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Integration testing and unit testing
Also known as, "An exercise in Twitter opinionating":
Sitting in a meeting, I heard one of the other meeting participants say, "You should do your integration testing before your unit testing in your code."
Now, I wasn't (and I'm still not) sure I agree with this or not, and when in doubt, I like to get data points. Twitter to the rescue!
The responses that came back were fascinating, and all over the map:
Why? Disagree, unless I'm missing something => RT @tedneward: OH: "You should do your integration testing before your unit testing."
@tedneward disagree! How could an unstable code (not unit tested)be ready for integration testing
@tedneward Write acceptance tests, so we're all on the same page, then use TDD to get components in place until acceptance tests pass.
@tedneward There is value on an agile team for starting with automated acceptance tests, as a stopping function for development effort.
@tedneward mostly agree integration first helps to focus on feature, not losing in details
@tedneward Depends on the intent of the integration testing. If it's to find gaps in the feature set, maybe. Otherwise, disagree.
@tedneward disagree. The order depends on what you're creating.
@tedneward I continually intermix them; can't say I care a lot about the distinction either in most cases
@tedneward in the sense that you may want to have some of the integration work done before you write the internals, yes.
My next thought was "how do I capture this for further discussion", so here we go.
Couple of thoughts that occur to me as I read through the responses:
- Are acceptance tests the same as integration tests?
- Are either of these at the same level of scope as unit tests?
- Does it make a difference which order you approach them?
Love to hear your thoughts.
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Krystian Kaczor replied on Thu, 2010/09/16 - 8:18am
Acceptance test are tests to accept/reject delivery and rather from business point of view or in relation with vendor. Starting from lowest level usually you have: Unit, Integration, System, Acceptance, Alpha, Beta Testing.


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Irwin--You've heard of election results being miscounted by hanging chads, human error, or maybe even a computer glitch. But in Ocilla the results of a city council race changed because of one absentee vote. A vote cast by a woman who died just minutes after the polls opened.
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- Put ginger, garlic, onion and coriander in food processor and blend until almost smooth. Add turmeric,salt, garam masala and cayenne and mix for a moment.
- Heat ghee or oil in a pan, and add puree, stirring for 3 or 4 mins. And tomatoes and yoghurt and stir.
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- Melt the butter (or olive oil for a healthy version) in a pan. Add the garam masala and mix. Add the chicken pieces and brown until they are coated in the mixture. Set aside.
- Add some more butter (or oil) then add the onions to soften. Grate the ginger into the pan, add the crushed garlic, chop the chillies and add, and chop the bell pepper into small slices and add. Stir for a few minutes until everything is softened, then add the spices - Turmeric, Cumin, Coriander, Paprika, Ground Cardamom, Salt and Pepper. Stir again for a minute or two. Now add the chicken, and stir for a minute or two again. The veg should all be nicely softened now.
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The Andhra Pradesh Recycled Paper Mills' Association has sought the State Government to declare it a continuous process industry so that the units are given uninterrupted power for at least four days a week.
Since there is a power holiday for three days a week, this will enable the units to operate at least at 50 per cent capacity.
The office-bearers of the association — R. Rajendran (President) and S. Saibaba (Treasurer) — along with B.V Rama Rao, President of the Federation of Andhra Pradesh Industries (FAPI), met Ahamed Nadeem, Chairman and Managing Director of AP Eastern Power Distribution Company Ltd, here on Wednesday and submitted a representation to him to that effect.
They said in the memorandum that there were 38 recycled paper mills in the State with a total capacity of 2,000 tonnes per day and a turnover of Rs 1,700 crore.
Their power consumption is estimated at 50 MW and they pay Rs 220 crore as power bills per annum. The combined waste paper consumption of these units is 2,500 TPD.
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They said unscheduled power interruptions were causing huge losses to the units. Therefore, if possible, power should be provided on all days of the week without interruption or at least on four days a week. There should not be any peak-hour load restrictions on those four days from 6 p.m to 10.30 p.m.
