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Is category theory worth learning for the sake of learning it? Can it be used in applied mathematics/probability? I am currently perusing Categories for the Working Mathematician by Mac Lane.
It depends on whether you are talking about Category Theory as a topic in mathematics (on a par with Geometry or Probability) or Category Theory as a viewpoint on mathematics as a whole.
If the former, the main prerequisite is that you should have encountered a situation where you wanted to move from one type of "thing" to another type of "thing": say from a group to its group ring, or from a space to its ring of functions, or from a manifold to its differential graded algebra.
If the latter, then there are no prerequisites and it is a Very Good thing to do! But if the latter, then reading Mac Lane isn't necessarily the best way to go. However, I'm not sure if there is a textbook (or other) that tries to teach elementary mathematics (of any flavour) from a categorical viewpoint. I try to teach this way, but I've not written a textbook! I wrote a bit more on this in response to a question on MO, I copied my answer here.
I do not know of any specific applications to probability ("applied mathematics" is a bit too wide a label, though I don't know any specific ones either). I view Category Theory as an interesting unifying language that allows you to speak about ideas that may seem to be isolated from each other in different subjects with the same notions, recognizing the connections between them. The results that I most often actually find useful have to do with adjuctions (specifically, I seem to find very useful the fact that left adjoints commute with colimits and right adjoints commute with limits...).
I would say that it is good to know at least the most general ideas, enough so that you can communicate and recognize those connections; of course, I'm a big fan of knowing stuff "just for the sake of knowing it" so I may not be the best advice giver in that respect.
This issue has been discussed multiple times in MO. For instance here, with a view towards programming, or here, where I proposed a selection of Mac Lane's book.


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when I try to remote desktop to the server from another ubuntu machine using the remote desktop viewer, it asks me to enter the password, which I do, then the viewer pane just goes black. When I come back and look at my server it is saying that the password keyring no longer matches the password used to login to the machine please reenter the password...and when I type in the password it doesnt take it, it just keeps popping back up saying the same message over and over.
I found a thread explaining to go to System-->Preferences-->Passwords & Encryptions and right click on the keyring and click Set as Default.
I did that and the problem persists...I tried changing the password but it told me that my original password was incorrect (even though it is the password I use to login and provide root authentication when asked)
so I deleted the keyring in hopes of adding a new one but there is no place in gui to add a new one...so can I add a new one through command line?
if so - how?

