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You can download the latest version of the Clipboard Viewer Component
from the file repository on SourceForge as
Earlier releases back to v1.4.0 can be downloaded from https://sourceforge.net/projects/ddablib/files/cbview/ – just click the .zip file containing the required version.
Subversion users can check out the source code of the current release from the DelphiDabbler Code Library Subversion repository on SourceForge by doing:
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Wabash men contributed to a variety of projects Oct. 30 in Indianapolis, spreading their good works across the city.
National Wabash Day chairman Jon Pactor '71 had a big group of workers at The Villages. The Villages is an agency that assists abused children. Linda Adams, wife of Skip Adams '71, is its director of development. (See photo album of Indy projects.)
Five alumni placed an estimated 200 ribbons at Military Park and along the canal in Indianapolis to promote the March of Dimes' Prematurity Awareness Month, which is November. Dan Witte '92 headed the crew consisting of Fred Miller '76, Mark Dill '75, Hugh Vandivier '91, and Scott Quick '88. The Little Giants had a good time and good weather in their two-hour project.
Yet another group spent time at Thrifty Threads consignment store sorting clothing and helping out in the shop. Thrifty Threads is run by the Julian Center. It takes clothing donations and resells them. Volunteers will be organizing and preparing donated clothing for sale. This component is critical to the store's success because paid employees substantially defray the donation amount. Thus Thrifty Threads relies almost exclusively on volunteers for this task. Bill Padgett '92 is on the Julian Center board.
Another group worked landscaping projects at Partners for Housing. Partners In Housing Development Corp. is a non-profit organization that owns and manages facilities to house the homeless and people with special needs. It provides social services with the goal of making the residents self-sufficient. Frank Hagaman '72 is the president of PIH.
The group at Partners for Housing may have established a Wabash Day tradition others will need to follow. At the conclusion of their work John Bridge '72 led the large group in singing "Old Wabash."
In photo: A group that painted at The Villages in Indianapolis take time for a group shot. Grant Benefiel, son of Kevin Benefiel '81, helps Jon Pactor display a Wabash Day t-shirt.


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Google's new HUD glasses are official, even if they don't look that great on. But since they've been announced, those who currently wear glasses have no doubt been wondering if they'll ever work for them.
Fortunately, it sounds like Google has been thinking about that, too. One of the Project Glass team, Isabelle Olsson , explained on Google+:
"We ideally want Project Glass to work for everyone, and we're experimenting with designs that are meant to be extendable to different types of frames. Many of our team members wear glasses, too, so it's definitely something we're thinking about."
One major difficulty here is projecting content onto a wide range of prescription lenses without distortion. While that might sound easy, it will require either standardised prescription lens design, or some impressive adaptability from the projector. There's also the problem of widely varying frames to take into account.
It's not obvious how Google is planning to tackle the problem of making the HUD system work with prescription glasses, but it has offered up this mock-up of what they might look like. Just as awful as the normal ones! [Google via Engadget]


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The USDA released the first WASDE (World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates) since September 12. Wheat prices were down four cents, corn prices were 6 cents higher and soybean prices were 30 cent higher.
The lackluster wheat and corn price moves continued Monday after the Friday report. The Kansas City December wheat futures contract price fell another 3 cents (a total of 7 cents). The CBT December corn futures price gained another eight cents. The corn price change did break the price downtrend, at least for the time being.
Slightly lower wheat prices may have been because USDA projected total wheat 2013/14 ending stocks at 565 million bushels compared to the market's pre-release average estimate of 529 million bushels. The five-year average U.S. wheat ending stocks is 770 million bushels.
World wheat ending stocks were projected to be 6.56 billion bushels compared to the pre-release estimate of 6.49 billion bushels. The five-year average world wheat ending stocks is 7 billion bushels. Both U.S. and world wheat ending stocks were above market expectations.
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The WASDE report was bearish for wheat. While U.S. wheat stocks are marginally tight, world wheat stocks are more than adequate. Tight U.S. stocks and below average world stocks could set the stage for significantly higher wheat prices for 2014/15 wheat marketing year.
USDA's November WASDE corn estimates were mixed. The pre-release average estimate for U.S. corn ending stocks was 2.04 billion bushels compared to USDA's estimate of 1.89 billion bushels, about 150 million bushels less than the average of the market estimates.
USDA's projected world corn ending stocks was 6.47 billion bushels compared to the prerelease average estimate of 6.11 billion bushels. USDA's estimate was about 6 percent greater than the average of the trade estimates.
The question is: "Which will carry the most weight, U.S. or world?" A $4.15 price may be a critical. If the CBT December corn contract closes below $4.15, the CBT December corn contract price may challenge $4. Prices below $4 could result in a price target of $3.67. If $4.15 holds, the price target may be $4.50.
Ending stocks for U.S. corn were lower than market expectations, mostly because of a 175- million bushel increase in projected corn exports. A problem may be that world ending stocks were 6 percent higher than expected and 8.5 percent higher than the September estimate. With higher world corn ending stocks, will U.S. corn exports reach USDA's November estimates?
The USDA U.S. soybean ending stocks estimate was 20 million bushels higher than the September estimate and 7 million bushels below the average of the pre-release estimates. The pre-release average estimate for world soybean ending stocks was 2.66 billion bushels compared to USDA's estimate of 2.58 billion bushels. With soybeans, world ending stocks trumped U.S. stocks. Also, if the market is reacting to world soybeans, they for sure didn't miss the corn estimates.
The results of the November USDA WASDE report may be that wheat prices work lower, corn prices slowly work higher, and soybean prices work higher.
Future wheat prices will be driven by Argentina and Australia's wheat harvest, which last through December. Then the market will watch the development of the U.S. winter wheat crop.
The corn harvest is more than 75 percent complete. Corn prices will mostly be determined by export sales and shipments as will soybean prices.
More from Southwest Farm Press:
Price impacts of promising wheat crop
Managing wheat disease is goal of Kansas State University team


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Historian Hasia Diner to Speak on "Jewish Peddlers in America"Historian Hasia Diner will give a talk, "Jewish Peddlers in America," on Thursday, January 24, 2013, at 7 p.m. in Miller Forum, Moyer Hall.
Monday, January 21, 2013 09:58 AM
This event, part of the series "Jews, Money and Capitalism," is free and open to the public.
Diner is the Paul and Sylvia Steinberg Professor of American Jewish History at New York University, with joint appointment in the department of history and the Skirball Department of Hebrew and Judaic Studies. She is also director of the Goldstein Goren Center for American Jewish History. She has built her scholarly career around the study of American Jewish history, American immigration and ethnic history, and the history of American women. She has written about the ways in which American Jews in the early twentieth century reacted to the issue of race and the suffering of African Americans, and the process by which American Jews came to invest deep meaning in New York's Lower East Side. Her most recent book, "We Remember with Reverence and Love: American Jews and the Myth of Silence After the Holocaust" (2009), won the National Jewish Book Award in the category of American Jewish Studies. She has also written about other immigrant groups and the contours of their migration and settlement, including a study of Irish immigrant women and of Irish, Italian and east European Jewish foodways.
The programs in this series are an extension of the College's Jewish studies major that will take effect in the fall of 2013. The college has had a Jewish studies minor since 1988. This program is the first new major to be added to the curriculum since film studies and finance in 2006.
"Jews, Money and Capitalism" is sponsored by the Legacy Heritage Jewish Studies Project, directed by the Association for Jewish Studies (AJS). Support for the Legacy Heritage Jewish Studies Project is generously provided by the Legacy Heritage Fund Limited. These events are co-sponsored by the Jewish Federation of the Lehigh Valley, the Center for Jewish-Christian Understanding, as well as Muhlenberg College departments and local Jewish institutions.
For more information on the series, please visit www.muhlenberg.edu/main/academics/jewishstudies/events_and_programs.html.


