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Courthouse staff gets training on dealing with crisis situations
Sandy Parmentersparmenter@ncnewspress.com
Determined to discourage complacency, Fremont County Emergency Management Coordinator Mike Crecelius opened fire on Fremont County Courthouse staff Thursday afternoon, shooting County Attorney Corey Becker in the chest at close range before asking the remaining group seated in the court room, "What are you going to do?!"
Becker didn't die, and the gun Crecelius used was just a pellet gun, but the slow confused reactions of the staff proved the point he was out to make. If an unhinged armed person confronted the courthouse staff unexpectedly, the majority were more likely to die or be wounded than not.
Crecelius requested the closing of the courthouse for an afternoon and gathering of staff members to address this failing. He was on hand to present a training in ALiCE. The acronym stands for Alert, Lockdown, Inform, Counter, and Evacuate, and it is the latest thinking in active shooter situations.
Throughout the afternoon Crecelius showed staff members video clips of Columbine and other shooter incidents and talked about the things in common at each scene that led to high mortality and injury rates.
The problem, as Crecelius described it, is that we've all been trained to do the same thing for years and years in dangerous situations. Despite normal human reactions of fight, flight or freeze, we've basically been taught to freeze every time. Nuclear bomb? Crawl under the desk and cover your head. Tornado? Hunker down and hold on. Shooter in the hall?
Crawl under your desk and hope he doesn't see you.
Essentially, become a sitting duck.
Crecelius showed staffers statistics showing that dangerous intruder rampages ended in one of four ways: police intervention, suicide, weapon malfunction, or civilian intervention. Of those four endings, incidents in which the victims stood up for themselves actually resulted in the least casualties and deaths, by a sizable margin.
For years the standard response in these situations has been alert and lockdown, waiting for police to come save the day. Crecelius asked the participants to think about what might happen if people had more choices. How many more might survive? Maybe hiding is the best idea, maybe running while there's a chance, maybe fighting for life is better than waiting to die. Since many such situations are over before law enforcement arrives on the scene or can enter the building, it would be prudent to take a look at the options.
In fact, it was the Columbine incident that inspired the creation of the ALiCE program, and anyone watching the footage of scared kids hiding under tables and being coldly picked off one-by-one by laughing assailants can't help but pray those students would do something, anything, to save themselves.
Crecelius talked to those present about the last three letters of the ALiCE acronym: inform, counter, and evacuate, and how those steps could be put into effect.
Anyone working at the courthouse who observed an armed intruder needs to get the word out to the rest of the courthouse, however possible. In some cases that might be by using an "all page" feature on the phones, others might send out a mass text, or if all else fails, yell. Crecelius warned not to just yell "intruder" though, but to give enough information that everyone would know where he was and what direction he was headed.
While hitting the panic buttons in their office should be a given, Crecelius also pointed out that the more emergency responders knew about the situation inside, the easier it would be for them to respond. Staff were told to keep an open line with emergency responders if possible, giving them up-to-the-minute information about the number and location of intruders and what they were doing. Obviously those efforts should be made without endangering themselves, though.
When trapped with the intruder it could become necessary to counter his attack. Whether by throwing things at him and distracting him to throw off his aim, or worst case scenario, by tackling him and working as a group to keep him down and immobilized so that no one else could be harmed.
Whenever safely possible, every effort should be made to evacuate the building, leaving the intruder with no victims to target. In situations where evacuation would be impossible, and there was no other choice, locking and barricading doors was still better than doing nothing.
After talking for a while to the staff about possible other options, Crecelius armed Becker with the pellet gun, armed the staff with tennis balls and the freedom to make choices, and asked them to see if they could survive the attack this time.
When Becker burst into the room this time, firing, he was hit by flying tennis balls, pens and water bottles, while the staff scrambled for the doors, resulting in only one "fatality" and many more scared but triumphant survivors.
After the staff settled back down in the courtroom, Crecelius and staff members started talking about the present security advantages and issues in the courthouse, as well as possible solutions.
Walk-in safes/vaults were an advantage in some offices, as was the panic button connected to law enforcement and the "all page" feature on some of the phones, but the isolation of some offices and lack of exits other than the main hallway were distinct disadvantages.
One staff member suggested replacing the mirrors that had been taken down from the main hallway years earlier for painting and never replaced. Others talked about video cameras, mass text messages, and the possibility of making some doors exit- only. Most of the staff members had some thoughts about ways to improve safety in their own offices, or ways to evacuate or lock down if need be.
After the meeting, Crecelius said he was glad to see the courthouse staff thinking seriously about ways to improve their own safety, and that he had really wanted to drive home the fact that despite a certain natural midwestern trust and small-town belief that it could never happen here, it really can happen anywhere.
He explained that disgruntled employees or ex-employees, unhappy customers, and jealous or rage-filled husbands, wives, lovers and exes are everywhere. People dealing with stressors in their lives and having no outlet can snap, and denying the possibility is equivalent to ignoring reality.
Ultimately, Crecelius said that he had chosen to provide ALiCE training because, "we have to be able to do something other than what we've been taught all of our lives."
Fremont County Supervisor Cara Morgan acknowledged that the topic had been one of discussion at recent Iowa State Association of Counties (ISAC) meetings, and templates were slowly being hammered out for improving courthouse security and establishing security committees at the local level across the state.
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Is this the worst thing I've caught Scifi hubby doing?
First up is tipex – "so you have a base for colour don't you know". He'd done this before I caught him so no photo, however I managed to document the next stages. It's a bit like being a documentary photographer – you can take pictures but don't interfere otherwise you risk the wrath of the locals.
Finally the poor snail is allowed to escape – although he has to leave his dignity behind.


Is it just me, or is optimism back in the air again? Maybe it's the spring sunshine, perhaps it's the promise of a short-sleeved summer, it could simply be the music choice lately – Richie Havens, Curtis, Nina – but there's a feeling that something's gotta give. And soon.


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Q: Accessing Text File in Non-Admin mode I have a text file in Program Files. I cannot write it from a C# application while running in non-admin mode.
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It is throwing an error that the access to the file is denied, however I can read it!
Thanks

A: Non-admin users don't have write access to files in C:\Program Files by default. If you want  to write to a file that is accessible to all users, you should create it in C:\ProgramData.

A: Access to a file can be different for reading and writing. As a non-admin, it's normal to be able to read files in Program Files, but not be able to write them.
If the file is a setting for the current user, you should put it in a folder under the AppData folder. You can find the AppData folder's location by calling Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData))
If the file is a setting for all users on the computer, use Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.CommonApplicationData))
See http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.environment.specialfolder.aspx for a list of other possible special folder locations.

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Clustered gardens and shaded walkways define reception and seating areas at the US Embassy in Quito. Technical Security Integration Plan requirements, which mandate distances, relationships and sight lines, were attentively followed. Careful placement of each element – tree, bench or fence – contributes to an integrated environment while assuring safety and security for Embassy staff. A xeric plan composed of indigenous plant materials ensures sustainability and harmony with the native environment.


Alon Hafri, John Trueswell, Russell Epstein; Neural representations of human interactions. Journal of Vision 2015;15(12):495. doi: 10.1167/15.12.495.
A fundamental challenge for the visual system is perception of the social world. A key component of social perception is the ability to categorize human interactions based on bodily form and motion, in a manner that is independent of the particular actors involved, the viewpoint, or setting. Here we use fMRI to identify brain regions that represent human interaction categories. We scanned participants with fMRI while they viewed short video clips of two-person interactions (slap, kick, shove, bite, pull, brush, massage, tap). For each action, several factors were crossed: the actors, their roles (Agent, Patient), the direction of action (left-to-right, right-to-left), and the scene (four indoor backgrounds). We focused on several regions of interest that respond to features relevant for distinguishing actions, such as bodies (EBA and FBA), motion (hMT+), and biological motion (pSTS). We also examined activity in early visual cortex (EVC) and the parahippocampal place area (PPA) as control regions. Multivariate pattern analysis revealed that the action category (e.g. kick) could be decoded from activation patterns in EVC, EBA, FBA, hMT+, and pSTS, but not PPA. Representations of actions in these regions were invariant to changes in actors, roles, and scenes, and invariant to action direction in all regions except EVC. Furthermore, a dissociation between action information (EBA, FBA, hMT+, pSTS) and scene information (PPA) was found, consistent with functional specialization of these regions. In contrast, EVC contained information that distinguished the stimuli on many visual dimensions (action, action direction, and scene). Our results reveal that the neural patterns in brain regions previously shown to respond to bodily form and motion contain information that differentiates categories of actions, invariant to visual elements such as the actors, action direction, and setting.


