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As Pope Francis led the world's cardinals in talks aimed at shifting the church's emphasis from following rules to preaching mercy, a senior American cardinal took to the pages of the Vatican newspaper on Friday to reassure conservatives that Francis remains opposed to abortion and gay marriage.
Cardinal Raymond Burke acknowledged that the pope has said the church "cannot insist only on issues related to abortion, gay marriage, and the use of contraceptive methods." But in his toughly worded column in L'Osservatore Romano, the former archbishop of St. Louis blasted those "whose hearts are hardened against the truth" for trying to twist Francis' words to their own ends.
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Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
Speaking of magnets, there is another thread about Tetrax magnetic mounts.
On the Tetrax website there is an interesting video about why they use 4 magnets together rather than just one. I don't understand why it is so, but with one magnet holding the mounting disk there is still magnetic attraction to other things. With 4 magnets holding the disk there isn't any attraction to other things.
This may, or may not, be relevant to how our 4 or 8 magnets could affect the compass or other phone stuff. - 03-18-2012, 12:52 PM #377
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
Hmm, first attempt works but can't get the (extended) battery cover to fit with the extended battery - so currently using the stock battery and the extended battery cover.
Thankfully, when I ordered the extended batter, I ordered a second cover with it, so I think I've worked out where I went wrong and should be able to adjust my methods with the second cover. - 03-18-2012, 11:47 PM #378
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
Just wanted to say a big thank you to the OP and the rest of the folks in this thread. I was able to successfully complete this mod.
The biggest difficulty I had was making sure that the battery cover came into good contact with the phone. If you put it all together and it's not working, definitely check your connections one piece at a time. I found out the hard way that the copper tapes inside the phone weren't as solid as they should be so I had to take apart the phone again.
Here are some additional hints to try to help out other folks, esp the more novice electronics folks:
- Learn to use the continuity function of your multimeter to make sure all of your tapes and connections are good.
- Before putting the phone back together, test your copper tape connections by using the continuity function. The easiest way is to put one probe on the appropriate external pogo pin on the outside of the back cover and the other probe on your copper tape where it's wrapped around to the other side. This will ensure you don't have to take apart your phone again.
- Also before putting the phone back together, put together the battery cover (with the inductive coil already installed) with the back cover and use the continuity function to check that you have one continuous circuit from the pogo pin all the way to the inductive coil.
- The foam suggestion is pretty important. Go ahead and use half of the foam for each tape. I do wish I had more foam to use on the battery cover side and automotive foam is pretty expensive so I just ended up winging it with some extra folded bits of copper tape instead. That doesn't work as well as foam but it'll do.
- If you have it, needle noise electronics tweezers would be very helpful, esp for those of us with less dexterous fingers.
I used an extended battery with the extended battery cover and although the fit is a bit tight and there is a tiny opening near the camera, the cover closes and I can live with it for the sheer coolness of this mod.
I used 4 of the stronger magnets that the OP listed. On the desk, it works perfectly. However, if you plan on mounting the Touchstone vertically (e.g., in a car), you'll need more magnets. With only 4 magnets, the phone definitely will not stay on the Touchstone vertically. Simply holding the Touchstone vertically with the phone on it and very lightly shaking the combo will cause the phone to fall off.
Issues that I currently have:
- It seems that the stronger magnets screw up the compass as the compass app goes haywire with the cover on. There were some comments out there regarding magnets that might negate that issue but I haven't had a chance to review those comments.
I haven't gotten the Touchstone to work in my car yet. The same cable/touchstone works at home but not in the car.[SOLVED] Per the recommendation of another post later in this thread, I picked up the Palm Car Charger and the Touchstone works perfectly in the car now.- Sometimes, the Touchstone doesn't initiate charging. In those cases, I plug the USB directly in the phone, see that it works, then plug the USB back into the Touchstone. I'm not quite sure why this happens.
Last edited by eandcent; 04-02-2012 at 02:23 PM. Reason: Solved car charging issue
- 03-19-2012, 06:50 AM Thread Author #379
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
Thanks for contributing. I agree about the foam. I've been experimenting with using foam on both sides of the connection and though it's pretty tight, It does make a more reliable connection. I'm starting to think that it may be more beneficial to use the foam on the back cover than the phone. It would be easier to double up the copper tape on the phone and then use the foam on the back cover. Ideally we want the best connection without adding any unnecessary thickness.
A couple of notes on the charging. With some ROMs, it can take 10 seconds or more for charging to start. Also, every once in a while is seems as though it need to move the phone slightly to get the charging started. Not sure why this would help, but I think it does. The last thing would be to try another charging block in the car. Maybe the one your using doesn't put out enough juice.Last edited by ohiomoto; 03-20-2012 at 06:40 AM.
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
You're welcome. Just wanted to give a little back.
I haven't gotten around to adding a custom ROM and I'll have to order another puck so either of those may be the issue with charging in my car.
Generally speaking, I found that the phone charges almost immediately. Well, the little lightning bolt shows up almost immediately and the battery widget shows charging soon after. In cases when charging wouldn't occur, which thankfully is actually pretty rare at this point, I tried moving it around as you suggest because I thought it was a contact issue but moving around the phone wouldn't help. I even tried pressing down on the battery cover with the assumption I'd get a better contact but that also wouldn't help. In those cases, so far, doing the plug directly into phone, unplug phone, and plug into touchstone procedure works right away. - 03-20-2012, 08:52 AM #381
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
I finally got an extended battery cover to get this mod working (I couldn't get everything to fit with the standard door).