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6 Important Things You Won't Believe Were Invented in Comics
#3. "Are We Having Fun Yet?" Was First Said by Zippy the Pinhead
Bill Griffith via Thegoldenfrog1.com
There's a pretty good chance that you have either been or punched the person who sarcastically asked "Are we having fun yet?" in the middle of a boring staff meeting, a long car ride, or intercourse. You may have seen the phrase on a Howard Johnson's napkin, or driven behind someone with it as their bumper sticker. Maybe you purchased one of the dozens of books with that title. Or perhaps you've read it in one of the many Garfield products that use it.
1978 United Features Syndicate via Ioffer.com
Wait, did anyone actually wear those pin-on buttons? Why do those exist?
But the phrase didn't come from some bored lasagna cat: You'll probably be shocked to learn that it came, quite literally, from the lips of a pinhead. In the 1970s, underground cartoonist Bill Griffith created Zippy, a bizarre character prone to spouting random non sequiturs. Since there's nothing John Q. Public likes more than struggling to comprehend his daily comic strip, it continues to run in newspapers to this day.
It was later, in 1979, that Zippy first uttered his famous catchphrase, which Griffith insists that he intended "in a kind of existential/despairing way," artist code for "I was tripping balls when I drew this."
Yow! #2, 1979
"Six hits of acid in the morning OJ makes my whole world feel like this."
Soon "Are we having fun yet?" was plastered all over T-shirts, buttons, and other accessories, in addition to being non-ironically used in theme park ads and corporate slogans, but Griffith doesn't get a cent from most of it. Despite beating the odds and having a phrase from his once unknown underground comic catch fire, Griffith can't control its use, because you can't copyright a saying. Still, he claims not to mind ... except when other cartoonists use it. We guess if Garfield or freakin' Ziggy sold another ten thousand coffee mugs because of something we said, we'd be pretty pissed, too.
He was so upset, he forgot to make this strip incoherent.
#2. Sadie Hawkins Day Was a Fake Holiday from Lil' Abner
For decades, Sadie Hawkins Day was that one day of the year when women were "allowed" to ask out men without being labeled as hussies by society, a tradition that continues to this day through the many middle schools and high schools in the U.S. and Canada that hold Sadie Hawkins dances every year. If you'd asked us to guess, we probably would have said that Sadie was a real girl who died in the 18th century during a tragic asking-a-boy-out incident, thus becoming a martyr for the feminist cause.
But nope, it turns out that the whole thing comes from a comic strip. Here's the "real" Sadie:
Al Cap via Deniskitchen.com
Snow White + Alfred E. Neuman = Sadie Hawkins
Al Capp's strip Li'l Abner, about a family of yokels in backwoods Kentucky, was incredibly popular in its day, spawning tons of merchandise and even an amusement park. It was so popular, in fact, that this completely made-up pseudo-holiday created for it eventually crossed over into the real world and became a real thing.
You see, in 1937, the strip introduced Sadie Hawkins, the homeliest spinster in town. Her father, tired of waiting for someone to take her off his hands, established Sadie Hawkins Day, in which all of the town's bachelors would congregate at a starting line and take off running. After a sporting head start, Sadie would chase after them, and whomever she caught would have to marry her.
Al Cap via Youthcast.org
And if he refused, they would sacrifice him to their dark lord, M'allejktor.
The storyline proved so popular that Capp made it an annual tradition for the rest of the strip's four-decade run, including a dance the night before where women trampled on men's feet to make them easier to catch. Yeah, this wasn't exactly the most progressive thing ever, but it did provide an excuse for the youngsters of the day to flip the bird to societal conventions -- only two years later, over 200 colleges and high schools in 188 cities had adopted Sadie Hawkins dances. At first, they even dressed up as characters from the strip in the spirit of the "holiday."
"Nope, totally not stoked about this!"
By 1952, Capp reported that he had received thousands of letters annually from high schools and sororities wanting to know when Sadie Hawkins Day would occur that year so they could plan accordingly, and the tradition continued to spread. Eventually they probably figured that they could drop the pretense and start letting people ask out whomever they wanted.
#1. "Back to the Drawing Board" Comes from a New Yorker Cartoon
If you're the kind of person who frequently screws up at work because you got distracted by, say, accidentally browsing articles on comedy websites for eight hours instead of doing your job, then you've almost certainly uttered this sentence: "Back to the drawing board." The phrase is used whenever something goes wrong and you have to start from scratch.
What you might not know is that this phrase originated at a literal drawing board: that of New Yorker cartoonist Peter Arno, who was one of the magazine's most prolific and influential creators of silent-chuckle-worthy gags for over 40 years (although we bet his parents still told people that he was an architect or something). More specifically, the phrase came from the following cartoon that first appeared in the magazine in 1941:
New Yorker via Thisdayinquotes.com
He was also known for drawing pictures of puppies on fire while his cartoon likeness masturbated in the shadows.
The serious historical context just makes it funnier: Although America hadn't officially entered World War II at the time, the design and construction of new military aircraft was still a top priority, and the process most likely involved some trial and error. Arno made light of the situation by drawing a nerdy fellow with blueprints tucked under his arm jauntily walking away from a plane crash and remarking, "Well, back to the old drawing board." This attitude of persistence mixed with cheerful indifference obviously struck a chord with readers, and the phrase caught on quickly enough that, by 1947, it was being used in newspaper stories that had nothing to do with planes crashing.
Before that, Arno had already managed to coin another moderately popular saying with "This is a hell of a way to run a railroad," which he probably used as his personal catchphrase, regardless of context. In addition to all that, Arno was an accomplished attractive person who was rarely photographed without a beautiful woman on his arm.
Peter Arno. Also known as "Every male actor from every 1950s movie."
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362CI Dirt Late Model Engine RebuildWritten by on March 1, 2013 Systematic Deconstruction
I'm sitting at my desk pouring over the data, trying to find a way to present all of it in a way that makes sense. There's a lot of it! Even with my notes about each dyno run, it's difficult remembering everything that happened in just one day on the dyno. Jet changes, ignition changes, pyrometer readings, brake specific fuel consumption, let's not even bring horsepower and torque into the mix-it's a lot to keep straight. Let's start at the beginning.
When we dropped that Roush Yates engine in our Dirt Late Model project a couple of years ago, we stashed the 362ci SBC that came out of it in the corner of the shop. We didn't know much about the engine, other than it was a 362 with 13.5:1 compression and Brodix aluminum heads. Wanting to build a useable powerplant, we contacted Steve Rolenc of SRE Engine Techniques in Tucson, Arizona. SRE builds quality race engines, and if that wasn't enough, they carry an unconditional one-year warranty. SRE really stands behind every engine it builds.
We started our 362 build on the dyno. It may sound like a backwards way to start a build, but wanting to salvage as many parts as possible, it's important to know what you have to work with. SRE uses a DTS engine dyno, which is run in an open-air environment. According to Rolenc, the lack of a dyno room better simulates real-world air conditions. The engine is also dyno tested with an air filter and mufflers. While this may yield lower horsepower numbers than leaving these components out, real-world conditions are what's important.
With the engine on the dyno, Rolenc installed the Schoenfeld 13/4-17/8-inch tri-Y headers and mufflers. The mufflers are installed inside of drums, which exit through 14-inch tubes into an outdoor dyno muffler. Having the mufflers inside the drums better simulates race conditions in the car, when the body of the car surrounds the mufflers.
For fuel delivery, we used Holley's Ultra HP rebuildable mechanical fuel pump, Ultra HP fuel regulator, and Ultra HP 750-cfm carb. Ignition was handled by an MSD Pro Billet distributor, Extreme Duty 6ALN ignition box, and High Vibration Blaster Coil, which supplied plenty of spark (or so we thought-more on that later).
The engine was set up on the dyno in as close to original trim as possible. The idea was to recreate the last time the engine was raced. Obviously, the ignition and fuel systems were new, but these are what will be run on the engine in its new configuration. The Holley Ultra HP carb was run out-of-the-box with 76 jets front and rear, a four-hole carb spacer, valve lash set to 0.026, and Autolite 3932 spark plugs, gapped at 0.021. The series requires Sunoco Blue race fuel, so Rolenc filled the dyno fuel cell and warmed the engine up.
More than 20 dyno pulls were made. To put it in a nutshell, we made 10 jet changes, two timing changes, a distributor change, an ignition box change, a spark plug change, four gap changes, and a valve lash change. We started the day at 402 hp and 397 lb-ft of torque from an engine was supposed to make 710 hp (shame on whoever originally built and sold this engine). By the end of the day, we were able to bring our power output to 501 hp and 424 lb-ft of torque. Tuning was done using information from exhaust gas temperatures (EGT) for each cylinder, brake specific fuel consumption, and horsepower and torque numbers. During the dyno session, there were a few discrepancies in EGT (cylinder No. 4 consistently read 100 degrees hotter than the rest of the engine), an issue with the old distributor, and the new MSD ignition box, which we ended up changing. SRE blends old-school tuning tricks with some new-school technology. The progression this engine made over the course of the day yielded some very interesting results.)
Next on the agenda was the tear down. The carb was removed and packaged for storage, as we plan on using it once the rebuild is complete. Then Rolenc removed the intake manifold and valve covers. The valve lash was set hot on the dyno at 0.020-inch. He remeasured lash before digging into the heads and most had dropped to 0.016-inch, but two (No. 1 and No. 2 exhaust valves) had not tightened as much as the rest, measuring 0.019- and 0.020-inch respectively. Rolenc tells us this is because the coolant passages in the heads give the ends different cooling properties and this is normal.
Next was a leak-down test. Seven of the eight cylinders performed well, showing between 1- and 4-pecent leak-down. Cylinder No. 4, on the other hand, was a different story. As soon as compressed air was introduced to the cylinder, the gauge jumped to 40 percent, and you could hear the air escaping. After a little investigative work, Rolenc determined that both the intake and exhaust valves were leaking. This explained why this cylinder's EGT was almost 100 degrees hotter than the rest of the engine on the dyno.
With the leak-down test complete, the heads came off. Rolenc quickly removed the valves from the No. 4 cylinder to find the source of the excessive leak-down. Using a concentricity gauge (valve guide runout), Rolenc measure the exhaust valve seat at 0.008 and the intake at 0.0092. SAE standard tolerance is 0.002, and SRE uses 0.001 as its standard, so these are very far out of spec. Consequently, combustion gasses are allowed to bypass the valve back into the intake side of the cylinder head and intake manifold.
After taking some time to examine the cylinder heads, we came to the conclusion that at some point in the life of this engine, it had blown up in a big way. One intake port in the cylinder head had been welded (and not by a trained professional), and there was one odd-ball pushrod. The weld job looked as if the head was welded while still on the block. And to make matters worse, not much was done to match the port to the rest of the head. The lifter bores in the block had been sleeved, which initially we looked as a smart move by a good engine builder, but once we learned more about this engine's checkered past, it may have been done as a repair from a near-catastrophic failure.
Shifting our attention to the bottom end, Rolenc removed the oil pan and turned the engine over. At first glance, everything looked good, as the rotating assembly consisted of a Scat crankshaft, Carrillo rods, and SRP pistons. All of the internals were on the old side, which isn't necessarily a bad thing. Rolenc's concern is that these components could be on the heavy side, and lighter components would work better. The crankshaft had some weight removed and some weight added (from the looks of it by the same guy who tried to fix the cylinder head).
Once we take a closer look at each component individually, we will be able to figure out what we can keep and what will be replaced.
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3.The specific gravity of the fuel used is also closely monitored. Our car must run on Sunoco Blue racing fuel, so Rolenc measured the specific gravity to help determine what jetting to run in the carb.4. A set of mufflers that are the spec muffler for the track where our Dirt Late Model races. The mufflers are installed inside small drums to simulate the body of the car around the outlet of the exhaust.6. Over the course of the day, jets were changed in the carb 10 times. Holley supplied us with one of its jet kits, giving almost all the jets we needed. I say almost because only two jets are supplied in each size. Many times you'll run the same numbers front and rear, and with only two of each size jet, you have to go up or down one size. We went up, making the mixture just a touch richer.7. Over the course of the day, jets were changed in the carb 10 times. Holley supplied us with one of its jet kits, giving almost all the jets we needed. I say almost because only two jets are supplied in each size. Many times you'll run the same numbers front and rear, and with only two of each size jet, you have to go up or down one size. We went up, making the mixture just a touch richer.8. We also changed spark plugs and spark plug gap. Changing from the worn out Autolites to fresh NGKs helped clean up some of the stumbles the engine had. When we started the gap was 0.026. We had it as high at 0.055 and as low as 0.035, but 0.045 seemed to be the sweet spot.9. The engine was breaking up a little in the higher rpm range, and as we tried to figure out why, we found the internals of the Pro Billet distributor that was in the engine were very corroded. While this didn't keep the engine from running, it did prevent the engine from revving cleanly to redline.
10. The answer was a new replacement. Rolenc quickly swapped gears and reinstalled the distributor. The old distributor had timing locked out, while the new one utilized the mechanical advance.11. The answer was a new replacement. Rolenc quickly swapped gears and reinstalled the distributor. The old distributor had timing locked out, while the new one utilized the mechanical advance.13. On the next run, we noticed a drastic change in the power and torque curve. At 5,400 rpm, both curves abruptly changed direction at the exact same time. There was no curve to the change; it was like the graphs bounced off a wall. Thinking it was an electrical issue, we swapped the MSD ignition box for a new 6AL box Rolenc had waiting for another engine. Once we swapped the boxes, the engine no longer broke up at all, and cleanly revved to 7,800 rpm.14. When we started on the dyno, the valve lash was set to 0.026. Rolenc tightened the lash to 0.020. The end result of jet changes, lash changes, spark plug and gap changes was 501 hp and 424 lb-ft of torque. To read about all of the dyno test info, visit www.circletrack.com.15. Rolenc started the tear down by checking the valve lash (cold). With the engine cooled, most of the valves tightened up consistently. The two front exhaust valves stayed close to their hot adjustment, which Rolenc says is due to different cooling properties because of the coolant passages in the heads.18. One different pushrod and excessive heat in other pushrods give hints that this motor had suffered a near catastrophic failure at some point in its life.19. Looking further into the engine, Rolenc cut open the oil filter and examined it for metal. While some metal is normal, excessive amounts can be a sign that the engine is coming apart. This oil filter had almost no metal in it.
21. The intake gaskets were not sealing the intake to the cylinder heads. While no oil was leaking outside the engine, oil was leaking into the intake runners. Oil has a very low octane rating and is not good for the combustion process.22. At some point the lifter bores had been machined out and sleeved. While this is a good practice to ensure the lifters are square in the bores, this may have been done to save the block after it blew up.23. Rolenc then cc'd the piston and the combustion chamber. After some simple math, Rolenc determines the compression ratio was 12.28:1.24. Taking a closer look at the cylinder heads, we found a shoddy fix. This head had suffered some major damage at some point. Perhaps a pushrod was pushed through the head, or it was just cracked, but the weld job to fix it was not pretty.25. The cam came out of the short-block next. Before removing it, Rolenc measured it with a degree wheel.26. Shifting his attention to the rotating assemble, Rolenc takes some basic measurements including crankshaft endplay and rod bolt stretch.27. The crankshaft, while not in any danger of coming apart, was not the pretty piece. The weight added and removed was rather crude.28. With the camshaft removed, Rolenc used his Cam Pro Plus software to measure the camshaft. It checked in at 0.630/0.630 lift with 264/276 degrees of duration, which is exactly what the grind is supposed to be.


