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I would to suggest you have the documentation of examples reviewed and use a checklist to see if it contains all relevant information for developers. So here is a general description of the working day of an average developer.
Every day I work using S60 3rd SDKs. I am using the APIs that I am familiar with. I follow the news about new devices coming out. The announcement Nokia and Symbian make, etc. There comes a day when a new SDK comes out or a new Carbide version. It is hyped and contains great new features which my customers will press me to use after some time. So better have a look and keep up to date. But I am wary as it may costs too much time to explore the new feature or I have to learn again another new technology which may flop later on (e.g. Qt - I am not saying it will flop - I think it is a good idea - but there are chance it will succeed and there are chances it will flop).
So you download and install (S60 5th SDK). You open the documentation. Bad user experience: it is Eclipse based (CHM allows faster and more accurate searching) and it first need to build an index to be able access the documentation. We go to "What's new".
You see "Touch UI", "Tactile", "Widgets", "Web runtime", "New C++ APIs". In "New C++ APIs" there is just a list with about 20 new APIs. You wonder what they are about. So you look for some examples. There is an examples directory so you go there.
TUIEx seem to be most interesting as it contains examples about the new features. You open the documentation for Tactile.
About this example:
The Tactile example demonstrates how to use Tactile Feedback Client API on Symbian OS application. The program shows basic ways to produce tactile feedback in different situations and some related issues that are necessary in order that everything works correctly.
1) The introduction does not explain how S60 defines "Tactile feedback" - does the device give a feedback, does it vibrate, what happens it the device gives tactile feedback? Do I first need to buy a device to discover this? The emulator did not give me any tactile feedback as far as I could see when I tried to use the example.
Basically program draws two different objects (square and circle) and a button on a screen. Tapping objects' area or dragging them will produce tactile feedback. When objects are dragged in such position that their focal points have exactly the same coordinates, tactile feedback is disabled. Pressing button at any time will enable feedback and restore objects to their original positions. If screen mode doesn't have touch support objects are not visible.
OK - let's try in the emulator (that does not costs me so much time and I am not going to run out now to buy a device).
I have my emulator in QVGA 240x320. I can click around with the mouse. I do not see the square and circle. When I switch it to QHD 360x640 they become visible.
2) This makes you wonder. Is it not possible for a device manufacturer to create a device using QVGA 240x320 TouchScreen using S60 5th Edition? How do I see the emulator is in TouchScreen mode? When I search using Google I learn QHD is 960x540? ninth HD (nHD) is 640x360? Why does the emulator indicate QHD when it is actually running nHD?
3) Only here I discover what the exact tactile feedback is. When dragged the sqaure moves shaking and makes a soft sound. Well ... why not write this in the introduction of the documentation?
3.3 Tactile Feedback Client API usage
This section explains the usage of Tactile Feedback Client API on the example program. Feedback for square is registry based and since circle is not rectangular shape – instant feedback must be used. Feedback for button is handled by component itself. This is the case with all S60 UI components.
4) registry based? instant feedback? Because it is not a rectangular shape? Why not the same mechanism for all shapes? with all S60 UI components? Is the whole UI going to shake? This paragraph raises more questions as it answers. So where are we going to find the answers?
When using Tactile Feedback Client API, instance for touch feedback must be acquired by calling MTouchFeedback::Instance(). For square object it is stored in member variable because it is often needed.
5) Again. Raises more questions as it answers. Acquired by calling MTouchFeedback::Instance(). This is a static method? What the class supposed to start with a M in that case? M is a mixin class - not a static class. Did they modify CCoeControl to derive from MTouchFeedback? Well ... it going to cost more time as I have to find out from the source code. Well ... it actually looks to be a static class method (the name should have been TouchFeedback or XTouchFeedback?).
6) For square object it is stored in member ... often needed? Why? For the circle it is not often needed?
At first, Feedback area for square is registered initially in TactileExampleSquare::ConstructL() using SetFeedbackArea().
7) OK - look at the source again. Easy to locate. But it would be nicer if the documentation explained how big the feedback area is (well ... it is the same size and position as the square).
Square's feedback area must be updated when square is dragged or when its size is altered as a result of a screen mode change. Feedback area updates are implemented using ChangeFeedbackArea() in TactileExampleSquare::PositionChanged() and SetFeedbackArea() in TactileExampleSquare::SizeChanged().
8) Why not use the same method in both cases?