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How to decorate your home for Independence Day
By Chaya Kurtz, Networx
When I think of the Fourth of July, I totally think of arts and crafts, like little wooden boats and cakes involving red, white, and blue frosting topped off with sparklers. I also think of beer cozies, and the time a coworker came in on July 5 and told me that everyone at her July 4 cookout had gotten sick from "the cheesburgas" (we were in Boston).
With such a wide swath of possibilities when it comes to visually imagining this holiday, I think it's best to take a unique approach. Instead of making a perfectly crafted and photo-perfect July 4 party, why not employ some cheap, fun, simple July 4 decor? Express your individuality. It is, after all, Independence Day. You're worth it.
- Provide your guests with whimsical and historically accurate tricorn hats.
- Make a perfectly imperfect red, white, and blue cake.
- Red and blue paper lanterns look super cool when grouped together.
- Make red, white, and blue cocktails.
- Make red, white, and blue strawberries. Any excuse to eat strawberries and white chocolate, really.
- Make a DIY American flag out of reclaimed pallets.
- A super simple centerpiece on a red or blue tablecloth is all you need. Add white paper napkins and you're good to go.
- Deck the porch with strings of white star lights. No electrician required! Just plug them into an outdoor outlet, or run an extension cord from inside.
Source: http://www.networx.com/article/july-fourth-party-decor


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With Halloween right around the corner, cooler temperatures and shorter days it must be fall. What a great time to start a new series, learn a new craft or embark on a project. We have books about all of these ideas – and open access to the Internet if that is where you want to start.
Speaking of embarking on a project, Jared Samples will be building new canopies to cover the entrances to the library and the Book Cellar next week. Demolition is slated for Monday, Oct. 21st and will involve the steps down to the basement. A new set of stairs will be re-built on the east side of the entrance with a mechanical lift installed on the west which will make the Book Cellar (basement) accessible to all.
At this time we have no definite timeline for the construction but we know that eventually we will need to re-route all of our patrons to enter the building from the west. Signage is planned and staff will leave room on the west to park and monitor the door to direct traffic to the most direct route.
With this project will come less availability of the basement for meetings and some creative solutions to make the meeting rooms accessible for gatherings during this time. That said, please be patient and understanding if we are unable to host your group or must re-schedule to avoid double bookings.
Our calendars fill up quickly during the last quarter of the year and there are library events that take precedence such as our Story times on Wednesday and Friday mornings, our S.T.E.M., Teen Advisory Group and craft clubs on Wednesday afternoons, etc. Monday, November 11, our Veterans will be honored with coffee and cookies served between 10 a.m. and noon after the Veteran's Day Program held at the Middle School.
Calling all daycare centers…EMCL is issuing an open invitation to all daycare providers to bring over their young charges to hear a Halloween story and parade around the library in their costumes on Thursday, October 31 at 9 a.m. The students from Hea dStart are also expected to visit that day at 10 a.m. and we hope that they too will show off their costumes for the lucky people visiting the library that morning. Staff will also be handing out goodie bags to all the trick-or-treaters who visit the library after school and that evening until 8 p.m.
Sandy Chapin has graciously offered to teach a class on Norweign Hardanger Embroidery. Part 1 will be offered on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 1 p.m. and Part 2 will continue the project on Saturday, November 23. She will share the history of this beautiful art, teach each participant to stitch four or five simple beginner stitches and provide materials to make a small Christmas tree ornament. Packets with the booklet, fabric, needle and thread will be sold for $7.50. You add your name to our list of attendees by inquiring at the service desk or call Sandy Chapin for more information, 842-4434.
What's happening at the library…
With Halloween right around the corner, cooler temperatures and shorter days it must be fall. What a great time to start a new series, learn a new craft or embark on a project. We have books about all of these ideas – and open access to the Internet if that is where you want to start.


