introduced Landry as the team's first coach. Their agreement was that Schramm would run the business side and Landry would be in charge of football.
A dynasty was formed through the unlikely pairing of the strait-laced, religious Landry and Schramm, the flashy showman whose promotional flair included bringing scantily clad cheerleaders to the NFL.
"We were totally different," Schramm said. "We were never close socially, but we got along very well because he had his domain and we each knew where the lines were. I respected him, he respected me and things worked perfectly."
Landry's Xs and Os betrayed his bland persona. He thrived on doing things differently, especially if he could mix in deception.
He created the "Flex" defense that placed one tackle a half-yard behind the other and he used gadget plays on offense, notably the quarterback throwback and the halfback pass.
His offensive line also had a gimmick it would often crouch down, raise up and then reset, a style often imitated by kids on playgrounds.
"I really enjoyed the challenge of bringing a team to the game," Landry once said. "I enjoyed the challenge of that more than the actual game."
Landry was emotionless on the sidelines and in the locker room, even in the bitter cold of the "Ice Bowl." He avoided becoming close to his players for fear that friendship would interfere with personnel decisions. Instead, he ruled through a stare known as The Look.
Former running back Walt Garrison summed it up best when he was asked if he ever saw Landry smile.
"N," Garrison said, "but I was only there nine years."
Landry worked differently with his assistant coaches, many of whom became NFL head coaches. The contrast was stunning for those who had played for Landry.
"When you played for him, he's the boss," said Ditka, a tight end for four years and an assistant under Landry for nine. "When I coached for him he was the boss, too, but when you played for him there was a fear in there."
Ditka said Landry was one of the most influential people in his life.
"I love him very much," Ditka said. "He was always the epitome of fairness, honesty, integrity and all the virtues and values people talk about he had.
"Lately I've been trying to be more like him, but I'm an emotional person and I can't be what I'm not. To be that stoic and that under control and that disciplined is amazing."
Landry began letting his guard down in the early '80s by doing a series of commercials playing a gunslinger fending off the arch-rival Redskins. He became a sympathetic figure following his ugly dismissal by Jones.
The city of Dallas held a "Hats Off to Tom Landry Day," which included a parade that drew 100,000 people. The guest of honor cried and called it the "most exciting and meaningful" day in his life.
Landry spent his final years devoted to businesses endeavors, including being a spokesman for a health insurance company, and Christian organizations.
He stayed away from football except for his 1990 Hall of Fame induction and his 1993 induction into the team's Ring of Honor at Texas Stadium. Instead of a jersey number, a tiny hat hangs next to his name and the years 1960-88.
Seven of Landry's former players join him in the Ring of Honor. He's also joined in Canton, Ohio, by Schramm, Staubach, Bob Lilly, Mel Renfro, Randy White and Tony Dorsett.
"There was somewhat of a shyness about him, but he was always there when you needed him," Staubach said. "I don't know anyone who didn't have respect for him as a person. As a human being, coach Landry is right there among the very best. There was nothing phony about him."
Thomas Wade Landry was born Sept. 11, 1924, in Mission, Texas, deep in the Rio Grande Valley. After one semester of college, he joined the Army Air Corps and spent two years as a bomber pilot in World War II. Although his older brother Robert died flying a B-17, Tom flew 30 combat missions and survived one crash landing.
War hardened Landry and the tough exterior was necessary in his early days in Dallas. Public criticism was peaking after his fourth season, 1963. Landry had a 13-38-3 record and one year left on his original contract. Owner Clint Murchison showed his support with a 10-year extension.
The Cowboys hosted a playoff game for the first time on Jan. 1, 1967. Green Bay jumped ahead 14-0 before the Dallas offense took the field, but quarterack Don Meredith rallied the Cowboys within 34-27. Dallas had a first down from the Packers' 2-yard-line in the final minutes, but failed to score the game-tying touchdown. Green Bay went on to win the first Super Bowl.
Landry's first postseason victory came the following season in Cleveland, setting up a rematch against the Packers only this time it would be in Green Bay.
Playing in a wind chill that dropped to 40 below, the Cowboys again trailed 14-0, then led 17-14 in the game remembered as the "Ice Bowl." Bart Starr's touchdown on a quarterback sneak with 13 seconds left gave the Packers a 21-17 victory. Again, they went on to win the Super Bowl.
