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Sony's new Cyber-shot DSC-HX200V ultrazoom is but one of five new "H" series models announced by Sony on February 27 which became available on the market in March. In addition to the entry-level H90 model, there are also HX10, HX20, and HX30 models along with the HX200V that is the subject of this review. While the H90 carries a 16.1 megapixel sensor, the other four models all share an 18.2 megapixel "Exmor R" CMOS sensor and advanced BIONZ processor that, among other things, is said to produce "blazingly fast" autofocus acquisition times in both good and dim lighting conditions. If you're thinking to yourself that 18.2 megapixels in a compact digital point-and-shoot sounds like a lot, you'd be right – Sony is touting these four models as possessing "the highest resolution sensor currently offered in the mainstream point-and-shoot market."
The HX10 features a 16x optical zoom while the HX20 and 30 both carry 20x versions; these three cameras all resemble the pretty much standard compact digital layout of a rectangular, box-of- cigarettes-sized body with a slightly protruding lens base at the front of the camera. The subject of this first look, the HX200, packs a 30x optical zoom in the "mini DSLR" configuration that seems popular with super zooms exceeding 20x.
That 30x zoom on the HX200 is a Carl Zeiss design, covers the 29 to 870mm focal range (in 35mm equivalents) and features maximum apertures of f/2.8 and f/5.6 at wide-angle and telephoto, respectively. Here's a look at both ends of that zoom.
And here's a look at one of our local surfers at telephoto along with another surfer shot with my Nikon D300S and 600mm telephoto (900mm in 35mm equivalent). Tripod and JPEG fine processing were used in both cases with in-camera sharpening maxed in both cameras; contrast maxed in the Sony and increased one step in the Nikon.
There's probably not much question in your mind which is which (and we won't keep you guessing – the top image is from the HX200V), but keep in mind that the Sony goes for $480 while the D300S is an $1800 body and that fast 600mm will set you back a little over $10,000. Frankly, I was very impressed with the image quality that the HX200 produced shooting bursts of the surfers – it's probably the best continuous shooting image quality I've seen out of an ultrazoom.
The camera has an electronic viewfinder and built-in flash, offers automatic and scene shooting modes in addition to full manual controls, along with Sony's excellent panorama shooting feature. The 3.0-inch LCD monitor has a 921,000 dot composition and articulates through a range of motion. Full 1080 HD video is available via one touch shooting.
The camera comes with a basic user's manual that is pretty basic, and Sony requires you to go to their website to download a complete user's manual. Initially I found some menus and controls highly intuitive, while other aspects of camera operation completely eluded me. Case in point: after switching to aperture priority I attempted to locate the ISO setting control. Couldn't find one on either the camera exterior or in the various menus, and the basic user's manual was of no help. Before giving up and resorting to downloading the complete manual, I noticed that while sifting through various menus there is an in-camera guide that offers a "keyword" menu with alphabetical selections of various features and functions; looking up "ISO" provided the information I needed to set ISO manually. Kind of a nice feature to have until you get the hang of the camera, since the basic user's manual doesn't cover a lot of ground with regards to the operations of the HX200.
Auto focus acquisition is as advertised, so far – quick in good conditions, and while a bit slower in dim light still quite quick. Shutter lag seems to be fairly quick as well and thus far the camera has proved to be pleasant to shoot, focusing quickly and taking the shot when you press the shutter. I shot two short clips of video and image quality is very good on both. Still image quality on non-moving subjects has been impressive so far.
When I first heard of the 18.2 megapixels on this camera my initial reaction was to look up the specifications for the sensor size – it proved to be a 1/2.3 inch, a decidedly point-and-shoot size carrying a more DSLR-like resolution. But upon reading the fine print, it turns out this sensor is one of the backside illumination variety which move circuitry from the sensor face to its back, providing an unimpeded path for light to the pixels on the sensor surface. This sensor design combined with the latest generation processing technology gives rise to the hope that Sony isn't asking too much from their Exmor R sensor.
We've barely begun to scratch the surface with the HX200V review and giving ISO performance a good, hard look will be part of the process. Thus far, under fairly benign conditions the HX200V has acquitted itself well – our complete review will be along in a couple weeks and tell us if good first impressions have become lasting ones.