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Here's the first official trailer for the movie in which Ashton Kutcher plays Steve Jobs and Josh Gad plays Steve Wozniak. Here's more info on IMDb. Here's what Woz said about the previously-released preview scene from the movie. Regardless of early fair-to-middlin' reviews and Woz's comments, this movie will still be a must-see if you're into techmoligy. Did I spell that right?
For those of you keeping score, the title has been changed from jOBS to plain-old Jobs. This was a good decision! The movie premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in January and will be released publicly on August 16. If you can't wait that long, do check out the 1999 masterpiece Pirates of Silicon Valley starring Noah Wylie as Steve Jobs and Anthony Michael Hall as Bill Gates. It's a real gem.
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Ride or die is the most common statement used by motorcyclists. This documentary gives you a behind the scenes look on where that phrase came from. A place where you can can be free and release, motorcyclists give their experiences and share what drives them to this journey that fuels from their blood. It's all about the ride until your last breathe is the feel you get from the adrenaline and motivation from the riders. "Happiness, Best Feeling in The World".
Directed by Bryan H. Carroll, Producer James Walker (Titanic), Written and Produced by Chris Hampel (Prom Queen, Sorority Fever, Foreign Body), Executive Producer Walter Zuck, George Gier, Andrew Hilton, Associate Producer Gregory M. Gerlich. These were just some of the contributors to the filmmaking of this strong contender to be a blockbuster this season.
Why We Ride begins a one week awards-season theatrical release on November 1st in Los Angeles and New York. Other cities and dates to be announced.
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If you don't own a bike after seeing this film you may consider visiting your neighborhood Harley Davidson or Eagle Rider. JC Bike Travel tours hundreds of riders locally and abroad. The company rents bikes for tourists traveling from other countries along the famous Route 66. This film will motivate anyone to consider escaping and joining "The Freedom Riders".
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It's called Armageddon for a reason folks. After
ending RAW's 2003 season with a fiery train wreck of a
Pay-Per-View and winning the dubious honor of Worst
PPV in the SLAM! Wrestling reader poll, WWE shook
things up with Smackdown! sending its roster to what
may be its ultimate doom.
The main event has always been the make or break
match for this PPV. In fact, the Hell in the Cell main
event in 2000 was so bad that Armageddon didn't even
take place the next year. Although expectations have
been significantly lowered in the years since, the
success of this year's card rests mainly with the
Fatal Four-Way between JBL, The Undertaker, Booker T
and Eddie Guerrero.
Over the past six months, JBL had dispatched each
one of his opponents for the WWE title, every time
using underhanded tactics to retain the belt. After
beating Booker T at Survivor Series, Bradshaw thought
he was in the clear, until Guerrero, Undertaker and
Booker T came looking for rematches. The champ refused
to grant any matches. Smackdown! General Manager
Theodore Long agreed; there would be no individual
matches. Instead, JBL would have to defend his belt
against all three men in a Fatal Four-Way at
Armageddon. Long also banned JBL's cabinet from
ringside during the match, adding that if any one of
them interfered, Bradshaw would be stripped of the
Before heading to the ring, Bradshaw meets with
his newly-formed cabinet. Even though they offer words
of encouragement, the mood is somber. Without the
trademark limo, Bradshaw walks slowly to the ring. Of
course, we all know this means there is a good chance
he's keeping the belt. We're smart like that.
Like the true fighting champ he is, Bradshaw ducks
out of the ring to let his opponents duke it out.
Guerrero and Booker T decide to team up to take out
Taker, an alliance that lasts a whole five minutes.
The only time JBL sticks his neck out is to try to
score a cheap pinfall on Booker, who promptly kicks
Undertaker takes command of the match, nailing JBL
with a side slam and knocking Booker T into the crowd.
With all four men outside the ring, Bradshaw gets a
taste of the steel steps. The champ fights back
though, clearing the announce table and setting the
Dead Man up for a power bomb. Undertaker counters with
a back body drop.
With the action finally back in the ring,
Undertaker takes Booker 'Old School,' and then tosses
Latino Heat over the top rope. Undertaker follows with
a guillotine leg drop on Eddie while Booker is getting
worked over by the champ in the ring.
After recovering from Taker's beating, Eddie
decides to make things interesting by pulling a ladder
out from under the ring. The Dead Man gets smacked in
the face and Eddie rolls back into the ring, where
Booker T is cleaning house. Just past the
fifteen-minute mark, Booker T hits Guerrero with the
scissors kick, but can only score a two count.
The fight spills out to the floor again. Bradshaw
takes charge for a minute. He tries to powerbomb
Booker through the announce table, and when that
doesn't work, he drops an elbow that gets the job
done. JBL gets a taste of his own medicine a minute
later when he takes the Last Ride through the Spanish
announce table.
Guerrero, still in the ring during this nonsense,
decides to go into his bag of tricks and plays possum
for the Undertaker. Eddie slides out of the Last Ride
but runs into a choke slam shooting off the ropes.
Latino Heat is set up for the Last Ride, but counters
with a belt shot while on Taker's shoulders. Guerrero
tries to finish him off with two frog splashes, but
Undertaker sits up. Eddie nails him with a mule kick
and tries a frog splash off the top of the ladder. It
connects, but JBL pulls the ref out of the ring after
a two count.
All four men get their chance at the belt.
Undertaker rises up again, connecting with choke slams
on all three opponents. The match looks sealed as JBL
is set up for a tombstone pile driver, but our worst
fears are realized: Heidenreich hits the ring.
Heidenreich pummels Taker and slips out of the
ring. JBL tries to cover Booker, who kicks out, then
Eddie, who does the same. Undertaker sits up, only to
be pulled from the ring by Heidenreich, who slaps on a
cobra clutch. JBL seizes the opportunity, crushing
Booker T with the Clothesline from Hell and covering
for the three count to retain his title.
The next WWE Pay-Per-View is New Year's
Revolution on January 9.
We here at SLAM! Wrestling are presenting you, the
reader, an early Christmas gift. That's right, it's
the tag-team PPV report with Dale Plummer and Nick
Tylwalk! You may remember us doing the very same thing
last year for the same PPV, but this time I get top
billing because it's a Smackdown! show.
I don't know anything about Smackdown except
what I read in your reports and I don't remember
losing any bets. Why am I here again?
It's retribution for having to sit through the
debacle of a PPV last year.
Match #1 - RVD and Rey Mysterio (champions)
vs. Kenzo Suzuki and Renee Dupree (challengers) - WWE
Tag Team championship
Hey, here's some guys that you should remember:
RVD and Dupree. RVD and Mysterio are fresh off winning
the belts on Thursday, which you'd know if you read my
I'm learning a lot watching this match, like
the fact that Rey and Rob's 420 was named for the four
legs that drop on their opponent and their combined
shoe sizes. So I guess the Chalupa Roll is named for
Rey's love of eating chalupas and Rob's love of
rolling ... um, stuff.
And despite being a high flying match, there were
missed spots galore. It's a good thing this PPV didn't
take place in Philly -- all you ECW fans know what I'm
talking about. Even though the match had its technical
problems, it was one of the most entertaining of the
night. RVD and Mysterio hold onto their belts, though.
RVD finishes off Dupree with the Five-Star Frog Splash
after a dual 619 from Rey on Dupree and Suzuki.
Winners ... and still WWE Tag Team champions ... RVD
and Rey Mysterio at 19 minutes
Match Rating: 7.5/10
Even though he is taking on Big Show later in the
evening, Kurt Angle is still up for defending his gold
medal in the Kurt Angle Invitational.
And Kurt has a very special opponent tonight
who many of you are probably hoping to get a visit
from real soon: Santa Claus. I'm rooting against him
on account of the coal he left me last year. Kurt
takes care of him quickly, making him tap to the Ankle
Lock in less than 30 seconds and avoiding Santa's
devastating finisher, the Chimney Drop.
Once again, it's a good thing this PPV isn't in
Philly. Santa would be getting booed unmercifully.
The entire Tough Enough competition is recapped.
Hey Plummer, weren't you excited about this new
version of Tough Enough? Remember all that crap you
gave me about the Raw Diva Search segments? Who's
chuckling now?
Yeah, about that ... WWE sure knows how to kill a
good idea, don't they? Anyway, we are down to our last
two competitors, Daniel Puder and Mike "The Miz"
Mizanin. Tonight, they will be fighting in a Dixie
Dogfight, so it's pretty much a shoot boxing match.
And since Nick is our resident boxing expert, he can
cover this sham.
The format is three one-minute rounds, which is
probably all I'll be able to stomach anyway. I'm a fan
of real boxing, and there isn't too much of that here.
What we do see is a lot of off-balance flailing and a
good bit of holding and rabbit punching. Despite the
announcers' attempts to pump up The Miz, I give all
three rounds to Puder for throwing some good straight
right hands. I heard Puder had ultimate fighting
experience, so you'd think he'd at least know what a
jab was. I'd rather watch John Ruiz fight than these
guys, and that's really saying something. There are
real boxing judges ringside, but since this isn't real
boxing, Long lets the crowd decide the winner, and
they pick Puder. Let's move on please.
Unfortunately, this 'boxing' match doesn't decide
who wins Tough Enough - that's up to the internet
voting. The Miz will probably win, because all the
girls know him from MTV.
The cameras catch Eddie Guerrero and Booker T
talking strategy in the locker room. Booker finds it
quite amusing the Eddie could ever beat him for the
title. The two eventually settle on worrying about
Undertaker, who just happens to walk in on them. Boy,
that was awkward.
Match #2 - Charlie Haas and Hardcore Holly vs.
The Basham Bros.
This match wasn't even on the card, and for good
There really isn't much worth noting that
happens until Dawn Marie and Miss Jackie come out from
the back and distract Haas from the business at hand.
The Bashams pull the old 'identical twin' switch and
Doug rolls up Holly for the pin. Or maybe it was
Danny, how the heck should I know?
Winners: The Basham Brothers at six minutes and
51 seconds
Match Rating: 4/10
I thought for sure Hardcore was going to beat Haas
to a bloody pulp, even if it wasn't in the script.
Instead, we fade to commercial.
It's not too often that a commercial is the
highlight of the night, but not every commercial is a
promo for the Royal Rumble featuring Vince McMahon
picturing his wrestlers reenacting the fight scene
from West Side Story. Whoever got Chris Benoit to wear
a handkerchief around his neck and snap his fingers
while lip-synching is my hero. And the sight of
Mysterio in costume but still wearing his mask? That
almost had me on the floor. You need to see this ad,
but you probably will get 179 chances over the next
month or so.
Why can't the guys that come up with the
commercials come up with a decent storyline?
Match #3 - John Cena (champion) vs. Jesus
(challenger) w/ Carlito Caribbean Cool - U.S. Title
Championship Match - Street Fight
Nick, it's HEY-ZEUS, not Jesus, the Lord our
Saviour. Got it?
That's cool because I like Cena but I don't
know if he could have won the match I was picturing
the first time I read through the card.
Anyway, this wasn't so much a match as it was a
straight up assault. But first, Cena tricked out the
U.S. Title belt. You have to see it to believe it.
Onto the match, which sees Jesus getting in an early
cane shot that just seems to wake the champ up. Cena
took Jesus out behind the woodshed, breaking the kendo
stick over his back. Jesus also took a stiff kick to
the head before getting doused with the contents of a
trashcan. Carlito tried to help his boy out, but with
no success. Cena finishes him off with a street sign
shot to the head, setting up a bloodied Jesus for the
Carlito tries to steal Cena's chain again after
the bell, but Cena cuts him off and lays him out with
a chain shot to the face. That leaves our hero to
celebrate with his new belt, complete with extra ice
and a spinner in the middle. I'm sure I lost some of
you there. And dude, I know you straightened me out,
but I'm reading my notes and seeing things like, "Cena
dumps trash on Jesus" and "Cena gives F-U to Jesus." I
think I need to go to confession now.
Winner ... and still U.S. Champion ... John Cena at
seven minutes and 54 seconds
Match Rating: 5/10
Miss Jackie is getting ready for her match, while
her fiance, Charlie Haas, gets ready to officiate.
Jackie tells her man that she will take care of Dawn
Marie for good. Charlie seems pleased, but then asks
if she is planning to wrestle with her engagement ring
on. Miss Jackie thinks it best not to and takes it
off, giving it to Haas.
Match #4 - Dawn Marie vs. Miss Jackie w.
Charlie Haas as Special Guest Referee
Nothing special here folks, it's your typical
catfight. We did have the "both women roll over the
referee" spot, which is fast becoming a staple of
these matches. Dawn Marie picks up the victory with a
roll-up and a handful of Jackie's tights.
Winner: Dawn Marie at one minute and 43 seconds
Match Rating: 1/10
The real fireworks take place after the match.
If by fireworks you mean Charlie admitting he's
having an affair with Dawn Marie and calling off his
engagement to Jackie, then yeah. Haas gets down on one
knee to ask one question to Dawn, but it's not the one
she was expecting. Instead, it's "Why are you such a
Post Match Shenanigans Rating: 8/10
I really didn't see that one coming. It's not very
often WWE writers stray from the most obvious path.
It's also not too often that a WWE crowd cheers
someone for turning down two attractive females.
Moving on, Big Show gets a good luck kiss from Joy
Giovanni on his way to the ring. I've got two problems
with this. First, how does she have a job? And second,
I need some good luck too, just to make it through the
rest of this report. What about me? What about
I think I can help. I've looked into this
situation. First, she was on the RAW Diva search. It
said nothing about Smackdown, so legally it's cool.
Second, you're a married man Nick, shame one you.
Match #5 - Big Show vs. Kurt Angle, Luther
Reigns, and Mark Jindrak
The problem with a match like this is that only
one of two things can be happening at any given
moment. Either Big Show is tossing someone around
one-on-one or the heels are double or triple-teaming
him to even the odds. Wash, rinse, repeat. That's not
very exciting. At least Show's presence in this match
virtually ensures that it won't go more than ten
minutes. Also, if you had told me three years ago that
Jindrak would be a regular on TV and his former
partner Sean O'Haire would not, I would have
questioned your sanity.
Angle tries to finish off Show with an Angle Slam,
which almost gets all the way up. Show rolls out of
the Ankle Lock and goes after the legal man, Jindrak.
Show picks him up and hits ... the F-5? What the?? Is he
baiting Brock Lesnar to return? I thought the
Minnesota Vikings just recently re-signed him to
practice squad.
Winner: The Big Show at nine minutes and 45
Match Rating: 4.5/10
Before the cruiserweight title match, number
one Smackdown announcer Funaki decides to interview
himself. Go back and read that last sentence again,
then use your imagination. Spike Dudley crashes the
one-man show but finds himself outwitted by his
challenger, surely a low point in Dudley family
Match #6 - Funaki (challenger) vs. Spike
Dudley (champion) - Cruiserweight Title Match
When you think cruiserweights, you probably think
of high-flying matches with crazy spots. Well, not
tonight. The crowd was dead throughout the match,
which didn't help matters. Spike counters a tornado
DDT and goes for the Dudley dog, which Funaki dodges.
A series of reversals and roll-throughs ends with
Funaki on top, winning his first cruiserweight
Winner ... and new Cruiserweight Champion ... Funaki
at nine minutes and 30 seconds
Match Rating: 6/10
Match #7 - JBL (champion) vs. Booker T
(challenger) vs. Eddie Guerrero (challenger) vs. The
Undertaker (challenger) - Fatal Four-way - WWE
Championship match
Winner ... and still WWE Champion... JBL at 25
minutes and 37 seconds
Match Rating: 7/10
Total Event Time: 2 hours and 47
Event Rating: 6/10
Dale Plummer has been writing for SLAM!
Wrestling since 2003, while Nick Tylwalk has been on
the beat since 1998. Dale and Nick enjoy working
together, but are wondering why they were asked to
cover this lowly PPV for the second straight year. A
pair of diamond-crusted tag team belts would probably
help smooth over any hard feelings. Hint, hint.


