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There are a lot of reports circulating out there right now about the suspected status of players in today's early games. We'll know for sure in about 15 minutes, and I'll have a running list here of all of the important actives and inactives in the early games as the confirmed news comes in. So let's deal with some late-game uncertainty.
According to CBS Sports' Jason La Canfora, Dolphins running back Reggie Bush is expected to play this afternoon versus the Cardinals. He is listed as questionable to play because of his bruised knee, but he was able to get through limited practice on Thursday and Friday. A source told La Canfora that "only an unforeseen complication in warm-ups would keep him out."
Fantasy Analysis:
If you have Daniel Thomas or Lamar Miller , you can afford to wait on Reggie. If you don't, well, I still think Reggie is going to play in this game, and despite a tough matchup and the knee injury, he's been too productive when active to sit. It's a little gutsy, but I would feel OK putting Bush in my lineup, even if I didn't have great replacement options. I usually stress safety when it comes to late-game calls, but I have a lot of faith that Bush will be active and get at least 15 touches today.


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Fun with Ubuntu Lucid, KVM and iSCSI
(Note: I wrote this after doing this install and haven't walked through it and checked it, so there maybe thinkos)
I run Ubuntu Lucid on my desktop and wanted to play about with server stuff, and I've already got the KVM setup running with other guests running in it.
Here I show how I've set up a pair of Ubuntu Lucid server KVM guests, where one iSCSI serves the root to the other, with iSCSI booting using gPXE.
I won't claim this is efficient, but it's been interesting to setup - bits of this setup are probably useful in other scenarious, e.g. I think you should be able to iSCSI boot a KVM guest off an external SAN. There may even be more sane ways of doing this insane combination!
1) The base
For my base system I have Ubuntu Lucid (64bit) in my case on an i7-860 with 8GB of RAM. On it I have the kvm, qemu-common, qemu- kvm and kvm-pxe packages installed, together with libvirt- bin, libvirt0 and virt-manager.
I've got some of my disc space in a LVM volume group.
I configured the dhcp range for the default network in KVM downto only part of the range and setup a netboot like this ( /var/lib/libvirt/network/default.xml )
<network> <name>default</name> <uuid>e72880a1-3159-cb84-4314-ee938ebb954b</uuid> <forward mode='nat'/> <bridge name='virbr0' stp='on' delay='0' /> <ip address='192.168.122.1' netmask='255.255.255.0'> <tftp root='/var/lib/libvirt/tftp' /> <dhcp> <range start='192.168.122.2' end='192.168.122.127' /> <host mac='52:54:00:41:73:fb' name='client1' ip='192.168.122.130' /> <bootp file='netboot' /> </dhcp> </ip> </network>
NOTE: To restart the libvirt dhcp server to use the config file you'll need to:
stop libvirt-bin killall dnsmasq ifconfig virbr0 down brctl delbr start libvirt-bin
Create /var/lib/libvirt/tftp
2) The server guest
I used lvm to create an logical volume called server1a (which is now /dev/main/server1a on the host), and then created a guest using virt-manager and gave it that volume as a virtio disk. (The ability to create a new lv within virt-manager doesn't seem to work for me).
I then booted this off a Lucid server CD and installed it, creating it's own LVM hierarchy on it's disk and giving it a fixed IP (192.168.122.129). For convenience I then added an entry to the host machines /etc/hosts to point to that.
Within the server guest I created a new logical volume to be the root disk of the client, so from within the server this is /dev/server1/export.
We now have:
Host physical Disk (/dev/sda on the host) fdisk partition for LVM (/dev/sda3 on the host) LVM volume group (main on the host) LVM logical volume for the server guest (/dev/main/server1a)
Guest virtual Disk (/dev/vda on the server1 guest, /dev/main/server1a on host) fdisk partition for LVM (/dev/vda5 on server1 guest) LVM volume group (server1 on the server1 guest) LVM logical volume for the client guest (/dev/server1/export)
Now we can get iscsi serving going. On the server1 guest I installed the iscsitarget package, made sure that /etc/default/iscsitarget enabled it and wrote an /etc/ietd.conf with just the lines:
Target iqn.2010-05.org.treblig:server1.export.a.b Lun 0 Path=/dev/mapper/server1-export,Type=blockio
I then made sure this would run at boot by using
update-rc.d iscsitarget defaults
3) The client
I created another guest with virt-manager with no disk and booted it using the Lucid server disk. Note that I have a fixed IP specified in the DHCP config for libvirt for the MAC address of the client.
When it realises it hasn't got a disk it should give you the option of using iscsi, and giving it the IP of the server it should then list the iscsi target name from the ietd.conf.
I then did a normal lucid server install, and then shut it down.
4) Booting the client
This is somewhat trickier than it should be; the PXE netboot ROM in Qemu/KVM on Lucid doesn't have iSCSI booting in it. There are various ways to fix this, you could PXE boot Grub2 and then the kernel/initrd copied out of the client, but that wouldn't get updated by any kernel updates in the client. You can also replace the ROM in the Qemu, but I didn't want to change any of the packaged stuff.
My solution was to chain boot a gPXE with iSCSI support; I went to :
and selected .kpxe format, virtio-net for the NIC type, TFTP download protocol, SANBOOT_PROTO_ISCSI, AUTOBOOT_CMD, SANBOOT_CMD and most of the other defaults and then added the following embedded script:
ifopen net0 dhcp net0 chain /${ip}
rom-o-matic gives back an image file that I copied into /var/lib/libvirt/tftp on the host as a file called netboot. When the client netboots it will load this new instance of gPXE that will then try and load a file based on it's IP, in my case I've got a file called 192.168.122.130 in /var/lib/libvirt/tftp on the host with the following contents:
#!gpxe sanboot iscsi:192.168.122.129::::iqn.2010- 05.org.treblig:server1.export.a.b
where the first part is the IP of the iSCSI server partition, and the second part is the identifier from the ietd.conf on the server.
Remember to set the Boot Options on the client to Network.
Now when I boot the client VM I boot all the way into Lucid client!
The boot process of the client is:
DHCP, PXE boot, tftp fetch the new gPXE DHCP, fetch the /192.168.122.130 script iSCSI boot off the remote disk
Notes: On the client there is a lot of iscsi config in /etc, and /etc/iscsi in particular, if you move the server after installation you'll have to fix up all of that and then fix up the initramfs by regenerating it - it'll pick up the /etc/iscsi/iscsi.initramfs


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So what did Fight On State think of Penn State's signing day press conference?
Writer Greg Pickel and reporter Beth Long break it all down for you here.
Also of note, two former walk-on players will be returning as scholarship athletes, tight end Matt Lehman and defensive back Ryan Keiser.
Check out the video below:
Signing Day Impressions
Transcript provided by Penn State.
Q. Can you give us your general impressions about the class?
O'BRIEN: We feel really positive about this class for many reasons. When I was hired here, the first thing we did after we met with our football team last year that was here at Penn State was we began to delve right into recruiting. What we want here eventually is definitely a smart team, a high character team, a big, fast, physical football team that can play in all kinds of weather. I think we've done that with this recruiting class.
