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Roundtable: Border Patrol Hiring; Guest Worker Program; Gregory Canyon; Plaza de Panama; Coastal Commission Sues Navy
Friday, February 1, 2013
Aired 2/1/13 on KPBS Midday Edition.
Mitch Blacher, 10News
Adrian Florido, KPBS Fronteras Desk
Alison St. John, KPBS News
Kelly Bennett, Voice of San Diego
Border Patrol Hiring, Training Questioned: A spate of recent violent incidents involving Border Patrol agents led to an on-going 10News investigation of the agency's practices.
Among their findings: pressure to quickly ramp up the size of the agency after 9/11 led to poor recruiting methods and relaxed hiring standards. 10 News also found a big lag-time in background checks of agents, some on the job for three years before being checked.
These factors, coupled with a no-fail policy, fewer classes and less physical training, have produced a Border Patrol that is indeed larger, but one where some armed federal agents are unqualified, sources told 10News.
One agent revealed he had seen sheriff's deputies arrest would-be agents on felony warrants and escort them off the training premises. Some agents have been called a "menace to society" by sources within the Border Patrol itself.
10News began looking into Border Patrol policies and training following the Chula Vista shooting of Valeria Tachiquin by BP Agent Justin Tackett in September, 2012. He shot her multiple times after being struck by her car. He was found to be unfit – "A law unto himself" -- in his previous job as a deputy with the Imperial County Sheriff's Department.
Guest Worker Program Not Working: The U.S. farm lobby has made reforming the nation's guest worker program a top priority. Reform is also a priority in San Diego, but farmers and workers disagree on how do implement it.
Many farmers in San Diego say they cannot get the seasonal, foreign workers they need to plant or harvest their crops, and domestic farm labor is getting scarcer.
The federal guest worker program, H-2A , in theory allows farmers to bring in as many temporary foreign workers as they need. But Eric Larson of the San Diego County Farm Bureau says only 1 farmer in the county uses it because it's expensive and cumbersome in the extreme.
In addition, H2-A binds guest workers to the employer that hired them. They are not allowed to look for other work if they're subjected to grueling production demands or mistreated. Some advocacy groups oppose any guest worker program because of abuse and displacement of local, older farm workers.
Gregory Canyon Is Not A Dump. Yet: For the last 20 years, debate has raged over whether to allow a privately owned landfill to be built in Gregory Canyon in the hills north of Escondido.
Environmental groups believe the landfill will contaminate the San Luis Rey River and aquifers. The Pala Band of Indians agrees and also objects to locating a dump on the flank of a sacred mountain.
Gregory Canyon Limited won voter support for the dump in 1994 and 2004 and has received approval by the county and the state. A big remaining hurdle is the Army Corps of Engineers, which monitors U.S. waterways and which held a public hearing on the project Thursday night.
Update: Navy, Manchester Sued Over Development: The California Coastal Commission considered the plans for the $1.2 billion development project at the foot of Broadway to be out of date in light of all the recent development downtown and heightened security concerns.
The commission waited a year for the Navy and developer Doug Manchester to revise its plans. This week it filed an injunction to "protect public access, recreation and views along the California Coast." The lawsuit is expected to take at least a year.
Does Balboa Park Plan Violate City Law?: In a tentative ruling this week on the lawsuit filed by the Save Our Heritage Organisation (SOHO) against the Plaza De Panama project in Balboa Park, Superior Court Judge Timothy Taylor shot down part of the argument for the construction of the road around the Plaza de Panama, saying it violates city law.
The city argued that without the project (and funds from Irwin Jacobs) it would suffer economic hardship. But the city's contention that there would be no "reasonable, beneficial use of the property" without the road around the plaza, Taylor determined to be without merit.
There was a hearing on the ruling on Friday; a final decision is expected soon.
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jgomez | February 3, 2013 at 2:36 a.m. ― 4 years, 1 month ago
Your allegations are clearly far fetched when you state there is a "no-fail policy" at the BP academy. All you need to do is compare how many recruits start a given class against how many actually graduate. Less training after 9/11? When exactly did this take effect? The people I know who went to the academy even after 2005, 2006 etc where still required to complete 20 plus weeks. No backgrounds? The same people I know went through what they called a vigorous back ground and medical clearance before they were allowed to attend the BP academy. Who is writing these statements? Sounds like the same reporter who works for Channel 10 News who clearly has shown he is anti law enforcement. Things that have found to be true ... according to the autopsy, the woman who was on probation/parole for prior drug issues had drugs in her system the day of the incident. She hit the officer with her car and continued to drive with him on the hood of her car. People should read the autopsy... http://www.10news.com/news/full-autopsy-for-woman-shot-by-border-patrol-agent-released-tackett-struck-by-car-fired-ten-times-120712 In conclusion, KPBS website as part of it's mission states: "trustworthly, in-depth reliable information and values integrity and truth". Which I find difficult to believe as they also state they are affiliated with 10News who clearly indulges in "yellow journalism" and propoganda.


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Tallavana Christian Tallavana Christian opened up this week hosting three home games. They started off with Altha on Monday, Munroe on Tuesday and Aucilla Christian on Thursday. Munroe and Aucilla are district matchups. Munroe After a busy Christmas, the Bobcats played only one game last week. Second-year coach Andrew Eads travelled with his squad to Thomasville, Ga., to face Brookwood.
After three highly successful years at West Gadsden High School, senior point guard Andrew Reddick and senior forward Mark Bradwell are determined and focused on bringing a state title to Greensboro. During their time at West Gadsden, these two young men have experienced the highs and lows that come along with playing on the hardwood.
This past week, Coach Moten led his squad on a three-game road trip that resulted in three big wins, which improved their regular season record to 11-4. On Jan. 5, the Panthers traveled to Franklin County and won by a score of 69-55, Mark Bradwell and Andrew Reddick led the way with 15- and 13-point performances. On the following day, the team secured a 65-58 victory against Mosley High. Lastly, on Saturday the Panthers capped off their week with a dominant 63-41 win against Florida High.
The Bobcats traveled to St. Augustine this past week as a participant in a Christmas tournament that focused on teams that are members of the North Florida Basketball Conference. The Bobcats dropped three contests, but gained much valuable experience. ST. JOSEPH ACADEMY 75 MUNROE 19 Max Reinhard scored 7 points and freshman Ben Fletcher had four rebounds to lead the Bobcats. ST JOHNS COUNTRY DAY 72 MUNROE 25
East Gadsden The Jaguars participated in the Thomasville Holiday Hoopfest last week and came away with an overtime loss and a blistering win. COFFEE 63 EAST GADSDEN 61 (0T) In the first game of the tournament, Coffee County High School led 26-20 at halftime, but East Gadsden had a big fourth quarter, outscoring Coffee 21-7, and tying up the score at 49-49. The high- scoring continued even in the shortened overtime period, with Coffee outscoring East Gadsden 14-12. EAST GADSDEN 52 THOMASVILLE 29
The Jaguars have had a tough start to their season due in large part to the fact that they are a youthful team. In spite of having just two seniors on his squad, Coach Reginald Cunningham feels his team can continue improving. "I think we are starting to get better at competing," he said, "but we gotta get better at finishing games.
Munroe The Munroe Lady Cats were able to squeeze in one contest this week with an exam schedule to work around. The team played at Liberty County on Friday night. The Bulldog led by 10 at the half and extended that lead to 44-16. Munroe was led by seventh-grader Joanna Parramore, who was pulled up from the JV girls team at the end of their season. Parramore scored seven points, pulled down four rebounds and had two steals and two blocks.
Munroe The Munroe boys basketball team is looking for improvement first; wins second. Andrew Eads, in his second year as head coach, is working hard with his young and inexperienced team in hopes to have them producing some upset wins in January. Last week the team lost three games by similar scores. TALLAVANA CHRISTIAN 65 MUNROE 33
In the first full week following a Thanksgiving break, Coach Diane Frost-Walker and the East Gadsden Lady Jags blistered Taylor County at home winning 91-27. This week they will take their show on the road to Rutherford and then host West Gadsden in a big game for both teams on Thursday.
This week the Munroe Bobcats hosted Crossroads Academy on Thursday in their season opener and then travelled to Oak Hall to play a North Florida Basketball Conference game in Gainesville on Friday. The Bobcats lost both contests. The Bobcats were dropped by Crossroads Academy. Crossroads led at the half by 26-11 and extended that lead in the 2nd half to go on to a 60-23 win. Isaiah Glynn led with 9 points and five rebounds and Matthew Salters added 12 rebounds.


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Season 1, Season 10: "She Did"
Suddenly, everything has changed. That might be the recurring theme of "Girls" across its first season, one that has seen Hannah (Lena Dunham), Marnie (Allison Williams), Jessa (Jemima Kirke) and Shoshanna (Zosia Mamet) navigate their early 20s and the curveballs that come with it. As we've said time and again, Lena Dunham's focus on character, combined with a willingness to allow them to be unlikeable, wrong, selfish or simply unsure — as one tends to be at that pre-adulthood age — has afforded the show a real resonance that belies its standard sitcom set up. Besides a couple mid-season episodes that wobbled, Dunham's instincts have proven right more often than not, with "Girls" delivering unexpected big laughs and tender moments in the unlikeliest places. And so it's fitting that the season finale reorients the lives of everyone. Well, almost.
