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Inspired by this question: What are drawbacks to probabilistic models of cognition?
I would like to know more about the biological plausibility of Bayesian models of cognition. Is there any neural evidence that rejects Bayesian models of cognition?
Inspired by this question: What are drawbacks to probabilistic models of cognition?
I would like to know more about the biological plausibility of Bayesian models of cognition. Is there any neural evidence that rejects Bayesian models of cognition?
When performing certain tasks, people's inferences approximate Bayesian inference to a remarkable degree. For example, when people receive both haptic and visual information about the size of an object, they combine this information in a manner that very closely resembles Bayesian inference, taking account of the uncertainties associated with the visual and haptic information (e.g., Ernst & Banks, 2002). This optimality can be observed in many perceptual (Knill & Pouget, 2004) and sensorimotor (Kording & Wolpert, 2004, 2006) tasks and across a range of information sources (e.g., including prior beliefs and multiple sensory inputs). These findings suggest that there must be biological mechanisms that either implement Bayesian inference or implement something that very closely resembles it.
At the same time, there is no consensus regarding how this is done. While there are proposals about how neural populations might perform Bayesian inference (e.g., Ma, Beck, Latham, & Pouget, 2006; Knill & Pouget, 2004; Kover & Bao, 2010), it is difficult to evaluate these proposals at present: the available neuroscientific evidence is quite limited. Moreover, because the most compelling evidence for Bayesian inference is limited to low-level perceptual processes, it is possible that higher-level inferences are implemented by biological mechanisms that do not perform Bayesian inference. Indeed, given the computational difficulty of Bayesian inference in general, it seems all but inevitable that many biological mechanisms will not implement Bayesian inference exactly.
In summary, some biological mechanisms must perform something like Bayesian inference, but researchers have only begun to explore how this happens, and the extent to which high-level perception and cognition rely on Bayesian computations remains unclear.
For a fruitful discussion of this, which includes some useful links in the comments section, you might want to read this LessWrong post.
Whatever human decision making is at this moment in time, it is something that can be quantified and studied. And as a result, we will be able to determine Bayesian methods for making better decisions, given our current architecture and our preferences.
I think questions like this are slightly misguided in the following way. Humanity took a tiny step toward Bayesianism and then totally dominated the world-wide ecosystem in an evolutionary millisecond. Are we "very" Bayesian? Well, what do you mean by "very"? We certainly employ Bayesian methods more so than a hermit crab or a dolphin, but we have a long way to go if we want most of our decision making to be enacted through genuine Bayesian reasoning.
So I would say that "being Bayesian" can fall on a spectrum. Humans are not near the 0%-Bayesian end of the spectrum, but probably also not near the 100%-Bayesian perspective.
A more interesting questions is whether humanity should strive to engineer itself to specifically be more Bayesian. Some see a perfect Bayesian reasoner as a fixed point of Darwinian evolution (because the universal Solomonoff prior is not computable, it's reasonable to think such a fixed point cannot physically exist, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't try to get there anyway.)


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I actually bought one of these. It's pretty nice and responsive, and the top and bottom case are interchangeable with different colors. Expensive but still nice. The battery life isn't that good, but again it's running Honeycomb.
I did talk to Sony about the US version and they did say the update for ICS was coming out soon! Which means a couple of months. :P At least it's coming. Also, the new Playstation store isn't that great, but it does have some games. Overall this is a good novelty tablet, as the gap between the screen does kinda get annoying. Still nice and portable though. I haven't used the "4G" so I can't comment on that.
I got one of these last month on woot, only problem I haven't been able to use it yet. I received it really fast 4 days after I ordered it, the problem I'm currently in Los Angeles until this Saturday. If shipped here there is sales tax and that $6 stupid tax so I had it shipped home..its a 3 day drive, but I have something to look forward to when I get there.
I was able to get to a Sony store and use it, for the short time I did, it was great. I currently have a Samsung 5in wifi tablet, so x2 5.5in screens..well is more than x2 as good.
@mikeeyram: So a $6 tax for something thats 180 ish dollars? I'm pretty sure you wasted more in what the gas cost than what you saved.
@pedistrarian: What the gas cost?? I live in MI anyways and I'm going to be back there October 8th.
Why would I have something shipped to CA when it cost more, when I can have when I get back to MI and cost less?
Right now the only thing I'm hung up on is the software.
It's great that it seems to now run Android 4.0, but I usually use Cyanogenmod/AOSP and eschew the stock OS.
Sadly, Sony's put the device on a back-burner and isn't releasing a 4.1 OTA upgrade for it.
Being somewhat of a developer, I can't help but to ask the technical questions.
And I have a lot.
How is the dev community on these? Are there many dual-screen applications available for it? Is there an API for dual-screen access like the Kyocera Echo, or does it take one 1024x960 surface and split it? Can it use only one screen? Does it dual-screen multitask? Does it like portrait mode?
Is root possible? Is the bootloader locked? Are there custom ROMs for it? 4.1?
Also, if the drivers aren't a pain to work with, and the bootloader's unlocked, I might begin work on porting Jellybean 4.1 to it, seeing as it doesn't seem to have been done yet. But maybe I'm just not looking deep enough.
Could this work as a data only phone with Google Voice and other such apps?
Wasn't this just on tech.woot like a week ago? Can we wait a little longer before posting it again?
Oh gosh, not this folding design flaw again.
The DS is pretty huge in Japan iirc, so I think it is a bit extreme to call it a design flaw. At least it's not a slab with rounded corners like every other thing out there.
Also, TN has 9.25% sales tax, so I'm envious of your measly $6.
DS as in the Nintendo DS? As in a product that has plenty of developers who are specifically engineering games to make use of the dual screens? Yea, I agree, that's fine.
How many android developers do you think are taking this thing into consideration?
I'd think Sony has the means to crank out some apps, or work deals with specific app houses. However, they only seem to be playing in the tablet market for fun.
Can't justify wasting any amount of money on this... piss poor design, what was Sony thinking?
Previous woot discussion with lots of links to reviews: http://tech.woot.com/forums/viewpost.aspx?postid=5186387
this is a very nice tablet...ignore all negative comments. I had this tablet for 1 week and I love it! I can carry it in my pocket and take with me anywhere!! it is also fast and very convenient for checking emails, typing text and playing games... highly recommend for such price!
@sirocyl: The dev community is largely ignoring this thing. The main focus is on the Sony Tablet S, and any "P" dev is secondary.
I liked the price for a fun little portable, 3g capable, Sony device. I also saw posts and videos about being able to upgrade to a better, newer, more feature rich version of Android. The device is OK for the price and it' is fun a portable but it cannot be upgraded. This is the AT&T model and right now it is one of the few that cannot be upgraded. I wasted hours trying and unless you want to hack it, you're stuck with outdated and clunky Android 3.2.1 (Honeycomb). So unless you're a gadget geek or a Sony fanboy (like me), just wait for the Galaxy Tab to show back up on Woot for the same price.
@sirocyl: This thing is only worth buying if you plan to root it, hack it or have a specific purpose for it. I'm a woot addict and a gadget geek so I liked the price. Anyone with an Android or iOS device could skip it. Please post if you come across any worthwhile mods to this thing.
Did anybody experience trouble getting the Google Play app to install? I got one of these on the previous woot and it prompted me to upgrade the Marketplace to Google Play. However, everytime I try to install Google Play it comes up with an error box asking me whether to force a close. I tried uninstalling the upgrade and trying again, but still same thing and had no luck installing it. Also had trouble with the Playstation Store app but I think I finally got that one to install.
@njsteve: Im having problems with the youtube app as well, it would not run... I also cant reach the update servers due to a connection error.
Im kinda stuck
@njsteve: It was happening to my Sony Tab P too, it was very annoying. I use Wi-Fi only so I do not need the sim card the 3g capability that comes with it and after I removed the sim card (located under the top cover), the Playstore updated without any issues and it did not force close on me again. I hope this helps.
Yeah now that you mention it, I don't think I was able to install youtube either. Yes, I'm using Wi-Fi also, and it sounds strange that removing the SIM card would solve this problem, but I will definitely give it a try.


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I always want to know that how holi scene with slow motion gets captured. Is it purely a slow motion or is it CGI or any other technique?
Below are some screenshots to demonstrate the effect
(This pictures may not belong to any movie)
Not only with liquid colour but also with the powder colour they show it with a slow motion.


