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Although the people in the videos change, the ritual stays the same. An accelerant — alcohol, perfume, even lighter fluid — is sloshed on the body and nervous laughter always escapes the daredevil's mouth before they
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Some young people are engaging in a social media dare known as the "Fire Challenge" in which they pour an accelerant on their bodies and light it to test how long they can stand the heat. The practice is an effort to gain Internet fame or popularity among peers, but it can result in serious bodily harm or even death, experts said.
"It's harming yourself in front of the world," said Justin Karter, a graduate student in clinical and community psychology at Point Park University, Downtown.
In the U.S. and in the U.K., there have been reports of teens suffering second- and third-degree burns due to the fire challenge. One California teenager, Fernando Valencia, might need reconstructive surgery due to the severity of the burns. He posted pictures of the burns on his social media website as a warning to other teens who dare to take on the challenge.
The types of people completing the challenge vary. Boys and girls of all races and ages are lighting up social media as they light themselves up. In one video, a 12-year-old boy sprayed perfume on himself and took a match to his arm, while in another Vine video a college student chose to make the same decision.
The fire challenge is the newest in a line of Internet challenges, but dangerous youth dares are as old as time. Before the Internet was a concept, teen boys were engaged in dares such as racing cars toward cliffs to see who would stop first.
While there is no specific type of person who commits this type of challenge, there is a particular set of motivators. Karen Boyer, counselor at The Ellis School in Shadyside, said the willingness to participate in such a dangerous dare is a combination of different factors. The most influential factor is the adolescent brain.
According to a research by Dr. Jay N. Giedd, chief of brain imaging at the Child Psychiatry Branch of the National Institute of Mental Health, "The changes the brain undergoes during adolescence pave the way to adulthood, priming the young person for life away from home and for finding unrelated mates. But this plasticity can also open the door-to-poor decision making and risky behavior."
Because a teenager's brain is primed to take risks, "most kids who try to burn themselves don't think they're going to burn," Ms. Boyer wrote. These teenagers may not be able to understand the consequences of their actions, making the decision to light themselves on fire easier.
The social media culture of instant gratification and popularity may also be at fault, Ms. Boyer suggested. As the number of videos posted on social media increases, so does the challenges' popularity, resulting in fame, or infamy, for those who complete or even attempt them. This attention could lead to an increased social media presence for the teens.
Mr. Karter says because a teenager's brain has not developed the higher cognitive functioning to understand the consequences, teenagers would risk serious bodily harms to gain popularity.
Mr. Karter also believes the challenge is a way to up the ante from previous Internet challenges, and to prove one's fearlessness. Because of the Internet's accessibility and the fast pace of social media, a challenge can now be seen by anyone.
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Hung Thai, associate professor of sociology at Pomona College, was awarded the "Outstanding Teaching Award" by the Asian American Section of the American Sociological Association at their annual meeting in Denver.
A member of the Pomona faculty since 2001, Thai was nominated by Christopher Fiorello '11 who noted, "While I have taken classes with professors who clearly cared deeply about the material, the students, or the learning process, none simultaneously possessed all three of these qualities in addition to an unabashed passion for his vocation."
Fiorello took three classes with Thai starting with Introduction to Sociology. "Professor Thai found ways to instill confidence in the class by listening carefully to each comment and, from those comments, building a discussion that all students felt they had a stake in. To watch Professor Thai do this class after class, week after week, regardless of the course's specificity or the students' foreknowledge of the discipline, was beyond inspiring."
Introduction to Sociology, it turns out, is Thai's favorite class to teach. He started college with plans "to major in something practical such as engineering or chemistry." One sociology course in his freshman year, however, was all it took for him to decide on sociology. In that class, he says, "I read a book that changed my life, the Managed Heart by Arlie Hochschild. I love teaching this intro course because I see students develop passion for the field, and see them learn that what they have in everyday life cannot be taken for granted when viewed from the most basic sociological lens. That's the promise of sociology, and that's why I love introducing students to the field."
Thai's teaching and mentoring extends beyond the classroom. Each summer he tries to takes two-to-four students with him on research trips abroad. Fiorello was lucky enough to accompany Thai to both Vietnam and Singapore, as a data collector and writing assistant, respectively. "We spent countless hours going over my field notes, him questioning me on what I had observed and why I had framed things as such," says Fiorello. "He brought me along with him to meet new interview respondents, exemplifying how to build rapport. We co-conducted interviews, allowing me to learn the methodology firsthand."
Thai's current research is an ethnographic, interview-based project examining monetary flows in low-wage transnational families in the globalizing city of Saigon, focusing on how overseas Vietnamese immigrants and foreigners living and working in that city alter class and gender relations. The issues are much more than financial. He points out that the financial transactions are embedded in complex systems of cultural expectations, self-worth and emotional economies. He decided to isolate the experiences of low-wage workers because of the precariousness such workers face in their jobs while trying to provide for nonimmigrant relatives in their homeland.
On leave this semester, Thai will teach Introduction to Sociology and Contemporary Asian American Issues in the spring. He also teaches the courses Global Asia/Asia America and Immigration and Second Generation, and has mentored many students on their summer independent research projects.
Thai earned his Ph.D. in sociology from U.C. Berkeley and is the author of the book For Better or For Worse: Vietnamese International Marriages in the New Global Economy (2008) and the forthcoming Insufficient Funds: Money in Low Wage Transnational Families (Stanford University Press), in addition to more than a dozen scholarly articles and chapters.


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Penn State just landed arguably its top recruit in two years, as Illinois product Tommy Schutt has decided to climb on board with the Nittany Lions.
He let it be known on his Facebook page first — "Tommy Schutt is officially a Penn State Nittany Lion."
Schutt, who plays his high school football at Glenbard West in Glen Ellyn (Ill.), is a 6-foot-3, 295-pound defensive tackle who can scoot — he actually played running back as a freshman, proving he moves a bit differently than your average lineman. He and fellow Sporting News Top 125 player Jordan Diamond are the best two players in Illinois this year.
"The overall feel and how comfortable I was on campus with the players and coaches (was behind the pick)," Schutt told the Chicago Sun-Times. "Also, the defensive line coach, coach (Larry) Johnson, was a major factor. I am very excited to have the opportunity to play for a coach like him and also coach (Joe) Paterno."
As a junior, Schutt finished with 67 tackles, 15 sacks and 23 tackles for loss, showing the kind of wrecking ball he is behind the line of scrimmage. Schools like Auburn, Florida, Illinois, Miami, Michigan, Nebraska, Notre Dame, Ohio State, Tennessee and Wisconsin had extended scholarship offers.
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"We made an enormous step forward towards safety, even if we aren't there yet," the Coach told Mediaset.
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A low-noise active pixel circuit is disclosed that efficiently suppresses reset (kTC) noise by using a compact preamplifier consisting of a photodetector and only three transistors of identical polarity, in conjunction with ancillary circuits located on an imager's periphery. The use of only three transistors with a tapered reset signal allows the optical area to be increased, while still providing a low-noise imager.
1. An active pixel sensor circuit comprising:
a photodetector;
an access transistor connected to the photodetector;
an electronically reconfigurable transistor, successively operated as a source follower driver and a feedback amplifier, connected to an output of the access transistor and to a signal output bus;
a reset transistor connected between the access transistor and the electronically reconfigurable transistor, wherein the reset transistor is reset with a tapered reset signal; and
a first column buffer connected to the electronically reconfigurable transistor and to the reset transistor, the first column buffer comprising:
a first switch transistor connected to the reset transistor; and a second switch transistor connected to the electronically reconfigurable transistor;
wherein during a reset operation, the first and second switch transistors connect transistor connects the reset transistor with the electronically reconfigurable transistor to form a feedback path.
