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Monday, August 5, 2013
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Hartman: Athleticism showing in early Gophers football practices
Jerry Kill was asked if he has an early opinion after three practices about the athleticism of his Gophers football squad.
?Our athleticism is improved,? Kill said. ?I think that?s the biggest thing I noticed on both sides of the ball. We have some young guys that we have to get put in the right place, and that takes time to teach them.
?They?re all trying to learn and be cautious and so forth. Then I see some guys who have been here who have changed their body type and move much better. Overall I like that we look better and I think we move better, and now we have to coach them better.?
Looking back to last year?s 34-31 loss to Texas Tech in the Meineke Car Care Bowl, Kill said he believes the team might have gained some confidence from the way it played.
?Certainly that particular game helped us but, again, each year is a new team,? he said. ?I think recruiting has a lot to do with most of it. I mean you have to get lucky in recruiting. Good players make you a good coach, that?s the bottom line. I think with our second recruiting class coming in, some of the guys that have come in are pretty gifted athletically.?
Depth at skill positions
Kill said two wide receivers, redshirt freshman Jamel Harbison and sophomore Andre McDonald, will improve the young receiving corps, which is already impressing him.
?I think certainly them being back, that certainly helps. But I?ll be honest with you, they?re in an extreme amount of competition right now because [freshmen] named Eric Carter and Drew Wolitarsky have done very well right at the start of camp. You can tell they?re blessed with a lot of athleticism. [Redshirt junior] Isaac Fruechte and [redshirt senior] Derrick Engel have come in in great shape and so we?ll be better in that area.?
Source: http://www.startribune.com/sports/218313161.html
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NY Rep. King tests presidential waters in NH
WAKEFIELD, N.H. (AP) ? New York Republican Congressman Peter King is warning his party not to abandon its longstanding emphasis on national defense as he launches a two-day tour of New Hampshire.
The 11-term congressman sipped Coke and posed for pictures Sunday evening at a backyard barbecue deep in the state's Lakes Region, an event that served as a coming-out party of sorts for King's presidential ambitions. He says he is at least a year away from a final decision, but King has officially joined the ballooning group of Republican leaders teasing a presidential bid.
"I believe the Republican Party would be receptive to my candidacy," King said ahead of the New Hampshire visit.
Though his congressional seniority offers him considerable influence in Washington, King is largely unknown across New Hampshire, the small state expected to host the nation's first presidential primary contests more than two years from now.
King, 69, talks openly about a possible presidential bid when asked, but has yet to conduct polling, expand his staff or court new donors, steps necessary for serious contenders. Yet he arrived in New Hampshire Sunday evening, his first visit here since campaigning for Rudolph Giuliani's presidential bid in 2008. King plans to spend much of Monday in the state.
"We are the Number 1 target in the world of Islamic terrorists," King declared before an audience of roughly 50 people ? his wife, daughter and two grandchildren among them ? as they ate barbecued chicken on a retired New York fire chief's back deck.
"I would love if we never had to send one solider overseas, or if we never had to be involved in any country in the world. But we live in a dangerous world and we don't have that luxury," King said. "We have to go back to being the party of national defense."
His remarks came minutes after the State Department announced plans to keep facilities in 19 cities closed through the end of the week because of terrorist "chatter."
King, chairman of the House Homeland Security Subcommittee on Counterterrorism and Intelligence, is perhaps best known in national politics for a hawkish approach on national security. He says his presidential bid would be designed, in part, to balance the increasingly vocal libertarian wing of the GOP ? led by possible presidential contenders like Sens. Rand Paul, R-Ky., and Ted Cruz, R-Texas ? who support significant reductions in U.S. foreign aid and military involvement abroad.
King downplayed specific criticism while speaking in New Hampshire Sunday night, but cited Paul by name in an interview before the trip.
"If I do run, I intend to win. But certainly, it's added incentive to prevent the isolationist wing of the party from taking over," King said. "Someone like Rand Paul has set the Republican Party back 50 years."
Those who attended Sunday's barbecue largely agreed with King's view, although they were quick to point out that the election is years away.
"He's straightforward, very blunt. I like that," said barbecue host Don Rowan, a former fire chief from King's Long Island district who moved to New Hampshire several years ago. "But the election is a long way off. You never know."
King isn't on the radar for many veterans of presidential politics in New Hampshire and Washington, although political operatives suggest that it's impossible to predict the political climate in 2016. In an election focused on national security, King would enjoy an inherent advantage.
"Representative King is the classic definition of a primary long-shot, but New Hampshire traditionally provides a fair hearing to all presidential candidates, both well-known and obscure," said Republican strategist Jim Merrill, who led Mitt Romney's New Hampshire campaign.