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Miller's warning follows last week's announcement by the provincial government that Ontario is replacing its controversial feed-in tariff programme for large wind and other renewable projects with a competitive procurement process.
The size and timing of this depends on the results of its current long-term energy plan (LTEP).
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The automotive world is full of foreign words. Italians, Germans, French and all the rest came up with stuff that had to be translated to English. Now, it only takes a little effort to learn the proper pronunciation, and since Top Gear won't help you with that, we will!
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Oh, the bloody French! They always make it difficult, don't they? Anyway, it's not as bad as it seems. For example, I could tell you that Peugeot is Pözsó, but English speakers may find this more helpful:
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5.) Lancia
Dear BBC,
Please tell Jeremy Clarkson and the rest of the English speaking world that there isn't a car brand called Laan-cia. It's pronounced 'Lan-cha'. That's how you call the guys who made the Stratos.
Best regards,
Máté Petrány
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4.) Touge
It's Japanese for the mountain roads where you race uphill and downhill very fast. 'Toe-geh' is the way to go, always above 8000 rpm.
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3.) Magnetorheological
It's the liquid that makes your dampers adapt faster in the corners. Great for ride and handling, but still a mouthful.
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It's Spanish and not Italian, for starters. Listen to this man, he will guide you through 'mur-SEEYE-la-GO.' And don't go around saying Guhlardo, either. It's 'Guy-yar-doh.'
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1.) Koenigsegg
It shouldn't be too difficult, right? You've got the first part, Koenig, which is the same as König in German. It means king. Than, you've got the segg part, which would be "zeg". Königzeg. But what happens when you ask for assistance? Disaster:
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Seven killed in mass shooting near University of California
Authorities say seven people are dead and seven wounded in a drive-by shooting in a student enclave next to the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Santa Barbara County Sheriff Bill Brown said the dead in the rampage in the Isla Vista neighbourhood included the suspected attacker who was driving a black BMW. Brown had earlier said the suspect exchanged gunfire with deputies before crashing into a parked car.
He said he didn't know whether the suspect was shot by deputies, or if his wound was self-inflicted.
The circumstances surrounding the shootings were under investigation.
Brown said the shootings occurred at several sites in Isla Vista, resulting in nine crime scenes.
Seven people were taken to hospital with either gunshot wounds or injuries sustained when the suspected shooter crashed his car. One was in a life-threatening condition.
An 18-year-old Newport Beach man who was visiting Santa Barbara described a confusing scene as the shots rang out.
Nikolaus Becker was eating near the scene when the first set of shots was fired about 9:30pm, according to the Los Angeles Times. At first he thought it was firecrackers. A group of three to five police officers who were nearby started to casually walk toward the sounds, said Mr Becker, but ran when a second round of shots broke out.
"That's when they yelled at us to get inside and take cover," Mr Becker said.
A black BMW took a sharp turn, Mr Becker said, and moments later a third round of shots was heard. Mr Becker and his friends moved toward the restaurant's kitchen but were told to wait in the seating area by employees.
Czech exchange student Michael Vitak told local television station NewsChannel 3 he saw two women being shot. One was killed and the other was critically hurt.
"I heard shots, screams, pain," Mr Vitak said. "All emotions. I hope she is going to be fine."
Another student told the station she was approached by the driver of a black BMW who flashed a handgun and asked her: "Hey, what's up?"
The student, who did not give the station her full name, thought it was a pellet gun and kept walking. She said that seconds later, she felt something fly past her head, and soon realised it was a bullet.
Ten minutes after the first call was made to police, the suspect crashed his car into a parked vehicle. When police approached the BMW, they discovered the suspect was dead with a gunshot wound to his head, the Santa Barbara Independent reported.
A semi-automatic handgun was recovered from the car.
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Workers inspected an area Monday outside a retaining wall around storage tanks where a chemical leaked into the Elk River at the Freedom Industries storage facility in Charleston, W.Va.
The company whose leaking tank polluted the Elk River in West Virginia and left 300,000 people without water for days filed for bankruptcy protection Friday.