"I can't believe that call, the sneak," said Landry, who wore a long, fur-lined coat and matching fur hunter's cap borrowed from one of the team's minority owners. "It wasn't a good call. But now, it's a great call."
Fans lashed out at Landry's inability to win big games, citing his lack of emotion on the sidelines. They wanted him to be more like Packers coach Vince Lombardi, whose bombastic style Landry had seen up-close on the Giants, when Landry was the defensive assistant and Lombardi the offensive assistant. Landry, who modeled himself after Paul Brown, couldn't be someone he wasn't.
Cleveland knocked Dallas out of the next two playoffs, then the Cowboys lost to Baltimore in the January 1971 Super Bowl on a field goal by Jim O'Brien in the final seconds.
Along the way, a Dallas-area writer tagged the Cowboys as "Next Year's Champions," a chiding reference to Landry's penchant for coming up short of a title.
But the following year, with Staubach entrenched at quarterback, Dallas returned to the Super Bowl and beat Miami 24-3. Players hoisted him onto their shoulders in celebration and, finally, there were some cracks in the stone facade.
"I still see that image of him being carried off the field," Staubach said. "I think that was a big deal to him, the best in his life. Seeing that smile on his face showed how happy he was to finally get over that hump."
After losing in the Super Bowl following the 1975 season with a team Landry called his favorite, he reached the top again in 1977, Dorsett's rookie year. The Cowboys beat Denver 27-10 in the Super Bowl.
Things would never be the same again. Dallas lost to Pittsburgh in the next Super Bowl, then was beaten in NFC championship games in 1980, '81 and '82. The '81 game is best remembered for San Francisco's Dwight Clark making "The Catch."
A playoff shutout at home in 1985 was followed by a losing season in '86, Landry's first since 1964. Landry had vowed to remain the coach until things turned around, but a combination of bad draft picks and poor personnel decisions sunk the team. Dallas went 3-13 in his final season.
"People will forget me quick," Landry said at the time of his firing.
Landry is survied by Alicia Landry, his wife of 50 years; a son, Tom Landry Jr.; and a daughter, Kitty Phillips. Another daughter, Lisa Childress, died in 1995 after a four-year battle with liver cancer.
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Tom Landry is carried from the field by his players
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Tom Landry reacts to a missed pass
Tom Landry watches the last seconds of the Cowboys' 21-10 win over the Philadelphia Eagles
Tex Schramm, right, shares a shovel with coach Tom Landry
President Ronald Reagan Tom Landry, left, and former Cowboys' quarterback Roger Staubach.
Tom Landry, left, and Ed "Too Tall" Jones
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Number of Pittsburgh officer-involved shootings increased slightly in the past few years. Several of those shootings involved traffic stops
By Margaret Harding
The Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
PITTSBURGH — Two Pittsburgh police officers with their guns trained on an SUV in front of them didn't notice the danger creeping behind them.
Officers Tim Wach and Craig Huhn seemed briefly stunned as faux pink "bullets" pelted them before they spun around to return fire on
Officer Mike Lewis on Wednesday during the fourth week of the bureau's first force-on-force traffic stop training.
"On an ambush, there's not a heck of a lot you can do except be aware that it could happen at any moment," Wach said, peeling off his protective gear. "You have to constantly be scanning. There's a lot of people out there that may want to hurt us."
The traffic-stop scenarios between instructors pretending to be bad guys and officers who volunteer for training play out on a parking lot in a vacant Veterans Affairs facility off Highland Drive.
The number of Pittsburgh officer-involved shootings increased slightly in the past few years, from eight in 2011 to 10 in 2012 and 12 in 2013, according to bureau statistics. Several of those shootings involved traffic stops or pursuits, rangemaster John Lubawski said.
An officer-involved shooting refers to an incident when an officer is fired upon or shoots at someone.
"This is meant to address the shootings we've had around the vehicle and the dangers we've had approaching vehicles," Lubawski said.
Police union officials raised concern last year about shootings in which suspects, despite being shot, continued to fire at officers. They questioned whether their .40-caliber ammo had enough firepower to stop suspects. An FBI analysis confirmed the ammunition performed as expected, so the focus changed to firearms training.
"There is a difference between going up to a range and shooting a piece of paper that doesn't shoot back," said Officer Josh Hartle, an adjunct firearms instructor. "That's target shooting. This is combat shooting."