Feedback for dragging square and circle are handled by calling InstantFeedback() in CTactileExampleAppView::Move(). It is called from HandlePointerEventL() which is usually the only place to detect dragging events. It is usually a good idea to call InstantFeedback() as early stage as possible. Especially when there are some time-consuming calculations and/or graphical operations involved. This is due to latency reasons.
9) Latency reasons are always a good excuse to put the blaim on something. It the documentation not just trying to say if you want INSTANT feedback you need to call InstantFeedback() as early as possible? So InstantFeedback() will make the object vibrate and produce a sound?
10) Also strange - I understand the view receives the pointer event, but is it not possible for the objects to move themselves? OO design means you have class with operation and object mostly can handle things themselves, right? The design "error" can easily be spotted as Move takes a CCoeControl* parameter. Maybe this is also a bit unclear to me as there is no class diagram for the example.
Since circle is not rectangular shape it's feedback must be handled by using InstantFeedback(). It is done in TactileExampleCircle::HandlePointerEventL(). Hit detection of both objects is handled by means of MCoeControlHitTest interface.
11) Still do not understand what makes the circle so different from the square that it need to be handled by using InstantFeedback(). I decided to look at the API documentation of MTouchFeedback class. It does not state it clearly, but you can read there is two ways to provide feedback. 1) Indicate an area. 2) Indicate that feedback shall be given instantly now. Well ... something the example documentation also could explain instead of introducing speculation about what is so different between a square and a cirlce.
So this consultancy now costed 2 hours of typing and investigating. In my opinion a lot of the example documentation have the same problem - essential information missing (class diagram) - not coming to the point - first put things in perspective in the introduction - state clearly the options.
Here is a checklist for reviews to improve this:
1) Think from the developer point of view using the following assumptions:
- time is very valuable.
- the developer may not have a clue or slighest understanding about your API or technology.
- be able to introduce or make the main selling point of the API in one sentence or paragraph (the introduction is the sales pitch of the documentation!).
2) Documentation should always describe the purpose of an APIs using different termonology as the name of the API.
3) Documentation should give examples of what unique selling point this API is offering for application developers.
4) Documentation should state how this API is related / compared with other APIs.
5) Documentation should very clearly state what problem the API is solving for the developer (making it simpler; avoid writing a lot of code yourself; giving access to device features which otherwise could not be used).
6) Read your documentation and imagine what questions could pop up by a first time reader/developer and provide answers to these questions or provide links to answers.
7) Provide a class diagram and sequence diagrams.
Hope this helps. Success!

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Wednesday, December 23, 2009
Christmas Greetings..
Have a wonderful festive holiday and stay safe .......
Till we meet again in 2010
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Sunday, December 20, 2009
Choux Pastry
I've been wanting to try my hands on...
choux pastry
....at the same time... was a little '
' that it may not turn out well as I expected...Watching Laura Calder on TV, making her various 'French' pastry ie choux pastry, chocolate eclair etc... she made everything seems so 'easy'...manage to write down her recipe... but still I was holding back....afraid that it might not '
Coincidently... the very same weekend...in the West Australian Saturday newspaper .... there was this article on one French Pastry chef living in Perth ~Emmanuelle Mollois... gave out his version of choux pastry (recipe below)... literally.. 'pulled' myself together (including my
... before it decided to
chicken out
on me again!!)...and the result was ~tremendously puffed... and I was chuffed!!!
120g plain flour - sifted
90g butter
200ml milk
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon sugar
3 eggs
In a saucepan, mix milk, butter, salt and sugar. Bring to boil..... Remove from heat and mix in the flour. With a wooden spatula, mix well. Return the saucepan to the stove, and keep stirring the mix until it formed into a ball.
Add egg one at a time. Using a hand held mixer or benchtop mixer, keep mixing the egg and the pastry until the dough is shiny.....
Either use a tablespoon and drop into a dollop on a baking tray or use a piping nozzle (1 inch).
Bake at 200C for 10 minutes, then lower to 180C for another 15 minutes or golden brown.
Cool the hollow choux pastry ... split into 2 and fill the pastry with either cream or custard!!.
Choux Pastry
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Monday, December 14, 2009
Gingerbread House...
Miss E
and I decided to do something different this
... we took upon ourselves a challenge to do a Gingerbread House... sound ambitious?? Yes...it was...