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- Updated: 7/23/01 11:50:47 AM
- BSO Case Number: BS01-07-11595
- PIO Number: 01-7-41
- Date: July 23, 2001
- Time: 3:19 a.m.
- Place of Occurrence: 700 block of NW 27 Avenue near Fort Lauderdale
- State of Florida
- BSO Dep. Michael Dingman, 31, (hire date 1/2/96)
- Michael A. Johnson, 21, 9/11/79, last known address 2217 NW 56 Avenue, Lauderhill (AT LARGE)
Description of Incident:
A Lauderhill man, who tried to run over a Broward Sheriff's deputy while fleeing a bail bondsman early Monday morning, is still on the loose.
Shortly after 3 a.m. a bail bondsman called the BSO seeking assistance with the apprehension of a suspect, who has a felony warrant for trafficking cocaine. BSO deputies spotted the 1990 blue 4-door Buick in the area of the 700 block of NW 27 Avenue near Fort Lauderdale.
The suspect, 21-year-old Michael A. Johnson, continued to flee north on 27 Avenue with BSO deputies following. Johnson then headed east on Sunrise Boulevard, where he stopped. When BSO Dep. Michael Dingman attempted to make a traffic stop, Johnson rammed a marked BSO unit positioned in front of the Buick. Johnson then backed up the Buick , traveling at a high rate of speed, directly in the path of Dep. Dingman. Fearing for his safety, Dep. Dingman was forced to discharge his service weapon. No injuries were reported.
Johnson's vehicle was later located at 2751 NW 10 Place near Fort Lauderdale. A perimeter was set up and deputies used K-9 to search the area. Unfortunately, Johnson was not located.
Anyone who knows the whereabouts of Michael A. Johnson is asked to call BSO Aggravated Felonies Det. Alexander Coto at (954) 321-4224 or call Broward Crime Stoppers at (954) 493-TIPS.
- INVESTIGATORS: Det. Alexander Coto and PIO Veda Coleman-Wright
Posted At: 07/23/2001 12:00 AM
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June 13, 2002
This article provides an overview of electric resistance welding (ERW). It dicusses high-frequency ERW (contact and induction) and rotary wheel contact welding (AC, DC, and square wave). It describes the differences among the processes, as well as the power supplies and weld rolls.
October 11, 2001
Proper clothing, training, procedures, troubleshooting, preparation, and equipment for HF welding are critical if you want to prevent workplace accidents.
February 19, 2001
The basic steps of general preventive maintenance and troubleshooting for both vacuum tube and solid-state high frequency (HF) welders should assist in keeping welders online and producing pipe or tube.


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Joann - 20% off your entire purchase (printable coupon)
Print coupon for a 20% discount on your entire purchase in store.
See coupon for more details.
Also a coupon for free online shipping for purchases over $40.
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I only see the on-line free shipping coupon.
same here
@trlygrl: I see both... Weird
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Ok, now they're both there. How strange....
Thanks for this - its given me the motivation to finally start that project I've been promising to do.


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I unexpectedly deleted my user account (the only administrator for the machine). I have another account which is standard account now i cant access my hard disk or anything with that standard account it is asking for boot password. Is there any way i can get back access to the administrator account?
You can use recovery mode to add the standard user to the admin group (which is now called sudo in 12.04). Below is a set of simple instructions copied from my personal website.
Using Recovery Mode To Add Users To The Admin / Sudo Group
First shutdown your computer.
Use the following command to remount the drive
Now type
You should now see a message saying 'adding user' followed by 'done'.
EDIT: If it is telling you that user xxx does not exist, first you can use the following command to list users and make sure that you have the correct username
The other option is add a new user, from recovery mode using the following commands :
Again replacing
You can use the recovery console and boot as root this is a extra option on your grub menu and create a new user then add them to the admin group. I'm not sure if this will fix your issue, but give it a try and let me know.


