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HOW-TO:Submit a bug report
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|HOW-TO:Submit a bug report
So, you think you've found a bug? Great! Thanks for being proactive enough to make it this far. If you want to ensure that your report gets attention from the right people it is paramount that you answer the following questions. Please read this document in its entirety before continuing on your adventure.
Has the bug been reported already?
Duplicate bug reports only clutter the communications channels with the developers. Keeping the discussion in one place not only makes the topic easy to follow but centralizes all details for easier review. Before posting your bug report, it is important to ensure that you haven't been beat to it. There are two places to look, the Kodi Forum and Github Tracker. Both have a search button. Please use it! If you find a thread on the forum or issue on the bug tracker, please read through it and add any new information that you can provide. "Me too" and "bump" posts don't really help the matter without additional details, so please refrain.
Ok, so my bug is new. Now what?
Now that you have made sure that your problem is unique, it is time to open a dialog with the community. Where to do this is a question of your certainty that the problem is in fact a bug. Keep in mind that reporting the bug puts some responsibility on you to answer any questions a developer may have. You may want to consider "subscribing" to your forum thread (you'll be CC'd updates automatically by the bug tracker) and ensure that your registered email is one that you keep track of!
Yes! This must be a bug!
If you are sure that you're dealing with a bug, (crash, hang, failed playback, corruption, etc) please go straight to the Github Tracker and create a new issue. Be sure to fill in as information as possible, use your best judgement.
Hrm...I think this is a bug...
If the problem is more one of behaviour you didn't expect, please start in the forums first. Kodi has many features, with these features comes design decisions. It is very possible that the behaviour you expect is not that which the developer envisioned. There is also a possibility that the feature is very complicated at the code level and that the behavior you expect would be very difficult or impossible to create. Regardless, bouncing your ideas off of forum users (most developers are forums users too!) to confirm and clarify before opening a issue on the Github Tracker. You may be opening a feature request instead! ;)
Right, so what information do you guys need?
Regardless of where you're posting your report, if you expect someone to take interest in it, they will expect details from you. Don't forget, we're doing this stuff in our free time, too! Post as much of this stuff as you can upfront. We'd rather spend our time fixing problems than digging for details. If you need further help obtaining something, feel free to ask (then come back and update the wiki!).
Debug log
A debug log is ESSENTIAL to any and all bug reports. Debug logs are disabled by default; first, you must simply enable debugging. Without it your report stands a good chance of being overlooked. It provides nearly all of the information about what was going on and what you were doing in the application. The log file also contains some of the details you'll need to fill out a new issue on the Github Tracker. So it might pay to glance through it yourself.
Detailed instructions to reproduce
To actually solve your problem, we need to be able to reproduce it. The more descriptive the instructions, the better chances are that they'll work for others screenshots go a long way in some cases use sites like imgur, snaggy or postimage. Sit down and reproduce the problem a few times, first, to make sure you understand it. If the problem is "random," enable debugging during normal use. Restart the application often to keep the log file short. The more time you spend isolating the problem, the quicker a developer will be able to reproduce and fix it. Please take your time with this step!
Sample file
If your problem has to do with playback of video, audio or subtitles, or display of a picture a sample file will go far in getting it fixed. The file should be as small as possible while still reproducing the issue. There are several audio/video cutting applications available (just google it until someone makes a list here). For posting/attaching bigger files, you'll have to use a file hosting site like MediaFire or Dropbox
Crash report
If Kodi has crashed, there are good odds that a crash report is available. How these are handled is platform dependent.
- iOS/ATV2
- iOS will always create a Crashreporter log if any application crashes. These are found in /var/mobile/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/*.plist
- Linux
- The file will be in your user's home directory or the working directory if Kodi was launched from a terminal. It will be named "kodi_crashlog-[DATE]-[TIME].log" and contain some system information at the top, followed by a stack trace and the contents of Kodi.log. If you didn't have debugging enabled at the time, please enable it and recreate the problem. This feature was added in SVN revision 22194 and relies on the gnu debugger GDB being installed to work.
- Mac OS X
- OS X will always create a Crashreporter log if any application crashes. These are found in /Users/username/Library/Logs/CrashReporter/CrashReporter.log where 'username' is the login username. For the Apple TV 1, the 'username' is 'frontrow'.
- Windows
- The file will be in the same location as the debug log and named "Kodi_crashlog-[DATE]-[TIME].dmp". The dmp files will need to be uploaded to a location for download, as it's not a readable file. Moreover, we also ALWAYS require the kodi.pdb file (which is located next to the kodi.exe file) for total debugging. The pdb files are only available for test builds and releases.
Where do I create a bug report?
As per Devcon 2018, Team Kodi has decided to switch to a Github Tracker for administrating bugs/issues/projects for the Kodi application, and to get the open issues more visible to outside developers. Currently almost no one follows what happens on trac.kodi.tv, and things tend to simply get buried over time.
Moving it to a Github Tracker will get it all in one single place in order to better handle, and whatever we as Team Kodi feel are certain goals that might be interesting for outsiders to work on. Getting rid of "trac" will also save us from a big maintenance burden.


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Microsoft has announced price increases for its Windows Office suite of as much as 17%, but its plans for Office on the Mac remain a mystery.
The company declined to answer questions about Office for Mac 2011's future pricing and which versions the company will continue to sell.
Although Microsoft will launch the new Office 2013 for Windows users in the coming months -- most signs point to a retail launch in late January or early February 2013 -- it has no immediate plans to significantly upgrade Office for Mac 2011 to synchronize the two editions.
Still, the new price points and editions planned for Office 2013 on Windows -- and importantly, the new Office 365 subscription deals Microsoft will launch -- portray Office for Mac 2011 as out-of-step with the company's strategy.
Currently, Office for Mac 2011 and Office 2010 (the latter for Windows) are priced identically and come in similar editions.
Both versions of the suite are priced at $120 for a one-license copy of Home & Student, the entry-level SKU, or "stock-keeping unit." For $150, customers can purchase a three-license package of Home & Student.
Meanwhile, Home & Business, which includes the Outlook email client, costs $200 for a one-license copy and $250 for a two-license pack.
But Microsoft will be raising prices of both Home & Student and Home & Business on Windows with Office 2013, and dumping the multi-license offers at the same time.
Office Home & Student 2013 will cost $140, a 17% increase, for one license; Office Home & Business 2013 will run $220, a 10% boost, for a single license.
And rather than continue to sell multi-license versions for Windows, Microsoft will steer consumers and small businesses to a pair of Office 365 subscription plans that start at $100 per year for the right to install up to five copies of Office on Windows PCs and Macs.
The problem for Microsoft is that if it does not raise prices of Office for Mac 2011, and ditch the two- and three-license packages, it will have a very tough time convincing Mac owners to swallow the subscription plans.
According to Computerworld's analysis, Office for Mac 2011 current single-license prices are the better buy than an Office 365 subscription over a five-year period if the user wants to equip between one and four Macs with the suite. Only when a consumer needs to install Office on five Macs -- or in some instances, when he or she wants Office on a mix of Windows PCs and Macs -- does Office 365 cost less on a per-license, per-year basis.
The case for Office for Mac 2011 is even stronger if Microsoft retains its three-license Home & Student edition after launching Office 365.
To equip three Macs with Home & Student, consumers fork out just $150, or $50 per license. Over a five-year span -- the average length of time between Office upgrades -- the cost comes to $10 per year, per license.
Current Office for Mac 2011 prices make the upcoming Office 365 subscription plan uneconomical unless customers install all five allowed copies of the suite. (Data: Microsoft.)
Using Office 365 to install the application suite on the same three Macs, however, would cost $33.33 per year per license, or more than triple Office for Mac 2011.