So last weekend, we started our Mega project... I baked the components to build the gingerbread house on Friday...hahaha alas...some '
' required in my kitchen....never thought, it'll be of any use... after many years of
'not working and hiding my career'
in the closet!!
My first mix for the gingerbread house (adapted from
Fun Cakes
Ann Nicol
) was a disaster... it shrunk after the fourth 'house component'... hence... my gingerbread house will sure 'tumble' or be like leaning Tower of Pisa....
Oh dear!!.. panic and frantic...I have no other choice but to look for another alternative mix... which luckily I found in the old Super Food Idea magazine...Otherwise...
Miss E
will be
I adapted its recipe with a little change in the ingredients and the 'size' of the house...
We did the decorations on Saturday....
Mr H
was expecting ~ "
kitchen will ended up like a
'combat zone'
with the 2 ladies arguing...."
Good to note that there was no
'difference of opinions'
ie arguing and nagging...between mother and daughter... it was a good team effort....
After all the hardwork.... I am happy just to look at the house rather than eating.....
For the gingerbread house:
3 1/2 cups of self raising flour
1 cup plain flour
1 tablespoon ground ginger
2 teaspoon ground cinnamon
3/4 cup dark brown sugar
185g butter-chopped
1/2 cup corn syrup
2 eggs lightly beaten
1/4 cup icing sugar
Combine flour. ginger cinnamon. sugar and butter in a food processor. Process until mixture resembles breadcrumbs. Whisk syrup and eggs together in a jug. Add egg mixture until dough just comes together. Turn onto a lightly floured surface and knead gently until smooth. Cut the dough into two and refrigerate for at least 2 hours or well chilled.
Roll the dough, 1 portion at a time..between 2 sheets of baking paper until 5mm thick. Using the cardboard cut-outs as a guidecut into shapes...Place the gingerbread in a single layer on trays and freeze for 15 minutes or until firm.
Preheat oven to 180C. Bake for 15 minutes. Repeat with the rest. Leave it to completely cool before starting to assemble...
: do check the 'baked' house components against the cardboard cut-outs... carefully trim to size when the 'components' are still warm.... Otherwise the house will not fit!!! (due to expansion)
For Royal Icing:
2 egg whites
3 cups of pure icing sugar
Using electric mixer....Beat eggwhites until soft peak form. Gradually add in icing sugar, beating constantly until thick.
To Assemble
: Use piping bag.... join walls together. Use unopened cans as support...Leave it to dry before decorating ...
Cardboard cut-outs:
Roof ~ 16.5cm by 20cm (qty -2 )
Side ~ 10cm by 16cm (qty - 2)
Front and back ~ base 18cm, height 10cm with another 10cm high gables (qty-2). Total height - 20cm
small windows - cut out 3cm by3cm
big windows ~ cut out 4.5cm by 4.5 cm
door ~ 8cm by 5cm
chimneys~ 2 trapeziums base 2cm x height 4cm x 2cm; Rectangle 2cmx4cm; square 2cmx2cm
Gingerbread house will keep up to a week.....
Note :
All are edible except for my three cute buddies
..Mr Penguin, Mr Santa
Mr Snowman
.... They are happy to pose with our house!!!
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Saturday, December 12, 2009
raspberry eton mess
Miss E
has been asking me..."
Mom, when are you going to publish my raspberry eton mess?..
Its been awhile since I made them
Yes... sweetie, your mom has been 'sleeping on her job'!! I meant to publish this much earlier but somehow ... kind of
my 'attention'...sorry my dearest dessert queen... promise to do better next time...
made and decorated by
Miss E...
isn't she creative? like her mom...hahaha
225g fresh or frozen raspberries
1/4 cup caster sugar
450g strawberries
150ml thick cream
150ml Greek yoghurt
4 meringue nests
Place raspberries and sugar in a saucepan over low heat for 5 minutes until the juices strat to flow, then leave to cool.
Transfer to a food processor and puree until smooth. Pass through the sieve, discarding the solids. Place strawberries in a bowl with the puree raspberries, cream, yoghurt and the meringue. Fold everything together until combine. Spoon into 4 glasses and serve immediately.
~delicious 2003
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Friday, December 11, 2009
Prawn Fritters or Cucur Udang
Prawn Fritters... they are so yum to have in the afternoon with
kopi O
(Malaysian local coffee..)... my mum would serve the prawn fritters with peanut sauce (just like satay sauce)... Prawn fritters sold in the food stall has lost its 'identity' over the years.... there are less prawns used, more flour....
