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For the first Gary Kubiak year ever, I'm getting a lot of comments like this one:
On the blog, we do a lot of jibber jabber about draft stuff. Because people can't get enough of it. And it helps pass the time until real football. In previous years, I've had a lot of comments have very specific ideas of what sorts of Texans drafts would make them happy, and what sorts would make them unhappy.
This year, I'm getting more of the trust comments. In my mind, the best way to have success in the draft is to have good coaches, who have a specific philosophy and scheme, and know what sorts of players fit the best in that scheme. What Rich says makes sense. Doesn't mean that the Texans are going to hit on every prospect, but at least you have some trust that if the Texans draft a guy, they can envision what that guy could do for the team and that they have the assistants to develop them.
As I've noted before, I think general draft boards are nonsense. I think there are few players that are so good that they could succeed no matter what their situation, fit, opportunity with a team. For most players, they need a good scheme/franchise fit. And all the players need health. Some of that is within the player's control, but a lot of it isn't in a violent game.
The Official Houston Texans Draft Party–An Example of Manufactured Stories.
Each year, I typically go to the official Houston Texans draft party. My friends save a seat in the front row where the radio broadcast is. It is also where most of the cameras go to get reaction shots. Though I have opinions on the draft, I don't pretend to have more information than the team does because it's not like I've watched cut-ups of the players or have interviewed them. As a fan, I just want whoever the new player is to feel welcomed. To me, that's the best thing a fan can do for incoming free agents/drafted players. To help make Houston a great destination for players. And there's a contingent of fans around me that have the same point of view. We sit in a group and decide to smile for the cameras no matter who is taken.
Last year, though our side of the aisle was reasonably happy with the JJ Watt pick, there were some (presumably drunk) loud guys on the other side of the aisle who stood up and loudly booed.
Guess where the cameras went after the original reaction shot?
A swarm of video cameras went to the visibly angry people to interview them to find out their opinions. After the cameras left, I went over to those guys and asked them why they were so mad. They had a hard time articulating their reasons. They didn't know anything about JJ Watt, except for one guy who knew that he was a white defensive lineman, and he didn't want a white guy on the line. (The guy telling me this was a white guy. Go figure).
The whole reaction shot is staging. I am staging because I want an incoming draft pick who had no choice who was going to draft them and hasn't stepped out on the field to feel welcomed. The camera folks are staging because the best TV comes from the demonstrative (often angry) people.
This happens everywhere. It is one reason that in a page hit world I've become increasingly skeptical about news, and trying to find the real story in the reporting of things.
Your Point of View.
So, are you good with whatever the Texans pick is in the first round and later? Do you give the team that level of trust? What if they ended up picking a first round TE, if their view was that the TE available was better than the WR available, and that they were truly going to get the best pick available?
Personally, I don't like the whole idea of draft grades right after the draft. I've done them reluctantly before at FanHouse because I was asked to do them from my editor because readers tend to like them. Ultimately, I like seeing performance on the field. I like finding detailed info about the picks after the draft and trying to work backwards to see why the Texans may have chosen that guy instead of some other guy. And trying to think how that particular pick might see the field given the current roster. Those things I like.
I could never be the boo the pick person because I never see that as being fair. (Those who engage in that behavior will say that they aren't booing the pick, but that they are booing the front office. I think that ends up being a distinction without a difference. I don't think any draft pick wants to hear that the draft party booed them, though ultimately they have to have the mindset that they don't care).
Sometimes it seems to me that everyone with access to a computer thinks they know more about the draft than the people picking:
This is the video from the last draft that didn't contain any cuss words. There's another one out there where the guys watching the draft are profanely ate up that the Texans didn't draft Prince Amukamara. Wah.


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A 40m transceiver kit
It has been a while since my soldering iron has been warmed up and I have been feeling the urge to build something. The challenge of building something from scratch has usually proved too much, so I have decided to build a kit. I've read a lot of good things about the "Iler 40" and its 20m brother so I decided to get one.
I thought that this kit was sold on Ebay but a search for "Iler 20" came up blank. A more generic search produced some interesting hits including this 40m transceiver kit from a UK seller. This kit is quite a bit cheaper than the Iler kits but without any reviews it is a bit of an unknown quantity. I eventually found that the Iler kits can be bought from the maker's own site. The excellent reviews plus a higher output (4w vs 1w) were the decider. I was a bit unsure of which version to go for but I eventually plumped for the 40m version. More to follow once it gets here.
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Chris -- 2018-04-11
Which would be correct?
Do we discuss the eggcornicity of a submission, or the eggcornocity?
Is there a linguistic rule governing these kinds of word constructions?
I have a vague – extremely vague – notion that -icity and -ocity are used with precise meanings in some technical field. Maybe physics?
But in everyday use the difference between -osity and -icity is a phonological, rather than a semantic¹ one. That is, for adjectives ending in -ic the derived noun ends in -icity; for adjectives ending in -ous, -ose or the like, the derived noun ends in -osity.
Since eggcorn is a new word, the question becomes, what is (or should be) the form of the derived adjective? I think that, subconsciously, I have been using eggcornicity in parallel with iconicity.
icon > iconic > iconicity
eggcorn > *eggcornic > eggcornicity
But I've never actually used the word "eggcornic" as far as I can remember.
Ah, but wait, Ken has:
klakritz, 2005-11-30, 'do under others' for 'do unto others'
The Golden Rule is a prime target for eggcornic revision.
¹ I should, say, rather than a strictly semantic one, since there is some difference in nuance between -ic versus -ous etc. as suffixes for deriving adjectives.
I too prefer the iconicity of eggcornicity to the preposterosity of eggcornosity. Eggcornocity looks like a combination of the two, though maybe it is produced at a higher velocity.
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*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
we would be too simple-minded to understand it* .
I've heard people say a word is "eggcornish" sometimes, I think. Perhaps that short i sound lends itself to "eggcornicity" more than to "ocity."
Feeling quite combobulated.
If we're going to use it as a song title, or in lyrics, I vote for "eggcornicity."
Though, it won't rhyme with "velocity."
(my mother loves the moment in the song "The Last Saskatchewan Pirate" in which the writer finds a rhyme for "fertilizer")
Hmmm. So it seems I jumped ahead a step, and it all comes down to whether words are eggcornic or eggcornous.
I vote for eggcornish and eggcornishness, but will continue to use eggcornosity or eggcornicness as my fancy moves me.
*If the human mind were simple enough for us to understand,
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The Public Domain Movie Torrents website is an invaluable repository of the strangest artifacts from the past of cinema, especially from the realm of B-and lower movies.
For example, let's take a look at some movie like The Attack of the Giant Leeches (!). The synopsis goes like this:
After local-moonshine swilling trapper Lem Sawyer (George Cisar) sees a giant creature, people start disappearing. While searching for illegal traps Steve Benton (Ken Clark) and Nan Greyson, his girl-friend (Jan Shepard) find Lem dying with giant sucker wounds on his body. One couple Liz Walker (Yvette Vickers) and Cal Moulton (Michael Emmett), forced into the water by her enraged husband Dave Walker (Bruno Ve Sota), gets taken by the leeches. When police refuse to believe Dave's story, he hangs himself. Soon after this, 2 more trappers disappear, the local Game Warden Steve Benton gets involved. He and Nan's father Dr Greyson (Tyler McVey) realize that the people were taken by the leeches and the leeches live in caves under the swamp. Using dynamite, the 4 missing bodies are discovered and the leeches are destroyed.
So, prepare for an indigestion of monsters, flying saucers and Ed Wood-like ineptitude with charming titles like Atom Age Vampire, Creature from the Haunted Sea, Plan 9 from Outer Space (yes! the Ed Wood's one, reputedly the worst movie in the history of cinema...) and many many more.


