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Editing, organizing, and decluttering clothing is one of the responsibilities that comes with the blessing of abundance. I doubt my great-grandmothers had to give much time to this chore, but I have found the dressing and laundry parts of my days go much more smoothly if I spend about an hour every few months going through my clothes and removing what doesn't work for me and sprucing up what I still love and use. It is one of those jobs I don't have time not to do.
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Fujitsu Laboratories announced the development of industry's first software technology that can perform high-speed searches on information even as it is being accumulated at a speed of 40-Gbps. While this has been difficult to do in the past without specialized network analysis hardware, Fujitsu Laboratories' new technology can be implemented entirely through software and conventional hardware.
As smart devices become increasingly ubiquitous, technologies that can detect what is going on in a network by accumulating and analyzing all communications packets are becoming increasingly important to improving the quality of communications networks. In the past, attempts to implement this kind of technology in software have been constrained by the effects of exclusive access control of memory or disks, making it difficult to perform detailed analyses on high-speed communications at the same time as data are being accumulated.
Now Fujitsu Laboratories has devised a way to accumulate and search communications data running as fast as 40-Gbps using only software and conventional hardware. This method can perform detailed analyses on communications data during each process, from capture processing to accumulation, without halting the flow of data. This is made possible with non-blocking data processing technology that does not require exclusive access control of packets bundled with data volumes appropriate to each process.
This technology makes it possible to catch, inexpensively and with certainty, network bottlenecks or even external cyber-attacks through communications breaches that sampling of partial data or short-term observations might miss. This will work to improve network quality, stabilize datacenter operations, and enhance security.
This technology will be exhibited at Fujitsu Forum 2014, running May 15-16 at Tokyo International Forum in Tokyo.
With the widespread use of smartphones, tablets, and other connected devices, communications network quality is seen as increasingly important. In reality, however, the complex traffic patterns and burgeoning volumes of data on networks have led to an increase in unanticipated network failures and data breaches over networks. In order to trace the causes of these failures and to strengthen security, there is a need for detailed event monitoring of the traffic flowing over the network and the devices connected to it, as well as a need to preserve data traffic as evidence. Rather than partial data, such as statistical information or samples, there is a need for the ability to accumulate all communications data and immediately access the desired packet data, upon which is performed sophisticated analyses.
In order to accumulate and analyze communications data over a network, the important aspects are the performance of the capture processing of a data flow, and storage of accumulated data in disks, as well as the ability to search for target data within the accumulated communications data. In line with this, the need for higher levels of processing performance increases as communications speeds continue to accelerate.
Because communications data is constantly being transmitted, the data must be captured and accumulated at a pace no slower than the maximum speed of transmission, which conventionally has required the use of specialized hardware. In addition, in order to perform high-speed searches on separated packet data from the communications data, the arrival times of the packets needs to be recorded and the packets need to be processed for collection in accordance with the desired search criteria.
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Fujitsu Laboratories has now devised a system for performing high-speed capture, accumulation, and searches at speeds of 40-Gbps using only software and conventional hardware (Figure 1).
The scalable accumulation unit uses a combination of multiple conventional servers for storage, enabling scalable disk capacity and parallel-input performance.
The stream-analysis unit is divided into a number of stages that are executed in sequence, enabling high-speed sequential processing of such tasks as packet analysis (Figure 2).
As they are captured, packets are sorted based on search criteria for accumulation, enabling rapid searches according to logical units, such as conversations or communications sessions per device.
Technology features
Eliminates exclusive access control locks, increases disk read/output performance
Packets are classified by such criteria as time and sender. Packets are held in buffers and an output process is performed by each buffer. Handling output independent of other operations reduces the number of disk accesses, so there is no need to wait for other output processing tasks, and suppresses data overflows caused by differences in processing times between stages.
Avoids copying data
The stream-analysis unit, which analyzes packets, does not copy packets as they are transferred between stages. Instead, it was made so that the analysis results can be referenced. This obviates the need for copying and locks.
These technologies accelerate processing speeds because there is no need for queue data structure typically used for processing data streams.
The ability, over many hours, to accumulate and search the huge volume of packets transmitted over a high-speed, 40-Gbps network, using only software and conventional hardware, makes it possible to catch, inexpensively and with certainty, network events, such as intermittent network troubles or unknown attacks, that sampling of partial data or short-term observations might miss.
In the event of a network fault, for example, this technology makes it possible to browse the packets sent around the time of the incident, enabling quick progress in analyzing the fault. Alternatively, if a virus-infected PC is discovered, it is possible to trace the communications flows to and from that PC. This will improve network quality, stabilize datacenter operations, and enhance security.
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Fujitsu Laboratories will pursue further improvements in the processing performance of communications data accumulation and searches while moving forward with verification testing with the aim of bringing the technology into practical use in fiscal 2014.
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During a rally Tuesday in Concord, New Hampshire, the gun control group Mayors Against Illegal Guns read off a list the names of people who have been killed by gun violence since the tragedy at Sandy Hook. One name brought about a response by the crowd, only it wasn't the response the group was after.
"He's a terrorist!" people in attendance shouted as they read the name of Tamerlan Tsarnaev. That's right, the Boston Marathon bomber who was killed by police during a shootout was a "victim" of gun violence.
It sure is nice to know that not only are gun control advocates fighting to protect the lives of schoolchildren from armed and deranged lunatics, but they're also fighting to save the lives of those poor terrorists that kill innocent people.
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New Year's Eve revellers danced and cheered to a high-tech Midnight Fireworks display, set to Australian rock music, as a giant endless rainbow appeared on the Sydney Harbour Bridge to mark the beginning of 2012.