The charging definitely works, however sometimes it will start charging for a minute or so and then stop... Has this happened to anyone else? I'm on a GSM Galaxy Nexus running Kang milestone 4. I'm going to try to roll back to stock since I know the software can affect charging as well and see what happens. - 03-20-2012, 10:19 AM Thread Author #382
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
Sounds like it could be the contacts on the back cover. Try "pinching" the phone by the pogo pins and see it that gets is going.
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
FYI for those trying to use an NFC tag on top of the Touchstone like I was for initializing a Car Mode type automation....
1) using an unshielded tag directly on top of the touchstone will destroy the tag. I do not know why I was surprised by this... pretty much the touchstone induces a large current in the loops of the unshielded tag and well you know, does bad things. So don't put an unshielded nfc tag on the touchstone.
2) Using a shielded tag directly on the touchstone... (a) prevents the touchstone from charging if its occupying too much surface area (b) causes the tag to read continuously on-off-on-off .. due to interference from the touchstone (speculating).
So pretty much you can have the NFC tag hanging off one side of the touchstone (mine is 30mm in diameter) which ...looks ret@rded and prevents you from triggering the tag if you put the phone in the opposite orientation.
Looks like my dreams of having the touchstone charger in my car with an NFC tag triggering bluetooth etc automatically (and looking nice), dashed by a good old fashioned catch-22.Last edited by eventnick; 03-21-2012 at 03:35 AM.
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
My workaround was I just put a tag on my dash that I quickly hold my phone over before putting it on the Touchstone. By no means perfect, but still at least a bit more convenient than opening up the apps manually.
I have been using tasker for months to start Bluetooth when connected to power, have it automatically turn off if not paired for within 20 seconds, and leave it on if it is paired but power removed (like if I grab it off the touchstone to do something while music is playing). It's perfect and doesn't require any manual intervention to turn it off or on when starting/leaving the car, no need to even swipe a tag.
Also, I think most people would be very surprised how little power is used by bt just being in standby all the time (same with wifi). I know there are a lot of OCD types that just can't deal with it but it's true. I'm a little less OCD than most, I mostly set things up the way I did simply because I could (w/ insignificant hassle). - 03-21-2012, 10:56 PM #388
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
I am really struggling. I can't figure out what I'm doing wrong. This is the first time I've ever tried to do a mod like this, and the first time I have ever soldered something. I may be in over my head.
For some reason, my multimeter shows no continuity between my top pin and bottom pin. Is this normally? It isn't my multimeter because I tested it on a 1.5v battery and it gave the correct reading. When I use the multimeter on the pins I get a steady 1 mV. I'm also not getting any continuity on the coil by itself? Is it possible that my 3 pin charger is broken AND my coil is broken? I doubt it. I'm probably doing something wrong. Any ideas? Better yet, anyone in the Denver area that can help me? - 03-23-2012, 12:02 AM #391
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
An easy way to test your coil: Put it together the way it is supposed to on your GNex battery cover. Make sure that the black tape/foil that covered the coil originally on the Pre cover is installed as it won't work without that black tape/foil. Once all together, put the GNex cover with coil on the touchstone, making sure your touchstone is plugged in, and test the voltage across the two leads. You should be reading about 5V. Check that first since it's easy.
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
Ok. I have some more useful tech data to add. This is for folks who want to be able to use Force Fast Charging (FFC) or AKA AC Charging mode on the touchstone in their cars primarily. But it also applies to people trying to use non-OEM wall chargers as well.
Ok so I am not sure where to begin this rant so I will just word vomit it out. If you want to use the Touchstone in your car the charger/cable you use is important depending on which charging mode you want to utilize.
Background info:
The TS needs more current to function than a lot of chargers can provide - which is why they tell you not to plug it into your computer and why it won't work with a lot of chargers. I am going to tell you why and how to work around or avoid the problem. If you do not have enough current to the Touchstone it will do a weird on/off/on/off dance. The touchstone looks for a charger/cable combination that indicates the data pins D+ and D- are shorted together - this is used by the USB Spec to indicate a charger that is capable of providing >500 mA. If you do not have this, then the touchstone will not work at all. This is done internally for the OEM Palm Chargers. If you have an amperage-capable charger you can short the pins together yourself and it will work ***however*** it depends on which mode you want to charge with. There are two modes, USB Mode (slow - ~ 450 mA to phone - sometimes inadequate) and AC Mode (fast ~ 650 mA to phone - much better but not as good as a good car or wall charger plugged in directly ~1000mA).
If you are just wanting to charge your phone in USB Mode on the TS: my 850 mA Motorola Car Charger is adequate. I am guessing that you need at least a 650 mA rated charger. Remember it must have D+ and D- shorted to work at all.
If you desire to use AC Mode on the TS: You need a charger capable of 1A. My 850 mA Moto Car Charger just causes the TS to on/off/on/off every few seconds. Remember even if the charger is rated for 1A it must have D+ and D- shorted to work at all.
Here is a list from the WebOS forums that lists working CAR and WALL chargers for the TS: Here
For my Car TouchStone -I have purchased the Palm Car Charger 3453ww which is 1000ma rated from Amazon for $12. This already has D+ and D- shorted internally. Here @ Amazon Plus its OEM so quality of the power delivered will most likely be much cleaner.
I hope this is useful to folks who can't get it working in their car especially with the FFC (AC MODE) mod going. If you're seeing an on/off dance with the touchstone you are using an inadequate car/wall charger.Last edited by eventnick; 03-24-2012 at 02:48 AM.