The units were finding it difficult at present to operate at even half the capacity and therefore the operations had become unviable. The Government should therefore categorise the units as continuous process industries and provide them relief.
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The association also pleaded that the open access policy should be adopted by the State Government, enabling the units to purchase power from private producers and allowing them to use the transmission lines of AP Transco.
The cross-subsidy charges and taxes should be waived on power purchased from private players. As the State Government was not in a position to provide power to the units, it should at least allow them to buy it from others.


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That's why this week you would have found a group of Skyline High School students waving signs along the highway, showing support for a teacher, no less.
Social Studies teacher Bucky Shockley is also the boys high school basketball coach. And after Shockley's team went 21-9 this season and won a district title, Shockley dropped a bombshell on his players this past Monday.
"He told us he was resigning that day," said Austin McCormick, who was in there for the meeting.
Reports started to circulate that Shockley was being forced to resign, and a number of students became upset.
"Words cannot describe coach Shockley," Madi Wood said. "He's just an amazing teacher."
"He talks to us on our level," added Mariah Reed.
"He's like family," McCormick sighed.
So to show their support, the students started calling themselves "Team Shockley" and went to work.
"We made T-shirts (with supportive messages) and stood outside his class," Reed recalled. "We wanted to show the administration that we were not happy about it."
"We started a facebook support group," Wood said. "And within the first 24-hours got over 1,000 likes."
"Which is amazing," added McCormick. "We only have 200 students in the entire school."
As the "Save Shockley" movement continued to grow, the local diner even got involved as owner Betty Reynolds, a 1974 Skyline graduate, introduced a "Shockwave" shake to the menu.
"I just figured we'd name a shake after him to show our support," Reynolds said. "Skyline is a good school but they've made a little mistake for not wanting to keep coach Buck."
So when the school board met in closed session on Thursday night, a group of students were standing right outside the door.
"We were hoping that our voices are being heard," Wood explained. "And that the school board realizes that this is a huge mistake."
After a two hour board meeting, it was coach Shockley who exited the door and stood in front of a sea of anxious faces.
"I will continue to be the boys basketball coach here next season," Shockley said as the students exploded in applause and celebration. "I hope everyone will unite and show their pride because that's what separates us from every other school in Missouri."
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Albany -- An Albany man is arrested for robbing a convenience store, when he is spotted at another store just a few miles away.
34-year-old Alturo Pasco was arrested and charged with armed robbery Thursday morning. Investigators say a man matching his description robbed the Flash Foods Store on East Oakridge Drive at 2:45 AM. The clerk saw him drive off in a red car and got part of his tag number.
She reported the robbery to the clerk at the Flash Foods Store on East Ogelthorpe. About two hours later, Pasco showed up at that store, and police were called.
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The Association of American Publishers and Google Inc announced their settlement on Thursday to end a lawsuit filed by five publishers in October 2005.
Google already has scanned more than 20 million books. Publishers and authors sued, saying the project violated their copyrights. Authors' and publishers' groups had settled with Google before, but a federal judge tossed the deal following objections. One point of contention was the fact that books were included unless Google was informed that an author or publisher objected.
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Earlier we heard that Chelsea may be preparing a bid for Stoke City goalkeeper Asmir Begovic, but Stoke would seemingly have very little reason to sell their first choice keeper in the middle of their season. That could all change if Stoke were to sign a new goalkeeper though, especially if it was a young, talented player that has already clear that he'd need to see continued minutes in order to talk about a move. Enter Jack Butland:
#SCFC Stoke bid for #BCFC Butland. #NCFC still after Curtis Davies & offering Leon Barnett on loan but clubs can't agree cash price— James Nursey (@JamesNursey) January 31, 2013
Butland to Stoke City would certainly increase the likelihood of a move involving Asmir Begovic, as Stoke would seemingly have less need (and money) for two top quality goalkeepers than a club the size of Chelsea. We know that Begovic has had interest in Chelsea in the past, so I wouldn't go ruling out a potential move due to the presence of Petr Cech and Thibaut Courtois on the Chelsea books. I guess we have at least one situation that will be worth watching as the transfer deadline approaches.