Even if Microsoft scrubs the multi-license SKUs, Microsoft would be hard-pressed to make Office 365 attractive if it does not also raise prices of the single-license copies.
Four copies of Office for Mac Home & Student 2011 at current prices would cost $480, less than the $500 for five years of Office 365 Home Premium, the SKU that gives Mac owners access to the suite. The per-year, per-license breakdown: $24 for four copies of Office for Mac 2011 versus $25 for Office 365 if just four of the five allowed installs are used.
Only when five installs are factored in over a five-year period does Office 365 come out cheaper: $20 compared to $24 on a per-year, per-license basis.
Microsoft, of course, faced the same pricing dilemma with Office 2010 on Windows, and did raise prices of Office 2013 single-license SKUs to make them unappetizing when compared to the Office 365 "lease-not-own-software" plan.
If Microsoft has decided to bump up prices of Office for Mac 2011 -- and scratch the multiple-license SKUs -- one appealing date to do so would be on Oct. 19. That's when Microsoft will kick-off an upgrade program for buyers of Office 2010 and Office for Mac 2011.
"Starting October 19, people who purchase Office 2010 or Office for Mac 2011 will qualify to download, for free, one year of Office 365 Home Premium or the equivalent Office 2013 offering, when available," Microsoft announced last week.
In that statement, Microsoft made no mention of the Mac's $150 three-license Home & Student or the $200 two-license Home & Business, or how buyers of those SKUs would be compensated for their purchases on and after Oct. 19.
The omissions may be a clue that Microsoft plans to dump those editions, and, like its move on Windows, boost prices for Office on the Mac at the same time.
Gregg Keizer covers Microsoft, security issues, Apple, Web browsers and general technology breaking news for Computerworld. Follow Gregg on Twitter at @gkeizer, on Google+ or subscribe to Gregg's RSS feed. His email address is firstname.lastname@example.com.
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Bingham Cup 2018, Amsterdam
Bingham Cup Amsterdam 2018, the world championship of gay and inclusive men's and women's rugby. The Bingham Cup Tournament in 2018 was held on 8 June 2018 and running through 10 June 2018 and hosted by the ARC Lowlanders in Amsterdam / Amstelveen.
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KEBA Corp. announces the launch of the KEBA Active Contact Flange, a device combining highly sensitive sensor, positioning and control technologies. This product enables automatic, touch sensitive surface processing independent of the robot or end of arm tooling device through a combination of lightning fast and targeted force regulation.
"The combination of active pneumatics and sensing devices along with KEBA's closed loop control platform will streamline implementation processes of robotic positioning based on force, dramatically cutting implementation times, while increasing quality and productivity," said Helmut Schreiberhuber, Vice President, KEBA Corp.. "The reaction time of this product eliminates typical delayed response times when compared to existing technologies which allows for unparalleled touch sensitive positioning of the tooling. We are proud and excited to offer this unique touch sensitive device to the automation market."
This product offers a multitude of key benefits including:
• Universal Application Capability
• Simplified Robotic Integration
• Versatile Implementation Techniques
• Collision Damage Protection
Universal Application Capability
The Active Contact Flange can be used to simplify and improve a multitude of processes, including surface treatment procedures, force sensitive and complex assembly applications.
The touch sensitive handling of the work piece is vital in automating sanding, polishing, buffing, stripping, cleaning and deburring procedures, to name a few, because the device automatically compensates for position and force control. This is equally key in applications such as force sensitive applications including gluing, bonding, testing and delicate positioning.
Quality and productivity gains have been proven by customers, including Volkswagen Bratislava, MC, Neubacher, Wifi – Linz and Austrian-based systems integrator, SPS Technik.
Simplified Robotic Integration
The KEBA Active Contact Flange allows for robotic path programming to be greatly simplified since the Flange independently and automatically compensates for positioning to maintain a constant force on the work surface regardless of its contour (within the 100mm stroke envelope of the Flange.) For example, this allows for a straight line (linear move) to be employed in the robot program while buffing a curved object. All that is required is to set the force required and the system takes care of the rest.
Versatile Implementation Techniques
The KEBA Active Contact Flange is available as a stand-alone product solution or can be a part of a total KEBA solution for the turnkey control of the complete application from robot kinematics to I/O interfaces to system wide control.
As a stand-alone product the KEBA Flange package can be employed immediately in a variety of applications. The program logic can be quickly and simply extended in the IEC program language. Common communication interfaces through Ethernet, field bus, or digital I/O provide quick and straightforward integration into existing control systems. Data concerning the actual force, position, and contact situation is tracked on a permanent basis, providing a comprehensive accessible parameter log eliminating the need for separate process and quality controls.
As part of a total KEBA control solution, the Flange acts as an integral device on the KEBA master control platform. Scalable software provides system control including motion, I/O, process, supervisory, and HMI visualization packages. Hardware such as motors, drives, I/O, process controls, and fixed and mobile HMI devices round out the KEBA product offering for the ultimate turnkey coordinated automation solution.
Collision Damage Protection as a Bonus
The special mechanical design of the KEBA Active Contact Flange minimizes the risk of work piece damage due to tool collisions in a highly effective manner. Even in the case of sudden interference, the system reacts at great speed and gives way. The combination of touch sensitive features and collision protection are very economical when compared to the high investment solutions offered to date.
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But for the moment, let me share with you why I'm pleased with these edges. The neckline and arm openings are finished with i-cord. It's devilishly clever (although I followed Vogue's instructions which are slightly different from those illustrated in the video).
|10 rows of simple lace & i-cord at the hem
Things I learned:
- Trust the math. The pattern called for a gauge of 19 stitches and 26 rows in a 10cm square; my yarn swatch showed 24 stitches and 30 rows in the same space. I realized that if I knit according to the size large, the finished garment would be the right circumference.
- If it's not right, rip it back and re-knit. It doesn't actually take very long, and the not-quite-right feature would really bug me. I think I knit the front just below the lace yoke 3 times before I was satisfied. I knit the lace and i-cord hem twice.


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Registration for this free event is required, and will open BY NOON on FRIDAY, JULY 6.
Toddlers have their very own library time with their grown-up! We'll share stories and rhymes (sometimes with puppets or a feltboard!), sing, dance and play in the Lapp Story Silo in the Children's Library. (18 months to 36 months, with adult. Other family members welcome.)
You may sign up for only one weekday session, either Wednesday or Thursday, to allow as many families as possible to enjoy this program. If you would like to attend twice in one week, you may sign up for Toddler Time on Saturday at 10:30. Thank you for considering the needs of others.


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This month marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the discovery of Mitochondrial Eve, the common ancestor of every human alive today. Here's everything you need to know about why the mother of humanity is so important.
Top image via Smithsonian Institution.
The Discovery of Mitochondrial Eve
In January 1987, Rebecca Cann, Mark Stoneking, and Allan Wilson published a paper in Nature that dropped a bombshell of our understanding of human evolution. Until then, the prevailing theory held that different groups of humans had evolved separately in different regions, beginning about two million years ago. Their groundbreaking work revealed all humans carried mitochondrial DNA in their cells that dated back to a single woman who had lived just 200,000 years ago. This woman was dubbed Mitochondrial Eve.
Though their research was initially met with tremendous controversy, the death knell of the multiregional hypothesis had already been struck. The idea here was that our predecessor Homo erectus had left Africa two million years ago and spread out around the entire world. Then, these different populations adapted to their new environments by evolving into Homo sapiens, although constant gene flow and interbreeding between these different populations meant that everyone remained part of the same species. This model was seen as the best way to explain all the Homo erectus fossils found throughout Africa, Eurasia, and Australia.