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Guybrush Threepwood to be a Playable Character in The Force Unleashed II
...or something like that. According to the official Monkey Island fan page on Facebook, the mighty pirate most recently of Tales of Monkey Island will be an "unlockable skin" in Star Wars: The Force
Contributed by Paul Franzen on September 29th, 2010 in Categories News PostsWith content involving Tags Guybrush Threepwood, Monkey Island, monsters, Paul Franzen, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II, Tales of Monkey Island
…or something like that. According to the official Monkey Island fan page on Facebook, the mighty pirate most recently of Tales of Monkey Island will be an "unlockable skin" in Star Wars: The Force Unleashed II. Take a look:
Personally, the game would be a DAY ONE PURCH for me if I could play through the whole right right away as Mr. Wood, but since they use the word "unlockable," I'm guessing that won't be happening, since you'll probably have to beat the game or do some other ridiculous thing first.
Also of note is that his character model doesn't look too much like that hideous monster from the TMI series; rather, he looks a lot more like the hideous monsters from the Clone Wars cartoon movie thing…which I guess is an improvement?
The Force Unleashed II is currently scheduled for release on October 26 for basically everything.
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Mark Freedman says:
what the crap? You have to unlock him?
Matt Jonas says:
Oh wow. I think I like this.
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I Will Not Eat You begins, "Theodore lived in a cave. It was a quiet cave, and that's the way he liked it." When a bird flaps and sqwuaks infront of his cave, he wonders if the bird wants to be eaten. But Theodore is not hungry. A wolf joggs up to the cave and howls. "Perhaps I should eat it?" Theodore wonders. A tiger growls and growls at the mouth of the cave, but Theodore is not hungry.
Finally, a boy comes galloping up to the cave, roaring at Theodore. "Seriously?" Theodore thinks to himself. He is getting hungry. Theodore warns the boy, but the boy pokes him anyway. And the chase is on! Part of the delicious fun of reading I Will Not Eat you is the anticipation, waiting to find out just what kind of creature Theodore is. I pause on the page above and let the kids make a guess and there is always a gasp or two when they discover Theodore's identity.
Magoon's chase illustrations are especially magnificent, calling to mind Mary Blair and Maurice Sendak, as well as medieval tapestries. The black background of the chase pages add to the excitement and enchantment. I am a fan of Magoon's illustrations and it's exciting to see his style evolve.
*It is rare that I buy a picture book these days, but this was a special circumstance. One morning I was showing students book trailers when I Will Not Eat You popped up. A first grader named Theodore was entranced and made me play it again and again and asked me to read him the book. I had to explain that I didn't have it but promised to keep an eye out for it, thinking I might get a review copy since I had yet to receive my libary book budget. Theodore kept asking and I finally caved and bought a copy. I ended up reading it over and over, to kindergarteners through fourth graders.


Does It Really Matter Who the GOAT is?
It's one of the more interesting sports questions to ask someone: who is the greatest of all time? It doesn't matter which sport, or which position, or which category you're arguing, the debate of the greatest person in a certain sport always generates a great amount of debate.
Here's my question, though: does it matter who the greatest of all time is? At the end of the day, is it really important who the greatest quarterback of all time is? Or the greatest MLB player of all time? Or the best point guard in NBA history?
The answer is no. When you think about it, the GOAT argument is one of the most tiring debates in sports.
Just recently, ESPN has been releasing their lists of the top 10 players of all time at each position in the NBA, and it has caused a lot of controversy. In the point guard list, Steph Curry was ranked fourth, and Isiah Thomas was fifth, causing a lot of the old school guys to question the rankings. Thomas is a two-time NBA champion, and while Steph Curry is playing at an all-time elite level right now; it may be too early to rank Curry over Thomas.
Then, in the small forward rankings, Kevin Durant was ranked fourth and Scottie Pippen sixth, causing even more controversy. Pippen was a six time champion and is a Hall of Famer, while Durant is still in his eight season in the league and has only one Finals appearance.
But does it really matter where these guys are ranked? If you were going to start an NBA team, and if you had any of the four guys listed on your team, you'd have a pretty good chance of winning the championship. All four guys are franchise players, and all four are either Hall of Famers or soon-to-be Hall of Famers.
This debate is most prominent in the greatest quarterback of all time debate. Heck, my friend Mitchel and I even made a list a year and a half ago trying to rank the top quarterbacks of all time. We tried to make it as scientific as possible, developing a points system to measure a quarterback's worth. We took 20-25 guys, used the point system on all their stats, and determined who was the greatest QB of all time (here's the link for a refresher: https://austinhough.wordpress.com/2014/07/27/top-10-greatest-quarterbacks-of-all-time-5-1/).
Immediately upon publishing, tons of people commented on my Facebook page about how Manning shouldn't be number one, and instead it should've been Montana, Brady, or even Favre. In all honesty, the numbers told us that Manning was the greatest QB of all time, but if I had to pick one based on that "x-factor," it'd probably be Montana.
My point is that it doesn't matter whom you call the greatest of all time. The top 10 list Mitchel and I composed had 10 Hall of Fame quarterbacks, all of which had won Super Bowls and been MVPs in either the Super Bowl or the league overall. You could make an argument for John Elway to be the greatest QB of all time, and you'd have plenty of reasons to present your case.
For me, there's only one GOAT argument that you can't have, and that's that Wayne Gretzky is the greatest NHL player of all time. No offense to the likes of Gordie Howe and Bobby Orr, but Gretzky is the greatest NHL player ever and there's really no room for debate. There's more room for debate on Michael Jordan being the best NBA player than Gretzky as the best NHL player.
I love the argument of who the GOAT is. It's an argument you can always have because whomever you call the GOAT is always changing. Maybe somebody comes along and dethrones Gretzky as the best NHL player ever. Who knows which QB will emerge to put his name in the all-time debate? That's the beauty of the GOAT debate. At the end of the day, though, it just doesn't really matter whom you call the GOAT.
Your last paragraph is the best of all. You almost have it figured out by then. It DOES matter. It matters to us old guys. It matters to the guys who played. It matters when we are having this discussion with people who have only seen one generation of players. Most importantly, it matters on a slow sports day, when our passion wants us to continue to talk sports, but the sports world is slow and not helping in the discussion. The actual stats, pretty much no one cares about. However, if you don't have those stats to throw in your argument, then you are seen as not being a credible source, therefore you nullify your chance of ever winning. Regardless of how you do it, the bottom line in sports is winning, and I don't mean just on the scoreboard. Hopefully, you win the right way, with honor and integrity. For many of us who are no longer able to still "compete" at the level we once did (or thought we did), the only thing we have left is discussions like "Who is the GOAT?" For most of us, we will never live long enough to sway our original answer from who we claim is the GOAT. That, my friend is just another benefit of sports. The discussion allows us to feel like we belong. It's the one thing that we can still compete with/against others; the one thing that we have a "say" in the way things turn out from a sports standpoint.


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Start 'Em, Sit 'Em Week 3: Defenses
Still, this year's Patriots roster feels deeper than ever, with Brandin Cooks added to the passing game alongside do-everything back Rex Burkhead. While Julian Edelman is out of the picture, pass-catcher Chris Hogan torched teams in the preseason, while Brady still has his game-changing tight end Rob Gronkowski to tip the scales.
It's easy to wonder if this tilt could morph into an unwatchable slaughter, but the Chiefs — in the regular season, at least — have the tools to put up a fight.
The Redskins rank ninth in fantasy points among defenses after two weeks, but an upcoming matchup against Derek Carr and the Raiders is anything but favorable. In fact, the first two defenses to face them (Titans, Jets) combined to score minus-one fantasy point. Carr is on fire right now, so the Redskins should be avoided.
Houston recorded a solid nine fantasy points in last week's win over the Bengals, but fantasy fans should look elsewhere for a defensive option ahead of this week's matchup against Tom Brady and the Patriots. The Chiefs scored just one fantasy point against them in Week 1, and New Orleans scored a mere two points in Week 2.
NFL Films Presents: Touchdown in Israel documents New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft taking 18 Hall of Famers on a spiritual journey to the Holy Land last summer. Hosted by Katie Nolan, the one-hour film, which airs Friday at 8 p.m. ET on NFL Network, shows the impact a visit to Israel had on these great players.
"This is one of the most rewarding films we've ever done," said producer/director Keith Cossrow. Kraft and his late wife, Myra, developed deep bonds to Israel, and he often brings people from different backgrounds to share the experience. This group would have been wonderful to follow on a trek to the corner store, let alone Israel: Jim Brown, Joe Montana, Roger Staubach, Joe Greene, Cris Carter, Andre Reed, John Stallworth, Eric Dickerson, Marshall Faulk, Dave Casper, Jerome Bettis, Ron Yary, Aeneas Williams, Lem Barney, Willie Lanier, Mike Singletary, Andre Tippett and Bruce Smith.
In his first start Mitchell Trubisky flashed why he's the future under center in Chicago, but the rookie will go through his struggles. Against a Ravens defense that has feasted on turnovers, how Trubisky bounces back from his game-losing interception will be key. The Bears got Trubisky out of the pocket often Monday, which plays to his strength of throwing accurately on the run. It also cuts the field in half. The Ravens will be ready to overload the left side of the defense on the rolls and force the rookie to try and fit the ball into tight windows. If the boot-action plays are nullified, will Trubisky be able to stand in the pocket and spread the ball around efficiently?