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10:30 am - 11:30 am
Community Center
Come join us as professional instructors from Prairie Yoga run a wonderful and relaxing yoga experience for you in our Multipurpose Room. There are so many benefits to doing yoga such as creating strength, awareness and harmony in both the body and mind. All yoga equipment is provided, including a yoga mat, however if you would like to bring your own you are welcome to do so.
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Please pre-register before attending. Family and friends are welcome to join too but they will also need to pre-register. Note that if a class is cancelled for any reason we will contact you.
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ZeroGov makes a modest proposal.
Look the Bad People square in the eyes.
Force them to play by the rules.
Drive the filthy cockroaches into the bright daylight.
The fundamental human right to self-defense and its tools does not stem from any piece of parchment or other act of man.
It is much more elemental than that.
Or, as another writer put it today:
…As the Regime takes off the gloves, every day it creates tens of thousands more American Patriots who realize yes, it really probably is going to get that bad, so really, they may not have that much to lose after all.
So why not stop being afraid and stand up to the Regime?
Join the honorable Resistance, or make your own. Garden, cook at home, teach your children, and get right with the Lord. Cut expenses, avoid taxes, learn new skills, and build savings of tangible real assets. Train, stockpile, recruit, prepare, guard, protect, and defend.
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The trial of Rebekah Brooks, who ran Rupert Murdoch's British newspaper arm, has been shown footage of what the prosecution alleges was her husband's attempt to hide evidence from police investigating accusations of phone hacking.
The day Brooks was first quizzed by police, and before her home was searched, prosecutors say her husband, racehorse trainer Charlie Brooks, hid a laptop and a bag behind a bin in an underground parking lot of their plush London apartment block where it was picked up by the Brooks's security team.
After the police completed a search, the security team returned with a bag and left it in the car park.
Prosecutors say the plan went awry because a cleaner then found the material and it was given to the police.
News International, the British newspaper division of Mr Murdoch's News Corp, became engulfed in the police inquiry in 2011 after it was alleged journalists had hacked the phone of a murdered schoolgirl, amongst others.
Both Charlie and Rebekah Brooks deny conspiracy to pervert the course of justice by hiding material from detectives.
Brooks also denies conspiracy to hack phones and authorising illegal payments to public officials.
The closed circuit television (CCTV) footage shown to the jury captured Charlie Brooks emerging from a doorway clutching a bag and a laptop on July 17, 2011, at about the same time his wife, who had quit as News International boss days earlier, was heading to a police station where she would be arrested.
After looking around, he disappeared from view and less than a minute later, the CCTV film showed him returning empty-handed.
On Tuesday (local time), the jury at London's Old Bailey court saw Mark Hanna, the ex-head of security at News International, arriving at the car park about two hours after Brooks, and phone records indicate he had been in regular contact with the trainer.
He disappeared out of camera shot, to the same area where Brooks had been earlier, returning with a brown bag and other material, before driving away.
Hanna also denies a charge of perverting the course of justice.
'Pizza delivered and the chicken is in the pot'
About 3pm (local time), seven detectives arrived and after a search of the apartment - but not the car park area - lasting some two hours, they left holding sealed bags with computers and other possessions.
Brooks then contacted Hanna, and shortly after 9.30pm, following a flurry of calls between the security team, one arrived at the car park.
He gave another man two pizza boxes, removed a large black bag from the car and also vanished from view to the garbage area before returning empty-handed.
"Broadsword calling Danny Boy. Pizza delivered and the chicken is in the pot," the security contractor wrote in a text message to a colleague, prosecutor Mark Bryant-Heron told the court.
The Broadsword phrase was a reference to the film Where Eagles Dare, which starred Richard Burton as a British spy.
However, the following day, while the couple went to their lawyer's office, a cleaner discovered the black bag, the court heard.
On their return, a baffled-looking Charlie Brooks and their security team were seen searching in vain for the bag.
The court heard an employee at the apartment block had contacted police and handed over a brown briefcase and a black laptop to officers.
William Geddes, whose security firm had been employed to protect Rebekah Brooks from media intrusion and the "considerable degree of risk from rogue individuals", told the court he had been contacted about the concerns that her husband's property had gone missing.
He said his team had dubbed it "pizzagate", and the court heard an operative later sent him a text message which read: "Filth (police) all over the underground car park ref pizzagate. Mark is aware".
The trial of Hanna and Rebekah and Charlie Brooks, and that of four others, is expected to last until at least April.
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Sep 27
Sandra Tsing Loh Should Watch Bonanza
Apparently she thinks her Mr. XYZQ ideal man is a new and original idea. Nope. Not only that, she's a letter short.
The ideal man is Ben-Adam-Hoss-Little Joe-Hop Sing all rolled into one. It irritates me that everybody forgets Hop Sing. If he's not included as part of the ideal man, then what is he — the wife? Of course, wife (or girlfriend) is rather a dangerous role to play in the Bonanza script.


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Category: Poem
I cast my soul across the room.
It skitters like marbles,
across the stone tile.
Clacks and pings.
A slender thread of gossamer
seals my hope.
Do you see me?
Do you feel me?
I am an electric passage
in a moldy book, carefully placed.
Discover shredded tin upon your tongue.
Feel the angel's breath upon your shackled heart.
A muffled rip
and your heart casts dusty specks
throughout a room lit slantly with lemon sun.
This is yours.
This is all of you.
And I am as you are.
The keepers of the wind beckon my return.
Happy is the man!
Content is the fire
that swells
within a torrid heart.
Brief is our dance
with an ephemeral gasp.
Crowded, our thoughts,
with a deluge of fearsome
Twist off.
Sheared and shorn
like a slaughtered lamb.
Dream of collated light
through a broken canopy.
Warm sighs.
What is the product of your reality?
A broken lash of flesh?
A vacant gasp?
Grease and sweat habitate,
pull forth a broken child.
Squander a dying star.
Meager asymtopes
scrape along.
Dream of illuminated sweat,
screaming love.
Dance upon a broken star you child
of creation's heaven!
Breath your last in freedom.
Whispy drafts of her forlorn cares,
by a roiling beckoning
of fractured heart and vacant dreams.
Having streamed her anger
like a bitter sap,
I recoil at the vapid sting
which dresses my mouth
like a ruby curse.
An alabaster prison.
A darkened glimpse.
A broken longing.
A slender curve torn by
a passing glance.
Decrepit nobility.
Nebulous mornings churn
as they always have.
"A yoke for my neck?"
Freely granted.
Witness the teeming hills clamoring as sun-slaked men
scrape for water.
Chthonic underpinnings.
Lavender souls,
their quickening delayed
by a velvet chain.
The dawn closes just as she awakes.
Her sweeping gaze a torrid curse,
a blinding yawn.
Visage of a gristled slab,
directed flesh caught
within polished stone.
Muted scrawls vanquish
a broken desire.
Feet scrape across raspy planks
towards a speckled dawn.
I long for a torpid desire,
a creaking, throaty moan,
the quivering trees my only witness.
Bless the upward gaze,
the furtive longing,
the silent destiny.