Traffic stop training scenarios vary from a compliant driver to one who springs out firing an AR-15. They're based on real incidents, Lubawski said.
Nationally, seven officers were killed responding to traffic stops or pursuits in 2013, down from 16 in 2012, according to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund.
"It's good to have live training, rather than sitting in a room," said Officer Howard McQuillan, president of Fraternal Order of Police Fort Pitt Lodge No. 1.
Role-playing scenarios help officers learn to make decisions under pressure, said Steve Ijames, retired deputy chief of Springfield, Mo., police and a member of the International Association of Chiefs of Police national policy center board.
"You train like that to cause them to have the proper level of vigilance and to have their minds wired to make decisions," Ijames said.
Officers in training wear protective gear over the head, neck and groin. The marker cartridges can bruise or even draw blood.
"It lets you know they're putting rounds on target, which is good," said Officer Robert Zollars, an adjunct instructor.
The training is optional this year while it's evaluated, Lubawski said. He estimated 500 officers have tried it. Training ends July 3.
"They see the mistakes they make before they get out on the street and it happens for real," Zollars said.
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Dan Trist scored 14 points and Seth Hinrichs added 13 as Lafayette beat short-handed Loyola 61-44 on Wednesday.
Loyola won the first meeting of the season behind 25 points by Dylon Cormier, but he did not play in this contest after having surgery on his left hand. The senior was averaging 21.2 points per game and 5.8 rebounds.
Michael Hoffman had nine points and four blocks to lead Lafayette's (7-17, 3-10 Patriot) defensive effort. The Leopards held Loyola to 33 percent, on 16-of-48 shooting, and forced 17 turnovers.
Franz Rassman and R.J. Williams had 10 points apiece for Loyola (10-14, 5-8). Williams was just 3 of 10 from the field and the Greyhounds hit one of their 14 3-point attempts.
Lafayette led 27-22 at the break and went on a 24-8 run to start the second half. Longwood made two field goals in the first 11 minutes after halftime.


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As a bonus, we also hosted a group of undergraduate students and post-doctoral researchers from Brown University's Robotics, Learning, and Autonomy Lab. They showed us their ROS-controlled quadrotor helicopter and flew it around the office. They also participated in a technical tour of Willow Garage, learned how to bring up a PR2 with ROS, and checked out our latest research and development demos.
All in all, it was a great couple of days for us. Thanks to everyone who came to Menlo Park to participate and made this such a collegial, engaging, inspiring workshop!
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Monday, February 16, 2009
Best apricot jam recipe
Today I'm going to share my best apricot jam recipe. If you would like to learn how to make apricot jam then keep reading.
One of my favourite things about summer is the seasonal fruit that becomes available. Some of my fondest childhood memories are of my mother and sisters with buckets in hand on our quest for apricots. Although we lived in town, we were fortune enough to have family and friends on nearby farms. Each year we would get the call to say "The apricots are ready, come out and help yourself"
What followed was buckets brimming with fresh, sweet smelling apricots and tummies full to bursting point.
The next day was jam making day and the house filled with the divine smell of apricots cooking as I learned from mum how to make apricot jam.
These memories came flooding back to me recently when our neighbour called over the fence "Want some apricots? There's more than I can manage over here so help yourselves"
As we scurried next door with our buckets in hand I felt like Martha B Rabbit excited about the prospect of stocking the pantry with jams for winter.
That afternoon I looked out my best apricot jam recipe and started processing.
Here's how to make apricot jam.
Wash then cut in half 1.5kg of apricots.
Measure out 3 tablespoons of fresh lemon juice and 1.25kg of sugar.
Place the apricots in a large saucepan with 1/2 cup of water and 1/3 of the sugar.
Stir until the sugar has dissolved.
Boil the apricots until they are soft then add the remainder of the sugar and the lemon juice.
Boil over low heart for approximately 30 minutes-to 1 hour.
The jam should turn a darker colour and should jell when cool.
I normally spoon a small amount out and cool on a crockery plate.
When the apricot jam is cool it should be thicker.
Bottle in clean jars. Yummy!
Learning how to make apricot jam is easy when you have a good recipe.
Hope you enjoy my best apricot jam recipe.
Warmly Lenna
45 comments:
- Bevy @ Treasured Up and Pondered said...
