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Palma was listed as doubtful almost until game time after suffering a shoulder injury against Missouri, but his two first-half touchdown catches sent Illinois to the intermission with a 20-3 lead.
Things couldn`t have gone more right for the Illini (2-1) in the half. They scored in just five plays after the opening kickoff on Verduzco`s 37-yard pass to Palma.
The Cougars` first drive, featuring Klingler`s 38-yard completion to John Brown III, ended in a fumble at the Illinois 14. And their second, despite a 48-yard completion to Brown that reached the Illini 5, netted only a 23-yard field goal by Roman Anderson.
Klingler barely touched the ball in the second quarter, which began with Houston (1-2) in possession at midfield.
Illinois put together two long scoring drives, the first of 89 yards ending in Verduzco`s 21-yard pass to Palma. The second took almost the entire final seven minutes of the half, a 96-yard march that ended with Kameno Bell cracking into the line three times from the Houston 1 before finally lunging over on fourth down with just four seconds remaining in the half.
Houston had only six offensive plays and 16 total yards in the quarter. Little-used Clinton Lynch emerged as a surprise running threat for the Illini, gaining 45 yards on eight carries in the half as Mackovic ball-controlled the Cougars out of their game plan.
Palma stunned the Cougars with another scoring catch early in the fourth quarter. After a 42-yard Verduzco-to-Lynch pass and run brought the ball to the Houston 40, Verduzco found Palma with a bomb in the end zone on the next play to make it 27-3.
After Robert Crumpton picked off a Klingler pass, Lynch burst through the middle for 50 yards to make it 34-3.
It's hard to believe that is was the beginning of the year when I first wrote about Becky Sawtelle's decision to have weight loss surgery. We haven't had an update on the blog since the end of May, but that doesn't mean she hasn't made progress — she's made incredible progress. She and her little dog Muffin also moved to Florida, so she's been dealing with a lot of changes. And, I think she spends a lot of time at the gym getting in shape.
Question: What is the shortest distance between two points?
We all know there is so much more to a line than a straight and narrow definition.
Samsung Electronics has officially unveiled the Galaxy Note 9. And thanks to the numerous leaks online, most of the phablet’s specs and features have been revealed ahead of the Unpacked event. So by now there is sufficient information to establish just how different or similar the Note 9 is compared to last year’s Note 8.
The display of the Galaxy Note 9 is something very familiar to Note 8 users. The new smartphone still comes with an OLED screen that Samsung calls Infinity Display. Earlier leaks claimed that the display of the Note 9 will be slightly bigger than that of the Note 8, and they turned out to be true during the unveiling.
Last year’s flagship phablet came with a 6.3-inch display with 83 percent screen-to-body ratio, 1440 x 2960 screen resolution and 521 ppi pixel density. On the other hand, the Note 9 has a 6.4-inch display with 83 percent screen-to-body ratio, 1440 x 2960 screen resolution and 516 ppi pixel density. Both displays have Corning Gorilla Glass 5 as a protective layer. They are also HDR10 compliant and feature Always-on technology.
Design-wise, the Note 9 does not offer something very different from the Note 8. Notable tech leaker Evan Blass has previously shared images of the Galaxy Note 9 on Twitter and the renders and photos revealed that the Note 9 will certainly have the same hardware appearance as the Note 8.
Up front, the Note 9 still has top and bottom bezels, but the bottom bezel is slimmer than the one on the Note 8. The top bezel still houses the front speaker, selfie camera, iris scanner and different sensors. The new phone’s display has curved sides, and it also has side buttons for power or lock/unlock, sound volume and Bixby.
At the back, Samsung’s Note 9 still has a dual-lens camera setup with LED flash. Unlike the Note 8 where the fingerprint scanner is located beside the camera module, the Note 9’s fingerprint reader is situtated below the camera module. Many hoped for the Note 9 to come with an in-display fingerprint reader, but Samsung is said to be saving the new feature for its upcoming 10th anniversary flagship phone, the Galaxy S10, which is scheduled for an early 2019 launch, as per CNET.
The Galaxy Note 8 was a solid premium handset. It debuted with Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 835 processor, which is 2017’s top-of-the-line SoC. The phablet also came with the Adreno 540 and 6GB of RAM. Onboard storage options for the Note 8 were 64, 128 and 256 GB.