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Tagged: Eddie Perez
7-28-10 Nationals Park
I didn't feel like going through another toilsome batting practice in Cleveland, and storms were in the forecast there, so I drove down to Washington DC.
Two other ballhawks were in attendance at this game – Ian Weir from Pittsburgh, and Alex from New York City.
When the gates opened, the Nationals were just beginning to hit, so there weren't any easter eggs.
I caught ball #1 on the fly off the bat of Wil Nieves. It was a home run that was caught in this area:
During the second group, I won a scrum for a Ryan Zimmerman home run ball that landed two rows in front of me in this area:
That would be all I would get during the Nationals batting practice. Argh. Did I make the wrong choice by coming to DC?
The Braves first group included Jason Heyward
You're not allowed to go get those balls, as one kid began climbing over the rail, before a security guard angrily yelled at him. I motioned with my glove and string as if to say, "Is it ok if I throw this out there." The security guard made the non-verbal signal, "Oh yeah, go ahead."
I flipped the kid a decoy ball and then threw my glove out and nudged ball #8 close enough to the glass so that I could simply reach other and grab it. It took one fling of the glove.
I was about ready to leave the red seats to go check the left field bullpen when yet another home run landed in the gap in front of the red seats.
I glove tricked that ball for ball #9.
Batting practice ended soon after, and I was stuck on 9 balls – just short of double digits.
I really wanted to hit the road, but there were three balls laying in
the bullpen.
After standing and talking with Alex for about 20 minutes, Eddie Perez finally came out to the bullpen. He collected the three balls, and I asked him for a ball in Spanish. He ignored me. I continued in Spanish to say, "There's also one in the flowers over there near the wall."
Eddie went over and got it and tossed it up to me. Ball #10.
It still had dirt on it. Although, for some reason my camera didn't focus that well.
After yesterday's tough day, I was pretty happy I chose to come to DC.
I then hit the road for home.
Here are today's baseballs:
Sweet spots:
Game: 10 balls (4 hit, 1 thrown, 5 device)
Season: 347 balls (177 hit, 76 thrown, 41 device, 44 found)
Games: 54 games
Average: 6.43 balls per game
2010 Game Balls: 5
Career: 925 balls
Streak: 150 consecutive games attended with at least 1 ball snagged.
Attendance: 24,263


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Let's just say that my first 24 hours in Tajikistan were nothing short of a nightmare. After navigating my way through an airport that would have to take out first prize as the worst in the world, I was in for an initiation like no other. I was caught in a car blockade, amidst a drug bust, and surrounded by black leather clad men clutching AK47s. My visa registration ended in a mess as I discovered my translator had conveniently tripled the visa fee in the process of translation. I was accused of being a spy. I was called a prostitutka.
Tajikistan and I were not off to a good start.
'Settling' into a foreign land is a bit like going on a blind first date. I'd done my preparation: comprehensive google searches, facebook stalking and got the rundown on what to expect from a number of friends that had visited my new home. But nothing could have prepared me for the reality of that first day. Fortunately, each day since has been almost the antithesis of those first 24 hours. I now realize Tajikistan and I just got off on the wrong foot.
This past week has felt like a continuum of incredible occurrences that I can't see happening anywhere else in the world. I have been bowled over by the kindness and generosity of the people I've met, Kiva borrowers especially.
From the touching to the plain bizarre, these are some of the events that shattered my first impression of Tajikistan:
A Kiva borrower asking me to ride "Goldie" the Buzkashi horse.
While visiting Kiva borrowers in Shaartuz, a region bordering Afghanistan, I stumbled upon the family of Naimjon, who recently received a Kiva loan. Despite the absence of common language - I speak three words of Tajik and maybe five of Russian - I had an exciting afternoon with his family, talking (well, miming) national sports. Naimjon's father explained the ancient sport of Buzkashi, which has been around since the days of Ghengis Khan and remains popular in Tajikistan. The game has been described as "polo on steroids". I imagine due to the fact that a beheaded goat carcass is used in place of a ball.
Getting a ride to yoga in an official government vehicle.
After a rattling start I was desperately seeking something that would make me feel a bit more zen. But wandering around Dushanbe, trying to find the location of my yoga class, I ended up a lost fool. I finally gave in and decided to ask for directions, although I assumed it would be to no avail given my deficient language skills. Much to my surprise, a chorus of "Po-anglyski? Po-ANGLYSKI? PO-ANGLYSKI!?" erupted on the street as every man and his dog tried to locate someone that spoke English!
Suddenly, I was ushered into the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and greeted by an official in a blue fur hat. Moments later a minister appeared -- fluent in English -- and started sketching a detailed map of Dushanbe, the capital of Tajikistan. Another minister arrived and asked if this was my first visit. As I replied, I was taken out to a fleet of cars and offered an official government vehicle. The next thing I know, I'm seated amongst satin cushions and cruising down the main street in the back of a gleaming gold car adorned with Tajikistan flags and en route to yoga.
Only in Tajikistan.
Receiving countless invitations to tea from complete strangers.
Tajikistan isn't exactly a booming tourist destination and there aren't too many foreigners around. Because of (or despite of) this I have been met with excitement, intrigue and an overwhelming number of tea invitations. Everyone from Kiva borrowers, like Sarpinoy, to complete strangers have invited me into their homes. The traditional Tajik welcome includes green tea, homemade preserves made from wild cherries or berries and non - a traditional flatbread found throughout Central Asia. It may sound cliché but the absolute highlight of this past week has been getting to know the Kiva borrowers. Their generosity of spirit is something I rarely encounter in the West and has more than made up for that ugly first date.
Are you new to Kiva? Lend to a borrower in Tajikistan to get $25 bonus.
Davinia Cogan is a member of Kiva Fellows Class KF20. She is currently working in Tajikistan with Kiva Field Partners MLO Humo, Arvand and IMON International. Over the past few years she has hopped around the globe, living in Sydney, Paris, Kampala and London. After four years of working in Investment Management in Australia, Davinia decided to put her finance skills to better use and moved to Uganda to start a social enterprise and farmer training program. She is particularly passionate about specialty coffee and worked closely with USAID in Rwanda to assess the economic impact of access to microfinance and training in smallholder farmer groups. Davinia studied International Business and Finance as an undergraduate and completed an MA in International Relations at the University of Sydney. She also studied French language and culture at La Sorbonne, Paris and has travelled extensively throughout Asia, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the USA. Davinia recently completed an Internship at the Social Stock Exchange in London.


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How does the CPU watt rating effect the system? I'm upgrading from a low watt 45w single core CPU to a newer dual core 95w CPU. Do I have to change/upgrade the power supply?
Also are AM2 and AM2+ the same?
Is an AM2+ CPU compatible with an AM2 motherboard?
CPU watt(s) question ???
Discussions about AMD Processors and overclocking. Need help with that new AMD CPU or not sure which one to buy? Like to void your warranty? This is the place for you! Please keep the topic on Processors only!
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Re: CPU watt(s) question ???
it depends on your current power supply. my gut feeling is if your only increasing that small amount you most likely wont need to upgrade the power suppy. Also look up your model number for the mother board to find out if it supprts the AM2+ processor. Most will support both but it doesnt hurt to check and be safe.
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Re: CPU watt(s) question ???
Do the watts of the power supply only matter for the processor, or does it all have to be the same? What're the perimeters for that type of thing? Like is there a range of 80-120 watts, then 120-150 watts or something?
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Re: CPU watt(s) question ???
if lets say your system is only using 300 Watts of power and you are running a 600+ wattage PSU, then no you wouldn't need to change the PSU. if your current system using 300 watts and you are using a 400 WATT PSU then yes it would need to be. Or if the PSU is of a low quality no name brand, then i would recommend a PSU change out.
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Peppermint Cake Rolls
Total TimePrep: 25 min. Bake: 15 min + cooling
Makes2 cakes (10 slices each)
- 1 package (16 ounces) angel food cake mix
- Confectioners' sugar
- 1 carton (16 ounces) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1-1/2 teaspoons peppermint extract
- 1 cup hot fudge ice cream topping
- 1/2 cup crushed peppermint candies, divided
- Fresh mint leaves, optional
- Line 2 greased 15x10x1-in. baking pans with waxed paper. Prepare cake mix according to package directions. Divide batter evenly into prepared pans, spreading evenly.
- Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until tops spring back when lightly touched. Cool for 5 minutes.
- Invert each cake onto a kitchen towel dusted with confectioners' sugar. Gently peel off paper. Roll up cake in the towel jelly-roll style, starting with a short side. Cool completely on a wire rack.
- In a small bowl, mix whipped topping and extract until blended. Unroll cakes; spread each with 1-1/2 cups peppermint mixture to within 1/2 in. of edges.
- Cut a small hole in the corner of a food-safe plastic bag; fill with fudge topping. Drizzle each cake with half of the fudge topping; sprinkle with 2 tablespoons crushed candies. Roll up again, without towel.
- Transfer to platters. Frost with remaining peppermint mixture. Just before serving, top with remaining candies and, if desired, mint leaves.
Freeze option: Omit candy topping and mint leaves. Place frosted cakes in airtight freezer containers; cover and freeze. Remove from freezer 10 minutes before serving. Top with remaining candies and, if desired, mint leaves.
Nutrition Facts1 slice: 204 calories, 5g fat (4g saturated fat), 0 cholesterol, 207mg sodium, 36g carbohydrate (27g sugars, 1g fiber), 2g protein. Diabetic exchanges: 2 starch, 1 fat.
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May 22, 2013
Have not made as yet. I read all reviews and come had trouble with wax paper. I was thinking it may be the brand of cake mix used.....Just a thought.
Dec 31, 2012
Made this cake for a luncheon and it got rave reviews. It is perfect for the Christmas season. I did not experience the issues removing the wax paper and found it to be easier to make than I thought it would be. Stored the second one in the freezer for two weeks and served it at a family party. I think it was even better than the first one, and it has impressive presentation!
Dec 26, 2012
Will try and make again. Had problem removing wax paper, ended up throwing it away. Looked at other receipes that were similar and they called for greased wax paper. Next time I will either try greased wax paper or parchment paper.
Dec 22, 2012
Have not eaten yet but I am sure it will be very good. As others have stated it was extremely difficult to get the waxed paper off, perhaps the parchment paper as suggested might work better, or no paper at all. Glad I made a test run before making for Christmas eve as I can now eliminate that darned waxed paper.
Dec 18, 2012
I brought this into work and everyone loved it. You could do so many variations with it also
Dec 15, 2012
This is so easy and delicious! I made it for an ornament exchange party, and there wasn't much left by the end of the evening!
Dec 14, 2012
This was amazing!!! Everyon that ate it loved it! I did feel like the peppermint was strong so next time I might knock it down to 1 tsp but otherwise fantastic!
Dec 12, 2012
Maybe parchment paper would work better
Dec 9, 2012
This cake was extremely difficult to get off the wax paper even after using cooking spray and flour- if I try this again I will bake it directly on the pan and skip the wax paper