2 cups of Plain flour
400g fresh prawns - roughly chopped
30 cooked prawns - de-vein and shelled
1/2 cup of fresh chives - chopped
2 handful of beansprout
1 teaspoon of tumeric powder
Sweet Chilli sauce to serve
Mix everything in a mixing bowl... add water adequately to make a smooth batter. Shallow fry in a large frying pan using canola oil. Drop in 2 serving spoonful of the batter into the hot frying pan... top with the cooked prawn. Turn the fritters over once the bottom side is cooked and golden brown in colour. Repeat with the other side... Serve with sweet chilli sauce.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2009
Moroccan Apricot Chicken
Couscous again!!! my kids will be sighing... eventhough I tried to explain to them ...it's pasta.. that comes in different shapes... nobody buys the idea... its just like parmesan or blue cheese... you have to acquire the taste and the smell!! in my kids' case... the shape...
They'll finish their dinner .. no doubt...but later they'll be ranscaking the pantry for other so called
according to the two
4 chicken breast - trimmed
1 brown onion - thinly sliced
3 garlic - crushed
1 canned diced tomatoes
1 canned chickpeas
1 cup chicken stock
1 cup dried apricot - sliced
2 tablespoon honey
1 tablespoon tomato paste
1 tablespoon moroccan seasoning
Using 1 tablespoon olive oil, heat up the frying pan and cook the chicken for 2 minutes on each side or until slightly brown. Transfer to a plate.
Saute onion until soft. Add garlic and seasoning, stir until fragrant. Add honey and tomato paste. Then stir in the diced tomatoes, stock, chickpea and apricot. Bring to boil... then add the chicken, simmer for 20 minutes until the chicken is cooked. Serve with couscous or rice.
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Monday, December 7, 2009
teriyaki beef noodle salad
Summer is officially here....The sun rises earlier and earlier... it was almost 'hot' by 11 am and all it takes was 2 hours for my washing to be bone dry on the washing line ... Australian sun can be harsh...My kitchen will be less 'smoking' during these long hot summer days...
Nothing beats the nice cool crisps salad on any hot days..yummm....
300g beef steak - marinate with teriyaki sauce overnight
packet salad
a packet of thin Hokkien noodle (yellow noodle)
Pan fry the beef steak and cut into thin strips. Cook the noodle as per packet instruction. Mix all the ingredients in a salad bowl. salt to taste.
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Saturday, December 5, 2009
meringue lemon curd
Browsing through my new cookbook,
Mr H Jr
wanted to try... to make this dessert. And since I have all the ingredients needed... plus the lemoncurd... I was ecstatic!!.... that my teenage
stuck with computer in his room
-son wanted to make some dessert!!! woohoo!!!
Wish that he would be out doing something else more... rather than glued to his computer!! sigh.....
We tried using meringue recipe from Ms Janelle's book but somehow it did not turn out well... its a bit chewy and moist... so its best to adopt the
from Donna Hay....
The rest as follows:
Drop the meringue onto a greased baking tray... using a small teaspoon to make a indentation at at the top.
Reduce the oven temperature to 100C and bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or more until the meringue is dry to touch....
Spoon a small amount of lemon curd into the indentation and top with raspberry.
Tip: to have a 'drier' meringue... bake longer.....
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Friday, December 4, 2009
Debbie's Remedy
Debbie made this 'concoction' drink last winter. As she had just returned from her European Summer holiday and was having a
'tingly' throat
... she made this and brought to work... and I had the pleasure of 'tasting' her remedy. It was soothing .... and the ginger quickly warmed up my tummy!! Good for winter and must remember to have this warm ginger drink every winter... and since I am having a 'sniffle'... could do with a cuppa!!!
a handful of red dates
4 or 5 honey dates
2 inches of ginger - thinly sliced
some rock sugar
4 or 5 chinese rice bowls of water
Everything in a slow cooker, and cook for 4 hours on LOW. Adjust the rock sugar to the level of 'sweetness' to your liking.
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Wednesday, December 2, 2009
Chicken, Mushroom, Sundried Tomato Quiche
Its quite easy to make if shortcrust pastry is within reach in the freezer .... Easy... Lazy meal ....