Since Note 9 is going to be the main attraction from Samsung’s high-end series for the rest of the year, the phone is housing the Snapdragon 845 chipset, which is the latest and most advanced smartphone processor from Qualcomm for this year. The powerful chip is coupled with two RAM and onboard storage configurations: 6 GB RAM + 128 GB memory and 8 GB RAM + 512 GB memory.
The Note 9 doesn’t have a major upgrade when it comes to camera technology. As what Pocket-lint predicted earlier, the Note 9 still comes with 12-megapixel lenses and optical image stabilization (OIS). The Galaxy Note 8 also has two 12-megapixel lenses for its back camera module, and each came with OIS and other features. The only difference between the two is that the Note 9’s primary rear lenses has a variable aperture that switches between f/1.5 and f/2.4, while the one on the Note 8 has a fixed f/1.7 aperture. Their secondary lenses have the same f/2.4 aperture.
As for the front-facing cameras, the Note 8 debuted with an 8-megapixel selfie shooter. The 2017 phablet’s front camera has an f/1.7 aperture and features dual video call capability and Auto-HDR. It is also capable of recording 1440p videos at 30fps. The Note 9’s front-facing camera has the same lens and features.
Another area that sets the Note 9 apart from its predecessor is battery size. The Note 8 is equipped with a non-removable Li-Ion 3300 mAh battery, which is just so-so. Twitter leaker Ice Universe took to the social networking site in June to claim that he is “100 percent sure” that the Note 9 will have a larger 4,000 mAh battery. The leaker got it right because Samsung announced the Note 9 with a non-removable Li-Ion 4000 mAh battery.
Samsung also saw to it that the Galaxy Note 9 will still have something new to offer despite being just a minor update to the Note 8. FCC documents published last month revealed that the S Pen stylus that will come with the Note 9 is going to have Bluetooth connectivity and a bunch of new features, such as music playback control. Indeed, the new S Pen has Bluetooth integration.
Finally, the Galaxy Note 8 arrived with four color options: Midnight Black, Maple Gold, Orchid Gray and Deep Blue Sea. The South Korean tech giant also released a Taiwan-exclusive Star Pink color variant. Meanwhile, the Note 9 was announced as having four color options: Metallic Copper, Lavender Purple, Ocean Blue and Midnight Black.
The big picture: Following the U.S. ban on Chinese made telecom equipment from Huawei and ZTE, we're going to have to decide whether that means other parts of other supply chains are also guilty by association.
Fears that Chinese-built trains might be tempting for Beijing to convert into surveillance machines are leading some in government to question the vulnerability of Chinese mass transit equipment. That recently led DC's Metro transit system to add cybersecurity safeguard specs to a contract for new rail cars.
Regulators often deal with these kinds of supply chain issues product by product only after a problem is discovered. That leaves a lot of the burden on the customers, who are often left hoping that the product they bought won't eventually run afoul of the government.
With mass transit, there are not a lot of other options beside Chinese components. And there, as in many other industries, Chinese components are typically cheaper.
The risk management proposition for companies should be "holistic" and case by case, said Edna Conway, chief security officer of the global value chain at Cisco who also sits on DHS's supply chain task force.
That means weighing many factors against cost, including the functionality of equipment, tactics to limit exposure to potential damage, availability of replacements and opportunity to fully test the equipment.
But policies driven by economic nationalism are likely to be overly broad and potentially destructive. "The global value chain is a benefit to all. We can and should continue to avail ourselves of it," said Conway.
A 32-year-old man, Lukman Yaya, who claimed to be a prophet, was on Monday sentenced to 25 months’ imprisonment by an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State.
The senior magistrate, Mr. S. O.Banwo, in his ruling did not give the convict any option of a fine.
Yaya, whose address was not disclosed in court, pleaded guilty to the two charges of impersonation and theft.
Earlier, the prosecutor, Sgt. Chudu Gbesi, had told the court that the accused committed the offences on Feb. 8 at about 11.30am at Joju area of Ota, Ogun State.
Gbesi said that the accused who pretended to be a prophet unlawfully obtained N17,500 from one Aderibigbe Toyosi, with the intention to assist her to solve some of her spiritual problems, an agreement he did not fulfill.
He also said that the accused stole a mobile phone valued at N22,500 from the complainant in the process of helping her to solve her problems.
Gbesi said the offences contravened Sections 249(d) and 419 of the Criminal Code, Vol. 1, Laws of Ogun, 2006.
BISMARCK, N.D. - It's official, Bismarck will be hosting a World Series next summer.