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Dear Editor: Local debate over gun control seems to be giving an inordinate amount of attention to NRA claims; howls about second amendment rights ignore the fact of long-standing limitations on......
This is why, when the world seeks answers, it looks to The Times Leader.
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112 posts. It is time to move on. !!!!!!!!!
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Here is another fact that never gets told. Policemen in the UK (Bobbies) traditionally never carried firearms, or needed to for that matter. After firearms were banned in the UK, not only did violent crime rates rise considerably, attacks against Police became such a problem for the first time ever, the English Bobbies started carrying firearms. I do not see what more one would need to determine that firearms are not the problem. People will murder with whatever weapons they can find, taking weapons away from law abiding citizens lessens their ability to protect themselves. The sick mind that decides to murder children was not created by firearms, it was created by society. Tim McViegh used fertilizer to murder 19 children and 149 adults.
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Now there is some history and facts that cannot be debated. Proof that society is the biggest problem, not firearms. The threat of tyranny is just alive today as it was 238 years ago. Not only is the 2cd amendment under attack, but so is the 1st. The right to petition no longer exists in Washington DC, we now have "free speech" zones, that limit the 1st amendment to these regulated areas, often miles away from the action being protested. The Patriot Act and NDAA violate the 4th, 5th, 6th, 8th, 9th and 10th amendments.
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In a 1994 gun debate, Senator Larry Craig, who is an NRA board member, argued that in Switzerland "there are as many guns as there are people," yet the crime rate is low. "But there is also a fundamentally different social attitude in that country." Now that's an understatement. The Swiss may complain about their occasional "criminal tourists," but there are too many American criminal subcultures with that "different social attitude" which results in a disgraceful rate of violent crime.
While the United States is victimized by embarrassing episodes of criminal degradation, the twentieth-century European experience suggests that tyrannical governments kill far more than private criminals. In 1933, the Nazis seized power via massive search-and-seizure operations for firearms against "Communists," i.e., all political opponents. In 1938, in preparation for and during the Night of the Broken Glass, they disarmed the Jews. And when the Nazi
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In a 1905 report, U.S. Army Captain T.B. Mott lauded the universal participation of the Swiss population in shooting matches, his only reservation being "the evil attendant upon all such assemblages of the people, drinking and carousing and the spending of money during sometimes a whole week." Actually, the party atmosphere probably ensured the survival of the Swiss militia. Perhaps the suppression of the "drinking and carousing" which characterized the early American militia musters was the reason for the eventual demise of the American militia system.
After the Great War, the Congress, after hearing laudations about Swiss shooting skills, enacted the Civilian Marksmanship Program, which continues to this day to sell surplus military rifles to civilians, much to the sargrin of Senator Ted Kennedy. Indeed, Switzerland has been debated in Congress whenever firearms prohibitions have been an issue. In testimony against a 1935 handgun-registration bill, Col. Calvin G
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When the first U.S. Congress met and turned to defense measures in 1791, Representative Jackson argued: "The inhabitants of Switzerland emancipated themselves by the establishment of a militia, which finally delivered them from the tyranny of their lords." A law was passed requiring every able-bodied citizen to provide himself with a firearm and enroll in the militia, and it stayed on the books for over a century. President Teddy Roosevelt's strictures about training youngsters to shoot in order to promote the national defense were quoted in Why School Boys Should be Taught to Shoot by General George Wingate. Wingate, a founder of the National Rifle Association (NRA), pointed to the Swiss model as the ideal. American military observers were repeatedly sent to Switzerland, and recommended that the U.S. adopt the Swiss system.
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Since the founding of the Swiss Confederation in 1291, Switzerland has depended on an armed populace for its defense. William Tell used a crossbow, the armor-piercing ammo of the age, not only to shoot the apple from his son's head, but also to kill the tyrant Gessler. For centuries, the cantonal republic defeated the powerful armies of the European monarchs and kept its independence. Machiavelli wrote in 1532: "The Swiss are well armed and enjoy great freedom." John Adams wrote a treatise which praised the democratic Swiss Cantons, where every man was entitled to vote on matters of state and to bear arms. The famous orator Patrick Henry praised the Swiss for maintaining their neutrality and independence from the great monarchies, all without "a mighty and splendid President" or a standing army: "Let us follow their example, and be equally happy." The Swiss influence was partly responsible for the adoption of the Second Amendment to the U.S. Constitution,
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Besides the militia system requiring automatic rifles and/or semiautomatic pistols to be kept in the homes of all males aged 20 to 42, firearms are readily available for purchase in gun shops. Yet firearms are rarely used in violent crime. Notes Clinard, "These facts contrast strikingly with the belief that a low criminal homicide rate is due to strict firearms regulations." Homicide is tied to a willingness to resort to violence, not the mere presence of firearms. The prevalence of firearms in the home and the participation of youth in shooting matches bind youth to adults and precludes the creation of a generation gap. Criminal homicide rates are highest in the less developed countries. These same countries often ban private possession of firearms. In some of them, such as Uganda, private murder does not compare to the genocidal murder committed by governments against their unarmed subjects.
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The UN Study omits Switzerland from its comparative analysis. The Swiss example contradicts the Study's hypothesis that a high incidence of firearm ownership correlates with high violent crime. There have been no school shootings in Switzerland. Prof. Marshall Clinard writes in Cities With Little Crime: "Even in the largest Swiss cities crime is not a major problem. The incidence of criminal homicide and robbery is low, despite the fact that firearms are readily available in most households." The low crime rate is even more remarkable in that the criminal justice system is relatively lenient.
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In Switzerland, all males are issued assault rifles for their militia service and are required to keep them at home, yet little crime exists there. By car or by train, you see shooting ranges all over the country, but only a few golf courses. If there is a Schuetzenfest in town, you will find rifles slung on hat racks in restaurants, and you will encounter men and women, old and young, walking, biking, and taking the tram with rifles over the shoulder, to and from the range. They stroll right past the police station and no one bats an eye (in the U.S. a SWAT Team might do you in). Shooting is the national sport, although it has the deadly serious function of being the backbone of the national defense.Although there is more per capita firepower in Switzerland than any place in the world, it is one of the safest places to be. To the delight of Americans who support the right to keep and bear arms, Switzerland is the proof in the pudding of the argument that guns don't cause crime.
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Thoughtful, I am open minded and ready to listen. I feel an honest civil discussion based upon facts could provide many reasonable solutions, not only with the gun issue, but all issues that face us today.
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Thank you Promo! I became aware very early on that olunjhb was a provacateur and rabble-rouser. His nescient, callow behaviour is befitting of a true ignoramus. I humored him, responding to his paltry, abhorrent, incongruous postings, only to expose liberalism for what it is. Without this simpleton it would not have been possible, there is no longer a need to further acknowledge his nonsensical rants or ad hominem attacks.
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Thank you Promo61 for your excellent analysis of the comments page. And thank you Thoughtful for being so polite, even though you have been villified many times. I even thank turley for being his usual consistant birther self; poor soul, he's just too high strung.
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Thoughtful, I believe we have one willing party and one unwilling party to this debate. One has offered reasoned, well-thought out dissertations, and the other one, well, does a great job of sputtering out sentence fragments and adhominem insults. Farmer Bob should heed the advice that one should not engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man/woman.
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Let's all return to a civil discourse, make our points, and respect each other though we may strongly disagree. Please !!
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Turley, you going to work this AM?
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But your opinions always vary oluh....because when obama flip-flops, so do his useful idiots.....like you...LOL
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Yo turley, look on the buttplate of that old Iver Johnson your grandpappy gave you. A prayer for your deliverence was etched there.
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I can prove that you are insane and turley is just an old drunk. The content and repetition of your posts are my evidence.
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Since Cain killed Abel with the jawbone of a Farmer, death is death regardless of the method. Since China has 3 times more people than the USA, your China death numbers need to be lowered to bring them into line with the population difference.
Your keen Scientific mind should have quoted deaths per 100,000 population. Then the number of people living in each country would not matter.
Just another specious attempt by a gun lover afraid the black helicopters will land in his yard and take him and his cap pistols away.
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oluhjnb, your arguments, opinions and judgements are childlike. Your posts rival argument made during thrid grade recess. Your ignorant, uncouth, condescending, narrow minded, arrogant, immature, missinformed and impervious to fact. I know you are but what am I? I'm rubber and you're glue would be a better argument than anything you have posted. There is no point in acknowledging any further posts of yours, your sipmly a troll who is entertained by trolling the internet for drama. You have served your purpose, now I'm done with you. Thanks again for exposing liberalism for what it is.
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First oluhjnb, your the one who is wrong and refuses to admit the facts. My posting of FBI stats proves that handguns are far more deadly. Regardless of that fact the point is your opinion is based on fear and false facts. Lots of things are dangerous or deadly, but what is the most popular weapon used in homicides? Of the 8,553 murdered by firearms, 6,220 were by handguns, 322 were by hunting rifles, ARs and all other rifles. No matter what you say think or post those figures prove that HANGUNS are the biggest killer. My truck is far more deadly than any firearm I own, but are they being used to murder thousands of people a year? Are rifles? Like I said back up your claims with facts. Prove AR-15s cause more deaths than handguns. Prove that knives, hammers and fists are not responsible for more deaths in America than AR-15s. To ignore the the facts is as foolish as it is dangerous, banning rifles will do nothing to make America safer, and I can prove that. What can you prove???
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oluhjnb @ your population statement. It doesnt matter how many people are in China, what does that have to do with the fact they don't have guns but use knives? Are we expected to believe it's easier to kill in China because there are more people??? They also have tighter security. Your a troll and simply argue to hear your own voice. When you can provide any facts to support any of your statements, then maybe you will start making a point, untill then you are just making a fool of yourself.
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No oluhjnb, your the one who refuses to accept the facts. Name one spree killer that used a western style revolver. Did Adam Lanza have a Glock? How many spree shooting happen using MODERN handguns and how many using antiques. I never said that a Bushmaster could outshoot an old antique handgun. I said that there is no difference between a Glock with a 30 rnd mag and a Bushmaster with a 30 rnd mag, except the Glock is more effective indoors. Typical liberal, tactics once again. How about quoting the truth instead of your lies. Anybody can go back a few comment and clearly see I never compared An AR to an old revolver. They will also see how your trying to twist my statements around. Admit it a 10mm Glock with an extended mag is just as dangerous.
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The diction in the 2010 production of True Grit is much different than that of the 1969 True Grit.
Why did the Coen brothers decide to follow the diction of the original novel so closely? Did folks in this time period really speak this way?
Two answers from Newsweek and Language Log
When asked why they chose to follow the diction of the book and lack of contractions Ethan Coen said
As to whether or not people actually talked like that Mark Liberman of the University of Pennsylvania Dept. of Linguistics writes:


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Let $S$ be some finite set. Let $Sym(S)$ be the symmetric group on $S$. Let $A$ be the subset of permutations $\sigma$ that are such that there exist $a,b,c \in S$ such that $\sigma(a) = b, \sigma (b) = c$ and $\sigma (c) =a$ and for every other element of $S$, the action of $\sigma$ is the identity. In short, let $A$ be the set of cycles of length 3.
How do you show that the subgroup generated by $A$ is not the whole of $Sym(S)$?