1 cup cooked chicken - shredded
1/3 cup sundried tomato - thinly sliced
200g mushroom - sliced
few fresh basil leaves
2 shortcrust pastry - partially thawed
1/2 cup cooking cream
8 eggs
1/2 cup parmesan cheese
salt and pepper
Pre heat the oven to 200C. Line a baking tray with baking paper. Using the springform quiche or tart dish, cut up the shortcrust pastry to fit. Refrigerate for 20 minutes. Blind bake the pie casing for 10 minutes then carefully remove the beans and continue to bake for another 10 minutes.
In a jug, mix the eggs, parmesan cheese, cream, salt and pepper. Cook the mushroom for 4 minutes, then add cooked chicken, sundried tomatoes and shredded fresh basil leave.
Arrange the mushroom mix in the pie casing, pour in the egg mix carefully...not to over spill. Bake at 180C for another 40-45 minutes .....
Note: I cooked mini quiches for the kids lunch box...using muffin pan...
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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Mikhail Grabovski missed only one game last season and it appears that he was lucky not to miss more as the forward admits he may have suffered a concussion after being hit by Zdeno Chara in a game against Boston on Feb. 15.
In an interview with Dmitry Chesnokov from Yahoo! Sports this week, Grabovski spoke about the injury.
"Well, I think I had a mild concussion," he told Chesnokov. "But I recovered pretty quickly. And now I am feeling absolutely fine."
At the time of the incident, the Maple Leafs stated that Grabovski did not suffer a concussion after twice being hit into the end boards by Chara in a game Toronto won 4-3.
"He would not have been allowed to return to play had he exhibited any symptoms of concussion," wrote Toronto president and general manager Brian Burke in an e-mail to the Globe and Mail after the game.
On the second hit early in the third period, Grabovski had trouble getting to his feet and skated slowly off the ice. He returned to play later in the third period and eventually scored the winning goal with just over a minute remaining.
In comments made right after the game, Grabovski acknowledged that he didn't mind the physical style of play from the Bruins.
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Ruby, age 4: The sky is blue because Mother Nature made it and she didn't want it red or green or orange because I think she liked it blue. I think that's her favorite color. If it was red we could have a party, but if it were blue we could do somersaults and have a big party.
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Paula, Ruby's mom: I think I remember reading something about Mother Nature liking it blue, but I also think it has to do with the helium or hydrogen or some gases up there and the way the light filters through them.
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Itanium Architecture for Software Developers
The faster you make a computer run, the harder it is to envision how
to make it run still faster. It is no longer sufficient to just make the
architecture process instructions faster. You must make more things
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Updated 10:52am Sunday 20th April 2014 in News By Anna Roberts, Crime reporter
A man who ran a marathon despite seriously injuring himself in a triathlon has been named this week's Local Hero.
John Challen, of Downside, Shoreham, said he was honoured to receive the accolade after slashing himself after falling off his bike during the triathlon.
Despite eventually needing 26 stitches Mr Challen carried on to compete in the Brighton Marathon.
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The 35-year-old freelance journalist has so far raised £5,000 for the Worthing branch of the National Autistic Society and MS Treatment and hopes to raise £8,000.
He set off from Hove around 5am, swam 1,500m and started his 40km ride when disaster struck.
He plunged from his bike and slashed his leg.
Mr Challen said: "About 20 seconds afterwards I knew I had to carry on."
So he did and ran the final 10km of the triathlon – before starting the Brighton Marathon, where he ran 26 miles.
This, he admitted, was against the advice of medics.
He said two St John's Ambulance people: "told me my leg would fall off".
In the end he completed the marathon in four hour and 59 minutes and spent the next six hours in Worthing General Hospital's accident and emergency department.
He said: "I crossed the finish line at Brighton Marathon having spent nine hours either running, swimming, cycling and walking during the day."
On Monday he had his stitches taken out.
Mr Challen wanted to raise money for the charities as his mother-in-law has MS while his friend Zoe Green's son, James, has Asperger's Syndrome.
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9:19am Sun 20 Apr 14
twonk says...
10:06am Sun 20 Apr 14
NathanAdler says...
I assume personal injury insurance or BUPA is not high on his agenda, so I agree with the above - what a stupid man !!
Not a hero in my books more like "The Big I Am"
10:40am Sun 20 Apr 14
misshappyface says...
10:56am Sun 20 Apr 14
PaulOckenden says...
I for one think that what John Challen did was totally amazing, and for two very important local charities.