The discovery of Mitochondrial Eve gave crucial support to the Recent African Origin model, which held that modern humans only evolved once, most likely in East Africa, somewhere between 150,000 and 200,000 years ago. All older fossils discovered elsewhere represented hominid lineages that had since gone extinct. And while we've recently seen some strange fossil findings that could complicate the picture yet again, the basic tenets of the Recent African Origin model are now well-established.
So how did Mitochondrial Eve manage to rewrite the entire story of human evolution? For that matter, what exactly is Mitochondrial Eve? Unlike her biblical namesake, she wasn't the only woman on Earth. In a sense, she's just a quirk of statistics. But if that's the case, then she's easily the most important quirk of statistics who ever lived.
What Mitochondrial Eve Really Means
In sexual reproduction, a person will only pass on half of his or her genes, and their contribution to ensuing generations will continually divide by half. After a thousand years, any one ancestor's genetic contribution will drop to effectively nothing. That actually means that the most recent common ancestor of all human beings, or MRCA, who lived anywhere from 2,000 to 40,000 years ago, is more a statistical curiosity than a genetic benefactor, and he or she is related to all of us today in only the most technical of senses.
In order to find a common ancestor whose genetics have passed on, we need to look for things that are passed down from generation to generation with little or no alteration. Both genders pass along one thing that is unchanged during sexual reproduction. For women, this is the mitochondrial DNA, which is a distinct subset of genetic material found not in the cell nucleus but rather in the mitochondria, the power plants of the cell.
In most species, including humans, the female egg cells completely destroy the mitochondria in the male sperm cell shortly after fertilization, leaving only the female mitochondria behind. This is where we get the term "Mitochondrial Eve", made popular on shows like the Battlestar Galactica reboot. This individual passed down her mitochondria relatively unchanged to every human alive today, and all females will continue to pass down her mitochondria indefinitely.
By tracing the subtle mutations to mitochondrial DNA that have accumulated over the millennia, we can figure out which groups are most closely related, and ultimately fix the existence of Mitochondrial Eve to a fairly specific time in the past, which is currently estimated at about 200,000 years ago. That pretty much rules out the idea of multiple origins for humanity — otherwise Mitochondrial Eve would have to date back a couple million years, and mitochondrial analysis shows that that simply isn't the case.
It's worth noting that Mitochondrial Eve would not have been exceptional during her own life. She certainly wasn't the only woman alive at the time, merely the only one who can trace descent to everyone alive right now. All the other women alive at the same time as her either left no living descendants or are only related to some smaller subset of the people alive today.
The Great Ancestor Shortage
While Mitochondrial Eve has been the most scientifically important of our common ancestors, she isn't the only one, and she is far from the most recent. Indeed, we don't have to go very far up our family trees to discover just how interrelated we really are. It's a question of basic mathematics — there simply aren't enough ancestors to go around. To understand what I mean, let's say you were born in 1975, your parents were both born in 1950, your four grandparents were born in 1925, your eight great-grandparents in 1900, and so on. In other words, your number of ancestors doubles every 25 years further back in time you go.
If you take this back just 1,000 years, simple math demands that you have well over 500 billion ancestors in a single generation. Considering there's fewer than seven billion people on this planet - and even that is far, far more than any other point in human history - there's something seriously wrong here. The solution, of course, is that you don't have 500 billion distinct ancestors, but rather a much, much smaller number of ancestors reappear over and over and over again in your family tree.
Figuring out just how many of your ancestors in a given generation were "real" and how many were duplicates can make for some fascinating statistics:
Demographer Kenneth Wachtel estimates that the typical English child born in 1947 would have had around 60,000 theoretical ancestors at the time of the discovery of America. Of this number, 95 percent would have been different individuals and 5 percent duplicates. (Sounds like Invasion of the Body Snatchers, but you know what I mean.) Twenty generations back the kid would have 600,000 ancestors, one-third of which would be duplicates. At the time of the Black Death, he'd have had 3.5 million - 30 percent real, 70 percent duplicates. The maximum number of "real" ancestors occurs around 1200 AD - 2 million, some 80 percent of the population of England.
While we don't really have 500 billion different ancestors, we can still look at the reverse of that idea: is there a single common ancestor that every person on Earth shares? As we know with Mitochondrial Eve, that answer is a resounding "yes" - but let's now take a look at the Most Recent Common Ancestor, or MRCA. The name says it all, really - this is simply the most recent person who, through any and all genetic lines, can be connected to every single person alive today.
While it's fun to imagine a very small band of humans from which all humans are descended, the MRCA lived long, long after any such population bottleneck. Even more so than Mitochondrial Eve, the MRCA is the ultimate quirk of statistics, a random individual who happens to be the latest person who connects to everyone. In fact, depending on who you believe, the MRCA might have lived just 2,000 years ago, so this definitely has nothing to do with being the world's only human.
Shifting Dates
What's particularly fascinating about this is that we in the present day can actually change who our most recent common ancestor was. After all, the estimate that the MRCA lived only two or three millennia ago, long after humans became isolated on far distant continents, only works because of the globalization of the last 500 years. The theory is that enough European explorers intermarried with the various indigenous populations of the places they colonized so that, over time, even the most isolated groups become linked into the overall family tree.
This is a controversial theory, particularly since there are still thought to be a handful of uncontacted groups in South America and southwest Asia. If these peoples - each group of which only numbers about two hundred or so - really have remained completely cut off from other humans for millennia, then that would force the most recent common ancestor back to the Upper Paleolithic, anywhere from 40,000 to 10,000 years ago.
We can at least say this: in 2011, it's possible but not proven that the MRCA dates back to a surprisingly recent date, anywhere from 8,000 to 2,000 years ago. In 1511, before European exploration had really begun in earnest, the MRCA was still unquestionably an individual who lived in the Upper Paleolithic. And, by 2511, the current trends in globalization suggest that everyone will definitely share a recent MRCA...and one that gets more recent with each passing generation as more and more lineages mix.
Y-chromosomal Adam
Finally, let's take a look at Mitochondrial Eve's lesser-known male counterpart. The science here is simple enough - since only men have a Y-chromosome, fathers pass it on more or less unchanged to their sons, which allows geneticists to trace patrilineal descent in much the same way that mitochondrial DNA allows us to trace matrilineal descent. Intriguingly, genetic evidence suggests that Y-chromosomal Adam lived about 90,000 to 60,000 years ago, long after Mitochondrial Eve.
Why is everyone's male ancestor so much more recent than everyone's female ancestor? It's all down to breeding patterns. In Paleolithic times, the general rule was that any fertile woman could expect to have a certain number of offspring, and this was fairly evenly distributed. Paleolithic men, on the other hand, might father many children by multiple mothers, or they might fail to father any children at all. Of course, that's something of an oversimplification — anything describing tens of thousands of years of human activity inevitably will be — but it explains why our male ancestors cluster together more and why our common patrilineal ancestor is so much more recent than his matrilineal counterpart.
All of this speaks to how small our planet really is — and, indeed, always has been — a powerful reminder of how little real difference there is between us all. In fact, that's probably the greatest legacy of Mitochondrial Eve, 25 years on. Instead of lots of different protohumans evolving separately over millions of years, the story of humanity is much shorter, more elegant, and more interconnected than scientists had once ever imagined. While it's generally dicey to mix science with sentiment, I've got to say — that's a story of human evolution I can get behind.
Indeed, as Joseph T. Chang, Douglas L.T. Rhode, and Steve Olson observe in their 2004 paper on the MRCA, we're all shocking interrelated, and getting more so all the time:
"No matter the languages we speak or the color of our skin, we share ancestors who planted rice on the banks of the Yangtze, who first domesticated horses on the steppes of the Ukraine, who hunted giant sloths in the forests of North and South America, and who labored to build the Great Pyramid of Khufu. [And] within two thousand years, it is likely that everyone on earth will be descended from most of us."