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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post489833596816365865..comments2016-09-08T09:42:42.288-04:00Comments on The Mumpsimus: The Affect Effect: Notes on Sherlock and HannibalMatthew Cheneyhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-83084574431387162672015-08-03T06:23:12.632-04:002015-08-03T06:23:12.632-04:00Here's what Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat ...Here's what Sherlock showrunner Steven Moffat has to say about this issue, (https://goo.gl/hT3AmT)

"It's funny how people are always wanting to prove me wrong on this one. They say: 'But he's not a high-functioning sociopath.' I never said he was! Sherlock Holmes tells people he is. Why would you listen to him? Nobody can define themselves. That's what he'd like people to think he is. And that's it–and I think he probably longs to be one. I think he loiters around prisons for the criminally insane, envying them their emotional detachment. He knows emotion is a problem to him. A man who has decided to suppress all his emotions in order to be better at what he does clearly has an awful lot of emotion. That's a very simple deduction. It clearly is a problem for him. So, in itself, that is an emotional decision."Tyko Brianhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-35090862704904729802014-01-22T03:56:46.875-05:002014-01-22T03:56:46.875-05:00Dead on, Mr. Cheney. Great piece.Dead on, Mr. Cheney. Great piece.Njihia Mbitiruhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-78154304588616929602014-01-20T11:46:45.060-05:002014-01-20T11:46:45.060-05:00Yes, I think one thing my template here doesn'...Yes, I think one thing my template here doesn't account for is Moffat's apparent love/hate relationship with the fandom. I thought Abigail Nussbaum's reading of the fanclub in "The Empty Hearse" was brilliant for seeing both the love and hate within the portrayal (most comments I've seen on it so far are about people feeling it was condescending). Or, perhaps desire/repulsion is the better way of putting.

And yes, I'm totally fine with the shift away from cases and toward characters, especially when the actors are so well in tune with the characters and each other. I hope that in the future season(s) they're able to move away from the seeming addiction to jolts and more toward the sorts of new, interesting forms of "The Sign of 3".

Thanks for the link, too -- one of my fascinations with the Holmes stories and a lot of what was published in that era is their place within a transitional field between the Englightenment/industrial revolution faiths in reason and progress and the rise of Modernism, the shattering effect of WWI, etc., as seen through popular fictions. There's a vitality within paradigm shifts that I am constantly attracted to!Matthew Cheneyhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-5698059.post-7241463013843830702014-01-20T11:34:17.710-05:002014-01-20T11:34:17.710-05:00First, your discussions about Holmes and Modernism...First, your discussions about Holmes and Modernism made me think of this blog entry, which I don't think you've seen: http://blog.inkyfool.com/2014/01/sherlock-holmes-and-modernism.html.

Interestingly, there has been a lot of online discussion about the end of "HLV," and one I found particularly persuasive actually talked about how dissatisfying the episode is for the fan audience. The episode doesn't provide any kind of closure, does not bring the kind of intimacy audiences crave between John and Sherlock, and it denies them the resolution they desired after the two year hiatus and the angst of the Reichenbach fall. I think the problems with season 3 (and I really enjoyed the shift from case fic to character development, personally) aren't necessarily problems if we focus on the big picture: this is a television series that is going for the long haul. Although we experience these eps few and far between they are actually part of a much larger story arc (and we Doctor Who fans know how Moffat loves him some large story arc). I don't think we can understand season 3 yet in the way we were able to understand seasons 1 & 2. Yes, it's manipulative. Yes, I love the manipulation. But perhaps so many people found this season unsatisfying because it wasn't manipulative enough? We didn't get the ending we wanted. Yes, we got Moriarty, but that feels like a bait and switch for some (quite literally, if we're thinking about death on this show). Is he supposed to appease the fans who didn't get the emotional resolution they desired? I'm not sure. Anyway, enough from me. :-) I still need to process that ending some more... Ann email@example.com


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Date: 05/09/2008 at 12:43:26 From: Paolo Subject: Distinguish between (pseudo) random sequences Is there any efficient way (say polynomial-time algorithm in L) to distinguish between the two distributions D1 and D2 described below? - D1: take L elements at random x_1, ... , x_L in [1, N]. Output s = (x_1, ... , x_L) - D2: take L elements at random x_1, ... , x_L in [1, N], then pick a random v in [1, L] and replace x_v with a random element in [1, N/2]. Output s = (x_1, ... , x_L) To give you an idea of the size of L and N for which the problem is interesting, here is an example: - The size of L is about 2^8 - N is in O(2^L) It's not really confusing, it's just very hard for me to find a proof that such an algorithm does not exist. The most efficient way I found to distinguish between D1 and D2 is this: Suppose you have a black box that outputs consistently sequences of L elements from one of the two distributions. You have to find which one with probability greater than 1/2 (that is just guessing). The probability of having a sequence x_1, ... , x_L from D1 in which for every i in [1, L] x_i > N/2 is 2^-L. Hence, if the black box outputs values from D1, I expect that analyzing 2^(L-1) outputs of the black box I should find, on average, an output in which all x_i are greater than N/2. On the other hand, if the black box outputs values from D2 I will never have all x_i>N/2. This isn't an answer to the question, because I show there exists an exponential (in L) algorithm that can distinguish between the two sequences. It does not prove that there is no polynomial time algorithm that can do the same.
