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Preview 2012: Defensive Line
Previously: Podcast 4.0, the story, quarterback, running back, wide receivers, offensive line.
A note before we start: this preview relies heavily on the defensive UFRs of last year because there's a convenient numerical system that does a decent job of summing up a defensive player's contributions. One caveat: the system is generous to defensive linemen and harsh to defensive backs, especially cornerbacks. A +4 for a defensive end is just okay; for a cornerback it's outstanding.
|Craig Roh
|Quinton Washington
|Will Campbell
|Jibreel Black
|Nate Brink
|Richard Ash
|Ryan Glasgow
|Brennen Beyer
|Keith Heitzman
|Ondre Pipkins
|Matt Godin
|Frank Clark
Okay okay okay. Breathe. Breathe in. Breathe out. Feel the lung expand and contract, and feel a calmness wash over you. Yeah. Calm. Calm.
Michigan lost three starters, may be starting a 280-pound three-tech, moved the only returning starter, and has a walk-on seriously pressing for playing time. If they're not starting a 280-pound three-tech, they're starting a 280-pound WDE. Will Campbell inherits a starting spot essentially by default.
No no no no. Calm. Callllm.
Defensive Tackle
Rating: 2.5
The big piece of news that hit when the Big Ten Network was let inside the velvet rope at Michigan practice was Jerry Montgomery naming Quinton Washington one of his starters instead of Brennen Beyer. This was followed up by a depth chart confirming this fact.
Clarity came Monday when Hoke made an appearance at the UM Club of Greater Detroit's kickoff dinner that I was at, waiting for the Q&A session with Greg Dooley and Angelique Chengelis. Hoke took questions, someone asked him about the defensive line, and Hoke gave a straight answer. To paraphrase: Michigan is planning on rotating six guys. Washington will be the nose in certain packages with Campbell at three tech and Black at WDE. In other packages they'll remove Washington and slide everyone down, inserting Beyer at WDE and going with Roh-Campbell-Black-Beyer.
Who's the sixth guy? You got me. I'd guess it's Nate Brink, but it didn't come up.
this year he'll totally live up to this image. really! (probably not really.)
This time we mean it, Will Campbell: it's now or never. The one-time five-star recruit is now a senior. He's been handed a starting spot by the graduation of three DL starters and Rodriguez's crappy recruiting. This makes everyone nervous because obviously.
There is some good news on this front. After a couple years in which Campbell appearances were all but guaranteed to draw this sort of commentary…
I'm not at the point where I can tell you the ten different things Campbell did to get blown four yards downfield, but I can blather on about pad level: man, pad level. Am I right?
…his cameos were fairly effective last year. He got limited snaps, of course, but only ended up negative against Iowa, when he got cut twice on big Coker runs. He had a +5 against ND, a +3.5 against SDSU, a +4 against Minnesota, and a +4 against Illinois, three of which came when he blew up a third and one by himself:
You can also watch him annihilate another Illinois OL to set up a Desmond Morgan decleater and flatten Max Shortell.
Unfortunately, these positives and highlights are all against the worst offensive lines on the schedule (and ND, oddly). Michigan didn't put him out there much against tougher competition; now they've got no choice.
Campbell's giving it a go. He's taken to showing off his chest after shedding 20 pounds in the past couple years. Taylor Lewan:
"The most dramatic change I've seen in a body on our team is Will Campbell," said left tackle Taylor Lewan. "His body is transformed. He was a sloppy 350 and now he's a toned down 308 kind of guy. He looks real good. His conditioning shows it. You should see him run. He's like a gazelle. It's unreal. I think Will is going to do some special things this year."
Come on, baby. He's getting the full-court press from Michigan's three-headed DL coaching staff, and I wished and hoped my way to thinking he was a lot better this spring:
Last spring game guy was a lump who managed to not get blown off the ball most of the time and just about never did anything. During the year he was largely that with some nice plays mixed in, but too infrequently to be encouraging. In the spring game he had clearly progressed enough to actually beat his man to the gap more than once.
You know all those runs Rawls had where he had to abort mission and find another hole? Most of those were headed at Campbell. Since we got a baseline for Ricky Barnum in the time he got before his ankle injury last year—decent Big Ten player even then—that's a hopeful sign.
While that hasn't kept the coaches from grousing about things, their expectations are not my expectations.
Finding out that Campbell will flip between three tech and the nose is probably a positive tea leaf. Leverage has always been a problem, and at 6'5" he's never going to be a great burrower. Get him one on one and he can deposit folks on their butts. That is what he'll generally be allowed to do at the three. His ability to do that on passing downs is going to be a huge factor in how effective that line configuration is—three techs can get good rush, and Michigan's ability to get pressure out of the WDE spot is very much in doubt.
What to expect here is a mystery. My WAG: adequate play that's on average a few points to the good on UFR charts (which is average for DL, as it measures MAKING PLAYS more than not doing so). Maybe a fringe draft pick if Michigan is pretty lucky. I don't think he'll be worse than Heininger, and he was pretty decent by the end of the year.
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Now, the great unknown: Quinton Washington. Washington came to Michigan a soft-spoken but highly-touted guard recruit. He flipped to defense when Campbell flipped to offense under RR; unlike Campbell, his position switch stuck. We have no idea how that's going since he hasn't seen the field except on short yardage plays here and there. I didn't even bother putting him in the UFR chart, and I put a lot of people in the UFR chart. I put Jared Van Slyke in there for five or six games.
This is of course all nervewracking. Hoke has talked him up from time to time, like in this pre-Sugar Bowl presser:
You lose a lot up front on the defensive line. Who are some younger guys who might make an impact next year?
"I think Quinton Washington is a guy that's gotten better and better. I like how he has been practicing. I like his intensity about his work and his focus."
And at the Glazier clinic:
Quinton Washington got some love from Coach. He talked about his strength and good feet. The only set back for Quinton is he is a "pincher bug!" Meaning he doesn't get his hands inside and get extension. With three D-Line coaches on staff, you have to get technique right or you will not see the field. He said "we need Quinton to get this right before September 1st!"
No one understood how important that last bit was at the time. As a recruit, Washington was praised for his strength and athleticism at 315 pounds, with his ability to climb to the second level a particular highlight. Nobody bothered to evaluate him as a defensive player.
Washington's only listed an inch shorter than Campbell, but for whatever reason he must be a better fit at the nose—probably the same reason he was praised as a drive-blocking future guard while the Campbell skeptics at ESPN projected a move to tackle. Body shapes and whatnot.
