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Every week, FOOD52's Senior Editor Kristen Miglore is unearthing recipes that are nothing short of genius.
Today: Shrimp and grits get to know each other better.
- Kristen
We outsiders must be told that shrimp and grits are an iconic partnership, a daily breakfast, and a soul-feeding staple. We take the insiders' word for it, we politely taste, and even like it -- but we don't innately understand why these two ingredients were born for each other, why there would be a whole cookbook written about their union, why the 1980s saw every nouveau Southern chef reimagining them as truffled shrimp with grits soufflé and the like.
Like peanut butter and jelly or radishes and butter, to the uninitiated, shrimp and grits might as well have been matched up at random -- a lucky blind date.Whether they were destined or not, the two came together in a particular place and time: here, it was coastal areas of the American South with ready access to fresh shrimp and cheap corn grits. To those who live there, it's a perfect dish that couldn't make more sense, or taste more like home.
The same could be said of the pair who created this genius version of the dish. Edna Lewis and Scott Peacock met in 1988 when she was 73 and he was 26.
Both were talented chefs with the preservation of Southern foodways at heart -- they became best friends and cooking partners, wrote a cookbook together in 2003, and lived together for the last six years of her life. Writers named them the "Odd Couple of Southern Cooking", but to anyone who met them or tasted their food, there was nothing odd about them at all.
Like many of the recipes in their book, this one is a little bit him and a little bit her -- and that much better because of it. The method of cooking the grits is the one Peacock grew up with in Alabama, but of the shrimp paste, Peacock says, "I did not know such a thing existed until I met her."
The first time he remembers making this dish with her was for her 75th birthday party in Seaside, Florida. At the time they were serving it in tiny portions for the cocktail party, with a pretty dollop of shrimp paste hovering on top of the creamy grits, a refined presentation of the Low Country specialty that Lewis had learned while cooking at Middleton Place outside of Charleston. Over the years as they cooked together, however, the recipe evolved. They realized that the shrimp paste and grits, when stirred together completely (yes, more than we stirred in the photos) and left to rest for a few minutes, became something even more beguiling. "Just give them a moment to get to know each other," Peacock explained to me over the phone. "You don't want them to be strangers." On his menus at first Horseradish Grill in Atlanta and later Watershed in Decatur, Peacock called them just "Shrimp Grits". The "and" is gone, and so is any sense of distance between the two fateful ingredients.
At Watershed, they served it as a starter with a long plank of buttered Pullman toast. Peacock loved that people began their meal by literally breaking bread and spooning up shrimp grits. The servers were trained to warn customers that the dish might not be what they were expecting. Rarely, a customer would reject the dish for philosophical reasons, and they'd dutifully take it back and feed it to someone in the kitchen.
But Peacock asserts, despite its controversial form, "It was the absolute, number one biggest selling thing on that menu, period," and stayed on the menu after he left the restaurant in 2010 to work on The Alabama Project, a documentary on food as a vessel for memory for the elderly residents of Alabama (50 interviews down, 50 to go -- learn more in this Splendid Table segment).
You might wonder why you'd want to take precious little shrimp and clobber them in a food processor, turning them into an unidentifiable pink paste. But they're swirled with the buttery drippings from the pan, which have been deglazed with lemon, sherry, and cayenne, then whipped up with more butter still.
It makes a lovely spread for crackers and all-purpose flavor enhancer (just imagine folding it into risotto, saucing fish, or filling tea sandwiches with it). It's really good.
But most importantly, stirred through the creamy grits, the shrimp paste goes further than a few handsome prawns piled on top ever could, pervading every spoonful with the pure essence of shrimp at its best and most seductive.The shrimp paste may have come from Miss Lewis (as Peacock still calls her), but the Shrimp Grits are theirs -- a product of their not-so-odd, but oddly perfect friendship.
Edna Lewis & Scott Peacock's Shrimp Grits
Adapted very slightly from The Gift of Southern Cooking (Knopf, 2003)
Serves 6
For the shrimp paste:2 sticks (1 cup) unsalted butter1 pound fresh shrimp, peeled and deveined (Scott Peacock likes small, sweet ones like gulf shrimp, but get whatever is freshest)1/2 teaspoon salt1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper1/4 cup sherry2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice1/4 teaspoon cayenne pepperFor the grits:2 cups water2 cups milk, or more1 cup stone-ground or regular gritsKosher salt1/4 cup heavy cream2 tablespoons unsalted butter
See a slideshow and the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
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Tuesday, April 13, 2010
Opening Day - Game Recap -
The po-po's were in full force.
I meant to shoot a video and I ended up with this picture. This band rocks. No, I'm serious.
No wait, Hilda? Brooklyn Hilda?
Justin Upton... "Kemp who!?"
The weather was great. Not too hot.
LeAnn Rimes sang the National Anthem (I'll upload the video tomorrow)
Video of the Starting Lineup introductions:
Manny Ramirez was everywhere...
Yes, he's still here and they are still playing the song. Don't stop believin!
Do you remember him? Pitched for the Dodgers once. Is now a broadcaster for the Diamondbacks. Still don't remember? Pitched a Knuckleball.
Tom Candiotti !
I left the stadium and saw this billboard. Joe Torre says "This Is My Town" (no, I don't plan on moving to NY)
Solo Home Runs by Manny Ramirez and Matt Kemp. A Two run shot by Casey Blake and a three run homer by Andre Ethier. It was a good day for the Sluggers.
Did you notice they would play a couple of songs of Rihanna?
Did you notice they showed a video and asked Kemp "Rihanna or Beyonce?" That was funny.
George Sherrill got a nice reaction from the crowd... Not really.
I didn't catch your names but it was nice meeting some of you.
I'm tired. I'll have more mañana!
10 comments:
- SingleDaddyof2 said...
Awesome pictures Roberto! I so wish I was there--but at least I got to see it on TV! Dodgers won so I'm happy!
- April 14, 2010 at 2:49 AM
- bluefanforever33 said...
Why do they still keep selling Manny Ramirez stuff?
Where's the love for James Loney!?
- April 14, 2010 at 6:59 AM
- thegreatpiazza said...
It was a great game. Like you said, not like last years Opening Day but still great.
- April 14, 2010 at 7:35 AM
- Fernando said...
Damnnnn LeAnn Rimes was smokin hot.
- April 14, 2010 at 8:31 AM
Great pictures! Wow, thats crazy that someone dressed up like Hilda and the Brooklyn Bum. I wonder how many fans knew who they were.
- April 14, 2010 at 9:30 AM
- Eric "Niño" said...
Great Game. I had missed the last 3 Opening Days, and it felt like Christmas day all over again.
George Sherrill's introduction was met with a few Boo's and then silence. I've never heard a Dodger crowd so silent before
- April 14, 2010 at 10:05 AM
- Michael K. Smith said...
Manny Ramirez also got some boo's at the introductions.
- April 14, 2010 at 10:20 AM
- Paper Boy said...
Great recap Roberto.
- April 14, 2010 at 10:49 AM
- Chris said...
Great photos, Roberto!