Following on the bitter blowout last week, "She Did" opens with Marnie getting her last things out of the apartment with Hannah, packing them into a U-haul and heading…somewhere. It seems she has embraced shedding her proclivity for rules and order, and for now decides to crash at Shoshanna's until she finds an apartment, with some extra room currently available thanks to Jessa's mysterious disappearance. The void left by Marnie is both physical — the apartment now looks somewhat uninhabited and empty — and emotional for Hannah. She feels guilty for hurting Marnie and likely also realizes that in many ways she's lost her best friend. But Adam (Emmy worthy Adam Driver) is able to take one worry off the mind of the perpetually under-employed Hannah — he offers to move in and help split the rent for the place. Hannah is surprised, and slightly freaked out, and though she doesn't say it out loud, remains non-commital to the idea.
But it's an enigmatic text from the AWOL Jessa that bring everyone under the same roof to close things off for season one. She instructs everyone to dress up and show up to a party at 7 PM sharp — an unusual command from the perpetually late Jessa. Everyone arrives to find that — surprise! — not only is Jessa getting married, it's to Thomas (Chris O'Dowd) the douchebag that tried to engage in a threeway with her and Marnie. And while it might seem like an unearned narrative maneuver, there is a strange logic to this. It was just last week that Katherine (Kathryn Hahn) warned Jessa that she might be afraid to face who she really is, and in weird way, she's a good fit with Thomas. They both like to travel, they are both well read to a certain degree and there is something in how they are so different, that makes their pairing sensible. To pull out an old cliche, it's opposites attract, and as they explain during the ceremony how they met and fell in love all in the span of two weeks, it seems like the perfectly impulsive, whimsical and Jessa thing to do.
In fact, it's such a Jessa thing to do that the surprise wears off quickly into celebration. With the party in full swing, Marnie and Charlie — who is there solo as his girlfriend Audrey is on the West Coast blogging a tortilla soup contest (amazing) — cross paths and he plainly proposes that they should go and fuck in the bathroom. As they joke about it, the conversation becomes something like foreplay, and as Charlie grabs her wrist to take her to the bathroom, Marnie backs down thinking he's still joking….or was he? He unconvincingly laughs it off, but there is no doubt the intent was there. It's a nice, awkward little moment, showing the emotional pendulum is still swinging between the two, as it so often does when relationships break apart. Again it's a pretty emotionally observant bit of writing from Dunham, but it's Hannah — as Dunham has done throughout the season — who gets the most unsparing treatment.
It turns out Hannah's ex-boyfriend Elijah (who fesses up giving her HPV) has been invited to the impromptu wedding as well, and upon learning he's living in an SRO (single room occupancy), sharing his floor and bathroom with "murderers, junkies and girls who huff," she asks if he'd like to be her roommate. Of course, he agrees. Adam is obviously blindsided by the news, and leaving the party to prevent a scene drops another golden one line nugget: "If you want to fuck me from behind, you could at least pull my hair back."
The argument spills back into the street. "Is this is the game, you chase me for six months like I'm the Beatles and then you shrug? What the fuck is wrong with you?" Adam asks. Hannah falls back into the defensive, claiming she's scared all the time — more than most people are, but Adam isn't buying it. "You don't have the right to be," he says, which is pehaps the truest assessment of Hannah — who has been supported first by her parents, and then by Marnie — so far. "I told you once I commit to something, I really fucking commit. You asked for this. And now you're being a fucking bitch." Moving between the sidewalk and a street, Adam gets hit/grazed by a car. Being put into the ambulance and driven away, Adam refuses to have Hannah join him in the ride to the hospital, and this is the last line we'll get about her for the season: "Don't let her in here, she's a monster."
Hannah hits the subway to go home, falls asleep, has her purse stolen and when she wakes up, it's dawn on Coney Island. In a nice little sequence she winds up on the beach, eating the remains of the wedding cake and looking out at the ocean — broke again, single again and no more wise than she was at the beginning of the season. Hannah isn't necessarily a monster, but her insecurity has driven her to do somewhat monstrous things. She has a great desire to create art and be in a relationship, but her inability to trust herself, or to be vulnerable enough to rely on those around her when they offer a hand, has sabotaged her nearly at every turn this season. Her coping mechanisms — sarcasm, judgment — have left her alone, and for anyone who has had a relentlessly self-pitying friend, the isolation that breeds will be familiar. And yet, we hold out hope for Hannah, who will hopefully be swayed to make real change like her friends are.
Marnie closes off the night by making the moves on the exactly the kind of man she would never have considered in the past. Sure she's a bit drunk — which allows us to see looser, more enjoyable side to her — but when she kisses guest star Bobby Moynihan, it's as much because he's some entirely outside her sphere (overweight, awkward, not necessarily on the path to the success), as it is because he's made her laugh in a way we've never seen her do. It's kind of adorable, though the heartbreak on Charlie's face who accidentally sees it, is palpable. Meanwhile, in another unlikely-but-totally-makes-sense pairing, Ray (Alex Karpovsky) and Shoshanna get together, and yes, she will lose her viriginity. There is no one in the show aside from Adam who better assesses the opposite sex, but Ray can't fight the fascination he's had with Shoshanna ever since looking out for her while she was on a crack high in Bushwick. As for Shoshanna, she makes it clear he has to "stay out of my emotional way" but she's glad to finally no longer be a sexual outsider even if "everyone's a dumb whore."
"She Did" is a great capper to what has been remarkable outing for Lena Dunham and "Girls." While a silly debate has raged about ethnic representation on the show (something that, curiously, other hit shows we can think of get an automatic pass for), it's missing the point entirely. Lena Dunham isn't making a documentary about life in Brooklyn, but a dramedy about the four very specific young women. What's here is true to her experience and we'd argue it would be more "dishonest" for Dunham to attempt the voice of African-American or [insert diversity group] young woman. And it's a testament to just how strong Dunham's writing is that the show resonates well beyond the demographics of her characters anyway, even to a thirty-something dude living north of the border. "Girls" deserves every inch of praise it gets. Smart, funny and at times bracingly real about life's disappointments and small cruelties, we can't wait to see what's in store for Hannah, Marnie, Jessa and Shoshanna in season two . [A]
Songs in this episode: Tom Tom Club "On On On On"; Azealia Banks "212"; Girls "Magic"; Lady "Yankin'"; J3 "Special Slit"; Generationals "Yours Forever"; Beyonce "Halo"; Sister Nancy "Bam Bam"; Washington "Cement"; Abby Bernstein "Spend The Night"; Michael Penn "On Your Way"


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Figure 1. Schematic diagram of homopolymer tail-mediated ligation PCR (HTML-PCR). (Click to enlarge)
After oligo(dC) tail addition, a chimeric oligonucleotide with a defined sequence X at its 5′ end and 4–7 complementary deoxyguanosines (7 is optimal [Supplementary Figure S2]) at its 3′ end is annealed to the homopolymer tail and joined to the 5′ end of the opposing strand using T4 DNA ligase. Due to the stable nature of the seven dC:dG base pairs, this ligation event is extremely efficient. The DNA is next amplified by PCR using the same oligonucleotide used for ligation as the forward primer, and a chimeric reverse primer composed of Y' at its 5′ end and 16 complementary deoxyguanosines at its 3′ end that are used to prime DNA synthesis from the oligo(dC) tail.
The reverse primer can anneal to and prime from anywhere along the homopolymer tail. In the absence of a chain terminator, the tail length generated can exceed hundreds of nucleotides (Supplementary Figure S1). By using ddCTP in the tailing reaction, the contribution of poly(dC) to the final product is effectively limited. Although either titration of TdT or reduction of reaction time could also be used to limit tail length, we found that the use of chain terminators in the context of excess enzymatic activity yielded the most precise and reproducible results (Supplementary Figure S1 and data not shown). Here HTML-PCR was used exclusively to generate Illumina sequencing libraries. The complete details of each enzymatic reaction together with oligonucleotide andsequencing primer sequences are provided in the Supplementary Materials and Methods section. Some bioinformatic methods of analysis were previously described (6) and additional detail is provided in the Supplementary Materials and Methods section.
Results and discussion
We first tested the utility of HTML-PCR by using the method, in conjunction with MPS, to determine the sequence of a previously unsequenced bacterial strain, V. cholerae E7947. After fragmenting the genomic DNA by high intensity sonication, DNA concentrations over a range of four orders of magnitude (100–0.01 ng) were individually blunted, 5′ end phosphorylated and treated with TdT in the presence of a 19:1 ratio of dCTP:ddCTP to generate 3′ oligo(dC) tails averaging 20 nucleotides in length. The tailed substrate was then ligated to the chimeric oligonucleotide olj623, which has seven dG nucleotides at its 3′ end and a sequence required for Illumina sequencing at its 5′ end. Finally, the products of this reaction were amplified by PCR using primers olj623 and a barcode-containing primer that contains sixteen dG nucleotides at its 3′ end and a second sequence required for Illumina sequencing at its 5′ end. The reactions with 1–100 ng of input template yielded a range of products from approximately 150–1000 bp (Figure 2, lanes 1, 6–8 and 11–13). Twelve cycles of PCR were sufficient only for the highest amount (100 ng) of input genomic DNA (Figure 2, lane 1), while 24 cycles was sufficient for input amounts down to 1 ng (Figure 2, lanes 6–8). For the lowest input amounts (0.1 and 0.01 ng), visible products were only observed in the 36 cycle samples (Figure 2, lanes 14 and 15): However, the size range of the resulting products was distinctly lower than in the other lanes. MPS revealed that the products in lanes 14 and 15 were a mixture of bona fide V. cholerae sequences and unintended sequences derived from primers and contaminating human (possibly investigator) DNA (see below).