The 13-to-15 Year Old World Series will be in the Capital-City a little less than a year from now.
The contract was signed Tuesday.
Faherty says there was another thing that impressed him a lot when they were looking at Bismarck.
"We've met some of the finest people we've ever dealt with here in Bismarck," said Faherty, Jr. "We expect this event to be successful beyond our hopes and dreams and make some memories that local teams and local players will have a chance to be a part of also."
The World Series will begin Aug. 8, 2019.
"Maybe he said sushi or something, but that's Japanese and sold at CVS."
I didn't want to ask her about his two-digit subtraction, multiplication skills, science proficiency, geography precocity, myth recitation, and ability to write down dozens of words that begin with the letter "A". In comparison, my daughter wrote down 15 or so words, most of which were names of friends, and called it a day.
Apparently, my nephew doesn't speak fluent Spanish either which is also something grandma said in a way that could not be considered "alluded to".
My other sister's girls (one year and two and a half years older than mine) play violins in an orchestra.
They can play a competent game of chess and create wondrous things from Legos.
One is headed for the Olympics in swimming. The other is pitch-perfect. They speak perfect Spanish and have highly developed computer skills.
There's more, there's always more.
My daughter, my mom tells me, is a work in progress.
If my mom is not talking to me.
Then my daughter is fabulous too. From what I heard, my daughter is so amazing, according to my mom, I hardly recognize her myself.
I hope you all wished your grandparents Happy Grandparents Day this past Sunday. My mom had it on her calendar.
MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) - Neighbors and business owners in The Market Common said a man was trying to break into cars Wednesday night until a good Samaritan stopped him.
"There are those of us that are going to stand up to them, like my husband,” said Patti Plyler.
The incident happened just before 9 p.m. Maurice Parker and Plyler were at their Market Common home when Parker went to leave and pick up a family member.
"When I went to the car parked in front of the house, I heard footsteps behind me,” he said.
The couple’s vehicles were parked on the same street. When Parker saw a man with a hood walking past his home, he decided not to pull away just yet.
"I started the car and waited to see who was passing because I was about to leave Patti by herself,” Parker said.
He said the man walked up to Plyler’s truck and circled it a few times before yanking open the door handle and getting inside. That’s when Parker got out of his car and ran up to his wife’s truck.
“I opened the door, pulled him out,” he said. “When I opened the door, I saw where his hands were so I had to get him before he had a chance to reach for anything."
Parker said the suspect tried to resist, but he was able to get a hold of him and drag him to their front door.
Police got to the scene and arrested 38-year-old Jonathan Locklear. He’s facing charges of public intoxication and damaging or tampering with a vehicle.
"We really do as neighbors need to pull together and watch out for each other. I think by at least getting this story out there that there could be criminals or thugs or whatever would get the message that we’re not going to sit still for this,” Plyler said.
Twitter has some built-in tools for tracking the tweets in a conversation, making it easy for you to keep up with every side of Twitter updates. You can link to these using the individual tweet URL, but in order to capture a series of tweets, you'll need to take a screenshot — an image of the content of your screen. Once you've captured a screenshot of that conversation, you can upload it to share with customers on your website or in social media. This allows you to promote online conversation about your services and products to readers who are not on Twitter.
Click the "Expand" link underneath the Tweet you want to view; alternately, if you follow multiple users in a tweet, this link will read "View Conversation." This will expand the tweet view in the middle of your timeline and show any tweets involved in the thread.
Click the date stamp in the upper right corner of any tweet to see that content outside of your timeline view. This shows tweets that came both before and after the tweet you've selected -- so long as they were written as direct replies to the original tweet and are not protected accounts. Copy the URL at the top of the screen to share in online content with a screengrab.
Click the "PrtSc" button (on larger keyboard, spelled out as "Print Screen") to create a screencap; if you use a laptop, you may need to simultaneously press the "Fn" with "PrtSc," depending on your setup. In Windows, this copies the image to your clipboard. If you're using a Mac, click "Shift-Cmd-3" to create a screencap that's saved directly to your laptop as a PNG image file.
Open an image-editing program such as Paint, if you've captured the screengrab from Windows. Press "Ctrl-V" to paste the screencap into the Paint image. To crop the image down so that it only focuses on the tweet, click the "Crop" button, select the section you want to pare the image down to, right-click on the selection and select "Crop."
Save your image in a commonly-used file format, such as JPEG or GIF. This can now be uploaded to any common image-sharing website, from Imgur to Facebook.