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On the right side of the Northwest face just right of Count Dracula lies this climb up a left-facing corner with plates and jugs. A short climb but excellent nonetheless, this features good rock and steep fun moves. A good choice on a warm day as it gets plenty of shade.
Pro to 2.5"
My first lead climb in J-Tree! Sharp! Tape up and welcome to J-Tree! This route reminds me of the East Slab on the Dome in Boulder Canyon, but this is a more direct line and a more solid, consistant crack. Jam up and go. Eventually, the crack peters out, and it gets "frictiony", so beginner leaders should put in a piece before leaving the crack! Jam and go, and have fun!
this route seems harder than 5.6.
The start of this climb is somewhat intimidating looking for a 5.6 climb, but the crack eats up pro and good climbing follow for a nice short route. Very fun then as fun downclimb to the right gets you back to the base.
The start was a little hard, physically, as the two walls leaned out to prevent a good stem on the polished rock. Still, the lie-back technique was brute force, but not tricky there, so it was not really a technical move over 5.6 or 5.7- just physically hard.
This has to be one of the cooler 5.6s in the park. Oh yeah! Walk off down to the right...
As a corollary to Chris' "A good choice on a warm day as it gets plenty of shade", this is a poor choice on a cold day as it gets no sun whatsoever.
Start the first 10-15' with a stem or a lieback. Stem worked great for me but my legs are a little longer. From there you can get a great stance for most of the rest of the climb by left foot in the crack. The first 15' is the crux and probably more like 5.7 as you need to be sensitive about where you stem - the feet arent that great. You could pretend the right arete isnt there with huge handholds and climb it like a nice 5.7 hand crack. Its probably 5.5 with the arete/face holds. This is a good route for practicing hand jams. The "walk off" is a 3rd/4th class patina plate/semi-chimney downclimb or 5th class patina plate downclimb to the climbers right.
Be judicious with your feet at the start and don't take the grade for granted (if you're leading 5.7 to 9). It is steep an strenusous for several moves at the start with slick feet (despite the very sharp rock for your hands). I blew off but fortunately my gear held (a gold Alien!) and I "only" shredded my fingers on the very sharp rock. Debrided, taped-up and finished the route (and several others over the next few days). Very good climb nonetheless.
Fun Climb with a low crux. Nick onsighted. Exciting down climb.
Got spanked by this climb. I kept blowing it at the crux and flying right off. My girlfriend then tried and got the second piece in, then are friend Don finally finished the lead. In between our lame attempts, two guys came through and soloed it quite beautifully. This was a final trip for the season to Josh. I think it was just her way of letting us know who's boss.
Great route, a bit easier than 5.6 if your tall and a bit harder if your short.
Was very much looking forward to this climb, but upon checking out the top section it became very apparent that something was either attracting a lot of bees about 2/3 the way up or they had decided to make their little bee home inside the crack. Thus, with my heart torn in pieces I eventually agreed with my partners that it was probably a bad idea to go creeping up into their home turf. Soooo be mindful of bees in the crack until it gets colder.
We did this route on Oct 11th. The bees are still there and still mad. Be careful.
No bees on 1-15-11. Really fun lead. Didn't use any nuts or tiny cams. Rated G climb - lots of places for solid protection and really good stances to place pro. Brought a full rack of cams up to 2.5. Also brought a few large hexes and loved them.
First lead on this today. Beginning few moves are a bit strenuous, but totally mellow stances for placing pro thereafter. Using a crash pad at the bottom will help in the event you slip off the first move or two. Very fun, and a great line.
First few feet seemed pretty stiff for a 5.6. I thought a 5.7- might be more accurate. Slipped and landed on my butt starting it. No damage done, except to my ego. Overall a very fun climb. Best at it's grade on Castle Rock, and better than Bonnie Brae, by far.