Figure 2. Sensitivity of HTML-PCR usingVibrio choleraegenomic DNA. (Click to enlarge)
Samples from Figure 2, lanes 11–15 were subjected to Illumina sequencing and the resulting sequences were aligned to the complete genome sequence of a closely related V. cholerae reference strain, N16961 (7). We also used conventional adapter ligation-mediated Illumina library preparation to sequence E7946. We found that when compared with the published sequence of the N16961 reference strain, the E7946 sequence contained 92 single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and 100 deletion/insertion polymorphisms (DIPs)(Supplementary Tables S1 and S2). For the samples from Figure 2, lanes 11–13, 96.8%, 94.6% and 68.1% of the raw unfiltered sequencing reads could be mapped to the N16961 reference genome respectively. After filtering for quality, 99.7%, 99.1% and 89.5% of the respective reads were mapped to the reference sequence. Importantly, all of the SNPs and DIPs observed with the conventional Illumina library preparation were observed with the samples from Figure 2, lanes 11–13. In other words, the traditional method and HTML-PCR yielded identical results; however, while 5 µg of genomic DNA were used to prepare the traditional library, 5,000 fold less DNA (1 ng; Figure 2, lane 13) was needed for preparation by HTML-PCR. For the samples from Figure 2, lanes 14 and 15, even after the reads were filtered for quality, only 56.9% and 11.0% respectively were mapped to the N16961 genome. Still, there was sufficient data from each sample to cover greater than >99% of the E7946 genome and >90% of the SNPs were detected. Therefore, HTML-PCR was at least partially successful down to 0.01 ng of input DNA, which is 100,000–500,000-fold less than that recommended by Illumina for their adapter-based method. Although smaller amounts of starting material can be used in different adapter-based methodologies, including the standard Illumina approach, HTML-PCR is clearly effective at concentrations well below those employed with these methods.


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fashion elite
Not many people know about the film Love and Other Disasters (2006).
It stars Brittany Murphy, and she just lives in London and works in the fashion industry and dates hot guys! You can't go wrong! Here's the trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-lc6C4juTVg Last edited by mint condish; 31-12-2012 at 02:30 PM. |
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^ Loved all those esp. Ed Wood.
^^ I know Beetlejuice actually used Japanese designs but I wonder if Fight Club did as well, or at least with Helena? tumblr_m4nthgxtm01qbataco1_500.jpg codeineandcoffins tumblr I'm a sucker for Allen & Hitchcock characters too... and the French new wave Malle (Ascenseur pour l'échafaud, Les Amants), Chabrol (Merci pour le chocolat, Madame Bovary, The Unfaithful Wife, Les Biches), Godard (Breathless, Alphaville, Vivre Sa Vie)... & Buñuel's French period (Belle de Jour, Tristana, Diary of a Chambermaid)... + Network (1976) Days of Being Wild (1990) Gattaca (1997) Sliding Doors (1998) The Painted Veil (2006) Meek's Cutoff (2010) The Awakening (2011) |
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I really like wardrobes in Woody Allen's recent films. In the past, the clothes were often terrific, but I think they stood out too much and looked a bit costume-y. Whereas in, say, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, it captures the whole linen/easy "look" and makes it look completely natural. Scarlett in the white and yellow button-down shirt and short shorts, Javier's artfully paint-spattered tee, etc. And then in Midnight in Paris, I loved how Owen Wilson's fairly casual clothes looked somehow appropriate for the 2010s AND the 1920s. I love more exuberant costumes in movies, but I also really enjoy thoughtfully dressed characters whose outfits don't scream "look at me!"
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03-03-2013 | |
Audrey Hepburn: Givenchy's Graceful Muse
Hubert de Givenchy and Audrey Hepburn - a match made in heaven. Givenchy intuitively understood Audrey's petite frame - the perfect foil it would seem for the sophisticated and ladylike look of the late 1950s and early 1960s - tiny waist, full skirt - often with underlay and a simply cut bodice, often collarless to show Audrey's swanlike neck. In turn, Audrey's iconic movies served as the perfect environment for the ultimate catwalk - raising Givenchy's profile. And perhaps due to the timeless design of both the couture and the movies both are still much admired decades later. Givenchy and Hepburn - classic, refined, urbane style. The video background music is Goofin' at the Coffee House by Henry Mancini and the movie images are from Sabrina (1954), Funny Face (1957), Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961), Charade (1963) and Paris When it Sizzles (1964).
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Top 10: 2008 Impact NFL Rookies
Without further ado, numbers 32 to 11 of the 2008 impact NFL rookies are:
32. Phillip Merling, DE, Miami
31. Craig Steltz, S, Chicago
30. Ryan Clady, OL, Denver
29. Quintin Demps, S, Philadelphia
28. Rashard Mendenhall, RB, Pittsburgh
27. Antoine Cason, CB, San Diego
26. Beau Bell, LB, Cleveland
25. Tyrell Johnson, S, Minnesota
24. Chad Henne, QB, Miami
23. Derrick Harvey, DE, Jacksonville
22. Trevor Laws, DT, Philadelphia
21. Felix Jones, RB, Dallas
20. Vernon Gholston, DE/OLB, New York Jets
19. Branden Albert, OL, Kansas City Chiefs
18. Dan Connor, LB, Carolina
17. Jeff Otah, OL, Carolina
16. Curtis Lofton, LB, Atlanta
15. Chris Williams, OL, Chicago
14. Matt Ryan, QB, Atlanta
13. Chris Long, DE, St. Louis
12. Tracy Porter, CB, New Orleans
11. Joe Flacco, QB, Baltimore
The top 10 2008 impact NFL rookies:
Number 10
Kevin Smith, RB, Detroit
Kevin Smith has great vision, adequate size and should thrive under Rod Marinelli's dedication to the running game after Mike Martz' departure to San Francisco. The interesting thing about the third-round pick out of UCF who rushed for over 2,500 yards last season is that his rookie season may be one of the best seasons he has in a brief career. After 905 carries in three seasons of college and a couple workhorse years in the NFL, Smith may be staring at the same fate recently endured by Shaun Alexander and Larry Johnson well before his 30th birthday.Number 9
Darren McFadden, RB, Oakland
McFadden is not the top running back on this list because, with a similar back in Justin Fargas and a compliment to both of them in Michael Bush on the roster, he likely will not be utilized as much as others. In terms of big-play potential and yards-per-touch, McFadden should still produce well in year one.Number 8
James Hardy, WR, Buffalo
Is this guy, who only catches touchdowns, the next Chris Carter? Probably not, but at six foot five inches, with great hands and decent speed, James Hardy is exactly the type of player that Buffalo needs opposite Lee Evans.Number 7
Malcolm Kelly, WR, Washington
Devin Thomas may have been taken by Washington before Kelly, but his greatest asset in year one will probably be more as a return man, while Kelly should get an opportunity to start. This is with slight reservation though, as a slow 40-yard dash time hurt his draft status, but no one can question his productivity in three years at Oklahoma. Kelly's head and his attitude will determine whether he's the next Dwayne Jarrett or James Jones.Number 6
Sedrick Ellis, DT, New Orleans
Ellis, the ridiculously productive all-American from USC, is the biggest piece of New Orleans' improving defense. Amobi Okoye-like numbers should be expected.Number 5
Jake Long, OL, Miami
He may have been the first-overall player drafted, but Long's impact for the Dolphins will fall just below last year's third-overall choice and second-ranked rookie, Joe Thomas.The top 4 impact NFL rookies are up…


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I work for Red Hat as a member of the Security Response Team. My primary focus is the tracking, discovery and verification of security issues.
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William P. Gottlieb
William P. Gottlieb | |
Gottlieb at WINX radio station, Washington, circa 1940
Born | William Paul Gottlieb January 28, 1917 Brooklyn |
Died | April 23, 2006 Great Neck, New York |
(aged 89)
Cause of death | following a stroke |
Nationality | American |
Children | Steven, Richard, Andrew, Nicholas |
William Paul Gottlieb (January 28, 1917 – April 23, 2006) was an American photographer and newspaper columnist who is best known for his classic photographs of the leading performers of the "Golden Age" of American jazz in the 1930s and 1940s. Gottlieb's photographs are among the best known and widely reproduced images of this era of jazz.[1]
During the course of his career, Gottlieb took portraits of hundreds of prominent jazz musicians and personalities, typically while they were playing or singing at well-known New York City jazz clubs. Well-known musicians Gottlieb photographed included Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Charlie Parker, Billie Holiday, Dizzy Gillespie, Earl Hines, Jo Stafford, Thelonious Monk, Stan Kenton, Ray McKinley, Benny Goodman, Coleman Hawkins, Louis Jordan, Ella Fitzgerald and Benny Carter.[1][2]
Gottlieb was born on January 28, 1917 in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn, and he grew up in Bound Brook, New Jersey, where his father was in the building and lumber business. He graduated from Lehigh University in 1938, with a degree in economics. While at Lehigh, Gottlieb wrote for the weekly campus newspaper and became editor-in-chief of The Lehigh Review. In his last year of college, he began writing a weekly jazz column for The Washington Post. After the Post decided that it could not afford to pay a photographer to shoot photos for Gottlieb's jazz column, Gottlieb bought his own press camera and began taking pictures for his column.[1][3]
Gottlieb was drafted into the Army Air Corps in 1943, and he served as a photo officer and as a classifications officer.[1] After World War II, Gottlieb moved to New York City to pursue a career in journalism. He worked as a writer-photographer for Down Beat magazine, and his work also appeared frequently in Record Changer, the Saturday Review, and Collier's. In 1948, Gottlieb retired from the jazz field in order to spend more time with his wife, Delia, and children.