I have no idea how Washington will do. On the one hand, he was MIA in the Sugar Bowl even after the injuries whittled Michigan's depth down. On the other, three DL coaches. Washington is a redshirt junior and former touted recruit, so this could work out. Totally. Maybe.
There's not much to choose from down here if Black sticks outside. They'll flip Black back down against spread and spread-like teams and reserve the bigger lineup for short yardage and pounders like Michigan State, so this isn't the worst thing in the world. It is not the best, either. In any case, Black is covered at DE.
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So what do we have here… well, there's Richard Ash, the nose tackle out of Pahokee who's struggled to get in shape. Like Campbell, he's looking relatively svelte these days and turned in some hopeful signs in the spring game:
Richard Ash made a couple nice plays, which I was not expecting. One was an excellent string-out on a stretch play that forced the tailback to awkwardly cut behind him. I was beyond not expecting that. I don't think John Gasaway will get on me if I say I was shocked. Yeah. Later he showed up two yards in the backfield directly in the path of an iso; he got blocked from the side but the bounce he forced saw Marvin Robinson chop poor Vincent Smith down for a one-yard loss.
His recruiting profile is still about all we have to go on. I think Michigan will get some snaps out of him, and they'll be all right.
Pipkins, Godin, Henry
There is of course uber-recruit Ondre Pipkins [recruiting profile], a 330-pound squatbeast who draws comparisons to Vincent Wilfork and BJ Raji and impersonates Brady Hoke. Hype!
…a monster physically - he already looks like B.J. Raji or Vince Wilfork. He is one of the most physically imposing defensive tackles we have seen in awhile. At the point of attack, he is impossible to get on his heels and he penetrates quickly and athletically for a big man.
He's certainly got college-level size; he remains a freshman, one who suffered an injury scare earlier in camp. It'll probably take somewhere between a few games and a year for him to to work his way into the rotation. Even the top-flight defensive tackles usually have a rough transition to the college game, as this old West Texas Blue diary amply demonstrates. Don't expect him to roar into the starting lineup.
Fellow freshmen Matt Godin [recruiting profile] and Willie Henry [recruiting profile] are even less likely to play than Pipkins, but if one does it will probably be Godin since he's a better fit for the thin, thin, thin three-tech spot.
And here's a weird one: I've heard that Michigan thinks they have something in walk-on Ryan Glasgow, a true freshman and the younger brother of walk-on OL Graham Glasgow. It would be a longshot for him to see the field this year, obviously, but he's listed at 294 already and is a guy to keep an eye out for in case that pans out.
Kenny Wilkins is also around but is not expected to contribute.
Strongside Defensive End
Rating: 3
It wouldn't be recent Michigan football if Craig Roh wasn't adjusting to a new position. Roh's flip from WDE to SDE marks the fifth time in his four years that he's been moved. He arrived as a weakside DE, was moved to LB during the insane 3-3-5 days, forced himself back down to a 3-3-5 DE spot, ended up back at WDE, and now moves to the strongside. Get this man a bindle, stat. He's looking for work wherever you have it. (Except linebacker.)
During this sojourn Roh has worked his way up from 238 pounds as a freshman to 278 at last report. While that's still short of the 288 Ryan Van Bergen carried last year, it's not alarmingly so. And the strongside end is probably the best place for a guy who managed only four sacks a year ago. Roh came in with a reputation as a great edge pass-rusher, but at this point it's pretty definitive he isn't one.
|controls Gopher, disengages
|blows up power
|too far down on option
|beaten by alignment
|lets power outside
|clobbers TE
|clobbers TE II
|nice play at POA
|alert for half sack
|wastes UI LT (but who doesn't)
|ditto Purdue LT
Can he be Ryan Van Bergen? I'm a little doubtful on that, too. RVB was a better fit physically for the position and had the luxury of a redshirt year. Insert usual rants about wasted redshirts. Roh's UFR chart from last year is middling:
|This, on the other hand, was disappointing.
|Do something!
|Did some things.
|Not bad for splitting time.
|Seems to have reclaimed the starting spot.
|Fourth down play; needs moar pass rush.
|Adjusted well after initial problems getting outside.
|Got some useful speed rush; half sack in uncharted time.
|Sack was kind of a gift from freaked Vandenberg. Didn't do much else.
|Oh… oh wow.
|Didn't get much action his way and is frequent dropper in blitz packages.
|Got safety; let Miller outside on speed option counter.
The most interesting contrast there is between Iowa (Reilly Reiff, LT) and Illinois (terrible OL). It seem like there's a middle ground against which he's moderately effective, a lower class against whom he's very good, and an elite he can't touch. Roh's right in the heart of the distribution curve.
On the bright side, Roh has flashed some pretty good shed-and-contain skills. Here's a play that you'll see again when we talk Kovacs:
Kovacs got the glory there; the guy swallowing Persa is Roh. He did that with a quick swim to the outside on a TE, something he'll be asked to do frequently this year. And Roh turned in his most impressive rush of the year in an opportune situation, drawing a holding call on Michael Adams for a safety:
If you squint, figure right tackles aren't as good, and assume tight ends won't be chipping him you can maybe get that sack number up from four despite playing a spot at which it's generally harder to generate a rush.
As far as rushing defense goes, Roh's been pretty good about not getting blown up so far in his career, and I've seen him take a fair number of doubles. With the extra weight I don't think he'll be a liability… or at least not much of one. I assume he's going to be doing a lot of slanting and attacking shoulders real quick—again, if you squint and use your hope muscles you can see that going pretty well.
This preview is using all of those on Denard's arm, so the prediction here is MOTS: Roh will be in the middle of the distribution, neither a star nor a problem.
Nate Brink; where Nate Brink came from
Nate Brink was the source of considerable panic last year when the coaches started talking him up in lieu of talking up Campbell. He started in the spring game (Van Bergen was held out) and was briefly supposed to start in the real world before Will Heininger came on and took his starting spot. He picked up a minus here or there during the season, and then got hurt right before the Sugar Bowl.
That injury held him out of spring and hampered him in his efforts to add the weight he needs to if he's going to be an effective Big Ten player. He's listed at 275 on the roster.
Is that enough to get him on the field? Probably. This from Mattison last year gives you an indication of how the coaches feel about him:
He's played like a Michigan football player. I hate to talk about a young man because I think when I do that they go right down in the tubes but this guy has come out every day as tough as he can. He listens to Coach Montgomery on every word. When he tells him to step a certain way, he tries, and he's really, really physical. …
In the spring, his toughness showed up and he was only 250 at that time. But his want-to and toughness stuck out like crazy. And that's what we want - 11 guys that play with that kind of attitude. He's a guy that if he keeps doing what he's doing, Michigan people are going to be very happy with him.