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Hanover — In an effort to cull a dense deer herd, the town will grant hunting permits for the Balch Hill Nature Area, a popular recreation spot minutes away from downtown Hanover. Hunting will begin Nov. 1 and run through Dec. 15; only bow hunting will be allowed — no firearms.
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I have two questions based on exercises in Kunen's set theory. Let $\kappa = cf(\lambda) > \omega$. Why is there a c.u.b. $C \subseteq \lambda$ of order type $\kappa$? I thought we just choose $C$ as the image of an increasing unbounded function $\kappa \to \lambda$, but I doubt that this has to be closed.
Also, why can we use this $C$ to get an isomorphism of boolean algebras $P(\kappa)/Cub^*(\kappa) \cong P(\lambda)/Cub^*(\lambda)$? If we just pull back with $\kappa \to \lambda$, I don't see why this will be well-defined. Note that $Cub^*$ is the ideal of non-stationary subsets.
The second problem is the following: Let $\kappa$ be an uncountable regular cardinal. I want to prove that there is a decreasing sequence of stationary sets $S_\alpha, \alpha < \kappa$, whose diagonal intersection is $\{0\}$. This is an exercise in Kunen's set theory, and there is a hint that one should use the preceding exercise, which says that the boolean algebra $B=P(\kappa)/Cub^*(\kappa)$ has infima indexed over $\kappa$, which correspond to the diagonal intersection in $P(\kappa)$.
Here's what I've done so far: Construct a decreasing sequence in $B$: Let $x_0=1$. If $x_\alpha$ is already defined, define $x_{\alpha+1} = x_\alpha$ if $x_\alpha$ is minimal and otherwise choose some $x_{\alpha+1} < x_\alpha$. If $\alpha$ is a limit and $x_\gamma$ is defined for all $\gamma < \alpha$, let $x_\alpha$ be the infimum of these $x_\gamma$.
Now if $x_\alpha = [S_\alpha]$, then $S_\alpha$ is stationary iff $x_\alpha \neq 0$; is this the case? For $\alpha < \beta < \kappa$, we have $x_\beta \leq x_\alpha$, i.e. there is a c.u.b. $C_{\alpha,\beta}$ such that $S_\beta \cap C_{\alpha,\beta} \subseteq S_\alpha$. Now perhaps there is some double-index diagonal intersection $C$ of these $C_{\alpha,\beta}$ (?) which is c.u.b. again and which we may intersect with every $S_\alpha$, so that we may assume $S_\beta \subseteq S_\alpha$, as desired.
Finally we have to ensure the infimum of the $x_\alpha$ is $0$. I wonder if this is true at all with this naive construction.


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My son has an impression tablet 10 and has forgot the lock pattern. How can we reset it without knowing the code?
If you entered your pattern incorrectly 5 times, Android would lock the lock screen so you cannot draw any more pattern for 30 second (this is to prevent brute forcing) and a button will show up that will allow you to reset the pattern by entering your Google Account email and password.
The image on the left is what the lock screen normally looks, after entering the pattern incorrectly 5 times, another button appear on the bottom.
You may be able to figure out the lock pattern by looking at the phone screen in the right light, or taking a picture and perhaps performing simple contrast adjustments on the picture. See "Smudge Attacks on Smartphone Touch Screens" by Aviv et al (presented at WOOT 2010).
Unfortunately you're probably going to have to do a factory reset, which will wipe all the data on the device (it should leave the SD card alone if there is one, though).
You may be able to do this from recovery mode, which you get into by holding some of the buttons on the device while it boots up. I don't know what buttons the devices has though.
Another method is to install the Android SDK and the tablet's drivers on your computer, connect the device, and do something like the following from a command prompt (the path may vary):
Edit: From looking online it appears that there is no button combination to get into recovery, though
To do a factory reset, push the volume down button and the power button at the same time, then follow the on-screen instructions.
On my Motorola Cliq (an older phone), I was able to reinstall the firmware, and my phone became completely unlocked. It erased some of my system settings, but all of my apps, data, and files on the device were still there.
As a test, I also re-flashed my newer phone (LG Motion 4G, Android 4 ICS) and it kept the password lock. Though, my guess would be that I could probably find a way to erase the password with a specially crafted update.zip file.
(Here is a link of someone who created an update.zip to erase the pin and gesture password in Gingerbread, and it looks like it would work for my ICS phone too).
If this makes some people paranoid, then the lesson here is to setup an app which allows you to remotely erase all your data. A knowledgeable person with physical possession of a device will not be stopped by the presence of a password.
This site provides a solution, provided that ADB is enabled on the phone.
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Wayside owns and operates a 55 and older mobile home park on approximately twenty acres of land currently contains sixty-five mobile homes, one of which is abandoned.
At trial, Wayside presented evidence of trip generation in the form of a vehicle counting study. The study showed that 434 vehicles per day currently and their expert predicted that the proposed expansion would generate an additional sixty to seventy-five trips per day. The board neither performed its own traffic study nor had the Wayside traffic study reviewed by its own consultant.
In 1985, Shirley amended its zoning bylaw which permits expansion of preexisting nonconforming uses if the landowner satisfies three conditions including one:
1) The board must find "that such extension, alteration, reconstruction or repair is not substantially more detrimental to the neighborhood than the existing non conforming structure or use."
In 2005, Wayside applied for a permit to replace the abandoned mobile home and to add an additional fourteen mobile homes. The proposed expansion will be toward the rear of the property, in an area well screened by trees and other buffers. The board denied Wayside's application, finding that Wayside "did not satisfy the burden that this expansion will not be more substantially detrimental to the neighborhood due to the density of the expansion and the encroachment of the 25% rule."
In reaching this conclusion, the board considered the following factors: (1) "present zoning regulations do not allow additional [mobile homes] in the Town of Shirley"; (2) "the impact of the additional residents on the area and the infrastructure of the Town of Shirley, in particular the possible economic burden on the school system, as the tax base for [mobile homes] is much less than the tax base for residential homes"; (3) encroachment on wetlands; (4) groundwater runoff; (5) density of the existing area and expansion area; (6) property devaluation to abutters; (7) the heavy amount of traffic on the road; and (8) the closeness of the proposed expansion to the twenty-five per cent allowed under the rule, which left no room for error.
Following a trial de novo, the Land Court judge addressed each of the reasons offered by the board in denying the permit. He concluded that no rational board could have drawn the same conclusions and that, accordingly, the board's decision was arbitrary and capricious. The judge vacated the decision and remanded with instructions to issue a special permit.
The Shirley zoning board had refused to grant a special permit, finding that the park owner failed to establish that the expansion would not be substantially more detrimental to the neighborhood than the existing mobile home park.
But the SJC upheld the Land Court judge in reversing the board's decision.
"We conclude that the expansion complies with the zoning bylaw at issue, which we interpret as imposing minimum lot size dimensions on the entire mobile home park and not on individual mobile homes, governed only by board of health regulations," Justice Robert J. Cordy wrote for a unanimous SJC. "We further agree with the Land Court judge that there is no evidence that either the density within the mobile home park expansion or the modest increase in traffic will be detrimental to the surrounding neighborhood."
A Zoning Board must do more than consider a list of factors, they must articulate a reasonable reason why those factors in each case as applied fail to meet the zoning bylaws requirements. Additionally, the Zoning Boards decision must be supported by evidence.
If you are bring a project before a zoning, planning board or other administrative agency, and want a consultation on your project contact the Law Office of Isaac J. Mass. Attorney Isaac Mass has over a decade of experience serving on municipal boards and is currently a member of the both the Massachusetts Bar Associations Property Section Council, but also the Real Estate Bar Association.