- April 14, 2010 at 11:30 AM
- Falling LEAVes said...
hmmm interesting who's walking with Leann too
- April 15, 2010 at 2:20 AM


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The images in the pages of every newspaper five years ago were haunting. A man stood atop a floating mattress. Black smoke was billowing up from a raging fire in downtown New Orleans. A moldy wall framed a fireplace in an uninhabitable home.
One of the most comprehensive displays of those photos from 2005 is on display now at the Ogden Museum of Southern Art in New Orleans. Some were never published before and are quite difficult to view. But in addition to hanging their work in a gallery, the photojournalists behind those images wanted to do something more.
Photographers Johnny Hanson, Smiley Pool, and Kevin Martin asked fellow photojournalists to host a workshop for young people. Hanson, Willie Allen Jr., Kathy Anderson, Tom Fox, David Grunfeld, Richard Hannon, Brad Kemp, Denise McGill, James Nielsen and Mario Tama donated their time and cameras. And on a recent Friday they spent the day with 26 aspiring photographers, ages 11-21.
"You know, our job is to take. We take a photo. We report on things and we're always taking down information. This is a way for us to give," Hanson said.
The kids started out by viewing the photos on display at the museum.
"This is where you guys were. This is the world you were living in," photographer Smiley Poole told them. "We want you guys to go out today, against the backdrop of where you guys were five years ago and tell us where we are now."
"What we're going to try to teach you is to dig into your heart and soul and pull out how you see the world and how you want to express yourself," Hanson added. And with that they hit the streets of New Orleans.
Twelve-year-old Kim Kaiser, a grin pasted on his face, was clearly in his element. He got his first camera just a couple of years ago. He went looking for jazz musicians and found some outside the Café du Monde. "I like the way they move when they play, and the way they talk about the songs," he said, adding that jazz represents all that is "good" about the city of New Orleans now.
Certainly all of these kids have seen their fair share of the bad. Kaiser lost his grandfather in the aftermath of Katrina. He gets sad when he thinks of him, he said. He misses hugging his grandpa most of all.
In the Lower Ninth Ward, students found a scene so quiet and still that they could hear the crickets chirping. They took photos in and around abandoned buildings. The professional photographers offered their students shooting tips. Hanson held his hands up in a square to show Kim Kaiser how to frame a shot just right.
"Let people cross in front of you. Create layers," Hanson told another student.
"Just move in a little bit, you have to get close to your subjects, ok?" Tom Fox told his student Marcus.
Twenty-year-old Caitlin Sullivan lost two friends to suicide after Katrina. But at the workshop she found beauty in a "second line"—a jazz ensemble marching through the streets, following a funeral procession.
When they returned to the museum, the coaches showed their students how to crop, edit and tone their photos. Then they chose their best work for a slideshow. And just as the organizers had hoped, their photos told a new story about New Orleans. Five years after Katrina, the images are refreshingly ordinary
"It's about the people and the culture and not the physical," said Sullivan.
"I took those pictures to remind them that New Orleans is still the same," Kaiser said.
"At the end, the children showed us the future," Hanson said. "Maybe we should explore the world through their eyes a little bit more."


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I had a revelation Christmas Eve. Yes, yes, I know. Jesus was born in Bethlehem. It's not that. It was during the 10:30 service, near the end, at the part where the lights go down and we all begin to light individual candles, one by one. For liturgical reasons I'll spare you at the moment, at this juncture of the service we read a second Gospel lesson, here from the first chapter of John's gospel. It fits here in a way, with all the talk of light shining in the darkness.
So what was my revelation? This: The whole first part of John's Gospel is about God's love for the world. Vs. 9: "The true light, which enlightens everyone, was coming into the world."
The story at the heart of our faith is about God's love for the world—and the Greek here is always cosmos, even more expansive than we typically imagine with the word "world." I can get so caught up in the life of the church—or even more narrowly, the ELCA. I worry about its well-being, about its future leaders, and I spend a lot of my waking hours responding to its practical concerns. It is my call and work as a pastor and theological educator. Yet the church ought not become the end of our work, but a means to be caught up in God's work of loving a broken and beautiful world in Jesus' name, as his body.
This 'reorientation' of my thinking reminds me of a story about Bono, the lead singer of rock band U2 and a leading campaigner for justice today. "In countless ways,"he writes, "large and small, I was always seeking the Lord's blessing. I was always saying, 'I have a new song, look after it,'or 'I have a family, please look after them'." Yet, in a dramatic way, he relates being told by a wise pastor to stop. The pastor said, "Stop asking God to bless what you're doing. Get involved with what God is doing—because it's already blessed" (Bono, On the Move. Nashville: W Publishing, 2006, p. 37).
Love has come, a light in the darknessLove shines forth in the Bethlehem skies.See, all heaven has come to proclaim it;Hear how their song of joy arises:Love! Love! Born to you, a Savior! Love! Love!Glory to God on high. Text: Ken Bible, ELW 292
Bono had become convinced that the Bible articulates a fundamental commitment on God's part to those who are poor, leading him to understand a deep connection between his wealth and status, and those who have neither. To have his blessings belong to what God is doing means that his blessings belong in a direct sense to the poor, the sick, the hungry, and those who suffer. His legacy and ongoing work with the ONE and RED Campaigns working against global poverty are evidence of his seriousness.
This next year, I'd like to ask this question. What is God doing loving your part of the world? Where do we seek "the true light, which enlightens everyone, coming into the world"in our neighborhoods and towns? When we can see this afresh, I believe, we'll see how can the church and its leaders become caught up in participating with God.
How do we do this? This is your task, if you are willing to take me up on it: to ask yourselves how your lives, your ministries, your communities, are getting involved with what God is doing. How are you, as those who belong to Jesus, empower by the Holy Spirit, sent into the world to shine with God's love? In the face of grinding poverty, of the degradation of creation, of intolerance, of great hurt and illness, of deep shame and brokenness.
Here is the good news: to all who received this Word made flesh, who believed this Word, he gave power to become children of God. You, dear partners, are those children of God, whose work and lives are involved with what God is doing. I want to hear those stories. More: I want theological education—and contextual learning as a fundamental part of it—as a mode of formation for Christian public leaders able to help communities discern and get involved with what God is doing.
I'm sure I'm not alone in focusing on—even obsessing about—the life of the church. Yet the drama of the Christmas story is is this, in the words of the hymn:
Love has come, a light in the darknessLove shines forth in the Bethlehem skies.See, all heaven has come to proclaim it;Hear how their song of joy arises:Love! Love! Born to you, a Savior! Love! Love!Glory to God on high.
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Amidst the flurry of announcements from all the major networks, CBS has finally let its cancellation plans be known. Comedies $#*! My Dad Says and Mad Love as well as courtroom drama The Defenders will not be returning in the fall.
So far in the 2011 pilot season, CBS has both added and subtracted the least amount of shows among the big four networks. This shouldn't come as a surprise - CBS regularly leads the ratings race, and therefore has less reason to make the kind of sweeping changes that both Fox and NBC announced last week.