Freedom Industries of Charleston faces at least two dozen lawsuits after the discovery last week that a 35,000-gallon tank had leaked almost 7,500 gallons of 4-methylcyclohexane methanol, which is used in coal processing.
The chemical — better known by its abbreviation, MCHM — isn't considered extremely hazardous, although it is harmful if swallowed and can cause skin and eye irritation.
Residents first reported a licorice odor in their water shortly after 8 a.m. ET on Jan. 9, but Freedom didn't report the spill until 12:05 p.m. — almost an hour after the state Department of Environmental Protection had already traced it to the company's leaking tank.
The MCHM forced an immediate ban on tap water use across nine counties, shutting businesses and schools and forcing desperate residents to rely on bottled water.
That ban continued through the weekend and wasn't eased until Monday.
Records showed that the Environmental Protection Department had never inspected the facility because it didn't actually produce the chemical — it only stored it.
State officials launched a formal investigation, and President Barack Obama declared a state of emergency for the nine counties left high and dry because their drinking water was contaminated.
Chapter 11 allows companies under financial stress to reorganize and protect some of their assets while also giving creditors an avenue to recover some or all of the money they're owed.
Freedom Industries said Friday it couldn't comment. But in documents the company filed Friday in U.S. Bankruptcy Court, it lists assets and liabilities alike between $1 million and $10 million. Included among its creditors is the IRS, which Freedom says it owes $2.4 million.
Among hundreds of other creditors, it lists 20 major unsecured creditors, who are owed about $3.6 million. It said money would be available to repay them.
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Mike Woodson reassures Iman Shumpert after trade rumors
Mike Woodson made it sound doubtful that the Knicks would trade Iman Shumpert, but he wouldn't rule it out entirely.
For what it's worth, Carmelo Anthony said the Knicks won't move Shumpert -- whose name surfaced in a trade rumor Saturday night -- and shouldn't make any moves as the Feb. 21 trade deadline nears.
"He ain't going nowhere," Anthony said. "He ain't got to worry about that. The Knicks shouldn't even be in trade talks."
The Knicks are looking for backcourt help, though. They showed they needed it after another poor perimeter performance on defense in Sunday's 102-88 loss to the Clippers.
Phoenix is interested in Shumpert and reportedly would offer Jared Dudley and possibly a first-round pick.
The Knicks aren't biting, given that Shumpert is only 22 and a strong defender who will be important in the postseason against some of the league's better perimeter players.
Woodson said he spoke to Shumpert after the report came out and assured him of his importance, but that was the extent of what he could tell him.
"If owners came to me and said we have to do a deal, then you do the deal," Woodson said. "I sat him down and I told him. He knows how I feel about him. My daughter jumped me about that trade rumor. She called me and told me, 'Daddy, you're not going to trade him,' because they all went to Georgia Tech together. I was like, 'Iman's going to be right here with me.' "
Asked about the conversation with Woodson, Shumpert responded: "He said don't worry about it. He said rumors are rumors."
Shumpert has struggled since returning from a torn ACL and lateral meniscus 12 games ago. He played a season-low 12 minutes Friday in Minnesota. Woodson started him on Chris Paul Sunday, but that didn't go well.
The Knicks' perimeter defense has been an issue all season. Shumpert would alleviate some of their defensive concerns if he were to return to his pre-surgery form.
"Iman's a big part of what we do," Woodson said. "He's been kind of on a little roller-coaster ride. My job is to continue to show him some love and assure him he's a part of what we do and get him back to playing how he was playing last year. He'll get there.
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The workshop aims to bring together experts in model-based, model-driven and software engineering with experts in simulation methods and simulation practitioners, with the objective to advance the state of the art in model-driven simulation engineering.
Model-driven engineering approaches provide considerable advantages to software systems engineering activities through the provision of consistent and coherent models at different abstraction levels. As these models are in a machine readable form, model-driven engineering approaches can also support the exploitation of computing capabilities for model reuse, programming code generation, and model checking, for example.