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A friend of mine just bought a Salsa 'Vaya' with bar end shifters. Also, the Surly site shows that the LHT and CrossCheck are still fitted with bar end shifters. The Trek '520' touring bike also comes with them but this doesn't seem to be available in Australia anymore.
All good bikes, but in exchange for bar-ends you forgo the bang-for-your-buck items - dynamo hub and lighting, rear rack, mudguards, bidon cages and low gearing.


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Straight Up
(La Música de Harry Fraud)
[Chorus: Meyhem Lauren)
Catch us on stage looking like drug lords
Pen paragraphs for all my niggas that sling swords
Whips, chain seasonal, roofs get removed
Bitches baggin bundles new, our vocals getting EQ
Live nigga rap, real talk that's us (us)
Cashmere everything, gats that bust (bust)
Outdoors, break laws, the streets we trust
Make noise, never talk to the boys, let em discuss
[Verse 1: AG Da Coroner]
Call the doctor, lay you where you eat your pasta
With big choppers, from the rastas in the helicopter
Video games, we don't play
PS3 rappers get broken in broad day
Right on Myrtle and Broadway
Run up in the (booby?/movie?) spot and hit em where they all stay
Family ties, reason why your family cries
While a nigga shorty wop with vanity eyes
We the stars of our own movies
Sly Stallone couldn't move me
Feet up on the sofa rolling a doobie
I walk with the strength of ten million hood niggas
Who like to cause ruckus and love to pull triggers
Habitual line steppers always trying to undercut
Name on a dotted line, reserve the right to fuck you up
I'm Kobe with the rock, you a 4th quarter Lebron nigga, ready to slop
[Verse 2: Meyhem Lauren]
Back to that other shit, listing like a wet seal
Work phone ringing, fiends looking for a fresh deal
Blind stances turn the mind trances
Shorty's flat footed but her nose does line dances
I love that intricate thug rap, supply it often
They tried to clip my wings I'll never be retired flossing
Sipping silent, thinking violent, call it quiet saucing
The jewels I've picked up over years is an acquired fortune
Been burning shit consecutive, we never tire torchin'
Your reputation has no juice, me I'm admired often
Bitches wanna smoke, we give them floral rinses
That pass they mouth around and turn them to a oral princess
It's just the way we move, welcome to NY
Meisterstück, in the coop, nigga my pen fly
?Snake sour? shower your whip, if it's a time of war
We use to grind with raw, hustlin' in the fine velour
[Verse 3: Action Bronson]
Couple dollars in a fiend (cheese) pocket
Scurry to the side of the building to cop it
Scurry back to the lobby to rock it
I'm talking white Olivia Dukakis, Joan Cusack
Suede shoe, blue coupe roof back
(Ayo the cops comin) Boof that
Then break it down so you can toot-toot-a-loot that
Straight from Queens, loafer to the pedal
Steaks are medium rare, hosted for the metal (medal?)
I'm getting closer with the Devil
I won't stop til there's an ocean on the bezel
Sand art in my weed jar
Did a backflip right into the window of the green car
Then I peel like an orange, leather outfits Martin Lawrence
Three prongs on the pasta fork, spin the bucatini
Doo doo stains in the joint
It's me
Meyhem Lauren and Action Bronson have been down since day one, in fact their collaborations go all the way back to 2008 when they collaborated on the J-Love mixtape "Last of a Dyin' Breed".
This song, however, is a collaboration boasting about their exploits in the drug game. The song features fellow Queens rapper AG Da Coroner and the beat is laced by none other than Harry Fraud.
The song appears on the 2012 mixtape by Lauren entitled "Respect The Fly Shit" – fully produced by both Tommy Mas & Harry Fraud.


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From Windows XP I can see the Mint machine on the network but am prompted for a user name and password just to view the share list of that box. These shares have been created as public shares and do not require a password to access. This will occur only after creating a Samba User. This will occur only from WinXP , not Win2K or another Mint.
Steps to Reproduce
(1) I started with a clean install of Mint 7 Gnome and fully updated through mintUpdate.
I did this two different ways in an attempt to determine if this was a nautilus-share problem only.
(2) Using nautilus-share I created a shared directory:
When I access this box from My Network Places in WinXP I can see the box and the share and have access to the share.net usershare info:
Now I create a samba user. Note that a samba user at this point is not required because the share that I created does not require authentication:
My Network Places will display the Mint box but will prompt me for authentication to view the share list - not to access the share - just to view the share list.sudo smbpasswd -a altair4
(3) I did the same thing using "Classic Samba" ( shares-admin ) by creating the following share definition after deleting the share created by nautilus-share:
Once again I can see the box but am prompted for authentication to view the share list.[Share]
path = /home/altair4/Share
available = yes
browsable = yes
public = yes
writable = yes
(4) In both cases I can toggle the effect simply by adding or deleting the samba user.
Package Status
Kernel 2.6.28-11-generic i686 (32 bit) Distro Linux Mint 7 Gloria - Main Edition
apt version samba
apt version samba-common
apt version nautilus-share
apt version gnome-system-tools
Other Information
tertparm /etc/samba/smb.conf
It is interesting to note that the share definition from testparm does not match a cut and paste from smb.conf itself for share [Share][global]
server string = %h server
map to guest = Bad User
obey pam restrictions = Yes
passdb backend = tdbsam
pam password change = Yes
passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u
passwd chat = *Enter\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *Retype\snew\s*\spassword:* %n\n *password\supdated\ssuccessfully* .
username map = /etc/samba/smbusers
unix password sync = Yes
log level = 1
syslog = 0
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 1000
dns proxy = No
usershare allow guests = Yes
panic action = /usr/share/samba/panic-action %d
comment = All Printers
path = /var/spool/samba
create mask = 0700
printable = Yes
browseable = No
comment = Printer Drivers
path = /var/lib/samba/printers
path = /home/altair4/Share
read only = No
guest ok = Yes
This problem arose because I wanted to create a mix of public and private shares on the Mint box. WinXP users accessing just public shares will be forced to pass credentials just to view the available shares.
(1) For client users with samba usernames and passwords on the target server box this is not a problem. It will be a little awkward since they will not be used to sending credentials before they see the available shares.
(2) For guests to access public shares they will have to pass credentials but they don't need samba usernames and passwords. They can view and then access shares by using:
User Name: guest
Password: NULL
I have tried to find relevant posts in the ubuntu's launchpad but have as yet been unsuccessful. It's possible I'm searching in the wrong place. This might not be a samba bug but an encryption or other authorization / authentication bug.


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Vermont, long ranked the #1 healthiest state, dropped to second place after Hawaii in the America's Health Rankings 2013 report released today by the United Health Foundation.
"We can take pride that our state continues to be one of the healthiest places to live, while we keep working to overcome our challenges," said Health Commissioner Harry Chen, MD. "Tracking and reporting on our health is one of the important jobs of public health because we can't improve what we don't measure."
Vermont was recognized for being among the healthiest states over the last decade, with the highest rate of high school graduation (91.4), second lowest rate of violent crime (14.3 offenses per 100,000 population), second lowest percentage of people who lack health insurance (7.8), and second lowest rate of premature death.
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Lower childhood immunization rates (ranked 45th), a statewide outbreak of whooping cough (ranked 47th), and a greater prevalence of high-risk or binge drinking (ranked 41st) are challenges highlighted in the report.
While smoking rates have dropped, 16.5 percent of Vermonters smoke, compared to 10.6 percent of Hawaiians.
Vermont ranked first overall for 22 determinants of health (behaviors, community & environment, policy, and clinical care). Hawaii ranked second for determinants and first for health outcomes to achieve the top ranking. For the full report and interactive map of the rankings: www.americashealthrankings.org
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Lucas Duda continued his recent tear and Zack Wheeler pitched into the seventh inning, as the New York Mets defeated the Philadelphia Phillies, 11-2, in the rubber match of a three-game set Wednesday afternoon at Citi Field.
Daniel Murphy added a three-run homer, finishing 3-for-5 with two runs scored, and Ruben Tejada and Juan Lagares had three hits apiece for the Mets, who have won six of nine.
Duda finished 2-for-5 with a homer, three runs batted in and two runs scored for New York, which has won four straight series at home. The first baseman is riding a modest six-game hitting streak and has driven in at least one run in each contest.
Wheeler (6-8) allowed two runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking two to win his third straight decision. The right-hander has tossed at least six innings in his last six trips to the hill, allowing two runs or fewer each time.
Jimmy Rollins hit a pinch-hit home run and Ryan Howard drove in a run for the Phillies, who have lost eight of 12 to the Mets this season.
Phillies starter Kyle Kendrick (5-11) suffered the loss, allowing four runs on seven hits, striking out four and walking two over six frames. The right- hander has dropped three of his last four starts (1-3), as Philadelphia lost for only the third time in eight outings overall.