That is the sort of coachspeak that moves the needle. Brink will play. He was rotating in during the open practice, something it seemed like only two-deep folks were doing. He may even be effective.
Redshirt freshman Keith Heitzman [recruiting profile] should also figure in. Like Ash above, he moved the needle at the spring game:
Redshirt freshman Keith Heitzman also was a standout on the second units, though his inability to flow down the line at the proper angle was the main issue on Rawls's fourth-and-short touchdown. He got into the backfield plenty. Once you've got a guy who can get there it's not that hard to get him to take the right angle against air.
At the very least he should allow freshman Tom Strobel [recruiting profile] to redshirt; fellow freshman Chris Wormley [recruiting profile] tore his ACL and is out for the year.
Weakside Defensive End
Rating: 2.5
Jibreel Black's foremost contribution to the Michigan fanbase thus far is his wonderful quote about Mike Martin that an mgouser slapped on a likely-looking cat:
"When I see some plays that Mike (Martin) makes in practice, I be like dang. His explosiveness, his technique that he uses. You can tell the work that he put in with it."
The cat:
That's not to say he hasn't played. Usually an opener like that means the player in question has yet to see the field, but we are talking about USDA prime grade meme right there. Black has been in the rotation for two years now.
He hasn't done a ton with that. As a freshman his run defense was really, really bad ("abject" was the 50 cent word deployed last year) as a 265-pound WDE. He lost five pounds before his sophomore year and stopped that whole abject business, but he dropped off precipitously after a couple of good games early (a +6 against ND and +9 agaisnt EMU). After those first few games his playing time was significantly reduced and his UFR mentions started saying stuff like "limited time" and "not much PT."
I do have some nice clips for him, most prominently a Van Bergen-like ability to avoid multiple unbalancing things and get out on Braxton Miller on that critical third down in last year's Game:
He also turned future Iowa first-round pick Riley Rieff into meat on one(!) play and quicked his way past Mike Adams on a Kovacs blitz. It's not much, I know. That's enough to suggest he's a decent run defender these days, at least. I wish I still had my old clips so I could show you the difference; it's large. He got coached up significantly last year.
The problems are twofold. One: Black didn't get much pass rush a year ago. It was bad enough that true freshman Frank Clark started seeing the field as a pass rush specialist despite apparently never having heard of a zone read. Two: Michigan thought they'd make Black a three-tech to mitigate that weakness, bulked him up to 280, decided that maybe that wouldn't be the best idea, and then put him back on the outside for at least part of the time. This delays his progress as a DE and exacerbates problem one.
It's not a death knell. Brandon Graham flipped from weak to strongside a bunch and was a terror either spot. Black's been compared to Graham and is nowhere close to living up to that yet. Things tend to develop slowly on the defensive line, though. Ask Graham himself.
Unfortunately, skepticism gets the square. Position moves that end with the guy moving back are not usually great indicators, and Michigan was searching for a pass rush solution when he was supposed to be that solution. He's not going to be beating many left tackles, and his zone drops when Michigan blitzes with him at WDE are going to be suboptimal. The reconfigured line is about stopping the run first and foremost. It's a bend but don't break move.
When Michigan gets into passing downs things should be better. Black can use his quicks to threaten up the middle without worrying about taking a pounding double; Beyer or Clark will prove a more threatening threat on the outside. It's just when the opponent decides to drop back on first and ten or third and four that Black's (admittedly speculative) inability to get edge rush will hurt. A season like Roh's 2011 (four sacks, good edge play against the run, not thrilling) is the median expectation.
Beyer and Clark 30 pounds ago
Black's status as a WDE/3tech tweener gives this spot good depth. Sophomore Brennen Beyer [recruiting profile] slid over from SAM in spring and was expected to start until the revamp. A consensus four-star recruit in the 2011 class, he actually started the first game of his college career. That went about as well as you would expect (not well), Beyer was replaced by Jake Ryan against Notre Dame, and that was all she wrote for competition at SAM linebacker.
Beyer is now almost 30 pounds heavier and slides down to WDE at 252. That's reasonably sized for the spot. Michigan liked him enough to implement a 4-4 package late last year that featured him as a second SAM-type linebacker, passing over Cam Gordon to do so. He moves into the starting lineup when Michigan goes with the smaller edition of his line and will see plenty of time in that configuration and the nickel package, where he is a constant.
Frank Clark was a much lower-rated recruit than Beyer but the rest of his story is similar. He came in last year, saw a smattering of snaps, and added a ton of weight. Clark went from 228 to 260 in one offseason. He's going to be a different player when we see him on the field next.
Of course, no one knows when that will be. Clark got hit with a felony charge for allegedly lifting a fellow student's macbook. That charge is either more serious or less serious than Toussaint's DUI, but with his hearing scheduled a few days after the Air Force game we won't know which it is for a couple weeks. I doubt he'll play against Alabama and may be in for a somewhat longer suspension.
Clark's athleticism is reputed to be extreme—an insider told me "he can catch Denard" last year. That's certainly not true anymore, if it ever was, but the reason he barged past Black last year was because of his edge burst. Unfortunately, that burst was occasionally taking him past players with the ball, like against Illinois:
Compensations for plays like the above were limited to a couple of decent pass rushes against Illinois's terrible OL… and the huge, game-changing interception in the Sugar Bowl. That play has a lot of people hyped up about Clark's future; to me it was more of a look-what-I-found moment. He's got a way to go to know how to play football.
With the legal troubles and a severe lack of understanding of what he should do to overcome, Clark is likely to be a bit player in 2012. He is reputed to have a lot of talent; it'll take another year before he can display it.
Freshman Mario Ojemudia [recruiting profile] comes in as undersized as Beyer and Clark were last year, but a redshirt that seemed all but certain during the summer seems considerably less so now. Michigan needs pass rush, and Ojemudia brings that($):
An acronym often used in the coaching world when describing defensive lineman is their BGO (ball get off). Mario Ojemudia is a defensive end with big-time BGO. Ojemudia is a fast twitch athlete at defensive end that can beat the offensive tackle out of his stance with his BGO.
Ojemudia has a large arsenal of moves to keep his opposing offensive tackle off balance whether it is the swim move, spin move, speed rush, or even the bull rush as he shows great strength for an undersized, 6-foot-2, 215-pound defensive end.
He also brings a death stare unparalleled in recent Michigan history.
