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Virupa, Master of Dakinis
I, who live in spontaneous reality
Depend upon the Magnificent Symbol.
I, who exist in things as they are,
Without self, not thinking, not achieving,
Am saved from the pit of nihilism by existential self-awareness,
Am saved from an eternal heaven by absolute detachment.
I live in consummate pure delight and perfect awareness.
Virupa, the dakini master, was born in Bengal in the eastern province of Tripura, during the reign of King Devapala. When still a young child, he entered the celebrated Buddhist monastic academy of Somapuri. There he devoted his life to study and meditation with a thousand other pious monks and received the initiation and empowerment of the dakini Vajra Varahi, the Sow-Faced One.
Industriously, he recited her mantra twice ten million times for twelve long years. And yet, nothing happened. Not once in all those twelve years did he receive so much as a dream to indicate that he was making progress.
At last, Virupa became so disgusted with himself and his apparently useless practice, that he threw his rosary into the latrine. Naturally, when the time came for evening worship, he did not have his prayer beads. Suddenly, Vajra Varahi herself appeared before him in a shining vision. She handed him an exquisitely carved rosary and said: "Child of Happiness, why are you so troubled? Keep up your practice, for you are blessed by me, If you would see clearly that things are neither this nor that, you must let go your wandering, critical thoughts. Strip your mind of illusion!"
Deeply inspired, Virupa renewed his practice of the spiritual discipline of his dakini-guru for another twelve years, gaining the supreme realization of mahamudra.
As he had attained power over the duality of life and death, he saw no contradiction in eating meat or drinking alcohol, although it was against the rules of his order. One day he asked his servants for pigeon pie, whereupon they caught a few of the pigeons that roosted in the eaves of the monastery, wrung their necks, and prepared them for the table.
However, an elderly monk noticed that the pigeons had disappeared. Shouting, "Let him who has the audacity to eat pigeons come forth," he ran to the great bell to call everyone to assembly.
"Surely none of us would do such an abominable thing!" whispered the venerable monks in astonishment. But the abbot ordered a cell-to-cell search. Before long they came to Virupa, sitting down with happy anticipation to a meal of pigeon and wine. Outraged, the monks stripped him of his office and ordered him to leave the monastery.
Virupa removed his habit and laid it with his begging bowl before the image of the Buddha that he had worshiped for more than a quarter of a century, and prostrated himself in homage before the image. Then he left by the monastery gate.
"Where are you going?" demanded the gatekeeper.
"I am told I no longer belong here. Therefore, I shall follow whatever path is provided for me," he replied. All the monks of Somapuri gathered at the gate as Virupa approached the broad lotus-filled lake that bordered the monastery.
At the water's edge, Virupa tested one of the lotus leaves with his foot and saw that it did not sink beneath his weight. Then, miraculously, with the Buddha's name upon his lips, he trod lightly from leaf to leaf until he reached the opposite shore.
Their hearts in their mouths, the monks of Somapuri stood watching his amazing feat. Then, with great remorse, they prostrated themselves before Virupa and, in humble devotion, begged him to return.
"Please explain to us why you killed our pigeons," they implored.
"That was simply an illusion, like all temporal phenomena," replied the master, and told his servants to bring him a few scraps of pigeon wing. Taking the bits of feather and bone, he held them aloft. At a snap of his fingers the pigeons were restored to life, and even more beautiful than before, they soared into the heavens.
Virupa then left the monastery once and for all to become a yogin. Wherever he went, awestruck witnesses told tales of his miraculous doings.
One of his first adventures occurred at the banks of the river Ganges where Virupa beseeched Ganga Devi, the goddess of the river, to give him something to eat and drink for he had traveled far. But she refused. Whereupon Virupa commanded the waters to part and marched across to the other bank.
By the time he reached the nearby town of Kanasata he was ravenous. Entering a tavern, he demanded a flagon of wine and a plate of rice, which he devoured with gusto. Then he roared for more drink, then more and more, until he had drunk the tavern dry. When the suspicious tavern keeper asked him to settle his bill, Virupa offered her the sun in the sky. To seal his pledge, he took his phurba from his robes and thrust this magical dagger exactly halfway between the light and the darkness, thus transfixing the daystar so it could not continue on its course.
For the next two and a half days the town of Kanasata was plagued with continual daylight and unremitting heat. The crops withered in the field, and even the river began to shrink from her banks. Virupa, however, continued to drink, consuming five hundred elephant loads of spirits.
By this time, the king himself was at his wit's end. As yet unaware of Virupa's presence, he commanded his minister to discover the cause of the endless, blinding sunlight, but his investigations were fruitless. Finally, the sun goddess herself appeared to the king in a dream, revealing that a siddha's debt to a woman in a tavern imprisoned her above his realm. To rid himself of this disaster, the king was forced to pay the debt. Thereupon, Virupa vanished and the sun moved once again across the heavens.
Next, Virupa traveled to the country of Indra, which was ruled by exceedingly devout Brahmins. They had built a massive stone image of Mahadeva, the Great God Siva, which stood six hundred and eighty feet high. The keepers of the shrine demanded that Virupa bow down before the image.
"How can an elder brother bow down to his junior?" scoffed the master. The king of Indra, who had come to worship at the image, heard these words and gave Virupa an ultimatum: "Bow down or die."
"It would be a sin for me to bow down to this deity," Virupa insisted.
"Then let the sin be upon me!" said the king.
As soon as Virupa placed his palms together in homage, the gigantic stone image cracked in two and a great voice shook the heavens, saying: "Your word is my command!"
"Then swear your allegiance to the Buddha," commanded Virupa.
"I hear and obey," roared the voice, and at once the ruined colossus was miraculously restored.
The rich offerings that had been heaped at the feet of Siva were now offered to Virupa. He summoned all the devotees of Lord Buddha and distributed the offerings equally among them. So great was this bounty, that the people were sustained through famine, flood, and pestilence for many, many years.
Virupa continued on his wanderings and came at last to the town of Devikotta in eastern India. Unknown to the yogin, the people of this place had all become flesh-eating ghouls.
On the road into town, in search of his morning meal, Virupa encountered a pleasant-looking matron who offered to fill his bowl if he would accompany her to her home. Thinking she must live nearby, he followed her as she turned off the main road. But when the woman hurried on and on, and the track became narrower and more overgrown, Virupa grew uneasy. He called out to the woman and asked if they were near their destination.
"You are very near the end of your journey," cried the woman. And she turned upon him and transfixed him with her blood-red eyes. Held fast by her spell, Virupa could not move so much as a finger to help himself as a menacing crowd of ghouls materialized silently from the shadowy jungle and carried him off to the abandoned temple.
Imprisoned within the moldering structure, Virupa found himself in the company of a very young Brahmin boy. The lad had also been in search of food that morning when he too had the misfortune to meet the same spellbinding fiend upon the road. Now he and Virupa were about to become offerings themselves in some horrible rite. They could hear blood-curdling howls and wild drumming outside as the ghouls whirled in their dance of death.
The boy began to weep, but Virupa comforted him and told him to sleep, all would be well by sunup. As the child's tears melted into dream, Virupa blessed him with a powerful mantra of protection.
At moonrise, two brawny fiends came to fetch their tender young victim. But try as they might, they were unable to move the sleeping child. He was rooted to the earth. The yogin, however, was sleeping on a wooden plank, and the two thugs just managed to lift it and carry him out to the circle of dancers.
Wakened by the drums, Virupa was still unable to move as they plied him with liquor. He could only watch as the drunken ghouls worked themselves into a frenzy, brandishing their ritual knives in readiness for slaughter.
But just as their blood-maddened screeches reached a crescendo, Virupa burst into laughter. Surprised, but amused, the dancers laughed all the louder, But their glee turned to horror when his terrible twelve-tone bellow -- the laughter of Heruka -- began to drown out their hellish merriment. As his howls grew louder and louder, the ghouls were convulsed with pain and clasped their hands to their ears. When they implored him to stop, Virupa told them he would do so only if they vowed to devote themselves to the teachings of the Buddha. When his deafening laughter rang out again, the ghouls prostrated themselves before him and swore to do his bidding.
At this, Virupa rose. In his right hand, as if by magic, there appeared an enormous razor-sharp discus. Towering behind him stood the horrific presence of the Demon of the North. "Should you entertain the slightest thought of not renewing your pledge to the Buddha every day," said the master with a fiendish grin, "expect to lose a cup of blood each day you fall from the path. And should you turn away entirely from the Buddha's law and worship some other god, this discus will fly from the heavens and sever your head from your neck, and the Demon of the North will suck your veins dry."
The repentant ghouls groveled on the ground before Virupa to do him homage. The master then gave a mighty heave and the discus mounted into the night sky. The demon followed after, and both were transformed into glittering constellations.
Virupa then went on his way, journeying the length and breadth of India. When, many years later, he returned to Devikotta, it had become a peaceful town filled with devout Buddhists. To celebrate Virupa's return, Mahadeva, the Great God Siva, and Umadevi, his consort, devised a spectacular illusion in the yogin's honor.
As Virupa stood on the road, surveying the town, it doubled and tripled in size until it had become a magnificent city of half a million households. People poured from their homes to welcome Virupa with offerings, while from the Thirty-three Sensual Paradises and all the palaces of the gods there flowed an endless array of the most exquisite food for a huge feast of celebration.
And yet, the great dakini master was not to attain ultimate liberation until he had lived seven hundred years. But then, as the great discus hurled itself across the vastness of space, his labors at last completed. Virupa ascended to the Paradise of the Dakinis.
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I'm glad you're home. Thank you for your comments on my blocks. I hope things can get a little bit settled for you now, so you can enjoy the rest of your summer. Safe travels to you. Take care.
gini, so glad you are home.
Gini, you sure are racking up those frequent flier miles!!! Glad to hear "dad" is doing great but it sounds like Aunt Judy is going to need a little help. I agree, when it rains it pours. I hope Sam hurries home. Sounds like you might need a little "cuddle" time yourself. {hugs}
aka Grandma Sunshine
Unfortunately, I'm racking up frequent driving miles and I don't get compensated for those. It's a 5 or 6 hour drive from here to Seattle.
Today I racked up miles to Spokane. Dad had his appointment with the colon doc. We a cautiously relieved. He has to have his colon removed and the doc thinks she can hook him back up, so no bag. It's nice to have a plan. Mom needs to keep him from eating so he doesn't blow up, to keep him out of the hospital until his surgery. I told dad they are whittling away part by part, he'll be a bionic man if they need to replace anything more.
I was up half the night trying to find my purse, finally after I went to bed, still racking my brain, I remembered It was at the office where i was faxing stuff to Sam. I was up at 4:30 to have time to locate it. I found my purse at the office, looked at the gas tank and was empty, stopped to fill my car and realized my credit card was in the truck, drove back home to find it, and was still at mom's early enough that dad wasn't fussing about me being late.
while we were waiting on mom, dad and I watched a new fawn in the back yard frolicking with a couple of does. They little guy was leaping in the air and flipping around, kicking up his heels. The does we're jumping around with him.
my aunt's angioplasty went well. They found one of her stents had closed and replaced that. She should be home by now. And my other aunt has to do another round of daily chemo. They found some active cells in her lymph nodes. She's driving herself to C d'A every dsy, about an hour one way, so I told her to call and I would ride with her to keep her company.
i have been traveling so much and dad sitting, that I have broken into my last emergency appliqué project. I have misplaced my cottages and am waiting for them to make themselves found. It would be nice to have them to work on. Are you guys sensing a theme here? I can't keep track of anything.
gini in north idaho
My thoughts, prayers and hugs are with you, I would lend you my memory but mines a bit hit and miss at the best of times so i think you are probably better off with your own.
lots of love
my mind wanders so often it's a wonder i ever find it.
my dad was funny, in the hospital one day, he was complaining about how full his head was of thoughts. he just couldn't stop thinking thoughts from everywhere were crowding his head and it was driving him nuts. so two days later he had forgotten about that and was complaining about how empty his head was. he said to me, "virginia, there's nothing there, i keep trying to think of something, anything and there's just nothing there" poor guy, he can't find a happy medium.
i get into trouble when i am thinking too much, so sam is one lucky duck that most of the time i only have air up there.
It's no wonder with your brain overflowing with all the stuff you have to do! Hang in there. I'll pray that you can find your cottages, lol. Prayers for you and your family with all that is going on. I think you just need a chauffer and then you could have some sewing/unwinding time between all the jumps!!
Gini, the "WonderWoman" of Idaho!!! If your cottages don't surface, start Jingles!
Maggie aka Grandma Sunshine:
Gini, the "WonderWoman" of Idaho!!! If your cottages don't surface, start Jingles!
Are we going to do the Jingles quilt together? I have been saving all the posts so I can start it as soon as I finish the Country Cottages! Have you started it already?
I received my garden party pattern, so will be ready to start in September . I am reorganizing my fabric so as I find one that will work for it I am putting it aside. I thought about ordering the kit until I saw the price! I'm sure I can come up with fabric from my stash. It may have a totally different look, but that is ok with me. Easier on the pocket book.
i forgot about jingles. will the blocks all be posted by this fall?
What is jingles?
jingle all the way by erin russek. you buy the center pattern and she posts the surrounding blocks on her website that you can download for free.
the white blanks are where the blocks of the month go
thanks, the center is very pretty.