Last week, Joe Flacco finally connected on a few deep throws, and it opened the Ravens' offense. Against a Bears defense that can be beaten down the field, Baltimore needs these stretch plays to continue. First the Ravens must protect Flacco against an underrated Chicago defensive front. Akiem Hicks has been a menace up the gut for the Bears this season, and Flacco struggles with interior pressure. If the running game with Alex Collins and Buck Allen is shut down, and Flacco doesn't have time for routes to develop deep, it will lead to another inefficient dink-and-dunk day for Baltimore's offense.
Through the first two years of their existence, the Next Gen Stats have quickly progressed, not only in their depth and insight but also in their utility. Now that we've spent the last two NFL seasons exploring and tracking the data provided by the microchips in the players' shoulder pads, we're ready to take the information and its practical value to the next level.
In this space, every week we'll use some of the Next Gen Stats metrics to delve into a few of the top games of the week and explore individual player or team-level matchups. The hope is with some of the truly high-level analytic data we can uncover unique edges for fantasy football players when making lineup decisions for the upcoming week. Most of all, we'll be more informed consumers of the NFL contests, which we should always strive to be in our fantasy decision-making process. Let's dive into three games on the Week 2 slate that come with areas where Next Gen Stats can help cut through some of the questions.
Mitchell Trubisky is coming off the best game of his career, completing 78.1 percent of his 32 attempts in a Week 14 win. The rookie has shown signs of progress in recent weeks, getting the ball out faster and displaying a better understanding of defensive schemes. While the Bears will ride Jordan Howard Saturday versus a porous Lions run defense, the development of Trubisky is what the final three weeks are about for the Bears. Detroit's lack of pass rush should provide the rookie quarterback time to go through his reads and build on his rising confidence in the pocket.
Matthew Stafford's banged-up throwing hand didn't slow him down last week, and the Lions quarterback gets a prime matchup to continue his hot play. Stafford ripped Vic Fangio's defense in Week 11, completing 67.7 percent of his passes for 299 yards and two touchdowns. Marvin Jones should be in for another big week picking up chunk gains in the friendly Ford Field confines against a flagging Bears secondary. Stafford has targeted his tight ends more frequently over the middle in recent weeks, so keep an eye on Eric Ebron, who could build on his best game of the season.
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Washington Redskins' Su'a Cravens expected back this week
As late as last weekend, however, several sources informed of the situation told Rapoport the Redskins expected Cravens back with the team this week. However, Rapoport did stress Cravens' situation was complex and could change.
Cravens' agent, Fadde Mikhail, had been in touch with team brass recently, and coach Jay Gruden had been in touch with Cravens, Rapoport reported. On Saturday night, Cravens was spotted at the USC-Texas game hanging out with Doug Williams, the Redskins' senior VP of player personnel.
Should Washington see Pierre Garcon and DeSean Jackson depart as expected, it can still count on being effective between the hashes. Davis was a more-than-suitable complementary player to star tight end Jordan Reed a year ago and still knows how to get open after 11 years in the league.
This is a nice story for the Washington D.C. native, who gets the rare multi-year deal in his mid-thirties and gets to wind down his career at home. The former Maryland star, who went in the first round of the 2006 NFL Draft all those years ago, is back where it all started and won't be leaving anytime soon.
On Monday night's edition of NFL Network's "Top 100 Players of 2017," Kirk Cousins was revealed at No. 70. Ranking three slots higher than six-time Pro Bowler Philip Rivers, Cousins has a pretty high standing on this list, which was voted on by the players themselves. Interesting that the players are so high on Cousins' game when his team doesn't appear to be quite as certain.
For the second straight year, Cousins is set to play under the franchise tag, having been unable to strike a long-term deal with the Washington Redskins. Consequently, the future's unclear for this 28-year-old signal caller who has posted some pretty impressive numbers over the past two seasons: 17-14-1 record with a 99.3 passer rating, 68.3 completion percentage and 54:23 TD-to-INT ratio.
This rivalry is one of the league's most famous, but there was something nefarious brewing before the Dallas Cowboys were even born. Former Redskins owner George Preston Marshall didn't want any team in the South, taking the view that his team owned that market. (Originally, the lyrics to the song included a line about fighting "for ol' Dixie.") Clint Murchison, who was trying to establish the team that became the Cowboys, bought the rights to "Hail to the Redskins." And boom, the Cowboys had a franchise. I should probably really have put this in the Cowboys article, no?
How about this? The Redskins beat the Cowboys in the 1982 NFC Championship Game, which handed Dallas its third consecutive defeat in the NFC title game. It also spelled the last gasp for the Cowboys' championship window; we wouldn't hear from them again until 1992. So if any Cowboys fan gives you grief, tell him (or her) that.
It has been roughly two weeks since he sent a group text to teammates and coaches informing them of his wish to step away from the game. He contemplated retirement, though didn't file any papers.
Early in September, Cravens was placed on the NFL's exempt/left squad list, giving him four weeks to make a decision. He has disappeared from view since then, handling his personal business while the team played on. To officially return, he'd have to go back on the active roster.
Reed, who has not played 16 games in a season in his career, has been highly productive when on the field. Last season, he played in 12 games, with 66 catches for 686 yards and six TDs.
But he missed most of camp on the physically unable to perform list, only being activated on Aug. 20. He saw a specialist on Aug. 1 for another opinion.
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Alshon Jeffery rebuts WRs coach, says not behind
He is one of the NFL's most curious case studies, a Birkenstock-loving control freak who parlayed an off-the-beaten-path collegiate experience into a starring role in one of America's most hypercritical sports cities.
Now firmly entrenched as the Philadelphia Eagles' franchise quarterback, Carson Wentz was characteristically proactive during the dog days of summer, hosting eight of the team's receivers in early July for a de facto passing camp in Fargo, where he starred for FCS power North Dakota State. In addition to several days of workouts, Wentz treated his guests to a lakeside barbecue, jet-ski rides and paddle-boarding excursions, and a grand time was had by all.
Added Jeffery: "It's the game of football. Every once in a while you're going to run a wrong route, make some mistakes on a few plays. But I'll be all right."
Jeffery caught two of five targets for 23 yards in just 17 snaps in his first preseason action last week. Even with the botched route, Carson Wentz showed his willingness to feed the ball to his new receiver (target every 3.4 snaps). With 20 days until the regular season opener, Jeffery has plenty of time to catch up on anything he's behind on before the games count.
As for fantasy, the swap of Watkins for Jordan Matthews is not a 1-to-1 move, as they're vastly different players. Matthews plays predominantly in the slot and is more likely a replacement for Robert Woods (signed with the Rams this offseason) than Watkins. In 2016, Matthews played 58 percent of his snaps in the slot, which is also where most of his production came from (84 targets, 54 receptions, 604 yards, two touchdowns). For Buffalo last year, Woods accumulated 54 percent of his targets and 62 percent of his yards from the slot.
This move is also interesting after the Bills just signed veteran Anquan Boldin, who played 81 percent of his snaps last year in Detroit either in the slot or tight to the line. Matthews will likely lead the team in targets, while Zay Jones will be tasked with providing an outside/deep threat like Watkins used to. This move is a good one for Matthews' fantasy stock as he escapes the crowded Eagles wide receiver room, but it can't be seen as a positive for Tyrod Taylor. With the Bills already featuring a low-volume passing attack (32nd and 31st in the league in pass attempts in the last two years), losing the big-play ability of Watkins depresses Taylor's fantasy ceiling. He'll still be able to rack up points with his legs, but this is bad news for Taylor's late-round quarterback credentials.
While a majority of Eagles fans would agree, this qualifies as news because some owners around the league are willing to bail on an experiment after just one season. It would be dangerous and ludicrous for the Eagles to dump Pederson a year after hiring him, especially after he hand-selected a quarterback with the No. 2 overall pick in the draft. The Eagles have had some bright moments this year despite the complete lack of a dependable wide receiver and, by all accounts, Wentz looks to be on his way to being a top-12 quarterback next season.
There is always an attractiveness to the unknown; could this year's coaching class deliver another Adam Gase? It's possible. But for a team with so much already in motion, changing coaches would be downright insane. The Eagles (5-8) have a chance to play some good football down the stretch against quality opponents with a lot to play for. Beating the Ravens (7-6) would go a long way toward quieting any discussion about the coach's future in Philly.
Here's what made it all the more exciting: Ross has been a fan of DeSean Jackson's for years, and has since built a friendship with him. Jackson, now with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, was chosen by the Eagles in the second round of the 2008 draft. The connection wasn't lost on Ross.
