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Hooking up Touchpad from an old MP3 Player?
Oct 21, 2012, 05:56 pm
I dissambled an old LG Media Player and would like to reuse its 3x3 touchpad.
As I'm still quite new to Arduino and interfacing with electronics in general, I'm not really sure how I can approach this.
The touchpad has a 10 pin ribbon cable with Ground and VCC marks (even though I'm not sure which of those tiny lines is what now).
I would be glad about any hint on how and if I can connect this without any extra hardware to my Arduino UNO.
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Re: Hooking up Touchpad from an old MP3 Player?
Oct 21, 2012, 06:34 pm
Sometimes the 'touchpad' on inexpensive MP3 players is actually a matrix keyboard with wires for rows and columns. You might be able to see separations between rows and columns if you look carefully at the 'touchpad'. Would a 5x5 or 4x6 matrix make sense with the user interface provided?
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Re: Hooking up Touchpad from an old MP3 Player?
Oct 21, 2012, 06:44 pm
Its hard to see if there is any seperation or not, atleast for me :/
The user interface on the other side has 9 buttons which corrspond to the Tx marks on the back.
The white frame you can see has some sort of sikicon blobs that are "connected" to small bumps on the PCB, I guess its measures the temperature to detect if the button is touched?
Also interesting to know that this is/could be considered a keyboard. Where exactly is the diffrence in the defintion of a keyboard and a touchpad? Does a "real" touchpad has to send x,y values instead of something like "button x" pressed?
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Oct 21, 2012, 06:53 pm
A matrix keyboard has switches that connect 'row' wires to 'column' wires. The processor energizes one 'row' at a time and if one or more of the 'column' wires becomes energized it can conclude that the switches connecting the energized row to those columns have been closed.
A 'touchpad' is usually an analog device that produces voltage signals that indicate where on the surface the pad is being pressed. A resistive touchpad usually has four connections: X-max, X-min, Y-max, Y-min. The processor energizes them in pairs and measures the voltage on the other connections to determine where the pressure is.
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Oct 21, 2012, 07:08 pm
Interesting to know! Thanks!
I removed that grid thing and it actually looks more like those buttons are just photoresistors. The grid holds all the buttons which are nothing more than transparent plastic bits.
I couldn't explain it myself any diffrent than that the buttons react to light as I somehow doubt these things measure heat?
I guess you are right about the keyboad thing but I'm still not sure how that would be connected to an arduino :/
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Oct 26, 2012, 12:14 am
Check out the chip data sheet
As the text says its an
8-CH Digital Capacitive Sensor
That's why there are 2, bit of a waste, could have lots more buttons.
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Oct 26, 2012, 01:08 am
Thanks! That actually helps
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Oct 26, 2012, 06:42 pm
The other thing I wanted to mentions is, could the top and bottom PCBs have been connected via the open pads around the edge, that way you would have GND over the pads, power on 1 pin and the 9 signals, other wise it must be multiplexed some how, and it wasn't clear from my quick look at the sheet about that.
good luck getting it working, its should be possible, try and trace out the PCB, or at least the key bits where it set up the operating mode via the 2 OP pins. I did try to see it in your image but its out of focus.
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Re: Hooking up Touchpad from an old MP3 Player?
Oct 26, 2012, 08:16 pm
I'll try to make a sharp photo like the other one without the grid later.
What I just discovered, while removing the grid its seems that I broke one of the connections to the ribbon cable.
The very last on the bottom. You can even see on the blurry picutre. What is this black pin that most connections have and is it some sort of resistor or could I just remove it and repair the connection with some normal solder?
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Nov 02, 2012, 08:21 am
What exactly did you mean by "black pin that most connections have"? It looks like a regular Molex cable. these things are very hard to repair. The best thing to do is get an 80-conductor cable from a hard drive. The 80-conductor was used to help cut down on cross-talk and noise. They are small enough to replace the Molex cable and they are also single strand copper wire. Cut the hard drive cable to the length you need and peel of the number of wires you need. They don't need to be individual unless you want them to be. With a low wattage soldering iron (15-20 watt) heat the Molex cable and gently peel it away from the circuit board. After the cable is completely removed; clean the solder pads with desoldering braid. This will leave the pads bright and shiny and leave just a little solder on the pads to make the new wires stick better and more easily. Strip about 2mm of the insulation off of the end and put very small amount of rosin on the wire and then put a little solder on the wires. The rosin makes the wire heat up faster and the solder to melt faster and adhere to the wire. It only takes a second for each wire so take your time. When all the wires are done, touch them to the pads on the "keyboard" very lightly with the soldering iron (also just a second for each one). And try not to get the wires too close to each other. The other end of the new cable can be connected with the hard drive connector (just be sure to know which wire is on which pin using an ohm meter).
A picture of the other side of the touch pad would be good also.
Hope this helps.
Re: Hooking up Touchpad from an old MP3 Player?
Nov 08, 2012, 09:42 pm
I meant the connectors before the flat ribbon cable. There are these tiny small bridges just before the cable and they have this tiny black thing that connects the two soldering points. One of these are broken.
Thanks for the tip with the cable though!
Re: Hooking up Touchpad from an old MP3 Player?
Nov 08, 2012, 09:56 pm
the little black things are resistors. you'll need a good magnifying glass or jewelers loop to see what the numbers are/were. hopefully they were right at the breakage but they probably were and are now unreadable. the next thing to do is see what pin of the decoder chip the broken resistor went to. if it was a data line (for the columns or rows) then read a resistor from another of the same type of line (column for column, row for row) and replace it with a resistor with that same number. In this case, close won't be good enough. it has to be exact.
if you don't have a resistor then try a computer repair shop. they sometimes throw out bad mother boards and I use those boards all the time for scavenging for parts. especially the header pins.
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Re: Hooking up Touchpad from an old MP3 Player?
Feb 19, 2013, 11:18 am
Not to be an old grumpy man, but really, if you don'e even know what SMD resistors are called, you are better off starting with leaded components and learning a bit about electronics before starting on such a complex project.