If you just want to share a tweet with your followers, you can retweet it to your followers without bothering to screencap it.
MICK McCARTHY is on a mission to extend his hoodoo over the man he believes should be the next England boss.
McCarthy is convinced Harry Redknapp has to be the first choice for the FA when Fabio Capello retires after Euro 2012.
Redknapp, who takes charge of his 100th game today, wants to be considered for the role, with his chances enhanced by his Tottenham achievements.
And Wolves boss McCarthy, who managed the Republic of Ireland for six years, insists Redknapp, above, has the credentials, saying: “Why wouldn’t he want to be considered? How many managers have been more successful than him?
“Spurs have a fabulous squad and it’s remarkable what he has done.
“He has that ability to get the best out of people. His teams have always been competitive and played terrific football.
McCarthy is aiming for a third successive victory over Spurs, after unlikely 1-0 wins home and away last season.
But he is preparing for a backlash, after Spurs’ stuttering start to the season saw them throw away a 2-0 lead at Werder Bremen in the Champions League in midweek.
“That was last year,” added McCarthy. “It counts for absolutely zippo at 3pm on Saturday. We will probably have to play even better than that to get anything this weekend.
Lyall Woznesensky’s life changed when he went to the doctor a couple of summers ago to have what he thought was a blood blister on his chest checked.
“I poked it and blood came out, and then the ‘blister’ came back,” he says. “My wife said, ‘you better go get that tested.’” A biopsy led to bad news: the mark was actually melanoma.
He wouldn’t learn how bad the news really was until after an operation a few weeks later, when doctors found a large tumour in his chest, one that went all the way to his bone. “The doctor was shocked at how much it had spread,” says Woznesensky, who was diagnosed with stage N3b melanoma.
His oncologist started him on treatment immediately, a diagnosis of metastatic melanoma like Woznesensky’s comes with a five-year survival rate of 64 percent.
Woznesensky had two surgeries to remove the tumour and 18 lymph nodes followed by a month of daily treatments.
Then, just six months after his initial diagnosis, doctors discovered tumours on his liver. His cancer had spread and was now stage 4.
But there was a silver lining — Woznesensky now qualified for a clinical trial using immunotherapy to treat metastatic melanoma, an approach to cancer treatment that uses the immune system to attack cancer cells.
There’s a lot of excitement around it in the medical community, especially because of the low survival rate in metastatic melanoma – immunotherapy offers hope that that could change.
Since immunotherapy is so new, researchers are still working out the best way to use it. Woznesensky’s trial involved targeting different proteins on the immune cells called T cells (these are the proteins that acts as a type of “off-switch” that helps keep the T cell from attacking other cells including cancer cells), though like all medicine, it came with a risk of side effects.
Woznesensky suffered from some of them, but a follow-up test six months later found it was all worth it: his tumour wasn’t growing anymore. Woznesensky’s cancer was in remission.
Woznesensky is thankful that he had access to the treatment at all and that, thanks to the results of the trial, it might one day help other patients like him.
Thirteen kids were either in or on the SUV when it rolled over, killing a 17-year-old girl.
NORTH PORT — A 22-year-old man has been arrested and accused of supplying alcohol to several underage drinkers who were involved in a fatal rollover crash on April 6, the North Port Police Department said Thursday.
According to police, Damien Chanfrante, 22, of Punta Gorda, supplied alcohol to minors who later packed into a 2010 Rav4 SUV early on April 6. Thirteen people were in or on top of the vehicle when the driver, Stephanie Evrard, 19, failed to navigate a curve at Joewood Circle and Genip Court and the vehicle rolled over, police said.
One passenger, a 17-year-old girl, died at the scene and three others were seriously injured, according to police.
Police said many of the teens, including Evrard, were intoxicated at the time of the crash. Police received a tip that Chanfrante had supplied the teens with alcohol, and video surveillance showed him buying a case of Bud Light from a gas station in the area just before midnight.
Police also obtained multiple videos and photographs of the group drinking Bud Light and Twisted Tea, an alcoholic beverage. Police have released a list of names of people who were drinking alcohol before the accident. The arrest report states that Chanfrante provided the drinks to Evrard, Ericka Gaitin, 20, Cynthia Brown, 20, William Johnson, 20, and Turc Carroll, 19, along with three minors.
North Port Police officers arrested Chanfrante on Wednesday and charged him with eight counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor. He is being held at the Sarasota County Jail on $40,000 bond.