King says he already has at least two more New Hampshire visits planned.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/ny-rep-king-tests-presidential-waters-nh-080136164.html
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Peter Capaldi tapped to play new 'Doctor Who'
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Peter Capaldi.
Who are you? Well, on Sunday, the BBC (and BBC America in the U.S.) let adoring fans of the 50-year-old series "Doctor Who" in on who will play the next incarnation of the traveling Time Lord: Peter Capaldi.
Capaldi will play the 900-plus-year-old 12th Doctor and takes over the role from Matt Smith in an episode that will air on Nov. 23 in the UK.?
"Doctor Who belongs to all of us," said Capaldi after the announcement.
Scottish actor?Capaldi?appeared in both the feature film "In the Loop" and TV series "The Thick of It" as a foul-mouthed political advisor, and was highly touted to be the next in the role. (Curiously, he most recently appeared in "World War Z" as a character called the "W.H.O. Doctor" ? in that case, the World Health Organization medical expert.)
He appeared once in a "Doctor Who" episode, "The Fires of Pompeii," in 2008.
The announcement was made in a live TV show during a special 30-minute program, which played in prime time in the UK and in the afternoon in America, and was filmed before a 400-member studio audience. Also making appearances on stage and in pre-taped interviews were former Doctor Who actors and former traveling companions.?
"Veep" and "Thick of It" writer/producer/director Armando Iannucci immediately tweeted his delight:
The character of the alien Gallifreian only known as "The Doctor" can "regenerate" his form, which helps explain how, for example, David Tennant transformed into Matt Smith in 2010; Capaldi will next regenerate from Smith.
There had been some discussion about whether the doctor should change gender (he's always been male) or race (he's always been white), but that apparently that was not to happen.
The choice of Capaldi is interesting in that both Smith and Tennant have established a trend of younger doctors; earlier on the Doctors tended to be played by actors in their 40s or older. Capaldi is 55.
"Doctor Who" first premiered in 1963 in the UK and ran until 1996; it was shown in the U.S. in syndication over the years, and garnered a cult of fans. But ever since the show was rebooted in 2005 with Christopher Eccleston in the role, its appeal has reached new heights in the U.S.
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Source: http://www.today.com/entertainment/meet-new-doctor-who-peter-capaldi-6C10843363
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New US penalties will greet Iran's new leader
In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to President-elect Hasan Rouhani, in an official endorsement ceremony, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Iran's supreme leader has formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as president opening the way for the moderate cleric to take over from outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, left, gives his official seal of approval to President-elect Hasan Rouhani, in an official endorsement ceremony, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Iran's supreme leader has formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as president opening the way for the moderate cleric to take over from outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
In this picture released by the official website of the Iranian supreme leader's office, Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, center, President-elect Hasan Rouhani, right, and outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, sit, in an official endorsement ceremony for Rouhani, in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Aug. 3, 2013. Iran's supreme leader has formally endorsed Hasan Rouhani as president opening the way for the moderate cleric to take over from outgoing President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. (AP Photo/Office of the Iranian Supreme Leader)
WASHINGTON (AP) ? As Iran's new president takes over, new U.S. penalties against the country appear a done deal.
In a letter to President Barack Obama, 76 senators are demanding tougher punishment on Iran's economy until the Islamic republic scales back its nuclear program. It also urges Obama to consider military options while keeping the door open to diplomacy.
The Senate letter, a copy of which was obtained Saturday by The Associated Press, comes just days after the House overwhelmingly passed new restrictions on Iran's oil sector and its mining and construction industries. Senators are expected to take up the same package in September.
"Until we see a significant slowdown of Iran's nuclear activities, we believe our nation must toughen sanctions and reinforce the credibility of our option to use military force at the same time as we fully explore a diplomatic solution to our dispute with Iran," says the letter, which will be delivered Monday.
The Obama administration is concerned Congress' effort could undercut Iran's relatively moderate President-elect Hasan Rouhani, who was formally endorsed by Iran's ayatollah on Saturday and takes the oath of office Sunday. Rouhani has pledged to follow a "path of moderation" and promised greater openness over Iran's nuclear program.
Obama wants to give Rouhani a chance to prove his seriousness.
The U.S. believes Iran has been working for years to develop nuclear weapons. Iran insists its program is for peaceful energy and research purposes.
Rouhani's victory signaled Iran's clear dissatisfaction, the senators said. But they noted that all final decisions on nuclear matters rest with Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and said Iran must not be allowed to use any new nuclear negotiations with world powers to stall for time.