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(1) Vogel, S. (2009) The Politics of Plastics: The Making and Unmaking of Bisphenol A "Safety" Am J Public Health. 2009 November; 99(3): S559–S566. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2008.159228
(2) Dodds, E.C. and Lawson W. Synthetic oestrogenic agents without the phenanthrene nucleus. Nature. 1936;137(3476):996
(3) Vogel, S. (2009) op. cit.
(4) Hiroi, H., O. Tsutsumi, et al. (1999). 'Differential interactions of bisphenol A and 17beta-estradiol with estrogen receptor alpha (ERalpha) and ERbeta.' Endocr 46(6): 773-778.
(5) ANSES (2013) Assessment of the health risks of bisphenol A
(6) Fernandez, S. V. et al. (2012). 'Expression and DNA methylation changes in human breast epithelial cells after bisphenol A (BPA) exposure.' Int J Oncol. 2012 July; 41(1): 369–377. Published online 2012 April 20. doi:10.3892/ijo.2012.1444.
(7) vom Saal, F. S., Cooke, P.S., Buchanan, D.L., Palanza, P., Thayer, K.A., Nagel, S.C., Parmigiani, S., Welshons, W.V. (1998). 'A physiologically based approach to the study of bisphenol A and other estrogenic chemicals on the size of reproductive organs, daily sperm production, and behavior.' Toxicol Ind Health 14: 239-260.
(8) Melzer, D., N. J. Osborne, et al. (2012). 'Urinary bisphenol A concentration and risk of future coronary artery disease in apparently healthy men and women.' Circulation 125(12): 1482-1490. and Shankar, A., S. Teppala, et al. (2012). 'Bisphenol A and Peripheral Arterial Disease: Results from the NHANES.' Environ Health Perspect
(9) Shankar, A., S. Teppala, et al. (2012). 'Urinary Bisphenol A Levels and Measures of Obesity: Results from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey 2003-2008.' ISRN Endocrinol 2012: 965243.
(10) Shankar, A. Teppala, S. (2011). 'Relationship between urinary bisphenol A levels and diabetes mellitus.' J Clin Endocrinol Metab 96(12): 3822-3826.
(11) European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) (2012) 'Food is main source of BPA for consumers, thermal paper also potentially significant' http://www.efsa.europa.eu/en/press/news/130725.htm
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Gun bill hits brick wall in Senate
A visibly angry President Barack Obama blasted the Senate's rejection of a bipartisan proposal to expand background checks on gun sales, a vote that essentially ends any hope for major gun control legislation for the time being.
"This was a pretty shameful day for Washington, but this effort is not over," Obama said in the Rose Garden.
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The vote was 54-46, with only four Republicans crossing the aisle and voting with the Democrats in favor of the bipartisan proposal by Sens. Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.). Sixty votes were needed.
( FULL TRANSCRIPT: Obama reacts to gun bill's failure)
Several red-state Democrats up for reelection in 2014, including Sens. Max Baucus of Montana, Mark Begich of Alaska and Mark Pryor of Arkansas, voted against it, costing Obama and Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) key support.
Heidi Heitkamp (D-N.D.), elected to the Senate in November, also voted against the measure.
Reid switched his vote to "no" at the last minute, allowing him under Senate rules to bring up the measure again.
( Also on POLITICO: Democratic governors push for Senate's gun bill)
A wheelchair-bound Sen. Frank Lautenberg (D-N.J.), missing from Capitol Hill for weeks with serious health problems, made an appearance to vote for Manchin-Toomey, adding to the drama of the moment. His colleagues clapped when he appeared on the floor.
Like Obama, Reid and other top Senate Democrats vowed to bring up the proposal again and again until it passes.
"I want everyone to understand — this is just the beginning. This is not the end," Reid said.
Reid laid into Republicans for their opposition to the background checks proposal.
( Also on POLITICO: Senate gun control roll call vote: Senators who bucked their party)
"The simple fact is that the overwhelming number of Senate Republicans — and that is a gross understatement — are ignoring the voices of 90 percent of the American people," Reid said. "Today, the brand of the Republican Party has become more out of step, more extreme, and that says a lot."
Following a round of other gun-related votes on GOP and Democratic amendments, none of which passed, Reid moved to set the underlying gun bill aside and return the Senate to consideration of other issues.
But it was the Manchin-Toomey proposal that became the subject of an intense, often highly emotional lobbying campaign by forces pro and con.
Families of those who were killed in mass shootings in Newtown, Conn., Aurora, Colo., and Virginia Tech lobbied lawmakers in both parties and were present in the Senate gallery.
( Also on POLITICO: Obama laments 'shameful day')
Gun control supporters in the gallery and the hallway surrounding the chamber — some wearing ribbons and buttons with pictures of loved ones killed in shootings — wept when the results of the Manchin-Toomey vote were announced. From their euphoria last week — when Toomey and 15 other Republicans voted with Democrats to allow the gun debate to begin — to Wednesday's reality that the bill was defeated proved too much for them.


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This landmark scholarly work offers comprehensive, reliable, and accessible information about the fastest growing minority population in the United States. With an unprecedented scope and cutting-edge scholarship, the Encyclopedia draws together the diverse historical and contemporary experiences in the United States of Latinos and Latinas from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Central America, South America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. Over 900 A-to-Z articles written by academics, scholars, writers, artists, and journalists, address such broad topics as identity, art, politics, religion, education, health, and history. The Encyclopedia fills a void in the historical scholarship of an underserved population.


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North Lenoir�s softball team dropped its Eastern Carolina 3A Conference opener 3-1 to Clayton Cleveland at home on Tuesday.
North Lenoir�s softball team dropped its Eastern Carolina 3A Conference opener 3-1 to Clayton Cleveland at home on Tuesday.
Roxie Stallings went 2-for-4 with a double and Liz Deal was 3-for-4 with an RBI. Kaci Letchworth struck out 10 and gave up two hits, both home runs, in the loss.
The Hawks (1-1, 0-1) travel to C.B. Aycock on Friday.