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Russellville (18-5, 6-2 7A/6A-Central) plated three runs in the first inning to give freshman starter Andrea Kindrick an early cushion she never relinquished. Kindrick (18-3) struck out nine batters, walked two and allowed just two hits.
The Lady Cyclones blew it open in the fourth inning as they plated seven runs to set the final score at 10-0.
The Lady Panthers were unable to score in the fifth inning, so the run-rule took effect.
Kindrick helped her own cause with a single and a 2-RBI double. Megan Hale finished with two runs scored and a single. Cortney Norman scored a run and batted one in on a single and a double. Sommer Purschter had two singles with an RBI and a run scored, while Syndey Rupe added a hit and a run scored. Brooks Lafoon had three RBI and a single.
The Russellville defense was sound again and committed no errors.
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OLA — The Hector Lady Wildcats continued their dominance of the 2A-5 South Conference on Thursday with a 10-0, 5-inning win over Two Rivers to clinch the conference championship.
The win ensured the Lady Wildcats went from worst to first in the league.
"This was a huge win for our softball program," head coach Gary Simmons said. "From last place in the conference last year to a conference championship — God has blessed us this season. We have had multiple injuries including Darian's back, and each time they find His strength to play. [Thursday] was a team win. We hit the ball well, bunted well and we had only one error, and played the best defense we have played all year. I am so proud of our team and the fact that they have come so far in one year."
After a scoreless first inning, Hector jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the top of the second. Whitney Garrison singled to score Brittany Dixon and eventually touched home on a wild pitch.
The Lady Wildcats started to pull away in the third inning. Kaitlynn Bailey ripped a single up the middle that scored Kasey Rook and Darian Simmons scored on a double by Morgan Pack. Bailey and Dixon both touched home in the inning to give Hector a 6-0 lead.
That score held until the fifth inning when the Lady Cyclones put the Lady Gators away. Bailey scored again on a Dixon single, Pack scored on a Karlee Owens single. Owens then scored on a hit by Karena Rook.
Simmons again dominated in the circle as she gave up just three hits and a walk, while she struck out five Two Rivers batters.
Bailey led the way at the plate as she went 2-for-3 with an RBI and two runs scored. Pack and Garrison were also 2-for-3, as was Simmons, who added a stolen base, a run scored and a game-opening double. Kasey Rook was 2-for-4 with a steal and Dixon was 2-for-2 with a walk, and RBI and three runs scored.
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OLA — The Hector Wildcats trailed early Thursday night, but were able to come back for a 4-2 win over Two Rivers that clinched second place in the 2A-5 South Conference.
Bryant Haralson (7-3) was strong on the mound as he gave up just two runs on two hits with five walks, while the junior struck out 15 Gators.
"I'm really proud of these guys," head coach Jeff Haralson said. "They have battled through various distractions and adversity to finish as runners-up in the conference. We could have easily folded the tent, but to their credit they just kept coming to work every day and it has paid off in a great way."
Hector jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the third on an RBI single down the left-field line by J.W. Mackey that scored Jayme Stroud.
Two Rivers answered with a pair of runs in the bottom of the frame to take a 2-1 lead. Neither team could manufacture any runs in the fourth, but the Wildcats tied it in the fifth inning.
Stroud reached on a walk and stole second base. Haralson was intentionally walked and the two performed a double steal to put both in scoring position. A wild throw allowed Stroud to score and tie the game.
Hector pounced in the fifth with a pair of runs that sealed the win. Chandler Stanek and Shawn Lusk started things off with back-to-back singles to right field. Harrison Trigg loaded the bases with a bunt single, and Jordan Chisum ripped a single to deep right that scored Stanek and Tyler Brashear, who was pinch running for Lusk.
Stroud drew a walk and scored twice. Chisum went 1-for-3 with two RBI, while Lusk was 1-for-3 with a run scored. Chandler Stanek was 2-for-4 with a run scored.
The Wildcats will host Conway St. Joseph on Monday, then will prepare for the district tournament at Magazine.


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Spencer was the only son and heir of the 1st Earl of Sunderland, and in 1679 he became secretary of state. In January 1681 he was dismissed from office for voting to exclude Charles II's Roman Catholic brother James, Duke of York (later King James II), from the succession. Nevertheless, he was reinstated as secretary of state in January 1683 and became the architect of Charles's pro-French foreign policy. Although he served as chief minister under King James II, Sunderland could maintain his position only by acquiescing to the king's pro-Catholic policies. To win the queen's support, he converted to Roman Catholicism in June 1688, but in October he was dismissed in a desperate effort by James to regain popular support.
When William of Orange (later King William III) seized power in the Glorious Revolution of 1688, Sunderland fled to the European continent. Having renounced Roman Catholicism, he returned to England in May 1690. Within two years he had established himself as one of William III's most valued political counselors and the principal intermediary between the king and Parliament. William made him lord chamberlain in April 1697, but parliamentary opposition (led by the Whig Junto) soon drove him out of office (December 1697).