He was getting time with the first team defense in nickel and dime packages at the open scrimmage and may find a role as a pass rush specialist. A redshirt would be preferable. Michigan may not be able to afford it if Clark is long-term trouble and Beyer can't get to the QB.


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Keg beer is the best beer but only if you follow the rules.
While planning your Super Bowl party, beer is most likely at the top of the grocery list.
But beware: beer in the keg can be a foamy experience. How disappointing to lay out bucks for keg-draft beer only to find the true meaning of "suds" at home.
There are ways to avoid this conundrum:
No. 1: Avoid rough handling. Kegs are armored aluminum and seem tough but this beer hates to rock and roll. If you're bringing a keg home in a car trunk or pickup truck, secure it with bungee straps.
No 2: Plan ahead. Kegs transported under the smoothest of conditions need a rest before tapping, at least two hours to settle down. A heavily jostled keg may need up to a day.
No. 3: Keg beer usually is unpasteurized, read "draft," and is kept between 35 and 40 degrees at the distributor. It must be within this range or it will spoil. Keep it on ice while transporting long distances and half bury it in a tub of ice while serving. Without the chilling, you'll get foamy beer.
No. 4: Never over pressurize a keg. Resist the temptation to over pump it. Stop as soon as a steady flow resumes.
No. 5: The first draws from a fresh keg probably will be thrown out because of excessive foam. This is a good sign — you haven't been sold a flat keg.
There's only one constant rule: The more you drink, the more dangerous you are behind the wheel. The best strategy is to have a non-drinker drive.

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JOHNSON CITY, Tenn. (March 19, 2009) - The ETSU baseball team is set to host conference opponent Campbell Friday at 7 p.m. at Cardinal Park as the Bucs host the Camels in game one of a three-game series.
The Bucs and Camels will play a doubleheader starting at 1 p.m. on Saturday to close out the series.
ETSU (7-9, 1-5 A-Sun) comes into the series having won its last two games defeating UNC Asheville on the road Tuesday night 3-2 and Appalachian State Wednesday night at Cardinal Park, 5-3. The Bucs are led by senior Chris Rankhorn (Gallatin, Tenn.) who has hit safely in the last six games for ETSU.
Campbell (10-7, 1-4 A-Sun) went 1-1 against Dayton in a mid-week series and has not played a conference game in a little under two weeks because of rain outs. The Camels are led by Zach Johnson who leads the conference in batting with a .464 average. As a team, Campbell leads the A-Sun in average, on base percentage, runs, RBI and doubles.
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Nestle: Buy Our Candy So We Can Hunt You Down
from the and-scare-the-nougat-out-of-you dept
You're walking down a street in a European city, reading about how something someone did somewhere upset a major world religion, and you decide you need respite from the madness of the news. So you walk into a corner store, buy a candy bar, and tear it open, ready to bite into a soft, gooey explosion of stress-melting flavor-gasm. That, of course, is when the black helicopters and MiBs appear out of nowhere, rushing you with an ominous black suitcase. If someone froze you right there in that moment, what do you think you would likely expect to happen next?
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Well, you'd be wrong (probably). Because those aren't darkly dressed neo-terrorists that have for some reason decided to specifically blow you up with a neutron bomb (dear lord, you're self-centered). No, it's your friendly folks at Nestle, responding to the GPS technology in your treat to hand you £10,000 in cold, pants-crappingly terrifying cash. It's all part of the new Nestle contest to reward customers by tracking them down via GPS technology in their candybars within 24 hours of being consumed. They named this campaign "Nestle: we will find you!", because apparently "Nestle: we could find and kill you for eating our products anytime we wanted to" didn't strike quite the right tone.
Now, I know what you're thinking. You're thinking that there's no reason for me to think this contest will play out the way I described above. Well, here's Nestle's own ad for the contest.
Now, I'm generally all for creative promotions, but this all seems terrifying. A private company is going to track me down via GPS and throw a suitcase at me in a major city? Well, not me, since not only am I not European, but I'm one of the six people on the planet that absolutely hates chocolate...but you, sweet Euro-reader! It could be you who fudges your pants after eating fudge! So, in conclusion, the article gives a listing of the candy bars you should avoid if you don't want to be hunted down.
The grand prizes for Nestle's We Will Find You promotion, involve these four chocolate products: KitKat 4 Finger, KitKat Chunky, Aero Peppermint Medium and Yorkie Milk.
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Pliskova wins Malaysian Open
Karolina Pliskova of the Czech Republic fought back from a poor first set to beat American Bethanie Mattek-Sands 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 on Sunday to win the Malaysian Open.
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Both players were vying for their first WTA singles title, with the 127th-ranked Pliskova winning in her first final.
Wild card Mattek-Sands – a former top-30 player who has slipped to No. 197 – struggled against her Czech opponent in the third set, which was delayed by more than 30 minutes due to an evening rainstorm.


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Brumby may change cycling laws
Posted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:42 am
Premier John Brumby says he will consider changing the laws governing cyclists after a magistrate labelled "pathetic" a fine he imposed on a rider who ran a red light and collided with an elderly pedestrian, who later died.
Magistrate Charlie Rozencwajg made the comments yesterday as he imposed a $400 fine on William Raisin-Shaw, 31, of St Kilda East, who pleaded guilty to failing to stop at a pedestrian crossing on Beach Road, Mentone, in August last year.
Raisin-Shaw struck 77-year-old James Gould, who was attempting to cross the road on a green signal. He landed heavily on his back and head, and died in hospital the next day.
In imposing the penalty yesterday, Mr Rozencwajg said the case highlighted the inadequacies of the current laws.
"This charge has nothing to do with anyone being hurt, much less killed," he said.
"This situation puts into the limelight an incongruous state of the law, because there's such severe consequences of your riding on this particular day, namely the loss of the life of James Gould," he said.
Speaking to journalists this morning, Mr Brumby said he would take advice from Victoria Police about possible changes to the law in the wake of the "tragic" case.
"I think many members of the public were surprised at the decision," he said.
"I think most people would say that this should be examined. We are concerned about what would appear to be the penalties for the offence that was committed.
"There may well be anomalies in the current law and if there are obviously we'll examine them. We obviously want to make sure that the punishment fits the crime."
Earlier, Deputy Premier and Attorney-General Rob Hulls said there were several other offences, including conduct endangering life and manslaughter that Raisin-Shaw could have been charged with.
"The police obviously weighed up all the evidence, decided what charge ought be laid and the penalty was imposed," he told ABC radio.
"I do note the comments that have been made by the magistrate and I will have a look at those comments, but it has to remembered it's the police who decide what charges ought be laid."