JONES SENIOR 13, KINSTON 0 5 INN.: At Jones Senior, the Trojans picked up a non-conference win with a victory over the Vikings.
Southern Maready went 3-for-3 with three RBIs, Holly Sutton was 2-for-2 with a double, Cassidy Sutton was 2-for-3, Paige Hart had two hits and Brittany Jones had a double as Jones Senior (2-0) had 12 hits.
Brittany Baugus, Cassidy Sutton and Holly Sutton combined to hold the Vikings (0-2) hitless.
Jones Senior travels to Warsaw Kenan today while Kinston will host Spring Creek.
PARROTT ACADEMY 11, HALIFAX ACADEMY 2: At Parrott, the Patriots opened their season with a win.
Darci Basden went 2-for-4 with two doubles and two RBIs, Savannah Hill was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and a double, Brianna Casey had two hits and scored three runs, Caroline Casey was 2-for-4 with a double and two RBIs, Michelle Ballard had two hits and drove in a run and Summer Taylor had two hits and drove in a run. Casey earned the win. She gave up two runs on seven hits in six innings.
PARROTT ACADEMY 5, HALIFAX ACADEMY 1: At Parrott, the Patriots opened their season with a win.
Holden Arthur scored two goals and added an assist and Langley Mills added a goal and an assist. Sallie Sylvester and Jackie Pilato scored a goal each with assists coming from Campbell Huddle and Madi Finizio. Keeper Anna Sale had three saves as the Patriots outshot the Vikings 19-4.
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Maecy Croom had two goals and Kristin Wright scored a goal for South Lenoir (2-0). Keeper Paige Wetherington had seven saves.
PARROTT WINS EPIC MATCH: Parrott Academy shot a 313 to win a four-team Eastern Plains Independent Conference match at Benvenue Country Club in Rocky Mount on Tuesday.
Riley Davis and Jack Sides were co-medalists with 76s. Other Parrott scores were Wes Simmons (79) and Matthew Simmons (82). The team plays at Prestonwood Country Club on Tuesday.
NORTH LENOIR 1, CLEVELAND 0: At North Lenoir, the Hawks won their conference opener. Roxie Stallings struck out nine, walked four and gave up one hit in the win. Kamryn Woodward was 2-for-3 and Megan Lanier and Stallings were 2-for-3 with a double each.


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Texas A&M Aggies Defensive News Conference (Transcripts)
On Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones: "He is very (Alabama quarterback) A.J. McCarron like when I watch the film. He doesn't get rattled. He is never out of the game. That is what comes through (from the film) to me. There is nothing he hasn't seen. It seems like he has been there forever. He has seen it all which always concerns us. That is not always the case going into some games you can we might be able to do this to this quarterback, this quarterback hasn't seen this, throw this up out of a bag of trips but he has seen it all. He goes through his reads. He runs the offense extremely well. He runs it. He manages it. He gives him a chance to win."
On what the SEC did for Texas A&M as a program: "I think it validated A&M I think, the branding of it to be honest with you. It was a lot like Oklahoma did years back when Bob (Stoops) got there. They started branding again. Same thing Urban (Meyer) did at Florida. Florida became a brand name and was able to go out nationally and recruit. I think those things are happening for us."
On impression of SEC football after this season: "It's real. It's real. The size and speed is amazing on the field. It is played at a different speed, especially on defense. When I have a chance to watch our offense go against some of these defenses, there are some big cats that can run, defensive backs that are long, linebackers that are big. It is real, especially the top half of the SEC."
On whether he has told defensive line they have advantage over Oklahoma offensive line: "No. We have been the underdog in every game. We have no D-line. I have been told that for 12 weeks now about six months now. We are going to just go do what we do. We are a scrappy bunch. We are going to just go be scrappy, we aren't better than anybody."
On defensive end Damontre Moore's decision to enter the NFL Draft: "I think he has worked extremely hard and bought in. He is a standup guy. When we got here, we felt like he as a defensive end. We told him if he trusted us and worked hard, good things were going to happen for him, and they did. You are as good as your works deserve. If he continues to do what he has done for us he will be fine."
On keys to game: "We have to stop the run. We have to try and pressure this guy, because he is good even under pressure. "
On Oklahoma wide receivers: "This is the best group we have faced. As a group this is the best group of receivers we have faced this year as a whole. It is a heck of a challenge. It (the height advantage of Oklahoma wide receivers) could be an issue, there is no doubt. Jalen Summers isn't very long, but he is quick. He is pretty good."
On making final decision to enter the NFL Draft: "It's a good feeling to get it out of the way. It is one less thing so now I can truly focus on beating OU. It really hasn't set in yet, it is still surreal this is an opportunity that I am privileged to be part of."
On whether mindset is different knowing this is last game at Texas A&M: "Not really. Because the mindset I went in with every year, was play this game like it is your last game and leave everything out on the field. If anything, it might give me a little edge knowing it will be the last game I play in a Texas A&M uniform."
On how Johnny Manziel has handled all the attention as a freshman: "He has handled it very well. I can honestly say if I was a freshman and had the success he did, I wouldn't be able to handle it (as well). He has a great supporting staff behind him, the coaching staff. When I was a freshman, I had a little early success and I had everyone on me to make sure I was doing the right thing. We are all brothers and we are going to help each other out."
On will game feel differently as last game at A&M: "Throughout the game, no. After the game, probably yes and maybe even a little bit before. During the game, I try to play every game like it is my last game. I always think about how do I want to be remembered? How do I set my legacy? So in that aspect, before the game this is the last time I will walk into the locker room, this is the last time I get to see the equipment guys and joke around with them. This is the last time I get to joke around with Dave (Weir) and Karl (Kapchinski) the (athletic) trainers before the game and after the game I get to be with all the guys. This will be the last time this team is going to be together. There won't be another team like this. There will probably be some water works. I've been trying not to think about it and put it off as long as possible."
On playing Oklahoma: "Playing an old conference team who I guess is considered a little bit of a rival is real exciting. Especially with this season, the first year in the SEC it brings a little bit more excitement and emotion to it. No one in the Big 12 was happy when we left and how funny is it that we are playing a Big 12 team in our first bowl game out of it. It is going to be exciting. I'm looking forward to it. I can't wait."