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Eustachian Tube Problems
(Ear Tube Problems)
John Mersch, MD, FAAP
Dr. Mersch received his Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of California, San Diego, and prior to entering the University Of Southern California School Of Medicine, was a graduate student (attaining PhD candidate status) in Experimental Pathology at USC. He attended internship and residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles.
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD
Melissa Conrad Stöppler, MD, is a U.S. board-certified Anatomic Pathologist with subspecialty training in the fields of Experimental and Molecular Pathology. Dr. Stöppler's educational background includes a BA with Highest Distinction from the University of Virginia and an MD from the University of North Carolina. She completed residency training in Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University followed by subspecialty fellowship training in molecular diagnostics and experimental pathology.
David Perlstein, MD, MBA, FAAP
Dr. Perlstein received his Medical Degree from the University of Cincinnati and then completed his internship and residency in pediatrics at The New York Hospital, Cornell medical Center in New York City. After serving an additional year as Chief Pediatric Resident, he worked as a private practitioner and then was appointed Director of Ambulatory Pediatrics at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx.
- What is the Eustachian tube?
- What are the functions of the Eustachian tube?
- What can cause Eustachian tube blockage?
- How do changes in altitude or air travel affect Eustachian tube problems?
- How is Eustachian tube blockage treated?
- Eustachian Tube Problems At A Glance
- Ear Infection (Otitis Media) FAQs
- Find a local Ear, Nose, & Throat Doctor in your town
What is the Eustachian tube?
The Eustachian tube originates in the rear of the nose adjacent to the soft palate, runs a slightly uphill course, and ends in the middle ear space. The middle ear space is the hollowed out portion of the skull bone that contains the hearing apparatus and is covered on one side by the eardrum. In adults, the Eustachian tube is approximately 35 mm long (1.3 inches) and approximately 3 mm in diameter (less than 1/10 inch). Cartilage provides the supporting structure for the first two-thirds of the Eustachian tube, with the last third (the part closest to the middle ear space) being made of bone.
The tissue that lines the Eustachian tube is similar to that inside the nasal cavity and may respond the same way (swelling) when presented with similar stimuli. The Eustachian tube was named in honor of the 16th century Italian anatomist Eustachius. Sources credit Almaceon of Sparta as the first to describe the structure in approximately 400 BC.
What are the functions of the Eustachian tube?
The primary function of the Eustachian tube is to ventilate the middle ear space, ensuring that its pressure remains at near normal environmental air pressure. The secondary function of the Eustachian tube is to drain any accumulated secretions, infection, or debris from the middle ear space. Several small muscles located in the back of the throat and palate control the opening and closing of the tube. Swallowing and yawning cause contractions of these muscles located in the back of the throat and help regulate Eustachian tube function. If it were not for the Eustachian tube, the middle ear cavity would be an isolated air pocket inside the head that would be vulnerable to every change in air pressure and lead to unhealthy middle ear space function.
Normally, the Eustachian tube is closed, which helps prevent the inadvertent contamination of the middle ear space by the normal secretions found in the back of the nose. A dysfunctional Eustachian tube that is always open is called a "patulous" Eustachian tube. Patients with this rare condition are plagued by chronic ear infections. A much more common problem is a failure of the Eustachian tube to effectively regulate air pressure. Partial or complete blockage of the Eustachian tube can cause sensations of popping, clicking, and ear fullness and occasionally moderate to severe ear pain. Such intense pain is most frequently experienced during sudden air pressure changes during airplane travel, particularly during take-off and landing. Young children may describe the popping sensation as "a tickle in my ear."
As Eustachian tube function worsens, air pressure in the middle ear falls, and the ear feels full and sounds are perceived as muffled. Eventually, a vacuum is created which can then cause fluid to be drawn into the middle ear space (termed serous otitis media). If the fluid becomes infected, the common ear infection (suppurative otitis media) develops.
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Budget Dana 60 Rearend Build - Hey, Nice RearendWritten by on March 7, 2007 Contributors: Kevin Shaw Building a backyard Dana 60 for Project Brazen Charger
Every performance-oriented car person, whether on the street or at the track, knows the prowess of the Dana 60 rearend. Sure, some might say the Chrysler 8 3/4 is a little lighter, the Ford 9-inch is almost as strong, or the GM 12-bolt has slightly less rolling resistance, but when it comes to brute strength, even the brand-X guys know the Dana 60's reputation as indestructible. Generally considered a truck rearend because of it's massive 9 3/4-inch ring gear and stout construction, the Dana 60 only found its way into two brands of musclecars during the late '60s and early '70s, and both those brands were Mopar. So why did both Dodge and Plymouth offer this brutally strong rear differential in their musclecars? We say it's because they were the only two manufacturers whose engines made enough power to warrant the burly Dana 60. But what if your car, like our project Charger, wasn't equipped with a Dana 60 from the factory? Not to worry, you can build one yourself.
If you're lucky enough to own a car that came equipped with a Dana 60 then you are aware of the benefits of this rear differential. Most Dana 60s will outlive the car, the transmission, the driveshaft, several engines, and maybe even the driver without any maintenance at all.
So when we were ready to get Project Brazen Charger rolling, there was really no choice other than a Dana 60. Since there are many sources for the Dana 60 rearend, we had to decide which avenue to take. There are a couple of companies that manufacture new "Dana" 60 housings, and it sure would have been nice to get a complete rearend to just bolt in, but, unfortunately, our budget dictated that we look elsewhere. Though not as easy to come by, original Dana 60s that have been removed from cars are still available. A quick check of prices on our favorite internet auction site, however, eliminated this from our realm of possibilities as well. Fortunately, if you don't mind a little work, there is another source for the Dana 60 rearend.
While very few cars came equipped with the Dana 60, literally hundreds of thousands of trucks utilized this beefy differential. Nearly all 3/4-ton and larger trucks-be it Dodge, GM, or Ford-came equipped with this rearend, and many are still available in scrap yards today. When we put the word out to our friends that we were looking for a truck Dana, it only took a day to find someone parting out a Ford F-250, and we purchased the rearend for $50!
While some truck housings are a few pounds heavier than the units used in cars, the internals are basically the same. Externally, however, there are several differences. The truck rears usually don't have a provision for a pinion snubber, so the housing has to be machined for one if it's needed. Since our application will utilize aftermarket bars to prevent axle wind-up, we won't bother with a pinion snubber. Also, truck housings are too wide for any car, and the axle end tubes are incorrect. This will be remedied by cutting off the ends of the axle tubes, and welding on proper Mopar ends that we obtained from Moroso. Mounting pads on truck rearends are also generally mounted on the top of the axle tubes, so we'll cut those off as well and replace them with a new set of Competition Engineering perches.
Of course, aftermarket axles are recommended, and actually a requirement for us since we plan on racing this car on a regular basis, so we called the guys at Randy's Ring & Pinion for a set of hefty Yukon Units. Since our truck rear had an open differential and undesirable gear ratio, we also had the guys at Randy's set us up with a limited-slip unit and a set of 4.88s for hard launches. We considered a spool, but since this is a street car, the all-around drivability of a Sure Grip made more sense. A bearing and shim kit and high-performance pinion yoke completed our order from Randy's, and we were ready to begin fabricating our housing.
Narrowing a rearend housing, while evoking thoughts of complicated geometry and mathematics, is actually easier than you think. The tooling consists of a large piece of solid bar stock and three aluminum discs. Since we're cheap, and because our friend Lonnie over at Harrell's Automotive already had the tool, we just borrowed it from him. After cutting the ends of the truck housing to length, two of the aluminum discs are bolted where the carrier bearing races would go. The bar is then inserted, and the third disc fits into the Mopar axle tube end, keeping it square as it's welded in place.
The only problem we encountered was when Associate Editor Kevin "Hacksaw" Shaw inadvertently cut one of our axle tubes too short. While this did suck, it was quickly remedied by ordering a length of axle tubing from Randy's Ring & Pinion and welding it in place. Lesson? Measure twice, cut once!
After measuring and welding our new housing together, it was time to set up the Dana 60 with new bearings, gears, and our Sure Grip differential. If you've never set up a set of gears before, our recommendation is to get help from someone who has. Since improperly installing any of the components in a rear differential can lead to accelerated wear, noise, or, worse yet, catastrophic failure, we enlisted the help of friend Tod Struck at Inline Performance Specialist. Tod's company specializes in heavy-truck maintenance, so he is familiar with the procedures and has all the tools necessary to properly set up a Dana 60. In a short time, Tod had our Dana assembled and ready to install with all our fresh internals. This rear should easily handle the abuse we'll give it and should be the last rearend we ever put in our Charger.
Now if we just had a motor in our project car, we'd head to the track for some testing.
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Project Brazen Charger will need a stout rearend if Associate Editor Shaw's plans of a thumping Hemi come to fruition, so with a little help from some friends, we decided to save a few bucks and build a Dana 60 for the car ourselves.Since the ends of a truck Dana 60 need to be replaced for an automotive application, they are cut off after the axles are removed. Hey, Kevin, don't cut that one too short . . . .After removing the axles, the open differential and gears are removed. Be sure to mark the carrier bearing caps if they aren't marked from the factory.With all the internals removed, we cleaned the housing with engine degreaser and wire brushes. Be sure to clean all the old gummed-up axle grease from inside the housing as well.Since our Dana is going to be the standard B-body width, we used the 8 3/4 as a guide for the measurements we'll need. Remember the driveshaft in the car is offset slightly, so each axle tube will be a different length.We cut the first axle tube using a Sawz-all with a metal cutting blade. An industrial metal bandsaw would have been nice, but we didn't have one so we made do.Using a grinder, we chamfered the edge of the axle tube where the new end will be welded on. This will ensure a solid weld at the tube end.With the first axle tube cut to length, we installed the two aluminum bushings of the narrowing tool where the carrier bearings go and torqued the caps.
Since the position of the tube ends also determines the position of the brake backing plates, we used a carpenter's square to align them properly with the rearend housing.The end can now be welded to the axle tube. Making short welds opposite each other will ensure the parts are evenly heated and don't distort during welding. This step is then repeated on the opposite axle tube, and the housing is complete.Tod Struck at Inline Performance offered to set up our new gearset, so we took all of our parts to his shop.To get a baseline for setting up our new gears and Sure Grip, the bearings were removed from the original units to measure the shims used.The appropriate number of shims was then placed on the new carrier before it is installed in the housing.Our 4.88 gear was then installed on the carrier; bolts were torqued to 110 lb-ft. Lock-tight was used to ensure these bolts stay put.The new pinion bearing was installed on our pinion gear, and the new race can now be installed in the housing.
Using a dial indicator, gear backlash was checked. This was adjusted by placing shims between the carrier bearings and the carrier.With the critical dimensions checked, we disassembled and cleaned all the components, then reassembled and torqued all the fasteners. The torque specification for the caps is 80 lb-ft.After installing our new pinion bearing and crush sleeve, our new yoke was installed and pinion preload was set.With the center section complete, we pressed the new, sealed axle bearings in place and installed our new axles.All that's left was to fill it up with quality gear oil and our Dana 60 was ready to install. This setup should be good for as much power as we can throw at our Charger, and it cost about half as much as purchasing a new rearend. All told, we spent about 12 hours fabricating and assembling this unit.


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I had heard that he created his own lettering system so that his words would be easily distinguishable from the actual words of the Torah. Is this just hearsay or speculation? If so, is there any reason given for why?
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It is mentioned in http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rashi_script that it was not Rashi's script (according to he.wikipedia.org, the script is actually sefardic in origin).
The printers needed a new script to differentiate commentaries from the main text. (Tosfos also uses "Rashi letters" as well as many other commentaries)
He didn't. According to a Mansucript Preparation class I attended this year, what's known as Rashi script was the font the printer used. As a side point, the script used in some Judeo-Arabic written manuscripts - particularly the Rambam's handwriting - is very similar to Rashi script.
also because it takes less space, you can write more within the same page, meaning cheaper, smaller and more concise books
I was taught that since ink and particularly parchment was at a premium, it would make sense to fit as much writing as you could onto a sheet, and as such, what we know as Rashi script was born, as it was more compact than block.
I learned that it also used less ink than the traditional "square" script. In medieval times, when making ink was a long, expensive process using oak galls and other uncommon ingredients, it's easy to understand why a printer preferred using a font that used less ink.


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In a homework exercise, three functions are given, and it is asked which one of those is differentiable at the origin. The correct is answer is the third, which is indeed differentiable at the origin. My question, however, is why isn't the second one (shown below) differentiable?
$$ f(x, y) = \begin{cases} \frac{xy^2}{x^2+y^2}& \Leftarrow (x, y) \ne (0, 0)\\ 0&\Leftarrow (x, y) = (0, 0) \end{cases}$$
Both the partial derivatives at the origin exist and are continuous, so $f \in C^1$, and thus it should be differentiable at all points of its domain, in particular at the origin. To help understand the problem, I plotted the function, and indeed, it is not differentiable at the origin. So I ask: where did I made a mistake? Is my assessment about the partial derivatives wrong?
Thanks in advance for the help.


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Steubenville-area churches have announced the following sermon themes for their Sunday services:
--Bell Chapel United Methodist Church, Steubenville: "Six of One, Half a Dozen of Another."
Bloomingdale Presbyterian Church: "No One Likes a Braggart!"
-- Covenant Presbyterian Church, Steubenville: "How Have You Loved Me?"
-- Finley United Methodist Church, Steubenville: "Daniel's Gifting from God" (part two in a series), morning service; "The Church's Mission," evening service.
-- First Christian Church, Disciples, Steubenville: "The Pathway to Spiritual Maturity," guest minister the Rev. Allan Brown.
-- First Church of Christ, Scientist, Steubenville: "Christ Jesus."
-- First United Methodist Church, Toronto: "I Am - Wants You To Get It!"
-- Harmony United Methodist Church, Mingo Junction: "Praise, Repent, Ask, Yield."
-- Rush Run Community Chapel, Rayland: "Developing a Strong Personal Relationship with the Lord."
-- St. Mark Lutheran Church, Steubenville: "Humility - A Lesson Well Learned."
-- St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Steubenville: "Look Out for No. 1."
-- St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Steubenville: "Sing with Joy," guest priest the Rev. Ben Wright.
-- Starkdale Presbyterian Church, Steubenville: "The Mother of All Sins."
Tiltonsville United Methodist Church: "Jesus Yesterday, Today and Forever."
Wintersville Church of Christ, Wintersville: "Faith and Perseverance," guest speaker Chuck Brettell.
-- Wintersville United Methodist Church: "Labor of Love," guest speaker Heath McAfoose and family.
-- Zion United Church of Christ, Steubenville: "Open Table."


