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In an earlier article I mentioned that my dad's old store was right by Mr. Ed Law's appliance store in Moncks Corner.
The Law family has always been good friends of ours. If an appliance needed to be fixed, he'd either fix it or sell you another but many times he'd be able to fix it.
I remember many occasions he'd come over to our house and fix the TV or some other appliance as I sat there and watched him with fascination. How was he going to figure out what was wrong? How'd he know what tools he needed?
I could only figure he was an awfully smart man. He was, and I figure still is.
I remember many times looking at all the new appliances in his store, which was state of the art at that time. When I was little we had him to come to the house to fix our TV. I watched him as he took the front glass of the TV off. I just knew those little people in the TV were going to come out!
When I was a little older, Mr. Law had hired Mr. Herbert Brenner as a helper. His son Eugene and I had become good friends and still are.
I guess we were about 6 or 7 and it must have been summer because we were not in school and both of us were with our dads. Gene may not remember this, but one day we were both playing with worn out appliance parts in the back of Mr. Law's store pretending we were great inventors. There was an old battery that we applied some wires to and when we did there was a spark.
It scared me so bad I ran into Dad's store because I knew we were doing something we weren't supposed to be doing. No, I never told my Dad. There are just some things that are so embarrassing you don't tell anyone, not even your parents.
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Day is night and summer is spring within the newest laboratory at the University of Texas Marine Science Institute in Port Aransas.
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The lab has sophisticated lighting and temperature control systems for year-round manipulation of seasons, which is essential to creating optimum spawning and maintaining rearing conditions for fishes within a laboratory. Any effort aimed at filling the vast knowledge gaps surrounding the life cycle of fishes must include the study of their larval stages, said Joan Holt, the institute's director of fisheries and mariculture.
"The larval stages of fishes are the most sensitive to changes in their environment," Holt said. "So controlling and monitoring the environment while we're rearing them is critical to increasing their survival rate and to the success of our research."
Until recently, the institute's capacity to conduct such research was limited, Holt added.
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"In the past, we've had great success in our lab with red drum (redfish), which enjoy about a 50 percent survival rate from egg to juvenile," Holt said. "Compare this to less than 1 percent survival rate in nature."
At the new facility, graduate students under the guidance of veteran researchers will attempt to learn fundamental secrets of southern flounder, redfish, yellowtail snapper, tripletail and snook, to name a few important recreational and commercial species.
"We wanted to build a facility that would help expand the scientific research that benefits some of the recreational species that our members enjoy," said Robby Byers, executive director of CCA-Texas, headquartered in Houston. "And we think the work that'll be conducted at the UT Marine Science Institute will build upon CCA's previous funding successes with trout and redfish research as well as benefit several new important species."
The building houses 36 carefully monitored fish tanks with separate facilities for warm- and cool-water species, along with offices. And because larval-fish nutrition also is essential to their survival, biologists have set aside space for cultivating algae, plankton and other microorganisms to feed the tiny fishes.
When fishes raised at the lab reach juvenile stage, some of them not used for further research at the institute could be transferred for study or for brood stock to a Texas Parks & Wildlife Department facility or released into area bays as part of the department's stocking program, Holt said.
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Product manuals are lame. The last thing we ever want to do when we purchase a fresh new gadget is sit there reading through a manual. Instead, we love to dive right into the gadgetry and start playing with our new toys. So we went through the T-Mobile G1's horribly boring 48 page user manual to find 10 useful tips that you'll really want to know. 1. Dial by Voice The G1 supports voice dialing, and you can easily call a friend by stating their name if you press and hold the Send key on the G1. Bonus Tip: If you want to add in another caller while you're on the phone, press the Send key while in a call. 2. Use an mp3 as your Ringtone We're not big fans of people using mp3s as ringtones, since the music selection is often pretty awful. Nonetheless, we'll tell you how with the G1. Open Music > Songs > and hold your finger on your song of choice. Next, select "Use as phone ringtone." Read on for more. 3. Access the Applications Menu from Anywhere If you're surfing the Web and want to quickly bring up your music player to switch songs, you can quickly do this by holding down the Home button on the G1. This will quickly bring up your Applications menu. If you want to go directly to the desktop, just press the Home button once. 4. Turn on Wi-Fi Phones don't just automatically have Wi-Fi capabilities turned on. To do this, press the Menu key while you're on the home screen. Next, click Settings > Wireless Controls and select Wi-Fi Open Wi-Fi settings to force the G1 to search for available networks. 5. Place your phone in silent mode on the fly You just walked into a movie theater a few minutes late, and you want to quickly put the phone in silent mode without browsing through menus to do so. Avoid this by toggling silent mode without opening the G1. Simply press and hold the End key to put the phone in silent mode. 6. Add songs to a playlist When you're playing co-pilot on a long road trip, the music selection is up to you. Make the song selection smoother by creating a playlist ahead of time. On the G1, open up Music > Songs, and then touch and hold any song that you want to add to a playlist. A menu will pop up, and you'll want to select Add to playlist. 7. Install a microSD card You can install a microSD card for adding more storage or using your phone as a portable hard drive (see tip 9), and here's how. First open the keyboard. Next, look for a small memory card cover below the Send key on the G1. Take your microSD card and slide it forward with the gold teeth facing down. 8. Typing Tips Insert special character: Press ALT + Spacebar Delete entire line of text: Press ALT + Delete Turn on all caps: Press Shift Twice Move cursor to end or beginning of text: Press Alt while scrolling Trackball Insert a Tab space: Press Alt + Q Highlight text: Press Shift and roll Trackball 9. Use your phone as a portable hard drive The G1 supports high capacity microSD cards, which means you can add up to 16GB of storage to it. That's as good as carrying a portable hard drive around with you. To treat your G1 as a portable storage device, you need to turn on mass storage. Plug your G1 into your computer using a USB cable. Navigate to the home screen and select Menu > Settings > SD card & phone storage. Next, select Use for USB storage. Now a folder will pop up on your computer, and you can drag and drop music, videos, or any file of your choice onto the phone. 10. Cut, Copy, and Paste Text Copying, cutting, and pasting text from Web sites or documents is easy with the G1. To Cut, press Menu and x. To Copy, press Menu and c To Paste, press Menu and v.
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i need help on how to delete ringtones off of the g1 because it seems like there is no way possible
How do you delete ringtones, because it doesn't let me? Can u show me how. Thanks
Oh Ringdroid should help you with your ringtone issues. http://code.google.com/p/ringdroid/
Also here are some more android tips, if you are interested. http://android-tips.com
After a week with the G1, I am still having problems checking messages and basically getting it to function. Thank heavens for G1 Tips and Tricks!!
does anyone know how to delete a winglet form the main screen ?
Put your finger on the widget holding your finer on it slide it towards the top of the screen
does anyone know how to change the missed call time setting like missed call 5 hours ago to actual time when call was made.
Not sure if you can do it with the existing call log, but there's a free app called Exact Call Log that shows exact times and lets you organize calls by incoming, outgoing and missed if you want.
To delete a song on the g1 all you have to do is press the menu button and press delete its so simple. To delete something off the main screen u press and hold it then bring it down to the little trash can…! U people are idiots seriously its called a manual!!
Umh miss brianna we need to know how to delete ringtones after downloading them. And its called its not in the manual!
How do you delete one single call off of the call log on the G1?
how can i forward a text or pic with this phone
to forward a text just go to the text message you want to send hold finger on it and you get the option to FORWARD spent most of today trying to find that out
To get TIP #9 working on your phone (Use your phone as a portable hard drive):
Use the USB cable that came with your G1 to connect your G1 to your computer. The computer will recognize the G1 as a new USB drive, but it will tell you "Please insert a disk into drive X: ( where X: is the identity of the new USB drive on your computer). This is the computer's way of telling you the USB drive is not mounted. To mount the USB drive on your computer, slide the notification pane at the top of your G1's screen down, and select the item named 'USB Connected' then choose 'Mount' from the popup options. Now you will be able to open the X: drive on your computer and move files into the music, dcim or albumthumbs folders.
Now the secrets of the universe have been entrusted to you. Use your new powers wisely, young Jedi.
Ho do I delete movies off the sd card with out having to go to a computer?