On Oklahoma playmakers: "They have too many playmakers. It is unfair. We are focused on everybody. Of course, Blake Bell, they have that play. They got us last year on that. We have been working on that to really stop that. We plan on going out that and doing that."
On what win in Cotton Bowl would win: "It would be huge. There have been very few 11 win teams in A&M history. Coach (Kevin) Sumlin pointed that out when we had 10 wins and that really motivated us. 11-2 sounds way better than 10-3."
On primary difference between this year and last year: "I definitely feel as a team we are a lot closer. I feel like we could go out there and if a car was running at me, someone would jump in front of it. We are all playing for each other. We really care. I have said it multiple times we like being up at Bright (Football Complex) just kicking it. Kind of sounds like a loser. That is definitely a huge difference. Playing with emotion is always going to carry you where you want to go."
On how team played 12 straight weeks and maintained level of play without a bye week: "It is kind of crazy, we haven't had many injuries. I think it was almost for me personally my body was in denial because right when we got that week off, my lower back started cracking and I said 'this isn't right.' That 12 weeks, I think it was just in shut down mode or at least I wasn't noticing it. But we have gotten a lot of rest."
On importance of generating a pass rush: "I wouldn't say a greater urgency all year because we had a great pass rush on (Alabama's quarterback) A.J. McCarron with that big ole offensive line. I would say it is always at the top of our priority list especially on third down we have to get off the field. As long as we play good defense and get off the field on third down we will do good against these guys."
On with a win being mentioned with some of the best Texas A&M teams ever: "That would mean a lot to me, especially as a senior. Growing up with these guys and going through all these growing pains we have had for the past few years it would mean a lot for us to be mentioned in that same way. It is really important to me to get this 11th win."
On whether when he was upset in locker room after the Florida game whether he could envision a potential 11-win season: "I think I could because the reason I was upset is I realized all the potential we had in two-a-days. I knew that we were better than most teams in the country. So it upset me that we didn't live up to our potential that game. We didn't play as good as we could have played. But looking back it, we were still a young team and had a quarterback that didn't have the entire offense in his repertoire yet. I'm glad it ended up the way it did."
On looking back on his decision to come back and play senior year at Texas A&M: "I am pleased. I came back because I love to be a part of this team and be around these guys. I love this great university. My reasons for coming back to college was not to raise my draft stock or anything, I like college. I like college life. I think it was fun. It was definitely a good thing for our team. It has been a good ride."
On Oklahoma quarterback Landry Jones: "Landry Jones is a very good quarterback. He has started 50 games in a row so he has probably seen everything in the book. It will be for us on defense to disguise and get try to confuse them so our defensive line can have a lot of success. If our defensive line is able to dominate their offensive line, then we should be able to have a lot of success. We especially need to make Landry (Jones) uncomfortable in the pocket and move him off of his spots and just little things like that."
On defensive identity and development from first game to now: "We are playing a lot better as a defense. We didn't really know (at the beginning of the year) what we were or where we sat, and then as the season got going we started to understand that, OK, if the offensive line is lined up in this set then we don't want to be in this set. We need to probably check out of that. We would go to where we could have more success. We really better understand the intricacies of the defense."
On what win in Cotton Bowl would mean: "It would be great. Coach (Kevin) Sumlin that have been 11 teams in A&M history that have won 11 games. It would put us in elite territory. That is our goal. That is what we want to do. We aren't focused on as a senior class what is going on after the bowl game, we are all focused on making sure we get this win on Friday and we can go out the right way."
On Oklahoma wide receivers: "They are the best receiving corps we have played. All four positions have playmakers. They have Jalen Saunders in the middle and Kenny Stills and some others. When you play a team like this, you just have to be fundamentally sound and not give up the big plays. We really have to focus on our technique and make sure we have good eyes and not have any coverage busts and not give up any easy touchdowns. We just really need to be fundamentally sound."
On whether it requires extra preparation for Oklahoma's Blake Bell red zone package: "Absolutely. You have to spend extra time for the Blake Bell package. It is a great short yardage and goal line package. Not many teams have had success stopping it. So when you have multiple packages like that, you have to put in a lot of work and watch film. Our biggest thing this week is that we have a true pocket passer like Landry Jones. We have to get pressure on him. We have to force him to make off-balance throws that he is not comfortable with. We have to force turnovers this game. That will be big for us. I think the defense that plays the best will have the success in this game."
On playing a familiar opponent after a year of firsts for program: "All year we played teams we really haven't played before, usually that is what the bowl game is. The bowl game is usually a team you haven't played. I think it is nice to come back and play OU again, a team that we have been playing forever, it seems like. I like it. I personally think it is a good thing to play them again and have some film of them working against our defense. I think it is an advantage for both teams to play a team that you have played before."
On what a strong defensive performance in the Cotton Bowl would mean: "It would be great to have a good performance. OU has a very powerful offense. They are a great offense. This game will be very big and good for us going against a quarterback like Landry Jones."


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The ability to guarantee the functional correctness of digital integrated circuits and, in particular, complex microprocessors, is a key task in the production of secure and trusted systems. Unfortunately, this goal remains today an unfulfilled challenge, as evidenced by the long errata lists available for commercial microprocessors that list latent bugs not found during the design verification process. To address the challenges of verification, we are turning toward the design of introspective systems capable of recognizing and correcting their errant ways. We are exploring and developing patching techniques that can repair these escaped bugs directly at the customer site, practically making hardware as malleable as software. In addition, we are investigating low-cost techniques to validate computation at runtime, in particular techniques that are provably capable of preventing incorrect results. Work in this area draws heavily from the computer architecture and computer-aided design fields.
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The Douchebag Process: A Look Inside/
Guest post by "Douchebag" writer/director Drake Doremus. We actually shot "Douchebag" in two separate sessions over the course of a year and a half. The first time we went out we had a very specific outline from which the actors improvised from and the second time we had a loose script with lines actually written.