"Iran today continues its large-scale installation of advanced centrifuges," their letter said. "This will soon put it in the position to be able to rapidly produce weapons-grade uranium, bringing Tehran to the brink of a nuclear weapons capability."
"We need to understand quickly whether Tehran is at last ready to negotiate seriously," it added. "Iran needs to understand that the time for diplomacy is nearing its end."
Obama prefers diplomacy. He has given Iran until sometime next spring to prove to the world that its program is peaceful.
If Iran fails to do so, the stage may be set for military intervention from the U.S. or Israel, which sees Iranian nuclear weapons capacity as an existential threat and has warned of taking action according to its own timeline.
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Sunday, August 4, 2013
HTC One Max reportedly surfaces in photos with 5.9-inch display
Word of the HTC One Max first surfaced in a leaked document from UK carrier O2, but now the phone seems to be making an appearance in the flesh. Taiwanese site ePrice has gotten its collective mitts on two photos of what's claimed to be the retooled flagship, which boasts a 5.9-inch 1080p display. Differences in the hardware don't exactly jump out at first blush, but the relative distance between the lower speaker grill and its buttons hint at a larger screen. While the One Mini's grate doesn't extend as far as the full-sized smartphone's, the grill on this jumbo device stretches past that of both handsets.Though this model also sports traditional China-specific tweaks such as dual SIM slots, the most notable changes include an upgrade to a 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor and a 3,200mAh battery. ePrice says an official One Max appearance is rumored for next month at IFA, but we'll keep our eyes peeled for invitations to special unveiling events.
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Scherzer wins 16th, Tigers beat White Sox 3-0
DETROIT (AP) ? With almost two months left in the season, Max Scherzer has already equaled his career high in wins.
He's also closing in on another lofty mark ? 1,000 strikeouts.
"Wins are important for the team, and I'm up about that," Scherzer said. "But to reach milestones for your career, sometimes that's a better personal reflection of yourself."
Scherzer will have to wait for that 1,000th strikeout after falling one short Saturday night, but the Detroit right-hander took a shutout into the eighth inning, and the bullpen held on in the Tigers' 3-0 victory over the punchless Chicago White Sox. Scherzer became baseball's first 16-game winner.
The White Sox have lost nine straight. The AL Central-leading Tigers have won 11 of 12, despite playing most of that stretch without slugger Miguel Cabrera.
"I've always said that we have so much talent in this clubhouse," Scherzer said. "Miggy's a big part of it, but even without Miggy, there's plenty of guys in here that are very capable of dominating in the major leagues."
Cabrera has been bothered by hip and abdominal problems and sat out Saturday.
Scherzer (16-1) allowed three hits in 7 2-3 innings. Jose Veras got the third out of the eighth, and Joaquin Benoit finished for his 12th save in 12 chances.
John Danks (2-9) allowed six hits in seven innings, including solo homers by Torii Hunter, Jhonny Peralta and Jose Iglesias.
Scherzer is the first pitcher to win at least 16 of his first 17 decisions since Roger Clemens started 16-1 in 2001, according to STATS. Scherzer walked three and struck out six.
"It is pretty tough to do much against Scherzer right now," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "He's just got too much stuff. He can throw all of his off-speed pitches exactly where he wants them, and you can't tell them apart from his fastball. So you are watching for the break, and you don't have a chance to catch up to his velocity."
Scherzer also won 16 games last season. He's been the beneficiary of a lot of run support this year, but he didn't need much against the White Sox. Hunter opened the scoring with a homer to left in the first.
"These are real baseball games. We love those close games, those tight games," Hunter said. "Good pitching beats good hitting any day. Whenever they make a mistake, you just don't want to miss it."
Peralta ? who faces a possible suspension from Major League Baseball's drug investigation ? made it 2-0 with a drive to the bushes beyond the center-field wall in the second.
Iglesias, acquired just before the trade deadline ? partly as insurance against a possible suspension to Peralta ? added a homer of his own in the fourth.
This was the second game with the Tigers for Iglesias. He hit one homer in 63 games for Boston this season.
The White Sox, meanwhile, got another sold start that they failed to take advantage of. The Chicago starters have a 2.72 ERA during this losing streak.
Chicago pinch-hitter Jordan Danks hit a long flyball in the eighth that center fielder Austin Jackson caught at the wall in left-center. When Veras came in, Alexei Ramirez jack-knifed out of the way on his first pitch ? only to have the breaking ball drop across the heart of the plate for a strike.
The White Sox have scored two runs in their last three games.