Missing from the "typing tips"; For texting, shift then enter to insert a newline/linefeed, handy for multiline texts. Just hitting actually enter sends the message while on many other phones (sidekick) it inserts a newline.
how do you make put ringtones" for the message alert!!!
Hmmm… so the idea of having an on screen keyboard, seemed more important than a decent file explorer. I am one of the many that used Myxer.com to download ringtones. Shame on these companies for not allowing us to delete our ringtones. I think that would be a fundamental OS user option. Unbelievable.
You have. To do a factory reset..
I have had my G1 for a little over a day now and I cant get over how awesome it is, it even has a metal detector app; how the heck did they do that?
im just wondering how you do tip number 1
i dont quite understand how to do this one and i would read my manual except the shop didnt give me one with my box! :@
i am asking this question for my uncle because he just got his G1 phone and wants to know how he can get a notification on the screen when someone is calling him while he is texting? email me at email@example.com
How can I get t9 texting on the touchscreen wiithout buying and downloading better keyboard?
does anyone know how to delete items from the SD card?
how i do to watch videos on the web sites is any flash player available or i have to wait for any update
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does anyone know how to delete items from the SD card?
Use the USB cable that came with your G1 to connect your G1 to your computer. The computer will recognize the G1 as a new USB drive, but it will tell you "Please insert a disk into drive X: ( where X: is the identity of the new USB drive on your computer). This is the computer's way of telling you the USB drive is not mounted. To mount the USB drive on your computer, slide the notification pane at the top of your G1's screen down, and select the item named 'USB Connected' then choose 'Mount' from the popup options. Now you will be able to open the X: drive on your computer and delete files.
So no one knows how to delete these stupid unwanted ringtones that is downloaded..I refuse to belive that we are stuck with these ringtones that take up so much space..
does ANYBODY know how to delete ringtones on a g1. i downloaded off myxer. i even called tmobile n they dnt have a clue. i mean where does the files even go to.all this stuff on this phone and u cant even delete a ringtone?? gotta do better than that.
To Delete Ringtones and items from your SD Card or G1, simply go to the ringtone you don't want. (Should be in your music folder) and hold your finger down on it. Options will come up that say use as phone ringtone,play,etc. Delete is in that same options menu. Do the same with your SD Card. Go to the item you don't want and hold your finger over it. Press delete and it's gone. I also found that a quicker way on some things is to hover over it using the trackball and pressing the delete key. =)
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@Ego, that does not work. When you go to music ringtones do not come up.
Sorry about that guys, I could not delete the ringtones from the sound and display menu in Settings. I used music media and set them as my ringtones. I also could not delete actual downloaded/Proloaded G1 Mobile Ringtones.
Two things: first, how do i simply turn OFF music after I have played it. Second: Why can't I send out pictures on a mms?? None of them go through….
can u set the music u download off computer as a ringtone for individual contacts
ok so tip number 9, it keeps telling me to turn off usb storage. how do i get that to work, i cnt get the folder to open.
How can you tell if you are being put on hold on the G1 is there any apps for that?
How can u tell if a caller mutes themselves or puts you on hold on the G1? any apps?
to Delete a ringtone…!
Download the Astro File manager from the market or any other source.
Install the application.
Now open the application and browse to the location where u hav saved ur ringtone.
Long press on the ringtone u want to delete.
select "Edit" from the option poping up.
select "Delete" to delete the ringtone.
Jim!!! You may never read this but you are the greatest…. Not often my inquiries are resolved this quickly… just got my G1 and cuz of you, i will have some music to listen to tonight at work!!! Thank you, JIM!!!!
im wondering if anyone knows how to switch all your memory from your phone to your sd card. i just purchased an 8gb memory sd card because my g1 keeps saying "phone storage space is getting low"
does anyone know how to make it stop saying this?
plss help me..ive just accidentally turn of the wi fi of my G1,den d problem is i also log out my google accnt,the worst i cant log in anymor and i cant used my phone bcoz even ive tried to log in,my wi-fi still off…how can i turn on my wi-fi??plss elp me… :`(
Hey Todd, That's great man. You read their manual.
I remember about manual only when I've issues with gadget and there is no one around to help me out.
Though I think it's always good idea to go through manuals (if you're interested)


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Many women, some womanoids and a few men are responding to my pieces on feminism. What you have been reading all these months, doing double duty as magazine articles, are sections from my next book, a companion volume to Not Holier Than Thou: How Queer Is Bush? You may recall that my wife, the Love Priestess, demanded I write that one, about the sodomite infiltration of the Republican Party.
This new one is entitled Why Women Are So Crazy: Not In Their Place. Yes, it's mealy-mouthed – I admit that – but because the subject is so explosive, I am trying to avoid controversy. The Love Priestess has demanded the right to do a Foreword, but there is nothing to fear; I shall get the last word in a Preface. Meanwhile, let's suggest some practical remedies.
We know that one of the main purposes – maybe the main purpose – of the conspiracy for world government is to destroy marriage, the real thing, joining one man and one woman. That is why the conspiracy is frenetically promoting all kinds of perversions and calling them "marriage." The conspiratorial purpose is to destroy the idea – if it is everything, it is nothing – and the scheme is working. Marriage is already shaky. It will be gone when a man can marry a (male) giraffe.


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Posted by Anonymous on 10/18/2008
I've been to 123 a couple of times, and everything was good until last Friday night. My party of 6 arrived when the place was still pretty empty, and when we took up two very small (2 person) tables, the manager came over and asked who told us we could have two tables. We replied that it had never been a problem before and the waitress didn't say anything. He said that we didnt have to move anywhere. But an hour later, when all was forgotten, he pulled me out of my seat to the corner of the restaurant to show me how 6 people were sharing a table in the corner and how I was wrong to ask for 2 tables. After telling him that he was being rude and handling the situation disrespectfully, he told me that he went to school for this, so he knows that because of the cheap prices people feel like they can do whatever they want. He continued to follow me back to my seat and ask the rest of my party if he was being rude and telling us that we needed to get up and leave cause he needed the table even though we were all drinking and spending money! I have worked in the restaurant business for a long time, and I have NEVER experienced someone as rude as him. This man ruined our night. So apparently cheap prices = poor staff, and I would rather pay more to not be treated like that ever again.
Posted by kevin on 10/07/2008
this is a place that sounds too good to be true. and it is. you cant argue the prices. they are great. but the drinks are small sizes (8oz beers both pints and bottles), the shots are very weak, the food is pretty good but small. the mini burgers you must order 3 for each order but the burgers have no meat. the other food options are satisfying but not amazing. basically you're getting what you pay for. dont set your expectations too high. that aside, i had fun with a couple of friends from out of town, music was great, the waitresses are all pretty bangin and fun to hit on. ive gone back twice and id probably go again. true alcoholics (id like to think i am) should not get their hopes up by these prices. id rather pay the 8 bucks for a true pint and get proper drunk.
Posted by Anonymous on 08/20/2008
This place is a unique find. The food was good, especially the sweet potato fries. The four of us ate and drank more than we cold handle for less than $20 per person. The service left something to be desired, but what do you expect at these prices?!? The bite size burgers and cheap, but not low end, beer selections are delicious. Good luck having a conversation in the boisterous setting! All-in-all, I am looking forward to going back.
Posted by Jesse on 08/12/2008
UMMM so basically 123 is right about up there with what I imagine heaven to be. The feeling there is awesome, friends to share it with and hot hot girls all around wearing nearly nothing serve you 3$ ice cold beers like stella, IPA goose Island etc. and smiling at you all the while. The food kicks ass, the mini sliders are always good and have never done me wrong. I like the fried ravioli and its cheap too, 3.50$. We usually sit on the back porch garden to smoke cigs and you still get great service out there with the nice view. plasma tv's everywhere and pumpin music. Check it out and get ready to see 123s popping up all over.
Posted by HeyYou on 07/15/2008
Go here if you're looking to drink cheap and have some really good drinking food on the side. Awesome prices, Clean atmosphere. Go see it before it goes out of business.


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Leukemia is a cancer of the bone marrow and blood and is classified into four main groups according to cell type and rate of growth: acute lymphocytic (ALL), chronic lymphocytic (CLL), acute myeloid (AML), and chronic myeloid (CML). The vast majority (91%) of leukemia cases are diagnosed in adults 20 years of age and older, among whom the most common types are CLL (35%) and AML (32%). Among children and teens, ALL is most common, accounting for 75% of pediatric leukemia cases.