Victoria Police's Assistant Commissioner Noel Ashby said cyclists were currently exempt from facing certain traffic charges because they were not considered to be driving.
"On a bike, a person is deemed to be riding a vehicle and not driving a motor vehicle," he told Southern Cross Radio this morning.
"If you are driving a motor vehicle, there is a range of other provisions that are available where we could proceed that actually create a far more serious offence."
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At the time of the accident Raisin-Shaw was one of a group of about 100 cyclists taking part in the Hell Ride, an informal, weekly, high-speed ride through Melbourne's bayside suburbs.
In delivering his finding on Mr Gould's death last month, State Coroner Graeme Johnstone did not find Raisin-Shaw individually responsible for the death, but said the ride was a "recipe for disaster" that should be better managed to prevent further tragedies.
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Three incursions into the Alterac Valley.
That the first would be a win was a given. We mounted up and headed north. Apparently the Alliance mounted up and headed south. Everyone. We captured the Aid Station within 15 minutes game time. I always thought: In a race, Alliance win. In a fight, Horde win. We had a race, and here we were pulling Marshalls. I wondered how the Alliance was doing. We got to Vann and I went in and just followed the man around his keep, banging on him with my Ice Barbed Spear. 20 other people hitting him so often and so hard it was like watching a puppet mistaken for a pinata. We beat him like batter for a cookie bakeoff. Almost felt bad accepting the Marks of Honor. Almost.
The second time in, what a difference. My gosh, we were strung out from Frostwolf up to Stormpike. At one point Alliance had turned every graveyard and destroyed every tower. I could not ride north for the life of me. Any avenue I'd take I was polymorphed, rooted, stunned, blinded, gouged, blasted, dead. I rezzed in the tunnel so often, in one moment of boredom I etched my name in the rock walls. "Msaker was here. Dead." Look for it. Eventually I make my way north, and was working on trying to help capture the Stormpike Graveyard. BOOM! Score screen pops up. Blue alliance name on top. "Horde Wins" above that. Son of a gun. How'd we manage that? Yeah, I was bemoaning our lack of plans, tactics, success in the raid chat and we won. Sorry about that. I'm going to keep my mouth shut from now on. (If you need to keep talking about Favre as we appear to be losing, that's okay.) Saying the obvious things like "WTF are you doing capping Snowfall?" and "Balinda? OMW." and "Lok is moving" I'll continue though.
Third time in. Well, maybe Horde is back to their usual mode. Being area rugs and door mats for Alliance wins. I helped defend Galv for a while. I think the alliance finally bypassed him for a while. I helped defend Frostwolf for a while. That's probably good PvP practice. The fights around the Stormpike Graveyard are different. In the wide open place around the Frostwolf Graveyard a Warrior can really start his stance dancing. Battle to charge, Berserker to intercept, etc. We lose Frostwolf eventually but I see we are soon going to cap the Stormpike Graveyard. We also don't hold the middle ground. I'm killed by some defense at Ice Blood. Rather than rezz in the tunnel and try again I come up with a new tactic: I run up to Stormpike Graveyard in ghost form. When I reach there I have just a few seconds before the Spirit Healer appears and offers me new life. I take it and ride into Stormpike. The group's light, but competent, and I'm soon pounding on Vann again.
Horde wins. Three times in a row.
Why? I wondered that. I'm suspecting the good players have been following the BG Weekends. Msaker is a scrub and has been working on Frostwolf reputation so that's where he's been lately. But this weekend we get all the good players in AV with us. Maybe the rule should be Good Horde vs. Good Alliance = Horde win.
Flush with the victory Msaker travelled out to Dreadmaul Rock and earned the last 15% of level 55 and dinged 56. Today I'm wondering how much higher the PvP rankings I climbed.
I have put together a little gear set from the Auction House and smithing. I have two pieces of the Imperial Plate set, Shoulders (that I made) and a Helm (that I bought). I have two pieces of the Valor set, Belt and Bracers (Auction House. About 30g for both You can make decent money selling off greens you don't want, and stacks of mageweave, etc. The Dreadmaul Ogres are fairly lucrative. Libram of Resilience off one of them netted me 55g.) And with PvP Rank 7 I'll be getting the Blood Guard Gloves and Leggings. That will net me 2 piece bonuses from 3 different sets. +200 Armor from the Valor. +100 Armor from the Imperial. +40 Attack Power from the PvP set. Not shabby bonuses for a Warrior levelling up to the likes of Dire Maul and the dungeons.
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First of all, Welcome! Thank you for volunteering to be a Den Leader.
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- Youth Protection Training will help provide additional security.
Leader Specific Training. The last part of your New Leader Training is Leader Specific Training through your local council or district. A class should be coming up that will be designed specifically for your level: Tiger, Wolf & Bear, or Webelos. You will learn a lot and make great contacts.
Den Leader Meetings. Each month your Cubmaster will host your Den Leader Meeting. You will review previous and upcoming events. Your Cubmaster should provide a list to you of all of the other leaders' names, position, and phone numbers. Do not hesitate to call with any questions! Find out about Uniforms and monthly Roundtable meetings for Cub leaders from your whole area share ideas.
Den Meetings. Work with the parents or adult partners to set up a weekly hour-long Den Meeting time and location. You might meet at your Chartered Organization, a church, school, or boy's home. The location must be safe and have plenty of room for workspace and games. The Welcome New Den Leader has great ideas. Also, make sure everyone knows dates and times for your Pack Meetings and activities.
Fast Tracks. Wouldn't it be great if a past den leader left you their notes? They did! They are called Fast Tracks. Fast Tracks are great lesson plans and ideas for to help you with your first 16 den meetings each year. New Cub Scouts always earn Bobcat first. You can cover Bobcat in two meetings using the Fast Tracks for Tiger Cub Scouts.
Belt Loops. Your rank requirements and electives often they lead right into Belt Loops!
- Tiger & Belt Loop tie-ins - Electives & Belt Loop tie-ins
- Wolf & Belt Loop tie-ins - Electives & Belt Loop tie-ins
- Bear & Belt Loop tie-ins - Electives & Belt Loop tie-ins
- Webelos Badge & Belt Loop tie-ins - Activity Badges & (Worksheets)
The Belt Loops are a part of the Cub Scout Academics and Sports Program. Each belt loop has a Worksheet with whatever diagrams, charts, maps, and other resources you need. The Academics Belt Loops tend to be indoor activities and the Sports Belt Loops outdoors. For instance, Cub Scout Collecting makes for a great Show & Tell night.