Now, what we did, not me, with the rules the way they are right now, the head coaches can only see these kids once off campus. You have to give a ton of credit to our coaching staff. We have a great staff of recruiters and coaches and teachers and family guys, then Billy Kavanaugh, who did a great job of organizing it all, a really sharp guy. You have to give those guys a lot of credit.
What we did was we found guys that came from good families, that were smart guys that we think are tough guys that we know are going to come here and go to class and be good in the community.
Time will tell about obviously how good they all end up being. You never really know until they actually start playing for you.
We're excited about this class.
Sanction wise, certainly we lost some kids because of sanctions. There's no question about it. I'm not going to sit up here and tell you that the sanctions didn't play a factor in some of the guys that we set out to recruit.
But at the end of the day all, I'm concerned about are the guys that are here. What we talk about as a staff all the time is we're not about collecting talent, we're about building a team. I think it's important to understand that we feel like we've done a good job of starting to build a football team for the future here with the kids that signed with us today and the five that were already here in January and then with our Run on program, which we feel is going really well for us right now.
Q. Bill, there's no playbook for how to react to sanctions recruiting wise. How did you shift strategy and that sort of thing after that hit? I would have to imagine you had to re-focus?
O'BRIEN: The strategy definitely changed. I mean, the one thing that is important is that you go from thinking about 85 scholarships, signing 25 guys in a year, and then when the sanctions come out you immediately have to become a mathematician and figure out how, number one, you're going to get to 65 by September 1st of 2014, which is what we have to do; number two, you have to think about we can only sign 15 scholarship players; and number three, how much more important, even though at that time it was very important to us, but how much more important the Run on program becomes for us.
There was a series of lengthy meetings with our staff, with myself, Billy Kavanaugh, Jimmy Bernhardt, who is my right-hand man here, discussing strategies, needs, all the things that go into a 65 scholarship roster and signing 15 guys (per year).
So the strategies definitely changed and I feel like we've got a lot of bright guys here in this building, a lot of guys smarter than me that had some good ideas. The strategies will constantly be evolving, but we feel really good about how our strategy worked at it relates to today.
Q. What in particular did you like about Christian Hackenberg? What do you think he brings as a quarterback?
O'BRIEN: Number one is, he's a really good person. We feel really good about our quarterback room right now. It's young; it's a young quarterback room. Whoever plays quarterback for us next year, whoever takes the field in the Syracuse game (Aug. 31) will basically be playing college football for the first time. Steven (Bench) got a few snaps this year against Virginia, but for all intents and purposes, the quarterback that plays for us next year will be somewhat of a rookie quarterback.
When you look at our room right now, we feel like we have competitive guys, smart guys, guys that come from good families, guys that are going to work hard in the classroom, and Christian fits right in there. He's a tall guy, accurate arm, strong arm, he's smart, and we feel good.
Again, the jump from high school to college to the pros, those are big jumps. He's making the jump from high school to college; that's a big jump. The system that we run here at Penn State is not the simplest system in the world to learn for a quarterback. He's going to have to really begin to study and understand what it takes to play quarterback at this level, which we've talked about a lot in the recruiting process. The same can be said of Tyler (Ferguson) and Steven.
When you play quarterback at Penn State, that's very, very different than any other position on the team. When you play quarterback at Penn State, you have to really learn how to balance the classroom with being the best prepared quarterback you can be, working in the weight room, studying the playbook, studying the game plan, your opponent, then obviously going to class, which is number one, and will always be number one at Penn State.
We think Christian is a guy that's going to come in here and do all those things and we feel really good about our room at that position.
Q. A follow up on Christian. Do you anticipate him being a guy that will be able to fight for the starting job as a freshman? Do you maybe not have the luxury of redshirting many of these kids because of some of the effects of the sanctions?
O'BRIEN: I will say this about the quarterback position. Those guys, Christian, Steven Bench, Tyler Ferguson, any one of those guys could be our starting quarterback against Syracuse, no question about it. Don't expect me to really name a starting quarterback at the end of spring practice. I might, but I might not. Understand that.
Now, as far as redshirting and things like that, that's hard to say. You look at it, and the one thing that you have to do is you've got to do a great job of evaluating these guys every single day, starting with spring practice with the five newcomers that are here, and training camp with the other 12 added to the mix.
If these guys are ready to play, as a coaching staff we make the decision to play these guys, involving the parents in that decision, talking about the freshmen. When we play them, we have to play them. If you decide to play a guy as a freshman, you only end up playing him the first two games, a total of 10 plays, that's not very smart as a coaching staff.
If we believe that any of these guys are ready to play as true freshmen, we have to get them prepared to play and we have to play them. We have to live with rookie mistakes and we also have to do a great job of guiding them and teaching them and staying with them. That's how it goes.
There's a lot that goes into that redshirt decision. You can't make it right now.
Q. You and your staff have discussed previously, because of the limited scholarships you're giving out, you can't miss with guys, you have to be real careful. How did that manifest or change in the way that you've approached recruiting over the last year?
O'BRIEN: You're right; you're right. It's almost impossible to say this, to do this, but you really can't miss when you can only sign 15 scholarship players. We feel really good about where we're at.
But, again, only time will tell. That's when it becomes vitally important to, number one, be as thorough as you possibly can be in recruiting, as thorough as you can be within the rules of recruiting, you've got to do a great job of, so to speak, leaving no stone unturned.
The next deal that becomes really, really important is the Run on program. We feel really good about that Run on program. I think overall, this is a great day for Penn State. People may look at me and say, Why do you say that? We're in the middle of sanctions, all these things.
Well, this is a great day for Penn State because it proves a number of things for Penn State. We signed a number of kids that committed to us early and stayed committed to us, stayed committed to us when they could have gone elsewhere. That's really a great day for Penn State. That says a lot about Penn State, not any one coach or anything, but a lot about Penn State.
Number two is, we found with our run on program there are many guys out there, mostly Pennsylvania guys, but even some other guys from other states, that have grown up dreaming about playing at Penn State that have fantastic opportunities to go to other schools, fantastic schools, but they've chosen to come to Penn State because of Penn State. They have a chance to sit in this team meeting room. They have a chance to lift in that weight room, which is the best weight room in the country. They have a chance to be coached by an excellent coaching staff. They have a chance to play football in front of 100,000 fans. Most importantly, they have a chance to receive an incredible degree, an incredible college degree.
So that says a lot about the tradition, the history of Penn State. The foundation that Coach Paterno started here and kept here for 50 years, we're trying to keep that going. What it said to me today is this is a very good day for Penn State because of what it says about the university.
Q. The guys who stayed committed to you. Can you talk about back in July, a couple days after the sanctions, a group of guys came in here publicly and committed to you. How important was that for you?
O'BRIEN: It was really important. That was an interesting day. When the sanctions came out, we had really good relationships with these families. Just like all coaches that are recruiting at these schools, you develop relationships with these families. It was neat getting to know their families, being in their hometowns, their homes.
What happened in July was we had these really good relationships with these kids that committed to us. They called and they were upset. They were upset because the Penn State that they had committed to changed relative to the sanctions. They all got in their cars and they drove here to State College and they sat right in this room. It was a very private meeting, a very emotional meeting.
I stood right here and I answered probably 50 to 75 questions as best that I could. If I didn't know the answer, I just told them, Look, I don't know the answer to that, I'll find out the answer as fast as I can. I think it was important that our whole staff was in here, too, and were able to meet with the families.