Yummm!! That looks so good, it reminded me of my Grammy and Grandpop -back in the day- with their orchard and the produce and products that would come out of it. I remember them giving the surplus away after they had their fair share. Their is nothing like the smells of homemade jams and fruit butters. Thanks for such a great read today. I am fairly new to your blog and enjoy reading from it and Stiching Cow very much. Thank you!
- February 19, 2009 at 9:44 AM
- Bron said...
...and don't forget Grandma's secret - a good dollop of butter! Hope it tastes as good as it looks.
- February 21, 2009 at 6:12 PM
Hey Lenna, It's your cousin Lyn here, Bron put me on to your web site, WOW, it's fantastic.
We have our own apricots growing and we all love picking them and making jam. We use the same recipe as you. It IS the most fantastic smell. we make plum jam and plum sauce too. There's nothing like home made jam. You and Bron are so great with all the craft and cooking you do, I have unfinished projects everywhere, I don't know where you 2 find the time.
Your work is inspirational, keep it up
Love Lyn
- April 2, 2009 at 5:14 PM
Ok, feeling very stupid here! Can you please tell me how much sugar to use in cups? I made my first batch ever of plum jelly and it turned out great!! I am so not a domestic person, but I am very proud that I made my first jelly and we could eat it hehehe. Thanks so much, Diana in Calif.
- June 25, 2009 at 9:00 PM
- Sarah said...
Just made your recipe and it is fantastic! Thank you for sharing it.
- July 12, 2009 at 7:30 PM
This recipe is fantastic, thank you so much!
For those of us (Americans) who don't measure things in kilograms, 1.25 kg of sugar is about 6 1/4 cups, and 1.5 kg of apricots is 3.3 lbs., or about 30-35 good sized fruits.
- July 28, 2009 at 12:23 PM
- Jana said...
I tried my hand at making apricot jam for the first time today. My partner was skeptical about what it would be like, but upon testing to see how well it set he fell in love!
I can't wait to have this on toast, over baked brie, or in thumbprint cookies partnered with chocolate.
- August 18, 2009 at 10:08 AM
This really must me the best apricot jam recipe. It was very easy and absolutely delicious! Thank you for sharing it!
- December 10, 2009 at 10:16 PM
I have had an apricot tree for 25 years that has only offered a few pitiful pieces of fruit over the years. I had a big surprise this year when I found clusters of fine fruit fixing to ripen! I covered the tree with netting to keep the birds away as they ripened. I harvested two precious pounds of apricots and used your recipe. I have received raves for the jam. Some were gifts to special friends and family. THANK for the wonderful deelish recipe!
Kathleen Jane
Sonoma,CA Wine Country USA
- December 27, 2009 at 7:42 AM
- Lorraine said...
Hi there. Stumbled upon your blog looking for an apricot jam recipe. Tried yours and it was delicious. I would only change one thing when I make it again and that is to chop the apricots roughly. Mine broke down fine but stayed in their clumps. But will defintely make it again. Thank you!
- January 29, 2010 at 5:48 PM
- Leanne Novakovich said...
cant wait to have a go at making this. looks loads easier than some other recipes I have looked at. How long does can this jam be kept for?
- February 2, 2010 at 4:50 AM
This looks very easy. I'm gonna give it a try. I'll let ya know.
Pepper in Oklahoma
- June 10, 2010 at 2:20 PM
I am in Athens, Greece and had too many apricots from a greedy day at the market so I found your recipe and gave it a go. Apricots are low in Pectin so I was a little worried my jam wouldn't set, I put some green apricots in to help (apparently the unripe ones have more pectin?)
I also added more lemon than your recipe called for.
The result, the most gorgeous, bright orange jam that positively reeks of apricots. Really fresh, no boiled sugar taste. Thank you for sharing your recipe.
- June 13, 2010 at 12:08 AM
- Kristen said...
Yummy! This is the second year I have used your recipe and I love it! I will blog about it soon. I loved have apricot jelly all year long and look forward to it this year too! Thanks!
- June 13, 2010 at 1:23 PM
- tom | tall clover said...
That is one mighty fine looking apricot jam; I'll have to try it. On my last visit to Australia, I enjoy another great jam: fig and candied ginger. I've been making it ever sense.
- August 7, 2010 at 9:25 AM
What gorgeous Jam I made it this evening and can't wait till till I eat my toast in the morning
- September 2, 2010 at 1:21 PM
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- September 11, 2010 at 9:14 PM
Thanks for your recipe. Best flavoured apricot jam yet.