Over 350,000 new cases of leukemia are expected in 2014, and more than 265,000 deaths. Survival rates vary substantially by leukemia subtype, ranging from a current 5-year relative survival of 24% for patients diagnosed with AML to 79% for those with CLL. Advances in treatment have resulted in a dramatic improvement in survival over the past three decades for most types of leukemia. In patients who fail, however, more treatments are needed.
Chemotherapy is used to treat most types of leukemia. Various anti-cancer drugs are used, either in combination or as single agents. Several targeted drugs (e.g., imatinib [Gleevec]) are effective for treating CML because they attack cells with the Philadelphia chromosome, the genetic abnormality that is the hallmark of this type of leukemia. Some of these drugs are also FDA-approved to treat a type of ALL involving the same genetic defect. For CLL that is CD20-positive, rituximab (Rituxan) can be used in combination with chemotherapy as an initial treatment or as a treatment after disease has recurred.
One particular immunotherapy, called chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) T cell therapy, has been shown in early clinical trials to be particularly effective at treating leukemia. In CAR T cell therapy, T cells from a patient are removed and then genetically modified to express a protein receptor that recognizes a particular antigen found on leukemia cells. The receptor is called "chimeric" because it is not naturally found on T cells. The genetically modified T cells are then put back into the patient so his or her immune system can begin fighting the cancer.
In 2011, Carl H. June, M.D. (a CRI clinical investigator and member of the CRI Scientific Advisory Council), Michael Kalos, Ph.D. (a former CRI postdoctoral fellow), and colleagues at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine achieved good clinical responses in patients with chronic lymphocytic leukemia (CLL), including two complete, durable clinical responses.[i] The approach has also been effective in treating acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) in children and adults. In one trial, June and colleagues got 100% remissions in the pediatric group and 80%-90% remissions in the adult group. Many companies are now engaged in CAR T cell drug development, including Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Juno Therapeutics, Cellectis/Pfizer, Kite Pharma, and Lion Biotechnologies.
Organizations enrolling patients on CAR T cell therapies include:
In addition, there are several checkpoint blockades and monoclonal antibodies that have shown promise in improving survival and have moved into late-phase clinical trials. These include:
Go to our Clinical Trial Finder to find clinical trials of immunotherapies for leukemia that are currently enrolling patients.
Current and past CRI-funded studies on immunotherapy for leukemia include:
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Sources: American Cancer Society Cancer Facts & Figures 2014; GLOBOCAN 2012; ClinicalTrials.gov; CRI grantee progress reports and other CRI grantee documents
[i] Kalos M, Levine BL, Porter DL, Katz S, Grupp SA, Bagg A, June CH. T cells with chimeric antigen receptors have potent antitumor effects and can establish memory in patients with advanced leukemia. Sci Transl Med 2011 Aug 10; 3: 95ra73. (PMID: 21832238) Porter DL, Levine BL, Kalos M, Bagg A, June CH. Chimeric antigen receptor-modified T cells in chronic lymphoid leukemia. N Engl J Med 2011 Aug 25; 365: 725-33. Epub 2011 Aug 10. (PMID: 21830940)
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Digital Still / Video Cameras
Samsung is one of the global leaders to provide the next generation technologies that power most advanced imaging devices and solutions. Samsung's product portfolio for digital still/video cameras includes:
- Memory
- Logic/Controllers
- CMOS image sensors
- Power management solutions
The latest high-end digital still/video cameras offer multiple advantages, such as an ultra-compact physical size, ease of use, exceptional image quality, and long battery life. Samsung supplies several key components for designing and developing these imaging devices, such as different types of memory, image sensors, controllers, and power management solutions.
As an example, a block diagram of digital camera is illustrated in Figure 1 below.
Block Diagram
Samsung offers the following components from its vast portfolio of imaging solutions:
Consumer DRAM
Samsung DRAM for Digital Still and Video Cameras
To be popular in the marketplace, high-end digital cameras must offer exceptional image quality, ultra-compact size and long battery life. Samsung's comprehensive range of SDRAM, Dynamic Data Rate (DDR) SDRAM, DDR2 SDRAM, and DDR3 SDRAM is an industry benchmark for today's consumer electronics, including digital still cameras, video cameras and many other devices.
Gain key advantages for digital imaging
Samsung's consumer DRAM offers exceptional advantages for digital camera designs, including fast clock speeds, extreme memory density, high bandwidth and energy efficiency to suit exacting design needs.
Benefit from a comprehensive array of digital camera components
Samsung is a global leader in providing next-generation technologies that power the most advanced imaging devices and solutions. Samsung's product portfolio for digital still and video cameras includes a wide variety of memory types as well as CMOS image sensors, controllers and power management solutions.
The following block diagram shows the architecture of a typical digital camera.
Consumer DRAM
Samsung's range of DDR SDRAM, DDR2 SDRAM, and DDR3 SDRAM is the industry-benchmark for today's consumer and industrial electronic devices, such as digital and Smart TVs, set-top boxes, and many others. Samsung is the preferred supplier in these segments for a majority of OEMs worldwide. Apart from a wide range of DRAM solutions for consumer applications, Samsung also has an extensive offering of DRAM for industrial solutions with much wider operating temperature ranges and low power data support.
Mobile DRAM
Mobile DRAM, also known as Low Power DDR (LPDDR) RAM, is a version of the standard DRAM memory redesigned specifically for use in handheld, battery-powered devices, such as mobile phones and tablet PCs, with the primary objective of reducing power consumption and extending the device's battery life. LPDDR2 and LPDDR3 are advanced revisions of the original LPDDR (LPDDR1) standard. Samsung's LPDDR memory promises to deliver up to four times the performance of conventional memory interfaces. It is designed specifically for higher performances at lower power consumptions with physically small form-factors.
- Key specifications of Samsung Mobile DRAM solutions are listed below:
- Densities: 64 Mb (LPDDR) to 4 Gb (LPDDR2)
- Clock frequencies: 133 MHz (LPDDR) to 533 MHz (LPDDR2)
- Operating voltages: 1.8 V (LPDDR) to 1.2 V (LPDDR2)
Flash Cards
Samsung Flash Cards for Digital Still and Video Cameras
Today's high-end digital still and video cameras offer exceptional advantages, from their ultra-compact size to ease of use and outstanding image quality. Samsung supplies key components for designing and developing these imaging devices, including flash memory cards used to store the digital images.
Benefit from advanced Samsung technology
Typically based on NAND memory technology, flash cards are among the most widely used and advanced types of nonvolatile memory today. Samsung is a top supplier of NAND flash cards for digital camera storage media. Key specifications of Samsung flash cards include:
- Density: 2GB to 64GB
- Interface : High Speed mode, UHS-1
- Operating voltages: 2.7V to 3.6V
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In addition to flash cards, Samsung provides a comprehensive portfolio of next-generation component technologies designed foradvanced imaging devices. The following block diagram shows the architecture of a typical digital camera. Blue-shaded blocks represent components offered by Samsung. Click on a block and information about that component will appear below the diagram.
eMMC-based storage solutions
eMMC is a type of Fusion Memory, and a standard for embedded memory devices that contain both data storage element (such as NAND flash memory) and controller for element integrated on the same silicon die. This results in several advantages, such as reduced development time and easier integration of the memory block in the overall system; ultimately leading to a much shorter time-to-market for the product. Samsung's eMMC solution consists of three components - the MMC (multimedia card) interface, the flash memory, and the flash memory controller. It is offered in the industry-standard BGA package.
is a new architecture of eMMC that is presently under development. It eliminates the need to develop interface software for all types of NAND memory by integrating the embedded controller onto the memory chip and providing an easy-to-use memory solutions package for high-speed data transmissions by devices such as mobile phones. moviMCP also eliminates the need for a memory expansion slot by stacking several memory functions vertically, resulting in a very small footprint for the end memory devices. As an example, moviMCP can be deployed to store the code for an application in the SLC NAND/NOR and DRAM memory, whereas the data can be stored in the eMMC memory in a device.