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Boston University Medical Student Arrested in 'Craiglist Killer' Slayings
A Boston University medical student was arrested Monday in the shooting death in a hotel of a masseuse and the robbery of another woman who both advertised their services on Craigslist.
Phil Markoff, 22, was arrested during a traffic stop Monday afternoon on Interstate 95 in Walpole, south of Boston, Police Commissioner Ed Davis said at a news conference to announce the arrest. He is also connected to an assault on a Las Vegas exotic dancer in Rhode Island last week.
Markoff's arrest came days after his image was shown on surveillance video at the hotels. Davis said that authorities had him under observation for days before making the arrest.
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Authorities said Markoff was originally from upstate New York and now lives in Quincy, just south of Boston. A Facebook profile matching Markoff's identity, including his photograph, lists him as a 2007 graduate of State University of New York-Albany and in the 2011 class at BU.
A Boston University spokeswoman told Boston radio station WBZ-AM Markoff had been suspended from the medical school after his arrest.
Markoff is charged with killing Julissa Brisman, 26, who was found dead Tuesday at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. The New York City woman advertised massage services on Craigslist and had a massage table set up in the room where she was shot Tuesday, police said.
Markoff is scheduled to be arraigned in Boston Municipal Court on Tuesday.
Suffolk District Attorney Daniel Conley said Markoff is also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm. In addition, Conley said Markoff is charged with kidnapping and armed robbery in a separate case involving another woman he met on Craigslist.
Police said they had long suspected that Brisman's killer was connected to a robbery at the Westin Copley Hotel in Boston.
Authorities believe Brisman's death also may be connected to the attempted robbery Thursday in Warwick, R.I., of an exotic dancer by a man responding to an ad she had posted on Craigslist. She was held at gunpoint before her husband entered the room and her attacker fled.
The four photos released Monday by Warwick police show a man in a dark jacket with a baseball cap pulled low, obscuring much of his face. The surveillance photos of the man were similar to those released from the Boston Marriott Copley Place.
Boston police said they've also received more than 150 tips about Brisman's killing.
Conley said authorities believe Markoff may have had other victims.
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Like any warm-blooded, self-respecting Housewife fan, I've been following the Adrienne Maloof, Brandi Glanville feud with an earnestness and intensity only rivaled by Hadron Collider physicists and tween boys playing video games. These Real Housewives of Beverly Hills have gotten themselves into a real pickle, haven't they? What did Brandi say about Adrienne? What is Adrienne Maloof hiding? And why the hell did Bravo bleep out the bombshell, which I think, by now, we're all comfortable assuming is the supposed "secret" that Adrienne and husband Paul Nassif used a surrogate to carry their three kids?
Like with any good fight, it's time to place some blame. Here's the deal, if Adrienne and Paul didn't make such a huge fucking deal about this whole thing, none of us would be talking about it right now. This is all their fault.
Reportedly, it's in Adrienne's contract with Bravo that they can't air anything of or relating to her children, which, naturally, would mean that they can't show any discussions about their birth. If they catch it on camera, fine, but it can't be part of the show.
Soooooo, assuming that Adrienne and Paul could be confident that Brandi's surrogacy accusation couldn't be aired on TV because of their iron-clad pre-nup with Bravo disallowing such content, then why the HELL did they blow up about it?
Why wouldn't they, at Mauricio's event, just shrug it off, remind Brandi and the rest of the cast that the topic of kids is legally off-limits, and pretend like the whole "bombshell" never happened?
They should've looked Kim Richards in the eye, applauded her for following the producer's instructions to inform them of Brandi's comments (because you know Kim didn't come up with that inappropriate time and place all on her own), and say, "Brandi can talk all she wants, it's not gonna be on TV, let's just ignore her and get a drink, OK? Er, a seltzer. A pill? Whatever you want," and be done with it.
Instead, they made such a scene and acted like such idiots, the likes of which have only previously been seen on, gasp, VH1 reality shows, that they actually created the story. They're the ones that turned a non-televisable story into a goddamn circus.
If they hadn't provided the drama, the scene would've stayed on the cutting room floor.
Who knows. Maybe that's what they wanted. Maybe Adrienne and Paul just love suing people and knew that Brandi, or even NBC Universal, would be no match for their high-power, highly-expensive, highly-trained lawyers. Maybe they knew that they could squeeze money out of the bombshell and decided to milk it for every last penny. Maybe they're just morons who don't know any better.
At this point, I don't put anything past them. Team Brandi.
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[MUST READ] RAM: What it is, how it's used in Android, and why you shouldn't care
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RAM: What it is, how it's used, and why you shouldn't care.
Many of you guys know me, and how I am (if you don't, imagine some godless mash-up of anal retentiveness and OCD), so you know this is something that just had to be addressed or I would never sleep well at night again. Which leads us to here and now. The answer to the question is pretty easy -- user madness and FUD forced manufacturers to add some sort of RAM-cleaning, task-killing, and problem-causing widget to current builds of their software. For most of us, the system running on our Android phones, and the way it handles RAM usage, is very different than what we are used to on our computers. If we take a few minutes to understand the way RAM is managed on our phones, we'll not only be able to better interpret what that widget is telling us, but also understand why it doesn't really matter. Let's do that, after the break.
The 'Task Killer' debate
Every discussion about Android phones and tablets, and how they manage memory will eventually get to the Task Killer debate, so we're going to start with it. Simply put -- task managers are good; task killers are bad. In the hands of someone who is aware of what will happen when they stop a running application, a tool that easily lets them do it is a fine thing for everyone. It's a function built into every operating system, including Android. It's a useful debugging tool, and great for developers and power users alike. The problem is that if you're here at Android Central reading, you're either a power user already, or a power user in training and understand more than most people who just install TASK KILLBOT 2000 because the Market description said it will make your phone ZOMG FAST. You realize that killing the Mail app will stop you from getting mail, or that killing the system clock will make you late for work. Harriet Housewife, who just picked up her shiny new Android phone at the Verizon store doesn't -- and she doesn't have to -- unless she gives in to the FUD (or worse, some kid at a store who thinks task killers are a gift from Zeus himself) and installs the task killer. It's not her fault though, as it seems like every time you turn around someone, somewhere is saying that to get good battery life and ZOMG FAST you need to use one. What is RAM?
RAM (Random Access Memory) is storage used for a place to hold data. Think of it as a big filing cabinet that keeps things ready for the CPU in your phone to present it to your eyes and ears. It's infinitely (almost) re-writable, very fast, and used differently by different operating systems. Many of you guys understand what it is, how it works, and what I'm explaining -- but we're going to try and break it down so that more normal and well-adjusted people can follow along.
RAM is used for one reason only. Reading and writing to file storage (as in reading and writing to your hard drive in your computer, or your internal memory/SD card on your phone) is terribly slow. Solid-state "disks," like what's used in our Android devices and what a lot of geeks people use as hard drives in their computers, are faster than spinning disk platters (normal computer hard drives), but using it to cache the data we need is still a lot slower that using dedicated, solid-state RAM. RAM is cheap. The bus (a pathway for the electrical signals to travel along) between the CPU and the RAM is fast, and everything is kept orderly and easy to retrieve. It's also resource friendly to read and write to it. Without it, computers of all sizes would suck a lot more.
Running applications
Widgets and apps that monitor the apps "running" (quotes intended) aren't inherently evil. We're going to pick on Samsung here, but Motorola, HTC, and the rest all do the same thing in different ways. And what they are doing isn't inherently bad -- people have been using tools like Torsmo and Rainmeter to show a fancy graph of their RAM right where they can see it for a while, and nobody has been hurt (yet). But when that little widget turns bright red like it's screaming "Danger, Will Robinson!" with no explanation, it's time to step in and try to explain the process. Unused RAM is wasted RAM.
Android, like Mac OS and Ubuntu, wants to use all the RAM it can, because that's how it was designed to work. There are settings (in Android we call them "minfree" settings) to tell the system how much RAM to leave free and available, but the rest is designed to fill up as fast as possible and stay that way.
You're probably thinking "What's it filling up with?" That's a great question. After the system, graphics, radios, and any other tweaks to RAM are done loading, the rest is there to load apps into memory, right up to the point where the OS says to stop. Load the app as it's being used, and keep it there for the next time until it needs flushed to free space for something else. The more you use the system, the better it gets at keeping the right things loaded and ready to go. Think about how you use your phone -- you might have 100 apps installed, but there are a few you always are opening and using. Eventually, most of those apps will be stored in your RAM, simply because you're always opening them and loading them into the RAM if they weren't already there -- and "erasing" other apps that were there first. Loading an app from your storage takes longer, is harder on the battery, and overall worse than loading it from it's cached position in RAM.
Consider this -- Jerry did/said/thought something that made his wife mad (yes, she can read my thoughts), so he bought flowers from the 7-Eleven and wants to make a mix CD of her favorite Rod Stewart songs to give to her and get his ass out of the doghouse. It could happen. Consider which is more efficient:
Burn 20 songs to a CD, give to wife, and smile while she plays it.
Burn one song to a CD, let her listen, then erase it and burn the next song.
That's what your phone (or tablet) has to consider. Loading Google Talk to RAM once, and having it there to open almost instantly is far better than loading it each and every time you want to use it. So why kill it off? It's not like you'll never use it again, and nothing else is going to use that RAM while it's sitting empty -- at that point, it's wasted space. You will also use a lot more battery power re-opening Talk every time you get a message than you will by having the zeros held as ones on your RAM. The folks who built Android really did know what they were doing when it comes to memory management. After the parameters are set, and the amount the OS can use to "swap" for it's normal operations, the rest is simply wasted if we're not using it. What is cached in RAM is just sitting there, not using any CPU cycles, but ready to get pushed to the front and appear on the screen as fast as it can, and not use the extra battery needed to start it up from disk again. But Task Killers and freeing RAM made my <insert old Android phone> better!
Having 4MB of RAM made old Windows 3.1 computers better, too. Android, and the hardware it runs on, evolves in our hands -- it gets better with every new release. The software is better, the hardware is better, and the folks writing the apps are getting better at it with better tools. We're going to use the HTC Hero as an example here, because we don't talk about the HTC Hero enough anymore.
By today's standards, the hardware and the software on the Hero suck. It sucked the same when it was new, but at the time we didn't have Bionic's or Thrill 4G's to compare it to. We only knew that there were three ways to make it run faster -- yank HTC Sense off of it, use a task killer, or tweak the system a whole helluva lot. Two of those options need root access -- so that puts 90+ percent of users out of the picture.
Normal people don't root their phones, and Harriet Housewife (or Tommy Textgod) are normal. They bought a phone that could do more than any other phone they ever used before, so they tried to do it all. Android and HTC Sense weren't near as good at managing themselves and their memory needs back then, and having the RAM full meant that there wasn't quite enough left over to run the user interface as fast as it did when the RAM was empty. Hackers soon found that tweaking the existing settings that decide how much RAM to keep free did a wonderful job at fixing that issue, and we all were happy. But if you didn't want to hack your phone, you had the option of just living with it being slow every once in a while or using a task killer to free up some RAM. I'll bet most people just lived with it (the number of people who installed a task killer is waaayyy smaller than the number of people who bought an old Hero, Eris, Cliq, or Behold), but people who spent any time on the Internet fell victim to the lure of a task killer. Soon, forums across the web filled with tales of woe about things not working right -- because everyone was randomly killing off important system processes and apps that needed to stay running.
There were also issues with apps. A correctly coded app that uses a ton of resources, let's say Plants vs. Zombies, gobbles up a bunch of your RAM while you're using it, but gracefully exits and purges itself when it's done. That means the RAM is free, being wasted, and needs filled up again when you load up Google Talk. When you're done chatting, Google Talk just gets sent to the background because it didn't have to take a ton of RAM and should stay loaded for the next time. When Android was shiny and new, a lot of apps that used an excessive amount of system resources didn't exit gracefully, and the OS struggled to purge RAM and load itself back to the foreground -- causing lag when you closed a big app. Sometimes the lag lasted a while, and people soon tired of it. Killing every damn process you can and jacking the free RAM up as high as possible, or even worse -- scheduling a task killer app to do it automatically every so often -- seemed like the best solution to a whole lot of people. We're mostly past that now. App developers are crafty, and the tools they have at their disposal mean that most of the time they get it right -- even on the first try.
Why it no longer matters
Nowadays, the hardware in our phones is amazing and the software is very much improved. Android can manage memory rather well (and the settings are still there to tweak if you just have to touch stuff) and having up to 300 percent more RAM makes a huge difference. There will be a few times where killing off a handful of tasks will speed things up, but overall you'll get the best performance out of your phone or tablet if you stop worrying about it and let Android be Android. If you need to live on the edge (and I know a lot of you guys do) root and hack your phone with some amazazazing custom ROM that has everything tweaked and allows you to travel forward in time -- I'm right there with ya, cause it's fun as hell.
But don't worry about how many apps are running on your phone, or about using widgets that tell you these things, because it just doesn't matter anymore. We can't blame OEM's like Samsung for doing it -- it was inevitable with all the brouhaha out there, and some may even say necessary with earlier phones. I promise, this just isn't going to happen.
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Event: Bollywood celebs like Deepika Padukone, Kareena Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Vidya Balan, Malaika Arora Khan, Dia Mirza, Lara Dutta, Rohit Shetty, Prabhudeva, and many other celebs were seen at condolence meet of Priyanka's father.
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Responsible Parties to Pay EPA and NH DES for Cleanup Costs at Elite Laundry Site in Jaffrey, N.H.
Release Date: 06/30/2008
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(Boston, Mass. – June 30, 2008) The United States Environmental Protection Agency has reached settlement with three parties for costs incurred for the cleanup at the Elite Laundry Superfund Site located at 27 Laundry Road in Jaffrey, New Hampshire.
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services (NH DES) requested EPA assistance at the site resulting from a 2001 fire at this former laundry and dry cleaning facility. The NH DES had previously excavated a portion of tetrachloroethene contaminated soil and requested EPA's involvement to continue cleanup. Between the months of June and November of 2002, EPA removed 1,018 tons of contaminated soil from the site.
The site is comprised of the former Elite Laundry Facility and a small parcel that is part of a former Railroad Right of Way. The Settling Parties are Route 202 at Route 124 Jaffrey, New Hampshire, LLC; Rared Jaffrey, LLC; and Guilford Transportation, past and current owners or operators of the decommissioned railway bed.
The parties will pay equal amounts of $56,250 to EPA and the NH DES.
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With a brutal five-game stretch finally in the books, the Warwick Vets softball team traveled to Cranston East for a non-league game on Friday night.
And while it won't count in the league standings, the Hurricanes got just what they needed out of it.
Vets played its best game of the season and beat the Division II 'Bolts 6-1 for its third victory of the year. With some key games looming for the 'Canes, the win could be a perfect springboard.
"I'm hoping this gets us going," said Vets head coach Paul Kennedy said. "Not only do we have a couple of winnable games coming up, but we have some games that are really big for us. Barrington, Woonsocket are right with us, and Bay View is a couple of games ahead of us. So we should be able to compete and this is a good way to go into it."
Since a victory in their non-league season opener, the 'Canes had won only once – a 14-13 league triumph over Mount St. Charles. Over the last two weeks, things felt even more daunting. Vets' last five opponents own a combined record of 45-13. For a struggling team, it was a tough road.
"Wins have been few and far between for us, so it feels good to get one," Kennedy said.
Though the game with East wouldn't help the cause in the standings, Vets viewed it as an important one.
"Last year, this team buried us in a non-league game," Kennedy said. "They embarrassed us. I did not want that to happen again. We wanted to come out here and show them that we are a little bit better than we were last year, and I think we did."
East, which is 4-7 in D-II but is expected to contend for a playoff spot, took a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning. Taylor Burns singled, stole second and third and scored on a bunt by Amanda Rosa.
Vets got nothing against East starter Paula Frost over the next two innings but started to turn the tide in the fourth. Liz Iadevaia singled to start the frame and Michelle Spremulli – who was in her first game back after missing a month with injury – cracked a double to right, moving Iadevaia to third. Kelsey Houle brought Iadevaia home with an RBI groundout, tying the game at 1-1.
From there, the 'Canes scored five more runs, but it was their performance in the bottom of the fourth that set the stage. On the heels of the Vets rally, Rosa opened the frame with a single and stole second. Alexa St. Angelo followed with a line drive to center field and she took second on a throw home. Just like that, East had runners on second and third with nobody out.
But the 'Canes escaped.
Pitcher Kayla Bourbon jumped ahead of Carley Rotenberg 1-2 and got her to pop out. Then, she got Alexis McCarten – one of East's best hitters – to fly out to Naomi Franzen in left field. Finally, with the runners still in scoring position, Bourbon struck out Jaylyn Lomba on three pitches to end the inning.
"Sometimes the turning point is not in the seventh," Kennedy said. "Second and third, nobody out in the fourth. We went out there and talked about what we wanted to do. We did some things well and that was real nice to see."
It was all 'Canes after that. Base hits by Sabrina Cain, Iadevaia and Arietta Chevian – plus an East error – plated three runs in the fifth. Cain, Gabby Korlacki and Chelsea Reid singled with one out in the sixth and Emily Walason brought a run home with a groundout. In the seventh, Vets tacked on one more thanks to two errors and a double by Chevian.
While the 'Canes got some help from East's miscues, they also took advantage – and forced some mistakes – by consistently putting the ball in play. They struck out only twice and finished with 10 hits.
"I'm very happy with the way we played," Kennedy said. "It was good to see some contributions from different parts of the lineup. We did some things well tonight."
The 'Canes also played well in the field, something that's been a challenge all year. Their only error was a bad throw to first on a dropped third strike.
The strong defense helped Vets hold off East over the final three innings. With runners on first and second in the fifth, Bourbon pounced on a bunt and threw to first for the final out. Cain caught Lomba stealing in the sixth, and Vets had no trouble making the plays in a one-two-three seventh.
"Kayla pitched a really nice game and when we meet in our circle, I'll tell them, 'That's what happens when you play defense,'" Kennedy said. "We didn't give them too many extra outs, and we can do that even against the really good teams. If we don't give teams extra outs, we can stay with them."
Bourbon scattered seven hits and struck out three. On the offensive side, Iadevaia led the charge with three hits, a run scored and an RBI. Chevian and Cain had two hits each, while Reid, Spremulli and Korlacki had one each.
The 'Canes were set to return to action Monday against 2-10 Barrington. Results were unavailable at press time.
"This was a nice stepping stone to Barrington," Kennedy said. "It's a winnable game. We'll take the positive from this – we just played a very good game and we'll see if we can come out firing."
Vets will host Toll Gate on Wednesday at 3:30 p.m.