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STEUBENVILLE - It is redemption time for Pittsburgh Pirate fans who have suffered silently, and sometimes not so silently, through two decades of losing.
The Pirates have broken a 20-year losing streak and are making a run to the National League playoff series.
The Pirates beat the Milwaukee Brewers Tuesday night to chalk up their 81st victory and to keep playoff fever alive in the Pirate community.
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RAISE THE JOLLY ROGER — Steubenville resident Jim Emmerling looks at his vintage Pittsburgh Pirate ball cap in his Pirate room. Emmerling, a lifelong Pirate fan, said he believes the Pirates are serious contenders for a playoff berth and a trip to the 2013 World Series. Emmerling said he has never stopped believing in his team in spite of 20 losing seasons and called this year,"redemption." — Dave Gossett
According to lifelong Pirate fan Jim Emmerling of Steubenville, "The Pirates are now a legitimate contender. I knew the Pirates wouldn't go 21 straight losing years because 21 was (Roberto) Clemente's number. Clemente would have been 79 years old this year and 1979 was the last year the Pirates won the World Series. Its all in the numbers this year."
"The recent trades the Pirates made were huge. To get Marlon Byrd and John Buck from the Mets was absolutely great. And then the trade with the Twins for Justin Morneau was also huge. I have been a Pirates fan since birth I am am extremely optimistic and excited this year," said Emmerling.
"I can remember going to games at Forbes Field with my dad and my brothers. Now I go to PNC Park with my sons and I can sit in the seats and see the building where my dad worked. It brings it all back to me. I have been to 39 games so far this year and have 11 more regular-season games to go," Emmerling said.
"This year is all about redemption for me and other Pirate fans who have suffered the last 20 years. The last two years were really difficult, but this year is paying off for us. Owner Bob Nutting has done a great job putting together all of the pieces this year but he has never received credit for his patience and belief in this team. I never considered the ownership to be smart. I consider Bob Nutting to be a very smart team owner who took his time building a very good small market team that have become real contenders. We got Morneau for $3 million for a month. But I am hoping he finds a young, exciting team that can be winners for the next several years, That may make Morneau want to stay with the Pirates for the remainder of his career," declared Emmerling, who said he heard verbal abuse about his beloved team the past two years.
"I never gave up on the Pirates in my life. And right now I am watching a team that can win it all. If their pitching continues they are as good as anyone in the National League. The Pirates have made themselves into an American League team which is playing in the National League. Clint Barmes was the only question mark in the batting order and now he is hitting. The Pirates don't have an easy out in their lineup. The Pirate pitchers and farm system have given the team some real core players for this year and the future. Charlie Morton has made a legitimate turn around. And I consider Neil Huntington the best general manager in baseball today," stated Emmerling.
"If you haven't been to Pittsburgh's North Side this year you need to go there. It is an exciting atmosphere surrounding the ball park and people are having fun. Pittsburgh has done a great job fixing up that neighborhood to make it a really attractive place for the home town and visitors," remarked Emmerling.
"We still have six games against Cincinnati and three games against St. Louis. I think the Cincinnati series will be the key. It could very well come down to the Reds. I don't want to get ahead of myself but I really believe this may be the year," predicted Emmerling.
Don Fithen of Toronto is another lifelong true Pirate believer.
"I have been a Pirate fan as long as I can remember. And my family has a tradition where my father, brother and I along with a couple other buddies try to go to every Pirate Sunday home game.," said Fithen.
"I can remember the Bucs winning in the 1960s. They won two World Series in the 1970s. And, we have paid for our success for the past 20 years. It was a great time to be a Pirate fan in the 1970s and it has been frustrating since. But I have remained a Pirate fan through the good years and the tough years. And this year has been great," Fithen commented.
"The team is good, but the recent acquisitions have made a good team even stronger. I think they have the horses to go all the way. They are as good or better than anyone else playing ball today. These are exciting times and it is fun to be a Pirate fan. Its time to hoist the Jolly Roger again," Fithen declared.
Mark Stacy, Steubenville Municipal Court bailiff and probation officer, has been a lifelong Pirates fan. When he was young he used to take the bus to Pittsburgh with other kids just to watch a game.
Stacy, because of his American Legion baseball coaching, tends to take in more games later in the season.
Stacy has had a special interest in the Pirates during the past couple years. Ray Searage, the Pirates pitching coach, was his roommate when the two attended college at West Liberty. The two text back and forth on a regular basis.
Stacy said the hardest sporting event he ever watched was when the Pirates lost to the Atlanta Braves in the 1992 National League Championship Series in seven games.
"We knew that was our last chance for a long time," Stacy said.
For all the losing seasons that followed, Stacy said he stood behind the Pirates because, overall, the history of the team puts it among some of the best.
But the losing seasons were hard on Stacy.
"It was really hard to watch. That wasn't good baseball," he said.
When PNC Park was built, Stacy said many fans were resolved that the Pirates would continue to lose but still wanted to go to the game just to be in PNC Park.
"That was hard for me. In 1979, (when the team won the World Series) there were 50,000 people in Three Rivers Stadium. Pittsburgh always was a good baseball town."
But Stacy said the Pirates had to put a good product on the field.
"They said baseball is America's pastime but it was hard to pass time when the team was so bad," said Stacy, whose office is decorated with posters of Clemente.
"For the games to mean something at this time of the year, it is really fun," he said.
Stacy said it never occurred to him to root for another team.
"I'm always a Pirates fan."
John Corrigan Jr., Jefferson County clerk of courts, said he remembers going to Pirates games for years with his father. But his interest in the team wavered with all the losing seasons.
"When they lose, they don't get a lot of support. It is good to seem them doing so well," he said.
He said other professional sports in Pittsburgh - the Steelers and Penguins - have enjoyed good seasons while the Pirates were losing.
"It has been a long, dry haul," Corrigan said about the 20 consecutive losing seasons.
He now watches the team on TV every night the Pirates play.
Longtime Pirate fan Keith Murdock said he's deliberately stayed away from the ballpark this year in hopes of turning the team's luck. Instead, he's been watching them play on TV and reading about them in the newspaper.
"I'm trying to keep it under wraps, but I have been following them on TV and the newspaper - that's about as close as I thought I could get without cursing them," said Murdock, who said he typically goes to "30 or 40 games a year, and traveled with friends to a dozen different ballparks to see them play in the last five years."
"They didn't seem like they had a much different team this year than last, but, obviously, they were able to make some moves that improved the team immensely. I'm really glad for them. I know the Pirates organization has been criticized substantially over the last 20 years. It just goes to show you've got to keep the faith."
Steubenville resident Donna Ross said her family - all nine of them - has a serious case of pennant fever.
"My dad used to listen to the Pirates every day back when Bob Prince was the announcer," she said. "We had this little, crackley transistor that we'd use."
Ross said she and her husband took their own kids - five sons and two daughters - to the stadium a lot during the Three Rivers Stadium era. Now, she said she and her husband make a point of watching on TV.
"I have a little teddy bear on my desk, it's a Steelers bear, but I have all my tickets with it," she said. "There is a light-up candle that came with it. I turn the candle on and have a victory light every time the Pirates, Penguins or the Steelers win."
She's hoping that candle gets a lot of work this month.
"I hope I get to turn it on all the way through the playoffs and World Series," she said.
Larry Mosti of Toronto said he's been waiting from this moment for a long time.
"It's very exciting," he said. I'm going to see the Pirates play) on Thursday. This puts some energy back into the area for baseball. This will be the first time my son, who is a Pirates' fan, will see them have a winning season. That really puts it into perspective."
Cindy Freshwater, also of Toronto, echoed Mosti's sentiments.
"I'm so excited," she said. "I remember the winning season in 1979 and the song they used, 'We are Family.' It brings back the year of 1979 when we went to the World series. It seems to me we are all family again. I wish Willie Stargell was alive to see this season. That year was like a continuous high."
Perry West, who was assistant or head baseball coach at Follansbee and Brooke high schools for 33 years and is currently baseball director for the Ohio Valley Athletic Conference, said of the Pirates' recent success, "I'm happy to see a local team doing so well.'
West said he is "a fan of the Pirates as well as other teams. I just like to see good baseball."
He said the Pirates' current roster offers "a good combination of pitching and hitting."
But West added it won't be easy for the Buccos to make it to the World Series.
"They will have a tough time getting out of their division between Cincinnati and St. Louis. You can never count the Cardinals out. They've always been a contender," West said in an interview Friday.
But West said if the Pirates do advance to the world championship, "It would be really nice. They have a beautiful park and some really good players."
Rob Robinson, Brooke Brooke High School's head baseball coach from 1983 to 2005 and currently facilities supervisor for Brooke County Schools, said the Pirates' success can be attributed to an effort by the team's management to cultivate and retain talented players.
"I'm very pleased to see that management's trying to develop a contender and I think it's very positive."
Robinson said the Pirate's current record "is very exciting for the community."
He said if the team is to reach the World Series, it will be a hard fought battle.
"I think they're in the toughest division in baseball, with the Cardinals close on their heels and Cincinnati not far behind," Robinson said.