The definition of a simulation model, its software implementation and its execution platform form what is known as simulation engineering. As simulation systems are mainly based on software, these systems can similarly benefit from model-driven approaches to support automatic software generation, enhance software quality, and reduce costs, development effort and time-to-market.
Similarly to systems and software engineering, simulation engineering can exploit the capabilities of model-driven approaches by increasing the abstraction level in simulation model specifications and by automating the derivation of simulator code. Further advantages can be gained by using modeling languages, such as UML and SysML but not exclusively those. For example, modeling languages can be used for descriptive modeling (to describe the system to be simulated), for analytical modeling (to specify analytically the simulation of the same system), and for implementation modeling (to define the respective simulator).
A partial list of topics of interest includes:
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To stimulate creativity, however, the workshop maintains a wider scope and welcomes contributions offering original perspectives on model-driven engineering of simulation systems.
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Authors may contact the organizers for expression of interest and content appropriateness at any time.
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* Conference dates: April 7-10, 2013
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* Daniele Gianni - European Space Agency, The Netherlands
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* Paolo Bocciarelli - University of Rome TorVergata, Italy
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* Cristian Englert - Serco, The Netherlands
* Huascar Espinoza - European Software Institute and Tecnalia, Spain
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Lexington Medical Center is proud that readers of the Free Times have once again voted us as "Best Hospital" in the Midlands. Here's what they said about us in their November, 2009 "Best Of" issue.
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When all is said and done, the weather and love are the two elements about which one can never be sure. ~ Alice Hoffman, 'Here on Earth'
This past week has been amazing for a weather geek like me.
There have been gorgeous, sunny days:
Thunderstorms rumbling across the prairie:
Storms at sunset:
Stray thunderstorms in the middle of an otherwise gorgeous day:
A double rainbow (this was a full double rainbow, but I couldn't get a shot of the whole thing):
The clouds in the eastern sky have also been gorgeous at sunset:
Samantha has been spending a lot of time hanging out in the yard with her trusty tennis ball at her side:
Romeo has started sleeping on his back. It's adorable as hell and I've been trying to get a picture of it, with limited results:
Kishka has been enjoying the window AC unit:
And just looking generally adorable:
This week's feast:
What is your favorite kind of pie?
It's a tie between pumpkin pie and peanut butter pie.
Name something that made you smile this week.
Yesterday afternoon I was driving down the highway, iPod playing my favorite songs and admiring the big, puffy, white clouds against the bright blue sky. It was a perfect moment.
What do you do to cool off when the weather is hot and humid?
It's rarely humid here, but when it's hot (which it is right now), I like to park myself in front of my window AC unit. I have a chair that sits right in front of it and when I sit there it cools me off immediately.
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You receive $1,000 in the mail with a letter that says you can only use the money to redecorate one room in your home. Which room do you pick, and what do you buy to spruce it up?
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God's first words to the first sinner
'The Lord God called unto Adam, and said unto him, Where art thou?' Genesis 3:9
Suggested Further Reading: Luke 5:1–10; 27–32
Lost, perishing sinners, hear the voice of God, for it speaks to you. ''Where art thou?' for I am come to seek thee.' 'Lord, I am in such a place that I cannot do anything for myself.' 'Then I am come to seek thee and do all for thee.' 'Lord, I am in such a place that the law threatens me and justice frowns upon me.' 'I am come to answer the threatenings of the law, and to bear all the wrath of justice.' 'But, Lord, I am in such a place that I cannot repent as I would.' 'I am come to seek thee, and I am exalted on high to give repentance and remission of sins.' 'But, Lord, I cannot believe in thee, I cannot believe as I would.' 'A bruised reed I will not break, and a smoking flax will I not quench; I am come to give thee faith.' 'But, Lord, I am in such a state that my prayers can never be acceptable.' 'I am come to pray for thee, and then to grant thee thy desires.' 'But, Lord, thou dost not know what a wretch I am.' 'Yes, I know thee. Though I asked thee the question, 'Where art thou?' it was that thou mightest know where thou art, for I know well enough.' 'But, Lord, I have been the chief of sinners; none can have so aggravated their guilt as I have.' 'But wherever thou mayest be, I have come to save thee.' 'But I am an outcast from society.' 'But I am come to gather together the outcasts of Israel.' 'O but I have sinned beyond all hope.' 'Yes, but I have come to give hope to hopeless sinners.' 'But, then I deserve to be lost.' 'Yes, but I have come to magnify the law and make it honourable, and so to give thee thy deserts in the person of Christ, and then to give thee my mercy because of his merits.'