Not giving up in the face of adversity is one of the most admirable human traits. Posting weasel comments on news stories is somewhere near the other end of the spectrum.
11:13am Sun 20 Apr 14
Lenny123 says...
What this man has done is admirable and so unselfish hardly the big I am - so far from the truth! Now get on with your miserable lives and if nothing good to say why bother!
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CAPE ELIZABETH — Two town school buildings had to be evacuated Thursday morning after teachers discovered "a threatening message" in a student bathroom.
Cape Elizabeth Police responded and recommended that the Pond Cove Elementary School and the Cape Elizabeth Middle School – the buildings are connected – be evacuated as a precautionary measure.
An e-mail alert sent to parents about the incident from Pond Cove principal Kelly Hasson and interim middle school principal Doug Perley said that public safety officials checked the buildings and "determined that there was no credible threat to the safety of the school community."
The incident took place late Thursday morning. Students and staff were allowed to return to the buildings about 20 minutes after the students had been evacuated.
School officials described the evacuation as "calm, orderly, and brief," but they gave no indication as to why they considered the message found in the bathroom to be threatening.
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Zach Randolph had 18 points and 13 rebounds, and the Memphis Grizzlies shot 53 percent from the floor in a 108-90 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks on Wednesday night.
Rudy Gay added 17 points and Marreese Speights contributed 16 off the bench to help Memphis win its third straight after a season-opening loss.
Milwaukee, which was looking to start 3-0 for the first time since the 2005-06 season, shot just 38.5 percent from the field. Brandon Jennings led the Bucks with 19 points, but he was only 6 of 20 from the field. Monta Ellis added 15 points on 5-of-18 shooting.
Memphis withstood a third-quarter rally and pulled away in the fourth.
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It was a rough Monday morning for a cab driver in Minneapolis. Tod O'Reilly picked up what he thought was a customer, and he was robbed and then stuffed in his trunk.
The incident occurred around 5:00 Monday morning at the Metro Transit bus hub, a very busy area along Hennepin Avenue. He was flagged down by a man, told he needed to go to Cub Foods, but needed to talk to his sister. However, the entire story was a ploy to get the cab driver into a vulnerable area.
O'Reilly says the man he picked up this morning had him drive just a few blocks to the mall in Uptown, told him to pull over and turn off the cab. He demanded all his money, wallet, cell phone and implied that he had a gun.
O'Reilly was put in the trunk and waited for about four minutes before pulling the latch. The suspect hasn't been seen since. Police say this is a perfect example why they want cameras required in all cabs. The Rainbow cab O'Reilly was driving does not have one. Investigators say they're at a disadvantage without surveillance because there are about 20 to 25 cab robberies in Minneapolis each year. This one is number six.
The owner of Rainbow Taxi says his only hesitation has been waiting for the city to specify what kind of cameras they will require.
"They're figuring out what's going to be required and what's not going to be required and that put me on hold because how was I supposed to spend thousands of dollars on a camera system and have them tell me you need to do this different? So we've been kind of waiting on that," he said.
O'Reilly says he won't let one bad encounter in his three years of driving stop him.
Minneapolis police are working closely with Metro Transit to see if any of their cameras here at the bus hub may have captured this suspect getting into the cab, but it will be difficult identifying him, and they believe based on the story that he might have done something like in the past.
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This will be much more brief than the wandering diary that was my post on our Offense. Scipio Texicanus already addressed depth concerns, or lack thereof, and how we are just a few overachieving seniors away from owning BCS Crystal. Can a podcast with Russell Gaskamp and Matt Nordgren be far away?
The only footage we have of the spring game is some highlights commentated by former Nick at Nite host Lowell Galindo. He gets to sit around a cush studio across from the old Franklin BBQ trailer and flirt with Samantha Steele while we pay computer geeks in the RLM to find us a torrent of the game.
These are humbling times, Texas fan.
But then you watch highlights of Kenny Vaccaro, Alex Okafor, Sir Carrington Byndom, Steve Edmond, and Jordan Hicks wreaking havoc on Case McCoy, an ill-equipped OL, and KA pledges at wide receiver and all is right in the world again. I'm not one for hyperbole, but this defense would shut down Aaron Rodgers and the Packers in similar fashion.