NOTES: Chicago has requested waivers on OF Dewayne Wise for the purpose of granting his unconditional release. Wise has been on the DL since May 30 with a strained right hamstring and right oblique strain. ... The Tigers wore jerseys that said "Tigres" while honoring the contributions of Hispanic and Latino players. ... Detroit tries for a three-game sweep Sunday, with RHP Rick Porcello (8-6) taking the mound against Chicago RHP Andre Rienzo (0-0).
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Tennis: Elk coach Ronning recovering from mysterious, serious illness
August 3, 2013 at 6:18 am
by Bruce Strand, Sports Editor
Randy Ronning was back at his post running the Elk River Open this past weekend, almost as though nothing had happened.
Just a month earlier, Ronning spent three days unconscious in an intensive care unit.
The coach of eight Elk state tournament teams and the 2012 state champions, a robust picture of health and fitness at age 60, he was almost lost due to a strange reaction to some toxic substance July 8.
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?It gave me a new perspective on things. That?s for sure,? reflected Ronning with a grim smile.
That day, Ronning was resealing a driveway that he installed five years ago. He had resealed an older driveway several times without incident. Figuring he might as well do a complete job while he was at it, he tore out the old caulking on the cement apron at the end of driveway.
He suddenly got dizzy, went inside to lay down for 20 minutes and felt better. He completed the driveway job and did some yard work, but after a few hours, felt pain and swelling in his jaw.
The next morning he went to urgent care, where they recommended an antibiotic. He called a replacement for his tennis lessons and went to bed. By 5:30 p.m., his throat and face were so swollen that breathing was difficult.
Back at urgent care, his doctor, alarmed this time, directed him to take an ambulance to the emergency room. Ronning said, ?Well, my wife can drive me,? but the doctor replied, bluntly, ?You might not make it.?
Apparently mold, or a toxic substance in the caulking, or a combination of the two, caused the serious reaction, Ronning said, adding, ?We may never be sure.?
At the ICU at Mercy Hospital, they put Ronning under and didn?t wake him up until three days later.
He had a tube stuffed down his throat for a breathing passage. Having the tube removed was ?the closest thing to death I?ve ever had,? he said. ?What suffocating or drowning must be like.?
Ronning stayed at the ICU for a week. They wanted him to stay longer, but he insisted on leaving. The day he woke up, the ICU was full, but a couple days later, there were several empty beds. He commented to a doctor that a lot of people must have gotten well. But he was told, ?No, those people died,? which showed how harrowing his own experience was.
Aftereffects of the attack linger. As yet, Ronning can?t salivate and has to spray a substance into his mouth. He can?t taste food. He?s lost 20 pounds.
?My weight never fluctuated more than a pound or two in my life,? he noted.
The antibiotics caused his kidneys to shut down; they?re just now getting back to normal. Sleep was sporadic due to the dry mouth, although new medicine is helping with that. He?s been told his taste and saliva functions will return eventually.
But Ronning, who makes his living as a year-round tennis pro, along with coaching the Elks and substitute teaching, returned to the courts right away, probably his best medicine. His doctor advised against that, but the coach protested, ?I?ve got to get back. That?s what I do.?
He directed the Elk River Open for the 21st consecutive year, although for the first time, he didn?t play in it himself.
To tournament participants, Ronning was his familiar upbeat, helpful self. His own assessment: ?I?m weak, especially in the legs. I don?t really care if I gain the weight back, I just want my strength back.?
This wasn?t even the first health setback this year for Ronning, whose luck ran out suddenly after a lifetime of fitness and health. In February, finally paying a price for hundreds of thousands of serves and volleys, he needed surgery on his right rotator cuff.
He got a kick out of what the doctor told him that day: ?The good news is that you?re the most physically fit 60-year-old I?ve seen in a long time. The bad news is, you?re 60 years old.?
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Prizmo (for Mac)
Prizmo is OCR??reinvented for the mobile era, and, like many reinventions, it's a mixture of brilliant new ideas and details that aren't fully worked?out yet. Prizmo comes in two versions, one for?OS X, which is the one I tested, and another for the?iPhone?and?iPad, which I didn't test but which has the same?basic capabilities.
OCR Via Cameras
What makes Prizmo for OS X different is that it's designed from the start to work with cameras as well as scanners. If you connect an iPhone or iPad to your Mac by a USB cable, you can snap a picture and Prizmo will instantly capture it and try to extract text from it. If you connect any other camera to your Mac, it lets you browse through the photos in the camera's internal storage and select one or more pictures that you want to process with OCR.