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By Marino Parascenzo, Special to PGA.com
LIGONIER, Pa. -- Quiet, meek Mike Reid won the Senior PGA Championship on his first try Sunday. It was a very old story. Aesop wrote it maybe 2,500 years ago.
Everyone knows how the tortoise-and-the-hare story came out. Reid had brought it up earlier on Saturday, after his third straight 70 left him two shots out of the lead, except he called himself a turtle. But the idea's the same.
There were two hares -- the somber, workmanlike Jerry Pate, and the lively, effervescent Dana Quigley, and both chopped up the par-5 18th hole, which would prove to be the third-easiest of the tournament.
The self-effacing Reid, who would never dare work up the nerve to say "Gotcha!," eagled that 18th late Sunday afternoon to tie them, and then not more than 20 minutes later beat them with a birdie there on the first playoff hole.
Reid set himself up for the win with a gutsy 3-iron second shot across the water at the sharp dogleg-right finishing hole. He stuck it about 20 feet from the pin. Moments later, Pate had pitched on and was 30 feet from the pin, and needed just a par to win. Pate left his first putt 3 feet short. Then Reid drilled his putt in for an eagle. Pate stepped up to the 3-footer for the win. It looked like a lock.
"I was thinking, I hope Jerry makes it," Reid said. "I'm tired. I don't want to go back out there again."
But Pate blew the 3-footer, his ball never touching the hole as it passed by the right lip, and shot 70. Quigley had already finished with a par 72. They were tied at 8-under 280, four ahead of Morris Hatalsky.
An entire week's drama was packed into those final holes.
Quigley finished off a rain-delayed third round with a 66 in the morning, and bolted into the lead in the fourth. Reid was tagging along. In fact, he was out in 38, and appeared to be out of it. Pate closed in, and it was Pate and Quigley down the stretch. Until, that is, Reid allowed himself the thought that maybe a 32 would get him into it. And it did.
The key to the day was Pate's decision to lay up at the 18th in regulation.
"I'm not a lay-up golfer," he said. "I don't know why I laid up. Even after I hit the third shot on the green, I'm thinking, 'God, why did I lay up?'"
The answer: His caddie called the shot. Said Pate: "He said, 'I want you to lay up. All you have to do is make 5 and you win.'"
Pate took his caddie's advice, and laid up to the neck left of the green, then flew a wedge to the back and watched it trickle down to about 30 feet. Then he left that 3 feet short, and then he blew the 3-footer. It cost him his first win on the Champions Tour, returning after 10 years with a shoulder problem, and his first of any kind since the 1982 Players Championship.
Most shocking about Pate's decision was that from 195 yards, it was a perfect 5-iron for him. And everyone knows he's famous for hitting famous 5-irons, like the one he hit on the 18th hole to win the 1976 U.S. Open as a PGA Tour rookie and the one he hit on the 18th hole to ice his win at the 1982 Tournament Players Championship.
Another one on the 18th hole here would have only added to his legend with the 5-iron.
"I just got to get a little bit more confidence in my putter," Pate said.
Quigley was nothing if not confident. Trailing by a shot in regulation, he went for the 18th from 210 yards over the water with his Rescue Club, effectively a 3-iron, and overhit it into that pot bunker. Faced with an awkward stance, his left foot out of the bunker, all be could manage was to slash ball out into the long rough, then ship to a foot for par.
Reid then set the stage with his eagle.
The 18th would hurt Quigley again in the playoff at the 18th.
Pate hooked his tee shot into the left rough, laid up short of the water, then put his approach to 6 feet.
Quigley hit the Rescue Club again from a good fairway lie, and this time he didn't want to hit it too hard. It came down just a few feet short, into the water.
Reid, who was to say that Pate was smart in laying up, himself was not. He hit a 5-wood beautifully across the water to about 20 feet. His eagle putt just missed, and he tapped in for the birdie. Then Pate missed his 6-footer.
The Tortoise had beaten the Hares. It was all too much for him to handle.
When he was being congratulated on television, he got all choked up.
And then Reid, a wispy 165-pounder, contemplated the trophy. It stands about 3 feet high and weighs about 30 pounds.
As he was leaving the interview room in the media center, someone reminded him that he'd forgotten his trophy, there on the table. Not exactly.
"Oh," Reid said, frowning, "I can't carry that thing again."