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When reading through the documentation, you often encounter the phrases
SubValues, and
OwnValues. I am trying to understand the distinction between the four of them, and how, for a given
Symbol, I can use them. Also, are they processed differently internally?
When reading through the documentation, you often encounter the phrases
In Mathematica, all functions are really just patterns, and there are different kinds of those.
Let's start with
This defines a pattern for
However, when encountered with an argument downwards (i.e. down the internal structure of the command you entered), the pattern applies,
You can see the generated rule using
The next type of pattern concerns
If the symbol
The last command is
This defines neither an
(Intuitively, an
In addition to the differences between these global rules reflected in the patterns for which assignment operators put the global rule into one or another
Evaluation: OwnValues
This has several consequences. Here is one example:
As you can see, none of the Attributes assigned to
Once again, these definitions had no chance to execute.
These cases may seem contrived, and indeed they do not happen very often as results of a deliberate coding, but they can quite often happen due to a mistake, and then are hard to debug. One very relevant discussion is here. To complete this part, let me mention another very insidious case. Let us just take the last example and reverse the order in which we were creating definitions:
Somewhat miraculously, the code worked, seemingly contradicting my previous statements. But let us look closer:
is all right, but this
may be a surprise. This is an example of evaluation during assigments. A more complete discussion can be found e.g. here. This is just another pitfall to watch out for.
Evaluation: DownValues vs SubValues
It is useful to know that
Had I reversed the order of definitions, and we'd have got this:
This is another case of evaluation during an assigment: the first definition for
Another important difference: functions defined via
The only workaround I am aware of, when such construct is needed, is this:
Similar situation holds for some other attributes, e.g.
DownValues vs UpValues: System-wide changes vs. locality
There are several important ways in which
In addition to being safe and local, such redefinitions may also be quite general, if one uses constructs like
DownValues vs UpValues: Order of evaluation
The next point is evaluation. The common statement you can encounter is that "
DownValues vs UpValues: Hold-attributes
This one is related to the previous point: one should be aware that search for
If one wants to absolutely prevent the search for
I tried to outline and illustrate several technical points which pop up quite frequently in practice and can be frustrating at first. My main message is that a huge difference between different kinds of rules is induced by the way they are used in the main evaluation sequence. This difference may not be immediately apparent, but it affects all aspects of how these rules are used in practice.


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The printed version of Tur (end of Orach Chaim 688) says that in that case the parshiyos would not have to be read again, and Beis Yosef there agrees. However, Darchei Moshe and Bach there argue that this version is incorrect, and that indeed they would have to be reread in (or, for Shekalim, before) Adar Sheni.


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Commentary: The best and worst of BYU football fans
This one is particularly disturbing. How Cougar Stadium-turned-LaVell Edwards Stadium did not sell out, or at least get to 64,000 is, frankly, pathetic.
The guy who put Provo, Utah, on the college football powerhouse map, gave the state of Utah its only college football national championship, Heisman trophy winner and, along the way, nearly copyrighted the forward pass only had 62,308 supporters in attendance on his last home game.
That final attendance figure was the count at the end of the game. Who knows how few showed up on time?
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Cute little brothers thinking you belong with the big boys.
You don't.
No big conference likes you or wants you.
You will always be a WAC program with WAC quality fans
- 3:40 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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BYU fans are quite spoiled and have really unrealistic expectations. With the
challenges that BYU has in recruiting speed at the skill positions, you'd
think the Cougar faithful wouldn't be shocked or angry when they get beat
by better/faster teams. Yet whenever it happens I hear an extraordinary amount
of whining and excuse making and calls for the coach's head.
Utah fans lack a realistic approach also. Tell me how you are going to compete for a Pac 12 championship and a Rose Bowl when the BYU game is still the only real "must-win" on your schedule? I think the best thing that could happen for Utah is for the rivalry to go away for 2 years. Hopefully then Utah can focus on winning PAC 12 games of substance rather than non-league games against mediocre independents.
I am so ready for this rivalry to go away!!
- 3:52 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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You need to do some more research before you diss the 62,000+ fans at
Lavell's last game. What was the weather like? Who were they playing?
What was their season record at that point? What time was the game? Did Provo
City or UDOT have a major construction project at the stadium or on the freeway?
And what about the 62,000+ that DID show up? They ought to get some respect,
in fact look at why they needed to build the expanded stadium in the first place
and how many sell-out games they have had over the years. Total fans in that
time? Sour grapes by the reporter.
One lame dude attaching a cheerleader hardly qualifies as being a bad fan base. I can give you instances of fans 40 miles north getting into fights in the stands and injuring a lady while campus police turned their head. Does that make that schools fans bad too, by association?
During Edwards' era cheers were for touchdowns; during Crowton's ear they were for first downs. The momentum changes from year-to-year.
I know you need a story for rivalry week, but this one fails somewhat.
- 3:52 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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What a pointless article.
- 3:56 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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Who is this BYU-hating Dave Gillespie character and makes him such an "expert" about BYU fans?
- 4:36 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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Hey, Chris B, glad to see you are singing the praises of the WAC. You
conveniently left out the MWC. Remember way back when reality was something
Utah fans understood when they were charter members of the WAC and the MWC
(probably before you were born) and BYU dominated that league in almost EVERY
sport, year-in-and-year-out? Utah had a good basketball program for a while,
but where is that now? How many league titles does Utah have in
Track-and-Field during those glory years? NONE. How many in baseball? How
many in Football? Why did Whittingham say he was glad they would never have to
play Air Force in Football again?
Utah carries the water and towels for the 'big boys' cuz they certainly don't give them any competition. You LOST to OSU at home. In year one, it was Colorado at HOME.
Utes---big deal.
Go sell PAC 12 Trivia, that's where U excel, not on the field. Don't forget 0 - 27 at UNLV, too. Embarrassing, wasn't it? Now you get creamed every week in the PAC 12.
- 4:39 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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Really bad excuse for an article here. You can find all of these same issues in any other fan base. Give me a break.
- 4:44 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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Waiting for a similar article about Utah now. All this did was show that fans of
BYU are human. Demeaning BYU fans by showing some of the worst about them and
then making fun of the "primary lessons" and "Mini-van"
stereotype is pathetic.
Are you going to write about the coward Utah fan who charged Mendenhall last year and back down after Mendenhall started walking to him? What about Ute fans dumping beer on Max Halls family? Seems an article like this is only meant to demean a program, not uplift. Try writing something positive about the fans and see if you can change the situation for the better (for Utes and Cougars) rather than allow this article to become a hotbed of infighting that is already out of control (al la Chris B).
- 4:57 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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"fail gating" hahaha so true.
- 5:01 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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Hey Chris,
How about those Oregon State Beavers! On and check in with Amazon, they just released those PAC 12 doormats in beautiful crimson red. Just in time for the holidays!
- 6:06 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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"Don't forget 0 - 27 at UNLV, too."
I believe you made a major mistatement on this one.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but that 0-27 debacle occurred at home, not on the road.
- 7:06 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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"DeseretNews.com encourages a civil dialogue among its readers. "
Both this article and the comments show the hypocrisy of this statement.
- 7:37 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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Should have researched before I posted.
The 0-27 was in Vegas. My memory was faulty, toosmartforyou had it right.
- 8:21 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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I have to agree this article wasn't very interesting.
- 9:08 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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@ I Bleed Blue
"How about those Oregon State Beavers! On and check in with Amazon, they just released those PAC 12 doormats in beautiful crimson red. Just in time for the holidays!"
Only a BYU fan would know, right? Considering your kitty cats keep losing to that conference "doormat" you whY? like to call us. Now you can add Virginia to that list of conference doormats your kitty cats lost to. Doesn't look too good for BYU, now does it?
- 10:18 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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@chis b
When utah can talk about their greatness based on what they accomplish as a team then your words will have merrit... losing to OSU on your own field after they were taken to the wood shed by an FCS team on their home field does not give your team any form of bragging rights... Belonging to the Big Bad PAC12 means nothing when you are a doormat...
Looking at your schedule makes me think that y'all have a very long season ahead of you... The only potential win I see for utah is the last game of the season against your new rival "Colorado" and I would not be surprised if they take you out too... That leaves you guys with a 2-10 season... Ouch... Hope that doesn't cost KW his job...
Pounding one's chest based on the league one belongs to is like our former QB (Heaps) telling America how tough they are going to be as a member of the Big 12... LOL... They were spanked last weekend by Rice and a full season of spankings are scheduled for them as well.
BYU 31 utes 14
Mark it Down.
Oh, and Go Buffalos...
- 10:31 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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- 11:05 p.m. Sept. 16, 2013
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I don't get it.
Why does DN feel compelled to dish all this hate on BYU fans?
Even your examples of bad fan behavior are pretty weak.
Are you going to submit a similar article about Utah fans?
I've attended a lot of BYU road games all over the country, and I can honestly say that when it comes to bad behavior, there is not even a close second to Utah fans.
- 12:14 p.m. Sept. 17, 2013
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To all Utah and Utah State fans, I'm a USC fan, and believe me, they way SC is capable of playing poorly this season don't be surprised if one or both of you get wins against an ostensible top 25 team. As for BYU, from what I saw against Texas, I'm glad we won't be playing them this year.
- 12:35 p.m. Sept. 17, 2013
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I have no doubt that an article very much like this could be written about the fan base of every college football program in America. If the only unique thing - the only negative thing that is, at least, uncommon among other groups of fans - that you (the proverbial "you") can say about BYU's fans is that they don't show up on time for games or that they don't get drunk in the parking lot before a game starts, then I think this is pretty weak.
- 1:53 p.m. Sept. 17, 2013
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I'm a BYU fan and love BYU sports, but the fans have always been an enigma to me. They called for Norm Chows head and then did nothing but complain after his departure. Many of them wanted Anae gone after somehow forgetting how awful the offense was before him...only to realize it again when Doman took his place. There's the almost sacrament meeting atmosphere at times in the stadium, where if you stand up to cheer some old timer yells at you to sit back down because you're blocking his view (probably the same guy that said "they don't have games on Saturday afternoon anymore").There's the lack of tailgating and pregame pageantry that carries tradition at other power programs. When I watch my Georgia Bulldogs there's a sea of red in the stands, including read pom poms and towels. BYUs stands look like a collidascope of colors, which has always been disappointing to me. In other programs, gameday is an event...all day. If BYU fans are honest, they see the truth in many points of this article. I am, however, looking for the same truth in a forthcoming Utah article.
- 2:21 p.m. Sept. 17, 2013
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If you are looking for a bad loss to UNLV you do not have to look any further than when the Y lost to UNLV at HOME in 2004.
The U used their horrible loss to Unlv to go 21-1 over the next season and half, BYU went into the fetal position and fired their coach.
- 4:36 p.m. Sept. 17, 2013
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What is the point of this article? At least do the same for the Ute fans, the Aggie fans, and the Wildcats fans. What editor approved a divisive story like this?
- 5:29 p.m. Sept. 17, 2013
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I agree with you! I laughed hard at your comment because I was at a BYU basketball game once and I got sweated for standing because they couldn't see. I just moved, but it was hilarious that you brought it up.
- 8:11 p.m. Sept. 17, 2013
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Isa is a freakin' genius. A donut cupcake? You better believe it! These tasty treats from Veganomicon were the perfect end to an intensely busy work week. Not only are they delicious, they are fun to bake. The filling is placed on top of the batter and it magically sinks into the cupcake as it bakes. I actually ran out of jam (time to go shopping), so I pressed a few chocolate chips into the center of the remaining cupcakes. The boys loved them.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Posted by Vegan Dad at 8:39 PM
Labels: cupcakes, Veganomicon
10 comments:
- Jenny said...
I've been reading your blog and I have to just comment and say, your food looks awesome! I will definitely be back for some ideas, thanks for posting your yummy foods!
- February 8, 2008 at 9:34 PM
- mustardseed said...
COOL! What kind of jam did you use?
- February 9, 2008 at 10:15 AM
- trina said...
Nice picture!
- February 9, 2008 at 11:45 AM
- Vegan Dad said...
I used strawberry, but next time will try grape just to shake things up.
- February 9, 2008 at 12:45 PM
- Cravin' Veggies said...
Ooh, ooh... I wonder if you and do PB&J together?!?
- February 9, 2008 at 7:58 PM
- mustardseed said...
that's an idea! I love PB&J..
- February 10, 2008 at 2:04 AM
- Anonymous said...
I made these for donut day- Fat Tuesday- they were well enjoyed.
- February 10, 2008 at 10:37 PM
- Shellyfish said...
Hi Vegan Dad,
This is my first visit to your blog and I think it's great. I usually have a soft-spot for folks from Northern Ontario (I'm from a US border town in Northern Michigan but definitely more identified with the Canadian side).
I also love your pics- I'm just learning to do get pics on my blog, so they are pretty silly yet.
I'm a Vegan Mum, and I see you've got lots of great tot-friendly stuffs, so right on for the inspiration.
- February 11, 2008 at 3:05 PM
- Anonymous said...
first- love your blog. i have made your dishes for my family (my completely ommivorous family) and i think i may be slowly converting them!
anyhow. i made these as well and, though they tasted great, they were ugly. the jelly wasn't absorbed, so there was a deep dent in the top of every one. i covered them in buttercream icing, which was just too sweet for them. how can i prevent this next time? i used a heaping teaspoon like the recipe called for, was it too much? maybe a different temperature? thanks!
- June 1, 2008 at 2:43 PM
- Vegan Dad said...
I find that it's all about the jam for these cupcakes. You really need to get the cheap and nasty stuff because it has the right density to sink into the cupcake but not sink to far. If your jam is to thin, it seems to plummet right through the cupcake and end up on the bottom--which is not great when you take the liner off. Or, I have seen other blogs with the same problem that you had--cupcakes with half-sunk jam that look slightly rude. Experiment with different jams, and make sure the jam is warm when you put it in--not too hot or cold. Or, email Isa and she what she says.
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I've just gone through the london winter and both my bikes now have a slipping freehub. Admittedly my mountain bikes' freehub is quite old and probably worn out, but I'm wondering if they are seized up inside and I can apply some lubrication to stop it from slipping? Anyone got any good advice?
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It can happen that the pawls get sticky and cleaning helps. Here's a couple of guides:
http://www.parktool.com/blog/repair-help/freehub-service http://www.bikeradar.com/gear/article/workshop-how-to-overhaul-your-freehub-23757/
Cold also makes it worse, but this covers much worse temperatures that the UK: http://www.icebike.org/Equipment/freehub.htm
(And while it's true that "flushing with solvent has not been a reliable substitute for full disassembly", if the freewheel isn't engaging at all, just drenching it with WD-40 can work as a short term fix until you get round to a proper job.)