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The best hiking routes in Cape Town
There's no doubt that one of the nicest activities to indulge in is a good hike, and what better place to walking up a mountain, through great fynbos or along the coast than Cape Town?
Even if you're just in the city for a few days, there are plenty of great hikes to do. Just remember to be safe and preferably take a guide.
We asked some Cape Town hikers about their favourite walks, and some advice on the best routes and what makes these routes so special.
Glenda Doller, from the Ramblers Hiking Club, started hiking three years ago.
"A friend of mine used to use me on hikes to gauge how difficult it was because if I could make it, anyone would. I decided to do it regularly and joined these wonderful Ramblers. On my first hike I met the most divine man, fringe benefit, and now we are hiking into retirement together.
"Nothing beats the camaraderie on the mountains, whether for a few hours or my favourite, a fiveday hike carrying my own backpack. The joy of putting it down to eat or swim is wonderful," she says.
Glenda's favourite hikes are:
Lion's Head: "This hike meanders around the mountain, providing wonderful views from all sides. Often, weather permitting, the hang-gliders use it to launch. It takes approximately three hours up and down, but we do it in four as we frequently stop to admire the view. It is a fabulous route on full moon evenings, but don't forget your torch."
Table Mountain: "There are various routes up Table Mountain, but for a tourist I would recommend going up with the cable car and walking to Maclear's Beacon. It is very well marked and although it only takes an hour-and-a-half, it is quite spectacular. When the flowers are out it is a joy to explore."
Newlands Forest-Woodcutter Trail: "It is also a short walk and wonderful with children. It is a good shady walk in summer, with large parts of the walk running on the banks of the Newlands Stream. Enjoy the forest and its wonderful history of woodcutters and cottage ruins."
- Grootkop and Kleinplaas dam: "This is a great walk through fynbos with gentle climbing and a wonderful panoramic views over the whole southern peninsula and False Bay. It takes two hours, three if you descend to the dam and walk back from there. On a clear day you can see Table Mountain."
"Oh dear, there are so many wonderful walks that it is difficult to decide which is better. There is also Silvermine or the Tokai forest, and the wonderful Cape Point …" she adds.
Dr Bryan Chute has been hiking for about 20 years, and has done most of the hikes in Cape Town.
"There are probably about 150 various hikes that can be done, with various degrees of difficulty. If you are a tourist, the best place to start is probably with one of Mike Lundy's books or hiking maps www.slingbymaps.com. Lundy is considered the guru of hiking in Cape Town.
"He has put together about 20-30 hikes and his maps are superb. He has named every rock that can be named," says Bryan.
Bryan's favourite hike is up to Tranquility Cavern: "It starts along the Pipe Track along Camps Bay. Then you get this cavern of rocks. It is massive and filled with trees growing through the cracks, and from there you have a magnificent view of Camps Bay. Not many people know about it."
Mike Lundy says: "At age 13 I regularly rock-climbed below Table Mountain's Upper Cableway Station. My mother is still turning in her grave! My favourite hikes are Orange Kloof including Hell's Gate, Tranquility Cracks, Kalk Bay Caves and the Suikerbossie Circuit.
"All four are in the latest 8th Edition of Best Walks in the Cape Peninsula and according to the publisher (Struik) it's been a bestseller for 21 years."


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Besides all of the other problems with this setup, I'm wondering, how would the swallowing be modeled? How long can a PC survive inside the stomach of a dragon, under D&D4e rules?


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The Richmond refinery fire in August lasted for hours, sending plumes of black smoke over the San Francisco Bay and causing an estimated 15,000 local residents to visit emergency rooms. An investigation into the fire is ongoing but so far has focused on a corroded pipe leading from the main CDU.
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Chevron was cited for fines worth almost $1 million stemming
from a major fire at its refinery in Richmond, Calif., the
state's division of Occupational Safety and Health said
The Richmond refinery fire in August lasted for
hours, sending plumes of black smoke over the San Francisco Bay
and causing an estimated 15,000 local residents to visit
emergency rooms.
An investigation into the cause of the fire is ongoing, but so
far has focused on a corroded pipe leading from the refinery's main crude oil distillation unit.
Cal/OSHA outlined 25 workplace violations, including 11
"willful serious" and 12 "serious" against Chevron and levied
fines worth $936,200, the highest allowed by state law.
"Our investigators found willful violations in Chevron's
response before, during and after the fire," said Cal/OSHA
Chief Ellen Widess.
Chevron will appeal the citations, company spokesman Sean
Comey said.
"Although we acknowledge that we failed to live up to our
own expectations in this incident, we do not agree with several
of the Cal/OSHA findings and its characterization of some of
the alleged violations as "willful,'" Mr. Comey said.
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Hirak Dutta
We have to create a safety culture that prevents accidents. How come Chevron miss out inspection of vital pipelines in gas oil circuit. More so as the lines are insulated and are prone to under the insulation corrosion.
I don't know why operators are still operating plants and refineries in California. I can't see where the cost of doing business there is worth the risk and liability.
Michael A. Taube
Every decision to do or NOT do something requires an act of will. So OSHA's allegations of "willfull" will be difficult to challenge/reverse. This event and OSHA's findings/penalties should be a wake-up call for all Operators: too much "doing more with less" has a real cost!
Ryan Kenworth
Corrosion is one of the main causes of incident. It's always a critical aspect that should be deeply addressed during process design.The fire lasted for hours there; it seems both active and passive fire protection countermeasures were not adequate; even these aspects should be more stressed during design phase and operation.Involved authorities should check safety adequacy of plants on a regular basis during normal operation to highlight deficiencies (if any) before something happens.
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I am looking for an "easy-to-understand" reference for Neron Models. Specifically if I have a semi-stable family of elliptic curves over $Spec {O}_K$ , with generic fibre $E_K$ and special fibre $E_k$ , then $E_k$ is an $N$-gon of $\mathbb{P}^1$'s. In this context, what is the Neron model of $E_K$? I guess what I am asking is for a geometric description of the special fibre of the Neron model for $E_K$.
The place to look for this is Chapter 4 ("The Neron Model") of Silverman's book Advanced Topics in the Arithmetic of Elliptic Curves, specifically Theorem 4.6.1: the Neron model of an elliptic curve is obtained by removing the singular points from the minimal regular proper model.
Thus in your case the connected component is a rational curve with two points removed: as a group it is $\mathbb{G}_m$, the multiplicative group. The component group here is cyclic of order $N$.


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In the event of a home fire or gas leak, your best defense is a strong offense. Installing smoke and carbon monoxide detectors is the surefire way to make sure you're properly warned in the event of such a catastrophe. In the event of a fire or gas leak, you have only moments to evacuate your home, so give yourself the best opportunity to safely and quickly get you and your loved ones out. If you're interested in further reading, check out our article on smoke alarms and carbon monoxide (CO) detectors, as well as our write-up on smoke alarm maintenance.
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Grinnell College Alternative Break (GCAB) is a student-run organization that offers students the opportunity to travel as members of a fun, safe, and intentional service community during their Fall and Spring breaks. By living and working in the communities they serve, students develop new perspectives, enhance leadership skills, and participate in educational and hands-on community service projects.
Alternative Break trips are composed entirely of students, without faculty or staff, because we believe students learn and grow the most when serving in an environment in which they have full responsibility for their decisions and actions, and in which students are responsible for creating a community among themselves. Recent AltBreak projects have included building Habitat for Humanity homes for under-served populations in South Dakota, and learning more about sustainable agriculture in partnership with World Hunger Relief, Inc., near Waco, Texas.
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I'd heard (3rd-hand information, don't know how reliable it is) that aspirin (Bayer's original brand) can be used as a suitable substitute for campden tablets. Does anyone know how well this works? I ask because I need some campden tablets and the brewing supply store near me is closed for renovations, and won't open for a while. Are there other easy-to-get alternatives to campden?
I'm HIGHLY suspicious of substituing aspirin for metasulfate (the active compound in Campden tablets). Different chemicals and I've never heard of aspirin being effective against yeasts at normal concentrations. Certainly not a single tablet or two (or more). Aspirin is not an effective antimicrobial in the concentrations that you would want to drink. It appears that you would need a concentration of 400 micrograms per milliliter to see an effect and that translates to 3.5 lbs of pure aspirin in a 5 gal batch (see http://gut.bmj.com/content/52/4/490).
You could burn sulfur and bubble the gas through your solution, but this really wouldn't be very effective and it really stinks.
The easiest way to remove the potentially problematic yeasts is to pasteurize. This is accomplished by bringing your solution to 145F for at least 30 minutes (or 165F for 1 minute, AKA HTST pasteurization - see http://www.dairyeng.com/applejuice.asp). This is what was done historically to kill bacteria and yeast. People who are potentially allergic to sulfites use this method instead of metasulfate. And I do this when I don't have Campden handy. Cheers.


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If my number set construction memory doesn't fail me (I'll edit if errors are pointed out), we start out with Peano's axioms to get to $\mathbb{N}$, and in the need of an additive inverse for its elements, construct $\mathbb{Z}$. Then, in order to be able to invert nonzero integers with respect to multipilication, $\mathbb{Q}$ is created. For there to be inexact integer roots of rationals, the field $\mathbb{R}$ is constructed, and so that every real number has integers roots, $\mathbb{C}$ is devised. These questions arise:
What kind of operation — and number — becomes possible by constructing quaternions and octonions?
The hierarchy of the cardinalities of these sets is $\#\mathbb{N} = \#\mathbb{Z} = \#\mathbb{Q} < \#\mathbb{R} = \#\mathbb{C}$. How are $\#\mathbb{H}$ and $\#\mathbb{O}$ inserted in it?
Can yet another number set be constructed from $\mathbb{O}$?
Does the said hierarchy stop at some number set — that is, is there a largest number set?