I think that was an important day for us at Penn State and the football program because it was an honest, somewhat emotional, tough, but very productive meeting.
Q. Generally speaking with the message and strategy of recruiting Run ons, how much does it differ with recruiting the scholarship athletes? Is there a big difference?
O'BRIEN: There is in the rules. There's definitely a difference in the rules. I'm not going to get into all the specifics of can you call them, how you contact them, how they contact you, things like that.
But as far as once those contacts are made, there's really not a lot of difference. You're talking about the same things that you talk to a scholarship player about. You're talking about education, being able to choose from so many different majors here
Once again, I say this all the time, you get sick of me saying this, I have these guys in my office that are currently on our football team, I'm just amazed at the diversity of all the majors on our football team. That's a huge selling point. You're going to be able to have a passion for playing football and for what you want to study.
So we talk to all of the guys that we're talking about Penn State to, we talk about the same things. It doesn't differ based on scholarship or no scholarship.
Then, obviously, the chance to develop as a player, the chance to play in front of great fans, play in a program filled with history and tradition, it's the same thing you talked about to all these different guys.
Q. How many Run ons are you looking to add to this class? Are there any walk ons from this past season who will be on scholarship this upcoming season?
O'BRIEN: We're only allowed to bring 105 to training camp. Right now we have about 90 guys in the program. Then you add the 12 scholarship guys that will join us in June for the summer bridge program, you're talking about 102 guys. We'll try to add between 13 and 15 guys. There's guys that may end up leaving the program, things like that. I'm talking about walk ons. That's basically how we'll handle that.
I don't know right now the exact total. But it's anywhere from 15 to 20 guys (Run-ons) that will be here when the training camp starts.
Q. Are there any walk-ons from last season who are now on scholarship?
O'BRIEN: Off the top of my head, I know that Matt Lehman will be on scholarship, Ryan Keiser is on scholarship, then anybody else that I'm not remembering I'll get that to you. Those are two that I know.
Q. A lot of fans, people in the business, look at (Brendan) Mahon, (Adam) Breneman, (Garrett) Sickles, (Christian) Hackenberg as the core of your class. There were three other guys you offered early. How important were they? What do you like about those guys? Where do they rank on your recruiting board?
O'BRIEN: It is true that the storyline out there for a while was we had this core group of guys. To me they were all important. When I look at this list of guys, there's not one guy that I look at and I say, Wow, that guy is a lot more important than the other guy. That is no way to build a team.
Within the walls of this football building, all these guys were extremely important to our football program and to our university, to our athletic department, because they committed to us during what a lot of people think is a tough time for Penn State. We don't see it that way. We can't wait to play the season next year. We can't wait to play in future years with 65 scholarships. Life is about challenges.
As it relates to those guys that you asked me about, again, Andrew Nelson is a guy that we met early on, offered a scholarship to early on, really thought very highly of this guy; a high character guy, good student, great family, and a Pennsylvania guy. We think he's going to be a heck of a player.
Now, I'm probably putting some pressure on him to come in here and do that. He's big, tall, rangy, he can bend, he's tough. He's a Penn State offensive lineman.
Zayd (Issah) was a guy we evaluated on tape early on, as a student, and we felt right away that this is a guy that can be a Penn State linebacker. That's saying a lot because we know the history here, the best in the history of college football. We feel really good about Zayd, his athletic ability, his ability to come in here and play for us.
Then Curtis Cothran, we felt was another Pennsylvania guy that comes from a great family, down there in the Philadelphia area, Council Rock North (High School). We were really excited about the fact that we liked this guy on tape. He's played very productively. He's a good guy.
When you go to the school, you would observe these guys, that's another way to tell. You go into the school, you look at Curtis, he's walking down the middle of the hallway, he's like the Pied Piper. The teachers love him, everybody is high fiving him. You can say this about all these guys we recruited. That's something I noticed going into all these guys' schools. We feel he has tremendous upside for us.
Q. You brought in three guys from the south. Talk a little bit about what they bring to the class and do you envision yourself continuing to recruit in the deep south and other regions of the country?
O'BRIEN: We'll continue to recruit in the deep south, in the south, because we have connections down there. I coached at Georgia Tech for eight seasons. Mac McWhorter, his roots are down there. We'll continue to recruit down there.
The bulk of the roster will come from that 300 mile driving distance (from State College) -- Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Baltimore, (Washington) D.C., New York. We have to do a better job in Ohio, then New England. We'll still get into the south.
When we went down there and watched these guys play, we got to know their families, again, they come from really good families. They're high character guys, they're tough guys. All three of these guys, (Kasey) Gaines, (Parker) Cothren, (Neiko) Robinson, we think are going to be really good football players for us. So we're excited about having them onboard.
That gives us a pretty good, diverse mix of guys when you look at the geography of our roster. We have a decent number of guys from the south on our roster, the bulk of the guys are from the northeast. That's the way it should be. We'll continue to recruit down there. We're excited about those three guys.
Q. You lost Ted Roof, who everybody knows down south. How does that change? Where are you at in replacing him on the staff?
O'BRIEN: Obviously Ted did a great job for us this year. That's what happens in coaching. Guys have decisions to make that are the decisions that involve their families. He went to Georgia Tech. He's in the Georgia Tech Hall of Fame. That's where I met Ted. His wife is from Peachtree City, he's from Lawrenceville. They're going back home, and that's good.
He has a great presence in the south, a fantastic recruiter. But we're still be in there. Charles London is from Dunwoody, Georgia. Mac is from Atlanta; played at Georgia. So we still have some guys in the south.
I'm in the process of filling that position on our staff. That will probably be something that gets filled over the next week or so.
Q. In addition to recruiting these freshmen coming in, you were also continuing to keep your current team together. Was there a lot of meetings? Is that an on-going process? Can you speak to the significance of going into spring practice with your former team?
O'BRIEN: We feel really good about our football team right now. I think the guys that are here right now, having gone through last year, they know us a little better. They know the things that we expect out of them. They understand the systems on offense and defense and special teams. They love the weight room. They understand how academics works here as far as the support system. We feel good about where we are with them.
Nothing has changed about the honesty we have with them, the relationships we have with them. Nothing has changed. We all understand what the rules are. We're playing by the rules as far as the sanctions that the NCAA laid down on us.
We don't spend every waking minute, just like we didn't really last year, talking about staying. We really don't do that that much. We say right now, Hey, you guys are Penn State football players and we can't wait to coach you in the spring. But we're very mindful of it. We just continue to coach them on a day to day basis.
Q. Are you over that bridge with a lot of those guys that are still here?
O'BRIEN: That's what I'm saying; I believe we are. I believe we are. We're very mindful of the situation that we're still in.
Q. The NCAA recently passed a rule that kind of gives more coaches unfettered access to contacts recruits starting in August. How is that going to change your 2014 approach? Reading between the lines, is that what you meant last month when you said you're looking to add recruiting personnel?