The Eagles got the only chance to host Ross on a visit for a while, because he'll undergo shoulder surgery on Tuesday to repair his right labrum. Ross said he hopes to resume visiting other NFL clubs within a week or two of the procedure, and expects to begin the rehabilitation process as early as Wednesday. As for his pro day, Ross went through position drills only — after running a combine-record 4.22 40-yard dash in Indianapolis, there wasn't much to prove — and felt good about his performance.
Runager played 11 seasons in the NFL after being drafted out of South Carolina by Philadelphia in the eighth round in 1979. He spent his first five years with the Eagles, losing the Super Bowl following the 1980 season before joining San Francisco in 1984.
The Niners went 15-1 his first season and beat Miami for the title. Runager played four seasons for San Francisco and came back for one game in 1988. He also played four seasons for Cleveland.
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Jacksonville Jaguars trade up to select Cam Robinson
After two years as head coach of the Buffalo Bills from 2013 to 2014, Marrone infamously opted out of contract after the team came under new ownership. He went 15-17 in two seasons as Bills coach, but led the Bills to a 9-7 season in 2014, which was the first winning season for the franchise since 2004.
Thought to be a hot head-coaching candidate at the time, Marrone was passed over for several open positions, most notably the New York Jets, who hired Todd Bowles. Marrone has spent the past two years mostly in anonymity in Jacksonville — aside from a memorable defense of the New York rap scene.
With no guaranteed money left on the contract, cutting House saves Jacksonville $6 million on the salary cap. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported last week the Jaguars likely would release House if they couldn't trade him away.
The move leaves the Jags with just four corners on the roster heading into free agency. Behind first-round stud Jalen Ramsey, Aaron Colvin, Josh Johnson and Doran Grant round out the position. Prince Amukamara, who took over the starting gig last season, is set to hit free agency. Jacksonville reportedly is aiming at re-signing the veteran corner.
With their first two picks, the Jags have immediately upgraded their running game, which takes pressure off the enigmatic Blake Bortles.
Over the last five seasons, the Jaguars have the NFL's worst rushing offense (92.1 rush YPG since 2012), per NFL Research. That trend should end in 2017.
Khan mentioned that general manager Dave Caldwell "agreed and will now be charged with exploring all options to hire the best head coach possible" to lead the Jaguars. Khan also mentioned the team's "extremely talented" roster, another sign of support for Caldwell. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport reported that Caldwell will name an interim head coach on Monday, and added Bradley was on the team flight back to Jacksonville.
This could be seen as an act of mercy for Bradley. In a statement after last season, Khan said that Bradley knew the Jaguars had to be "well above" where they finished a season ago when the team finished 5-11. The Jaguars spent big money in free agency and instead took a step back. It was only a matter of time before Bradley was fired, and Sunday's collapse provided a good moment for a clean break.
See, I don't even know yet if I'm picking Jacksonville to make the playoffs. But that's the point. Even just a few weeks ago, who in their right mind envisioned South Carolina competing for a national title — in basketball? You can't be Cinderella if everyone assumes you'll be the belle of the ball. And let's be honest: Jacksonville has some serious questions heading into the 2017 campaign. Allow me to address those right off the bat.
First of all, many folks expected a breakthrough performance by the Jaguars last season. And they disappointed in a major way, going 3-13 and finishing deep in the AFC South cellar. But let's take a closer look at that 3-13 for a second. Jacksonville wasn't getting blown off the field. The Jaguars lost eight games by seven points or fewer. And Jacksonville's most impressive win — a 38-17 pasting of the Titans in Week 16 — came in Doug Marrone's first game as the interim coach, replacing the fired Gus Bradley. In related news: Marrone earned the permanent gig and will be leading the Jags in 2017. This is no small thing. As I said a few weeks ago, Gus Bradley is a nice guy … but a terrible head coach. Marrone is a large upgrade. And now that he has Tom Coughlin running the front office? Yeah, I think Jacksonville's pointed in the right direction.
The NFL announced Monday a decision on the location of the Jacksonville Jaguars game against the Tennessee Titans, scheduled for 1 p.m. ET on Sunday in Jacksonville, is pending after Hurricane Irma slammed the city over the weekend.
Jacksonville is dealing with "record storm surge and immense flooding," CNN reported, with many parts of downtown, including streets near EverBank Field, under feet of water.
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Pryor: Redskins' QB situation won't be like '16 Browns
Per Pro Football Focus, Bryant was targeted five times by Dak Prescott on Thanksgiving with Norman in coverage. The wideout caught three of those balls for 32 yards. Bryant had seven catches for 102 yards in Week 2's win against the Redskins. According to PFF, however, he had zero of those catches on the two times he was thrown to with Norman on him in that game.
The two faced off for the first time last season in Week 12's Cowboys-Panthers tilt, when Norman held Dez to just six yards and one catch on five targets. So if you're keeping track at home, on 12 career targets against Norman, Bryant has four catches for 38 yards.
It looked like it was all over for the cheerleader. I mean, the poor girl — it was probably Jordyn — went face first into a cement walkway.
Ah, but upon closer inspection things aren't what they seem. That "cement walkway" actually appears to be a thin surface covering the grass (stupid Dan), while Probably Jordyn somehow avoids smashing her face into the ground despite gravity and aerodynamics all pointing toward a seven-hour dental visit in the a.m.
At the end of the day, this might be the best move for Pryor. While it would have been nice to come full circle and cheap jerseys and remain with the Browns, he's looking to maximize his market for 2017-18 and it might be tough to do so with Cleveland's current setup. Should Hue Jackson end up nabbing a Jimmy Garoppolo-type, then Pryor might regret his choice, but in Washington he is paired with a quarterback in Kirk Cousins who is looking to do exactly the same thing.
With the organization going through some changes, it seems clear Cousins' heart is elsewhere, too. Both now find themselves with no other option than to make the best of a bad situation and cash in a year from now. Come next March, both could be feeling very wanted.
Last season under Joe Barry, the Redskins own a milquetoast defense that ranked 28th in total yards per game allowed, 25th in pass defense and 24th against the run.
While Manusky won't have his defense fully installed until later this month, it's already clear to veterans players looking at the plan on paper that the new DC plans to get after the quarterback, adding a lot of pressure packages.
With the 114th overall pick, Washington took Oklahoma's Samaje Perine, a 5-11, 233-pound bruiser who left Oklahoma with a string of broken records in his belt. Despite the presence of Joe Mixon, Perine managed to put up at least 1,000 yards and 10-plus touchdowns every season, including a starlit freshman year where he rushed for 1,713 yards and 21 touchdowns.
One scout, speaking to the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, described Perine as a type of Eddie Lacy-light, which fits the mold Washington is likely trying to replace with Jones.
According to Rapoport, the extension was struck late Saturday at Prime 47 steakhouse in Indianapolis, where the NFL Scouting Combine is taking place. Saturday was also Gruden's 50th birthday.
In three seasons with Washington, Gruden has a regular-season record of 21-26-1. He guided the Redskins to the NFC East title in '15, but lost to Green Bay in the wild-card round of the playoffs.
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Jets assistant: Darrelle Revis capable of playing safety
It's a new start for the athletic pass catcher. After being selected in the second-round of the 2014 draft, ASJ has flashed talent in the passing game, but has been inconsistent on the field and injury prone.
The DUI arrest was the final straw for Bucs management. Seferian-Jenkins was kicked out of a Bucs practice in August by coach Dirk Koetter for not knowing where to line up, an incident the player called a "wake-up call."
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Despite the tin foil hat levels of confusion and hysteria displayed by fellow Around The NFL crew members over my most recent power rankings, I think there is a legitimate argument to be made for the Steelers as the No. 1 team in football. Le'Veon Bell rushed for 66 yards on 20 carries and caught nine balls for 88 yards, easily leaving a 100-yard game on the table after Roethlisberger sailed a check down throw under pressure midway through Sunday's contest. His arrival and offensive coordinator Todd Haley's creative placement of the dynamic running back adds a different dynamic to a team that was already expected to finish in the top five offensively this year. While the Patriots are an easier choice and are far more systematic, is it possible that Pittsburgh has a higher ceiling given the star power?
Without Eric Decker in the fold and cheap jerseys and with Brandon Marshall still clearly working his way back to 100 percent, the charm of Ryan Fitzpatrick's gunslinger campaign from a year ago seems to be fading quickly. He used the term to brush off his six-interception farce from a few weeks ago, but the truth is that he is not the cog in Chan Gailey's system that he was a year ago without the talent from 2015. The Jets can continue to run veteran Matt Forte into the ground (12 carries for 53 yards, though 28 of them came on one run) or spread out their able bodied receivers and try to show the defense something different.
Revis got regularly torched last season. While still physical at the line of scrimmage, the 31-year-old lost a step allowing younger, sprier receivers to easily separate. Openings that were once mere cracks for quarterbacks to thread versus Revis became French casement windows.
For reference — if you don't believe your own eyes — Pro Football Focus ranked Revis their No. 66 corner in 2016, just behind the like of Bryce Callahan and Sterling Moore.