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2013 NFL Week 11 Preview — 5 Intriguing Storylines to Watch
The AFC's best teams clash in Denver and several other playoff contenders meet in colossal NFL showdowns. Here are five storylines we're watching this week:
The Battle of Ohio
Paul Brown Stadium, Cincinnati — 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 17
The road to the AFC North title goes through Ohio? This year it does. After losing in overtime in each of the past two weeks, division-leading Cincinnati (6-4) needs to stop its slide this week at home against its in-state rival. The Bengals hope rookie running back Giovani Bernard can gash the Browns' defense so that Andy Dalton doesn't have to throw so much. Cleveland (4-5) will start quarterback Jason Campbell, who has gone 45 of 71 for 555 yards for five TDs and no interceptions in the last two games.
How Far Will the Dolphins Fall?
Sun Lie Stadium, Miami — 4:05 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 17
Still reeling from the messy Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin bullying saga, Miami (4-5) will try to hold on to fading playoff hopes against the shaky Chargers (4-5). While it's still too early to call this a must-win, the Dolphins have to show that they aren't falling apart, which would be easy to assume after Monday's embarrassing loss to previously winless Tampa Bay. San Diego hopes its pass rush can take advantage of a Miami offensive line that has allowed the most sacks in the league (37).
The Clash in the Dome
Mercedes-Benz Superdome, New Orleans — 4:25 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 17
Two teams who played an epic NFC playoff game in 2012 will meet again when NFC South-leading New Orleans (7-2) hosts San Francisco (6-3). The 49ers stumbled last week in a loss against the Panthers, but their defense is as stout as ever. It will need to be against Drew Brees and the Saints, who are nearly unstoppable in the Superdome. San Francisco must hope all the lights will stay on, unlike during its Super Bowl loss to Baltimore in February.
The Season's Biggest Game (So Far)
Sports Authority Field at Mile High, Denver — 8:30 p.m. ET on Sunday, Nov. 17
The AFC's best teams will meet for the first time this season on Sunday, as AFC West-leading Kansas City (9-0) travels to Denver (8-1) for a Sunday night battle. The most intriguing matchup is Peyton Manning and his gimpy legs against the fierce Chiefs pass rush. Alex Smith must face a rejuvenated Von Miller and the Broncos' defense, as well. The results should make for a competitive game in primetime.
The Panthers Face a Test
Bank of America Stadium, Charlotte — 8:30 p.m. ET on Monday, Nov. 18
Not everyone is sold on Carolina (6-3) as a legitimate NFC playoff contender, but the Panthers convinced more pundits with last week's win over the 49ers in San Francisco. Cam Newton and co. will be at home for their next test — a Monday night game against New England (7-2). Carolina's skilled defensive front will test Patriots QB Tom Brady, too.


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13-inch MacBook/2.26GHz (Late 2009)
In just three and a half years, the MacBook, targeted at average computer users, students, and PC switchers, has become Apple's best-selling Mac model. In its first major remodeling since 2006, the polycarbonate MacBook has gained many of the marquee features of the 13-inch MacBook Pro ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ), including a unibody design, a glass trackpad, and an LED-backlit display.
New design
In many ways, the white MacBook was the lone holdout among Apple portables. As the least-expensive model, it was missing several of the new design features that had already been made standard across the rest of the laptop line. One of the big ones was unibody construction. Making the MacBook's main case out of a single piece of polycarbonate plastic (aluminum on all other Apple models) results in fewer parts, fewer screws, a lighter weight, and better durability. In switching to a unibody design, the new MacBook sheds the grayish surface that appeared grafted atop the frame in the previous model ( Macworld rated 4.5 out of 5 mice ). The result is a consistent white color, and a smoother surface without the sharp edges of the earlier generation. The keyboard also feels more solid and consistent.
Instead of nonskid pads in the corners on the bottom of the MacBook, the entire surface is one giant rubberized foot secured by eight Phillips screws. This surface is smoother and doesn't provide as much friction as the pads on the older MacBooks did, and it collected a fair amount of dirt and debris from my desk (although a quick rub got it looking good as new).
Another problem with the unibody design is that it requires that the battery be built in. As with Apple's other unibody laptops, the battery is not user-replaceable, but Apple says that the battery gives you between three and a half and seven hours of juice and up to 1000 charge cycles before being reduced to 80 percent capacity. Apple says that the battery should take about five years to reach that point, but your mileage will vary. The company charges $129 to replace the battery--the same price you'd pay for an extra battery for an older MacBook--which can be done as a same-day service in an Apple Store (or whatever they're called in 2014). It is still pretty easy, however, to access the hard drive and RAM slots for quick upgrades or replacements in those areas.
Integrating the battery into the design allows for a larger (and therefore longer-lasting) battery, plus it reduces some weight. In our battery test, the charge lasted for an impressive four hours and nine minutes while playing a looped video clip in QuickTime X at full screen and full brightness, but with AirPort turned off. That was exactly the same duration as the 13-inch 2.26GHz MacBook Pro, and 40 minutes longer than the previous MacBook. During that time (and during our other testing) the bottom of the MacBook never got very warm, which had been a complaint of some MacBook users in the past.
(Image Caption: The new MacBook has a fixed battery, located to the left of the hard drive (photo courtesy of iFixit.com).)
Also new is that the MacBook--like every other Mac laptop other than the Air--now has a glass Multi-Touch trackpad with gesture support. It's larger than the combined pad-and-button area on the old model. After using the new MacBook for a while, I've found the smooth, large trackpad more enjoyable than the one on my earlier-generation MacBook. It takes some getting used to if you've been using the previous design, but the change is a good one.
The 13.3-inch display offers the same 1280-by-800-pixel resolution as before, but as with all other Mac portables, the new MacBook uses LED backlighting on its display instead of CCFL (cold cathode fluorescent lamps). The display is noticeably brighter than before, and the switch to LED lets Apple finally add the MacBook to its list of arsenic- and mercury-free laptop displays. Viewed side by side with the screen of the older MacBook, the new MacBook's screen shows a yellow color shift when changing your horizontal viewing angle (the previous model simply got more washed out). The 13-inch MacBook Pro suffers from the same color shifting.
The back of the screen has a slight taper that gives it a thinner appearance than that on MacBooks of yore, and a narrow rubber bezel protects the screen from coming into contact with the keyboard when you close the lid.
Overall, the new MacBook is slightly wider and deeper than its predecessor, although it shaves 0.3 pounds from the total weight. That small difference in weight is actually quite noticeable for someone like me, who's been using the MacBook since it first came out. It is slightly larger in all dimensions than the 13-inch MacBook Pro, and weighs 0.2 pounds more than its aluminum counterpart.
Ports and more
The new MacBook has a round iSight lens with only a status light to its right--the microphone has moved to the upper left corner of the keyboard area. The power button in the upper right corner of the keyboard area is smaller than before, which makes it a little harder to press.
On the front edge, the sleep status indicator is longer and narrower than before, but conspicuously absent is the infrared (IR) port that used to sit to the right of it. Without an IR port, you can't use the new Apple Remote (or the older remote, for that matter) to control Front Row, volume, and the like. You can, however, use an iPhone or iPod touch with a remote app over Wi-Fi.
Speaking of ports, there are also some changes to the array of ports on the side of the MacBook. The biggest change is that there's no longer a FireWire port on the MacBook--until now, it was a staple on all polycarbonate MacBooks. If you need a FireWire port--for connecting a camcorder or for using FireWire Target Disk Mode, for example--the MacBook isn't for you. For $200 more, a 13-inch MacBook Pro with the same processor gives you a FireWire 800 port, plus an SD card slot and an aluminum enclosure (although that model includes a 160GB hard drive versus the 250GB drive in the MacBook).
The display connection is now Mini DisplayPort (previously there was a mini-DVI connector), and Apple is using a single audio port for analog/digital output as well as line-in. The Sound preference pane has a Use Audio Port For pop-up menu, from which you can choose either Sound Output or Sound Input. The sound port also supports the Apple Stereo Headset with microphone. The other ports are gigabit ethernet, MagSafe power, two USB 2.0, and a Kensington lock slot. As before, the other side features an 8X slot-loading double-layer SuperDrive.
On the inside
The latest MacBook stills uses an Intel Core 2 Duo processor, but the speed of it has bumped from 2.13GHz to 2.26GHz. The new MacBook, like its predecessor, has 3MB of shared L2 cache. And although the MacBook maintains the same 1066MHz frontside bus as before, the new model supports 1066MHz DDR3 RAM as opposed to 800MHz DDR2 RAM.
The MacBook ships with 2GB, and Apple will double it to 4GB for an extra $100. Apple officially lists the maximum RAM at 4GB, but since it uses the same chipset and components as the 13-inch MacBook Pro, it does support up to 8GB as well. Of course, 4GB SO-DIMM RAM modules are still very expensive. OWC offers an 8GB upgrade kit for $476, for example, but as prices drop in the next year or two, having that 8GB ceiling as an upgrade option will be a good thing. (Apple doesn't offer an 8GB option for the MacBook, and currently charges $700 to upgrade the MacBook Pro from 2GB to 8GB.)
Graphicswise, the new MacBook uses the same Nvidia GeForce 9400M graphics processor, which shares 256MB of RAM with the main memory, as both the previous version and the 13-inch and low-end 15-inch MacBook Pros. In our Call of Duty test, the new MacBook produced almost one frame per second more than before, but a full frame per second less than the 13-inch MacBook Pro with the same specs. The MacBook still lets you mirror or extend your desktop to a second display at up to 2560 by 1600 resolution at millions of colors. You won't find any of the Mini DisplayPort adapters needed to connect to an external display, however, in the box. All are separate accessories from Apple. The MacBook also retains its 802.11n and Bluetooth 2.1 wireless networking.
To gauge the new MacBook's speed, Macworld Lab ran our full suite of benchmarks. The new MacBook's slightly faster processor speed and improved RAM speed make this MacBook a little bit faster than its predecessor, as you might expect. Improvements ranged from 5.5 percent faster for an iTunes MP3 encoding test to 17 percent faster for an Aperture import test. The new MacBook shaved seven seconds off the Photoshop CS4 test suite (12.5 percent), 13 seconds off our iMovie archive import test (10.4 percent), and nine seconds off our unzip archive Finder test (11 percent).
The new MacBook also matched or bested the 2.26GHz 13-inch MacBook Pro in almost all of our tests--somewhat surprising considering the two systems have almost identical components (although it's possible that the MacBook Pro's smaller hard drive was a factor, or that we have a test system with a somewhat wonky hard drive). The MacBook blew the latest MacBook Air out of the water in all tests except our Finder folder duplication (only one second faster) and unzip archive (16 seconds slower) tests.
Macworld's buying advice
The MacBook benefits nicely from its unibody face-lift: it's lighter and more attractive, and it performs better than the model that came before it. You can think of it as a MacBook Pro minus the FireWire port and SD card slot, for $200 less. It performs very well and doesn't feel like an entry-level system. If you have only USB-based camcorders, hard drives, and peripherals, the missing FireWire port won't be an issue for you. However, if you're still using FireWire equipment and plan to use said equipment with your laptop, you should instead look at the MacBook Pro (an SD card slot is less of an issue, since you can just buy an inexpensive card reader).
[Jonathan Seff is a Macworld senior editor.]
This story, "13-inch MacBook/2.26GHz (Late 2009)" was originally published by MacCentral.
Copyright © 2009 IDG Communications, Inc.