O'BRIEN: That's part of it, no question. The rules are changing. Basically they're not changing, they're removing a lot of rules. Less regulations; less regulatory methods. It will change a lot. We're in the process of looking at that right now. Every day we spend part of the day on recruiting, how are we going to handle unlimited text messaging, unlimited visits to schools, whatever it may be. We're never going to join the ranks of the wild, wild west, I can promise you that. We're going to do things the right way at Penn State and still try to go out there and try to find Penn State guys.
We want tough guys, smart guys, high character guys. So that's not going to change. Maybe some of the ways we go about doing it have to change because of the less rules.
Q. Are those changes good for college football?
O'BRIEN: I'm just a rookie head coach. I don't know. That's probably for somebody else to answer than me.
Again, I'm just all about in recruiting, our staff, we're about finding the right fit. Once we find the right fit, developing the relationship where the parents and the prospect, we all feel like we're on the same page as to where we can take this young man when he gets here, academically, socially, obviously football wise.
Whether that's good for college football or not, I don't know. I just really want to see how good we can do at Penn State.
Q. Penn State has a pretty rich history with legacy commits, fathers, brothers. Is that something you're going to keep stressing in the future?
O'BRIEN: I don't think there's any question that that's important here. We've got such a strong letterman's organization, a lot of these guys that have these teenage sons that are good athletes, good players. They have good genes. They have a passion for Penn State because they've grown up watching how much it meant to their dads. A lot of them, both parents went to Penn State, which is pretty neat, too. There's no question.
Obviously, they have to be able to play and they have to be good students, but that's something we'll definitely continue to look at, no question about it.
Q. How much time has it taken you to learn the rules with the Run ons given it's such a different situation? Do you expect any of them to enroll this summer for the bridge program considering they'll pay for it?
O'BRIEN: Some of them will enroll. I'm not sure how many right now. I'm sure some of them will. I look at the rules every day. If I have something on my desk that I completely don't understand whether we can do this or not, I turn around, I have the NCAA rule book -- here is my desk, a credenza behind my desk, with a rule book that thick. I pull it out and I go to the page that is appropriate for what I'm looking at. I figure out the rule.
That's kind of the way it goes. So, yeah, every day is a learning experience when it comes to the rules of just overall recruiting for me.
Q. You talked last summer about balancing the roster out a bit. How do you feel you were able to address that with this class and can you talk about what you were able to do on the defensive side of the ball with this class?
O'BRIEN: We basically signed eight offensive players and nine defensive players. You have the five that are here now, the 12 that signed today, so eight on offense, nine on defense.
We feel like with the restrictions, with the sanctions there, only being able to sign 15, we feel like we balanced it pretty well. At the end of the day, do we wish there were a couple positions where we could get some more guys? Of course. But we can't because of our restrictions.
We feel like we balanced it very well offensively and defensively. It's a well balanced class when you look at the linemen versus the skill players. We just wanted to recruit guys, like I said, that we knew fit our program and our style of play, and we feel like we did that.
Q. Going back to that meeting in July, do you know or can you estimate how many kids were there? Of the ones that were there, how many stayed committed?
O'BRIEN: I'm counting. Give me a second, man (laughter).
I want to say there were don't hold me to this eight guys there, and I want to say seven of the eight stayed committed. Don't ask me about who didn't; you can figure that out. I'm sure you've got sources you can figure that out. One guy said he was coming and then decided to go somewhere else.
Q. This was your first full year as a head coach. You've been assistant before. How was your role different compared to being an assistant? Was there anything you feel you improved upon going throughout the year? You mentioned you were a rookie. How was the year in general?
O'BRIEN: It was totally different than being an assistant coach, totally different. So I was basically trying to improve every time I went out, whether it was the message in the home, the message at the high school, whatever it might be.
I think at the end of the day all I ever try to do is be myself and be honest with people and with their families. With all due respect, I don't ask them how their girlfriends are doing, when the prom is, all that. I don't really care about that.
This is how I see your academic future, this is how I see your football future. This is what you're going to be required to do in many ways off the field community wise here at Penn State. I tell them we're looking for good, tough guys that are smart, that are going to keep their noses clean off the field and go to class.
As the days went on, hopefully that message was delivered better by me. But it's totally different than being an assistant on the road.
Q. Do you follow the recruiting rankings at all?
O'BRIEN: No. I really don't. That's a fair question. I respect them. I respect the people that do that. Those people that do that, some of them are my friends. I've known a guy named Jamie Newberg for 20 years, since I was at Georgia Tech. Some of those guys are my friends and I respect what they do.
At the end of the day, that has nothing to do with how I look at a student athlete, a prospective student athlete. I look at a prospective student athlete with our staff and I say, Look, this is what we need, okay? So how does this guy fit what we need? What does he do well? What are his weaknesses? How is he going to fit in with our locker room? How is he going to do in class his freshman year? How is he going to do working in the community for us, because he's going to have to do a lot of that? How does he fit?
This is a different place. I'm not saying we're up here (gestures high). I'm not saying that, don't get me wrong. Penn State is a very unique, special place to play college football. I don't care about stars, rankings. Somebody came running into the office this morning and said, Hey, we're the fourth ranked team in the Big Ten in recruiting. Who cares? Who is one, two and three? I don't know. I just know I feel good about the players we have in this class.
Q. Are there any players in this class that weren't recruited as heavily as others that you think could be a 'sleeper'?
O'BRIEN: Again, I think that's a great question. I'll say the answer is yes, but I'm not going to get into who those guys are. I would say the answer is definitely, yes.
I always go back to my last year in New England. We went to a Super Bowl with a roster filled with guys that probably didn't have five stars. Let's think about it. Rob Gronkowski probably had five stars. Aaron Hernandez probably had five stars. (Wes) Welker didn't have five stars. Danny Woodhead didn't have five stars.
We had a right guard for many years in New England named Steve Neal, many people didn't hear of him because he wrestled. He wrestled in college, then played pro football.
What I'm saying is, when we go out and do our system of recruiting, we try to find guys that fit our program. That's what we did. There's probably guys on that list that weren't as highly recruited that we think are going to be good players.


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Hello thank you for the advice,I already solve he problem,I send fabricate two new rotors and found a pair of hubs from an early ford with the 4.5 pattern....but they use thicker neck bolts and because of the weld racing wheels the car has,I also need longer bolts so I have to redrill the hubs with the pattern and smaller holes for 3 inch bolts....but now its done.About my trip to Sao Paulo,I'll do it in november I guess because I have a newborn child coming and can't move til that days,so I'll not go to see the F1 ,I'll go to see DRAG RACING!much better!thank you bye
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OK Mopar neighbor.Well,if older Mopars are available in Peru you could swap a complete system from a '73 and up car which is already a 4,5" size.These imported Mopars are very rare here in Brasil. Maybe the car you got the 383 from... A friend here has done such a conversion.Headers are a pain in the you know where.Unless you get the fenderwels type and cut the bay...
I am in Rio de Janeiro,4 hours driving from SP.You are welcome to spend a day here.Let me know.
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Hello Paulo,hello mopar neighbor,here in Lima there are only two or four in good shape and this one we are swaping a 383 B engine/727 tranny/ 8 3/4 rear end with 4.10suregrip combo for drag racing,by the way very incipient yet in Peru.But is a nice project almost done but for the front hubs is a pain you know were,jajaja.About the ford discs/hubs you're talking about a single piece unit non a two piece one like the mopar?.Well I found a couple of models and the spindle is too short for it in one case an is offset of the original four piston caliper of the car,that I dont want to swap because I already invested around $100 in repair them,but the fix goes in that way I think....I hope!By the way thank you very much for the advise and in wich state in Brazil do you live because I'm planning to go to Sao Paulo to visit a friend and see the F1 grand prix.