Ryan Fitzpatrick avoided the humiliation of last week's six-INT meltdown in Kansas City, but the Jets passer looked tentative against Seattle's swarming defense on Sunday. With Matt Forte completely neutralized, Fitzpatrick struggled to carry the offense on his own. His first fourth-quarter interception — he got fooled by Richard Sherman on a back-shoulder throw — was the turning point of the game. Fitzpatrick — who now has nine interceptions in his past two games — is at a crossroads with back-to-back road trips to Pittsburgh and Arizona on tap.
Jimmy Graham is proving you can still be a game-changer after suffering a torn patellar tendon. The Seahawks tight end had his second straight 100-yard receiving day and displayed scary-good chemistry with Wilson on two expert touch passes. The Jets, meanwhile, cannot cover tight ends. We're seeing it every week.
It's been jarring to see a perennial All-Pro playing at less than peak shape, his short-burst quickness and recovery speed a distant memory. Quarterbacks have completed 46-of-68 passes for 636 yards, four touchdowns, zero interceptions and a 117.0 passer rating against Revis' coverage this season, per NFL Research.
Revis is guaranteed $6 million next year. The Jets could simply cut their losses, shell out the $6 million and move on. They could also request that Revis accept a pay cut, which is unprecedented for a player who has angled for every last cent throughout his career. From Revis' point of view, he could come back more motivated, reinvent himself as a safety and continue playing in 2017.
Perhaps taking advantage of a cathartic moment, Revis spoke at the tail end of a season that has undoubtedly been his worst. The Jets' secondary has been routinely torched and the 31-year-old is carrying a salary-cap number of more than $15 million for the 2017 season. The Jets will almost certainly need to do something to address the problem. Revis and coach Todd Bowles have been asked many times about a potential move to safety.
This is an unorthodox way for a player to pipeline his opinions to management heading into an offseason where he is a massive cap casualty. Revis has brilliantly leveraged his services into financial gain for years and is now in a different place — one which will at least force him to take a pay cut if he is intent on remaining with his current team. Do the Jets value the nostalgia of having Revis around above the savings getting rid of him would generate?
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Jaguars RB Chris Ivory discharged from hospital
Ivory returned to practice on Wednesday after sitting out the past two weeks. He was upgraded to a "full" participant on Thursday and lines up as a solid bet to share carries alongside T.J. Yeldon.
Jacksonville's offense has missed Ivory on the ground, ranking 30th in the league with just 117 yards over two games. Yeldon and Ivory looked like a spicy combination in the preseason, though, giving the 0-2 Jaguars a reason for hope once both runners can rumble together.
The Patriots won't have suspended quarterback Tom Brady on Sunday and cheap jerseys and they aren't likely to have Dont'a Hightower, either. The linebacker missed his third straight practice Friday with a knee injury, per NFL Network's Courtney Fallon, and is doubtful for the Dolphins game.
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practice Friday and is listed as questionable. Cornerback Malcolm Butler (ankle), offensive lineman Marcus Cannon (knee), offensive lineman Jonathan Cooper (foot), defensive end Trey Flowers (shoulder), offensive lineman Shaq Mason (hand), linebacker Shea McClellin (shoulder), offensive lineman Nate Solder (hamstring) and receiver Chris Hogan (shoulder) are all listed as questionable as well. Cornerback Eric Rowe (ankle) will miss the game.
"I returned to the stadium this morning to rejoin my coaches and teammates as we continue to prepare for the San Diego Chargers on Sunday. This past weekend was a challenging time for my family and me because of an emergency medical condition that developed while I was with my team at the hotel.
"I am now grateful to be back in the facility and able to refocus on the game that I love. I want to extend a special thanks to the Jaguars medical staff, the first responders and everyone at Baptist Medical Center Jacksonville for their assistance over the past couple of days. I appreciate everyone's sensitivity during this personal matter, and I'm ready to be back out on the field and look forward to doing so in the near future. Thank you for all for your support. I want you to know that I read each and every message and I'm thankful for them all."
The 28-year-old running back was a surprise inactive for Week 1's 27-23 loss to the Green Bay Packers after he was admitted to the hospital Sunday morning.
The Jaguars have not indicated the reason for Ivory's hospitalization. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport previously reported the issue was unrelated to the calf trouble that landed Ivory in the questionable section of the team's injury report.
While you cannot blame all your struggles on one person, something just doesn't look quite right with Bortles. He missed a streaking Marqise Lee early in Sunday's loss which could have produced the three points that won the game. Instead, they punted to the Ravens and gave up a touchdown. Over the course of the game, Bortles struggled with touch on his passes — all of which seemed to be slightly too strong or too weak. He also watched as some of his best plays were called back (like a lengthy screen to Marcedes Lewis in the second quarter that was called back for a holding penalty). There were large chunks of the game where he looked dejected or upset.
This week, Bortles has one more good opportunity to turn it around before the season really starts to slip away. If he corrects course after an 0-4 start, it may be similar to his breakout season in 2015 — too late for enough people to take notice.
Jameis Winston had a slow start, misfiring on his first six passes, but rebounded against Jacksonville's second-team defense and found Mike Evans on a fade route for a 4-yard score. Winston finished 3-of-10 passing for 28 yards, with an interception.
Tampa Bay (1-1) and Jacksonville (0-2) held two joint practices during the week, so they had plenty of in-person preparation before a mostly meaningless exhibition.
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Packers survive Jaguars in unexpected thriller
After starting out to his right and encountering traffic, Murray reversed his field, capitalized on a downfield block from Mariota and dove into the left corner of the end zone for his sixth touchdown run of the season.
Jacksonville (2-5) trailed 24-0 by the time it got its second first down of the game midway through the second quarter. The Titans made it 27-0 at the intermission with a 90-yard drive that resulted in Ryan Succop's 22-yard field goal on the final play of the half.
Mariota was 18 of 22 and had a 148.1 passer rating, the second-highest of his career. DeMarco Murray ran for 123 yards and a touchdown to help the Titans bounce back four days after squandering a lead in a 34-26 home loss to Indianapolis.
"I thought it was good to have a short turnaround," Titans coach Mike Mularkey said. "It was a difficult loss we had against Indy. We had to get focused right on these guys immediately, especially with a prime-time game. We wanted to show what we're capable of doing, show the country what we're trying to do here."
There are plenty of intriguing names out there as we listed in our latest head coaching candidates list. NFL Network Insider Ian Rapoport also brought to our attention that Cowboys offensive coordinator Scott Linehan could be a hot name in the coming weeks during GameDay Morning.
But of those available candidates, is there a job they'd covet more? Here's a look at both openings as they stand now and some thoughts on which may be a more desirable vacancy for a potential head coach. To be clear, this piece does not reflect the opinion of any current or prospective head coach. These views are mine only.
Give credit to Gus Bradley for coaching aggressive. The Jaguars went for fourth-and-5 in Packers territory in the first quarter and converted on the way to points. The practice came in handy when the team went for fourth down multiple times to keep the game alive before finally coming up short with 16 seconds remaining.
Two offseason narratives surrounding star players for the Packers came through in a big way and cheap nba jerseys and bode well for their future. Eddie Lacy looked excellent. While fantasy heads won't be thrilled with his 78 yards from scrimmage, Lacy looked like his rugged old self. Clay Matthews also felt like a wild man unleashed on the outside of the Packers' defense. He caused a lot of disruption in addition to his sack and two tackles for loss.
Despite having by far their strongest roster in the Gus Bradley era, Jacksonville has started 0-2 for the third time in four years. While the team most certainly won't ring the alarm bells just yet, some around the club are doing it for them.
Jacksonville.com came out with a three-pronged breakdown Sunday night that addressed the problems with Blake Bortles, the inability to get star wideout Allen Robinson the ball and the general sense that this hyped offseason is leading to nowhere.
Owner Shad Khan and general manager Dave Caldwell decided to let Bradley go before Sunday's game and were going to stick with their decision regardless of whether or not the team won. They opted to tell Bradley before he got on the team's chartered plane back to Jacksonville. The move upset some Jaguars players, who heard the news on social media and did not know what to say to their now-former coach during the flight.
"Yeah, that sucked," Sen'Derrick Marks said Tuesday, via ESPN.com. "If I had an opinion on if I thought that was the right move, I don't think that was the right way to do it. He had to ride the plane home back that way, but that ain't my call. They did it. They made the move.
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Model T2 valves are used for various well or plant services requiring bi-directional valves.
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Model T5 API 6A gate valves has been developed as on-off valves to cover a wide range of applications in oil and gas services up to a maximum operating pressure of 5,000 PSI.
They are manufactured with flanged and threaded ends in sizes from 2-1/16" up to 7-1/16", meeting the requirements of materials per API 6A classes AA to FF, and in PSL 1 to 3G specification levels, and performance requirement level PR2.
Metal to Metal seal: Metal-metal seal between gate and seat.
Bidirectional sealing: The gate and the seats seal in both directions. The gate and the seats can be reversed for increased life of the valve.