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This question is a little opinion based, but I think it can be based in fact and I would prefer answers backed up with a link to a reputable company if possible.
The problem is at my job, we have "okay" hardware for the developers, laptops running Windows XP (I know) with dual core 2.3 Ghz processor, 2GB of memory and 60 GB hard disk @7200 rpm however, the amount of virus scan and security agents and big brother software on these make them unusable when scans are running. My company insists on running full disk virus scans every monday and "smart scans" every other day.
I appreciate the concern for viruses as much as the next guy, however it is hindering our work and we are looking for a new setup that allows the developers to work unimpeded by scans, yet provides virus protection et al that the company is looking for.
Keep in mind my company is not really willing to change antivirus vendors, so we're looking at a developer oriented solution because most of the business users do not experience these issues.
Company policy requires that all laptops (which I have) are taken home each evening unless you have an office to lock it in. Because I am office-less, I have to take it home each evening.
I am willing to listen to any scenario, switch to a desktop, switch to a different OS, any of the above. Just looking for setups that people currently use, that seem to work for their developers, in particular java developers.
We also run a lot of software on our laptops, an applicatoin server, a database, email client, developer IDE, database IDE and other random things as required.
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I'm a big fan of Paizo's GameMastery item cards. I also like GoDeckYourself but I'm wondering if anyone knows of any other software or websites that can be used to make your own Item Cards or Power Cards or some other custom cards? I appreciate any assistance and advice you can provide.
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You might try Magic Set Editor. The stock templates are sort of M:tG-oriented, but there are a ton of alternative templates on the download page. For the sake of completeness, I'll note the 4e-oriented Universal Card Set MSE project -- some of the templates there could be useful as well.
Personally, I use OmniGraffle on my Mac to make cards, but it's not free. Inkscape is a great free vector editing program.
The website Power2ool is designed for expressly this purpose, with the ability to import cards from compendium, edit every aspect of them, order them in a 2d space, and print them if you like.
Here's a demo video.
I prototype all the time using this method:
This is super fast and results in cards with a nice hand feel, very easy to use.
One easy way to make cards for various purposes is (if your printer can handle it; most can) to print them directly onto 3x5 index cards. It's pretty easy to set up a Word template. I like to use them for small stat blocks as well. Here's some good generic instructions.
A compact photo printer works great for printing on 3x5 index cards (or smaller). You can just use work or whatever and size your document accordingly. I used it to print out 4e monster cards.
Wandering into the realm of hackery, if you have (or can find) a copy of the old Character Builder (the installed, not the online one), then you can use CBLoader to add whatever custom content you like.
DIY Item cards would appear in the printable character sheets.
I made decks for the characters in my game - fairly closely following the model provided at Ben's RPG Pile. He uses Magic Set Editor and his item cards look like this. Though I borrowed his technique of buying Paizo cards for the backs, I use the templates from Tintagel instead (though he's charging $9.99) You can see my cards in play on the edges of the table here:
One other difference - they found the quest/plot/character cards (built out of a MtG standard template) too bulky to keep in their character deck boxes. We moved them to collector-card sheets. Each player keeps a binder with those cards: image, flavor, and mini-statblocks arranged however they wish for easy review and updating.
Check out nanDECK. It's a nifty software specifically for laying out decks of cards or sheets of counters using a relatively easy scripting language (and optionally a CSV or Excel file for the card data). The tutorials are easy to follow, and highlight the features well. It's for Windows only, but I've successfully run it under Wine on Linux (though the HtmlText directive's IE-flag doesn't work).
I did create a number of Item Cards (mostly weapons, but I used some for tools too - it depended on the scenario) for a Pulp game I ran.
Here you can see the some of the cards and I did something similar (on a larger scale) for vehicles, too
I used HTML, with a set of nested tables, and just cut the cards after printing them.
The idea was that they would be used during play and replaced as soon as spilled coke, notes, or erasing the marks on the spent bullets made the current one unusable.


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Federal Spending Cut Plan 2015
According to opinion polls, Americans think the federal government is too big and too powerful. On average, people think that more than half of the tax dollars sent to Washington are wasted. When Gallup asked people what the most important problem facing the nation was, more people identified "government" than any other concern, including the economy, immigration, health care, and terrorism.
Huckabee's Support for Higher Taxes and More Spending
Former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee launched his presidential campaign last week. Huckabee highlighted his fiscal successes as governor during his announcement. He claims that he cut taxes 94 times while governor, and he promised to bring his tax-cutting experience to Washington, D.C. Huckabee's statements do not tell the full story. While Huckabee cut some taxes, his time in office also included a rapid increase in Arkansas state spending and multiple tax hikes.
Breastmilk, Formula, and WIC
The federal government runs more than 2,300 subsidy programs. One of the problems created by the armada of hand-outs is that many programs work at cross-purposes.
Failing Aviation Administration (FAA)
The federal government operates the air traffic control (ATC) system as an old-fashioned bureaucracy, even though ATC is a high-tech business. It's as if the government took over Apple Computer and tried to design breakthrough products. The government would surely screw it up, which is the situation today with ATC run by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA).
U.S. Corporate Tax Rate Double Canada's
While the Obama administration has focused on tax increases over the years, Canada has focused on tax cuts. The new Canadian budget, out a couple weeks ago, summarized some of the progress that they have made.
Budget Conference Moves Forward
Negotiators for the House of Representatives and the Senate are expected to announce a deal on the budget resolution as early as today. A budget resolution sets overall spending limits for the year. If it passes, it would be the first resolution in six years, but it does little to fix the country's long-term fiscal mess.
Indian Schools Are Failing
Since treaties in the 19th century, the federal government has provided educational aid to American Indians. These days, the Bureau of Indian Education (BIE) owns about 180 Indian schools, which have about 41,000 students in Arizona, New Mexico, South Dakota, North Dakota, and other states.
Martin O'Malley's Terrible Fiscal Record
Former Maryland Governor Martin O'Malley is readying himself for a White House run. His recent rhetoric on economics shows that he will run to the left of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. After two terms of an unpopular left-wing president, that is surely the last thing the country needs.
Government Spending: Accounting and Economics
A Wall Street Journal story today looks at government spending through the lens of the national income and product accounts (NIPA). The article says that as government spending rises, it is "no longer dragging on growth." Unlike recent years when spending was supposedly cut, the government today "has ceased to be a drag on growth." But that is an unwarranted conclusion from the NIPA data, which are produced by the Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA).
More Duplication in Government
The Government Accountability Office (GAO) releases an annual report on government duplication, fragmentation, and overlap. Since 2011 GAO has highlighted 440 different actions that Congress and the president could take to reduce this wasteful spending. This week, GAO released its updated report and included an additional 66 actions.