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Hello Mopar in Peru! Greetings from Mopar in Brasil! Yes this 4" bolt pattern is a pain sometimes.Very limited choice of wheels.The Dodges built here in Brasil are worse,they used an old Simca bolt pattern that matches nothing...
What we do here to swap to 4,5" pattern is to substitute the complete disc + hub front unit for some from other make like Ford.Sometimes even the bearings are similar.In the back we redrill the flanges and drums.Some guys prefer to go with right hand threads all around.
Now if your Duster is original it still has front drums.Then I guess you could redrill all 4.By the way I know of only one Duster in Brasil.It belongs to a friend here.It is a '70 model with a 318.
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Hi,please advice,is there someone who knows of a company that sells mopar A body front hubs with a 4.5 bolt pattern.I'm stucked because I send mine to be redrilled with the 4.5 pattern to a bad machine shop and one of them is off the center and with the rotor cracked because of the new holes were too tight also!?The new rotors/discs are not a problem but the hubs are because I didn't found new ones.I'm thinking of making them new from duraluminum32 aluminum available here,of course in other shop.
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.Winter patties are mixing beekeepers heads.Lack on pollen tells that winter is coming. Prepare for winter rest.In cluster bees eate some amount pollen. Poo is full on empty pollen cells.Honey has only energy and pollen has other nutritiens..Cluster goes over winter without pollen but it is not able to start brooding before they get pollen from nature. Bees need winter rest. So they are in better condition than bees which beekeeper has disturbed the whole winter with his emergency operations.It is very different when hives are in California on in New York. It is different too if hives are 1000 / hectare or 5 per hectare. Have you in December 20C day temp or 0C.I start pollen feeding in spring about 3-4 weeks before willow starts blooming.When new bees emerge, they get new fresh pollen from nature and they will grow to good brood feeders.If snow covers the ground and if I feed pollen or pollen patty, bees become sick. They need lots of drinking water to use patty. They get a long lasting chalkbrood then.
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**If snow covers the ground and if I feed pollen or pollen patty, bees become sick. They need lots of drinking water to use patty. They get a long lasting chalk-brood then.** You need to change the PH of your mix- 8-) (use citric acid crystals)--also to eliminate your NOSEMA problem you need to add secrete OAK tannin-oak tannin poses static charge and repel pathogen and also make intestine lining leathery so pathogen can not penetrate--your bees must be strong with high protein reserves in body fat to make it through long sleepthe bees are what they eat--full-of poo or not-- :loll: RDY-B
**I use 3 brood box system. At the end of main yield the lowest box has pollen.** sounds good -but what if the bottom box has no pollen If i run triple deep i get brood and honey in all 3 boxes--less honey for harvest -run two chamber-or even single harvest large yield and replace sticky box for brood expansion --no pollen box-it dose not always get full--RDY-B


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Arsène Wenger expects Arsenal's defensive improvement to be clear by the end of the season.
The Frenchman saw his side concede 37 goals in 38 Premier League games last year – a tally that cost Arsenal a serious chance of the title.
Wenger has looked to reverse that pattern this season by signing Thomas Vermaelen and protecting his back four with a defensive midfielder in a 4-3-3 formation. Vermaelen has been an unqualified success and Arsenal's tactics have been praised but they have still shipped 11 goals in eight top-flight games this term.
The point was made to Wenger at the Annual General Meeting on Thursday but the Arsenal manager is unperturbed and believes his back four are on the right track.
"I believe we will have to see at the end of the season," said Wenger.
"But we conceded too many goals last year and we decided to rectify our defence and the system we play.
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He is accused of managing, supervising, directing or owning all or part of a business - Amory House of Pizza - when he paid patrons who accumulated points on electronic video poker machines they played there.Nakos is free on $3,000 personal recognizance bail, with a probable cause hearing set for Aug. 28.
His son, Alkis Nakos, 35, of Arah Street, and Kosmas Koustas, 35, of Hooksett, are accused of operating the New Hampshire branch of a North American drug ring that smuggled an estimated 100 to 200 pounds of marijuana and other illicit drugs each week.According to documents on file in U.S. District Court in Concord, no pizzas ever came out of the Amory Street pizzeria in the last year or so, when undercover drug investigators had it under surveillance.What patrons could buy, according to investigators, were MDMA, commonly known as "Molly," the prescription drug Viagra and Klonopin, an anti-anxiety medication.
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Great looking rifle! Was it difficult to work out the fit for a regular (non-saiga) magazine?
Great looking rifle! Was it difficult to work out the fit for a regular (non-saiga) magazine?
Thanks! To answer you question...Well kind of. I had to install a Bulgarian .223 bullet guide, which meant drilling a hole in the trunnion. This was ok though since I had to pull the barrel to turn it down anyway. A little extra work but well worth it since I can now use nearly all .223 AK magazines. Interestingly I have found that I can even use my 35 round steel Galil mags without having to make any modifications.
Very nice looking AK Will. A am also interested in how you made the Weiger mag to fit. My question is does the magazine have any side to side play?
Hi Mike,
I did not modify the Wieger magazine body, I did however build up the mag catch release on the rifle by about 4 thousands of an inch, which brought the back of all my .223 mags up to were they needed to be, just snug under the rails. Add to this the installation of the bullet guide and you get flawless feeding. Also I have not had an issue with side play from the Wieger mags, I have had some side play from a couple of Bulgarian .223 waffle mags. That being said they still feed flawlessly even though they were a little sloppy. One other thing I should mention, I used a Bulgarian AK74 trigger guard when I did this conversion. I hope that helps you.
"Side to side play" or "mag wobble" is something that has sneaked in to the Kalashnikov arena via the AR15 boys.
Military Kalashnikovs have mag wobble. They have canted sights, gas blocks, etc.
So long as it doesn't affect the operation of the rifle, it's fine.
When the "side to side play" or "mag wobble" gets so drastic, the magazine blocks the bolt carrier or the bolt carrier completely overrides the next cartridge, that is the "side to side play" or "mag wobble" to be wary of.
Thanks will6970 and nalioth. I have a Saiga 223 that I have been thinking about doing something to it. I noticed ProMag has a 30 round 223 mag, but I do not want to start collecting Saiga mags when I have a bunch of Weiger mags. Man, you have one nice looking rifle.
Thanks Mike,
Don't hessitate to contact me if you need any help with your Saiga project.
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Rahel Lynes is a new face at Corning Community College (CCC), but students and faculty are already familiar with her program's mission of supporting poverty reduction. This is the second year that CCC has hosted an AmeriCorps Volunteer in Service to America (VISTA). Lynes, who recently began her year-long assignment, will continue carrying out VISTA's mission by developing health campaigns, organizing garden projects, and running an on-campus food pantry. Her work will benefit CCC as well as the wider Steuben County community.