Stem packing: The non-elastomeric stem packing is unaffected by H2S, CO2, amines or any other chemical substances commonly found in oil or gas wells. Its design favors low operating torque under any service condition.
Easy operation: The valve opens and closes without needing excessive torque. After the necessary number of turns required for closing the valve, the handwheel must be backed off ¼ turn.
Body without penetrations: The valve body has no penetrations. For safety, the grease fitting is located on the bonnet, downstream from the backseat.
Stem shear pin: The stem is protected against excessive torque by a stem shear pin. The pin can be readily replaced without disassembling the valve bonnet.
Replaceable seats: The floating seats can be easily replaced in the field.
Valves with actuator: Model T5 API 6A gate valves can be converted into safety valves by adding pneumatic or hydraulic actuators.
Model T10 API 6A gate valves are shutoff valves developed to meet a wide range of applications in oil and gas services up to 10,000 PSI operating pressure. They are manufactured with flanged ends from 2-1/16" up to 7-1/16", meeting the requirements of materials per API 6A classes AA to FF, and in PSL 2 to 4 specification levels. Their simple and robust design provides a long lasting and reliable service with minimal maintenance.
Metal-to-Metal seal: Metal-metal seal between gate and seat and between seat and body.
Back-seating: The stem is designed to make a metal-metal back-seat in the bonnet, which allows the stem packing to be replaced while the valve is in service.
Easy operation: The valve opens and closes without needing excessive torque. After the necessary number of turns required for closing the valve, the handwheel must be backed off ¼ turn. The valve is then fully closed.
Stem shear pin: The stem is protected against over-torquing by a stem shear pin. The pin can readily be replaced without disassembling the bonnet.
Replaceable seats: A haste está protegido contra a aplicação de excesso de torque por um pino de cisalhamento. Este pino pode ser substituído facilmente sem desmontagem do castelo.
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Valves with actuator: Model T10 API 6A gate valves can be converted into safety valves by adding pneumatic or hydraulic actuators.
Model T15 API 6A gate valves are shutoff valves developed to meet a wide range of applications in oil and gas services up to 15,000 PSI operating pressure. They are manufactured with flanged ends from 2-1/16" up to 7-1/16", meeting all the requirements of materials per API 6A class AA through FF, and in specification levels PSL 2 through 4.
Their simple and robust design provides a long-lasting and reliable service with minimal maintenance.
Metal to Metal seal: Metal-Metal seal between gate and seat and between seat and body.
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Stem packing: The non-elastomeric steam packing is unaffected by H2S, CO2, amines or any other chemical substances normally found in oil or gas wells. Its design favors low operating torque under any service condition.
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Valves with actuator: The API 6A model T15 gate valves can be converted into actuated valves by adding pneumatic or hydraulic actuators.
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It is used to serve as a on-off valve in oil and gas services up to 15,000 PSI. It is manufactured in sizes from 4-1/16" to 7-1/16". It is suitable for use in production trees, conduction systems and fracture trees.
The Model THT API 6A gate valve for steam injection features:
Operating pressures up to 3,000 PSI and temperatures up to 350ºC (650ºF).
Metal-metal seal between body and bonnet.
Unique design of metal-metal seal between body and seats.
Grafoil stem packing, externally energizable.
Non-penetrated body.
Grease fitting downstream from stem backseat.
Model M3 ball valve has been designed to cover a wide range of applications as a shutoff valve for oil, gas, and water service
Available in sizes from 2-1/16" to 4-1/16", operating pressures up to 3,000 PSI with flanged, threaded or welding ends.
Through-conduit: The internal passage of the valve is full bore, without flow restrictions. This feature reduces turbulence and headloss. It is possible to pass through the valve with any tool that can pass through the internal diameter of the pipe.
Trunnion mounted: The one piece ball-and-stem construction of the M3 ball valve is the basis of its compact and robust design. This also provides greater rigidity and alignment, reducing the wear of the bearings and the operating torque as well.
Low operating torque: The load produced by the pressure is borne by two self-lubricated low-friction bearings that are isolated from the flow and the environment.
Internal stops: The dual-action internal stops provide high precision at the end of the stroke during opening and closing. In the open position, this prevents exposure of the seats to flow erosion. A neoprene guard prevents the entry of particles into the stem.
Actuators: The M3 ball valves can be supplied with electrical or pneumatic actuators for remote operation.
Enhanced-flow check valves can be used in all cases where a smooth operation and the absence of vibration and shock are important.
The internal design of the body and the angle piston allow for a straight-through flow, thus reducing the pressure drop by 20-30%.
The internal contour minimizes turbulence and adds to the life of internal parts by eliminating vibration, which is the main cause of wear.
The angle piston allows installation in any position along horizontal or vertical lines.
Excellent guidance of the piston, which ensures fast and safe closing.
In-line replaceable seats and elastomeric seals provide an effective shutoff at high and low pressures.
Check valves are available in two models in a wide variety of materials according to the service, the FM model up to 200°C, and the FMS model up to 343°C.
Web Nordeste manufactures valves for use in well fracturing in 3-1/16" to 7-1/16" diameters, and 10,000 PSI and 15,000 PSI pressures. Frac valves have appropriate features of design and materials for performing under these harsh service conditions. They are furnished with manual handwheel command or hydraulic actuator.
The manually controlled valves of sizes 4-1/16" and larger have a balanced stem and an actuating system mounted on recirculating balls. This feature allows the valve to be operated with a reduced number of turns and also faster, thus facilitating the operation and reducing damage to the closing components. They are also manufactured in groups of two or three valves that may include studded side outlets.
Model T-10 HDA & T-15 HDA API 6A Gate Valves are frac valves with a double acting hydraulic actuator. The double acting piston Hydraulic actuator allows the valve to be controled fast and remotely by means of a compact control panel connected at distance.
In case of not having an hydraulic pressure source, the valve has a manual override system handwheel with recirculating balls in order to open or close the valve with no excessive torque needed.
Model S10 API 6A gate valve with model H9-300 WLChydraulic actuator is mainly used in wireline operations. It works as a conventional actuator, it closes automatically at pressure control lost and will open automatically when control pressure is restaured under normal production and becomes the main surface safety device during wireline operations to ensure wireline cutting and well flow sealing in case of emergency.
This is possible because two power springs located in H9-300 WLC actuator which aplies much strenght to cut the wire.
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It's as important to keep track of travel receipts as it is to spread the Lord's word.
As part of their outreach efforts, many churches recruit missionaries to spread the gospel, educate and convert nonbelievers. Some volunteers travel short distances and for brief periods of time. Other missionaries make long-term commitments to their faith. Men and women undertaking these missions must abide by both the laws of the church and laws put forth by the Internal Revenue Service, which is why it's wise to understand both scripture and accounting at tax time.
Internal Revenue Service publications 54, 517, 526 and 463 offer specifics related to tax-deductible missionary travel expenses, but in general, a missionary can claim relevant deductions as long as there is no "significant element of personal pleasure, recreation or vacation in the travel." Further, the IRS can require a missionary to prove that his status is actually "away from an actual home" in situations where a missionary serves abroad for years rather than months.
Donating cash to a church for the sole purpose of underwriting missionary travels can be a tax-deductible travel expense as long as the church has been designated a qualified charitable organization and the church controls all of the funds facilitating the travel expenses. For that reason, cash donations must be made to the church on behalf of the mission, not to an individual, as the IRS would likely consider the latter a gift.
According to IRS Rul. 62-113, a missionary must not be paid for her time or work if her travel expenses are eligible for write-offs at the end of the year. To the extent that funds are used to pay out-of-pocket missionary expenses for travel, lodgings, meals and incidentals, these expenditures are most likely tax deductible as long as receipts are submitted to substantiate claims and the missionary does not collect a fee or salary for her efforts.
A missionary can claim travel expenses associated with transportation, including air, rail, bus, car and taxis. If a car is purchased for the use of missionaries while they are abroad, the church must own the auto and it can't be used for personal travel. A missionary may be asked by the IRS to prove that an appreciable portion of the day on which travel expenses are claimed was spent fulfilling mission objectives. For that reason, a visit to Jerusalem's Wailing Wall could be defined by the IRS as sightseeing, not missionary work.
While the IRS allows business travelers to claim 50 percent of meal costs, this limitation may not apply to missionaries — as long as an expense log, receipts or credit card bills prove meals taken during travels are taken cannot be classified as extravagant or lavish. This applies to meals eaten in restaurants and prepared elsewhere, in which case, grocery receipts substitute for restaurant tabs. Prove your lodgings, laundry and other travel expenses were necessary to sustain you while accomplishing your unpaid travel mission and you can probably deduct them.
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The Turkish Navy announced that, the Gabya class Frigate F-497 TCG Göksu will take part in Joint Task Force-151 (CTF-151) between 6 June and 6 December 2013.
On 6 June 2013, on board of TCG Göksu was command hand over ceremony of CTF-151. Real Admiral Muhammad Ihsan Qadir from Pakistani Navy, replaced Read Admiral Giam Hock Koon from Singapore Navy.