The Defenders is, or was, a courtroom comedy/drama starring comedy veteran Jim Belushi and Jerry O'Connell. The two are a pair of defense attorneys never lacking for clients in Sin City. The Defenders delivered a one-two punch of laughs and suspense that, apparently, viewers still managed to dodge. The last episode delivered just north of 8 million viewers (low by CBS' standards), down 30% from the series premiere.
Mad Love featured former Scrubs actress Sarah Chalke. Judy Greer (Archer's Cheryl), as well as Jason Biggs - and Tyler Labine rounded out a foursome of 30ish New York City chums looking for love in the Big Apple. Last week's episode delivered 5.1 million viewers, a series low. The finale will air tonight at 8:30.
Easily the most puzzling of CBS' cancelled shows is $#*! My Dad Says. While the William Shatner vehicle was no prize with the critics (and Screen Rant was no exception), it regularly scored high ratings to the tune of ten million viewers or more. Then again, the finale scored a mere 2.6 million in the 18-49 demo, oddly sliding away from the Twitter target audience.
To fill at least one empty spot in the lineup, CBS has ordered a new thriller from J.J. Abrams and Jonathan Nolan and a Whitney Cummings comedy. Person of Interest will star James Caviezel, while Broke Girls stars Kat Dennings. Expect at least a few more shows to be picked up in the next week or so.
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You know your life is out of balance when the best looking thing around you is the TV - and it's not even turned on! That was the predicament I found myself in when reviewing the Loewe (pronounced "Loo-va") Aconda widescreen HDTV monitor. Maybe the set looks so good because Europeans (Loewe is based in Germany) have an evolved design sense. Or maybe it's because in a market dominated by giants like Sony, RCA, and Mitsubishi, a newcomer to these shores like Loewe needs to go the extra mile to grab your attention. Whatever the reason, the Aconda looks more like a sculpture than an appliance, which is a possible reason for its hefty $5,000 price tag.
The direct-view Aconda has a 38-inch (diagonal) picture tube. This makes it the largest widescreen direct-view TV available now that RCA's popular F38310, which had the same size screen (in fact, the same picture tube), has been discontinued. Like the RCA, the Aconda has a curved rather than flat screen surface, so you'll need to carefully control lighting conditions in your room to avoid onscreen glare.
Aconda sets are available in standard matte-black or optional metallic or piano-black finishes. My review sample was the metallic model, which, depending on lighting conditions and your viewing angle, has a luminous color fluctuating between silver and gold. Other than a raised ellipse with an infrared (IR) window, its sleek front surface is devoid of features. The ellipse flips open to reveal a full set of A/V inputs, a headphone jack, and buttons to turn the set on and switch channels. Inputs on its rear panel include one set of wideband component-video jacks and one VGA input, which can be used to connect either an HDTV tuner or a computer.
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By John McMullen
PHILADELPHIA - One of the best things about the annual NFL Scouting Combine is getting unfiltered access to the prospects themselves.
So much of NFL football is based on pure physical ability, but the things that
set the truly great ones apart tend to be the intangibles -- things like work
ethic, maturity and leadership skills.
For instance, Denver Broncos quarterback Peyton Manning just put together the
greatest statistical season in NFL history, but if he showed up in Indianapolis
as a 22-year-old kid with the same physical skills he possesses right now,
Manning likely wouldn't even be regarded as a draftable commodity.
But, a stopwatch can't measure ambition, desire or hunger. Pure brute strength
can't mask a low football IQ, and short-area quickness means little without an
instinct for the game.
And that's why, in the end, the NFL Draft is really just a crapshoot, a
snapshot in time of a glorified educated guess.
That said, the more you prepare, the better the chances are you make a prudent
decision and hordes of NFL personnel people departed Indianapolis this week
after doing their due diligence on the league's next generation of talent.
A total of 335 prospects were invited to the Hoosier State and 269 of them
were kind enough to speak with the media in some form, according to the Pro
Football Writers of America.
Here's our current snapshot as The Sports Network rolls out its latest mock
draft, the post-combine edition:
1. Houston Texans - Blake Bortles, QB, Central Florida - There are four
elite prospects in this draft and none of them plays the QB position (South
Carolina DE Jadeveon Clowney, Auburn left tackle Greg Robinson, Buffalo OLB
Khalil Mack and Clemson WR Sammy Watkins). Bill O'Brien, however, was brought
to the Lone Star State to fix the quarterback problems and the Texans believe
they are a worst-to-first candidate if they can solve their woes at the
The first option here is to trade down with someone who wants to go all-in on
Clowney or Robinson. Absent of that, though, O'Brien will choose the
prototypically sized Bortles over Louisville's Teddy Bridgewater, the
most polished and NFL-ready signal caller in this draft, and popular but
undersized Texas A&M stalwart Johnny Manziel.
"I think it would be unbelievable," Bortles said when asked about playing in
Houston for O'Brien. "The track record that he has is awesome. So to have the
opportunity to play for a guy like that would be very special."
Previous Pick: Bridgewater
2. St. Louis Rams (from Washington Redskins) - Greg Robinson, OT, Auburn -
Clowney remains the best pure prospect in this draft, but the Rams already
have what Clowney projects to be (Robert Quinn), along with another solid end
in Chris Long. St. Louis would certainly like to trade down and build on the
windfall they got in the Robert Griffin III trade, but if forced to stay put,
it would be a good idea to get the best tackle on the board because Jake Long
tore an ACL late last season and Rodger Saffold is headed for free
Texas A&M star Jake Matthews is the safer choice, but Robinson's ceiling is
much higher and he blew up at the combine, clocking 4.92 seconds in the 40-yard
dash at 332 pounds, putting up 32 reps on the bench press and excelling in both
the 3-cone drill and the short shuttle.
"I'm not at full potential right now. I still have a lot to go," Robinson
said. "I started last year (and that) was my first season starting. Like the
guys they have ahead of me like Jake Matthews, he started since he was a
freshman. That's just something I feel I need to prove."
Previous Pick: Matthews
3. Jacksonville Jaguars - Jadeveon Clowney, DE, South Carolina - If the NFL is
truly a copycat league, the Jags have a leg up when it comes to emulating
Seattle' terrific defense because Gus Bradley was one of its architects.
Clowney's production didn't match his talent in Columbia, but his upside as a
player is off the charts.
Clowney wowed everyone at the combine with his 4.53 40-yard dash at 266 pounds,
but he also played into some of the work ethic concerns when he declined to
participate in the on-field workouts.
"I believe I did work hard (at South Carolina)," Clowney said. "You pull out
any practice tape from last year, you'll see that. I'll tell everybody that. I
will always be working hard. No matter where I end, up I am going to work hard
and give a team everything I've got."
Previous Pick: Clowney
4. Cleveland Browns - Sammy Watkins, WR, Clemson - Reports say the old
Browns regime fell in love with Manziel and would have done everything it took
to get him. New GM Ray Farmer, though, isn't interested.