After Gottlieb left Down Beat, he began working at Curriculum Films, an educational filmstrip company. He then founded his own filmstrip company which was later bought by McGraw Hill.[4] Many of his filmstrips won awards from the Canadian Film Board and the Educational Film Librarians Association. Gottlieb also wrote and illustrated children's books, including several Golden Books such as The Four Seasons, Tigers Adventure, and Laddie the Superdog. He also wrote educational books such as Science Facts You Won't Believe and Space Flight.
Apart from his photography career, Gottlieb was also involved in amateur tennis as a hobby. Gottlieb and one of his sons, Steven, were often ranked number one in father-and-son on the East Coast and were twice ranked among the top ten teams in the US. Gottlieb's son Steven has also become a professional photographer. Steven Gottlieb's photographs have been featured extensively on the web sites of both Kodak and Nikon, and Kodak has named Steven one of five "Kodak Professional Icons" in the US. Architect I. M. Pei stated that "[Steven] Gottlieb transcends traditional architectural photography by interpreting architecture with the vision of a true artist."
Gottlieb died of complications from a stroke on April 23, 2006 in Great Neck, New York.[1][5]
Gift to the world[edit]
In line with Gottlieb's wishes, his photographs were put into the public domain. Many of his pictures are used in Wikipedia and other public domain works.[6]
- ^ a b c d e Douglas Martin (writer) (April 25, 2006). "William Gottlieb, 89, Jazz Photographer". New York Times. Retrieved 2010-10-08.
William P. Gottlieb, who with a boxy, old-fashioned press camera indelibly defined what jazz looked like in a brief, magical time when both early legends like Armstrong and Ellington and the emerging beboppers ruled the bandstands and radio waves, died on Sunday at his home in Great Neck, N.Y. He was 89. The cause was a stroke, his wife, Delia, said.
- ^ Teachinghistory.org
- ^ William P. Gottlieb, AllAboutJazz, accessed 9 November 2010
- ^ Virginia.edu
- ^ "William P. Gottlieb, 89; Jazz Journalist's Photos of Performers Captured a Golden Age of Music", Los Angeles Times, April 25, 2006, Jon Thurber
- ^ "Photographs from the Golden Age of Jazz The William P. Gottlieb Collection at the Library of Congress". Library of Congress. Retrieved 9 November 2010.
External links[edit]
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Braces |
Orthodontics during pregnancy12/11/2000 |
Are there any risks when you have braces and are pregnant?
There have not been any reported risks to a pregnancy as the result of placing or treating patients with orthodontic appliances ( braces). The concern comes in the beginning during the first trimester when radiographs ( x-rays ) should be avoided. Radiographs are an essential part of the diagnosis and treatment planning. With modern equipment and the future use of digital radiography these risks are even further minimized.
Walter C Buchsieb, DDS, MS Professor Emeritus - Clinical, Associate of Dentistry College of Dentistry The Ohio State University |


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Samurai's sword
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For an overview of the katana in the Fallout universe, see katana. |
Samurai's sword is a unique melee weapon added to Fallout 3 in the Mothership Zeta add-on.
A katana is a type of Japanese sword with a blade length greater than 23.6-28.7 inches (60-73 centimeters) and characterized by its distinctive appearance: a curved, slender, single-edged blade, circular or squared guard, and long grip that can accommodate two hands. Often called a "samurai sword" or "samurai's sword" because of its use by the feudal warriors, it became a symbol of the samurai caste.
Renowned for its sharpness and cutting ability, its origins go back at least as far as the Kamakura Period (1185–1333). Most often held with two hands, some techniques and combat styles were performed with a one-handed grip. The katana was generally carried in a saya, or scabbard, manufactured from lightweight wood, with a coat of lacquer on the exterior and a wooden knob on one side for attaching a braided cord.
The samurai's sword does higher damage than most other melee weapons, however, it lacks the special effects of Jingwei's shocksword or the Shishkebab. On the other hand, it has a higher critical damage than most bladed melee weapons, and has a relatively low AP cost compared to similar weapons, allowing for more attacks in V.A.T.S. The samurai sword is the oldest weapon in the game, originally being wielded by Toshiro Kago, a Japanese samurai.
The samurai's sword can successfully strike about 833 times from full condition before breaking.
- Chinese officer's sword
- Vampire's Edge - The weakest of the Chinese officer's sword variants, Vampire's Edge weighs only one pound, and is the only variant to use the regular sword's skin.
- Jingwei's shocksword - An electrified version of the Chinese officer's sword, the shock sword is much stronger and deals electrical damage over time.
The following is based on Fallout 3 cut content and has not been confirmed by canon sources. |
- Clover's Cleaver - A Chinese officer's sword that was cut from the base game. It was intended to be used by Clover and was to be the Evil follower unique weapon, much like Fawkes' super sledge and Butch's Toothpick were for the other Karma levels.
- Katana - A variant of the samurai's sword that deals much less critical damage, but knocks foes down with critical hits.
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- Weapon name (melee or unarmed) | - Attacks in V.A.T.S. | |||
- Weapon name (gun, energy or explosive) | - Action point cost | |||
- Damage per attack (damage per projectile) | - Damage per action point | |||
- Damage per second | - Weapon spread | |||
- Area of effect damage | - Magazine capacity (shots per reload) | |||
- Effect damage & duration | - Durability (number of attacks before breaking) | |||
- Bonus effects | - Weight | |||
- Attacks per second | - Value in caps | |||
- Critical chance % multiplier | - Value to weight ratio | |||
- Critical damage | - Skill required | |||
- Critical effect damage & duration | - Strength required | |||
- With all mods attached |
Chinese officer's sword | 10 | 23.1 | 2.31 | x2 | 15 | 28 | 0.7 | 1000 | 3 | 75 | 25 | |
Jingwei's shocksword | 35 | 82.8 | +2 | /5s2.31 | x2 | 25 | 28 | 2.9 | 486 | 3 | 500 | 166.7 |
Samurai's sword | 24 | 55.4 | 2.31 | x2 | 40 | 19 | 2.5 | 833 | 3 | 75 | 25 | |
Vampire's Edge | 15 | 34.6 | 2.31 | x3 | 20 | 28 | 1.1 | 1000 | 1 | 100 | 100 |
- Note: Melee damage is doubled in V.A.T.S.
The samurai's sword can be found in the waste disposal area of Zeta, accessible through the maintenance level (which can be entered only during the quest "Among the Stars"). It is at the outer southwest area in a closet full of medical supplies (see waste disposal article for a map with the location marked). The sword should be acquired while Toshiro Kago still resides in the Engineering Core, for after his disappearance it will be gone from the shelves. It can, however, be found later, before the Lone Wanderer enters the Bridge: by simply killing Toshiro and looting his body. No one on the bridge will become hostile.
- teleportation matrix might not work. PC users can fix it by selecting the teleporter in console and use the command "activate". [verified] When trying to exit the waste disposal area, the
- Toshiro Kago has been killed before entering the waste disposal area. [verified] The sword might not appear if
- The sword may not appear even if Kago is not dead. [verified]
- When decorating your Megaton house, the sword's image will not appear while idle. However, if you look directly at it and get close enough to pick it up, then the option to pick it up will appear - picking it up will place it in your inventory like normal even though you can't see it. [verified]
- Fixed as of the most recent patch.
It is possible to acquire two swords. First, get the one in the waste disposal. When you return to the Engineering Core, drop it right in front of Toshiro. Talk to him and tell him you found his sword and he'll miraculously acquire one. Kill him and it will be on his body (just don't lose/forget the one you dropped). [verified]
- Fixed as of the most recent patch.
It is possible to equip Toshiro with his sword and still retain a copy. Reverse pickpocket the sword onto him, allow him to equip it, and pickpocket it back. [verified]
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My dad was born and raised near Lisbon, North Dakota. He would have been seventeen at the time Ivan Besse shot this silent film in Britton, South Dakota, about 50 miles south of Lisbon. I have no doubt that life would have been much the same in Britton and Lisbon.
This 20-minute film is one of ten shot by Besse in 1938-1939, available for your viewing pleasure at Internet Archive. And a pleasure it is. It's positively mesmerizing.
I chose this one, Part II, in honor of Santa Claus, who puts in an appearance. Watch for the load of Christmas trees arriving in town too, and the street decorations. Other things to watch for:
- Hats! Men's and women's, quite a variety!
- Fashions! Huge fur collars on women's coats!
- A beaver!
- An awful lot of smoking!
- Don't miss the exciting "sheriff" segment at the beginning!
- And there's a funny part that I won't spoil by telling you ahead of time!