Key specifications of Samsung eMMC v4.41-based storage solutions are listed below:
- Densities: 2 GB to 64 GB
- Supported bus widths: x1, x4, or x8
- Supported interface voltages: 1.8 V or 3.3 V
Common digital still/video cameras require a microcontroller (MCU) for functions such as operating the flash and controlling the electrical motor that operates the optical zoom lens on the camera. The MCU typically operates under the control of a higher and more powerful processor (most commonly, a Digital Signal Processor (DSP)).
Samsung comprises a large array of MCUs for deployment on a vast variety of applications. Starting from basic 4-bit MCUs, Samsung MCUs range right up to 32-bit ARM-based RISC MCUs with best-in-class quality of on-chip flash, SRAM, and inbuilt CAN interfaces. Samsung has an entire range of products based on the industry-standard ARM Cortex cores, which deliver exceptional computing power at significantly lower power consumption levels.
While low-end MCUs with 8-bit cores are used as general-purpose, low frequency controllers, mid-range and high-end cores are targeted at specific segments, such as high-speed, high performance, and low power applications. Samsung provides extensive software support, including a custom-designed C compiler for Samsung MCUs, to help accelerate software development for products on the platform.
Key specifications of Samsung controllers are listed below:
- On-chip memories: Up to 32 KB RAM and up to 1 MB ROM
- On-chip interfaces: UART, USART, SPI, I2C, USB, CAN, and so on.
- On-chip peripherals: Timers, counters, LCD controllers, ADCs, PWM generators, and so on.
CMOS Image Sensors
Consumers seeking the very best quality photos and videos choose digital single-lens reflex (DSLR) cameras and compact digital still cameras (DSC). Samsung CMOS image sensor (CIS) solutions enable these cameras to offer leading resolutions with excellent low-light performance for both snapshots and video.
Ultra-sharp, ultra-clear images
Samsung CIS solutions offer high resolutions to help ensure that images are tack-sharp, capturing fine detail and textures. Samsung's proprietary Back Side Illumination (BSI) technology enables increased pixel sensitivity to produce bright, low-noise pictures and video in a variety of lighting conditions.
Fast frame rates
Samsung image sensors help give consumers professional-grade photo shoot capabilities. Fast frame rates enable cameras to capture still images the moment the shutter is pressed - including multiple frames in rapid succession. FHD/ HD, full field-of-view video technology lets consumers capture moving images in stunning detail.
Low power
Samsung CIS solutions use the latest process technologies as well as optimized sensor architectures for low-power operation that enables consumers to increase the number of photos and videos they take on a single battery charge.
Collaborate with a technology leader in camera sensors
As camera technology rapidly evolves, it's important to work with a company like Samsung. We understand exacting design requirements for digital cameras, and are constantly striving to optimize sensors to deliver low-light technology for use in as many potential deployments as possible.
Samsung has a wide array of power management solutions designed specifically for imaging devices, such as digital still/video cameras. These solutions offer advanced, flexible, and customizable power management features, such as programmable output voltages, and support for low-power modes, that can be efficiently leveraged by the imaging device's controller or processor. The following list presents some of the key features of Samsung's advanced power management ICs:
- Wide operating voltage range:
- Samsung's power management solutions are capable of operating over voltage ranges as wide as 3.2 V to 5.5 V, providing high margins and tolerances for input supply voltage variations.
- On-chip lithium-ion battery charger:
- For applications such as digital cameras, Samsung's power management ICs provide a highly efficient lithium-ion battery charger on-chip. The charger supports a wide range of variable charging currents from 90 mA to 800 mA, and has three charging modes, listed below:
- - Pre-charge Mode
- - Fast charge Constant Current Mode
- - Fast charge Constant Voltage Mode
- A backup battery charger on the chip also ensures that critical tasks, such as charging the camera's main battery remain unaffected by any external factors.
- On-chip RTC and manual reset facilities:
- Samsung's efficient power management solutions contain an RTC (Real Time Clock) on the device, eliminating the need for external clock sources. The device can also be reset manually, if needed.
- I2C control interface:
- PMICs offered by Samsung are controlled by the industry-standard I2C bus, making the design for their control subsystem quick and easy.
- Extensive design flexibility:
- Samsung's advanced power management ICs provide the designer extensive flexibilities to adjust the default output voltages and currents with high accuracy, ensuring stable output for the application at all times.
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Isn't it time we stopped avoiding the obvious!
In spite of the fact that we've had several "foreign-born" presidents, one previous president whose birthplace was questionable, and one candidate, Sen. John McCain, who was born in The Canal Zone, isn't it strange that an enormous brouhaha and an entire movement emerged to question President Obama's birthplace?
It was no idle joke when Mitt Romney announced in Michigan, "No one asks to see my birth certificate. They know I was born right here in Michigan!" It was a deliberate effort to raise the possibility that President Obama just might not be truly an American. That he is not quite like us. That he is, maybe, Indonesian or Kenyan.
Then, there is the matter of his college records. Who ever seriously asked to see the college records of John F. Kennedy? Or, George W. Bush, for that matter? The implication is that President Obama was given "preferential treatment" (affirmative action) at Occidental College, Columbia University and Harvard Law School.
President Obama was an honor graduate of Punahou Academy in Hawaii, and he was the first African-American editor of The Harvard Law Review. Simply put, one doesn't become editor of The Harvard Law Review by affirmative action or with less than stellar academic credentials.
Then, there is the ludicrous accusation that President Obama is racist toward white people. According to a September 2012 article in Huffington Post's Power & Politics, "a web ad released by a new superPAC [called FightBigotry] "suggests that President Obama's administration has quietly accepted and even promoted racism against white people ... before and since being elected president." This kind of rhetoric is like tossing gasoline on a flame.
In his policy speeches and media interviews, President Obama makes it indelibly clear that he serves ALL Americans. He has repeatedly said, "There is not a liberal America and a conservative America -- there is the United States of America. There is not a black America and a white America and Latino America and Asian America -- there's the United States of America."
I'm convinced that those critics who charge the president with reverse discrimination are trying to excuse or deny their own racism. This sort of justifying or excuse-making is just that -- justifying and excuse-making!
President Obama has been heckled, smeared, belittled, falsely accused and disrespected at every possible level -- from the person on the street to the highest positions in our government. No other president in our history, with the possible exception of Abraham Lincoln, has been the victim of such vilification.
We, as a people and a nation, should have long ago crossed and left the color line far behind.
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HB if you have an issue with optimizing for the benchmark I can see it, but according to you, one cannot see it in motion which begs a few questions
1) If games have the same sort of optimization, and one cannot see it in motion then ATI/Nv should both do whatever it is, it will only allow more features to be shown in the game.
2) Why would anyone care if a game screenshot did not look identical if you could not tell in motion?
3) Whoever that was at r3d, you should tell them to include a reference image with the comparison, otherwise it is meaningless.
That pic was just one example.. btw.. There are others.
The point is that you Dont Optomize for a benchmark like 3dmark03 becuase its supposed to show the baseline performance capable without 6 months of Tweaks. For instance if you bought Max Payne 2 today you will be suffereing from performance issues. Tweaks to the Driver for performance 6 months from now dont do you any good at all.
This is why straight D3D optomization and Performance is the best policy and showing what that is in an accurate way is the best policy. Nvidia is not going to Target every single game out there for these kinds of specific tweaks. Likely Only the ones used for Benchmarks, or the top 10 games of the year etc. What about all the other games out there?
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Does this book make me look big?
You might want to think twice before revisiting that old copy of "Bridget Jones's Diary." Images in the media have long been blamed for low self-esteem among women, but a new report claims that the written word — specifically, "chick lit" — might be just as damaging.
Chick lit, the fiction genre aimed mainly at women, often features self-doubting heroines searching for the trifecta of love, career and a smaller pant size. According to a new study, protagonists who express negative feelings about their weight or body shape can make readers feel bad about themselves.
The researchers, from Virginia Tech, selected two popular novels — Emily Giffin's "Something Borrowed" and Laura Jensen Walker's "Dreaming in Black and White" — that feature female protagonists with a healthy body weight but low self-esteem. They then rewrote passages from the novels, changing descriptions of the characters' sizes and comments reflecting their self-esteem. The rewrites included versions that made the characters slim and insecure, overweight and insecure, slim and self-confident, and overweight and self-confident, as well as versions that removed references to size and self-esteem altogether.