The scary part for Cleveland is that there is a lot of smoke indicating Farmer
is enamored with Fresno State signal caller Derek Carr, certainly a capable
prospect but a guy who belongs nowhere near the top 10. In the end, someone
will have to talk Farmer off the ledge and convince him to take a far safer
option like Watkins, who could form a nearly unstoppable duo on the outside
with Josh Gordon for whomever plays QB in Cleveland.
"I think I can do just about anything on the field from wide receiver to
running back to slot I can make plays all over the field," Watkins said. "What
I love doing is dominating defenses. I think that's what I bring to the game
and I think that's going to turn over to the NFL. When I come into the NFL, I
think I can be that dominant receiver."
Previous Pick: Manziel
5. Oakland Raiders - Teddy Bridgewater, QB, Louisville - Both general manager
Reggie McKenzie and coach Dennis Allen are on very short leashes in Oakland.
Neither man believes in Terrelle Pryor or Matt McGloin at quarterback, so they
will have their choice between Bridgewater and Manziel. The added incentive to
win right now will turn Oakland toward the safer prospect and Bridgewater, the
most pro-ready signal caller in this draft class.
"I feel that I'm the best quarterback in this draft," Bridgewater said.
"There's obviously actions that have to back up these words, and I'm just
confident in myself and my capability to be able to play this position. I'm
just going to go out there and prove that I'm the best guy."
Previous Pick: Watkins
6. Atlanta Falcons - Jake Matthews, OT, Texas A&M - The Falcons have plenty
of needs, but protecting Matt Ryan is first and foremost on their list. Ryan
was sacked 44 times last season after Atlanta released Tyson Clabo and saw Sam
Baker and Mike Johnson go down with injuries. It's about time a top-tier
tackle landed in Dixie and Matthews could step in at left tackle, enabling the
athletically limited Baker to move over to the right side.
"Being considered a polished player, someone who's done a lot and played well
in my life, I'll take that as a (compliment)," Matthews said. "At the same
time, I still feel like there's a lot I can get better at. Definitely wouldn't
say I'm at my peak -- a lot more I can learn, a lot more I can get better at."
Previous Pick: Robinson
7. Tampa Bay Buccaneers - Khalil Mack, OLB, Buffalo - Mack cemented his status
as a top-10 pick after finishing well in the 40 (4.65), vertical jump (40),
broad jump (10-8), and 20-yard shuttle (4.18) in Indy. Neither UCLA's Anthony
Barr nor Mack are really scheme fits for Lovie Smith's 4-3 cover-2, but Mack
has the chance to be the far more well-rounded 'backer.
"My versatility helps me in a lot of ways," Mack said. "If you have a guy who
can rush the passer, as well as drop in coverage -- that covers two of the big
issues on the defense."
Previous Pick: Mack
8. Minnesota Vikings - Justin Gilbert, CB, Oklahoma State - Most believe the
Vikings will go QB here, but after swinging and missing badly by reaching for
Christian Ponder back in 2011, general manger Rick Spielman doesn't have the
political capital to roll the dice on a Manziel or Carr this early.
Add in the fact the aggressive Mike Zimmer is the new coach in Minny and the
corners under Leslie Frazier were abysmal (save for the promising Xavier
Rhodes) and the speedy Gilbert seems like a good fit. The former Oklahoma
State star cemented himself as the draft's top cornerback in Indy by running
a 4.37 in the 40, posting 20 reps on the bench press, and recording a 35 1/2-
inch vertical leap.
"I think I'm the best corner in the draft," Gilbert said. "(It's about)
dedication to the game and the work that I put in day in and day out off the
field, watching film, making guys around me better."
Previous Pick: Barr
9. Buffalo Bills - Taylor Lewan, OT, Michigan - The Bills probably wouldn't
mind adding either Mack or Barr at linebacker next to this year's rookie
standout Kiko Alonso, but it's also a good idea to build up around E.J. Manuel
to help him develop in his second season. Lewan proved to be nearly as
athletic as Robinson at the combine with a 4.87 40-yard dash and solid efforts
in the broad jump and 3-cone drill.
"I like to think I'm very consistent and I play through the whistle," Lewan
said. "That's one of my weaknesses, too, as everybody likes to comment on.
But no doubt about it, I like to play through the whistle and do whatever I
can to put people in the dirt as much as possible."
Previous Pick - Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M
10. Detroit Lions - Darqueze Dennard, CB, Michigan State - The Lions and new
coach Jim Caldwell would probably love to add Mike Evans opposite Calvin
Johnson, but improving outside the numbers on defense is also a priority.
Dennard, who was just a tick behind Gilbert athletically while in
Indianapolis, is very physical and has a chance to be an elite press coverage
player who has the personality to be a lockdown corner.
Previous Pick - Gilbert
11. Tennessee Titans - C.J. Mosley, ILB, Alabama - Ken Whisenhunt was brought
in to help Jake Locker, not give up on him, so forget about a QB here and
focus on defense. Mosley turned a few people off at the combine by not running
the 40 and refusing to address the media, but he could be the kind of
difference maker inside who new defensive coordinator Ray Horton can build
Previous Pick - Mosley
12. New York Giants - Anthony Barr, LB, UCLA - The Giants' linebacking corps
was a vast wasteland a year ago and Barr was once thought of as a top-five-
type selection. He's still raw after starting his career in UCLA at running
back and needs to add strength, but Barr would be a perfect fit in North
Jersey -- an explosive player who figures to eventually be an impact guy off
the edge.
"The transition (from offense to defense) was pretty smooth, honestly," Barr
said. "Difficult at first. I think moving backwards, going back in coverage,
was something that was new to me. But now I feel comfortable with that. Just
sort of getting used to the position. It's still sort of new to me in a sense.
It's exciting. If I continue to work, the sky's the limit."
Previous Pick - Dennard
13. St. Louis Rams - Mike Evans, WR, Texas A&M - Adding playmaking ability and
much-needed size opposite their top pick from a year ago, Tavon Austin, makes
a lot of sense especially if the Rams are really intent on moving forward with
Sam Bradford.
"There are a lot of great receivers in this draft, don't get me wrong. But I
feel I'm the best one," Evans said.
Previous Pick: Marqise Lee, WR, Southern Cal
14. Chicago Bears - Timmy Jernigan, DT, Florida State - The Bears, who were
dismal against the run last season after Henry Melton went down with an injury,
need help on the interior. Jernigan is the best three-technique tackle in the
draft and a better fit than Notre Dame nose tackle Louis Nix for what Chicago
is trying to accomplish.
"I feel like now in the NFL a lot of nose tackles have to come off the field
and I feel like that's where I can benefit a team at," Jernigan said. "I've
played in the shade, I've played over the center, I've played in the three-
technique. When it's a pass situation, when you want to go to a three-man
front, you can put me on the nose guard, right on the zero. I can get pressure
from the middle of the offense. I feel like that's where my game changes
from anyone else's."
Previous Pick - Nix
15. Pittsburgh Steelers - Ha Ha Clinton-Dix, FS, Alabama - Second-year man
Shamarko Thomas is currently penciled in opposite Troy Polamalu on
Pittsburgh's back end and he has some potential, but that's not enough to pass
on the instinctive Clinton-Dix, who could be an elite player.