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Assistant superintendent and business manager for the Russellville School District Nathan Barber advised the committee that due to a decrease in government funding as a result of lower enrollment numbers, mixed with a potential one percent increase in employer contribution to retirement pay and other looming financial concerns, giving raises to the district's employees could prove to be financially hurtful to the district next school year or the year after.
"At this point and time, I don't feel comfortable [giving raises], and I do want to add to that that the year is not over yet," Barber said. "We've got four or five $300,000 to $800,000 issues out there, all of them negative, that are going to hit next year. This is a longterm safety issue, as far as finances."
Barber said enrollment numbers for the first quarter of 2012-13 school year were down compared to last year, adding that for each enrolled student, the Arkansas Department of Education funds $6,267 to the district.
Superintendent Randall Williams said the one percent increase in employer contribution toward retirement pay, that would increase the district's financial responsibility toward retirement from 14 to 15 percent will likely be approved by state legislator and could be in place as early as next school year.
Last year, the district awarded $500 to its approximate 423 licensed employees as a Christmas bonus, and $350 to its 387 classified employees.
The district also added $2,000 to the base of their teachers' salary schedule, along with $530 increment raises, and gave classified employees a .60 cent raise and a .20 cent step raise.
The total cost of the bonuses and raises for all employees last year was approximately $2,230,000.
Barber said health insurance rates also increased last year and the district opted to pay $231 per month per employee, up from the previous $197, to help offset the increase in premiums.
"In the past, when the money has become available the board has always pushed the money out to the teachers in the form of a bonus or a raise where we add it to the base of the salary schedule," Barber said. "They had a good year last year and this year's not over, but at this point in time we are opting to take a cautious approach."
The committee agreed against giving mid-year bonuses, but did recommend that they meet again in the spring to discuss the possibility of awarding bonuses later.
"We're not pleased that we're not going to be able to do this this year," Williams said.
"We have been fortunate in the past that we've been able to give these bonuses and its'a great thing because we think we have the best employees around and we value each and every one of them."


text: I recently inherited a Garmin Zumo 450 and am learning it's ins and outs. My problem is that the touch screen seems a little slow to respond and takes a good solid, intentional touch to make a selection. Maybe I'm just used to the newer equipment. Is this just "Old School" equipment or is it having issues? Other than that it seems to work perfectly.


text: she could just be maimed and unable to talk. Then she could spend the season glaring at Ryland and he could be worried about her regaining her ability to talk and spilling the beans. Lots of story potential there. was I the only one appalled at Bobby? one minute he's lecturing John Ross about how JR used losing the ranch as a justification for his terrible behaviour and now John Ross couldn't do that; then the next minute he's whoring John Ross out to get a business deal.


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What happened to xfce-terminal title shortcut key ? I've used to be abel to assign it from "Windows Manager" > "Keyboard" to something like "CTRL+T". Now ever since terminal name changed key disappeared support
Search forum, rtfm, f1, stuff like that.
Quick search in the recent forum topics: https://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=7715
Thank you I got it, this is way better even then it used to hahaha
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Hi all
I am new to the forum so please tell me if I am posting in the wrong place.
I am a great fan of XFCE ever since I started using Sidux. However, I recently did a dist-upgrade, which I am assuming installed the most recent desktop manager candidate (4.6?). When I restarted my laptop everything was slightly blurred. The writing was not 100% sharp and to be honest, after about 10 minutes I had to turn the laptop off as my eyes were killing me. This never happened with "earlier" version of XFCE.
I since decided to give XFCE another try but using Debian (testing). I will not bore you with the details but once XFCE 4.6 was installed, the same happened again. My eyes have to really work hard to adjust while working with XFCE. In KDE or earlier versions of XFCE, everything is as normal, Sharp as a razor...
I am using Dell D600, with 'ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV250 [Mobility FireGL 9000] (rev 02)'. My Max resolution is 1024X768 at 60Mhz.
I prefer using XFCE but not at the price of teary, sore eyes.... are there any settings which can improve sharpness of the display?
Many thanks!
take a look in "User interface" settings dialog
Look for what? Do you know what setting could be making this "problem"?
I have no English version installed but i'll try to guide you.
Settings --> Appearance? --> Fonts and there is a field called "use antialiasing"... mark it
hope it helps
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http://188.8.131.52/sakura/pdf/21n30591.pdf, p13 of the PDF has a recipe for Gomori's AF in a discussion of how to combine it with Gomori's trichrome. This is from an old Histo Logic issue, most of which are available in PDF form at the sakura site. Of course, Luna may have had a variant of the Gomori AF, but I am not aware of it. Cheers, Fred Monson Frederick C. Monson, PhD Center for Advanced Scientific Imaging Mail Drop: Geology West Chester University West Chester, PA, 19383 http://darwin.wcupa.edu/casi/ Phone/FAX: 610-738-0437 -----Original Message----- From: ncragg [mailto:email@example.com] Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 6:05 AM To: 'HistoNet Server' Subject: Luna's stain for elastin Does anyone have a protocol for Luna's stain for elastin? I'm having trouble finding a protocol or even a paper which has the details. I believe it is a modification of Luna's technique by Kligman. If anyone has a copy of Kligman's paper "Luna Technique. A beautiful stain for elastin" Am J Dermatopathol 1981 Summer; 3(2): 199-201, I would be very grateful if you could pass it on. Thank you in anticipation - I know Histonet won't let me down! After hours of trawling the internet and histology books, there is only one sure fire way of getting the answer. Kind regards, Nicola Cragg Epistem Ltd. Manchester, UK


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Goodbyes. HBO's "Game of Thrones" finished its third season Sunday with its second-most-watched episode (5.4 million viewers), making it the week's top non-sports cable show. NBC's "Revolution" closed its first season later than most broadcast shows with 6.2 million viewers on Monday. ABC Family's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager" ended its five-season run Monday with 1.5 million viewers. Other cable season finales included Lifetime's "Army Wives," 2.4 million viewers on Sunday, and TBS' "Men at Work," 1.7 million on Thursday.
Newcomers. June opened with a number of series premieres. On ABC, "Mistresses" began its run with 4.4 million viewers on Monday. Cable debuts included USA's "Graceland' (3.3 million) on Thursday; ABC Family's "The Fosters" (1.4 million) on Monday; TNT's "The Hero" (1.5 million) and "72 Hours" (820,000) on Thursday; Lifetime's "Pretty Wicked Moms" (802,000) on Tuesday; and TLC's "The Good Buy Girls" (448,000 and 333,000) on Wednesday.
Back for more. Other shows returned for new seasons, including NBC's "America's Got Talent" (11.2 million) on Tuesday, which trailed only NBC's "The Voice" on Monday (11.3 million) for the week among non-sports shows. USA's "Burn Notice" opened its final season Thursday with 4.3 million viewers, edging TNT's two-hour "Falling Skies" premiere (4.2 million) on Sunday. Other premieres included: History's "Mountain Men," 3 million viewers on Sunday; MTV's "Teen Wolf," 2.4 million on Monday; and TLC's "Toddlers & Tiaras," 896,000 on Wednesday.
Starry nights. CBS' Tony Awards broadcast Sunday brought in 7.3 million viewers, its best showing since 2009. The CMT Music Awards drew 2.8 million on Wednesday.
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Great beaches, exceptional food and wonderful watersports are just a few of the offerings available on the exotic French Caribbean island of Martinique. Yachtsmen will find some very sophisticated pleasures here, including haut cuisine and the latest fashions – especially in Fort-de-France, the island's capital, which is located on one of the safest, most beautiful bays in the Caribbean.
Martinique offers French culture entwined with an exotic island lifestyle. The best time of year for yacht chartering in Martinique is from November to April.
Martinique also has an active volcano – Mont Pelée, which erupted in 1902 and left thousands of residents dead. The Museum of Vulcanology tells the story in somewhat grizzly detail. Visitors can find fantastic hiking and nature-watching along the volcano's slopes. Known as the "Isle of Flowers," Martinique also has numerous botanical gardens.
There are plenty of long sandy beaches to lounge on here. Great surfing can be found at Presqu'île de Caravelle, and Martinique is also known for its snorkeling and diving. Pointe du Bout is the island's main resort area, featuring golf, shopping and casino nightlife. The village of Carbet, which for a short time was home to the famous French painter Paul Gauguin, is worth a visit.
Popular marinas include Pointe du Bout, across from the capital; Le François on the Atlantic in Sainte-Anne, and Port de Plaisance, which is Guadaloupe's largest and best-equipped yacht basin.


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Pitch is both a verb and a noun.
Verb: One can pitch an idea, a story, a song, a ball – one's self.
Noun: The pitch is an idea, story, song – your self.
They are two distinct art forms. One can have perfect pitch, as in singing the true sound of any note in a piece of music, and still not understand the song.
Others can have a profound connection with a song and miss the true notes. If you've watched "The Voice" more than once on TV, you'll have heard the ultimate criticism, "Pitchy!" When one of the judges declares a singer's voice "pitchy" – not true, nor flat nor sharp but all over the place, it's the kiss of death.
Don't be tone deaf. When pitching yourself for a job you need to nail both the notes and the story. You must focus on your content, delivery, and above all – your value. The perfect pitch is so much more than what you know; it has to be about what you can do with what you know for the organization where you'd like to work. (See our earlier post on Leonardo Da Vinci's radical working resumé.)
Three tips to get you off on the right note:
1. Create a compelling story: Put your best foot forward. The competition is fierce and you need to be able to demonstrate you are the best of the best. Focus on what you have to offer and why it will be of value – what's in it for the organization. You know all about using active verbs but do not forget the blockbuster nouns – key words – that capture you, your strengths and your industry savvy.
2. Do your research: Know what problems/challenges your company-to-be needs to address and position yourself as key to delivering a distinctive, pro-active, sustainable solution.
3. Data: Don't forget to include real evidence: metrics to quantify your successes and specific examples to qualify your accomplishments. You want to demonstrate the impact – outcomes and not just outputs – you can achieve to make a real difference.
It's time to reclaim the positive aspects of pitching. You're not a used car salesman trying to off-load a wreck. Nor are you a fickle, pie-in-the-sky visionary. As Yann Martel's character, Pi, says in his book, Life of Pi,
and the spectacular new movie, "I had to stop hoping so much that a ship would rescue me. I should not count on outside help. Survival had to start with me. In my experience, a castaway's worst mistake is to hope too much and do too little. Survival starts by paying attention to what is close at hand and immediate. To look out with idle hope is tantamount to dreaming one's life away."
Ludwig van Beethoven said, "Music is the soil in which the spirit lives, thinks, and invents."
Soooo, warm up your vocal chords and pitch the music of your life and work!