The real trick on this climb is the first 15 feet or so. The good news is it has a flat sandy base, so if you take a couple grounders before getting your first piece in, like I did, the landing is good. After that the route mellows. Bring all you medium to large cams and rack everything on your right side. Down low the crack will eat all you medium sized cams (.75 to 3)and near the top I placed a #5 nearly tipped out. Rack a couple small cams and nuts on your left to build your anchor.
"The real trick on this climb is the first 15 feet or so. The good news is it has a flat sandy base, so if you take a couple grounders before getting your first piece in, like I did, the landing is good." +5
After reading some of the other posts here, I conclude that the start must really be the crux for a shorter climber. I'm 5'10" and it was a bit of a stretch for me...my GF had some real problems starting, but she was only 5'0". I took a look at this on the way out, going home a couple weeks ago, and it certainly is an intimidating-looking route for "only" 5.6!
Nice start (don't lay back steam it, the friction is all there), before you know it your up the first 15'. No more than a 5.6 for the tree
Kinda hard to get 10ft off the ground for a 5.6! Then a cruise.
I'll add that a Bouldering Pad is part of the "rack for this climb! I've sure seen a lot of climbers do butt-plants on this one! (Myself included!)


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All forms must be submitted electronically by the department chair or program director to the Dean's Office staff liaison for the curriculum subcommittee. EPCC considers submission by the chair as confirming that the department has reviewed and approved the proposal. Fill out all the heading material that is appropriate for the course, including course prefix and number in the top right corner, college, effective term and boxes indicating type of proposal.
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For new stacked courses: The difference in expectations, assignments and grading between the levels must be stated. A syllabus showing the differences is required.
After EPCC has reviewed the proposal, the EPCC chair will contact the department chair by email. If the proposal has been accepted, the department chair will then need to sign the proposal in the Dean's Office or may download the approved electronic version, sign and send the hard copy to the Dean's Office at Campus Box 144. If the proposal requires revision or further information, the department chair will be asked to provide that information before the proposal is reviewed again.
These curricular changes should be approved by the department chair and then sent to the CLAS Educational Policies and Curriculum Committee (EPCC). All proposals should be submitted electronically to the Dean's Office staff liaison to EPCC, who will then distribute the proposals to the committee members. The EPCC has established the following guidelines for certificates and minors, and proposals for these must conform to these guidelines to be reviewed by the committee:
Background: In the last few years, the EPCC has seen rapid growth in the number of proposals submitted for formal certificate programs. These graduate and undergraduate certificate programs are usually designed by an individual department, entail 9-20 credit hours of specialized course work, and result in a student receiving a formal "certificate" notification on their CU transcript. Certificate programs are available to any student (including those who are non-degree seeking) who completes the requisite course work. Some departments design "admissions" criteria of their own for students enrolling in the certificate program, but many do not. Examples of certificate programs that have now passed EPCC review and are formally transcripted programs include: Communication Management, Geographic Information Science, Historic Preservation, and Professional and Multimedia Writing. Departments use these certificates to recognize advanced, specialized knowledge of their students and to build important non-degree programs that will be of service to the broader Denver community.
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Scientists in Cambridge are getting closer to discovering a cure for one of the major diseases, following the news that drugs giant AstraZeneca is setting up in the city.
The message comes from Robert Winter, the man heading the organisation overseeing the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, where the company's £330 million global HQ will be built by 2016 - employing 2,000 people.
Dr Winter is director of Cambridge University Health Partners, a partnership of three NHS trusts - Cambridge University Hospitals, Cambridgeshire and Peterborough NHS Foundation Trust, and Papworth Hospital - which is shaping the "overall vision" for the campus.
AstraZeneca's new facility will become the company's largest centre for cancer research, as well as hosting scientists focused on cardiovascular and metabolic diseases, respiratory, inflammation and autoimmune diseases, and conditions of the central nervous system.
Dr Winter said the fast-growing campus had been first described in a 1999 report called 2020 Vision. He said: "The vision was to bring together academics and businesses together, in closer collaboration, and that is now happening.
"Cancer Research UK is already on the site, as is the Institute of Metabolic Science, and what is now being created in Cambridge is unique in the UK - a community where everyone is focussed on innovation and improvement.