For meditation: A story which seems to begin with a sinner seeking the Lord Jesus Christ (Luke 19:1–4), ends by emphasising that it was more a case of the Lord Jesus Christ coming and seeking for the lost sinner (Luke 19:5–10).
Sermon no. 412 6 October (1861)
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Railers cruise past Mattoon 50-28
By Jeff Benjamin
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[January 14, 2013]
As intense as the action and
atmosphere were Friday night at Roy S. Anderson Gymnasium, it was
easy to assume there would be some letdown Saturday night as the
Railers hosted Mattoon. Well, that would probably be underestimating
the word letdown.
Although the Railers did not play near maximum effort as they did
against Lanphier the night before, the visitors from the Apollo
Conference were overmatched coming off the bus.
It seemed early on that the Railers were going to make an effort
to work the ball more inside and not rely on 3s as much as they
normally would. Less than 10 seconds into the game, Gavin Block was
fouled on a shot from the low block, sending him to the line. The
sophomore split the free throws, but the Railers extended the lead
when Max Cook hit a 3. A basket from Mattoon's Jared Pilson got them
on the scoreboard, only to be answered by baskets from Will
Podbelsek and Block, who converted a three-point play from the
free-throw line.
After Mattoon (5-12) scored on a free throw to start the second
quarter, the Railers went on the first of two big runs in the game,
scoring the next 12 points to go up 21-3. Lincoln got contributions
from just about everyone on the court, led by Podbelsek. The
overaggressive man defense played by Mattoon allowed the Railers
many opportunities for backdoor plays. Lincoln took advantage in
getting the shots, but not all of them went down. Sophomore Adam
Conrady's basket in the final moments of the second quarter sent the
Railers into intermission up 23-6.
If you're Mattoon, you know your scoring options just weren't
there in the first half as Lincoln had more 3-point attempts (13)
than Mattoon had shots (12). The Green Wave made only two of their
12 shots in the first 16 minutes.
If the crowd at Roy S. Anderson didn't think the game was decided
by halftime, that thought must have quickly gone away at the end of
the third. The Railers were able to get a few more shots to fall on
their way to a 15-5 quarter.
Lincoln received a lot of production from Block inside, who
showed some moves we have not seen as often as we'd like so far this
season. He posted up frequently and, although some of the shots may
not have been the best option for him at the time, his
aggressiveness needs to show he is willing to take those shots
against everyone, not just the weaker squads. Block finished with 15
points, just one shy of his career high.
It was another strong game for Podbelsek, who hit double figures
for the seventh time this season, tallying 13 points. Where the
senior has improved is in his midrange game. The recipient of many
backdoor passes, he was also willing to pass up open 3s, use a
dribble to clear a defender and take a 17-footer. His ability to
step inside the 3-point line and hit a shot will make him more
dangerous as the season moves on, as most teams may assume he will
settle for just the 3.
The combination of Block and Podbelsek scored 13 of Lincoln's 15
points in the quarter as the scoreboard read 38-11 at the end of the
Other than feeling like it was an easy win, the nice thing about
Saturday's game was that it allowed coach Neil Alexander to rest
some of his players. A number of his players were on the floor for
most, if not all, of the win Friday over the eighth-ranked Lions. By
halftime Saturday, 10 of the 12 players on the roster had seen
action. Those minutes of rest will certainly prove important leading
into the five games in six days coming up.
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Mattoon was able to give a strong showing in the fourth quarter,
well after this one had been put in the win column for the Railers.
The 17-12 advantage was a lot too late for coach Josh Forsythe's
squad, but did give them something to build on.
If there was one area of slight concern, it was the less than 60
percent free-throw shooting on the night, hindered by making only
half their free throws in the fourth quarter.
No matter the opponent sitting at the opposite bench, coach
Alexander is quick to caution on the dangers of not being ready to
play each and every night.