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"I still live somewhat by the Zone, it's the only thing that works for me. Before, I had been starving myself and in a dieting vortex I couldn't get out of. Now I pretty much eat whatever I want."
"The point is not to stay marginal, but to participate in whatever network of marginal zones is spawned from other disciplinary centers and which, together, constitute a multiple displacement of those authorities."
"I've counted 100 cars in five minutes, in what is supposed to be a 35-mile-an-hour zone, ... that fit the bun."
"He who, from zone to zone,
Guides through the boundless sky thy certain flight,
In the long way that I must tread alone,
Will lead my steps aright."
"We had a chance to clear the zone and we didn't do it, and then it ended up going behind the net, and I turned one way and I looked in front and Ian was there to bury it five-hole."


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The U.S. military launched Tomahawk cruise missiles against coastal radar sites in Yemen early Thursday, following two incidents this week in which missiles were fired at a U.S. Navy ship from a rebel-controlled area of the country, NBC News reported.
The missiles were launched from the destroyer USS Nitze at around 4 a.m. Thursday local time (9 p.m. Wednesday ET), and initial assessments were that all three sites in rebel Houthi-controlled areas were destroyed, the official said.
Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement that President Barack Obama authorized the strikes on the recommendation of Secretary of Defense Ash Carter and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs General Joseph Dunford.


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Credit Stephen Colbert for bringing the term "Super PAC" to the public's attention during this election season. If you aren't a regular viewer of the Colbert Report, see the work paid for by the Super PAC known as Americans for a Better Tomorrow Tomorrow by watching this political ad for Herman Cain, a man who's such a Washington outsider that "he's not even running for president."
Of course, in reality (aka not the South Carolina Primary), big name Super PACs like the American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations (AFL-CIO) are in the midst of gussying themselves up for this election. As the AFL-CIO's main focus is on workers' rights, its new "Work Connects Us All" campaign from SS+K seeks to reach out to those in a variety industries where AFL-CIO's work may not be readily apparent. For the slick new site, SS+K partnered with production co. B-Reel to make the project come to life, who's NYC Executive Producer Max Ahlborn speaks favorably of AFL-CIO's mission.
He says in a statement, "In Sweden, where I am from, unions have traditionally played a very prominent role building the society from ground up and are currently facing a lot of the same issues as unions of the 2000's do in the US. They all are in need of changing the public perception of them from being just against policy to being for an equal, just, modern and progressive society. By adding some positivity and forward-thinking, this website is a strong step forward."
Visit WorkConnectsUsAll.org, compare it to AFL-CIO's current site for a laugh, and view credits after the jump.
Client: AFL-CIO
Agency: SS+K
CCO: Kash Sree
Creative Director, Art: Tim Hanrahan
Creative Director, Copy: Tony Stern
Copywriter: Nathan Phillips
Art Director: Alvaro Rivera
Director of Production: John Swartz
Executive Producer, TV: Kelly Fagan
Executive Producer, interactive: Elizabeth La
Sr. Producer, interactive: Craig von Wiederhold
Partner/Executive: Rob Shepardson
Account Lead: Mallory Solomon, Account Supervisor, Michael Moffo, VP
Production Company, website: B-Reel
Production Company, TV: Zelman Studios/Kids with Candy
Editor, TV: Peter Johnson, Consulate Editorial
Music, TV: Search Party


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Allergy Nasal Complications
Complications of allergic rhinitis include:
- Asthma
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- Nasal polyps
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Allergy Nasal Nasal Polyps
Nasal Polyps
Long standing allergic rhinitis can lead to the formation of nasal polyps in the nose and sinuses. Polyps are small growths that form on the inside surface of the nose and sinuses. They are non-cancerous, but can block airflow and block mucus drainage in the nose. This leads to difficulty breathing through the nose, runny nose, upper respiratory tract infections and sinusitis.
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Hi folks,
not so much a problem but a warning (hope this is the right forum, my english is not that gread): Today I set the ZoneAlarm Firewall to "Stop all Internet activity " and forgott to turn that back off. After restarting my PC it crashed about 2-3 minutes later. The only thing I could do was starting my PC in safe mode (which is just terrible with Win 8.1, I was lucky that I had those 2-3 minutes or there would be nothing I could have done) and uninstall ZA which solved the problem. Just a heads up.


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The Benton County Daily Record reported that Huong Thi Truong was in court Monday so a judge could schedule a hearing to consider results from her mental evaluation. She's charged with first-degree murder in the shooting death of a man at her front door.
Jail Capt. Chris Sparks said Truong started screaming while she was in a holding cell after her hearing and that she reportedly bit a deputy on the finger as she was being removed from the cell.
Sparks said Truong was physically carried out of the courthouse. Prosecutors said she could face additional charges because of the incident.
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I thought I would get creative and imagine the gun fanatics dream of America, based on recent letters to the Herald from this group. This would be the Second Amendment utopia, where there are no restrictions on our God-given right to bear arms so citizens can own all the weapons desired, plus they get a chance to take it all back from that evil government. Just dream away: 90 percent of Americans own at least one assault weapon; armed guards (militia) are posted at all schools, churches, movie theaters, everywhere; police forces are disbanded because the folks are now in charge; some people have dug foxholes in their yards for protection well, because the guy next door has even more weapons.
Then, people ramp up and start acquiring tanks, RPGs and artillery (after all, it is our right). Those well-managed militias start having turf wars; all the traitors are done in; remaining dissidents are silenced; the head of the NRA becomes president (in a coup); militias start controlling polling places; Branch Davidian-style complexes multiply (all you gun lovers must be salivating by now).
All this occurs even though the majority of citizens does not agree with what is going on just like now. Wait a minute, this does not sound like the America envisioned by our Founding Fathers. It reminds me of Somalia, Afghanistan, Syria and parts of Pakistan.
To heck with the assault rifle, I am mail-ordering my M1 Abrams tank. God bless America.
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President Barack Obama's chief spokesman says the president's Democratic Party could lose its majority in the House of Representatives in upcoming November elections.
In an interview with U.S. television network NBC Sunday, Robert Gibbs said there is "no doubt" that enough House races are competitive for Republicans to gain control.
All 435 seats in the House are up for election on November 2, along with 36 of the 100 seats in the Senate, where the Democrats also have a majority.
President Obama has seen his approval ratings decline this year as he faces a range of problems. They include high unemployment, rising U.S. casualties in the war in Afghanistan and a massive Gulf of Mexico oil spill that has hurt the economies of several Gulf Coast U.S. states.
Gibbs says President Obama shares the frustration of many people that the United States has not seen greater recovery efforts. He says Mr. Obama is pursuing policies that the administration believes will grow the economy and create stronger security for the country.
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'There'll be no beer tent at March Summer Festival - and on that point we remain adamant' committee tells local publican
PUBLISHED: 10:33 27 May 2014 | UPDATED: 15:24 27 May 2014
March Summer Festival says it remains "adamant" that it will never run a beer tent in West End Park during the three day event.
Clive Lemmon, town clerk and committee secretary, told publican Nigel Marsh who inquired about a beer tent: "This a point on which they are adamant and on which their minds will not be changed".
Mr Lemmon was responding to criticism by Mr Marsh, landlord of Georges', that a beer tent would be preferable to the "current situation of a 'free for all' using a hotch potch of services to 'control' the venue."
Mr Lemmon said he was unaware of Mr Marsh's statement that he had been campaigning to host a beer festival within the summer event.
"I am not aware of this and, to the best of my knowledge, nor are other members of the committee," said Mr Lemmon. "Where has your campaigning taken place?"
He told Mr Marsh: "If you wish to arrange a beer festival, separate from the summer festival, this committee would not raise objections. However, it is their right to decide that they do not wish to hold a beer festival within the summer festival."
He added: "March Summer Festival has been running successfully and trouble-free for the past 14 years, and will continue to provide a community event which they believe is appreciated by the majority of those attending."
Mr Marsh said: "Surely it would be better to offer alcohol for sale from a regulated site, a beer tent, utilising the expertise in management of alcohol supply of local landlords?"
Mr Marsh said he had been campaigning for a beer festival "to emulate, though on a smaller scale, the success of the Peterborough Beer Festival.
"Live music and real ale are a great combination and create a huge attraction for people miles around. It also helps to promote the hospitality industry, an industry in which the local publican's existence has been in jeopardy.
"March has seen five of its 12 local pubs close or change hands in the past 12 months; their continued existence will only be assured by allowing them to embrace the modern market and show the local population of March what they have to offer."
"Other towns such as Chatteris openly embrace beer sales at their festivals."
* The festival committee was reported to becoming "financially strained" when it met recently: members were told they needed to secure additional sponsorship or face the prospect of its reserves disappearing.
"If we overspend in 2014 to the same extent that occurred during 2013, our reserve would be wiped out and we could be facing a shortfall," the committee was told.
It was reported that the grant of £5,000 from the Cambridgeshire Community Foundation had been unsuccessful. This was due to the fact that the committee is not a registered charity. Members were asked to make inquiries as to the cost / benefit implications involved in becoming a charity, so that a full discussion could be held at a future meeting.
* The committee heard that there was an opportunity for the event area to be fenced so that an admission fee could be charged but it was agreed that this was not a practical idea and should be discounted.