Date: 05/11/2008 at 10:32:01 From: Doctor Vogler Subject: Re: Distinguish between (pseudo) random sequences Hi Paolo, Thanks for writing to Dr. Math. Since neither distribution has any reason to distinguish between different numbers in [1,N/2], nor any reason to distinguish between different numbers in (N/2,N], this is the same as asking how to distinguish between the two distributions: - D1': take L elements at random x_1, ... , x_L in {0, 1}. Output s = (x_1, ... , x_L) - D2': take L elements at random x_1, ... , x_L in {0, 1}. Then pick a random v in [1, L] and set x_v = 0. Output s = (x_1, ... , x_L) Of course you realize that any sequence output by the second distribution might have also come from the first, and any sequence output by the first distribution *except* the all-1 sequence might have also come from the second. It sounds like you are saying that you get to generate sequences from both distributions, and you want to be *certain* that you can identify them correctly. In that case, you are right that you have to keep generating sequences from both distributions until you get the all-1 sequence (all numbers > N/2), since that's the only sequence that *can't* be returned by D2. And you're right that you will generally need roughly 2^L sequences before you'll get this one. But usually the way one distinguishes between two different distributions is probabilistically. For example, suppose D2 only had a 50% chance of changing x_v. Then any sequence could be output by either distribution, even though they are different distributions. So the best you usually can do is make a guess and try to find the guess with the best probability of being correct. It's also usual to assume that you have one of these two probabilities, so can only generate sequences from one black box, and you have to guess whether it is D1 or D2. But this is only a slightly different question than having both boxes and trying to guess which is D1 and which is D2. So if you generate k sequences from your two boxes, then the only reasonable way to pick is to guess that D2 is the box giving more 0s and fewer 1s (more numbers in [1,N/2]). If L is large and k is small, then this will give you only a slightly better than 50% chance of guessing correctly. But if you want something like a 75% chance, or 99% chance of guessing correctly, and you get to increase k in order to increase your chances, then the question becomes how big to make k in order to get the success probability you want. Using Bayes' Theorem Wikipedia: Bayes' Theorem http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bayes'_theorem we find that the probability of correctly guessing which box is which by generating k sequences from each box and asking which has more zeros, is computed as follows: A = first box is D1, second is D2 B = first box gives more ones, second box gives more zeros The probability of guessing correctly is P(A and B) + P(-A and -B), which is the same as P(B | A) * P(A) + P(-B | -A) * P(-A). Now, P(A) = 1/2, and P(-A) = 1/2. Also, P(-B | -A) = P(B | A), so the above formula equals P(B | A). (Actually, that presumes that you don't get exactly the same number of zeros. But I can't tell you how to guess in this case. Of course, the probability of that happening is very low when L and/or k is large, so it makes little difference.) The hard part is computing P(B | A). We have L*k independent random choices between 0 and 1 from the first box (the D1 box), so the probability of getting exactly n ones is (Lk choose n) (1/2)^(Lk). In the second box, we are guaranteed k zeros, and the other (L-1)k are independent random choices, so the probability of getting exactly m ones is ((L-1)k choose m) (1/2)^((L-1)k). Therefore, P(B | A) is the sum sum (Lk choose n) (1/2)^(Lk) * ((L-1)k choose m) (1/2)^((L-1)k) n > m (L-1)k Lk = (1/2)^((2L-1)k) sum sum (Lk choose n) ((L-1)k choose m) m=0 n=m+1 I computed this with the free math program GNU Pari, which you can download from http://pari.math.u-bordeaux.fr/ by defining the function f(l,k)=sum( m=0, (l-1)*k, binomial((l-1)*k,m)*sum( n=m+1, l*k, 1.0*binomial(l*k,n))) / 2^((2*l-1)*k) Using L = 20, I got a success probability of k = 5: 61% k = 10: 68% k = 20: 75% k = 30: 80% k = 40: 84% k = 50: 87% k = 60: 89% k = 80: 92% k = 100: 94% and so on.... So you certainly don't need 2^L (which would be k = 1,000,000 in this case) to get a very good probability of success using this simpler method of identification. But if you need certainty, then you have to hold out until you get a sequence that D2 can't produce. That is, you can get very high probability of success in polynomial time, but you can only get certainty in exponential time. If you have any questions about this or need more help, please write back and show me what you have been able to do, and I will try to offer further suggestions. - Doctor Vogler, The Math Forum http://mathforum.org/dr.math/
Date: 05/11/2008 at 19:35:25 From: Paolo Subject: Thank you (Distinguish between (pseudo) random sequences) Thank you very much, this is exactly what I was looking for. You've been very very helpful! Best regards, Paolo
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Mike Munchak's decision Monday to fire offensive coordinator Chris Palmer brings to light an interesting number — three.
That's how many teams in the AFC South for which Palmer has served as offensive coordinator. The lone exception is Indianapolis.
Two of those three have now fired Palmer prior to the end of a season, and those two — Tennessee and Houston — meet Sunday at LP Field (noon, CBS).
The Texans let him go after two games in 2005, his fourth season in that role and the fourth season of the franchise's existence. He made it through 11 games of his second season with the Titans before Munchak had seen enough.
If Houston is any sort of indicator, the move won't make a difference where it matters most — in wins and losses. The Texans started 0-2 in 2005, lost their first four after Palmer was replaced and finished 2-14, the worst record in team history.
It's worth noting, though, that they scored just seven points in each of those first two games but scored 10 or more in all 14 that followed.
Tennessee, which hs five games remaining, has scored 14 or fewer points in five of 11 games this season and has scored 21 or more in consecutive weeks just once.
Palmer joined the Texans prior to their expansion season of 2002 and led the offense through growing pains that included the development of quarterback David Carr, the first overall pick in 2002. Houston improved in both yards and points through its first three seasons before it took a big step back and Palmer was replaced.
The Titans currently rank 19th in scoring among the NFL's 32 teams, and are on pace to surpass, albeit slightly, last season's total of 325 points, which was their fewest in four seasons. However, the passing offense, 220.8 yards per game, is off last season's pace by 25 yards per game, and Jake Locker's passer rating (84.5) barely puts him among the NFL's top 20.
In each case, his unit failed to measure up to the top 10 offense he had for two seasons at Jacksonville (1997 and 1998). By virtue of the fact that he started from scratch with Houston, he was given time. That was not the case in Tennessee.
Other notable numbers connected to the Titans-Texans contest:
10 – wins by the Texans, which ties the franchise record for a season. They have five opportunities, beginning this Sunday, to break that mark. The best the Titans can do is 9-7, which means this will be the fourth straight season with fewer than 10 wins. That is the longest such streak since the franchise relocated from Houston.
13 – straight games in which the Texans have had more than 30 minutes of possession time. They lead the NFL in average time of possession at 34:09. They actually lost that stat last Thursday in an overtime victory at Detroit but still had the ball for 35:38. They had it for 32:26 in this season's first meeting with Tennessee, 37:58 and 32:06 in last season's two contests.
14.5 – sacks by Houston defensive end J.J. Watt. With just half a sack, he will join Hall of Famer Reggie White as the only players in NFL history with 15 sacks and 13 deflected passes in the same season. By comparison, the top four Titans in sacks have combined for 14 between them (Kamerion Wimbley 4.5, Akeem Ayers 4, Zach Brown 3, Derrick Morgan 2.5). Watt had two sacks and one fumble recovery in this season's first meeting.