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3. The circuit of
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7. A CMOS imager array comprising a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising:
a photodetector;
an access MOSFET having a source connected to the photodetector;
an amplifier MOSFET having a gate connected to a drain of the access MOSFET, a source connected to a signal bus, and a drain connected to a column buffer;
a reset MOSFET having a source connected to the drain of the access MOSFET, a drain connected to the column buffer, and a gate connected to a tapered reset signal generator; and
a distributed feedback amplifier comprising the amplifier MOSFET, the reset MOSFET and the column buffer to taper reset the photodetector, wherein the column buffer comprises:
a first switch transistor connected to drain of the reset MOSFET; and
a second switch transistor connected to the drain of the amplifier MOSFET; and
a reset current source connected to the second switch transistor;
wherein during a reset operation, the first and second switch transistors connect transistor connects the drain of the reset MOSFET with the drain of the amplifier MOSFET to form a feedback path, and the second switch transistor connects the reset current source to the amplifier MOSFET.
8. The imager array of
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13. An active pixel sensor circuit comprising:
a photodetector;
an access transistor connected to the photodetector;
an amplifier transistor, connected to an output of the access transistor and to a signal output bus;
a reset transistor connected between the access transistor and the amplifier transistor, wherein the reset transistor is reset with a tapered reset signal; and
a first column buffer connected to the amplifier transistor and to the reset transistor, the first column buffer comprising:
a first switch transistor connected to the reset transistor; and
a second switch transistor connected to the amplifier transistor; and
a reset current source connected to the second switch transistor;
wherein during a reset operation, the first and second switch transistors connect transistor connects the reset transistor with the amplifier transistor to form a feedback path, and the second switch transistor connects the reset current source to the amplifier transistor.
14. An imager array circuit comprising:
a first switch transistor connected to a first column bus;
a second switch transistor connected to a second column bus and the first switch transistor;
a reset current source connected to the second switch transistor;
a signal column bus; and
a plurality of pixel circuits connected to the first column bus, second column bus, and signal column bus, each pixel circuit comprising:
a photodetector;
an access transistor connected to the photodetector;
an amplifier transistor connected to the access transistor, the signal column bus and the second switch transistor; and
a reset transistor connected to the first column bus, the access transistor, and the amplifier transistor, wherein during a reset operation, the first switch transistor connects the reset transistor to the amplifier transistor to form a feedback path, and the second switch transistor connects the reset current source to the amplifier transistor.
15. The circuit of claim 14, wherein the amplifier transistor operates as a driver of a source follower amplifier when a signal from the photodetector is being read out, and operates as a driver of a reset amplifier when the photodetector is being reset.
16. The circuit of claim 1, wherein the first column buffer further comprises:
a second switch transistor connected to the electronically reconfigurable transistor; and
a reset current source connected to the second switch transistor;
wherein during a reset operation, the second switch transistor connects the reset current source to the electronically reconfigurable transistor.
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The present invention relates generally to electronic imaging devices and, more particularly, to low noise CMOS image sensors having increased optical area within each pixel.
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Significant advances in photosensor image processing for camera and video systems are now possible through the emergence of CMOS pixel sensors. CMOS-based imaging sensors have distinct manufacturing cost savings and consume much less power than other technologies such as charge coupled devices (CCD). A CMOS image sensor's performance, however, is often limited by the noise generated by resetting each of its photodiodes to a known potential after each electronic image, or picture, is read out. Such noise is readily suppressed in CCD-based cameras because CCD reset noise is generated on only one capacitance, i.e., the sense diffusion diode that converts the photo-generated charge to a voltage. Also, full-frame memory is not needed to post-process the video to remove the reset noise because each pixel's reset and signal levels are successively read and the reset noise is conveniently removed by using only one memory element.
Similarly, the reset noise (kTC) in a CMOS sensor causes uncertainty about the voltage on each photodetector following the reset, but each pixel's reset signal is not normally available. Because the reset noise of CMOS imagers is often the dominant source of temporal noise and is critical to overall imager performance, there is a need for a pixel-based preamplifier that suppresses reset noise without requiring separate readout of all the reset and signal levels, in order to subsequently subtract the correlated reset noise using full-frame memory. In addition, the preamplifier must be as compact as possible to maximize the fraction of pixel area that is used for collecting the light. Simultaneously maximizing the light-gathering area and minimizing the reset noise maximizes sensor performance so that it can operate with usable fidelity even at low levels of light.
Mendis et al., discloses a single-stage, charge coupled device (CCD) type of image sensor in an article entitled, "A 128×128 CMOS Active Pixel Image Sensor for Highly Integrated Imaging Systems", IEEE Electron Devices Meeting, p. 583, 1993. The overall imager is customarily considered a CMOS imager due to the co-integration of ancillary CMOS electronics that support the pixel preamplifier—even though the scheme requires process enhancements that significantly depart from conventional CMOS technologies. For example, the photogate must be optically transparent in the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. A transparent gate electrode must preferably be used to provide reasonable sensitivity in the blue part of the visible spectrum as is commonly done in CCDs, e.g. a thin indium tin oxide (ITO) gate electrode (e.g. U.S. Pat. No. 6,001,668). No CMOS foundry processes support integration of ITO electrodes due to possible wafer contamination and concomitant yield loss. Nevertheless, Mendis' charge-based preamplifier ideally provides a storage site at each pixel that readily facilitates both snapshot image formation and in-pixel correlated double sampling. Another key issue related to incompatibility with standard CMOS technology is the difficulty in optically isolating this storage site to eliminate image smear.
U.S. Pat. No. 5,898,168 teaches a compact CMOS pixel-based preamplifier that uses only three transistors, reproduced as
In view of the foregoing, it would be desirable to have a pixel cell comprising only three transistors, to maximize the optical area, while still having low-noise and minimizing motion artifacts.
In general, the present invention comprises a low-noise imaging system for implementation in CMOS or in other semiconductor fabrication technologies. The low-noise amplifier system efficiently suppresses reset (kTC) noise by using a compact preamplifier consisting of a photodetector and only three transistors of identical polarity in conjunction with ancillary circuits located on the CMOS imager's periphery. A tapered reset signal is applied to a reset transistor within the pixel to reduce the reset noise. The supporting circuits help the simplified pixel circuit to read the signal with low noise without having to perform correlated double sampling on either successive rows or the entire array.
The low noise amplifier system of the present invention is formed by the aggregate circuitry in each pixel, the supporting circuitry in the column buffer amplifier and the row-based clock driver, and the waveform generation circuits servicing each column and row of pixels. The video from the active pixels is read out by the low-noise signal amplification system in a manner that essentially eliminates the reset noise. In addition to means for suppressing the detector's reset noise, the column buffer in the downstream electronics typically performs additional signal processing, sample-and-hold, optional video pipelining, and column amplifier offset cancellation functions to suppress the temporal and spatial noise that could otherwise be generated by the column buffer.
The low-noise system provides the following key functions: (1) suppresses reset noise without having to provide means for analog memory to facilitate correlated double sampling; (2) provides high sensitivity via source follower amplification with small sense capacitance; (3) minimizes demand on amplifier bandwidth to avoid generation of fixed pattern noise due to variations in amplifier time constant and stray capacitance; (4) provides adequate power supply rejection to enable development of imaging systems-on-a-chip that do not require elaborate support electronics; and (5) is compatible with application to imaging arrays having pixel pitch to below 2.7 microns with high optical fill factor and low noise using 0.18 μm CMOS technology.
The invention has the advantage of full process compatibility with standard silicided submicron CMOS; helps to maximize yield and minimize die cost because the circuit complexity is distributed amongst the active-pixels and peripheral circuits; and exploits the signal processing capability inherent to CMOS. Also, the spectral response is broad from the near-ultraviolet (400 nm) to the near-IR (>800 nm).