The first scene in the film for instance where Sam is laying in bed with Steph was mostly written and shot during the second session when we knew exactly how to set up the film. A lot of the rambling lecture scenes -- like the scene on the beach about kites, the credit card fiscal responsibility scene, and the scene about our hands not being designed to tear flesh -- were all shot the first time out when we had more character than story.
It wasn't until after editing the first session's material that I knew the exact pieces we needed to finish the story. The filmmaking process was very exciting and challenging for me but also very creatively freeing because I could keep writing and coming up with ideas after I'd shot, the film kept evolving that way and there was always a way to make things better. It's really the only way I would work now I think. I learned so much.
In pre production a lot of what I was doing was watching Woody Allen films. I really admire him and his process on his films. I hate it in movies when actors wait for people to finish their lines before they speak. He really has a way of making things seem real and unrehearsed.
I read somewhere once that thirty percent of his film budgets are dedicated to reshoots and pick ups. That sure is a luxury but I sure love the idea of knowing you're gonna shoot more and no matter what get it right for what you were trying to make.
I love that he makes at least a movie a year it seems, I'd love to be able to do that. I just shot my third feature this past June called Like Crazy and I'm very excited about it. It's the story of a seven-year long distance relationship between a young man in Los Angeles and a young woman in London. It was mostly improvised from a fifty page outline, so I'm continuing to use this format. I'm cutting that now and I'd love to do my fourth in 2011. It's hard to keep going so fast but as long as I have ideas that I'm passionate about I won't stop.
After I've shot and have time to reflect and gain perspective on where the story wants to go, in a way it tells ME where it wants to go. The footage we had on Douchebag spoke to us and the rest of the story just kind of filled itself in and it was very clear at a certain point of what we needed. The story was always about two brothers and one was always getting married and they always went on the road to find Mary Barger so it was really just finding a support structure that finished telling that story. The ending for instance was literally filmed last on purpose always knowing that we wanted to build up to that and find what it was last just like the characters do in the story.
I guess you could say I'm always striving to find everything organically. I never want anything to feel forced or on the nose. I love subtly and and organic characters who are reacting genuinely to their environments and the scenarios that are thrown at them. That was always my goal on Douchebag. I love those moments on set when the camera is rolling and the actors don't realize it for a while and then the scene starts organically without an "action" or a mark being hit. There's nothing more exciting then when the actor and the character become one.
To back track to the start of this whole thing…I was in the edit room with Andrew Dickler (who is a picture editor and not an actor, in fact never had acted ever before in his life) in 2007 and about a month in to working It hit me that I had to make a movie about him. It was a lighting in a bottle type moment. I had known Ben Jones since we were 16 doing plays in my mom's theater basement and I had this idea that the two would have an anti chemistry, if you will, where there would be this natural conflict onscreen. The two become friends but always had the perfect onscreen anti chemistry. I always knew they had to be brothers at odds. The road trip aspect came later, It was much more interesting than the brothers sitting in a room and talking for 80 minutes.
I think the autobiographical part spawned from my real life relationship with Andrew in real life. We became fast friends but I always found myself in intense conversations about things with him that I never discussed with anyone else before, like weather figure skating was a sport or a dance contest and his opinion after he learned that I did not have a credit card and of course listening to his theories about eating meat and the environment. The character Andrew plays in the film is a very exaggerated version of himself and that was always the plan. Given that Andrew had never acted before I was and still am blown away at his ability to commit to the moment.
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Relish these reviews (and see it this weekend!):
"A bubblingly sharp, fresh, dark and winning comedy! A minimalist Sideways." - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"Surprisingly hilarious and cutting, this lo-fi comedy about two ill-matched brothers reconnecting while looking for one's old sweetheart is distinguished by sharp dialog and terrific lead performances by Dickler and Jones." -New York Magazine
"Smart, surprising, and funny! Hollywood could learn a few lessons from this indie sleeper." - Leonard Maltin, Maltin on Movies, ReelzChannel
"Dickler gives an inspired comic performance!" Keith Uhlich, Time Out New York
"Refreshingly original! Tremendously effective." -Metrosource
Drake Doremus, 27, a graduate of the American Film Institute, is the youngest fellow to be accepted into the program at the highly lauded institution. Doremus' first feature film, SPOONER, premiered at Slamdance in 2009 and Won Best Feature at the Louisville International Fillm Festival, Mt. Rainier, Sonoma International, Newport Beach International and Lone Star International in Dallas. The film will be released theatrically by Moving Pictures in January 2011.
Doremus' second feature film, DOUCHEBAG premiered in dramatic competition at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival to rave reviews. The film is being released by Red Dragon and Paladin and will open in New York on Friday October 1st, followed by Los Angeles on the 8th and several prominent cities throughout October.
Doremus recently completed principle photography on LIKE CRAZY, his third collaboration with Jonathan Schwartz of Super Crispy Entertainment. LIKE CRAZY stars Anton Yelchin (STAR TREK, TERMINATOR SALVATION), Felicity Jones (THE TEMPEST, CEMETARY JUNCTION) and WINTER'S BONE sensation Jennifer Lawrence. It will be completed in 2011.


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Head coach Bobby Curlings would be surprised if the seniors don�t rejuvenate the New Bern Bears on Friday night.
Head coach Bobby Curlings would be surprised if the seniors don�t rejuvenate the New Bern Bears on Friday night.
Fresh off a disheartening loss at D.H. Conley Monday, the Bears have another challenging task � a season-finale clash with J.H. Rose (9-1, 4-1 Eastern Carolina).
Thirty-five seniors will play their final regular-season game at Caruso-Coates Stadium. They are hoping it�s not the last home game of their prep football career.
�That�s how (seniors) have been all year,� New Bern coach Bobby Curlings said. �They could have folded the tent after starting 0-2 when the doubters came out and started second guessing these guys and the ability of these guys.
�They stepped up and got us going, and they did that Tuesday and Wednesday.�
A win over Rose, coupled with a D.H. Conley loss to South Central, and the Bears (7-3, 4-1) can still earn the top seed in the conference. A win, and a Conley win, would allow New Bern to host at least one playoff game.