Following are links to the rest of the Ivan Besse Collection, with my brief notes on some of what you'll see in each:
- Part I: Autumn, what appears to be a homecoming parade; cute kids (19:09)
- Part II: Featured in this post. (20:11)
- Part III: Men digging, building; landscape; fish caught; hot dusty summer; diving in the pool; orchestra; boys in bow ties; glee club?; building the church steeple; cocker puppies; American Legion guys dinner; more Santa day; Jack Russell dog tricks. (14:14)
- Part IV: Blizzard, many shovelling snow into a truck; more husking (see Part IX); ducks; farmland; 2 boys in hats bigger than they are; Memorial Day Parade. (16:45)
- Part V: White Lake Dam, WPA project; kids' games, baby carriages; plowing with team of horses; Britton Braves field day (guys in really short athletic shorts!); young women in formal dresses. (16:07)
- Part VI: Parade participants including a recalcitrant goat; people-watching in town; more field day. (19:32)
- Part VII: Memorial Day parade and program at the cemetery (48-star flag!); dogs at play; dog wearing specs & smoking a pipe; end of school day (looks like clip-clothespins on the hems of girls' skirts??); bonfire; dusty football game with cheerleaders & band. ((17:08)
- Part VIII: OMG, moving a barn! Moving a huge, huge barn! Will somebody please tell me, how far did they intend to take that barn? Did it ever get where they wanted it to be? Did it end up staying right where it was when Ivan stopped filming? Did anyone get injured in the course of that folly? (14:10) Readers, this is a must-see!
- Part IX: Still more people-watching in town; husking contest; look at those cars!; a formal affair; pile of dead critters (gophers? prairie dogs?). (16:07)
- Part X: First half is little kids; and more of the same. (9:13)
Merry Christmas to you!


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All About Vision Traffic Up 35%; 12 Million Visitors Expected in 2010
San Diego, Calif., March 17, 2010 Unique visitors to All About Vision were up 35% for the first ten weeks of 2010 compared to the same period last year, according to weekly statistics provided by Google Analytics.
The ten most-visited pages on the site, and their growth in page views over last year, were:
About 82% of visitors were from North America, but visits from the U.K. and Australia were up 87% and 78% respectively, and together those nations now account for about 8% of all visitors.
Referrals from Google were up 50% over last year, with Google providing about 75% of all visitors. Other than search engines, top referring sites included Yahoo! Answers, Facebook and Wikipedia.
All About Vision is a one-stop, independent resource providing consumers with hundreds of pages of trustworthy, up-to-date information on vision correction and eye health. The site is accredited by the Health on the Net Foundation and has been online for 10 years.
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Lenovo Introduces New Yoga 3 Pro and ThinkPad Yoga 14 Tablet PCs
Subject: Systems, Mobile | October 9, 2014 - 03:41 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: yoga tablet 2, yoga tablet, Windows 8.1, windows, Thinkpad, lenovo yoga, Lenovo, haswell, Broadwell
At a press event in London (watch the livestream), Lenovo showed off two new convertible PCs – the Yoga 3 Pro and ThinkPad Yoga 14 – aimed at the consumer and business markets respectively that each incorporate evolutionary improvements over their predecessors. The Windows 8.1 PCs will be available at the end of October.
The Lenovo Yoga 3 Pro is the company's new flagship multi-mode system, and features build quality and internal processing power enhancements over the Yoga 2 Pro while being 17% thinner (0.5") and 14% lighter (2.62 lbs). Lenovo attributes the size and weight reductions to its new watchband hinge which is uses 800 pieces of aluminum and steel to achieve a thin yet flexible hinge with six focus points that resembles a metal watchband. Additionally, Lenovo has updated the display to a 13.3" multi-touch panel with (QHD+) 3200x1800 resolution. Other external features include JBL stereo speakers, a 720p webcam, two USB 3.0 ports, one USB 2.0 and DC-input port, one micro HDMI output, and one audio combo jack.
Lenovo's new hand-constructed watchband-style hinge with six focus points.
Internally, Lenovo is using the Intel Core M-70 (Broadwell) processor, up to 8GB of DDR3L memory, and a 256GB SSD. Lenovo claims up to 9 hours of battery life, depending on usage. The PC will be available in Clementine Orange, Platinum Silver, or Champagne Gold.
Lenovo also announced the Lenovo ThinkPad Yoga 14. While it does not have the kinds of form factor and hinge design improvements as the Yoga 3 Pro, it does maintain the useful Lift 'n Lock keyboard and feature welcome internal upgrades. The ThinkPad Yoga 14 measures 13.3" x 9.4" x 0.82" and weighs 4.1 pounds. The magnesium alloy frame holds a 14" 1920x1080 IPS display with 10-point multi-touch, a 720p webcam, dual microphones with noise cancelation, stereo speakers, a backlit Lift 'n Lock keyboard (which, when in tablet mode, raises the frame flush with the keys which lock in place), full keyboard, trackpad, and trackpoint nub.
This PC is noticeably bulkier and heavier than the Yoga 3 Pro, but it trades bulk for processing power, storage, and external I/O. Externally, the PC has one full HDMI video out (which is preferable to having to remember a micro HDMI adapter on the road or to meetings), two USB 3.0 ports, one combo USB 2.0/DC power/OneLink docking connector, one SD card slot, and one audio combo jack. The ThinkPad Yoga 14 is powered by an Intel Core i5 (Haswell) processor, NVIDIA GeForce 840M GPU, either 4GB or 8GB of DDR3L memory, and 1TB hard drive paired with 16GB flash for caching purposes. It comes with Windows 8.1 and "all day" battery life of up to eight hours.
In all, it has some useful updates over last year's model which we reviewed here.
Pricing and Availability:
The Yoga 3 Pro and ThinkPad Yoga 14 will be available at the end of October from Lenovo.com or Best Buy. The Yoga 3 Pro has an MSRP of $1,349 while the ThinkPad Yoga 14 starts at $1,149.
Both systems continue the Yoga family forward, and I'm looking forward to seeing how the Broadwell-powered Yoga 3 Pro performs in particular. I do wish the Lift 'n Lock keyboard technology had trickled down to the consumer models even understanding it would add additional weight and thickness. Obviously, Lenovo felt the tradeoff was not worth it though.
Introduction and Design
A little over a year ago, we posted our review of the Lenovo Y500, which was a gaming notebook that leveraged not one, but two discrete video adapters (2 x NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M in SLI, to be exact) to achieve respectable gaming performance at a reasonable price point (around $1,200 at the time of the review).
Well—take away nearly a pound of weight (to 5.7 lbs), slim the case down to around an inch thick, update the chipset, and remove one video card, and you've got the Lenovo Y50 Touch, which ought to be able to improve upon the Y500 in nearly every area if the specifications add up to typical results. Here's the full list of what our review unit includes:
While the GTX 860M (2 GB) is a far cry from, say, the GTX 880M (8 GB) we had the pleasure of testing in MSI's GT70 2PE, it's still a very capable card that should provide satisfactory results without breaking the bank (or the back). The rest of the spec sheet is conventional fare for a budget gaming notebook, with the only other surprise being the inclusion of a touchscreen—an option which replaces the traditional matte LCD panel in the standard Y50.
The configuration we received has already been slightly updated to include a CPU that's a nudge better than the i7-4700HQ: the i7-4710HQ (which gains it 100 MHz in Turbo Boost clock rate). Otherwise, the specs are identical, and the street price is very close to that of the Y500 we originally reviewed: $1,139. Currently, an extra 10 bucks will also score you an external DVD+/-RW drive, and just 90 bucks more will boost your GTX 860M's VRAM to 4 GB (from 2 GB) and your system RAM to 16 GB from 8 GB. That's really not a bad deal at all.
Continue reading our review of the Lenovo Y50 Touch Gaming Notebook!!
The abysmal adoption rate of desktop and mobile touchscreens
Subject: General Tech | September 22, 2014 - 12:34 PM | Jeremy Hellstrom
Tagged: win 8, dell, Samsung, LG, Lenovo, hp, touchscreen, IDC
The International Data Corporation's latest Worldwide Quarterly PC Monitor Tracker shows that there were a mere 32.5 million touchscreen monitors shipped in Q2 2014, which accounts for 0.4% of the discrete monitors sold. This may have been a direct influence on the pitiful market penetration of Win 8 in SMB and Enterprise, as the much touted touchscreen support was meaningless to their users interaction with computers. The mobile side is a bit better but not much; DisplaySearch pegs the percentage of laptops with a touchscreen sold in 2013 was about 11% with a predicted 40% share by 2017 which still falls short of representing half of the market. You can pop by The Register for a link to some of the findings.
"Market monitor IDC's latest word on monitors goes some way to explaining limp enthusiasm for Windows 8: people just aren't buying touch-screen monitors.
Windows 8's user interface was designed to work on mouse-driven and poke-enabled devices. It's racked up plenty of sales, but not much love."
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- Understanding and Using Systemd @ Linux.com
- New Video Series Teaches Kids About Linux @ Linux.com
- Michael Dell says Dell might use ARM chips in servers @ The Inquirer
- Asustek, Gigabyte unlikely to achieve motherboard shipment goals for 3Q14 @ DigiTimes
- Cloudflare creates keyless SSL encryption for better security @ The Inquirer
- Lumia rebrand begins: Nokia's new UK web home is Microsoft.com @ The Register
- TSMC confident of keeping global market share of over 80% for 28nm processes in 2015, says CFO @ DigiTimes
- Oracle's Larry Ellison quits as CEO – new bosses are Hurd'n'Catz @ The Register
- 4chan hoax leads idiots to microwave their iPhones @ The Inquirer
- Large-scale malvertising campaign hidden in online ads hits Last.fm @ The Inquirer
- Cryogenic Machining: Custom Rubber Parts @ Hack a Day
- Mio MiVue 568 Touch Dash Cam Review @ NikKTech
- A Tour Of The New Phoronix Office For Linux Benchmarking @ Phoronix
- Nvidia GAME24 event coverage @ Kitguru
- NVIDIA GAME24 Coverage @ OCC
- NikKTech & Tt eSPORTS Worldwide Giveaway
- Tech ARP 2014 Mega Giveaway Contest
Lenovo Unveils New Vibe Z2 and Vibe X2 Smartphones
Subject: Mobile | September 6, 2014 - 12:11 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: snapdragon, smartphone, qualcomm, Lenovo, ifa 2014
In addition to new traditional PCs, Lenovo unveiled two new smartphones under its Vibe series. The Vibe Z2 and Vibe X2 are 64-bit mobiles ready for Android L. Both models will be available in China and select regions later this month.