More than 150 college-aged women read the passages and rated how they felt about themselves after each. The researchers found that women who read versions about a slim character reported feeling less sexually attractive than participants who read about a heavier character. Those who read about an insecure heroine felt more concerned about their own weight.
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- April 11, 2005
Alternative workweek schedules permit many employers to avoid paying daily overtime to employees who do not work more than 40 hours a week. Both employers and employees can benefit from such arrangements. For example, employers may reduce energy costs by having their businesses closed for additional days per week or may enjoy other benefits unique to their operations. Employees may benefit by reducing their commuting costs and enjoying more flexibility in their work schedule than is available under a traditional eight-hour/five-day workweek.
The maximum number of daily hours that may be regularly scheduled as part of an alternative workweek is currently the subject of debate. For most employers, the Division of Labor Standards Enforcement has taken the position that the maximum number of daily hours regularly scheduled in an alternative workweek is 10. (An exception to the 10-hour requirement is expressly set forth in the wage orders for the health care industry, which permits the adoption of alternative schedules which include regular 12-hour workdays.)
In contrast, an appellate division of the Los Angeles Superior Court, in Mitchell v. Yoplait, concluded that employers outside the health care industry are permitted to adopt alternative workweek schedules which include regularly scheduled 12-hour days. This ruling obviously contradicts the DLSE's current interpretation.
A review of the historical development of the daily overtime requirement, the language of the applicable wage orders and statutes, and the reasoning of the Mitchell decision is helpful in understanding this controversy and in making decisions about what type of alternative schedules may be permissible.
Historical Overview of Daily Overtime and Alternative Workweeks
California has a long history of requiring daily overtime pay, first imposing the requirement for women 1911. Daily overtime for men was not mandated until 1980. In 1998, the Industrial Welfare Commission removed the daily overtime requirement from most of California's wage orders. Soon thereafter, the California Legislature returned California to daily overtime, passing the "Eight-Hour-Day Restoration and Workplace Flexibility Act of 1999." The Act not only restored the requirement of payment of overtime for any work performed in excess of eight hours in a day for most employees, but also established procedures for the adoption of alternative workweeks.
Overview of Procedures for Adoption of an Alternative Workweek
Employers may propose alternative workweek schedules to "work units" within the employer's business. A "work unit" is defined in the wage orders to include all employees in a readily identifiable work unit, such as a division, a department, a job classification, a shift, a separate physical location, or a recognized subdivision of any such work unit. A work unit may consist of one employee as long as the requirements for an identifiable work unit are met.
The employer's proposed alternative schedule must be approved by a two-thirds vote of the affected employees in the work unit. The vote must be conducted by secret ballot at the workplace. At least 14 days prior to the vote, the employer must disclose in writing and hold a meeting regarding effects of the alternative workweek on the employees' wages, hours and benefits. The employer must mail the written disclosure to all employees who do not attend the meeting.
Employees may repeal a duly adopted alternative workweek schedule by a two-thirds vote of the affected employees. An employer must conduct a new secret ballot election to repeal the alternative schedule upon the petition of one-third of the affected employees. Also, an election must be held within 30 days of the petition except where the alternative workweek has been in place for less than a year. An interval of at least 12 months is required between adoption and repeal elections except in special circumstances. An employer can unilaterally rescind an alternative workweek schedule without an election so long as proper notice is provided to the affected work units.
Although an employer is not permitted to intimidate or coerce employees regarding their vote, employers are permitted to state their opinions regarding the alternative workweek schedule. Similarly, employees may not be discharged or discriminated against for expressing opinions for or against the adoption or repeal of an alternative workweek schedule.
Employers must report the results of secret ballot elections to the Division of Labor Statistics and Research in San Francisco within 30 days after the results are final. Employers cannot force employees to work the new schedule immediately. The new schedule can be implemented within 30 days of the announcement of the final result of the vote.
Although an employer can implement an alternative workweek schedule for all employees in work unit upon a two-thirds vote of the affected employees in that work unit, the employer must make a reasonable effort to provide employees who cannot work the alternative schedule with a schedule consisting of not more than eight hours per day. In addition, an employer who implements an alternative workweek schedule must explore reasonable alternatives when the religious beliefs of the employee conflict with the alternative schedule.
Different Interpretations: Rigidity vs. Flexibility
The DSLE has taken a rigid approach in interpreting the alternative workweek statutes and regulations, limiting the maximum daily hours in an alternative schedule to 10, except for health care employees. The DLSE bases its interpretation on the language of Labor Code section 511, focusing on subdivision (a), which states: "[u]pon the proposal of an employer, the employees of an employer may adopt a regularly scheduled alternative workweek that authorizes work by the affected employees for no longer than 10 hours per day within a 40 hour workweek without the payment of . . . overtime . . . ."
In contrast, the court in the Mitchell v. Yoplait case interpreted the statute differently, deciding that employers outside the health care industry could adopt alternative schedules with 12-hour workdays. Relying on the principal that a statute must be read in context, giving effect to all its provisions, the court concluded that subdivision (b) of Labor Code section 511 evidenced a legislative intent to permit alternative schedules which include 12-hour workdays. Subdivision (b) provides: "[a]n affected employee working longer than eight hours but not more than 12-hours in a day pursuant to an alternative workweek schedule . . . shall be paid an overtime rate of compensation of no less than one and one-half times the regular rate of pay of the employee for any work in excess of the regularly scheduled hours established by the alternative workweek agreement and for any work in excess of 40 hours per week. An overtime rate of compensation of no less than double the regular rate of pay . . . shall be paid for any work in excess of 12 hours per day and for any work in excess of eight hours on those days worked beyond the regularly scheduled workdays established by the alternative workweek . . . ."
Reading subdivisions (a) and (b) together, the court concluded the Legislature intended to permit alternative workweek schedules which included 12-hour days, as long as hours worked over 10 hours in a day was compensated at the overtime rate. The court noted its reading of the statute was consistent with the legislative history. An analysis of Assembly Bill 60 stated that the purpose of the bill was not to limit the overall number of hours in an alternative workweek shift, but rather to "limit . . . alternative schedules to not more than 10 hours a day without triggering daily overtime." In addition, the analysis noted that the purpose of the statute was to allow "a menu of alternative workweek options rather than a single choice such as a 4/10 (four ten hour day) schedule."
Based on its reading of the statute, the court concluded Yoplait's alternative schedule of three 12-hour days and one six-hour day each week was compatible with the statutory scheme. Yoplait paid its employees overtime for the last two hours of every 12-hour workday, satisfying the requirements of both subdivisions (a) and (b) of Labor Code section 511.
Employers should proceed with caution before implementing an alternative workweek schedule which includes 12-hour days. The court's decision in the Yoplait case is not binding precedent because it was issued by the appellate division of a superior court. In addition, the DLSE continues to take the position that employers outside the health care industry may not avoid the daily overtime requirement by adopting alternative workweek schedules with regularly scheduled 12-hour days. Until these different readings of the alternative workweek statute are resolved through legislative or judicial action, an employer who adopts an alternative workweek schedule which includes regularly scheduled 12-hour days could be the subject of an enforcement action by the DLSE or an action brought by employees for daily overtime for any hours worked over eight hours in a day.
Note: This article appears in the April 6, 2005 edition of the Daily Recorder.
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Volunteering is the act of giving your time and services to another person or organization without the expectation of monetary rewards. Writing to an organization and offering your services as a volunteer requires explaining your reasons for volunteering, expressing interest in the particular volunteer position, and discussing the ways in which your skills and experiences can benefit others. Here are the steps for writing a letter asking to volunteer your services.
Sample Letters
Writing Your Own Letter
1Identify the right volunteer opportunity. Search the Internet for various organizations in need of volunteers. Some organizations post volunteer opportunities on their websites. Others do not post this information, but may be open to receiving letters from volunteers.Ad
2Address your letter to the person in charge of recruiting volunteers. Whenever possible, find out the name of a specific person or department. Avoid using a generic greeting, such as "To Whom It May Concern."
3Begin your letter by expressing interest in the organization. This requires spending some time reading about the organization or talking to those involved to understand the organization's mission, goals and activities.