"There is terrific synergy, and I think we are on the cusp of a major new drug discovery.
"We're actually now reclassifying diseases, in relation to their genomic profile, and we will see, and in fact are already are seeing, treatments that are tailored to individuals and the diseases they have. It's very exciting."
MedImmune, AstraZeneca's wholly-owned subsidiary, currently based at Granta Park at Great Abington, will leave there to be part of the Biomedical Campus development.
The development is being masterminded by the Liberty Property Trust and Countryside Properties.
Andrew Blevins, managing director of Liberty, said: "The campus is more like an urban healthcare village than a conventional science park. What we're creating here is a vibrant healthcare community - a community of academics, businesses and clinicians all working towards the common goal of bringing new and improved products and services to patients. Our aim is to develop buildings and an environment that will enable companies to flourish."


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Evans noted that the medical device companies who are the most successful understand the benefits of leveraging the expertise of others and balance all the sources of innovation. Elaborating, Evans said, "The best new product development and manufacturing programs are with companies that understand their core competencies well and are willing to seek assistance from competent, experienced outsourced partners for areas outside their expertise." KMC operates as a committed value-driven partner by helping customers develop diagnostic instruments through a combination of internal R&D, collaboration and off-the-shelf (OTS) purchasing.
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"The real value of utilizing KMC's off-the-shelf solutions is that these designs are proven and verified, not only reducing custom development costs but also the subsequent module test and integration costs, which shortens the development schedule," Evans told MPO Magazine. "We have seen this leveraging of expertise and various sources of innovation for a product development program to be very successful. So indeed, innovation should encompass all three sources - in-house, collaborative partner, and purchased [research]."
Additionally, KMC's lean manufacturing processes contribute to the company's role as an OI partner. By partnering with key suppliers, KMC creates several "lean" materials benefits, passing on volume-purchased savings on parts used in minimal quantities. Customers also benefit from a shortened product development cycle with KMC'S "spare parts" program, which allows the use of the FIFO (first in, first out) manufacturing process. To learn more, read: Lean manufacturing brings advantages
KMC helps ensure successful OI partnerships, and has an impressive track record of returning customers to prove it, which they demonstrate through honesty, commitment and communication as explained in KMC's communication process.
Barbella, MPO's Managing Editor, explained OI this way:
"Open innovation refers to the formal discipline and practice of engaging outside help to problem-solve and advance technology. Open innovation (OI) is the antithesis of the traditional research and development (R&D) approach that relies mainly on internal resources/knowledge to drive innovation."
Barbella elaborates in his article, noting "Open innovation goes beyond traditional outsourcing by arming the company with resources that are available outside its own laboratory." However, he is careful to point out that OI cannot completely replace outsourcing.
The need for more OI will continue to increase as the five-year outlook for the medtech market is expected to grow 4.4% between 2011 and 2018, reaching $440 billion in 2018, according to EvaluateMedTech™ World Preview 2018 report by EvaluatePharm ®, a leading source for life science sector analysis and consensus forecasts. This growth would position the industry at half the size of the prescription drug market.
Rising health care costs and longer life spans are also necessitating the shift from the more private R&D development models of the past to open innovation.
Historically, one of the better known examples of OI in action was Charles Lindbergh's 33.5 hour solo strip across the Atlantic in the custom-built monoplane, "Spirit of St. Louis," Barbell shared in his article in MPO Magazine. That flight resulted from Manhattan hotel magnate and Frenchman Raymond Orteig offering a $25,000 reward to the first allied aviator to fly non-stop between New York City and Paris, France. Prior to the unknown Lindbergh successfully accomplishing the feat, several famous astronauts failed at their attempts to cross the Atlantic.
Within the medtech industry, Barbella explained that OI resulted in a number of technological advances, such as laser surgery, which evolved from the existence of unwanted tattoos; the MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), which started off as a chemical and physical analysis tool, and numerous surgical tools that came from carpenters saws, drills and screws.