Because the present invention has only three MOSFETs in each pixel, the invention provides as-drawn optical fill factor of 60% at 5 μm pixel pitch using 0.25 μm design rules in CMOS. The actual optical fill factor is somewhat larger due to lateral collection and the large diffusion length of commercial CMOS processes. A final advantage is the flexibility to collocate digital logic and signal-processing circuits due its high immunity to electromagnetic interference.
When fully implemented in the desired camera-on-a-chip architecture, the low-noise APS can provide temporal read noise below 10 e− (at data rates compatible with either video imaging or still photography via electronic means), fixed pattern noise significantly below 0.02% of the maximum signal (on a par with competing CCD imagers), <0.5% nonlinearity, >1V signal swing for 3.3 V power supply, large charge-handling capacity, and variable sensitivity using simple serial interface updated on a frame-by-frame basis via digital interface to a host microprocessor.
The present invention will be readily understood by the following detailed description in conjunction with the accompanying drawings, wherein like reference numerals designate like structural elements, and in which:
The following description is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make and use the invention and sets forth the best modes contemplated by the inventor for carrying out the invention. Various modifications, however, will remain readily apparent to those skilled in the art, since the basic principles of the present invention have been defined herein specifically to provide a low noise CMOS image sensor circuit. Any and all such modifications, equivalents and alternatives are intended to fall within the spirit and scope of the present invention.
The CMOS readout and amplification system of the present invention includes an exemplary design for an active-pixel CMOS imager. A prototype embodiment of the low-noise Active Pixel Sensor (APS) invention can be configured, for example, as a visible imager comprising an array of 1024 (columns) by 728 (rows) of visible light detectors (photodetectors). The rows and columns of active-pixels can be spaced 5 microns center-to-center using 0.25 μm design rules to provide as-drawn optical fill factor of ˜60%. Several columns and rows of detectors at the perimeter of the light-sensitive region are normally covered with metal and used to establish the dark level for on-chip or off-chip signal processing. In addition, the detectors in each row can be covered with color filters to produce color imagers. For example, the odd rows may begin at the left with red, green, then blue filters, and the even rows may begin with blue, red, then green filters, with these patterns repeating to fill the respective rows. A standard Bayer filter pattern can also be applied.
The low-noise amplifier system 10 of the present invention is illustrated in the schematic diagram of
Transistor M2 transfers the signal from each detector 12 to the gate of transistor M1 and also connects the detector 12 to the reset node at the gate of transistor M1. Transistor M3 is used in two operating modes. During reset, it completes the reset loop consisting of transistor M3 in the pixel 10, column bus 20, the reset transistor M201 in column circuit 200, and column bus 22. This feedback loop discharges any charge left on the photodetector 12 along with the charge stored on the gate of transistor M1. In combination with amplifier transistor M1, switch transistor M202 in column buffer 200, switch transistor M102 in column buffer 100, and current source Ireset in column buffer 200, low-noise reset of the pixel is accomplished via the aggregate reset amplifier.
The photodiode 12 may comprise a substrate diode, for example, with the silicide cleared. In this embodiment, it is necessary to clear the silicide because it is opaque to visible light. Pixel 10 is designed to obtain the largest available light detecting area while providing broad spectral response, control of blooming and signal integration time, and compatibility with CMOS production processes.
For maximum compatibility with standard submicron CMOS processes, photodiode 12 may be formed at the same time as the lightly doped drain (LDD) implant of n-type MOSFETs for the chosen process; this creates an n-on-p photodiode junction in the p-type substrate that is common to most CMOS processes. Since no additional ion implantation is necessary, the process and wafer cost for active-pixel circuit 10 are the same as those of standard, high volume digital electronic products.
In the preferred embodiment, the photodetectors 12 are reset at the start of image capture on a row-by-row basis as shown in
The present invention configured for signal integration is illustrated in
The application of the tapered reset waveform to the composite reset amplifier enables the kTC noise envelope to decay before the reset switch M3 is completely opened. Using tapered reset, the row is resettable to tens of microseconds for full noise suppression, or shorter time for moderate noise reduction, U.S. Pat. No. 6,697,111, entitled "COMPACT LOW-NOISE ACTIVE PIXEL SENSOR WITH PROGRESSIVE ROW RESET", issued Feb. 24, 2004, the disclosure of which is herein incorporated by reference, describes the generalized small-signal equivalent circuit model during reset. This circuit allows calculation of the steady-state noise envelope at the reset node depending on reset switch resistance, Rsw. If the reset voltage is ramped down too slowly, too much time is needed to reset each row and operation at video frame rates can become problematic. If the tapered-reset waveform is instead ramped down too quickly, then the kTC noise envelope will not decay sufficiently to suppress reset noise before the switch is completely opened.
Using the small-signal equivalent circuit, a simplified noise formula can be derived since:
The present invention has the approximate design values: 1000×700 format, 7 μm×7 μm pixel, gm=20 μmho; Go=0.08 μmho, Adc=300; C1=15 fF; Co=3.0 pF and Cfb=0.3 fF. The desired tapered-clock frequency of 25 kHz that is fully compatible with video rate operation hence requires Rsw=50 GΩ and an optimum tapered-clock time constant of 25 μs. This yields k1+k2=58 for the preferred embodiment, and an equivalent noise capacitance of 1.18 fF. Since the nominal detector capacitance is 15 fF and kTC noise is proportional to the square root of the relevant capacitance, the reset noise is suppressed from about 55 e− to only 14 e−.
The value of Rsw must be tailored to support any changes in line rate. Increasing the line rate hence requires lower switch resistance. Table 1 below numerically illustrates the impact on reset noise as the tapered-clock time constant is appropriately shortened. At a time constant of 2.7 μsec, the read noise degrades to 55 e−.
In the present invention, the various clocks are generated on-chip using standard CMOS digital logic. This digital logic implementation thus enables "windowing," wherein a user can read out the imager in various formats simply by enabling the appropriate support logic to clock the appropriate sub-format. With windowing, the 1024×728 format of the candidate embodiment can be read out as one or more arbitrarily sized and positioned M×N arrays without having to read out the entire X×Y array. For example, a user might desire to change a computer-compatible "VGA" format (i.e., approximately 640×480) to either Common Interface Format (CIF; nominally 352×240) or Quarter Common Interface Format (QCIF; nominally 176×120) without having to read out all the pixels in the entire array. This feature simplifies support electronics to reduce cost and match the needs of the particular communication medium. As an example, a personal teleconference link to a remote user having only QCIF capability could be optimized to provide QCIF resolution and thus reduce bandwidth requirements throughout the teleconference link. As a further example, an imager configured in Common Interface Format (CIF) could provide full-CIF images while supplying windowed information for the portions of the image having the highest interest for signal processing and data compression. During teleconferencing the window around a person's mouth (for example) could be supplied more frequently than the entire CIF image. This scheme would reduce bandwidth requirements throughout the conference link.
Though not explicitly shown in
Those skilled in the art will appreciate that various adaptations and modifications of the just-described preferred embodiments can be configured without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention. Therefore, it is to be understood that, within the scope of the appended claims, the invention may be practiced other than as specifically described herein.
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Courses: Portraits of Disability and Difference (WRPRH118A01)
Fall 2013
Rosemarie Garland-Thomson writes that "staring is an interrogative gesture that asks whats going on and demands the story. The eyes hang on, working to recognize what seems illegible, order what seems unruly, know what seems strange." In this seminar we will explore visual and literary portraits and self-portraits of bodies marked by difference, bodies that often elicit stares. We will ask: What kinds of stories are told about these bodies? How do memoirs and self-portraits by people with disabilities draw on and challenge traditions of life writing and portraiture? How does this work enlarge cultural and aesthetic views of embodiment, disability, and difference? What strategies do writers and artists employ to represent invisible disability and interior bodily space? How do portraits of disability engage differences of gender, race, and class? Through close readings of essays, memoirs, paintings, and photographs, students will hone their descriptive and interpretive skills and develop their ability to craft clear and persuasive arguments. [Carries Humanities divisional credit.]