Thanks for the tip. I tried this today and I'm still not getting a reading. Is there a way to test to make sure my multimeter is working by using the 3 pins on the GN? I think my coil might be fried or my multimeter isn't working correctly. I ordered another coil just in case, I'm super anxious to get this done. Thanks in advance.
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus using TapatalkLast edited by GoBigRed; 03-28-2012 at 09:21 PM.
After recently updating to stock 4.0.4, I noticed that it takes about 11 seconds to indicate touchstone charging whereas it used to take only 2 seconds on stock 4.0.2. Just an fyi
GSM gnex - 03-31-2012, 12:20 PM #400
Re: [GUIDE] Galaxy Nexus MOD/Palm Touchstone-No soldering on phon
This mod looks very simple!! I just have a question about voiding the warranty. Does this void the warranty because you need to open your phone? I ask this because I see no stickers around the housing for them to know that the housing was opened.
As long as you don't solder the strips to the pogo pins I see no reason why this mod couldn't be undone for warranty replacement.
Am I missing something?


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Jaun Hayes, center, and other sixth-graders, dig through sand Monday during a lesson about archaeology at Dalewood Middle School.Photo by Angela Lewis.
Two-fifteen p.m. is the end of the school day for the many Hamilton County students who begin classes at 7:15 a.m. It's time for sports, rec centers and video games. Maybe even some homework.
But at 2:15 at Dalewood Middle, teachers were just revving up. On Monday, they kicked off their so-called "extended day," an extra hour and 45 minutes to be used for instruction and remediation twice a week. The extended day is part of a $10 million grant given to the county's five iZone schools, which were grouped together for scoring among the lowest 5 percent of Tennessee schools on state tests.
And teachers say the extra time allows them to do the unusual, creative and hands-on activities that are hard to fit into the usual school day. Teachers aren't allowed to just plop students in their desks for an extra dose of bookwork or worksheets, Principal Christian Earl said.
"With this we're still teaching them," he said. "But it's almost like they don't know they're learning. It's not the typical 'sit and get.'"
And Monday afternoon, you'd hardly know that kids were at school way past their usual dismissal time. Sixth-grade teachers dressed up in safari hats, leather boots and khaki vests in keeping with the theme of archaeology. In social studies class, kids learned the tools of the trade with plastic knives, shovels and compasses. In the art room, they made their own version of fossils. And kids dug through a kiddie pool of sand looking for artifacts from the Greeks, Romans and other ancient civilizations that they would classify by time periods.
Throughout the school day, teachers kept their after-hours activities a secret from kids, who wondered what the extra time would bring and why the teachers were dressed up in costumes.
"Most of the kids were like, 'What are we going to be doing? Why are you dressed up like that?'" said math teacher Raquel Clark.
And that excitement kept the kids interested, even after being at school for nearly nine hours on Monday.
"They're a little loud, but they look like they're engaged to me," said iZone Director Le Andrea Ware, as kids sifted through the sand with the enthusiasm of tots on the playground.
The extended day is just one piece of the iZone's turnaround work. Aside from the hiring of central office staffers like Ware, the three-year grant allowed schools to add extra staff members, training and technology. And the investment and new opportunities have new and old teachers alike excited for what's possible.
Social studies teacher Scottie Caldwell said this is her 30th and final year of teaching. But it will be a memorable one.
"This is actually my most exciting year," she said. "I like doing things outside the box. I think kids need that instead of just books and paper."
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The Antico Borgo di Trastevere is a no-frills affair. But the two-star establishment, situated in a charming 18th-century building on a quiet cobblestoned Trastevere street, has a simple grace—and low rates—that make it a solid budget pick.
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Pros: Historic building with sweet architectural touches. Breakfast served in the rooms.
Cons: Tiny rooms and bathrooms. Ground-floor rooms have very small windows.
The Antico Borgo's 10 guest rooms are sparsely decorated in dark woods and deep yellows, which fit the historic building perfectly. Some rooms (particularly the singles) are comically small, but the brick walls, antique floors and exposed beams add a rustic charm you won't find in many of Rome's budget hotels.
Due to the shape of the street, the hotel's ground floor is set slightly below street level. While this adds some character to the reception area, it means that the few guest rooms on this level have tiny windows and can be dark. Most of the rooms, however, are located on the second floor (up a tight stairwell) and thus are much brighter.
All rooms offer air conditioning, a TV, coffee maker, phone and safe.
The private bathrooms are minuscule, but outfitted with a shower, hair dryer and toiletries. One bathroom has a small bathtub (ask ahead).
By virtue of its historic building, the Antico Borgo lacks some of the comforts you'll get in other hotels—there is no elevator or communal area, and soundproofing is unheard of (light sleepers, pack earplugs).
It's a simple spot to be sure, but its quaint details and long history charmed us, from the plant-filled entryway to the tiny, welcoming reception area where exposed brickwork and arches date back to the building's days as an aristocratic palace. Music buffs will be interested to that know it was once the home of famous singer Lucio Dalla.
Because there are no communal areas, breakfast (included in the room rate) is brought to the guest rooms each morning. Wi-Fi is free throughout. Small animals are allowed in the hotel.
The Antico Borgo di Trastevere is located a quick walk from the center of the vibrant Trastevere neighborhood. From here, the Colosseum and other attractions of Rome's historic center are about a 20-minute walk away (and also accessible by taking Tram 8 from nearby Viale Trastevere). It's also about a 25-minute walk to the Vatican.
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Most of the Antico Borgo's guests find the hotel to be a good value, even with a handful of imperfections. Many rave about its prime location, friendly staff and rustic charms, and guests also like the breakfast.