Other awards. There are also a list of other Cub Scout Awards including the Outdoor Activity Award, National Summertime Award, Leave No Trace Award, and more.
Parents. Parents are the key. In Tiger Cub Scouts, a parent or adult partner has to be with the Tiger at all times. Every Tiger needs his own "handler!" But parents are important at every level. "Drive-by" or "Drop and Dash' parents will drain your resources. Sadly, these boys are often the one who drop out. It is hard to convince a boy that something is important if the parents show each week how unimportant it is.
Involve your families right from the start. Ask families to look at the list of meeting topics and Fast Tracks and divide up who will coordinate each one. If you need a trip to the fire station, does anyone have a contact at the fire department? Police department? Local park?
Denners. Each meeting his family coordinates, let the boy get to be the Denner! Being the Denner is the best! The Denner helps lead Pledge of Allegiance. The Denner gets to pick the treats he will bring that night (typically something easy and cheap like granola bars and water or juice boxes). The Denner and his adult partner also help with setup and cleanup.
If each boy and his family have important jobs coming up, they stay in Scouting. No boy will drop out if he knows he is going to get to be Denner! And you will not end doing everything yourself.
Assistant Den Leader. It is just as important to share the load with your Assistant Den Leader. Some Packs register Assistant Den Leaders as Den Leaders with all of the same training. This way you can both earn your Cub Scout Leader Awards. Make sure you have someone who will help share the load.
Fun Nights. Have at least one Fun Night each year. Ask each family bring their favorite board games and soft drinks. Order pizza and you have a party! Fun Nights are also a chance to help boys catch up who have missed meetings. Consider doing a fun Belt Loop.
Belt Loop Day. Also consider having at least one Belt Loop Day each year. Your den can do your own but it can be more fun if other dens or the whole pack is involved. See the National Summertime Award for a list of great activity ideas. In one day, your Cubs could have a hike or bike ride, a picnic lunch, and earn fun Belt Loops!
Take it one day at a time. You just need to be one meeting ahead in your handbook. Get every family and boy involved. Ask for help. Get trained. And never forget KISMIF: Keep It Simple! Make it FUN! (And always keep them safe.)
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|The Building Blocks of New Leader Training
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- Activities: Day Camp, Resident Camp, Whittling Chip, Guide to Safe Scouting
- Training: Youth Protection, New Leader, BALOO, Webelos Outdoor, Wood Badge, Philmont, Den Chief Training
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Stapp survived, but he later wrote of the experience, It felt as though my eyes were being pulled out of my head I lifted my eyelids with my fingers, but I couldnt see a thing. He feared hed permanently lost his vision, but thankfully his eyesight gradually returned over the next few days. However, on account of that final ride, he suffered vision problems for the rest of his life.
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In 1933, either Herbert Woollard or Edward Carmichael had weights stacked on his testicles for the sake of science. Its not possible to say exactly which one of these London-based doctors bore the unusual burden, because while both participated in the experiment, only one of them lay on a table and suffered the scrotal compression. The other one did the stacking. They never revealed who served in which capacity nor how they chose who was to be the unlucky one.
Herbert Henry Woollard (left) and E.A. Carmichael
Their motive for this self-experiment was to better understand referred pain the mysterious phenomenon in which injury to an internal organ causes pain to be felt elsewhere in the body. For instance, a heart attack may cause the sensation of pain in the arm. The two doctors noted that, of all the internal organs, the testicles were the most accessible to investigation and therefore seemed ideal for a study of referred pain.
During the experiment, the subject lay spread-eagled on a table, exposing his genitals. His colleague stooped over him and gripped the other mans scrotal sac, drawing it forward and gently cradling it in his hand. He then rested a scale pan on a single testis, and carefully piled weights onto the pan, recording the reaction of the subject with each increase of weight.
One of Woollard and Carmichael's charts of testicular pain
Their results, which appeared in the journal Brain, were rather spare on colorful details. They described the agony of the victim only in dry, clinical details. For instance, they reported that 300 grams of weight produced slight discomfort in the right groin, while 650 grams caused severe pain on the right side of the body. However, they did confirm that injury to the testicles does cause pain to be referred throughout the body. For instance, as the weight on the testicle increased to over two pounds, the subject reported pain of a sickening character not only in his groin but also spreading across his back.
Woollard and Carmichael conducted a number of variations of the experiment, in which they numbed nerves leading to the testes in order to determine how this would alter the sensation. This produced the interesting finding that, even though they eventually numbed what they believed to be every nerve leading to the testes, they couldnt entirely abolish the pain of compression. The testes are highly sensitive organs!
Their results remain the definitive word on this subject since no other scientists have ever repeated the experiment.
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A study led by Karolinska Institutet reports for the first time the positive effects of an active vaccine against Alzheimer's disease. The new vaccine, CAD106, can prove a breakthrough in the search for a cure for this seriously debilitating dementia disease. The study is published in the distinguished scientific journal Lancet Neurology.
Alzheimer's disease is a complex neurological dementia disease that is the cause of much human suffering and a great cost to society. According to the World Health Organisation, dementia is the fastest growing global health epidemic of our age. The prevailing hypothesis about its cause involves APP (amyloid precursor protein), a protein that resides in the outer membrane of nerve cells and that, instead of being broken down, form a harmful substance called beta-amyloid, which accumulates as plaques and kills brain cells.
There is currently no cure for Alzheimer's disease, and the medicines in use can only mitigate the symptoms. In the hunt for a cure, scientists are following several avenues of attack, of which vaccination is currently the most popular. The first human vaccination study, which was done almost a decade ago, revealed too many adverse reactions and was discontinued. The vaccine used in that study activated certain white blood cells (T cells), which started to attack the body's own brain tissue.
The new treatment, which is presented in Lancet Neurology, involves active immunisation, using a type of vaccine designed to trigger the body's immune defence against beta-amyloid. In this second clinical trial on humans, the vaccine was modified to affect only the harmful beta-amyloid. The researchers found that 80 per cent of the patients involved in the trials developed their own protective antibodies against beta-amyloid without suffering any side-effects over the three years of the study. The researchers believe that this suggests that the CAD106 vaccine is a tolerable treatment for patients with mild to moderate Alzheimer's. Larger trials must now be conducted to confirm the CAD106 vaccine's efficacy.
The study was carried out by Professor Bengt Winblad at Karolinska Institutet's Alzheimer's Disease Research Centre in Huddinge and leading neurologists in the Swedish Brain Power network: consultant Niels Andreasen from Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge; Professor Lennart Minthon from the MAS University Hospital, Malmö; and Professor Kaj Blennow from the Sahlgrenska Academy, Gothenburg. The study was financed by Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis.