Prizmo includes an optional menubar icon that lets you select a block of text anywhere on screen?including images?and perform OCR on it, with the resulting text copied the clipboard for pasting into any application. And, of course, like traditional OCR software, it can take images directly from a scanner, using OS X's built-in scanner interface. Unlike our editor's choice FineReader Express, Prizmo connected to the scanner in my HP all-in-one printer even when my Mac was running wirelessly. FineReader only recognized the scanner when I connected the scanner to my Mac with a USB cable.
Puzzling Prizmo
I was slightly puzzled when I launched Prizmo because it required me either to open an existing Prizmo document from iCloud or my Mac, but of course I didn't have any Prizmo documents since I had never run it before. I finally figured out that I needed to click the "New Document" button at the foot of the window, which was also slightly puzzling since I didn't realize I was creating a document?I thought I was perform OCR on an image. But after I clicked that button, Prizmo showed me a spacious window with the message "Drop a Picture of Text Here" and three further options: "Open Image File...", "Import from Scanner or Camera..." and "Browse Image Library..." The first option works as you expect: select a PDF, PNG, JPG, or any other standard image format and open it in? Prizmo's window. The second opens OS X's scanner dialog and lets you work from a scanner. The third takes you to your iPhoto library and the Pictures folder in your user folder.
In Action
When I snapped a picture with an iPhone plugged into my Mac, the picture instantly appeared in Prizmo's window. An optional preference automatically applied distortion correction to the image based on the geometry of the iPhone's camera lens. Toolbar icons let me rotate, crop, or make brightness and other adjustments to the image before clicking the OCR button. When I clicked that button, the color image changed from color to black and white, showing the black text that the program would now recognize when I clicked yet another button, this one marked Recognize.
As you can guess from this report, there are plenty of underdocumented steps that you need to perform to get the best possible results, and we're not through yet. After I clicked the Recognize button, the app overlaid the image with rectangles showing where it detected text, and opened a pane next to the image with the text that the app had extracted. I could use this pane to make manual corrections to the recognized text before exporting it?a feature not available in ABBYY FineReader Express.
Also, in this Recognition window, a new toolbar replaced the original one, with icons for adding, removing, and reordering the regions identified by the app. There's also a button for reading the extracted text aloud, using OS X's built-in speech feature, and for translating the extracted text into any of dozens of languages, though a built-in connection with Microsoft's translation service. Finally, at the far right end of the toolbar?and what felt a bit like the end of a quest?I could click an Export button and save the recognized text to Evernote, Box.com, Dropbox, Google Drive, any other WebDAV drive, an e-mail recipient, or?as in traditional OCR?a file. Prizmo exports to text, RTF, searchable PDF, and image files, but not to spreadsheet or HTML format as FineReader Express does. One unique and nifty option is Prizmo's feature that lets you specify that you've snapped a picture of a business card, and lets you send the output directly to OS X's Contacts app.
I'd wish Prizmo had an "express" option like FineReader that simply took an image and output it to a file without all the manual steps that I had to go through, but I like the way Prizmo lets me work directly with an iPhone, something I've never seen before in an OCR app. When working with a conventional camera, Prizmo was less convenient, because I had to wait while the app imported thumbnails of almost all the photos stored in the camera before I could click on the one I wanted. With a scanner, Prizmo worked efficiently, although, again, with an "express" feature that automated the process. (A $50 option adds a "Pro Pack" that makes it possible to automate Prizmo via Automator or AppleScript, but you still have to do the scripting?job yourself.)
It's the OCR, Stupid
Unfortunately, Prizmo's weakest link is the most important one: its OCR engine. It's good enough, and at more or less the same level as the OCR built into Adobe Acrobat Pro, but it can't match the superb, almost error-free results I got from ABBYY FineReader Express. When I tested Prizmo and FineReader with the same PDF and other image files, Prizmo made far more errors; FineReader sometimes made one or two, or none. Prizmo's built-in editor let me hand-correct its errors by comparing the extracted text with the original image file, but I would far prefer not to need to make the corrections at all. If I were spending money on an OCR app because I needed high-quality OCR in my work, I wouldn't hesitate to choose ABBYY FineReader Express, despite its inconveniences and limited feature set, over Prizmo with all its innovations and abilities.
Cool for Cameras
Prizmo is the only app to choose if you want?to use OCR on images that you capture with your phone or where you want its extensive distortion-correction features?features similar to that that ABBYY includes in its top-of-the line Windows apps but not FineReader Express for the Mac. PCMag Editors' Choice for Mac OCR. I like Prizmo, but I think you may want to let it mature a while before you buy it as your primary OCR app.
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