Health campaigns to increase awareness of simple, nutritious choices will be held on campus and in the community. Students and volunteers can get involved through idea development, booth creation, event coordination, and promotional material design. Lynes has already organized two events for this spring. On April 10 at 12:00 pm, dietician Lindsay Sawyer-Bowes from the Food Bank of the Southern Tier will conduct a meal demonstration using healthy, inexpensive foods in the Triangle Lounge in CCC's Commons building. On April 17 at 5:30 pm, dietician and author George Eisman will present "Eating for Your Health and the Health of the Planet" at the Southeast Steuben County Public Library.
Lynes aims to improve access to fresh food and promote container gardening in the community. High school and college students will participate in activities such as designing gardens, building and painting sheds and signs, and good old-fashioned planting, weeding, and harvesting. Local gardeners are pitching in to build container gardens at Spencer Crest Nature Center. Community members (including the Food Bank of the Southern Tier, SNAP beneficiaries, food pantry patrons, and the Southeast Steuben County Public Library) will organize workshops and get their hands dirty gardening.
Increasing awareness and food access on campus will benefit students and reduce hunger. Students and volunteers can help by running food drives, attending awareness events, assembling emergency food packages, planning meals, and volunteering at the Corning Community Food Pantry and the Food Bank of the Southern Tier. Lynes also plans to set up a mobile food pantry on campus to improve food security.
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Blue Hens Fall to Towson 16-8, Still Clinch Spot in Colonial Athletic Association Baseball Championship
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But the news wasn't all bad for the Blue Hens.
Despite the loss, Delaware was able to clinch a spot in the CAA Baseball Championship May 21-24 in Wilmington, N.C. as the Hens' place in the field was solidified when Hofstra lost to College of Charleston Sunday.
Delaware's spot in the CAA Tournament disproved many predictions as the Blue Hens were picked to finish last by the league coaches in the pre-season poll. Delaware, which can enter the tournament as high as the No. 3 seed depending on the outcome of its three games vs. James Madison later this week, will compete in the CAA Championship for the third straight year.
In Sunday's game, Chad Martin gave up six runs on four hits and took the loss for the Blue Hens, while Bruce Zimmermann earned the victory for Towson.
The 33 runs given up to Towson were the most allowed by the Blue Hens in a three game series since UD gave up 34 total runs to former CAA foe Georgia State in a series in April, 2009.
"We just ran into a team that played its best weekend of baseball of the season," said University of Delaware head coach Jim Sherman. "We really just have to regroup and prepare ourselves for the final series of the season and the playoffs."
Zach Lopes put the Blue Hens on the scoreboard first with an RBI single in the second inning. Joe Giacchino then put Delaware up 2-0 on an RBI single of his own in the third inning.
Facing a two-run deficit, the Tigers recorded one run in the second inning and proceeded to score at least one run in seven consecutive innings.Towson took the lead with a two-run third inning and then added three more runs in the fourth to give the Tigers a 6-2 lead.
After both teams registered one run in the fifth inning, E.J. Stoltzfus launched a three-run home run in the sixth inning to cut Towson's lead to 7-6. Delaware's momentum, however, was short-lived as the Tigers answered with a four-run sixth to put the game out of reach.
Towson scored two more runs in the seventh inning and capped of the scoring with a three-run eighth inning that was highlighted by a Hunter Bennett home run. Bennett's homer was the eighth round-tripper given up by the Blue Hen pitching staff during the series.
Despite the lopsided margin, there were some solid Blue Hen performances. Lopes led the Blue Hens with three hits on the day while Giacchino and Norm Donkin provided two hits each in the losing effort. Stoltzfus led Delaware with three RBI in the game.
Luke Alicknavitch, Taylor Mahoney, and John Geffre combined to pitch the final 4.1 innings in relief of Martin.
While the Towson's bats were hot throughout the series, faulty Blue Hen fielding and pitching also contributed to the Tigers' offensive barrage. On Sunday, Towson scored three of its first four runs on a walk, a wild pitch, and an error.
The Blue Hens were unable to corral the Towson offense all series as Delaware possessed the lead for just three innings the entire weekend.
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Its really amazing how far this country has come in its recognition that smoking is bad for you. During the 1950s almost half of American adults were lighting up, today that number is below 20 percent according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The American Lung Association says that 68 percent of adult smokers say that started smoking regularly when they were age18 or younger.
Tobacco use among middle and high school students is gradually going down, but far too many kids are still giving cigarettes, cigars and smokeless tobacco a try.
Kids are attracted to smoking for a lot of reasons. I dont think anyone of any age thinks cigarettes smell good or finds a brown slimy wad of spit attractive, but kids will overlook the gross factor if they really want to try a cigarette.
So how do you talk to your child about the dangers of smoking without it going in one ear and out the other? What if YOU smoke- how do you tell your child not to smoke?
The number one reason for smoking among kids is peer pressure. Kids want to fit in. So, the first conversation to have when you talk to your child about smoking is how to respond to peer pressure other than just saying no thanks. Other suggestions might be It makes my clothes and breath smell bad. I dont like that, Smoking can make you sick and I dont like being sick, You may want to smoke but I really dont want to. If you are going to smoke, please dont do it around me, and smoking will make my teeth yellow. Give your child some optional ways to respond when pressure is applied. Create a plan and even let your child practice responding by role-playing.
Another approach to talking with your child about smoking is to ask them why they think kids start smoking. There are actually a lot of reasons kids (and adults) start smoking. Anxious or worried kids like the calming affect it has on them. A lot of girls think smoking will help them lose weight. Top tier models have been quoted as saying they lose weight with caffeine and cigarettes.
Some kids think that smoking makes them look and feel older, it also gives them a sense of independence. If your child is looking at smoking from that vantage point, you might direct them to the Internet and a program called www.ageme.com. Its pretty interesting. You can see how smoking, weight gain and sun exposure will affect how you look as you age. Its not a pretty sight.
And of course, there are the health reasons. If your child plays sports, ask them how hard would it be to play the sport theyre involved in if they couldnt breathe. Explain how smoking eventually will destroy their lungs but it doesnt take a lifetime of smoking to start feeling the effects. You become much more susceptible to colds and bronchitis. Mucus builds up in your lungs and you begin coughing more. And if you want to become a singer (say on American Idol or The Voice) smoking will keep you from hitting the high and low notes as well as making it tougher to hold those sustained notes the judges all love.
And then there is cancer. Kids dont normally relate to cancer very well. It seems like an old persons disease to them. If youve had anyone in your family or a friend die of lung cancer or emphysema and they smoked, you might talk about how much longer they could have lived and been a part of you and your childs life. How much you miss them.
I think shock sometimes has a place in this discussion. There are photos online of smokers and non-smokers lungs. The difference is shocking. Black tarred lungs are difficult to look at. Lung cancer is difficult to look at " but its also a reality check.
Smokeless tobacco. A lot of kids (and adults) think chewing tobacco isnt as bad as smoking a cigarette. So untrue. It may not cause lung cancer and smell as bad, but it comes with its own set of really bad problems. Once very popular with baseball players, its use has been reduced by players substituting sunflower seeds and gum, although there still seems to be a lot of spitting going on.
Theres plenty of nicotine in chewing tobacco, so its just as addictive.