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Moth Blocks Bat Attack by Jamming Sonar
Navy engineers arent the only ones who can jam sonar. Scientists have discovered a species of tiger moth that thwarts hungry bats by emitting extra-loud clicks to block the bats ability to echolocate.
Researchers have long known that some species of moths send out clicks in response to bat sonar, but until now, no one has been able to prove that the clicks actually interfere with echolocation. The idea of a jamming mechanism has been thrown around for 50 years, but nobody has really put a moth and a bat together in a flight room to see what happens, said ecology graduate student Aaron Corcoran of Wake Forest University, co-author of the study published Thursday in Science.
Corcoran and his colleagues pitted a particularly noisy species of tiger moth, the Bertholdia trigona, against big brown bats trained to hunt in a flight room. As long as the moths were able to click, the bats couldnt catch them, even though the moths were tethered on a string.
But when the scientists pierced a small hole in the moths sound-producing structures, called tymbals, the silenced moths quickly became lunch.
Its the first good, solid case of this going on, said insect behavior expert James Fullard of the University of Toronto at Mississauga, who was not involved in the study. For this bat and this moth, it looks pretty convincing that jamming is whats going on.
Not all clicking moths can jam sonar, Fullard said, and thats part of what makes this discovery so exciting. Previous research revealed that two other varieties of tiger moth make clicks that are too quiet to interfere with bat echolocation. Instead, he said, these moths likely use the clicks as a warning: Because most moths that click back at bats are poisonous, scientists think the noise may communicate, Dont eat me, I taste bad.
But B. trigona isnt poisonous, and the Wake Forest researchers experimented with young bats that had no prior exposure to clicking moths, so they hadnt already learned to equate clicking with a bad taste. Nor did it seem like the bats were just startled by the clicking moths. Even after multiple attempts on multiple nights, the bats still couldnt catch the intact B. trigona.
Mammals habituate to startle rather quickly, Corcoran said. We went through seven days of trials, but the bats never habituated. They were put off by the clicks right away and throughout the whole experiment.
The researchers havent yet proven how the moths sonar-jamming mechanism works, but they have two leading hypotheses: The moths clicks may act as false echoes, essentially making the bat see double, or they may interrupt the bats own echoes, making its prey appear closer than it is.
Unlike other moths, B. trigona appears to be particularly suited for jamming sonar because it can make up to 4,500 clicks per second. Near-constant noise is important because it prevents a bat from hearing the echoes of its own sonar clicks.
If the timing is just right, if a click arrives in the two millisecond window shortly before the arrival of a real echo, its going to throw off the ranging software of the bat, said echolocation expert Bill Conner, who led the project. Thats why this animal, we think, evolved sounds that cover all of acoustic time. If you listen to the recordings, the moths produce clicks all of the time, and that greatly increases the probability that some clicks will fall into that precise time window.
The group first spotted the noisy B. trigona in a cloud forest in Ecuador, but they were particularly excited to discover the moth as far north as Arizona. To search for evidence of sonar jamming outside the lab, the researchers have now set up a field station in the Chiricahua National Monument of southeast Arizona, where 18 species of bats interact with more than 30 kinds of tiger moths, including B. trigona.
There will always be some researchers who will say, Well youve proven that you can jam sonar in the laboratory, but does it really happen in the field? Conner said. Thats the reason for the follow-up.
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Sports ministry issues notice to AFI
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS):
The sports ministry has issued notice to the Athletics Federation of India (AFI) over the election process held in April earlier this year.
Sports secretary Pradip Deb told IANS Monday that they had some doubts and the AFI has been asked to explain.
"We don't want to get into the business of suspension. We have issued a show-cause notice to them and have asked them to explain some of the issues in their election process," said Deb.
AFI president Adille Sumariwala told IANS that he had met the sports secretary and had addressed the issues.
"I have met the sports secretary and have addressed the points raised by the sports ministry. I want to make it clear that the AFI is completely in sync with the sports ministry. We have adopted the sports code in respect to the terms and the age of the office bearers," he said.
The notice to AFI comes close on the heels of the sports ministry de-recognising the Archery Association of India (AAI) and the Indian Boxing Federation (IBF). the world boxing body AIBA had also suspended recognition to IBF on grounds manipulation in the election process.
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SEATTLE (AP) - A man who told a TV newsroom that he had killed his wife and asked the station to post that message on Facebook was arrested Thursday after a high-speed chase, authorities said.
Sara Barrett, 42, was found dead from "homicidal violence" about 6 a.m. Thursday at a Tacoma motel, Pierce County sheriff's spokesman Ed Troyer said.
The discovery came just hours after Tony Barrett, 41, of Puyallup was arrested in the chase that reached 100 mph from Tacoma to Gig Harbor, where police and state troopers stopped his car with spike strips.
"He got out swinging a crowbar" at officers who used a police dog to take him down, Troyer said. He was treated at a hospital for dog bites on the way to jail and held for investigation of murder.
It could not be immediately determined if Tony Barrett has a lawyer.
On Wednesday night, the caller told KOMO, "I just killed my wife ... I want you to put it on your Facebook," the station reported.
Barrett had called the station because he didn't have a Facebook page and wanted the station to post the message, Troyer said. The caller did not say where the woman could be found.
The assignment desk asked if there was someone they could notify, and the caller said, "No, I'm not going to be here much longer."
He said he and his wife had been together 28 years.
"It was supposed to be 'til death do us part, but she wouldn't," he said.
He disconnected when they mentioned police.
"Very odd," Troyer said. "That was a full-blown confession to place on Facebook."
Concerned for the wife, the station worked with the sheriff's office. Investigators were able to identify the man, his wife and their cars.
Authorities said Barrett's car was spotted in Tacoma and he sped away over Tacoma Narrows Bridge, with police and troopers in pursuit until his tires were flattened and he was arrested. He wouldn't talk to officers about his wife.
The investigation led detectives to the body at the motel, where the couple had checked in Wednesday evening, Troyer said.
"We were hoping to find her" alive, Troyer said. "But obviously it didn't work that way."
The couple was estranged and investigators did not know what led to the killing, Troyer said.
Court records show Barrett had attacked his wife in 2007, holding a pillow over her face until she nearly suffocated, the station reported.
The couple's grown son broke down the bedroom door and stopped the attack. Barrett pleaded guilty to third-degree assault and served a day in jail and two years under supervision by the Department of Corrections.