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Movement of music that started essentially with the heavy rock movements of such bands as but not limited to: The Cream, The Spiders, Iron Butterfly, The Jimi Hendrix Experience, Led Zepplin, and Kiss. The sound took a larger heavier sound with bands like Aerosmith, Black Sabbath, Pentagram, AC/DC and such bands. But Black Sabbath was the most respected and possibly the darkest of the lot. This is considered the Classical Metal era between the mid sixties to the late seventies. From there on out, when the eighties rolled around, Speed metal became popular with the NWOBHM movement, and thrash metal evolved with such bands as Metallica, Exodus, Primus, Trauma, Megadeth, Testament et cetera. During the 80s a more underground movement of slow metal began to evolve called Doom Metal by such bands as Candlemass, Pentagram and the like. Also in the mid 80s a new form of metal evolved from thrash called Death Metal, and used screams, and heavy notes, and shortly after a new style formed yet again from death metal called grind metal or grindcore. The 90's rolled around, and Groove Metal began evolving with such bands as Pantera, and even Ozzy with his new guitarist took upon himself a slower style more groove/doom based rather than thrash. Then around the late 90s the groove and doom metal scene flourished and produced such bands as crowbar, down, and black label society. Also around the 90s a new form of Metal formed, New Metal. It comprised of such bands as Korn, Slipknot, System of a Down, Tool, Nine Inch Nails, Manson, Sevendust, and Godsmack. This style focuses on dissonance for heaviness and loud vocals, probably inspired by the death/noisecore of the late 80's movement.
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A type of music characterized by it's cacophonous wall of sound and accelerated tempo which is achieved through distorted electric guitars playing fast-paced riffs, with the driving drumbeat often utilizing hypersonic double bass rhythms and emphasizing the continuous pumping action, the bass guitar is often playing similar to the guitar, but more with the drums, so as to add to the overall heavyness and depth. It can manifest in many different forms and the spectrum of intensity is usually quite varied. From slow and heavy melodic grooves, to complex and precise blinding rhythms, odd time changes, and sheer brutality.. metal comes in many shapes and sizes. One common trait of metal is to have vocals dealing with dark subject matter, often sung with anger, aggression, and conviction in the form of screaming. Melodic smooth vocals are also accepted. Solos are an integral part of metal music, as the icing on the cake to complement the heavy intensity of the songs and add more depth and individuality. Real metal has a solo in every song, usually scales and arpeggios played with some changes often in 8th, 16th, or 32nd notes..if only a few quick licks. Metal is progressive and dynamic, and usually provokes feelings that are therapeutic to the listener. Metal is rock music that has evolved.
Opeth, Death, Slayer, Pantera, Iced Earth, In Flames, Testament
by Shroomism October 02, 2003
A misunderstood type of music that can not easily be appreciated if you haven't heard much of it. It may take a long time for you to warm up to it, but as soon as you do, there's no turning back. Contrary to belief, metalheads are not stupid or angsty - that's just throwing around labels.
1. Metal music is judged too easily.
2. People's minds need to be more open.
2. People's minds need to be more open.
by Glome March 14, 2005
Aw man metal is fucking awesome!!
Metal up your pee-hole!!!
by I like gay anal sex May 05, 2005
The best kind of music the world has to offer. Metallica, Slayer, Pantera.... need I say more?
Metallica- Ride the Lightning
Slayer- South of Heaven
Slayer- South of Heaven
by Metallica OWNS November 03, 2003
A group of elements in the periodic table.
Aluminium, Steel and Iron are all metal.
by jumpoffjoeybuddenz October 28, 2005
a great type of music which has been ruined by too many sub-genres and too many stupid people bitching & moaning & making vacuous statements about what "is or isn't" real metal. They hang around message boards and give each other blowjobs & snowballs.
Stupid Metal Bitch 1: "-insert band name- isn't metal! That's fucking stupid ass mallcore nu-metal. God, you fucking loser. I should kick your ass. If you want "real" metal listen to -insert band here"
Stupid Metal Bicth 2: "Yea..now that's real metal..opeth r0x0rs! slayer! metallica! meshuggah! LAWLLLL..you listen to pussy metal...fuck goth metal..dark metal..death metal..pop metal..nu-metal..industrial metal..german metal..hardcore metal..punk metal..mallcore metal..you pussy. fuck you. listen to real metal, bitch"
Me: -sighs and shakes head in disbelief-
Stupid Metal Bicth 2: "Yea..now that's real metal..opeth r0x0rs! slayer! metallica! meshuggah! LAWLLLL..you listen to pussy metal...fuck goth metal..dark metal..death metal..pop metal..nu-metal..industrial metal..german metal..hardcore metal..punk metal..mallcore metal..you pussy. fuck you. listen to real metal, bitch"
Me: -sighs and shakes head in disbelief-
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Unanswered: Specify column renderer via reader response metadata?
I'm writing an application where the grid needs to be fully dynamic. In this case, it is reading the grid's contents, as well as the column and model information, from a database.
In order to configure the columns and model via the database, I'm using JSON Reader's "response metadata" feature. This has worked fantastic, except for one problem I've bumped into.
My grid had a few columns that used custom renderers (before I made the grid dynamic). This was easily done when my grid wasn't reading in config information from the database, as I just hard-coded a renderer function and specified the "renderer" property on the column.
Is there any way to specify the column renderer via the reader's response metadata? Passing the renderer's function name as a string in the JSON metadata doesn't work.
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A man charged with sex crimes against children has been extradited back to northern Arizona after being arrested in Oregon.
The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said Friday that 65-year-old Eric George McNeill has been booked into the Camp Verde Detention Center.
His bond has been set at $250,000.
The U.S. Marshals Service arrested McNeill at a campground north of Klamath Falls on Sept. 19.
The Yavapai County Attorney's Office charged McNeill last July with 22 counts of committing sex crimes against children.
Prosecutors say the charges include 10 counts of sexual conduct with a minor, five counts of child molestation and four counts of sexual assault. The other charges are kidnapping, aggravated assault and influencing a witness.
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We mention the "Local History and Nature" pages regularly to highlight that aspect of our "Virtual BDC"services. In honor of Black History Month, we draw your attention to another African American native son of Beaufort of especial note:
Julius I. Washington (1864-1938)
Transcription of his obituary published in the Beaufort Gazette on January 17, 1938:
DEATH OF ATTORNEY J. I. WASHINGTON Buried Last Thursday after Being Confined to his Home Several Years
Simple, but impressive, funeral services for the late J. I. Washington, Sr., who entered into eternal rest Jan. 18, 1938 at 9:24 p. m., were held at three o'c[l]ock Thursday afternoon, January 20, from First African Baptist Church, in which he had served as church clerk and superintendent of the Sunday School for over forty years. The quiet dignity, which he exemplified throughout his life, characterized the brief services. The invocation was asked by Reverend W. F. McBrown, the Scripture lesson, the 23rd Psalm, was read by the Rev. Robert F. Harrington, R. W. McGirt gave the obituary, and H. G. Fisher spoke briefly on the deceased service to his church. The Rev. W. W. Wharthen delivered the eulogy. Music during the services included two of the late attorney's favorites, "I Surrender All" and "Just As I Am, " and "Steal Away"; the latter being rendered by the Penn School Quartet.
He was born December 20, 1866. [sic] His parents were Richard and Catherine Washington. Coming of school age just after the Civil War he entered the public schools of Beaufort and when ready for college attended South Carolina College, now the University of South Carolina; later reading law under General W. J. Whipper. He was admitted to the Bar in December 1878.
From that time, with the exception of the years that he held political positions under the state and federal governments, he was engaged in the active and successful practice of the law until his retirement in 1934. For several years prior to 1902 he was associated with former Congressman Thomas E. Miller under the firm name of Miller & Washington. In 1924 he and his son, Charles E. Washington, formed the law partnership of Washington & Washington, enjoying a successful practice.
Many high political positions of honor and trust were held by him. For many years he was an associate of General Robert Smalls in politics, serving with him in the Customs House and as confidential adviser. In 1886 he was elected to the State Legislature from Beaufort County. Prior to this he had served as customs clerk at Beaufort. He also served as special employee of the Treasury Department under the Special Inspector for Georgetown, Charleston and Savannah. In 1890 he resigned his seat in the legislature and moved to Charleston to accept appointment as Coastwise Clerk in the Charleston Customs House, which position he held for four years. In 1902 has [he] was made Special Deputy Collector for the Port of Beaufort, serving in this capacity for eleven years.
He took an active interest in the civic affairs of his home town, serving as chairman of the Citizens' Committee for many years. He was largely instrumental, after many years of untiring effort, in having the Colored Branch of the City Library established.
In his fraternal affiliations he was loyal and efficient in the discharge of his duties. He was a member of the Grand Chapter of the Eastern Star, attorney for the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, and in 1928 was made Grand Master of the Masonic lodge of South Carolina in which capacity he served until declining health forced the relinquishment of his duties in 1934.
In October 1860 he was married to Carrie Kinlaugh, who died in 1885. On June 14, 1890 he was married to Eliza Middleton who survives him.
The deceased bore his long illness with unusual patience, cheerfulness and Christian fortitude.
The universal esteem and respect in which he was held occasioned visits by friends to him from all walks of life, white and colored, during his illness; and the large attendance at the funeral services, including city and county officials! the many floral tributes and numerous telegrams from this and other states. Those who gathered to pay their last tribute of respect included: President M. F. Whittaker and Profesors [sic] Harry Daniels, George Daniels, W. C. Lewis, W. W. Williams, W. T. Cahoun, Clarence Clinkscale, Charles E. Watermann, Sr., Forella Fordam, of State College; Louise Bing and Thos. Cohen of Allendale; Helen Middleton, Inez Thomas, Rev. Charles Levy and Ducan of Charleston; representatives from Penn School, Mather School, Beaufort Training School, Robert Smalls School; Allendale County Training School, and others whose names were not obtained.
Due to inaccuracies in telegraphic communications, representatives from the Masonic Grand Lodge, Grand Master Stanback and Grand Secretary J. E. Dickson, were unavoidably absent, but telegraphed their regrets to the family.
Remains were interred with Masonic Honors in Charity Cemetery, Beaufort, with the following members of the craft acting as pall bearers: Dr. M. P. Kennedy, Albert Dingle, Proctor Glover, Phelix Powell, William Mitchell, and Edward Roache.
He leaves to mourn his passing a devoted widow, Eliza M. Washington; three sons: Thomas W. of Pensacola, Florida; J. Irwin, State College, Orangeburg; Charles E., of Beaufort; three daughters: Sadye W. Rice, Allendale; Adele W. Fleming, Beaufort; and Etta M. Washington, Beaufort; and an adopted daughter, Mamie Bryan, Beaufort; fourteen grandchildren; a niece, Ella Crawford, Washington, D. C., two nephews, Joseph Washington and Fred Moore, New York; other relatives and a host of friends.
Servant of God well done
Rest from thy loved employ.
The battle fought, the victory won,
Enter thy Masters joy.
The Editor of The Gazette had known J. I. Washington for the past fourteen years and always found him to be fair and honest in all his dealings and was a leader among his race and had the highest respect of both white and colored people throughout Beaufort, which has lost of one of its leading colored citizens.
A digital version of his obituary is found here [1].
Q: Did you notice the obvious error in the obituary? It states that he was born on December 20, 1866 but married in 1860! According to the obituary, he was married before he was born. This cannot be true - which gives us a genealogical quandry to investigate.
Q: What types of documents could help us prove the 1) date of his birth and 2) date of his marriage to Carrie Kinlaugh?
a. Birth Certificate - South Carolina, similar to most Southern states, did not require registrations of birth until 1915. Furthermore, as an African American, the birth of an enslaved person may not have been noted at all. There is no indication that his parents, Richard (or Dick) and Catherine had been freed by enumeration day in 1860. If they had been free Black persons, they should have been listed in the US Federal Census of 1860.
b. Marriage Certificate - South Carolina, similar to most Southern states, did not require registrations of marriage until July 1, 1911. If he married Carrie before 1911, any record of that marriage would have to appear in subsidiary records.
Q: What types of subsidiary records might help us?
a. Newspaper notices - Aye, but here's the rub: In 1860 Beaufort didn't have a local newspaper. In 1866, the year he was supposedly born, birth announcements were very rarely published in a newspaper.
Sometimes religious denominations published newspapers which would include marriage and death announcements. We have a few reference books about marriages and ALE carries a few for South Carolina, but I found no record of Washington marrying Carrie Kinlaugh.
b. Religious organizations sometimes keep marriage records - but we'd 1) need to know which church 2) the church would have to still have the recordbook. In any case, it's not research I can do her inside the Library's BDC Research Room.
c. Freedmen's Bureau records can sometimes indicate marital status and dates of marriages.
d. The death of his first wife Carrie Kinlaugh (even using alternate spellings and forms of her name) does not appear in our Online Obituary Index - which means that our docents never saw an entry for her. His obituary says that Carrie Kinlaugh died in 1885. Because South Carolina did not require death certificates until January 1, 1915, she did not die during a Federal Mortality Schedule period, and her name is not listed in our OOI, I cannot confirm her year of death.
e. Federal Census records - (I used our ALE database to do the bulk of the following research):
1. Does Julius appear in the 1870 Census? Yes, he does.
2. If so, how old is he? 12 years old, which would put his birth as sometime between June 1, 1859 to May 31, 1860. (In 1860 - 1900, the enumeration date, that is, the date upon which the count for the census occurred, was June 1st.)
3. Does Julius appear in the 1880 Census? Yes.
4. If so, how old is he? 22 years old.
5. Is his age consistent between censuses? Yes. He's 10 years older.
6. What is his marital status? Single.
The 1890 Census was destroyed by a fire in the Smithsonian Institution in 1920. (There's a whole other story there that I might write about in Connections in the future.)
7. I find that in the 1900 census, J.I. Washington, aged 40, is listed as married to Eliza for 10 years, and all the children in their household are hers (5 living children for 5 pregnancies).
This offers corroborating evidence that Washington's first marriage was of short duration and likely produced no children as well as that the Washington married Eliza on or around June 14, 1890.
His age should be 42 rather than 40 years old but what's a year or two off?
1910: I continue tracking his age and marital status: Enumeration date changes to April 15th. He's 51, which would make his birth date fall somewhere between April 16, 1859 to April 14, 1860. He's still a lawyer, and has been married for 20 years.
1920: He's 53, a lawyer who owns his own home on Prince Street and is living with his wife, Eliza, aged 52. There's also a male boarder, aged 14 years in the household.
It's a very clear "53." In 10 years, he's aged 2 years! (We should all be so lucky).
1930 census: Washington is 69, married to Eliza, aged 65, and their daughter, Eva, now aged 32 is living with them in their house on Prince Street, valued at $6000. Washington gives his age at his first marriage as "30;" Eliza says she was "26." Washington worked the previous day to the enumeration [that is, on April 30th, 1930] as a lawyer. [BTW, Eva was a schoolteacher.]
Doing the math for Eliza's age and her wedding date, I get 1890/1891. Enumeration day was May 1st in 1930. This offers corroborating evidence that Washington and Eliza married around the date given in the obituary.
I read Eliza's obituary as published on December 27, 1962 in the Beaufort Gazette. She died on "Christmas night at the age of 99" which corroborates her birth year as 1861. She was quite a woman, very involved at her church First African Baptist for 85 years, PTA President at Robert Smalls Elementary and High Schools and "the last surviving charter member of the Mizpah Chapter of Eastern Star." Her address is given as 601 Prince Street. [Be sure to read an upcoming post entitled "Can You Help Identify These Church Women?"]
J. I. Washington's death certificate gives his birthday as Dec. 12, 1860 rather than December 20th, 1860 (as in the obituary) and his age at death as 77. The informant for his death certificate was his son, J. I. Washington, Jr.
Q: What are my conclusions? His obituary contains some inconsistencies in light of other records. We cannot truly be sure of his actual birth date. He was likely born in the month of December, perhaps on the 12th or the 20th, probably between 1858 - 1860. He was not born in 1866. He was born before the Civil War began, likely to enslaved parents. I am positive that he didn't marry Carrie Kinlaugh in 1860! My hunch is that he married her after June 1, 1880 and the newspaper made a typographical error.
Discrepancies across records is not uncommon. Family historians usually have to deal with inconsistencies in the records they amass on a particular individual or family. I hope that you'll agree that my reasoning is sound for the conclusions I have reached.
The image is from the Most Worshipful Prince Hall Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted Masons of South Carolina website [2].
[1] http://beaufortcountylibrary.org/htdocs-sirsi/prominen.htm
[2] http://www.mwphglsc.com/off.html