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A Current Sensing Tutorial--Part III: Accuracy
After reading this series of articles on current sensing, you will have a solid grasp of the fundamentals of current sensing, devices that are used for current sensing, how to calculate the accuracy of a solution, and guidelines for printed circuit board (PCB) layout and troubleshooting. This article investigates some of the specifications that affect a solution's accuracy. These specifications include input offset voltage (Vos), common-mode rejection ratio (CMRR), and power supply rejection ratio (PSRR).
The system accuracy of a current shunt measurement is impacted by a plethora of error sources including those shown in Table 1. Worst-case system accuracy is defined as shown in Equation 1.
Where is the error contribution (%) of each error source. A more probable approach to calculating system accuracy, however, is to combine uncorrelated errors in a root-sum-square (RSS) fashion as shown in Equation 2.
Since most of the errors listed in Table 1 are referred-to-input (RTI), it is advantageous to discuss accuracy with respect to the input. Errors that are referred to the input of the device can be multiplied by the device gain to determine their contribution at the output.
Input offset voltage
Input offset voltage is typically the largest factor affecting a solution's accuracy. It is defined as "the DC voltage that must be applied between the input terminals to force the quiescent DC output voltage to zero or some other level, if specified." [1] An amplifier's ideal Vos is 0V. Process variations and device design constraints, however, cause non-zero values of Vos.
All input-referred errors are calculated with respect to the ideal shunt voltage. The ideal shunt voltage is the product of the load current and ideal shunt resistor value. Let's calculate the error contribution of a device's Vos specification in a system whose nominal load current is 5A and ideal shunt resistor value is 1m?, shown in Equation 3. Assume that we have decided to use the INA170, whose maximum Vos specification is 1mV.
In order to decrease this error, we have two options: increase the Rshunt resistance or decrease Vos(max). Increasing the Rshunt resistance may or may not be feasible due to cost, board space, or power dissipation. Alternately, we could try to find a substitute device with lower Vos.
Finally, note the inverse relationship between load current and error. In our example, we calculated 20 percent with a nominal load current of 5A. If the system load current decreases, the contributed error due to the Vos specification increases. Therefore, a designer should calculate worst-case error at minimum load current.
Common-mode rejection ratio
Before introducing CMRR, the concept of input common-mode voltage needs to be revisited. As discussed is the first article in this series, the input common-mode voltage of an amplifier is defined as the average voltage common to both input terminals. While this is strictly true, it is convenient to separate the voltage across the shunt from the common-mode voltage. This can be accomplished by defining Vid, or differential input voltage. In current sensing applications this can also be thought of as the shunt voltage. Figure 1 provides an alternate definition of input common-mode voltage that introduces the differential input voltage. Figure 1 also reintroduces the concept of differential mode gain (Adm). The ideal output of a differential amplifier is the product of the differential input voltage and the differential mode gain.
Figure 1: Alternate definition of common-mode voltage [2]
CMRR can affect a current sensing solution's accuracy. It is a measure of a device's ability to reject common-mode signals. This is important because common-mode signals can manifest themselves inside a device as differential signals, thereby decreasing the accuracy of a solution.
CMRR is typically specified in product datasheets on either a linear scale (?V/V) or a logarithmic scale (dB). If reported in dB, the worst-case value is the minimum value. If reported in µV/V, the worst-case value is the maximum value.
In order to calculate the error due to a device's CMRR specification, we need the following: worst-case CMRR specification from the datasheet, common-mode voltage test condition from the datasheet specification table (Vcm-pds), and the system's common-mode voltage (Vcm-sys).
For example, assume we have a system whose common-mode voltage is 50V (Vcm-sys) and shunt voltage is nominally 5mV. Let's calculate the error using the INA170, whose worst-case CMRR specification is 100dB (min) and Vcm-pds=12V.
Since the specification is given in dB, we need to convert it to a linear scale, as shown in Equation 4.
Now we calculate the error as shown in Equation 5.
In order to decrease the error contribution due to CMRR we have two options: increase the shunt voltage or select a device with better CMRR performance. Changing Vcm-sys is not usually a realistic option for it is dictated by the application.
This treatment of CMRR is meant to give the reader a quick and useful understanding of how it affects the accuracy of a measurement [1, 3, 4].
Power supply rejection ratio
PSRR is a measure of the change in Vos created by a change in power supply voltage. Error due to PSRR can be calculated in a manner similar to CMRR.
In order to calculate the error due to a device's PSRR specification, we need the following: worst-case PSRR specification from the datasheet, supply voltage test condition from the datasheet specification table (Vs-pds), and the supply voltage that will power the device in the system (Vs-sys).
For example, the INA170 has a worst-case PSRR specification of 10?V/V(max) with Vs-pds=5V. If the device is actually supplied with 30V (Vs-sys), the error due to PSRR is calculated as shown in Equation 6. As with the previous examples we assume a shunt voltage of 5mV.
In order to decrease the error contribution due to PSRR we have two options: increase the shunt voltage or select a device with better PSRR performance. Changing Vs-sys is not usually a realistic option for it is typically dictated by the application.
In this particular example, PSRR was already specified in µV/V. If the value was specified in dB it must be converted to a linear scale before applying Equation 6.
Other errors
Some specifications, such as gain error and shunt resistor tolerance, are typically given in percentage form. This makes their incorporation into an accuracy calculation straightforward.
Table 1 also lists Vos drift and shift. Input offset voltage drift measures the change in Vos due to a change in temperature. This specification is typically
Input offset voltage shift, however, is not as straightforward. Input offset voltage shift measures the change in Vos due to a change in time. This specification is not usually found in a datasheet and can only be estimated. One way to approximate shift is to understand that a device's Vos can shift by an amount no greater than the device's maximum Vos specification over a 10-year period. This shift is in addition to the device's initial Vos specification.