This io9 Flashback originally appeared on April 13, 2011.


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Today we feature Cory's single page layout entry. Isn't it lovely?
Wednesday, August 26, 2015
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August Guest Designer: Kim
Welcome Kim as this month's double page sketch guest designer!Kim's Scrapbook Addiction
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August Guest Designer: Donna
Please join me in welcoming Donna as our card team guest designer this month!
Hi. My name is Donna and I live in the United States with my husband Paul of 39 years. I have one adult son who has 3 sons of his own. I have been retired from teaching for 7 years. Being retired allows me more time for scrapping and doing other types of crafts that I love. I have been scrapping for 9 years. My favorite subjects to scrap are my 3 grandsons. I love trying new techniques, using paints, mixed media, and doing altered crafts .Some of my favorite embellishments to use are flowers, buttons, and various geometric shapes. I love following various blogs because I get so much inspiration from others. I would like to thank Stick It Down for having me as a guest.
Here is Donna's card using the August card sketch:
August card team reveal
Saturday, August 8, 2015
August Guest Designer: Ali
We have our very own Ali as the guest designer for our single sketch team this month. Thanks Ali!
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
August single page team reveal
You have until the end of the month to play along with the single page sketch team!
Sunday, August 2, 2015
July challenge winners!
Our team has narrowed down the July entries and chosen the winners... Congratulations to:
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Saturday, August 1, 2015
August sketch reveal!
Another month has flown by and the featured design team members are here to share the sketches for August. You have until the end of the month to complete your sketches and upload to the linky bar on the left side of the page.
Come back August 5 for the single page sketch team reveal!
Don't forget - when our SID Facebook page reaches 200 likes, we'll host a giveaway!!
Come back August 5 for the single page sketch team reveal!
Don't forget - when our SID Facebook page reaches 200 likes, we'll host a giveaway!!
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BERLIN- For the better part of three quarters, Stephen Decatur's 2-8 girls' varsity basketball team hung with 8-2 Bennett at home on Tuesday before the Clippers started to wear down the Seahawks and pull away.
A rough patch in the schedule continued for the Seahawks this week with the 62-45 loss to third-place Bennett, just five days after a tough 49-48 loss to Kent County last Thursday, but the Decatur girls have been very competitive and continue to show signs of improvement. For long stretches during the game against Bennett on Tuesday, the Seahawks did just about everything right despite the final outcome.
Bennett jumped out to an early 4-0 lead before Decatur's Leann Flounlacker got the Seahawks on the board with a free throw at the 5:35 mark in the first quarter. After a Bennett basket, Katie Purnell hit a jumper in the paint to cut the lead to 6-3 and Flounlacker pulled the Seahawks within one at 6-5 with a lay-up at the 4:47 mark.
Bennett scored on a fast break to make it 8-5, but Decatur came right back on its next possession on a lay-up by Abbey Schoor to cut the lead to one point again at 8-7. The Clippers ran to lead to 14-7 on a long jumper and a couple of fast break lay-ups, but Decatur hung in there. Monique Wise hit a free throw to cut the lead to 14-8 and Flounlacker nailed a jumper from the corner to cut the lead to 14-10 with just over two minutes left in the first quarter.
A jumper from around the free throw line by Schoor cut the lead to 14-12, but Bennett extended its lead as the period wound down, including an opportunity under the Decatur basket during which the Clippers grabbed three rebounds before finally converting a lay-up. Bennett extended its lead to 18-12 on a runner in the paint with 19 seconds left, which is how the first period ended.
In the second quarter, Schoor hit a jumper to cut the lead to 18-14 and Flounlacker scored seconds later on a hard drive to the basket to cut the lead to 18-16. Bennett turned up the pressure on defense, going to a full court press, but Decatur was able to break the press with sharp passing. Jamie Parker tied the game at 18-18 with 5:42 left in the second after the Seahawks were able to solve the Clipper press.
Bennett regained the lead at 20-18 with just over five minutes left in the second and built on it with a three-point play seconds later to extend the lead to 23-18. Again, the Seahawks refused to roll over. Kaitlin Hardt nailed a pair of free throws to cut the lead to 23-20 with 3:56 remaining in the second. After Bennett extended its lead to 27-20, Schoor scored on a fast break off a great inbound pass from mid-court to cut the lead to 27-22 with 2:26 remaining.
Wise then cut the lead to 27-24 with a lay-up off a great pass from Schoor, again breaking the Bennett press. Wise was fouled on the play and had a chance to cut the lead to two points, but did not convert the ensuing free throw. Bennett pushed the lead back to five points at 29-24 with 1:13 remaining in the second, but again Decatur came right back with a lay-up by Schoor. With 38 seconds left, Bennett scored on a lay-up to extend the lead to 31-26, but the Clippers weren't done. After a Decatur turnover, Bennett hit a long three-pointer from the top of the key to extend to lead to 34-26 as the first half expired.
Throughout much of the third quarter, Decatur made some mini-runs to cut into the Bennett lead, but the Clippers would not be denied. Bennett weathered a few storms and continued to attack the basket and cruised to the 62-45 win.


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WABC-TV--New York—August 19, 2011
Egor Chernishov is having his balance tested.
He and almost a hundred other high school athletes are getting pre-season physical exams.
It's part of an annual event here at Hospital for Special Surgery in Manhattan where they offer free pre-season medical testing for PSAL students. They call it the combine - based on the NFL combine where they test the skills of athletes before they get drafted.
"You hear stories in the NFL about all this rigorous testing. It helps us bring our potential up to be like them," Chernishov said.
In New York City, every high school student in the public schools athletic league must have this medical form filled out before participating in interscholastic sports.
No form. No practice.
These kids know their health is important.
"To know if you're body's in shape for the season and what you can progress on, what you need to work on," student Rigaud Saintfleur said.
Dr. Jim Kinderknecht is a sports medicine specialist at Hospital for Special Surgery and director of this event. He says their evaluation is more extensive than what's mandatory.
"We look at them from medical and orthopedic side," he said.
The kids go from station to station getting checked out for everything from joint problems, vision changes and strength.
"Having improved flexibility and having good strength and balance is a good thing in terms of preventing injury," Kinderknecht said.
He says every child should be asked about family history and symptoms to look for underlying problems.
"Lightheadedness associated with exercise tire more easily than friends (any kind of chest pain or chest discomfort), shortness of breath or wheezing, looking for the asthma side of things," he said.
And there's cardiac testing.
Every child should have the basics: a stethoscope exam, blood pressure and pulse check.
But every year we see a small number of athletes die of sudden cardiac death.
So should every young athlete also have an EKG and echocardiogram - an ultrasound of the heart? The current guidelines say no.
"They're not a perfect test, so there's going to be false positives and false negatives," Kinderknecht said.
The concern is that could lead to unnecessary testing or even telling a child they can't play when in fact they would have been fine.
This story originally appeared at 7online.com.


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Rangers 0 - 0 Montrose: Title won with a whimper
A second successive scoreless draw means their attempts to do so are draining whatever life – and this was minuscule – there ever was in the first step of the reincarnated club's journey to the top. To some, waterboarding might seem less torturous.
The Ibrox club's manager, Ally McCoist, chose to "start with the positives" in his post-match assessment. He even managed to find one, pointing to the fact that his side yesterday clocked up their third consecutive clean sheet. An achievement hardly likely to set the bugles blowing, and on the flipside Rangers have now gone 500 minutes without scoring from open play. In Scottish football's lowest tier. While playing against part-timers with wage bills on average a 28th of the £7 million with which Rangers are operating.