Previous Pick - Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State
16. Dallas Cowboys - Aaron Donald, DT, Pittsburgh - Jerry Jones probably
doesn't even know what the Cowboys are going to run defensively this season,
but if they stick with a Kiffin-Marinelli Tampa-2 amalgamation, getting an
impact player at the three-technique is paramount, and Donald may be
undersized but he has the quickness and explosiveness to dominate.
"I would like to play for anyone, but it would be good to play for (the
Cowboys)," Donald said. "I love the way they play up front: 4-3. I like the
way they play their defense."
Previous Pick - Donald
17. Baltimore Ravens - Marqise Lee, WR, Southern California - Lee reminds you
a little of Keenan Allen, a great college receiver who is getting downgraded
because he didn't run all that well at the combine. Ozzie Newsome will
understand just how refined Lee is and take the leap here.
"The main thing you have to learn coming in as a college player coming into
the NFL is the playbook," Lee said. "Also, spending that time with the
quarterback so you're on the same page."
Previous Pick - Zack Martin, OT, Notre Dame
18. New York Jets - Eric Ebron, TE, North Carolina - Getting playmakers will
be important for Geno Smith's development and Ebron is the best tight end in
this draft, an athletic marvel in the mold of a Vernon Davis.
"There's a lot of great tight ends (coming out in the draft)," Ebron said.
"What makes me different is who I am. I'm not going to sell myself, but I'm
very fast, I'm very different. I play the tight end role like no one else."
PREVIOUS PICK - Lewan
19. Miami Dolphins - Zack Martin, OT, Notre Dame - Miami allowed a league-
high 58 sacks and couldn't protect Ryan Tannehill with Jonathan Martin and
Richie Incognito or without them. Zack Martin is one of the safest picks in
this draft with a lot of position flexibility.
PREVIOUS PICK - Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama
20. Arizona Cardinals - Stephon Tuitt, Notre Dame - The Cards need to start
thinking about tomorrow on the defensive line. John Abraham will be entering
his 15th season in 2014 while Darnell Dockett's future is up in the air due to
a large contract. Tuitt is a bit of a mystery at this stage because he wasn't
cleared to participate at the combine because of a small fracture in his left
foot. That could send him tumbling, but the guess here is that his rare
physical gifts, along with impressive scheme-versatility, will have Arizona
PREVIOUS PICK - Bortles
21. Green Bay Packers - Ra'shede Hageman, DT, Minnesota - The Packers have
said they want to get more athletic up front and that means they will choose
the gifted Hageman over the more plodding Nix.
"I feel like a lot of people don't think I have the mechanics and just the
talent to play D-tackle," Hageman said. "But I feel like me being athletic
definitely helped me get to where I am. I feel like everyone in the NFL is
athletic. So, I definitely have to kind of stay to my fundamentals to get
PREVIOUS PICK - Ebron
22. Philadelphia Eagles - Dee Ford, DE, Auburn - People are focused on safety
with the Eagles and while they certainly need help at that position, an impact
player off the edge is even more of a concern. Ford, an undersized defensive
end at Auburn, looks like a tailor-made fit as a 3-4 outside rush linebacker.
PREVIOUS PICK - Ford
23. Kansas City Chiefs - Odell Beckham, WR, LSU - Alex Smith gets criticized
a lot for being a game manager and failing to push the ball down the field, but
one of the major reasons he didn't last season was the fact Kansas City had no
one outside the numbers to pop the top on opposing defenses. Beckham is the
kind of dynamic athlete who can stretch a defense.
PREVIOUS PICK - Tuitt
24. Cincinnati Bengals - Calvin Pryor, safety, Louisville - With Zimmer now in
Minnesota, the Bengals will have a tougher time masking deficiencies on their
defense, so upgrading the talent on the back end is necessary. Pryor is
an instinctive player with a nose for the football.
PREVIOUS PICK - Clinton-Dix
25. San Diego Chargers - Jason Verrett, CB, TCU - The Chargers ranked 29th
overall in pass defense and dead last in the AFC, so the talent level has to
improve on the back end. Verrett is undersized and considered a slot
cornerback by some, but he opened a lot of eyes in Indianapolis with his speed
and athleticism.
"I've been challenged with receivers that have been over 6-foot my whole
college career," Verrett said when asked about his size. "I played against a
lot of good receivers in college that were over 6-foot. I feel like I'm this
height for a reason, but I can compete with the best."
PREVIOUS PICK - Trent Murphy, DE/OLB, Stanford
26. Cleveland Browns - Derek Carr, QB, Fresno State - The Browns stay patient
and get their man in Carr, a solid prospect who has been paying for some of
the sins of his older brother.
PREVIOUS PICK - Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State
27. New Orleans Saints - Louis Nix, NT, Notre Dame - Rob Ryan worked some
serious magic in turning around the Saints' defense a year ago, and adding Nix,
a prototypical nose tackle, to the mix will only open things up further for
players like Cam Jordan and Akiem Hicks.
"I think I can wiggle a little bit," the bulky Nix said while playing up his
athleticism. "I have dance moves. That should prove a lot."
PREVIOUS PICK - Jernigan
28. Carolina Panthers - Brandin Cooks, WR, Oregon State - The Panthers need to
give Cam Newton help on the outside and Cooks has the speed to do some serious
damage with the football in his hands.
"I'm a playmaker," Cooks said. "I'm able to create plays from nothing. Be able
to catch a 3-yard ball, I'll take it the distance. Those YAC yards, yards
after the catch. Speed kills and I feel like that's what I'm going to bring to
the game."
PREVIOUS PICK - Beckham
29. New England Patriots - Jace Amaro, TE, Texas Tech - Whether Rob Gronkowski
can overcome his injury issues or not, the Pats need to add another tight end,
and Amaro is the slot type who would fill the void left from Aaron Hernandez's
"I think I'm a mixture of both (an in-line and slot tight end)," Amaro said.
"I think that's why I'm so unique. It's kind of a revolution to the game now
with what tight ends can bring across the board. I like to see myself as both
a tight end and as a receiver."
PREVIOUS PICK - Hageman
30. San Francisco 49ers, Kyle Fuller, CB, Virginia Tech - The 49ers are one of
the most talented teams in football with few glaring holes. They, however, lack
depth at cornerback and Fuller has the size, length and physicality that
is en vogue now.
"I moved around in our defensive backfield. I played field (corner), I played
boundary (corner). That just shows how versatile I am," Fuller said. "I
definitely consider myself a physical player."
PREVIOUS PICK - Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida
31. Denver Broncos - Kony Ealy, DE, Missouri - Von Miller and Derek Wolfe will
be back next year, but if this season proved anything in Denver, it's you can
never have enough live bodies on the edge, and Ealy, despite a less-than-
impressive 4.92 in the 40, is tremendous value here.
"I want to prove that I'm one of the best defensive linemen, if not the best
defensive lineman in this draft," Ealy said. "I don't want to be second-best,
I want to be first."