327 – points scored by the Texans. Among AFC teams, only the New England Patriots (407) have scored more.
335 – points allowed by the Titans this season. That's already more than all of last season and four shy of the number opponents scored in 2010. Among AFC teams, only the Oakland Raiders (356) have allowed more this season.
518 – total yards by Houston in its last visit to LP Field (Oct. 23, 2011). It is the fourth-highest single-game total in franchise history and the most balanced (222 rushing yards, 296 passing yards) of the five games all-time with 500-plus total yards.


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It takes profound courage to reveal your family's painful history, particularly when you have one of the most famous pedigrees in America. Milly Monks, who is the great-granddaughter of Thomas Carnegie and great-grandniece of Andrew Carnegie, displayed such intrepidity in publishing her memoir "Songs of Three Islands: A Story of Mental Illness in an Iconic American Family."
On Wednesday evening at their lovely oceanfront estate in Cape Elizabeth, Milly and Robert Monks welcomed more than 200 guests to the Signs of Hope party benefiting Spring Harbor Hospital, the area's cutting-edge provider of in-patient mental health services, and celebrating the U.S. publication of the book.
Despite her high-profile heritage, Milly's life has not been one of carefree comfort. Rather, it has been marked by the mental health struggles of her mother and daughter. This is the world chronicled in her book, which is at turns heart-rending and poetic, as it mixes the intensely personal with the trappings of great wealth. Her prose is alluring and approachable, weaving a story of pain, shame, guilt and, ultimately, love.
"We need to learn to share with each other the problems and suffering around mental illness," Milly told her guests. "We need mothers to speak out in a community of support."
At the close of Milly's remarks, Sheri Boulos, chair of Spring Harbor's development committee, presented her with a Simon Pearce vase as a token of the board's appreciation for her hosting the party and her work to educate the public about these important issues.
But even more significant was Boulos' announcement that the hospital intends to create support groups for those affected by mental illness.
During the party, where Monks' family friend Nell Britton sang and played the piano and Churchill Catered Events passed hors d'oeuvres, I had the chance to chat with a number of Spring Harbor supporters. These included Spring Harbor trustees Cheryl Rust, Lester Hodgdon and Rich Petersen, who is the president and CEO of Maine Medical Center.
Others I had the pleasure of speaking with included Meg Baxter, founding board chair of Spring Harbor; Dr. Girard Robinson, Spring Harbor's chief medical officer; Ric Marshall, the Monks' former son-in-law; Dr. Jim Maier, who heads the PIER Program; Mary Jane Krebs, chief clinical and nursing officer at Spring Harbor, Dr. Susan Schraft, who practices at Central Maine Medical Center; and Eugenia O'Brien, executive director of Portland Ballet.
Both Al and Judy Glickman were also at the party. Known for their support of many local causes, the Glickmans gave Spring Harbor $1 million a few years back to support the building of the new hospital, the establishment of the director of adolescent and child psychiatry position, and the funding of an annual symposium.
As I circulated among the guests, one common topic of conversation was the skyrocketing interest in local food and plant-based cuisine. Host committee member Sidney Hodgdon of Brunswick and I chatted about our state's fabulous farmers markets, and master preserver Beth Richardson and I talked about the recent uptick in interest in home canning.
Since recent research has shown that diet can reduce the risk of Alzheimer's disease and dementia, and a growing number of mothers of children with autism spectrum disorders are finding success with a gluten-free, dairy-free diet, I wasn't surprised to find this crowd so tuned into food.
Before Milly spoke, Spring Harbor CEO Dennis King thanked everyone for attending.
"Can you imagine feeling ashamed for having cancer?" King asked the group.
The answer is of course not, but the same cannot be said for those afflicted with psychiatric illnesses.
Boulos picked up on this theme when she said, "We easily tell each other when we have joint pain or need bypass surgery, but we hesitate when there's something wrong with our or a loved one's brain."
Could change be on the way? As the sun set, we all left with the hope that the bravery displayed in Milly's book will inspire others to speak about mental illness in the same way we talk of physical disease. Our brains shouldn't be treated differently than our hearts.


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I've been a devotee of the fiction of Ann Patchett since reading her magnum opus, Bel Canto, an ensemble story that takes inspiration from the 1997 incident when Tupac Amaru fighters took over the Japanese embassy in Peru and held 72 people hostage for four months. Patchett built from that story to create a deep, rich web of complex characters and wrote a literary fugue that she later said was her attempt to recreate Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain. (I'm not a fan of that book, so I'd say there's no comparison.)
Her latest novel, Commonwealth, is the only other novel she's written that tries to tell the same sort of broad tapestry of a story, with at least five and as many as ten well-defined, realistic characters in a book that plays with time as she reconstructs the history of two families. The book starts with a christening party and a drunken kiss between a husband and a wife who are married to other people, a kiss that begets an affair that begets divorces, marriages, a death, and six children becoming stepsiblings and forging bonds that will last for decades.
This isn't Bel Canto in format, however; that book had epic scope but was told in linear fashion. Commonwealth jumps around in time based on what details Patchett wants to reveal, a gambit that started as disorienting but improved as the story went on because each section reveals something about one or more characters that proves useful in the next. I still might have preferred a linear timeline here, largely because that makes it easier for me to immerse myself in a story, but Patchett is such a skilled storyteller that she can make the future into prologue and still have it all tie together.
Although the four adults involved in the two marriages that become an affair, two divorces, and another marriage set the plot in motion, this book is much more about the kids involved than anyone else: two sisters from one marriage, then four kids, two of each sex, from the other. They're not an easy mix at any point, but because Bert and Beverly, the couple who kissed and eventually divorce their spouses to marry each other, are kind of half-assed parents, the six kids end up partners in crime, the older ones mostly taking care of the younger, but also getting into all sorts of trouble, some trivial, some tragic.