First up is the Lenovo Vibe X2 which is the successor to the Vibe X. Lenovo's new flagship smartphone is 7.27mm thick and uses a layered design that uses a three color gradient evident when looking at the outside edges of the phone. The Vibe X2 features a large 5-inch 1920 x 1080 IPS display, 5MP webcam, and 13MP rear camera with flash.
The Vibe X2 is powered by a MediaTek MT6595M SoC, 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage (no MicroSD expansion), and a 2,300mAh battery. The phone will come in dual and single SIM variants depending on the country. The MediaTek MT6595M "True8Core" processor features eight ARM cores in a big.LITTLE configuration with a maximum clockspeed of 2GHz on the four Cortex A17 cores and 1.5GHz on the four low power Cortex A7 cores. The SoC also features a 16MP image signal processor, video encoding hardware (for recording up to 1080p60), and a PowerVR G6200 GPU clocked at 450MHz.
In all, the Vibe X2 should perform noticeably better than last year's Vibe X thanks to the updated SoC with faster GPU. Moving to the big.LITTLE setup should also net users better battery life, which is always a good thing. For even more battery life though, Lenovo is offering up clip-on attachments – called Lenovo Xtensions – that include an extra battery and a version with a larger speaker.
While the hardware is ready to run Android L, the phone will ship with Android 4.4 KitKat along with Lenovo's Vibe UI 2.0.
The flagship Vibe X2 will be available later this month in China starting at $399 USD.
Lenovo is also releasing the Vibe Z2 which is a stylish metal unibody design with a brushed metal finish. The phone is 7.8mm thick and weighs 155 grams. The front of the Vibe Z2 is dominated by a 5.5-inch 1920x1080 display. An 8MP front camera sits above the display and uses an optional guesture-based shutter that can be triggered by smiling, blinking, or making a "V" sign with your hands. According to Lenovo, the Vibe Z has "mastered the art of the selfie." On the backside of the smartphone sits a 13MP camera with a Sony Exmor BSI (backside illumination) sensor and optical image stabilization which is nice to see on a smartphone.
Inside the Vibe Z2, Lenovo is using a Qualcomm Snapdragon 401 SoC, 2GB RAM, 32GB internal storage, and a 3,000mAh battery. The phone supports Dual SIM cards as well as LTE, HSPA+, WiFi, and Bluetooth networks. The Snapdragon 401 is a recent Qualcomm chip that can be clocked up to 1.2GHz with a Adreno 305 GPU clocked at up to 450MHz (Lenovo did not give specific clockspeeds, but those are the speeds that the 401 is rated at).
The Vibe Z2 will be available in China and other regions where Lenovo has a smartphone presence later this month starting at $429 USD.
Lenovo Shows Off New Y70 Touch Notebook and ERAZER Desktop Gaming PCs
Subject: Systems | September 4, 2014 - 03:42 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: y70 touch, Lenovo, haswell, gaming notebook, gaming, Erazer
Yesterday, Lenovo unveiled two new gaming systems at IFA in Berlin. The new Y70 Touch is a 17-inch gaming notebook while the Erazer X310 and Erazer X315 are mid-tower desktops. All three systems will be available later this month.
The Y70 Touch is Lenovo's first desktop replacement notebook with a touchscreen. The 25.9mm thick notebook features a 17.3" 1080p display, backlit keyboard, and JBL-powered stereo speakers (with subwoofer). It can be configured with up to an Intel Haswell i7 processor, NVIDIA GTX 860M GPU with 4GB RAM, 16GB of DDR3 system memory, and 1TB solid state drive (SSD). (Storage options include 256GB, 512GB, and 1TB SSD options.) Lenovo is including an external disc drive with the gaming PC which was left out of the chassis itself to maintain its slim form factor and to reduce weight.
The Y70 Touch gaming notebook starts at $1,299 and will be available in the US later this month.
If desktops are more your style, Lenovo is now offering up the Erazer X310 and X315 mid-tower PCs. The X310 and X315 will share the same black mid-tower chassis but will use different internal hardware. the X310 with Intel Haswell CPUs will be available worldwide while the AMD APU-powered X315 will be exclusive to North America.
The ERAZER X310/X315 case is all black with a stealthy angular front panel design that hosts two 5.25" bays and a blue LED-backlit power button. The X310 can be configured with up to an Intel Haswell i7 CPU while the X315 supports AMD "Kaveri" APUs up to the A10 series (e.g. A10 7850K). Users can choose up to a NVIDIA GTX 760 (2GB) or AMD Radeon R9 255 (2GB) graphics card. The mid-tower has four PCI slots and in theory could support further DIY upgrades but GPU length would be limited and the power supply may need to be upgraded as well. Further, both systems feature up to 32GB system memory and a maximum of 4TB mechanical hard drive, 2TB hybrid hard drive or 256GB solid state storage.
The new ERAZER X310 and X315 desktops will be available shortly starting at $599.
For those interested in the APU-powered desktop, the following articles might be of interest.
- AMD A8-7600 Kaveri APU and R7 250 Dual Graphics Testing - Pacing is Fixed!
- Fully Enabling the A10-7850K while Utilizing a Standalone GPU
Lenovo Outs 8-Inch $199 Intel-Powered TAB S8 Android Tablet
Subject: Mobile | September 3, 2014 - 03:02 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: tablet, tab s8, Lenovo, ifa 2014, ifa, Bay Trail, Atom Z3775, Android
Lenovo launched the TAB S8 at IFA in Berlin today, making it the company's first Intel-powered 8-inch tablet running Google's Android operating system. The TAB S8 packs a decent amount of hardware into a 7.9mm thick and 299 gram package that will be available later this month starting at $199.
The TAB S8 features an 8-inch "Infinity Glass" 1920 x 1200 IPS display, two front facing Dolby Audio speakers, a 1.6 megapixel webcam, and an 8MP rear camera. Lenovo will offer the TAB S8 in white, black, yellow, and blue.
Internally, the TAB S8 uses an Intel Atom Z3775 "Bay Trail" SoC clocked at up to 1.83 GHz, 16GB of eMMC storage, and 2GB DDR3 memory. The tablet runs Android 4.4 and will support Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and (optionally) LTE cellular radios.
Exact SKUs and specifications have not yet been announced, but the base 16GB model will be available in September for $199. For the price, the TAB S8 looks to be a good deal, with hardware that is very competitive to other budget Android tablets!
Also read: Video Perspective: Lenovo Yoga Tablet 8 and Yoga Tablet 10
Introduction and Design
The next candidate in our barrage of ThinkPad reviews is the ThinkPad Yoga, which, at first glance, might seem a little bit redundant. After all, we've already got three current-gen Yoga models to choose from between the Yoga 2 11- and 13-inch iterations and the Yoga 2 Pro top-end selection. What could possibly be missing?
Well, in fact, as is often the case when choosing between well-conceived notebook models, it isn't so much about what's missing as it is priorities. Whereas the consumer-grade Yoga models all place portability, slimness, and aesthetics in the highest regard, the ThinkPad Yoga subscribes to a much more practical business-oriented approach, which (nearly) always instead favors function over form. It's a conversation we've had here at PC Perspective a thousand times before, but yet again, it is the core ThinkPad philosophy which separates the ThinkPad Yoga from other notebooks of its type. Suffice it to say, in fact, that really the only reason to think of it as a Yoga at all is the unique hinge design and affiliated notebook/tablet convertibility; excepting that, this seems much closer to an X240 than anything in Lenovo's current consumer-grade lineup. And carrying a currently-configurable street price of around $1,595 currently, it's positioned as such, too.
But it isn't beyond reproach. Some of the same questionable decisions regarding design changes which we've covered in our recent ThinkPad reviews still apply to the Yoga. For instance, the much-maligned clickpad is back, bringing with it vivid nightmares of pointer jumpiness and click fatigue that were easily the biggest complaint about the T440s and X240 we recently reviewed. The big question today is whether these criticisms are impactful enough to disqualify the ThinkPad Yoga as a rational alternative to other ThinkPad convertibles and the consumer-grade Yoga models. It's a tall order, so let's tackle it.
First up, the specs:
While most of this list is pretty conventional, the astute might have already picked out one particular item which tops the X240 we recently reviewed: a possible 16 GB of dual-channel RAM. The X240 was limited to just 8 GB of single-channel memory thanks to a mere single SODIMM slot. The ThinkPad Yoga also boasts a 1080p screen with a Wacom digitizer pen—something which is clearly superior to our X240 review unit. Sadly missing, however, are the integrated Gigabit Ethernet port and the VGA port—and the mini DisplayPort has been replaced by a mini-HDMI, which ultimately is decidedly inferior.