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Indian space program was rocked by a setback on Christmas Day.
An unmanned Indian rocket lifted off from
the Satish Dhawan Space Center on Saturday and blew
up live on television after its launch because of a
malfunction. The Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle
(GSLV) was carrying an advanced GSAT-5P
communication satellite into orbit when it veered off its
intended path and exploded moments after take-off. The Indian
Space Research Organization (ISRO) is citing electronic
failure as the cause.
performance of the (rocket) was normal up to about 50 seconds. Soon
after that the vehicle developed large altitude error leading to
breaking up of the vehicle," ISRO
Chairman K. Radhakrishnan said.
indicates commands from onboard computers ceased to reach circuits of
the first stage (engines) but what caused the interruption needs to
be studied and we hope to get an assessment of what triggered
to some reports, the rocket was deliberately blown up by mission
control following the malfunction.Originally scheduled for
December 20, engineers postponed the launch after they found a leak
in one of the Russian-made cryogenic
engines of the GSLV.The failed launch is the second
this year for the space agency. The first rocket plunged into
the Bay of Bengal during a developmental flight in April.India
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Sun Ridge Systems Introduces Support for E911 Phase II
EL DORADO HILLS, Calif. - The streets have just gotten safer, emergency providers have gained a new tool to speed response, and Sun Ridge Systems has created the software to support the second phase of Enhanced 911 (E911).
E911 Phase II allows emergency dispatchers to locate precisely where 911 cellular phone calls are coming from. The FCC requires mobile phone companies in the United States to offer either handset or network-based location detection capabilities so that the caller's location can be determined by the geographic location of the cellular phone with an accuracy of 50 to 100 meters. The previous phase of E911 only provided the location of the cellular tower transmitting the signal, within one mile of accuracy.
Sun Ridge Systems' advanced RIMS technology immediately captures the information from an E911 system and plots the transmitted geographical coordinates on a map to pinpoint the location of the call. A circle is drawn on the map, with the center indicating the caller's location and the radius representing the level of uncertainty. For a quicker response time, RIMS Mobile Mapping plots the same information for officers and emergency response teams in the field.
Last month the Martinez (CA) Police Department became one of the first agencies to go live with the new technology, and they are already impressed with its capabilities. "By being able to pinpoint where the call is coming from, this system not only allows us to react more quickly, but we can be much more accurate in deploying the closest emergency units to the scene," said Commander Mark Smith.
According to Tony Richards, president of Sun Ridge Systems, "Our E911 Phase II implementation is yet another way we've found to meaningfully enhance our products and at no additional cost to our users. Also, it is a good example of the tight integration of the RIMS product line as location information flows from the wireless provider to our E911 software to RIMS CAD to RIMS Mapping and on out to the field to Mobile RIMS and Mobile RIMS Mapping." The FCC established a four-year rollout schedule for Phase II to be completed by Dec. 31, 2005.
RIMS is a comprehensive public safety software package for police, security and emergency response services. The RIMS software includes Computer Aided Dispatch, Records Management System, Jail Management System (InCustody™), Mobile Computer System, Officer Field Reporting, Mug Shot Digital Imaging, State Link, E911/Alarm Link, RIMS Mapping, Fire Station Printers, Status Monitors, and Paging Interface.
For more information about Sun Ridge Systems and its E911 capabilities, call (800) 474-2565, or visit www.sunridgesystems.com.
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I like making predictions so here goes:
1. Elizaveta Tuktamisheva - One of the most exciting skaters we've seen in a few years. The crowd and judges will love her if she's clean.
2. Alissa Czisny - Defending GP champ will probably make minor jump mistakes ...and her music is always a snoozer....But the judges like her.
3. Mao Asada - Will she land her triple axel and/or her triple salchow? ...if so she can win.
4. Akiko Suzuki - I hope she does well but I think she needs others to make mistakes to be on the podium.
5. Caroline Kostner - She'll probably have a few mistakes on the jumps.... but very elegant.
6. Alena Leonova - Her programs and costumes dont seem to be on par with the other top ladies.
1. Patrick Chan - He's so good her can miss one of his quads and still win
2. Daisuke Takahashi - Not quite as good as Chan but will skate well.
3. Javier Fernandez - Mounting his charge toward the world podium.
4. Yuzuru Hanyu - New kid on the block wont get the scores he deserves.
5. Michal Brezina - I predict he will mess up near the end of the LP.
6. Jeremy Abbott - Could be 3rd but quad appears to be MIA.
Please also tell me why with so many little mistakes through out her LP at COR that obviously affect the flow and her presentation, which I found to be a world of difference from her NHK performance has hardly affect her PCS? ( only 1.37 difference, surely that should affect SS, PE as well as IN) Cheers!
(Oh and it still does't explain the lack of difficult jump elements comparatively to others, along with her less clean performance with negative GOEs. Or is Mao the new PCHAN but without the quads, or the 3:3 or 3A for that matter.)
Mskater93, I agree about the ice coverage part, but I noticed this type of choreography 'oversight' is very 'common' right now with the new generations not just to Liza, e.g Artur, Florent, Alena's programs, although they may skated bigger that Liza, but the actual ice coverage (or rather the distance and use of arena) comparatively to their competitor is smaller. It is understandable since Risk vs Scoring factors. Bigger ice coverage, more tiring, more prone to mistakes on everything else. Less ice coverage, hardly reflected in the overall CH score, the maximum loose out is some where 1 to 3. That is fine when you can gain it back in spades from successfully complete your other elements scores successfully without tiring it out with positive GOEs. That was one of my criticsms of the scale of values seems faulty, so no wonder we rarely see balanced choreography, because the points rewarded for it vs the risks is just not worth it.
Actually I have no problem with Liza's PCS, but I do have some issues with others who put up imo sub par performances from what they are capable of to deserve those marks.
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i think Liza was asked in press conference and she is aware of her ice coverage ( the journalist tried to make a joke of it that she didnt reach his side- in my opinion not very successful) and said she will try to improve it by next year. I think Mishin in an interview said that the main goal for this season is Liza to be consistent and confident. So I guess she does go as far as she can right now. And Mishin probably has a plan for each season. It is interesting that he got Liza to seniors right away while Arthur was kept in juniors for a while while he could have been in seniors earlier. So i believe he knows what each season can be done.


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The purpose of this thread is to gather all knowledge about the Realtek ALC663 which hopefully will result in a fully functioning "driver" for this soundcard.
This thread will also contain codecdumps, codecgraphs, kexts, plist and pinconfigs.
I will update this thread everytime we get some new knowledge about the soundcard furthermore I will line up some questions that I have about this card which maybe some of u guys can answer, this will hopefully help us all.
All RS links are Direct Download � No waiting no rs premium needed
Codecdump - Mandriva:
HEX - http://rapidshare.co...359362/dump.txt
DECIMAL - http://rapidshare.co...tedDumpfile.txt
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Pin config[Asus G50V - Vista]:
01171cf0 01171d11 01171e11 01171f41 01271cf0 01271d11 01271e11 01271f41 01371cf0 01371d11 01371e11 01371f41 01471c10 01471d01 01471e13 01471f99 01571cf0 01571d11 01571e11 01571f41 01671cf0 01671d11 01671e11 01671f41 01771cf0 01771d11 01771e11 01771f41 01871c40 01871d98 01871ea1 01871f01 01971c41 01971d09 01971ea3 01971f99 01a71c4f 01a71d30 01a71e81 01a71f01 01b71cf0 01b71d11 01b71e11 01b71f41 01d71cf0 01d71d01 01d71e83 01d71f59 01e71c20 01e71d01 01e71e43 01e71f99 02171c1f 02171d44 02171e21 02171f01
Modded Azaliaaudio � The only working solution atm:
Azalia Capable?
Yes � also stated on asus.com and Toasted Logic managed to get sound output on his internal speakers on his Asus M70VM-X1 with my modded AzaliaAudio but this is fare by satisfying because it is required to boot windows and then OSX before it is enabled.
The ALC663 has hardware conflicts?
The ALC663 does not have hardware conflicts with the Wifi/BT Switch.
Azalia itself works but the mixer is only enabled if u boot windows � reboot � boot OSX [Stated by andybe], Can someone confirm this?
- Can u trick the Bios to think that you are booting windows so it enables the mixer. Is this what you use the DSDT.aml for?
Is the Pin config on different Laptops using ALC663 similar?
Almost but they are different - Here I have compared My Laptop with ToastedLogics - The differences are marked red:
Which working soundcard in osx is similar to the alc663 when we look at the inputs/output jacks and ports? �?
What is a legacy driver and will this work with the ALC663?
How can you see which kexts are loaded when OSX is running [Like process manager on windows]
Turanli � firstname.lastname@example.com
dandaman1976 � firstname.lastname@example.com
Peace out guys, let's together make this soundcard working!