For kids who chew tobacco you might mention that they are very likely to end up with cracked and bleeding lips and gums. Plus, receding gums that can eventually make your teeth fall out as well as high blood pressure. None of the above is a desirable look.
Kids may have heard about lung cancer, but they may be unfamiliar with oral cancer. Several baseball players have died because of oral cancer, Bill Tuttle and Babe Ruth to name a couple.
You can let them know that while they may not get lung cancer from using smokeless tobacco, he or she will most definitely be a candidate for developing oral cancer. Oral cancer can include the lips, tongue, cheeks, mouth and throat.
So, how do you have this conversation with your child if you are a smoker or you chew tobacco? The best thing to do is to quit and to let your child know that you are going to probably have a rough time of it. Let them see how difficult it is and share that they too will have to go through the same kind of suffering if they start smoking and continue.
Talk to your child about how you began smoking " what age you were- and why you wish you never had started. Talk about the times youve tried to quit and how hard it was. Discuss addiction and how youre not in control of smoking, smoking is in control of you. Dont leave cigarettes or smokeless tobacco around the house. Its just too tempting.
Talking about your smoking doesnt encourage your child to smoke, especially if you are honest about how it has impacted your life.
And then there is the economics of smoking. Cigarettes, e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco are expensive. Depending on what state you live in, a pack of cigarettes can cost around $5.00 to $12.50. If you smoke a pack-or two-or three a week it can add up (imagine a pack or two a day!). Ask you child what else they could be spending their money on instead of cigarettes.
The Dont smoke conversation is multi-layered. Threats and character assassination are not helpful. In fact, that is exactly the kind of approach that can push a child to smoke.
There is no one conversation about smoking that covers everything. Its a process that has to be creative and delivered on a consistent basis. You have to listen as well as talk. You have to be able to be teen-brained as well as the adult.
While peers may have the strongest impact on pushing your child to smoke, parents still hold the number one position on how their children learn to make important decisions.
Sources: http://kidshealth.org


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Here in Louisiana, it's been raining…with temperatures in the 70s, it feels like spring!
I wanted to show you how I mix vintage with new in the kitchen…
and my new little vintage hanging cabinet. I found it at a local Antique Mall at a great price. It's chippy and very old.
We hung it above my "coffee cart". Remember when I used this little coffee cart in my January Table Post? Well, this is usually where it resides, holding the coffee maker. I added the vintage scale to hold the cream & sugar. And the little cabinet houses coffee mugs.
I can't recall sharing my kitchen curtain idea with you, so I thought I would today. I purchased a white throw from IKEA and hung it from my chicken feeder. I left one side open, for now, for a nice view into the farmyard :)
I hung the white throw with little hooks from IKEA, folding the top 12 inches over to make a ruffle. The hooks fit well onto the feeder.
Over my kitchen sink, I used two burlap sacks attached to twine by vintage clothespins. And the burlap sink skirt is an old coffee bean bag.
And in my previous post I shared some ways to use vintage cutting boards when entertaining. Here, they are stored standing against the wall on the counter. And vintage pitchers, or new ones, can serve as great organizers in the kitchen.
I like mixing vintage with new. The two round cutting boards add a nice contrast to the old.
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How long have you been making comics?
Unofficially, I've been creating comics off and on most of my life. Officially, ArmzRace Comics began in 1998 when Mark! and I decided that we wanted to get serious about making comics. We realized that the only way to get anything done was to set some (realistic) goals and then make each other stick to them. Since then, we have prodded each other along, sharing critiques and information about new techniques, and hopefully we have become better as creators and produced some great comics. Over the years, other creators, like Hardtraveling Hero have joined in the ArmzRace merriment.
What is the concept behind your comics?
ArmzRace Comics is a loose confederation of people who create comics. We're all amateurs, but we provide support and constructive criticism to one another. Making art can sometimes be intimidating, but by setting a monthly goal and having a support network, we're able to create some pretty cool work. From there, the sky's the limit. I tend to do political comics, while Mark and Paul tend to prefer autobiographical. That said, we dabble in anything that interests us.
Why do you create comics? Why do you like comics?
I've been reading comics for as long as I can remember. They are a wonderful medium for expressing the whole range of human emotions and ideas. They are relatively low-cost to create, but they have tremendous scope, really only limited by the creator's imagination. And while there are some "good practices," there are no hard and fast rules on how they must be done. Sometimes I feel stymied because my artwork isn't as good as I'd like it to be, but then I remember that there have been some great comics that only had stick people. That encourages me to keep creating.
What is something you're looking forward to about the 2013 Zine fest Houston?
It's always great to see what other people are working on, because it helps inspire me in my own work. Plus, I always like asking people how they did something, because I usually learn some new trick or tool that saves me a lot of time. Additionally, I'd love to meet other people who'd like to join the ArmzRace. Zinefest 2013 will be particularly exciting for me, because my ArmzRace compatriots Mark! and Hardtraveling Hero, who are usually out on the East Coast, will be in town to table with me.
What will be on your table at this year's zine fest?
ArmzRace will have about a dozen mini-comics from Cej, Mark!, and the Hardtraveling Hero. They range from short fiction to autobiography to gag comics. Mark! will bring his new Gags: Bound mini, which is a book of one-panel jokes; and I'll have my new For Whom the Bell's, which is an autobiographical comic about dealing with Bell's Palsy; and Hardtraveling Hero will have a book called Booty Call.
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Exploratory testing—questioning and learning about the product as you design and execute tests rather than slavishly following predefined scripts—makes sense for many projects. But does it make sense for agile projects? In this column, Johanna Rothman examines how exploratory testing might work on an agile project.
It's easy to see how exploratory testing works on waterfall projects. In fact, it makes a ton of sense on waterfall projects to do at least a little exploratory testing before you decide where to focus your efforts, design your tests, or consider any automation. That's because on a waterfall project testers are much more likely to be crunched for time at the end of the project. (For ideas on how to use exploratory testing on a waterfall project where you don't have enough time see my previous column, "So Many Tests, So Little Time.")
But does exploratory testing make sense on an agile project? Of course. Yet agile exploratory testing doesn't look the same as it does on a waterfall project. There is less of a need for exploratory testing after the product is created and a greater role for exploratory testing as the team defines and develops the product.
Michael Bolton says, "When people talk about exploratory testing, they often mean the process of test execution. But the three pillars of exploratory testing are test design, test execution, and learning." In waterfall projects, the execution is most visible. But on agile projects, the feedback loop between test design, test execution, and learning is quite short—and agile projects require all three pieces.
On agile teams, there is little role for a manual black box tester who waits for the requirements, the design, or the code and finally tests according to a predefined script. That's because there's no waiting for requirements, design, or code. The product owner "defines" a feature or chunk of a feature, but the definition is more like a promise to keep discussing that feature rather than a firm commitment—"This is what the feature will do."
If the developers are using test-driven development, the tests help define the design. Even if the developers aren't using test-driven development, they tend to work in small chunks--no more than a day or so long—which decreases the waiting time for code.
There is still a role for testers who can turn their keen observations into ways to quickly test an area in depth. But those testers are even more valuable if they can develop tests and testing ideas—both manual and automated—before the feature is completely coded.
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- Testers can help the whole team work in a test-driven way by:
- Assisting with defining requirements in the form of user stories and generating system-level tests from those requirements. Think of this as a questioning, test-driven approach to development.