So if there is anything to get excited about now, in early April, it's what our defense will look like this fall. The term bad-fucking-ass comes to mind. And this conclusion isn't based on anything we necessarily saw in the spring game, but more from how we finished last season, the expected leap we'll see from key players in year two under Diaz, and depth chart realities -- we're balls deep at DL and DB and have three complementary freaks at LB in Edmond, Hicks, and Cobbs.
Desmond Jackson and Brandon Moore were doing most of the work inside and Jackson in particular was a load to keep blocked due to his lower body strength, excellent leverage and quick first step. If he gets his pads under you it's probably not going to end well. Moore really moves well for a guy his size and has great feet. He had a few pressures and TFLs in the first half but faded down the stretch, no doubt due to the heat and the fact he's 330 lbs. Moore's weight is well distributed, unlike say, Larry Dibbles, who carried 80% of his body mass in his ass.
Chris Whaley and Ashton Dorsey both had quiet days. Score one there for the interior OL.
Alex Okafor continues to stack on muscle without losing any speed. Hopefully the experiment stops at 280 but we can expect another year of double digit sacks for #80. TFL machine, imo.
Cedric Reed has a nice frame and showed a good first step but wasn't able to finish any plays. He still has limited pass rushing moves but the effort and hustle remained high throughout the game and he logged a ton of snaps. We're all waiting for Reggie Wilson to come flying off the edge, log multiple sacks in a row, and perform a blood sacrifice on the field. For a guy with that much natural athleticism he has a lot of trouble getting off blocks or even using his speed to get outside an OTs grasp. His most impressive play might have been after the whistle when he picked up a football with his feet, soccer style. Time to take Didier Drogba posters down off the dorm room wall and focus wholly on sacrificing QBs. Otherwise, Hassan Ridgeway and Torshiro Davis have an open spot on the two deep if they arrive in shape. I don't know many programs that go three deep at DE with that much athleticism. Now it's time to photoshop pictures of Landry Jones with their girlfriends...
You probably already know this but there are six kinds of defensive backs:
The Loving Convert - Mykelle Thompson, Adrian Phillips
The Angry Convert - Ben Wells, Robert Joseph
Doc Holliday - Aaron Williams, Nathan Vasher
Unbreakable Sam - Blake Gideon, Blake Gideon
The Greased Wheel - Carrington Byndom, Aaron Ross
The Jackrabbit - Curtis Brown, Rod Babers
I will add one more: The Machete - Kenny Vaccaro
Replacing Blake Gideon and his 52 starts might be the best thing that happens to this secondary, other than the fact that Byndom and Diggs are now veteran sophomores. We have elite young depth behind them in Josh Turner and Duke Thomas. And we go two deep in afoletes at safety with Adrian Phillips, Mykelle Thompson, Sheroid Turner, and Leroy Scott. We still don't really know what we have in Turner (perpetually injured hamstring) and Thompson (raw, loving convert) but they can both fly. Size, speed, good looks. Yes, this secondary has it all.
We saw some of these talents on display during the spring game, but Byndom babered his pick six, Diggs and Phillips were out due to injury, and Mykelle Thompson chose to dazzle us on special teams instead. Just put all the pieces together and trust us when we say this puzzle will be hard to crack for opposing quarterbacks. Gone are Weeden, Griffin III, Mizzou and A&M. Their replacements won't fare as well. If we give up more than one receiving touchdown this season, I am disappoint.
Even just playing base defense, Diaz threw a few pre-snap wrinkles with overloading pressure on one side by blitzing Hicks and Cobbs and dropping the playside DE into coverage. That one led to a sack and a few other back foot Uncle Rico tosses by McCoy, who still has a tendency to self sack and create his own pressure even when it's not there (another hallmark of a Diaz defense!). We're not deep at LB, and there's a noticeable dropoff from Hicks/Cobbs/Edmond to the second line of Tevin Jackson, Aaron Benson, and Kendall Thompson. Jackson had one of the better hits of the game when he sent the latest LHN YouTube sensation Heath Hohmann five yards in the wrong direction on a savory open field hit. Hicks has put on a Batman layer of muscle, similar to what Keenan Robinson did between his sophomore and junior year.
Prediction! Steve Edmond will lead all LBs in takeaways, including forced fumbles and interceptions. He will also one day be inducted into Canton and The Smithsonian on the same day. Observe and enjoy while he's here. A rare specimen indeed.
Thoughts? Critiques? Personal problems that we may be able to assist you with?
We have four months to figure it all out.