- January 2, 2011 at 3:28 AM
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- April 12, 2011 at 1:07 AM
- Rachel said...
I wish my house could smell like this everyday! YUM! Added my own little twist by substituting the water for water that had been steeped with camomile.
- May 14, 2011 at 7:29 PM
- AlexandraD said...
Do you have to peel the apricots first? Or is it okay to leave the skins on?
- May 27, 2011 at 8:58 PM
- Lenna Green of Stitching Cow said...
It's fine to leave the skins on.
- May 29, 2011 at 4:24 PM
- Creations and Inspirations said...
I just found your blog via this jam recipe. Love your blog you should check me out and follow me if you like I always Follow back :)
- July 27, 2011 at 4:26 PM
Just want to know if it is necessary to process the jars after filling or filling hot jam into hot jars is enough
- July 28, 2011 at 9:32 AM
- Lenna Green of Stitching Cow said...
It depends how long you want to store the jam for.If you will use within 1 year no further processing is needed, although always store away from direct sun. Jam will keeps for years if you then seal the jars by dipping the lid and seal in hot wax.
- July 31, 2011 at 4:31 PM
Thank you for such a yummy and quick recipe i can't wait to give to my family and friends at Christmas.
Regards Jody SA Australia
- December 3, 2011 at 7:35 PM
Thanks Lenna!
Dad sent me the link to this recipe and provided a bucket of apricots from his parents' place... I took that as a hint that he wanted apricot jam.. Perhaps it was also the fact that he kept saying "I love apricot jam" and "Kids, while you're at home today, can you make apricot jam?"
We made it this morning and the smell coming from the pot was incredible - it smelt so sweet and fruity and delicious at the same time. We bottled it into jars and put them in the fridge to cool.
I am assuming that these jars of apricot jam have to stay refrigerated even if we haven't opened them yet, contrary to those we get from the supermarket. Is that correct?
This is what it turned out to look like:
Thank you so much for sharing your recipe with us!
- December 13, 2011 at 4:23 PM
Sorry, it looks like that link didn't work.
Try this:
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- June 30, 2012 at 3:57 PM
- Unknown said...
I have made strawberry freezer jam and pomegranate jelly (2 times), so canning is very new to me. We have an organic apricot and a plum tree at the barn, so I'm on a canning mission now! I am looking forward to trying this recipe, liking that it's just fruit and sugar, no pectin...now I can make a great organic jelly easily! Yay!
I was wondering if I can use the "Boiling Water Bath Canning" process for longer storage without compromising the integrity of the jam?
Thank you for sharing this greatness...Bridget in Yucaipa
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- July 25, 2012 at 9:01 AM
- Cath. said...
This year we have our 3rd crop of apricots from our tree. My Mum made the first two lots for me but this year she was unable. So my daughter and I found your recipe and have tried to make the jam. Worst problem was not letting the pots of jam boil over!- LOL Just waiting to bottle them shortly, so will let you know how they taste. Thanks for such a "do-able" recipe.
- December 14, 2012 at 5:57 PM
- Unknown said...
Thanks for this! The recipe I used called for twice the amount of water... but I wasn't convinced. Reckon I'll use your recipe next time. ;)
- December 29, 2012 at 10:41 PM
The best jam recipe Eva! I didn't add the water as I had some very ripe apricots that I thought would create enough 'liquid' on their own. It worked great, think, bright orange jam!!
- December 31, 2012 at 11:30 PM
- Rebecca said...
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this amazing apricot jam recipe! It looks and tastes fantastic. :)
- January 25, 2013 at 10:08 PM
I have made this recipe twice, just beautiful! Thank you!
Nina, Melbourne Australia
- March 17, 2013 at 9:00 PM
- Finn said...
Very nice recipe for apricot jam. I like to take 2 fresh bay leaves and add to the pan as the apricots cook. I remove them before I can them up. It adds a subtle flavor that enhances the perfume and taste of the fruit.
- September 21, 2014 at 7:06 AM
My son cried when we used our last jar from this recipe last year. He asked for months and months for more. I currently have a tripple batch cooking on the stove. Thank you for a wonderful recipe!!
- August 21, 2015 at 8:26 PM
- Unknown said...
Can you use this recipe with peaches? How does it set without pectin?
- July 23, 2016 at 11:08 AM
Is this weight before or after the pits are removed? 3.3 lbs doesn`t seem like much.
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