The figures with which Rangers can be flailed for their impoverished efforts may be familiar, but that makes them no less stunning. All the more so when yesterday McCoist's side escaped with a point. A Montrose side that produced the more considered and crafted play in the second period had a goal wrongly disallowed by referee Kevin Clancy. A 66th-minute shot from Terry Mason was pushed upwards by Neil Alexander and as the keeper sought to collect it, he was barged by Lee Wallace before Martin Boyle thumped the loose ball into an empty net. Clancy appeared to mistakenly believe a home player had impeded Alexander, and cut the Ibrox men a mighty break.
Montrose didn't moan about this ill-fortune, but McCoist certainly doesn't feel like a man who has been blessed with much in the way of luck. He wasn't oblivious to the disgruntlement from his own support. That centred not only on the dismal nature of the display, but also on his decision to play Kane Hemmings on his own up front, in a
4-1-4-1 formation. Without the injured Dean Shiels and Andy Little, or the suspended (by the club) Francisco Sandaza, McCoist offered a plea in mitigation for his formation. But with Lee McCulloch in the Rangers starting line-up as a defender,his argument appeared somewhat weak.
"We need players, it's as simple as that. We need players in all areas for next season," he said. "We can all see there is no real zip or probing – or class, actually – in the forward areas, and I think that's evident for everybody to see. Hopefully we can get over the line sooner rather than later.
"Of course we [thought of playing McCulloch] up front but we had to balance it out. It would definitely have left us more open at the back, there is no doubt about that. Lee has made us look more solid at the back and the fact we've got another clean sheet would certainly back that up. There is the possibility of putting Lee up front, it was an option, but it was an option that we decided not to take."
How damning is that? Rangers are struggling to both put the ball in their opponents' net, or stop their opponents scoring because they do not have two Lee McCullochs. It seemed as if they might have been able to do without him in forward areas when David Templeton tested John Gibson with a well-struck effort and then Wallace scrapped the crossbar with a drive earlier on. Save for Gibson pulling of a fine block from Hemmings effort on the turn early in the second period, that was it from Rangers as an attacking force.
Montrose – off the back of a 6-0 defeat – became the third Third Division team in four matches to take points off the Ibrox behemoths as, after finding their feet, they out-passed and out-created their visitors.
Boyle should have made a header count at the back post and Alan Campbell was similarly wasteful. The hosts became firmly the team most likely to score as the encounter entered its closing stages and Alexander was forced to beat away a booming free-kick from Jamie Winter with ten minutes remaining. What remains of Rangers' credibility in an otherwise part-time set-up wherein only three clubs have yet to take points off them is debatable.
And their title win, confirmed when Elgin City beat Queen's Park a couple of hours later, won't close down that discussion.


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Windows Phone has had a troubled history since its disappointing debut in 2010. Each version has suffered major functional gaps, making it clearly inferior to the iPhone and to the Android smartphone versions available, despite its very slick user interface. There was no cut and paste, for example, in the first version -- and no business-security features until the third version, 8.0, in 2012.
Windows Phone 8.1, which is slowly rolling out throughout the world this spring and summer, closes more of the gaps but continues the unfortunate tradition at Microsoft of lagging behind the competition. Based on my use of the beta version of Windows Phone 8.1 that Microsoft made available to InfoWorld, Microsoft still hasn't caught up, much less pulled ahead. Yet Windows Phone 8.1 is the first version I would suggest you at least consider as an option. You'll probably still choose an iPhone or an Android smartphone, but some users will find Windows Phone a surprisingly pleasant choice.
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Microsoft says all smartphones that run Windows Phone 8 will run Windows Phone 8.1 when each carrier chooses to make it available as an update to its customers. New Microsoft (formerly Nokia) Lumia smartphones will ship soon in Europe and some other countries, and they may appear in the United States this summer. Europe is one of the few places where Windows Phone has broken the 10 percent market-share level, so it's no surprise the region is getting first dibs on Windows Phone 8.1.
Windows Phone 8.1: What's new
Here's what's new of significance in the Windows Phone update:
- Microsoft has created its own version of the Google Now voice-assistant-plus-recommendations system, called Cortana. As with Google Now and Apple's Siri, you can ask Cortana questions and give it orders, such as to find out what's next on your calendar or search for a nearby restaurant. The recommendations part is a clone of Google Now's info cards system that collects information Cortana thinks you want -- restaurant recommendations, news headlines, tips on healthy living -- based on a short profile you complete.
- Microsoft has cloned the Notification Center that iOS adopted in summer 2012, itself "inspired" by the Android notification tray. Windows Phone's Action Center borrows another page from iOS and Android, providing quick-access controls for tasks like opening messages and toggling to and from airplane mode. Given how few apps use Windows Phone's live tiles feature, which was an innovative if overwhelming way to keep you current, the new notifications method is welcome.
- Microsoft has copied iOS's Do Not Disturb feature, so you can schedule quiet time during which calls, emails, and other communications won't disturb you (Windows Phone calls this feature Quiet Hours).f
- Microsoft has created its own version of the Swype keyboard familiar to Android users, which lets you trace patterns on the keyboard to enter text rather than tap each key separately. Essentially, the keys over which you drag your finger are typed for you.
- Microsoft has added the ability to search your phone's data, something Android and iOS have long offered.
- Microsoft has copied iOS's Passbook feature to let compatible apps store tickets and loyalty cards in the Wallet app. The Wallet app also takes a page from Android in letting you attach credit cards to it for use in contactless payments on NFC-equipped phones. In fact, if you connect your Windows Phone to your Microsoft account, the credit card you used there for the Windows Store is automatically added to your virtual wallet.
- Microsoft has reworked the VPN support (long supported by iOS and Android) added in Windows Phone 8, with built-in support for the IKEv2 protocol; the use of other VPN protocols will require that you get a dedicated app from your VPN vendor.
- Microsoft has broadened what can be synced via your Microsoft account to Windows 8 PCs and tablets, including passwords (à la iOS 7's iCloud Keychain) and favorite websites (à la iOS 6's iCloud Tabs).
- Microsoft has deconstructed the People app, so you can no longer use it as your social-networking hub. You now have to use individual apps for Twitter, Facebook, instant messaging, and so on. People still shows you the latest posts from people in your contact list, but you can no longer reply, forward, or otherwise act on those posts.
- Microsoft has added many new security and management features, and nearly all are things iOS has offered for a while. As a result, Windows Phone is now more secure than Android and can be managed at near iOS levels.
- Although it's not in the developer preview that Microsoft made available to InfoWorld, Windows Phone 8.1 will have an app that provides a Windows Explorer-like file manager for moving, copying, deleting, renaming, and searching for files on the phone's own storage, on any SD card installed, and in OneDrive.
Yes, Microsoft has copied many of the key capabilities in the competing mobile OSes. But that's a good thing, as it makes Windows Phone 8.1 more competitive by filling in such core gaps. Better to swallow some pride than continue ignoring such features. Think of it this way: Windows Phone is now doing much of what "real" smartphones do. Isn't that what we all wanted?


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1 For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. [A Psalm] of David.
2 Save me, O God; for the waters are come in even unto the soul.
3 I am sunk in deep mire, where there is no standing; {N}
I am come into deep waters, and the flood overwhelmeth me.
4 I am weary of my crying; my throat is dried; mine eyes fail while I wait for my God.
5 They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head; {N}
they that would cut me off, being mine enemies wrongfully, are many; should I restore that which I took not away?
6 O God, Thou knowest my folly; and my trespasses are not hid from Thee.
7 Let not them that wait for Thee be ashamed through me, O Lord GOD of hosts; {N}
let not those that seek Thee be brought to confusion through me, O God of Israel.