PREVIOUS PICK - Ealy
32. Seattle Seahawks - Xavier Su'a Filo, OG, UCLA - The one weakness in
Seattle is the offensive line and Su'a Filo, the most experienced and NFL-
ready member of UCLA's impressive O-line, could step right in as a starter.
"Nowadays in the NFL, from what I feel like, as an offensive lineman, if you
can be athletic, if you can move, or at the guard position if you can be more
flexible and you can play multiple positions, then you're more valuable to a
team," Su'a Filo said. "At UCLA, we ran spread zone, but we did have some gap
scheme and power in there. When I was at guard, I love pulling, getting out in
PREVIOUS PICK - Su'a Filo
Dropping out:
Johnny Manziel, QB, Texas A&M
Kelvin Benjamin, WR, Florida State
Cyrus Kouandjio, OT, Alabama
Trent Murphy, DE/OLB, Stanford
Allen Robinson, WR, Penn State
Marcus Roberson, CB, Florida


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I purchased one of the first Yoga 2 Pro systems and seem to be having problems with my wifi connection.
If the wifi signal is at all weak, it just seems to drop out.
Is there a fix or update I need to apply?
A new wireless (wifi) driver designed to increase wireless performance and stability was provided by Intel and included in the preload on all systems built October 5, 2013 and later. Units built prior to this date have an older driver that should be updated. This addressed some of the early concerns, but additional updates have been made available on the Lenovo support site. Please check your current installed driver version against the latest available on the support site.
Update - Intel has continued to release updated versions of drivers for the 7260 family of Wireless cards, and Lenovo has tested and released signed versions via the Lenovo support site at intervals.
Please visit the Lenovo support site and install the latest version of drive for your system. Current version as of today is 220.127.116.11 Please use this or later driver from Lenovo's Support site.
Some additional steps the community has found to be helpful in some cases are:
Modify abiltiy of Windows to limit power to with wifi card to save battery life - this can lead to reduced range and disconnects, especially while running on battery. Here is how to affect this setting. This is a common wifi troubleshooting suggestion in Windows going back to XP - it can be found in multiple discussions in this forum and is not specific to Yoga 2 Pro systems.
I continue to experience dropped connections even after updating the drivers. This occurs three to four times in an hour.
I already updated the whole system, I've got the new driver from intel and the problem still persists. Is there a new fix for this problem? It seems that there hardly will be a software-solution for a hardware-problem. Lenovo should change this wireless-modul but it's completly unacceptable that they present fixes a an placebo to calm there customers.
Having the exact same problem with 5 new Lenovo Yoga's running Windows 8.1. All the drivers and patches applied to it not only has WiFi connection problems, but it takes down WiFi networks in general. Work and home the disruption to the networks is horrible. We have to leave the machines off.
We tried going back to the factory OEM install, and the same problem occurs. No other software installed other than the Lenovo and Windows patches.
The only thing that has worked is to install our own copy of Windows 8.1 on the machine. Then the WiFi seems perfect.
So the lesson at the moment is the OEM install of Win8.1 from Lenovo is broken in a serious way that you can't even use the device on the WiFi.
Lenovo ThinkPad
Intel AC-7260 internal WiFi
Here was seems to help other people
That's a great observation that might help Lenovo to fix the problem.
Meanwhile I purchased Intel's Wirless AC 7260 card from Amazon. It fixed the problem also. But it's a pity that Lenovo doesn't recongnize the problem. They simply do nothing.
I've got a Lenovo Yoga 2 Pro 13 inch, bought in the US in April. It has been back to Lenovo already because it wouldn't connect to the internet and Windows said it couldn't locate any networking hardware. It worked for two weeks but now it is saying its got limited connectivity and cannot connect (although four other devices manage to connect OK). It's not fit for purpose!
I followed the instructions to no avail and also followed those suggested by Rob D above- still having about 4 drops a hour. Very annoying - please provide a fix Lenovo!
Is there a manufacture date after which this crap doesn't happen anymore? Wi-fi is probably THE most important part of a laptop these day and how a manufacturer does not get this right is a mystery to me. Stunning. Especially for a machine that, in other ways, is as nice as the Y2P and people are paying over a grand for.
I just bought the Lenovo Yoga 2 from Best Buy this afternoon. Now I come on here (on my Dell desk top) and read this about having trouble hooking to the internet. This is the only reason I bougyht a lap top. So I could hook up to the internet while I am away from home. I don't want to jump through hoops to make it work. Will they take it back at Best Buy? It isn't opened yet.
Recently installed the 7260AC card in my Yoga 2 Pro. Works great @ 2.4GHz. That means ~50MB/s download. Switching to 5 GHz yields slightly higher (maybe 55MB/s)....for a little while, then the connection drops and resets. Again and again and again. Why?
Compared to another Dell laptop (Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6205) in the same house, at the same physical location, gets steady 50MB/s at 2.4GHz and 95-100MB/s @ 5GHz.
I have installed the 18.104.22.168 driver and am frustrated. What am I doing wrong? Should I consider a different card?
It is September 2014 and my brand-new Yoga 2 Pro can't connect in parts of my house that every other Wi-Fi device, including a five-year-old, $275 Acer laptop, can connect. I need a fix.
My WiFi speeds on my Yoga 2 Pro have been abysmal over the past week or so. Other devices in my household will average 22-32Mbps download speeds. The Yoga 2 Pro only ever got 7-8Mbps on its good days, but in the past week or so it averages 0.5-1.5Mbps, which is completely unnacceptable. I assume it has something to do with the official driver distributed by Lenovo not gelling well with the new Windows 8.1 update. It's mind boggling to me how subpar Lenovo Support is. What a waste of $1300.
Here is the link to the Yoga 2 pro wifi driver - currently 22.214.171.124 I see other versions being mentioned in the comments above...
I anticipate further updates to this driver.
Testing on some of the ThinkPads like the X240 may run a bit ahead in terms of driver versions. It uses the same card, so you may check the version available there. Today that is 17.0.5 which should be later than the Yoga 2 driver.
I have the X240 drivers with a customer on twitter today with reported good results.
Lastly, you may want to check windows settings and disallow Windows from managing power to the wifi card as Rob suggests above. Windows can cut power to the card which can cause drops. The drivers alone may not solve drops.
I agree with the stated importance of stable performance on wifi.
i am considering in getting a y2p.are new models still experincing these issues? Would it help if i connect an external ac adapter.
Hi, I have two Y2Ps running MS8.1, with Intel 7260-N for wifi with 22.214.171.124 driver. One machine runs fine. The 2nd worked fine for 9 months, then 2 weeks ago i got no wifi available message. I can't get this system online at all. It looks like the driver isn't recognizing the wifi card. There's an error code 45, when i uninstall the driver and reinstall i get an error code 31. Any help/direction would be appreciated, right now there's no connectivity to this device rendering it close to useless for my home business. thanks in advance...
Stupid question:
Link is to version 188.8.131.52
My recently shipped Y2P, according to device manager has Version 220.127.116.11 dated 5/26/2014.