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Trucks D'EleganceWritten by on March 1, 2004 Goodguys 11th Lonestar Nationals
The Goodguys Lonestar Nationals, located at the Texas Motor Speedway in Fort Worth, is one of those shows that we look forward to all year long. While Texas barbeque is reason enough to hang out in the lone star state for a few days, the thing we look forward to most is seeing many of the best built trucks in the country assembled together for the crowning of the Truck Of The Year. Actually, two trucks are picked, one for the early class (pre-'52) and one for the late ('53-72). Many of the trucks that receive a CLASSIC TRUCKS Top 10 throughout the year make the trek for this yearly competition.
In addition to the heavy truck influence, Fort Worth contains all of the usual features and activities that make the Goodguys' events a success. Over 1,500 rods, customs, muscle cars, and classic trucks were in attendance for the three-day event. In addition, the swap meet and cars-for-sale corral were filled with now-or-never deals, as was the massive vendor and manufacturer area. There were also arts and crafts and model car shows, but those with more of an appetite for speed, say 140 mph, were invited to take a ride on the speedway (throughout the weekend in a NASCAR or on Saturday night in their own ride).
Great show weather prevailed for the entire week, only for the sky to turn black and the downpour to begin right about noon on Sunday. The awards, however, went off without too much trouble, and the big winners of the day probably didn't even mind that their vehicles were soaked.
If you're slightly partial to trucks like we are or you are building a truck that might just be a contender, we highly recommend attending next year's Lone Star Nats. For more information about this show or any other Goodguys event, log onto www.good-guys.com.
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You've seen patina and faux-tina, how about their sister rustina? This flathead Ford pickup had an amazingly smooth layer of surface rust on it. All the folks at Reno Rod & Custom needed to do to it was get the stance right and add a set of lime green wires and Firestones.Fresh off of a CLASSIC TRUCKS Top 10 at Indy, Frank Graves came down from Greentown, IN, with his '35 Ford to compete in the early Truck of The Year competition. And wouldn't you know, he beat out the stiff competition and went home with the title. You really have to take a good look to catch all the tricks on this chopped stretched ride.Bob Johnson brought out his Alan Johnson/Boyds/Buterra-built Blazer, which appeared on our March '02 cover. It looks every bit as good as the day we shot it, and it ended up a finalist for the TOTY competition.You might recognize this '55 Chevy as last year's TOTY, as well as our April '03 cover truck. This year, brothers Darrell and Tim Cimbanin were invited back as judges, and like everyone else, were caught cruizin' in the rain on Sunday.We couldn't resist running a shot of this super-clean unrestored Sub on 'bags and rain-soaked with an old long board on the racks.It seems there was a precursor to the Ford Super Crew--or at least someone wished there was, and made it happen with their '59ish Edsel Villager.It's not often that we come across a '40 Chevy that looks this good. Jack Bourn of Lewisville, TX, built his clean two-tone ride with a 454/700-R4 combo and new-school Cragars.
It's not every day we get to run a shot of a Scout, but Lynn Owens' '61 was so damn cool, we just had to. It runs a 305/350 combo, a half-top and smooth tonneau, and traditional flames with Cragars. If we didn't see it with our own eyes...Rain or shine, there were a whole bunch of awards to be given out. The Goodguys crew, as well as the participants, were troopers 'til the end. We'd venture to guess that many of these trucks had never been wet before.Michael and Deborah Hall are Dallas locals that showed up with this '69 Chevy--one that we had never seen or heard about until the day of the show. The cab is stretched 6 inches, the glass is all glue-in, and the stock bed was modified by using another set of cab corners up front. Add in the Air Ride Technologies Suspension, ZZ4 engine, and the red leather with black ostrich interior, and it's not hard to see why Michael went home with a Top 10 award, as well as the late Truck Of The Year award.This '58 Chevy with a late-model bed belongs to Billy McSwain, of Rockwall, TX. It features a blown 355/700-R4/ Camaro 10-bolt combo and a Camaro front clip with Air Ride Tech four-link and Shockwaves. The 18-inch Boyd Coddingtons wrapped in Michelins makes for a unique wheel and tire combo, and the DuPont Torador Red Paint glows in the sun.Texas local Steve Green brought out his '72 Chevy that was recently painted by graphics master Pat Maxwell. An airbrushed spear and set of orange flames breaks up the PPG Copperhead and Linen White paint. Suspension was handled by a 4/6 drop from Early Classic, which fits the 20-inch Boyd Coddington Stingrays nicely. Under the hood rests a Vette TPI engine.Scotty Gray wowed the crowd with his '48 Ford COE that was recently completed at the Boyd Coddington garage. It runs the original frame equipped with an MII front and a hand-made bed. The drivetrain is a 429/C6/9-inch combo, and the interior is red leather from Gabe Lopez. The restored Quarter midget was a last minute addition--compliments of Greg Coddington.Another surprise entry that was a TOTY finalist and left us with dropped jaws was this '41 Ford owned by Brad Goodheart of Paola, KS. A 6-inch, stretched Art Morrison chassis resides under the likewise stretched cab. Other features include a side-opening tailgate and a bed floor that lifts to reveal an amazingly detailed chassis. A Ram Jet 350 is under the hood, and HOK paint was used throughout.Ed and Joy Stuart brought their '55 F-100 from Pensacola, FL, to compete in the TOTY competition--where they were also a finalist in the later class. The Art Morrison chassis was built using a C4 Vette front, and a '00 Vortec 8.1-liter with a 4L80E and 9-inch resides in it. The heavily modified cab and bed were sprayed with PPG Gold Pearl over Sun Kiss Yellow. Add in the ivory leather interior and the Billet Specialties wheel combo and we'd say this might be one of the nicest Pro-Streeters ever!Dennis Quin has built and won awards with at least a dozen classic trucks and rods over the years, and he seems to outdo himself every time. This '48 Chevy is no exception. Behind the PPG Hot Red paint and 18- and 20-inch Billet Specialties sits a Monte Carlo clip, a '96 LTI drivetrain, and tan leather with matching tan satin sheetmetal.
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We recently had customer using 5D MK 3 with 24-70mm (shooting at 24mm) on M1L w/RD16. While we are unable to confirm settings customer claims he was unable to achieve full rotation upwards in shooting full spherical panoramas.
If you are customer with same camera/lens there are options:
1) M series Nadir Adapter will add sufficient hight to vertical rail but at the cost of having to purchase the item.
2) Tweak your workflow to get around this constraint. You could for example slide your camera rail slightly to allow for full rotation up and let it settle back to shoot zenith. I did this with NN3 for years before the NN5 came out. The zenith hole to cover would be small enough that parallax shouldn't be an issue.
3) Tweak your workflow whereby shooting with enough tilt up will capture the zenith while shooting upper row.
Nonetheless we have had a couple customers share similar concerns.
It might be worth considering making an Arca-swiss style "block" so users can add height to vertical rail by mounting block onto the lower rail. You could even make blocks with various heights.