Each story focuses on different kids, but Albie, the second-youngest of the six children, is easily the most interesting, I think because Patchett has written him as someone who today would be considered "on the spectrum" of autism but who in this book's time period would never have been diagnosed. He's just weird in the eyes of his siblings, who hand him Benadryl tablets and tell him they're candy so he won't be such a pain, and grows into a self-medicating, risk-loving teenager who can't stay in school or keep a job and really doesn't find any stability until at least his 20s. But as he gets older and the family situation keeps changing, some of his bonds with siblings, especially his stepsister Franny (the second best-developed character in the book), become the novel's true center.
There's also a bit of fun metafiction within Commonwealth, where Franny, who feels as I do about books (hand me a supply of books and then just leave me alone for a few weeks), meets a literary idol of hers, Leon Posen, and eventually becomes his lover and sort of amanuensis. Leon eventually takes her stories of her childhood and writes them into a novel, Commonwealth, that restarts his literary career, becomes a bestseller, and narrowly misses winning the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. That last bit may prove prescient; the book is considered one of the favorites to win this year's award, which will be announced on Monday, April 10th, but is probably less likely to win than Colson Whitehead's The Underground Railroad.
Patchett's prose is as lush as her characters, and here she marries the two with a story worthy of her words; when she hasn't succeeded, it's been in books with weak stories, like Run or Taft. Commonwealth is a huge success, however, a story of and for everyone, one that is simultaneously about nothing and about everything. Every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way, and Patchett gives us a whole new unhappy family to enjoy.


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James H. Garrett, Jr.is currently Dean of the College of Engineering (since 2013) at Carnegie Mellon University and the Thomas Lord Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Carnegie Mellon. He was Head of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering from June 2006 to December 2012. Until 2013, he was the founding co-director of the Pennsylvania Smarter Infrastructure Incubator, which was a research center aimed at creating and evaluating sensing, data analytics and intelligent decision support for improving the construction, management and operation of infrastructure systems. Garrett also served as the Co-Chief Editor of the ASCE Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering from 2008-2013. Garrett's research and teaching interests are oriented toward applications of sensors and sensor systems to civil infrastructure condition assessment; application of data mining and machine learning techniques for infrastructure management problems in civil and environmental engineering; mobile hardware/software systems for field applications; representations and processing strategies to support the usage of engineering codes, standards, and specifications; knowledge-based decision support systems. Garrett has published his research in over 60 refereed journal articles, over 80 refereed conference papers, over 90 other conference papers and 10 sections or chapters in books or monographs.


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LOS ANGELES – Franchisees are currently engaged in litigation with the world's largest package delivery company regarding whether they should have been forced to convert from their original concept of Mail Boxes Etc. (MBE) to that of The UPS Store. United Parcel Services (UPS), through its acquisition of the 20-year-old franchise system in March 2001, has dramatically altered the MBE network, and now it is having to defend its actions in court against claims that it withheld crucial information and made misrepresentations in persuading franchisees to change over. In the closely watched trial of Morgate LLC v Mail Boxes Etc., a deposition taken in July 2006, MBE president and CEO James H. Amos' memory was tested on the intricacies of the sale of his company. When he was asked about certain details surrounding the acquisition, he stated, "UPS actually only ended up acquiring MBE by accident." Amos proceeded to tell the story, under oath, as to "why UPS owns this company [MBE] today."
Now, these detailed accounts could prove to be crucial in the upcoming trial, currently scheduled for August 3 in Los Angeles Superior Court, as they could be with other similar court cases. Along with Amos' testimony, other vital information will be allowed as evidence, including the following:
But there are certain aspects to Amos' testimony that must be questioned.
Jim Amos' deposition shows that he took confidential company information and passed it on to UPS, such as U.S. Office Products (USOP), then-parent company of MBE, was going to file for bankruptcy. His testimony also shows that USOP had negotiated a deal with Apollo Equity Group and that through insider information that he passed on, UPS was able to return to the bidding game and eventually acquire MBE. Those close to the case argue that in this regard Amos did not protect the interests of MBE franchisees by making sure that UPS in the asset purchase agreement would not force their own agenda on the franchisees in the system.
And regarding the bonus program, Amos and Herskowitz were only paid if the UPS/MBE deal closed, showing that they were in conflict with the idea of protecting Mail Boxes Etc.
Amos' Untold Story of UPS Acquisition
Amos gives his testimony of how UPS's purchase came about, stating, "I am the only person, one of a handful of people that really knows the truth, because after these transactions, there is always a lot of revisions [to] history, particularly when things go well." As background, he said he came on board with MBE in 1996 because the board felt it was time to move former owner/CEO Tony DeSio out. After that, MBE gave Amos a year to complete the transaction of selling the company to U.S. Office Products, and in 1997 it was finalized with a transaction cost at $75 million.
After a chain of events, detailed in the deposition, Amos and his team were looking for an opportunity to sell the chain through private placement, engaging in management discussions with 18 interested parties. At that time, he said he presented his strategic overview of the Mail Boxes Etc. system. That's when UPS first engaged MBE. But after all negotiations were whittled down to one company, Amos and his team entered into formal talks with Apollo Equity Group. The MBE parent company reached an agreement with Apollo. Amos, according to his testimony, put a management buyout (MBO) on the table with American Securities for $175 million. When the investment bankers and dealmakers became involved in the acquisition, they would not accept Amos' offer. Later, they once again started over in the process, bringing the interested parties back to the table, including Apollo Equity and UPS. The bid ended with U.S. Office Products selecting Apollo Equity as the top acquisition prospect. At the end of the day, according to Amos, their offer was somewhere around $220 million. But as negotiations went forward with the successful bidder, Amos said Apollo became brutal in their tactics against USOP and he became concerned.
As the discussions were continuing with MBE and Apollo, Amos was also stepping into the chairman position of the International Franchise Association during its Las Vegas convention on February 27, 2001. Early in that week Amos said he received a call on behalf of stamps.com, or Stamps (previously doing business as Iship), in which MBE had invested $4 million on their technology to do online shipping. They were negotiating on a new program to benefit the MBE network. The call came from David Mounts who was running mergers and acquisitions for UPS when USOP first engaged them. Amos stated that at that time he and Mounts had become good friends.