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Perched on the western bank of the River Tiber just where it straddles Isola Tiberina, Trastevere is known for its artsy demeanor and picturesque, winding streets. This historically working-class neighborhood is terribly cute, and hip to boot. Trastevere is now home to numerous trendy and touristy bars, cafes, shops, restaurants, and a few tourist traps. Despite all this, we can't help it. We love Trastevere just the same.


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Gregg Popovich has a few lessons for football coaches
Gregg Popovich has never coached football a day in his life. But the four-time NBA champion and future Basketball Hall of Famer has an encyclopedia of knowledge that every football coach in America can learn from.
With a nucleus that has been together more than a decade now, Popovich's San Antonio Spurs are perhaps the most well-oiled machine in all of sports. When things get humming, the Spurs' offense turns into a symphony of perfectly-timed passes and wide-open shots. But that's the thing about sports, it doesn't always work out that way. Even a team with three future Hall of Famers on the court can bog down and look like the worst team in the NBA for a possession or six.
Speaking before the his team's 122-101 win over the Cleveland Cavaliers on Tuesday, Popovich delved into his psychological vault and explained how he motivated and challenged his team on a nightly basis. It's a lesson on the core of coaching from one of the best to ever strap on a whistle.
On how he gets his players to take ownership of their offense: "A lot depends on the competitiveness and the character of the player. Often times, I'll appeal to that. Like, I can't make every decision for you. I don't have 14 timeouts. You guys got to get together and talk. You guys might see a mismatch that I don't see. You guys need to communicate constantly — talk, talk, talk to each other about what's going on on the court."
On encouraging communication amongst his players: "I think that communication thing really helps them. It engenders a feeling that they can actually be in charge. I think competitive character people don't want to be manipulated constantly to do what one individual wants them to do. It's a great feeling when players get together and do things as a group. Whatever can be done to empower those people."
On what he says when the team isn't playing well: "Sometimes in timeouts I'll say, 'I've got nothing for you. What do you want me to do? We just turned it over six times. Everybody's holding the ball. What else do you want me to do here? Figure it out.' And I'll get up and walk away. Because it's true. There's nothing else I can do for them. I can give them some bulls—, and act like I'm a coach or something, but it's on them.
On creating an environment where players take ownership of the team: "If they're holding the ball, they're holding the ball. I certainly didn't tell them to hold the ball. Just like, if they make five in a row, I didn't do that. If they get a great rebound, I didn't do that. It's a players' game and they've got to perform. The better you can get that across, the more they take over and the more smoothly it runs.
"Then you interject here or there. You call a play during the game at some point or make a substitution, that kind of thing that helps the team win. But they basically have to take charge or you never get to the top of the mountain."
Kurt Roper shares the most important lesson he learned under Cutcliffe
Placing a bet on Duke winning 10 games at the beginning of the year would have made you a rich man by now, so it's safe to say that the rapid rise of the Duke program has surprised just about everyone outside of the program.
Kurt Roper, who served as David Cutcliffe's offensive coordinator at Duke since 2008, played an instrumental role in the resurgence of the program before leaving to become Florida's offensive coordinator. That much time alongside a quality coach like Cutcliffe, is bound to pay dividends, and Roper recently shared the single best piece of advice that he took with him from his time with coach Cut.
That advice? Structure your practice to simulate a game as much as you possibly can, he told Sports Illustrated.
"Making practice like a game is the most important thing you can do." Roper explained.
"Really what that translates into is you've got to make everybody play at the speed at the game. You can't let them cruise along in practice and then all of the sudden the speed of the game shocks them."
As you and your program approach spring ball, or as you start to formulate your practice plans for summer and fall, keep that in mind. If it's a strategy that helped lead Duke to their first winning season since 1994, it's well worth your time and consideration.
Saban: Hurry up offenses are kind of like cigarettes
While many coaches and experts are scrambling to find scientific evidence to either support or criticize up tempo offenses, Nick Saban has something else on his side. Logic.
"The fastball guys (up-tempo coaches) say there's no data out there, and I guess you have to use some logic." Saban told ESPN.
"What's the logic? If you smoke one cigarette, do you have the same chances of getting cancer if you smoke 20? I guess there's no study that specifically says that. But logically, we would say, 'Yeah, there probably is.'"
Dr. Julian Bailes, the chairman of the Department of Neurosurgery, somewhat agrees with that sentiment. Bailes has served as a consultant for the NFL Players association and advisor the NCAA during his 30 years around football.
"If you play more snaps, you're going to have more exposure. I think that's a fact. It bears very serious consideration on whether the game should be slowed down or have fewer plays, if you believe exposure equals injury risk or player safety."
"We know if you play another 20 to 25 snaps a game, you're going to have more exposure to all injuries, and you're going to have more potential for concussions, and you're going to have more blows to the head, whether they call them concussions or not." Dr. Bailes noted.
There's a lot more on both stances to the controversial topic in the ESPN piece, but the one study that I keep going back to (from College Football Matrix) every time I read something like this does have scientific evidence that directly contradicts Saban's "logic". Read that study here, and then consider "logic".
Start your morning with a solid D-III position specific hype video
Forget the morning coffee, get your day started with this 'DB Hit Tape" from the University of Dubuque (D-III - IA).
After just a minute of watching this, you get a sense that "swagger" is important for the defensive backs at Dubuque.
Having a positional highlight film like this available would be great to send to recruits in your first email. Combining highlights with the identity of the position is something every potential recruit can appreciate.