- Comment on an aspect of the organization's activities that you find interesting. For example, you may be sensitive to meeting the needs of the hungry, and the organization is active and skilled in this regard.
4Express your interest in a specific volunteer position. If the duties of the position have been made available, study these responsibilities ahead of time to be sure that you are qualified. Elaborate on why you are interested in the particular position.
- Explain how your skills and qualifications meet the needs of the volunteer position. Devote no more than 1 paragraph to this explanation. Highlight all relevant abilities, such as interpersonal skills, fund raising experience and administrative skills.
5Attach a resume. If you have an extensive background that might prove beneficial for the organization, be sure to detail your relevant skills in a 1-page resume.
- Include a list of past volunteer experiences. The organization may want to contact others for whom you have volunteered to get a sense of your work habits and reliability.
- Provide references. Indicate the names, titles, organization names and contact information of at least 2 professional references. Be sure to contact the references ahead of time to ask for permission to use their names.
6Ask for the opportunity to meet and discuss the volunteer position. In closing your letter, provide contact information, such as your phone number and email address, so that a representative from the organization can easily get in touch with you.
7Write a professional closing. Use words such as "Sincerely" or "Warm regards" to close your letter.
8Sign the letter. Provide both a typed and handwritten signature.
9Follow up. If you have not heard back within 2 weeks, call the organization or send a follow up note to confirm receipt of your letter. Some organizations are inundated with volunteer requests and may ask that you do not follow up. In each case, do as instructed.Ad
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Books roundup
In the prologue to "The Workboats of Core Sound," photographer and writer Lawrence S. Earley recalls how a photograph he included in an exhibition at Harker's Island kept getting the attention of viewers. The black-and-white photo showed two hand-built boats. Earley considered it a mere snapshot, and had considered not including it in his show.
He asked boat builder Jimmy Amspacher why the photo piqued his interest. Amspacher told Earley he was building a boat based on the Core Sound workboat style, and the photo captured the style perfectly. "In a few sentences," Earley writes, "Amspacher had lifted a curtain on a world that I knew nothing about …."
He spent seven years interviewing and photographing residents of Atlantic, Sea Level, and other towns along North Carolina's Core Sound, documenting a way of life that depends on these workboats. The black-and-white photos of boats and fishing are pure gold, a great document to a way of life Down East in North Carolina.
"The Workboats of Core Sound: Stories and Photographs of a Changing World," is available from University of North Carolina Press (uncpress.unc.edu) for $35 (cloth bound).
Here are some other recent releases and readings:
-- Peter Rizzolo, a retired professor of family medicine at the UNC School of Medicine, has written a novel titled "Forbidden Harvest" that wades into the sometimes murky ethics of organ donation and medical research. In "Forbidden Harvest," Dr. Ken Bernholtz, distinguished pathologist at Children's Memorial, perfects a method of extending the life of a harvested animal heart from six hours to 24 hours. He wants to try his method on human organs, thereby potentially saving lives, but pressure from hospital officials and protesters prevents him. He begins experimenting clandestinely using human organs.
Rizzolo will read and sign copies of his novel at 2 p.m. today at The Regulator Bookshop, 720 Ninth St., Durham. For more information about "Forbidden Harvest," visit peterrizzolo.com.
-- Mark Anthony Neal, professor of African and African-American Studies at Duke University, will discuss his new book "Looking for Leroy: Illegible Black Masculinities," which examines "the criminalization of the black male image in contemporary popular American culture," at 7 p.m. Oct. 17. Neal will speak at Stanford L. Warren Library, 1201 Fayetteville St., Durham. Admission is free.
-- David La Vere, a professor of history at UNC Wilmington, has written a history of an important episode in North Carolina's colonial history, "The Tuscarora War: Indians, Settlers, and the Fight for the Carolina Colonies" (University of North Carolina Press, $30, cloth bound). La Vere explains the geographical and political background to this war, and focuses on some key players, both colonists and Indians, to help explain the pivotal importance of this bloody war that decimated the native population, but also ensured settlers' westward expansion. For information about La Vere's book, visit uncpress.unc.edu.
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Beard: Vintage Superman/JFK art mired in controversyWritten by Jim Beard | | email@example.com
A new conspiracy theory has risen around the late John F. Kennedy, this one concerning a certain Man of Steel and artwork for a famous comic book story that could be worth a pretty penny – if the proper owners could be identified.
The time-honored tradition of portraying U.S. presidents in shadow and nameless in comic books went out the window with the young, charismatic JFK and his "Camelot." In 1963 DC Comics was preparing to publish a special story for their Superman book to promote Kennedy's Council on Physical Fitness when an assassin's bullet set the entire country on its heels. The story was pulled in deference to the President's family until Lyndon Johnson's people contacted the company to urge them to move ahead with the publication to honor the fallen leader. The story's original art, drawn by classic Superman artist Al Plastino and appearing in Superman #170, was noted in the issue to have been donated to the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library ay Harvard University.
Happy ending, right? Perhaps not. Plastino, now 91, recently learned that his art has been put up for auction. Confused, he contacted the JFK Library and learned they had no record of ever receiving the art back in 1963. Even more confused, the artist contacted the auction house to learn the name of the art's consignor, but his request was refused – as well as his request to have the work returned to him. Internet pundits feel that Plastino may have some legal grounds to sue for the return of the art. The case became even stranger when comic historians pointed out that the famous story was first drawn by legendary Superman artist Curt Swan, but that art also went missing back in the day and Plastino was asked to recreate it for the 1963 publication.
In other words, there's a lot of Superman/JFK drawings floating around out there with dubious owners. Who has legal claim to the art? One might think DC Comics would, as the pages would have been originally produced as work-for-hire…but sometimes what's legal isn't always what's right. Al Plastino may be comforted in his golden years by the return of a story that obviously marks a highlight in his long career, and that's something Superman himself would most likely champion.
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It takes all kindsPosted by on January 20, 2013 – 8:51 am
The men who oversee the Bengals quarterbacks, position coach Ken Zampese and offensive coordinator Jay Gruden, appreciate what 49ers rookie Colin Kaepernick brings to the position in Sunday's Final Four and what Washington's Robert Griffin III brings to the Rookie of the Year vote. And they see a trend coming out of the colleges featuring a new breed of running/athletic quarterback that is going to challenge the NFL offensive coordinators to implement some of those elements.
But the dropback passer is no extinct species, they say. As Zampese looks around in the conference championship games, he also sees two traditional guys that came out in 2008 in Baltimore's Joe Flacco and Atlanta's Matt Ryan. And there's also the guy in New England. Thomas Edward Patrick Brady.
This talk of the best of Sunday's field? "He's the best of 32. Not the best of four," Zampese says of New England's ultimate pocket passer.
"You still have to make a throw. But if you can buy time, you can look for more opportunities to make a throw. I think that's where some of those guys can really make hay in this league. You still have to throw, and make a good accurate throw. But if athletically you can create more opportunities, that are good. These guys running around are still passers at heart first … all these guys can still do that. That's why they're so valuable."
Gruden has watched how Kaepernick took over the 49ers the last half of the season, culminating with last Sunday's NFL record for a quarterback with 181 rushing yards.
"They've got a stellar offensive line that's been playing well and Michael Crabtree has emerged as a leading receiver. That's not taking anything away from Colin because he's done some great things," Gruden says. "They've had positive down and distance. They've not been in any third-and-longs, and if they are, Colin has made some plays with his feet."
Zampese says the supporting cast has allowed the New Breed to make an immediate impact.
"The thing about the new guys having success is they're doing it on teams with top five defenses and top five rushing attacks," Zampese says. "You throw it more than 30 times and all of a sudden guys get exposed because there's a lot more pressure on the quarterback to make a throw. Keep the attempts closer to 20 and life is good."
While the Bengals watched TCU's Andy Dalton play for the South in the 2011 Senior Bowl, they coached Kaepernick for the North and while they liked a lot about him, he didn't fit what they needed at the time. As Gruden recalls, "We didn't have a quarterback." The Bengals needed one right away for Opening Day and even Jim Harbaugh, the 49ers head coach that traded up to get Kaepernick with the 36th pick, knew Kaepernick was at least a year away. The Bengals, thrilled with how Dalton projected into running Gruden's West Coast scheme, identified him as their top guy from that class and grabbed him at No. 35.