8 Because for Thy sake I have borne reproach; confusion hath covered my face.
9 I am become a stranger unto my brethren, and an alien unto my mother's children.
10 Because zeal for Thy house hath eaten me up, and the reproaches of them that reproach Thee are fallen upon me.
11 And I wept with my soul fasting, and that became unto me a reproach.
12 I made sackcloth also my garment, and I became a byword unto them.
13 They that sit in the gate talk of me; and I am the song of the drunkards.
14 But as for me, let my prayer be unto Thee, O LORD, in an acceptable time; O God, in the abundance of Thy mercy, {N}
answer me with the truth of Thy salvation.
15 Deliver me out of the mire, and let me not sink; let me be delivered from them that hate me, and out of the deep waters.
16 Let not the waterflood overwhelm me, neither let the deep swallow me up; {N}
and let not the pit shut her mouth upon me.
17 Answer me, O LORD, for Thy mercy is good; according to the multitude of Thy compassions turn Thou unto me.
18 And hide not Thy face from Thy servant; for I am in distress; answer me speedily.
19 Draw nigh unto my soul, and redeem it; ransom me because of mine enemies.
20 Thou knowest my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; mine adversaries are all before Thee.
21 Reproach hath broken my heart; and I am sore sick; {N}
and I looked for some to show compassion, but there was none; and for comforters, but I found none.
22 Yea, they put poison into my food; and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.
23 Let their table before them become a snare; and when they are in peace, let it become a trap.
24 Let their eyes be darkened, that they see not; and make their loins continually to totter.
25 Pour out Thine indignation upon them, and let the fierceness of Thine anger overtake them.
26 Let their encampment be desolate; let none dwell in their tents.
27 For they persecute him whom Thou hast smitten; and they tell of the pain of those whom Thou hast wounded.
28 Add iniquity unto their iniquity; and let them not come into Thy righteousness.
29 Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and not be written with the righteous.
30 But I am afflicted and in pain; let Thy salvation, O God, set me up on high.
31 I will praise the name of God with a song, and will magnify Him with thanksgiving.
32 And it shall please the LORD better than a bullock that hath horns and hoofs.
33 The humble shall see it, and be glad; ye that seek after God, let your heart revive.
34 For the LORD hearkeneth unto the needy, and despiseth not His prisoners.
35 Let heaven and earth praise Him, the seas, and every thing that moveth therein.
36 For God will save Zion, and build the cities of Judah; and they shall abide there, and have it in possession.
37 The seed also of His servants shall inherit it; and they that love His name shall dwell therein. {P}


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Debian Security Advisory
DSA-2934-1 python-django -- security update
- Date Reported:
- 19 May 2014
- Affected Packages:
- python-django
- Vulnerable:
- Yes
- Security database references:
- In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2014-0472, CVE-2014-0473, CVE-2014-0474, CVE-2014-1418, CVE-2014-3730.
- More information:
Several vulnerabilities were discovered in Django, a high-level Python web development framework. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project identifies the following problems:
Benjamin Bach discovered that Django incorrectly handled dotted Python paths when using the reverse() URL resolver function. An attacker able to request a specially crafted view from a Django application could use this issue to cause Django to import arbitrary modules from the Python path, resulting in possible code execution.
Paul McMillan discovered that Django incorrectly cached certain pages that contained CSRF cookies. A remote attacker could use this flaw to acquire the CSRF token of a different user and bypass intended CSRF protections in a Django application.
Michael Koziarski discovered that certain Django model field classes did not properly perform type conversion on their arguments, which allows remote attackers to obtain unexpected results.
Michael Nelson, Natalia Bidart and James Westby discovered that cached data in Django could be served to a different session, or to a user with no session at all. An attacker may use this to retrieve private data or poison caches.
Peter Kuma and Gavin Wahl discovered that Django incorrectly validated certain malformed URLs from user input. An attacker may use this to cause unexpected redirects.
For the oldstable distribution (squeeze), these problems have been fixed in version 1.2.3-3+squeeze10.
For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 1.4.5-1+deb7u7.
For the testing distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.5-1.
For the unstable distribution (sid), these problems have been fixed in version 1.6.5-1.
We recommend that you upgrade your python-django packages.


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Åsa Cabin is located in a Woodlands Firewise Community, just three miles from Mazama Country Store, ½ mile to the Methow Community Trail System, one mile north of the Browns Farm Trailhead parking and a quick 10 miles to Winthrop. All that the Methow Valley has to offer is close and easily accessible.
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Don Draper Eats A Naked Lunch April 21, 2010 – Tags: books, Columbia University Library, Don Draper, Libraries, Mad Men, Naked Lunch, The Beats, William S. Burroughs
Self-Portrait By William S. Burroughs, 1959.
(Image Courtesy Of Columbia University Library.)
There are a lot of weird parallels, or at least perpendiculars, between junkie hipster supreme William S. Burroughs (and/or his literary doppelganger William Lee), and Mad Men's Don Draper. I couldn't get that idea out of my head after looking over an April 2010 online exhibit: Naked Lunch: The First Fifty Years. Columbia University curator, Gerald W. Cloud created the virtual show to commemorate the celebrations held at Columbia's libraries in 2009, marking the half-century since the 1959 Paris publication of Burrough's most famous work. The archival materials on display, including original manuscripts; correspondence between Burroughs and other literary Beats, such as Allen Ginsberg, Lucien Carr, and Jack Kerouac; and rare editions of Naked Lunch, come from Columbia's extensive holdings of documents related to the novel's creation, composition, and editing. But those Mad Men connections kept buzzing in my brain.
The most obvious link is the time frame. Fictional Don Draper, based on real Chicago ad man Draper Daniels, starts out his televised "life" in March 1960. Burrough's junkie phantasmagoria shocked delicate (and even not so delicate) European sensibilities in late 1959, but the first American printing came later, in 1962. So Don and Bill are contemporaries. But the ties that bind these two go beyond their career highs, or just plain highs, in the same decade.
Both men are ruled, if not ruined, by vices. Don's are the standard, and reasonably socially acceptable: tobacco, booze, and broads. Compare that to Bill's big three: marijuana, heroin, and boys. Between the two of them, the waterfront is covered, and then some. But Don's a Boy Scout compared to Wild Bill, which makes perfect sense: Draper wants in on everything Burroughs wants out of.
Baby Burroughs was a wealthy WASP who ate breakfast with a Tiffany spoon. A trust fund tot, he was a grandson of the inventor of the adding machine. The profane patron saint of hipsters was born in staid St.Louis and educated at ritzy boarding schools "where the spindly sons of the rich could be transformed into manly specimens," according to Burroughs's biographer Ted Morgan. Before becoming a real-life and literary outlaw, Burroughs earned a degree in English literature from Harvard University. Little Donnie Draper would have sold his soul for what Burroughs was born with, if he'd ever actually been Little Donnie Draper.
(Image Courtesy Of Wikipedia.)
Burroughs notoriously shot and killed his common-law wife, Joan Vollmer, during a drunken game of "William Tell." Details of the crime are murky, but Vollmer apparently placed a shot glass (oh, the irony) atop her head, and Bill's aim was off. Burroughs credited the fall-out with making him a writer in the preface to his book, Queer: "I am forced to the appalling conclusion that I would never have become a writer but for Joan's death, and to a realization of the extent to which this event has motivated and formulated my writing." So without some tragic collateral damage, we have no Don Draper or William Lee, as we know them. Causing a death gave both life. And a writer's life, yet another strange link in that chain.
Both Burroughs and Draper make their dough as wordsmiths. But one spins a yarn that's the all-time Big Daddy of nightmares, while the other is a silver-tongued shiller of the American dream. Naked Lunch rubs the reader's nose in every form of excrement known to mankind, and quite a few made by odiously inhuman creatures. The book is dirty in the "unclean" sense, and in a double your displeasure, double your discomfort two-fer so sexually graphic that at one point it was banned in Boston. But nobody could accuse Burroughs of being dishonest, nor of glamorizing the junkie life. Like the characters in Chuck Palahniuk's Fight Club, he's always trying to hit bottom. It isn't his fault the foundation of the doper's life is quicksand.