"When the intensity isn't there, it affects everything -- the
shooting, free throw shooting, everything," Alexander said. "And you
look at Monday night, if we go in there (Chatham) not ready to play
against an improved Taylorville team, we'll end up getting beat."
Block's 15 points led the way for the Railers, with Podbelsek
adding 13. Max Cook, who had been the go-to guy the past few games,
was able to pull back a little, scoring just six points. Conrady and
Tyler Horchem each added four, Will Cook hit three of his four free
throws, with Austin Krusz and Edward Bowlby adding a basket. Bobby
Dunovsky rounded out the scoring, splitting a pair of free throws.
As has been the case all year, the sophomores got the night off
to a good start with a convincing 60-28 win.
The Railers are back in action Monday night at 6:30 as they open
play in the County Market Winter Classic in Chatham, starting with
Taylorville, a team they handled by 30 earlier in the season. It
also is scheduled to mark the return of Joey Olden, sidelined since
game three with a broken arm. Olden is not expected to start but
work back into the lineup slowly.
Block 5 5-7 15, Podbelsek 6 0-0 13, MCook 2 0-0 6, Horchem 2 0-0
4, Conrady 2 0-1 4, WCook 0 3-4 3, Krusz 1 0-0 2, Bowlby 1 0-0 2,
Dunovsky 0 1-2 1, Perry 0 0-0 0, Ebelherr 0 0-2 0. Team 19 9-16 50.
3-point field goals 3 (MCook 2, Podbelsek).
Kittell 8, Price 6, AVeith 3, Scott 3, Pilsen 2, Speer 2, Wetzel
2, White 2. Team 9 6-7 28. 3-point field goals 4 (Price 2, AVeith,
Scoring by quarters:
Mattoon 2-4-5-17 28
[By JEFF BENJAMIN]
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MIAMI (AP) — For most of the season, the Miami Heat were chasing the Indiana Pacers.
On Friday, they just blew by them.
Control of the Eastern Conference again belongs to the Heat, after LeBron James scored 36 points and the two-time defending NBA champions opened the second half with a 16-0 run on the way to beating the Pacers 98-86 — a win that vaulted Miami a half-game ahead of Indiana in the race for a No. 1 seed in the playoffs.
"This is not the biggest game we've played in our four years together," James said. "It's always great to have competitive games like this in the regular season. I mean, we've played Game 7 in the Finals before. It doesn't get no bigger than that."
True, but this had plenty of meaning.
Miami (54-25) leads the Pacers (54-26) by the slimmest of margins in the East race. The Heat play at Atlanta on Saturday, at Washington on Monday and then close at home against Philadelphia on Wednesday.
Win them all, and the road to the East title goes through Miami, again.
"We know what's going on out there," Heat forward Chris Bosh said. "We know what's going to happen. We're in the middle of trying to put everything together for ourselves and I think today was a good step forward for us."
Mario Chalmers scored 13, Udonis Haslem added 11 and Bosh and Ray Allen each scored 10 for the Heat, who had lost two straight and were looking up at Indiana for much of the season in the East standings.
Paul George scored 22 for Indiana, which got 18 from David West, 12 from Luis Scola and 11 from Lance Stephenson. Pacers center. Roy Hibbert had only five points and one rebound, grabbing it with just over 2 minutes left in the game.
"We're still a good basketball team," Pacers coach Frank Vogel said. "I think we're taking steps to get ready."
The Pacers — who sat their starters against Milwaukee on Wednesday in an effort to rest for this one, and have insisted throughout this season that they wanted the No. 1 seed after losing a Game 7 in Miami to close the East finals a year ago — still play Oklahoma City and Orlando.
"As of now it's not in our hands," George said, "and we're perfectly fine with it."
After a few minutes of the third quarter, this game wasn't in Indiana's hands, either.
Chalmers opened the 16-0 barrage with a 3-pointer, James hit a pair of free throws after taking a hard foul from West in transition, and a steal and layup from Toney Douglas forced the Pacers to call time down by 10.
Miami was just getting started.