Prerequisites: Open only to first-year students as assigned by the Director of College Writing.
Fulfills: HU FW Limit:12
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CHAPMANVILLE — The West Virginia State Police responded to a domestic situation, then became involved in a chase led by the suspect, who was riding an all terrain vehicle (ATV).
The criminal complaint says the officers were told by the victim that her brother had tried to run over her and her niece on a red ATV.
Officers were able to locate the ATV, which was being driven by David Joe Whitt, 45, of Chapmanville. Whitt was on Crawley Creek Road when the officers attempted to conduct a traffic stop, but the ATV swerved into oncoming traffic and fled down Eagles Roost Road.
Officers followed the vehicle, watching as the suspect almost ran off the road several times. The officers noted in the complaint the suspect operated the ATV in a manner showing a reckless indifference to the safety of others.
Whitt continued on an ATV path still failing to stop for the officers, who had to stop once they could no longer follow the path of the ATV.
Officers spoke to witnesses who stated to the officers they heard the sirens and saw David Whitt failing to stop. A written statement was obtained from one of the neighbors who saw the incident.
Whitt was arrested and charged with driving revoked (DUI), no helmet, ATV on center-lined road, reckless driving, two counts of fleeing on vehicle, left of center and two counts of domestic assault.


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Let's Ogle Jennifer Lawrence's Hot Brother Blaine
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There's something exciting about discovering that a famous celeb has been hiding a hot, not-famous sibling. What?! So-and-so has a brother and he's sexxxxxxy?! I find myself thinking, as if it's impossible that the famous celeb's parents could have made something so good-looking twice. Anyway, the latest example of this is Jennifer Lawrence's brother Blaine, with whom she was photographed strolling the beaches of Hawaii. Hello, Blaine. You're setting this girl on fire. I hunger for you. Hmm, can't think of a sexual twist on "Mockingjay," but you get the picture. Click through to see more...
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33092-012: Implementation of Water Sector Action Plan
Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview
The TA will continue to apply the consultative approach to strengthen the capacity of Water Resources Coordination Committee and its secretariat for water sector coordination. The key outputs of this TA will be a draft water sector policy for government consideration and increased capacity for water resources management and administration in the WRCC secretariat. The capacity of WRCC will be strengthened in the drafting of water regulations, water resource information systems, and public ... Read More
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Project Data Sheets (PDS) contain summary information on the project or program. Because the PDS is a work in progress, some information may not be included in its initial version but will be added as it becomes available. Information about proposed projects is tentative and indicative.
The Public Communications Policy (PCP) recognizes that transparency and accountability are essential to development effectiveness. It establishes the disclosure requirements for documents and information ADB produces or requires to be produced.
The Accountability Mechanism provides a forum where people adversely affected by ADB-assisted projects can voice and seek solutions to their problems and report alleged noncompliance of ADB's operational policies and procedures.
In preparing any country program or strategy, financing any project, or by making any designation of, or reference to, a particular territory or geographic area in this document, the Asian Development Bank does not intend to make any judgments as to the legal or other status of any territory or area.
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As a professional web designer and developer, I have an
appreciation for addiction to interesting challenges.
I'm primarily a designer; I love sitting at my computer and pushing around pixels. Talk to me about grids, typography, color theory and usability (I go a little crazy over those things). I'm pretty good at coding out the things I design, too. There's something about bringing my designs to life that makes me happier than a… Well, simile isn't my forte, so we'll just say that I really like coding websites.
I'm also a complete perfectionist. When I'm not working, I'm absorbed in research on the newest design trends, the best coding practices, and the most efficient working habits. I've been called "obsessed," but I love what I do, and the key to success is to never stop asking, "Is there a better way to do this?"


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A big day for science today, as at last we'll find out some of the first cosmology results from the Planck telescope. Planck was launched together with the Herschel Space Telescope back in 2009, to perform an all-sky survey at microwave wavelengths. The survey will produce – or rather, has now produced – the most detailed and sensitive map of the Cosmic Microwave Background to date.
The CMB is essentially flat and constant all over the sky, but on closer (much closer) inspection, small fluctuations become visible. These tiny fluctuations, at the level of 1 part in 100,000 or so, are thought to be the precursors to the large scale structures we see today in the Universe – from the largest Galaxy clusters to individual stars.
Looking for and studying signals this faint is very involved and challenging work – a lot of foreground signal originating in our own Galaxy or those in the vast Universe around us have to be accounted for and removed. These "noise" was released to the community some time ago, so the rest of us could play around with the data for our menial star formation or galaxy clustering research. The Planck consortium have chosen not to release the real goodies, the cosmological results, until they felt confident about the results – which is apparently today. The level of "lockdown" and secrecy surrounding these results is quite unprecedented in astronomy as far as I know, and I've talked with many people who don't agree with their chosen policy. "Open science" it definitely isn't – but if anything, it's a good way to ensure that your results will make a big splash on their release. However you feel about the road the mission leaders chose, these scientists deserve their moment in the spotlight. I look forward to seeing the exciting new results!
ESA is hosting a media briefing at 10 am this morning, and an open session will take place from 14:00 to 15:45 (CET) this afternoon. You can watch it live on ESA's webpage, here.


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Make and Takes has a great tutorial on how to make these. It's a quick project and I'm excited for the kids to "pop" these open and find a little treat inside on New Year's Eve.
Here is what you do:
1. Cut a toilet paper size tube in half. That way, kids can pop the poppers in half or by the ends. Either way works well.
2. Fill your tube with confetti and candy. Try not to stuff it too full or the contents will have a harder time popping out. I didn't have confetti so I used shredded colored paper. I filled a couple with candy and others with little plastic critters for my son to play with.
3. Wrap your tube with wrapping paper and tape closed.
4. Tie off the ends with ribbon, sealing it all inside.
If you are really feeling creative, you can buy cracker snaps to put inside so when they open, they actually make the popping noise. You can buy them here: http://www.oldenglishcrackers.com/cracker-snaps-p-91.html?cPath=4
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MIDLAND (September 14, 2013) -- The Baylor women's tennis doubles duo of Victoria Kisialeva and Blair Shankle highlighted the second day of action for the Lady Bears at The Racquet Club Collegiate Invitational on Saturday.
As a pairing, Kisialeva and Shankle won both of their matches on the day to reach the semifinals of the event. The BU duo first knocked off Isaura Enrique and Samantha Vickers of Tulsa, 8-7(3), and then cruised past Sarah Toti and Nikki Sanders of Texas Tech, 8-3.
Shankle also had a successful day in singles winning two matches in consolation play. The freshman downed Claire Williams of Texas Tech, 6-2, 6-0, before dispatching of Abilene Christian's Micah Hermsdorf, 6-3, 6-3.
Both Kiah Generette and Makenzie Craft lost round of 16 singles matches to open the day.


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A look at some fantasy football sleeper options for Week 6:
Josh Freeman, Tampa Bay Buccaneers, vs. New Orleans Saints: This might sound crazy considering Freeman's disastrous performance last week in San Francisco. But similar to Tim Tebow, Freeman can score points running or passing. It doesn't always have to look pretty as long as in the end your stat sheet is filled. That should happen as Freeman plays the Saints, who are seventh in fantasy points allowed to QBs. Freeman could get extra responsibilities with RB LeGarrette Blount likely sidelined.
Running Back
James Starks, Green Bay Packers, vs. St. Louis Rams: Ryan Grant saw fewer carries than Starks last week following Grant's lost fumble in the win over Atlanta. That's enough of a crack in the door for fantasy owners to run through and jump on Starks as a flex play this week. Green Bay will face the Rams, who've allowed the fourth-most fantasy points to running backs. Look for the Packers to jump to an early lead against St. Louis, then go into clock-killing mode with their running game late.