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the bone glue technology designed to replace screws in reconstructive surgery which was developed based on research of the underwater adhesive manufactured by mussels.
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Who's the LB who's third in tackles in the whoooo-le league?
You damn right.
Who's the fourth year vet who's leadership and preparation make him the best bet?
Can you dig it?
Who's the Cowboys defender that is playing very well yet still is showing a weakness in his game, but this blogger has full confidence he'll address the technique issues that have lead to coverage breakdowns and further strengthen his game into being one of the best all-around linebackers in the NFL?
I'm talking about Sean.
Obviously, much like Lee still has work to do covering tight ends up the seam, I need to work on my song parody game.
Of course, Lee having a lot of tackles is somewhat to be expected. He'sa MLB in a 4-3, which is a position designed for a lot of tackles. So, saying Sean Lee has a lot of tackles is a little like starting off your part of your annual review by saying "I'm here on time pretty much a lot of the time"- it's just meeting basic expectations.
AdvancedNFLStats.com maintains a metric called "Tackle Factor". Tackle Factor does a couple things:
Compares a player's rate of tackles compared to the "expected" rate of tackles for the position they play.
Proves that creativity in naming their metrics is not a forte of AvancedNFLstats.com
Lee's TF for this season is 1.54, which ties him for third in the league. A 4-3 MLB is expected to contribute 11.6% of his team's tackles- that 1.54 figure tells you Lee has contributed to 17.86% of Dallas's tackles. Pretty impressive, and it ties with for third in the league among linebackers.
But, of course, tackle counts can be misleading. A tackle on an RB is fine, but if it's seven yards down from the line of scrimmage, that's not exactly what we want now is it? Similarly, AdvancedNFLStats keeps a metric called "Success Count", which is a running measure of the amount of plays a player is involved in that increase his team's odds of winning (which they measure in Expected Points Added (EPA), which is really cool but too in-depth to get into here). Lee has 35 SC's for the season. The Cowboy's #2 (Hatcher) and #3 (Church) combine for 37 SCs. In other words, if something good happens on the Dallas defense, there's overwhelming odds that Sean Lee was involved in it.
The downside does exist, for Lee, and it's fairly obvious- he just hasn't been effective covering tight ends. In Week 1, Brandon Meyers caught 7 passes for 66 yards. In Week 2, Sean McGrath and Anthony Fasano combined for 4 receptions for 57 yards. In Week 3, Jared Cook and Lance Kendricks combined for 10 receptions and 80 on -gulp- 12 targets. Everybody knows what Antonio Gates (10-136 on 10 targets) and Julius Thomas (9-122 on 12 targets) did to the Cowboys. Jared Reed went 4-58-6 on Sunday.
Now, I don't have the scouting expertise, video time, or stomach to go back and check on how many of those TE receptions were on Lee's broken coverage, and we all know his linebacking partner in crime Bruce Carter has had his share of difficulties adapting to coverage in the new scheme, and Church/Wilcox have probably had their share of broken coverage in those 44 receptions above. But it's one of those football truisms that tight ends and Tampa-2 MLB's get to be very familiar with another through the course of a game (I think Chris Collinsworth has actually said more words on this subject over the past decade that Ernest Hemingway wrote over his career).
Even aside from the tight end issue, the fact remains the Cowboys are 30th in opposing passing yards and 20th in opposing points. When assigning blame, there's plenty of options; I tend to feel like, even though he's performed statistically well, Lee deserves a good portion of responsibility for the team's defensive performance. Maybe it goes against my central statistical philosophy, but Lee's a captain for the team and bears a lot of on-field responsibility for communications and making sure players are in the right place. In that regard, it's tough to say he's succeeding.
Then again, playing behind Jason Hatcher and His Replacement Level All-Stars on the defensive line has to drain quite a bit out of you. In short, Sean, you should start off your annual review with that TF thing, and just be ready when Jerry Jones brings up the tight ends thing.
(Yes, I do intend to leave you with the mental image of Jerry Jones personally conducting annual reviews with not only Cowboys players, but all other Cowboys personnel, in case you were wondering.)


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