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text: "Lux, James P" <james.p.lux at jpl.nasa.gov> writes: > But there's a lot of "hidden process" in building high quality > software that the consumer (the physicist in this example) doesn't > need to be aware of. An engineer building a bridge needs to know > the properties of steel, and have some understanding of how steel is > made (so the properties of various kinds fit in a context), but does > NOT need to know how to run a foundry or rolling mill. True, and a physicist using computers need not understand things like how to design processors or how to manufacture DRAM. > Likewise, I wouldn't expect a scientist to have to know how to > manage a software development project, Here I disagree. The analogy is broken -- the engineer uses pre-made steel and can just know its properties as sold. The scientist is not using pre-made software and the way it gets made is intimately linked to success. The paradigm you are implicitly holding to is still one which detaches the two fields of "computer people" and "science people", operating on the assumption that we can have scientists that do not know computers who are handing off requests to a computer team that does not understand science. That is just not a recipe for success. Tim Cutts mentioned in an earlier message that he has repeatedly improved software performance by over two orders of magnitude and once by seven. You don't get those sorts of fixes if everyone involved doesn't understand what is going on. You can't just "specify" away the issue. You can to try to do all this as though you were writing an RFP for real estate office management software, but only if you're prepared to live with things being orders of magnitude more expensive to run than they need to be, and often far less reliable and certainly far less easy to use. You say the scientist doesn't need to know how a software development project works, but in the largest sense "managing a software development project" is identical to designing software. There is no clean distinction. Issues like whether to employ test driven design, what languages to use, how to architect the system, and even how to figure out what hardware is optimal for executing the architecture and indeed how to co-select the proper hardware and software architectures are all crucial to success. Again, if you're building software for a real estate office it is straightforward for the programmer to just learn what your business is and in any case high performance isn't needed. If you are trying to simulate supernova explosions and you can barely cram the magnetohydrodynamics in a piss poor 2D version of the problem onto the biggest machines in existence and would really, really like to do the problem in 3D, I don't think you can operate on this model. > For example, a scientist saying "you must use the PGI compiler" is > like the bridge building engineer saying "you must use Pennsylvania > coal in the blast furnace". What if a particular compiler is known to generate floating point code for certain kinds of inner loops that runs a factor of three faster than another? Would it be silly then? The coal you use has no effect on the resulting steel, but the compiler you use *does* alter the resulting machine code by a lot! By the way, I even argue that often it is important for the bridge builder to know a bit about how the steel is made. Why? Because he might falsely assume that certain kinds of characteristics are impossible to achieve in the materials and thus not ask for them, and the steelmaker might have no way of knowing that certain characteristics would be desired by the market and thus won't offer to sell the perfect material for the job. Perry -- Perry E. Metzger perry at piermont.com


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Matthew Reed Baker, Research + Arts Editor at Boston Magazine
Before joining Boston in June 2007, Baker was an associate editor at ForbesLife, where he ran the research department and wrote about arts and travel; a staff writer at media watchdog Brill's Content; and a researcher and copy editor for such publications as National Journal, Rolling Stone, and Rick Steves's travel books. He earned a double-major B.A. in English and Philosophy from Yale University and an M.S.J. from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism. He eternally thanks his parents for taking him to see foreign-language art films by age 5, the hallowed galleries of MoMA and the Uffizi by age 10, and David Mamet plays by age 12—and for letting him play his Sonic Youth and electric Miles Davis records in the car as a teenager.
Was Captain Quint based on a real person?
What's up with that Harvard Lampoon building?
A reader asks, "Why is New England so preppy?"
A reader asks, "Why are college sports an afterthought in Massachusetts?"
A reader asks, 'Was Empire Garden a porn palace?'
Do you remember it before the Big Dig?
A wicked good question, but hahd to ansah!
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Lincoln Zephyr/MKZ
Allen, you said this back in 2006, speaking first of the coming MKS:
"It's one model, folks - 50K units. In the meantime they're adding the 3.5L and AWD (not just FWD) to the Zeph...err...MKZ in addition to new interior and exterior styling and introducing a totally new vehicle in the MKX.
Let's talk about timeframes from concept to production:
Mustang - concept introduced at NAIAS in Jan. 2003, production version shown at NAIAS in Jan. 2004, production Sept. 2004.
Ford GT - concept introduced at NAIAS in Jan. 2002, first production version June 2003, production April 2004.
I'm not saying they don't need it now but 2 years is not totally out of line."
Allen (from the MKS discussion):
"If you define success as flash in the pan designs that are popular today and forgotten tomorrow, then yes they are successful. The [Chrysler] 300 will sell good at first then fall off as people tire of the in-your-face styling and they'll have to start over with something totally new. Meanwhile, the 500 will soldier on with steady sales for years to come with just a few tweaks. When they freshen up the front of the 500 and add the 3.5L V6 I bet it easily outsells the 300."
Hybrids are definitely profitable for Ford - they have been for several years. And the MKZ hybrid is in high demand and garnering a lot of conquest sales. And it won't be hard to add a plug-in hybrid.
I've repeatedly listed all he things that make this turnaround effort different than past efforts. Mulally is the main difference, followed by a dedicated Lincoln staff of over 100 including Max Wolf and no other brands to be distracted by (Mercury, Jag, Aston-Martin or Land Rover). I don't know why you keep dismissing this since it's exactly what Cadillac did years ago. The fact that you keep bringing up the MKT and MKS tells me you don't get it.
Allen, in 2008 you predicted at least 40K yearly sales for the forthcoming MKT (you initially played with 100K, but didn't really ">mean it), saying at 40K and a shared platform, they could still make money.
In 2010, Lincoln did manage to move 7400 of the suckers, but sales have been lower since.
Now, Lincoln needs people like you...died in the wool supporters through thick and thin. I want you to start being right with your predictions. Let's do a review in another 2 years. :shades:
Yep, I don't get it.
I remember saying that about the Flex because that's what Ford said but not the MKT. But I'm not going back to check. If I said that I was delusional. The MKT and MKS did show that Lincoln had started to do unique sheetmetal and interiors rather than the rebadgine of the past.
I agree we should just wait another year at least otherwise we'll just be rehashing the same thing over and over again.
I'm sorry to report you did actually say it. You started off speculating that:
"If you consider that 16M vehicles will be sold this year and 100K is a good sales target - that means you only have to convince 6.25 people out of every 1000 buyers. And it probably means you can sell at a premium instead of bargain basement."
Confronted by heyjoe, you responded:
"I just used 100,000 as a round number - I don't think Ford has released its sales target yet. 40,000 wouldn't surprise me - with a shared platform and normal pricing they can make money at that volume. And that means they only need to convince 2 or 3 people per 1000 buyers."
Now, all of us occasionally say things we regret. I certainly have. Let's give the new team two more years to simply start being a real player in this premium category. I've put November, 2015 in my calendar. Let's do another review then. Every premium brand of course gets two more years of development as well.
Yep - delusional.
Haha, Allen.you are often grounded in reality more than most of us. But everything is a circle. Go too far in that reality direction, and the next marking on the dial is delusion.
All of us here are speculating. Guessing. The group comes closest to reality when there are all points of views represented. This forum needs your input, because you represent those people who truly believe Lincoln can do it.
I truly enjoy sparring with you. You also occasionally provide inside information that I do not yet have.so, back to our corners.
I agree that the MKZ is relatively salvageable. Some styling tweaks could work wonders. You know I don't normally say this about any vehicle. The Ford 500 was not salvageable with styling tweaks and the market proved that.for the MKZ, some drivetrain improvements, and some interior engineering to carve out a bit more back seat room, like Chevy has done with the Malibu in one year's time, could help a lot.
so why not do like Honda did with the Civic in one year or Chevy is doing with the Malibu in one year? Why wait for a mid cycle refresh for the MKZ?
I don't think they're waiting for a mid cycle refresh, I think they're waiting for black label and the 2.3L EB to be available which should be this time next year for the 2015 model. Not sure they can make any big styling tweaks without major changes underneath like they did with the MKC.
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bethann1 Posts: 3I have a 07 mkz transfercase seal is leaking,new seal and it still leaks.Think it may need to be replaced,just looking for some info .
If it's the AWD PTU, the latest seal replacement kit and instructions should solve it permanently. Some dealers don't install it correctly. I don't think you need to replace it yet.
Lincoln managed to increase sales over November, 2012, but that increase was on a monthly total of less than 6,000 units back then. Thank goodness for the MKZ. Its sales seem to have stabilized at around 2,800 units per month. Not what was hoped for, but nevertheless better than every other model Lincoln markets today by a long shot.
Meanwhile, Cadillac's approach is slowly but surely paying dividends. Three new sedans in the last year, and all are doing fairly well. The new CTS (Car of the Year) is just beginning to build at 2,643 November units. The ATS is taking off at 3,443 units, and the XTS is a surprise to me at 3,417 units. That is beginning to approach the Ford Taurus 4,901 units and the XTS is a significantly more expensive car, even with discounts.
The new Escalade is already getting good press and it won't go on sale until early next year. Lincoln badly needs a thorough Navigator update.
So, the MKZ is a small bright spot. Everything else Lincoln needs a revamp, and of course the MKZ needs some drivetrain tweaks too.
It will be a long road. 2013 will likely be another year of decreased Lincoln brand annual sales. It took Audi the better part of two decades to rebuild to its current status. Given the even more competitive market now, it may take Lincoln at least as long. More and more mainstream brands are introducing premium cars. The new Genesis looks fantastic, and will now offer AWD. Same with the new Kia K900. But competition makes everyone better, and will surely weed out the chaff.
Awfully quiet here. I see MKZ has more or less sold 3K units a month since production was sorted out. MKC now due to arrive this summer. That should help a lot, since the small CUV category is so hot. I saw a rumor they plan to lightly refresh the MKS once more before replacing the current one. I hope that is not true. Was in a Lincoln show room to test drive the MKZ hybrid. The MKS sitting there looked too tall, too heavy and too bland. Another nose will not fix that, and the money would be put to better use bringing an entirely new one to market a couple months sooner.
They just demoted Wolf - not a good sign. I hope the lack of info means they're doing more dramatic changes. I understand taking your time and staying within a budget but some hints would be nice.
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I saw a rumor they plan to lightly refresh the MKS once more before replacing the current one. I hope that is not true. Was in a Lincoln show room to test drive the MKZ hybrid. The MKS sitting there looked too tall, too heavy and too bland. Another nose will not fix that, and the money would be put to better use bringing an entirely new one to market a couple months sooner.
Being based on the porky Taurus/Five Hundred, there is little they can do to make it less bulky.
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Gee - I wonder why?
Was that one of the "Ford" models that had the EPA mileage derated (I'm on the road and way behind on the news).
Yes - mpg was reduced from 45 to 38 or so due to an error in the "coastdown" simulation formula. Ford found the discrepancy in its internal testing and is correcting it. Good that they found it and self-reported but not good that it took over a year to find it or that it happened in the first place.
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I'm surprised it's all the way down to 38. I'm getting 37+ in my 2011, I'd expect the newer powertrain to show some improvement.
New front end styling and 400 hp coming next year. Good on Lincoln.