What is the hottest program in college football? We have an answer
Let's say one day soon you receive word that a distant relative has passed away, and this long lost aunt has gifted you $1,000 on the condition that you use that money to buy stock in a college football program. I realize this a completely unrealistic scenario, but roll with me here. What program would you sink your money into?
The obvious (and possibly correct) answer would be a powerhouse program like Alabama, Florida State or Ohio State, or maybe you've bought into the mind of Gus Malzahn and decide to go with Auburn. Hard to go wrong there. There's value in keeping a healthy brand strong, but the truly lucrative stocks are ones that grow year after year.
To help answer this little thought experiment, I've parsed through the FBS standings and found 50 51 programs that upped their win totals from 2012 to 2013.
Here they are in alphabetical order (get your scrolling finger ready):
Arizona State
Ball State
Boston College
Bowling Green
Central Florida
Colorado State
East Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Florida State
Fresno State
Michigan State
New Mexico State
North Texas
Oklahoma State
Ole Miss
South Alabama
Southern Miss
Texas State
Washington State
Western Kentucky
Jump back another year, and the number drops tremendously. Only 20 programs have managed to increase their win totals two years in a row:
Arizona State
Ball State
Bowling Green
Central Florida
Colorado State
East Carolina
Florida Atlantic
Florida State
Fresno State
Ole Miss
Go back another year, and that number dwindles even further. Much further. Only four programs have managed to increase their win totals three seasons in a row:
Ball State
Bowling Green
Ball State jumped from 4-8 in 2010 to 6-6 in 2011 to 9-4 in 2012 to 10-3 last fall. Bowling Green has leaped from 2-10 to 5-7 to 8-5 up to 10-4 last fall, culminating in the 2013 MAC championship. Buffalo has moved from 2-10 to 3-9 to 4-8 up to 8-5 this fall. And out West, UCLA's record has grown from 4-8 to 6-8 to 9-5 and then to 10-3 in 2013.
If you bought hypothetical stock in Ball State, Bowling Green, Buffalo or UCLA back in 2010, Pete Lembo, Dave Clawson, Jeff Quinn and Jim Mora (with some help Rick Neuheisel) would have left you a happy shareholder.
Finally, let's jump back one more season, where we'll find one and only one program to up its win total in four consecutive seasons. This program's win total has grown from two to four to six to nine to 10 wins from 2009-13.
That program?
Ball State
We know what Mack Brown is doing in his down time: tweeting
For the first time in his adult life, Mack Brown is not getting ready for spring football. After splitting his playing career between Vanderbilt and Florida State and then beginning his coaching career as a Seminoles student assistant in 1973, Brown spent every one of the last 40 years coaching college ball.
Without a team to coach, Brown has taken some time to reflect on where he wants to go next, whether it be to jump back into coaching, maybe try his hand at broadcasting or perhaps leave the game of football behind and do something else entirely. Oh, and tweet. He's doing lots and lots of tweeting.
Over a period of more than three hours, Brown answered more than 150 questions, to the delight of his nearly 60,000 followers. Many of the questions were repetitive - his favorite game of all-time is the 2006 Rose Bowl, thanks for asking - but a number of them touched on the important things in life.
"@JohnVidal: @UT_MackBrown super important question coach.....iPhone or android?" I-phone
— Mack Brown (@UT_MackBrown) March 4, 2014
"@st3f0: @UT_MackBrown Chili, with or without beans?" With
— Mack Brown (@UT_MackBrown) March 4, 2014
"@jennifermaykim: @UT_MackBrown what's your favorite movie of @McConaughey??" A Time to Kill
— Mack Brown (@UT_MackBrown) March 4, 2014
"@AustinLynch88: @UT_MackBrown do you ever play golf? What is your handicap?" Yes. High
— Mack Brown (@UT_MackBrown) March 4, 2014
"@wmorris21: @UT_MackBrown Tennessee, North Carolina, or Texas BBQ?" Yes!
— Mack Brown (@UT_MackBrown) March 4, 2014
Photo: Baylor's entire defensive line will be wearing custom facemasks
We've all seen the custom facemask trend in recent years. Seems like Justin Tuck was the first one to have one, and then ridiculous spin offs surfaced like the logo facemask (which has yet to see game day action to my knowledge).
Now it looks like Baylor's entire defensive line will be wearing identical custom facemasks in the fall. Looking across the line of scrimmage and seeing four aggressive defensive lineman in this facemask style might be intimidating to some opponents, but I don't see any Big 12 offenses being intimidated by anything...especially a facemask
Without a doubt, at the very least it is an interesting, and innovative idea to outfit an entire position with a custom facemask like this. Perhaps it will prove to be a unique sell for them when recruiting defensive linemen as well.
Got some new masks in for the DL today! They will love em! Thx to @DevinCNelson4 for getting them on today #SpringBU pic.twitter.com/ltGbG2kxfA
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D-II program has a competition within the coaches office
A few weeks back, we profiled how Concord University (D-II - WV) was taking their offseason workouts to the next level after an 8-3 season. Come to find out, they're also spicing things up in the coaches offices by holding a friendly video competition between the grad assistants.
Concord head coach Garin Justice challenged each of his grad assistants to create a video of their off season workouts, with their own spin to see which guy could rack up the most views. So in the name of competition, take a look at each video (the first one can be seen here), and then watch your favorite one again.
We often touch on the different strategies that coaches and strength staffs use to spice things up for players, but keep in mind that your grad assistants are grinding it out too. This approach has likely infused some good natured competition (and trash talk) into the coaches office, both of which are always good things.