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Requiem for the Joba Mustache
The mustache debuted in spring training, but its true public unveiling came on opening day, in a cold and emptying Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox were leading and the Yankees looked old and anemic, and a late afternoon chill had brusquely turned to rain. Loyalists hoping for a rally began scrambling for the exits. They'd arrived at the stadium wanting an opening-day triumph and a ninth closed out by the elegant Mariano Rivera, now 43 and embarked upon his farewell lap. Instead they got Joba Chamberlain—and Joba Chamberlain's beautiful, terrible mustache.
It was a mustache to behold. When Chamberlain revealed it upon his arrival in Tampa, it was wispy and unserious, a translucent caterpillar. But six weeks later it had evolved into something robust, almost preening in its fuzziness and breadth. This was a mustache that wanted to be seen. Already it had been compared with the mustache of a sea captain, or a Brooklyn bartender, or that of a cable repairman who wasn't really there to fix the cable. It could be viewed without assistance from the upper deck, and surely at home plate, where the unimpressed Red Sox pounded Chamberlain for another three ugly runs and rendered the Stadium silent. Yankee Day 1 had become a punch line. When the game was over, Chamberlain sat slumped at his locker, looking dejected. A mustache had been roughed up.
But this was only one game. The mustache had potential. This season is an important one in the pitching life of Chamberlain, who'd shown such promise in the early moments of his career, but had become something much less promising, undone by injury and other distractions. After 79 appearances in 2010, he'd pitched in only 49 games in the following two seasons, and the thrill that once surrounded the hard-throwing Nebraskan reliever, now 27, had settled into something lukewarm. When would Joba ever be the Joba once promised? Chamberlain had been mentioned in trade gossip, and he'd growled in spring training about being a starter, episodes that only reminded how much his status had slipped.
Was the mustache a signal of the old Joba swagger? It did have personality, some brio. It felt like a throwback to some bell-bottomed Yankee tradition. The club has a starchy, perplexing policy about facial hair—mustaches are OK; goatees and beards aren't—but it hasn't stopped some spectacular creativity on the upper lip. The Hall of Fame of Yankee Mustaches is remarkable: Thurman Munson, Catfish Hunter, Sparky Lyle, Reggie Jackson, Don Mattingly, among others. Goose Gossage's walrusian 'stache should be in Cooperstown alongside Goose Gossage. Cases are made for Oscar Gamble, even Steve Balboni. Billy Martin, of course. Jason Giambi tried one a few years back, mostly to ridicule.
Mustaches like Chamberlain's should be encouraged. Especially now. At least it offered levity. This is not expected to a brilliant Yankee season—the team looks creaky and iffy and there are predictions of a finish deep out of the playoffs. There's not a lot of confident laughter. Granted, the Yankees are not a barrel of yuks, even in good times—the culture of the team seems permanently trapped in the turgid middle of Alec Baldwin's "Glengarry Glen Ross" speech—but humor must be welcomed amid stress. The Yankees did salute Chamberlain's mustache in March on the team's official Twitter account, describing it as "utterly glorious."
Then suddenly, the mustache was gone. After another bouncy outing, this one against Detroit, Chamberlain decided to shave it Sunday. "It wasn't working, so we decided to get rid of it," the pitcher told reporters including the Journal's Daniel Barbarisi. "I figured I'd see if I had an upper lip." He said he'd done it with a trimmer before the game. "I'll shave tomorrow," Chamberlain said.
And with that, another Yankee legend was consigned to history. This legend had delivered no pennants or titles, carded not one victory to its name. It did not have a baseball card or a sneaker campaign or a restaurant. (Of course it did have a parody Twitter account.) It played in no old-timers games, punched no paparazzi and never got caught leaving a nightclub at 4 a.m. It will be forgotten by May, and this feels like a New York shame. Joba Chamberlain's mustache was going places. It could have been a contender. Or at least a useful laugh.