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SEWANEE, Tenn. -- Willamette University rallied from a 24-14 deficit in the third quarter to defeat Sewanee: University of the South, 28-24, on Saturday, Sept. 29.
Willamette remained undefeated at 4-0 on the season. Mike Hernandez (Jr., RB) scored the go-ahead touchdown with 6:03 left on a 4-yard pass from quarterback Josh Dean (Jr.).
WU secured the win two Sewanee possessions later by stopping the Tigers on downs at the Willamette 20 with less than 30 seconds left. Sewanee fell to 2-3.
The game featured two of the top offensive teams in NCAA Division III. Willamette entered the game ranked #1 in the nation in passing yards (407.0 avg.), while Sewanee was fifth in rushing yards (334.2 avg.).
Both teams fell a bit short of their season averages but still amassed impressive totals, as Willamette passed for 356 yards and Sewanee rushed for 297 yards.
Willamette had a chance to score first when the Bearcats drove 66-yards on 13 plays to begin the game, but Kyle Derby (Jr., PK/P) missed on an 18-yard field goal with 10:12 left in the opening quarter.
Later in the first quarter, Sewanee took a 7-0 lead. The Tigers started at the WU 43 following a short punt. Four plays later, Curtis Johnson crossed the goal line on a 22-yard run. Garrett Schlosser kicked the extra point with 3:56 on the clock.
The Bearcats responded with a 12-play, 81-yard drive that ended with Dean hitting Jake Knecht (Sr., WR) on a 14-yard touchdown pass with six seconds left in the quarter. Derby kicked the PAT to tie the game.
On Sewanee's second possession of the second quarter, the Tigers went 41 yards on six plays. Cody Daniel rushed 1 yard for the touchdown, giving Sewanee a 14-7 lead.
Willamette tied the game for the second time when Knecht caught a 38-yard touchdown pass from Dean with 1:22 left in the first half. Derby kicked the extra point.
Sewanee took over at its own 34 following the kickoff return. The Tigers advanced the ball to the WU 29 over the next six plays to set up a 46-yard field goal by Schlosser with two seconds remaining in the second quarter, giving Sewanee a 17-14 halftime advantage.
The Tigers received the ball to start the second half and responded with a time-consuming drive of 17 plays and 78 yards. The drive featured just one play of more than 10 yards -- a 14-yard run by Sergio Acosta. The Tigers completed the drive with a 1-yard touchdown run by Daniel after keeping the ball for 8:33.
Trailing 24-14, the Bearcats countered with a much quicker -- but equally effective -- offensive drive. Willamette covered 68 yards in just four plays. Even so, the Bearcats faced 3rd-and-16 at the WU 25 after Dean was sacked for a 9-yard loss. On third down, Dean threw a 16-yard pass to Jake Turner (Sr., WR).
Willamette kept its offense on the field for 4th-and-1 at its own 41. Dean faked a handoff before throwing a pass down the middle to Benny Weischedel (Sr., TE). Weischedel caught the ball about 25 yards upfield, and then fended off a couple of possible tacklers on his way to the end zone.
Sewanee reached the WU 39 on the next drive, but fumbled and recovered for no gain on 3rd-and-1. On 4th-and-1, Daniel was stopped for a two-yard loss.
Neither team scored on their next four tries. Two of the drives ended in interceptions as De'Nard Ford of Sewanee intercepted a pass by Dean and Cody Pastorino (Sr., S) picked off a pass by Daniel.
The Bearcats gained control for the go-ahead touchdown drive with 9:29 left. Ten plays and 73 yards later, Willamette had its first lead of the game at 28-24. A key play came on 3rd-and-9 at the Sewanee 19, when Dean threw a 15-yard pass to Derek Traeger (So., WR).
Dean's completion to Traeger put the ball at the 4-yard line. On the next snap, Dean threw a pass to Hernandez who fell on the goal line after hauling in the catch. Derby kicked the PAT with 6:03 remaining.
Sewanee countered by driving from its own 17 to the WU 38. The Tigers, however, fumbled on 3rd-and-1. Pierce McGrady recovered the ball for Sewanee, but the result left the Tigers with 4th-and-13. Boudreaux punted 48 yards to the WU 2.
After gaining seven yards on two running plays, Dean was sacked just in front of the goal line on third down. Derby contributed a 46-yard punt, but Quentin Jones returned the ball 24 yards, giving Sewanee possession at the Willamette 23 with 1:12 left.
On the first two plays, Daniel threw an incomplete pass and Jase Brooks was stopped for no gain by Pastorino. On third down, Devante Jones ran for three yards.
Sewanee faced 4th-and-7. On the play, Daniel's arm was hit as he released the ball by Ben Lyons (Sr., DE). The pass sailed over Brooks, who was the intended receiver several yards upfield in the right flat. WU took over on downs with seven seconds left.
Dean completed 28 of 38 passes for all 356 of Willamette's passing yards and four touchdowns. He has tossed 18 touchdown passes in WU's first four games. Turner caught six of the passes for 87 yards, while Knecht grabbed 5 passes for 81 yards and Weischedel caught 4 for 81.
Acosta topped the Sewanee rushing attack with 14 carries for 69 yards. Johnson gained 54 yards on 11 carries and Daniel earned 49 yards on 19 carries. Daniel was 2 of 5 passing for 14 yards and Johnson completed 1 of 2 passes for 33 yards.
Senior inside linebacker Wes Wenzel of Willamette led the Bearcat defense with 10 total tackles, including seven solo stops. J.D. Crabtree (Sr., DB) of Sewanee finished the game with 10 total tackles.
The Bearcats will open Northwest Conference play next Saturday (Oct. 6) when they take on Whitworth University in Spokane, Wash. Kickoff at the Pine Bowl is set for 1 p.m. (PDT).