As they were talking, Mounts told Amos that UPS was interested in an acquisition with Stamps, and the two discussed some of the problems MBE was having with that company and how they could resolve them. But then Mounts asked Amos how the "transaction" was going. Amos told him he couldn't answer that. But when Mounts asked if the pricing structure was anywhere close to what he knew UPS would have offered a year ago, Amos told him it was in the ball park. Amos stated that UPS knew the right price was what he had put on the table with American Securities ($175 million).
But, according to the transcript, Mounts called back within an hour and told Amos UPS wanted to re-engage. Amos testified that he thought he was talking about Stamps, but Mounts told him no, they wanted to re-engage with MBE. Amos said he felt he had a moral and ethical dilemma—he could say nothing and the deal with Apollo would happen, or he could call somebody and talk to them about it. He said he had no love lost for U.S. Office Products. "I thought they were horrible operators and bleeding us dry," he said in his testimony. He added, "The worst thing you want to be is the crown jewel in the hat of a bleeding parent."
Amos said he sympathized with USOP because of the way Apollo had treated them, but he made the decision not to call them. He said he prayed about it. His final decision was to call the person involved in the transaction with Apollo, who was now co-chairman of Credit Suisse First Boston, and lay it out to him. According to his testimony, Amos stated, " . . . I need to tell you what just happened, and I'm not going to make this decision, but I think it's beyond my scope of authority with fiduciary responsibility to you as well as the system not to tell you what just occurred." Credit Suisse thanked him for the information.
At that time, USOP officials were getting the paperwork done with Apollo to sign the contracts, and they were at such a late date they decided to bring in consultant Michael Seid to work with them on the franchising side. Apollo officials were toasting with champagne because they thought it was a done deal, since MBE had an exclusive with Apollo that they couldn't talk with anyone else. But in a day or so Amos said he received a call back from Credit Suisse First Boston in New York, which owned 38 percent of USOP, saying they made the decision to disengage from Apollo Equity Group. Amos stated that records now show that USOP had to pay Apollo several million dollars as a break up fee if USOP could get through the process with UPS in order to complete the sale with UPS.
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But in his deposition, Amos said he wanted to tell one other thing that was salient. He said he also received a call a week or two before the IFA convention from Chase Bank in New York, a banker who knew him, asking, "Jim, do you know what USOP is about to do?" Amos told him he wasn't sure and asked him what he was talking about. He answered, "Well, I have to tell you off-line because I can't tell you officially, but I think you need to know that they [USOP] are about ten days away from filing bankruptcy."
Amos testified that he immediately called USOP and confronted them with this news. He told them he was leaving on Friday to attend the IFA convention to become its chairman. He knew that he was within a day or so of having a deal cut that would exclude USOP, but "with a company that may be worse." Amos said the whole breakup process was going on as he went to Las Vegas. On Monday he was named chairman, and on Tuesday he said he spoke on the phone with 200 bankers making a strong case that he's not a "dip." He said he had "upstreamed" 80 million bucks, and he hadn't "taken a dollar from these guys."
Wednesday, a year after their first discussions with UPS, MBE re-entered the war room with UPS. They didn't leave for three days, Amos said. At the end, Jim Kelly, chairman and CEO of UPS, called him saying that they had a deal.
Amos said the whole deal was made in one week. When people asked him if he thought it was a miracle he told them no, "I know absolutely it is."
But Amos also stated in his testimony, "And here is what the franchisees, my good friend[s], don't understand." He said he had several options, including the choice to say the heck with it and allow USOP to go into bankruptcy. He said, "I can become a debtor in possession."
When the deposing attorney asked Amos if he believed the UPS acquisition was in the best interest of the franchisees, Amos said, "Absolutely 100 percent, no question." He then asked if he knew during the discussions leading up to the execution of the Asset Purchase Agreement, that UPS was going to require the franchises to convert from MBE to The UPS Store. Amos responded with, "Of course not. How would I know that?" When he asked at what point he knew UPS was going to in fact require the franchisees to convert to The UPS Store, he answered that you can only offer them incentives. You cannot force them or require them to convert, not in the MBE program or any other program.
When the attorney asked if it was Amos' understanding that the MBE franchisees had the option of converting to The UPS Store or remaining an MBE until the conclusion of their franchise agreement, Amos stated, "Well, I think that's exactly what happened."
After reading the Amos deposition, one person close to the case, who did not wish to be named, said, "The revealing of confidential insider information is inconsistent with the fiduciary duty that Amos owed MBE. The legal duties that he owed the MBE franchisees is no doubt what will be revealed in the courtroom. They were supposed to protect the franchise agreements and instead, they turned over the franchise to a company that had no interest in maintaining the franchise. And then that company, once they got hold of the franchisor, exercised their authority and power to wipe them out."
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Going into Tuesday night's matchup, the IceHogs had never managed a regulation win over the Hamilton Bulldogs in ten previous meetings.
They still have yet to earn one.
Rockford held a 2-goal lead with 3:05 to play in the third period in Hamilton, Ontario on Tuesday night, only to watch the Bulldogs score the next three goals in a 3:31 stretch, and take a 5-4 overtime win before a sparse Copps Coliseum crowd, announced as 1,990.
The IceHogs got two goals from rookie winger Mark McNeill, as well as Garret Ross's first professional tally. But it was the inability to hold a two-goal lead late stained what was otherwise a solid road performance.
Rockford was playing its AHL-leading sixth road contest of season. The IceHogs came in holding a 3-2 road record.
Garret Ross notched his first career pro goal just 31 seconds into the game off a nice centering pass from Mark McNeill. All five IceHogs skaters touched the puck leading into the goal. Klas Dahlbeck kept a hot puck in the Hamilton end under pressure when he whacked an oncoming puck from the left point down into the right corner. Adam Clendening pinched down the wall to keep that puck in the Bulldogs' zone and putted it down to Phillip Danault beyond the goal line. Danault won a board battle and dished to McNeill, who cycled out to Hamilton netminder Dustin Tokarski's right and sent a feed into the slot to Ross, who quickly snapped off a one-timer that beat Tokarski by his stick and right blocker side.