— Fantasy Source's Bill Bender: Week 6 rankings
Wide Receiver
Plaxico Burress, New York Jets, vs. Miami Dolphins: It might surprise you to find out the Jets have targeted Burress just one fewer time than Santonio Holmes. Burress has been just as productive as Holmes, too, despite a number of drops. An optimist would say there's upside in Burress' future numbers provided his concentration improves. Count us among the optimistic as the Jets get ready to take on the Dolphins, who have allowed nine passing TDs and an average of 307 passing yards.
Tight End
Heath Miller, Pittsburgh Steelers, vs. Jacksonville Jaguars: Miller finally got on the board with a touchdown reception last week against the Titans. Look for him to make it two in a row as the Steelers play host to the Jaguars, who are allowing 12.4 fantasy points per game to tight ends, including 72 receiving yards per game and four touchdowns. If you're desperate for a bye-week fill-in, you could do worse than grab Miller.
Nick Folk, Jets, vs. Dolphins: Need an ace in the hole for Monday night's showdown between the Jets and Dolphins? Try Folk, who has made all seven of his field-goal attempts this season, including a 50-yarder. Miami has allowed an average of 9.5 fantasy points to kickers so far this season, making Folk a good bye-week filler.
Buffalo Bills, at New York Giants: The turnover problems have continued to plague Eli Manning this season, with four coming last week against the Seahawks. The Giants are giving up an average of 9.2 fantasy points to opposing defenses. Meanwhile, Buffalo has been a surprise high scorer in fantasy leagues, trailing only Baltimore in fantasy points this season, though scoring systems vary.
For weekly rankings, stat projections, tools to help you make lineup decisions, and more, go to Fantasy Source.


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Blogs Are the Future of Marketing for Photographers
Posted By Sean Cayton On March 18, 2008 @ 9:00 pm In Business of Photography | 17 Comments
In my area I've seen at least three professional wedding photographers (my competition) shut their doors since December. They were all competent photographers. They serviced their clients to their best of their abilities. And at one time they commanded a good share of the wedding business here. But they've closed their businesses, at least temporarily, for lack of bookings.
I count myself lucky that in this economy I'm not only surviving, but growing. We've added staff and seen our bookings go through the roof. And in general, we are enjoying the fruits of our labors.
Sitting where I am now, I've wondered a lot about what photographers do right and wrong when it comes to promoting their businesses. I don't profess to know how exactly how we've managed to keep our head above water — swimmingly, in fact. But I do think there are things I've learned about the marketing of photography that are helping us to grow even in an economic downturn.
What We've Done Right
Here's a quick list of some of the things we've done that have positively impacted our bottom line:
1. We started a blog.
2. We followed other photographers in our niche who have successful blogs and — I'm not ashamed to say it — copied them.
3. We eliminated virtually all of our marketing and poured our energies into (where else?) our blog.
4. We choreographed the publication of our clients' wedding portfolios online with the publication of their portfolios on our blog.
You get the picture. Through our blog, we've established a track record of dependability and trustworthiness. We've built a dedicated following.
Stop Wasting Money — and Start Blogging
The best part is, we've used what amounts to a free marketing medium — the Internet — to promote ourselves. Guess what? It works!
It doesn't matter what kind of photography you do. Whether it's commercial, editorial or wedding/portraits, whatever it may be, there is no better platform for promoting your business and your work than online, especially through a blog.
I'll go one step further. Whatever else you're doing, stop doing it now. Don't spend another dime. If it's promos, call the printer and cancel your order. If it's sending a traditional book with prints, call the last editor who asked for it, ask her to return it and throw it in the trash. If it's an ad in a bridal magazine, refuse to renew the contract.
Then, start a blog.
The next step in this sequence of events seems obvious, but it's not. It's also really hard.
You have to fill your blog with good content. That means you have to establish that you work a lot, that you make a lot of wonderful photographs and that you have a personality to boot.
Your blog will actually help you here. You will find a voice. You will be more focused on what it is you do. And the result is you will get better jobs for more money.
And what about the step after that? Promote the heck out of your blog in the market niche you're working. Make sure everyone you've ever worked with knows about it. Make sure that you syndicate at least some of it through an RSS feed. Make sure your blog has an offline promotional vehicle. Put it on your business card and advertise it any way you can.
The blog is the thing. In the future, we may not call it a blog. But whatever it ends up being called, it WILL be the primary vehicle to promote your work.
It's time to say goodbye to the old ways of doing things and embrace news ones that actually work.
How about it? Leave a link to your blog in the comments here. Personally, I would love to see what other photographers are doing to successfully promote their businesses and to avoid the pitfalls of an economic downturn.
[tags]photography business, wedding photography[/tags]
17 Comments To "Blogs Are the Future of Marketing for Photographers"
#1 Comment By Mike On March 19, 2008 @ 4:04 am
But if you're a bit of a cynical person, you could start a job as divorce photographer
#2 Comment By Stanley Leary On March 19, 2008 @ 8:30 am
While I would agree that this is a great way to promote your business, I would have to disagree.
"Whatever else you're doing, stop doing it now."
Blogs are really just an interactive website. Like a website they just sit there--you must promote them.
Blogging isn't as proactive as you think. How do they find you? I believe e.Newsletters, postcards, websites, cold calling, personal visits and more is needed to promote your business.
Having a blog makes you look current and knowing about computers. Blogging lets you do more than just show images and reveal about yourself and your expertise.
I agree blogging surely helps, but don't stop everything else.
#3 Comment By Francis Vachon On March 19, 2008 @ 8:56 am
I could not agree more on that!
I can't count the numbers of cold call I got from clients because of my blog, including some stock sales!
#4 Comment By Bob Roberts On March 19, 2008 @ 9:49 am
Blogging is highly competitive. There are few financial winners allowing people to make a living from it alone. Don't give up your day job unless you live with your parents.
#5 Comment By nir alon On March 19, 2008 @ 1:59 pm
#6 Comment By Alan Majchrowicz On March 19, 2008 @ 4:56 pm
Thanks for the insight, I just started my blog this year and hope to achieve the success you are seeing!
#7 Comment By Will On March 19, 2008 @ 8:45 pm
I've seen a lot of people take the "a photo a day" photoblogging route by using something like [5] and despite the fact that I think the content of this post is a few years late, it is very true that having a blog or frequently updated web presence will help your business a lot.
#8 Comment By Jared Behunin On March 19, 2008 @ 9:19 pm
I couldn't agree more. it isn't about the "brick and mortar" shops anymore when it comes to many things, not just photography.
My company helps prepare photographers for the digital age by (in addition to plethora of other services) creating for them a blog and teaching them how to use it.
Thanks for the article.
#9 Comment By Dennis Murray On March 19, 2008 @ 9:31 pm
I've started blogging in the past nine months as another means of showing fresh work on my website. (I do a lot of sporting event photography, but on behalf of other studios primarily).
It helps differentiate me from some of the more corporate studios in the same space - I can show personality and passion, and help create a relationship with a potential customer before they even pick up the phone.
Above all, it's improved my search engine results. (Take almost any combination of Atlanta, a sport, and photographer and I show up on the first page or so).
#10 Comment By Jason Savage On March 20, 2008 @ 5:08 pm
#11 Comment By z-vet On March 21, 2008 @ 1:41 pm
Nice said, thank you.
I started my blog just a few days ago for this very reason: to promote myself as photographer. I do believe it will work.
#12 Comment By Gonzalo Manera On March 27, 2008 @ 6:17 am
I've been blogging for some time now and it has definitely raised my website visits ans stats but I don't agree with the fact of not doing anything else regarding promo though. The more the better.
#13 Comment By Cathy On April 6, 2008 @ 7:35 pm
I enjoyed the article, have been blogging since last June...its quite addictive. I find myself becoming boring though, time to step it up and make sure its fresh and fun for my customers and readers so they keep checking back.