How raw was Kaepernick coming out of Nevada running the Pistol formation? "Extremely raw. Sidearm fastballs. Kent Tekulve," Zampese says of the great Pirates submarine closer. He was going to take some time and we were in the market where we need something a little different. We highlighted the guy with a ton of experience." But that doesn't mean the Bengals didn't have regard for Kaepernick.
"Fun guy to be around. Very coachable. He doesn't have an inflated opinion of himself. He just wants to be good," Zampese says. "He's young and impressionable in a good way. He's solid with who he is. He's got a foundation of personality in the huddle that is electric. You feel like when he's playing, you've got a chance. That's what jumped out at me that week."
The Bengals got the same sense of huddle presence from Dalton and both clubs have been rewarded. Dalton is 19-13 as a starter with two playoff berths in two seasons. Kaepernick has his team a game away from the Super Bowl. Zampese loves the way Dalton's overall stats not only rose from his rookie season this year, but when he made the commitment to cut back on throwing interceptions, the Bengals went 7-1 in the last eight games.
"He's growing. If his numbers keep improving like that, we'll win 10-plus games," Zampese says of 2013. "If his passer rating is in the mid-90s, we're winning 10-plus games. If the touchdown passes to interceptions are two-to-one, we're winning 10-plus games."
Zampese is extremely impressed that in his last eight games, Dalton threw five picks compared to 11 in the first half of the season. He knows improvement is needed after what happened in the last month and the playoff loss in Houston. But …
"That mentality you love to see. We want him to fix it and he does,"' Zampese says. "And we played worse offensively, yet we won more games, which is interesting to note. We talked about taking too much risk in some of those decisions and we needed to cut back the risk. It made a difference. It didn't show up in yards and points, but it made a difference in wins and losses."
That's the kind of thinking the Bengals believe gets teams to win playoff games and why they think the moxie of Dalton with his 11-5 road record and two Decembers of stretch pressure is going to be even more valuable as his career progresses. The Bengals aren't looking for him to be Kaepernick, Flacco, Ryan or Brady. They look at a guy that doesn't have great speed or a huge deep ball and they see a Drew Brees, a Super Bowl MVP with yet another style.
"It takes all kinds. You see it this weekend. You've got everything at quarterback," Zampese says. "Andy is Andy. He's not this guy or that guy. The guy is a point guard who can get the ball to all parts of the field. And he's a fighter. That's what you want."
The read option?
"Not even close. Brady is the best in the game," Gruden says with a laugh. "He can do it all. Except run the read option. Who gives a crap?"
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Notes: Former Bengal spices AFC North defensePosted by on January 18, 2013 – 7:20 pm
The toughest division in football just got tougher for the Bengals, thanks to one of their own.
Thirty years ago the Bengals drafted Washington cornerback Ray Horton in the second round, hired him 16 years ago as a secondary coach, and on Friday saw the Cleveland Browns hire him as their defensive coordinator. Horton, who played and coached for Dick LeBeau in Cincinnati and then later in Pittsburgh, brings two years of solid work as Arizona's defensive coordinator, including this past season when the defense kept a quarterback-less franchise breathing.
And he apparently let new Cardinals general manager Steve Keim know it when they reportedly had a heated exchange after Arizona hired Bruce Arians to be the head coach instead of Horton.
Per a Browns press release via The Cleveland Plain-Dealer, Horton's unit this past season:
Led the NFL in passer rating allowed (71.2) and interception percentage (4.4), ranked second in the NFL in interceptions (22) and third-down efficiency (32.9 percent), third in red zone defense (44.4 percent) and fourth in takeaways (33). The defense also ranked fifth in passing defense (200.8 ypg), first downs allowed (288) and points allowed per drive (1.42).
That makes quite a trio in the AC North with LeBeau bringing back the NFL's No. 1 defense, Bengals defensive coordinator Mike Zimmer weighing in with the No. 6 unit and Horton, the LeBeau clone, bringing back elements of the zone blitz from the desert. Horton could also be bringing back secondary coach Louie Cioffi, the man he took to Arizona in 2011 after he worked for 14 seasons with the Bengals.
Horton interviewed for the Browns head coaching job back on Jan. 1 and told the Plain-Dealer he had a "fantastic" interview while predicting he would be a head coach this season. It sounds like he would have been if it wasn't for Keim.
HUE UPDATE: The status of Bengals defensive assistant Hue Jackson is unclear. He interviewed for the Panthers offensive coordinator job that went on Friday to Carolina quarterbacks coach Mike Shula. At the moment, the Bengals don't look like they're making changes on offense.
SMITH ARRESTED: NFL discipline may await right tackle Andre Smith after he was arrested Thursday when Atlanta police say they found a loaded .380 pistol in Smith's carry-on bag when he tried to board a plane at Hartsfield-Jackson Airport. He appeared in court Friday morning and was issued a $3,000 bond. TV reports indicated that Smith wasn't aware he had the gun with him.
The Cincinnati Enquirer reported Friday that former Browns defensive tackle Shaun Rogers was fined but not suspended for the same thing at the Cleveland airport in 2010. The league is saying that it is looking into the case to see if Smith, arrested for the first time, violated the personal conduct policy and reports that in the last three years seven players have been arrested in cases involving guns.
Tags: Andre Smith, Dick LeBeau, Hue Jackson, Mike Zimmer, Ray Horton
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Hawkins says CFL will work in Chicago, too; Gruden returns from interviewsPosted by on January 16, 2013 – 3:42 pm
Bengals wide receiver Andrew Hawkins, who blew into the NFL via Canada two years ago, thinks his head coach in the CFL is also going to catch on.
With Wednesday's news that Montreal head coach Marc Trestman has become the head man with the Bears, Hawkins offered his unconditional endorsement.
"I know how he goes about his work. I'd bet everything I have that he's going to be a successful NFL head coach," Hawkins said. "I don't think I would have made the NFL if it hadn't been for the two years I had with Marc Trestman."
Hawkins became a part of two Grey Cup title teams with the Alouettes before he hooked up with the Bengals in the training camp of 2011 and became an instant fan favorite before he emerged as the regular slot receiver in 2012 with 51 catches and four touchdowns. He thinks Trestman's two decades in the NFL as an assistant mixed in with the Montreal experience is a brew ticketed to success.
"To me, being a head coach in Canada gets you ready for an NFL head coaching job more than a college head coaching job because you're dealing with grown men," Hawkins said. "It's not easy in college, but it's easier because the players are younger, they need you, and they don't have a choice. Grown men have a choice. What he does with Xs and Os is well documented. As far as managing grown individuals, I've seen that firsthand and I think that's the part that's going to make him a great head coach in the NFL."
Hawkins says Trestman's attention to detail oozed into every corner of the Montreal organization, from the offensive meetings into keeping the lockers clean.
"First of all, he's an offensive guru. Everything comes down to timing and spacing. If you're lined up a yard outside your alignment, you'll get coached up on it," Hawkins said. "He's like that with everything. Demeanor. He taught me how to carry myself as a professional."
Hawkins still can recite one of Trestman's favorite lines: "Everyone loves football. Football loves no one."
"He always talked about getting ready for life after football and guys appreciate that," he said.
Call it Grey Cup II when the Bengals play the Bears in 2013 in Chicago.
GRUDEN UPDATE: Indications are Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden returned to Cincinnati on Wednesday after interviewing for four head coaching jobs. Arizona and Jacksonville are the only vacancies after Philadelphia tapped Oregon head coach Chip Kelly and San Diego went with Broncos offensive coordinator Mike McCoy.
The Cardinals are still looking to interview Seahawks offensive coordinator Darrell Bevell and Colts offensive coordinator Bruce Arians, and their own defensive coordinator and former Bengal DB and assistant Ray Horton is also in the mix. In Jacksonville the Jags are reportedly waiting to interview 49ers offensive coordinator Greg Roman, a college teammate of new general manager Dave Caldwell.