A New Bern loss, and a Conley win, then the Bears will hit the road for the playoffs.
�This one game could cause things to go in all kinds of directions,� Curlings said. �I told them the only thing we can control is Friday night. We have to play the best we can.�
The Bears feel like they let a win slip away in their 31-28 defeat at Conley. They turned the ball over three times, failed to convert on a couple fourth-and-short attempts and dropped a potential game-winning touchdown pass in the end zone.
They haven�t had long to prepare for J.H. Rose.
�(Wednesday) was a real good practice. We picked up the pace, got a little physical and had an upbeat attitude.�
New Bern has won seven in a row in the series, and outscored the Rampants, 95-9, in two meetings last season.
But this is a much improved Rose bunch.
Senior defensive lineman Kentavious Street is a five-star recruit who was invited to play in the U.S. Army All-American Bowl. Defensive end Christian Pleasant was invited to play in the All-American East-West Bowl in Tampa, Fla.
�Rose is very good defensively,� Curlings said. �They have Kentavious Street, who is an outstanding defensive lineman, but they have another who is just as good.
�They have two big guys that can run, play hard and cause some problems.�
Rampants� quarterback Khalil Smith has passed for nearly 1,500 yards with 18 touchdowns. Nick King, Ockwan Hart, Cornell Powell and Marquise Braxton have big play capabilities.
�They are on a roll,� Curlings said. �They are doing things well on both sides of the ball. They are going to be a real tough team to play.�
Rose is averaging 34.2 points on offense and yielding 14.2 points on defense. New Bern�s offense is putting up 40.3 points per game and giving up 14.9 points.
The Bears� defense has forced 23 turnovers. Quarterback Michael Hughes has thrown for 1,609 yards and 13 touchdowns, while gaining 916 rushing yards and 22 scores.
Cody Purdie has 982 rushing yards and nine touchdowns.
�Canes close with Southside
The Pamlico Hurricanes are looking to wrap up second place in the Coastal Plains Conference and a 7-4 season record Friday when they travel to Blounts Creek to battle the Southside Seahawks (3-7, 1-3).
Sophomore Josiah Simmons will get his second start at quarterback, with running backs Will Becton, Tarik Davis and Tony Credle all coming off solid outings versus Jones Senior.
Arthur Randall is healed from a sprained ankle to lead the defense and the �Canes should have Raquan Willis back from a sprain as well.
Southside features a predominantly run-based offensive attack with three ball carriers getting the majority of the touches in Lawrence Brown, Dylan Lewis and Isaac Harrell.
Pamlico�s only conference loss was to leader Lejeune, while Southside�s only CPC win was over Jones Senior.
Kickoff from Blounts Creek is scheduled for 7 p.m.
Trojans hope to put one in win column
The Jones Senior Trojans have had a rough year. The team has taken on all comers and has sputtered to an 0-10 record.
Friday, the Trojans will host the East Carteret Mariners (4-6, 1-3) on senior night for a chance to end the campaign on a positive note.
East Carteret�s lone conference win was a 42-22 win over Southside on Oct. 25.
The Trojans are led on offense by quarterback Glen White and running backs Warren Fields and Nihkee Jones.
Kickoff from Trenton is at 7 p.m.
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The School of Radiation Therapy's academic year is divided into fall and spring semesters. During each semester, students attend two days of classroom instruction and three days of clinical instruction. During the summer, students are on the clinic floor 5 days a week. Please see our calendar for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Treatment Setups I-II
This course is geared for first-year students. It is designed to provide an introduction into the various basic clinical patient setups that students encounter in their clinical rotations. The clinical setups will be broken down into their basic components and analyzed, with emphasis into the rationale for each. Practical surface anatomy will be covered. Students will be instructed on the methods and techniques used in accurately setting up a patient for treatment. Discussion on simulation concepts and principles will be presented. An integral part of the course is the review of simulation films. The class will provide a solid foundation of clinical setup skills that students will build on during their clinical rotations.
Methods of Patient Care
This course is designed to provide the student with foundation concepts and competencies in the assessment and evaluation of the patient for service delivery. Psychological and physical needs and factors affecting treatment outcome will be presented and examined. Routine and emergency care procedures will be presented. The basic information required for the student therapist to understand the medical implications of chemotherapeutic agents will be provided. The more common chemotherapeutic agents will be introduced, and the methods of administration and possible side effects will be discussed.
Medical Terminology
This course will establish a foundation in the standardized language of medical practice, including abbreviations and symbols. Knowledge of medical terms and their meanings will be used as a preparatory tool for reading, understanding, interpreting, and applying prescriptions to radiation therapy. It will help to give the student a deeper understanding of medical terms as they relate to radiation oncology.
Record Keeping
This course will familiarize the student with the patient chart and its content. All components of the legal document will be defined and discussed, ensuring that students know how to use proper documentation and find information relevant to the patient's treatment.
Clinical Anatomy I-II
Anatomy and physiology of the human body; emphasis on anatomy of the skeletal, muscular, circulatory, nervous, respiratory, digestive, excretory, reproductive, and endocrine systems. The components of the cell, tissues, organs, and systems will be discussed. The course will explore the clinical aspects of human anatomy in radiation oncology.
Ethics & Law in Radiation Therapy
This course will establish a basic foundation of professional practice for students working as part of the radiation therapy team. Ethical behavior for caregivers will be defined and discussed with a focus on the interdependence of the radiation therapist and the patient.
Radiation Physics I
This course is designed to provide a basic knowledge of physics as it pertains to the radiations used in the clinical setting. Fundamental physics units, measurements, principles, atomic structure, and types of radiation are emphasized. Also presented are fundamentals of x-ray generating equipment as well as x-ray production and its interaction with matter. Other topics include detailed analysis of the structure of matter, properties of radiation, nuclear transformation, x-ray production, and interactions of ionizing radiation.