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The International Commission for the Accreditation of Professional Genealogists (ICAPGEN) is holding a two-day Family History conference in Salt Lake City at the Downtown Radisson Hotel (215 West South Temple) on 22 and 23 October 2010.
More information can be obtianed from the ICAPGEN website at http://www.icapgen.org/. The Registration form is at http://www.icapgen.org/icapgen/catalog/icapgenconf2010. The Conference program is here.
Registration includes two full days of conference classes, a printed syllabus, a plated luncheon both days, vendor booth access, and time for networking. The Family History Library is pleased to announce that the library will remain open until 11:00 p.m. on Friday, October 22, 2010, so that you can combine research time with conference attendance!
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- 2 cups fresh ruby red or pink grapefruit juice, divided
- 6 tablespoons sugar
- 2/3 cup Campari
- 1 tablespoon (packed) finely grated ruby red or pink grapefruit peel
- 4 ruby red or pink grapefruits
Vanilla Whipped Cream
- 1 cup chilled heavy whipping cream
- 1/4 cup chilled crème fraîche or sour cream
- 4 teaspoons powdered sugar
- 1 1 1/2-inch piece vanilla bean, split lengthwise
Recipe Preparation
Combine 1 cup grapefruit juice and sugar in medium saucepan. Stir over medium heat until sugar dissolves. Increase heat and bring to boil. Remove from heat; stir in remaining 1 cup grapefruit juice, Campari, and grated peel. Pour mixture into 11x7x2-inch glass baking dish or metal baking pan. Cover and freeze until firm, at least 8 hours or overnight. DO AHEAD Can be made 3 days ahead. Keep frozen.
Using sharp knife, cut off all peel and white pith from 4 grapefruits. Working over bowl to catch juices and using small sharp knife, cut between membranes to release segments into bowl. Squeeze any remaining juice from membranes into bowl. DO AHEAD Can be made 4 hours ahead. Cover; chill.
Vanilla Whipped Cream
Combine whipping cream, crème fraîche, and powdered sugar in medium bowl. Scrape in seeds from vanilla bean; reserve bean. Using electric mixer, beat mixture until soft peaks form. Add reserved vanilla bean to cream mixture; cover and chill at least 2 hours. DO AHEAD Can be made 4 hours ahead. Keep chilled. Remove vanilla bean and re-whisk cream mixture until thick before using.
Using fork, scrape surface of granita to form icy flakes. Divide grapefruit segments and juices from bowl among 6 dessert glasses. Divide granita among glasses. Top each with large dollop of vanilla whipped cream and serve immediately.