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Surprise dope tests in IPL from today
Players participating in the Indian Premier League (IPL) would be subjected to random dope tests starting on Saturday by a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) team.
IPL Chairman and Commissioner Lalit Modi said as per the ICC rules the WADA team would go about collecting samples from players from Saturday.
"There are surprise dope tests to begin today. The (WADA) team from Sweden has already come down. We don't know which team will be subjected to the tests first or which player's samples would be taken first," Modi said.
"As per the ICC rules, the WADA team is here and the dope tests will start immediately," he added.
The WADA team arrives close on the heels of media reports that Kolkata team Pakistani pacer Shoaib Akhtar carried an unusually high number of syringes in his baggage while coming in New Delhi.
Modi, however, rubbished the reports.
"I have verified the reports, no such things were found," the BCCI vice-president said.
Interestingly, Akhtar had been banned after testing positive for performance enhancing drug nandrolone during the Champions Trophy in 2006.
Another IPL participant, retired Aussie spin wizard Shane Warne, who is the captain-cum-coach Rajasthan team, had also served a one-year ban after testing positive for banned diuretics during the 2003 World Cup in South Africa.
The ICC rules on doping adhere to the WADA code which lists a two-year ban for a first-time offender and a life-ban for any dope violation the next time.
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As a Qatar Airways flight dodged thunderstorms on approach to Shanghai in 2006, it encountered a problem that, until recently, was considered virtually impossible: nearly four miles above the earth, both engines of the big Airbus A330 shut down at the same time.
The engines quickly restarted and the pilots managed a safe landing. But the incident, along with similar ones before it, set off alarm bells throughout the industry because of the cause: ice inside the engines.
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It's pretty much a given at this point that the LeBron 11 will be suiting up in a Christmas look ahead of the Holiday season. But what about the takedown fare like the Nike LeBron Ambassador 6? Seems like that shoe will be doing the same. Shown here is an advance image of that very silhouette with a red combo attached that gets upgraded by the likes of a speckled Air bag on bottom. Keep in mind that the aforementioned LeBron 11 is one that will arrive without a visible Air unit on bottom, so if you're particularly into that accent then the Ambassador may actually be the shoe for you this time around. See the full teaser below and stick with us to find out more.
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A Hilton man was arrested following a standoff Wednesday on Parma Center Road
Thomas Bell, 42, was arrested after a standoff at his home that ended just before 5 p.m. Wednesday.
Police say Bell had four outstanding warrants for his arrest, including two from the town of Greece and two from Monroe County.
According to the Greece Police Department, the incident began when a woman called 911 saying her ex-boyfriend was coming to her house and intended to do her harm. Police tried to stop the man in his car, but he arrived and ran inside the house.
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Story | Jan 6, 2011 | 4:36 PMDates are changing, studios are firming up release plans, figuring out what will actually be finished in time for this or that target date, in some cases. Films will be picked up at Sundance and find their way into theaters. Documentaries will find a... -
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Story | Oct 26, 2010 | 9:33 PM• Submissions for consideration by the nominating panels of the SAG Awards have to be in by 5 p.m. PDT Thursday. SAG AWARDS • Sasha Stone examines the truthfulness of certain best picture contenders, including front-running "The Social... -
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Story | Sep 13, 2010 | 4:33 PM-- All that glitters: The Liberace Museum in Las Vegas has announced plans to close in October due to financial difficulties. (Las Vegas Review-Journal) -- Windfall: The British Museum in London has received a $38.6-million donation from Lord Sainsbury,... -
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Story | Aug 5, 2010 | 4:34 PMActor Sean Penn is in discussions to play editor Maxwell Perkins, according to the Hollywood Reporter. The film, called "Genius," is based on A. Scott Berg's 1987 biography, "Maxwell Perkins: Editor of Genius." From 1910 until his death in 1947,...... -
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With Angels and Demons on our summer movie minds, I thought I might share this essay on the relationship between the movie and novel versions of The Da Vinci Code, and how they play with students in my biblical studies classroom. The essay was originally published in The Chronicle of Higher Education, June 9, 2006.
I first realized that The Da Vinci Code had become a pop-culture phenomenon in the religious-studies classroom when a bright sophomore slipped into my office, closed the door behind him, and explained to me, in hushed tones, that he wanted to leave his bioengineering major and pursue the study of "religious symbology." "I take it you've been reading Dan Brown's novel?" His countenance fell as I told him that the only professor of "religious symbology" I'd ever heard of, at Harvard or anyplace else, was Brown's hero, Robert Langdon. Always the evangelist for the major if not for the novel, I hastened to highlight the drama inherent in the academic study of religion—exotic ideas, unfamiliar rites, lies my youth minister told me.
His eyes began to glaze. It was clear that Professor Langdon wouldn't be caught dead in our department. A year later, I decided to include The Da Vinci Code in my course on "Christian Origins and the New Testament," an entry-level historical introduction to the New Testament, other early Christian literature, and the social world of the early Jesus movement. The idea was to treat the novel as a cultural influence that might reveal something about popular interest these days in the history and literature of early Christianity—especially in relation to conspiracy theories—and alternative forms of familiar religious tradition. But that's not what most of the 90 students (double the usual number) expected when they saw The Da Vinci Code on my list in the bookstore and decided to enroll.