TCG Göksu will serve as the flagship for Real Admiral Muhammad Ihsan Qadir in the next 3 months.


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Opening up an entirely new front
So this is what they invented the interwebs for.
Can't afford to send your kiddies to camp this summer? Are they always on the computer?
Well … drum roll, please … South Carolina football coach Steve Spurrier has the answer for you.
Allow me to introduce Steve Spurrier, virtual football camp counselor and Mr. Rogers wannabe. The Ol' Ball Coach has started his own online football camp for kids at www.campspurrier.com.
Spurrier also promises parents that he'll teach kids about the importance of living a "healthy, active lifestyle."
It's produced by Play Action Online Kids Camps, Inc.,the same company that designed an online football camp for Southern Cal football coach Pete Carroll.
That means kids can create cartoon characters of themselves and explore a virtual world full of games and life lessons from the legendary former Florida coach.
In his first "pep talk" video to promote the camp, Spurrier tells the wee ones, "I'm not only a football coach. I'm a football fan, too, and I love watching football and telling people about it."
No word on when Junior will have his competing site up, but you've got to figure it's a natural for a guy who started a Twitter feed only because Mark Richt did. Plus, it's another key way for the Laner to connect with an important recruiting demographic.
Filed under Don't Mess With Lane Kiffin, Recruiting, The Blogosphere, The Evil Genius
Oh where, oh where did the quarterbacks go? – a follow up
One thing I really like about college football blogging is the feedback. I tossed out a post yesterday about what appears to me to be a recent dearth of quality quarterbacking in the SEC and that in turn generated this response of Matt Hinton's at his Dr. Saturday blog.
His basic premise is that, sure, there's not a lot of depth at the position in the conference right now, but that's not any different than what we see in every other BCS conference right now, except for the Big XII. Here's his breakdown:
I think his point is entirely valid when it comes to his top category (you can see his allocation of quarterbacks to his categories here), but I'm not so convinced about it as you go down the chart. Even by Matt's tally, the SEC has more truly bad ("not viable", in his vernacular) projected starters than the remaining BCS conferences put together. He seems to acknowledge this when he writes
… If the SEC is at any disadvantage, it's in the fact that three of last year's most obviously inept quarterbacks, Jonathan Crompton (Tennessee), Kodi Burns (Auburn) and Mike Hartline (Kentucky), are all scheduled to be back under center this fall. It's not that other conferences didn't have their share of terrible quarterbacks, but at least UCLA and Michigan, for example, are going out of their way to get rid of the problem.
But then he tries to soften the blow by adding this:
… It is fair to say that SEC quarterbacks were unusually bad last year — eight regular quarterbacks from four different schools finished with pass efficiency ratings that wouldn't have qualified for the top-100 nationally — but it's argue (sic) that's going to continue in a league that's sent eight different starters to the NFL since 2005. LSU and Arkansas have made apparent upgrades; Alabama shouldn't suffer much of a drop off from John Parker Wilson to Greg McElroy; and Vanderbilt is at least trying to move on from last year's disaster by moving bowl game starter Larry Smith to No. 1, ahead of beleaguered veteran Mackenzi Adams. Even in the cases of Crompton and Burns, who somehow haven't been supplanted, maybe the new regimes at Tennessee and Auburn will bring some reversal of fate; if nothing else, they can't possibly be worse.
That's nice, but who's to say this isn't a more accurate assessment of the QB situation at Tennessee?
Position Grades
QB: F / Just horrible.
It's certainly more succinct. (By the way, that's the only failing grade the author of that piece gives to any unit – not just quarterbacks – in the conference.)
Maybe I'll be more convinced of his argument if some kids step forward in SEC play this season. Right now, though, it looks like the conference is mired in a slump at that position.
And while we're on the subject of feedback and the blogosphere, one thing I'm curious about is Matt's statement that the SEC has sent eight quarterbacks to the NFL since 2005. I don't doubt that number, but I do wonder about the context of it in comparison with the other BCS conferences, both in terms of the absolute numbers and also in terms of how many of those players turned into starters. Anybody care to dig up and share that data?
UPDATE: Orson jumps in the time machine, sets the dial to 1995 and adds some thoughts here.
UPDATE #2: Another day, another list. It's not the details of the list that are worth mentioning – it's still the same Tebow-and-Snead-plus-ten arrangement everyone else sees – but rather the analogy used in referring to the great unwashed.
After that, the quality of established signal-callers in the SEC drops off the kind of cliff that Wile E. Coyote made famous.
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Eric Crouch, poster boy for Big XII superiority
Here we go:
Fifteen years after its creation, the Big 12 stands on the brink of fulfilling all the great expectations predicted at its birth.
Back in February 1994, the combination of the Big Eight and many of the top programs from the Southwest Conference seemed like solid football synergy.
Texas. Oklahoma. Nebraska. Texas A&M. Colorado. While the conference has been more than competitive since its inception – producing three outright or shared national champions since it began play in 1996 – its best may be directly ahead.
There's just one obstacle: the Southeastern Conference.
Doom doom doom doom.
Mack Brown explains why.
"The difference is that the entire league is better," Brown said. "Everybody talks about the SEC. You can actually lose to anybody in this league. That wasn't the case 12 years or probably not even four years ago."
*** Cough *** Iowa State *** cough ***. Does Chizik's departure swing the balance that much?
Just kidding. Here's the real skinny.
• Three teams – Oklahoma, Texas and Oklahoma State – will probably open next season in the top 10. And excellence hasn't been limited to a few. Since the conference's formation, eight of the 12 teams have been ranked in the Associated Press poll's top five during November.
• The conference featured four of the five vote-getters for the 2008 Heisman Trophy, including winner Sam Bradford of Oklahoma and runner-up Colt McCoy. Both return this season.
"The offensive firepower and the quarterback capability in the last three years have been tremendous," Osborne said. "It seemed like every team had a great quarterback and really moved the ball."
• Seven Big 12 players were selected in the first round of this year's NFL draft, a high-water mark. That total might just be the beginning.
There are more graphs and charts allegedly supporting this at the article's end.
Of course, it would make for a stronger argument if Big XII schools would actually, you know, beat SEC schools in head's up play.
Florida's 24-14 win gave a factual basis to the perception that the Big 12 wasn't ready to leapfrog the SEC. Ole Miss' 47-34 win over Texas Tech in the AT&T Cotton Bowl Classic also didn't help the Big 12's case.
And it's a shame this pesky little fact gets in the way.
For now, the SEC holds the bragging rights with wins in the last three BCS title games…
But there is Baylor… and Eric Crouch's 2001 Heisman Trophy.
Look for a lot more of this kind of deep thinking amidst all the hype leading up to Georgia's opener with Oklahoma State.
Filed under Big 12 Football, SEC Football
Tuesday morning buffet
Grab a plate and dig in.
Finebaum makes a good point about the toothlessness of the Saban contract extension.
Urban Meyer Janoris Jenkins can rest easier today, per state attorney Bill Cervone. Go Gators!
Doc Saturday looks at the hype surrounding Georgia's first opponent this season, Oklahoma State, and throws out a juicy factoid: "Mike Gundy's teams are still 1-11 against opponents that finished in the top-20 since 2005, and 0-8 against Oklahoma and Texas."
If you're looking for a quick preseason preview of the SEC, this one's not bad at all. (h/t Saurian Sagacity)
Outgoing Pac-10 commish Tom Hansen does a little Q&A with the Sporting News, and has this to say about the playoff debate:
We get playoff proposals around the calendar, with many more coming in the late fall. There just isn't anything that would be good in our opinion. We would have to go to 16 teams. The political pressure for participation would be even more intense than in the BCS. You'd have to play the games until the championship on campuses, so you'd be playing games at Michigan and Ohio State, weather-wise, in late December or January. Most of the TV time periods that are attractive then are taken by the NFL. There are some (sic) many factors that people never consider.
Filed under BCS/Playoffs, Big 12 Football, Crime and Punishment, Gators, Gators..., Nick Saban Rules, SEC Football, The Blogosphere
Where did all the QBs go?
As I'm reading Year2's initial post on the 2009 Gamecocks, I come across this quote from a Columbia radio show host –
Spurrier's still as good a playcaller as he ever was, and his system still works. There were plenty of times last year where receivers were open and the quarterback either didn't make the read, made a bad throw, or was getting sacked. No Spurrier offense can work correctly without a QB. In four years in Columbia, he hasn't one worth a darn yet.
… and I think to myself, what the hell is the deal with quarterbacks in this conference?
Look at lists like this one and this one. You may quibble a little about the order, but is there any real doubt right now that there are two legitimate starting SEC QBs and then a bunch of question marks (or worse)? And that's just the starters – check out Chris Low's list of what the backup situation looks like.
If Spurrier, with his coaching talent and track record, can't find a decent quarterback to run the show in four years, what does that say about what's going on in the SEC these days?