Hamilton tied the game at 15:37 of the opening period, just seconds after an Adam Clendening interference penalty had expired.
Ten-year veteran Nick Tarnasky got the goal. And he started the play as well when he skated back into the neutral zone to retrieve a puck. The Bulldogs quickly turned the puck around. Louis Leblanc entered the Rockford zone on a two-on-two with Gabriel Dumont, against Viktor Svedberg and Dylan Olsen. Dumont took Svedberg to the goal, but Leblanc pulled up and turned away from Olsen and back into the IceHogs' back check. With Clendening and Jeremy Morin trailing the play to the strong side, Garret Ross left his position to throw a body check on Leblanc as the Bulldogs' forward cut towards the slot. This left Tarnasky uncovered as the trailer on the weak side. Louis Leblanc's pass got through Ross and Tarnasky blew a shot by Kent Simpson's glove to tie the game 1-1.
The Bulldogs pressed Rockford the remainder of the opening twenty minutes but were unable to gain the lead. Akim Aliu whiffed on a great chance in front of Simpson with 3:30 to go. Clendening took a second first period minor with 1:23 to go, putting Hamilton on its second-straight power play. Clendening had picked up Gabriel Dumont as he was driving to the goal and put the Bulldogs center over the top of Simpson. Clendening gave Dumont another shot while he was trying to get up and the ref cited the second-year IceHogs blueliner for roughing. Hamilton had a few chances but were unable to take advantage before the break.
After the IceHogs penalty killers staved off the remaining 37 seconds of Clendening's roughing minor, the second period turned into a bit of an end-to-end track meet. A few minutes into the frame Alex Broadhurst had a great chance from the same spot Aliu whiffed in earlier. Broadhurst connected on his chance, however, but Tokarski was able to come up with a big save to keep the score tied. Down at the other end, Steve Quailer failed to connect on a strong cross-ice feed by Aliu to Kent Simpson's back door. After a whistle, Aliu hustled to beat Jared Nightingale to a puck. Nightingale got his stick in at Aliu's legs and the former Blackhawks' prospect took a spill, prompting a Nightingale tripping minor, called at 5:46 of the second period. But Rockford killed off this Hamilton power play as well.
A minute later, Hamilton center Ben Duffy high-sticked Brad Winchester in the face while four players were battling for the puck along the half wall in the Rockford zone. Apparently the two officials didn't see it, however, and Duffy was able to pick up the puck, as it seemed the IceHogs were expecting a whistle for a penalty, and Duffy then set up Justin Courtnall one-on-one with Simpson. But Simpson was able to make one of his more awkward-looking stops of the night.
Rockford took a 2-1 lead with 5:31 to go in the second period off a nifty passing sequence by Pat Mullane and Jimmy Hayes. The play started when Dylan Olsen poked the puck away from Stefan Fournier at the IceHogs blue line. Terry Broadhurst took the puck and fired a cross ice pass to Mullane, who gained the Hamilton blue line. Mullane quickly fed Hayes, who pitched a feed off the heel of his stick, and through his own legs, into the middle of the ice. Terry Broadhurst regained the puck there with speed and beat Tokarski cleanly with a quick backhand to forehand deke by the stick and blocker of an outstretched Tokarski. The goal was the older Broadhurst brother's second of the season. Mullane picked up his first professional point in getting the secondary assist on the goal.
The second period ended with Rockford leading 2-1 in the score column but trailing 17-15 on the official shot board.
Rockford looked to make holding their one goal lead difficult for themselves in the opening minutes of the third period. Garret Ross and Jeremy Morin each committed hooking penalties twenty seconds apart to put the IceHogs on the wrong end of a 5-on-3, potentially for a minute and forty seconds. Ross got his stick under the arm of Eric Nystrom and took him down needlessly with both Olsen and Clendening in position to take care of Nystrom. Morin hooked Bulldogs defenseman Greg Pateryn when pursuing a puck against the Hamilton defender in the neutral zone.
Luckily, for Rockford, a couple Bulldogs skaters were gracious enough to cut their team's 2-man advantage short by taking back-to-back penalties of their own. 38 seconds into the 5-on-3, Greg Pateryn couldn't handle a bouncing puck at the IceHogs blue line and wound up spinning Brad Mills around and down in the neutral zone as the two got caught up with the linesman as Pateryn tried to prevent Mills from taking off on a breakaway. 17 seconds later, Maxime Macenauer stuck his right leg out and tripped up Klas Dahlbeck fifteen feet from Kent Simpson's net.
All this resulted in a rare 3-on-3 stretch for 45 seconds. Ted Dent sent out Terry Broadhurst and Danault with Dylan Olsen. The trio held puck possession inside the Hamilton zone for the next 45 seconds with Broadhurst and Olsen each missing on prime chances. But as Rockford'd 4-on-3 power play began, Hamilton's Sven Andrighetto gained possession, sped up ice and into the IceHogs zone. Andrighetto wound up and ripped a shot from atop the left circle to the far side, over Simpson's glove and just off the inside of the iron and into the back of the net to tie the game 2-2. The goal was unassisted at 3:18 of the third period and Andrighetto's second of the season.
Mills drew another Bulldogs' penalty at 6:13 of the third frame when Gabriel Dumont got caught for tripping. Mills had a step on two Hamilton defenders. Dumont hooked Mills down. The official right in front of the play chose not to call the trip, but the referee trailing the play did.
Mark McNeill was glad he did. McNeill potted his 3rd of the young season on the ensuing power play. McNeill, parked on the doorstep, received a backhanded Terry Broadhurst setup pass from aside the net at 7:46 and pounded that puck by Dustin Tokarski to give the IceHogs a 3-2 lead with 12:14 to go in regulation. Alex Broadhurst picked up the secondary assist, marking the first time both Broadhurst brothers figured in on an IceHogs goal.