James got fouled by Stephenson and turned that into a three-point play, and consecutive putbacks by Haslem off misses by James at the rim pushed Miami's lead to 17 with 8:13 left in the third.
That led to Indiana's second timeout of the quarter.
And a couple of minutes later, the Pacers were up to more timeouts taken since halftime (three) than points scored (two). Indiana's first field goal of the half came when Bosh was called for goaltending on a shot by Luis Scola with 6 minutes left.
"We just stalled out," West said.
Hibbert, the 7-foot-2 center who has simply toyed with Miami plenty of times in the clubs' recent meetings, played 16 first-half minutes with basically nothing to show for his time. He went into the break with no field-goal attempts and no rebounds — the first time he's ever logged that many minutes in a half without at least one shot or board.
"We've got to get more from him," Vogel said.
Miami's lead was eventually as much as 23, and it was 76-54 when the Pacers started to make things look interesting.
Indiana scored 13 straight points, getting within 76-67. But Evan Turner was whistled for a technical after arguing a non-call from two possessions earlier, Allen made a free throw to end the Heat drought, and that started a 9-0 rebuttal run by the Heat.
Rashard Lewis ended that spurt with a dunk, good enough to earn him a chest-bump from James moments later, and Miami was up by 18 again. A few minutes later, the game was over, the standings had flipped and Miami was on top.
"I would love to see us play with this intensity, to our identity, tomorrow night," Heat coach Erik Spoelstra said. "If we do that, the results seem to take care of themselves."
NOTES: Miami kept Dwyane Wade (hamstring) out for the ninth straight game, and Greg Oden was still sidelined by back spasms. … Haslem is Miami's all-time leader in offensive rebounds, grabbing the 1,506th of his career in the second quarter. … From the Department of Go Figure: Miami went 0-4 against Brooklyn, Indiana went 4-0 against Brooklyn, so the Heat and Pacers went 2-2 against each other.
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Kathy Griffin is at it again.
The notoriously foul-mouthed comedian let a four-letter word loose as she co-hosted a live New Year's Eve special with CNN's Anderson Cooper, slipping the F-word into a discussion about "balloon boy" Falcon Heene as she fumbled his first name.
Griffin dropped the F-bomb as she and Cooper talked about the biggest scandals of the year, making Cooper visibly uncomfortable as he responded to the curse by scolding Griffin: "You're terrible."
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The red-headed comedian's act is filled with expletives, and she made her mark on the comedy circuit as a raunchy, straight-talking joker. She starred in a Bravo reality series until 2008, and was featured as a red-carpet commenter for E!'s awards-show coverage until she was let go by the network.
Griffin and Cooper were co-hosting the CNN program, "New Years' Eve Live with Anderson Cooper and Kathy Griffin."


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Discover the diversity of the Gympie Region with so many sub regions there is a perfect getaway for day trippers or the serious holiday maker. The picturesque Mary Valley with its rolling hills and national parks offers in itself a diverse range of activities such as camping, canoeing, four wheel driving, horse riding, with quaint B & B's, homesteads and farmstays to choose from.
For families, Gold Rush and history lovers, the Township of Gympie is a must with many heritage listed buildings, coffee shops and friendly people.
To the West are the agricultural townships of Kilkivan famous for the great Kilkivan Horse ride with over 1000 horses and riders gathering for the annual event. Goomeri is unique and known for its annual Pumpkin festival, a fun day for the whole family as well as its beautiful surrounding areas.
Tin Can Bay is famous for its dolphin feeding and is also a sailing and fishing haven. Its annual Seafood festival is a gourmet's must. The cosmopolitan town of Rainbow Beach is well known for its 5 star through to camping accommodation hotpots. The unique coloured sand beach is one of the few four wheel drivers can use and world class scuba diving, sky diving and paragliding for adventure seekers.
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In math, a MÖBIUS is a shape with one surface and one edge. The collection is built upon this fascinating shape, rendered beautifully in each separate piece. It is a fluid, infinite shape that inspires reflection. Launched in 1968, MÖBIUS is a great example of Georg Jensen design from the mid to late 20th century. The ring follows a fluid design that makes clear its origins in the natural world.
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