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This is awful. People wanted Skyrim the MMO. Not another warcraft knockoff. This might as well be named Generic MMO #123. At least that way this crap wouldn't tarnish the good name of TES.
I honestly thought this was a joke initially. I was right. This game is a joke. They're just messing with us right? It's april fools trolling?
Looks Good To Me And i'm Sure I'll Play And Love it once it's Released. Thanks You Bethesda For your All Your Awesome Games.
Hey at least we know why skyrim DLC hasn't come out yet. Bethesda has waisted their time on a wow clone. Great job Bethesda!
Looks awful, like yet another clone of WOW – as if we didn't have enough already.
I don't see why everyone's getting so annoyed from ONE screenshot. We haven't even seen one SPECK of gameplay and people are brushing the game off as a WoW clone just based off its graphics. For all you know the gameplay could be a revolution in MMOs. Just because you see this screenshot's graphics that doesn't mean you should go "AHGUIEAGHUIABFIBFIA BETHESDA IS EXPLOITING AND RUINING TES SERIES OMG THIS WILL SUCK WOW CLONE WOW CLONE WOW CLONE THIRD PERSON THIRD PERSON THIRD PERSON". Wait until Bethesda shed some more light on this before you start calling it a WoW clone.
Shut up. One Screenshot and the actual informations are totally enough.
Oh my codpiece!
Is that a CURVED SWORD? Curved. Swords.
Holy crap this looks terrible. Bethesda should just kill themselves now.
this looks like a 'carebears' version of skyrim
best if the work on a fallout mmo first to work out the bugs then do elder later
I dont knowwwwwwww, doesnt seem like tes ,
the guys at bethesda are carrying a lot off weight on thier shoulders. dont screww this up cause skyrim is almost perfect
(except from the glitches and freezing)
Hmmm, based just on the graphic quality, the game looks very subpar to the newer MMOs just released, let alone the ones releasing in the very near future. Tera, FFXIV, Guild Wars 2, ect., graphically, look far far far superior to this. I am not impressed at all.
A MMO focus on PVP is Ok, but I do not see the point of using the TES franchise. Sure, you can attract some fans of the series, but the difference in gameplay will also create haters from the fanbase which are mostly fans of single player action RPG with freedom to explore and modding support (and those feature are very unlikely to show up in a PVP focused MMO). So the game might end up with less number of players (PVP lovers minus the haters), and bad publicity by going TES.
Go to hell bethesda, at least change the damn name of the title, its not a tes, its a wow copy so call it properly.
-_- I am pretty well disapointed! Elder scrolls is a class of its own and now they are srewing it up! >:C
I have no problem with an online elder scrolls… but serieously, just take all the countries, put them together, make servers, put in weps, classes, lvl's, etc and down freaking screw with the elder scroll series.
The idea of making this in the way this image potrays is pretty retarted and low for Bethesda. They know that if the game is like the image it will tarnash them! WHY BETHESDA?!?!?!?!?!?!?! WHY?!?!?!?!?!?!
I hope this image is a false leak or a troll! -_-
Not very excited at the prospect of yet-another dull-as-dirt sword and sorcery MMO, regardless of what name it carries. Even less excited about the prospect of it diverting resources from arguably the best singleplayer game franchise in history. Color me suspicious, bored, and slightly disappointed.
As long as its not like a bloody point n click like 99% of mmos and the game relies more on swordplay than stats, it cant be bad.
But who knows…
Even if the online will be amazing, this screen shot DOES NOT advertise what the TES people love. They like unique, original and open world games, this just looks like a shitty, blocky, linear representation of another 3rd person MMO.
Make something that has never been done before! Live up to Bethesda's name! What you make us think is that you believe mediocrity is alright in the gaming industry.
Make a good, first person MMO with lots of character development and player interaction. Do things like have player control kingdoms and guilds and compete with enemies and allies. Dont introduce some shitty picture showing two idiots fighting a poorly modeled atronach or what ever the hell that is.
Show us something we want from a game because we cant find it anywhere else, that is why people love you bethesda, because you make games that other companies can't. Anyone can make a shitty MMO, you dont have to.
I was hoping for graphics similar to/better than Aion Online. x.x
it looks like a wow clone but wait till we get some game play before you start hatin and maybe theyll get there heads out of there asses next time and make the next Elder scrolls one either Co-op or multiplayer right away, in fact i think they should make this Co-op before they try to do online to see if it works correctly
This game is NOT BEING MADE BY BETHESDA, the developers, their times, their money is not being used. Can people stop complaining about Bethesda on this?
ZeniMax Online Studios is the developer and they have a whole new team from the ground up. I am sure some members of Bethesda have been consulted as it is their IP but development is NOT BY BETHESDA.
erm who do you think owns bethesda?
ah yes thats right its zenimax
but yes it looks like rubbish and will almost certainly fail
For the love of Talos, this looks awful:
1Generic rock-magic monster
2Terrible armor for the characters(codpiece?)
The magician´s clothes look terrrible
I mean it looks like any MMORPG out there, the characters look afwul and dont look anything like the Elder Scrolls characters, the thing about The Elder Scrolls is the detail, the sence that every culture has his smithing style and techniches to build the armor, this just look like a random armor and the clothes of the magician look like brand new, nothing like Skyrim…
Awful, absolutely awful.Not just the screenshots, but the details already released about the game makes it sound like such a generic MMO.According to the developers, the purpose of the game is to complete quests handed out by NPCs until you're a high enough level to do raids with other players, or just pvp.Now what does that sound like to you, oh gee, I dunno?Every MMO in the world that's been made since WoW?If you don't believe me, look up the details about the game for yourself, everything points to it being just another MMO.
Just so you know this is the exact same engine as SWTOR….so it's going to have the same limitations. They're just trying to make some quick cash off the elder scrolls name. Also, this is a subsidiary of Bethesda, so yes, you can complain to Bethesda about this.