#14 Comment By Seshu On May 10, 2008 @ 4:37 pm
I am definitely a niche wedding photographer - documenting multi-ethnic or wholly East Indian weddings across the globe. So, it's all the more important for me to maintain a blog. This is a terrific post. Keep 'em coming Sean. I'll be following your blog (this and your own) for sure.
My blogs are -
Saffron - [12]
Tiffinbox - [13]
Visit both and feel free to comment.
Thank you,
#15 Comment By Rowan On October 1, 2009 @ 6:10 pm
#16 Comment By Vinnie On December 30, 2009 @ 2:48 pm
#17 Comment By Europhoto On October 11, 2010 @ 12:52 pm
I know you are right, but it is the greatest damage to our profession since now photographers are ranked according to their writing skills.
What about a picture based catalog of writers?
Or a butchers painting contest?
Oh Jeeze, where have all the brains gone?
Why does nobody mind or speak up?
I'm such a bad writer - [16] -that I Google rank on page four on a search with my own name.
Cheers folks,
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Father dearest, I love you so,
As only my soul can really extol
The extent of my appreciation!
Hear my precious heart throbbing,
Eternally grateful for all you did,
Rising to every challenge on the way!
Hope, faith and freedom you showed me,
Ambition and selfless commitment, too!
Peace and tolerance you dearly espoused,
Probity and fair play were your watchwords!
Yes, you were always a man of your word!
From day one you encouraged and helped me.
Every time I faltered, you were there.
Self-confidence, dreams you instilled in me,
Transforming my deep doubts and fears
Into courage, yearnings and aspirations,
Vowing to make me the best that I could be!
Angst gave way to optimism and enlightenment.
Love, you said, was God's gift to mankind!
Infinite were your patience and attention,
Sources of quiet confidence and inspiration.
And you always demonstrated integrity,
Leaving behind deceit and dissimulation,
Ugliness of thought, word and action.
Truth triumphed in everything you undertook,
Ever loyal, steadfast, indomitable, supreme!
You are my lofty paragon of true manhood.
Our Father in heaven, I know, smiles upon you!
Unique you are, Dad, I salute you with love!
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Maj. Gen. Terrence J. O'Shaughnessy, USAF, has been nominated for appointment to the rank of lieutenant general and assigned as deputy commander, U.N. Command Korea; deputy commander, U.S. Forces Korea; commander, Air Component Command, Republic of Korea/U.S. Combined Forces Command; and commander, Seventh Air Force, Pacific Air Forces, Osan Air Base, Korea.
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Maj. Gen. James T. Walton, USAR, has been assigned as deputy chief of staff for re-stationing, U.S. Forces Korea, Korea.
Lt. Gen. Curtis M. Scaparrotti, USA, has been appointed to the rank of general and assigned as commander, United Nations Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea, Republic of Korea.
December 5, 2011
Maj. Gen. Bernard S. Champoux, USA, has received assignment as assistant chief of staff, C-3/J-3, U.N. Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea/deputy commanding general, Eighth U.S. Army, Korea.
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Gen. James D. Thurman, USA, has been assigned commander, U.N. Command/Combined Forces Command/U.S. Forces Korea.


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In the development of administrative policies, the state bureau shall cooperate with the United States department of health and human services and shall comply with the regulations that agency prescribes under the authority of the "Social Security Act", and is hereby authorized to receive and expend federal funds for these services.
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By now, I am sure most of you have heard about pink slime, otherwise known as Lean Beef Trimmings. Jamie Oliver was one of the first people to talk about pink slime when he demonstrated its production to parents and children in his Food Revolution series last year. In the video, he mentions how 70% of America's ground beef contains leftover cow parts, the kind that's unfit for human consumption and is often thrown out or used for dog food. But don't worry. This 'meat,' which contains e.coli and salmonella, has been treated with ammonia. You know, the poisonous chemical compound that has been deemed corrosive and hazardous.
Since then, McDonald's, Taco Bell, and school districts across the US have rejected pink slime, and yet the USDA continues to offer it to children throughout their schools. In an effort to educate and activate people across the US as part of the mission of the Food Revolution, Jamie and his team have built a website www.stoppinkslime.org to showcase all of the information about this issue and provides a link to the Health Petition started by Bettina Siegel of The Lunch Tray. As of the publication of this post, 246,597 out of the required 300,000 signatures have been obtained.
I have included the aforementioned video below for your displeasure. If you have a weak stomach, consider yourself forewarned.


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State Unemployment Insurance Taxable Wage Bases 2012 - 2015
State unemployment insurance taxes are based on a percentage of the taxable wages an employer pays. The Federal Unemployment Tax Act (FUTA) requires that each state's taxable wage base must at least equal the FUTA wage base of $7,000 per employee, although most states' wage bases exceed the required amount. Some states apply various formulas to determine the taxable wage base, others use a percentage of the state's average annual wage, and many simply follow the FUTA wage base. Following is the chart of State Taxable Wage Bases for 2015, 2014, 2013, and 2012. States that have changed their wage base for 2015 are highlighted in bold face.Reporting courtesy of:
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"Our concern for the well-being of servicemembers extends beyond just their time on active duty," said Under Secretary of Defense David S.C. Chu. "These cooperative efforts with the VA will provide the best possible service through new initiatives and increased efficiency, to the benefit of servicemembers, veterans, and the taxpayer."
Yesterday's meeting is part of a long-term commitment by the two departments to build a more collaborative relationship. They were first in a series of quarterly meetings involving the new DoD-VA Health Executive Council and DoD-VA Benefits Executive Council. The two panels will work together to improve coordination between the departments in such areas as health care services, benefits delivery, information sharing and capital asset coordination.
"Building upon recent initiatives in inter-department cooperation, we will look for more opportunities to improve upon a wide range of services to our veterans and military personnel, while achieving efficiencies for the taxpayer," said VA Deputy Secretary Leo S. Mackay.
The agenda for the first meetings included ways to standardize billing and reimbursements, joint procurement, computer-based patient records and coordination of capital investments.
The meetings of the councils come four days after Mackay signed a landmark agreement with Secretary of the Navy Gordon England in Chicago to enhance coordination between the Great Lakes Naval Training Center and the North Chicago VA Medical Center.


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He committed after being offered a scholarship you dope.
Now I am confused. Kevin Snyder "committed early" to Rutgers after receiving a scholarship offer or was he a walk-on?
Coach Kyle Flood said he won't rush the process along, preferring to allow Hamilton develop at his own pace – just like any other freshman.
"I think the most dangerous thing you can do to a young person and a freshman in your program, regardless of how highly touted they are or how talented they are is to put undue expectations (on them)," Flood said. "As he earns his reps he's going to get them – and I do believe it's going to be sooner rather than later."
Well said, Coach Flood....well said. We know he didn't learn that philosophy from ole GS, that's for sure.
It's becoming clear to me that the Hamilton family raised a solid, stable, level-headed young man. I hope he just continues with this approach and, as Coach Flood said, good things will come.
Barnwell on hand?! SWEET.
Are those tears dribbling down your chinny-chin-chin Whirly? Hysterical!!! Poor little guy. Can't take your own medicine for one moment.
Now if you'll excuse me, I am an RU basketball recruit from Syracuse New York and therefore have to sneak around campus and....uhh huh huh....lol....I can't say it.....I hafta!!!!....(oh boy, this is too funny)....I have to sneak into the dormitory and........Never mind.
I agree. Your post is dumb.
All good points. I think both Dodd and Nova are with this team for the next 2/3 years no matter what. THAT will be a positive change from the revolving door we've seen at QB the last several years.
And I've never seen a "starting" QB so etched in stone so I'm sure both of these kids know they will get some PT over the next few years no matter what. Injuries, terrible outings, and blowouts=PT. Things happen in the course of 2 or 3 seasons.