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More illegal immigrants pay in-state tuition rates
Thousands of illegal immigrants paid in-state tuition or received other financial aid at public colleges and universities across Texas during late 2009.
Figures from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board show about 1 percent of all Texas college students, in the fall semester, benefited from a 2001 law granting such in-state tuition.
The Dallas Morning News reported Monday that the figure topped 12,000 students who are illegal immigrants, not legal permanent residents or not U.S. citizens.
A challenge to the state law was filed in December by the Immigration Reform Coalition of Texas.
The law requires students to attend school in the state for at least three years before graduation from a Texas high school. Students also must file an affidavit saying they plan to seek permanent residency.


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KALAMAZOO—Western Michigan University students, faculty and staff will be welcomed back to campus with free refreshments, games and prizes from 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 4, at various campus locations.
Sponsored by WMU's Sindecuse Health Center, the back-to-campus celebration will feature complimentary lemonade at a tent site just north of the Campus Flagpoles, and putt and pitch games and prizes near Goldsworth Pond. Health center staff will be available at both locations to answer questions about health care at WMU and introduce members of the campus community to the many services and resources available to them at Sindecuse.
About Sindecuse Health Center
Sindecuse Health Center offers convenient, cost-effective care provided by an experienced, multidisciplinary staff dedicated to maintaining and improving patient health. Clinic and nursing services include evaluation and treatment for a variety of illnesses and injuries as well as preventive health checkups and periodic health monitoring.
Sindecuse Health Center also offers health promotion and education programs, counseling and psychiatry services for students, lab and X-ray diagnostic services, a full-service pharmacy, massage therapy, nutrition counseling, occupational medicine, physical therapy and orthopedic rehabilitation.
For more information about health services at WMU, visit the Sindecuse Health Center online.


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Green Pass: The Award-Winning Turnstile That Powers Itself
What can a hundred thousand Chinese people do when entering the subway? Produce power, of course! A team called "VIVA design", from the Guangdong University of Technology in China, have retrofitted those turnstiles at the subway entrances to produce electricity whenever someone passes through.


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Flushed with the success of his Elvira Madigan, Swedish director Bo Widerberg concocted another story of teenaged love juxtaposed with social upheaval in Adalen 31. The title refers to the 1931 worker's strike against the Adalen paper mill in Northern Sweden.
As the strikers debate whether or not to use violence in pressing their complaint, the daughter of the factory owner (Marie De Geer) is impregnated by the son of a worker (Peter Schildt).
The strike is resolved in a bloody confrontation between the laborers and government troops, resulting in the death of the boy--and, on a greater scale, the collapse of Sweden's Conservative Government.
The girl ultimately opts for an abortion, which partially explains why Adalen 31 was originally given an X rating by the then-conservative Motion Picture Association of America.