(Version is later, date is earlier)
What gives?
I have been running 18.104.22.168 for a couple of weeks now and my disconnection issues - both wifi and BT mouse - have disappeared. In the mean-time, i had ordered an dual band AC 7260 replacement card. I went ahead and installed it today and it seems like a different machine - sooo much faster. Definitely worth the $30 upgrade cost. Problems behind me, I love this Yoga.
I just purchased 2 Yoga 2 Pro, all seems perfect but the wifi, which - I don't have to tell you - is slow to non-existent. The driver version on both is 184.108.40.206.
My router is new and I have a much older HP which connects easily.
Help please?
I installed the 19-Sep-2014 dated v17.12.0 wifi driver for a Y2P manufactured about 11months ago. However the wifi drop-outs still occur. The wifi driver crashes and the pc loses internet connection.
I have to run the Windows "Identify and repair network problems" utility from control panel to reconnect, else it needs a restart....!
I would like to add that the drop-outs rarely occur when the Y2P is static on the table, except for few instances when I am typing/using keyboard. But its almost guaranteed that I will get a dropout when I move with the Laptop: for example move to another corner of the same sofa (about 3 feet) or move to a completely different room (even while being at equal distance from the router.)
Can LENOVO please advise why after numerous driver updates we still face issues? Will Lenovo be providing a replacement wifi card?
My 2 week old Y2P is having the same wifi issues - Over to you Lenovo!
Btw, I noticed my new Y2P has intel PROSet/wireless software version 17.0.3 (Dated 30 AUG 2014) so I tried downloading the 19 SEP 2014 version quoted in hi0parag's post (which I'm presuming is an even later update?) but for some reason I'm getting the below message suggesting the 30 AUG version I already have installed is later than the 19 SEP one I was trying to install???.... Very confusing and frustrating.. Anyway, either way, I think its back to the drawing board for Lenovo..
I have the same problem: "A newer product version is already installed"
Have you found a solution?
I spent days looking for solution, tried everything, updating drivers, rolling them back etc. Went through all the 144 pages of this discussion. Tried solution which jgunderson posted here http://forums.lenovo.com/t5/Idea-Windows-based-Tablets-and/Re-Yoga-2-Pro-Wifi-Problems/td-p/1452437/highlight/true/page/6 to turn off the Bluetooth AMP. Did not work.
Then, I went into SERVICES, there are 3 Bluetooth services there: Device Monitor, OBEX service and Support Monitor. If you double click, it will open properties and under Startup type switch to Manual.
That did the trick for me, for now. It seems that the wi-fi works fine now. Will return in couple of days here to confirm.
VladVonHistria - did your solution above work? I'm been on with Lenovo support twice this week. Basically they've just rolled back my drive and adjusted the power management settings as referred to in this strain. But its still dropping wifi and now they want me to send my computer in to their repair setting so I will be down for about two weeks. But maybe they will replace the wifi card?
I wanted to try your solution first, if it works. Where is the SERVICES? I couldn't find it on the Adapter properties, but I did find the Bluetooth AMP.
Thanks in advance
I have tried all the above solutions without any success. Still dropping off and some cases not able to connect to a wlan.
Not willing to send my laptop from Finland to Germany for repair to 3 weeks without any guarantee of success.
Decided to replace 7260 with its 7260AC version. This seems to be hard to find in Europe, why I'm asking if Intel-7265 could be used as well?
I just added in the a new wireless ac card myself and everything now works perfectly. This is also an option. You can also add in the new wireless ac card yourself if you want This is what is probably in the yoga 3 pro.
Here was a great how to and it all worked perfectly for me. You can also have a tech and your local computer store do it I'm sure.. Not sure if it would void your warrenty. I don't think so.
Install new wifi walk thru from Epic Reviews tech.
hope it helps.
Just to warn you all not to get this card, did not work for me: http://www.amazon.com/7260NGW-Intel%C2%AE-Wireless-AC-802-11ac-Bluetooth/dp/B00GUNZUG0/ref=cm_cr_pr_pb_i
I have a weird problem - download speed from dropbox.com is always very slow on my Yoga 2 Pro, about 100 KB/sec.
When I am downloading the same files on the same wifi network on another laptop, I get 10x times faster speeds.
This only happens with dropbox, other websites work fine.
I tried disabling firewall, antivirus, tried 3 different browsers. Even tried disabling the internal wireless and connected an external USB wifi adaptor - no difference.
i am so frustrated. i have yoga 2 13" and most of the time it sits and collects dust.... an expensive $950 coaster on my table. it will not find existing internet connections and at home it drops the connection every few minutes.it is so slow to open files that my 8 year old laptop is quicker. more often than not the touch pad and cursor dont work. I am in tears. I have gotten no satisfaction with Lenovo or Best Buy. been trying for months. I just want a new laptop that works. i thought i was buying the best. I am not a computer tech....some of these fixes seem difficult. Is it wrong to expect a name brand expensive laptop to work properly?
Well, After I was close to break the computer with hammer, I found that the Windows firewall caused to my problems, I had drops every few minutes and it was horrible, I baought external network adapter and still had issues, yesterday I disabled the windows fire wall from the contro panel and so far it work perfect
I finally gave up and called Lenovo Tech Support and they resolved the issue. In addition to the power settings changes they deleted 2 pieces of pre-installed software. One was some sort of Intel Wireless management and the other was a Lenovo package. Sorry I don't recall the names as the tech was working quick and I wasn't writing down the items. But since the call I've been working perfectly. The tech said there were known problems with the two program that would cause the WiFi to connect and drop.
Give them a call at 1-877-453-6686. Be patient while you wait for someone to talk to and while they follow their script. Eventually they will get to the issue.
Thanks for the feedback - the intel software uninstall was previously mentioned and I've updated the article to reflect that and the driver setting change to prevent reduction in power to the card.
The 7260AC card will work but you need the Lenovo version of it as it is SAR compliant.
Also of note, the strongest wifi performance should be with the system in normal laptop mode vs tablet. When you fold it into tablet mode, wifi power is reduced by design.
If you find other setting changes / software version combinations that either caused a problem with wifi or improved it, please share. We can continue to update the article to reflect the most common solutions.
> by Leno55 on 10-25-2014 08:53 PM
> I have the same problem: "A newer product version is already installed"
> Have you found a solution?
Uninstalled with Control Panel > Programs > Search for PROSet
you can do the same uninstall for " Intel Smart Connect (ISCT) "
Tried everything on the article.
Don't make it hard, Put a fix out there.
It's simple, Wifi don't turn off after restart.
There now Go do it!
How to install driver 126.96.36.199 because Lenovo is so so helpful to it's customers, and I feel peoples pain trying to get it working so… After a bit of messing around getting it installed, and with the same problems some described above saying the driver was up-to-date but wasn't the correct one. Try this...