- Assisting with modeling the requirements (user stories)—by asking questions—and generating system-level tests from these stories.
- Testers provide information about each chunk, as the developer delivers it. Sometimes that information is confirmation that the code does what the user story says, does not have side effects, and is release-able at the end of each iteration. Sometimes that information is extra information about the product and other paths the testing could take.
- Finally, testers can perform system-level regression testing during an iteration. (To be honest, on well-established agile teams, the developers typically run the low-level regression tests, allowing the testers to do what they do best: explore, question, and learn.) If the organization is new to agile, the testers might run regression system-level testing at the end of the project.
Where Does Exploratory Testing Fit During an Agile Project?
Exploratory testing is helpful when working with the product owner and the project team, trying to define user stories. Imagine you're working on a banking system and want to allow between-account transfers. The developers have a scheme to use checksums to verify the From and To account numbers. You may have heard about the Fossbakk case, an example of insufficient checking for input and confirmation failure. If exploratory testers had been involved at the time of user story definition, testers might have asked, "What happens if we put in a longer account number than the system expects?" Or, during the modeling stage (which I certainly would expect on an agile project with a financial transaction system comprised of databases), an exploratory tester could ask questions such as how many ways can we make the transaction "fail?" Testers who ask questions like that all the time and explore the answers to those questions before the code is written may help the developers write better code. And, they'll have the basis for some great, nasty tests to see what the system really does. The questions lead to the test design, which leads to the test execution, which provides learning for everyone on the project.
With these kinds of questions, testers can use exploratory approaches as a first cut to defining tests on chunks of code. Or, testers can use exploratory techniques after verifying their automated tests are working and providing information about the product in its current state.
You can see that each question leads to learning or test design. In the same way, each test design leads to more questions or learning. The three pillars—test design, test execution, and learning—reinforce each other. You don't need to differentiate among the activities; which activity a tester performs is not relevant. What is relevant is that the tester performs all of them, and feeds back information to the rest of the project team.


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Your right... It used to be 10 out of 10 stiff for mens St least... It is now 3 out of 10... Good choice, my apology! Still look in to the trick stick, though I admit I just shot my credibility with that boot comment... I teach on the trick stick and have had great success...
No matter how you go, have fun!
All these brands and boards.. its enough to make my headspin. :C
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Your right... It used to be 10 out of 10 stiff for mens St least... It is now 3 out of 10... Good choice, my apology! Still look in to the trick stick, though I admit I just shot my credibility with that boot comment... I teach on the trick stick and have had great success...
No matter how you go, have fun!
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If i am not mistaken the boots you have, the prions are a very stiff boot, and might make you feel a bit wobbly.
On Sale 32 - Thirty Two Prion Snowboard Boots Black/Pink - Womens up to 70% off
I got them for less than $55 and the places I've looked at said that they're pretty medium to soft. Maybe it's just the newer prions??
A few thoughts
My first choice for you considering your needs including financial is the Rossignol Trick Stick. It is their park board, but also their rental board (but with different graphics). I really like how soft it is, but i also really like the camber on it. I will try not to overwhelm you here. I think either normal camber (when set on the ground the center will be off the floor), or reverse camber (the tip and tail off the ground aka rocker, banana) is not the best for beginners, i am really liking what i call hybrid camber, basically it has elements of both kinds.
Really whatever you find a great deal on as long as it is soft. Please dont let a salesman talk you out of this. It will not hold you back as you progress either. Park boards (which are very soft) often make great beginner boards.
If i am not mistaken the boots you have, the prions are a very stiff boot, and might make you feel a bit wobbly. I recommend soft gear for beginners, and everyone actually not going big enough/fast enough to be risking ankle injury (stiff boots help prevent ankle injury). It might be a good idea to try and trade them, or hold on to them for later. When we start snowboarding we are mostly developing fine motor skills in our ankles, and these are easier to feel with a soft boot. Not that you wont be successful in your prions (they are a great boot), just if you had the opportunity to use a softer boot it might be to your advantage
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Haha, so basically I have big feet for my size. How sexy.
Would small bindings not fit a women's size 7 boot ever?
However you may find that if you put the size 7 boot in the medium biding and mount it on a board that is only supposed to have size small bindings the heel and toe overhang may not be a problem, it will depend on the board, binding, and boot combo, you would have to try it to see.
I suspect that your conditions in minnesota are similarly crappy/icy to ontario so you might eventually want a cambered board, but for a first board the easy turns and less catchy edges of rocker or hybrid might be a good start, and then you can flip your first board for another, probably at low cost if you buy used.
If you are buying used and are buying the board and bindings together try it out with your boots and see how it all fits.
|I had mentioned in another thread looking at some of the wired stuff. They have some nice house brand boards for under $200 that I've seen get positive reviews on the forum (although none of the women's specific have been looked at that I know of). They have a presence here on the forum so you could always PM wiredsport or check out their webpage http://www.wiredsport.com/snow/snowb...nowboards.html
Yeah, since you're so light, you probably want a board in the 140 range, give or take. You might get away with 143'ish if it's a flexible board like a park board.
Your budget is also a constraint... pretty much you're looking at 2012 snowboards on discount, and often times the smaller sizes sell out. You just have to make a list and see what's available...
Since you're in the East Coast, you might want to look into boards with an edge tech (Frostbyte for Burton, Griptech for Arbor, Vario or Never Summer, Magnetraction for GNU).
Lilfoots' lists are usually pretty good. GNU and Never Summer out of that list is probably considered 'higher end' because I think those boards are Sintered Base (considered better than Extruded base, but it won't matter for a beginner so much).
Also consider Roxy snowboards and Arbor snowboards. The Arbor Cadence might be good also.
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Haha, so basically I have big feet for my size. How sexy.
Would small bindings not fit a women's size 7 boot ever?
Also, I'm in the midwest- southern minnesota. The closest place to me is mount kato (a small little ski/snowboard place). But I have some natural hills around me that I'd like to go on too.
I found a list of recommended snowboards from lilfoot1598 for someone similar to me in size on an older thread.
Atomic Tika 139
Gnu B-street 141
Capita Space Metal Fantasy 143*
K2 Luna or Lunatique 138, 142*
Rome Vinyl 143*
Ride Compact 143
Never Summer Pandora 140, 143
Burton Troop 141
Burton Lux 139, 143
Atomic Fallen Angel 141
Any comments on those?
It's a little tricky because with size 7 boot you will I think need a medium binding.
So burton feather 140 for instance would fit your weight but only takes a small binding not sure if this is strictly true - if you can squeeze a medium binding on there (get advice from a shop/dealer about this) the it would be a good choice, easy board to learn on. Burton Deja Vu or Lipstick will fit a medium binding at 141 cm length which would work but you're at the bottom end of the weight range.
Buy used to save dough.
Freeride or freestyle won't matter much if youre just learning, freeride is the better choice but not by much.
A cambered board will discipline your riding style but you'll catch edges a bit more, while a hybrid or rocker board will turn easier and catch edges less so it's a little easier to learn on. Where do you ride - some people here in the east coast prefer camber b/c the other profiles don't handle ice as well - many places out west there's less ice so this is less of an issue.
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