He was ordered not to have any hostile contact with Sara Barrett for five years. That order expired on Feb. 25.
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Ingredients4 boneless skinless chicken breast halves
2 tablespoons olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
1/4 cup chicken broth
1/2 cup heavy cream
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
1 teaspoon dried tarragon or oregano
Add olive oil to a large skillet and preheat over medium-high heat. Season chicken breasts with salt and pepper. Add chicken to skillet and saute until cooked through, about 10-12 minutes, turning once. Transfer to a plate and keep warm. Pour chicken broth into hot skillet. Whisk in the cream, mustard and tarragon or oregano. Cook and stir for about 2 minutes. Pour sauce over chicken and serve.
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I found this recipe in a newly purchased cookbook, Everyday Food: Great Food Fast (from the kitchen's of Martha Stewart Living). It's my new favorite cookbook. I love it so much I subscribed to Everyday Food magazine. This chicken is a perfect example of the kind of recipes that are featured in the Everyday Food cookbooks and magazine. Quick, simple and delicious. I almost always have the ingredients on hand for this recipe, which is great for the nights I haven't really planned anything for dinner and don't want to spend a lot of time figuring out what to cook. It's not a bad idea to double the sauce, as that gives you plenty for the chicken, plus some left to spoon over a side of rice.


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Helen Shaddock (born United Kingdom, 1986) is an artist based in Newcastle whose practice incorporates, video, sound, writing, installation, sculpture and performance.
She completed a MFA with distinction at Newcastle University in 2016 after graduating from the Glasgow School of Art in 2008 with a First Class Honours Degree in Fine Art: Sculpture and Environmental Art.
In 2016 she was the recipient of the Hatton Award and was awarded with a Graduate Studio at The NewBridge Project, Newcastle.
Shaddock has gained Arts Council England Grants for the Arts funding for her current project 'Voices: Within and Without', in which she is working with other voice hearers, artists, researchers, academics and Mental Health organisations to investigate auditory hallucinations, the experience of hearing voices.
In May 2017 Shaddock returned from the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity where she participated in a Spoken Word residency. She recently presented her four-channel audio installation 'Everything Will Be Alright' at Cheeseburn, Northumberland. Forthcoming events include 'A lot can happen in a day' at TURF Projects, London in July 2017 and a solo exhibition at The Word, South Shields in April 2018.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Wed 11th Jul 2012 13:46 UTC
"If you're eagerly awaiting Microsoft's Windows 8 Metro interface, due in late October, then you might be interested in obtaining it a little earlier for an iPhone or iPod Touch. Metroon, a Dreamboard theme for jailbroken iOS devices, does just that - providing a near-perfect replica of Microsoft's Metro interface." Up until 4-5 years ago, one of the most popular skinning activities was to make Windows look like Mac OS X. These days, people are putting loads of effort into bringing Metro to iOS (or Android). Subtle, but telling, shift. A few weeks ago, I upgraded my dad's iMac to Lion. His first response when opening the Address Book: "god that's tacky. Yuck!" The sooner this anachronistic skeuomorphism dies, the better.
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RE[2]: Slightly off topic
by Laurence on Wed 11th Jul 2012 16:00 UTC in reply to "RE: Slightly off topic"
Not everybody is a problem-solver. Some are only problem-finders. Those are two different jobs: finding problems requires a cold analytical eye, problem-solving requires imagination.
This is so true. Often problem finders are criticised as nit-pickers, but sometimes it takes a 3rd party to point these things out. Even some of the most talented designers can get so engrossed in their own project that some of the small details get forgotten.
And don't get me started on how developers don't always make good designers (and visa versa).


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[2b2k] The moment for science
And one more thing about my previous post: I understand that when Heidegger was writing Being and Time in the 1920s, it was important to try to relax our culture's commitment to scientific objectivity in order to allow more types of truths to appear – more ways that the world shows itself to us.
Almost a hundred years later, with a brand new medium for knowledge, truth, and disclosure, it is time to re-assert science's privileged (yet still human and imperfect) position as we try to come to agreement across cultures about what we need to do in order to live together on this earth.
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Android developer Nick7 would like to introduce the Reborn ROM for the LG Optimus S. He has pulled some of the best features from ThunderROM and nROM and created a high-performance ROM for the Optimus S that is very reliable.
Your phone must be rooted, have a custom recovery, and be running the VD baseband. No exceptions. Anything less and the ROM won't work properly. To check baseband, go to Menu > Settings > About phone > Baseband version. It should end with VD. Any questions pertaining to rooting should go to the [How-To] root thread. If you are already rooted and just need to update your baseband, go to the [How-To] Update Baseband thread.
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- Picasticks v7 kernel - thanks picasticks
- Changed governer to ondemand
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- Added themed notification power widget - thanks JsChiSurf (for the mod) and 96blkgsr (for porting advice)
- Increased transition speeds - thanks k0nane (for the script)
- Removed usb debugging notification - thanks jholm7 (for the tip)
- GPS and hotspot icons changed
- Added boot animation
- Network name changed to "Reborn ROM"
- Themed genie widget
- Removed vm button in dialer and made call button larger. Long press 1 for voice mail
+ Application
- Removed file expert. We recommend that you download it from the market for free
- Power control application for controlling some toggles - thanks JsChiSurf
- Removed spare parts because transition speed is set to fast by default
+ Other
- Fixed ringtone being silent after fresh flash
- Named ROM. Nameless ROM was already taken
- NoIQagent.zip now pushed to SD card
- Fixed missing widgets in LG launcher on fresh flash
- Set up wizard on fresh flash
Known Issues
The launcher doesn't play nice with different LCD density's because the PNG's do not scale. Default density is 160. If you'd like to change your density you will need to use a different launcher/home replacement. This is not something we are looking into changing.
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Beginning today, AT&T will start pushing out the OTA (over the air) Android 4.1 update for the Samsung Galaxy S III. Samsung made the Jelly Bean update available back in December but required users to use its Kies computer software to download and install the update. AT&T and Samsung have not disclosed how many Galaxy S III owners have installed the update via Kies, but we have a feeling that the majority of handset owners are still running on Ice Cream Sandwich.
As usual, the OTA roll-out will go out in waves to ensure that there are no issues with the update. Apparently, AT&T is keeping a watchful eye on your data usage and is only allowing handset owners to download the update while connected to WiFi. It's nice to see that AT&T cares about our data limits, but we have a feeling they chose this route to ensure that the company's feeble network doesn't crash as millions of handset owners jump at the opportunity to get a taste of Jelly Bean.