Radiation Physics II
This course is designed to review and expand concepts and theories in the Radiation Physics course. Detailed analysis of the structure of matter, properties of radiation, nuclear transformation, x-ray production, and interactions of ionizing radiation are emphasized. Also presented are treatment units used in external radiation therapy, measurement and quality of ionizing radiation produced, absorbed dose measurement, dose distribution, and scatter analysis. In addition, the course will include properties of photon and electron beams, electron beam therapy, brachytherapy, gamma ray constants of isotopes, calculation of brachytherapy dose in clinical applications, systems of implant dosimetry, and implant techniques.
Radiation Protection
The student will be provided with the basic principles and concepts of radiation protection and safety. Radiation health and safety requirements of federal and state regulatory agencies, accreditation agencies, and health care organizations are incorporated. Specific responsibilities of the radiation therapist are discussed, examined, performed, and evaluated.
Principles of Radiography
This course is designed to establish a knowledge base in factors that govern and influence the production and recording of radiographic images for patient simulation, treatment planning, and treatment verification in radiation oncology. Radiation oncology imaging equipment and related devices will be emphasized. Class demonstrations/labs are used to demonstrate the application of theory.
This course is designed to present basic concepts and principles of radiation biology. The interactions of radiation with cells, tissues and the body as a whole and resultant biophysical event will be presented. Discussion of the theories and principles of tolerance dose, time-dose relationships, fractionation schemes, and the relationship to the clinical practice of radiation therapy will be discussed, examined, and evaluated.
This course will introduce the student to the concept of diseases. Emphasis will be placed on different types of growths, causative factors, and biological behavior. Etiology and clinical manifestations will be described. Students will be required to submit a research paper on assigned topics and present their findings in class.
Introduction to Radiation Therapy I-II
This two-semester course will provide the student with the fundamentals of clinical radiation oncology. Malignant conditions, their etiology, and methods of treatment are discussed. Attention is given to patient prognosis, treatment results, and the effects of combined therapies. In addition, this course will review calculations necessary for the various patient setups and treatments. The course will also introduce many concepts that will be taught in greater depth in subsequent classes in the senior year.
Clinical Radiation Oncology I-II
These courses will provide the student with the fundamentals of clinical radiation oncology. The medical, biological, and pathological aspects as well as the physical and technical aspects will be discussed. The diagnosis, treatment prescription, the documentation of treatment parameters and delivery, emergency procedures, and patient condition and education needs will also be presented, discussed, examined, and evaluated. The course is also designed to examine and evaluate the management of neoplastic disease using knowledge in arts and sciences, while promoting critical thinking and the basis of ethical clinical decision making. The epidemiology, etiology, detection, diagnosis, patient condition, treatment, and prognosis of neoplastic disease will be presented, discussed, and evaluated in relationship to histology, anatomical site, and patterns of spread. Oncologic emergencies and management of such will be discussed. The radiation therapist's responsibility in the management of neoplastic disease will be examined and linked to the skills required to analyze complex issues and make informed decisions while appreciating the character of the profession. This course is designed to be taught over a period of two semesters.
Treatment Planning I-II
This course is designed to give students an understanding of the factors that influence and govern clinical planning of patient treatment. Topics include isodose description, patient contouring, radiobiological considerations, dosimetric calculations, compensation, and clinical application of treatment beams. Optimal treatment planning is emphasized along with particle beams. Attention is given to the rationale, theory, and calculations for each method. Class demonstrations and projects are incorporated to complement specific content areas and are focus on clinical applications. This course is offered over a two-semester period. In addition, students will be assigned a two-week clinical rotation in the treatment planning department.
Quality Assurance
This course examines how we comprehend quality management as it relates to aspects of radiation therapy. Quality management protocols will be presented as they apply to patient care, record keeping, documentation, and equipment and radiation output.
Film Review
This course will ensure the student's proficiency at reading and analyzing films and treatment fields. Organs and structures will be located radiographically and discussed in relation to anatomical landmarks. Typical treatment fields, including borders, blocking, and nodal chains, will be identified and discussed.
Registry Examination Preparation
At the end of the fourth semester, student therapists will be given a comprehensive review of topics presented during the two years of the program by various instructors. Several practice type tests will be administered, including two computerized tests to simulate the style of the registry exam, as outlined in the Radiation Therapy Certification Handbook. These multiple-choice questions will be devised by instructors and students, and will include questions from semester course exams in addition to questions from review books. During this review, eligibility requirements, the application process, and exam security will be emphasized. In addition, students have the option of attending a 2- or 4-day Registry Review Seminar sponsored by Thomas Jefferson or Hartford Hospital. Participation in the 2- to 4-day registry review seminars is strictly on a voluntary basis and at the students' own expense.


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When I was a typical kid, I was a finicky eater especially when it came to vegetables. As far as I can remember the only veggies I ate were peas, carrots, mushrooms, cauliflower and potatoes. Tiny onion pieces in meat dishes were painstakingly picked out and decorated the side of my plate meal after meal. My parents tried their best to ply me with all sorts but to no avail. Popeye could keep his spinach and the whole other lot too.
Strangely, once I listened to my father's pleading to try some butternut. He mentioned it was sweet. Immediately my ears perked up. Sweet, you say? One mouthful of the stuff and I was sold forever. The South African way of preparing it is with generous lashings of butter, a tonne of sugar, a bit of salt and if you're lucky some ground cinnamon. It all will be mashed to create a smooth, irresistibly sweet pile of goodness, more fit for a dessert than a side dish.
Shortly afterwards we went on holiday to Cape Town. For the first time ever I saw butternut soup on the menu. Living a bit more on the wild side than before I ordered it and have been hooked ever since. Now it's your turn. 😉
Astonishingly, month after month, year after year this recipe has been consistently viewed more times than any other recipe on this site. The sad part was the original image, which has now been removed. Surely, the photo and recipe needed some sprucing up, and here it is – enjoy!
2 Ways to Cook Butternut
- Boiling: Peel the butternut, remove the seeds and chop it in chunks. Just follow the recipe as stated below.