"Respectable" career-man Draper is the one who makes his daily Wonder Bread off the big lie. He sells the possibility of a dream life full of young-thinking Pepsi drinkers with Pepsodent smiles riding a carousel through Kodak moments. He's Madison Avenue's brightest young Turk, the pasha of the pitch, the sultan of sales. Draper's downfall is that he's bought into the fiction he sells. Having clawed his way successfully to the middle, even in American there's no room at the old money top where Burroughs began, he's become the poster boy for lives of quiet desperation. Don's doomed fling with a beatnik chick (he's as relentlessly hetero as Burroughs is frankly homo), ends with his resolve to (temporarily) go back to sleeping with his wife on "a bed made of money." He's honed himself to conform to the same consumer culture he soft soaps to saps.
Insiders wanting out, outsiders wanting in. Flamboyantly embracing the outlaw life, desperately seeking status. Life on the junk, life selling junk. Creating a nightmarish truth, concocting a glamorous lie. Writing to save your soul, selling your soul to write. Spectacularly surrendering to the siren song of smack, self-medicating with scotch and soda to maintain the social surface. The psychotic outlaw-addict and the man in the gray flannel suit. Both hell bent on that great American pastime: reinvention. But the artistry of the addict betrays the poetry in his soul. And the Marlboro Man has a cancer at his core. Neither Burroughs/Lee nor Don Draper can escape the one thing they're trying to outrun: themselves. As William Faulkner put it,"the past isn't dead, it's not even past." Or to quote Dr. Buckaroo Banzai, "No matter where you go, there you are."


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All American Red Heads
A nationally known women's basketball team, the All American Red Heads formed in 1936 in Cassville, Missouri, with Connie Mack Olson as its founder and coach. Originally, the team, all sporting dyed or natural red hair, publicized Olson's Beauty Parlors in Kansas and Missouri, and though later the team moved to Arkansas, they kept their name. The team became so popular with the sports' crowds that the team hit the road and successfully challenged men's teams with their trick shots, athletic ability, and "hijinks." The Red Heads thrilled audiences all over the United States with behind-the-back shooting, back-hand passing, and athletic ability on the court. They played men's teams using men's rules and won seventy percent of their games. While the men's teams rested during half-time, the women put on a show that featured their comedic, yet physical, acrobatics. The All American Red Heads is the only women's basketball team that is copyrighted and registered in the United States Patent Office and the first women's basketball team inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame.
In 1955, the Red Heads had a new owner, Orwell "Red" Moore, and a new base in the small town of Caraway (Craighead County). Moore began coaching the Red Heads in 1948 after leaving a position as the coach of the girls' basketball team and athletic director at Central High School in Caraway. His wife, Lorene "Butch" Moore, a former star basketball player at Central, played for the Red Heads for twelve years. She has the distinction of playing in over 2,000 professional games and scoring 35,426 points during her career with the Red Heads.
The Red Heads played in every state in the union, as well as Canada, Mexico, and the Philippines. The team was featured in Life, Sporting News, Sports Life, Look, and Colliers magazines. They appeared on The Ed Sullivan Show, I've Got A Secret, Art Linkletter's House Party, and What's My Line. In addition, the Red Heads have been called goodwill ambassadors by various publications and dignitaries; Governor Orval Faubus once presented the team with a plaque denoting their status as "Ambassadors of Goodwill for Arkansas."
Coaches of the All American Red Heads, in addition to Olson and Moore, included Hazel Walker (who left the organization in 1949 to form her own barnstorming team, the Arkansas Travelers), Willa Faye "Red" Mason, Jack Moore (Orwell's brother), Chuck Plummer, Larry Emison, Wilb Coggin, Ben Overman, Charlotte Adams, Jolene Ammons, and Cheryl Clark. Adams, a coach/player, scored over 26,000 points and was offered a coaching position with the Milwaukee Does of the Women's Basketball League (WBL).
On July 26, 1996, the Red Heads played their last game ever, following a ten-year interval. The commemorative game—played against the Walmart All Stars at the Albert Payne Gymnasium on the former Caraway Central High School campus, where Orwell Moore began his coaching career—marked the reunion of many former Red Head players and coaches. The city of Caraway declared the day as All American Red Heads Basketball Team Day to honor the historic organization.
In 1998, Orwell and "Butch" Moore were honored for their contributions to the game at the Women's Basketball Final Four and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) Convention in Kansas City, Missouri. The Moores attended the grand opening of the Women's Basketball Hall of Fame in Knoxville, Tennessee, in 1999. The Red Heads' exhibit showcases the team's history from 1936 to 1986, including a collection of warm-up suits and jackets, monogrammed ball bags, signed basketballs, and the stretch limousine in which the team toured. In 2012, the Red Heads became the first women's basketball team inducted into the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame. In 2020, the team was inducted into the Arkansas Sports Hall of Fame.
For additional information:
"35th Anniversary Celebration!" All American Red Heads Commemorative Program. Caraway, AR: 1973.
All American Red Heads. Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame. https://www.hoophall.com/hall-of-famers/all-american-red-heads/ (accessed May 25, 2022).
Blaylock, Revis. "Red Heads Back in the Spotlight." Northeast Arkansas Town Crier, September 21, 2004, p. 1.
Franco, Cheree. "Without the All American Red Heads, There Would Be No WNBA." Arkansas Times, November 7, 2012, pp. 14–19. Online at https://arktimes.com/news/cover-stories/2012/11/07/without-the-all-american-red-heads-there-would-be-no-wnba (accessed May 25, 2022).
Harrison, Tammy Moore, and Howard Rankin, with Coach Orwell Moore. Journey of the All American Red Heads. N.p.: independently published, 2022.
Molina, John A. Barnstorming America: Stories from the Pioneers of Women's Basketball. Morley, MO: Acclaim Press, 2016.
Moore, Orwell, and Tammy Moore Harrison, with Howard Rankin. Breaking the Press: The Incredible Story of the All American Red Heads. N.p.: Tammy Harrison, 2017.
"Moore's All American Red Heads." Keepsake Edition. Caraway, AR: 2002.
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Part of the reason the market rally has been so durable is that many investors have been slow to return to stocks, allowing for a gradual melt-up that has prevented things from overheating.
One measure of sentiment, though, is indicating that the bearishness may be running its course.
Short interest as a percentage of total available shares reached a 12-month low of 3.6 percent as a profitable March ended, according to Bespoke Investment Group.
The finding sends two potentially important messages: that investors are finally buying into the rally (a contrarian signal); and that a good portion of the recent move probably came from a short-squeeze in which those betting against the market had to cover their positions.
(Read More: Cramer: This Stock Is in the 'Squeeze of a Lifetime')
Neither provides a certain sign that the seemingly unstoppable rally is coming to a close anytime in the immediate future. But they do give still more fodder to those who wonder when the market will take a breather and allow a better entry point for those on the sidelines.
"The shorts are definitely covering on this recent rally," said Ryan Detrick, senior technical strategist at Schaeffer's Investment Research. "That would be a sign that some of the big potential buying pressure is out of the way. But we're not ready to throw in the towel yet."
The rally has tested the courage of even the most stubborn bear, shrugging off bad news with aplomb and rocketing higher, despite persistent signs of a weakening economy.
(Read More: What to Do in Market Where No News Is Bad News)
In fact, many traders chose to focus Thursday on another strongly contrarian sign, though this time favoring the bulls: a huge surge in pessimism from the closely watched American Association of Individual Investors.