This means good things for the team.
Now if you'll excuse me, I want to go watch a remake of the "Shawshank Redemption" starring the Syracuse University football team.
Personally, I'm glad Jay Butler is gone. Schiano had to brag about how great he is every news conference yet it seemed there were more and more injuries every year. Strength AND conditioning. EL's injury aside, I would like to see a breakdown of how many knees and ankles popped in 2010 alone. Correct me if I'm wrong:
Fabian Ruiz
Jim Dumont
Kordell Young
Mason Robinson
DC Jefferson
Mo Sanu
Tim Wright
Joe Martinek
Does Tom Savage count?
Some of it could have been due to that stupid Schiano/Ciarrocca Wild Blight but the above list is just the tip of the iceberg. There were many others. So I make no apologies for wondering what's going on with the team's strength and conditioning during this time.
Ok...here goes:
1. The number 1 concern for this team is the changeover in coaching. IMHO, the fact that Schiano split is no worse than Cignetti leaving. Cignetti was responsible for a great deal of last year's success.
2. Special teams. Always the forgotten element in football. I don't know about anyone else but I wanted to puke every game that Schiano's defense and special teams had to win games for RU (and there were plenty of those games). Not because the special teams and defense weren't good but because it was a symptom of the sloppy play and sloppy coaching. Can Flood come up with the same amount of blocked kicks, blocked punts, kickoff returns (ala Lefedge, McCourty, and Deering)? Can Flood pull off as many trick plays on special teams as Schiano did (NC State and the two absolute gems against USF the fake end around to start the crucial Pitt 2006 game)? Don't forget, RU lost the UNC game last year because the kickoff return team took a rest on one of the last plays of the second half. Will the FG kicking improve? Will the punting be solid again? This will loom large; trust the truthaddict.
3. Along the same lines, Schiano's "break-don't-bend" defense won more games than it lost. Frankly, I'd rather see the defense be dominant throughout the game but I have to concede to the strategy utilized by Schiano; the second half of most games had Schiano's defensive schemes making the offense so confused they were swallowing their own tongues.
4. The offensive line. Luicci's article seems to indicate that it is already set but I'm not so sure. I realize that camp has not even opened yet but there are so many names being kicked around as STARTERS that it seems to me that there is still subsantial uncertainty.
5. I'm not concerned about the QB. Both can play. I am, however, concerned with turning one of them off by sending the message that they have a cold chance in he11 to play if they are not named the starter. I wish Coach Flood would soften his stance on this issue somewhat. We can have a starter who does not have to look over his shoulder and still play our able backup; whomever that may be.
6. I'm not concerned with Huggins. He has the skills. He was just soooooooo over-hyped and his tepid Freshman campaign after being prematurely forced into the lineup (even before his injury) set him back. He'll improve. How couldn't he? I'm concerned as to how the coaching staff will react if Paul James beats him out.
7. Brandon Coleman already had his breakout year as far as I am concerned.
Again, I'm sticking by my position that, give a star here or a star there, this recruiting class is on par with every other.
There are still some quality recruits on the board.
A monumental accomplishment by Coach Flood and staff. Great job.
I know that this is really...really...tangential to the article but....ummm...here goes.....
Kevin Haplea's father is George not Gene.
Like I said...ummm...not really relevant but just had to get that in there....
Good point. And let's face it, if he hasn't found a home by July 31, it's unlikely he'll be playing anywhere this year.
...which adds to my confusion regarding this decision.
Knight is the one that really has me scratching my head. Jones, Robinson, Harmon, Cooper, and Warren are all in their final season while Knight was moving up the depth chart. Guess he just wanted to get on the field right now.
Hey Schvediballs,
That's what the dudes from Alcatraz said. How ironic.
Holy smokes bro, you are on a roll. Hysterical!!!!!
Yup. That's one powerhouse team ya got there.....
You are the man, Brother Dennis. The man! That was hysterical.
Disregard. The feature story two stories up and the comments go into Burns' departure fairly in-depth.
Excellent story. Excellent writing. Why, specifically, did Burns leave the Head Coach position?


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When the Predators traded Scott Hannan to San Jose last season for a conditional sixth round pick, it seemed like Hannan was near the end of his career.
The defenseman had just one assist and was minus-11 for Nashville in 29 games. But once he recovered from an "upper body" injury, the 1997 first round pick found his footing and was a solid producer for San Jose in the postseason.
This year the 35-year-old Hannan has three goals and four assists in 28 games for the Sharks. He's also a plus-2. He won't be in Saturday against Nashville (out with an upper body injury), but was here skating, and has looked more like the rugged two-way player he was in in his prime years.
"I'm a fan of Scott Hannan's," coach Barry Trotz said. "I think in our situation we had too many Scott Hannans and not enough complements to him. It probably works better there. They have more of a balance than we do."


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CONCORD, N.C. (May 16, 2008) -- On an otherwise perfect night for racing at Lowe's Motor Speedway, the No. 99 Northern Tool + Equipment Ford F-150's strong fourth-place finish was overshadowed by the lost opportunity of a victory.
When the green flag dropped at 8:45 p.m. Friday evening, the Northern Tool and Equipment Ford F-150 rolled off the starting grid in the fifth position. Drivers hardly got their tires warm before a caution came out on lap eight due to an early wreck. After returning to green-flag racing nine laps later in the fourth position, Darnell and most of the field decided to come to pit road when a caution came on lap 22 due to debris on the track. Darnell had reported to crew chief Matt Puccia a few laps earlier that the truck was tight in turns one and two, but solid through turns three and four. Puccia decided only to take fuel and make a minor track bar adjustment. Darnell came out of the pits in the fifth position.
The No. 99 Ford F-150 showed its most dominant racing of the young 2008 season when on lap 30 Darnell marched his way up into the second position and followed race leader Kyle Busch for the next 40 plus laps. By lap 50, Darnell and Busch quickly found themselves pulling away from the rest of the field and catching up to lapped traffic. Five laps later Puccia came across the radio reporting to his driver that he would need to come in for a scheduled pit stop around lap 75 for tires and fuel. Darnell again reported to his crew chief that the truck was tight off one and two. When Darnell came in for the pit stop, along with four tires and fuel the team made another track bar adjustment in an effort to make a run to the front. However, after an extended stay on pit road due to a lug nut problem, Darnell found himself back in the fifth spot once the green-flag stops for the rest of the field concluded by lap 85.
When a caution came out 13 laps later due to debris, the leaders came in for what they hoped was their final pit stop. It was decided the No. 99 Ford F-150 would take only a splash of fuel and make another track bar adjustment. The team went against putting on fresh tires to hold its track position. The gamble paid off as Darnell took over the lead by lap 104. News continued to get even better for the No. 99 team when just two laps later Busch, who had begun the day on the pole, led 86 laps of the race and looked as if he was inching his way to victory lane, was involved in a wreck with Ron Hornaday. The leaders decided to stay out and fight it out to the finish. Over the next 15 laps, Darnell continued his pursuit of his first victory of the 2008 season by racing in clean air allowing the No. 99 Ford F-150 to pull away from the rest of the field. But when another caution came out on lap 125, things started to turn sour for the NT+E team.
When the race resumed on lap 128, Darnell seemed to have a problem with the truck on the restart allowing No. 23 driven by Johnny Benson to pass him for the lead. According to Darnell, there seemed to be a problem with the truck getting into second gear on the restart and throughout the race. "The truck just felt like it couldn't get going in second gear. I noticed on one restart when Travis (Kvapil) was behind me that it looked like he was having the same problem getting going, so it's frustrating and disappointing," said Darnell.