In discussions in and out of class, I was surprised to learn that more of them had read the novel than had read the New Testament itself. And many were believers—in the novel, I mean. In fact, except for a minority of students who were part of conservative Christian communities in which the book was being discredited, most were inclined to accept the main tenets of the novel's alternative history of early Christianity: that the divinity of Jesus was invented in 325 CE at the Council of Nicea by Constantine, a dyed-in-the-wool pagan who used the doctrine to unify his empire; that up till then Jesus' followers believed him to be a great but altogether human leader and prophet; that Jesus was married to Mary Magdalene; that they had a baby, beginning a bloodline that continues to this day; that Constantine also established the canon of the New Testament, excluding those early Christian texts that emphasized Jesus' humanity and Mary's pre-eminence; and that a secret battle rages to this day between the Priory of Sion, sworn to protect the bloodline, and those in the Roman Catholic Church who are dead set on destroying it in order to preserve institutional patriarchal power.
My students are not alone, of course. Many readers take the novel as a revelation of heretofore hidden truths about Jesus, Mary Magdalene, Christianity, and the church.The Da Vinci Code is nothing short of a modern-day apocryphal Gospel. Apocryphal in the sense that its alternative history of Jesus and early Christianity is spurious and disingenuous, yes. But also, and more significant for religion and popular culture, apocryphal in the sense that it has emerged as the latest addition to the New Testament apocrypha, that extracanonical body of literature about Jesus and early Christianity that is excluded from the New Testament. It is an alter-Gospel. Having sold more than 40 million copies in hardcover (its first print run in paperback was six million), many of which are being passed along to second and third readers, it is bearing tremendous influence on popular understandings of Christian history and doctrine.
The word "apocrypha" comes from the Greek apo-kruptein, meaning "hide" or "encrypt." And like many other early Christian apocryphal texts, the Gospel according to The Da Vinci Code has a certain cryptic quality. It presents its message as a revelation from the crypt, a decryption. As the clues given to its heroes, Sophie Neveu and Robert Langdon, by the murdered Grand Master of the Priory of Sion are unlocked, one after another, in their pursuit of the Holy Grail, so Brown's alternative history of Christianity is progressively revealed from hiding. Indeed, the Grail itself turns out to be not only material—that is, the body of Mary Magdalene; her living descendants, Sophie, and her brother; and an archive of supporting documents. The Grail is also, and more important, the secret knowledge revealed.
The Da Vinci Code is a book of revelation in thriller form. But whereas the unfolding of the thriller narrative takes place through action, the unfolding of Brown's alter-Christian history is primarily discursive, revealed during breaks in the action through a series of impromptu lectures to Neveu by Langdon and his old colleague Sir Leigh Teabing. The longest and most substantial of these lectures is delivered over tea in Teabing's study. Here Neveu and her fellow seminarians, the readers, get the secret version of the history of the canonization of the Bible, the story of Constantine, the story of Mary Magdalene, her marriage to Jesus, their bloodline, and the Priory of Sion.
Part of what makes this alter-history of Christianity believable to so many readers is not only Brown's prefatory claim (reiterated in interviews) to historical accuracy, but also the fact that all this material is placed in the mouths of scholars who, though fictional, are identified with actual institutions of higher education and research. Moreover, the good professors often begin with actual names, dates, texts, and kernels of scholarly historical consensus before their tales spin off into wild speculation and outright fabula. Teabing is correct, for example, that there were many gospels other than the four included in the New Testament canon, but not that Constantine single-handedly decided which to include and burned the rest. The canonization process was extremely complicated, running from the first century into the late fourth century and involving numerous religious leaders and communities with myriad practical, theological, and political concerns. Teabing is right, too, that Constantine called the Council of Nicea in 325, but not that he proposed and established the divinity of Jesus as the Son of God and thereby hijacked him from his original followers. That council's central issue, which had been a growing point of controversy among many Christian leaders for some time, was not whether Jesus was divine but the nature of his divinity, as Son of God, in relation to God the Father. Was he the first of all creation, or was he present before creation's "In the beginning"?
Likewise, most scholars would agree with Teabing that Mary Magdalene was a prominent figure in the early Jesus movement. She is the only one attested by all four canonical Gospels as a firsthand witness to the Resurrection; she has a personal revelation from Jesus in the Gospel of John; the apocryphal Gospel of Mary presents her as having special knowledge over and above even Peter; and, as Teabing shows Neveu, the apocryphal Gospel of Philip suggests that Jesus favored her as his "companion" over the other disciples, and that the others were jealous. But there is no evidence that she and Jesus were married. Contrary to Teabing and Langdon, the Greek word for "companion" (koinonos) does not necessarily or even usually mean "spouse." The Apostle Paul calls Philemon his "companion."
The Sony Pictures release of the film adaptation, directed by Ron Howard and written by Akiva Goldsman, has raised serious concerns, especially among conservative Protestant and Roman Catholic leaders, that the popularity of Brown's apocryphal Gospel will reach new peaks of influence in the months to come. The film's opening weekend take of $77-million in the United States and $244 million worldwide suggests that their concerns might be justified. Lessons learned by evangelicals from previous cinematic Jesus-and-Mary controversies (The Last Temptation of Christ, in 1988, and Jesus Christ Superstar, in 1973) are leading to a very different strategy this time around. Rather than engaging in protest, publicly condemning the film, and discouraging Christians from seeing it, many leaders of churches and national Christian organizations are encouraging study and dialogue, embracing the Da Vinci phenomenon as an evangelical opportunity, trusting that the orthodox Gospel truth will ultimately triumph. But how will the movie play vis-à-vis the book when it comes to religious popularity and influence? In many respects, the novel seems ready-made for movie adaptation. Its 105 very short chapters read like movie scenes, cutting back and forth between our questing fugitives; the no-nonsense Captain Bezu Fache, who is convinced that Langdon is the murderer; the pale, ascetic murderer Silas; and the backroom- conspiring high priests. Yet, as we have seen, what makes this book so much more than just another bestselling thriller is its pairing of the suspenseful unfolding of action with the gradual unfolding of a counter-history of Christianity, presented in large discursive chunks of lecture. Not the stuff of Hollywood blockbusters.