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The End Times Controversy
According to preterists many prophecies recorded in the Old Testament, foretold by Jesus, and written in the New Testament epistles and Revelation have been fulfilled in the past. Preterists argue that prophecies about the tribulation and Jesus' second coming were fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem in A.D. 70.
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Thomas Ice, coeditor and well-known advocate of pretribulationalism, has written eight of the seventeen chapters, including "What Is Preterism?" "The History of Preterism," "Preterist 'Time Texts,' " and "The Seventy Weeks of Daniel." Some of the other chapters are "Signs in the Sky," by John MacArthur; "How Preterists Misuse History to Advance Their View of Prophecy," by Larry Spargimino; "Was 'Babylon' Destroyed When Jerusalem Fell in A.D. 70?" by Gordon Franz; and "Historical Problems with a First-Century Fulfillment of the Olivet Discourse," by J. Randall Price. Other chapters discuss Zechariah 12–14, the date of the Book of Revelation, Revelation 13, and hermeneutics and Bible prophecy.
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The St. Louis Cardinals had just wrapped up one playoff series and were headed to the National League Championship Series with a roster mainly comprised of homegrown players.
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There was rookie pitcher Michael Wacha, who had flirted with no-hitters in the regular season and in the NL Division Series. There was first baseman Matt "Big City" Adams, who stepped into the void created by Allen Craig's foot injury. And there was 23-year-old Trevor Rosenthal, who was thrust into that all-important closer's role late in the season.
All former Memphis Redbirds, they were now front and center on MLB's postseason stage.
Meanwhile, at Third and Union, the Redbirds already were holding their "preseason marketing meeting." And Adams, Rosenthal, Wacha and others were providing inspiration.
"Big-time," Redbirds general manager Ben Weiss said. "We just had a brainstorming session – everyone from the grounds crew guys to admin assistants. We didn't nail anything down, but with all these guys going up, we can do something with giveaways and promotions. We'll have an opportunity to do a pretty neat bobblehead collection next year. That's what's so exciting about our being affiliated with the Cardinals."
Everybody likes bobbleheads. But when St. Louis scouts file their reports and the organization's brain trust drafts amateur players they do not have bobbleheads for their Triple-A farm club in Memphis in mind. Rather, they have an organizational plan with a history of achievement and, recently, outsized success.
"They have the 'Cardinal Way' and it's unwavering," a big-league scout told the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. "They have a system that works for them. They've done an outstanding job of signing and developing talent and keeping it. Three-quarters of that team is from the system. One reason is that they can take some of those players and drop them into the system where, in a different environment, they wouldn't play as well."
Eighteen players on the postseason roster were homegrown. Those picks go back as far as 2000 when a catcher named Yadier Molina was taken in the fourth round. Now, Molina is a legitimate NL Most Valuable Player candidate.
But more amazing within the context of this year's team is how fast players have zoomed through the system. Eight of those 18 homegrown players were drafted in 2009 or later and another, rookie pitcher Carlos Martinez, 22, was an international signee in 2011. Not yet mentioned and also notable among this group: second baseman Matt Carpenter, who made his big-league debut in 2011 and will get his share of MVP votes, and starting pitchers Joe Kelly, 25, and Shelby Miller, 23.
Wacha, 22, drafted in the first round last year out of Texas A&M, is the poster boy for the "Cardinal Way." John Vuch, the Cardinals' director of minor league operations, said before the Cardinals spent that top pick on Wacha they scouted and researched Wacha at depth. The result: time and again Wacha drew comparisons to Cardinals ace Adam Wainwright on the mound and off.
"A lot of times guys fail, not because of talent, but makeup or something else," Vuch said. "Michael Wacha had a lot of talent, but he was an outstanding teammate and mature beyond his years. And we did get a great job of identifying that."
Even so, that doesn't mean the original plan was to push Wacha to St. Louis as soon as possible. His early opportunity came, as it did for several other young pitchers, because of injuries to veteran pitchers such as Chris Carpenter, Jaime Garcia and Jake Westbrook.
"We don't set out to intentionally fast-track guys," Vuch said. "On the other hand, we don't artificially hold guys back because they're young. If they're ready and the best pitchers on the club, there's no reason to hold them back."
Under different circumstances, Redbirds manager Pop Warner might have had several of these players for a longer period of time. But winning in St. Louis is the primary goal, not winning in Memphis. So for Warner, sometimes the satisfaction must come later – when players he managed here are succeeding there.
"I'm just proud of them," Warner said. "They're competing like we're trying to teach them in the minor leagues."
Wacha gave up one run on one hit with nine strikeouts and two walks over 7.1 innings in winning the clinching game in the Division Series against Pittsburgh. As Vuch said, "You can never truly simulate Game 4 of a major-league playoff series at the minor-league level, but you do the best you can.
"(Relief pitcher) Kevin Siegrist was drafted in the 41st round, Trevor Rosenthal in the 21st round, Matt Adams in the 23rd round," Vuch added. "A lot of guys are playing big roles who weren't high draft picks. But we tell all the players, once you're in the organization, if you can play, you're going to get an opportunity."
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Researchers have found a new way to tune the radio frequency in smartphones and other wireless devices that promises to reduce costs and improve performance of semiconductors used in defense, satellite and commercial communications.
Semiconductor Research Corp. (SRC) and Northeastern University in Boston presented the research findings at the 58th Magnetism and Magnetic Materials Conference in Denver this week.
Nian Sun, associate professor of electrical and computer engineering at Northeastern, said he's been working on the process since 2006, when he received National Science Foundation grants for the research.
"In September, we had a breakthrough," he said in a telephone interview. "We didn't celebrate with champagne exactly, but we were happy."
The research progressed through a series of about 20 stages over the past seven years. It wasn't like the hundreds of failures that the Wright brothers faced in coming up with a working wing design, but there were gradual improvements at each stage, he said.
Today, state-of-the art radio frequency circuits in smartphones rely on tuning done with radio frequency (RF) varactors, a kind of capacitor. But the new process allows tuning in inductors as well, which could enhance a smartphone's tunable frequency range from 50% to 200%, Sun said. Tuning is how a device finds an available frequency to complete a wireless transmission. It's not very different from turning a dial on an FM radio receiver to bring in a signal.
Most smartphones use 15 to 20 frequency channels to make connections for different applications, but the new inductors made possible by the research will potentially more than double the number of channels available in a single RF module, leading to more compact and powerful smartphones, Sun said. The new inductors are a missing link long sought for in ways to upgrade the RF tunable frequency range in a tuned circuit.
"Researchers have been trying a while to make inductors tunable -- to change the inductance value -- and haven't been very successful," said Kwok Ng, senior director of device sciences at SRC. He said SRC has worked with Northeastern since 2011 on the project, investing up to $450,000 in the research work.
How it worked: Researchers in a Northeastern lab used a piezoelectric layer to change the permeability of integrated magnetic inductors using microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) processes. Piezoelectricity is an electromechanical interaction between the mechanical and electric states in a crystalline material. A crystal can acquire a charge when subjected to AC voltage.
What the researchers found is they could apply the right amount of voltage on the piezoelectric layer to change the permeability of a magnetic core of the inductor. As the magnetic film changes permeability, the inductance of the inductors is changed, which in turn tunes the resonance frequency in a capacitor-inductor circuit.
Ng said the research means such tunable future inductors can be used to improve radio signal performance, which could eliminate the number of modules needed in a smartphone, with the potential to reduce the cost of materials.
Intel and Texas Instruments cooperated in the work, and the new inductor technology will be available for further industrial development by the middle of next year, followed by use in consumer applications by as earlier as late 2014.
Correction: This story has been updated since it was originally posted to include an updated research dollar and a more precise description of the research work explained at the end of the story.
This article, Researchers find way to increase range of wireless frequencies in smartphones, was originally published at Computerworld.com.
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