Along with the gear problem, Darnell also said the way Benson took off may have contributed to the bad restart. "On that last restart, I don't know. The way I read the rule, the leader sets the pace. I knew Johnny was hanging back a little bit, so I was just kind of waiting. We weren't even to the double red lines yet and I hadn't fired off. He took off and went and got up on the outside there and, unfortunately, it ruined our race for us. It would have been a good race between me and him at the end. He had a little bit fresher tires than we did. I'm just disappointed," added Darnell.
The NT+E team ended the night with a positive fourth-place finish. Even though they would have liked to have pulled out the win, it's the best showing of the year for the No. 99 Ford F-150. This was certainly a step in the right direction and something for the team to build off of for the rest of the season. With the fourth-place finish the NT+E team moved back into the top 10 in points where they are currently ninth.
The Craftsman Truck Series races next at Mansfield Motorsports Park on Saturday, May 24, 2008.
About Northern Tool + Equipment
Northern Tool + Equipment has been a supplier of high-quality tools and equipment for more than 27 years, selling products through direct mail, the Internet and at nearly 65 retail locations in 11 states. Along with a deep selection of hand, power and air tools, Northern Tool + Equipment carries a wide variety of products, including generators, pressure washers, air compressors, hydraulics, small engines, trailers, water pumps, tractors, welding equipment and much more. Northern Tool + Equipment also serves as the exclusive distributor of NorthStarTM brand equipment, which is fabricated and assembled at the company's 250,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility. For more information, visit www.northerntool.com.
About Roush Fenway Racing
Roush Fenway Racing operates 13 full-time motorsports teams, five in NASCAR Sprint Cup with drivers Matt Kenseth, Jamie McMurray, Greg Biffle, Carl Edwards and David Ragan; four in the Nationwide Series with Kenseth, Biffle, Edwards, McMurray, Ragan, Erik Darnell and Colin Braun; three in the Craftsman Truck Series with Darnell, Braun, Travis Kvapil and John Wes Townley; and one in the ARCA RE/MAX Series with Ricky Stenhouse, Jr.


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It might surprise you that we spend upwards of $100 per GALLON of oil in Afghanistan. Energy independence is an issue of national security, it has nothing to do with partisanship. You would be a fool to think that everyone in the Pentagon pushing for alternative fuels is a tree-hugging liberal.
Agreed, just ask that (ex)nopd officer about posting racist nonsense when it's accompanied by your name and picture.
Ten rich neighbors will exhaust every measure to impose their agenda (nimby) on all citizens of New Orleans. Look in the mirror if you're trying to find an example of "self-absorbed."
Did I say that the value of the dollar doesn't affect oil prices? No, I was pointing to an increasing demand for oil as the main cause of the rising oil prices and an overestimated inflation by uptown.
What time periods are you talking about? Over the last ten yeas, inflation has been roughly 3% a year, which is average and in fact, inflation was even lower during the recession. As much as you would like to blame the fed and "complicated" reasons, the price of oil has increased significantly in the last twenty years because of a rising demand. Countries like China, India, and Brazil will continue to drive up the price of oil as they become more developed and their people seek the same modern luxuries afforded to us in this country and there is nothing Obama, Jindal, Romney, insert any american politician can do about it. I'm not going to defend the fed, but the world price of oil is not as closely related to the domestic monetary policies of the U.S. as you might think.
Ayon > Jason Smith, IMO. I hope he continues to get significant playing time during the second half of the season.
Nawlins1654 + MATH = FAIL
32 years old...
It is a recruiting 'dead period' right now so his talk with the coach will have to wait.
With Eric Gordon AND the first round pick, this was a good deal. Now lets hope the twolves are as bad as us this season.
armywife, compare the violent crime statistics of Louisiana and Colorado. Here, I'll save you the time:
A google search of this guy turns up a little more than just illegally accessing records. Heck, he should have been fired anyway for denying the liquor license of championship square.
Not the first I've seen the Solomons throw around political weight for their own personal benefit. Shame on Cannizzaro on this one, it should have never been in criminal court.
Forget Rupert Murdoch or the Koch brothers.
Being a new orleans native and a cu buff, your still one of my favorites kordell. $3,000 seems like a hefty bond for driving with a suspended license.
The first amendment is based on the constitution and later judicial interpretation, not the websters dictionary.


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Monday, October 20, 2008
pomo conservatism creep
Update: Link fixed. I have the hardest time with those Culture11 links for some reason.
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- paul said...
Religious conversion implies a false 'traditionalism'? Haven't people been converting between religions for all of human history? Perhaps not always with the same 'awareness'; as Charles Taylor has pointed out, only after about 1500 and the disenchantment of the natural world was there a real living option to "choose" between atheism and religion. I quite agree with your pomocon post from last week, but I'm not sure if this applies; there are plenty of ways to hold religious views after postmodernism (indeed, many postmodernists do hold religious views; Kearney, Marion, Derrida, Levinas, Rosenzweig); political conservatism is something else entirely.
- October 20, 2008 at 12:41 PM
- Freddie said...
True, and I'm aware that I'm being too cute here. What's required is a kind of mind-reading of this writer that, of course, is beyond me. But my suspicion is that, for many people who convert these days, it really is a notion of choosing a religion and not of realizing which religion tells the capital-t Truth. Because that really is what is required of genuinely traditional religion, not merely believing that one is more true than the others but that it is true and real in a transcendant way.
- October 20, 2008 at 12:46 PM
Your link is broken, just FYI
- October 20, 2008 at 2:01 PM
- paul said...
I would certainly agree with you that religious conversions, for many educated people, turn out to be shallow 'lifestyle' window-dressing (i.e. people who call themselves 'Buddhist,' by which they mean, they have a Buddha statue and have read the Dhammapada once, or whatever), or some sort of pragmatic choice, like, "I rationally judge that this wisdom tradition seems to have 'more truth' than this other wisdom tradition," as if any random person can just decide this, and without any reference to something being absolutely True, and where the decisions are usually actually based on something like "I prefer the social circle of this new group," or any other number of factors. And so it's quite true that this particular author that you linked may have been one of these 'traditionalists' who doesn't really take postmodernism or his own motives seriously enough ... but then it's also possible that he experienced some sort of gradual or sudden revelation.
Though to address your second point, if you look at the history of religion, within every tradition you find accomodation for other traditions; I've read plenty of Buddhists who go pretty far in their respect for Christianity (and not in a shallow 'ecumenical' way), and Christianity has a long history of incorporating the truths of other traditions, seeing where 'pagans' got things right. Or Hinduism, which basically claims that all other religions are included within it (i.e. Christianity is perceived, at least in some of the people that I've read, as a particularly popular form of bhakti yoga). So there really can be a sense in which the claims of (1) capital-t Truth and (2) 'my religion is more true than others' can be reconciled. And there are very famous historical cases, Augustine for example, of people who "choose a religion" literally based upon rationally deciding which worldview is more coherent or consistent (though, notably, his decision was tentative until he had a revelatory experience that confirmed it).
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BELTON (September 23, 2012) -- University of Mary Hardin-Baylor football players LiDarral Bailey and Alex Kemp have been named American Southwest Conference Players of the Week for their performances in the Cru's 49-28 victory over Trinity University Saturday night. Bailey took Offensive Player of the Week honors while Kemp took Defensive Player of the Week.
Bailey, a senior quarterback from Bremond High School, completed 14-16 passes for 183 yards and two touchdowns and he added 43 rushing yards and two scores on four carries. Bailey completed his first ten passes and did all of his damage in the first half, leading UMHB to a 42-7 halftime lead before sitting out the second half.
Kemp, a freshman defensive end from Smithson Valley High School, had five tackles, three sacks and 3.5 tackles for loss for UMHB. He also forced a fumble on one of those sacks, leading directly to a Cru touchdown.
UMHB is now 3-0 on the season and is ranked #2 in the country in both national polls. The Cru will open ASC play with a 1:00 PM kickoff at Sul Ross State University this Saturday in Alpine. The Lobos are 1-2 on the year.