Tags: Andrew Hawkins, Jay Gruden, Marc Trestman
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AP All-Pro team: Geno anchors D-linePosted by on January 12, 2013 – 11:01 am
If the Bengals were going to have one All-Pro, it would be defensive tackle Geno Atkins and that's what happened Saturday when the Associated Press released its All-Pro team and Atkins grabbed 42 of the 50 votes. Atkins, who led the Bengals and all NFL defensive tackles with 12.5 sacks, was the only Bengal to make it in voting by the 50-member national panel. Atkins joins wide receiver A.J. Green and tight end Jermaine Gresham in the Cincinnati contingent headed to the Pro Bowl later this month.
The AP All-Pros via ProFootballTalk.com:
QB: Peyton Manning, Broncos
RB: Adrian Peterson, Vikings (unanimous); Marshawn Lynch, Seahawks
FB: Vonta Leach, Ravens
WR: Calvin Johnson, Lions; Brandon Marshall, Bears
TE: Tony Gonzalez, Falcons
T: Duane Brown, Texans; Ryan Clady, Broncos
G: Jahri Evans, Saints; Mike Iupati, 49ers
C: Max Unger, Seahawks
DE: J.J. Watt, Texans (unanimous); Cameron Wake, Dolphins
DT: Geno Atkins, Bengals; Vince Wilfork, Patriots
OLB: Von Miller, Broncos; Aldon Smith, 49ers
ILB: Patrick Willis, San Francisco; NaVorro Bowman, San Francisco
CB: Richard Sherman, Seahawks; Charles Tillman, Bears
S: Earl Thomas, Seahawks; Dashon Goldson, 49ers
P: Andy Lee, 49ers
K: Blair Walsh, Seahawks
KR: Jacoby Jones, Ravens
Should any other Bengal be in the discussion on that list? Certainly you could talk about Green instead of Marshall and Kevin Huber at punter. Green made the second team with 16.5 votes, (6.5 behind Marshall in third place ) but Lee (24 votes) and New Orleans's Thomas Morstead (18) finished 1-2. And if Brown and Clady are on the list then left tackle Andrew Whitworth has to be in the debate. One thing about the Texans and Broncos: Each team allowed the Bengals no sacks.
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Reports: Jackson getting action in coaching derby; Gruden gets more suitorsPosted by on January 11, 2013 – 6:12 pm
Updated: 1-12-13, 8 p.m.
With his one-year contract running out, Bengals defensive assistant Hue Jackson is starting to get interest as an offensive coordinator. NFL Network via ProFootballTalk.com reported Friday that the Panthers have asked permission to talk to Jackson about the vacancy left by the Browns announcement they've hired Rob Chudzinski as head coach. The New York Daily News has reported Jackson is also in the mix for the Jets job with two other former NFL head coaches, Marty Mornhinweg and Cam Cameron.
Jackson is highly-regarded in NFL circles as an offensive mind despite last season's dismissal from the Raiders after one year as head coach. In the two seasons he was with Oakland as first the coordinator and then as the head guy, the Raiders finished 10th and ninth in offense in 2010 and 2011, respectively. This year Oakland fell to 18th.
If Bengals offensive coordinator Jay Gruden gets a head coaching job, Jackson has been mentioned as a potential successor. Gruden interviewed in Arizona on Thursday, and it's believed he was in San Diego on Saturday and is headed to Philadelphia on Sunday. It's also believed that Gruden, a well-known figure in Florida, is also getting play in Jacksonville. Indeed, NFL Network reported later Saturday that Gruden has an interview with the Jaguars.
The Charlotte Observer, via PFT, also reported Friday that former Browns head coach Pat Shurmur is also a candidate in Carolina.
Tags: Hue Jackson Jay Gruden Pat Shurmur Rob Chudzinski
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Dre readies knee for 2013Posted by on January 11, 2013 – 3:18 pm
Bengals cornerback Dre Kirkpatrick tweeted he's having a medical procedure Friday but it's not expected to derail his training camp.
Kirkpatrick, Cincinnati's first pick in last year's draft, missed virtually all of his first training camp as well as the first half of the season with a bone spur in his knee. Kirkpatrick went on injured reserve Christmas Day when the knee became irritated and indications are he's underdoing what appears to be a cleanup rather than a major procedure. He was never able to dog the injury bug. After he played in five games (two tackles on defense, two on special teams), he suffered a concussion Dec. 2 in San Diego, missed the next two games, and when it looked like he was ready to come back the knee flared up.
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Crocker doubtful for TexansPosted by on January 4, 2013 – 1:34 pm
It looks like the Bengals will be without the services of safety Chris Crocker in Saturday's AFC Wild Card game in Houston against the Texans. Crocker (thigh) was listed as doubtful in Friday's injury report.
Other than cornerback Jason Allen (hamstring), who was listed as questionable, everyone else put in full practices on Friday and are probable, including defensive end Wallace Gilberry (illness), running back BenJarvus Green-Ellis (hamstring), cornerback Leon Hall (non-injury related), safety Taylor Mays (hamstring), cornerback Terence Newman (groin) and linebacker Dan Skuta (thigh).
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Bengals-Texans Google HangoutPosted by on January 3, 2013 – 5:02 pm
Geoff Hobson of bengals.com and Nick Scurfield of houstontexans.com preview Saturday's AFC Wild Card rematch between the Bengals and Texans.
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Practice squad movesPosted by on November 27, 2012 – 3:02 pm
The Bengals on Tuesday made the following practice squad moves:
» Signed TE/LS Bryce Davis, a rookie from Central Oklahoma. Davis originally signed with the Bengals as a college free agent on May 2. He played in all four preseason games, with two receptions for 13 yards and three special teams tackles. He was waived on Aug. 31, signed to the practice squad on Sept. 1 and released on Sept. 4.
» Signed T Dan Knapp, a rookie from Arizona State. Knapp entered the NFL on May 2 as a college free agent with Oakland. He played in all four Raiders preseason games and was waived on Oct. 31.
» Released rookie C Scott Wedige of Northern Illinois to the Arizona Cardinals, who signed him to their 53-player roster. Wedige had joined the Bengals practice squad on Nov. 6.
» Released rookie LB Ben Jacobs of Fresno State. Jacobs had joined the practice squad on Nov. 12.
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Hue keeps it light after his own reunionPosted by on November 26, 2012 – 8:30 am
Hue Jackson could have had a field day Sunday. Instead, he went on the field pregame at Paul Brown Stadium and chatted with any Raider that would have him and then watched his Bengals dismantle the team he took within five minutes of the playoffs last year.
After Sunday's 34-10 victory over the team that fired him last year after one year as head coach, the Raiders look like they're five minutes away from the second pick in the draft.
But Jackson kept it classy. After all, he's reportedly already in the mix for the head coaching job at California. He knows people are going to say this was a sweet one for him.
"People will say this. I can look at it in my own mind and maybe felt that it was because I know those players and I've been in that organization with Coach (Al) Davis and the rest of the players and his son Mark (Davis)," he said after the game in the Bengals locker room. "But at the end of the day it was just another football game, a game we needed to win and I think our guys did a great job. Kudos to the offense, defense and special teams; it was a team win."
Asked just exactly how good it felt, Jackson smiled.
"It does," he said. "To win again and be 6-5 and going to San Diego, no question it does."
Jackson said he had to separate the emotion from Sunday. It couldn't be emotional, he said, even though those were his players out there and that was his quarterback he traded for with a first- and second-round pick that now, with the help of his firing, makes it one of the biggest steals in NFL history.
With Jackson molding him into his system on the fly last year, Palmer was 4-5 as the starter and if the Raiders held on to a fourth-quarter lead in the finale it would have been 5-5 and the playoffs. Now they're 3-8.
"It couldn't be (emotional)," Jackson said. "I think when I first start to see anybody, obviously a lot of old emotions and feelings come back and mainly what they were with Coach Davis. That's a team that I know really well and I know the owner was someone that was very near and dear to me. Once we kick the ball off, it's time to go play."
Palmer hasn't only been silent on his situation with the Bengals, but he hasn't had much to say about Jackson in staying true to his desire to stay away from headlines and controversy.
The two did speak before and after Sunday's game.
"I have a lot of respect for Carson. Carson's a tremendous football player and that's never going to change as far as I'm concerned," Jackson said. "I wish him luck. I wanted to make sure him and his family are doing well and I'm sure we'll run into each other somewhere down the line."
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