Viktor Svedberg got called for holding a minute later but the Bulldogs were unable to convert against the IceHogs penalty kill again. Hamilton was 0 for 6 on the night.
Rockford withstood a Bulldogs burst with five minutes to go. An Aliu shot beat Simpson clean but clanked off the post. Then Simpson made a great stop on a Joel Chouinard shot from the left point.
On the next shift, Olsen and Clendening connected to start an IceHogs breakout. Phillip Danault took a pass from Clendening and sped through the neutral zone. Once he gained the Hamilton zone, Danault dropped the puck back to McNeill atop the right circle. McNeill had time to set up his shot and unleashed a blast that beat Tokarski's glove at 16:05 and gave the IceHogs a 4-2 lead.
The Bulldogs would trim Rockford's lead to one a minute and twenty-seven seconds later. With a couple IceHogs forwards changing, Sven Andrighetto was able to sneak into the offensive zone late as Eric Nystrom attempted a wrap-around chance. Nystrom found the late man and Kent Simpson had no chance with Jared Nightingale screening him as Andrighetto picked upper left corner at 17:32 of the third period.
Brad Mills nearly ended the game with a minute left when he was looking at an empty-net, but the puck temporarily got away from him at the Bulldogs' blue line and Mills was called off sides.
Then, with the seconds ticking down on regulation and Tokarski pulled for an extra Bulldogs' attacker, former IceHog Akim Aliu was able to sneak a rebound chance past Simpson to tie the game at 4-4 and send it to overtime. The goal, with 18.4 seconds to play in the third, was Aliu's 2nd of the season and was assisted by Louis Leblanc and Gabriel Dumont.
Overtime lasted just 1:03. Only a handful of seconds were played inside the IceHogs end, but that was all Hamilton needed.
After Tokarski stopped a couple Rockford chances, Louis Leblanc carried into the IceHogs zone and followed his own shot on net. Kent Simpson let out a rebound. Gabriel Dumont took a whack at it but it was Leblanc who smacked the puck by Simpson to earn Hamilton its 2nd win of the season.
Rockford blew a two goal lead with 3:55 to go. And Hamilton rebounded to win the game off three goals in a span of 3:31 to steal the victory.
The IceHogs do pick up a consolation point, though. All-time versus Hamilton, Rockford's record slides to 2-8-1-0.
Rockford's 2013-14 record is now 4-2-1-0. They move on to Toronto on Wednesday night where they'll meet the Marlies at Ricoh Coliseum at 7pm eastern, 6 central.
–Ted Dent's lines, pairings, scratches and special teams on Tuesday
11-Brad Winchester / 14-Drew Leblanc / 19-Jeremy Morin
37-Terry Broadhurst / 16-Brad Mills / 17-Jimmy Hayes
26-Garret Ross / 18-Phillip Danault / 28-Mark McNeill
25-Alex Broadhurst / 20-Pat Mullane / 24-Byron Froese
3-Dylan Olsen / 2-Adam Clendening
10-Klas Dahlbeck / 6-Jared Nightingale
8-Viktor Svedberg / 22-Theo Peckham
In Goal
33-Kent Simpson (starter)
31-Antti Raanta (backup)
Scratches: D-5-Joe Gleason… LW-15-Wade Brookbank… C/W-23-Joakim Nordstrom (lower-body, minor, day-to-day)… RW-36-Maxim Shalunov….
Special Teams
Power play I: Winchester-Leblanc-Hayes with Morin & Clendening
Power play II: A.Broadhurst-McNeill-T.Broadhurst with Olsen & Mills
PK forwards: Danault-McNeill, Mills-Hayes, Ross-Morin
PK defense: Dahlbeck-Nightingale, Svedberg-Peckham, Olsen
Game notes:
–Martin St. Pierre missed the game for Hamilton with an injury. St. Pierre was injured in his second game of the season, a day after he was named the Bulldogs' team captain. Officially, St. Pierre is sidelined with a lower-body injury. His return to action could happen as early as this weekend.
–Hamilton's lone visit to the BMO comes on Tuesday February 4th.
–[updated] Joakim Nordstrom missed the game due to a nagging lower-body injury. Nordstrom was reassigned to Rockford from Chicago following Saturday night's (10/19) Blackhawks home victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs. There was no corresponding recall made by Chicago. The official word from the IceHogs is that Nordstrom is listed as "day-to-day" and could play as early as Wednesday night in Toronto.
–To defend the 5-on-3 in the third, Dent put Mills-Winchester and Dahlbeck out. Then Hayes with Olsen and Dahlbeck.
–Akim Aliu is currently on a 25-game professional try-out contract with Hamilton. It's probably not a coincidence that Hamilton's affiliate is Montreal and the Canadiens GM is Marc Bergevin, who was with the Blackhawks when Aliu was drafted.
–Jeremy Morin extended his streak of consecutive games with at least one shot on goal to 135. Morin was credited with 3 shots on Tuesday.
–Tuesday marked the 2nd multi-point game in Mark McNeill's 19-game pro career. It was also his first multi-goal game. McNeill notched 2 goals and an assist and was named the game's second star in Hamilton.
–You see a lot of nearly empty arenas from time to time across the AHL – especially for weekday night games. But there couldn't have been more than a 1,000 people in Copps Coliseum on Tuesday night. Honestly, they could have played this game at a local VFW and not sold it out.
–Rockford has had some stinkers in Toronto over the years. This year's Marlies are off to a 4-1 start are allowing 2.4 goals per game. Rockford so far is averaging 3.6 goals against per contest. The IceHogs have scored as many goals, 25, as they've surrendered thus far.


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Washington (Jun. 5)
The House of Representatives adjourned until tomorrow immediately upon reconvening today, without taking a final vote upon the amendments tentatively adopted yesterday for the compulsory registration of aliens under the pending census bill and the exclusion of aliens from Congressional apportionment.
Congressman Sabath declared that in his opinion both amendments will be defeated upon final vote.
Tuesday's vote adopting these amendments was tentative and is subject to final vote because the House was in session as a committee of the whole and the bill must be formally reported to the House for final vote.


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