- Roasting: This is my preferred method of cooking pumpkins. Halve the butternut, drizzle some oil on it, add some garlic and herbs, e.g. rosemary, if you fancy them, and place the dish in a 180°C(fan 160°C/355°F/gas 4) preheated oven. Roast for 45-50 minutes, or until the squash is tender and has turned golden-brown in places. The butternut's flavour intensifies in the cooking process and becomes even sweeter. Peeling the skin off the flesh is now much easier too. After softening the onions in the pot, add the cooked butternut to it and don't forget to add the roasted garlic too! Boil for only 10 minutes, then blend. Voila!
Simple Butternut Squash Soup & Special Diets
- Weight Watchers or other Low-Fat Diets: [Option 1] Leave out the butter and use low fat cooking spray to fry the onions with which would turn this dish into 0 ProPoints! [Option 2] Omit frying the onions separately and boil them with the butternut instead.
- Vegetarian: Use Knorr's vegetable stock instead of chicken stock.
- Vegan: Leave out the butter and use more olive oil.
- Baby Food: Leave out the garlic, stock and salt. Use water to boil the vegetables instead.
Don't Have Enough Butternut?
Use other root vegetables, e.g. carrots and parsnips, to make up for the weight specified in the recipe. This easy solution will introduce new, interesting flavours to the soup!
How To Jazz Up Your Simple Butternut Soup
Chances are you will like this soup so much that you'll make it again and again. Why not play with one variation or another each time? Here are a few ideas:
- Nutmeg
- Cinnamon
- Chili
- Rosemary
- Rind of ½ a lemon
- Fresh ginger
- Fresh sage
- Paprika
- Curry paste
- Sherry: Add the sherry after frying the onions and before you add the butternut and stock.
- Coconut Milk: Add a bit less stock to the vegetables and add some coconut milk to them, then boil.
What To Add When Your Simple Butternut Squash Soup Is Ready
- Spring Onions
- Parsley
- Cilantro/Coriander leaves
- Chives
- Cream
- Greek Yogurt
- Bacon
- Blue Cheese
- Goat's Cheese
Wine Pairing
Most people often don't think about matching wine to soups as they find pairing liquid to liquid an odd concept. Think about it instead then as matching the wine to the components that make the soup and you'll find it much easier.
Falanghina is a traditional southern Italian white grape variety that shows myriad flavours and aromas, especially when served lightly chilled rather than cold. There is a subtle sweetness on the palate that lends itself perfectly to vegetables, particularly sweet ones like squash, and the fresh citrus quality helps lift the flavours on the finish. Falanghina has a smooth texture and a delicate hint of spice running through the backbone so if you're adding cinnamon or nutmeg to your soup it really brings it to the fore.
Equipment You Need For This Recipe
You'll need a chopping board and the fact that it's beautiful makes the cooking process so much more enjoyable. A decent sharp knife is a must when it comes to peeling a butternut squash. If you're planning on having roast butternut soup a decent roasting pan is a good idea. Let's not forget a good-sized pot to boil the soup in. Most importantly, we need a hand blender to create a silky smooth soup. Just click on the links to view further information about these specially selected products.
Simple Butternut Squash Soup
- Prep Time: 20 mins
- Cook Time: 30 mins
- Total Time: 50 minutes
- Yield: 4 1x
The versatility of the humble butternut squash is amazing. Start out simple and later add your own original twists.
- 15ml (1 tbsp) olive oil
- 30g (1 oz) butter
- 1 onion, peeled and chopped
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- 900g (2 lbs) butternut, peeled and sliced
- 900ml (1½ pints) Knorr vegetable or chicken stock
- 30g (1 oz) chives, washed and roughly chopped
- Heat the oil and butter in a large saucepan, add the onion and garlic and gently sauté.
- When the onion has softened after about 5 minutes, add the butternut and stock and stir well. Bring to the boil. Simmer for 25 minutes or until the butternut is soft.
- Blend the soup with a hand-held blender or in a food processor.
- Season to taste, serve in four bowls and sprinkle with the herbs.
- Your favourite type of bread, buttered, will go down a storm.
- If you're vegan, omit the butter and add more oil to the recipe instead.
- If you're on a low-fat diet, leave out the oil and butter and use low-fat cooking spray.
- Category: Soup
- Method: Boil
- Cuisine: South African
- Serving Size: 248.1g
- Calories: 200
- Sodium: 52 mg
- Fat: 9.5 g
- Saturated Fat: 4.3 g
- Carbohydrates: 29.7 g
- Fiber: 3.3 g
- Protein: 2.5 g
- Cholesterol: 16 mg
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Titles for the Southeast Independent Booksellers 2009 Book Awards have been posted and Where's Your Jesus Now? has made the nominee list in non-fiction titles.
About the SIBA Book Award:
Each year, hundreds of booksellers across the South vote on their favorite hand-sell books of the year. These are the Southern books they have most enjoyed selling to customers; the ones that they couldn't stop talking about; the ones most often pushed into a customer's hands with the words "You have got to read this!" The SIBA Book Award was created to recognize great books of Southern origin, as determined by people whose business it is to know great books—the independent booksellers of the South.
Books are nominated in six categories, including fiction, nonfiction, poetry, cooking young adult and children's. For a book to be eligible, it must be set in the South, and it must have been originally published within the 2008 calendar year. Only SIBA-member booksellers can submit nominations and vote on the selection of finalists. Winners will be chosen from the list of finalists by a jury of SIBA booksellers.


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There is serious concern that Dallas Cowboys wide receiver Dez Bryant will not suit up Sunday night against the Atlanta Falcons.
Bryant's status is a true game-time decision, NFL.com and NFL Network's Ian Rapoport reports. Bryant will test out his hip and is pushing hard to play, but according to Rapoport, the Cowboys are trying to be cautious.
We won't know Bryant's status until close to game time. Translation: Fantasy owners should make other plans.
Rapoport asked Bryant on Thursday about the hip. His response: "It hurts."
No. 3 receiver Kevin Ogletree also is at less than 100 percent for the Cowboys.
UPDATE: Rapoport reports the Cowboys expect Bryant to play despite not practicing all week, according to a team source. A short while later, Bryant was officially declared active.
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