Lenovo Gets Down to Business, Preps $600 ThinkPad 10 Tablet for June Availability
Subject: Mobile | May 24, 2014 - 11:47 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Windows 8.1, thinkpad 10, Lenovo, ips display, Intel, Bay Trail
Lenovo made the previously-rumored ThinkPad 10 tablet official earlier this month. The business-friendly tablet starts at $599 and will be available in a couple of weeks. Lenovo has packed in quite a bit of hardware into a 10-inch aluminum chassis to create a device capable of up to 10 hours of battery life (productivity not guaranteed).
The official ThinkPad 10 specifications closely match the previous rumors, but we do know a few more finer details. In particular, Lenovo has gone with an aluminum shell hosting a 10.1" 1920x1200 IPS display with 10-point multi-touch (and Gorilla Glass technology), two cameras (2MP webcam and 8MP rear camera), an optional digitizer pen, and a number of docking options.
Fans of handwriting recognition will be pleased with the confirmation of a digitizer while typists will be able to pair the 10-inch tablet with a keyboard dock. Lenovo is also offering a Quickshot cover accessory which is a soft screen cover/case that has a corner that can be easily folded to reveal the camera (and performing this action automatically opens up the camera app).
The tablet dock (which doubles as a charger) is a docking station that adds two USB 3.0 ports, one HDMI port, and one Ethernet port. On the other hand, the keyboard dock has an angled slot for the ThinkPad 10 to sit in (there is no angled hinge here) and features a physical keyboard and small trackpad.
Finally, if you are more into the Microsoft Surface-style touch keyboard, Lenovo offers a case with an included touch-sensitive keyboard (keys with no physical actuation).
Internally, the ThinkPad 10 uses a Bay Trail Atom Z3795 SoC, either 2GB or 4GB of RAM, and up to 128GB of (eMMC 4.5.1) internal storage. Internal radios include 802.11n, Bluetooth, and cellular (3G and 4G LTE). The tablet itself has a micro HDMI video output, micro SD card slot for storage, and a single USB 2.0 port.
All decked out, you are looking at an aluminum-clad tablet weighing less than 1.4 pounds running the full version of Windows 8.1 that starts at $599 for the tablet itself. The four optional accessories (the docks and cases) will cost extra (see below). Note that the touch-sensitive keyboard case and a ruggedized case will be made available later this summer following the June launch of the tablet and other options.
The $599 price ($728 with keyboard) may scare away consumers wanting an entertainment device, but business users and content creators with frequent travel needs (see our own Ryan Shrout) will appreciate the niche features, battery life, and build quality.
For those curious, the accessory costs will break down as follows:
- Ultrabook Keyboard: $129
- Tablet Dock: $119
- Quickshot cover: $59
- Rugged Case: $69 (available later this summer)
- Touch Case: $119 (available later this summer)
Lenovo Launches Two New 11-Inch Chromebooks
Subject: General Tech, Mobile | May 6, 2014 - 02:48 AM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Lenovo, Chromebook, celeron, Intel
Today, Lenovo announced its first set of Chromebooks aimed at consumers. The N20 Chrome and N20p Chrome Chromebooks join the existing ThinkPad branded Chromebooks which targeted the education sector. The new N20 series devices are 11.6" laptops weighing less than 3.1 pounds powered by an Intel Celeron chip and running Google's Chrome OS.
The base N20 Chrome is a traditional laptop sans touchscreen or Yoga-style acrobatics.
Both the N20 Chrome and N20p Chrome sport an 11.6" display with a resolution of 1366x768, a 1 megapixel webcam, stereo speakers, AccuType keyboards, and large trackpads. Further, the Chromebooks have two USB ports, one HDMI output, a SD card slot, and an audio mic/headphone combo jack. Wireless connectivity includes 802.11ac Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 4.0.2.
The N20 Chrome has a traditional laptop clamshell design while the N20p Chrome features a 300° hinge that allows the display to flip around into tent mode as well as the traditional laptop mode. Further, the N20p Chrome adds a 10-point multi-touch digitizer to the 11.6" display. The N20 Chrome weighs 2.8 lbs (1.3 kg) whereas the N20p Chrome weighs 3.1 lbs (1.4 kg) because of the added hinge and digitizer. Both models come in Graphite Grey with silver accents.
Internally, Lenovo has gone with an unspecified Intel Celeron processor (with Intel integrated graphics), up to 4GB of DDR3L memory, and up to 16GB of eMMC storage (expandable via SD card). Lenovo is pairing the device with up to 100GB of Google Drive cloud storage as well. Lenovo claims up to 8 hours of battery life which bodes well for students and office workers on the go.
The N20p Chrome with its 11.6" 10-point multi-touch display and 300° hinge.
The N20 Chrome will be available in July for $279 while the N20p Chrome is coming in August with an MSRP of $329. Lenovo's first take at consumer Chromebooks looks to have all the right pieces. The company should have a very successful product on its hands so long as the keyboards and overall build quality hold up to reviews.
Read more about Chromebooks @ PC Perspective!
Lenovo Preparing To Launch New ThinkPad 10 Windows 8.1 Tablet
Subject: Mobile | May 2, 2014 - 10:34 PM | Tim Verry
Tagged: Windows 8.1, thinkpad tablet, thinkpad 10, Lenovo, Intel, Bay Trail
Details on a new 10-inch tablet from Lenovo emerged following a product page being posted on the Lenovo Australia site prior to an official announcement. The page was quickly taken down, but not before German technology site TabTech snagged all of the details and photos of the new ThinkPad branded mobile.
The leaked ThinkPad 10 joins the existing ThinkPad 8 tablet which was first shown off at CES 2014 earlier this year. The business-focused device runs x86 hardware and the full version of Microsoft's Windows 8.1 operating system. The ThinkPad 10 sports rounded edges, a hefty bezel, (and if it follows the ThinkPad 8) a machine cut aluminum back panel with ThinkPad branding. The front of the device hosts a 10-inch display with a resolution of 1920x1200, a 2MP webcam, and Windows button. The top corner of the tablet hosts an 8MP rear camera with LED flash. Exact dimensions and weight are still unknown.
Internally, Lenovo is using a quad core Bay Trail SoC clocked at 1.6 GHz, up to 4GB of RAM, and up to 128GB of internal storage. If the ThinkPad 8 is any indication, the base models should start with 2GB of RAM, 64GB of storage, and a Wi-Fi chip. From there, users will be able to choose versions of the ThinkPad 10 with more memory, more storage, LTE cellular data connections, and stylus options.
Additionally, the ThinkPad 10 will support basic covers, basic docks that allow it to be used in tent mode, keyboard docks, and keyboard cases. Unfortunately, the keyboard dock does not appear to latch onto the tablet, and once docked the screen cannot be rotated further like with devices like the Transformer T100 and upcoming Aspire Switch 10. With that said, from the information available so far, I am interested in the ThinkPad 10 from a mobile productivity standpoint (I have been on the fence on getting a T100 for months now, heh). If Lenovo can maintain ThinkPad quality in this tablet and the keyboard options, I will definitely be considering it.
With the ThinkPad 8 starting at $399 for the WiFi-only model with 2GB RAM and 64GB storage, users can expect the ThinkPad 10 to start at least $499. Unfortunately, as with most product launches and leaks, official pricing and availability are still unknown.
Stay tuned to PC Perspective for more details on the ThinkPad 10. In the meantime, check out our video of the ThinkPad 8 to get an idea of the aesthetics and performance of the upcoming Windows 8.1 tablet!
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I'd agree with what everyone here has said about learning a foreign language, it does teach you another way of thinking, another way approaching problems - and the world. Different languages have different ways of describing things, which refer the different values of the culture. It's also interesting to realize that in most of the word people will speak at least two languages, even in the developing world, where people will learn a local, then national language, before even starting on English! It really shows us anglo-phones up!
And word of caution, based on what I have found from trying to learn Indonesian: like programing languages, languages have rules (duh!), unlike programming languages, this rules are incredibly flexible, and often broken (this depends on the language though). This did frustrate me a little, but I think it is an interesting lesson on the boundaries between ordered systems and the somewhat chaotic results that sometimes evolve.
I would recommend Chinese, because of the progress China is making, and because very few Chinese speak English. Also given it's potential position in the world, I don't think that the pressure will be on us to learn Chinese, not the other way round.
Finally, you can only learn so much in class. You really have to go to the country, immerse yourself in it, force yourself to speak it. A month studying in the country would be worth a whole degree in a university (although you'd probably learn more theory in university, and they would compliment each other quite nicely).
And the comments about picking a language with hot women have some truth to them. The best way to learn a language is to have a girlfriend who (only) speaks it!


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She was big, dressed in ill-fitting hand-me-downs that, to my 11-year-old eye, appeared to be purely functional.
She avoided eye contact with other students, always turning her reddish, blotchy face away. Yet nothing about her was as out of place as her knotted nest of red hair, an uncombed thicket upon a child's head.
She appeared in our fifth-grade class at Washington Elementary School in West Aliquippa, Pa., in late September 1962. She was assigned the seat directly in front of my own.
To her new classmates, this girl was as unreal as a fictional character. If she was aware of the laughter and finger-pointing that her appearance generated, her face didn't show it.
I found it ironic that she sat in front of me. Until her arrival, my obesity had been the target of classmates' jokes. But her peculiar appearance trumped even my own; now, students smiled knowingly at me, offering unspoken sympathy that I should sit behind such an otherworldly creature.