So what is the stuff of Hollywood? How about a story of personal transformation, even conversion? How about a story of finding faith? Now that works. And that's what the cinematic Da Vinci Code is all about. Dan Brown's literary narrative of apocryphal religious revelation becomes Ron Howard's cinematic narrative of personal transformation and coming to faith, starring Tom Hanks as the Harvard religious symbologist Robert Langdon, a scholarly skeptic who, in the end, remembers how to pray. The cinematic Langdon is a scholar who knows what others believe about Jesus, Mary, and the Grail, but who is personally dubious. After telling Neveu (Audrey Tautou) an abridged story of the Priory of Sion, the keepers of the Grail, and the continuing struggle against their Catholic nemeses, he explains to her, "We've been dragged into a world of people who think this stuff is real!" In the film as in the novel, the seminar over tea with Teabing (Ian McKellen) is a key scene. But in the film, it is used less to reveal the truth of Brown's counter-Gospel and more to highlight Langdon's skepticism. As Teabing lectures Neveu on the multiple Gospels, the pagan Constantine's role in inventing Jesus' divinity, the marriage of Jesus and Mary, and their continuing bloodline, the camera repeatedly cuts to Langdon, slouching back in his chair, furrowing his eyebrows incredulously and interrupting with qualifications, such as that the Priory was a 1967 hoax and that many of the earliest Christians did in fact believe in the divinity of Christ.
As Teabing's excitement grows, so does Langdon's doubt, leading to a shouting match in which Langdon alleges that Teabing has "no empirical proof" for his "old wives' tale." Multiple camera angles and quick cuts are used throughout the scene, adding to the sense of multiple perspectives and dissonance. The effect is to transform this scene from a univocal revelation of the Gospel truth to a conflicted revelation of doubt. Rather than being the key scene for divulging the story's apocryphal version of Christian history, it is the key scene for depicting Langdon's personal skepticism and lack of faith concerning a controversial "old wives' tale" presented by someone whose enthusiasm is enough to give one pause.
By the end of the film, however, Langdon has found faith. But it is first and foremost a faith in Sophie Neveu. His transformation, indeed his conversion, comes as the result of his relationship with her. She makes him a believer through her actions and wise words as she comes to realize that she is the last living descendant of Jesus and Mary. She silences the argument with Teabing, for example, when she asks, Jesus-like, how many have been murdered over this debate. And in another scene, she heals Langdon from a claustrophobic anxiety attack with the laying on of hands. More than any historical evidence, these Jesus- like words and actions lead him to declare, in the climactic moment, "You are the Grail." In the novel, the truth of her identity is a religious revelation. In the film, it's a profession of newfound faith.
The final scene in the film, as in the novel, finds Langdon returning to the Louvre and dropping to his knees at the pyramid, having finally cracked the last riddle and realized that Mary Magdalene is entombed beneath it. In the novel, this is the denouement when the last piece of the mystery (the missing corpse) is solved and the revelation is complete. In the film, as he leans forward and prayerfully closes his teary eyes, it is the climactic moment of redemption and grace. It's "come to Mary" time. Well done, good and faithful servant. Along his way to this moment of prayer, Langdon finds, in religious experience, new viability for the divinity of Christ, unequivocally denied in the novel as a Constantinian fiat.
In his last conversation with Neveu, he recalls the childhood trauma that led to his claustrophobia (none of this is in the novel): He fell into a well. While struggling to survive, waiting for someone to notice that he was missing, he tells Neveu, he prayed to Jesus. And he felt that he wasn't alone. He wonders whether Jesus was there with him in the well. As he reflects aloud on that moment in light of recent events, he offers a less theologically controversial proposal, which seems addressed less to Neveu than to those audiences concerned about the influence of The Da Vinci Code on popular understandings of Christian doctrine: Perhaps, he proposes, Jesus can be both a father and a miracle worker? And what about Jesus' offspring, if that's really who she is? What would Sophie do? "Would she destroy faith," he asks her, "or would she renew it?" How will the film play as a religious text, a cinematic apocryphal Gospel?
Given its early box-office success, some defenders of orthodoxy have reason to be concerned. Yet its recasting as a story of personal transformation and finding faith, highlighting contradictions in the novel's apocryphal account of early Christianity along the way, leads me to doubt that it will bear the same kind of religious influence. Most audience members will find that seeing is not believing. Still, as the popularity of Brown's novel continues to grow, accompanied by a spawn of other books in the burgeoning market of "alternative Christianities," I wouldn't be surprised to find more aspiring religious symbologists in my introductory classes this fall. And who can blame them? Most have very few critical tools for assessing religious ideas or interpreting religious texts, and most know little or nothing about Christian history or theology.
Perhaps, as scholars and teachers, we should borrow a leaf from the evangelical Christian leaders: Treat The Da Vinci Code phenomenon as an opportunity to encourage further study and dialogue. Just as those religious leaders recognize a potential spiritual hunger in Da Vinci fans, so we may recognize a potential passion for research. The religious histories we study may not be quite so full of mystery, murder, and intrigue as Brown imagines in his novel. But you don't have to be a member of the Priory to believe that they have their share.


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