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Buenos Aires: Cycling is on the road to recovery from the Lance Armstrong doping scandal but a good season for the sport has been overshadowed by a bitter presidency campaign, incumbent Pat McQuaid said on Monday.
McQuaid is locked in an ugly election wrangle with challenger Brian Cookson, with the pair exchanging accusations for months as they seek control of the International Cycling Union (UCI) at elections later this month.
"It has overshadowed it, yes," McQuaid, also a member of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), told Reuters at the IOC session in the Argentine capital. "Cycling has had a good year. It is unfortunate that it (campaign) has done that."
The Irishman, who is backed by Thailand and Morocco after losing the Irish as well as Swiss support for the election, said he was still confident of winning the vote in Florence.
Cookson has headed British Cycling since 1997 and is the only challenger.
"My campaign is going well and much of the information going out (from Cookson) is unfounded," said McQuaid, who has been at the helm since 2005.
Efforts to stop him from running, including failed attempts to see his candidature blocked by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, were "interfering with democracy," he added.
"It is up to the (UCI) congress to elect their president, to choose who they want to represent them."
Cookson has based his candidacy on restoring trust in the UCI, which was criticised heavily for not doing enough to catch drug cheat Armstrong, who was stripped of his seven Tour de France titles last year.
McQuaid has already described Cookson`s election manifesto as "half-baked, fundamentally flawed and financially impractical."
"I have full faith that the voting members will make a correct, educated decision," said McQuaid, running for his third mandate after being re-elected unopposed in 2009.
The sport is trying to recover from the doping scandal surrounding Armstrong, who admitted to years of systematic doping in January.
McQuaid, who hopes to get considerable support from Asia, where he has helped set up tours and races, is also banking on the help of fellow IOC members to influence votes from their countries.
"Some IOC members have offered me support within the countries they live in," he added.


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TNA iMPACT! has quite a bit of promise. Midway's been hyping it up for over a year now, but it's only been in the last six months that we've seen it in action. Our last demo left us quite impressed with the game, and yesterday's session at Midway's media event showed that the team is onto something pretty good. We jumped into the action with Midway LA's Paul Edwards, who walked us through the new additions to iMPACT's brawling. There are some things we'd like to see addressed, but overall it still looks like a solid wrestling title.
The roster has seen some updates since our last demo. Booker T, Christopher Daniels, Alex Shelley, Tomko, and Jay Lethal were all playable in our recent demo. We grilled Edwards about the features of iMPACT, from DLC to how the Wii and PS2 versions compare to the Xbox 360 and PS3 game that we saw. It turns out that although the DLC specifics are under wraps, there will be some form of DLC releasing over Xbox Live Marketplace and the PlayStation Store.
Both the Wii and PS2 versions are being developed at Point of View. Neither were on display at the event, but the Wii game will feature a scaled-down modification of the Unreal 3 Engine to power it. The character models' resolution has been reduced, but it's still slated to run at 60 frames per second, just like its HD cousins. The PS2 version will tout its own unique engine from Point of View, and like the Wii game, will feature scaled-down character models.
Although we'd like to see a little more variety in regard to the ground fighting -- currently, it seems as though the attacks are a little monotonous -- the other mechanics are falling into place quite nicely. We can finally counter a running attack now, which we couldn't do before. The rhythm of the reversal system is being fine-tuned, although the timing's already a little more intuitive than that of the SmackDown! games.
Midway LA's also added some new features, like the Style Points system. Every time you pull off a successful move you get points. Points can be used to purchase unlockable items. It's a margin of diminishing returns, though; the system is designed to reward players with versatile movesets -- you'll get lower points for repeating the same move over and over. The team has also implemented a mini-game for submissions. Whether you're initiating the hold or trying to get out of it, a sequence of button combos pop up under the wrestler's health bar. The faster fingers either retain the hold or break it. It's a cool system that eliminates cliched button mashing.


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After Steve Lavin had completed a rousing commencement address last Sunday to the St. John's Class of 2012 — "Make no mistake, this generation will need their best,'' he exclaimed, "but you're up to the task because you're Johnnies!" — the Red Storm basketball coach and his lovely wife, Mary, were strolling back to their downtown Manhattan apartment when he exhaled, a long, full, life-affirming breath.
Lavin, too, had just graduated a significant chapter in his life.
The prostate cancer and ensuing surgery that forced him to the sidelines for most of the 2011-12 season, is gone, according to his most recent checkup.
The bonanza recruiting class of six players, which on paper will give Lavin a deep and talented team, is signed.
The commencement address, before some 19,000 guests on the school's Great Lawn, was his second in two days. He addressed the Staten Island class, and 2,100 guests, on Saturday.
It was the first time he'd gone back-to-back since last Nov. 17 and 18, when the Johnnies dropped consecutive heartbreakers in the Garden to Arizona and Texas A&M — the last two games he would coach — and Lavin was beaming like, well, a graduate.
"There was a demarcation, a breakthrough,'' Lavin said the other night at Campagnola, where the maître d' calls him 'Coach.'
"I was elated. There was a weight off my shoulders that I suddenly wasn't carrying around anymore. I was on a high.''
The business of overseeing a big-time college basketball is one of highs and lows, but Lavin would be quite content if the 2012-13 season were an even-keeled one, confined mostly to hoops and coaching.
When he took the St. John's job in March 2010, Lavin said it would be a three-year process before he had the program in place to perennially compete at a national level.
That was before he signed the nation's No. 3-ranked recruiting class only to have three of his nine players fail to meet freshman academic eligibility standards . . . before mercurial point guard Nurideen Lindsey opted to transfer, junior Malik Stith left the team and star freshman Moe Harkless declared for the NBA . . . and, of course before Lavin was diagnosed with cancer.
Complications from a biopsy forced his surgery to last more than one-third of a day.
For the first time in almost 25 years of a life in college basketball, he missed a practice, then a game, then a season.
He tried not to take umbrage at what seemed like a running loop of rumor — he was more sick than he revealed; he regretted his decision to return to coaching after seven years at ESPN; Mary, a fledgling actress, wanted to return to Los Angeles to pursue her career.
"It was like Groundhog Day,'' said Lavin.
Great movie, unless you're living it.
While his young St. John's team, which finished a 13-19 season starting five freshmen and with just six scholarship players who saw time, Lavin threw himself back into recruiting and revitalizing.
His second full recruiting class didn't receive the publicity of the 2011-12 squad even though it includes forward JaKarr Sampson, one of the three freshmen who didn't qualify, and elite big man Orlando Sanchez.
Forward Amir Garrett gained his eligibility last December and played the second half of the season. Texas A&M transfer Jamal Branch, a stellar point guard, will be eligible this December. Lavin will have, on paper, 11 capable scholarship players.
With the six recruits, two commencement addresses and one successful battle against prostate cancer behind him, Lavin and Mary are thinking some crazy thoughts — like finally buying a couch and hanging some of the coach's sports memorabilia in their loft.
"I haven't felt this good since I've been at St. John's,'' said Lavin.
When asked to sum up the last year in one word, the loquacious Lavin hesitated.
"Perquacky,'' he joked.
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The Sentinel Grille, formally the Carillon and Tierney's Restaurant on Route 9N, is now open and will hold its grand opening Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 5 p.m.
The Sentinel Grille, formally the Carillon and Tierney's Restaurant on Route 9N, is now open and will hold its grand opening Wednesday, Jan. 30, at 5 p.m.
In the event of bad weather the grand opening will be Thursday, Jan. 31.
The public is invited to join the members of the Ticonderoga Chamber of Commerce for the ribbon cutting with light refreshments after. There will be a special offer for gift certificates that day, receive a $50 certificate for $40 between 5:15 and 6:15 p.m. There is a limit of two per person.
The restaurant's American-style menu offers a variety of entrees including steaks, various poultry and fish, as well as vegetarian and gluten-free dishes. Lighter fare and children's menu are also available. In addition to its house specials, the Grille will feature fresh house baked bread and desserts.
On Jan. 4 more than 60 people attended a soft opening. The restaurant officially opened Jan. 5.
The Sentinel Grilles is a community-based venture using one of the region's most symbolic features, the Sentinel soldier along with Ticonderoga's school colors, purple and white.
Owned by local residents, the Sentinel Grille will offer a community give-back program. Each month a local charity or community need, with a focus on youth and family, will be chosen to receive a portion of the restaurant's net profits. Some restrictions apply.
The first charity for the month of January is the Ticonderoga School Booster Club followed by Ticonderoga St. Mary's School for February.
The Sentinel Grille will be open for dinners Tuesday through Sunday, 4:30 to 10 p.m. Reservations are not required but are suggested. Call 585-7657 for reservations or an email copy of the menu.