Perhaps a week or two later, the new student was called to the front of the classroom.
She rose, unkempt as usual, and walked forward silently, her eyes downward. As she came next to Miss K, our fortyish-year-old teacher turned the girl forward to face the class.
"Now, young lady," said Miss K, "did someone forget to comb her hair this morning?"
Miss K picked up a comb from her desk and stood behind the girl. She placed her left hand on the student's left shoulder and, using her right hand, attempted to guide the comb through the girl's snarled hair. Almost immediately, the comb became stuck.
I watched as the class's new object of ridicule reacted with discomfort, her eyes closed as Miss K tried to disentangle the comb. Some students giggled softly.
Our teacher worked the comb free and sought a different, perhaps more forgiving, section of hair. Using short strokes, Miss K seemed to be making progress when, suddenly, her grooming effort dislodged a greenish insect that fell to the floor and scampered forward, among our desks.
At the sight of the grasshopper, laughter, including my own, filled the classroom.
Only the girl and Miss K remained silent.
After a moment, Miss K told us to behave and then directed her still-stoical grooming subject to return to her seat.
There was no apology, no word of comfort from Miss K. None of the other fifth-graders considered how much this incident must have hurt our classmate.
Like us, she was just a child, but, as Miss K's behavior had shown, she was also a strange being who existed beyond our rules and expectations.
The next morning as I was leaving for school, I saw the new girl walking toward our house. As she neared the gate to our yard, I turned and walked back inside.
My mother was waiting just inside the door.
"You wanted to avoid that young girl, didn't you?" she asked.
I nodded yes while avoiding looking directly at my mother.
"Do your friends make fun of her?" she asked.
I told her yes. Mother watched from our living room window as the girl continued walking toward school.
She looked at me with concern.
"Andy, she reminds me so much of myself at her age," she said. "We were poor and the other children made fun of me too . . . of what I wore . . . of how I looked.
"Don't you hurt her, too. Be nice to her."
In school that day I watched my classmate, who always stared, impassively, straight ahead. Midway through the day, a pencil rolled off her desk. I picked it up and handed it to her.
"You dropped this," I said and offered a smile. She took the pencil, but if my small gesture meant anything, her face betrayed no emotion.
One day, several weeks later, she did not return to school. No one knew or seemed to care where she had moved.
It's funny how memories stick with you. How one moment can haunt you.
A teacher and a classroom of children forget that behind grooming issues and ill-fitting clothes is a child, a young girl lost and probably overwhelmed by her circumstances.
Instead of making new friends, celebrating birthdays and sharing valentines with classmates, some are denied the joys of childhood for reasons beyond their control.
Five decades later, I still wish I could apologize to my classmate. Of all her classmates, I should have known better.
I cannot forgive our teacher for publicly humiliating her. I will forgive my classmates when I can forgive myself.
I have hoped for decades that an undelivered valentine would someday reach her. It is a prayer that somehow the pain she endured as a child has been balanced with joy as an adult. That she has loved, married and taught children of her own to judge not with their eyes but with their hearts.
I hope that this year an undelivered sentiment has made its way to its rightful recipient.
My dear classmate, this valentine is for you.
Andrew Leheny is a freelance writer in Belle Vernon, Pa.


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On this recording, Martyn Brabbins leads the BBC National Orchestra of Wales in two works from the crucible of the Viennese fin de siècle. Zemlinsky wrote his two completed symphonies while studying at the conservatory. He wrote under the watchful eye of its conservative masters, and was greatly influenced by Brahms; but like many of his classmates and contemporaries, Zemlinsky peppered the otherwise bland conservatory diet with visits to performances of new works by Verdi, Wagner and Richard Strauss. Caught between these two factions, these symphonies show him wrestling, often thrillingly, with the pedagogical parameters imposed upon him.
The Observer, 2nd February 2014
These two early symphonies, played with the right degree of late-Romantic lushness and fluency by the BBC NOW under Martyn Brabbins, places him firmly in that fascinating stylistic crevice between Brahms and Mahler...the music has a variety and melodic warmth which is well worth exploring.
MusicWeb International, 20th February 2014
It is not Brabbins' way to rush these works...Brabbins and Hyperion allow us to hear Zemlinsky as the expansive romantic mid-European young man of the 1890s. The audio quality is very attractive - indeed superior - and the notes by Gavin Plumley cover all the right bases.
Gramophone Magazine, March 2014
Everywhere one sense a voice leaping to establish its own identity...Those readers wedded to the great Austro-German Romantics are likely to find this coupling irresistable.
BBC Music Magazine, April 2014
Brabbins has a strong empathy for Zemlinsky's musical language, demonstrating a masterly control of pacing in each movement...the present release can be confidently recommended for the refined and subtle playing of the BBC NOW and a recording that achieves an ideal balance between textural clarity and Romantic warmth.
American Record Guide, May/June 2014
The performances are skilled, with excellent recorded sound. Brabbins's reading communicates not only the beauty of the music, but also its formal integrity.
American Record Guide, May/June 2016
All of those recordings of the First Symphony come with the newly discovered finale. The conductors are Ludov�t Rajter and Edgar Siepenbusch. They are enjoyable and idiomatic.
Recording information: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (02/10/2013-02/12/2013).
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Works Details
Zemlinsky, Alexander v. : Symphony no 1 in D minor- Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
- Ensemble: BBC National Orchestra of Wales
- Notes: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (02/10/2013-02/12/2013)
- Running Time: 32 min. 29 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Orchestral
- Written: 1892
Zemlinsky, Alexander v. : Symphony no 2 in B flat major
- Conductor: Martyn Brabbins
- Notes: BBC Hoddinott Hall, Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (02/10/2013-02/12/2013)
- Running Time: 45 min. 37 sec.
- Period Time: Modern
- Form: Orchestral
- Written: 1897


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Scott Pioli and Thomas Dimitroff talk Patriots on Big Show, Pioli denies bugging Chiefs rooms |
02.02.12 at 3:45 pm ET |
Former Patriots executives Scott Pioli and Thomas Dimitroff, now general managers of the Chiefs and Falcons, respectively, joined The Big Show in Indianapolis Thursday. The two discussed their days with the Patriots and what they hope to achieve with their current franchises.
Bill Belichick has been more friendly with the media since arriving in Indianapolis for the Super Bowl, to the surprise of many. Neither Pioli nor Dimitroff are surprised to see this side of him.
"Bill and I worked together for 16 years, and I've known him since 1987," Pioli said. "That's the Bill I know. Maybe it's not shown that often publicly."
Dimitroff said that neither he nor the city of Atlanta are strangers to Belichick's perky persona.
"What I know of Bill is last year he came on one of our local radio stations and was waxing poetic about the Grateful Dead and Bon Jovi, and we had a half-hour talk," Dimitroff said. "It's not that new for me I guess."
Said Pioli to Dimitroff: "Maybe getting rid of you and me is lighting him up a little bit. With the two of us not being around, we don't wear him out as much."
Pioli said he isn't surprised to find Belichick still making it to Super Bowls, as he feels the Patriots organization, from Robert Kraft down, has set a standard from which they haven't strayed.
"A large part is consistency," Pioli said of what makes the Patriots such a good franchise. "It's stability and consistency. It starts with Robert, Jonathan [Kraft] and Bill quite honestly. '¦ It's a matter of consistency and being the same people every day. Everyoone knows what to expect. When you know what to expect in the work place, whether you're a player, a trainer, an equipment guy, a video guy, the entire [organization], everyone knows what to expect. The leadership, they're the same people every single day, and that just makes for a great work environment. It allows people to do their jobs more efficiently and better."
While the people and the philosophies have remained constant for the most part, Dimitroff said that one of Belichick's best qualities is the ability to constantly analyze his decisions and find others who do the same.
"I think what's very, very impressive about Bill and about Scott and I hope, hope me, when we're putting together our teams and our groups of guys, whether it's the players or the personnel or the coaches, that we're getting the people that are their harshest critics themselves," Dimitroff said. "That's what I think is very important. Bill, it seemed, never had to really go around the people and lay into people, nor did Scott. We all beat ourselves up more than I think anyone else would beat ourselves up."
Added Pioli: "And you try to surround yourself with people with that [mindset]. You don't want them to be necessarily like-minded, you want them to have similar values and similar pride, quite honestly."
The three haven't been afraid to deal with one another since Pioli and Dimitroff departed New England, as major trades, such as the Matt Cassel trade to the Chiefs in 2008 and the trade of Tony Gonzalez from the Chiefs to the Falcons in 2009, have gone down between the executives. Dimitroff and Pioli noted that they stay in close contact and talk shop, and that the trust they've built over the years pays off in the workplace.
"Before we ever get to the point of criticizing one another, with Thomas and I, what absolutely happens is Thomas will call me and say 'Scott, what do you think about this? I think I might have made a mistake,' and I do the same thing with him," Poilio said. "'¦ I don't need Thomas to criticize me, because I'm throwing it all out there. '¦ I don't mind that he sees the core of what I am and the mistakes I'm making, because I know whatever feedback I'm going to get is real."
The Chiefs fired coach Todd Haley in December, after which a Kansas City Star piece ran saying Haley believed Pioli was bugging rooms at the team facility.
"I read that," Pioli said. "[Chairman and CEO] Clark Hunt and [President] Mark Donovan said it at the time and I'll say it again: Unequivocally, completely, totally untrue."
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