And it's not like '09 is an outlier. 2008 saw eight SEC starting QBs in the top 100 nationally in passing efficiency, but five of those ranked between 66 and 100. And as we sit here in June, five of those guys are gone.
So what's happening here? Bad recruiting? Bad coaching? Poor talent base in the Southeast? Not enough high schools that have quality passing attacks? Are SEC defenses that good?
They're smart and they want respect.
I'm starting to get dizzy:
To recap: last January, the JCCW posited that Tennessee's and Auburn's commitment to spending far more money on their assistant coaches than at any point in their program's history while simultaneously spending less (far less in Auburn's case) on their new head coaches than their predecessors might represent "perhaps a new way of financial thinking in the SEC." Blutarsky responded with skepticism. The JCCW responded with silly pictures. Earlier this week, Rocky Top Talk made a similar argument regarding Kiffin. Blutarsky responded, again with skepticism. The JCCW responded to that response.
That brings us to this new post from Blutarsky in response to that response…
We've spilled a lot of bandwidth on this, so I don't want to go on very long here, but I do think there's something that bears repeating.
Jerry thinks that there's big changes afoot, and that even if they don't rise to a level worthy of being categorized as a new model, they're significant enough to bear watching.
Me? I can't see it as any more than the logical extension of what's been coming for a while now, namely, the steady rise in coaching salaries. The only difference between what UT and Auburn have done and what Oklahoma and Alabama are doing is that the latter two are blowing the big money on the marquee head coaches and the former aren't.
Not by choice, though. If the right big name had been there, each would have been happy to toss the bucks at him. In the SEC these days, money's no object if you've got a target. Auburn and Tennessee, coming off of disappointing seasons and watching rival schools hit home runs with their most recent hires, didn't want to waste their ammo, so they simply shifted their sights to what was available – big name assistant coaches. Inevitable, given the players involved.
That's fine, but it isn't the same thing as a planned strategy worth crowing about or emulating. The continuing insistence that there's more going on here than meets the eye risks sounding positively Fredo-esque.
The likely long term impact from all this is that there a lot of assistant coaches – particularly the great recruiters – who are going to need to put Mike Hamilton and Jay Jacobs on their Christmas card lists. Now that's a plan Jimmy Sexton can believe in.
Filed under Don't Mess With Lane Kiffin, Gene Chizik Is The Chiznit, It's Just Bidness, The Blogosphere
Monday morning buffet
It's a short week, so let's get it off to a good start.
The Quad looks at its #65 team, Vanderbilt. From the easier-said-than-done department: "If the team can locate depth at running back and have two of its young, talented receivers step up, the Commodores will do better than the 19.2 points and 256.2 yards of total offense it averaged per game a season ago."
Nick Saban Fights The Power – with contract extension news. It's a win-win for everybody! (Including Les Miles.)
Rex Robinson hooks up with Brandon Bogotay.
CFR cites this great quote from Steele: "There is no way that you could find a single #7 team in the country the last 12 years that had a legitimate claim to being in the national title game." B-b-b-but Cinderellas, fellas!
It's all good in Knoxville – except for that pesky quarterback thing, you know.
Matt Hayes counts up all of the non-conference games, and finds that the BCS conference schools left a little too much on the table: "In the six BCS leagues, there are 57 games against I-AA teams and 111 against non-BCS, Division I teams. That's 168 chances where teams from BCS leagues could've played." And check out his worst game of the season.
Promises, promises from Michael Adams: "I don't think we're going to see the 30-year tenures in ADs anymore than we are in college presidents these days…" Anybody got a calendar?
Filed under BCS/Playoffs, College Football, Don't Mess With Lane Kiffin, Georgia Football, Media Punditry/Foibles, Michael Adams Wants To Rule The World, Nick Saban Rules, SEC Football
Programs! Get 'yer programs!
The Anti-Orange Page has posted a gallery of Georgia football program covers from the 1940's. Take a minute or two and wade through 'em. It's an enjoyable collection.
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Kiffin watch: Lane, you ignorant slut.
Mike Hamilton looks upon Junior's rash of flashy secondary violations and declares it to be so much piffle.
Hamilton does not believe Kiffin's calculated actions have included intentional acts of committing secondary violations.
"Where I would become concerned is if we have a consistent pattern of secondary violations, or if we get to a place where I believe we have intentionally violated the rules," he said. "But I think we are talking about mistakes that have been made along the way. I don't think in any situation there was an intentional violation of a rule."
The Laner's defense is that shit happens, sometimes. Or that quantity matters more than quality. Or something else, if you'll give him a moment to ponder some more ways to spin. But, there's nothing er, um, planned, if you will.
… Kiffin admits he has made some mistakes, but he does not believe the number to be over the top.
"We've had some secondary violations, but I don't believe it's an inordinate amount," he said. "They aren't deliberate, but unfortunately they happen."
Rich Brooks thinks that's a bunch of BS.
Kentucky head football coach Rich Brooks doesn't believe that self-reported, secondary violations are always inadvertent missteps.
He believes there may be more afoot as some programs try to get an upper hand in recruiting.
Brooks called for changes in enforcement, saying that will keep the amount of secondary violations from growing.
"The only way that will change is the conference office or the NCAA may have to take more stringent action on those that are having – quote – secondary violations because everybody that is a head coach or a recruiting coordinator in this league understands what the rules are," Brooks said. "Something really should change."
When you're putting the term in scare quotes, that's a pretty good indication of scorn. SEC Media Days are gonna be a blast this year.
Plus, you have to wonder what's getting said about UT's recruiting practices in private these days. And if Junior's talk about everything he's done being part of a purposeful strategy to raise the school's profile will come back to haunt him.
Filed under Don't Mess With Lane Kiffin, The NCAA
Saturday morning buffet
Rise and shine, campers.
The SEC – it's not your father's three-yards-and-a-cloud-of-dust conference anymore.
You've gotta love the hypocrisy of Spurrier and Hyman in this article. Truly craptastic.
And Spurrier gets a bonus now if his team just manages to show up, academically speaking. Thus continues the inexorable march towards excellence in Columbia.
Now the NCAA will track APR by coach. And some coaches want to know if the data can be tracked by presidents. Heh.
So, Florida International is dumping its cheerleaders and band. It's a good thing that Fox is getting out of the college football broadcasting business – if that became a trend, God knows what the Fox producers would have left to train their cameras on.
Is something getting ready to happen at Dawgbone?
Filed under 'Cock Envy, Academics? Academics., It's Just Bidness, SEC Football, Stats Geek!, The Blogosphere, The NCAA


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Bahrain charges US journalists over 'illegal gathering'
The journalists were transported to the public prosecution's offices in Manama on Tuesday
Prosecutors in Bahrain have charged four US journalists with participating in an unlawful gathering, but released them pending further investigation.
A statement said the four had been charged after being questioned with their lawyers present.
It did not name them, but one has been identified as Anna Therese Day. The others are male members of her crew.
They were arrested on Sunday at a protest marking the fifth anniversary of Bahrain's pro-democracy uprising.
A friend of Ms Day has said the journalists were simply doing their jobs and denied they had not taken part in any illegal activities.
'Criminal acts'
The official Bahrain News Agency on Tuesday cited a public prosecution statement as saying it had received a complaint from the head of the Capital Governorate Police Force "regarding acts of vandalism and rioting in the Sitra area".
"The public prosecution stated that security authorities detained four US nationals during the incident as a result of their involvement in the criminal acts, and that one of the individuals was concealing his face at the time of his arrest," BNA said.
Anna Therese Day has been identified as one of the four American journalists detained
"The individuals were questioned in the presence of lawyers and charged with unlawful obstruction of vehicles and attending unlawful gatherings," it added.
The public prosecution confirmed that all four had been released pending further investigation. It was not immediately clear whether they could leave the country.
On Monday, the interior ministry said the journalists had entered the country between Thursday and Friday on tourist visas and "had not registered with the concerned authority".
The opposition news website Bahrain Mirror said the four were detained in Sitra, a predominantly Shia village east of Manama, while reporting on clashes between anti-government protesters and security forces.
The journalists were arrested while covering a protest on Sunday in the Sitra area
Two witnesses told the Associated Press that police first detained a photographer working with the group on Sunday night. Later, officers surrounded the area with checkpoints and arrested the other three, they said.
Bahrain has been racked by unrest since February 2011, when demonstrators occupied Manama's Pearl Roundabout, demanding more democracy and an end to discrimination against the majority Shia community by the Sunni royal family.
The protesters were driven out by security forces in March 2011, after the king brought in troops from neighbouring Sunni-led Gulf states to restore order and crush dissent.
The unrest left at least 30 civilians and five policemen dead. Almost 3,000 people were also arrested, and scores were handed long prison terms by military courts.
Opposition activists say dozens of people have been killed in ongoing clashes between protesters and security forces, while bomb attacks blamed on Iran-backed militants have left a number of police officers dead.
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