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I'm still studying maths at undergraduate level, but intend to continue exploring topics in pure maths after I have graduated, so am thinking already about what directions I'd like to persue now, (as I like to be several steps ahead of myself!)
One area which seems particularly interesting is 'reverse mathematics'. I'd be interested to learn what the prerequisites would be for understanding it. Presumably it is a part of logic, and is related in some way to proof theory? If say, I wanted to explore questions such as, 'are there a finite number of ways of proving something?', would this be the right direction to take? (In fact, is there already an answer to this question?)
Apologies if the above is a bit broad/vague. This is my first post, and I plan to add to it as I learn more!
Update 1: Can anyone recommend a good introductory text on reverse mathematics and/or proof theory?


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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning available on Origin Game Time
EA are really pushing this Game Time initiative. Hot on the heels of the news that players can grab a free week of Battlefield 4 comes the confirmation that Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning will be the next game available on the service.
Download it now and you'll net 48 hours of free gameplay. A chance to try out a solid action RPG if you haven't already.
Smedley: Copernicus MMO "was gorgeous," failed due to "idiot" Governor
Sony Online Entertainment was pitched the 38 Studios MMO 'Copernicus', as John Smedley hailed it as "gorgeous," with its quality "undeniable." Unfortunately it was just "too expensive is all."
Smedley points the finger of blame surrounding 38 Studios' collapse towards "that idiot Governor Chafee" of Rhode Island, and even remarks the loan should never of happened.
No "acceptable offers" at auction for Kingdoms of Amalur or Project Copernicus
The 38 Studios auction that was held last week at Heritage Global Partners managed to claw $320,000 in proceeds, and that's thanks to Rise of Nations, Rise of Legends and Big Huge Games.
What didn't amount to anything was RPG IP Kingdoms of Amalur or its MMO counterpart Project Copernicus. There were no "acceptable offers" put forward during the auction.
Shilling: Amalur "billion dollar franchise," "no ones done what we were doing"
Curt Shilling has tweeted his support of the Amalur IP universe calling it a "billion dollar franchise," and implores anyone who buys it through the December auction to "put team back on it" and continue the journey.
He also remarked that years after its release "still no ones done what we were doing". Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning scored high among critics despite a few rough edges.
Amalur IP auction attracting interest among "well-known industry figures"
The auction taking place early next month for 38 Studios' Kingdoms of Amalur and MMO Copernicus has attracted about two dozen interested parties. Among them are "well-known industry figures".
Exactly who will be present at the auction isn't known as interest groups must sign an NDA and the auction itself will be conducted via telephone. Copernicus 'unlikely to be bought and finished'.


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Coggins: 'A weight off my shoulders'
WATERBURY — After many sleepless nights, David Coggins, Javon Martin and Xavier Woods can put to rest the thought that has been haunting the Sacred Heart football players.
The three will not lose their entire senior seasons as part of the punishment meted out Thursday by the CIAC for recruiting violations at Naugatuck High. The CIAC Board of Control did rule, though, that they will miss the first four games.
"It's a weight off my shoulders," said Coggins, an All-State receiver as a sophomore who verbally committed to Boston College in July.
Sacred Heart officials won't appeal the ruling, according to athletic director Jon Carroll.
All three players are able to practice with Sacred Heart and will be eligible to play Oct. 12 against Crosby at Municipal Stadium. Martin was the Hearts' starting quarterback last year while Woods is a fullback/linebacker.
Sacred Heart lost its opening game to Woodland, 46-0, and plays at Seymour tonight.
The Board of Control unanimously voted to fine Naugatuck High $7,500, place the football program on probation for two years, and force the Naugatuck Booster Club under the school's jurisdiction.
Two weeks ago, Naugatuck officials reported to the CIAC that former Greyhounds coach Rob Plasky gave the players' parents and guardians money through the booster club to attend the Central Connecticut State University football camp, a violation of CIAC regulations.
The three players intended to transfer to Naugatuck, but stayed at Sacred Heart after the recruiting violations came to light.
Paul Hoey, assistant executive director of the CIAC, said the board decided against a harsher penalty for the players. "The board was looking at what would be an appropriate penalty without taking away the whole season from the kids," he said. "If they had transferred (to Naugatuck), it could have been five games."
Hoey noted that under CIAC bylaws, a player's eligibility can be forfeited.
"But this was an adult situation," said Hoey. "We were not going to take it out on the kids. The board felt four games was reasonable."
At Sacred Heart's practice Thursday, Coggins, Martin and Woods all said they were relieved.
"It's been real rough," said Coggins, 18, who sat out his junior season with an injury. "I've been so worried and nervous. I thought I had jeopardized my college opportunity if I didn't play this year. I will be calling Boston College (today)."
Martin, 17, who started nine games at quarterback for the Hearts last season, took the suspension in stride.
"I will go hard the last six games," said Martin. "Hopefully, we can have a positive outcome. It's been stressful not being able to play in any of the scrimmages or the first game of the season. Now, I am trying to stay on top of everything and pay attention to every detail in practice.
"We have a lot of talent on the field," added Martin. "We should be all right."
Woods, 17, had dealt with three straight injury-riddled seasons before this year. He is now adjusting to another wait before getting back on the field.
"When I heard the news, it was a relief," said Woods. "I thought the penalty would be way worst than it is. Now I just have to make the best of it. I'm trying to do my best to help my teammates. When I return to the field, it will be a very emotional game. I know I will be ready. I want to be back with my teammates and do everything that I can to help them."
In a decision unrelated to the Naugatuck scandal, the CIAC eligibility committee said that junior running back and linebacker Joe Lynch will be allowed to play for Wolcott High tonight against visiting Torrington after transferring from Holy Cross.
Lynch played two seasons at Holy Cross and transferred to Wolcott. He sat out Wolcott's game with Kennedy on Saturday. Wolcott athletic director Bryan Darcy received word from CIAC officials Thursday.
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