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BELLAIRE - Voters in Marshall, Wetzel and Tyler counties in West Virginia approved levies to support their respective school districts in December, but two local Ohio school districts need to head in a new direction as they have not had as much success appealing to residents at the polls.
In the Edison Local School District, for example, voters on Feb. 5 declined a 9.45-mill operating levy by a 481-vote margin, setting a plan in motion that will eliminate transportation for high school students and close Pleasant Hill Elementary School.
Bellaire Local School District - which has been in fiscal emergency with state oversight for many months - has seen multiple levies and taxes fail at the polls.
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OHIO?REP. Jack Cera, D-Bellaire, right, is not optimistic the state of Ohio will ever properly deal with its funding issues.
This lack of support for public school systems has a negative impact on local communities, as the fiscal health of a school district is a major factor for many people and businesses looking to relocate.
Why do Mountain State voters seem more eager than their Buckeye neighbors to pay a little extra to support their schools? The answer likely lies in the system used to fund schools in Ohio, which has been declared unconstitutional three times since 1997.
The Ohio Supreme Court, in DeRolph vs. State of Ohio, ruled that Ohio's reliance on local tax dollars does not provide for fair and equitable educational opportunities for all residents.
That is because too much depends on where someone is born and raised.
School district that have high property values would see levies generate much more revenue than would districts in urban and rural areas where property assets have lower values.
Neither the General Assembly nor the state's administration have ever adequately addressed the problem.
"I'm not optimistic that we will ever deal with" school funding, said Ohio Rep. Jack Cera, D-Bellaire. "The state needs to take more of a role in funding education at the state level so there's more equity among schools and we're not relying on property tax. In our area, (property) values are not great. ... And school levies may be the only chance people have to vote against a tax."
Cera pointed out that Ohio Gov. John Kasich recently unveiled a two-year budget proposal that contains a funding plan the governor says is designed to equalize funding among Ohio's 612 public school districts.
Cera noted, however, that many local school superintendents have expressed dismay that their district would see no funding increases under that plan.
State Sen. Lou Gentile, D-Steubenville, said of the 33 school districts in his nine-county Senate district, perhaps five would see modest increases under Kasich's plan.
While this is good news for those schools, including the Steubenville and Toronto city school districts and Jefferson County Joint-Vocational School, Gentile is concerned about those whose state funding would remain flat while they are "still reeling from cuts" made over the past couple of years.
Gentile said school officials he has spoken with believe they were "misled" about Kasich's vision for school funding.
"A lot of rural superintendents were led to believe they would receive a funding increase," Gentile said. "The actual numbers are not consistent with what the sales pitch was."
Gentile said Kasich's proposal is "tilted to benefit wealthier districts, citing proposed funding increases in excess of 300 percent for some districts in wealthy areas around Columbus."
Gentile believes that since the state has achieved a balanced budget, officials' top priority should be a bipartisan effort to create a new, equitable school funding formula.
"We need move away from our over-reliance on property taxes," he said.


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I am trying to set the variable $purchase to use in my email template per the following configuration:
App::uses('CakeEmail', 'Network/Email');
$email = new CakeEmail();
$email->template('new_order_email', 'default');
$email->from(array('email@example.com' => 'A Great Site'));
$email->subject('Order details');
But this doesn't work when I attempt to use the $purchase variable in the template. Instead, the email which is sent contains the following error:
Notice (8): Undefined variable: purchase [APP/View/Emails/html/new_order_email.ctp, line 2]
This indicates that $purchase is not available, even though I did set that variable using the CakeEmail:viewVars(); function. Any ideas why I am having this problem?


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I have a vectorial image which is fairly complex (got it off the web) and it is some kind of a circle. While the center of this circle is white it is not transparent. I've been trying to apply a compound path over the image which has a clipping mask and I get this error from Illustrator:
Cannot make a compound path. A compound path cannot combine a clipping mask with an ordinary path.
Would you know how to do this or how to actually make the center of the circle transparent while being in a clipping mask.
Here's the link to the actual image: http://www.free-vector-design.com/background-vector/abstract-circle-vector-1.html


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STEUBENVILLE - The Catholic Central boys were back in town Saturday and they found their intensity just in time to send the fans home happy.
Playing inside the Mickey Barber Gymnasium for the first time since Dec. 18, the Crusaders broke open a tight contest with a pair of 9-0 second-half scoring runs to earn a 64-53 victory over Bridgeport.
The visiting Bulldogs scored the final seven points of the first quarter to pull even at 15. A triple by Bailey McGrath along with hoops from Parker Dyson and Jon Kreiter sparked the Bridgeport burst.
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CAN'T?GET?A?HANDLE — Steubenville Catholic Central's Zach Herrington gets the ball knocked out of his hands by Bridgeport's Q.J. Williams during the third quarter of Saturday's 64-53 win by the Crusaders. Herrington led the way with a game-high 22 points.
Central was able to grab a 24-22 halftime lead thanks to Ryan Fletcher's play in the second stanza. He connected from the line to tie things at 20, drained a three off a set inbounds play then knocked down another freebie.
Bridgeport was able to stay close based on its outstanding shooting performance. The 'Dogs were 10 of 19 during the first 16 minutes.
Things started to go downhill after Q.J. Williams got the first hoop of the third period. Michael Barber knocked one down from behind the arc. Fletcher scored off a steal then put back a Barber miss. Zach Herrington and Fletcher swished free throws and it was 33-24 Crusaders.
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Catholic Central, 64, Bridgeport 53
Bridgeport 15 7 14 17 - 53
Catholic Central 15 9 22 18 - 64
BRIDGEPORT (2-9): Roth 1 0-0 2; Fields 5 0-0 10; Cash 0 0-0 0; Teeman 1 0-0 2; Kreiter 5 0-0 12; McGrath 3 3-3 10; Williams 4 4-4 12; Dyson 2 1-4 5. TOTALS: 21 7-10 53. 3-pointers: Kreiter 2, McGrath 2; Rebounds: 28 (Dyson 8); Turnovers: 26.
CENTRAL (11-2): Barber 6 1-2 16; Colabella 0 0-0 0; Carapellotti 1 1-1 3; Manfresca 1 2-2 4; Fletcher 5 3-6 14; Herrington 8 5-9 22; Martello 1 0-0 3; Porreca 0 0-0 0; Kotur 0 0-0 0; Dombrowski 1 0-0 2; Howard 0 0-0 0. TOTALS: 23 12-19 64. 3-pointers: Barber 3, Fletcher, Herrington, Martello; Rebounds: 26 (Herrington 10); Turnovers: 10.
A three ball by Matt Martello made it 46-36 Central after three. During the frame, the pressing Central defense forced eight Bridgeport turnovers.
"We did pick up our intensity in the second half," Sean Tucker said of his now 11-2 club. "One of our many leaders suggested we press full court. That's another great example of our players taking it upon themselves to make things happen. These kids are relentless, they claw, they're scrappy and it's a joy to be around them."
The second Central run came in the final quarter after McGrath pulled Donnie Cash's club to within nine (53-44) by sinking both ends of a one and one. Barber scored on one of his several drives to the hoop then off a nifty feed from Michael Carapellotti. Carapellotti recorded an "and one," the two-pointer coming off a Michael Manfresca assist. Herrington added a pair of free tosses to put the game out of reach at 62-44.
"We just didn't match their intensity at the start of the third quarter," Cash pointed out. "I can honestly say I'm proud of my guys. They put four quarters together tonight against a very good team. We played hard all night."
Herrington paced Central in scoring with 22 and finished off the double-double by pulling down 10 rebounds Barber added 16 (nine coming on a trio of triples) and Fletcher 14.
"Give our kids all the credit in the world," Tucker noted. "You're asking these kids to play two nights in a row and give it their all (the Crusaders knocked off Barnesville Friday) and that's tough. These kids have overcome a lot of adversity since we've had four sets of back-to-back nights.
"They knew we didn't play well offensively in the first half. We did play well defensively and that's our strength. We made some adjustments at halftime and these kids are able to answer their own questions. That tells us how mature they are becoming. These kids pressed both nights and did a good job. I'm very proud of them."
Central will stay at home for a Tuesday date with Wheeling Central.
Kreiter and Williams led Bridgeport, now 2-9, with 12 points each. Dallas Fields and McGrath evenly divided 20. The Bulldogs also had a back-to-back weekend, having played Cameron on Friday. The visitors did win the rebounding battle 28-26, Dyson collecting eight. Unfortunately, they also were guilty of 26 turnovers, most coming in the second half.
"Our kids didn't hang their heads, they were pulling for each other the whole game," Cash said. "We got down early, we battled back and we made it a game. I don't think the final score was indicative of how close this game was.
"We knew it was going to be a tough game against Central. We're a young team and we hung in there."
Bridgeport returns to action Tuesday, traveling to Shadyside.