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With spring football starting to wind down for teams around the country, coaches and players from the Big Ten Conference spoke with reporters about their teams' progress so far during the Big Ten spring football teleconference on Wednesday.
The second group of teams to speak were from the Leaders Division. Here's a recap of some of the top storylines to come out of Wednesday's teleconference for each school…
OHIO STATE: Meyer looking for playmakers
There's not a single figure in the Big Ten Conference who's made a bigger immediate splash than new Ohio State head coach Urban Meyer.
With his track record of success seemingly everywhere he's coached, Meyer's arrival to Columbus was widely perceived as an instant return to dominance for the Buckeyes.
Through his first few weeks of spring practice, however, Meyer is dealing with some of the same early bumps in the road that all first-year coaches go through. One of Meyer's biggest issues has been the transformation of OSU's offense to fit his spread-out, attacking style.
Last season, the Buckeyes were essentially limited to a one-dimensional, run-first offense that struggled to put up any kind of numbers. Meyer said the biggest issue of the offense right now was finding the playmakers at the skill positions to make his scheme work to its full potential.
"It's a work in progress," Meyer said. "I'm holding out hope that in this last half of the spring, that we're going to put them in situations where they're either going to make plays or they're not. We've had a lot of emphasis on just installation and normal situations, like the play-action passing game and the run game. Now we're really going to sink our teeth into our drop back pass game, so guys have to step up."
Meyer said he's liked what he's seen from quarterback Braxton Miller this spring, but added that Ohio State's passing game was as far behind as anything on the offense.
"The area that we're significantly behind is the actual throw game, and I know they were as well last year," Meyer said. "That's not just the quarterback, that's protection, that's the guys around him. So our emphasis the next couple practices is going to be getting Braxton very comfortable in our passing game."
Fullback Zach Boren said it's been quite the adjustment in terms of picking up Meyer's offense so far. However, he said it's been obvious why Meyer's scheme was so effective at Florida and Utah when he finally got everything in place.
"Just what he expects from you on a daily basis in going out and competing," Boren said of Meyer. "He preaches competitive excellence. You know when you go out there that for every bad rep it costs you 100 good reps. Coach Meyer expects the most of you every single day.
"It's fun going out there and competing, because you know that he's going to be pushing you. He pushes the offense every day, and you just know when he's on the field how intense is that you're going to get better as a football player."
INDIANA: Influx of jucos kicking up competition
Looking for a way to right the ship as quickly as possible this season, Indiana head coach Kevin Wilson turned to the junior college ranks with the hopes of getting some instant contributors, especially on defense.
The Hoosiers added six total juco transfers over the offseason, five of which on the defensive side of the ball, and all are expected to compete for starting jobs this season.
The juco defensive players are linebackers Jacarri Alexander from Iowa Central and David Cooper of Coffeyville (Kan.); safeties Tregg Waters of Glendale (Ariz.) and Ryan Thompson from Itawamba (Miss.); and defensive lineman Justin Rayside from Riverside (Calif.).
The two linebackers and two safeties are all projected to push for starting spots, and Rayside should be an immediate factor up front. Indiana is hoping the new additions can revamp a defense that surrendered an average of 458.7 yards per game, including 243.7 on the ground last season.
"They have helped us out a lot," defensive tackle Larry Black said. "They're learning the scheme and competing and everything, and it just makes our defense better. Especially with linebackers who can run and run around and make plays. It just makes our whole defense work in tremendous order. It's just great."
The sixth juco transfer is quarterback Cameron Coffman of Western Arizona. Wilson said Coffman has provided instant competition for Tre Roberson for the starting quarterback spot this spring.
"Cam is picking up things very nicely," Wilson said. "With the attrition that we had, we certainly needed him… I think Cam has really progressed in the pass game very nicely. We're really pushing Tre in that regard. I think (Roberson) has the skill set to be a complete player. He probably made more plays for us with his feet running around a little bit… He's making some progress, but Cam's very much on his heels."
WISCONSIN: New coaches fitting in
After winning two straight Big Ten titles, Wisconsin has had to start over a bit this offseason after losing six members of its coaching staff.
Following the Badgers' loss to Oregon in the Rose Bowl, offensive coordinator Paul Chryst left to take the head coaching job at Pittsburgh. Chryst then took linebackers coach Dave Huxtable with him to be his new defensive coordinator.
Chryst also snagged offensive line coach Bob Bostad to be his new offensive coordinator at Pitt (though he soon left Pitt to go to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers), and then picked up tight ends coach Joe Rudolph to join his staff.
Wisconsin also lost receivers coach DelVaughn Alexander, who left for a job at Arizona State, and safeties/special teams coach DeMontie Cross, who left for Kansas,
Head coach Bret Bielema said the departures were obviously a blow to his staff, but he said just like when he lost three assistants prior to last season, his team would be fine with its new coaches filling their shoes.
"I think the coaches that we've brought in right now have kind of just made everybody that much more energized," Bielema said. "They want to prove their success as assistant coaches, and as a head coach it's rejuvenated me. I think what we'll do is try to take a one-game approach. I know that's not what everyone wants to hear, but we really do take that approach."
Bielema said he actually pushed the start of spring practice back a week and a half to allow more time for his staff to get to know each other and get on the same page before hitting the practice field.
"On the same account, I'm not trying to make them come in and be a cookie cutter of what we've done in the past," Bielema said. "Everybody's got their own set of DNA, and I expect them to come in and have their way of doing things and have their own input into what's going to be done. But I do take a lot of pride in trying to establish in their mentality why we've been able to have success and educate them to some of the past techniques we've used at Wisconsin."
Running back Montee Ball said the transition has been a strange to say the least, but said new offensive coordinator Matt Canada's style doesn't stray too far from what made the Badgers such a potent offense under Chryst.
"Obviously it's a big adjustment because we were all really settled in with Coach Chryst's offense," Ball said. "Coach Canada came in here with the same mindset, and he changed up the terminology of a couple plays, but really he has the same mindset of what Coach Chryst had, which is to attack the defense and keep it on them."
PENN STATE: Nittany Lions turning the page
After one of the most tumultuous seasons and offseasons in college football history, Penn State is getting a fresh start this spring under new head coach Bill O'Brien.
O'Brien, previously offensive coordinator with the New England Patriots who replaced the legendary Joe Paterno and interim coach Tom Bradley, said the only focus for the Nittany Lions this spring has just been getting back to football again.
"I'd say that players wherever I've been are very resilient, whether it's a coaching change or whatever it may be," O'Brien said. "Players are players, and they love to be down on the field and playing football. They love to be in the weight room lifting weights and in winter conditioning. It's been fun to be around these guys because they work extremely hard and they're really taking to our coaching and the tempo that we want, and it's getting better every day."
Defensive tackle Jordan Hill said O'Brien and his staff made it easier to regroup and restart as a team by reaching out to the players from the very beginning.
"It started before spring ball actually started," Hill said. "It happened when we started our leadership program. It was just getting around all our new strength coaches and all our new coaches and stuff like that. It was a good change at that moment. Now getting into spring ball, we've really had just that extra kick to get out there and get back to hitting each other again."
Like any coaching change, O'Brien said there are still plenty of kinks for Penn State to work out before the season starts.
"Everything is new," O'Brien said. "The terminology's new, the coaching styles are new, the tempo might be different, different things that we stress might be different than what they stressed before. I mean, I have no idea, all I know is that it's new. That's what change is about, and these guys have embraced it, and they're doing the best job that they can right now."
PURDUE: Boilermakers finally have QB depth
No team in the conference has been more devastated by injuries over the past couple years than Purdue, particularly at the quarterback position.
This spring, however, the Boilermakers find themselves in an entirely different situation in that regard. At the moment, Purdue has three quarterbacks with starting experience on its roster, and all three of them are expected to be fully healthy by the time fall camp rolls around.
Head coach Danny Hope said it's been a nice turn of events this spring to have three guys - Caleb TerBush, Robert Marve and Rob Henry - all competing for the starting job.
"We've been able to even it out," Hope said. "The last couple years, the quarterback position has really been a challenge. The 2010 season, we had four or five different starting quarterbacks throughout the course of the season… We come into the spring this year in a little bit different situation where we have a starter back (TerBush) who was successful and won in post-season play, and Robert Marve back who is healthy now has got a lot of playing time. And then Rob Henry's still recovering from ACL surgery and has gotten very little reps throughout the course of spring ball, but we know he'll be ready to go for fall camp."
Just prior to Purdue's season opener last year, Henry - initially the projected No. 1 - was lost for the season with an ACL injury. Marve, who would have been the No. 2, was still recovering from an ACL injury he suffered in 2010 and wouldn't be healthy to play again until midseason.
That left TerBush as the next man in line. Then a sophomore, TerBush had a decent season, throwing for more than 2,000 yards, completing 62 percent of his passes and not throwing an interception in his final four games.
Marve eventually saw some snaps late in the year when the Boilermakers started to use a bit of a two-quarterback system. He returns for an extra season of eligibility after being awarded a medical redshirt for 2010 the season.
Hope said keeping Marve in the mix would be a big addition for UP's overall quarterback depth and competition.
"I think it's huge for us for a lot of reasons," Hope said. "For one, competition always brings the best out of everyone. And Robert's a great talent. He came into some games last year in some key points and brought some things to the field and competed and was a big factor."
With three unique and experienced weapons at their disposal, Hope said don't be surprised if the Boilermakers don't mix things up a bit to utilize their quarterback talents.
"It's very unique, but I think it's also opportunistic for us because the last couple years we've had a commitment and plan to play more than one quarterback for different reasons and also to maximize on different talents," Hope said. "We haven't had a healthy quarterback pool to execute that part of the plan, and so having all these guys back I think is great, because we can use these guys in a lot of different ways. I think it gives us a lot of great options and opportunities for this upcoming season from the offensive schematic standpoint."
ILLINOIS: Scheelhaase very much a part of Beckman's plans
If there were any questions about where quarterback Nathan Scheelhaase fit into new Illinois head coach Tim Beckman's plans moving forward, they were put to rest on Wednesday.
Beckman said he's been nothing but impressed with what he's seen from Scheelhaase so far this spring, both on the field and in the locker room.
"He's done a spectacular job, there's no question about it," Beckman said. "That's one of the things you don't realize when you're watching tape and you haven't been around these players, is the leadership capabilities Nathan has. He works extremely hard, he studies the game outside of just being in meetings and doing it on his own. He really tries to make himself and this football team better. He's very blessed talent-wise. Nathan's got great arm strength, and he runs the ball extremely well.
"But the thing that you don't realize as a football coach until you're around him is his leadership capabilities. He's done a fabulous job with that and getting this better each and every day."
Scheelhaase said it's been a bit of an adjustment getting used to Beckman and learning his style and schemes, but it hasn't taken long for him to buy into Beckman's vision for the Fighting Illini.
"It's an interesting process for sure as a player," Scheelhaase said. "Coach Beckman and his staff did a great job of making sure they communicated to us as players that they wanted to know us both on and off the field, which is great. That made the transition pretty smooth. But there are a whole lot of changes. There's a new mentality. It's the way you do things, the time you show up for meetings, all those things switch up, and obviously the X's and O's and schemes, there is a big shift."
A big reason why Illinois' players have been able to transition so well to Beckman and his staff is the way Beckman made it a point to get to know them on and off the field from Day 1.
"I think the most important thing is building trust," Beckman said. "If the players don't know you and aren't around you and you're not around them, then it's pretty hard to build trust. So that's one of the things that this coaching staff when we came we said that we needed to do.