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A second Indian official offered his resignation Monday in the wake of last week's deadly terrorist attacks as Pakistan urged its nuclear neighbor to withhold blame until further investigation.
Vilasrao Deshmukh, chief minister of the state of Maharashtra where Mumbai is located, said he would leave it up to his ruling Congress party to decide whether his resignation would be accepted.
His announcement followed Sunday's resignation of federal Home Minister Shivraj Patil, who quit amid criticism of the response to Wednesday's attacks that left 179 dead. Read full article »
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I've got a lenovo t61 thinkpad type 6459-CTO.
Yesterday I was on the internet and had about 3 tabs open. My screen started flickering. So I did a hard restart. And it worked fine the rest of the night. This morning I was again on the internet and was trying to watch a video on youtube and my screen flickered again, and then came up with a blue screen of death. I shut it off and restarted it. The first attempt resulted in a black screen with white writing in nothing I've ever seen. So I turned it off again and restarted it. No problems till later at night. My screen flickered while writing a paper for class. So again I did a hard restart, it came up again with the black screen with the funny writing but this time the screen was divided into 8 little screens all showing the same thing. Turned it off again and got into BIOS and ran the HDD hardware test and everything came back okay. So I moved important files quickly onto my external hard drive and was running a defrag on the hard drive and a virus scan when it flickered again. So I turned it off again. The first restart resulted in the same black screen with random white writing divided into 8 little pictures. Then the second screen came up with the same writing let it go for a second and it asked for my hard drive password. And was able to get into rescue and recovery but it is split into 8 little screens again. Now I am sitting while it attempts to do a system recovery from a previous back-up.
My laptop hasn't been under warranty for a while since June '09
Please any help and advice would be greatly appreciated, since I'm not sure the current attempt at restoring the system will help the 8 little screens making up my screen.
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If your system is equipped with nVidia graphics, it sounds like it cound be a failed GPU. We have been seeing about an average of 1-3 of these each month worldwide, which isn't a huge number, but it's definitely a serious problem because if the chip fails, the only fix is to replace the system board. While you continue your attempts, I'd read some of the posts in the forum regarding this, there is a wealth of info posted, sorting out what is good and bad info isn't easy, but you'll gain a greater understanding of the issue should you find you too have to deal with it. For now I'll wish you luck, and hope you have a more easily repaired problem.
ps. let me know if there is anything I can do to help.
My computer did the restore from back up. now it no longer has the little screens on it, it starts up with the thinkpad logo and then says ntldr is compressed. press ctrl+alt+del to restart. and any attempts to restart result in this screen.
sounds like the attempt to fix the wrong problem resulted in a completely new one. I'm not saying you did anything wrong, but the situation you have now is operating system related, you don't have a proper boot sector so windows cannot load. My guess is your attempt to restore the system didn't work as you expected and caused this new problem. As for the initial problem, it's typical of these grapic card errors and artifacts to come and go, the chip failure sometimes presents as no post and no boot, other times it will boot, but with graphic artifacts, and other times with severe issues like you report, such as duplate areas of screen.
At this point, as long as your data is backed up, the next step would be to wipe the drive and do a fresh install of windows. You can also attempt to boot the system from a Live CD, this will give you an idea if your system is working.
A third option would be to repair the boot sector on your drive, but this isn't something that is easy to diagnose nor explain, so it would be best done locally, rather then attempting it guided only by posts on a forum. If you do want to be brave, you can try using a windows setup disc, it has a recovery mode that has options for repairing startup. I haven't had a lot of success with this utility, but it does attempt to automate the process, so you can try it if you like. There are also third party boot discs that have excellent diagnostic and repair programs that can fix boot problems like this, but they aren't designed for novice users, besides, I fear after you get your boot sector back up and running, you'll be right back where you started, with a potential grapics card failure.
I do hope I'm wrong though, and perhaps another member will see something that I may have missed here.
So after doing a factory restore. It will load in one screen, but throws a blue screen with the error code of Nv4_disp.dll occasionally, and after that it restarts and is back in the multiple screens. If i let it sit for a while and start it up again it is back in one screen. Any idea's how to fix this one (the error code)?
cguberna wrote: throws a blue screen with the error code of Nv4_disp.dll Any idea's how to fix this one (the error code)?
If my assumption is correct, you need to replace your system board. This is a well known problem with the nVidia graphic processor. It was addressed and T61 units built in august 2008 aren't effected, but the entire line was replaced in september so finding a board form august is difficult, and there havent been any new boards in years. You can get told old design, the boards can be purchased generally anywhere form $150-700, but be warned that the market is flooded with improperly repaired boards that have been temp fixed using techniques ranging from reballing/reflowing, to baking in an oven.
All of this information is posted dozens of times throughout the forum in the posts I referrenced, along with more info. I have helped many members find an august 2008 board, but I believe I've exhausted the supply I was fortunate to find, but it was nice to help so many members to get such a rare board. I'm not giving up hope that more can be sourced, but it doesn't look likely, but if you want to be on the waiting list, let me know.
Another option would be downgrading to an Intel graphic board. They are somewhat rare for 15.4" models, but more common on the smaller 14.1".
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I have similar problems ... when im watching youtube or any kind of videos ... at some point, screen starts flickering two fragments ... when i tapping its holds a bit ... and to restart everything i need to do ctrl+alt+del and then Log Off ...
P.s my video card is intels one .
Maybe overheating ?
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Making their way through Florida as a 4 piece jam/rock/blues group is Oddessey. Based out of the Treasure Coast, the quartet writes their own songs in addition to performing well known covers in a style that is all their own. Oddessey has played SunFest, BB&T Center, The Kelsey Theater, Churchill's Pub, Pineapple Festival, Taste of the Sea Festival, Port Salerno Seafood Festival, FreedomFest in Port St Lucie, Bear Witness Family Campout, and the Come Together Festival as well as many bar/club gigs.
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By Tom Orsborn
SEATTLE — It was as if Week 1 never happened.
Eleven days after an impressive season-opening conquest of the defending Super Bowl champion New York Giants, the Dallas Cowboys plummeted to earth with a dramatic thud, getting slapped 27-7 by the Seattle Seahawks on Sunday.
It was an embarrassing, deflating loss for a team brimming with confidence after beating the Giants 24-17 on Sept. 5 in the Meadowlands.
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But instead of delivering another impressive performance, the Cowboys took a step back with a mistake-filled outing that eliminated the good feelings left over from the opener and made a mockery of coach Jason Garrett's "stack one good day on top of another" mantra.
"We didn't play the Cowboys football we talked about," said tight end Jason Witten, who uncharacteristically had several drops. "It's disappointing. It's frustrating. It's unacceptable. You can't win one, lose one. We need to get it fixed.
"We are pissed off right now."
Calling the loss disappointing, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones suggested the Seahawks (1-1) were better prepared even though his team had longer to get ready.
"In everything about playing football, they were better than us," Jones said. "They played ready, with emotion."
Felix Jones set the tone by fumbling away the opening kickoff to Texas-ex Earl Thomas, a miscue the Seahawks turned into a short field goal for a 3-0 lead. Much to the delight of most of the crowd of 68,008, Seattle made it 10-0 less than 5 minutes in by returning a blocked punt for a touchdown.
Trailing 10-0, the Cowboys drove to the Seahawks' 24, only to have Tony Romo make a careless pass into traffic, where it was intercepted. Romo directed only one sustained drive, a 95-yard march he capped with a 22-yard TD pass to Miles Austin to make it 10-7 in the second.
In his first game in Seattle since his infamous botched hold on a short field goal that allowed the Seahawks to escape with a 21-20 win in the 2006 playoffs, Romo was 23 of 40 for 251 yards with one TD and one interception. Seattle dropped two other picks.
"We knew we were coming into one of the toughest places to play in the league and that the crowd would feed off of negative plays," Romo said. "We stressed that all week, so (the start) was disappointing."
In his second start, Seattle rookie Russell Wilson outplayed Romo, going 15 of 20 for 151 yards with one TD and no turnovers. He ended a 90-yard drive in the third with a 22-yard strike to Anthony McCoy that made it 20-7.
Marshawn Lynch assisted Wilson with 122 rushing yards on 26 carries, including a 3-yard TD run that ended an 88-yard march and the scoring with 7:57 left. His bruising 36-yard run set up Wilson's TD pass and seemingly crushed the spirit of a Cowboys defense that had played well to that point.
"Their offensive line just went to the whistle," linebacker Anthony Spencer said when asked about Lynch's 104 yards on 26 carries in the second half.
Underscoring Seattle's physically dominating effort was a vicious crack-back block delivered by receiver Golden Tate against Cowboys linebacker Sean Lee, who left the game but returned a few plays later. Tate caught Lee under the chin, a blow that sent him flying but didn't draw a flag.
Garrett was at a loss to explain how his team could play so poorly.
"I felt like we were emotionally ready to play," Garrett said.
Perhaps former Dallas coach Jimmy Johnson put it best in a Twitter post: "Cowboys laying an egg in Seattle surprises me … don't understand it!"
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A Better Way to Create Healthy, Hot Teas at Home
Stamford, CT - March 2010
March 2010
Contact: Mary M. Rodgers or Rachel Litner
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Phone: (203) 975-4609 Phone: (973) 994-5167
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A Better Way to Create Healthy, Hot Teas at Home
Tea is the world's most popular beverage, and the second most-consumed after water. The hot tea category is growing by 6% annually, with the specialty tea market alone slated to reach $10 billion in 2010*. This is due, in large part, to the fact that more individuals than ever before are recognizing the health benefits of consuming tea and are choosing to brew it at home. For example, white tea is rich in antioxidants and green tea can aid in weight loss, both of which are health advantages that resonate strongly with consumers, according to the Tea Association of the United States of America.
Cuisinart is offering consumers a convenient and precise way to perfectly prepare any kind of tea with the PerfecTemp™ Cordless Programmable Kettle (model no. CPK-17). The kettle has six preset temperatures for different varieties of tea, and its Keep Warm option will maintain the set temperature for 30 minutes. It is imperative to brew different teas at the proper temperature, as some (like Green or White) are more delicate and should be steeped at a lower temperature to extract maximum flavor, while others (like Black) are quite hardy and should be steeped at higher temperatures. By executing the perfect brewing process every time it's used, Cuisinart's new kettle ensures that the full flavor and health benefits of each type of tea are extracted.
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Innovative Features: The Cuisinart PerfecTemp™ Cordless Programmable Kettle is operated solely using the one-touch controls on its handle that offer six preset settings: Delicate, Green, White, Oolong, French Press and Black. The Keep Warm, Start and Open controls are located on the handle as well, and all controls have blue LED indicators. Also, the kettle has a two-minute memory feature that allows it to be removed from the base without shutting off or interrupting the brewing process. In addition, Cuisinart's kettle has 1500 watts of power for fast heat-up, auto shutoff and boil-dry protection."Cuisinart's new PerfecTemp™ Cordless Programmable Kettle represents the next generation of tea kettles for the company," says Mary Rodgers, Director of Marketing Communications for Cuisinart. "We recognize that tea consumption is both a growing consumer market and a source of several significant health benefits, and are proud to offer an even better way to brew it at home."
Convenience and Design: The new Cuisinart electric kettle has a generous 1.7-liter capacity, allowing the perfect amount of tea to be brewed for one person, or enough to entertain guests. The unit has a stay-cool nonslip handle for easy serving, and a blue backlit water window so that consumers know exactly how much tea they're making, and when it's time to brew another pot. The kettle also has a convenient 360˚ swivel cordless connector, a concealed heating element to prevent mineral buildup and a removable/cleanable scale filter.
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He is being replaced by Tom Brrasher, who was DLine coach in 1985 and then again from 99-05.
"Jim is a fine football coach and we appreciate the efforts he gave to this team over the past two years," said head coach Andy Reid in a press release. "However, I determined that it was in the team's best interest that we move in a different direction in terms of trying to maximize the production of that position group. We look forward to having Tommy Brasher back on board to work with the defensive line."
Apparently, Washburn was a selfish creep that put his Dline over the rest of the defense, and overruled the Def Coord. The DLine only plays in the wide 9 and nothing else. That's fine if every play was pass but it's not. When the linebackers read run, they alert for that. The Dline NEVER changes to run. Thanks Jim.