1. Download driver (v188.8.131.52) from the link Mark provided at the top
2. In Device manager: Check your driver version in first so you know it changes later, goto Network adapters -> Intel® Wireless-N7260 -> right click properties -> (TAB) Driver
3. Uninstall this driver, also tick the remove software in the tick box.
4. Afterwards it will not be listed in the Network adapters until you right click and scan for hardware changes, do this. Now it will appear and it has loaded a default diver that's located somewhere in the computer despite you just uninstalling it, don't worry about this as the next steps will sort it out.
5. Run the downloaded file, 13kd018f.exe and follow the procedure, BUT STOP WHEN THE PAGE COMES UP 'COMPLETING THE INTEL WLAN DRIVER SETUP WIZARD HAS COMPLETED'. Now, uncheck the box that says 'Install Intel WLAN Driver now' and click finish. The first part of the install that has completed has loaded the driver in a folder C:\Drivers\Intel WLAN Driver
6. In Device manager: time to update the driver, Network adapters -> Intel® Wireless-N7260 -> right click properties -> (TAB) Driver, and update the driver and do it manually. Select 'Browse my computer for the driver software' … Now point to the driver you've just loaded in C:\Drivers\Intel WLAN Driver\Win7Plus\Win64.
7. Device manager: Check your updated driver version, Network adapters -> Intel® Wireless-N7260 -> right click properties -> (TAB) Driver, should be 220.127.116.11
8. Now reboot the laptop to be sure, now pray to the Gods, try some voodoo or make a sacrifice...more than once I've thought about sacrificing thing excuse for a laptop out the 8th floor apartment window…
BTW, now sure if this works with the dual band wifi card upgrade, I had upgraded it ages ago but put the old card back in as it was impossible to use still dropping the connection, bla, bla, bla, bla, bla… If this driver 22.214.171.124 works I might try changing it again.
What a sack of **bleep** this purchase has been. Wifi is the most important part on a work laptop. Will NEVER buy Lenovo again. Thanks for the wifi related headaches I have to endure every day. Some of us can't afford to drop another 1k on a laptop, so I'm stuck with this monumental piece of garbage. Assholes.
What you don't see is how half the time it's actually doing nothing, what you do see is how it goes from 1 to 5 on the speed test, when it should be a steady 50. http://i.imgur.com/3a0uqfV.png
Here is an image of it working, lasts only a few a minutes at a time
And here it is back to the state it's usually in.
Same issues with Wifi, and additionally, now computer has become intolerably slow (I'm talking 5 minutes to just open a folder).
Unfortunately I'm not sufficiently techy minded to understand all of what to do above. Have wasted over a couple of days trying to get internet conection, and am completely over it. This Lenovo Yoga 2 is the first Lenovo I've ever bought. Will certainly be the last. It will be placed in the bin just as soon as I get a replacement laptop. I don't need feedback thanks, just got on here to have a whinge about Lenovo equipment in the vain hope that a Lenovo consultant will see it, and something will be done to avoid this situation in the future. After reading the above comments, however, I won't be holding my breath.
Good luck all....looks like you'll need it.
I found a solution that works!
Cannot connect to WiFi because "limited connection" and/or "No internet connection". If I run "Troubleshoot this problem" for the WiFi connection, it resolves the problem, but within 15 minutes it's disconnected and broken again! Cannot stay connected to the internet and/or WiFi network.
Yipee!! I After months of constant frustration trying to fix the issue with my computer dropping the wifi connection every 20 minutes, I have finally resolved the problem. Hopefully this fix will last. I had the same problem come up over a year ago, fixed it and then it started dropping the connection again this year. I tried every single fix that was posted in this forum, including uprading my wifi card to the newer, dual band wifi card, but all to no avail.
What did it for me was purchasing a very simple $15.00 TP-LINK 300Mbps mini wireless N USB adaper at Fryes. I am connecting to the internet via this exteral wireless adapter, while keeping the interal wifi card enabled. This last part is very important because initally I disabled the internal wifi card. When the interal card was disabled, the USB wifi adapter started dropping the internet connection. But when when I went back into the device settings and enabled the internal card while still using the USB wireless adapter to connect to the internet, voila! No more dropped internet.
I can't tell you how excited I was when I woke my computer up this morning and it it immediately was connected to the internet. For the past few months, I've had to restart my computer every 20-30 minutes to get it to connect again. I was so ready to just throw in the towel and spend another $1000+ on another computer and just call this one a total loss. Thanks Santa! This is an awesome New Years gift that I pray wll last.
Hi everybody! I've decided to tell my solution to the problem.
I bought Yoga 2 Pro and after few hours constant connection drops started.
So I've tried all the methods above and nothing worked!
I've found following solution somewhere...
I opened laptop (it's very easy to do with te right screwdriver) and took out wifi card (disconnect the battery first).
Then I taped it around with electrical tape leaving connectors.
To my surprise everything worked perfectly after and even much faster (the effect won't be straight away).
Another thing I found out that WiFi due to its' drivers or design is conflicting with bluetooth devices. Some of them work n the same frequencies and wifi isn't switching to the different channel automatically. For example, my mouse with bluetooth dongle totally destroys wifi on the laptop (bought new bluetooth mouse without dongle). Don't know about native bluetooth 4.0, haven't tried it yet, but try to switch it off.
Also look around in your room or net room for any working bluetooth device, like phones.
Probably driver update helps, but I have the latest one.
Another solution is buying dual-band wifi card and switching to 5GHz channel, but I haven't tried it yet.
It's also possible that you don't even need to tape wifi card, just look for conflicting bluetooth or any wireless control devices...
I hope it really helps somebody.
This is an update to my post on 12-20-15. I am completely bummed to have to come back here and share that the external USB wifi adapter did not end up providing any kind of permanent solution. I am now right back to the dropped connections :-(. Boo!
My WIFI works about 70% of nominal speed which is not good but...when I change into tablet mode the speed goes down dramatically. So slow that the Lenovo Solution Center does not even run.
My download sppwd is only 10 mbps recently. I fixed it by upgading Intel wifi and bluteeth drives. Mu download speed is 50 mbps after the fix.
1. Download Intel Driver Update Utility 2.7
2. Manually remove Intel Driver Update Utility 2.6 if it's on your system before.
3. Intall and run Intel Driver Update Utility 2.7
4. Update Intel wifi and bluteeth drives
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Fontenot, however, had different aspirations, and sought more stability for his family, who moved every two to three years as active duty service shuffled the fighter pilot around the globe, his commander said.
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Fontenot joined the National Guard after serving as commander of the 67th Fighter Squadron at Kadena Air Base in Okinawa, Japan, Keefe said. At Barnes, he assumed the roles of Wing Inspector General and F-15 instructor pilot. He had logged more than 2,300 flight hours during his career.
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Learn how to stay ahead of malware, viruses and emerging threats while battling reduced budgets and resources. Attend this session to hear experts discuss the trends that will impact network security and child safety—Web 3.0, cloud computing and outsourcing—and how you can prepare for the future. Plus, technologists from top school districts including Duval County Schools and Denver Public Schools reveal how they successfully guard their students and networks from Internet-based threats.
-- Robert Losinski, information security administrator, Denver Public Schools
-- Jim Culbert, information security analyst, Duval County Public Schools
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